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At n incotlnx horo todny of roprcHcntullvcH of tho Young Men'a ChHflttnn uhhocIii tloti of Indlnnn nnd Ohio, fienntor Al bert J, JJovorldgo Htntcd tlmt on tho opening dixy of the coming kohhIoii of CoilgrcHH ho Intended to lntroduco a bill prohibiting tho liibor of children throughout tho country nnd n bill to iniiko moro rigid tho present ment In. Hpcctlon Inw. Ho Hiild tho child labor bill will provide that no railroad, Htciunboat or other carrier of InterHtato commerce Hliould tratiHport or accept for traiiHjiortntlon tho product of any fac tory or wnlno that employed children under 14 yearn of ago, Tho bill, ho Bald, would provldo that every carrier of Interatato commerce fihould require an affidavit from every factory or inlneowner Hhlpplng Its pro ductfl that It did not employ children under 14 yoara of ago, tho form of the atiidavlt to bo prescribed by tho depart ment of Commerce nnd Labor or the InterHtato Commerce commlHHlon, with heavy ponaltlcH, both civil and crim inal, for violation of the law. Tho bill, If It bccomoH n law, ho Im)11ovch will stop the practice of ruining future cltl zcnHhlp by working children of tender ago In factoricH and mlncH. There Ih no other way, mild tho Hena tor, to reach thlM growing evil. A Fed oral Htnluto cannot bo panned directly controlling the fuctorlcfl and mines in tho HtatoH. That Ih tho province of tho BtatcH Hut congrcHH Iuih nbHoluto jiower over tho railroadH, boatH, hIiIjih and other agencies of InterHtato com merce, nnd unlimited power under the coiiHtitution to provldo that they Hhall not carry tho produetH of factories and mlncH that employ children. BOMB IN ST. PETERS. Crowd In CathoaVal In Rome Rush In Panic for Outlets Rome, Nov. 20, A Iwmb waa cx plotled In St. JVtcr'H Sunday. Tho edifice wttH crowded, nnd an IndcHcrib able Hceue of confiialon followed. Tliere wero no fatalltL-H. Ah hooii h tho echocH of tho troinen dotiH roar had ceant-d a canon r ought by reaHHiirlng word to quiet the people, but In vain. They ilwl in all direc tions Women and children Hcrcamed and tried to protect their famillcH in tho criiHh. The churcli Ih ho large, however, that there wa amplo room for tho crowd tn ecatter, and no one waH Injured. No trace of tho -perpetrator -of tho deed ban lccn found. Since Saint AnneleutiiH, who was or dained by Peter hiiiiHulf, erected nn oratory lu DO A. I), on the hHo of tho present boHllicn to murk tiie Hpot whoro the remaliiH of St. Peter are buried, no Hiich daHtardly occurrence Ih noted In the ltiKtory of the church. Sunday woh tho anniversary of tho dedication of the basilica to St. Peter, anil It wan bcuutifully decorated for the occauion. STORM IN 80UTH. Five Lives Lost and Much Damage lo Property by Wind. Memphis, Tcnn., Nov. 20. Eight pcntoiiH are known to lmvo lost their liven, Bcorca of others are Injured nnd property and crops Buffered great dam ago, tho extent of which, because of tho nienger reports yet obtainable, cannot be OHtlinntcd nt this time, ns a result of a torrlHc wind nnd rain Htorm Sun day. Tho Htorm, which originated on tho gulf, swept northwestwnrd through portions of Alabama, Central nnd Northern MIfHlHt-lp.pl nnd "Western TenneHsee, In ItH onWard coureo razed Hcores of HiibHtantlal buildingH, partial ly demolished hundreds of others, eaiiHed complete demoralization of rail road tralllc and cut off telegraphic com munication with many points in tho affected territory. Cotton lu tho fields blown down by tho wind was beaten Into tho ground and badly damaged. Uenldes tho loss of llfo and proporty damage which Ih known to have occurred, a number of polntH directly In the pathway of tho . . . t A. t II l Htorm cannot bo communicaieu wiui, and complete reports are received It .is feared that tho loss of both llfo and proporty will bo greatly lncreaaed. Police Scent Plot Homo, Nov. 20. Tho local pollco have been Informed that Hoveral people who were In tho habit of renting win dows along tho routo usually taken by royal processions have been approached by mysterlouH persons who wish to rent not only windows, but entlro rooms for tho day when the king of Greece ar rives horo. Tho pollco bollovo this is ovidenco of nn anarchist plot, llko tho onu at Madrid nglnst King Victor Emmnnuel nnd tho King of Greece. King Georgo of Greece is ex pected horo November 2.1. Scholarships fnr Emptoyos' Sons. Now WcfltniliiBter, 11. C, Nov. 20. Tho Ciinndlnn Pacific Hallway company liaH decided to ei deliver to advance higher education among tho sous of their employee, nnd U now offering two Hcholan-hlps to bo competed for by employes' hoiih under 21 years of ngo. Tho scholarships cover four years tui tion In tho faculty of applied pclonco In McGlll unlvorslty. Tho examina tions will bo hold under tho suporvlH lon of tho faculty of McGlll university. Kansas In Grip of Bllrzard, Tapoka, Kan., Nov. 20. Tho bliz zard Ih general ovor Kansas late to night. According to advlcos received at tho railroad oIIIcoh here, huow com monced falling horo nt a late hour. At many points In tho wostorn part of tho Btnto tho cattlomon woro caught un prepared. So far railroad trafllo In Southorn Kansas has not boou affected. STORMS JN SOUTH Bitter Cold Adds fo Misery In Mississippi Valley. DIX SUNK ON SOUND, DEEP SNOW FALLS IN TEXAS Poor People Driven From Homes by Floods and Negroes Roost In Trees for Safety. Memphis, Nov. 20. Ah more detail ed reports aro received from those por tions of Alabama, North and Central Mississippi nnd Western TennesHeo Hwept by tho windjand rain Htormfl, tho situation Increases hi fioriousness. Following tho wind storm rain has fall en almost continuously throughout this territory and practically tho entire dis trict Ih under water to a depth of Hevcr al feet and creeks and small HtreainH are leaving their banks and many of tho poorer white pcrHoiiH, as well as scores of negroes, have been forced from their homes by tho rising waters, seek ing refuge in many instances under the trees. To add to tho seriousness of tho situ ation, tiio weather Ih becoming bitterly cold and much suffering Ih anticipated. lTOin Winona, .Ma ben and Matfuston, Miss., more complete reports have been received, a conservative estimate plac ing tho total damage to tho three towns at $.'100,000. I ho rain continues with no sign of abatement. In Memphis tho precipi tation has readied a maximum of 4.42 inches, and the continued rainfall has wrought great havoc in thiH city nnd tho iinmcdito vicinity. Wolf river is cut of its banks, the, overflow carrying awuy over 10,000 logs valued at $100, uuO. From present in dications it is believed that fully $100, 000 damage has been done to the road and turnpike system of thiH county. Probably never before 'has traitic on the railroadH centering in Memphis suffered such complete demoralization. Kl Paso, Tex., Nov. 20. At 0 o'clock last night 8.4 inches of snow hud full- en, breaking by thrco inches records since tho estublishment of tho United States weather bureau nearly 30 years ago. Ileports from Hoveral points on tho Mexicun Central indicate that the storm extends well down into Mexico. In New Mexico nnd throughout tho val ley of 131 Paso there is great Buffering nnd will bo heavy losses in cattle, tho snowfall being' unprecedented. SHONTS THE BOSS. Steamer Goes to Bottom Carrying Down 30 of Her Passengers. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 10. The steam or Dix, Captain P. Lcrmon, bound from Seattle to" Port UJnkcley with pas tfcngors, Bank two miles north of Alkl point soon nftcr 7 o'clock Inst night, after a collision with tho stcamhip .Tcanio, Captain P. II. Mason, of tho Alaska Const company. Thirty-nine passengers and members of the crow of tho Dix nro mlasing and 38 wero saved. , The Dlx is a total wreck. Tho Jeanio was not injured in tho least and no member of her crew was lost. Tho master of tho Dix was saved. Tho collision occurred while tho sound was almost ns smooth as a mill pond, and nftcr the boats had been steaming within sight of each other for a quarter of an hour, Tho Jeanio wns backing when sho collided with tho Dix and the impact wns very slight. Tho Dix was struck abaft of amidships on tho stnrboard flidc. Sho listed heavily to port for a brief period, righted herself, then Bank stern first. There wan hardly time to launch life rnfta or bo.ats before sho was almost entirely submerged. Passen gers jumped frdm the decks into tho water, women screamed and officers and men called orders that could hardly bo Jieard above thp din. Tho passengers from tho Dix who could swim mado their way to tho sides of the Jeanio and wero dragged aboard. The Jeanio was not moved until after nil who had reached her had been hauled aboard. Then she cruised about picking up several who had managed to stay abovo water. It was after 10 o'clock before tho Jeanie left tho Bceno of tho catastrophe and steamed to tho Virginia street dock, Seattle, with tho 30 survivors. Tho cause of tho collision is unknown as the mate, who was in the pilot house at the time, was drowned. The Trail of the Dead: ( By I, i j THE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF DR. ROBERT HARLAND f LETCHER ROBINSON and J. MALCOLM FRASER (Copyright, 1905, By Joseph B. Bowles) ROBBER OF SUB-TREASURY. Roosevelt Reorganizes the Adminis tration of Canal Affairs. Washington, Nov. 20. An order signed on tho isthmus of Panama by President Itoosovelt, making radical changes in tho organization of affairs in tho government of tho canal zone, wiih made public today at the offico of the commission. The effect of tho or der Is to placo tho canal work and tho government of the zono under tho di rection of Chairman Shouts, aided by chiefs of bureaus, who will report di rectly to the commission, thus elimin ating tho oflico of governor. The order gives to Chnirman Shouts supremo authority over all depart ments. It reorganizes tho entiro work ings of tho commission in connection with tho president's views of controll ing tho situation under his plan to press tho excavation as rapidly as pos sible, Tho executive committee of threo mombors, each the head of a de partment, has been abolished and in its Htend sovon departments nro crentcd, nnd tho chief of each will report and receive instructions from tho chairman of tho committee Thcso departments will bo under tho direction of John F. Stevens, chief engineer: Ilichard It. j Podgors, general counsel ; William C. i Goruns, chief sanitary oflicer; 1). W, ! ! Itoss, chief purchasing officer; E. S. Petition, general auditor; J. William, disburisng oflicer, unit Jackson bmith, manager of labor and quarters. Tho president will tako up tho ques tion of tho appointment of n now com mission on his return to Wnshlntgon. Tries to Involve America. Antwerp, Pollgum, Nov. 20, A royal decreo issued today grants to nn Ameri can compnny, for rubber and other ex ploitation, about 2,500,000 acres in tho Congo state for (10 years. Tho conces sion includes a strip of moro than 13 miles on tho left bank of tho Congo to tho Youmbl rivor, a strip south of Ka sni to tho confluence of tho Congo and Kusni riverH and u tcn-yeatr option on 1,250,000 ncres. Tho press generally j regards tho concession as a clover movo 10 involve mo uiiuou owuuh hi any iii turo international complications. Heart of Town Burned. Jackson, Mis's,, Nov. 20. Practical ly tho entire buslnesH section of Fay ette, Miss., wiih destroyed by fUo last night, entailing a Ihos of about f73,000, pirtially covered by insurance. Tho flro originated in McGinniss' cafe, which was destroyed, tho flames rapid ly spreading to tho adjoining buildings. ' Tho telephono oxchango wuh destroyed and tho grounding of tho Western ! , .. ...I- i ti. : m.i.. ... i 1 union wires iiiiikub ii iiiipuasiuiu iu gui any detaila. ' Receiver for German Insurance. Freoport, 111., Nov. 20, ThoGormnn Insurance company, which reinsured in tho Itoyal of Liverpool last week, was placed in tho hands of a rocolvor. today, the Chicago Trust & Titlo company bo lus named, Teller Dyer Is Indicted by the Federal Grand Jury. St. Louis, Nov. 19. Tho Federal grand jury returned an indictment against Receiving Teller D. P. Dyer, Jr., son of United Spates Attorney D. P. Dyer, Saturday in connection with the shortage of $01,200 in tho local sub-treasury. Tho cliargc against Dyer is embezzlement. The Federal grand jury was convened on Wednesday nnd at once began in quiry into the shortage. When tho in quiry was njdourned 335 witnesses had been examined. Shortly after tho grand jury convened Saturday a report of its findings was mado to tho court. Mr. Dyer was later arrested by tho United States marshal and released on bond in the sum of $10,000. Soon after tho jury had made a re port to Judgo Finkelbery, Dyer surren dered himself. The court named Jan uary 8 as tho date for his appearance at which time a definite date for the trial will be fixed. Tho Indictment contains two counts. Tho first count recites that.Dyer, as second teller In tho sub-treasury, "wrongfully and corruptly embezzled nnd converted to his own use" on Sep tember 27 last $01,500 Intrusted to his care. Tho second recites that as an officer of the United States government he did this, and is merely intended to prevent a technical evuison of tho charge. When Dyer came into tho court ho was accompanied by his father, United States Attorney Dyer, Congressman Champ Clark, nnd ten residents of Piko county, in which is located the Dyro family home. JJond was furnished by tho ten resident friends. Want Big Appropriation. Chicago, Nov. 10. As tho first step In tho newly organized Gulf-to-tho- Lakes Deep Water association, Chicugo members of tho association have al ready started a movement to demand of tho next congress a $35,000,000 appro priation to completo tho canal, from tho present terminus of tho drainage chan nel to Graffbn, on tho Mississippi river, near St. Louis. Tho Chlcagoans say tho dcop waterway Is of vastly more importance than tho Panama canal will bo to tho peoplo of tho Middlo West. Peter's Heir Is Maniac. Vienna, Nov. 10. Crown PrlncoJ Georgo, of Sorvla, is declared insane, according to roports from Polgrado to-1 day. "Nor Is this tho worst," 8ald a well Informed Balkan diplomat, "Sor-' via is drifting hopelessly into bankrupt-, cy. Civil war, too, Is highly probable, j King rotor seoms powerless to restore or maintain order. Anarchy prevails everywhere. Thoro aro moro political murders throughout Sorvla In n year than In Macedonia." CIIAPTKR XXV. (Contlnupd.) I was nervous that night, anil about one In the morning 1 thought I heard a nolso In the pannage oiitl(le. Very cau tiously I opened my door and peeped out. My father's door was tho next to mine, and between the two lay Kcskl in n great fur rug that he had. He waved htH hand to me with a littio smile, as If I were a child he was bidding to be of good courage. I slept undisturbed after that- It wns as wo took our placo for a twelve o'clock dejeuner that we received tho second telegram. This Is how it read: "If danger presses, communicate fully police. We started on receipt of your message, and will be nt Thuais by three. Should be nt I'ontresina at one o'clock to-night Order rooms. Graden." I called In Reski nt once; for he had rcfuned to have his meals with us, though my father had Invited him. He looked very grave, Indeed, when I translated the nicMgage. "You sent no telegram, Fraulein?" "No, Hcrr Reskl." "Nor you, mein Hcrr?" "No, lteskl, no," said my father. "Then someone ha sent it In your name. I do not llko It. It would seem a trap." "A trap?" I stared nt him with fear gathering about my heart. Who had done this thing? And why? "It would seem, Fraulein, some scheme of the old grey devil. What he Intends, I cannot guess; nor can I think how he discovered that we are here. But there is a thing plainly to do. 1 will start for Thusis, to warn those who are hasten ing to us." "I will come with you, Reskl," said my father. "You know that cannot be. I have no fear, with Iteski to protect me. I will go." Love gives great strength to woman, and I spoko as one who expects to be obeyed. It was much trouble to per suade them; yet from the first I did not mean to yield. My dear father had bare ly recovered from the fatigues of his long journey; to let him take this drive of forty miles would be the gravest folly. Yet it was not right that we both should leave our duty" to a man of whom we had no real knowledge. Mr. Harland and his cousin had endangered their lives to save us; now that peril seemed to be closing round those gallant gentlemen, we could not both sit Idle. Plainly it was I who should go. And bo at last it was agreed between us. It was shortly after one o'clock when Reski nnd I rumbled off In our post-car-riago across the snow-bound slopes of the valley to Ponte. Then began a climb of dreary monotony. Up and up wo drag ged, turn after turn through forests of larch and pine, with tho Engadlne grow ing wider, and its houses sinking into specks beneath us. At lijst we reached the crest of the Albula Pass, and trqtted forward over the snow levels till we plunged down the steep descent of the rock-strewn. Devil's Hall as the moun taineers named it of old. The sun had set ere we rattled Into Breda, nnd the moon had swung out from the southward when Bergun was reached. Half an hour later we had passed through the forests into the shadows of that black and dan gerous gorge the Berguner Stein. Fresh snow had clogged the road on the Albula, and wo had made slow pro gress, to our increasing anxiety. It wns now impossible that we should reach Thusis before they started; but we had calculated that near Tiefcnkastell we might meet them. That the snow had nut fallen so deeply on the lower slopes, and that they had moved more quickly, we could not know. We had passed the last bend that turn ed upward, leading in a long slope to the entrance of the gorge, when wo stop ped suddenly. Iteski sprang out; clam bering after, I found him by the driver, who was pointing -with his whip up the road. The man had bean warned to give us notice of any approaching vehicle. "It Is a post-carriage," ho said. "They hare stopped to breathe their team." Tho road had been carved nnd jolsted along tho cliff side, ifud whero we stood, under tho mighty wall of rock, the shad ows wero gathered darkly. To our left the rugged barrier rose dimly luto the nighty clear only whero its battlements broke the pearl of the sky nt some great height abovo us; to our right, n low stone coping hid the grim uncertainties of the precipice. But fifty yardB up the slope the cliffs fell back, and the road stepped out into the silver moonlight, mounting tho hill, through a- border of stunted trees, In a simple curve, as white nnd well defined ns a chalk mark on n black board. On Its crest I could see the patch on tho snow carpet that marked the wait ing carriage. It was, perhnps, the half of a milo away. Raise Wages Voluntarily. Chicago, Nov. 10. Tho Chicago & Northwestorn railroad has voluntnrlly offered tho railway station agents and telegraph operators on tho system an Increase of wanes. Eleven hundred agents nnd approximately 500 telegraph oporators will coma In for a sliaro In tho advance Tho nverago increaso In wages as nnnounced by Gonoral Manager W. A. Gardnor tonight will bo $5. Trust Is Good. Now York, Nov. 10. The directors of tho Standurd Oil company issued nn other circular today to tho stockholdres of tho company, saying that the, com pany's position ia unnssailnblo from both a legal and a moral standpoint. CHAPTER XXVI. Tho patch of shadow moved slowly for ward. Suddenly, though distance hid the sug gestion of tho cause, tho paco Increased Foster and yet faster It swept down the road; In tho white silence of the night tho mufUrd hoof-bents on inn timn,,.),... . our ears. Tho carriage grew clearer. We could see how It rocked; it might lmvo been some great ball that flow bounding towards us. I For some moments wo had stood mo tionless, holpless, before this amazing apparition. It was Reskl who first un derstood; it was he who Relied mo by the arm. scrennilnir in his exolt to run down tho way we had come. And In my panic I obeyed, flylug wildly townrds the sharp bend In our rear, I hnd almost reached t when there enmo n thought to me thut Jostled out tho ro mombrnnco of my own safoty, turning inn hack, with heavoa knows what anx iety In my heart. Robert nnd Sir Hoa ry eould they be tho travelers that came galloping to almost certain death? Th ruuaways had but oue chance to hug tho cliff, thereby giving space to clear tho turn without charging the low wall that guarded tho unknown depths of tho gorge. But to my horror, I saw that thl.f wns a chance our driver was preventing, for It was he who had edged his team against the cliff. They would hnvo to pass him on the outer side. I started up the road, shouting to him; but ns I did so, I saw Reskl spring upon the box. I heard cries of furious alter cation, and then the driver wns thrown from his place. He dropped on handa and knees; then rose and camo running past mo round the bend. The whip cracked, and our team swung across tho road, drawing up on the edge of the preciplci . If the man ' who drove the runaways were not struck with terror, they had yet a hopo ofi safety. They were not one hundred ynrda away. I could see In the bright moon light how the horses bounded forward, tho traces now slackening, now tighten ing to the desperate plunges. Sevent yards and the driver had gone mad. Ho was waving his arms and shrieking, not in terror, but rather In whoops of joyous exultation. It was a fearful thing to see those gestures and to hear those wild' Imprecations when death was so very near. Another second, nnd they were in the shadows, close upon us. And Kcskl? I had almost forgotten him. Stiff na a soldier upon duty he sat. the reins tight In his band, looking neith er to right nor left, waiting the fate thai might come to him. It wns only thus that ho could hold his team in their place only thus, at the risk of lnstaut annihilation. Did be dare this for tho simple love of his neighbor? Did instinct tell him that they were Indeed our friends? God rest him, whether or no! for by whatever rank men knew him, he was a most honorable gentleman. Like a flash of light striking through darkness, I realized that the runawayH were still holding tho outer edge of the road; that it must happen that there was no escape. And as I did so, there came a crushing, rending shriek that fill ed the whole air like the falling of a thunderbolt. Dimly I saw the great carriages collide, rebound ad then but .one remained. Tho spirit went out of me. I covered my face with my hands, crouching against the cliff, praying to heaven that at least the screaming of the horses might soon be ended. How long 1 stayed there I do not know, but I was roused by footsteps passing before me. I started up with a cry. "I beg' your pardon, madam," said a well-known voice. "Gad; if it isn't Mary Weston I" It was Sir Henry; but what was that he carried in his arms? "Who is It?" I asked, pointing. "It Is Robert," he answered gravely. "He has had a nasty tap on his head, I'm afraid. If you will look to him, Misa Mary, I will go back and shoot those poor beasts of horses." They found them next morning, lying close together at the foot of the preci pice. They told me that their faces wer carious to see, for Marnac still grinned with the vacancy of his Insanity, and . Reski wore also at happy smile, yet one most different, for it was such as those carry who die in a noble effort, covering their memory with honor. For as Sir Henry has explained, it was Reskl who saved their lives. They could never else have cleared the bend of the road. As it was, when their leading horse jumped the wall, his weight swung their carriage round, striking the other on the side, so that while they were left, battered, on the edge, with one horse dangling until the harness broke Reskl, his carriage and his team, were hurled over the cliff. Marnac had already been flung to de struction at the first impact. We learned in time the details of his Insane scheme. A heavy bribe had won the help of the Cornish loafer though, to be honest with him, the man had no suspicion of the evil purpose tq which his telegrams woud bo placed. From poor Martha, love-lorn and middle-aged, he had gathered his news. It was Mar nnc who had sent the further telegrams to Sir Henry, calculating well tho time at which they could arrive. Ho had stayed at the village of Alvaneu, and when tho carriage passed It, had begged a lift as far as Bergun, a request grant ed readily enough by their driver. The poor fellow had been struck on tho head at the entrance of the gorge, nnd so thrown from his place. He had not been seriously Injured, and, Indeed, wns of much nssistanee to us all later In that evening. I must add that Sir Henry dispatched tho wholo of tho great reward he had offered to Reskl's next of kin. They wero but distant relatives, ns his wife was dead, and It had been his only son that Marnac murdered. So ended tho story that Robert, right ly enough, hns named "The Trail of the Dead," for Indeed it was a blood-stained path. I would have hud Robert him self to conclude It, but that ho insists that there is no necessity. One thing only does he ask that I should add though, indeed, It Is a matter that will have been already guessed. To please him, I will write It down. Robert and I woro married In June. (The End.) 1'oaMllillItlen. "But," protested tho first dear girl, "I hnven't got tho face to nBk n favor of him." "Well," rejoined dear girl No. 2, "you might visit a complexion specialist and lmvo your fnco remodeled." Cuii no fur Comiiliilut. Meeker Yes, my wife ulwajA spenksj her mind, but - ' Bleeker Well? Meeker I wouldn't object to that If sho would only stop when she gets to the eud of It,