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The Quest of Betty Lancey Hy MAG-DA r. WBST Copyrisht, 1909, by W. Q. Chapman. Copyritht In Great Britain CHAPTER III. They held the Inquest that same Afternoon, and In the room where Cerleso Wayne's body had been found. Dr. McGann, the coroner, could find no trace of violence on the young and porfect body. "Sho died of heart failure." he re marked, very simply. "Probably the nnlmal who caused the police such fright and trouble gained access to the room, and the sight and shock were too much for her patently fragile con stitution to withstand. Remember, that this apparition has brought on Mrs. Desterle a stroke of paralysis, and may result In the permanent de rangement of her mind. "I have wired Doubleday, Franz & Co., In San Francisco," he continued. "Thlr reply Just received is that they know but little about Cerlsse Wayne. They declare that they knew her as Mrs. Wayne. Also that for five years past $2,000 a month has been de posited to her credit with them. Parke '& Gray, solicitors, of London, Eng land, have handled the drafts sent to the San Francisco bankers. Mrs. Wayne drew on this amount so freely that at times her balance was practi cally nothing, and frequently her ac count showed a small overdraft For the past several months, however, her demands on the account have been very slight. Last month 4,000 was sent for her credit, and her present balance is approximately $6,000. Be sides this they have a casket, said to contain almost priceless Jewels, that belong to her. A copy of a photograph of Mrs. Wayne, which they have in their possession, has been forwarded, and Henry Franz, one of the Junior members of the firm, is coming East to view the body. They report they have cared for her mall for some time past, and during this time she has had it forwarded to nearly every imaginable point, both In this country and abroad. In her handbag there was nearly $150 and nothing to indicate that she had been mentally depressed or was In poor health. Over-indulgence in cigarettes may have unduly excited her mind. It Is patent that she read and smoked till she grew drowsy and then lightly tossed her book aside. Possibly she wakened from some quiet dream to be Jhold that creature In the room, and died of fright There was one second of Intense horror and all was over." "How did that that that get In, aoctor?" interrupted the still dishevel ed Doherty. "Don't you know that there's no place on the front of this, nor any other bulldln' in the block where a cat could crawl up for a footin? Ain't they ail smooth sandstone, worn as slick as me last year's coat And wasn't both of the windows there closed and locked In . the bargain, and no chimney In the room? Maybe the creature killed the prltty little girl after it got in al right, but how did it get in? Here's another thing. Will ye look at that bed? Now there's been two people sleeping In that bed, sir, one of them far heavier and bigger than the poor little girl you've Just been Inquestlng over. And here, now, Is a cigarette stub that's different from the others stronger, can't you see?" The policeman held out the stub In question, and it was passed wonder lngly from hand to hand, and later' marked exhibit "A." "Entrance might have been effected from the hall," said the Coroner with n puzzled frown. -"So? Wasn't the door bolted from the Inside? Can't you see where It was broke to get in?" retorted Do herty. "Ah, someone was Inside and rush ed out when Mrs. Desterle opened the door," muttered Larry Morris of the "Times." Everybody in the room directed his attention to the corner where the newspaper folk were sitting. There were eight or ten men In the little group and one woman, a fair, calm eyed girl, Betty Lancey of the "In quirer." Betty was barely 23, one of those tall, athletic, wholesome girls who demand classification in the men tal menu as well-cooked oatmeal with rich cream, country honey, baked apples or new milk. Larry Morris was very much in lbve with Betty, but he didn't know it and neither did sho. Pierre Desterle denied Larry Mor ris' suggestion. His wife Annie Des terle could not come as a witness to corroborate his statement. Raving and shrieking they had carried her off to the hospital hours before. Pierre, for his wife, and himself, told all he knew of their unfortunate boarder. "Sho came Monday night," quavered the little black-skinned" fellow, "She was all dressed In green. She had the prettiest eyes you ever saw, they were Just like those of a hurt baby. So many violets were pinned on her breast you'd have thought 'twould have wearied her to carry them. She brought no trunks, only the green bag there. Said she wanted room and board for two weeks and would pay well for them. Annie took her because of what she paid, and becuuse she was so pretty. She slept lato mornings and Annie was going to make her move to-morrow because sho slept so late it made breakfast drag ulong till noon. The women In the house didn't like Miss Wayne. They said she painted her face and smoked cigarettes. The men made soft eyes at hor and the woman got Jealous. Annie said sho had awful line things in her valise, and lots of Jewelry, An nie came up Btalrs to wake her, for it was lunch time, and then It all hap pened. There couldn't anybody have rushed down the stairs. I was In the hall whon Annie fell, and Doherty was with me, and he camo right up here after we'd carried Annie to hor room. That was the only time tho hall was alone." "How long did that take you, Do horty?" asked Johnny Johnson of tho newspaper coterie. He was thinking that the Coroner was a shade too Judi cial and prosy about the Inquiry. "Some six minutes or so," slowly an swered Doherty. "Mrs. Destorlo's a weight to carry; she's pretty fat. you, know, lately. Her room, too, It's clear back on tho second floor. They read the letters aloud. Tho enterprising newspaper boys had al ready had them photographed so that their papers might reproduco them. The longer of the two was undated, the other bore dato of eight months previous, In mid-August and ran: "Cerlsse Dear Heart of mine, I havo so longed for a letter. Do you still refuse to remember? Will you not forgive or must I die without word or sign from you? Forgive me, Cerlsse, dear, forgive me." The other, couched more formally, though In the same writing, read: "Cerlsse So the wander-lust still pervades your heart? Can you calm your restless mind and soul and body sufficiently long to realize that home, husband, children and tho develop ment of womanhood's Ideals is tho tithe life exacts from each of your sex? "You must pay now, Cerlsse, or pay at the end. If you defer payment of your Indebtedness to the scheme of all creation till the end you will And the Interest hard to handle. I shall ap peal no more. Entreaties do not move you. Neither do threats and commands are naught to you. But let me Impress one thing upon you. If you do not return to me before the first of the coming year, I will kill j-ou. Do you understand what I mean when I write this? I have never seemed able to make you comprehend anything I have ever written or said. You won't understand this, you won't realize that you will be dead, murder ed, before tho blossoms weight the orchards if you still persist in absent ing yourself from H." "Seems to me that 'H,' whoever 'H Is, must have been Intoxicated, de ranged or doped on his correspondence course," whispered Larry Morris to Betty Lancey. "Oh, don't Joke," replied Betty. "How can you at such time? Such a beautiful woman as she was, too. I'd have loved to havo seen her as she must have been when she was alive." "Death from causes unknown. Prob ably heart failure superinduced by fright" came the Coroner's verdict This ultimatum disposed of the body, which was burled next day. But it didn't of the Monster. That was in a cage in the municipal zoological gardens, snarling, whining and mak ing the hours hideous. And it didn't dispose of the story. That went flash ing around the world on the wires, while newspapers the country over seized the scent to track the "greatest crime mystery of the age." CHAPTTER IV. Early next morning Larry Morris sat In Le Roy's cafe, an all night res taurant and rendezvous of the news paper men, Industriously disposing of a roast beef sandwich. Larry's forehead was twisted into half a dozen corrugations. Ho was hoping none of tho boys would come In till he had got this Wayne story a little clearer in his head. Larry and two photographers had made three trips out to the Park to see tho awful Thing which some apt reporter had christened the Man-aperllla. One by one the boys came trooping in. And tho Wayne murder was tho topic of the night Til tell you what it Is, boys," said Hank Smith. "That Man-Aperilla is half-human and I know It When those white and black eyes were turn er upon me I felt my soul crawl out from under me, and I was left there hanging in space. Tell you what it Is, there's a story there." "Cut It, Hank, cut it," called little red-headed John Johnston, the best police reporter In town. "Here, Ma mie," to tho waitress, "bring Hank some eatings so the rest of us can take a rubber at tho conversational game. Wasn't that girl a stunner, though? And did you notice, too, what a dead match that her hair was for the color of the pelt on tho beast?" Now every man at the table had noted Just that point. It was so ob vious a point that it was startling. Each had been loath to launch an opin ion on it. But Johnny had a way. with him of pumping all you knew by bold plays. Each man took counsel with himself wondering what Johnny would do next For ten years theso boys and Johnny had met every Mon day night, and the crowd had learned when to give him rope. But Just now Johnny and his bowl of rice and milk relapsed into silence while his companions ranged far In wild theories of who "II" was, what part ho had played in tho life and death of Corisso Wuyne, whether sho was wife, widow, murdered or simply another victim of the suicide list By and by Johnny dug down Into ono of the over bulging pockets of his always baggy trousers. Tho by-word was that Johnny always looked so much like a burglar that he never had any troublo gaining the confident of tho rather reticent pcoplo of th pro fession. "Hunting for a quartor, Johnny, or a toothpick?" questioned Larry Morris. "Hero, look at this," answorod John ny. Into their midst ho twirled tho some thing ho had drawn from his pocket. It was a man's garter of lavender silk elastic, tho bucklo hnnd wrought from rose gold, set round with amethysts and on tho faco tho Initial "H," worked out In emeralds and amethysts of ox cosslve smalluess but exceedingly great brilliancy. "Whero did you got that?" camo tho chorus. "Well." said Johnny, "llaton. I pick ed this up in tho Desterle house about an hour ago. Say, everybody about that house has got stago fright Thoy aro all moving out. An earthquako couldn't movo them quicker than thoy aro going. Tho death watch has got its grip on tho whole thlrty-flvo board ers. Moro than half of thorn aro speed ing away to spend tho night with hand-baggage only. Great show, too, to watch thorn hustle out I'm going to sleep up there to-night I picked this garter up In tho closot whore It had rolled down behind a llttlo shelf. Now women, you know, don't wear garters like this." "Might" bellowed Hank Smith. "Saw a telegraph story the other day that thoy had taken to wearing half hose in New York." "But here's tho question," continued Johnny, "no man in tho house knew Mrs. Wayne nor anything about hor. Why, tho only decent word any ono of those curious passed about hor was that no ono had como to see hor slnco she arrived, and that sho had appeared embarrassed when her follow boardors of tho sex masculine attempted to pay her any attention." "I'll Just wager that Bho was some poor, sweet llttlo girl who had mar ried some old fool for his monoy," in terposed Philip Hartley, whoso sym pathetic heart beat for all the mis treated women In tho world. "She's found him unbearable, and refusod to live with him, and he's Just hounded her to death. That 'H may have stood for 'Hubby," In tho letter that had the threat to kill her. I bollovo she's been taking slow poison, and camo here where sho wasn't known to snuff It off quietly." "How about tho Man-Aperllla?" flouted Larry Morris. "Proceed, Jules Verne II. Why don't you go farther, and have It a trained ape sent carrier pigeon, bloodhound-fashion by the ogre-husband, to choke her to death?" "Because sho wasn't choked," con tended Hartley. "Heavens, what a woman she must havo been." "Oh, to kill from Jealousy," Ued Hank Smith. "Why, hallo; hero's let ty Lancey at this hour of tho morning. Betty, don't you ever get through work? And you're all out of breath. What's wrong. Mamie, got hor some tea. What Is the matter, Betty?" Betty, white as print paper, Bunk on a chair. Her big blue eyes were open ed wide. "Boys," she Bald. "Como with me; come quick, don't say a word, but tell me, am I crazed or dreaming; has it really happened or am I imv lons? Oh, no! don't stop to finish eat ing; come quick or It will be too late. I am afraid to stop alone In that aw ful room. You know I missed my train home and stopped at the hotel to night and, oh, it startled me so." "What's up, anyhow?" asked John ny. "Tell the rest of them, Betty. I'm going up to get chummy with the mystery, sleeping all night in tho Des terle house. Maybe I'll havo a visi tation, seeing as how my own head is some reddish. 'Tlsn't like you to have stage fright Betty." "I haven't got it," Bho snapped. "But Just as I started to get Into bed and went over to ralso the shade, I looked across the court Into one of the other rooms of the hotel. And In there what do you think I saw?" Womanlike Betty paused to give her audience a thrill. "Oh, nonsense; out with It," com manded the boys. "Cerlsse Wayne, her ghost or her double, and tho handsomest man I over saw!" (To be continued.) A Sturtllnir Mo. A traveling salesman died very Bud denly In Pittsburg. H1b relatives tele graphed the undertaker to make a wreath; the ribbon Bhould be extra wide with the inscription, "Rest in Peace" on both sides, and If there la room, "We Shall Meet in Heaven." The undertaker was out of town and his new assistant handled the Job. It was a startling floral piece which turned up at the funeral. The ribbon was extra wide and bore tho Inscription, "Rest in Peace on Both Sides, and If There is Room We Shall Meet in Heaven." Often the Cnae. The editor of the magazine was somewhat dubious. "Curious," said ho, "that this anec dote of Napoleon has never been In print before." "It has been in print before," ex plained the space writer, "but not at tached to Napoleon." Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal. Agreeable. Mistress I don't want you to have bo much company. You have moro callers In a day than I havo in a week. Domestic Well, mum, perhaps If you'd try to be a llttlo more agreeable you'd have as many friends as I hava Puck. A WiiNte of Mime', ' Hub Reckless and oxtravagant It When did I ever make a useless pur chase? Wife Why, there's that flro extin guisher you bought a year ago; we've nover used It once. Exchange. Til kin If die Tlim, "Why did Dollarhy Bell his hotel?" "He wasn't making money fast enough." "What Is ho doing now?" "He's luxuriating in tho position oi head waiter." Washington Star, FASHION HINTS This outinp suit of rose colored linen has small tucks panncled in the sides of the blouse and skirt. Black linen Is used for the belt, collar and deep cuffs. A jaunty tie Is drawn through tho slash In the blouse front, giving just the required dash to the whole, Ji UftATMB A LAKI3. Preparntorr to a Dlir OH Ventnr Through Dorinv In It" Bed. A fight for titlo to 4,400 acros of Per ry Lake in Caddo pariah, southwest Louisiana, and Bald to bo an oil Hold valued at approximately $5,000,000, has boon begun before Commissioner Don nott of tho general land offlco. The claimant is John B.King of Toxarkano. Texas, who mado entry over ono year ago undor tho placor mining act. Ho claims that tho aroa of tho lake was nover turned ovor by tho government to tho State of Louisiana, and as tho attoruoy general of that State did not put In an appearanco yesterday It Is believed that the State Is content to lot tho general government deal with tho proposition boforo It In any manner It may deem advisable Former Representative John J. Lcntz of Columbus, Ohio; J. A. Tellior of LltUe Rock, Ark., and J. D. Kornor, alBO of tho capital of Ohio, mado up tho legal array which presented Mr. King's side of the caso. At tho close of the argument Commissioner Den nett took tho matter under advlBoment. Ho did not announce when a decision will be rendered In tho matter. For several months past It has been belloved that the State officials of Lou isiana wore going to put up a vigorous fight for tho lako, which also has a considerable area In tho State of Tex as. Several years ago, while prospect ing over tho general oil Held In tho section whero the lake Is located, Mr. King discovered that while the Stand ard Oil Company had located Its wells on all sides of the property, no attempt had been mado to locato on tho lako. He then went to work, and made a close examination of the records bear ing on the question of title to tho land on which tho lako lies. ThlB was for merly government land before tho back water from tho Red River overflowed the section and left the lako. He ascer tained, bo it was pointed out in tho ar gument of the attorneys before Com missioner Dennett yesterday that tho lake was never turned over by the general government to tho State of Louisiana, and ho lost no tlmo in mak ing an entry on tho 4,400 acres in ques tion, which Is believed to bo tho rich est In the section In point of possiblo oil fields. With his entry ho then mado his plans to bring tho matter to the atten tion of the commissioner of tho gen oral land office, so as to perfect tho ti tle before he begins operations for lo cating oil wells. He talked at length yesterday of tho question and pointed out that as the lake Is only about two or three feet deep It will bo a campara tlvely easy matter to locate oil wells In all parts of the area covered by the 4,400 acres In question. Mr. King Is positive from tho Investigations he has mado that tho area Is of Immense valuo and hopes as soon as he gets title to begin operations. The section in which tho lako la lo cated In both Texas and Louisiana Is looked upon by oil experts everywhere as a particularly rich oil country, and this fact has been singularly brought out, It 1b declared, by reason of the fact that tho Standard Oil Company has como Into tho section nnd bought up all the land bordering on tho lake Washington Star. A IJuddliijf Mcrclituit. Tho Jeweler had loft his now boy In ohargo of the atore whllo ho went homo to his dinner, but not until he cautioned tho youth that all tho gooda were marked and that ho must not let anyone take goods with him unlosa they wore paid for. "Well, Sam," he asked unon his re turn, "did you havo any customers?" "You botl" Bald Sam. gleefully. "And I got bla money, too! I sold ono man all thoso brass rings you had that wero marked 18c on the Inside, and here's tho money a dollar and ninety olght ntsj" Judge. Ilearardlnsr Immlurrnnta. Thoro has been during the part yoar An Increase of 500,000 in the Immigrant population of tho Unltod States. In tho moantlmo about 250,000 immi grants returned homo, Investigation shows that of thoBo who return to tholr Europoan homes tho vast majority aro unakllled laborers whoso stay hero has been comparatively brief. Tho mo- chanlca and artisans Btay In tholr now homos. GERMAN SPIES IN ENGLAND Story About Teutonic Wli Ile Tl ' menace" with which Afri cans boenmo famlllnr during tho and which generally took the arm or Japanese butlora who wore tea ' " la now getting In Us wuno old Ion 1 work In England. Over thoro tho threat" U of an Angto-Gormnn war, so So "nionaco" naturally bocomcfl u Toutonlc waiter. ..( Under tho heading "A Real Monaco, a man writes to tho Gentlewoman n '""PnmBt confess that without boln In tho least a Bcnrosnongor tho pros enco of such crowds of foreigners In our midst does not tend to make i ono fool altogether comfortable. Mob of all does tho German waiter flourish ut all tho restaurants, whother smart or otherwise, all over this groat London of ours, and In caso of an nvaslon from oversea what part would these goutry play In tho general commo- tl''Dy way of anBWor I will repeat a Btory that Is now bolng told In tho clubs on tho best authority. A gen tleman of English birth, but possess. Ing In a marked degreo tho gift or tongues, cnterod a woll known roa taurant with tho air of bolng a Gor man. Ho was soon on easy terms with tho Touton, who, of courBO, attended to hla creaturo comforts. Boforo leav ing ho requested a fow minutes' prl vato conversation with tho kollnor, who by that tlmo had bocomo oxpan bIvo. '"Havo you,' quoth tho linguist In most fluont Gorman, 'your orders for when tho groat moment ncrlvcs? '"Oh, certainly!' replied tho waltor. Wo all know exactly whero to go nnd what to do.' " LAST AMERICAN WOODEN SHIP. Hmnr-UtfifoI Vel, Cln AI, llullt In Mitlne In lHttit. Tho Aryan, launched In Phlppsburg, Mo., In 1893, Is tho last squaro-rlggcd ship of wood built In the United Stntes and tho only wooden ship classing Al in both tho record of American ship ping and In Lloyd's register. Sho Is of 2,123 tons register, carries ovor 3,000 gross tons, has three decks and Is an strong as wood and metal can mako hor, sayB tho Hoston Globe. Hor framo Is whlto oak, docked In Bait wntor over a year boforo being put into hor, and la tho last whlto oak ship frame cut In Now England, having been tnkon from Now Hampshire for ests. Her deck and planking aro of hard plno. When tho ship waa oponed In Now York last year for Inspection tho sur veyors gavo a certificate to the effoct that she was as sound as any wooden vessol. afloat, irrespective of ago. Tho Aryan was built by C. V. Mlnott & Co.. n firm that was composed of tho late Charles V. Mlnott a man of ster ling qualities, whoso name was woll known In shipping circles for over half a century and his son, Charles V. Mlnott, Jr., a graduate of Dowdoln Col lege and at present state senator from Sagadahoc county. Tho Aryan recently arrived at San Francisco with coal from Philadelphia, and loaded a cargo of asphalt, canned salmon, wlno, redwood nnd scraplron for New York. FALSE TEETH TRAGEDY. Ther Stuck In Thront of KnulUliiuun nuil Throltlft! Him. Numorous people, we believe, havo swallowed their falso tcelh, and a few perhaps been throttled by them. Hut the latter occurrence Is so rare aB to deserve passing ntolco. At Hlghbrldgo, In England, a man wa3 found dead In tho highway, presenting all the marks of asphyxia. His body lay near tho top of a hill. Tho autopsy disclosed a plate of false teeth wedged tightly In his throat across the opening Into tho lungs. Thoy bo completely blocked the passago that no air whatever could pass, and appeared to have been held In placo by tho suction of tho lurigu. A medical witness offered tho expla nation that tho man was walking up the hill, breathing heavily. In somo way the plato was looBoned and drawn forcibly into tho throat by a "deep breath." It happened to fall I n Hllrh a position as Immediately to becomo tigntiy wedged, bo that tho victim was entirely unable to dislodge It. No one being about It probably would not havo made any difference If there had been, becauso ho could not call out or oven oxplaln what had hannenod h wbb choked to death Just as effectually .. I m . i it. , . . mi u no nuu oeon garroteu or drowned. If such accidents worp common it might be deulrablo to Wear ffilnn tniti on a chain as eyeglasses aro worn urougnt out of a comer of tho mouth and fastened to tho ear. Now York Press. A Gn-nt llrlu. "So you think vnn win ,v. - iiio uju American matrlmonlnl marketr Bald anno vuyenuo, "I shall marry an holresB, if that la what you mean," said Count Fucash "I havo a tltlo to bo admired ami en vied." "Trim Anil n nnnA l,l . , .. w,M nuu KO,.H n ,on way toward making n best Bcllor" - uBiiiiiuiuu ouir. ISver Faithful, "Ho'b nlwayB wanting to borrow money from mo." "A fair-weathor friend merely." "Oh. no: he has nlun w iurrcn DO V" oral umbrolloa," Loulsvlllo Courier- ournai. We Buppoao we have wretched taato anyway, wo don't caro for Scotch dialect. Remember, glrU, the fairoat flowor id uiuju uiu ursi io raao, Honesty Is ono of the beat xcums 'HE 1 1 I -wf 1C22 Tho Indiana massacred JUmh, Virginia colonist. IfllRTlin in rut Hiinll.t ni,..i. m 1 I., n . " lurinuu 111 a luviuuiiL'O, H. I, 1C81 Tho Assombly of Ponnsyhui, imiiunuu uiu urni excise fifl1 r,1 lfnu..., CHtftn, ....... . ilia cuuiiiiinniuii truin U10 Dukt tl York, appointing him Governors tho Province of Now York, numml party of 8alr.burKer roach. cu Havnnnan, ua., ana met with t coruiai roccpuoiii 174- LouIh XV. of Franco decliJ war against England. 1765 Pennsylvania Assembly nut b ttpociui mcbkioii io arrango for cut ting a road to Philadelphia for Ui uso or urumiocK's army. 1705 Tho Urltlsh Stamp Act ktiai law. 1776 Georgia's ono delcgato to tt Continental Congress elected, 1776 Evacuation of Uoslon Ly thi IlrltlBh. tmf -1 T .. I. .. -n .t ..I 1 . X . . ii 1 1 vui, uiiiiii imjiiiu uii-iii-u ipeu- cr of tho -Maryland Assembly. 1779 Gen. Uonedlct Arnold reiltnd his commission In the Amtrlcu army. 1781 Ilrltish repulsed tho America at Imttlo of Oullford, N. C. 1800 nrltlsh ship Qucon Charlotte it- stroyod by nn explosion off Ut-horn. 1802 West Point Military Acaitsj established. 18 It Napoleon Joined by all the nrr.j after his return from Elba. 1S25 Pasturing of cows on Dottw Common forbidden. 1833 United States pension office a- tubllshed, 183C Constitution of tho Texas repub lic ndoptcd. 1 838 Sir Francis Uond Head reslpd office nn lieutenant governor S upper Canada'. 1855 First public schools In Illboi oatubllahed. 86C Railway train from Toronto t Hamilton plunged through drtf brldgo In Desjardlns canal, ul novonty lives lost. 802 Cladstono presided at the pr sentutlon In London of a nws testimonial to Charles Kcan, l! celebrated actor. 1803 Confederates under Clark ap- Hired Mount Sterling, Ky. 1875 Gov. Tlldcn of Now York senti measaKO to the Legislature detur- Ing tho State canals to bo mlinua aged and tho funds looted by extractors. 1877 George W. McCrary of Iowa U- came Secretary of war. 1882 Samuel Illatchford of New Tort appointed an associate Justice the Supromo Court of the UnlW Status. 1889 Menolllt II., Emperor of AbynU In, nscondod tho throne. .... 1892 Tho Standard Oil trust uison by consent of tho stockholders. '891 A provincial plebiscite In No Scotia showed an overwhelm sentlrnont In favor of prohibition. 1897 Floots of the allied powers U gun tho blockade of Crete. 1898 Dominion House of CommW passed the Yukon Itallwny bill, w the construction of a railway w tho Klondlko. 1390 Queen Regent of Spain slgnd treaty of peace with tho LnlteJ Status. 1900 Canadian troops arrived at CiPJ Town in enifUKO In War Wit" "', Tlnnrit 1905 Hon. S. N. Parent, premier tt Quebec, resigned. 1909 Congress of tho United BtW convened In apodal session. General strlko of telegraph, ... ..I nmnlnVeS " jmuiiu ana iiuoiai v,..j . Paris. MANY ILLEGALLY MAERIED. Court Docision Affects Now Yorkeri Who "Wed Under 18. Moro than 3,000 couplos In Nj York bolluvo thomBolvea to M rled, but thoy nro living ns hustaw and wlvea without tho legal rig"' 3o so. This condition waa hrougnj light by a decision in tho Aljpe"' division of tho Supremo Court W tlco Nathnn MUlor. . Tho ruling hold that ovon tho w ten conacnt of tho parents ftuthorii a boy and girl under the legal nj rlngenblo ago to wed dooa not m tho wedding legal. .rt About 70,000 mnrrlngo HconeM Issued each yenr at tho city ha'1- of thlB numbor nearly 2 por cem obtained by persons undor tlia J ago on tho written consent of parents or guardians, or uu M00 ench year. "MrB. Comoup's conversation n " 'ectly killing." "in w mt way ' . i.mi M.r the WW' auu way nuu mumvi- qngllBh." Baltimore American. "What a peculiar way that Oi" ton girl holda hor lips." ... A "If you propose to hor you" out what it meana. Sho'a o"n".. aay 'Yes.' " Clovoland Plain !