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BY
A. CONAN DOYLE
CHAPTER XXIII. ( Con t i nuod. )
Tho voices and t lie footsteps sounded
louder and louder, until they were just at
tho other side of the boundary. They
seemed to come from several people walk
in? slowly and heavily. 'J here was the
shrill rasping of a key and the wooden
door swung back on its rusty hinges,
wlule three dark figures passed out who
appeared to boar some burden between
them. The party In the shadow crouched
loser still, and peered through the dark
ness with eager anxious eyes. They could
discern little save the vague outlines of
the moving men, and yet as they g.uod at
them an unaccountable and overpowering
horror crept into the hearts of every one
of them. They breathed an atmosphere
of death.
I The newcomers tramped across the
road, and pushing through the thin hedge,
ascended the railway embankment upon
the other side. It was evident that their
burden was a heavy one, for they stopped
more than once while ascending the steep
grassy slope, and once, when near the top,
one of the party slipped, and there was
a sound ns though he had fallen upon his
knees, together with a stifled oath. They
reached the top, however, and their rig-
, ures, which had disappeared from view,
came into sight again standing out dimly
against the murky sky. They bent down
over the railway line, and placed the in
distinguishable mass which they bore care
fully upon it.
"We must have the light," said a voice.
"No, no; there's no need," another ex
postulated. "We can't work in the dark," said the
third, loudly and harshly. "Where's the
lantern, guv'nor? I've got a lucifer."
"We must manage that the train passes
over right," the first voice remarked.
"Here. Hurt, you light it."
There was the sharp sound of the strik
ing of a match, and a feeble glimmer ap
piared in the darkness. It flickered and
waned, as though the wind would extin
guish it, but next instant the wick of the
lantern had caught, and threw a strong
yellow glare upon the scene. The light
fell upon the major and his comrades, who
had sprung into the road, and it lit up
the group on the railway line. Yet it was
not upon the rescuing party that murder
ers fixed their terror-stricken eyes, and the
major and his friends had lost all thought
of the miscreants above them for there
standing in the center of the roadway,
there with the light flickering over pale
sweet face, like a spirit from the tomb,
stood no other than the much-enduring,
cruelly-treated girl for whom Burt's mur
derous blow had been intended.
For a few seconds she stood there with
out either party moving a foot or uttering
a sound. Then there came from the rail
way a cry so wild that it will ring forever
in the ears of thosse who heard it. Hurt
dropped upon his knees and put his hands
Cver his eyes to keep out the sight. John
Girdlestone caught his son by the wrist
and dashed away in the darkness, flying
wildly, madly, with white face and staring
ejes. us men who have looked upon that
which is not of this world. In the mean
time. Tom had sprung down from his
perch, and had clasped Kate in his arms,
and there she lay, sobbing and laughing,
with many pretty feminine ejaculations
and exclamations and questions, saved at
last from the net of death, which had been
closing upon her so long.
CHAPTER XXIV.
The ruffian Burt was so horror-stricken
at the sight of the girl whom he imagined
that he had murdered, that he lay grovel
ing on the railway line by the side of his
victim, moaning with terror, and incapa
ble of any resistance. He was promptly
seized by the major's party, and the Ni
hilist secured his hands with a handker
chief so quickly and effectively that it
was clearly not the first time that he had
performed the feat. He then calmly drew
a very long and bright knife from the
recesses of his frock coat, and having
Iiessed it against Burt's nose to insure
his attention, he brandished it in front of
him in a menacing way, as a hint that an
attempt at escape might be dangerous.
"And who is dis?" asked Baumser, lift
ing up the dead woman's head, and rest
ing it upon his knee.
"Poor girl ! She will never spt-nk
again, whoever she may have been," the
major said, holding the lantern to her
cold, pale face. "Here's where the. cow
ards struck her. Death must have been
instantaneous and painless. I could have
saorn it was the young lady we came
pfter. if it were not that we have her
safe down there, thank the Lord !"
"Where are those odors?" asked Von
I'aurnser, peering atwut through the d.irk-n-ss.
"If there is justice in the country,
hey will hing for the work of dis night."
"They are off," the major answered,
laving the girl's head reverently down
again. "It's hopeless to follow them, as
we know nothing of the counthry. nor
which direction they took. They ran like
madmen. Hullo! What can this be?"
The sight whach had attracted the vet
eran's attention was nothing less than the
appearance at the end of the lane of three
brilliant luminous discs moving along
abreast of one another. They came lap
icily nearer, increasing in brilliancy as
they approached. Then a voice rang out
of the darkness, "There they are, officers !
Close with them! Don't let 'em get
away !" and before the major and his
party could quite grasp the situation they
were valiantly charged by three of those
much-enduring. stout-hearted mortals
known a the British police force.
These three burly Hamiwhire police
men, having been placed upon our friends'
track by the ostler of the Flying Bull, and
bavin tbemaeWea observed maneuver!
which euld only be characterized t sns
pieious, charged down with such veho
me ice that in less time than it takes to
tell it, both Tom and the major and Von
Baumser were in safe custody. The Nihil
ist, who had an inextinguishable hatred
of the law, and who could never bo
brought to understand that it might un
der any circumstances be on his side, pull
ed himself ery straight and held his
knife down at his hip as though he meant
to use if, while Bulow, of Kiel, likewise
assumed
I Lately, howeer, the nimonrance of tl
prisoners and n few hurried words of
their
the
! major made the inspector in charge un
j dersttind how the land lay, and he trans
; f erred his attentions to Burt, on whose
: wrists he placed the handcuffs. He then
listened to a more detailed account of the
circumstances from the' lips of the major
"Who is this young lady?" he asked
pointing to Kate.
"This is the Miss Harston whom we
came to rescue, aud for whom no doubt
the blow was intended which killed this
unhappy girl.''
"Perhaps, sir," said the inspector to
Tom, "you had better take her up to the
house."
"Thank you," said Tom, and wont off
through the wood with Kate upon his
arm. On their way she told him how, be
ing unable to find her bonnet and cloak,
which Rebecca had abstracted, she had de
termined to keep her appointment without
them. Her delay rendered her a little
late, however; but on reaching the with
ered oak she heard voices and steps in
fiont of her, which she hud followed.
These had led her to the open gate, and
the lighting of the lantern had revealed
her to friends aud foes. Ere she con
eluded her storv Tom noticed that she
leaned more and more heavily upon him,
until by-the time that they reached the
Priory he was obliged to lift her up and
carry her to prevent her from falling. The
hardships of the last few weeks, and this
final terrible and yet more joyful incident
of all, had broken down her strength.' He
bore her into the house, aud laying her
bv the tire in the dining room, watched
tenderly over her, and exhausted his hum
blc stock of medical knowledge in devising
remedies for her condition
Iu the meantime the inspector having
thoroughly grasped the major's lucid nar
rative, was taking prompt aud energetic
measures
"You go down to the station. Constable
Jones," he ordered. "Wire to London,
John tiirdlestone, aged sixty-one, aud his
son, aged twenty-eight, wanted for mur
der. Address, Eccleston square and Fen
church street. City. Send a description
of them. Father, six feet one . inch in
height, hatchet-faced, grey hair and whis
kers, deep-set eyes, heavy brows, round
shoulders. Son, five feet ten, dark faced,
black eyes, black curly hair, strongly
made, well dressed."
"Yes, that's near enough," observed the
major.
"Wire to every station along the line
to be on the lookout. Send a description
to the chief constable of Portsmouth, and
have a watch kept on the shipping. That
should catch them. Let us carry the poor
soul up to the house," the inspector con
tinued, after making careful examination
of the ground all round the body. The
party assisted in raising the girl up, and
in carrying her back along the path by
which she had been brought.
Burt tramped stolidly along behind
with the remaining policeman beside him.
The Nihilist brought up the rear with his
keen eyes fixed upon the navvy, and his
knife still ready for use. When they
reached the Priory the prisoner was safe
ly locked away in one of the numerous
empty rooms, while Keneeoa was carried
upstairs and laid upon the very bed which
had been hers.
We must search the house." the in
spector said, and .Mrs. jorrocKs navmg
been brought out of her room, and having
forthwith fainted and been revived again,
was ordered to accompany the police in
their investigation, which she did in a
very dazed and stupefied manner. Indeed,
not a word could be got from her until.
entering the dining room, sue perceived
her bottle of Hollands upon the table, on
vhich she raised up her voice and cursed
the whole company, from the inspector
downwards, with the shrillest volubility
of invective. Having satisfied her soul
in this manner, she wound up by a per
fect shriek of profanity, and breaking
awav from her guardians, she regained
the shelter of her room and locked herself
up there, after which they could hear by
the drumming of her heels that she went
into a violent hysterical attack upon the
floor.
Kate had, however, reeovered sufficient
ly to be able to show the police the differ
ent rooms, and to explain to them which
was which. The inspector examined the
scanty furniture of Kate's apartment with
gieat interest.
"You say you have been living here for
three weeks," he said.
"Nearly a month," Kate answered.
"No wonder you look pale and ill. You
have a fine prospect from the window."
Ho drew the blind aside and looked out
into the darkness. A gleam of moonlight
lay upon the heaving ocean, and in the
(tnter of this silver streak was a single
brown-sailed fishing boat running to the
eastward before the wind. The inspector's
been eye rested upon it for an instint,
and then he drop'd the blind and turned
away. It never flashed across his mind
that the men whom he was hunting down
could have chosen this means of escape,
and were already beyond his reach.
CHAPTER XXV.
Ezra Girdlestone had given many indi
cations dining his life, !xth in Africa and
elsewhere, of being possessed of the power
of grasping a situation and of acting for
the best at the shortest notice. He never
showed this quality more conclusively
than at that terrible moment, when he
realized not only that the crime in which
he had participated had failed, but that
ail was discovered, and that his father
and he were hunted criminals. With the
wme intuitive quickness which made Urn
a brilliant man of business, be saw in
stantly what were the only available
inans of escape, and proceeded at once to
adopt tberu. If they could but reach the
vessel of Captain Hamilton Miggs they
might defy the pursuit of the law. He
had hired a lioat near Claxton.
The Black Eagle had dropped down the
Thames on the very Saturday which was
so fruitful of eventful episodes. Miges
would lie at Gravesend. and intended af
terwards to leat round to the lvwns,
there to await the final instruction of
the firm. If they could catch him before
tie left, there was very little chance that
he would know anything of what had oc
curred. It was a fortunate chance that ;
the next day was Sunday, and there
would be no morning paper to enlighten j
htm as to (he doings in -Hampshire. They ,
had otily to invent some plausible exousa '
for their wish to nccompany him. and get
him to drop them upon the Spanish coast.
Once out of sight of England, ami on the
bioad ocean, what detective could follow
their track?
They reached the ship. The early pan,
of the voyage of the Black Eagle was
extremely fortunate. The wind ciimo
round to the eastwariKand wafted them
steadily down channel, until on the third
day they saw the Isle of I'shant lying
low upon the skyline. No inquisitive gun
boat, or lurking police launch came with
in sight of them, though whenever any
vessel's course brought her in their direc
tion the heart (of Ezra Girdlestone sunk
within him. On one occasiou a small brig
signalled to them, and the wretched fugi
tives, when they saw the flags run i'l.
thought that all was lost. It proved,
however, to be merely some trivial mes
sage, and the two owners breathed again.
The wind fell -away on the day that
they cleared the channel, and the whole
surface of the sea was like a great ex
panse of quicksilver which shimmered in
the rays of the wintry sun. There was
still a considerable swell after the recent
gale, and the Black Eagle lay rolling
about as though she had learned habits of
inebriation from her skipper. The sky
was very clear above, but all round the
horizon a low haze lay upon the -water. So
silent was it that the creaking of the
boats as they swung at the davits, and
the straining of the shrouds as the ship
rolled, sounded loud and clear,- as did
the mucous cries of a couple of gulls who
hovered round the poop. Every now and
then a rumbling noise ending in a thud
down below showed that the swing of the
ship had caused something to come down
with a run. Underlying all other sounds,
however, was a muffled clank, clunk,
which might almost make one forget that
this was a sailing ship, it sounded so like
the chipping of a propeller.
"What is that noise, Captain Miggs?"
asked John Girdlestone, as he stood lean
ing over the quarter rail, while the old
sea-dog, sextant iu hand, was taking his
midday observations. The captain had
been on his good behavior since the unex
pected advent of his employers, aud he
was now in a wonderful and unprecedent
ed state of sobriety.
Them's the pumps agoin'," Miggs an
swered, packing his sextant away iu its
case.
"The pumps! I thought they wore
only used when a ship was in danger?"
Ezra came along the deck at this moment,
and listened with interest to the conver
sation. This ship is iu danger," Miggs remark
ed calmly.
In danger !" cried Ezra, looking round
at the clear sky and placid sea. "Where
ia the danger? I did not think you were
such an old woman, Miggs,
We will see about that," the seaman
werea angr.iy u a gou u
torn in her she s bound to be in dan-
gor, be the weather fair or foul." (
"Do you mean to tell me this ship Ws
no bottom?"
1 Hit ,1 It K.KJ I'll JUU iimi 11 " ' X U Ka.it.tj "
plates where you could put your fingers identified with those of any of the fa
through her seams. It's only the pumpin' mMar gases. These lines having pre
that keeps her afloat." vlously been found by Dewar In the
This is a pretty state of things, said
Girdlestone. "How is it that I have not
boon informed of it before.' It is most
dangerous.
Informed!" cried Miggs. "Informed
of it! Has there been a v yage yet that
1 haven't come to you, Muster Girdle-
stone, and told ye I was surprised ever to
find myself hack in Lainnon.' A year
agone I told ye how this ship was, and ye
laughed at me, ye did. It's only when ye
find vourselves on her in the middle o tne
uoad sea that ye understan' what it is
that sailor folk have to put up wi .
"I presume," tiirdlestone said, in a con
ciliatory voice, "that there would be no
enl danger as long as the weather was
fine."
It won't be fine long." the captain an
swered gruffly. "The glass was well un
der thirtv when I come up. and it is
lllin' fast. I've been about here before
ai this time o year in a cairn, wim a.
ground swell and a sinkin' glass. No good
ever came of it."
(To be continued.)
Where ( rime Delna.
'Of course it was wrong," exclaimed
the plain citizen. "He accepted a
bribe."
"I don't know," replied the politician,
t here's nothing wrong aUmt "
"What? Why, they caught him with.
tne gooos ana tie ainnus-
Oh! if ho was caught at It, of course,
it's wrong." Philadelphia Press.
(ietllnic Xfrvoni,
Mr. Stubb (reading) Burglars en
tered the Van Swell mansion last night
II Ml SOie nm III, lie.
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i
Mrs Stubl-Well, do be careful and."""1"' "l s"i
I n nurliiiiu I i iii lil a rnlnhniv on nh.
ock all the doors tonight, Henry.
There is an old blue china plate in the
kitchen that I wouldn't have stolen for
the world.
llluh H)cr.
Asker So this is a Hub, eh? Are
the members conservatives?
Teller No, half the time they are
up in the air.
skor Great Jupiter! What kind ot
n fin). I it?
Teller Balloonist.
Ilrailtnic II I m Off.
I'lox I want to give you a piece of
go! advice, old man.
Knox All right; but before you do,
lot ine give you a piece.
Bh.x-What is it?
Knox Follow the advice you are
going to give me.
f omfitrt.
First Tiiimii (ice! but I'd like to
live iu Alaska.
Second Tramp Why?
First Tramp Just think of sleeping
six months .n one stretch!
One Thins Ortili.
Saplelgh I've got a cold or some- j
thing in my head, doncher know. j
MIiw Cutting Well, If there' anj
thins there It must be a cold.
I
"FIGHTING
"; --r.. JvWffl i
"Fighting Bob" Evans relinquished conitnard of the American fleet find
will go on the retired list. It was hoped the brave old sea dog would bo able
to accompany the fleet around the world, but ill health compelled him to haui
down his flag.
Robley Dunglinson Evans was born in 1S4G and Is a graduate of the
Naval Academy. He received his first baptism of Are at Fort Fisher in 1SU5;
was in command of the Yorktown in 1891, when there was trouble with Chile,
and led the battleship Iowa at the battle of Santiago. His sobriquet. "Fight
ing Bob," was honestly acquired, for he was always In the thickest of the
fray. , Although a strict disciplinarian, he had a way of giving command aud
enforcing obedience that won for him the love and respect of his men.
It was a fitting climax to the noble old admiral's career that he was
the ranking officer of the combined fleets at the Golden Gate, the most for
midable array of battleships ever assembled. His success In sailing the six
teen American battleships from Hampton Roads to Magdalena Bay, the end
of the voyage finding the ships In better condition than when they shipped
anchor, wop the world's commendation. Those two events furnish a glorious
finale to "Fighting Bob's" naval career, which Americans will hope is but a
prelude to many years of peaceful retirement.
Messrs. II. P. Cady and D. F. Mc-
Farland have found the rare element
QeQQ toegther wlth hellum ,n natural
southeastern Kansas. They
iaa JJfi. t ,.
repo tnat in auu uu t - -
er spectroscopic lines of hellum, which
jthey have careruiiy luentineu, mey uuu
gneL.trum of ea3 frora the Bath Spring,
reported In lists of lines
,n mnrft voilltlle eases from
I.L. v. ,t thnt thpv
; me uuuoSpuiC, iur, .um- - -
may represent a new elementary gas.
M. E. Pennington of the Bureau of
Ciiemlstrv. Department of Agriculture,
i r,yorts tnat experiments on milk kept
ubQUt tfae freezing pojnt showed a
, ,.., ,nrnflHO nt organisms for
Ave or six weeks. At their maximum
they uumbered hundreds of millions
per cubic centimeter, and occasion
ally they passed the billion mark.
Although the milk experimented
with was never solidly frozen, yet
after ten days to two weeks It was
a mass of small ice crystals. No odor
or taste Indicated the high bacterial
content, and even on heating no curd
was produced until the very end of the
experiment.
It has often been asserted that Rog
er Bacon, appreciation of whose scien
tific acquirements la continually grow
ing, knew how to make gunpowder in
the thirteenth century, although more
or less doubt on the subject has always
1 exl3ted confirmation of Bacon's knowl-
ledge ln thlg re8pect Is regarded as hav-
. . found ,n a ,nanuscript contain-
ed ln the National Library in Paris,
which has recently been studied by
Mons. P. Duhem. Monsieur Duhem be
lieves that this manuscript Is a part
of Bacon's Opus Tertlum, and It clear
ly indicates a knowledge ' the cotn
I position, as well as of the explosive
' -
ver shjs -
imiea: "
the voyage Detweeu Jamaica auu tne
Isthmus of Panama at 11 a. m., the
sun being then nearly In the zenith, a
double rainbow of brilliant coloring ap
peared, forming a complete circle round
the the lnl)fr bow 1elng mme dis.
'tance from the sun, the outer bow being
about nn distance from the In-
ner. A clear horizon showed no signs
of rain. Neither the captain nor any
other soul on board had ever seen a
similar phenomenon. The other bow
faded gradually away and then the iu
uer bow."
Novel l'e for Wooden Kkk.
One of the innumerable things that
the manufacturers of turned wood
goods make Is the darning egg, for use
ln darning stockings.
These eggs are commonly provided
each with a handle of the same kind of
wood, which screws Into one end, says
the New Y'ork Sun
A while ago there
was received at the New York office of
a turned goods manufacturing concern
an order for a couple of cases, some
thousands In number, of darning eggs
to be supplied without handle and of a
size somewhat smaller- than the stan-
BOB" EVANS.
dard ; and then for some reason this
special lot of eggs was left on the
manufacturer's hunds. But they were
not wasted.
In the course of time there came It
a hatpin manufacturer who wanted to
leave an order for a few thousand hat
pin knobs, to be made In specified shape
and dimensions. Besides making regu
larly a great variety of things the
turned goods makers also turn wood
in any shape that may be required to
order.
And then the salesman recalled that
little lot of undersized handleless darn
ing eggs, which proved to be exactly
what the hatpin man wanted, and he
took the lot. And so finally they came
to be made up, not as darning eggs,
with fancy handle, but the knobs of
hatpins.
When a fem-ile person doesn't wan
to get married, she is already.
A man can cut down his smoking If
he's sick abed and thinks he's dying.
The way a woman manages a man
is by making him think he manages
her.
The first essential to being a great
man Is for him to have no doubt about
it himself.
The reason a woman says the baby
never cries at night Is she believes it
is never going to do it again.
It makes a woman very proud to
think how smart the children would be
If the school teachers only knew how
to teach them.
What satisfaction a woman gets out
of her husband's garden Is how often
she can catch him pretending to know
things about it
A Memory Tent.
A professor of mnemonics had gone J
to lecture at or near Canterbury. Aft
er the lecture was finished he had to .
wait for his London train. It was a I
most comfortless day, anil he retired j
to an inn for shelter nnd refreshment. I
To pass tho time he began to exhibit
hla feats of memory to the yokels in
the Inn parlor, and one and all were
thunderstruck except the waiter. There
is always one Hkeptlc ln every com
munion, whether of saints or sinners.
Do what lie would he could not miti
gate the acrid smile of acid incredulity
of that glorified potman! In the midst j
of one of his most difficult feats the !
whistle sounded of the "Only train to '
London to-night!" and he rushed off to
catch It. He caught It at the station,!
and his reputation caught it in the Inn
parlor. .for the waiter, coming In with
some ordered refreshments and finding
him gone, pointed to the corner where
he had been sitting and exclaimed,
"Silly 'umbug, he's forgot his um
brella !" Young Man.
Disappointment.
Amateur Sportsman (after shooting;
best friend) Too bad, too bad; but I
thought you were a deer. The Victim
Don't fret Amateur Sportsman)
Don't fret ! Why man, I promised my
wife a pair of horns. Illustrated Bits. .
THEVEEKLY
12S-1 London Fishmongers' eompnoy
founded.
JoSS Spanish Armada sailed from u
1'agus for England.
101.1 Royalists victorious at battle of
Stratton.
1 "02 Commencement of hostilities !n
Queen Anne's war, that of the Span
ish succession.
l&? Fort Sandusky, Ohio, taken by In
dians. 1705 One-fourth of the city of Montreal
destroyed by fire.
1774 Charter of Massachusetts annulled
and people declared rebels by Par
liament. 177." Declaration of Independence adopt
ed at Mecklenburg, N. C.
1717 An extra session of Congress con
vened to consider the strained rela
tions between the United States and
France.
1S02 Napoleon I. instituted the Legion
of Honor.
ISO.'! England declared war against
Bonaparte.
1X04 Napoleon I. proclaimed Emperor of
the French.
ISO!) England took possession of the
Island' of Anholt, Denmark.
1S2." Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell,
first woman ordained as a minister,
born near Rochester, N. Y.
1S20 Second cotton factory in South
Carolina established at Pendleton.
1832 Election riots in Montreal. .
1841 Twenty-five lives lost by a fall of
rock from Cape Diamond, Quebec.
1845 The Free church of Scotland es
tablished. 1847 Daniel O'Connell, the. Liberator,
died in Genoa, Italy. Born in Coun
ty Kerry, Ireland, Aug. (5, 1775.
1840 Smith O'Brien expelled frora the
British House of Commons.
1858 Capture of the Peiho forts.
1S59 French and Sardinians defeated
the Austrians at Montebello.
j 1802 Fast day in Richmond, Va.
1804 First express trains run between
New York and Buffalo.
1805 Jefferson Davis imprisoned in
Fortress Monroe.
1871 Vendome Column, erected by Na
poleon I., to commemorate his vic
tories, pulled down by the Commun
ists in Paris.
1875 Donald A. Macdonald entered
office of lieutenant governor of On
tario. 1870 St. Patrick's cathedral. New York
City, dedicated.
18.82 Tho British expedition arrived at
Alexandria, Egypt.
18.85 Surrender of Louis Riel, leader of
"Riel's Rebellion."
1880 British evacuation of Suakim com
pleted. 1880 Groat loss of property by fire in
Quebec.
ISO.'i I'nited States Supreme Court sus
tained the Chinese Exclusion act.
1804 The Manchester ship canal opened.
1000 British force under Gen. Butler
occupied Dundee, South Africa.
1004 Pool rooms in New York City shut
off from telegraphic service.
1900 Four towns in northern Michigan
destroyed by forest fires.
A committee of St. Paul Aldermen ha
adopted an ordinance providing that here
after school buildings in the city shall be
if fireproof construction.
St. Olaf College of Northfield defeated
Gustavus Adolphus College of St. Peter
in debate. St. Olaf had the negative of
the municipal ownership question.
Rev. Edwin A. Sehnell of La Porte,
Ind., has been elected president of the
Iowa Wesleyan university at Mount
I'leasant, Iowa, and has accepted the po
sition.
James A. Bull, for many years an ac
tive supporter of the Minnesota State
agricultural school, died suddenly at hii
home in Edina Mills, a suburb of Min
neapolis. The Nebraska State university Sonata
has requested the resignations of Dr.
J. T. Lees and Dr. T. L. Bolton., faculty
members of the university athletic board.
Dr. Lees took a prominent part in re
vising foot ball rules nt the conferences
held in New York. Students objected to
the method of holding -the athletic board
election and the two members were ousted.
The seminary building at Wessington
Springs, S. I)., burned last winter, is to
lie replaced by a new granite and pressed
brick structure, costing $20,840. Wes
sington has also let the contract for a
public school building to cost $25,9.11.
In the legal contest to decide whether
or not the Minneaiolis board of educa
tion can suspend a pupil who is backward
in his studies Lindsley Pilkey won his
first point in the controversy before Judga
Simpson, who Issued an order command
ing the school board to reinstate young
Pilkey until final argument on the point
involved is completed. (