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prophet seemed brathd luto their mys
terious significance. i
THEVEEKLY
Tremaine regarded Gideon Hope fix
edly. lie could not treat this man other
wise than seriously, though a stranger,
an utter stranger, to him and tampering
with his yery heartstrings!"
"Toregain, to punish," he murmured.
"There is one vital element, one cen
tral point, that must be primarily acceded
to, or the thing is Impossible," spoke
Gideon Hope, oracularly,
"And that is?"
"Your daughter;"
The aristocratic chest reared the gen
tleman, the father, spoke iu the chilling
austerity manifested by the iron master.
"Sir!" he cried.
A Political Vendetta
- Jr.
mm
By
WELDON J. COBB
; CHAPTER II.
A vision of scorning fairy-land ; a ter
raced rise overlooking a venial valley, a
stately marble edifice, palace-like iu rich
.'acade and minaretted roof this set in
the midst of a garden full of sweetness,
taste' and grandeur.
On a lower level were as many as fifty
neat new frame dwellings iu various
stages of construction, but none occupied
death or desolation held dumb this por
tion of the singular landscape.
Again, at the lowermost grade of the
grassy slope black, grim stacks arose
from a wilderness of frame and stone fac
tory buildings but there were no brist
ling, red-lighted windows; all was cold,
dark and lifeless. Here, too, was silence,
deep and mournful a dead or sleeping
city of industry.
There was light only at the palace on
the hill. Toward it, up the cindered
road, smooth as a race course and bor
dered with a neatly cut stretch of sward,
a man plodded his way in the gossamer
moonlight Gideon Hoie.
lie was five years older than upon that
eventful night when the star of his des
tiny had set in clouds of storm, disaster
and sorrow, but the stalwart form was
yet straight as a sapling that face,
which always reminded of the faces one
sometimes sees on old Roman medals, pre
served its original statuesque dignity and
contour only, the eyes were deeper set,
the lips closer drawn.
He had pushed up his hat from his
trow, as though he were fevered and the
falling dew a grateful boon. Once he
paused, to sweep with a glance, first sar
donic and then almost sad, the deserted
factories, the silent homes, the towering
residence on the hill-top. Immediately
this passing interest departed his mind
seemed to react upon itself, his head
drooped, and he resumed his way with the
firm, studied stride of a man with a defi
nite purpose, a goal in view.
Like a thunderbolt from pure heaven
had fallen the announcement of the chief
of police that dreadful night in the long
ago its memory was with this man now,
as it had been night and day, unceasingly
through the long, dragging years.
lie recalled, even now, words he had
epoken, questions he had asked, mechan
ically, like a man under a leaden spell :
"Who shut my brother in that trap of
death?"
"It will never be known !"
"Who was last seen about the works?"
"The manager."
"His name?"
"One of his names is Percival Keene."
"Where is he?"
"Vanished like the others."
"You can give me his picture?"
"Yes but he has twenty aliases, a
oyal fortune to dissipate in obscurity."
"I shall find him '."
That had been his object, his one mo
tive for life. Since then Gideon Hope
bad hunted half the globe.
To his quick mind the truth was plain.
His unsuspecting brother had visited the
works. Lad made some vital discovery of
the company's rottenness fatal informa
tion, which would mean prison and ruin
for the schemers. He had died with his
secret !
Who had shut him in? It might never
be discovered. But there was one respon
sible head of rascality "Percival
Keane !"
This sweet, soft summer evening Gid
eon Hope knew at last that he had succeeded-
he had found his man.
Up the hill and on he plodded. Now
the elegant mansion was squarely before
him: what a paradise!
From a sumptuous lot.nzing room a
colored lamp threw opalescent glinting
rays across a sheltered, screened porch.
A man, august and noble of visage, oc
cupied a large chair.
Before him fluttered a feminine form
arrayed in fleecy white, with a face so
radiantly rare and beautiful that Gideon
Hope, pausing, had eyes only for her for
the moment.
She put a newspaper, some cigars, a
cup of some invigorating mixture at the
elbow of the occupant of the chair upon
a delicate little stand.
He nodded, forced a dismal, wan smile.
She caressed him tenderly, and vanished
through the open French window.
Gideon had come up the winding gravel
walk slowly. Now, in shadow, he stood
and watched the man as he sat alone.
The latter arose with a fierce, restless
eigh. He walked to the edge of the porch,
pressed his face to a north screen, and
his vision could thus take in at one
sweep all the salient points of the glori
ous landscape.
But its beauti"" evidently had no
charms for him- even at a distance his
face and manner showed that what he
aw depressed and excited him alike.
He threw out a hand with an express
ive gesture like one in mute, choking
despair; tottered back to his seat. His
head sank in his hands, his frame shook
with deep internal emotion.
Gideon came up the steps.
He noiselessly opened the outer screen
door, silently approached the table, and
sank into a chair opposite the other
unheard, unseen.
His eye dwelt momentarily on the win
dow space where that fairy vision of
grace and loveliness had fluttered a mo
ment before.
His glance wandered past the exquisite
draperies, across a rug worth its weight
in gold made in far away Persian looms,
and then up the decorated wall to a foil
length oil painting.
This seemed to speak it was in color
and expression the faithful presentiment
of the beautiful girl who bad Just passed
before it
CHAPTER III.
Gid-on Hope's eye softened a rapt
longing sadness drove from his face some
of its natural grim fierceness.
In those sweet eyes wis a latent some
thing that reminded of the fair bright
spirit gons do wo to horrible death is the
cold, close vault of the great rotten Con
solidated Silver Company !
J hen the mask fell. He turned from
sentiment, emotion, to the stem, merciless
mission that had brought him hither.
..lie glanced toward the drooping man
before him, put out his hand and touched
his limp and nerveless arm. The other
suddenly started aroused by the touch.
He stared in confusion, then surprise
and then the cold, haughty bearing of the
aristocrat disguised his recent weakness.
"How came you here?" he began.
Gideon quickly produced a card. It
bore two words; his simple name, in sim
ple, modest type.
The "courteous gentleman ever, he arose,
his hat removed, his voice modulated low
and respectfully.
"I do not know you "
"I am nobody, nothing of myself," an
nounced Gid eon bluntly ; "but I came for
a great purpose. Now, Albert Tremaine,
I have traveled a thousand miles to ask
you a single simple question."
The latter regarded him as though he
were a madman or a trickster spreading
some specious snare.
"The question," he said, however, con
trolling the instincts of caste he, who,
in his time, had been a nabob of the
nabobs.
"I, wish to verify rumor, report. You
will listen to me patiently till you know
the purpose that underlies what may seem
to you impertinence."
"Proceed, sir."
"You are the man, the multi-millionaire
of yesterday, who was drawn into the
net of a clever industrial ring, and
fleeced."
The other's face became ghastly. lie
half arose, as if to resent the candid,
torturing remarks.
"Be patient," said Gideon, calmly; his
eye and its power subduing his host, as he
intended that It should. "I will be brief.
You were drawn into a 'gentleman's agree
ment. There was a 'pool.' Into it you
threw your holdings, your millions. You
trusted men whom you believed to be
strictly honorable. You were given this
place as your 'share,' this town, with one
reservation ; the mills here and the ma
chinery were to remain the pool posses
sion.
"You are well informed," bitterly inter
polated Mr. Albert Tremaine "but all
the world knows now !"
"You 8 re a good man, a just man,
Mr. Tremaine," proceeded Gideon. "You
fancied, in the arrangement thus made,
that you saw the opportunity of carrying
out a philanthropic plan, long and nobly
cherished. Yourself and your daughter
strove unselfishly for a model industrial
city filled with model workmen. You
erected this magnificent home, you beau
tified yonder road stretches; you started
those substantial, comfortable homes for
jour workmen. Did you not own it all?
In ten years would not the natural rise
in property doubly repay you?"
Trernaine's head sank low in humilia
tion and grief at a thought of the reality
promised, never attained.
"What happened?" continued Hope.
"The men, your partners, on a given day,
voted to dismantle the mill, transfer the
machinery to other distant works of the
pool. That meant the ruin, the death, of
tats town, its desertion by your proteges,
the blasting of your hopes. Practically,
it pauperized you."
"Yes !"
"Out of all. you can not now realize
what was once a mere yearly salary. They
have tied up the active dividends. You
are a frozen-out, deluded victim the jeer,
the gibe of a directory of seemingly hon
orable men really, polished scoundrels."
"Yes !"
"I have come to you," said Gideon,
quietly, "to turn the tables."
Tremaine stared at him in wonder.
"I have come to you," continued Gid
eon, arising to his majestic height, some
thing of the old flash and fire coming into
his face and eye, "to enable you to regain
what you have lost, to make as the dust
under your feet those who sold you. I
aim at all, but I strike at one man the
head of the combination, Percy V. Kane."
At the mention of that name the fam
ous iron master grew whiter, and sick at
heart. He gasped :
"Curse him because of her my child
deprived of the wealth, the position,
the aspirations of a noble girlhood curse
him!"
"I strike at one man !" repeated Gid
eon, and his own features seemed turned
to stone.
"Why?"
"I shall not tell you. My motive shall
not interfere with yours. I tell you what
I mean and what I can do : Within one
year, 1 promise, I swear, that the infam
ous pool that wrecked jour life shall be
baffled, beaten, at your behest you, the
master; tfiat this man, this fiend, Percy
Kane, shall cringe at your feet at mine
for mercy !"
"You tempt me revenge !"
"I inspire you justice!" solemnly pro
nounced Gideon Hope.
"Are you a wizard, to pledge this?"
"As you like but I can keep my word."
"You must possess a mighty weapon?"
"Yes politics !"
It was enigmatical, the reply vague,
unsatisfactory yet something of the mas
ter genius in Gideon Hope's nature flash
ed out with searchlight distinctness and
impressed the other fully.
"Is it worth the effort are you suf
ficiently interested to listen to the details
of my plans in confidence?"
"In confidence, of course. You are a
remarkabla man !"
"No only a wronged one. It la a
mighty plan I have to submit. To shrink,
the ordeal once faced would be craven.
You shall enter on this agreement with
your eyes open. And then trust in me,
in my inspiration,' in my power, abso
lutely." The words thrilled, they were holy as
a boaanna, something of the spirit of a
"No listen. She is the pivot on which
all success must turn she the nininsnrin
that guides, controls. To my plan, blind
... . .. . .
ly, unquestioningly, she must lend he
ucauty, her grace, her very life. A ten
der, gentle lady oh, truly! but from the
strong ordeal she will come unspotted, and
victorious !
"No !"
Tremaine clenched his hands.
"Sir," be said, with dignity, "this is a
wild temptation, an unheard of proposi
tion !"
"Then It is useless," said Gideon, sin
ply, taking up his hat, shrugging his
broad shoulders, and turning to go.
"Wait."
Melancholy and pure as golden beads
dropped into a crystal dish, a sweet, pa
thetic tone pierced the brief silence inter
vening
At the open window stood beautiful
Claire Tremaine.
"Wait, father," she said, simply.
And then she walked straight up to
Gideon Hope.
Her penetrating, questioning eyes rest
ed full upon his own, so magnetic, so
clear, and yet so troubled.
"Sir," she said, ki a voice that thrilled
him, "I have heard your proposition. I
will answer for myself. Injustice, cruelty,
has been done us. Father, I trust this
man."
She put out her fair, dainty hands, ana
rested them confidently, pleadingly, in
the strong, earnest grasp of Gideon Hope.
(To be continued.)
WILD DUCKS IN THE SOUTH.
It I Called a Hunters' Heaven
Along the Texas Gulf Coast.
The coast of Texas in the vicinity of
Portland is the whiter feeding ground
for millions of ducks. The hunters go
there by the score during the open sea
son and make their headquarters at
Portland, Gregory, Tarpon, Rockport
and other places close to the waters of
the bay, says the Kansas City Star.
In previous years when there was no
game law in Texas to protect the wild
fowl, professional market hunters op
erated along the gulf coast and slaugh
tered the ducks by the carload each sea
son. Ihls woeful destruction of wild
game In Texas is now a thing of the
past. Those who were engaged in the
marketing of wild ducks made an effort
before the last Legislature to have
these fowl exempt from the provision
of the law, but they were not success
ful. The owners of ponds and lakes which
afforded unusually fine feeding ground
for the ducks made big fortunes out
of killing and marketing the fowls be
fore the game law was enacted. It is
related that one Galveston citizen who
owns an inland body of fresh water
situated near the coast enjoyed an In
come of from $40,000 to $00,000 each
year from the sale of wild ducks which
were killed by professional hunters and
sportsmen at his lake. The water Is
shallow and wild rice grows abundant
ly along Its shores and in its bed. As
soon as the weather begins to get cool
the ducks literally swarm upon the wa
ters of this lake. The owner, in addi
tion to having a number of professional
hunters constantly employed, also
granted permission to sportsmen to visit
the lake, with the provision that they
were to leave on the ground for mar
ket purposes all ducks, over a limited
number, that they might kill. W. J.
Bryan has been on two hunts at this
lake. On each occasion he was the
guest of the late Gov. Hogg. The sports
men and professional hunters do their
shooting from blinds. The lake is still
a favorite resort for duck hunters, but
the enormous annual revenue which It
formerly brought to its owner is now
cut off.
The law now provides that no hunter
shall kill to exceed twenty-five ducks
in one day. Marketing the fowls is
absolutely prohibited. Before legal re
strictions were placed upon this sport
it was no uncommon thing to see piles
of dead ducks laying upon the hunting
grounds and around the lodging places
of sportsmen. The fowls were slaugh
tered, it is said, for the mere desire to
kill.
It Is said by sportsmen that one or
two hours of good shooting a day outfit
io satisfy the most ardent hunter. It
is an easy matter to kill the limit of
twenty-five ducks in one day. When
this Is accomplished the hunter usually
goes after quail, or, if the conditions
are favorable, he takes a look around
for deer.
In the artesian well region between
Portland and Brownsville the ducks
were more abundant this season than
ever before. This probably Is due to
the fact that the water from the wells
has formed many small ponds and lakes
upon the ranches and the feeding
ground is fine for the fowls.
F. W. Fltzpatrlek, consulting archi
tect of the International Society of
Building Commissioners, says the fire
loss In the United States every year Is
$100,000,000 greater than the amount
spent In new construction. In this
estimate Is Included the money paid
annually for insurance and the cost of
fighting fire.
The number of Chinese scattered
throughout the world outside of the
Chinese empire la given officially at
6,708,123
'Nitrogen from the 'Air.
A detailed account of the progress, of
the works now In course of erection on
the falls of the Svaelglos at Norodderi,
In Norway, for the separation of atmos
pherlc nitrogen, on the system of
Messrs. Blrkeland and Eyde, is given
In La Nature. These works are the
property of "a French company, and the
available power is stated at' 34,000
horse-power. A second undertaking on
a far larger scale Is now In course of
construction to make use of the falls
of RJukan, where not less than 250,-
000 horse power will be utilized. Pho
tographs show that the buildings are
now completed, and that much of the
machinery is iu place. The factory is
contained In two separate divisions,
the hydro-electric generating station
and the chemical works. Details of
the revolving furnaces, with the inter
nal electrodes and the flame ares, are
given.
Let Women Ran Incubator. .
Please do not get the idea that the
Incubator is so everlastingly automatic
that you do not need to give it any at
tention. The result with the use of an
Incubator is a great deal like the re
sults with the use of otlfer things. They
will be fn proportion to the effort you
make to a great extent. Of course I
am not personally acquainted with you,
but as a long-distance proposition I
would a heap sight rather you would
urn your machine over to your wife.
The women folks have more natural
good sense in raising poultry, and you
can bet your boots they look after the
pennies and dimes in whatever they
undertake. While a man that is accus
tomed to dealing in big money often
overlooks seemli'gly immaterial things
that go to make the use of incubators
nd brooders a success. M. M. John
son, Nebraska.
A Clover Bnncher.
Clover that Is pastured until the
middle of June and then permitted to
make a second growth will escape in-
Jury from the midge and usually give
a better yield of seed. When 95 per
cent of the beads are a dead brown
color the mower may be set to work.
The illustration shows a flnger-Iike
mowing machine attachment for bunch
ing and laying the clover out of the
way of the horses.
To Prevent Tomato Rot.
The disease often attacks plants that
are not sprayed. It Is first noticeable
as small black or brown spots on the
leaves and stems of the plants, occur
ring first on the lower and older leaves.
but with favorable weather It spreads
rapidly till the plant is defoliated and
the spots on the stems have coalesced
Into Irregular blackish patches. If a
piece of bark ' with these spots be ex
amined under a high power microscope
innumerable small, crescent-shaped
bodies may be seen. These are the
fruiting spores of the fungus. Spray
with Bordeaux mixture.
Get a Disk Harrow.
The disk harrow is a tool that is
almost indispensable on an up-to-date
farm. For working land that Is infest
ed with weeds that spread from their
root systems the disk harrow Is the
only harrow that should be used. It
cuts the roots where they lie and does
not drag them from one part of the
field and transplant them In another.
With plenty of horsepower It will do
the work of a plow on some kinds of
soil, especially in fruit orchards.
where a plow is liable to tear up large
roots and start suckers to growing up
where the root Is cut.
Ration for Cows.
Experiments conducted last year at
the West Virginia Agricultural Station
go to show that, while a ration of grain
given to cows that are on pasture may
keep them in somewhat better physical
conditilon and keep up their flow of
milk, the increase In butter fat Is not
sufficient to pay for the cost of the
grain ration. This would seem to be
on the assumption of a flush pasture
and that the cows would eat additional
grass to tPke the place of the higher
priced grain ration.
Lean miaous Crops.
Nature has provided a leguminous
crop for every part of the earth where
it was intended that man should farm.
Cow peas, soy beans and Japan clover
In the South, crimson clover In the
Eastern slope, red clover In the Cen
tral states, alfalfa in the West, and
Canada peas In the North show how
thoroughly the distribution has been
effected.
Hired Man and The Horse,
.' Every man who works, on a, farm
ought to know how to care for horse's.
By "care" it Is not meant ' that hb
should know just enough , to feed a
.horse, but he must kuoyr. how to take
care of a mare in foal, how to break a
colt and how to feed to the best ad
vantage. He should. ,ku,ow-ail about
horses feet and something about shoe
ing, too. Many a '. man, has dropped
into a fine and permanent job because
he knew these things. Horses are the
most valuable animals on the farm, of
course, and the man who can take the
best care of them is the most valuable
help.
Changes In Farming
Farming is mot what it was twentj
years ago from a revenue standpoint.
Corn and cotton were the main prod
ucts from which the farmer drew his
income, and that, too, only once a year,
Now the process has changed up. In
stead of the one crop, cotton, farmers
have invoked a multiplicity of crops,
and not only grow corn and cotton for
revenue, but have supplemented pota
toes, both Irish and sweet j peaches and
pears, onions, melons, berries, peanuts
and ribbon cane, all of which bring
money at all seasons of the year, and
there is a continued market for what
he has to sell. Sulphur Springs (Tex.)
Gazette.
Growing Dates In Texas.
An experienced date grower of Cali
fornia who visited the lower UIo
Grande region of Texas two years ago
discovered large numbers of date palm
trees, some of them very old but all
of which were barren. He proposed to
pollenlze the trees artificially and
share in the proceeds, a proposition
which was eagerly accepted by the
owners. . Hundreds of these trees are
now bearing delicious fruit. The poor,
crippled and sick Mexicans of that sec
tion regard the man as a sorcerer and
hen he visits them they fall upon
their knees and beg him to cure them
of their infirmities.
Machine Hoe Helps.
The machine wheel hoe Is a great
thing in the garden. It makes garden
work a real pleasure if you have one
of the modern combined drill and wheel
boe arrangements. They are not costly
and not hard to operate. Any one that
has a garden as big as a town lot can
afford to have one, os It will save its
cost the first season and will last for
twenty years. You can do as much
work with one of them as ten men
with hand hoes and do It better.
Fruit Tree Borers.
August Is the time to look for borers.
Dig the soil away around the stems of
fruit trees to the depth of 3 inches,
scrape the bark with a knife, and if
any sawdust or exuding gum Is found
it is time to get to work. Dig out the
borer and wash the uncovered parts
with a mixture of soft cow dung, lime-
wood ashes ahd a little crude carbolic
acid. Then return the soil. The quince,
dwarf pear and peach trees are pir
ticularly affected by this pest.
Foe of the Green Bus.
Last season farmers of the South'
west were greatly alarmed over the ap
pearance of the wheat plant louse, com
monly known as the green bug. They
caused a tremeidous amount of dam
age, but this year Its ravages were
much less, owing to the appearance of
a parasite bee which destroys the bug.
The bee lays Its eggs on
the body of the green bug,
which are shown in the
picture on the wheat leaf.
When the eggs hatch out
the larva; feed on the bug
until they become bees,
when they lay more eggs
on the bugs, and this proc
ess Is repeated over and
over. The bees are shown
In the picture, and farmers
should become familiar with them, so
they may recognize them as one of
their best friends. Exchange.
Growing Mangels.
Mangels grown continuously on thfc
same land for four years, yielded over
nine tons of roots, containing one ton
of dry matter, while on land under ro
tation they yielded thirty-four tons of
roots and four tons of dry matter per
acre, at the New York Cornell Experi
ment Station. From 25,000 to 30,000
plants of mangels, rutabagas and hy
brid turnips, and from 40,000 to 60,000
plants of carrots, per acre, are sug
gested as proper stands.
Spraying to Kill Weeds.
It has been proved ttiat such weeds
as false-flax, wormseed, mustard, tum
bling mustard, common wild mustard,
shepherd's purse, pepper-grass, bell
mustard, corn cockle, chickweed, dan
delion, Canada thistle, bindweed plan
tain, rough pigweed, king-head, red
river weed, ragweed and cocklebur may
be destroyed by spraying the field with
a 2 or 3 per cent solution of copper
sulphate, using about eighty gallons of
water per acre.
1340 English defeated the French
the famous battle of Cressy.
1004 New Amsterdam surrendered to
the British, who changed the name to
New York.
1733 Brandt made the first accurate ex
periments on the chemical nature of
arsenic.
1754 A disturbance of the French and
Indians occurred upon Hoosiek and
Schaghticoke, which led to the break
ing up of these settlements.
1770 British defeated the Americans in
battle of Ivong Island.
1779 Gen. Sullivan defeated the Tories
and Indians at Elmira, N. Y.
179S Ja mes Wilson, one of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence,
died.
1S04 Margaret, widow of Benedict Ar
nold, died in London, aged 44 years.
1814 The city of Washington burned by
the British. .. .British evacuated the
city of Washington. ... Specie pay
ment were suspended in Philadel
phia. 1818 The Savannah, the first steam ves
sel to cross the ocean, launched at
New York.
1829 First temperance society formed
in Ireland. .. .Warfare between Co
lombia and Peru ended.
1S30 The steam locomotive was adapted
to passenger service for the first
time in America, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railway.
1S35 Sir John Gosford, Earl of Col-
borne, sworn in as Governor of Can
ada. 1830 Opening of the Buffalo and Ni
agara railroad.
1847 Republic of Liberia inaugurated.
1848 Trials of the Chartists began in
London.
1851 The yacht America beat the iroh
yacht Titania on a race of forty
miles by eight miles.
1855 The vessel engaged to lay the sub
marine cable between Cape Ray, N.
F., and Cape North, C. B., began to
pay it out.
1850 The Dudley observatory was dedi
cated at Albany, N. Y.
1857 Beginning of a financial panic in
the United States, which culminated
in an almost entire suspension of the
banks.
1858 First treaty signed between Great
Britain and Japan.
1800 Victoria railway bridge at Mon
treal opened by the Prince of Wales.
1809 First Confederate soldiers' monu
ment unveiled at Griffin, Ga.
1872 Severe storm and high tide did
great damage along the New England
coast.
1878 The independence of Servia pro
claimed at Belgrade.
1883 The Salvation army began opera
tions in Canada.
1S84 England closed a contract with a
Chicago firm for .'$00,000 pounds of
compressed beef for the Gordon re
lief expedition to Khartum.
1880 William J. Kendall, clothed in a
cork vest, swam through the Niag
ara whirlpool rapids.
1891 Decennial census placed the popu
lation of Canada at 4,823,344.
1894 A tornado swept the shores of the
Sea of Azof and caused the loss of
1,000 lives.
1897 President Borda of Uruguay assas
sinated at Montevideo. .. .Congress
of Salvador adopted the gold stand
ard.... Gen. J. P. S. Gobin of Penn
sylvania elected commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R.
1902 Monsignor Guidi was appointed
apostolic delegate to the Philippines
by the Poie.
1904 Battleship Louisiana launched at
Newport News.
1907 The new cantilever bridge in
course of construction across the St.
Iawrence river, near Quebec, col
lapsed, causing the death of nearly
KM) workmen British House of
Lords passed the bill legalizing mar
riages with a deceased wife's sister,
thus settling a long pending ques
tion. Patrick to Sapreme Court.
Albert T. Patri., serving a life sen
tence for the murder of Millionaire Rice
in New York several years ago, has now
appealed to the Supreme Court from tho
decision of Judge Lacomle denying his
application for release on habeas corpus
writ and a new trial. He makes the novel
claim that the life sentence Is an increase
of penalty over that of the electrical
chair which was formerly imposed on
him.
ALL ABOUND THE GLOBE.
King Edward purposes to pay a visit
to Germany with the Queen early In
1909.
The N ew Zealand government bas re
fused to enter into any arrangement to
aid in the grant of a subsidy to a Canadian-Australian
line.
Tht Missouri law requiring railroads
to give free passes to shippers and rare
takers of live stock, both to market and
back home, has been declared unconstitutional