I
The
Main
Chance
t
BY
Meredith Nicholson
copyrjoht 1903
Tbb Hobbs-Mkrrill Company
CHATTER I V. ( Continued. )
They spent the day in the saddle riding
ver the range. The ridiculous charac
ter of the l'oindexter undertaking could
not spoil the real value of the land.
There was, Saxton could see, the making
here of a great farming property : he felt
his old interest in outdoor life quickening
rs he rode back to the house in the even
lug. Snyder cooked supper for both of them,
while Saxton repaired a decrepit wind
mill which had been designed to supply
the house with water, lie had formed fl
poor opinion of the caretaker, who had
no well-defined duties. There was noth
ing for any one to iL unless the rang'
were again stocked and cattle raising un
dertaken as a SMious business. SaxUm
was used to rough men ami their ways.
He had a happy f.u-u''y of adapting him
peif to the conversational capacities o!
Illiterate men, and enjoyed drawing them
out and getting their point of view; bu
Snyder's was not a visage that irspirei
confidence. lie had a great shock o:
black hair and a sraggy beard. He lack
ed an eye, and he had a habit of drawing
his head around in order to aeeommod.itt
his remaining orb to any necessity, lie
did this with an insinuating kind of de
liberation that uecame tiresome in a lon
Interview.
"This place is too fancy to be of much
use," the man vouchsafed. "Yoif mnv
find some dude that wants to plant rnonej
where another dude has dug , the firsl
hole; but I reckon you'll have a hard
time catching him. A real cattleman
wouldn't care for nil this house. It might
be made into a stable, but a horse would
look ridiculous in here. You might have
a corn crib made out of it; or it .would
do for a hotel if you could get dudes to
spend (he summer here; but I reckon
it's a little hot out here for summer
boarders."
"The only real value is in the land,"
aid Saxton. "I'm told there's no better
on the river. The house is a handicap,
or would be so regarded by the kind o.
men who make money out of cattle. Have
you ever tried rounding up the cattle
that strayed through the fences? Thr
l'oindexter crowd must have branded
their last calves about two years ago.
Assuming that only a part of them was
fold or run off. there ought to be some
two-year-olds still loose in this country
and they'd be worth finding."
"Yer jokin' I guess. These feller,
flroahd here are good fellers, and all that,
but I guess they don't give anything back.
1 guess we am t got any cattle riming
to us."
"Who've you been reporting to, Sny
der?" "How's that?"
"Who have you been considering your
lelf responsible to?"
"Well, Jim Wheaton at the Clarkson
National hired me, and I reckon I'd re
port to him if I reported to anybody.
Hut if you're going to run this shebang
and want to be reported to, I guess I can
report to you."
"I want you to report to me," said
John, quietly. "In the first place I want
the house and the other buildings cleaned
out. After than the fences nmt be put
in shape. And then we'll see if we can't
find some of our cows. You can't tell ;
we may open up a real ranch here and
o into business."
"Wei!, if you're the boss I'll do it
your way. I got along all right with
Wheaton."
Sax ton determined to leave for Clark
ron th following morning, and formulat
ed in h.n in j ml the result of his journey
end plans for the future of the incon
gruous combination of properties that had
1 en tr:tru:'d to him. He sat for an
hour I.oki nir out over the moon-lit val
1 v. lie followed the long sweep of the
pla'.., through which he could see' foi
mil" :. bright ribbon of the river. A
train of enrs rumbled far away, on the
iron trail be; wen the two oceans, inten
sifying the loneliness of the strange
l,OUse.
"1 seem to find only the lonely places,'
he .iid aloud.
In the ii.ortjing h af the breakfast
r.f coT.
ler pr
t!.e i"M
;h
F'iid. ;.
1 rain.
', hi;rdt;ick and ba-on which Sny-oai-el.
Snyder rode with him to
wuy station.
my regards to Mr. Wheaton," he
' :'a.tt ti i.;n;s"'f into the
"Vou'll find me If-r.f at the old
1,' tl VO 1 oo.'i.e I'C.ek."
'A r;-! er
1 !ot." w:
el-
w;-t arid undoubtedly a
oi.xton's reflection.
b'.ol !
Wh-n S
port of Li-
10 Lis s
' o I to.-'.Otl.
bis ,.
n XTo!l
had vrire' out the re-
!!;. l.e took it to Wh-aton, to
-'-:i"i.s ,..f,,:-f. forwarding it
I ! looked ii),.,n the cashier a;
--or. and v Mied to avail him-
h-If
Vh.nto
t.oWled'-e of the loci!
rond'tocs ;
ties that I,:
Wl,..Ton un
fds';; :, , p u
report, fic
tions of v.-ili
Tectii, t:i- several proper
1 t.ow passed to his care,
'"ihti-'ly wished to be of as
in ' in ir dis -nss-on or the
;t-l ier c:;o,. rnanv sugges-
f which Saxton was glad
to avail liiijisi if.
"A to the I'oiud'vter pac." saw
Sixt n il'iidy. "I've been advertising it
for stili" in the Lope of finding a buyer,
but without results. The people at head
piaricrs can't bother about the details
of tin s" tliii but I can't see why we
ih'yj'A maiM-tin a caretaker. There'
nothing to take care of. That house is
wors" than useless. I'm going bick in a
few days to see if I r-an't cosx home
fome df the cattle we're entitled to, and
then I sopp ose we may as well dispense
with Snyder." y '
I J'l don't see that there's anything else
to do," Wheaton answered. "I've been
to the ranch, and there's little personal
jirvperty there forth caring for. That
man Snyder came slon on day and
asked for a job and I sent him out therf
thinking he'd keep things in order until
the Trust Company sent its own lepio
ser.tative here."
There ,were times when Wheaton'i
black eyes contracted curiously, and this
was one of the times.
"I don't like discharging a man that
you've employed," Saxton replied.
"Oh, that's all right. You can't keep
him if he performs no service. Don't
trouble about him on my account. How
soon are you going back there?"
"Next vnek some time."
Saxton was not surprised when he re
turned to the ranch to find that Sn.vdei
bad made no effort to obey his instruc
tions. He made his visit unexpectedly.
He reached the house in the middle of
the morning and found the front dooi
bolted and barred on the inside. After
much pounding he succeeded in bringing
Snyder to the door, evidently both sur
prised and displeased at his interruprion.
"Howdy, boss," was the salutation ol
the frowsy custodian ; "I wasn't feeling
just right to-day and was takin' a little
nap."
The great hall showed signs of a ca
rousal. The dirt had increased since Sa t
ton's first appearance. Empty bottles
that had been doing servree as cauiMs
sticks stood in their greasy shrouds or
the table. Saxton sat down on a k.g.
which had evidently been recently emp
tied. He resolved to make quick work
of Snyder.
"How many cattle have you rounded
up since I was here?" he demanded.
"Well, to tell the truth," began Snyder
"there ain't been much time for doing
that since you was here."
"No ; I suppose you were busy mend
ing fences and cleaning house. Now yon
have been drawing forty dollars a month
lor doing nothing. I'll treat you bettei
than you deserve and give you ten dol
lars bonus to get out. 1 believe the pony
in the corral belongs to you. Wj'11 let i
go at that. Here's your money."
"Well, I guess as Mr. Wheaton hired
me, he'd better lire me."
"Yes, I spoke to Mr. Wheaton about
you. lie understands that you're to go.
"He does, does he?" Snyder replied
with a sneer. "He must have forgot thai
I had an arrangement with him by the
year."
"Well, it's all off," said Saxtoa, rising
He began throwing open the windurs ana
doors to let in fresh air.
"Weli, I guess I'll have to see Mr.
Wheaton," Snyder retorted, finding thai
Saxton was paying no further attention
to him. He collected his few belongings,
watching in astonishment the violence
with which Saxton was gathering up and
disposing of rubbish.
''He seems to be more interested in
Wheaton than Wheaton is in him," ob
served Saxton to himself.
Saxton spent a week, at Great River.
He hired a man to repair fences and put
the house in order. He visited several of
the large ranch owners and asked them
for aid in picking out the scattered rem
nants of the l'oindexter herd. Nearly all
of the iBvolunteered to help, with the re
sult that he collected about one hundred
cattle and sold them at Great River for
cash. He expected to see or hear of Sny
der in the town but the fellow had dis
appeared. CHAPTER V. .
James Wheaton was 3o years old, and
was reckoned nming the solid business
men of Clarkson. He had succeeded far
beyond his expectations and was fairly
content with the round of the ladder that
he had reached. He never talked about
himself and as he had no intimate friends
it hod never been necessary for him to
give confidences. His father had been a
harness-maker in a little Ohio town ; he
and his older brother were expected to
follow the same business; but the brother
grew restless under the threat of enforc
ed apprenticeship and prevailed on James
to run away with him. They became
tramps and enjoyed themselves roaming
through the country, until finally they
were caught stealing in a little Illinois
village and both were arrested.
James was discharged through the gen
erosity of his brother in taking all thr
blame on himself ; the older boy was sent
to a reformatory alone. .Tames then wen
to Chicago, where he sold papers and
blacked boots for a year until he found
employment as a train boy, with a com
pany operating on various lines running
out of Chicago. This gave him a wide
acquaintance with Western towns, and
incidentally with railroads and railroad
men. He grew tired of the road, and ob
tained at Clarkson a position in the of
fice of Timothy " Margrave, the general
manager of tne Transcontinental, which,
he had heard, was a great primary school
for ambitious loys.
lie attended night school, was assidu
ous in his duties, and attained in due
course the dignity of a desk as which be
took the cards of Margrave's callers, in
dexed the letter books and copied figures
under the direction of the chief clerk.
After a year, hearing that one of the
Clarkson National Rank's messengers was
about to r sign, he applied for this place.
Marsrrave recommended him; the local
manager of the news agett-y vouched for
his inteirriry, anil in due course he wend
ed the streets of Clarkson with a long
bill-book, the outward and visible sign o.
his position as messenger. He was stead
ily promoted in the bank and felt his
past receding fttrtiier ami farther behind
him.
When, nt an important hour of his life,
Wheaton was promoted to be paying tell
er, he was in the receiving teller's cage.
He had known that the more desirable
position was vacant and had hearu his
fellow clerks speculating as to the possi
bility of a promotion from among their
number. Thompson, the cashier, had a
nephew in the bank; and among thr
clerks he was thought to have the best
chance. They nil knew that the directors
were in session, and several whose tasks
for the day were finished, lingered later
than was their wont to see wdiat would
happen. Wheaton kept quietly at his
work : but he had an eye on the door of
the directors' room, and an ear that in
sensibly turned toward the annunciatoi
by which messengers were called to the
board room. It rang at last, and Whea
ton wiped his pen w't" a little more than
his usual care as he waited for the Je
suit of the summons. This was on his
twenty-fifth birthday.
"Mr. Wheaton!" The other clerk
looked at one another. The question
that had been uppermost with all of
them for a week past was answered:
Thompson's nephew slammed his booS
shot and carried it into the vault. Whea
ton put aside the balance sheet vrtr
which he had been Motoring and went
Into the directors' room. There had been
Bo note of joy among his associates. He
knew that ho was not popular with
them; he was not, in their sense, a pood
fellow. When they rushed off after
hours to the ball games or horse races,
he never joined them. When their books
did not balance he never volunteered to
help them. As for himself, he always
balanced, and did not need their help;
and thy hated him for it. This was his
hour of triumph, but he went to his vic
tory without the cheer of his comrades.
Later, when need aros for creatlnr
the position of assistant cashier, it was
natural that tne new desk should he as
signed to Wheaton. He was faithful and
competent; neither Porter nor Thompson
had a son to. install in the bank; and, as
they said to each other and to their fel
low directors, Wheaton had two, distin
guishing qualifications he did his work
and he kept his mouth shut.
In the course of time Thompson's
health broke down and the doctors order
ed him away to New Mexico, and again
there seemed nothing to do but to pro
mote Wheaton. Thompson wished to sell
his stock and resign, but Porter would not
have it so; but when, after two years, it
was clear that the cashier would never
again be fit for continuous service in the
bank, Wheaton was duly elected cashier
and Thompson was made vice president.
The relations between Porter and
Wheaton were strictly of a business char
acter. This was not by intention on Por
ter's part, lie assumed that at some
time he or Thompson had known all
about Wheaton's antecedents; and after
so many years of satisfactory service,
during the greater part of which the
bank had been protected against Whea
ton, as against all the rest of the em
ployes, by a bonding company, he accept
ed the cashier without any question. Be
fore Evelyn's return he had one day ex
pressed to Wheaton his satisfaction that
he would soon have a home again, and
Wheaton remarked with civil sympathy
that Miss Porter must now be "quite a
young lady."
"Oh, yes ; you must come up to the
house when we get going again,' Porter
answered.
Wheaton had seen the inside of few
houses in Clarkson. He had a recollec
tion of having been sent to I'orter's sev
eral times, while he was still an errand
boy in the bank, to fetch I'orter's bag on
occasions when the president had been
called away unexpectedly. He remem
bered Evelyn Porter as she used to come
as a child and sit in the carriage outside
the bank to wait for her father; the
Porters stood to him them, and now, for
wealth and power.
Raridan had a contempt for Wheaton's
intellectual deficiencies ; and praise of
Wheaton's steadiness and success vexed
him as having some sting for himself;
but his own amiable impulses got the bet
ter of his prejudices, and he showed
Wheaton many kindnesses, When the
others at The Bachelors' nagged Whea
ton, it was Raridan wno threw himself
into the controversy to take Wheaton's
part. He took him to call at some of
the houses he knew best, and though this
was a matter of propinquity he knew
nevertheless that he preferred Wheaton
to the others in the house. Wheaton
was not noisy nor pretentious ntod the
others were sometimes both.
Wheaton soon found it easy to uo
things that he had never thought of do
ing before. He became known to the
florist and haberdasher; there was a lit
tle Hambletonian at a certain liveryman's
which Warry Raridan drove a good deal,
and he had learned from Warry how
pleasant it was to drive out to the new
country club in a runabout instead of
using the street car, which left a margin
of plebeian walking tt the end of the
line. Hut wdiile he acquired the superfi
cial graces, he did not lose his instinc
tive thrift ; he had never attempted to
plunge, even on what his associates at
The Bachelors' called "sure things;" and
he was equally incapable of personal ex
travagances. If be bought flowers he sent
them where they wotiiu tell in his favor.
If he had five dollars to give to the Ic
Fund for the poor, he considered that
when the newspaper printed his name in
its list of acknowledgements, betvveen
Timothy Margrave, who gave fifty dol
lars, and Willinin Porter, who gave twenty-five,
he had received an adequate re
turn on bis investment.
(To be continued.)
Women ami the Mane. (
David IU'lasco was in his best mood
nt a dinner preceding bis vacation
his first vacation in twenty long, hard
years. In the course of a learned re
view of barefoot darn-lug, problem
plays and suchlike outcroppings of
stage history, li smiled and said:
"It may be true, as some have
claimed, that immoral plays are due to
the Immoral taste of woman. Yes,
that may be true; but. gentlemen, did
you ever watch at the theater an
elderly, staid, perhaps somewhat un
prepossessing wife, bniudliig over a
husband a little younger than herself?
These wives, surely, are tin supporters
of the immoral stage spectacle. Such
a wife sat in one of my theaters dur
ing the production of a drama. The
heroine, a beautiful girl, sanl at a
dramatic moment :
"'Merciful heavens, I am undone!'
"The wife rose lmrvieilly.
"'Come. Clarence.' she lnuriiiureA.
sternly. 'We've had enough of this.
I'm not going to have you drinkin' In
any Salome dance r disrohiii' act,'"
A Hnlne Seeret.
Mr. Isaacs I sells you dot coat at
a gre.'iil "sacrifice.
Customer Rut you sa that of all
your gonds. IIow do you make a liv
ing? Mr. Isaacs Mein freint, I makes a
pchmall profit on de paper and string.
New York Weekly.
Ite Meat It.
"Where did you steal that mat
from?" demanded the policeman as he
seized the tramp.
"I didn't sP-al it." F.ild the tramp,
"A lady up the street gave It to ma
and told me to beat it." Judge.
The easiest and safest way to de
stroy ordinary -black gunpowder s to
throw It into water, which fllssolfei
the ultyeter.
Furin Telephone.
In some parts of the country tele'
phones are beconiine very common. It
seems that otice a telephone is estab
lished in the family it is there to stay.
Other sections of the country are very
much behind the times In this respect,
probably .because no one has gone
ahead with the preliminary arrange
ments. A farm telephone Is not only a great
luxury, but It is fast becoming an ab
solute necessity. With the addition of
more business to the farm every year
and the scarcity of labor anything that
saves steps is worth money. When
you get accustomed to doing business
over the telephone you realize its
great value.
A short time ago I heard a farmer
order 100 bushels of seed oats by
phone from another farmer about ten
miles away. He had seen a sample
at the fair last iall and made the ne
gotiations accordingly. The business
was transacted in about five minutes
while the farmer was sitting at his
desk after reading his morning mail
left at the box by the rural delivery
man. It would have taken him all
day to get his mail and drive to the
other farmer and buy his seed oat3.
But there is a social side to farm
life that is fostered by the telephone.
It often happens that a woman is left
alone for the day and she can easily
make arrangements to have a neigh
bor call and spend the time pleasant
ly, instead of feeling lonely. Then it
Is so easy to make social arrangements
for evenings or to meet friends as oc
casion requires.
There are always people in a neigh
borhood who are public-spirited
enough to go ahead with the necessary
arrangements to establish a telephone
service. Others should encourage them
promptly by subscribing to the fund
required. Everybody is benefited, be
cause the arrangement Is mutual In
the neighborhood. Agricultural
Epitomlst.
A Trnp Next.
The accompanying plan of trap nest
Is quite simple and can be made from
a box of suitable size. It should be
12 or 14 inches square by 20 or 24
OPK.V.
CL0S1.D.
inches long. The slats should be nailed
to a crosspiece about one-quarter the
distance from the top. A couple of
nails are driven through the box and
Into the crosspiece to swing on. Half
way back, on the inside, a narrow
piece of board is nailed, back of which
the nest is made.
To set the trap simply raise the
slats inward from the bottom 8 or 9
inches high and place a small stick
under one of the slats. As the hen
enters the door is raised off the stick,
which falls to the floor. There should
be about five slats for a box 12 or 14
inches in width, slats close against
inch strip at bottom.
When Vegetable Mature.
The following list will show the gar
dener how long after planting the va
rious common vegetables will mature
their growth and be ready for use:
I'.ush beans 40 to Co days
Pole beans 50 to SO days
Beets ; 00 to SO days
Early cabbage 1U to l.0 days
Carrots . . . .
Caulillowers
Celery
Sweet corn
Cucumbers .
Eggplants ..
Onion seed . .
Onion sets . ,
Parsley ....
"." to 100 days
, . .100 to l.'IO days
. ..IL'0 to 1..0 days
, . . GO to 100 days
, . . 00 to SO days
, . .KX to 140 days
, ,.1.50 to I.") days
, . . !0 to 120 days
, . . to 120 days
. . .125 to 100 days
Parsnips
peas 40 to SO days
Peppers
White potatoes
Pumpkins
Radishes
Spinach
Rush squashes
I.ate squashes
Tomatoes
Turnips
. .KM) to 140 days
, . SO to 140 days
, .100 tr 140 days
, . 2 to 40 days
, . i'5H to GO day
, . C to SO days
.'.120 to 100 days
, . loo to 1 O days
..110 to 140 days
Study Fertiliser.
A few simple fertilizer maxims are
so important that they should be
fixed in the mind. Ptr cent is only
another way for saying part3 in 100.
Fertilizers may be direct or indirect
In action. The former contains need
ed plant food, the latter enables the
plant to get food from soil or air.
i i...u t not nlant food under common
conditions; it corrects a bad condition j
nt soil sourness and unlocks soil '
materials. Sulphate of iron (copper
as), sulphate of copper (blue stone),
sulphate of magnesia (Epsoin salts)
and sulphate of lime (gypsum) are
among these Indirect fertilizers.
To Sharpen a I.awn Mower.
First remove the handle, to get It
out of the way. Take a flat file and
file the edges of the revolving blades,
being careful to file each blade alike,
and evenly, bo all parts will strike
the horizontal or stationary blade
evenly and alike at Ita entire length.
File also the horizontal blade, then
adjust the revolving blades so they
will slightly rub on the horizontal
blade.
Ho Cholera.
In the way of treatment the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry has
discovered a vaccine which saves
about SO-odd per cent after cholera ap
pears In a herd, and a larger per cent
if vaccinated before the disease is In
troduced. Time will demonstrate the
nraetlcRhtlltv of this method. The
i- - - - -
bacteriology department of the Kansas
State Aerleultural College is also
working along these lines, but la not
yet ready to announce anything but
progress.
When symptoms of cholera appear
In a herd. It Is wise to dip the whole
herd, disinfect their quarters thor
oughly, give them a slight change in
feed, and add to this about five drops
of tincture of prickly ash for each
hundred pounds of hog once or twice a
day. The old remedy of wood ashes
and salt Is good In many Instances. A
little powdered sulphate of copper,
dried sulphate of Iron or charcoal
given daily when the animals are not
perfectly healthy frequently does much
good. After all, the old adage, an
ounce of prevention Is worth a pound
of cure, holds good here.
Save the Fertiliser.
Fertilizer Is expensive. By the old
method of distributing It there was
usually enough wasted to represent a
pretty penny. Then came
along a Virginia man and
invented the hand fer
tilizer dropper. This de
vice consists of an odd
shaped bucket, running
to a point at the bottom
and having a small open
ing there, through which
the contents filters. A
hinged valve, operated by
a rod that fcads to the handle of the
bucket, controls the flow. The top of
the rod is connected to a crossbar,
which runs under the handle of the
bucket. This bar is in close reach,
and, when resting on the top of the
bucket the valve is open. To close the
valve the operator merely extends a
finger and lifts the bar, thus shutting
off the fertilizer. The valve flares at
the bottom, spreading the fertilizer In
a broad, fine stream. For small farms,
gardens and lawns this device is of
great .convenience, and is a money
saver. Wuler for the I'lilek.
Take an ordinary baking pan and
have the tinsmith rivet on an "ear"
on one side for nailing to a tree.
Have him also make a hole in the
bottom in one corner, that, the water
can be let out every day and the pan
be kept clean. Nail the pan to a-tree
about twelve Inches from the ground,
so the chicks can drink without get
ting into it with their feet. The birds
will soon discover that it Is a fine
place from which to get a drink on
hot days. Sometimes they find, too,
that it is a convenient place for a
bath, and this of course makes the
water dirty. But it is not much trou
ble to refill the pau with clean water,
and this should be done two or three
times a day. Chickens and birds re
quire a great deal of water, and they
often suffer for lack of it. Don't neg
lect them. Boston Herald.
The Klnu Synleni of Ventilation.
Ventilation for stables and barns is
now regarded as one of the essentials
to be provided for in construction. The
King system as illustrated in the dia-
SHOWING TITK vkxtii.ati.no ki.uf.s.
gram consists of two sets of flues, one
set to admit the fresh air, the other to
furnish an escape for the vitiated air.
The inlet or fresh air flues should be
placed not more than ten feet apart
and located in the exterior walls of
the barn. The outlet may include one
or more flues.
An Usual.
He bought a hoe, a rake,, a spade,
Some little seeds to sow,
At last he got the garden made
And saw the green things grow.
He work'd the rows and beds each day;
Each little plant he knew.
And as he smiled and sweat away
Oh, joy ; how fast they grew.
No floods came down to wash things out,
No frosts to kill or blight;
No neighbor's chickens scratched about;
No kine strayed in at night.
Each seed he planted did its best
And not a one did rot
No other garden, East or West,
Such veg'tahles begot.
But still this man did not enjoy
These veg'tahles so new,
For every night a neighbor's boy
Stole what the garden grew.
Puck.
Spray Inic to Kill AVeedn.
Kill weeds by spraying. To make
the spraying solution, empty a hun
dred pound sack of sulphate of iron
into a fifty-gallon barrel; fill to the
chine with water and stir with a hoe
for a few minutes until dissolved.
Strain through several thicknesses of
cheesecloth tacked over the manhole
of the spraying machine. Apply with
a powerful spraying machine, produc
ing a real mist, free from drops. Use
about fifty gallons to the acre, and
spray on a bright, warm day, or on a.
dark, damp day; It does not matter,
so long as rain does not come within
eighteen or twenty hours. This spray
will not harm grain crops and will
kill . wild mustard and various other
V ' L-
'HE WEEKLY
ISTORIAJN
1G35 Henry Bull, the new colonial
governor, arrived in Boston.
1641 Richard Bellingham chosen colo
nial governor of Massachusetts.
1C92 Jamaica devastated by an earth
quake and tidal wave.
1709 Paper money first authorized
and Issued in New York.
1756 A bankruptcy act was passed by
the Rhode Island Assembly.
1770 City of Port au Prince, San Do
mingo, destroyed by an earth
quake. 1774 The Connecticut Committee of
Correspondence suggested a time
and place for a meeting of the
Congress The Boston port bill
went into operation.
1776 Richard Henry Lee introduced a
resolution into the Congress, de
claring that "the United Colonies
are and ought to be, free and inde
pendent States." British fleet
arrived at Charleston, S. C, to be
gin the campaign in the South.
1785 John Adams, the first American
minister to England, preseuted to
the King.
1805 Peace concluded between the
United States and Tripoli.
1832 First reform bill became law in
England.
1S40 The Unicorn, the first steam ves
sel from England, reached Boston.
1S45 Mexico declared war against the
United States.
184S Whig convention at Philadelphia
nominated Zachary Taylor for the
presidency.
1859 French and Sardinians defeated
the Austrians at Magenta.
1861 A "Bank Convention of the Con
federate States" met in Atlanta.
1862 Fort Pillow, Teun., evacuated
by Gen. Beauregard.
1S64 The Federals were repulsed in a
battle near Cold Harbor, Va....
Morgan's forces defeated by Gen.
Burhridge, near Lexington, Ky.
1S6G Dominion- Parliament met for
the first time in the new buildings
at Ottawa.
1S72 President Grant signed the Phil
adelphia Centennial bill Repub
lican national convention at Phil
adelphia nominated Grant and
Wilson.
1874 House of Representatives passed
a bill for the admission of Colo
rado to the Union.
1875 Charlotte Cushman made her
last appearance on any stage at
Easton, Pa.
(889 Fire at Seattle destroyed $5,000,
000 worth of property.
1591 Massacres in Hayti by order of
Gen. Hippolyte. .. .Chilean insur
gent steamer Itata surrendered
to American naval vessels.
1592 The "High-Water Mark" monu
ment on Gettysburg battlefield was
dedicated.
1593 Destructive floods in Mississippi.
1893 Business portion of Fargo, N.
D., destroyed by fire.
1894 Dedication of the Field Colum
bian Museum in Chicago.
1895 Motion favoring woman suffrage
defeated in the Canadian House
of Commons.
1898 Lieut. Hobson sunk the Merrl
mac In the harbor of Santiago do
Cuba.
1900 British under Lord Roberts en
tered Fretoria.
1902 United States Senate passed the
Philippine government bill.
1903 Tornado swept over Gainesville,
Ga.. with loss of many lives....
Cruiser Taconia launched at San
Francisco.
1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition
opened at Portland, Ore.... Nor
wegian Parliament proclaimed dis
solution of the union with Swed
en. 1908 President Roosevelt appointed a
national commission on the Con
servation of National Resources.
An explosion on the cruiser
Tennessee killed five men Jury
disagreed on the fourth trial ol
Caleb Powers for murdering Gov.
Cioebel, of Kentucky Balloon
Chicago, flying from Quincy, 111-,
to Clear Lake, N. I)., broke th
aerial speed record, averaging seventy-five
miles an hour.
'ro Continent Auto Itaee.
At the same moment that the Pacific
Exposition was set In motion the
Mayor of New York, by firing a golden
revolver on the steps of the City Hall,
started five automobiles on a rac
across the continent to Seattle. Th
prize offered by M. R. Guggenheim for
the winner Is a $2,000 trophy and
$2,000 In cash. The machines entered
are two Ford cars, a big Shawmul
carrying three experts, an Italian cat
and an Acm, ?
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