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77ie : Main ♦ ♦ ▲ Chance ▼ ♦ : ♦ ♦ ■ •r Meredith Nicholeon ComtawT Twa Bo»»» N wiiill C omfamt *♦* ♦ ♦ 4* 4* 4* ------------ -~3^=- CHAITER IV—(Continued.) They «petit the day In the «addle rid In« •ver the range. The ridiculous charte* ter of the Poindexter undertaking could oot «poll the real value of the land. There was, Maxton could eee. the making here of a great farming property ; he felt bis old Intervet in outdoor life quickening ae he rode back to the house in the even ing Snyder cooked supper for both of them, while Saxb n rv’uurvd a decrepit wind mil) which had been designed to supply the house with water. He had formed a poor opinion of the caretaker, who had no well-defined duties. There was noth Ing for any one to d unless the rang were again stocked and cattle raising un dertaken as a serious business Saxton was used to rough men and their ways. He had a happy faculty of adapting him •elf to the conversât onal capacities o! Illiterate men, and enjoyed drawing them out and getting their point of view . bu Snyder s was not a visage that inspire« confidence. He had a groat shock oi black hair and a scraggy beard. He lack ed an eye, and he had a habit of drawing bis bead around in order to accommodât« his rrma.ning orb to any necessity. He did thia with an insinuating kind of de liberation that became tiresome in a ion^ Interview. Thl* yl>c* 11 to° fancy to be of much use. the oaan vouchsafed. "You may find some dude that wants to plant money where another dude has dug the first kole, but I reckon you’ll have a hard time catching him. A real cattleman wouldn t care for all this house. It might be made into a »table. 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 •pend the summer here, but I reckon It « a little hot out here for summer boarders." "The only real value la 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 < men who make money out of cattle. Have you ever tried rounding up the cattle that strayed through the fences? Th« Poindexter crowd must have branded their last calves about two years ago. Assuming that only a part of them was •old or run off. there ..ught to be oom# two-year-old* still loose in this country and they’d be worth finding." “Yer jokin’ I guewi. These feller, around here are good feiiers. and all that but I guess they don’t give anything ba<*k I guess we ain’t got any cattle riming to ua.” “Who’re you been reporting to, 8ny der?" “How’s that?” ho hav* you been considering your •elf 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 Bnt if you're going to run this shebang • nd want to be reported to, I guess I can report to you." ’1 want you to report to me." said John, quietly. “In the first place I wan: the house and the other buildings cleaned out. After than the fences must be put In shape. And then we’ll s*«e if we can’t find some of our cows. You can’t tell . we may open up a real ranch here and go into business." “Weil, if you’re the bom I’ll do It your way. I got along all right with Wheaton.’’ Saxton determined to leave for Dark •on the following morning, and formulât ed in h s mind the result of his journey • nd plans for the future of the incon gruous combination of properties that ha a U-en entrusted to him. lie Kat for an hour Peking out over the moon-lit vai 1- He followed the long sweep of the pla. tbr->uzh which he could see fot mil«- e bright ribbon of the river. A train of cars rumbled far away, on the iron trail between rhe two oceans, inten sifying the loneliness of the strange house. "1 w-*rn tn find only the lonely places.’ he said aloud. In the morning he ate the breakfast of coffee, hardta k and ba-on which Sny der propared. Snyder rode with him to the railway station. “Give my regards to Mr. Wheaton." he •aid. 1« Saxton *.«’ing h'.mse'f into the train. “You'll find me here at the old «tend wh«n you come bark.” “A queer customer and undoubtedly a Lad lot,’’ was Saxton's reflection. When Saxton had written out the re port of his trip he took it to Wheaton, to get his sugg< «tions before forwarding it to Boston. He looked up<yn tlie njmhkr a- hi« predecessor, and wished to avail him rolf of Wheaton’s anowledge of the local conditions affecting the several proper ties that Lad now passed to his rare. Wheaton undoubtedly wished to be of aw eistan«*p. and in their di*, h *1 n ot the report, the cashier marie many sijggm tions of value, of whi< h Saxton was glad to avail hitn-elf. “Aw to the Poindexter place.’’ «aie Raxton finally. “I’ve been advertising It for «ale in the hope of finding a buyer, but without results. The people at head quarters can’t lx>tbar about th« detail» of these things, but I ean’t »*« why w» •bon d maintain a caretaker. There’» nothing to take care of. That house la worse than useles« I’m going back in a few days to see if I can't coat home some of the cattle we’re entitled to, and then I rrppoa« ws may as well dispense with Rnyder." “I don’t see that there’s anything elsa to do.’’ Wheaton answered. “I’vs been to the ranch, and there’s little persona! property there forth caring for. That I man Rnydor came along ana day and asked far a Job and 1 sent him oat thsw thinking he’d keep things In order until the Trust Company sent Its own iap«w- seutatlve hero." There were times when Wheaton’s black even contracted curiously, and this was one of the times. “I don’t like discharging a man that you’ve employed." Saxton replied “Oh. that’a all right. Yau can’t k*»| I him if ho performs no service. iMn’t trouble about him on my account. How : soon are you going back there?” “Next seek some time»" Maxton was not surprised when he ra- turned to the ranch to find that Snvtiei had made no effort to obey his in» true* •Jons. He made bis visit unexpectedly. Ils reached the bouse in the middle ot the morning and found the front doot bolted and barred on the inside. After much pounding be succeeded in bringing Snyder to the door, evidently both ear prised and displeased at his Interruption. “Howdy, boas." was the salutation ol the frowsy custodian; ”1 wasn’t feeling just right to-day and was takin* a littls nap.’* The great ball showed signs of 1 ca rousal the dirt bad increased since Sac ton’s first appearance. Empty bottles that bad beeu doing servtvw as candle- sticks stood in their greasy shrouds or the table. Saxton sat down on a keg which had evidently bevn recently emp tied. He rvaolved to make quick work of Snyder. "How many cattle have you round« I up siuce I was here?” ho demanded. “Well, to toll the truth.” began Snvler there ain’t been much time far doing that since you was hero." “No; I suppose you were busy mend ing fences and cleaning bouse. Now you have been drawing forty dollars a month tor doing nothing. 1‘U treat you bettet .ban you deserve and give you ton do!- .are bonus to get out. 1 believe the pony in tbe corral belongs to you. W?’ll let i go at that. Here’s your money.” “Well, 1 gue»* as Mr. Wbeatoa hired me. be d better fire me." “Yoe, I spoke to Mr. Wheaton about you. He understands that you're to go.’ ’’He does, does he?” Snyder replied with a sneer. “Ho must have forgot that 1 bad an arrangement with him by the year." “Well. It’s all off." said Saxton, rising He began throwing open tbe winders ano doors to let in fresh air. “Well, I gueas I’ll have to see Mr. Wheaton." Snyder retorted, finding that Saxton was paying no further attention to him. He collected bis few bclongi igs. watching in astonishment tbe violence with which Saxton was gathering up and disposing of rubbish. "Ho 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 fence« and put the bouse in order. He visited several ol the large ranch owners and asked them for aid in picking out the scattered rem nants of the Poindexter herd. Nearly all of the mvolunteered 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 bad dis appeared. CHAPTER V. James Wheaton was 35 years old. and was reckoned aming the solid business men of Clarkson. He had su»’ce*d<*d 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 be had no intimate friends it bad never been ne^-e«aary for him to give confidences. His father had been a harnese-maker in a little Ohio town; he and his older brother were expected to follow the same business; but the brother grew reetlcsa under the threat of enforc ed apprenticeship and prevailed on James to run away with him.* They became tramp« and enjoyed themselves roaming through the country, until finally they were caught stealing in a little Illinois village and both were art*«t«d. James was discharged through th* gen erotdty of his brother in taking all th» Mam* on himae'.f; tbe older boy was sent to a reformatory alone. James then wen? to f’hicago. where h* »old 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 <’hi«ago. This gave him a wide acquaintance with Western towns, and Incidentally with railroads and railroad men. He grow tired of the r«d. and ob tained at <’lark*on a position in the of fice of Timothy Margrave, the general manager of tne Transcontinental, which, he had heard, was a groat primary school for ambitious boys. He sttended night school, was assidu ous in his duties, and attained in due course the dignity of a desk as which he took the cards of Margrave’s callers, in dexed the letter books and copier! figure* under the direction of the chief clerk After a year, hearing that one of the Clarkson National Rank’s messengers was about to resign, he applied for this place. Margrave rerommended him: the local manager of the new* agency voucher! for his integrity, and In due course h* wend ed the streets of <’lark»e»n with a long bill-b«M)k. the outward and visible sign o his position as moron ger. He was stead ily promoted in the bank and felt his t ast receding farther and farther behind him. When, at an important hour of his life. Wheaton was promoter! to be paying tell er. h« was in the receiving teller’s cage. He had known that the mor* desirable position was vacant and had beam hi* fellow clerks *j>eiTj|atlng ns to the possi bility of a promotion from among their number. Thompson, the '-ashler, had a nephew In th* bank : and among the clerks he was thought tn have the best chance. They all knew that the directors wer« In •easion. and several whose tasks for the day were finished, lingered later tnan was their wont to see what 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 ths annunciatoi by which messengers were called to ths board room. It rang at last, and Whea ton wiped bla pen wdth a little more than his nsusl care as he waited for the re sult of th« summons. This was on his twenty-fifth birthday. "Mr. Wheaton!” Th« other clerks looked at one another. The queetlon that had been uppermost with all of them for a week past was answered Thompson's nephew slamm«d bla book shut and carried it Into th« vault Whea boa put aside th« balaaea «beet wv«r which be bad been lingering and went Into th« dlrectwm* rwom. There had been •• Bate of joy atuong hl« asooclat««. He knew that he was not popular with them; be was not. In their sense, a good fellow. When they rushed off aftet hour« to th« ball game« of horee rave«, he never joined them. When their books did not balance he never volunteered to Tuesday, July 13. help them. As far himself, he atwav* Washington, July 13.—An unexpect balanced» and did not need their help; and they hat«d him far It. This was hie ed hurst of apeed was exhibited by tbe hour of triumph, but he went to hia vic tariff conferees tonight and the first tory without the cheer of his com rad«*« eonaideration of the bill was complet Later, when need arose far rreatlnr ed. When tomorrow's aeaaion begins the position of assistant cashier. It was the struggle over important differences natural that tne new desk should be «• of the senate ami house will open. signed to Wheaton. He was faithful an ! Thus far all questions Involving raw competent; neither Porter nor Tbompeua materials, which have been the sub had a ami to Install In the bank ; and. as jects of bested disputes, have been put they «aid t« each other ami to their tel over after brief discussions. Ths eee low directors. Wheaton had two diatin sion tonight adjourned at 9:4ft o'clock guiahlng qualifications he did his work in ordsr that th. conferees could get and he kept hia mouth shut. In the cvhifw of time Thompson'» tne benefit of a good night's rest and health broke down and the doctors order* be ready for ths big battle al 10 ed him away to New Mexico, and again o'clock tomorrow morning. By passing over the cotton and wool there seemed nothing to do but to pro mot« Wheaton. Tlkunpaou wished to sell en schedules without taking up any of his stock and resign, but Porter would tk»t ths amende«! paragraphs and skipping have it so; but when, after two years, it the dispute«! points of the lumber was clear that the cashier would hevei s«-hedule, the conferees were able to again be fit far continuous service In the diap«>se of alxMit 400 senate amend bank. Wheaton was duly elected cashier ments. and Thompson ass made vice president The relatione between Porter and Monday, July 13. Wheaton were strictly of a business char Washington. July 12.—By the decis acter. Thia was nut by Intention on Por ter's part. He assumed that at win* ive vote ot 317 to 14. mors then the time he or Thompson had known all necessary two-thirds, the house today about Wheaton’s antecedents; and aftet passe«! the senate joint resolution pro eo many years of aa tie factory service, viding for the submission of an income during the greater part of which the tax «■ «netitutional amendment to the bauk had been protected against Whea states. The negative votes wrre sll ton, as against all tbe rest of the cm cast by Krpublicans. The resolution ployea, by a bunding rompany. he accept now gm-s to the president for his sig ed the cashier without any question. He nature. fare Evelyn’s return he had «me day ex- The «lobate laat«<d four hours. Chair prtMMMsl to Wheaton hia sail »fact ion that man I'ayne, of the committ<-e on ways he would soon have a home again, and Wheat « hi remarked with civil sympathy and maana, voiced the sentiment that that Mias Hurter must now be “quite a such a tax would make ' a nation nt i liars." The burden of the Osnxx-ratlc joung lady.” “Oh. yea; you must COtne up to the speech.» was that it was simply a case house when we get going again. ’ Porter ot stealing L>emocrstic thund-r, al though some of th. remarks on that answered. Wheaton had seen the inside of few aide incidentally touched upon tariff houses in Clarkson. He had a rwollec- and the corporation tax. with no little tion of having txen sent to Porter's sev amount of castigation of the Republi* eral times, while he was still sn errand cans fur failing to keep party pledgee. boy In the bank, to fetch Porter's i>ag on mvaaions when the president had been Friday. July 8. called away unexpectedly. He remetu Washington. July 9.- -During a sea bered Evelyn Porter as she used to come as a child and ait in the carriage outside sum lasting nrarly four hours, the sen the bank to wait far her father; tbe ate today pssaed the Philippine tariff Porters stood to him them, and now, far bill, and the bill automatically contin uing the Porto Rican budget. Only a wealth and power. Raridan bad a contempt for Wheaton's nominal resistance was offers«! by ths An amend intellectual deficiencies; and praiee ot minority to the m.asure. Wheaton's steadiness and succe«« vexed ment to the Philippine bill by John him aa having eome sting far himself ston. of Alabama, declaring tbe inten but his own smiable impulses got the bet tion of the United States eventually to ter of his prvjudh-ea, and he showed grant independence to the Philippines, Wheaton many kind nr »«re. When ths was rejected. others at The Bachelor«' nagged Whea ton. It was Randan woo threw himself Washington, July 9. The tariff bill into the controversy to take Wheaton'» is now in the hands of the conference part. He took him to call at some of cornmitt«.. After an hour and a half the bouses he knew best, and though this was a matter of propinquity he knew of debate the house today, by a vote of nevertheless that he preferred Wheaton 178 to 161. disagreed to the senate Eighteen Republicans to the others in the house. Wheaton amendments. was not noisy nor pretentious and the voted against sending the bill to con ference, and one Democrat vote«! with others were sometimes both. Wheaton soon found it easy to do the Republican majority. things that h»* had nrv»r thought of do ing before. He became known to th« Washington. July 9. The house and florist and haberdasher; there was a lit senate conferees on the tariff bill this tie Hambletonian at a certain liveryman’s aftom. on mspped out the program for which Warry Raridan drove a good deal, the many seaaions they must hold to and he had karned from Warry how make the final draft of th. measure. pleasant It was to drive out to the new An agreement may be reached in 10 country club in a runabout instead of days, though ths house conferees are using the street rar, which left a marglu expected bitterly to contest many of the of plebeian walking tt the end of the line. But while he acquired the superfl senate amendments. Senator Aldrich and Representative rial grac*e. h* did not lose hia instinc tive thrift; he had never attempted to ' Payne are fearful lest the final action plunge, even on what hia ansoclatee at on the conference report in the two The Bachel«>rs’ called “sure things;’* and houses be delayed, end an effort is be be was equally incapable of personal ex ing made to have President Taft take travaganrea. If he bought flowers he sent part in the threatened controversy. them where they wou.u tell In his favor If he had five dollars to give to th« Io* Thursday, July 8. Fund for the poor, h* considered thst Washington, July 8.-—The tariff bill when the newspaper printed his name In its list of acknowledgements, between passed the senate just after 11 o'clock Timothy .Margrave, wrtio gave fifty dol tonight by a vote of 46 to 34. Ten lars. and William Porter, who gave twen Republicans voted with the Democrats ty-five. he had received an adequate ro against the bill and one Democrat vot ed for the bill. turn on his investment. As it passed the senate, the bill con (To be rontinn«kd.) tains almost 40<* paragraphs. The senate made 840 amendments to the Women and the Sfa«e. Imtld Belaaco wns In hia iwst mood house bill, many of which were added Conse«|uently the enrolling at a dinner pnsedlng bla vacation— today. hia first vacation In twenty long, hard clerks are Anding the preparation of years. In the course of a itunnil re the bill for the house an arduous task. view of bareftMit dancing, problem They have been following aa closely upon the heels of the senate aa was playa nnd ambllke outcroppings of possible, and have the work well in stage history, he smiled and said: hand, but say they probably will not be “It may be true, ns some have able to complete their labors before claimed, tliat Immoral plays are due tn lat«- tomorrow. the Immoral taste of woman. Yea, There will be no delay in sending that may be true; but. gentlemen, did the tariff bill to conference after it yon ever watch at the theater an reaches the house. It is expected that elderly, staid, perhaps somewhat un- the bill will be sent to thst body by the prep» mm *»»«1 ng wife. br'HMilng over a senate late tomorrow. The house will hiiahand a little younger than herself? met daily from now until the end of There wives, surely, are no supportera the session. of the Immoral singe spectacle. Such As soon as the bill is received, Dal a wife »«it In one of my theaters dur zell in expected to offer a resolution by ing th«* production <»f a drama. Tbe which the house will disagree to the heroine, a beautiful girl, said at a senate amendments en bloc and agree to a conference. dramatic moment: ” Merciful beavei.«. I.am undone? ’The wife r«*e hurriedly. Wednesday, July 7. “•Come. <'Inretire.’ she murmured, Washington, July 7.—With a gene sternly. ’We've had enough of thia. ral understanding that the final vote I'm not going to have you «Irinkin* In on the tariff bill should be taken by 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, the senate any Salome »lance or disrobin' art.’" adjourned at 7 o’clock thia evening. A llnlsness fieeref. The arrangement for a voto tomorrow Mr. Tsaao- -I tel la you dot mat at was arrived at aa an alternative for a a gread sacrifice. session tonight. The income tax qua»- Customer But you ray that of all tion, including the corporation tax your goods. Ihw do you make a Br provision and inheritance tax, received ing? much attention in the senate today Mr. Isaara- Mein frelnt. I ma km a and the straight income advocates were srhniall profit on de paper and string.—* afforded the opportunity to get a vote New York Weekly. Taft Given "Big Stick." Ife Best It. Washington, July 14. — President "Wh-r* <1l<1 ym utenl th,t mat Taft was presented with a bludgeon six from?" d«n>»»n<1M the policemen ■■ he f<-et long and sha|>ed like a big stick of eelze<1 the tremp. Rooseveltian authority, which became "I didn't »teal It," enld the tramp, famous during the last- administration. "A lady np the etreet gare It to rna The doner was J. E. Forbes, of Ottaws, and told me to beat IL"— Jud ye. Kan., who sent it with thia message; The eaaleet and »«feat way to de- "The Almighty probably grew this big stick for some good purpose, and I ex etroy ordinary blark »pini>owder la to pect that it was to allow you to swat throw It into water, which dlaaoivaa the tariff bill and other achemea of the aaltpeter. criminal extortion." WILL DEPOSE SHAH. HevuluOonlsls In Persia Gaining on Government Forces. St. Petersburg, July 13. The Rue- elan sxpedltioo from Baku which land- 1 ed al Enaell. a Persian s»*j>ort on the In favor of the income tax aa opposed to the cor|K>ratlon tax. The income tax was defeats«! by 48 to 7 and with the corporation tax provision securely esiablisheit as a |>arl of the bill, there was considerable effort to amend IL ' Caspian yesterday, le made up of 1,000 Russian and 800 Coeeaek cavalry, with eight field guns and eight machine guns. Dsepito the correct ettltude niaintalnml by the Russians, the natives ars demonstrating their unfriendliness. The unoppoee«l eilvancs of Slphular, FALL EXAMINATION DATES. Clvd Service Testa Will Be Held In the leailsr of the revolutionists, and Northwest Cities Generally. Sanlarasad, the chief of the Bakhtlarl Washington, July 9.—Civil service tribesmen, towarils Teheran, ta taken examinations to fill vacanciea in the here to mean that General l.lakhuff, government departmental service in the governor of Teheran, conaldsni his Washington are to be held generally force Inadequate to engage in a general throughout the country this coming battle. an«> that he has deciiled to em fall, and will cover appointments as ploy hia Cossack brigade merely aa a clerks, stenographers, typewriters, etc. guard over the Ilfs of the »hah Persona well informed here regard The examinations will l-r held at P«>rt- land September 8 and 20 and October the entrance of the revolutionists Into 13; at Astoria. Baker City and Eu Teheran aa a foregone conclusion, while gene, September 8 end (Tetolwr 13; the deposition of the shah, which eev- Granta Pass, September 18, and Pen eral times has neon muoted, will now arouse no surprise. dleton, September 30. In Washington the examinations will be held at Seattle September 8, 23 anil October 13; Spokane, September 8 six! 29; Pullman, Bellingham, North Yaki ma and Port Townsend, September 8 end October 13, anti additional examin ations at Bellmgtani September 16 and N««rth Yakima September 28. The Idaho examinations will be held at Boise September 8 and October 1 and 13; Pocatello, October 4, and Mos cow, September 8 and October 13. Wrights Displease Army Otti« era. Washington, July 8.- The signal corpa officers concerned in the aero plane trials exhibit sign» of irritation at the apparent Unconcern of the Wrght brothers regarding matterà which to the army officers seem ex- evedingly importsnL Brigadier Gene ral James Allen, chief signal officer, and «very member of the corps want memlwre of the hou»e to witneae the (lights that congress may treat more kindly requests for appropristioes. ESKIMO WILL SEEK POLE. Boy Brought Here by Peary Will tor Arctic Honors. 1 Try New York, July 12. Bepsrsted fmm hie native home for 13 years. Mens Wallace, an Eskimo boy brvoghl to Uiie country with five of hie people by Commander Peary from the Polar regions, sails! t«*!ay on the Red Cross line steamship Rosalind, for St. Johns, N. F.. whence he will be conwyral to his home in Greenland. Before Mens called, the Arctic club extracted from him a written agree ment that h" would not again return to this country and that while In Green land he would not bears arms against the Peary ex|>e<!llion. Thia wat due. It Is believed, to the fact that Mens, angered at the attitude of Peary and the Arctic club in rsfuelng to take him back to Greenland, once safe in hie native home, might eeek revenge for the treatment he received while in this country. Mens caul he would organise an ex pedition of EakimtM to find the North pole. Will Cruise Asia's Coast. Washington, July 12. Tentative ar rangements have been made by the Navy department to have the first and se«3ond divisions of the Pacific fieet cruise in Asiatic and Philippine waters during next autumn and winter. Rear Admiral Sebree, commander In chief PHESENT WRITING TABOOED of the fleet, will arrange tbe details. The vessels probably will leave the Pacific coast late in August and return Uniform Method to Be Used In Phila- delphie Schoo»«. to tiie United States late in March. Philadelphia, July 12 Both vertical McCleary for Mint Hoad. and Spencerian handwriting have been Washington. July 10.—There are taboocl In the public schools of this strong indications that James T. Mc city, ami after this a uniform method Cleary, of Minnesota, former repre of penmanship will tie adopted. sentative in congress and later assist Numerous complaints have been re ant postmaster general, will be ap- ceive«! from business men who can't pointed superintendent of the mint, decipher the writing of their rlerke and succeeding Frank l.each, who resigned applicant* for jobs who have leartuxi to accept a business proposition in their jeculiar style of ehirography in California. Hia nomination is expect- the (nibltc *ch<M>ls r«i before the expiration of the present For some time Superintendent Brum aeaaion of congress. baugh has been at work on a plan to unify and Improve the writing, am! Csnnon Will Leave Vacancy. thia plan was adopted at a meeting of Washington, July 9. It has been the elementary schools committee. decided by Speaker Cannon not to fill A free, legible style of writing, the vacancy on the ways and means slightly slanting to the right, will be committee resulting from the ¿rath of taughL Students, no matter how ml- Representative Cushman. That com vancxl they may think their flouriehe», mittee will not meet again to consider will have to begin again with pot h«>oka tariff legislation end until another and ciphers. tariff bill is framsd, will be less im According to the new code, writing portant than it has been thia session. will be taught like cal is then ice or a The Republicans still have a majority manual exereiee. The teacher will of four. clap her hands and count, and the en tire class will make letters with hooka Tisenty-Ons Lots Place«. Washington, July 10.- Seventeen In and tails and croseea simultaneoualy. spectors and four revenue agents on The exercise is intended to'give a free ths denatured alcohol roll* of the in I mechanical movement to the arm and ternal revenue bureau have been dis increase ths speed. missed because their services are no Earthquakes in France longer needed. The expectation that denatured alcohol would make rapid' Marseilles, July 12. Earlh shocka strides in supplanting gasoline as a occurred last night throughout the same motive power for small farm engines, region which suffered seismic disturb- automobiles, etc., has not held good. anree in June. The shocks lasted four or five seconds, and were in a direction Professor Newcomb Dies. from east to weeL The inhabitants of Washington. July 13. — Professor Rogues, I.amboeeo and SL Cannat ami Simon Newcomb, the famous astronom other communes in the Aix district er, deid at his home in this city at an were panic stricken and rushed from early hour this morning at the age of their dwellings. They are now ramp 74. Probably the most noted American ing in the open. At Marseilles the astronomical mathematician since the patients in La Conception hospital days of Benjamin Franklin, Professor were greatly alarmed , but they were Newcomb was recognized at the time reaasure<i by the surgeons. of hia death as one of th«- world’s great ' eat sci<-ntiats. Teschera* Occupation Is Gone. Corporations Plan Fight. Washington, July 10. Confirmation of the expeciation in many quartern that the larg«- corjiorations of the coun try will seek to hold up the collection of taxes under the corporation tax bill by an appeal to the courts to test the constitutionality of the law, was given here today by a prominent official of the Treasury department. San Juan, Porto Rico, July 12. The steamer Carolina has sailed from here for New York, having on board all Hu- American school teachers who taught in I'orto Rico last year under contract. The failure of the Unitml Stales senate to | ass the Olmstead bill, which was designed to remedy the deadlock exist ing between the executive council and the house nf delegates, leaven the is land without money to begin the fiscal Many Places Want Taft. year, since the legislature has made no Washington, July 13,--Since th« an appropriation. nouncement of President Taft’s tenta tive itinerary for hie Western trip, the Judgashlp for Hughes. White House has been fairly flooded Chicago, July 12. A Washington with telegrams and letters requesting special to the Tribune today says: that the tour be extended to include There is a strong impression in New various states and cities that did not York and Vermont that President Taft have a place on the preaideont’s list. will offer Governor Hughes the first vacancy that occurs in the United Yakima Land In Opensd. States Supreme courL The tender of Washington, July 13. The Interior ' the appointment is regarded aa conting department hia cancelled an order with ent upon the coming of a vacancy at a drawing 260,000 acres of public land time when the New York governor can in connection with the Yakima irriga accept it. Many friends of (Governor tion project in Washington, and the Hughes no not think he would accepL same becomes subject to settlement October f> and to entry November 4. Troops Rush Io Morocco. Wheat In Farmers' Hands. Madrid, July 12.—The First brigade Washington, July 18.—It is estimat of Cazadors, < omposed of aix hattaliona ed by the Department of Agriculture of infantry, three batteries of artillery thst on June 1, 1909, there was in and a squadron of cavalry, aa well aa farmers’ hands, 196,000 bushels of the cruiser Numacia and the transport wheat in Oregon ; 216,000 bushels in Admiral Ixibo, have been ordered to Weshington, and 130,000 bushels in Melilla, Morocco, where yesterday four Idaho; total 604,000 bushels. Spanish workmen were killed by natives