The Leader., July 18, 1902, Image 7

—but du , I must Dot let you moan that
D E A T H IN F I R E D A M P .
—Dow. (Sadly.)
She (burying her face on his shoul­ Appalling Disaster in Coal Mine at Johnstown,
der)—If yon don't, Dick. I—I shall get
Pennsylvania.
Uncle Gilbert to make you!
Johnstown, Pa., July 12.—Johns­
(A whistle shrieks and the train
have Its First Trial on the
town has again been visited by an ap­
moves out of the station.)
Pacific Coast.
palling disaster, only less frightful
W A S H A N D O F P R O V ID E N C E .
than the awful calamity of May 31,
C H IEF HYDROGRAPfiER EN ROUTE WEST
A terrible ex­
l i e M is s e d t h e E x p l o s i o n , b u t I s n 't 1889, in cost of life.
S u r e I t W a s f o r t h e B est,
I.ater afternoon of Dec.
(Ile crosses over to her, and gently,
plosion took place in the Cambria Steel
hut tirmly takes the hook from her.)
I was never an atheist," said a Company’ s Rolling Mill mine, under To Examine Proposed Sites for Reservoirs to
1000.
Be Built by U. S. Government for
L.(.n,.: A first class carriage
He— l'urdou me, you will, for I have northern Michigander who was loafing
Westmont hill, early yesterday after­
Reclaiming Arid Lands.
|ii., ni'iving out of the Great
right to make you, and to exact an about a Detroit hotel the other day,
ertuinus.
apology for what you have said. I 'but It used to make me smile to hear noon, and how many are dead will take
occupant is a pretty girl of knew no more than yourself that we people tell about Providence doing this several days fully to determine. That
Washington, July 14.— Chief Hydro-
e and twenty, who Is busily were both summoned to Uasselton till or that. I’ll tell you why I quit smil­ it is a long and shocking list that may
grupher
Newell, of the geological sur­
| l„.r rug and other belongings I saw you In the train. I told you my ing.
reach 200 or more men is folly be­
vey, has left for au extended tour of the
« lieu the door is optjned, and surmise about my uncle's possible wish
I had an interest in an oil well in lieved.
Western states, where he will co-oper­
(brown in. Its owner, a tall, to bring about the renewal of the en­ Pennsylvania, and one morning I
It was an hour after the explosion
n. Ok ng limn of nlsmt thirty, gagement that once existed between planned to get up at an early hour and
ate with various held parties now mak­
(tor it. stumbling and knoek- us In order that I might know what ride across country for eight miles with before any general knowledge of what ing examinations of feasible sites for
t off the girl's knee.
steps to take to make your position
teamster. I was up at the hour had happened [goi abroad. Men who reservoirs under the new irrigation law.
, ten thousand pardons! Did easier, and to save you from again in­ named, but found that the fellow had came from the mines, escaping with
lie w ill visit Eastern Oregonjand Wash-
III!' foot? If that clumsy fool curring his displeasure. You (bitterly) started off fifteen minutes ahead of the their lives, told the terrible news, and
i
ti Why. Violet!
have niude It most convincingly clear time set. My only recourse was to hire soon it spread like wildfire all over ington among other places. Under the
! policy to he followed «if first building
■tlly)— Please do not apologize, that the mere mention of such a tbiug
buckboard, and while a man was
the city. In stores of homes there
hel touch my fo o t
would be most distasteful to you, looking around fur me and I was eat­
modest irrigation works, it is quite
111 , ] am really awfully sorry. which, after all. Is natural enough, par­ ing breakfast there came a rumble and were most pathetic scenes. Mothers, ! probable that a site in one of these two
Kates, as If uncertain how fur- ticularly now (with a glance at the
crash, and 1 fled from the hotel, be­ wives, daughters, sons and relatives states will be selected for early con­
jivrsation will he received.) Is empty sleeve). As the only way I can lieving that an earthquake was on.
were frantic with grief, and hundreds
struction, especially as Mr. Newell is
that Unci* Gilbert has sent see to save you from unpleasantness
"Others thought so, too, but In the rushed to tiie scene.
At the opening
of the opinion that the Oregon delega-
Is to absent myself, I shall wait at Boy- course of half an hour we got word
11 uO ?
across the river from the point tht ^ on
mucjj ^ fmther the interests
lias, or (Icily) I can assure thorne for the next up train and return that 400 pounds of nitroglycerin which
police,
with
Cambria
Iron
company
faild not he going to Uasselton. to town without going near Hussle- was lielng hauled over the hill on a
of the irrigation bill.
moment's pause.) I under- ton.
wagon hud exploded. More than that. several assistants, stood guard, permit­
The common desire of members of
i were at the front.
She (humbly)—It eertaiuly seems the It was the same wagon I had missed ting no one to enter the mine, from congress from the Western states is that
1 was till two months ago, best plan to udopt. I—I’m sorry I said getting a ride on. I went out with which noxious gases were coming.
It was nearly 4 o ’clock when all the secretary of the interior shall carry
others to view the spot, or rather the
r) you see you want lioth arms what I did.
|. h good out there.
(He returns to his end of the carriage, hole. What they found of driver, horses hope of sending rescue parties from the out the provisions of the new irrigation
oks at him quickly, and for and lioth resume their study of the and wagon you could have loaded on a Westmont opening was abandoned. |uw wjtb OI,iy gucb haste as is safe
a8 U) laoe the great.
wheelbarrow. The hole made in the Two men who bad escaped went bock ^ , guch a
| time notices the empty sleeve outer darkness.)
two miles to see what assistane could
.
i breast.)
She (suddctily turning and speaking highway was forty feet long, thirty be rendered, but the frightful dam p,eHt area °* reclaimed lands in the
1 am sorry—very, very sor- In tin excited voice)—But you are Uncle wide and twenty deep, and men, horses
drove them back, and they fell pros- hands of settlers in the shortest time,
Gilbert's heir. Y'ou must not offend and cattle for half a mile around were trate when they finally, after a deeper- it seems to be the prevalent belief that
knocked silly.”
fws all acknowledgment of her him again!
And you laid your escape to Provi­ ate struggle, reached the outside. Two the beHt results wiU be obtained if the
vs, and, as If to put an end
lie—I his heir? You are quite mis­
doctors gave them assistance, and, after
„ .
. . .
..
dence,
of course?” was asked.
|er discussion, opens a paper.)
taken. The estate is not entailed; and
working with them half an hour, re- « « » e m m e t first undertakes the con-
“ Well, I’m not exactly sure about stored them. Their story of the situa- struct ion of medium sized irrigation
In, I l am sorry that I have In- surely In these advanced days the fact
Lyself on yAu in this manner. of my being his only male relative does thnt,” was the reply, according to the tion in the mine made it clear that the projects, at a moderate cost, each in
II ||,„ - 0 .1 atop for throe not give me such n great advantage Detroit Free Press. "I told you I ceased
rescue work could not proceed from the it8e|f reclaiming a modest area of land,
i of an hour, you will tiuder- over you, who are his only surviving to smile after that when anything was
,,, under irrjKatiou, of producing
mentioned about Providence, but I was Westmont opening, and then hasty
liat, being here, 1 am, however, female relation?
preparations were made to begin that rops < tbe tirHt order. gugge8t,ona of
never
quite
satisfied
that
a
mistake
|g|y, compelled to stay.
She—Then If he chooses to make a
sad mission at the Mill Creek entrance. this r sort were made to the department
wasn’t made.”
■sinning an air of polite indif- will leaving the court away from you,
by many senators and lepresentatives
"What sort of a mistake?”
I _ o, please don't think you lie can do so?
FLO O D SU FFER ER S.
just before they left Washington forth®
“ Why, it wasn’t three days after that
He (shortly)—Certainly. He probably
summer.
when our well played out, the com­
will.
Hundreds of People Are Rendered Homeless
Secretary Hitchcock is not personally
pany went Into bankruptcy and I’ve
She—Y'es, because he will be furious
at Iowa's Capital City.
familiar with irrigation matters or with
hardly been nble to raise enough to pay
with you, after he has offered to make my street-car fare since. Sometimes It
Dies Moines, July 14.— Hundreds of land matters generally. He is, there­
friends again, for wiring to say you
fore, obliged to depend largely upon
seems to me that Providence stepped homeless flood sufferers spent the night
the recommendations of his subordin­
were coming—you did wire, I suppose? in to save my life, nnd again It seems
in
school
house
yards
and
in
downtown
ates Tbe suggestions of Superintend­
(He nods assent)—and then not turn ns if she missed me on the explosion
ing up. That settles It. I shall go nnd dropped the bottom out of thnt parks without so much as a blanket to ent Walcott, of the geological survey,
•r*N
cover them. Some had to beg for food, j and of Chief llydrcgrapher Newell are
back to town from Boythorne!
well to get even. It's about an even
There is
He (calmly)—There happens not to
made * ^ vei*
COI1H^ i ra^on
thing, I guess, but If you've got an although every possible effort was
* . . . I milt'll «lata of a general character now
be another train to town from Boy­ other cigar about you It'll tip the scale to provide for them.
The charitable* available,
...
. bnt . . there
.
are no reports of
thorne to-night. That train that passed a little bit In favor of Providence and
us a few minutes ago is the last train help me to believe that I was saved for societies and city oificials are becoming sufficient detail to warrant the secre­
better organized, and it is believed the tary In adopting or rejecting the sites
••tip” of the day.
some useful purpose."
wants will be generally met.
The heretofore examined.
She (after a moment's pause)—At any
rate, then, you must go to Hassleton,
SARAH’ S SHOES.
smallpox hospital and the city hall and
C L A IM A G U A N O IS L A N D .
too!
jail have been filled with cots.
These
He (with elaborate politeness)—You L a d y P r e s e n t e d T h e m W i t h o u t H u r t -
i n « G ir l’s F e e lin g s .
can accomodate but a small portion of Japanese at Marcus May Cause Trouble fot
misunderstand me. The train service
Mrs. Anna Lyman, wife of Judge
Americans.
is not suspended indefinitely. I see that Joseph Lyman, was a fine type of (he those who need shelter, however.
Neither the Des Moines nor the
there Is a train whlflh leaves at the en New England woman of fifty years
Honolulu, July 5, via Fan Francisco,
tieing hour of 2 a. in. Till then I have ago. As wife of a judge she was call­ Racoon rivers have receded much. The July 14.—The volcano Kilattea is dying
the choice between a bench In the wait ed upon to do much entertaining, nml net decline since the highe.-t point was
ing-rootn and a lied at the station ho her parties were famous in Northamp­ readied, yesterday, is but two or three down to normal conditions again. The
tel. I prefer either to the "personal ton. Her daughter, Susan Lesley, in inches, and the Des Moines actually steamer Manna Lea arrived this morn­
ing from Hawaii with news that the
Inconvenience” to which you have re­ her memoirs of .Mrs. Lyman, writes rose half an inch during the night.
ferred.
It is believed the situation in the fire had disappeared, though there is
that no one ever declined going to Mrs.
0KT I NILE OILBERT TO HAKE
She (tapping the ground angrily with Lyman's parties.
fliKsled district cannot lie materially re­ still a large column of smoke.
YOU."
her foot, but trying to speak calmly)—
One day, as she was preparing for lieved for several days, and when the
Captain A. A. Rosehill, who has
You can rest nssured that I shall tell
water finally reaches its former chan­ recently secured from the state depart­
ke the least difference to me. uncle everything that has happened an evening entertainment, she happen­
nel an epidemic of malaria and typhoid
not hope at these holitlay times the moment I get in and I shall leave ed to look out of the window and saw fever will prevail.
ment a title to Marcus island and
ky enough to get n compart- Hassleton to-morrow. If you nre de­ a young girl, whom she liked for bei
An estimate of the damage at this formed the Marcos Island Guano com­
talents
and
good
heart,
but
who,
from
oneself, do you think? 1 for- termined to disinherit yourself, I am
It is pany, for the purpose of working the
poverty, was not always able to go out time is practically impossible.
ou smoke—because if you have equally determined not to profit by
expected to reach $1,000,000.
deposits there, is of the opinion that
ipunctlon about violating the your folly. Unde Gilbert can turn the into society.
The city council and the county sup­
“O Sarah,” called Mrs. Lyman, “ I am
there will be trouble with the Japanese
y's by-laws, I give you full per- court into an orphanage, or a home for
ervisors,
acting
jointly,
have
establish­
going to have a party this evening, and
to do so.
lost cats, or anything he likes. (Her all the Judges are to be here! I want ed a supply depot at which the flood on the island before he gets his rights.
'hanks. I think I shall survive voice breaks, and she turns away, dab
sufferers received food upon orders Rosehill has just returned front Ban
you to come, my dear.”
ach Boythorne.
bing her eyes with a little lace hand
“ O Mrs. Lyman,” said tbe girl, look signed by the aldermen of their'respeet- Francisco, where he had an interview
use, during which she stares out kerchief.)
ing sadly down at her feet, "I wish 1 ive wards.
with Captain Pierce, of the transport
The Great Western and Keokuk A
e gathering darkness, while he
He (gravely)—Listen to me, Violet, could. But I can’t, for my shoes are
Sheridan, and was told that the Jap­
Western
ronndliouees
are
completely
It from his.)
Dearly as I love the old court, and fond all out at the toes, and this is my only
submerged, and neither road can cross anese on the island resisted Pierce
'oes it occur to you that Uncle ns I am of our cranky old uncle, he was pair."
the river, owing to washouts and the when he landed about 14 months ago.
Intends opening up that sub- awfully good to me when I was
"Well. Sarah,” said Mrs. Lyman,
The Great Captain Pierce wanted to land to adjust
Ich was “closed forever, burled youngster, I hold that one can puy brightly, "at least you'll help me get destruction of bridges.
Western can haul no freight, but is
b the ashes of a dead past, and too dearly for anything. To go to Has ready for my party.”
maintaining its passenger service by some instruments. Aliout 20 Japanese
forever out of sight?” I hope I sleton and subject you to the annoy
“Oh, yes," replied the girl, quickly; transferring passengers across the river were on tho lieacit with arms. He told
■orreetly?
nnee which my presence would cause nnd she helped to good advantage, with in omnihusses.
them he had a vessel with 1,800 men
flushing angrily)—If you are at- you, npart from Uncle Gilbert’s prob­ willing hands and good taste. When
off shore ami they did not resist, They
Ing to quote anything I ever able Interference in your private
the work was done Mrs. Lyman ac­
N O R O Y A L P R O C E S S IO N .
showed him a document in Japanese,
fairs. Is to pay too high a price for any companied her home, holding her at­
totto voce)—You wrote.
which is supposed to be a title from the
benefit I might afterwards derive from tention with cheerful talk.
Date
of
King
Edward'»
Coronation
Dtfinitcly
J-t>r wrote, I should certainly doing so. You must see there are some
Somehow, the girl hardly knew how,
Japanese
government.
Rosehill
is
Fixed for Saturday. August 9.
(your memory. As to what you things a man cannot do. (A moment
they were presently in the best shoe
preparing to semi the schooner Jnlia E.
Pt (loftily), even Uncle Gilbert pause.) Believe me, mine Is the only shop in the village, nnd when they left.
London, July 14.— It is officially an- Whalen from here and taki( possession
hardly dare-----”
way out of the difficulty. At any rate, Sarah had a beautiful pair of bronze nonneed that there will be no royal of the island and work the guano,
procession,
as originally planned, the
The United States training ship Mo-
|Ah. there l think you underestl- as we shall be In Boythorne in two shoes, and ran gaily home to dress for
day after the coronation.
There will hican is now 42 days out ftom Yoko-
|o a r
worthy uncle's c o u r a g e . minutes, there is no time to fix on a the party.
be no procession on coronation day, bama, bound for here, and nothing lias
are few things he would not better.
H a t s O f f Is the B u i e .
apart from that in which their majes- been heard of her since she left Japan,
(He gets up and begins somewhat
^nd If it pleases him he would not
In Russia no man may enter a gov­
i to disinter that buried subject, clumsily packing Ills papers, cap, etc.. ernment establishment without remov­ ties will proceed from Bnckingham Rear Admiral Merry is inclined to
among those ashes, and “ make Into his bag. The train stops at a ing his hat. a rule which has caused palace to Westminster Abbey and re- think that she has encountered adverse
turn.
winds and is coming under sail.
sleepy little country station.)
I hum" generally!
some trouble. It appears, since the es­
It is now considered practically cer- !
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He—Well, good bye. I hope you will tablishment of the government spirit
| (hotly)—I should consider that
tain,
in view of this announcement, that
Submarine Wireltif Telegraphy.
a great liberty If he did, and find the old man lietter. I shall wire shops. There have been disputes be­
King Edward will be crowned Satur-
New York, July 14.—A telegram
at neither his age. nor his rela- him that I was prevented from coming tween the officials behind the bars and
day, August 9, since the holding of the from Cherbourg states that Rear Ad-
lip. nor (desperately) anything at the last moment.
the customers as to the removal of the coronation ceremony Monday, August miral Fournier was present-at experi-
She (sarcastically)—Thnt will have a headgear, with the result that tbe ques­
j him justifies!
11, would involve'another loll bank ments in wireless telegraphy carried
f-All the same, I feel convinced tranquillizing effect.
tion was submitted to the minister of
He (laughing)—Well, we must hope finance. That official has caused no­ holiday, with the attendant dislocation ont on the submarine boat Triton, says
will take that liberty. He has
of general business, while Saturdays a Paris dispatch to the Herald.
Mea-
Icensed to regret that our engage so, though I don’t fancy it will. But I tices to
issued warning the public are almost universally observed as half «ages were received without any diffi-
Ppan that “ the buried subject” Is must be off. There doesn't seem to be against any disrespectful demeanor holidavs. The fixing of such an early cnlty when under water. It is said to
Wocably, hopelessly, and finally a porter to be had! Good bye. Won’t while in the State public houses, fre­ date for the coronation is tegarded as h*. the intention to install the apparat-
After two
kith.
you shake hands. \ lol
quenters of Which must In future re­ an additional guarantee of the confi- ns on board all French submarines,
| 'angrily)—If you really think years, surely we might accord each move their hats.
dence the king's physicians have in
phai was his purpose In sending other the ordinary civilities of life
consequence of his rapid recuperation.
Thirty-Fivt Ptno ni Drowned.
Go
up
to
a
crowd
of
old
fellows,
and
I consider that you have be- without fear of misconstruction?
Valparaiso, July 14.— Mrty-five poi­
«ay.
“
G
ood-m
orning,
boys,"
and
they
She (desperately, seizing his hand In
in the meanest, most dishonnr-
Again Erupting.
sons were drowned and a house was de-
p M I - M I (turning away and both hers)—O, Dick, you must not go! will feel good all day.
Fort De France, Inland of Martinique, • troved on the estate of Claudio Vienna,
|tuore opening her bodk) I won't There is another way, if only if O,
Few critics ever get what they ore July 14. —There was a fre*h eruption of at T ab Palma*, a* a renult of a recent
the subject with you for an- Dick, can't you help me?
Mount Pelee this morning.
• banding of z renervoir there.
entitled to in this busy world.
He (ea gerlv)—Violet, you don’t mean
■ moment.
Declaration of Independence.
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