so very fleet, when th# leader pnt efs
hand to h is mouth aud u ttered a p ecu liar
cry.
Im m ed iately from th e a lle y ahead
o f him sp ra n g tw o men. H e w as upou
them b efore he k n ew it.
H e raised his j
heavy stic k and stru ck on e dow n. T h e I
other ju m p ed at his th ro at a n d bore him
to the groun d .
|
E ven w h ile be w as th u s fightin g and
stru g g lin g fo r his life he becam e con ­
scious th at som ething w as being done in
C l IA P T E R I X .— ( Con t in u ed .)
q u asi-sep aratio n , w hich leaves ihe w ife in bis favor. H e saw a m edium sized, th ick ­
T h e doctor w as fo llo w in g this theory a p osition to en jo y h e rse lf w ith o u t d an ­ set m an sta n d in g o ver them aud heard
w ith breath less in terest.
“ G o on,” he ger o f com m ent, and su p p lier her. under him sp e a k in g in tones o f a u th o rity . Im ­
said.
the F re n c h law , m oreover, w ith the m eans m ed iately the fellow w ith whom he w a s ,
“ l ie w as about to re tire as he came*, o f doin g so.
lighting relaxed his band on his th ro at.
w hen the thought occurred to him to
O f th e m any freq u en ters o f the vieorn- On his d irty face a larm w a s p la in ly v is i­
d ivert suspicion from h im self by p lacin g tes.se’s estab lish m en t in the A ven u e W ag-
ble.
W ith a m uttered a p o lo g y to th e
th e pistol he had picked up on his w ay ram p erh a p s M. tiles C h abo t w as as w e l­ th ickset m an he rushed to m eet the mob
through the rooms, n ear his victim . B u t
come a gu est a s a n y . I Iis undoubted re­ o f his fello w s, e x c la im in g :
there m ust be a report and a pistol sp ecta b ility made him an exceed in gly de­
“ B a ck , yo u fools. It is M onsieur Caa-
wound. H e raised the w indow , mul noted sirab le a cq u a in ta n ce. M. ( ’hahot. on the sagn e.”
the d istan ce to the tree.
H e w ent over oth er hand, liked the free-and-easy a t ­
Q u ie tly th ey a ll sneaked a w a y from the
and fired the pistol a t M adam e R oupell. m osphere o f the de Y a lia r m ansion. De m an whom o f a ll oth ers th ey dreaded, l i e
w ho w as still insensible. T h en he threw
\ a lia r w as a man w ho a lw a y s had some had been k now n to go in am ong them ,
the pistol d ow n and ju m p ed from the youn g, rich fool d an glin g a fte r him, de­ and at the point o f the* pistol pick o u t
w in dow .
W e m ust search fo r the man sirous o f seeing life. A ce rta in portion
some d esp erate crim iu a l and d elive r him
in tw o p la c e s; in the hau n ts o f the poor o f the m oney o n ly o f these innocents
over to ju stic e . T h a t ’s how A lfre d C a s ­
and in the p a lac es o f the w ealth y .
W e could he d iverted to the in n um erable and
sagne and C h a rle s D 'A u b u ro u becam e a o
h ave little to gu id e us but the scra p s of m ysteriou s uses o f the M u tu al C re d it
qua in ted.
parchm en t and th e gold locket I also and 1 ru st Com pan y. T h e y w ere then a f ­
P ro fo u n d ly g ra te fu l to M. C assa gn e,
fou n d .”
forded an op p o rtu n ity o f losing the re si­ D ’ A u b u ron not only did not lose sigh t
“ L e t vme look a t the lock et,” said the due at the ca rd tab les in the A venu e
o f him, but v isited him often .
The
doctor. “ C a n you get it open?
It m ay W ag ram .
frien d sh ip o f the d etective w a s the o th er’s
con tain a lock o f h a ir or som eth in g.”
M an y, doubtless, w h o frequ en ted the sa lva tio n . M erely cu riou s a t first. D ’ A u ­
“ I h ave a lre a d y done th at. It con tain s vlco m te ’ s estab lish m en t were to ta lly un­ buron u ltim a te ly becam e com pletely fa s ­
a p ictu re , ’ responded C assa gn e. “ 1 w ill a w a re o f the risk s th ey ran. T h ese w ere cin ated in the ch a ra cte r aud ca re er o f bis
show y o u .”
friend.
ra re ly suffered to go behind the cu rta in .
T h e d ete ctiv e took a p en k n ife and pried M . C h a b o t w as one o f those who had for
T h in k in g th at he, D ’ A u b u ron , had seen
np the little gold lid.
A sm all photo­ some tim e not been adm itted to the p riv ­ and exh a u sted everyth in g, he w as a sto n ­
gra p h w as d isclosed to view . It w as the ileged c ircle w ith o u t great care. T o do
ished to find these new fields of a d v en ­
p o rtra it o f a m an o f about tw e n ty y e ars him ju s tic e , it is h igh ly probable th a t if
tu re and occu p ation w h ich th is m an had
o f ago.
the veil had been rem oved a ll a t once, he tilled to such p erfectio n th a t th ey y ie ld ­
“ W h a t does th is m ea n ?” cried the doc­ w ould h ave ceased his v isits a ltogeth er,
ed an ab u n d an t h arv est.
Im agin in g he
tor. “ H e n ry G rah am rgn n ot h av e com ­ l i e lived in bachelor a p artm en ts.
P r o ­ knew it a ll, he stood hum bled in the pres­
m itted th is m urder.
T h is is a p o rtra it fou n d ly im pressed w ith a sense o f his ence o f th a t genius, w hose unequaled p en ­
o f H en ry G rah am h im self.”
e tratio n o f the th ough ts and m ethods, and
personal d ig n ity, he en deavored on a very
“ Im p o ssib le !” e jacu la te d the d etective. sm all incom e to keep up ap p earan ces.
whose e x tra o rd in a ry know led ge o f the
“ I t is a fa c t,” replied D r. M ason. H e L a te ly , how ever, he had joined de Y a lia r
w a y s o f m en and wom en, a ston ish ed w h ile
ran in to the d raw in g room, and p ick in g in m ore th an one in vestm en t by w hich
it e n th ra lle d him.
up an album , turn ed the pages over ra p ­ he had profited.
W ith an ard o r w hich he cou ld not h ave
idly.
F in a lly be stopped a t a certain
believed he possessed, he w illin g ly placed
T h e w ily de Y a lia r , w ho had a llow ed
ph otograph .
h im self and his fo rtu n e a t the d isposal o f
his frien d to pocket som eth in g handsom e
“ T h a t w as H en ry G rah am w hen he as his share o f
the g re a t m aster in th a t m ost difficult o f
these
enterprises, o f
w a s a decent m em ber o f so ciety ,” he said. course, had his ob ject in view .
profession s. D ’ A u bu ron , a s C a ssa g n e be­
W hat
T h e d etective put the locket down close other, indeed, cou ld it be than to discover
fore him, succum bed to th e fa scin a tio n s
to tlie p h otograph , and com pared the tw o a ll abou t C h a b o t’s rich friend. Mine.
o f a p u rsu it w hich the ign oran t despise,
p ic tu re s c a re fu lly .
R ou pell, con cern in g w hom M. C h abot w as sim ply bec*Mise they do not com prehend
“ T h e re is no doubt w h atever abou t it,”
it.
D ’ A u b u ron becam e first the pu pil,
not a t a ll loth to im p a rt in form atio n ,
he rem arked. “ Y o u are r ig h t ; th ey are fo r he w ould in his tu rn be able to d is­ and fin ally the a ssista n t o f the g re a t de­
p o r tr a its o f one and the sam e m an .”
tective. A n d D ’A u b u ron and “ C liq u o t”
cover w h at probable dot 'the old lady
“ T h e n it co u ld n ’ t be H e n ry G ra h a m ?”
w ere one and the sam e m an.
w ould be able to giv e w hichever o f the
in q u ired the p h ysicia n . “ A m an doesn't g irls he should choose to m arry.
I t w as n e arly ten o'clock one m orning
c a r r y a locket co n tain in g a p ictu re of
S u ch inquiries, the vicom te, w hose p o ­ when D ’A u b u ron jum ped ou t o f bed. H e
h im se lf.”
had w orked late the even in g previou s on
sition in the w orld o f finance enabled him
“ I t m ay not be H e n ry G rah am at a ll,” to m ake b etter th an C h abot, w illin g ly
a pet lite ra ry p ro ject— L iv e s o f G re a t
rep lied the d etective.
“ I hope it isn ’t set on foot to oblige his friend. H e a s ­ D etectives.
O n the tab le o f his sittin g
fo r the sake o f th e fa m ily ; b ut he’s the sured M . C h abot th a t report had not e x ­ room the m an u scrip t upon w hich he bad
m an w e’ ve got to look fo r first, and the a ggera ted Mine. R oupeU ’s w ealth . T h a t
been engaged still lay. S ca tte re d n ear it
soouer w e find him the
b etter
y o u r a portion o f a m illion and a h a lf of
w ere h a lf a dozen volum es, a ll rela tin g to
fr ie n d ’s p rosp ects are o f re ga in in g bis fra n cs had been set a p a rt fo r the W e l­ the sam e sub ject. D ’ A u b u ron stepped
lib e r ty .”
don sisters.
In the opinion o f M . C h a ­ ligh tly from his bedroom in to a sm all
kitchen a t the hack o f the flat. H e stru ck
bot, It only rem ained fo r him to d eclare
a m atch, lit his gas stove and put on his
C H A P T E R X.
h im self to one or the oth er o f the you n g
chocolate.
G oin g to his bathroom he
T h e re a re a ll kin ds o f men In P a ris, ladies, and he had been, as the reader
a ll k in d s o f fa ilu re s in life and a ll kinds w ill h ave seen, on the very eve o f m ak ­ turned on the cold w ater. T h en he w en t
out and stood fo r a moment in his dress­
o f successes— the poor gen iu s w ho d is­ in g such a d eclara tion to E m ily W eldon
ing gow n and slip pers lookin g out throu gh
p a tch es h im self in an a ttic , and the when the tra ged y occurred.
the lace c u rta in s into the stre e t. H e w a s
fin an cial m agn ate. T h e Y ico m te de V a-
T h e question w hich now arose in the
p e rcep tib ly bored.
A c tiv e serv ice w as
la ir w as one o f those gentlem en who m ind o f M. Y ic to r L a b lan ch e, the a stu te
m igh t be placed in the la tte r catego ry. p refec t o f police, w as t h i s : H ad M . C h a ­ w h at he w as lon gin g for.
F a ilin g th at,
A t a bound he had risen from com p ara ­ bot sought to p re cip ita te m atters by the
fo r th in g s had been dull o f late, he bad
tiv e o b scu rity to sudden w ealth and such rem oval o f the p ro p rietress o f the C h a ­ fallen back upon b is book.
H e w a s aroused from h is reverie by
so cia l position as his title, h avin g its teau Y ille n e u v e ?
H e had discovered a l­
the sound o f the w a te r b o ilin g over in
sou rce in the k in g o f the B e lgia n s, could ready th a t in q u iries regard in g her fo rtu n e
the k itch en . P a ssin g q u ick ly th rou gh the
in su re him in a society w hich cared ra th ­ and her in ten tion s resp ectin g it had been
other tw o a p artm e n ts lie b usied h im self
er m ore fo r good din ners than old blood. set on fo o t’ by J u le s C h abo t.
A little
in the p rep ara tio n o f his ch ocolate. T h is
T h e V ico m te de Y a lia r ’s g rea t hit had fu rth e r research revealed the fa c t th at
been the su cce ssfu l flo atin g o f the C ity
the F re n ch m a n ’ s finances w ere in a des­ done, he took tw o ro lls from a sm all cu p ­
board, p u t them on a p la te and carried
and S u b u rb a n M essenger C o m p an y. L o u ­ perate con d ition . In his la ter en terp rises
them in to his sittin g room, w here he de­
don had refu sed to a ccep t th is scheme, w ith th e Y ico m te de Y a lia r . fortu n e had
posited them on th e table.
Th en w h ile
p r e fe r rin g to send its se rv a n ts out into not been so kind. l i e bad lost h eavily.
his ch ocola te w as cooling, he w ent to the
th e rain and ru in its liveries, to h av in g
bathroom , w here he th rew a side his d ress­
a little in stru m en t in the l'.ouse by w hich
C H A P T E R X I.
ing gow n and u n dergarm ent, kicked off
to summon at a triflin g ch arge a m essen­
F iv e ye a rs before th e tragedy a t the
his
slip p ers and d isported him self for a
ger, a doctor or a cab. I)e Y a lia r , w ith C h a te a u Y ille n e u ve , C h a rle s D ’ A u b u ron
H e w as
an eye keen as a h aw k, had w atched the had found h im self the untrainraeled pos­ m inute or tw o in the w ate r.
p lu n gin g around, e n jo yin g the icy con ­
c a re er o f the e n terp rise in the E n g lish sessor o f a con sid erab le p atrim on y, and
ta
ct
as
o
n
ly
a
th
orou
gh
ly
rob
u
st m an
m etro polis. H e saw th at it w as u n su it­ had sta rte d in to en joy life. H e w as then
ed to the p h legm atic and e x c lu s iv e tern
tw enty-on e years o f age. T w o y e ars la te r does, w hen a loud kno ckin g a t the door
o f the s ittin g room w as heard. H e open ­
p era in en t o f the B rito n .
In the A m e ri­ he had exh austed eve ry m eans o f pleasure.
ed the bathroom door w ith o u t steppin g
can colon y a t P a r is alon e w as to be H e w a s at th at age when a re a lly good
from the tub, and shouted lu s t ily :
fou n d a su ccessfu l field for its o p era ­ w om an w ould h ave proved his sa lva tio n .
“ W ait a m in u te ; I am b a th in g .”
tion s.
S h e did not, how ever, m ake her a p p e a r­
“ I c a n ’ t w a it.
H u rry u p ,” replied a
H e w as destined to find re lie f In
T h e pro jecto rs o f
the Lond on com ­ ance.
pan y, A m erican s, w ere glad enough to a m ore novel and to ta lly unexpected d i­ voice on th e outside o f the door. “ T h e re ’s
a letter fo r 3*011, m on sieur.”
rection.
•ell the F re n ch p aten ts.
T h e y even
( T o be con tin u ed .)
T h e R u e B ro d ie r is not a p a rtic u la rly
laughed Jn th eir sleeves a t the vicom te,
as th ey pocketed his cash, regard in g him a ttr a c tiv e street e ith er before or a ft e r
A I n l t o r f t o i l til«* J o b .
T h e police w ill a ssu re you
a lre a d y as a ruined man. A t the sam e m idn igh t.
T h e t r u ly gifto<l
e n g in e e r
a lw a y s
tim e they could not help a d m irin g his th at it is p o sitiv e ly dangerous. M an y a
a u d a c ity .
T h e Y ico m te de Y a lia r w as su n rise h as revealed the body o f som e n m k e s o n e p a r t o f h is w o r k fit Into a n ­
au d aciou s, and he d is p la y 'd consum m ate v ictim ly in g in its dark cou rts and n o i­ o th e r , a n d no e n e r g y Is e v e r w a s te d .
It is a lto g e th e r a stn*nge
ta c t in p u ttin g his schem o before the some a lle y s.
A w e a lt h y e n g in e e r w h o h a d se t u p
pu b lic.
l i e opened a large and show y p lace fo r a you n g m an o f m eans, who by
v e r y fin e p la n e In th e c o u n tr y , w h r r e
rig
h
ts
should
a
t
such
an
hour
be
sn
u
g
ly
office. H e su bsidized the m ost venal of
hr h ad c a r r ie d o u t m a n y p e t c o n s tr u c ­
th e P a r is n e w sp a p e rs; he pulled a thou­ in bod and asleep, to be w an derin g in a t
It is the t iv e p r o je c t s , w a s v is it e d t h e r e b y a n
sand strin gs. T h en , when a ll w as ready, three o’clock in the m orning.
T h e v is it o r h a d so m u ch
he opened his su b scrip tion books. H u n ­ abode o f robbers. E v e r y house In it is a o ld fr ie n d .
T h e Sein e, ru n n in g by j d iffic u lty In p u s h in g o p en
t h e fr o n t
d reds cam e to his office, ra n g up a mes- den o f th ieves.
aenger, and h avin g subscribed, called up a t its foot w ith dark and tu rb id flood, g a t e t h a t h e s p o k e a b o u t It to th e p r o ­
cab on the queer little bu zzin g in stru ­ is a lto g e th e r too handy.
p r ie to r .
It w a s to th is u n a ttra c tiv e street th a t I
m ent, and dep arted rejoicin g in
th eir
“ Y o u o u g h t to lo o k to t h a t g a t e ,” h e
a
t
an
unseem
ly
hour
C
h
a
rle
s
D
’
A
u
b
u
ro
n
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h e arts th at th ere w ere such e n terp risin g
sa id . “ A m an w h o b a s e v e r y t h in g e x - |
stra
yed
w
ith
u
n
conscious
feet.
H
e
had
m en in existen ce as the Y icom te de Y a ­
arisen from a sleepless bed, and had a c t ly r ig h t sh o u ld n o t h a v e a g a t e
lia r .
AH th a t w as five y e a rs ago.
O nce strolled fa r and near, intending to tire t h a t Is h a r d to o p e n .”
" H t !” e x c la im e d th e e n g in e e r , " y o u
T h en his rew ard w ou ld i
floated, the vicom te had prom ptly w ith ­ h im self ou t.
my
e co n o m y .
I'm
d raw n h im self from the m essenger en ter­ co m e; repose. sound and refreshin g, and, d o n ’ t u n d e r s ta u d
prise. and in vested the increased ca p ita l glo rio u s thought, perh aps an a p p etite, to fp iite c e r t a in . T h a t g a t e c o m m u n ic a t e
w h ich th at sp ecu lation had b rought him, w hich la tte r lu x u ry he had been for some w it h t h e w a t e r w o r k s o f t h e h ou se, a n d ,
in the M u tu al C r e d it and T r u s t C o m ­ d ay s a stran ger.
e v e ry p erso n w h o com es
th ro u g h
It
H e w alked on. to ta lly u n conscious of
p an y. A v ery lim ited num ber o f sh ares
p u m p s u p f o u r g a llo n s o f w a t e r ! ” — ;
o f th ia concern had been offered to the danger, a th ick stick his only w eapon, in
L o n d o n T i t - B it s .
-
pu b lic.
S u ch w as th e pr#*«tige o f the a il th e confidence o f a m an who has n ever ;
▼ iconite’ s nam e th at th ey bad been sub­ fe lt the crack o f a b ra ss kn u ck le in th e '
T o o M a c h to B o th e r W ith .
scribed fo r over and over a gain in a very hand o f a g a rro te r or m ade the a cq u a in t­
F a b b a th
School
T e a ch e r— W here
ance o f a sandbag.
few hours.
D a rk figures w ere creep in g from the h a v e y o u b e en la t e ly , S a d ie ? I h a v e n 't
B u t it w as not alon e in the fi*»Jd o f
M ysterio u s w h istle s ; seen y o u a t S u n d a y sc h o o l fo r so m e
b u sin ess th at de Y a lia r had
achieved a lle y s behind him .
•u ch a rem ark able success.
T h e vicom- resounded and re-echoed from the cou rts. tim e.
He
teese w as a b rillia n t, dark eyed, handsom e S om eth in g told him o f his danger.
S a d ie S m it h — O h , p le a se , m iss. I'm
w om an, whom de Y a lia r claim ed to have stopped and looked up at a nam e on the le a r n in g F r e n c h a n d m u s ic
n ow ,
so
m et abroad d u rin g his ie a v e la in the W est corn er house, ju s t legible in the dingy
m o th e r d o n ’ t w is h m e to t a k e re lig io n |
Ind ies— M artin iq u e, ru m or had it.
H er lam p ligh t. T o w h at p art o f P a r is had
en tertain m e n ts w ere m uch sought a fte r, he w an d ered ? H e w as in th e R u e B rod ier. | J u st y e t .— L o n d o n S k e tc h .
and w ho shall say th at she w as not a In v o lu n ta r ily he turn ed to re tra ce his
C o u n ty
A
B etter Brand.
u sefu l and e xc ellen t h elpm eet?
I f a steps, o n ly to find h im self con fro n ted by
T o m — S b o r tle ig h h a s g iv e n u p t h e
w e a lth y su b scrib er w avered, an Invlta
a h a lf score o f stu rd y ruffians. H e g ra s p ­
Idea o f Jo in in g t h a t n o rth p o le e x p e d i­
tion to the house w here th ey could talk ed his stic k the tig h te r and backed clo se r
tio n . H e s a y s h e d o e s n 't c a r e to c o u r t ,
th e m atter over alm ost in v a ria b ly re su lt­ to the w all.
H is fa ce w as v ery p a le ;
ed in the c lo sin g o f the tra n sa ctio n .
It but he did not show a n y sign o f fear.
d e a th In t h e a r c t ic reg.h n s.
w a s not possible th at a man w ith such
“ Y o u w ill go on.” he answ ered, d efian t­
j a c k — W e ll, I d o n 't b la m e him — - '
an estab lish m e n t— above a ll such a w ife ly , “ or I w ill call the police.”
se e in g t h a t b e la n ow c o u r tin g a r ic h
— <x>aId go w rong.
I f the vlcom te’ s idea
“ T h e p o lice !
B u t few o f <nose ca ttle
w M ow .
office w a s ra th e r a loud <»ne. the m ake th e ir beats in the R u e B rod ier. even
undou -ed good ta s te o f his w ife car
in the d a y tim e.” retorted the lead er o f
reefed these th in g s a t home.
the ruffians. “ Com e, y o u r m oney, you n g
- W h e n sh e m a r r ie d w it h o u t
T h ose deep b lu e eyes o f the vicom tesse m aste r.”
fa t h e r s c o n s e n t b e c a s t h e r o ff w it h ­
w ere Bot the on ly a ttra c tio n , a t the de
D ’ A u b u ron put his hand in his pocket
^ l i a r m ansion. T h e re w as a lw a y s high and flu n g into the a ir w h at s ilv e r and o u t a p e n n y .
(the— H o w d id th e y c o n t r iv e to
p la y fo r thooe w h o relished th a t kind o f gold he had a bou t him. It fell upon th e j
H e— T h e y p u b lish e d
v o lu m e
th in g, and a sp rin k lin g o f th oot ladies pavem en t under th e stre e t lam p.
They j
whom n e k a w om an as th e de V a lla r, rushed a t it lik e beast*.
T h e n D ’ Au- t h e ir lo v e le tte rs .
as she w as fa m ilia rly called a t the clubs, huron lost bis nerve. H e thought h e wttw ,
>0 W onder.
w ou ld be sure to ga th er arou nd her. T h e y his o p p o rtu n ity.
H e sp ran g in to th e |
S h e - - W h a t d id
w om en o f g re a t personal a ttra ctio n s. m iddle o f the street and ran like a d*n*r. t
•r*m# o f them divorcees, oth ers on the
a sk e d h im fo r m e?
mob rushed a ft e r him. H e w ould
I Mar. h irte.
high road to th a t en viab le sta te , the h a r t'd is ta n c e d them a ll, perhaps, be w as
The Roupell Mystery
B y
A u s t y n
G r a n v i l l e
.7
a
of so
were
MOKE MINERS DEAD
BARE SUMMER FALLOW.
Agricultural College Makes Interest-
i r g b x p e r i m nt §.
.
DISGUISED AS JAPS
Third Explosion In Pennsylvania ^ ¡» Agricultural
g « walkover college,
the f»>m
at the for inspector Cap'ures Men Who Try
looking
interesting and instructive object les­
In Nineteen Days.
to Cross From Canada.
there may be seen north of the
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uld barn and just to the south of the
-,
path leading to the orchard, an eucios-
DAISES TOTAL DEATHS TO an oblong box proliably tan feet long, I
» «1»
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' By A. L. K u i s e l y , Ore g ou A g r i c u l t u r a l C o ll e g e j
f O W re
. g
.r o
. ^ n
n
t
I t 11 1 u I
, .n lr in ir
fa r
'
*
*
sors,
three feet wide ami three feet deep. In
this box are installed four galvanized Four Well Armed and Carrying Jap­
iron tanks or pots, each holding aprox-
anese Passpoati Fail to Make
imately 600 pounds of soil. Kach pot
Scheme Work.
is provided w ith a drainage spout so
that all water leaching through the soil
in these pots may be collected aud
and analyzed.
Spokane, Dec. 19. —Four Chinese,
Jacobs Creek, Fu., Dec. 20.— An ex­ measured
Many tanners practice Imre summer time of them disguised as Japanese
plosion of gas in the Darr mine of the fallow
and the question often atis-aas and carrying Japanese passports, alter
Pittsburg Coal company, located here, to the go
d or bad effects arising from sneaking across the American boundary
yesterday entombed between 200 and this practice.
line, were captured at Custer ytsterday
250 miners, and there is scarcely a ray Should the praetice of hare summer afternoon by L. J. Fuller of the Immi­
be discouraged? It was for the gration department. Tlte Orientals car­
of hope that a tingle one of them will fallow
purpose
of auewering this question that ried two shotguns and a rille, and were
be taken from the mine alive. Par­ these experiments
in the galvanized heav ly loaded with thells when cap­
tially wrtcktd buildings in the vicinity iron pots were ftarted.
tured. They were tuken to Seattle last
of the mine and tire condition ol the In 1900 all pots were filled with the night and placed iu the detention hos­
soil thoroughly mixed so that
few bodies found early in the rescue same
pot w s identical with the others. pital.
Inspector Fuller was out of town
work indicate an explosion of such ter­ each
Since
that
time
part
of
the
pots
have
workiug
on another clue when the four
rific force that it seems itript ssible that been bare summer fallowed, w hilst oth­
walked in from the nor.h.
any one could have survived it. All of ers have been growing crops, usually of Chinamen
Friends sent messages ny telephone
grain.
Tlie
teachings
from
each
pot
the 13 bodies taken out up to this time
for hint to different farmhouses and ha
the rainy season hive been care­ was soon located. As soon as lie heard
are terribly mutilated, and three of during
fully saved and analyzed with the result of the auspicious characters it« hurried
them are headless.
that invariably the leaching from the back to town, arriving 40 minutes be­
This is the third mine disaster since bare summer fallow pots carried from
tlie Seattle train. He arrested the
the first of the month in the veins of two to over six times as much nitrogen fore
men immediately, telegraphed to Seat­
bituminous coal underlying Western as did the leachingn from the pots that tle
to have guards at the station and
Pennsylvania and West Virginia, for had not been hare summer fallowed.
his men aboard the train as
the Naomi mine, near Fayette City, and The first few weeks of teachings in the hurried
the two mines at Monongah, W. Va., full cairy most of the soluble nitrate prisoners.
When arrested the Chinamen pro­
in which the earlier explosions hap­ nitrogen. The amount of nitrogen tested
that they were Japanese and
pened, are in tire same belt as the local leached out of the soil in one month in held to their
story until they saw that
workings. Yesterday’s catastrophe the fall was equivalent to approximate­ arrest was unavoidable.
Two of them
swells the number of victims of deadly ly 6 pounds per acre in soil not summer spoke
English, but when they saw that
mine gas for the 19 days to between 650 fallowed aud over 40 pounds per acre theii disguise
was ineffectual they re­
and 600.
where the soil had been thoroughly fused to make any statement. Inter­
That this disaster does not equal or summer fallowed.
preters will cross question them today
even sur| ass in loss of life and attend­ From the plant food point of view and
is thought a carefully laid plot
ant horrors the one in West Virginia is bare summer fallow cunnot be recom­ will be it unearthed.
lue to tire devotion tc church duties of mended.
During tlie H ubbo -Japanese war nu­
a considerable number of the miners. Summer fallow aerates the soil, con­ merous
of Japanese officers
In observance of the church festival, serves moisture and oxidizes the organ­ disguising instances
themselves
Chinese were
many of the 400 or more men rcgulaly ic matter of the soil, converting much reported, but this is the as first
time the
employed at the mine did not go to of the organic nitrogen first into ammo­ immigration officers have run across
work. These who escaped through nia compounds and then into nitrate smooth work in tlie line of disguise. as
this reason are members of the Greek nitrogen; that is into a form which eas­
Catholic church and they suspended ily leaches from the soil and is lost to SEARCH SUITABLE PLACES.
work to celebrate St. Nicholas’ day.
the farmer, whilst organic nitrogen does
As was the case at Monongah, the not readily leach out of the soil. At
explosion followed a brief shut down. times hare summer fallow may he de Grounds for Army Mareuvers Are
Wanted in California.
The I>arr mine having i>eeti closed si>a)de but usually it is to be con­
Tuesday and Wednesday. It was just demned.
Fan
Francisco,
Dec. 19.—Colonel J. e
11:30 o’clock when the tenth trip of
W.
Daman,
chief
of stuff, has been,,
loaded cars had been brought out to
BROOME GRASS.
very busy (his lust week accumulating
the tipple that there came an awful
ol all the different sections of
rumbling sound, followed immediately Director of Experiment Station Says maps
California,
where it might he advisable
by a loud report and a concussion that
to
hold
maneuvers
early during the
It
Has
Been
Overdone.
shook nearby buildings and was felt By II. T. F r e n c h , D ire ct o r K ip e r l iu e n t S t a t i o n coining year.
within a radius of several miles. At
Moscow, Idah o.
has been some talk of holding
the same time there came out of the In response to numerous Inquiries the There
maneuvers at American lake,
mouth of the mine an immense cloud regarding out experiences with ilromus Washington,
hut tbut is now out of the
of dense smoke and dust that floated inermis, I take occasion to present the question, ns since
the divisions were
across the Youghiogheny river.
abolished only the trixjps of the Depart­
following
brief
account
of
the
results
Intuitively everyone in the vicinity
far attained on the experiment sta­ ment of the Columbia could utillie
knew what had happened and all start­ thus
American lake—the tristps of this de­
tion
farm.
ed for the one place—the mouth of the Broome grass has been growing on partment must have their manuevers
mine.
this state.
farm in small plats, and in pasture in The
As far as known only one man who the
Heney ranch, at Atascade, and pone
fields,
for
six
or
seven
years.
Where
went to work escaped. Joseph Maple- it has been allowed to stand unmolested the Baron
von Schroder properties, st n lay.
ton, a pumper, emerged from one of it has produced a dense so l, and com­ Santa Marguerite,
it is reported, are
tlie side entrances shortly after the paratively little grow th alter the second both available should
the government
explosion. He had left the part of the or third year.
decide
to
select
the
Southern
portion of
mine where most of the men were Where it has lieen re-seeded, or the tlie stale as a field of rendezvous.
working and was on the way to the en­ ground
disturbed by harrowing, it lias
city cr ,
gine rcom for oil.
BUILD LARGER CAR3.
made
a
much better growth. Around
nrv
13. I'.
A considerable number of the miners the borders
fields where the lurid Is
,i »hier i,c ,i
were Americana, some of the oilier rs cultivated the of growth
is
rank
and
coarset
Harriman
Has
Plan
to
Beat
Hill
On
estimating that prolrahly more than Mv opinion of broome gran* is, tha.
114
Lumber Trattic.
half of the victims are Americans, as it ins been somewhat overestimated for
the majority of the foreigners did not general use; but that it has a piece as a Omaha, Neb., Dec. 19.—E. If. Har-
;ot<
to keep up with his rival, J. J.
work.
to he used in out-of-the-way riman,
Hill,
plans
to
spend
over
$1,000,000
iu
The Durr mine is located on the west grass
places, where it can not, on account of equipping the Union i’acific railroad Cl; ire I a feUot
pU c
side of the Youghiogheny river, in the
n .
of the soil, form a dense sod. witii newly designed freight cars, built freorder
Wertmoreland county, along the line Such nature
o ’clock n£(J■
a
place
would
he
found
on
stony
I
on
«he
bt
especially to carry lumber. About 1 ,-
of the Pittsburg A Lake Krie railroad, land, or rocky hill si !es.
40 miles southeast of Pittsburg and 18 It will produce one or two good crops 000 of these earn are to Ire ordered from Jt officer* an<
miles norfliwest of Connelsville. It on farm lands, then it should l>e either the I’iltshurg Pressed Steel Caí com­ ìioG K . fisi
is one of the largest of the Pittsburg plowed up ami a crop of grain taken pany, at $1,000 caih.
When pnt in service they will Ire ■ ■ ■ an
Coal
company.
off,
or
else
given
a
grsal
discing
to
pre­
a There
was much drunkenness here vent its forming such a dense sod. used solely for carrying lumber. They
will have twice the capacity for that
tonight, some of the men who got a This
grass, like most of the others, will purpose
of the present cars, and will
goes! start on account of the holiday do Ix-st
on
rich
moist
land;
hut
at
the
continuing their carousal after the ex­ same time will withstand severe thus enable the Union I’acific to lower
plosion in celebration of their escape. drought, if the sod does not become too its lumlier carrying rates. Mr. Hill
will be forced to do likewise and will
A new air shaft for the mine Is being
probably
be forced to equip his lines
constructed, work having been started dense.
kinds of stock seem to relish eith­ with the new
style cars to keep from
on it several months ago. Had this er All
the
grass
or
hay
made
from
it
if
it
is
losing money. The new cars will carry fifteen
been completed, it is said, the loss of cut early. _____________
60,000 fsst, Hgain-t 211 , 000 , the capaci­ n. 220 res
life today would have been much less
ty of cars now used.
serious.
Publications on Farming.
Bilance Go
use
and refi
The
following
publications
ol
interest
Beene of Wild Disorders.
Make* Traveling Safer.
to farniets and otheis have l>een issued
;phone.otjt
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 21.—That safety by the Agricultural department*of the Teheran, Dec. 19.—The situation
devices save limbs and lives is demon­ Federal government ami will Ire fur­ here has become more threatening. i50 Dtray
strated by the casualty report of the nished free, so long as they are avail­ The reactionaries have taken possession
Union Pacific railroad. In spite of able, except where otherwise noted, of and are now holding the gun equate
greatly increased traffic, the number of upon application to the Superintendent ami open places in the vicinity of the » acre*;
people killer! and injured by the road of Documents, Government Printing palace, while the Const itutionaliita to f ivfon-4
daring 1907 was 1,209, as compared Office Washington I). C.:
¡the number of about 10,000 have erect- In v a D o n *01,
with 2,097 in 190«. The report con­ Far’riiets’ Bulletin No. 4«.—Irriga
barricade* extending for miles
tains a list of the principal train acci­ tion in Humid Climates. By F. H. ! around the parliament buildings. The in pasJ
dents of the year, with a statement of King, professor of agricultural physics, I latter are acting solely on the defensive i ¿ milen,y
the causes and consequences in each college of agriculture, University of and in an orderly manner. The rough
case. Kach wreck
investigated by Wisconsin, and physicist of the Wis­ 1 elements are aiding the reactionarle*
a special committee consisting of oper­ consin
agricultural experiment station. and thousands of murders and some
ating or other officials of tlie road.
Pp. 27, figs. 4. Treats of the neces­ looting have occurred.
sity, advantages, and methods of sup­
New Srand Jury at Work
Want the Holidays Ended
plemental irrigation in humid regions.
S.in Francisco, Dec. 21.—The new Circular No. 85.—Irrigation From S:in Francisco, Dec. 19.—The Nan
J
ra d b
grand jury held its first session Upper Snake Hiver, Idaho. By H. U. Francisco (hearing House association i
adopted the following resolution*,
yesterday and after quickly perfecting Raschbacher. Pp. 18, figs. 1.
the details of organization took up the Circular No. 67.—Investigations of which were sent to Governor Gillett
case of the missing Colton securities Irrigation Practice in Oregon. By A. {*‘Resolved, That it is the rw initiions
4 .
and the connection of former officials of P. Stover, Irrigation
F'.cgineer, irriga-1 opinion of the clearing
bunks and
1
po“it A Trust tion investigations, office of experiment1 banker* of S u n F-ari'¡sco that
Chr
ompany with the disappearance of val- stations. - Pp. --------—---------
30, figs. 4.
(day* have served the and
purpesafor
whic
ru
a
they
.re
no
liable stocks and bonds. A number of
Creamed O y s t e r s .
| |on)iPr leq'lired by the financial Pltua- V 'n in f
witnesses were examined, and the tak­
ing • f tetirrony had not beenfconclude 1 Cook together a tablespoonful of hut tion, and that a copy hereof he tele-
fe.
and one of flour, aud when they .graphed the governor."
He-
her when the meeting adjourned until today. ter
ron
I
bubble pour upon ttiem a large cup of
was
L i m it lr g I n f e r io r C o u r t s
1
cream or very rich milk, to which a
New Drydock Projected
of baking sods has been added/ 1 Ht. Paul, Dec. 1 9 .—Attorney G e n e ra l
live? San Francisco, Dec 21.—The Bulle­ pinch
e gill of oyster liquid, «ttr In a Young, iti an address here last night,
U ir *
a
of tin savs that w ithin a few months the ami
a*n<’», lay In the oyster*, ten- recommended that the Federal law s
Union Iron works will let a contract smooth
so
changed
aa
to
<k
1
risa
inter
r
1"
r-
pepper, and --------- ----------------
for a Austin« drydoek lar^e enough to , yin with *»lt and white
egin to curl, y*|
to en |oin
i eeeomrm date all ve«*el. that come to cook until the edge«
edge. Juat
Juet b begin
r»l courts
court, of the power
|iowrr ‘'>«1™"
In gradu.lly.
gradually, atlrrlng
th» ofHctal*
officiali from enforcing Stee^la** ^ tb,
papa say when you this I rt, with the ,ss»ible exception j then pour In
.tlrrlng all the
e ll beaten egg.
egg.
Cook
of the Pacific Mail lincrs-BMongoli* and time. two w well
(«ok for would confine in c h Jnr
I only
' United HUte. Supreme court.
He—Ue fell on my neck and wept.
o n ly half • minute .n d nerve.
Between 200 and 250 Men Entombed
and Hope of E s c a p e for Any
It Very Slight.
fir
ist G ro v e
a u n r ilin r n jii
>r term o f
im
luck w
ty R rcord r
w h s
Co.
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