T h e R o u p e ll M y s t e r y
By
A u s t y n
C H A P T E R X I.— (Continued.)
He syran* from the bath, the water
dripping from hla firm, white body and
glistening in big drops on the thick hair
on his heaving chest, as he rushed across
the floor of his Bitting room, holding his
towel around him with one hand. He
opened the door a little way and took in
the letter. Still holding his towel about
him. he stood examining the envelope very
carefully. As he stood thus, with one
foot slightly thrown forward, all his
weight on his left leg, his muscles stood
out like whip-cords. His eyes were bright
and the light of a new interest suddenly
■prang Into them. He presented thus a
splendid specimen of physical manhood.
He had little occasion for the brisk rub­
bing to which he treated himself, when
he hadt put down the letter unopened,
merely 'remarking :
“ I wonder what Cassagne is doing at
Villeneu ve.”
The heat of bis young and vigorous
body had almost evaporated the moisture.
He went back into his bedroom and put
on a soft, silken suit of pajamas, eanght
at the waist with a brocaded belt. He
took a tasselled Turkish fez from ita peg
and put it on his head. Then he went
In to his chocolate and rolls, picked up
his morning paper and began to read. He
skimmed the sheet at first with a languid
Interest, eating very deliberately as his
eye traveled over the paper. Suddenly he
came to this item :
‘‘ Nothing new has transpired since
yesterday in regard to the murder of
Mme. Roupell at the Chateau
Ville-
«euve------”
He got no further. Like a flash he
dropped the paper and reached out and
took Hold of the letter which he had
almost forgotten, exclaiming:
"The Chateau Villeneuvel Villeneuve 1
W by, that's the place Cassagne writes
from. Pshaw! what am I thinking of?
He can't have been called in on that mat­
ter. It was In the hands of the prefect
of police, and I know he hates Cassagne
like poison."
Nevertheless It was with fingers which
trembled a little In their eagerness that
he opened the letter.
"A h 1” he exclaimed, "here’s fun at
last. Cassagne is engaged in that Ville­
neuve matter after all. Called In by a
fyiend of the suspected party, too. A l­
ways on that side of the case— the most
difficult, of course. Wants me to watch
one Jules Chabot.
I know him; old
fo p ; club man. About as much chance
of his being Implicated as of my getting
married. Well, 1 declare!”
TTiere were two long sheets of Instruc­
tions. His first excitement over, Charles
D'Auburon read them twice very care­
fully, sipping his chocolate so slowly that
the contents of the cup were almost cold
before he finished It.
Several minutes
elapsed before he finally put Cassagne’s
letter on one side and lay back to think.
It was curious that his new field of
activity should at last have brought him
Into contact professionally with a man
whom he had hitherto known only social­
ly. M. Jules Chabot, while a mere ac­
quaintance, belonged to a club of which
he was a member— the "Alliance.”
He
was not very constant in his attendance;
! but he was tolerably well acquainted
[ there. Jules Chabot he had known as
1 one Is apt to know those one casually
meets in the billiard room or at the card
table.
How fortunate It was that, acting un­
der the advice o f his friend Cassagne, he
had scrupulously hidden from all his
[ friends and acquaintances his new occu­
pation. It would be a comparatively easy
task for him to keep watch of Chabot’e
movements. The only question was how
to do so without exciting his suspicions.
He sat revolving this matter in his
mind for nearly an hour, at the end of
which time he arose and completed his
toilet, dressing himself with unusual care.
The role he had now to play was one
which had deceived many—that of a rich.
Innocent dandy, to whom appearance is
everything, and who has not a thought In
bis bead beyond the set of his hat or bis
tie.
He selected from his wardrobe a fine
morning frock coat and a flowered waist­
coat of an oriental design which was all
the rage among the boulevards. He put
on a very tall collar and a necktie of a
very ultra fashion; a glossy hat, patent
leather boots and a silver-beaded Malacca
cane completed his outfit. As be descend­
ed the stairs he put an eye glass in one
eye.
Thus accoutred, Charles D'Auburon
was as different a being as you could well
Imagine, from the free and easy Bohe­
mian of an hour previously. A slight
drawl was apparent In his speech. H ail­
ing a cab, he directed the driver to pro­
ceed to the Alliance club. He was the
most Innocent looking young man In the
whole of Paris. A vacant smile played
around hla mouth.
One gloved hand
•ought his blonde mustache in a caress­
ing manner, while with the other he re­
turned the salutations of his numerous
acquaintances. M. Jules Chabot, seated
in the bay window of the Alliance club,
saw him alight, and surveyed him with a
look in which contempt struggled with
politeness and got rather the best of it.
“ There is that insufferable fop, D'Au-
buron, coming up the steps,” he remarked
to an Intimate.
“ I think that fellow
looks s bigger fool every day.”
I
Q r a n v i l l s
"The lust letter madame received from
him,” replied the physician, "bore the
postmark of Bloia. That must be twenty
years ago, as near as I can recollect.”
The first thing Cassagne did on his
arrival in Paris was to call on his friend
and pupil. Charles D’Auburon. He found
him at home, his face glowing with sup­
pressed enthusiasm.
"N ow .” said Cassagne. “ tell us what
has happened? Huve you found Jutes
Chabot, and what progress have you made
toward getting acquainted."
“ I already knew him slightly." an­
swered D'Auburon. " I approached him
cautiously, because if he is really impli­
cated in rhis matter he would naturally
be suspicious of any sudden show of
friendship.
Fortune favored me, how­
ever. 1 managed to lose a game of bil­
liards to him at the Alliance this morn­
ing, the stakes a luncheon at the Cafe
Anglais, whither we repaired shortly af­
ter. \\ hat do you think that blundering
idiot I-ablanrhe la doing? He has set
someone to shadowing Monsieur Chabot.
The fellow followed us In a cab.
I
thought we had given him the slip, but.
looking out of the windows of the Cafe
Anglais there he was lounging against a
lamp post, and looking like a detective all
over. Did you ever hear of such clumsi­
ness In all your life?”
"You must exercise your Ingenuity, my
dear boy. A little thing like that shouldn't
disturb you
Always recollect that In
this business it is the man who keeps
cool that wins. It is a golden maxim.”
D'Auburon was rapidly cooling.
He
had been waiting all the evening for the
arrival of bis frieud to Indulge in his
tirnde against the prefect. He bad deliv­
ered himself. Then he became again, as
Cassagne put It, "a reasoning being.”
Cnssngne then gave D'Auburon a short
sketch of what had occurred at the Cha­
teau Villeneuve. He finish his account
by producing the little gold locket.
"The mnn who wore this was last heard
from at Itloia. The owner of this locket
was the man who actually murdered Mad­
ame Roupell.
Whether he had accom­
plices or not It is hard at present to say.
The prefect argues, doubtless, from Jules
Chabot's presence in the chateau on the
night of the murder, that he is In some
way connected with It. My own opinion
is that it is a mere coincidence; nothing
more. Still It will not do to leave any
point uncovered. That’s why 1 want you
to keep him well in sight. I)o you see?”
" I see, of course,” responded D’Au­
buron. ” 1 can keep him in sight read­
ily. Meantime, what do you yourself pro­
pose to do? Go to Blois, I suppose.”
“ Exactly, and I start to-morrow morn­
ing. That means I shall go to bed early
to-night.
You must try and discover
this man Chabot's most Intimate friends,
meanwhile. I may be gone for a day or
so. Try and go where he goes, to be in­
vited where he is invited; and above all
don't let Lablanche get ahead of us. He’s
not such a fool as you think. I f be makes
blunders, remember he makes remarkably
clever ones.”
"There was some talk of a ball to-mor­
row night,” remarked
D'Auburon
at
length, when he hnd well weighed the
other's words— “ a ball at the Vicomte de
Valiar's------”
“ Ah 1 do you know him?”
“ Yes. aa I know them all. I know of
him. He Min be got at if necessary. From
what Chabot dropped,” continued D'Au­
buron. “ I believe he intends to be there.
He Is quite in with the de Vallara, I
understand. You have heard of de Va­
llara, I suppose? Great financial nabob,
and all that sort of thing.”
Cassagne nodded, quietly. "You ought
certainly to be there. One never knows
what may happen.”
“ Now to find. In a population of near­
ly thirty thousand people, this one Indi­
vidua!, this Henry Graham, who was last
heard from in this very city seven years
ago,” soliloquized M. Cassagne. as he
stepped from his compartment on to the
platform of the little railway atation and
saw frowning from above him-the ancient
castle of Blois. All the way down in the
train he had been busily occupied in plan­
ning how he would find the human needle,
Henry Graham, In the bundle of hay,
Blois.
With nothing to guide him but his own
marvelous powers of reasoning, he now
started forth upon a search which ninety-
nine men out of a hundred »vould have
considered worse than useless.
For it
was quite within the bounds of possibility
that the man he was looking for had lived
In Blois under another name than that of
Henry Graham.
M. Cassagne sauntered quietly down
the curving, narrow main street of the
old town. By nightfall he had accom-
plished thia: He had had his hair dress­
ed nearly twenty times, he had ordered
and paid for but barely tasted nearly
forty meal».
He bad dlacovered that
there were exactly two inne for every
barber la the town of Blois.
But no
barber, and no innkeeper bad been able
to Inform him of such a person as Henry
Graham. M. Cassagne retired to rest in
the snuggest hostelry in the town, the
Golden Fleece.
Such progress did the detective make
the next morning In the good graces of
M. Crarteau, the proprietor of the Inn.
that by the time the ancient gilt clock
over the etablee had chimed out the half
hour, M. Cratteau and he were on excel-
C H A P T E R X II .
len terms, walking around the little gar­
When Alfred Cassagne bid Dr. Mason den and chatting and talking confiden­
adieu. It was to return to Paris, first to tially.
M. Cassagne was confiding a wonder­
think and then to act.
Never In the
course of bis experience had a encoun­ ful fairy story. He was at Bloia in the
tered a case which presented obstacles of intereete of a little girl of whose person
so pussling a nature.
He was a true and estate he had been appointed guar­
Parisian. A day or two In the country dian. He had only to establish the death
soon satisfied him. He required the stim­ of one Individual to prove his little ward
ulus of a great city to Impart to his heir to a large property in America. M.
mental organisation that activity and Cratteau. in hia ten years' residence in
•bar; ness which the calm and quiet of s Blois, had doubtless met many Ameri­
rustic existence lulled into temporary re­ cans.
"Yes. many.”
pose. His most logical deductions had
"Had monsieur known an American
been made in the rush and roar of the
streets.
Before leaving the chateau a called Henry Graham?”
conversation something like the follow­
"Graham!
Graham?”
No. the man
ing had taken place between Dr. Ms-on bad not. “ But I think I can direct you
and him self;
to a person who can,” he added. "G o and
"This brother of Madame Roupeil'g. see Madam* Beausantin. the old washer­
Ibis Henry Graham— can you tell me woman of the Rue du Concert. She has
arben and where he was last heard from T
don* the washing of every American «h o
baa been iu Blois for the> past twenty
years. She gets all the business because
she knows what they want. She may bo
able to tell you something about him.”
It was barely nine o'clock when V *
Cassagne. having finished his coffee and
rolls, issued forth from the courtyard
of the Golden Fleece, and proceeded in
the direction of the Rue du Concert. It
was a short street, containing neither Natural
Phenomena and Direful
inns nor barber shops, which, perhaps,
Accident Furnish Long Lists
accounted fo his not hnving previously
set foot within its precincts. I f it had
of Dead.
not been for the fortuitous meeting with
Cratteau, in all probability M. Cae-
sagne would never have thought of
looking there for traces of Henry Gra­ epitome of important events
ham.
It was a bright, smart shop, with
large plate glass windows, in which were
displayed, beautifully ironed, two long
Rscsnt Financial Disturbance—Okla­
lace curtains, lying specimens of the qual­
homa a State—Fine and Gift
ity of the work which was never, even
for the best customers, done within. The
of Millions.
interior of the establishment was fitted
up with a large stove in the rear, on
which dozens of irons were heating. Rang­
The chronicler who scans the record
ed in ioug rows across the floor were the o f 1907 that he may w rite o f It finds
ironing benches at which the women la­ him self confronted by an exhibit o f
bored.
Through an opeu 'door at the
destruction and disaster that he had
back, a glimpse of huge piles of linen, in
various stages of renovation, was to be not fu lly appreciated before. Since the
had. The whole place was full of steam. opening day of the year the great ca­
Though the weather was warm, there was tastrophes that have been accompan­
an entire absence of proper ventilation. ied by large loss o f life have numbered
The atmosphere of the place to one un­ 20, an average o f slightly more than
accustomed to breathe it was intolerable. tw o fo r each month. Several o f these
The appearance of the young women have been great convulsions o f nature.
in the establishment of Mine. Beausan- There was the earthquake that destroy­
tin, however, entirely belied that of the
ed Kingston, Jamaica, out of which
popular picture. Notwithstanding the ar­
duous character of their employment, they came the disagreeable Swetteuham in­
were as robust and strong as amazons. cident ; subsequently occurred other
The glow of health was on their cheeks, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions In
and tbe muscles of their bare arms and Mexico, Chile and China.
An earth­
necks stood out like whip cords. They quake and mountain slide that de­
were not at work, however, when M. Cas­ stroyed the town o f Karatagh, Russian
sagne arrived.
It was a time-honored Turkestan, snuffed out 15,(XX) lives, and
custom of tbe establishment that from
a frigh tfu l typhoon at Hongkong,
nine o'clock to half-past was to be de­
China, killed unknown hundreds o f the
voted to rest and refreshment.
When M. Cassagne intimated his wish Inhabitants. A hurricane In the Caro­
for a strictly private interview with Mme. line Islands wiped out 200 lives; a
Beausantin she bowed consent and led great flood In Japan caused 600 deaths.
the way to an inner apartment.
Among the catastrophes originating In
M. Cassagne took a seat. Mme. Beau­ the operations and enterprises o f hu­
santin stood with one elbow on the man­ manity there have been explosions—
telpiece, ami eyed him curiously. She had several o f them In mines, others In
been mistaken in the gentleman being a
blast furnaces and on shipboard— col­
customer, she told herself. What then
was the object of the present visit? She lisions o f ships and o f railw ay trains,
was soon to know. The detective ap­ the collapse o f the great uncompleted
proached point blank the one subject bridge over the S t Lawrence rive r
which was always uppermost in his mind. near Quebec, and the blowing up o f
"Can you tell me anything of tbe the Du Pont powder works In Ponta-
whereabouts of one Henry Graham? You net, Ind. All these produced long cas­
were his laundress some seven years ago” ualty lists.
In a moment he had hit upon a plan
The roll o f eminent dead Is also an
of enlisting the cooperation of Mme.
Beausantin. An excellent judge of Char­ extensive one. Sweden has lately been
acter, he could tell that greed oi gain called upon to mourn the decease o f its
was one of her predominant traits. Then, beloved king, Oscar II., and his son
without giving the laundress time to deny and successor has assumed the reins
or affirm hia statement, he added in an o f government.
In Persia, also, the
impressive tone:
old Shah has died and a new one rules.
“ My name is Alfred Cassagne, and I
Not death, but abdication has also
im a detective from Paris.”
Mme. Bcausantin’s little beady eyes no changed the governmental head In
Politics, art, science, letters,
longer twinkled. Instead, they appeared Korea.
to be dilated to twice their former size. and the plRtform hnve each paid Its
Her hands trembled apprehensively and toll to death In the loss o f some fo re ­
her fingers interlaced themselves together most representatives. Among the names
in a spasm of sudden nervousness.
may be recorded those o f former Pres­
" A detective!” she gasped, when she ident M. Caslmlr Perler of France.
was at length able to command her voice. Senators Morgan, Pettus and Alger,
“ I)o not be alarmed, madame,” said
Galusha A. Grow, JatneR H. Eckels,
Cassagne. “ Not the slightest harm is in­
tended to you. On the contrary, perhaps Maurice Grau, Richard Mansfield, Jo­
I may be able to make your special seph Joachim, Edvard Grieg, James
knowledge of this affair of considerable McGranahan, Col. W ill S. Hayes, Prof.
pecuniary advantage to you. Take a seat. Alexander S. Hersehel, Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, Dr. John Watson (Ia n Mac-
There is a good deal to talk about.”
The calm tone of the detective some­ laren ), Theodore Tilton, Mrs. M ary J.
what reassured the proprietress of the Holmes, Frnnrls Murphy and Mrs.
laundry.
She sat down. Tbe look of Helen M. Gougar. Mrs. Wm. McKIn-
alarm on her face gave way to her pre­
ley and John Alexander Dowle are also
dominant expression— the expression of
In the list o f the well-known dead.
greed.
A financial disturbance o f widespread
"W hat do you want to know?” was her
eager question, in a voice which asked al­ Influence has made Itself felt during
most as distinctly as words. What will tlie last til roe months o f 1907.
you pay for it?
The number o f States In the ITnlon
" I want to know as much of Monsieur has been Increased to 46 by the ad­
Graham's history as you are acquainted mission o f Oklahoma.
with.”
| That modern minds are not appalled
He drew from his pocketbook two bills
by large amounts Is shown by two o f
of the Bank of France. They were of the
denomination of one hundred francs the year's transactions. The Standard
apiece. Taking one between hia finger Oil Company has been fined $29,000,-
and thumb, he puahed It toward Mme. 000 by n Chicago Judge, and John D.
Rockefeller has made donations o f $32,-
Beausantin across the table.
“ When you tell me all you know about ono.noo to educational ''rejects.
Monsieur Graham, you shall have the
T w o great expositions
hnve been
other one,” he remarked, impressively.
held. That at Jamestown, Vs., did not
"The sum Is entirely too small, mon­ receive the patronage expected and Is
sieur," she said, "fo r Information which
In the hands of a receiver. The other
ia really worth having."
was In Greater Louisville, Ky.
(T o be continued.)
A public work o f vast ningnlture was
liegttn when Mayor McClellan o f New
W h e n Yon Shave Yonroelf.
Grinding bis teeth, be muttered a York broke ground fo r the construc­
tion o f the groat Cntsklll
aqueduct
low oath.
“ I don't know what's gotten Into this which in a few years Is to convey to
razor,” he exclaimed. " I t won't cut at the metropolis an Inexhaustible supply
o f pure water.
all.”
The H arrv Thaw trial In New York
She gave a little cry o f am azem ent
nd th • general strike o f telegraphers
"W h y ,” she said, “ when I opened
e countrv over were subjects o f much
that can o f potted ham with it this
’ •■rat to the public while they con
morning. It was so sharp It nearly took
1* :cd.
my finger off.”
YEAR 1907 LEAVES A
RECORD OF DISASTER
brueck. Prussia, kill 800 person*. . . . 100
26— Great fire in Hakodate, Japan. -
lives lost by typhoon In Hongkong har­
27— Nelson Morris. Chicago packer,
bor.
dies.
29—
Ninety miners killed by mine explo­ 29—
Great bridge over St. Lawrence
sion near Thurmoud, W. Ya.
river, near Quebec, collapeea, carrying 84
workmen to death.
KI l Bi t V A R Y .
SO— Death 6f Richard Mansfiald.
7— John D. Rockefeller makes $32,000,-
Ik P T K M B E K .
000 gift to educational work.
12— 200 lives lost by sinking of Jog
4— Death of Edvard Grieg. Norwegian
line steamer Larchmont off Block Island. coin(>oser.
K I ....... Death of ex-Gov. Frank W. Hig­
7—
Anti-Japanese outbreak In Vancou­
ver. B. C.
gins of New York.
16— 25 persons killed and 100 Injured
9—
Japanese battleship Kashlma blows
in train wreck on New York Central in Up at Kure with loss of 40 Uvea.
New Ynrk City.
15— 25 lives lost in wreck of excursion
20—
$173,000 stolen from U. S. aub-
train near Cauaan. N. H.
treasury in Chicago.
17— First election in Oklahoma... .Chi­
cago defeats new charter.
21—
English steamer Berlin goes down
21—
Frank J. Constantine convicted of
off coast of Holland; ISO lives lo s t ....
Cornelius J. Shea and associates acqjit- murder of Mrs. Louise Gentry in Chicago
Ud of conspiracy in Chicago.. . . Mrs. . . . . Grandstand blow n down in H egin»
Dora McDonald shoots and kills Webster Pa., and 50 people hurt.
25— Flood in Japan drowns 600 per­
S. Guerin in Chicago.
sons.
22—
Pennsylvania railroad's 18-hour
28—
Eight lives lost in B. A O. wreck
flyer wrecked near Johnstown, P a . . . .
Missouri Legislature adjourned by small­ at Bellaire, Ohio.
pox scare.
30—
McKinley mausoleum dedicated la
M ARCH.
Canton, Ohio.
4— Fifty-ninth Congress adjourns sine
OCTOBER.
d ie ....T h r e e changes in President's cab­
6— Death of Mrs. Mary J. Holme»,
inet take effect.
authoress.
7— Strother brothers In Culpepper. Va.,
10—
Steamship Lusitania cross** A t­
acquitted of murder under "unwritten lantic ocean in four dayi twenty hours. ..
law.”
Ibath of Mrs. Caaxie Chadwick In Co­
9—
Death of John Alexander D ow ie...
lumbus (O hio) penitentiary.
W ill J. Davis freed of responsibility for
12— Steamship Cypress wrecked ou
Iroquois theater disaster by Judge Kim­ Lake Superior and 22 lives lost.
brough of Danville, 111.
14—
Town of San Jose del Cabo, Lower
12—
Death of M. Caslmlr Perler, for­
California, destroyed by cloudburst.
mer president of France.. . . Magazines on
15—
Du Pont powder works near Fon-
French battleship Jena explode at Toulon, tanet, Ind., explodes, killing 50 people.
killing 80 and injuring 500 persona.
16—
Wall street flurry causes great
14— Death of Maurice Grau, imprea- slump in copper stock*.
sario.
22—
23— Panic in New York and th#
16— Burning of Helicon Hall, Cpton Fust marked by suspension of Knicker­
Sinclair's colony, near Englewood, N. J. bocker Trust Company and of various
18—
Greater Louisville exposition open­
financial concern», appointment of receiv­
ed.
ers for Westinghouse Electric and Manu­
19— Death of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. facturing Company, aud wild acenea on
22—
Many persons killed In riots in
Stock Exchange.
Moldavia.
23—
Germans win balloon race frem St.
25—
Death of Alexander Beaublen, first
Louie with France second.
white male born in Chicago.
27— New $20,000,000 Union station
81— Death of Galusha A. Grow, former opened in Washington.
Congressman from Pennsylvania.
30—
Earthquake and mountain slide de­
APRIL.
alt ojrs town of Karatagh. Russian Tur­
2— Chicago elects Fred A. Busae, kestan, and causes 15,000 deaths.
Republican. Mayor and approve« new
N O V EM B E R.
traction ordinance by majority of 33,126.
1— Great railway atrike in Great Brit­
4—
Hotel fire In San Francisco kills 17
ain called.
persona.. . . Lunacy commission declares
5—
End of telegrapher»' atrika., . . Elec­
Harry K. Thaw sane.
tions in many States.
9— Howard Nicholas and I^or.ard Leo­
11—
Death of Dexter M. Ferry, seeds­
pold convicted of murder of Mrs. Mar­ man, of Detroit.
garet Leslie in Chicago.
15—
Death of Moncure D. Conway,
11— Lord Cromer, British
ruler In American author... .Fire destroy* town
Egypt, resigns.
of Cleary, Alaska.
13—
Standard Oil Company convicted 16— Oklahoma admitted to statehood.
In Illinois court of rebating.
24—
Jury in Steve Adams case In Hatb-
14—
Death of James II. Eckels of Chi­
drum, Idaho, disagree«.
cago. . . . Earthquakes at Chilapa and
25—
Thirteen live« loat in New York
Chilpancingo, Mexico.
tenement house fire.
15—
Great Northern’s Oriental Limited 26—
Death of Gen. B. I>. Pritchard of
derailed by wrecker« at Bartlett, N. I).
Allegan, Mich., whose regiment captured
16— 19— Volcanic eruptions In Chile.
Jefferson Davis.
20—
Great fire in native quarter of
IIE t'E M B K R
Manila.
1—
Explosion In mine » t „ sf tta City,
26—
Opening of Jamestown (V a .) Ex­
l ’a., kills 40 miner».
iq *
position.
2— Sixtieth Congress op j*.
30—
Hurricane in Caroline Islands kills
4— King Oaear of Sweden resign» gov­
000 people.
ernment Into bunds of Crown Prlnca aa
MAY.
regeut.
2—
Great loss of life from explosion In
6—
Explosion entombs 400 miner» at
Canton, China.
Mononguh. W. Ya.
3—
Sir Alexander Swettenham retires
8—
Death of King Oscar II. of Swedan
ss Governor of Jamaica.
and accession of his son as Gustaf V.
6 —Dr. John Watson (Ian Maclaren)
11— President Roosevelt reiterate« hla
dies in Mt. Pleasant. Io w a ... .Tornado
declaration that lie will not again be a
wipes out towns of Birthright and Ridge­
candidate for chipf executive.
way, Texas.
16— Dust explosion kills 75 men la
10— Son born to
King
Alfonso of
mine at Yolanda, A la ___ Great war Meet
Spain.
sails from Hampton Roads for Pacific.
11—
Mystic Sbriner special wrecked at
17—
Death o f Lord Kelvin, Knglinb
Honda, Cal., and 31 lives lost.
s< lentlat.
12—
Mine fire at Velardena, Mexico,
kills 90 men. . . . Earthquake In China
T w o K in d s o f T n b erco losls.
kills 4,000 persons.
Re|sirts from London state that the re­
17—
Isaac Stephenson elected United
sult« of the careful Investigation« and ex­
States Senator from Wisconsin.
periments of the Royal Commission on
25 Death of Theodore ’niton In Paris. Tuberculosis indicate that there are twa
2»D Death of Mrs. William McKinley. kinds of consumption. When th« bacilli
JVNK.
of these diseases were admm'strred to
5—
Oscar II. resumes reign as King animals
of
those from one group caused rap­
Sweden.
idly fatal general tuberculosis, while the
6—
Sudden death of Mr». Helen M.
germs of the other group, though given
Gougar.
in far larger doses, had only a slight local
7—
Fatal and destructive tornado effect,
In
and the disease tended to undergo
Kentucky and southern Illinois and In­ a «iMjntaneoua cure, hut the Inventigations
diana.
have not yet reached a point where It It
9— -Death of Julia Magruder, novelist. practicable to determine with certainty
10—
Great strike against government from
in
which ty|>e of disease .he patient
w ine growing regions of F ran re... .500 ia suffering. One of the results of the
lives lost in burning of Chinese theater eiper.imenta made aeenta to be to discredit
in Hongkong.
Koch'»* view that bovine and human tu>
11—
Death of Senator John T. Morgan
berculosis are different disease«.
of Alabama.
12— 200 lives lost in hurricane on Cgre-
U nities a R e a l D is e a s e .
line Islands.
Chief Melvin of the Bureau of Animat
13—
Mayor Scbmiti of San Francisco
Industry of the Agricultural Department
convicted of extortion.
says that many experiment» conducted
14— Olympic Theater burns In Chicago. by the bureau now demonstrate that hy­
16— Czar dissolve« the Duma.
drophobia ia a real germ-generated and in­
18—
Death of Prof. Aleiander 8. Her-
fectious disease. This disease, he say«,
schel, Engliah astronomer.
ran be communicated from beasts to men
20— Mayor McClellan of New York as well aa from beast to beast. There are
breaks first sod for construction of great Iwo types of hydrophobia, dumb and furi­
Catskill aqueduct.
ous. In the earlier stage» of the former
20— Fire dratroya block of buildings ad­ k.nd a dog la dangerous, hut in the late
joining Jamealown exposition.
stages it ia not, aa it auataina paralysis
30— Death of Francia Murphy, temper­ of the jaw s; but a dog with the furious
Tlie principal happenings o f 1907 are
ance evangelist.
type of hydrophobia ia very dangerou»
Ill* F ie ld Dag.
• rlofly given below ;
JULY,
yelping and running about with frothing
“ Yes,” said the tramp who was ex­
JANUARY.
3— Fatal windstorm aweepa weateru mouth and without any sign ot jaw par
plaining Ills method. “ I always tell
Wisconsin.
2— Wreck on Rock Island near Vol-
alvaia. I>r. Melvin insist» that aa yet
the lady o f the house that I was In­
6—
John D. Rockefeller appears aa wlt-
iirid. Kansas, kills 35 persons... .('has.
there ia no cure for rabies known to medt
jured on the field.” “ W hat field?” ask­ \1. Floyd. Republican, elected Governor neaa In court in Chicago.
leal science.
ed the Inexperienced beginner. “ W ell, of New Hampshire by legislator*.
7— Tornado damages lx>ng Pine, Neb.
8—
Death of James McGranahan, goa-
If It's a younger lady I say football
T e w I'p ln elp le In fttrnetn ral W a r*.
•V -Bomb thrown in Fourth Street Na­
pel song writer.
A new principle in engineering prac­
field, an' If It’s an old lady I say bat> tional liank. Philadelphia.
14—
Assassination
of
President
Fal-
8— Death of Shsh of Persia.
tice ia described by the Scientific Ameri­
| tie field.” — Tlt-BIts.
lierea
attempted
in
Paris.
can in the case of a lookout tower built
9 — James Cullen lynched In Charles
15—
Powder explosion on battleship
by Alexander Graham Bell, in which th«
City. lo w »....G e n . Vladimir Pavloff as­
S l o t W h a t S h e ' d T a l l 1«.
Georgia
kills
8
seamen
and
injures
13.
structure la composed of tetrahedron»
“ How well Mrs. Trlpsley bears her sassinated in St. Petersburg... .30 miners
18— Emperor of Korea abdicates.
and ia said to be the first iron structure
troubles. I declare, she looks as fresh killed by explosion in Pittsburg blast fur-
20—
30 killed in P er« Marquette wreck
built on th a principle. Each tettahedral
n*ce.
and fa ir ss a young girl, yet she has
cell, which ia the unit of conatruction,
10— Typhoon in Philippines kills 100 near Salem, Mich.
burled tw o husbands.”
21—
Bteamer and freight boat collide
ia made of one-half inch iron piping, and
peraonii.
"Y ou don't call burying two hus­
off California coast and 150 live« are lost. measures exactly 48 Inches from tip to
11—
Fire near Strassburg, Germany,
bands trouble, do you?" replied M r» causes 20 death*... ,$1,000,<JfJO fire In
23— Death of Col. W ill 8. Ilaya, ballad tip.
Tw o hundred and sixty of t h e « «
writer.
cell« were employed ,n the tower, whu J
Henpe-'k.— Chicago Record Herald.
Lancaster, Pa.
27—
Death of Senator E. W. Pettus of
14— Earthquake destroys Kingston, Ja­
rl sea 70 feet above the ground. >0™'
Alabama.
> o L o n g e r IIe i Physician.
maica.
the ie advantage. Haimed for this
Jury In Boiae. Idaho, acquits W il­
“ My husband Is troubled with a nuz-
19—
Sixty lives lost in two Big Four 28—
of construction are lightness, great rig.
zing noise In his ears; what would you railroad wrw ka in Indiana. . . . Moham­ liam D. Haywood of murder of Gov. ity. rapidity and ease of .oustruction,
med All Mirxa crowned Shah of Persia Rteunenburg. .. .B ig fire at Coney Island. very little falae work being -eqturod. and
advise?”
the fac lity with which any par' may be
N Y.
" I W"uld advl«e him to go to the s<-a ....A d m ira l Davia and American squad­
A CO VST.
renewed.
ron sent away from Kingston, Jamaica,
shore for a month or two.”
by G ot . Swettenham.
1— Standard Oil Co. fined $ 29 . 000.000
"B u t be can't get away.”
A m e r i c a I,end* In Coal.
20—
Death of Joaiah Flynt Willard,
for accepting railroad rebates by Judge
Tab I** prepared by the London Bonn«
"T h en you go.” — Houston P o s t
tramp and author.. . . England apolog!aea K. M. Landis of Chicago.
of Trail* b U o w that tbe United H u t « no«
for Swettenham incident.
8— Beginning of telegrapher»' general
A D ifferen ce.
min»* more c*o«I thun any other nuintry,
23—
Twenty
miner«
killed
by
exploeion
■trike.
Mrs. Ath. Letle— I ’ll bar# to get
the total ts-ing 37i»»»>.«■»> ton« in th«
12— Death of Robert A. Pinkerton.
naar Primero, C o lo ... Thaw trial begins
some new g o lf costumes.
I am very
too» In
15— Joseph Joachim, violinist, dies in ( nited Kingdom and
in New York
Germany
But th» production per be*d
short on g olf skirts this spring.
|
Berlin.
24—
Death of Senator R. A. Alger of
« still h gher ir England. A aertca mss
H er Husband— Last year tbs gull Michigan.
19—
Prince Wilhelm of Swede* 1 at
• •«aoaas the meet coni.
skirts were very short on yoe
| H — Exploeion* ia min* near Saar Jameetown exposition.
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