Washington County News
LIABLE TO FINES OF S 8 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
HALL 18 CONVICTED
T h e R o u p e ll M y s t e r y
the center of (he lawn, and I had u,.
be quick about it,” he said.
Relying upon bis general 'i now led» a
.he const ruction of a Parisian gard«Tu
Cassague walked rapidly forward atrJ*
his foot against
some unforeseen
unfores«.^ Jc®
igainst sume
cle, tripped, stumbled, aud the u eit^
ment found himself struggling ¡a *
water. He had overlooked the fact tku
some gurdens have fountains.
**
Clear C a te Against 8 . P — Paid Re
bates fo r Years.
San Francisco, Feb. 11.— Penalties
FOREST G R O V E ............. OREGON
unprecedented in .h e h j a t o r y ^ t h e p r ¿(]ÍCM0n OÍ PrOSeCUflOO PfOVeS
prosecution o f corporations
(forn ia , or a com plete revision and
vitalizing of the laws applicable to
railroads, will be the ou tcom e o f the
Investigation to be instituted this
CI1APTER X IX .— (Continued.)
“ Where have you come from, and »).
Here, little girl. I've— I’ ve lost my ap
week by the State R ailroad Com m is-
"But it is quite likely that she would petite.”
have you been doing?” was the astonUx
•
•
n
'«Ion, in the room s o f the Cham ber o f
give us any clew to the whereabouts of
"Give it to me,” cried the gaunt wom ed inquiry of Charles D’Auburon.
IQ 3
fo r DflT| Com merce, in the M erchants’ Ex-
one who was almost a son to her. Be an. “ I will divide it fairly.”
He had been aroused from his beds
jch an ge building.
sides, 1 thought you said you couldu’
midnight by a thunderous knockin,!
"No, let the children huve that,” re
I Assistant A ttorney-G eneral R ay-
find Madame La Seur
plied the man with the bag. “ Out an his door, and ou going to see what »]
I mond
l i l t > U U Benjam
L J tf 1 1 J cl 1 1 1 in
1 II o
. l 1 1 1 today
L U U * i y l that
l l c l l 4,000
„
,
.
.
said
"1 had some difficulty at first; but 1 other slice for inadaine.”
the noise wns about, had discovered Cu
A Resume o f the Less Important b u t,cases o f rebating have been perfected s Pe e d f A greem ent Believed to Indi
have had one of my meu on the track for
The woman hurst Into tears. Even sngne, standing, the picture of mi»«j
against the Southern P acific C om
cate C o r v clion , in View o f
Not L ess Interesting Events
the past two days. He now reports her the man with the cap and apron was under the lamp ou the landing.
pany, practically through its ow u ad
o f the Past Week.
Ju dge’ s Instructions.
as residing in Belleville. 1 shall move affected ; but it was at the generosity of
Dripping yet with the moisture whiq
missions.
These cases w ill be pre
up into that neighborhood to-night, and the man with the hag.
ran from all his garmenta; minus his ha'
sented to the R ailroad Com m ission
commence my investigations.
In the
and shivering like an aspen, the famou
by Attorney-G eneral U. S. W ebb, Mr.
It was getting late. The Rue Ban
detective presented a picture well calc»
The battleship fleet has passed Benjam in and O K Cushing, special
Portland, Feb. 8 .— At 1:30 o'clock meantime I want you to continue to quiere was becoming deserted. The huck
watch Monsieur Chabcrt and report what sters outside had covered up their wares lated to excite the utmost commiseration
M agellan straits and is now in the , coun sel for the C aliforn ia Traffic As-
this morning the jury in the Hall con steps our deluded friend the prefect of
hut a gleam of triumph was in his a»
P aclfic ocean
sociatton. Should con viction s be o b
and were beginning to take their depart
tained on each o f these cases, and spiracy trial announced that it had police is taking.
dimmed eye; and he wore the air of a
ure.
The Swift Packing Com pany has tbe M aximum penalty o f $20,000 be reached a verdict.
So they parted, Cassagne to his lodg
The man with the hag, however, still conqueror ruther than of a man who hsl
The verdict was
com pleted plans for a $3,500,000 im posed for each violation o f the
ings to assume such a dress as would loitered in the cook shop. He had made met with a humiliating accident.
etaled
in
an
envelope,
under
instruc
plant in Portland.
law, the Southern P acific will face
harmonize with the humble quarters of a few purchases, and had chatted pleas
Cassagne entered into a circumstagtkl
tions given by Judge Hunt last night, the town where he proposed to pursue autly with the man in the cap and apron relation of his adventures. When he u.
A Yale graduate and athlete has an aggregate ftn e»of $30,000,1)00.
in each case the evidence practi and was returned to the court and his investigations, D’Auburon to his club, on the latest local sensation, a raiding rived at what he facetiously termed tit
been found to possess a com plete
cally is conclusive, from bills o f lad
where he had an appointment with M which had resulted in the death of two “ frog-pond incident,” D’Auburon could I
ou tfit o f bu rgla r’s tools.
ing to the indorsed checks issued by opened at 10 o ’clock this morning.
Jules Chabot, and in whose company he officers.
not restrain his mirth, and it was soc»
Prem ier F ran co, dictator o f P or the com pany to the shipper, in reim
On convening court this m orning
would presently repair to the drawing
“ Not but what it serves them right.” tagious th.it Caaaague, though the jo j
tugal has not left his room since ar bursement. W hen the State Board of Judge Hunt directed that the envelope
rooms of the Vlcomte and Vicomtesse de remarked the man with the hag. "Why was against himself, could not retro
riving in B ordeaux, France.
R ailroad C om m issioners requested he opened and the verdict read. The Valair.
from joining him. The two men roani
don’t these swells of the police let Belle
R oosevelt says the charges that he the Southern P acific to subm it Its jury found Hall guilty as charged.
At about half past eight the next even ville folks alone?”
until the room shook again. When thex
Is using his in flu ence to help Taft b ook s to Mr. B enjam in, Peter F. Under the Fedetal statutes, conspiracy ing, anyone who had taken the trouble
“ And they must have known the kind merriment had somewhat subsided H
Dunne, counsel for the railroad, re such as that charged in the indictment
along are false and m alicious.
to look might have seeu enter the Rue of place into which they were going,” Cassague took up the thread of his nam
plied that the railroad 's books would on which Hall was tried, is pnnishable
Banquiere by its western end, a man added madame, speaking for the first time. tive in this wise:
Claim s o f alleged illegitim ate heirs be available at any tim e. The com
T had hardly got my head out t
o f A lfon so X II are creatin g consid- j piacency with which the railroad cor- by a fine not exceeding $10.000, or by dressed in rough garments,, who looked
The man with the bag applauded her
erable trou ble for the Spanish g o v - ! p,n a tion
greets
the investigation im prisonment not exceeding two years. like a well-to-do workman, with his heavy Rentiments. Of course they did. Madame water, and cleared my ears and eyes, V
shoes and lime-bespattered corduroys. He was a woman of good sense. If madame fore I heard a door open and shut, i
em inen t.
I foreorda in s that it w ill not fig h t the
Portland, Feb. 8.— A t last night’ s wore no collar on his check cotton shirt, had her way, perhaps, she would have the ha-k part of the house. I crept sofjt
One child was killed and m a n y , action o f the R a ilroad C om m ission
7:45 but around his throat was loosely tied a the police let the people of Belleville out of the fountain and lay extendedt
persons injured in the crush at t h e , du m erits but rather upon the law session, which convened at
o ’clock, Judge Hunt delivered exhaust red pocket handkerchief. A bag contain alone altogether, and never come near full length upon the grass. Straining!;
fu neral o f the dead king and prince involved
Section 222 o f the state legislation ive instructions to the jury, the charge ing a few tools was slung over his ghoul them, Madame was emphatic that she eyes in the direction of the house, I pe
o f P ortugal.
w hich creates the State Board of requiring two hours for its delivery. der.
would, “ for some of the worst of them ceived the figure of a woman coming»
M em bers o f the royal household R a ilroad Com m issioners, with their
Presently he stopped, ostensibly to pur were her best customers,” she remarked, ward me. She was a woman dainij
At 10:12 o ’clock, after Judge Webster
declare that the Portugese crow n j pow'er to fix rates, provides:
chase
some
fruit,
which
n
hawker
in
one
laughing.
dressed in full ball costume. I had a
prin ce rose and fired tw ice at the as-
"A n y
raliroa(1
corporation
or for the defendant had interposed ob of the barrow a in the middle of the street
” 1 am in the door and window busi difficulty in following her. She had slip,
sassins before he h im self fell dead, transportation com pany which shall jections to practically every instruction was vociferously offering for sale. As ness,” replied the man with the bag, sig ped unperceived from the ball room, ui
of the court, the jury retired to deliber
he stood there chatting in a friendly way nificantly.
C a liforn ia railroad com m ission has , fnB to con form to such rates as shall
no doubt believed herself to be entire?
eviden ce to con v ict the Southern he established by such com m ission ate on a verdict. The jurors were in with the peddler, however, his gaze in
“ I thought you were not in a straight free frnm surveillance. I crept along«
structed
by
Judge
Hunt
that
if
a
ver
P a cific o f rebatin g on about 4,000 !*
* * »hall be fined not exceed-
reality fixed upon a scene before him line when I first saw you," said the cook. my hands and knees and got close to be
separate counts, the fines for which , i uB $ 20,000 for each offense. * *” dict should be reached during the unique even among the curious phases of “ Your hands ain’t rough enough, and you as she came around the bend in the gne
night,
they
were
to
seal
it
in
an
en
w ill am ount to $8 0,00 0,00 0.
ln 4,000 cases the railroad com -
life to be encountered iu the Rue Bau- look altogether too fat. Workmen don’t walk. As she neared me, the moon, whid
..
pany failed to con form to the rate velope and repair in the custody of the quiere.
live as you’ve lived.”
had hitherto been concealed by pa*!i)
K in g Edw ard and Queen Alexan- set by (be C om m issioners. The prac- bailiffs to their rooms, the verdict to
In a shop which in point of size was
"O h ! they feed us well enough where clouds, shone out n little and gleask
dra, the Prince , an<*. Princess o f ( (Ce js 0g long standing, but the only be returned at 10 o ’clock this morning
double at least that of either of its ad I've just come from,” replied the work upon her soft silk dress and her via ,
W ales, Princess V ictoria and many records available are those subse-
to which hour the court then ad joining neighbors, a crowd of the very man ; and he kept his eyes steadily fixed shoulders. In that brief moment I a*
governm ent officials attended the (, uent to May, 1906. ln som e o f these
poorest of Belleville had gathered. There on madam’s face. “ I've Just spent five and recognized her.”
m em orial services for the late K ing rebate8 the railroaa refunded 53 per journed.
Judge H unt’s instructions were far must have been thirty or forty men, worn years in the prisons of Toulon— why,
“ Who was she?” exclaimed D'AnbsM
C arlos o f P ortu ga l and the Crow n cent o f the origin a l charge to the
Prince.
more elaborate than in any of the pre- en aud children Inside the doors, at the what's the matter, madame? You never in a tone of almost breathless interest
shipper.
ceding land fraud or conspiracy cases very least, and as many more waiting out had anyone there, did you— no friend of
“ She was the woman I expected.' Sh
The battleship fleet has turned to the
yours?”
was Madame Colbert-Remplin, the bias
They consisted of a learned exposition ■dde on the pavement.
north.
DRAG O U T S K E L E T O N S .
Over this shop swung a sign-board, ou
But madame was deadly white, and er’s wife.”
of the law as applied to conspiracy
Germany has reduced the im port
“ You are joking,” exclaimed D'i»
charges and a lucid interpretation of both sides of which was painted the figure clutching spasmodically at the greasy
duty on sugar.
buron. "Both Mendotti and yourself ns*
Alleged lllegitimote Heirs o f A lfonso the statutes pertaining to the fencing of a man-cook, in a white cap and apron. counter.
“ It is nothing," she gasped at length. have been mistaken. The light was
and homestead acts and the statute of industriously carving an unnaturally red
Making T rouble.
A leader of the Black Hand has been
round beef; and underneath, apparently
It is the heat— It is— I am not well. certain, you say. It was some young l»ll
lim
itations.
captured in New Y ork.
M adrid, Feb. 11.— The question o f
W hen the instructions had been given ,u'lha. " ued b> ' th«
aDd »h* *ra7 ' Monsieur will call again. I hope he will of the household going to meet her lot*.
allotin g a pension o f 250,000 pesetas
„
„ i i -
»• g
for It was plainly to be read, was the be a good customer. We have many like
"It was nothing of the kind. It
The senatorial deadlock in the Ken to the Infanta A lfon so, the son of Mr Heney expressed
h.s satisfaction democrBtic ¿
d ^ carve for lhe p(,0_
Madame Colbert-Remplin, going to ntd
him."
tucky legislature continues.
Don Carlos o f B ou rbon and the Prin with them, but Judge W ebster, for the
tl
“ And I'm ail right, you know,” said Madame Mediant, nee I.a Seur, who ba
The Pennsylvania railroad has just cess o f Asturias, w ho recently m ar- defendant, submitted exceptions in
learned some secret of hers and Is trsdiug
Inside
the
shop
a
gentleman
similarly
k
the
man
with
the
hag.
“
The
police
can’t
ried Princess L ou ise o f Orleans in ! general way to the entire charge.
ordered 55,000 tons of steel rails.
upon tt to her own advantage.”
habited, but a trills less corpulent aud touch me, for I’ve served my time.”
England, has received the approval
ta
dignified than his counterfeit presentment
"Impossible!”
He slung his bag over bis shoulder,
Seattle ministers have started an o f the Council o f State and now goes
ol
"It Is a fact. I can understand «**
on the sign, was at that moment actually picked up his parcels, and wishing the
before the Cortes. But it has raised
Agitation against Sunday theaters.
REFORM P O S T A L SERVICE.
engaged ln the very occupation which the pair good night, passed out on to the how Madame Mechnut Is able to become *
many com plication s, not the least in
P<
Governor Pennypacker has been im teresting o f which are suits for sim
legend advertised. He was engaged in nearly deserted street, with the hang dog property owner by selling meat pud
pr
plicated in the Pennsylvania capitol ilar allow an ces brought by the na C om m ission R ecom m ends Changes in carving for the people.
look of a man who had been hunted often, dings in the Rue Banquiere. She is »
Interest o f Econom y.
In place, however, of operating upon and dreaded to be hunted again. lie blackmailer. I myself heard money v»aa
frauds.
tural children o f A lfon so X II by
between them. The chink of gold piece*
Elena Sanz, a form er w ell-know n
W ashington, Feb. 8 .— In a prelim < round of beef, he was engaged in slic trudged on to the top of the Rue Ban
: in
Franco, the deposed premier of Port-
.
,
. , . _
,
.
Spanish actress, and a natural cous- inary report of the postal commission ing, with great rapidity, a meat pudding. quiere, and gained a broader thorough It is a sound which I cannot ho deceiv
J 1“ 8- “ " 1 ™ ! .
fe a r ,n i.iu o f the king named Carlos A llen authorized during the last congress, lhe This pudding Itself, apart from the hun fare.
Immediately around the corner in.”
murder but defending his policy
D’ Auburon knew the almost marveleul
gry crowd waiting to devour it, was an there was a eab In waiting. The man
P erkins, a second-rate but popular
“
main recommendation
bf.
*be object worth looking at. It waa at least with the bag entered it, and raising the gift which his friend had received in»
The Elgin National W atch company factor in the m usic halls o f the cap effect that the office of the»fourth
assist- flve feet long and as thlck RS a -hip.a
ital.
nature
in
the
matter
of
hearing.
No
rar
trap door in the roof, said to the sleepy
has closed its factory for an indefinite
the cook cut off a Bli<M9t ft driver:
in the forest could catch a slight«* i
Perkins claim goes back to _ his ant postmaster general shall tie done cable.
period on account of dullness in trade.
lo r
great-gran dm oth er, the fam ous In - I away with and that an executive officer . stout woman of about fifty-five years of
'H om e!” And as he rattled along on sound than his highly trained and tr
Or
Government troops will be removed fanta Carlotta, who provoked the appointed by the president for a long age would seize it, wrap it up in a piece the pavement, he said to himself: "Men- quisite organ.
"You are probably correct,” he aabi »j
from Goldfield March 7, at which time Carlist war by ob ligiu g Ferdinand j term be installed as the active head of ' of newspaper, and hand it to someone in dotti was right. The woman is undoubt
par
Were you able to glean any particuli#
the Nevada police w ill be ready to take VII to adm it the prin ciple o f the j the department, who Bhall act under the crowd, not letting go of the appetiz- edly Madame La Seur. Of course she
Salic
law.
It
was
she
w
ho
slapped
of
their
secret?”
the
direction
of
the
postmaster
general
,
ing
morsel,
however,
until
she
had
re-
would change her name when she mar
charge.
the face o f Calom arde, the Prem ier, and hold the same relation that a gu-,ceived in exchange therefor two coins in ried again. How she blanched when I
‘‘ I was not. Tile interview was t*
Warren Oliver, a member of the elec and drew from him the h istoric re perintendent of a railroad holds to a copper, a great heap of which lay in a spoke of Toulon. And another thing I'm brief, and what little conversation the
toral college which named Lincoln, is tort:
drawer beside her.
sure o f : she never bought that house and was was carried ou in a very low t*
railroad president and directorate.
“ W hite hands are not offen sive.”
dead. He was a pioneer of California
The workman at the huckster's barrow lot she owns by cutting up puddings in In fact, only once or twice did I c«3 a
the
The
examiners
found
that
politics
too,
P erk in s’ birth is not recorded in
broken sentence.
Once they sp*
and 93 years old.
She muat be watched and
.. he
.. . insists that
, I1Hr m
s , real!
r l l i°fteii interfered with the systematic ' finished his apple and bought another. Belleville.
the
Gotha ,but
his
louder
than
usual.
Madame
Meet»«
*¿3
......... - Bram
............ has
— .n a m e is D o n ' F ran cisco Carlos p io , running of the department and that the j Th® intant*aze which he kept fixed upon followed night and day.”
Associate Public Printer
was threatening the banker's wife;
,
ex ac
assumed contol of the government R ose A lfon so Luis F ernando Allen | heads were seldom installed for a n y l th« cook 8hu P a t l ®uSth a ttra cte d th e a t'
Madame Colbert-Remplin was begging* '4
CHAPTER
XX.
k will
W , . . 8 . . . _____
Ross iter
printing office.
\
_ w ill Perkins G uerow sky B ou rbon Luth- length of time before being retired or tentton ot the vender
other
not
to
expose
her.”
T h e woman you want went In there!”
“ You aeem to be amused,” he said.
continue the inquiries into the conduct erlan H ossen Drichm a Vrichna and | placed elsewhere
"She haR her thoroughly in her power? 9 I Mari
“ Have you never seen a pudding cut be It was Mendotti, one of Cassagne's men,
O
tten
d
orf”
and
consequently
a
blood
Under
present
conditions
it
is
neces
asked D’Auburon.
of the office.
who
spoke
to
his
employer,
aa
both
stood
fore?”
llo r e
relation o f most o f the reigning sov- sary for a mail liag lock broken on an
"Undoubtedly, and that her secret h
Woman surffagists are making a erlgns o f Europe.
"Not such a pudding as that,” replied in the deep shadow of a tree, whose fur in some way connected with Philip 0» 1
ago,
Alaskan route to he transported the en
thest
branches
spread
over
the
narrow
[the man with the bag. ’’ It's quite a sight,
hard fight in New York.
tire distance to the Mississippi valley
street and beyond a high brick wail op ham, I fed convinced.”
1 athle
ain't
it?
Why,
there's
another.”
Survey for New Tunnel.
“ Why?”
Judge Hargis, a leader of Kentucky
before it can be mended. To do away
"That's nothing.
They’ll keep that posite.
‘There was one other sentence I heart ,
A
Seattle, W ash., Feb. 11.— Survey with this and other impracticable m eth
fueds, has been killed by his son.
“
She
went
in
there,
not
twenty
minutes
thing
up
for
an
hour
yet.
Old
Mother
if you have no mercy for me, do not
ors and engineers in the em ploy o f ods, the commission proposes the for
Ferri:
ago."
repeated
Mendotti,
pointing
with
Merchant's
puddings
have
a
reputation,
Florida Republicans are holding Taft the N orthern P acific have fo r m onths
ruin my child. At least respect the feel
mation of divisions with full power to I tell you, In the Rue Banquiere.”
his finger to a wooden door, which was ings of his unhappy mother.” *
I comp
and anti-Taft conventions and having , been locating a new tunnel through
.
, administer offices within their boundar-
let
Into
the
wall.
“
I
at
once
sent
you
a
"The
shop,
then,
belongs
to
Madame
fist fights.
the
Cascades.
The
fact
(To be continued.)
¡ essarj
ll<
l
!
—
•
Said
boundaries
shall
not
tes.
Saul
boundaries
shall
not
neces
message.
I
have
not
moved
from
here
Merchant, who, I suppose, Is that old
i d -.!
t
, , ,, .
. . . known yesterday, when the men,
except
to
do
that.
She’s
in
there
yet.
I
>Ja* ..p a K l‘ he band.t drlven from thelr w ork by the heavy sarily follow state lines.
talent
lady?”
to V»e.
T o r u t 11 a W «
Raisuli $200,000 for the release of Sir snow s, arrived at Green R iver Hot
Of the 62,000 postofiicee run by the
"Yes, and not only the shop, but the don't know whose house it is.”
Skimming n river for a living may » | W e e th
Harry Maclean,
“ But I do. It is the residence of Col
government it is thought that fully 30,- house as well. She has not been cutting
Springs on their way to St. Paul.
”
Th
bert-Remplln, the rich banker of the said to be one o f the most striking O'
000
can
be
operated
in
such
a
manner
From
Hot
Springs
conies
w
ord
that
puddings
all
three
years
for
nothing.
The Western Bar Iron association, of
jow
the big Stam pede tunnel is to be as to become non-accounting offices and She's a pretty good-hearted woman, Place de i'Opera. That door leads into ample* o f the utilization of waste. Tbit »
New York, will advance the price of
... .
abandoned as soon as the new bore do away with the too frequent issuance though, and nobody begrudges her her his garden. Tell me how she got in. Did is done ln Paris. There Is one inu-
bar iron $5 per ton.
vldunl, at least. In the French c>P™
D;
is com pleted.
T he new bore is to 0f stamps and many intermediate re money. In the winter time she lets me she have a key?"
“ No. a woman admitted her.”
who makes it his dally business tort*
■ of darl
The house committee on naval affairs
sell hot pies right in front of her shop
ports.
“ What kind of a woman was she?"
the Seine. He Is out at early morn "A •/►' es; an(
opposes four new battleships and the ward o f $ 10,00 0 ,0 0 0 .
here, though it's against her own trade.”
"An elderly woman. She looked as in an old flat-bottomed boat, ,rB~
president has prepared to fight.
The glare of the petroleum lamps flick
-pbe
M
exico
Grants
Coaling
Station.
Franco Excites Curiosity.
though she might he a housekeeper, or an
r
M exico City, Feb. 8 .— The concession ered up less brightly. The night crept on upper servant. 1 crept up near enough with a skimming pan. With thli
Bordeaux .France, Feb. 11.— Sun
A greyhound has returned on foot to
apace. The fierce glare of the street
Its old home at Oakland from Western day passed with Senor Fran co, the by Mexico to the United States grant
to hear her say, 'My mistress is busy skims off the surface of the rlT(f
e v P re m le r o f Portu gal, still in B or ing the privilege for the establishment changed to a dingy twilight. It was as now, but she will see you in a few min grease which collects there durinf
n
^
c
Montana, a distance of 1,500 miles.
If
the
footlights
had
been
turned
half-way
deaux aud still in seclusion.
His of a coaling station at Magdalena bay
night, and which he disp.ises ot to < >
prot,ab
utes. Go into the summer house.’ ”
down
ln
some
realistic
melodrama.
The
Franco, former premier and dictator privacy
has rem ained
u nbroken ; is now in force and it is expected that
Cassagne thought deeply for a minute soap factory. Generally he m,ks ' > chant c
crowd melted away at last.
o f Portugal, has arrived in Madrid. since his arrival Friday he has not
or two. At last he said:
the two barges provided under the con-
quarter or so by his morning1*
Only
the
stub
end
of
one
of
the
pud
He was driven from home by the many em erged from the hotel where he Is
"Run around in front of the house and which enables him to live.
h cession w ill be anchored in the bay be- dings remained on the greasy counter.
m
stopping, not even, from his room
threats of assassination.
see
what
is
going
on.
The
house
is
well
In Paris also there are a number^ ^
»n g e t
Tho form er dictator has becom e a , f° re the arT.ival tht>re of th* <Jre t- ,Fu" The drawer was piled full of coins. A lit up. The Coibert-Remplins are not
By an agieement of trans-Atlantic problem which the people are d is - !
negotiations are pending for a wretched woman, gaunt with famine, was
people
who
make
a
living
out
o
f
a
»
»
,
«
, . ,
steam ship companies the rate war be cussing
w ith curiou s, w oudering, | 1* W target range and permission to the only customer left She was bargain people who entertain much: but there corks, which they flsh from th«
tween Europe amt the United States even sym pathetic Interest, but no one land marines for entail arms practice, ing for a bone with which to make soup. must be something on to-night. Do I
not hear the sound of music? Whoever They collect on the river bank *t «J
has com e to an end.
has been enlightened as to the hour . Previous requests of like nature were Her two starving children, clinging to
1» to meet the woman.” continued the de break, each with a short P0'*-
her
tattered
gown,
eyed
with
wistful
looks
o f his departure, or his destination, not favorably received by Mexico, but
O wing to opposition to the erection for It Is certain that he is not to re this one may be granted.
the remnant of the pudding; but It was tective, "is to meet her In the summer end o f which Is a small improvl»**^
house. Oh. to be able to scale that wall, They set to work to gather In th* ^ 9
o f a statue to the late Senator Quay on main here long.
a luxury beyond their mother a means.
The workman took up his bag, and and get Into those grounds!”
the capítol grounds at Harrisburg, Pa ,
in f corks, sutx>equently selling
No British Squadron Com ing.
Looking around him his qnick eye fell
nodding good night to the huckster, cross
W reck on Wabash.
It is proposed to put the question to a
_
London,
Feb. 8 .— The Associated ed over Into the shop. Ths man In the upon the tree immediately over their the cork merchants in the nell®^
popular vote.
D etroit, Mich., lo b 1 ' 1 he Con- p reM je officially authorized to declare
heads, along the branches of which he hood.
tinental Lim ited passenger train on that there is absolutely no truth in the cap and apron was resting from his la thought he might possibly work his way
Bryan declares that W all etreet is the W abash railw ay,
hors. The workman called to him and he
W h e n H e P ro p o se *'
w estbound, was
and so drop into the garden.
worse than Monte Carlo.
He had Just proposed.
^
derailed today by a broken rail at report telegrsphed from Halifax that came up to ths counter.
The
night
was
tolerably
dark.
But
“ A slice of pudding," said ths work
_.
.
,
u
Delhi, Ont., 150 m iles east o f De- the British tquadron in the Pacific is
She was an heiress, while
few people were passing in that fashion
The national ronvent.on of the So- troU . None o f the pagge,ngpr, nor to be materially increased. No changes srsn.
« m il
able quarter. After a moment's hesita poor, but otherwise honest.
elalist perty w ill be held ln Chicago train crew sustained any injuries. whatever are contemplated in tfie Pa
The man in the cap and apron cut it
'But.” she protested, "do I '10
■
tion he determined to attempt it. After
May 10.
other than bruises. Mrs. J. W. Dan- cific squadron and the British govern
"There's no more paper," be said.
_
.
,
.
i a
» 11« »
' i 0'». °1 W allace, Idaho, was taken ment has not the slightest intention of “ You'll have to take it in your hands. first instructing Mendotti to await his re to support a wife on your *al*17
“ W ell,’ he replied, "I dldn t
j
The Am erican torpedo flotilla has from the train at St Thom as suff- r- replacing the old Pacific fleet, which It'a nearly cold now, anyway Why didn't turn. he then climbed upon his assistant's
• rrivedA t Funta Arenas, Strait* of '■ * '" > « . "orvrous shock and w:i,h this foT«,«^rWhad it* U s e ” at ' Esqn'imault, you come ln when It waa hot? It was shoulders, and was just able to reach the to do anything like th a t”
lower limb of the cedar.
M agellan.
exception all o f the passengers con- » i n
3
grand then, I tell you.”
"I am all right," he whispered, and he
tinned to their destinations.
>'ot th e *■ ■ »• '
French troops in Algeria were caught
The wretched mites clinging to ths tat commenced to work his way very cau
Merchant— I thought yon
■*
tered skirts of their mother, moved re tiously along on# of the branches. It
in a severe snow storm and at least 28
Sm uggles Arm s Into Chine.
T em p xraece W orker Dead
was
a
man
of
very
«t”'"
1
’
luctantly
toward
the
door.
The
woman
perished.
Hongkong, Feb. 8 .— Chinese im per
bent tremendously with his weight: but ■
‘suade*^^ I
New Y ork, Feb. 11 — John W
Quibble— I guess you mis
had secured her bone. Soup in the imme
The Japanese government w ill in- O liver, editor and principal owner o f ial customs officials this afternoon seis diate future was of course excellent; but he put up bis hand and drew down an me. I «aid he wss a man of f » *
Miss J
erease the tax on sugar, sake, alcohol, the Y onkers Statesm an, died at his ed a Japanese steamer near Macao, here was meat pudding being eaten under upper bough. Thus distributing the bur u tat ion.— Philadelphia Pre ^
beer and kerosene
t h om e in Io n k e r s to d s y , aged 92 which was landing arms on Chinese thelr very eye#. They would have liked den. he managed to pass the wall, aud
fresh
I
years. Mr. O liver was an early lead- territory. It is alleged that the arms to stay a while. Perhaps the workman continued to creep along the branches
until, they gradually heading with thelr
E d ith
The people of 0 do w ill vote on an (>r |n the tem perance m ovem ent, and were intended for revolutionists under
would have dropped some.
load,
he
was
enabled
ts
¿rep
noiselessly
iai iative and referendum law at the with hia brother, Isaac O liver, fou nd- Dr. Sun Yet Sen, the leader of the rev
term 1
"You are right.” said the man with loro ths garden.
olutionary party in China.
Jfovember election.
,e d the Sons o f Tem perance.
ths hag. ' These puddings art better hot.
I will go and wait L i my lady ln
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