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Political Vendetta
WELDON J. COBB
H IS is a new and engaging work of fiction from
the pen of a popular western author.
It is a
story of the hour a n l deals with themes and
incidents of every-dav national life as we find it
about us. It is a story that goes into the depths
of tragedy and rises to the heights of strong emotion. It
is sentient with powerful humanity.
Its central figure is
such a man as has been the model theme of many a timely
pen. T h e heroine is a lovely girl whom circumstance and
fate arm with the power to meet her destiny with a strong
devotion that gilds this great story with rare closeness to
the truth and courage of a noble nature.
T h e political element of the story is well devised and
handled in a masterly manner, showing how the field of
politics is one that can be used to advantage to themselves
and disadvantage to others, by schemers who know how
to control the voters of a community. T h e timeliness of
the theme will appeal to all readers, who at the present
time are int rested in the great national issues now so
prominently before the public
T
T h e reader will find this serial very entertaining in its
details and its plot motive is strong and intensely dramatic.
W e commend the story for its peculiar originality of treat­
ment and the satisfactory ending, while true worth is
rewarded and the plots of the schemer defeated.
A ll
should read it. It is a rare work of fiction
C H A P T E R i.
The great city <vas looking for a man
•—■ miming man.
The newspapers had published columns
concerning hi* mysterious eraniahment
and printed his picture times without
number. Friends and acquaintances had.
search,«] everywhere for him. and the po­
lice department, powerful, on-pressing,
had brought into play all its efficient ma­
chinery— for, back of the impelling mo­
tive were '.he mandate, the direction, the
influence of the master-will of a great
political “ bom” — Gideon Hope.
It was Gideon Hope’s brother, Everett
Hope, aged 23, bright, buoyant, on the
threshold of smiling yet majestic man­
hood, who had dropped from view as
though abruptly blotted out o f existence.
He had left no trail— like a bird in the
air, a atone in the water, a simoon-
breath in desert wastes. In the midst of
bustling activity, In the very- heart of
the mighty metropolis, in bro*d daylight,
he had walked to some mysterious doom
that had buried, had obliterated him com­
pletely. From a certain public street cor­
ner, at a definite hoar and minute, he had
been lost to the sight of mortal man,
and there was no clue to motive, where­
abouts or fate, although a full week had
passed by.
They were men of strength, courage
And character—these Hopes. Gideon had
come to the d t j twelve years before, a
brawny, bronzed son o f toil— from tbe
northern rolling mills district. It was said.
Rumor had it that, the scion of a mill­
ionaire king of industry, be had dropped
with falling fortunes into the pit of hard,
manual labor. He had the air, the ap­
pearance, tbe dignity of a man, who with
equal grace and deftness, could deal an
anvil stroke that would split a ten-inch
steel beam, or clasp a diamond bracelet
about the dainty wrist of a duchess.
Gideon had become the timekeeper for
a great iron shop in the city, then its
superintendent, and then a man with a
nameless position, but extravagant salary
— the censor, the directing magnate, who
hired or discharged all employes at will.
One spring election he turned tbe politi­
cal tide of municipal affairs by marching
eighteen hundred laborers to tbe polls
and voting them as one man. Thence­
forth be held the dominant party in the
hollow of his hand— a giant playing with
an eggshell. The next year be was heart,
soul, center, of the most formidable polit­
ical organisation that ever controlled the
destinies of a great commonwealth.
Gideon Hope asked for
no reward,
seemingly; he demanded no office. With
his strong, ruling face and grim, set man
ner, he was contest to lark sinister at
the core of every political movement, to
bold tbe strings that controlled men and
millions— his puppets.
His word was
law, his will supreme.
This man, with his harsh, bard face
and crisp, repellent manner, however, had
one tender spot In his nature— his broth­
er, Everett. His fellows had noted his
cold eye flicker when he spoke o f him.
When, later, be introduced among them
a fair, delicate flared-haired youth, all
gentleness and courtesy— a strange con­
trast to himself— there were pride in his
eye and devotion In his smile. It seemed
impossible that they could be of kin, so
widely dissimilar were they.
And now. upon this fond brother, Gid­
eon centered every hope, lavished all the
affection of a deep, repressive nature. He
had “ worked the wires” for others— too
well he knew tbe steps that would lead
Everett Hope to the portals o f success
and tbe companionship of millionaires.
H e marked out his plan like setting tbe
stakes for a political campaign— Initially,
familiarity with business men and busi­
ness methods, credit-man in a great trust
establishment. Where Gideon had “ the
pull” to place whom be would, a secre­
taryship, and then— care, cleverness, ma­
nipulation, and Everett was a made man.
It was in pursuance of this* plan that,
on a fair first day of Jane, Everett Hope
undertook the simple datles of a commer­
cial reporter, entering the service o f the
great I »onstreet Agency.
His routine
would throw him among mighty and
small, tbs man o f means and the one
etraggtl‘% to hasp ail vs A t
enterprise— it was as an outcome o f this
same direct plan that, one bright after­
noon in July, Everett Hope met a mys­
terious and mournful fate.
I f Gideon Hops felt the terror and sus­
pense of that awful week, when police
activity seetned ever on tbe verge o f some
hideous discovery, he showed it not.
The-city was flaming with the passion
and ardor of a great political Issue. With­
in the limits o f twenty-fonr hours might
lay the ruin o f the dominant wing o f the
party. A schism had been provoked and
intensified, and the eye o f every “ heeler,”
as o f every man o f note, was fixed on the
movements o f his political opponents. But
ths adherents of the Hope faction were
sanguine.
An able general, never yet
baffled or defeated, was at bis post, they
well knew, and there might be a bitter
battle, bat who coaid doabt ths victory?
It was tbe afternoon upon which tbe
vote was to be taken that would make
Hope supreme in twenty-seven wards, or
master o f none. He had bis enemies, and
he knew it. He laughed them to scorn,
yet within the apparently cool, crafty
man o f politico, there flamed a volcano
of hidden, consuming emotion. Above the
Medusa-head of .strife and faction there
hovered to his fancy—-hauntingly, contin­
ually— the sweet, pathetic face of missing
Everett Hope.
As he passed through the city hall on
bis way to the place of convention, Gid­
eon rid himself of the servile throng at
his side and heels.
He turned into a
corridor, and past a door, the “ Open
Sesame” to which was known to very
few of lower position than a county com­
missioner.
Gideon came Into the presence of the
Chief of police in his private office. Im­
mobile and placid of face as wonted, yet
his lips crushed a sob as he threw him­
self Into a vacant chair.
“ No news,” said the official, promptly
and sadly.
“ It is strange,” replied Hope.
The chief shook his head seriously.
“ We are at a dead wall— no clew,” he
went o n ; “ we have triced your brother’s
movements dow'n to three o’clock In the
afternoon of the day of his disappear­
ance."
Gideon was shading bis face, iron set,
with one palm.
“ Go on,” he said. In a tone strangely
subdued, for him.
“ Tour brother started out on his work
at ten o ’ckock. He had his customary
grist, comprising eight inquiries as to the
credit standing o f as many business firms.
He went ts seven.
“ T o seven,” murmured Gideon, mechan­
ically.
“ Yes,” bowed the chief; “ we traced
him, found that out positively.”
“ And the eighth?"
“ W e do not know.”
“ How?”
Tbe official repented his declaration.
“ Why do you not know— what was the
eighth firm?”
“ The Consolidated Silver Company.”
Gideon looked up, shrewdly.
“ The rotten stock corporation that
dragged In half a million and went to the
wall?” be quitAly Inquired.
“ The same— a stench in the nostrils of
every honest man 1 Yon know the game?
They hired s big vacant factory, fenced
ft in mysteriously, and proceeded, accord­
ing to popular supposition, to make silver
to order. They were closed np the day
after your brother had them on his list
—next evening, officers and manual equip­
ment disappeared, leaving a few useless
machines, some ‘bogus’ metal mixtures,
and a big load of debts.’’
Gideon moved wearily. , Tbe public
prints had detailed the giant failure In
a spectacular way, and the particulars
were «till fresh In bis mind.
“ My brother went there that day?” be,
haif-consciously, murmured.
"W e don't know that," explained the
chief; “ and, perhaps, hardly. Yon see,
It was shut up tight— practically aban­
doned. Rome of the officials were flitting
about the premises, off add on during that
day, but we have no reason to think your
brother really went them. I visited the
place. It ’s empty enough. They haven’t
found » thousand dollars 1» assets. Ths
V* w i l t h“ not been opened yet, (hit of
' sours* those »windier» left nothing of
ralue there. Receiver going to break tb<*
locks this afternoon.”
- The chief talked on, mors to distract
J>i» visitor’s attention from h is ‘ Wain
source of anxiety than anything else.
Gideon arose, with a sigh.
“ Well, Jf yob find any trace— at any
time— let me know at once,’’ ha said,
tt “ Trust me (or that!’’ assured the offi­
cial. Gideon Hope was a, man to tie to.
Resides, his magnetism really caught the
chief.
Hope went ota to the political meeting
Soon he was the center of attention and
pivot o f action. Around his table and
chair, on the right hand side o f the stage,
buxzed and flitted the captains of pre­
cincts, while the chairman rapidly rushed
business along,, and the umssea i T t £
hall harangued, bickered and perspired.
The critical moment arrived. Masked
harmony had so far prevailed. Now ckme
the putting of the motion that Gideon
Hope must defeat, by a masterful strug­
gle, with opponents howling, battling for
existence.
Each faction strove for the
floating vote, which, at the beck of caprice
or bribery, would turn the balance.
Gideon sat watching for the instant to
arrive when, with a gesture of his power­
ful arm, the enunciation of twenty im­
pressive sentences, he could carry (he
mob by storm.
He had superb confidence in his ability.
His eye was awake, every sense on the
keen alert. He sat waiting for his cus.
A touch caused him to turn.
“ What?” he said, sharply, as though a
dagger-thrust had touched his vitals, for
he read disaster In the interruption.
His hands trembled slightly, and a dull
pallor wreathed his firm-set lips. It waa
his friend, the chief of police, who stood
by his side.
“ You told me to come— at any time,
you know,” he stammered apologetically.
"Y e a ! yea!” half whispered Gideon, his
tone quite eager and harsh, cracked and
dry.
“ We’ ve found out something.”
“ What?”
The query came with pistol-shot quick-
“ Or, rather, we have found somebody.1
“ Whom?’’
The word was a hollow gasp.
“ Your brother."
Gideon Hope swayed— then, recover­
ing. sat stiff, erect again.
“ Dead?”
“ Dead.”
“ When— where? Tell me!”
The body of the ball waa in riot. The
chairman waa pounding with his gavel—
what were they, the interests of politics,
tbe guidance of a commonwealth, to Gid­
eon Hope at that supreme moment? Some
men were tumbling over chain and tables
to reach their leader.
“ T ell me I” again said he, fixing hi»
eyes on .the grave-faced chief, with a
•hudder.
The official bent over— whispered ten
words in Hope’s shrinking ear. The great
political hose cowered like a child and
hid hia white face in his nerveless, pow­
erless hands.
“ H ope!”
“ Quick— are you daft, man?”
Political leaden had reached hia side,
pouring into bis ear the vital announce­
ment that the question of the hoar had
been put, and the opposition were press
ing them sorely.
“ Check the stampede— up on your feet,
man— your old s e lf!” panted a breathless
Congressman, “ o s the day is lost!”
They tore awky Gideon's shielding
hands, revealing a face grown gray, and
dusky, and old in a moment. Hia gaxe
was vacant, uncomprehending. He swept
out one hand and waved them aside.
“ He’s stricken, gentlemen,” explained
the chief, in a low tone— "he’s heard bad
new», and------”
“ What’s that to yonder mob!” howled
palpitating alderman. “ Are we sold—
did he sell us? One word, and he could
have stayed the tid e! And now !------”
A yell like that o f a pack o f hungry,
vietorioua wolves rent the air. The oppo
sltion had split the party. Gideon Hope's
power waa gone— he waa buried d e e p -
fathoms deep— in the oblivion of discredit
and neglect, in a single moment. Never
again to lift his face with its old proud
expression as king and
leader— never
again to raise his voice in eloquent de­
fense of party principles.
He walked from the hall like a man
In a dream, forevermore haunted with
the horrible picture the whispered words
of tbe chief of police had conjured up.
For that official had told him that they
had burst open the massive steel door of
tbe vault of the rotten, exploded Consoli­
dated Silver Company, to find one asset—
Dead, murdered Everett Hopei
(T o be continued.)
W kert
P r ic e s
R a»
H lfk .
“T h e late H. O. Havem eyer,” aald a
sugar Jobber o f New Orleans, “ poas«o
ed In a marked degree the kindly vir­
tue o f charity. On my last visit to
New York— it was some months before
the panic— I spoke harshly o f a million­
aire who had been accused o f double
dealing In connection with a bank.
'“ W ell now,’ aald Mr. Havemeyer,
let us not condemn this man unheard.
Remember that his guilt has not yet
been proved, nor has he told hia own
side o f the story.’ Then Mr. Have-
meyer laughed and said that In the
most untoward conditions accused men
were often able to clear themselves.
He aald a young girl a week, or so after
Christinas complained bitterly to her
m other;
“ ‘ Mamma, I doubt i f I shall be hap­
py with George. I fear be la deceptive
and false.’
“ 'W hy, darling, what do you mean7*
the mother asked.
’ ‘ W ell, mamma,' aald the young girl
earnestly, ‘you know that collarpln he
gave me for Christmas? He swore to
me that he paid $25 fo r It, but In Blf-
fany’a to-day I saw its exact counter«
part fo r $8.’
" ’Ah. but my child,’ aald the mother
with true charity, 'you must remember
how very religious George la. Undoubt­
edly be bought the pin at a church
fa ir.’ "
• ’
.
S a lt
(« 1
L ir a
l< M k .
B a lM la* a D a s .
I expect to build a dam on a creek
for a saw mill. Dam w ill be about
100 feet long at top to raise the w ater
tfu feet. 1. W hat would be tbe cbeap-
" 8t wa* o t , . bulldln« **»e darn? 2. WIH
you give a plan o f such a dam? 8.
What aiae o f turbine would be neces­
sary to run a 48-inch circular saw?
Ana.— Th e
accompanying
sketch
shows a croes-sectlon o f the Btyle o f
datn that would be required fo r this
purpose.. Dams are sometimes con­
structed by a curbing o f wood, mason­
ry. or cement, the luterlor being filled
with dry atones. Such a dam ia called
a rock-fill dam. I f atone la plentiful,
the dam may be built entirely o f ma­
sonry. Th e top khould be laid either
with plank or cement.
A s the Illustration shows, tbe dam
is laid on bed-rock, tb e bed rock being
blasted out sufficiently to secure a key
and a aolid footing generally.
W ith
a ten-foot dam the base should be ten
feet wide. On the upstream side, the
batter or slope o f tbe dam is about 1
in 4, and on the downstream aide the
upper part o f the batter la about 1 In 8
ami the low er part 1 In 1. T b e dam
throughout Its length should curve up­
stream, so aa to present a concave sur-
T h e R lg k « W a g « • Pack Prmlt.
I f the fru itgrow er simply tumble»
h i» apple» into the barrel without aort-
<ng and without arrangement. In order
to get the greatest number Into .the
lari-el, heads It up and ships to mar­
ket, be w ill discover when he gets Ills
"h* ck that his fru it haa been aoM fo r
the lowest price. Th e only way to get
tbe top prices fo r fru it la to aort It
according to grades, arranging In bar­
rels or boxes In layer», placing each
apple in by hand, and selecting fo r tbe
top layer fru it o f the same color. Th e
top layer should be made up o f apples
all o f tbe same sire If possible, and the
fru it should come Just to tbe top o f
tbe s ta v e » Then the beading should
be carefu lly placed on.top and gently
pressed down until It slips Into the
chine. Th is can be done better by tbe
e o f a block placed under a lever.
N itr a te
face to the pressure o f the water. Th e
masonry work should be constructed
o f rubble with cement mortar, and all
the work should be very thoroughly
done.
A necessary provision In connection
with a dam la sufficient wasteway fo r
water not utilized fo r power. Th e com­
mon form o f wasteway is a tunnel
through the dam sufficiently large to
provide fo r the maximum amount o f
water that would be required to paaa
through i t
In addition alnlce gates
should be provided, by which the flow
o f w ater would be controlled. T b e
w ater to be utilized fo r power may be
carried to the wheel by means o f a
fla m »
A flfteen-lnch turbine wheel
would provide from 8 to 10 horse pow­
er, which would be sufficient to ran a
saw o f the aiae mentioned.— Montreal
Wyaa.
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Fof
Peed Is a
at
Th e ralue o f nitrate o f soda applied
to barnyard m illet at the New Jersey
experiment station was stated by the
experimenters aa fo llow s; Amount ap­
plied, 100 pounds per acre; yield un­
treated acre, 7.06 tons; treated acre,
18.38 tona; gain by nae o f nitrate,
6.75 tona; per cent o f gain, 75.4; value
o f gain, at $3 per ton, $17^6; cost o f
uRrate- per acre, $8.00. net gain per
acre by use o f nitrate over cost, $13.03.
T b e crop waa seeded op Jane Id on
w ell-fertilized laud at the rate o f three-
fourths bushels o f seed per acre, a fter
crop o f oat and pea forage bad been
harvested, which averaged six tons per
acre. T b e nitrate was applied soon af-
r the plants were well rooted and
capable o f absorbing food rapidly.
Caw
s ta ll.
Tbe stall as shown here la fonr feet
over all, but can be mads le a » Cow
when eating w ill stand with her hind
feet Just behind the 2 by 4, leaving tbe
droppings behind It.
When she lies down she w ill be com­
pelled to He In front o f the 2 by 4
S to c k .
A bucket o f peculiar construction,
designed especially to be used by farm-
era and dairymen In feeding slop to
stock and
In tbe
handling o f fluid sub­
stances Is tbe Inven­
tion o f a Michigan
man. It serves In a
sense aa a dipper.
Tbe
arrangement
is such that It can
COW STALL.
be Ailed by forcing It
bottom downward In­ with her head under tbe feed rack. It
to a receptacle o f la not necessary to. have a gutter In
fluid substance, the a stall o f this kind. There should be
hinged portion o f tbe short p a rtitio n » however, to keep the
n e w BUCKET,
bottom being opened to permit the cows from turning around.
For building, use 2 by 4 for bottom
bucket to be filled and closed to bold
the contents until carried to the place feed ra ck ; bottom o f rack 3 feet above
o f feeding. Th e contents can thus be floor. Strips o f 1 by 4, 6 Inches apart
discharged
into
a trough without form the rack, and should slope back
wasting It and without tbe liability o f 00 d eg ree» From 7 to 8 feet from front
grillin g it upon the clothes o f the o f stall place 2 by 4 on ed g e ; I f aet In
operator. Th e binged portion o f the d irt nae stake»
bottom o f the can Is operated by a rod
C k « a l « U Aet le a e l M a a e re .
extending above the top, which term­
Although cultivation Is necessary and
inates Into a handle. Aa tbe bncket
w ill Increase your c r o p » no matter how
la carried by the latter, pressure la
much you cultivate, or how-you labor,
alw ays maintained upon the bottom to
It should be remembered that tbe plant
keep it closed. When It Is desired to food In the soil is the vital element o f
discharge the contents the handle la crop production. The crop removes this
pushed downward.
element, bnt by applying manure It Is
put back again. Manure not only en­
r i g M oney l a W a s te L a a l .
Th e woven w ire fence la revolution­ riches soil with tbe elements o f fe rtil­
izing the hog Industry In tbe whole ity, but also renders tbe stored plant
country, and when farm ers learn to food o f tbe soli more available, im­
utilize every bit o f waste land fo r pas­ proves tbe chemical conditions, makes
the soil warmer and enables It to re­
ture' f o r their bogs tbe herds w ill be
tain more moisture and to draw It up
healthy and the coat o f production w ill
from below.
be decreased many d o lla r» It won’t do
P a r a l a g Notes.
to allow tbe pigs to lie In the shade o f
Remember the importance o f the
tbe corn cribs or to allow them only a
run o f pasture. Feed a little corn all kitchen garden.
Some genius baa figured out that a
p f tbe tim e that tbe plga are running
In tbe pasture. T b e grass-grown pig baa w ill on a busy day draw sugar
does not appear so attractive w ith bis from 120,000 different clover heads.
working clothes on, bat when he is well
• When mustard la a serious pest the
developed and ready to be fitted he fields are sprayed with a solution that
makes the pampered pets look like 80 kills the weed, but does not harm the
c e n t» He makes a fine appearance and crop.
*s a credit to his owner and feeder.
Th e government spent $10,000 this
last
spring planning ways to destroy
P s r t a k l» C a s a ls * M aekla*.
A machine by which the fan ner can tbe green bug in Kansas, Oklahoma
prepare and can hia fruits, tomatoes, and T e x a »
corn, beans or any other farm produce
which can be canned. In the fields or
orchards in which tbs vegetable or fru it
la growing, is described In Popular Me­
chanics.
Mounted on a wheelbarrow
arrangement tbe machine ean be poshed
Vermont gets the credit o f being ths from one orchard to another or from a
granite State, but Pennsylvania lead» tom ato patch to a cornfield as necessity
in ths production o f stone, with nearly re q u ire » W ater fo r the process la heat­
ed by a kerosene burner. ,
14 par cent o f ths total to bar credit.
.. hit . " I I
*
W hy «a lt should be regularly mp-
pllqd to stocfc, U thua put by a fatuous
Krigltfifl au th ority: Because (6 the
blood a f animals there la alx of.apven
t lints more sodium than potaaalum, and
that th* conipoettto» o f the .blood la
■constant. T o keep animals In good
, health a'deftitlte 'amount o f common
salt J » 9 lt jfe l a sc Unlisted,, T h ® .. f* e « *
o f potassium salts In vegetable foods
: caused by' chemical exchange s n 1 ab­
normal j m - o f common s a lt,. This la J
proved by the fact that’ the craving o f
ah animal fo r common aalt la moat no­
ticeable when the fpod contain» a large,
proportion o f potassium salts, such as
wheat, barley, o a t » potatoes, beans and
pons. Th e addition o f aalt to animal
food lucre*see the appetite; promotes
tbe repair o f tissue by Its searching
diffusion through the body, and stimu­
lates the rapid using up o f its waste
products. Bousslngault’s experiments
showed that salt Increases muscular
'
One hundred and thirty-nine cows,
comprising tbe beat o f thtrty-stx Illi­
nois h e rd » produced an average o f 801
pounds o f butter fa t last year.
A cow owned by W illiam Maher o f
Sheffield, 111., gave birth to three good-
sized and perfectly developed c a lv e »
She to h alf Jersey, and raised the
calves the first three weeks on bar
own milk.
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I—- -
n r WEEKLY
1765— Riot in Boston on account ot tha
stamp sot.
1775— Continental
army
under Oea.
Montgomery arrived at Ticonderoga.
1770— British defeated tbe Americana In
battle of Long Island.
1786— Lord George Germain, tbs Irrecon
cilable foe o f America pi the cabinet
of Ix>rd North, during the Revolu­
tion. died. BorU Jan. 26, 1716.
1795— French directory established.
1808— British under Sir Arthur Wellesley
defeated the French and Spanish
forces at Vlmiers, in Portugal.
1814— British evacuated the city ot
W ashington... .The city of Wash­
ington burned by ths British.
1818— Ths Savannah, the first steam ves­
sel to cross the ocean, launched at
New York.
1819— The Duke o f Richmond, governov
general of Canada, died of hydropho­
bia.
1829— Copper discovered at Galena, III.
....W a r fa r e between Colombia and
Peru en d ed ...,F irst temperance so­
ciety formed in Ireland.
1835— Sir John Gosford, Earl of Col-
borne, sworn in as governor of Can­
ada.
1886— Opening of the Buffalo and Ni­
agara railroad.
1846— Annexation of New Mexico to the
United States.
1847— Republic o f Liberia Inaugurated.
1848— Trials of the Chartists began In
I-ondon.
1851— Tbe yacht America won tbe new
famous cup nt the Internationa) ro-
gatta at Cowes, England.
1857— Port Huron, Mich., incorporated a
c it y .. .Beginning o f a financial panic
In the United S ta te» which culmi­
nated in an almost entire suspension
of ths bank»
1868— First treaty signed between Great
Britain and Japan.
1860— Victoria railway bridge at Mon­
treal opened by tbe Prince of W a le »
1865— Thomas
Chandler
Haliburton.
noted Canadian writer, died. Born
1796.
1869— First Confederate soldiers’ monu­
ment unveiled at Griffin, G »
1878—The independence of Servia, pro­
claimed at Belgrade.
1880— William J. Kendall, clothed in a
cork vest, swam through the Niagara
whirlpool r a p id » _____________________
1800— MaJ. Gen. Sir F. D. Middleton re­
tired from the command of ths Ca­
nadian militia.
1891— Decennial census placed the popu­
lation of Canada at 4,823,344.
1894— A tornado swept the shores of the
Sea of Azof and canoed the loss of
1,000 liv e »
1807— President Borda o f Uruguay assas­
sinated at Montevideo.. . .Congress
of Salvador adopted the gold stand­
ards. ..Gen. J. P. 8. Gobln of Penn­
sylvania elected commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R.
1904— Battleship Louisiana launched at
Newport N e w »
1907— British House of Lords pa*»ed the
bill legalising marriages with a de­
ceased wife’s sister, thus settling a
long pending question.
N A A A A A A/V ^W
Owing to tbs failure to secure advan­
tageous railroad ratea between Salt Lake.
Utah, and Ely, N ev„ the proposed bout
between Battling Nelson and Jos G a n »
scheduled for Labor Day at Ely, has been
called off.
Forty-three strikeouts la the record
which was established In a remarkable
game at Buffalo Lake between the home
team and the fast Olivia team. The con­
test waa prolonged for twenty Inning»
during which Olivia used one twirler,
while Buffalo Lake used two. Olivia won.
A t a meeting of the executive commit-
I of the Central States Rowing Asso­
ciation it was decided to present tha
grand prize fur the highest merit to the
Sooth Side Rowing Club of Quincy, 111.,
and tbe association will have a duplicate
prize made to present to the Moand City
Club o f S t Louis. The original prize Is
handsome bronze plaque presented by
thè Burlington Boating association. The
Mount City and tbe South Side clubs tied
(or first honors.
A t the close o f the Olympic games in
London, the American athletes were cov­
ered with medals. Queen Alxindrs hand­
ed oat fifteen gold medals to the Yankees
at the stadium. These with a tray fall
of «liver and bronze emblems o f victory,
made by far the most imposing array of
“ Jewelry" awarded to any nation. Amer­
ica’s victory, 114 1-8 to England’« 66 1-8
was by tbe biggest margin on record. At
Athens two years ago the count was
75 1-16 to 41 la favor of A m erlc» The
Americane came within ten point« of «cor­
ing aa much aa all the other nations c o i»
blood.