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CHAPTER VIII.-CntlBoeU
A abaru Dane of eunorance cbot across
Flora Champion as she saw Lord Harold
bending over bar cousin. Bhe bid ex
pected to find Winifred awkward and
Ill-dressed, and bars sha was, perfectly
at br mm, and elegantly drd. It
was la Miss Champion's heart to treat
bar with slighting disdain, but Lady
Grace was there, and sbs could not for
got her good breeding to gratify her
spleen. Ho sha walked straight up to
where bar coualo wss sitting and neiu
out her band, as though there bad never
been anything vise but the most cousinly
friendship between them.
"How do you do? Did you nave a
pleasant drive from Hurst?"
Delightful." said Winifred, recovering
herself. "Mrs. Champion was kind enough
to snd me In ber carrisge, althougb slie
wss prevented coming herself. She sent
meassgs through me to yuu that Mr
Howard wss rather unwell, and she did
not like to leave blm, but ah hopes to
drive over early next week."
"I trust there Is nothing serious the
matter with grandpspa," exclaimed Miss
Champion, feigning Interest.
"Nothing more thsa a severe cold.
At this juncture In came pretty Miss
Alton, and on Lady Grace Introducing
her to Mlaa Eyre, she sst down beside
ber and spoke in such a pleassnt, win
ning wsy thst Wlulfred (bought her the
prettiest, sweetest little creature she bad
ever seen. And then the other guests
came In, and were lutroducrd to her In
turn; and when dinner was announced,
Sir Clayton gave her bis arm and led her
Into the dining room. 'Miss Champion's
lip waa cor led contemptuously, hut Win
ifred wss deeply touched by the kind con
sideration of ber amiable hostess. Bhe
wss a little shy at first with Sir Clay
ton, but be talked so pleasantly to her,
and his manner wss so resssuring that
she soon felt at her ease. And then at
ter dinner Miss Alton cams and sat he-
side her, and chatted to ber of their af
ternoon excursion, snd the picnic that
was arranged for the following day.
When the gentlemen came In, Winifred
fult no longer shy; she was thoroughly
enjoying her first glimpse of the world,
Mr. Clsrton came up and carried Miss
Alton away to the piano, and Lord Har
old went over to Mlas Champion. Wlui-
fred took the opportunity of looking
around at the different faces.
There wss a hsndsome, melancholy
looking man, who attracted her attention
In particular. lie had come In late, aud
was ths only person who had not been
Introduced to ber. He waa sitting alone
near ths plsno, wstchlng MIs Alton,
Winifred thought, with a tender, almost
sad Interest, as she ssng her brilliant
French chsnsonette. The little fairy had
thrown him her gloves and fan, In that
careless, peremptory way women often
use to meu who they know love them
and be held them gently and reverently.
Mr. Clayton frowned as he saw the ges
ture, then be turned away to the piano
and began arranging the music.
When Mies Alton bad finished her
song shs moved back to ber place beside
Winifred on the sofs. Mr. Clayton walk-
ed up to Col. d'Agullsr.
"I must troubW you for Miss Alton s
fan and gloves," he said, nonchalantly.
"I will give thorn to her myself," col.
d'Agullar said, coldly, rising.
Mr. Clayton turned away with a scowl, :
that reminded Winifred painfully of Mr.
Fenner.
"Miss Alton." said Col. d'Agullar,
"have you forgotten that you Intrusted
your property to my care7"
Oh my fan and gloves, sne exclaim
ed, "thank you, I did not remember them;
the fact is, I was ao anxious to return
to my new acquaintance that I forgot
you. Put I win maae anienua ior my
neglect by sharing my pleasure with you.
MIhs Eyre Col. d'Agullar." And sue
made room for blm on the sofa beside ber,
greatly to Mr. Clayton's annoyance, who
began to talk to Miss Gyre assiduously.
Wlulfred did not dislike him so much
when he was talking; bis conversation
was certululy amusing,- and he told her
a great deal about 1'arlBlan society that
she found extremely entertaining. It was
only now and then, when she remarked
the malicious, ugly scowl that crossed
his face when he glanced toward Miss
Alton snd Col. d'Agullar, that she remcm
bered her Instinctive repulsion for him.
As the days passed Flora Champion
became very uneasy, and not.without rea
son. She bad feared it from ue nrst,
and now there was no possibility of
doubting that Lord Harold Ersklne was
transferring his allegiance from her to
her cousin. She detested Winifred, as
only a woman can hate a rival who sup
plants her. A stinging Innuendo, a point
ed sarcasm, at tlmea betrayed her feel
ings, but as a rule she had too much tact
to Indulge her angry malice. Now and
then came an opportunity she could not
resist One day at lunch, Lady Urace
was speaking of Mr. Hastings... ,
"I regret ao much," she said to Miss
Vance, "that we have lost such a charm
ing neighbor as Mr, Hastings promised
to be. Hia sudden departure la a com
plete mystery to every one."- . l
"We quite thought he Intended to live
permanently at the Court," answered
Miss Vance. "It appears he made-Uie
most complete arrangements for, dofng so.
All his horses are still there, and. 1 have
not heard of the servants being -dismissed.
A friend of his is staying there now,
playing host to a party of gentlemen.
What reason did he assign for his sud
den departure?" , t
"In a note I received from him a few
days before he left he said he could not
as ret accustom himself to a quiet coun
try life, and felt a longing fpr the exite-
, mt r tnra an travel
uut i cannot
hring myself to think that was anything
more than an excuse, which he thought
i met
I the gentleman we are apeaklng of, you
would hava liked him so mucn. tie is
'not only singularly handsome, but has a
FARMER'S!
DAUGHTER.
MRS. PORRBSTBR.
peculiar fascination of manner thst ren
ders blm a gcnersl favorite. Perhsp
some day he will return, and I shall have
an opportunity of Introducing mm to
you." , i
Winifred bent down her bead In silence.
Miss Cb amnion looked up. and a flam
of malicious light shot from her cold, blue
eyes. : : ; ; '
"An Introduction between auch Inti
mate friends would scarcely w- neces
sary," she remsrked In her clesr Tolce,
that was hesrd from one end of the long
table to the other. "I should think Miss
Eyre and Mr. Hastings would be greatly
amused at such a formality, after their
rambles In the Hsscll woods."
The crimson blood dyed Winifred's
cheeks until tears of mortification stood
In her eyes. Poor child! sbs wss not yet
sufficiently used to the wsy of the world.
to parry such cruel shafts. But Lra
Harold stood by ber friend.
Thst was hardly fair of you. Miss
Champion." be said, coolly, "to take the
words out of your cousins moutn. i
wish Miss Eyre could hare heard the
flatterlug speech Hastings made about
ber once, before a room full of young la
dies; they were awfully Jealous Of It."
One vivid glance of thanks shot from
under Winifred's long Isshes; Lord Har
old, seeing it, wss rewarded. Mine Cham
pion noted It, too, and was bitterly an
gered. Hut she smiled aweetly as sha
said:
"Miss Eyre will scsrcely thank you
for your hasty championship. Your words
almost seem to accuse me of betraying
something she wished to conceal.
And lauebing still, she wslked to the
window, bitterly codaclous that she hsd
ruined her last chance with Lord Harold,
That same evening Miss Alton dismiss
ed ber msld, and betook herself to brush
her pretty hair In Winifred s room, for
whom she had conceived a violent rani-y
"I'm sure you're not tired I" she ex
claimed, as she was admitted, lu answer
to her summons; "and I want to have a
chat with you."
"No, I am not tired at all." Winifred
answered; "and I think there's no time
for talking like this, when one has a aort
of a guilty feeling that one ought to be
in bed." .
"Well, then," exclaimed Fee, laughing.
"let's be prepared to do wltUout out beau
ty sleep for once and begin. I am going
to call you Winifred, and you must call
me Fee no one ever tbluka of aaylng
Marion. Not that I approve of people
calling each other by their Christian
unraes ss a rule." rattled on the little
fairy, "because it leads to familiarity, and
familiarity, we are wisely told, breeds
contempt. It's the greatest mistake to
bo too lutlmate people are sure to quar
rel; but I don't think we shall; so, if you
do not miud, let it he inifred and Fee."
In which arrangement Miss Eyre con
curred heartily.
"And now I want to confide In you,"
continued Fee, "because I am the most
miserable creature in the world, and
want advice, and I know you are good
and sensible. Don't be offended," she
went on in her quick, droll way; "I don't
mean anything disparaging by saying you
are sensible. I know it's generally con
sidered sn odious trait in young people to
be sensible; but you couldn't be anything
that wasn't nice, because you are so pret
ty and clever. I want to talk to you about
Col. d'Agullar and Mr. Clayton. Which
do you like the mostV"
"You cannot ask me such a question
seriously!", exclaimed Winifred. "At all
events, you cannot have any doubt as to
my answer."
"Then you don't like Mr. Clayton Y
. "Indeed I do not." replied Winifred,
earnestly. "He seems to have a cynical
disbelief in good, a sneering mistrust of
kind actions, that never goes with a good
or benevolent nature. I would rather
die ten thousand times over than come to
suspect every thought and action of the
people I lived with."
"I know what you say of Francis
Clayton to be true; I despise him In my
heart. I have not a shadow of hope that
I shall ever approach to a feeling of love
for him. He Is malicious he is cruel
he Is revengeful. And yet, knowing all
this, It will not hinder me from selling
myself to him If he cares to buy me; 1
think he will. I think If It were only to
triumph over Col. d'AguJler he would
rmirry me. Winifred, do you know I love
that man with all my heart with all the
love of which a poor, vain, frivolous na
ture like mine Is capable? and yet I can
not sacrifice 'society and fashion tor, his
sake. I wonder why all the men wbo
are worth loving are poor?" ' -
"You would give up' auch a man as
Col. d'Agullar and take Mr. Clayton,
for the sake of his money?"
' Fee nodded hcr head. ,
"Yes, so would you If you had led my
life, and .been brought up as I have been.
What can I do?" and she stamped her
foot impatiently; "I have no money; my
aunt has none to give me. Col. d'Agullar
has only a pittance barely sufficient for
himself. Riches, they . say,, cannot give
love or happiness; but pdverty can take
away one and destroy the other. I have
no other alternative;"1-A- '
"Dear Miss Alton," said Winifred, "I
ben of rou with all my heart to think well
before you make up your mind to marry
a man HkeJthis Mrvplayton.: Think what
It must be to spend "the best part of your
life with a man "you .cannot lovea. man
rou might perhaps get to-hate!"v
Fee .laughed 'a little unnatural laugh.
and nut her fingers to her ears.'
VHusht" she said; "do not talk in that
way. I know all you can say. . After all,
who kAws? . Mr. .Clayton may never de
me the' honor "to propose to me, and then
how foolish . I nhall look! Good-night,
cherle kiss me once more. Good-night,'!
And the little fairy tripped off to her own
room. yjVjN'
CHAPTER IX. ;
And, yet the very next night Fee tap
ped at Winifred's door, and when It was
opened she went quickly In, and, throwi
iug herself In a chair, burst Into tears.
Winifred was fslrly dfstreised; great
drops welled Into her. eyes for sympathy.
"Don't cry, dear Fee what is H'-wnat
alls you?"
It wss startling to see the gay, in.ou-
clante little fairy In auch a plight.
"Oh, Winifred, I am so miserable I
bate myself!"
Wlolfred guessed the rest.
"You have not consented. Fee? you
are not going to marry Mr. Clayton ''
"Yes, I am."
"Oh, Fee, bow cou!3 you? you cannot
like blm." . , - r
"What Is the one of talking like tbatr
Miss Alton cried, with feverish petulance.
"Why don't yon congratulate me7-lt is
splendid ma ten." .
"1 love you. Fee. I cannot deceive you.
If you do not care for him aad-yoa
cannot love a man lik that all i.l money
will not make you happy" .
Winifred went sorrowfully to bed, ior
she loved the frivolous, worldly little crea
ture dearly. - v r , ' ; t-
Mr. Clayton s reflections were tolerably
satlsfsctory, as he smoked his Spanish
cigsrette sfter the ladies bad retired.
"Though fter sll," he muttered, "I
sm not quite sore the gsme's worth the
csndle. Of course fellows will laugh at
my being caught, after all I've said about
the 'happy stated - They won't give me
credit for being caught 'with, intention.'
I wish d'Agullar was here, hut I suppose
be won't be in until very late."
Just about one o clock Col. o Aguusr,
wbo hsd been away on a dinner Invita
tion, came in, In high good humor and
spirits. '
"We have bad a charming evening.
be ssld. In answer to a question from
Cspt Culloden. "Some very Jolly fel
lows there, and I was greatly tempted to
stay the night, aa they asked me. How-
ever, as I had said notntng snout u to
Lady Grace Farquhar, I was afraid of
committing a breach of good manners by
remaining. Arthur le Merchant had driv
en over from Hasell Court a rare good
fellow be la, too, the very life of a party."
"Did he aay anything about Hastings r
Inquired Reginald Champion.
"I think he mentioned the name oi
Hastings. If I recollect rightly it wss
something In connection with a yacht In
Constantinople."
"I am sorry Hastings took it into his
head to leave England," Interposed Lord
Hsrold Erskiue. "He wss one of the
nicest, most gentlemanly fellows I ever
met with. He entertained us in a prince
ly way at the Court laat month."
"Hastings?" remarked Francis Clay
ton, Interrogatively. "I seem to know the
name. By the way, Erskine, was not
that the man Miss Champion accused
Miss Eyre of being so much in the woods
with?"
Lord Hsrold colored with psssion.
"I presume they were only together
Just aa d'Agullar and Miss Alton might
have been In the park this afternoon."
"Ah!" said Francis Clsyton, quietly.
but with his most disagreeable smile.
" 'Let those laugh wbo win,' la a capital
maxim. But you've not congratulated me
yet, any of you." ; ;
Col d'Asuilar grew very pale; the
hand that was on the back of bis chair
trembled.
"I am no hypocrite," he ssid, quietly,
but with a curious ring in bis voice. "I
csnnot wih you happiness when I know
it entails her misery." And amidst a
desd silence he left the room.
Before the party assembled at break
fast the following morning he bad left
Endon Vale.
(To be continued.)
INSECT VANDALS.
Tropical Anta that Ravage ths Conn
try LI we a Wire.
The Huns and Vandals of the Insect
world are undoubtedly the .marching
army ants. In tropical countries every
thing falls before these Invaders; they
leave nothing but ruin behind them. The
author of "Tangweera" gives this de
scription of them
I have never found where these ants
He concealed when not engaged In for
aging; but two or three times In the
year, Just before or after heavy rain,
they come out of the forest In millions,
advancing In a solid column, which
may cover an acre of ground. Some
times the column may separate In divis
ions, one going. In one direction, one in
another. Each travels in a fixed direc
tion, In which H is guided by the guards,
distinguished by enormous heads and
threatening nmndiblee, who march
ahead of the main body, as If to recon
nolter the ground.
The army follows after Its officers,
and rummages everything as It ad
vances. Some swarm up the trees to
considerable heights, searching In all
the cracks of the bark, or among para
sitical plants. Every fallen or hollow
log and every atone Is carefully in
spected. . '
They destroy as If a Are had passed
over the ground; Snails, beetles, butter-
files, slugs, spiders, caterpillars, scor-1
plons, centipedes everything Is de
voured. Wasps' nests are rifled of the
grubs; birds are driven from their nests
and the young ones eaten up. Fortu
nately, few birds lay In the riany sea
son, but occasionally incursions of the
army take place before the rains, when
the birds are rearing their young. I
have seen . lizards eight Inches long
writhing, lashing the tall, rolling over
and over, covered with ants which soon
mastered and devoured them. .
Twice In the middle 6f the night we
have been roused by such invasions of
the marching army ants, and had to
rush out of the house and wait till the
foray was over. But we were consoled
by their leaving us a clean house, for
the ants search the thatch through and
through, plunder the wasps' nests which
line our eaves, and drag from hiding
very lizard, cockroach and spider.
The Bttbarjraaaed Whal.x , ,
"I do not mind the notoriety ' so
much,!' soliloquized the whaled after It
had left Jonah on the beach, "but those
smart young whales In our set will be
sure to always be asking me to take
something for the. Inner man, or to go
spouting around' about how hard it is
to keep a good man down." Baltimore
American. ' - ' '- ; ;
nen Peck I want to sue for a di
vorce. .Lawyer Has your wife left
you? Hen reck-No. She won't.
FATAL FLOOD
Eastern Oregon Cloud
burst Kills Many.
NO WARNING GIVEN
HEPPNER RECEIVES THE FULL FORCE
, OP JHE DELUGE.. .
Ion and Lextagtoa Suffer Lts Death
List Win Reach Folly 300-Saftty Lay
. Only la night-Dead Are Burled m
Hastily Constructed Coffins Absence
'.of Qouhls Notable.
lone, Or., June 16. A cloud which
burst on the hills a mile south of Hepp
ner at about 6:30 o'clock Sunday after
noon let loose a hungry flood of water,
which swept down the hillside In a
wall 30 feet high and 200 yards wide.
Reaching the bottom of the canyon,
the liquid avalanche reared its mighty
front over the doomed town, and car
ried to destruction nearly every build
ing and human being that lay in its
path, leaving a waste of desolation to
mark Its tralL The destroying torrent
raced down the narow gorge of Willow
Creek, Inundating as it reached them
the settlements of Lexington, lone and
Deuglaa, but lessening in fury and in
volume as the thirsty alkali soil of the
valley drank up the water like a
sponge. Behind it lay nearly 300
dead, drowned like rats in a trap. The
suddenness of the catastrophe gave
the victims no warning, overwhelming
them for the main part at they sat
within their homes.
Immediately after the fataf flood
had wiped the major portion of Hep
pner out of existence, swift couriers
on horseback sped to warn the resi
dents of the valley toward the Colum
bia of the coming perlL Leslie Mat
lock, son of an ex-sheriff of Morrow
County, rode a wild ride' for 18 miles
ahead of the raging waters. His horse
dropped dead, but he secured another.
and again another, covering the 65
miles to Arlington in seven hours. To
this Paul Revere -of Oregon is undoubt
edly due the fact that the ranchers il
the Willow Creek country below Hep-
pner lost bo little stock and property.
The Palace Hotel waa the first build
ing to stem the tide, and all the guests
were saved; but houses below the Pa
lace Hotel were thrown out into the
street, overturned and wrecked.
Perhaps the greatest loss occurred
at the Heppner Hotel. This house,
which was run under the management
of Jones & Asbaugh,- was carried
away. It is supposed that there were
about 60 guests in this hotel, all of
whom are reported to be lost The
proprietors themselves were saved,
but their families are among the dead.
The entire residence portion of Hep
pner was destroyed, but the business
houses, being on higher ground, and
being generally built of brick and
stone, were not so badly damaged.
The schoolhouse and courthouse,
which stand on a sldehill, were saved,
but two churches, the Methodist and
Presbyterian, were completely wreck
ed. Around the depot the receding
flood left great heaps of driftwood
piled as high and higher than the roof
and the rescuing parties were forced
to demolish these pyramids of timber
in order to extricate the corpses
which were tangled In the brush. Un
doubtedly many of the drowned bod
ies were carried by the rushing waters
down the valley. - It Is reported that
three bodies were found near Lexing
ton, nine miles below Heppner, but
there were no fatalities in Lexington.
No systematic effort had been made to
find the dead, who are undoubtedly
strewn along the canyon. . Every avail
able man from a radius of 65 miles
has been pressed into service at Hep
pner Itself. Gangs of men are at
work clearing away the piles of debris,
rocks and timber, which lie piled in
Heppner's streets, and taking out the
corpses which are thus concealed."
About 100 persons have been burled
in Heppner's graveyard today. Owing
to the entire absence of proper facili
ties for caring for the dead, the vic-
tlma of the flood were, for the most
part, interred in common crates. The
ghouls who are usually found, like hu
man vultures, rifling the pockets of
the dead in such great disasters as the
one which has stricken Heppner, are
inthis case, fortunately absent, and
the vigilance committees and patrols
which were so necessary at Johnstown
and Galveston floods, seem to be un
necessary in Oregon. ;
A relief train sent from The Dalles
reached lone last night and will pro
ceed to Heppner as soon as possible.
A- wrecking train, with gangs of men
to repair both the tracks and telegraph
wires left last night It is expected
that communication with Lexington,
17 miles from Heppner, will be restor
ed early this morning.
Court street at Heppner, 6n the
bank of the stream, is swept clean as
a gravel bar from end to end. Not
even the foundations of a long line of
beautiful residences are left
Every business house, except the ho
tel, Fair store and Odd Fellow's build
ing, along the side of the street on
which the bank stands are twrecks. A
large building Is Jammed intq the drug
store and several other structures are
in the middle of the same street Resi
dences are turned over or torn to piec
es. Mud, slime and misery are every
where. .
The water was 15 feet high in Hep
pner's streets and rose over the new
courthouse wall. It came down Palm
Fork, chiefly, bnt was a torrent on all
hillsides. Enormous pile of rock and
gravel have been washed down the
canyon five miles up on Butter creek.
I The flood came almost Instantly and'
. iriead. ae Jlti i
I a " . " - - w "W ViVUU
uu.ai iew aays ago, and were not
alarmed until it was too late. Houses
were surouaded by raging torrent,
which sucked every thin mnhu .
to their twisting eddies and escape was
AUiJAJaBaUJB,
Many poonle lect in th
last night, and any place they can
make a bed.
Many people are arriving at Henn-
ner. There are no bed and viui
will be compelled to rouch Ir mht
they stay. Provision are not needed.
but rather help to burr their
clear away the debris. The absence of
l&e or embalming fluids has necessitat
ed the hurried burial of many bodies
wuiiu wuuia omerwise nave been pre
served for the arrival of relatives.
inree live babies have been found
whose parents are h4t. and identifica
tion has so tar been impossible.
Families are broken to nle-p tho
father alone remains, or a wife or son
or daughter, and little children left
orphans.
Ellas Connor, a stockraiser of lone.
returned from Heimner at 2 o'clock
this morning. He left the scene of the
disaster at 6 o'clock, and brlnga the
latest news from the scene.
'It Is now known." said Mr. Connr
"that at least 275 or 300 people were
drowned. One hundred and fifteen
corpses have been hastily buried in
wooden boxes and some were merely
wrapped In blanket. There were still
several wagon load of dead on their
way to the cemetery when I left
Heppner itself has now been pretty
well searched, except in piles of de
bris, where it is thought that numbers
of bodies will be found.
"Between lone and Heooner ." said
Mr. Conner, "there are areat nilea of
debris, but the flood passed o quick
ly that the roads have not been seri
ously damaged. The railroad track,
however, from Lexington on is badly
torn up. It looks strage to see the
heavy steel rails bent and twisted like
corkscrews, and the heavy timber
splintered like matchwood. In Hepp
ner itself the flood swept a clean path
a mile long, and one or two blocks
wide through the town, following aen-
erally the course of Willow Creek.
The people of Heppner seem demoral
ized by the calamity, and men who
have lost their wives, children and
their all, go dry-eyed to the work of
assistance of others."
The town of Heppner. the principal
sufferer from the flood 1 197 miles
from Portland and 45 miles from the
Columbia River. It contains a popu
lation of, approximately, 1400, and is
the county seat of Morrow County. It
is located in the valley of Willow
Creek, a considerable stream, which
flows north into the Columbia. The
valley of Willow Creek varies in width
from one-half mile to a mile and is
bounded on either side by precipitious
mountains which render sudden fresh
ets not uncommon, although at ordin
ary seasons the stream is easily ford
ed at almost any point At Heppner,
Willow Creek is Joined by Hinton's
Fork, which enters at the north end
of the town. Some 20 years ago a
cloudburst occurred on Hinton's Fork
and a wall of water 30 feet in height
rolled down the mountain sides into
Willow Creek At that time the town
was built principally on the south
side of a high backbone extending
from near the mouth of the.Fork back
to the mountains. There was little
damage to the town and no lives were
lost Of recent years, however, the
town has grown considerably and a
large portion of it is on the north side
of this natural dyke and along the
banks of the two streams, directly In
the path of the flood.
North or Heppner nine fellies is the
town of Lexington, containing a popu
lation of three or four hundred, and
nine miles further is lone, which has
eight to nine hundred people. Accord
ing to the latest information, both of
these places were destroyed. -.
A branch of the O. R. & N. follows
Willow Creek south from the main line
at Heppner Junction to its terminus
at Heppner. Officials of the company
have received advices that their track
Is washed away between Douglas and
Heppner, a distance of 30 miles,
i
ACTION ON CANAL TREATY UROED.
President Gives Colombia to Understand
That Dallying Most Cease.
Washington, June 16. The Presi
dent today sent for 'William Nelson
Cromwell, attorney for the Panama
Canal Company, to confer with him
on the canal situation. Mr. Cromwell
spent half an" hour with the President
In the forenoon, and the conference
was resumed by appointment at
P. MV ; v .
It is understood that the President
is much concerned over the canal out
look. The Administration is not in
the least disposed to be impatient
with Colombia, and U willing to allow
the Bogota , government a reasonable
time to execute its obligations 'to the
United States. At the same time, the
Washington authorities regard these
obligations as more binding than
those of an ordinary treaty, and cannot
admit the right of the Colombian gov
ernment to recede fron them. If not
carried out by ratification of the canal
treaty, which comes before the Colom
bian Congress at it meeting this
month, the United States hopes Col
ombia will find some other means of
executing its obligations to this coun
try as regards the .Panama Canal. Mr.
Cromwell declined to see callers after
his conference with the President
' United States May Object
Pekln, June 17. It is expected that
the United States will object to the
transfer of the negotiations for the
American and. Japanese commercial
treaties from Shanghai to this city, as
it is impossible for the American Com
mission to come to Pekin. An edict
ordering the transfer has now been
Issued without consulting either the
United States or Japan, which omis
sion is considered- discourteous to the
two powers concerned. The Japanese
negotiations have been suspended and
are at a deadlock. . r .
'' Bandits Raid Cavite Towns. - "
3 Manila, June 17. Disorder continu
es in the province. of Cavite. Two ban
dit named -Felizardo and Montalon,
wrth some followers recently raided a
number of towns. The government is
planning a campaign to suppress the
trouble.
npii a mtr -nt-aasMr . .
DEMAND REMOVAL
NEWSPAPERS , AFTER POSTMASTER
GENERAL PAYNE. .
Introduction of Mckinley's Name hi the
Postal investigations Cause a Stir
Payae Declare Only Death or R.
mora! Can Oct Hint Oat, But He WIS
Probably Go the Alger Route.
Washington, June 22. It looks very
much as If Postmaster-General Payne
were going to be forced out of the cab
inet by the attacks of the newspapers
which are not at all satisfied with the
way In which he has managed the In
vestlgation of the scandals la the
Postoffice Department Probably the ;
greatest fault attributed to Payne la
hi treatment of the Tulloch charges,
which he characterized as "hot air.'
"stump speech," and "playing to the
tacks on the Postoffice Department
were also attacks upon President Mc-
Kinley or his administration is an-"
other feature that is severely criti
cised. Paper of standing, indepen
dent and republican, are quite severe
editorially upon Postmaster-General
Payne.
Mr. Payne is not In good health and
be never should have assumed the
burden of the Postoffice Department in
the beginning. The development of
frauds and irregularities have been a
great shock to him, and be no doubt
would be glad to give up the burden,
although he would not like to resign
under fire. As a matter of fact, he has
declared to his personal friends that
he will not resign, and intimates that
only death or removal by the Presi
dent could take him out of the Post
office Department Secretary Alger
took the same stand, and yet when
the McKInley administration was at
tacked on account of Alger, a way was
found to secure his resignation.
Some papers are demanding that
Payne should go, and that Bristow be
named for hi place, in order to
cleanse properly the Postoffice De
partment When these demands be
come general, and come from repub
lican and independent as well as dem
ocratic papers, their effect will no
doubt be felt, and the Po"tmaster
General will do as Alger did relieve
the administration of the strain.
TRAINS MEET ON CURVE.
Nine People are Dead aa Result of Mis
understanding of Order.
Waterloo, la., June 22. While going
at a terrific , rate and turning on a
curve unaware of the approach of a
freight train, passenger No. 2, east
bound, of the Illinois Central, crashed
head-on into the freight Nine person
were killed and both engines reduced
to Junk. The engineers aad firemen
of each crew are dead.
The passenger train had orders for
the right of way, the freight crew hav
ing misunderstood the wording of Its
orders. The passenger was going at
the rate of 50 miles an hour. The col
lision took place upon a sharp curve
and it is stated that the engineers
were not aware of the approach of op
posing trains until within a few feet
of each other.
Had it not been for the make-up of
the train, the Pullmans being placed
in the center, with the passenger
coaches on the rear, the death list
would have been appalling.
FEAR OF FLOOD CONSTANT.
Albuquerque is Likely to - Be Over
whelmed by the Rio Qrande.
Albuquerque, N. M, June 22. The
people of this city are living in con
stant fear of being overwhelmed by
flood from the Rio Grande River,
which 1b reported rising rapidly as a
result of heavy rains north of here.
For miles up the valley Ine country i
Inundated and a large number of fam
ilies have been driven from their
homes. Great destruction to proper
ty has been done. The breaks in the
dike and the Alameda Acquia, ten
miles above this city, sent down, a. tre
mendous volume of water' aeainst .the
eight-foot" acquia embanjfemnta mile
above the city. ' '. .;.
The water rlslngr at "the rate of a
top of the embankment when rihe
alarm was given and several hundred
citizens rushed to the acquia and he
ran the work of strengthening it
They worked throughout the night
"Brighter for the Canal. . .,
. New York, June 22. Advices from
Barrangullla and ' Cartagena- show
a decidedly, favorable turn in the
controversy over the question of
ratifying, the Panama Canal .treaty,
says a Herald dispatch from Panama.
This change is due, primarily, to the
Isthmian public spirit and to the con
tinued publications here, by prominent
m?n of both' the Conservative and Lib
eral parties elucidating the important
point in the controversy. The restor
ation of public order throughout the
Republic is. also contributing to dis
pose opinions more favorably- toward
the canal treaty.; ' ;
Charged With Fraud in Mining Deal.
Chicago, June 22. Charged with
fraud in a $3,000,000 mining deal in
which hi commissions are" declared
to have been $200,000, Theodore
Gross, a mine promoter, speril last
night in the county Jail. Richmond
Poison, Chicago manager of Walter
Baker & Co. (Limited), Is Gross ac
cuser. He declares that Gross fraud
ulently withheld $125,000 due him as
commission in the sale of Camp Bird
Mining Company stocks from Thomas
F. Walsh, the Colorado millionaire,
now of Washington, D. C.
St Louis Sees Last of Flood.
St. Louis, June 22. The water Is
receding rapidly from the flooded dis
tricts in East St. Louis and vicinity,
and business Is approaching Its nor
mal status. The latest estimates now
show that the flood, directly or indi
rectly, caused the death of 17 persons
lrr East St. Louis and vicinity. Four-
I ..n vctrA AmvffnaA and h rci vara
shot for river thievery.