The Santiam news., December 13, 1907, Image 4

The Roupeli Mystery
By
Austyn
CHAPTKB VI
t<'ontlnu»*l i
Th* doctor and Emily Waldon <x>ulln
cad lo slowly prom-i.a-U up and do«n
the terrace. I n>t»<j by that »«• r»t bond
of aymp«tby »
li ofc iaa Ir ori la--
naturas together u ■ >• ouxiy. tb»y at
parlan-«<1 m indafma'da c« ...furl io sack
othar'a •■- lety.
A solitary figura, that of »una worthy
burgher of l’arto, attracted. don ■ •;<■•». to
Villeneuve by the »■ueniional reporta In
the n«a«pap»ra. wv> the only Urlo« oh
j«ct that saa In « -*. Looking al bun
the doctor ■ ‘«errad
•'Dtara Io uo «auging tba depth of bu
Ban rurlnaily "
"That la so. There hare b*«-n «ererei
bore clore " end oh« glan-od up to iba
dar Menavi chamber obore, with a ahud
dar. "They walk tn and nut a« If they
owned the piare. Ila lonka like a retired
tradesman of »ana kind
Ila la pretty
coo. fur a trasportar
Sre ha hoe seat
el himself mi th« turf, au.I la throwing
bread to the owat *
•'Don't disturb him." «aid the doctor
~S»» with whal rare ha «prende that r»l
handkerchief orar hie knees
11« baa tak
an out «voue «onde
ami >« enluvily
enjoying tb-.n "
Misa Waldon again smiled.
It was
really quits ludicrous Io watch the old
gentleman fr .it I'arl«
11« ap|car«d to
be totally old ru • of th« pr.-wi e of
the people on the farm-a
Haring eatm
ho eandwlch, Ito presently arose and
threw the crumbs adhering to hl« hand
her.-b lof 'o the egpecrant swans
Hi*
ductor laugl ■ I nutright . so loudly n<W« I
aa to I"
ths old gen' -■ an w I.
gla Ing ’■•it ..nee
In their direction with au Indignant air.
walked away and diaoj p«orvd among the
trona.
A half boor more «lapsed and etili M
CasMgne did not « ■«
Hardly able to
rcnceal hla irritation at th« delay. I>r.
Mason at length i«tir>-l to th« Im-ary.
where be busied I. -rlf in -■ ,>• «. icntllic
calculations In whi.-h ’» I <d t--en abrupt
ly Interrupted by th« startling news of
the murder of .Mme Roui*»ll
For an
hour he remained oblivious tn all else
ears «In««, canne», lanini» •• into and
coascanla.
An abtrii«» tv igonnmetricBl
problem was hr fur« him. and to Its solu­
tion he was devoting hut ■■ t heart and
soul, when «odvlenly It« I- ■ a us aware of
a 1
dow. Looking up. to bis lnt«n«e annoy
in-« h« psrceleed the inquisitile burgher
from l'aria, hl« n «•» flattened «ga i.it
ths glass, staring laruoualy
Into the
apartment
Ang«r was «X prcas. I in every feature
of th« i by
Ian’s
ovata
threw the French window wide open;
but the worthy burgher did n-’t aren» to
be at all di»on «rt<d
On lb» motrsry,
• railing him» if -f th» op. orlon y. b«
fore the d - tor ■> i d stop h
at*-p|wd
srer the low «.Il imi «ut red th« library
“Kir. this unwarrantable Intrusion at
ouch a mom«ut ” I. ran the ph «leían.
"May prrbapa surprise you." Interrupt
sd the burgl -r , ' t ut bava you g ron or
dare alvout the tmfliiw?"
Ths doctor staravi with astonishment
• nd stepped -a-k ti*" <»r three pa «•
"Tou are," he ga«|ved. “you cannot ba
Monsieur
"
“I am.'* replied the burgher, an Indo
•cribabls twinkle In hl« eye ns he noted
ths d<» tor's a narctnent
”1 am the per
eon y ' I ars a’out to ■ «nt n
Mfred
I assn go«, the viete, tir«." sul with a pro
found l uw, he hamlv d I *r Ma»-H| hi« ■ ard
CHAPTER VI!
Alfred t'a««agne waa the aon of a
large contra, tor. who had ac-iimulatsd
■ considerable for tun« in the couatt
of tboee remarkable do. k» In the city of
Havre, Which have helped to make that
place lbs most important
harbor
of
Frame
Hi lost hi« father when a mere
child.
Ilia mother, dying when he was
but twenty two years of age, had left
him amply presided for
lint he had
never married, Of quite a stud ous turn
of mind. be lied devoted
himself
to
books, and might |u«uihly have d-i;«ner
a lev I Into a I- >k worm, or have sunk ao
low a« to becotns an author. If an event
had not transpired which changed ths
whois current of hl« eilstencw.
11« awoke on« morning to And that the
cwehier of a luink when- he usually lia.l a
large balance, had almrvinlwl with the
fund« of that Inatltut n
Where b« had
gon«, was equally a mystery to the p-ill-«
and tha officer« of the .oncern
liming
considerable interest in tb« capture of the
fugitive, t'aasagne set about making In
quirl«« on his ->«n •< ■-mot
from th«««
Inquiries he quietly -I—In-- I bls own tic
erica. and one morning, to the Intense
astonishment of the - hlef of
», he en
t«r«d the presen.e of that functionary
and state.! his opinion on ths case very
briefly.
It was to ths effort that the
president of th« bank and the cashier
were In rolluaion. and that the .-ashlar,
whom most people believed to be by that
time eafely In America, that M---<a for
European reguca, would be found hiding
In the presldewt’a own private realdan--«.
The chief of ¡mlIce had laughed at first ;
but Alfred Caanagne was permitted to
proceed
it was known he waa a g«ntle
man of fortune; and men of nwana are
never snubbed very
badly
anywhere.
Very soon, moreover, the offi .al grew
serious.
By a gyatem of logical ded.ir
tlon from circumstances already known,
t'aswagns established bls theory on a laiala
so Ingenious aa to excite the chief's warm­
est admiration
Subsequent search di»
covered that the state of thing« Caaaagne
had hollered to exist In tlwory, was really
true
Alfred Cassagne might now possibly
have l»een forty years of age. though when
not disguised, owing to his
smoothly
shaven face, be appeared to lie younger.
Ha waa rather abort the middle height,
■ nd though somewhat narrow aernso the
Sh.vuldera, the great depth of his rh«st
made ample amends for thia deficiency
Hla hair was cut very »hurt to permit of
hla more readily wearing the various wigs
by which be frequently concealed his Iden
|
II g mouth wa« wail ■ ut. the lipa
thin and somewhat pursed together, as
la often the habit with men who pass
much time In thinking.
Ill« none was
large and very prominent.
Hie hands
•nd feat small and rather delkala. Hla
Granville
tl> o frem tbe bed >SJ«1 hits to glance
In that direction.
He cvuld hardly repress a cry of sur­
prise. lie held hie brsatb almost, so anx­
iously did bo await tbe result of an ex
périment that Caangne bad put In j ;» u
tion
With bio oyee closed and with hie
Usad raissd very much after the style of
a blind man reading frem a raised letter
hook, tbe detective waa moving hie fiugvra.
•oft and «le í ale aa a young girl'«, over
the cold, stiff body of the murdered wom­
an
l*r. Mason knew In aa instant that
be was about Io depend upon bis o»ti«e
of Xouch to Ai l the tiny wound tAet hie
ey«a bad tailed to detect.
I or over a minute th« two nwt< revenía-
«•I in their relative posit Ums Then tbe
V« e of I assages wa« beard breaking
tb» siten«e. which had grown aatwat pam
ful In Ito Intensity :
"I am right
MaUme Rewpeil *u
stabbed in tba ba< k "
ro.ee singularly soft and gentle . his man
ner that of a man entirely at aaae. aud of
>ue who thoroughly understands hie bust
area
11« sat quite Mill In the easy <h»lr to
which |rr Ma«on bad motioned him on
hie arrival. Il waa not until the latter
liad given him the outline« of the case
that he spoke at all. aud then he «aid
“We will begin by premlsiug a certain
•tale of facta
Madame Hou pel I has been
murdered
Who did It? Public opinion
says your friend k an l.ltb. I always mis
CH A ITEM VHI.
trust public opinion
TXe prefect of po
Dr Mss<»o. In hla agitation. drop;««d
I ico 1« not at all sure but M--nei«ur <*ha*
the penknife and the magnifying glass
l«it had a hand In it. | sometí tura mis
an<i rushed to the bedside.
trust Iba prefect of police."
"Where la tbs wound?" he ejaculated
"You meen to Imply that both may be
M t'asaagus. cool, cal.u and collected,
srotig?" Inquired the doctor.
"Yea. end if I am right, it leavee us i still held otie tell tale flugsr, which, like
a living eye. had detected a slight In­
.-onfrent ng two alternatives."
equality In tbe surface of the flesh, firm­
"And they are?"
ly pr«a*«'l down upon a «pot no larger
“Either 'hat the unfortunate wntnan
I committed suicida while
of
unsound than a pin's bead.
•Take t easy, dortor,“ hs said, etnlb
mind. <>r that the crime 1« the oct of a
Ing at th* agnation of tbs physician,
I third party tn us at present unknown.'
"I can dl«pvM« of the first of those sup* "and if the magnifying gl«sa la still un
l««itions immed-ately." said the doctor. broken. I will trouble you for It. The
please.
doctor.
Madame Itoupell's mind was a« amind penknife also, if you
Now," after b« bad gently pushed back
a« yours or mine Is at the present mo
the flesh with the point of th« knife, look
meat.“
"l et us proceed to an examination of through the glass, and tell mo what you
the lady
I have provided myself with a see.''
"I s«« a rough, glistening surface"
written permit to break the seals." said
"Try it with tbe i-int of ths penknife"
the defertive. "I^ad th« way. p!«a«».“
The dm-tor took tbe knlfa. and scraped
They ani«rad the chaml»«r of death.
Xothing had e.n >|i-’iir!>«d « tv« the visit
upon th« bard surface thus exposed to
' of th* prefect.
Alfred t'avsagne took a
v lew.
Í rapid survey of the room. He ad «need
"It io gios».' ho exclaimed. "I havso't
I to the tiedsi'le. sod commenced a minute ■ rjes ss KO ev# if **
jnepectlon of the body of ths murdered
"It la the wound which canned d«nth.
woman.
Ton see it has peuetrat««! the lumbar re-
He carefully removed the bauilag«« I gion
Iteath has l*«n caused by two
from the wound In the bead, be turned I things
ythov-k and Internal bleeding.
the body over so that live light from the Have you a small |<lr of pincers here?
window fell full upui th* face of the dead ! No? Well, then I must use my fingers. *
woman, revealing in the strong sunlight
M. Cassagne having enlarged the o;«»n-
«ach line and shadow already showing Ing of lb« wound by dilltation. plunged
In their marked change of tbs lineaments ; his linger and thumb into the oriflea and
the Inevitable approach of decay. Taking drew o • though not wiltaxrt much did
out hlv penknife, I'asaagUS carefully re
cully ati'l after repeated failure», tba
moved one of the clots of blood wbl b had broken piece of a etna
abarpx nafl fl MR
acv umulated n«ar tbs entrance of the stiletto
Its withdrawal from ths wound
wound, and walking to the window ex
was ft -«««I by a few drepa of biood.
«mined It tbrough a small magnifying which the dm'tor. who notwithstanding
glass which ho took from hla pov'ket. hie profewslimal experiences was greatly
I’rescntly he said
affected by the apactaela. was about to
"Doctor, look at that blood“'
wipe reverently away, when be waa atop
Dr Mason took the magnifying gises
P«d by tbe detartiae.
and the penknife and gss«d steadfastly
"I»on't do that. That blood baa a tale
upon the little r«d gout.
,.f p,
; « ■
etamifio
**|kv you ««« anything peculiar about
It through the glass ”
It?" asked Cassagne
"l*o you not no­
lie t'-'k up •<• ♦ <»n ths point of the
th-« an entire absence of natural crys
kmfe. and the two tti«n as before went to
tallica t ion?"
the window.
Notwltlitsandfng that It
Tba d.» tor'« fans turned pale aa a
had not been exposed to tbe outer air,
sheet . hl« lips twitched nervously.
ths bl<«>d waa strongly crystallised.
"Thia crime grows more horrible and
"Ono thing is proved, and almoat con­
more mysterious than ever. It la lmp<>a
clusively.“ eaclatmad t'aaaagna.
"H la
•ibis to mislake your meaning.
This th* wound which caused her death. R«e
wound wa« Infli ted after death.” he ex
how the blood la crystallised
Now to
claimed. "Tile bl<»«l la certainly what dlsiover the asssssin
The prefects the­
we call In the profession 'dead blood.' “ ory Is that Madams Itoupell waa sitting
“And Is that not often the <-a«e where
x. when the .rl:ne •««
a wound la Inflicted when a person is in ceanmilte-l
In support of that, be pointe
a romatose condition?"
to the scattered papers and tbe overturn­
"It might lie,” replied the phyaldan
ed chair
Now notice which way tha
"I have known the phenomenon of total
chair has fallen.”
auspeiision of the circulation in comatose
"It baa fallen toward tba doak," said
bodlso.“
Dr. Maaon
"And In su«h case, would blond flowing
"pre* leely and that prov«a to mo that
from a wound crystallixe or not?"
It waa the murderer, not Madams Itou­
"It 1« possible that It might crystallise pell, wb<* was «ngagvd In tbs examina­
■oniewbat, if the person wounded, while
tion of the pap-era."
lr. a comatose ....... lltion waa young «nd
"Why?"
lieallby. In the case of an old and fee
"Bacause, had Madame Itoupell be««,
ble woman, like
Madame
Itoupell, I surprised frem behind and stabbed, as we
•hould consider It extremely doubtful In now believe to be tba mao. sha would
the present Instance, by means of the have fallen forward, aod the chair would
glass, on« can plainly discern that no have been thrown backward or away
crystalllMtlon has taken place."
fr-nn ths desk, not tv ward It. Madame
"Io fart, that this wound was Inflicted
Itoupell surprised this unknown person,
after th« wound which produced either perhaps while h« was rlfilng the contents
death or insensibility Y' said the detec
of her dr«k
springing to hie feet be
live.
overthrew tbe chair, drew bin stiletto,
"Exactly so." replied the physician. and advanced toward !.-♦
Mho doubt­
"The questiou now la, where la
that
less turued to fl«e. too frightened
to
wound?"
w r«am. an.I hs then stabbed bar In tba
"We will And It," said Cassagne. "Give ba- k "
me your help her«."
"I s<*; and having no other weapon
"We had better look for a contusion than the stiletto, and that having been
of some sort. Insensibility could be pro­ broken off short In th« body, ho fired at
duced by a sharp blow on the back of the her to make sure of bin work."
head, or under the ear,” remarked Dr.
<To bo continued. I
Mason.
"I am not of that opinion.” replied
XS If« vvtvh « < onscteneo.
CasMign«. "I have already looked there.
millkln What's the matter, Willi-
There is no swelling of any kind on th«
Irin?
!>ack of the head, and as she Is dressed In |
Wllllkln Matter enough You know,
dent! toilette, Il la easy to see that no
Injury has been Inflicted to the upper . •sui c lime ago I ■Bslgmsl all my prop­
erty to my wife, to—to k>-«*p It out
part of th» spinal cord "
“For what kind of wound shall we of the hands of—of people I owe, you
search? It must be a small one. Indee-I. know.
to es*-a|*e the examination of so good a
Itllllktn Yea.
surcan »» Monsieur Crolaet."
Wllllkln- Well.
she's
taken
tba
“i'nfortunately Monsieur t'roix«!." re­
money anti gone off -aaya she won't
plied Cassagne, with a curious smile, “Is
live with me because I swindled my
a surgeon only. 11« 1« not a detective.
Il* is good at generalisation«; he fall« creditor«.
in particulars. The wound we must look
for. since you sound M >n«leur Croieet’s
praises so highly, must be no larger than
a pencil point. Have you never beard of
the Venetian stiletto?"
"No, I cannot «ay that I have," an
swered Dr. Mason
"It Is an Instrument mail« of tough
»tied giasa no thicker than a knitting
needl*. When plunged into a victim. It
«an be broken short off in the fle«h which
doses around It. so that It Is hard to tell
how death supervenes Many such deaths
hava undoubtevlly l«««n charged to apo-
plexy, and other causes ”
“la It possible?" «jaculatevl the physl
clan.
"Not only possible but more than prob
able, let us Instantly begin our search
for such a waapmv
There will not be a
drop of blood visible.
I>eath generally
ensues from internal liemorrhags. unless
the stiletto reaches the heart, when, of
courwa, the victim diea inatantly. Turn
her over on her face," said the detective.
"Rhe may have been wounded In tbe
tack.**
Thia was done, and they carefully ex
amlned that portion of the body. For ths
flrst time l*r. Mason's blind faith In the
skill of the man he had maployed began
to show signa of wavering.
Ho little
know Cavnagne'a marvoiouo
reoour«-»w
Th« doctor had left tbe body end waa
standing over by the window, again ex
aminlng tbe blomi on the penknife thrwugh
the magulfj.ug glaaa. A alight exclama
IVull Sews«»» for tbe link«,
"June is me favorite month." said
the |«H-tb-al b'dvo. ns lie •-rlbblest an
ode on tin* back of a tomato can label.
"Taln't mine." sighed Sandy 1’ikee.
IngubrliwMly.
"I always have to go
barefootexl troo dat month."
“Itnrefvsitcvi?
Why, how la that,
pair
"Why. you aeo people throw al) delr
old slioe-i nt de June brides.”
He Made It.
“Isvve." «aid the fair maid, "la the
greatest thing In tbe world."
•Thvu't you believe It,” rejolnev! tbe
you,ig man In the parlor »ene "I am
greater than love."
"H>»w do yiAi hgure that outr quer­
ied the fair party of the prelude.
“A manufacturer," explained tha y.
m , "la greater than the thing be manu­
facture» and 1 make k>ve. SeeT’
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD
a HUU»
'
».
m
ir
Physicians Surgeon
TatvgtMma kachasgs Ba It
End Comes Suddenly to Minen
In West Virginia.
I
<TO.
J
III
O. GILL, p kt
*ic\
Black Damp
b
I
I
O*K»< »R
I
I
Pup’s Coffee House
Al »»»I »nd Of th- u-rriwvn «treat Btl-lge
I
H. MONTANTI
J
chahlxs
3. XACzn
,»u.<w»sur u> klnrr hrœ.1
Tvoprt«t«r.
Riats 400 M«n and Wrecks
I wo Coal Mmes
Attorney-at-La e
M<H«ry Put»»lc ai»<1 •oik-itor
«H
ad 4 len-luba
Monongah,
W.
Va ,
(J. M T cbvbb
Dafl, 7.—Thst
No. <J and No. H
Cial company, of
place yesterday,
of
is
hopeful and
moot conservative view of the dieaetar.
Five l«dly injured men made their way
to the svii face.
Of the victims six dead
taken
from
bodies had
mine No. fiat mid­
night and tift more were
piled
ties for bringing them to the
surface.
Hum mine No. ** st live same hour, I*
others
as soon as
rathe aroan
Oregon
Albany
A LUA SY. OB SU’
■ ienteva m«k
Y
a wyatt
L DUGGER
Attorncys-ot-Loic
Notary
Offie» la Blumberg Block
a LR ant
i
Bl.WAKE OP
i
t
t
:
OMOo*
DEILCTIVt;
Till ! b
Have aa Abstrae« of T1U» prrpwr»-!
by tba
•re raady to lie brought Gut
arrangements can
or<3 PA) AMP JtlUilf
Attorncys-at-Loic
bodies had been remove«! and a number
of
M c A lsib
sarAKT a sox
up in
tl>e entry awaiting completion of tacil *
C. C. Bryan
nrxBAt
al this
now coox»dad by
thiwe who take tbe most
Ewen
U
the Ccnaolidated
Baltimore,
M
ROYAL RESTAURANT
no* lee* titan *00 miners were killwl by
an explosion of black damp in tninew
Oregon
Saia
ORBGOÜ
II
Dentist
ML! UVE HUPE WITH UTES
Explosion of the Deadly
on»«,
issine».
a
Ì,
I* com-
Dr. J. Mon Foo
pleted.
There la much »peculation as Io tbe
An Exper.« ni-d i m|-uiti dr* if
iwiise of the explosion, but the m et
generally acewpted the- ry la I list it re­
CHINtSf MEDIUMS
volted from black damp, ac lent I finally
%
known as methane
It is iwlievgd that
" ■ i *• »r t th*» it«* lh»i /
•• T<»nf, of
Z.
M.
RLDD,
Manager.
\lbativ,
I?» ho* prvpar««>l to
a miner atlemptwl to ret off a bUst,
turniflh Ch»iH
• t<» a *.
Th<
which blew out ami Igi lied an aeeum- < •«« ourn«r Third and R notai bin »u.
■ilíder»i u «r*«Í r«-< • 'tiiiiirnd«*
him
and
ulatlon ol this deadly gss, and that
A! MANY. ORI
N
it trau Ire* «¿t i* fat* t »on. Call or write
thia in turn ignited the cwl dust. »
hi’n »I 11« \\ < -l >t t
t ’-tn ♦ t. W mhj
highly inflamtnal !e «iilwtance
found
Oregon.
M. WESTFALL
ht greater or I«-«» quantities in al) Wv-et
-Virginig mine«
ttowevWa All expia-
80 YEARS* '
natiutix i f tbe c*iar- ep to tins tme are
EXPEK i LNCE
hecerearily speculative
Only a thor­
ough investigation after the mine is re-
Mo I-
opened will dlw lose tba •«*••-. 11 t to
l^Bdk»« Y a join*
. 1 :» a
ever ascertained
The rxp neion affect­
Arrtv«« Albany
ll.ee a
ed Ivolh mine«, and so far as now known M«» V-
I min Im?#« AH «an y
nur
appeals to have done alout as much
•*
**
(01**111»
damage in one aa in the other.
It naa
ARAB
M *rrtv«« Taqtftn* ....
not Iveen rwtabllaheil in which mine it
«
Traina T> and > r
Co»’»ONÎl Ac.
originated.
Mo A-
Are 1.0 ••
?a««rg^O n thflf
Three of the living men, while unable
a f «A
*
ev
■ ■
r a*
I j A* v «* Albany hx I»a<rv(l.
? «n A
• •
I B t* ? A .
Ffll *1
>» -W
to give any detail«*-! report of tli« disas­
MB iMBlll
Il Su A
■ * f
» •**»•.
«Ì F
flr • fei’W » »
«• •««-*• •» f ’ Sr ~ *F*w r •’•*••«
ter, state tluxt immediately l>a< k of No
»■fi
•'.*•«
'- M'.
Ä ( ■». !«.<<•<•
ixtak*«« iMttroii ___ ___ r......... . IP r. k
•J r-uH n»4k4t. »
ut«’ .-B-v. in tho
them, when they lagan their frantic
Arm«a ¿Hany ...»_«. ...
il r k-
Xtruggle (or liberty, there wa« a large
Traine fur < arvallla
number of men engaged in a similar No. A-
Ah« •«
«.»t
u«*r«*m-1 wc . •
» A-gmwf Kb
struggle, while still further back in.the
l*m?«Mi Ai’iany tarCorrali 1«
Ri
I • t ev 7 ■
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Arme* Curvam*
workings there wa» a larger numb*r of
No U-
whom they know nothing.
Il is the
Imflt AlUmy .
hr«*« h «. •' •. »JA V b*. Wuai uw'uflt U 0
opinion of the mine officials and other»
A • rive» al < orvaLila
-J 4b I’
familiar with mining that tiore men No. A-
ha-1 not Jvenetiatrd the mine •• far aa
Ideava» Allmny......
71' r
The Secret of a
Arma* ( orvallle
a.is r. xi
had tbe maj-irlty of the day shift, when
Beautiful Face
3rMlta» far Albanj.
the expliaum occurred, and that they
lie« in keeping the xkin pro­
hi-adcd lor ami reaclmi tbe main en­ No.
le- ted uecil < deanxed. Juit
(xi***« Corvante
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trance Ivef-ire the heavy cave in that
w«'luiu- iv n-»t enough—that
Arr1*r<e A ¡lian y
.... ................. 7l|b A
now b'oekades the entrance not more
only leavetthedelic atrxurface
No. • •
than s few hundred fret from the rn-
more ex)«>n<d to live irritation
I ovn ( orva lle
..............
11 Au r
of duet and gemv)| to m«*ci-
trance.
Arrive**! Ai an>
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lesx aitaikv of xun and
No 7-
weather. After washing, ap-
lurwvr» ( «rvaUle
• « f. M
HELD IN PtONAQE.
Irrtve* AlUanjp...^.
j !y K- iiertine «nd experience
• A4 1* M
its delightful refreshment.
bo. U-
\ ou wul admire the line-lru
I aw * oatorrallí» ...
..li U a . M
Grave Charge Brought Agsmxt Civil
Artlvee al *)U*ny
U M I* M
to face,
Service Commls* lot-er
nr, k »1 arm.
It not only
No ¡1 •
!»•••• Allwny
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stimulate« a t id .mt glow, hut
New OrleatM, I.a , D-c 7.—That
Arilvr» al l'vxvalil«
1 i» I*. M
protect» the »km from Im-tvm-
John Avery Mcilhenny, member <d the
Allot ti*»sbova tivslna connrvt wlih Bontlvren
mg coarve. Prevent» burn­
United Ktate* civil s«ivice comtnlsainn, Fmllk iou>|wn> trama. t«rth «t AUwny »nu
ing, tan and fr.i kles.
holds more than 1,000 Ignorant fun-ign- « ravallv«. a» wvU •• train S>r Ix-trelt, glving
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Yrr 4
ers in a stale of |>eonsg«, and that bru­ direct wrvvre l«> S»vrt«-rt an-t a IJareni baavlww
»• w»¡> »» Hre|t«r>t>u«b floi «p !»<».
tality and crueltry are piscticwl to h-rce
For turth»r inhumation appiy to
three people t>> remain . n Avery island,
oi.o r NKViita Gen f « m a » i
1.« , where the Mcilhenny Intereeta >1. II.I HUSlaa Axant. Allant
I
operate vast oyster canning and toba-ou
manufsctnnng proper!n-s. Is the charge
brought by btephen J ob ' s , special com-
misaioner of the Austri Hungarian gov­
H M MYER
D N McKNlGHT
ernment, to which nationality most of
the alleged peons leliuig.
The stories of peongv In certain sec­
tions of the Routh rwently wnre called
to the rttention of 'he Aiiatrv Hungarian
government, and official warning was
MYER A McKNlGHT, I r , ristora
given Intending emigrsn'a of the dang­
ers ahea-1 of them. Mr. Josca who is
assietant avx-retary of tbe Louisiana state
board of immigration was sent Io Av­
ery Island by Emile lloehn the Austro.
Hungarian consul in New Orleans fol­
lowing complaint« made by one of the
immigranta who eecapel the .Mcilhen­
ny guards.
Corvallis & Eastern R. R
Sckniil ic Jimcrican,
Y.’ NN SCo.3e,B'New Tcrfc
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Scio Livery & Feed Stables
Macks connect with all trains both at West
and Munkers
Our rigs are first-class and our horses good
drivers. Prices reasonable
Co-operate More Closely
Washington, Dee. 7.—To effect a
closer tie Ivetween the department of
commerce and labor and the commer­
cial bodli-a of this country, a conference
was held toiay in the office id Secre­
tary Straus.
Bee ulna Secretary KiSit
and Mr. Straus, who initiated the
movement for the conference, there
were prerent delegates from the i ham-
bvrs of comtnarrs, tx-ar l« of trade and
other organise! ions of New York, Chi­
cago, Hl. Dials, ftenver. Galveston,
Portland. Seattle, Kan Francisco and
other cities
Maintains Blata Rights
Kalelgh, N. C X. IM? 7—The State
Rupieme conrt In a decision handed
down )a«t night reversevi Judge Ixmg,
of the Hnperior • court. In the matter
if the 130.000 fine imponevi on the
Southern Railway company for selling
p»«eetigei tickets st a rate in exceas of
2'« cents, the state rate. At tbe asm*
time the decision affirms the act of the
court and the constitutionality of tbe
legislative act prescribing punishment
of agenta and any officials of the road.
"Ton were very lenient with that
conductor," said the first passenger.
Two Ships Reach Peru.
"O!” replied tbe other, “we re all Ua>
Callao. Teru. Dec. 7.—Tbe Ameilcrn
hie to make mistakes"
"Ah' perhspa you were a cvnda..’tor ernisets Washington and Tennvaare,
which have arrive*!, will remain •
yotirwelf otkee."
"Na, sir; I'm a weather f-rw-aatar." | week, taking on coal. Tha health eon-
ditions al<oanl the ship« are viral lent.
— Catholic btauxlard aud Itmea
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Food on Sale. Wheat Bought and Exchangee
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for Flour.
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