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»Ai >"*•’ W - » «t A • . •_) U £ ’ A * ’s WVi «Xmo» k • U ‘'Vi. ✓V»' ▼ OI SCIO, t > BY MISADVENTURE ’ BV ♦ : FRANK BARRETT ♦ CHAITEH III. After thia I said to Flsxmor« : "Why oo earth Jua't you marry Mis* ikalrympter* “I m you think that «h* would bar. m*Y** h» ask<d. «ith a cotnpoaur* that «how*4 that th* Hl*a was not um-ouaid • r->d "Bbe h worthy of • batter man than I am, and I bare oo a lab la nor ry“ That isn't much of a r*««on You hats to think of what la b««t for your daughter and Mia* iMIryrnpi* Your Ut- tl* on* ought to have s mother some <m* from wbotu sh* will be inseparable when you ar* gnoa; and there's not a aoul In tl>* world better fitted to tak* the place of a mother than that g.rl.'* / "Sh* must marry Awdrey ; that I* th* tiu.baiij f..r tha-v«w.~-t t : "l»r. Awdrey !• I exclaimed in a»t<>n lahmeut. for I had sever thought of him aa a marrying man “Y*a. H* lo«*a her I know be do--* W ho could •** her and know her. and not lora her? And h* ia an *xc»ll-ot fellow I wish h* w*r* a little light«* and batter looking, but I couldn't «:«b him to ha** a b*tt*r hori, or a mor* iovahl* diapoaltion. He's a An* roan. Tony." "II* won't marry h*r. for all that. It'* a* much a« ever he can do to keep hi* head above water now. and fool a« be ia --.n worldly matter* h* wouldn't tie a nullaton* round hla naefc." "Mia* l>alryrapl* I* trot a tnilUton«-. ’ •aid poor old Flennore. warmly. “I know that. Sh*'a a <’«xl woman and would work henu-lf ill to beip her bu* band, or worry herself III if sh* couldn't. 'Ibat la what Awdrey would not have hia wife do. and the only »ay to precent It is to keep single. And afngla he'll keep.” "No. Keene, no, h* must marry Ger crude I bat* thought it all oat. My little leiure must hare • father a.« «*11 •a a mother wh”n I'm four and I don't think that is long hence. Tony. I «hau t ec* slxty-four.” I tried to combat thia notion, though I myself was far from thinking it improba bl*; and ih-u to turn th* coniersatiou, 1 said "Well, to go back to what you have been thinking out- what's your Idea ’t" "I wish to put Awdrey In a position to marry Mis* lialrympl*. I know h* is poor, but I am rich. 1 would leave biro •very penny 1 have on th* condition that be adopts Mure as hla daughter " "I »** your notion. Ther* will then be a second Inducement for him to make Mia* lislrympl* bis wif* In lb* fact rliat the child is inaaparabl* from her. 1 think th* Idea ia an extremely good, one, so good that 1 «<«h I had thought of it my e*lf." “Very well, then; draw up a will In accoriUn.’* with It. Betti* ***rylhiug upon Awdrey, subject to deduction for a few smaller legacies thru 1 will writ* in I-et m* have the draft of It iu a week at the uutaide, Tony." he Mid eagerly I promised to do thia, and went home, turu.ug th* matter over In my mind. I considered it from tirua to time during th* wa*k, and finding no material obj««- lion to th* scbeni*. I put Flesruor«*'« notion Into legal form, with e*rtalu mod- ibcalioiis, and then took a rough draft for hla inspection. "Ia your ma«t*r at home?" I asked th* girl «ho opened th* door. "Yea, air, h*’s in th* library with Mr* Y*atn*a and Mr. Yeanie* “ "Mr. Yearn**? what Mr. Yearn*»?'' I •aked the littl* maul, aharply. "Mr. I.ynn Y mui ** is his name. I think, air; a young g*ntletnau." , "Mrs. Yeanie*' von I know him.'* Mid 1: sod thm I stood, rubbing my feel •a th* mat and »umh-rlng what on earth brought him upon th* s>-*n* foe. No good. 1 felt sure. ♦♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ ♦ uf th» injured young lady at Oxford "If you pie«**, do um mention th* , name of that horrid. <Laign!ti(, worthless pers-m." aald Airs Y-wme». "Nb*'» worth four hundred |M>un<ls more than «11» waa. msdam." said I ; "for i ibat'» «hat I had to pay to make her • ithtlra« her action.” Mr*. Yewmea Ac-k'-d th* dust off her silk gosn and looked d*»id»dly uncom I fortahi*. ! "No new . rape, I hope, Mr Lynn?" I root.nued. "Not exartly What in th* world should j msk* you »uppose thvr* waa?" he adre-l j •h«M'V<»hly, ! <r It tak*s «'-ry littls to up- **t the *.|u»nunity of these bolsterou* I young (■•nilemen. "Why. seeing you her*’" "I want to find «om* «booting That * ■ all I esm* for." "I <wn let you ba«* II, If you are pr* pared to p»y I have a client wbo will I 1*1 you the ahoolmg over two tho<uaml arr*« Cotn* to my oflhe and I will ar rang* It at oars.” I »ante-l to get him away from ther*. for already I scented the purpose with which he had beet; brought , and I ws« ana ou* to ;.-< him th* «h-eUiug *hu-b was twenty tulles a*. "oh! you cannot go yet. dear.' Inter po*e<i Mrs Yearn»*, "you hav* not ae*n Mure How is that little darling. Georg*, dear'-' "Very well, thank you. Nh* ha« fun* for a walk «¡th Mis* iHtrymple." "Ml»» I’alrymple? kA bo is «b*’ a gov erne»« " o»k«»l Lynn "Noinethlng more than that- quits a friend of the family -a moat estimable young lady. Nh* w*» r. prwfeaaional nurse, but «hat <lo you think? It turn« out «tl* ia th* nie< * of th* Karl of Ihinover !'' Th a change in Mrs. Y earn*«' regard toward« Gertrud* ws« not surpriaing. con siiteriug what a »ycophant th* widow •ai. but nothing caald mat* m* belle«* that In the past twenty-four hour* sh* had «aid not s word about her to l.yna. "I should like to •** the young lady -- If •he Is young." »aid Lynn "Oh. »be « I «»«ur* you. and *xc< tw.lv*- Ijr ■ banning and pretty," said Mr. "quits superiab I You really lUUMt IM** her." "W b ’II <0 to (he oiBcw and aettle •bout •hat »bout n<.” Mid I, n»fn<. We left Mra Yeaimea at her rottafe. and went <>n to hit place of hoatneM Nothin# wiii am«| about my old friend Eleimore until we had *etti*»J about tb« «hooting, warn l.inn Mid, a« he took up hH *t!«*k «nil d«*er«tallkar •’Poor old nun« k> took* pre-uoua »hahy *honl<^yoq? ||e'a aiity-two* you know " **Hia life 1» worth tm y^nra* purrhaa*,” Mid I emphatically “la it, thoufh?*’ Then after a ¡>a na* **t aupp«wMF he*« prett) warm?*’ “I would fi'* fifty thousand for his ratate at th»« ruoinenU” “Wi»o*a thia Mina 'nUn<umbob th* tua ter waa talk In* about K* "MI m I»alryiitple. Kbe la a ¡«articular ly «enaible young lady.” 1 replied “W ouMn't mind marrying tbe old man If shr had the chance, eh?" “I hope not. slm-erely." "ith, you approve of hi* marrying M Ikslrymple, do you?** “I tidoubtedly fur hia own sak* and the «ok* of hia * hilJ. It's th* very thing I hav* been persuading him to do." II* WM not sharp enough to see that ruy object »•« to put him on ■ wrong scent, and avert his •uspicioa frutn our actual wlah and purpose. "Wall, If It la really to ouo<*ky*« Inter est to marry th* girl. I bop« b« may get her/ said he, gh in< me hl« baud. • nd «e look*«l straight .nto *s<-b other's face before «aylng gu>»i by*. I read In bia eye«. "But be aha'n't marry her If 1 ran help it." AA'bat he read in mm* I ran not »ay. Mr. I.ynn Yeatnca was the son of Mrs Busin*«» took m* to txindon, and kept Yeames by her second msrr'.ag* This me ther* hard at It for a fortnight. I • as not much in bla favor, but th* r**t had warcely time to think of old Flex •ii much l*a* to bis adiantag* I had mor», but I went »freight to him th» mo been twlc* etnploysvl by Flexmor* on hl* ment I returned. I found a perceptible account . ones to settle som* col leg* debt* differen«-* in hia appearance, he looh*<l a wh.ch Mrs Yearn** <Jeclar*d «he could not coup’» of years older. ai**t. and a arcond H um to • ay an action "1 am g!h I to »re you. Tony," he Mid. fur brsacti of promt**. lhr>atoned by a h< I ng my hand n hi» and giving It a townsmau'* daughter with whom h. bad ¡molding »bake from tim» to time. ”1 got «»tangled. Fellows brought up by am getting anxious about the will. I foollah women on bad principle* ara al can't last long. 1 know. and I am very way* either getting out of scrape* ar get unsettl»<! In tny mind ahout many things " ting Into them, and I ash*d tnysalf which “You »hall • tn th* draft and that will purpoa* bad procured hia uacl* th* doubt bold good In case of accident wh.l* tbs •ul pleasure of thia visit. ropy is being drawn up In form. Ws'll 1 slxsik myself together, »nd went Into ■ett!» that after dinner for I mean to tbs library with my wits on th* alert dm* with you, Georg* Ther»'* gam* Lynn Yearn«** was at this time about cwikfng; I ran smell It.” four and-twenty and hla looks would have "Ys* w* have had a gn<xi deal of game d«rwl**d «•" ' 'y lately. I.ynn bring* something nearly sv y ary day." "What, h* ram* to »tay a week, and I* r not gon* yet Y' I cried. ► Flexmor* «book hla head. ”1 don't think b* mean* to go away, *itbar,~ b* d •aid. "AA hat does he route here for? Do yoo d know. Georg*?" I asked. "To See M as iHlrymple, I b»ll*v*. |f* a it ia paying her marked attontlao.” "I kiiew it!" I cried "I saw wbat hs <i r. aa» after.' ”l>o you think he mean* to marry bar? la that wbat you saw?” "No; but I saw hs had mads up bla mind to prevent you marrying her !” CHAPTER IV. What I had riot Torearen area th* minai b* wkn b Lynn Y«vue* precluded an offer IJNN CXILNTY, OllEUON of marriage be'ng made to Mis* lialrym- pl* by hla uncle. I had not thought «! him making lov* to her hl uselt ..cather 1 anticipated h s taking sum* un lerhaod me*suers, in conjunction with hi* mother, to prejud.ee Flex inure aga .n»t her "You ba«* n-»t encouraged yo«ir nephew's »to- it*, hav* you. George?" I avked. "No. at tb* »»iu* time I could not re- fu»e 10 receive him TYiere I* uothiug in his behavior I could tak* excvptl^u to. Indeed, be ha* tr ed hi« utmost to mah« bim«e!f agreeable." "I don't doubt that for a moment, han« him! II* «-an mak* himself pleasant It I *ir> be Ilk*«, or unpleasant. *.ther rant he'* clever enough to keep hi« moth- What «ffect hs* he msd* er out of sight on Al is« Ihilrympl* with bla •greenbls way»?“ "I am afraid sb* like* him. It la only uatural she should be brighter • nd fatar iu hi» *oi-toty I am vary dull, and ther* ar* no *<alt.ir* here none of her own »<« and then I.ynn 1« clever and lively, b* playa nl<-ely. and • ogs wall, too lie I* very attentive, and «b* could not be un gracious." "W* mu«i stop It al that. Tbore'a n« tim* to be luwt," «aid I. “IXi you tbltik h* Intend« to marry h*r ?" "Not uni*«« be'« sure «lie has money. If your money »er* settled 00 b*r. he would AVa will «*t bi* mind at re»t on that subject You must «Ign your will, and giv* me premia* on to make Ito pro- I wager vUion.« known to l>r <wlrej that w* will soon put Matter Ljnu « o mm out of joint." I took care to b* th* tiro* Awd**y «*• starting on bla r.nin l« siul s-'o-ti -«me up In b • ('( I a*k*d him tn gl<* m* a lift a* tar aa Laugiy He bad to shift half * down bo*.ks from th* **»t bewlll* him to mak* place for nie "What on earth are you carting your library about for?" I *sk*d "They're oufy bonks of reference. Going along etralght road* *i»«i up hill I <-an give the old pony the rein« and do a bit of wovk " "You’r* burning the camtl* at both end« II'« bad enough to >.t up half th* night over your liook« Fsmille* don't care tor baebelor <!•» tor* You ought la marry !" "Marry!" exclaimed Awdrey with a grim laugh, and then h* loakvxi ruefully Into th* Jistatice "There's "Tea. marry." I repeated Ml»» I»alrympl*. you vufht to marry her “ "What, <lo you think sb* I k*» tnsT* h* a«k*d. with *ag*r *uicknsaa "I don't know who doesn't like you "Oh. in • general way," Mid ba In a ton* nf disappolntmrnt. "Well. auppoa- Ing sh* hsd lih*d tn* well mongb to risk th* i-h<o<* if po»*rty do you think It would hav* l>e*n fair to t«k* sdvsntsg* of h*r courage, knowing «hat an unlucky beggar I am?" "But you'rs not an unlurk •aid I "Hoad that." and I pu of old Flexmoee'« will Into hs hand, open, that h* might bar* no hesitation In glancing at It. II* just ran hie ry* down th* 'Iraft, which evHtld be read a: a (lane*, for I prhle myaaif nn.writing legibly and bold ly, and then »«claimed, turning to m* la astonl«hm*nt "Great powers! Why ahould Fie* more Ira vs m* all thl* money?" "That you may marry th* girl yoo lovr, and that hia child may hav* a g>*»l woman aa welt ■• • ( ■<>! man to protat-t and befriend her" Hr dropped hi* hand, and I folded up tb* draft and »lipped it ba<k In my pocket, When I (lamed at him again hs waa «taring Into th* distança, and th»r* waa moisture on the lower lash of bl* •y*. It "Too late, too I bad only known thl« a week ago !' "Well, what dilf*r*u<* would that bara mad*? Hi* drsft waa made out a fort- night ago ” H* shook bis h**<1 "Ihvo't you know that Lynn Y*am*e Is In lo*e with h*r?" he a«k*d. "II* cam* to me and io a frank and loyal manner told me that h* had heard that I ws* an old friend of Ml«« iMlryinpl*. h* «•ked ms If I wrra more than her friend If I Intended to mak* h*r my wife. I knew what that meant, and answered that I had no In tention to marry her, and that she was free so far *• I waa concerned 'In that case.' sa d hr, 'I shall make her my wif*.' And we «hook hau l* on thl* understand ing With my hand in hla, b* asked it h* might consider m* bls friend, and I answered heartily, 'Year” "Confound I.ynn Yearn**!" I cried, un able to control my exasperation. "You must admit that he aatvd openly and loyally.” aald Awdrey. “Too ar« deceived in him.” "Yea." I replied. "for I di<J not think ha wm such a rlavar rascal aa be la. Aw drey,“ I added, after a mlnuto's thought, "you muxt forget laat week." "Forget that I renounced all hop* o> making Gertrud* my wif*! Forget an unleratan<llng mad* with a man to whom I (av* my hand as a fn*nd! You don't know m*. Mr. Keen*.” “Oh, yea I do,” said I Mvagely "Put m* down h»r*. I might as w*ll try to •often th* I .ord Chief Juatlcw with a sigh a* convert you from your principle* with r*a«>ntng, you obatlnate. «t.tf liacked old pill monger : Her*, give m* your hantl." I added, a* I got to tb* ground, and I tried to hurt him with my grip 'Tb*r*! I'v* don* with you, go on.” aaid I. Hut •a w* parted. I add»d. speaking to my- ■elf, "Hut !'«• not done with l.yna Ysame* yet. drat him!” (To ba continued.) A • warrior 4»rt. "No wonder thl« chicken la tough," growl*>1 the city boarder; "bera 1« a plere of rubber tn IL" -Wall, that's all right, neighbor," <lr«wled the ol<1 farmer "I advertised satomvbll«*killed eblekeus, didn't 11** lî«OS. NEWS OF THE WEEK BLOODY FiuHT Al PEN Three Montana Liter* Make Daah for Liberty a Mad I kier I ■ igv, Mont., March 10.—War den Hank Conley, of the Montana •tale penitentiary, was haitully wound ed Sunday uiotnIng and bla flrat aaaial •lit waid*n, John Kobina in, «as kill- «1, when three life convict*. George Kick, W '. H. Haye* and anolhet wine* uame ia not gtven out, made a daah tor liberty in the penitentiary oflice at N o't lick, It ia thought lire warden • ill live. A Reaume of the Lea* Important but Kohln*on'a throat »aa cut from ear to rar ami th* jugular vein waaievered.' Not Lata Intareating Eventa Conley'« thr.at was gsahed ami lie »ar of the Pact Waak. «tabbed acvetal timea in th* aiioulder and groin twfore he «a« able to dr*« hl« revolver and «Loot two of the King Alforieo will vialt Barexdiin* In a>*a:lant* down. Convict* Hayes ami Rock «vie both ahol down by Conley dettame of bomb thrower». alter the latter bad brvn wounded. Mayor Buna«, of Chicago, haa taken The attack on the pnaon aulliorilie* •tapa to keep all anarihlato out cf the and a aubaequent effort to escape ha«, city. according to the priso n antliorilic* District Attorney Jerome, of New thia afternoon, liven long planned by York, «ay« the e Largo* agniust him are Kock and Haye*, «ho «ere cellmate«. Holli «ere ar turd with |x>nknivea, th* tala*. blade* of «hkh «etc sharpened like In the New York to Pat la automobile rarot* The three convict« were brought raro t I m Amen an car la far ahead of to the oltlce of the ju-nitentiary Sunday the other*. morning by iMpnty Warden Kohinum, Hie janitor of the Co'illnwood school to be trud lot »onia trivial infraction declatM ho fa«tened the doors open at of the prison rule«, ami Conley was the hr at alarm of tire. •airing to ait in judgment. The moment the men entered the The incident of Aha seisure of the ollire door tiork lurnr-l ««Iflly upon Jspane** a'e«mer Iatan Maru by China Kobinroti, who w«» cliwing the door be I um not yet baen settled. hind the men, and quickly dm wing a John F. Stevens, ei-engineer of the knife, he Iw-gan ala«hing at the deputy I'anama .nnal, say« the big canal will warden'* thr>«t. Kobirnmn waa unable tie of little value a’tar It ia flnlahcd. to rvtieat or move lefore hi* tl.r.wt «a* Admiral Goodrich *aya American cut «Ide open and be «ank to the floor battl«*M|i« are equal to thoae of any dying. At the «ante moment that Rock at other country but could lw made much > tacked Robinson, llsiyea also pulled out bettrr. a knife similar to that of Rock «nd China la about to spanrl |60,tX)0,000 •tarled for Conley. The latter retreat in naval coriatruction. The govern ih | I o the r<ar of the oilice luifote the ment will al*o borrow large suriia to lie oncoming <!e-|ierailo. Ih-fore Conley u»«»i In railroad conalru« lion. could draw Ida revolver, howoier, An alarm of Are at l ev* Summit, llsyra lai alaahed his thr at, cnttlrg Mo., caused the 41M) achool children to litin from the left ent to a Jxilrit umlei ru«b out of the building in a panic. No the chin. The convict, «eeiag hla in trmlvd victim getting sway, grappled attention waa |>ald to the Ate drill. with Mm and atabhed him several Ilear«t |iaper* ate aecuaad of inciting timv* in th* *houM*r and grola. •nvrehy. Although bleeding terribly, Conley t'ortugai •ewms to lie drifting toward managed to draw hi« gun from hi« prrket nmi llrvd four time« with the a republic. weapon pi «sued against llayea' abdo Colorado lia» ha I 2tt bomicldM al men. ready in IWH. A« Have* wank to the floor. Rock Black Hand leader* are meeting their rnahed at Conley, who emptied the two match In New York. remaining cartildgi-« in hia gun into lie latter also went down The death list in tl e Collinwood dis Rin k and I be third convict who had lieen call««! aster L«s r««ched 174. to the “carpet," took to hia heel* at Jsfiaii «ais she will uaa force with the flrat of lb* iiaitle, but wa* quickly China only as a last r< • rt. captured and placet in his cell. The The Knhkvrb cker Trust o<un|iany, • ulhoritlea refused to give out his name until they bad investigated whether lie of New York, I* to reopen. was eimoermd in the plot or whether Nine China** have h*M sant?need to be hail merely l>ecn <*11*11 to the oflioe death iu Boston for murder. at the name time at the oilier t«o. htjsician */• Surgeon Tvl*|liou« ««.lunge No. Il In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. III I j a. atm i> hranklin'* house in Paris haa been dem iliahed to make «ay for a more mmlern building Profi *aor larki nhoa. ex-profi «« >r of Columbia university, announ ea that he had a tne-liclne that will make t«d men good. A part of I ho liatbrabip fleet barbed tlle«l to return by way of the Sues ranal and will ala<> visit a numtier of Eur >• pean cuuntrira. lilinola Central director« are work ing on a plan to raise 130.(AM),000. King Edward ia on a vialt to France and called on the French preaident. Two women have been srre«tod at Napa, Cal., f<>r [»aeing counterfeit money. Die Interwtate Comm« roe commiadon say* it is not opposed to the Fulton bill s* liaa lieeri stated. Charge* have been tiled against Chan- cellor hay, of Syravuae nnlversite, for *)>*aklng ill of President Kooeevelt. Suita*for the illegal cutting of timber have been fl led In the Vnitid State* court at Helena against aeveral Arina. Governor JoMinon will dedicate the monument errettd by the «tale of Min- naaot* on Hbiloh battleflehi on April 10. A mrmmuent and atatue of Shake- •l*«’e will be ready for the 300th an- nivemay of hla death and will be erect ed in I.ordon. A petition aigriM) by 40,(100 petsous Mkmg pardon for Captain Van bchaick, under 10 year»* aenterica for criminal neirllf* rice In causing tiie wreck of the •tanner (ten. Blouin, whereby over 1 000 lirea were loaf, will be preawitad to Preaidant K-wievelt. The flr«t conaiimment of Mater bon net« ftutn Pana has arrived at New York. A Are in the suburbs of Toklo burned 400 houses and cauaed a loee of |2,- 600,000. i> m Dentist UAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS Th* Interstate CoinmetiMOomminaioii will enforce the U hour law cr all rail toad*. III » tiM eia» «<>( k in all bien.heaof Jenllairy «•'Io, i t I I li. MONI ANI K L Attorneij-abLa o Notary I’ulilh- and millcltor ol I’aU'iii* and l eu tons. tlfll.e. «J» Wml .'-istreei Ç At.tl xNY, OMIUOI <’ IlKVANT Attorncy-nt-Ljkw ( hmm ) win Bluek k/r.aiHKKr«iHi> a Attorn€i|8üt-Laix) Ofllcw In lUumlNprg Bkvk At.nkNY i okmtnN itti r J MVXK1.KA. I‘rr«t iwtite W A FWIMO. (Akli«l . THE SCIO STATE BANK Selo Oregext I nw » a friirral t«nk1nf and «irhan I <*•»• «tía I«? al «‘irrant me«« an «•«•d oit prluci^al ell U m Th. Ileal I'lace In Portland to Kat I. at Pup’s Coffee Douse Al ^uc i>f il>< M..r i i-Hnt MfrMt Brt4g« 08A&U8 J. MAH1R ¡MuA AMMbMkt tu Uln«*r Hrm.) rroprikter G. M. TvtMKB M M c A lfi * ROYAL RESTAURANT Ith Iha bea* pbm»«'« «I, Newly militai ihu ubar bri Albany Oregon L DUGGER y Notary Public Ih-vds. Mortgage* and Pension Vouch- era cari fully written an<l a< knowlr-lge-l. l*-a»ea, ('«iirtract*. «-ti preparad. South 1 oo Mary Flim y Buildlrg« Ara Con of bridge, at '■antiiiiii News office. ARE FIRE TRAPS structed in Amarica Washington, March 10.—In a rUto men I made public last night, Richard I. Humphrey, engineer in charge of the etrnctural material lab- ratoiie« of the government, di«cu*M*i recent Are h r rors au<l as*erta that Are trap* a* tia I or worse tlutrx that «Inch co t the live* of ao many achool children at Collin- <• od, O., exiat In nearly every village ai d town and in many of the alarge cities. lie urge* the passage of law* to pro hibit the orcupalitwt id anything except a structure of the highest Are ie*i*tlr>g type, esjieclslly whrn it is u«e«l as a school, theater < l other structure in which people assemble in large num bera. "It la a matter of record," he said, "borne out by stntiatica, tl at this coun try apen la enormous sum* of n? ney in providing equipments in fighting fires, while foreign countries *|>*nd 'their money In building structure* which offer the gre«te«t iealstance to Am. The per capita Irato In this country yearly exce«-d* |6, against an annual I««* In 21 of the princi|*xl eilla* of Fhirope of 33 cent* per capita. Estimating Hie |»>p- ulatlon of the country at H i.noo.otH) the I«** from (Ire* here is 1740,000.000. H we had the same onndltlons that pre vail in Furnjiean rities our l<«a would be but |M,400,000 a year." Japan'« Naval Strorgtb Toklo, March 10.—Some reliable fig- urea are now io hand ahowing the prea- ent atretmth of the Japanese navy com p*rnl with its strength when the «ar broke out. I* tail* are appended, but the totala may Ire briefly ate ted. vic One hundred and fifty eeven ve*a*la of all rleacilplinna, representiny a tonnage of 2K3.242 tone, before the war, and 204 veeae a and 616.0*2 ton* at the prrount day. Further acrnti.ry of the flgurea ahowa that Japan Imlay p>w*r«a. ee more than twice the number of bat- tleahipa the bad Indore the war. Tie home committee on ex j» «it Ions Portugsl Not Involved. favor* appropriating 1600,000 for the Lisbon, March 10.—Inveatlgation In- Japancae fair. • tltiita«! by the Portngueae government Japan thrrat»na to rite force utile*» regarding the Tateu Maru incident, China eurtendera absolutely in the mat have elicltwri from the Pekin govern ment the emphatic assertion that the ter of the eeiaed steamer. seixnre <<xnrTed on the Mgh a***, an<I Nina anarchiat leader* ham l«rn that, tberefi re, there wna no vl dation arrested in Chicago. of the law governing Portugal water«. SCH». ORFG »N Dr. J. 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