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CHAPTER XIX.
fmling <-all»d tipoo lo tsk» ■ personal
An hour iwuml without a word h»in| «bar« la Ib« couvcmtbvn
•. • -k - n by loa «maular tu«te«a Nh» «»at
“llow many did you bav«T"
to the «indo* from tima to tima, aa<l
"TWMty."
Iwitel uut aa if «X pectina aouvs on*
Ai
“llow tn-iih 4Id you rh«rg» f.ir them?"
l«n«th X\ alfar determinad to break th»
"Thrre dollars and • bs'.f ápice».■"
• ;|ei>ce, whi- h ha<l t«»<-uu» nppraaaiv*. It
TMt'* aev»nty dollars, isu't lt?‘
did not •••«•tn natural for two parsons to
"T<"
1» In tlx «atiw room ao long without
"W»IL you can stay her» all night It
•peakinc a word.
y«u want to. W« ain't U«ed to keepin* •
“I should think you would And It loo»- tavern, but you'll fare
well aa we "
«y living in ih» w-oxla away from any
"Thank you.
I wa» afraid I hlght
noightior»," h» said.
have to Stay out all night "
"I don't .-nr» for neighbor»," said th»
woman, ahortly.
•upper again, th« man «at down hasid»
"Have you lived here long?“
th« Are. and Walter ha.I a chance to «.»n
“Tbat'a a» |>e<.ple reckon time," was the hl» rough feature« There waa aotnethhig
an«« er.
in hi» appearnne« that Inspired distrust,
“You don't have far to go for fuel." and oiir b»ro wlshsd th» night w»r« twist,
waa the n-il remark of our hero.
and h» w»ra again <.n his way.
"I>ld you »ay you wa« a book peddler?*'
ahe lixjulieJ.
CHAPTER XX
I sal a I--.* agent."
Ahoot nine o'clock Walter Intimated a
1« your biiaineaa a «-xl on»?" ab» a«k de»ire to go to bevl
The woman lit a
I have done very well ao far, but then
have Ixx-n at It only a week."
"It's a gix-d thing to hava money," m H
the woman, more to heraelf than to Wsl
ti r.
"Yea," «aid Walter "It'a very conven
lent to hav<- nion«-y ; Inn there are other
tll.lK« ' hilt »p e -l<- tt-<
“Such as what?" demanded tha woman
abruptly.
"Good health, and a good conscience "
Nh> laughed scornfully.
"I'll tell you there1» nothing an food
• a money. I've wanted It all uiy Ufa.
and never multi get It. I»o you think 1
would live here In the wowla It ! had
money? No, I should like to 1» a lady,
and wear fine riot he«, and drive ab- ut
In a handsome carriage
Why are some
people s-i lucky, while I live in thia nils
«rable hole?”
"l'erha|>» your luck will cliang» some
day," he said, though he Itad little Inith
In his own word«. He wondered how the
¡all, gaunt woman of the liaekwixxls wo-ild
look dresseil In alike and salina.
“My luck never will change," she said,
luickly. "1 must live and di« in some
such hovel na thia "
My link has changed." said Walter,
quietly ; "hut in a different way."
"llow?" ahe asked, betraying In IsW
tone some curiosity.
"A year ago alx month» »go my f»th
•r wa* a rich man, or waa considered so.
lie wna thought to 1» worth over a hun
drml thousand dollars. All at once bis
property was awept away, and now I am
otiligol to earn my own living, az you
"llow did your father bwe Ills money?"
"By speculating in mine».’*
-rhe tn.-re f.-.l be !”
"My father la <lesd." ■ahi Walter,
grsrvly. "I cannot besr to hear him
blame«!."
"Humph!” ejaculated th« woman.
I
Sipe, t you are hungry."
"Yew.” said Walter. "I am: but I ran
• ait till your hu-tand «xime«."
Nhe took out from a «mall cupboard a
plate of br«-ad and some cold meat, and
laid them on the tal.l« Then ahe at«wq»-
ed aoma tea, and. when It was ready, aha
¡nit that also on tlx' table. Walter un-
deratood from tins that suppor was ready,
and. pulling on his shoes, which were
now dry, lie rnovsd bis chair up.
The woman |>our«d him out aorna tes
In one of the er ack cl cups.
The first sip of the tea, which was
quite strong, nearly csuse<l a wry ex
prresion on Walter's fa.-e, but be man
• ged to cvHitrol himself ao far aa not to
bvtray Ina want of relish for tha bev­
erage his hoate«« offered him The only
retleeming quality it had was that it
• aa hot. and. ei|»>ac<l aa ba had been
to th» atorm. warm drink was agras-
able.
—There'» some bread and there's some
trust, ’ «sid tha woman. “You can help
your«elf "
Walter at« heartily of th* food, and
Succeeded lu emptying bin cup of tea
lie Would liara taken another cup It there
had been milk and sugar, but II wa eloo
hitter to lie inviting
Walter pushed his chair from ths tabl»,
and sat down again before tbs lira. Nha
roae and cleared tbe tabla, replacing tha
bread and meat In lb» cupboard. Thera
was alienee for another hour.
Walter
wished It were time to go to bed. for
the presence of such a woman mail» him
feel uncomfortable. But it was too early
yet to »'iggest retiring. At length tbs
ailenee waa broken by a step Mtaids
'That's Jack.” said tbe woman, rising
hastily ; and over her face there came a
trarooent gleam of astlefaetion, the first
Walter bad olsaerved
Before eha could reach the door It was
e|ei...|. «1-1 Jack an I ere. 1 Walter h k
»1 up with »»me turluslly to a»» what
S'.rt of a man tbe buat-and of this woman
might I n . lie saw a stout man. with low-
•ring »yea. and matter red hair and
breed.
’They are fitly mated." thought our
hero.
The man »topped ahort as bls glance
r.»’rd Up- n Walter, and
ba
turned
quickly to bls wife.
"Who bsva you got bars, Meg?” he
asked. In a rough vole«.
"lie was overtakrn by th« storm, •nd
wanted me to take him In, and giv« him
MPP«r and lodging."
"lie's a hoy. What brings him Into
these Woods?"
lie says he's a book peddler.
Where are his hooks?"
1 have »•■ d them ail.
candle, and left th» room, followed by
U alter
Nba Id the way np a rough.
uniMÜnted staircase and opened the door
of th» room over th» one In which they
had been acateil.
Invoking around him. Walter found
that the chamber which he had entered
waa aa bare •« the room below. If not
more au.
so. There »at Rot »ran a bed
•lead, but in the curlier there waa a tx-d
on the floor with •um« ragged bed Hollo-«
spread over it.
"That's where you're to alrep," «aid
tbe woman, pointing It out.
"Good night," »aid Walter.
Hb» put tbe candle on the inantelpiec»,
for there waa no bureau or table in the
room, and Went out
•'Tina Isn't a very stylish tavern, that'«
a fact." thought Walter, taking a auirey
of the room. "I shall have a hard lied,
but I guess I can stand It for on» night."
There was something else that Iron
bled him more than the poor m-oiuiinv
-1stIona. The ill looks of his b*-«t and
hostess had made » strong Impression
upon his mind. Tbe particular inquiro-a
which they had made about hl* sucev*»
in selling book.», and their strong dreire
for money. le«| him to feel apprehensive
of robbery. He was in the heart at the
woods, far sway from assistance, and at
their mercy. What cvnild he. a buy of
fifteen, do against their cumbined attack?
He would have preferred to sleep in the
woovie without a shelter, railier than
hare plsred himaelf In their power.
l uder the Intlunce of Qua apprehen
aion. he examined the d«s«r to see if
there was sny way of locking it. But
there was neither hs-k nor bolt. There
had tieen a U-it once, but there w aa none
now. Next he looked alsiut the mom to
■ee If there waa any heavy article of
furniture with which be could l*arri«*ade
the door.
But, a» ha» already been
•aid, there was neither bureau nor table
In fad, there wa« alwolutely m> article
of furniture ezrept a single wooden chair,
and that, of course, would be of no w-r-
view.
"What shall I do?" thought Walter.
'That man can enter the room when 1
am asleep, and rob me of all my money."
leeiking atsuit the room, be noticed a
chalet, the d«M>r of which was bolted on
tbe outside.
Withdrawing the bolt, he
<i|«ened tlx- d -ir and l.eiked in
It • aa
nearly empty, containing only a few
articles of little or no value. A plan of
operations rapidly suggested Itself to Wal­
ter In caa« the r<s>u> should be entered
while he was asleep.
In puraiiam-» of
this plan be threw a tew iwnuire upon
the flúor of the cluaet. ami then clos'd
tbe door again. Next he drew from his
laxkelbook all the money It contain««!,
except a single flted-illar bill. The bank
notes thus remov«*«i amounted to fifty-
Nve dollar«, lie then drew off bis stock-
mgs. and. laying tbe bills in the bottom,
again put them ou.
Walter's feelings, as he lay on his
hard tn-d on th» floor, were tar from
pleasant. He was not sure that an at­
tempt would be made to rob him, but the
probability aevmcil ao greet that he could
not compose himself to sleep. Nus;>«n«e
wss so psinful thst he almoat wialx-d that
Jack would come up If he intended to.
II» waa tired, but his mental anxiety tri-
umpbiu! over his bodily fatigue, ami he
tossed shout restlessly.
It wss alxiut nine o'clock when he went
to lied Two hour« psaasd. and still there
were no signs of the apprebemle<l Inva
aion.
But, fits minute» later, z heavy
step was heard upon the stain-aae. which
creaked beneath th» weight of the man
aacrtidlng Jack tried to con» up aoftly,
but it creak»1 nevrrthelres.
Walter's heart Iw-at quick, as he heard
th» at»p« approaching nearer and nearer.
It waa certainly a trying moment, that
might hav» tested lb» murage of one old­
er than our hern.
Frewrntly the door
o pene-1 softly, and Jack advanced stealth­
ily Into tbe chamber, carrying a candle
which, however, nas unlighted. lie reck
<>n«d upon finding Walter undressed, and
his clothes hanging over the chair; but
th« faint light that entered through th»
window ahowM him that his Intended rlc-
tlm had not removed his clothing
n«» robber pauav-d a moment, and then,
stooping over. Inserted bls hand Into
Walter's picket. II» drew out the port-
etbook. Walter making no sign of baine
aware of whet waa going on.
"I've got It.” mutirre-1 Ja-k. with sat-
iafactlon, and «^althily retracsd bls steps
to the door. ||e went out. carefully dos­
ing It after him. and again th« at«j>a
creaked b-neath I. a We ,’it.
I
(OINIY.
O It EGON
"I'm afraid he'll reme badi when he
nd» bow little there is in it." thought
Walter.
"If so, I must trust to my
plan."
Th* door wss soon again thrown open,
ind Ja-k atrode in. bearing in his hand
» candle, thia time lighted, lie advanced
to th» bed. and. bending over, shook
Walter viguroualy
"What's the matter?" asked our hero,
thia tin» opening tua eyes, snd assuming
s h»k of surprise. “la it tin» to get
ttpr
“It'a time for you to get up. I've got
something to aay to you."
"Well." said Walter, sitting up In i*i
"I'm reedy."
“Where've you put the money you had
last night r
«
Walter put his hand In his pocket
"It was in my pocketbook," be Mid,
"but it's gone."
"Here is your pncfcetbouh,” Mid Jack,
producing it.
"DM you take It out of my pocket?
?* bat inaile you take It? Ih> you uweu
to steal my mooey?"
"?ea. I do. ami ths owner you hand II
over tbe hatter."
"I have some more money," said Wsl
ter; "but I h->|-e you will
“What made you take
...dre . .
■*11« e — 1 -I ight I zbouid tiara *
visit from you."
"What maile you think ao?" dem.-sn-1-l
Jack, rather surprised
"I esn't t»ll. but I expected a xislt,
•o I took out moat of my money and
hid It."
"11i«n you'd better find It again
!
<aii t wait her» all night, tret up. and
And me that money, or It'll b» tha worse
for you."
"I hid «otne money tn that rloaet." «»Id
Walter "I thought you would nut think
of looking there."
No sooner wa» the chwet pointed out
than Jack eagerly strode toward It and
threw open the door, II» entered It. and
began to peer about him, holding th* can
die In hl« hand.
“Where did you put It?*' ba Inquirevl
turning to .|ue«ti.ui Walter,
Itut he had ararcsly «|M«keu when our
hrro elose<i ths door hastily, and. twf-.re
J»< k cotil.l recover from hi« «urprlw. ba I
loll.-I It on th» outside
To a<id to the
discomfiture of the imprisoned robber, the
wind produced by the violent «lamming of
th» di«.r blew out th* candle, and he
found bimaelf a captive. In utter dark-
neea.
“Mt tne out. or I'll murder you!” h*
roared, kicking the Imrrier that »eparated
him from hl« late vh-tltn. now bls captor.
Mailer «aw that there was no time to
loae
The door, though «IroOg. would
probably n>nn give way before the
strength of hi« prisoner. When the lib­
eration took place, he must he gone He
held th» handle of hie carpetluig between
Illa teeth, ami. getting out of the wlti<!< w,
bung down. The diatanie was not great,
end he alighted upon th» ground without
injury. Without delay he plunged Into
th» woods, not caring In what dirmtioti
he went, aa long as it carried him sway
from bls dishoueat landlord.
|To be eotitlnued.)
Ihr Other llr«a<>n,
A tmtiuitrr rWInn at tin» age of
ninety with nu accumulatl< hi of >.>■.
OOO. I lie nays lie wants and In entitled
to a rest.
Nome Inquirers want to
know how he could have saved so
tin* highest
much oil >13 a week.
wngi-n i hr ever ras'elved. The answer Is
May. lie got >2 n day. lie lived on
cents a day. lie saved the dlff.tr-
etu-e. I lived lu New York on 5 cents
a day for nearly six months and was in
magnificent health.
Nome people
to live; others Ihr to eat. Aa the
chap on file ferryboat sold to
small boy:
"Honnjr, why does a pig estT"
” 'Cause tu-'s hungry."
"No, There’s another reason."
• w hut's datY'
"lie want« to make a bog of hint-
self.“- New York 1*1* «a.
MANY FAMILIES SEPARATED.
Property
In a Condensed Form lor Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Rnaums of ths Lesa Important but
Not
Less
Interesting
Events
of the Past Weak.
The great Paris strike has cnd«d in
a failure.
Wheat is booming in Chicago and has
gone above the >1 mark.
KmployM of all th«' paper trust's
mills have gone on a strike.
A man ha» been ktllrel tn Nevada by
a friend who mistook him for a d« <-r.
Great preparations are b«ing made
for the reception of the battleahlp fl«-« t
al Auckland.
Governor Hughes, of New York, is
. ■
agnituit betting men.
Eastern politieiana »ay Heantt's In­
dependence party has less chance if
• Pilling that tlx Six-caiist.-«
»
The United Stat«-» »nd Great Britain
are to unit« iu.d l-r.ng pressure to bear
on Belgium for reforms in Congo.
George A. Pettibone, leiulvr of the
Western F • i-ration of luibor, dutl in a
Ihnvi-r hospital aa a result of an o|«-r-
at ion for cancer.
Detective Burns, employed on the
San Francisco graft cam-», ids ••curing
K ■
a salary of >635 a month ami his
aistanta >I5U each.
Harriman says there should lx- an in­
crease tn freight rates in order to se­
cure gtMxl service. He favor« a read­
justment rather than a general in­
crease.
The pope will create ten new car
dinah next fall
The French government t« relent
ter.» in its light against labor rioter«
fin imn‘<n»e power ha» been gained
by Harriman through hu alliance with
(joui'd.
Roovcvclt hav reinstated a number
of Wc»t Point luzer* to be ditcipltlted
by the faculty.
The •ult.in ha* appeared on the
«trect* unattended (or the lirtt tune
during his reign
Cattrn ha* di«mi*«e<l I all Dutch con-
tula and vice consul* in Venezuela
and demand* apology (or insult*.
F, D Spaulding, a wealthy auto
mobile manufacturer of San Fran
cisco, perxhed tn the ' Yuma desrrt
Suit ha* been commenced again»:
....... Traction
........
jpany i<>r
the Cleveland
company
for
violating il» charter granted by the
city
Samuel
E
Moffat, an editorin'.
writer on Collier'* magazine, i* dead
He wa* a nephew of Samuel Clemen»
(Mark Twain).
One miner waa killed and two fa
tally injured in an cxplo*ion of ga­
in a coal mine near Scranton. Pa A
number of men were -lightly hurl.
Bryan i* busy on hi* speech uf ac
ceptance
Hot weather *et fire to a great coal
pile at Reno. Nev
Official* of the Philippine railroad
are making arrangement* to ex
tend it
Dismissal* of consul* may cause a
quarrel between the United States and
To dig one's own putataw-a. to stn»-h Honduras
ones own <*>rn. to pick olma own ap­
Report* are being received at
plM to pile one's own squashes at Republican headquarter* of babies
one's own barn! It I* like fllllng one's named after Taft.
system with an nntltoxlu before going
Gould ha* got money from Karri
Into a fever plagued country. Ou« Is man to pay hi* railroad debt*, and loti
-ititrol of the Wheeling road.
I linn nne to winter sfter this, provided
lie stsys to bake his apples In his own
M R Preston will not accept the
wi » h I fire,
one works himself Into a Sociali«t nomination for president,
glow with all his digging and picking and August Gdlhaus has been named
and |>lllng that lusts until warm weath­
Panama ta afraid the United State«
er nmies again, and along with thia want* to annex the country and
liarvewt glow comes stealing over him Roosevelt haw »ent a reassuring met-
ttie after harvest |«eare. It In th« ae •age.
retilty of Indimi nommer, th« mots? of
an at
Eastern railroad* have begun
_
tin- after harvest M-nwin. tq»in him— tack on a law passed by the last con-
upon bl in anil liln fields and woods.- gre*« limiting the hour* of continuous
tervice of employe*.
■ ■alias Dire Sharp In Atlantic.
lliiln«
< knees,
The Northwestern road han been
buying cars for the ru-h when the
He Y«m have a twautlful collection crops begin to move and expect« to
of prcwwil flowers.
have use for every piece of rolling
Nhr Yea; but I still need one vari­ stock.
ety to complete the collection.
There i* some talk of Cortely -u
lie You Imre but to name It and running for governor of New York
I'll move tM-aven and earth to obtain
The international peace congress at
It for you.
London i* supported by the king and
cabinet
Ahe Orange bi<«M»»iu*.
*
** hea
l-ewp-1'ear I «Irk.
the
Maid
l*r«>|ioaed.
The lea|vy«nr girl bad Just proposed.
"This Is «T ao sudden." stammer»!
the young man In the case.
"I am
dreatifully er embarrassed, and
"Fxiibsrraased!" «xrialuied th» fair
nuild. "Then I take It all back
thought y<ai had oodles of money.
Hold
Manager
Violinist
(Mate.
Do you play by note!
Nata« Vesta uuly.
Curacoa
Venezuela
tro’« merchandiie.
back sugar from
u*e none of Cat
Gould han rained needed money to
pay off hi« railroad indehtednet* with
out surrendering control.
The American car in the New York
to Pari« race han arrived at Pari«,
where tt received a great ovation.
The cashier of a Kenosha. Wi«..
hank »t<de about Id no-1 and give« an
hit excuse a desire to get married
Lots at Farm« Not
Than »2,500.000.
L«**
Spokane. Wash., Aug. 4. A special
from F' i rme, B. C., to the Spokesman-
Review, says;
I 1
;_
... | I,., -««;,, , th« r.- are *O
many living people without homes or
shelter or food to be looked after thnt
up to the present no effort has be. n
made to uncertain the number of th»*-«
who lost their lives.
In the district swept by the flam« a
there is estimated to have been sonic
7,000 |>»*ople. Two thousand of these
|H-<-ple have been sent west to ('ran-
brook and Elko, some 1,500 lied from
the flames to the northward and reach­
ed Hosmer and other place.* along the
line.
The Great Northern train took all
th«- people it could carry up th«- line,
fighting It» way through sheets of
flames before reaching a place of
safety.
Scores of families were separated,
hiikband» not knowing where their
wives and children were, and in *om«‘
instance* it waa ascertained this morn­
ing that members of the same family
were in Crenbrook, Femie and Hos­
mer.
The lowest estimate» of the amount
of th«' Io»* is placed at >2,500,000, and
as m arly as can be ascertained the in
«uranc«- carried w ill amount t<> some
thing like >1.500.000.
Of th« 7,000 1
people who hail been housed yesterday, i
3.000 have Ixo-n taken away. It is es- '
timated by the committee appointed
that there will lie 3,500 who will have ’
to be furnish«*! with temporary shelter
and food.
German Navy League Discover* Largs
Addition to Program
Soon
Have 21 Battleship*.
Ih-rlin, Aug. I. The Japan«-.- navy
will lak«- third place in 1911. according
to the bulletin nutilv by the (««-rtnan
Navy League in its August report.
"Notwithstanding the n»M-rti<ina of
Jnpan'» bad financial |«>sition," the
article My», "the so-call«d program of
1907 appear» to provide fur consider­
able more conatruction than has been
nqiortrd. Front a fully well informed
■piarter it la aflirmed that Japan, lie-
»idi v building the Hire«- battleship»,
Aki, "A," and "B,” and the four ar­
mored criu.»«r». Kurama, Ibuki and
"E” and "F," has appropriated money
fur four a«!ilitional battleship«, each
of 12,800 ton», and for five armored
cruiser» of 18,500 Iona.
Through ti.« .«- itH-r-i-. i s Japan will
push forward in I9IO-I9I1 to third
place in th<- world's naviea, Japan's
|su>ition withjgrcnt ships now being:
Ready, I I battlv »hips w ith a tonnage
of 191,400, an.I 12 large cruiser* with
a tonnage of 11.1.oo0; building, three
DEATH LIST GROWS.
battleships w ith a toi nag,- of 60,800,
anil four cruiser» with a tonnage of
Se nty-Four Said to Have Perished 66,900. to which must I h - add«-d tho««
, in Destruction of Fernis.
vi »- ls «-ml rat- I in th«- lat«--tjinforma-
Winni|M*g, Manitoba. Aug. 4. As a tion, namely, four liattl«-»hip» with a
result of bush fire« the town of Fernic. total of 83,200 ami ai d five cruiaera
I> t'.. I. w -. ■ I i l’ th.- I- .»p .< .
. h . I w ith a tonnage of 92.500."
cleans a slate. Michel, 14 miles dis­
tant, is in flames and the fate of Hos­
HEAT RECORD SMASHED.
mer and Sparwood, intervening towns,
is in doubt, they being cut off from Temperature in Chicago Register*
communication.
Highest in Eight Years.
Over ItHi lives are known to have
Chicago, Aug 4. August heat re­
been lost. 74 of them in Feniis.
A territory of UN) square miles is a cord» for the past eight year* were
seething mass of flames.
Through it smashed at 10 a. m. today, when the
are scattered humlreds of lumbermen mercury reached the 94 degree mark,
and pros|H-cton>. so that the actual loss which it had not attain««! since Auguat
5, 19uo. Having reached this mark,
of life will not be known for days.
The properties of th« Canadian Pa­ the liquid metal r«-*t«<l for a time, be­
cific and Great Northern railways ar«- ing at th«- Mine mat» at 2 p. m., but
destroyed, the bridges and rolling stock atarti-d up th«- tulx- later, determined
burned so that it is inqiossiblv to enter to break all r« «-onl* for th«- year '.Hi
ih-gri «•», mail«' July 23 lhehottMt day
or leave the burning area.
There is n<> possibility of estimating since July 21, 1901, when » mark of
the I< mm of life and pr«|M-rty which will 103 de^rr*-* waa aet. In spite of the
result, for th<< flames are driven by a high murk ri-.u-lu- l by tl.«- nx rcury,
half gale, making It impossible to put ther« was I«'«» suffering in the city
than th« re »an on -on.«- of the days last
up a fight against their advance.
The conflagration i« the grvat.'St week when th«' tim|x-ratures were in
Then, however, there waa
which has ever reached Canada and the 80».
‘
T<«lay it was dry »nd
ranks only with the San Francisco die- Ifent humidity,
n 15-iiiile wind waa blowing from the
aster.
For the past month forest fir«-* have southwi-Ht. TI uh kept tin' number of
been raging in the mountains of Elk death» and prostration« down.
F our deaths it- <1 '..’«I M'rtous cases of
river valley country, but they have not
Iwen considered serious.
Saturday prostration had been rejxirti'd up to 10
Tonight a cooling breexe
morning a heavy wind sprang up from o'clock.
the west and early in the afternoon ratin' off th«' lake, which lowered the
the flames appeared over tlic cr< st of temperature to H7degree*. Th«' police
the mountains to the west of F'ernie. killed 24 unmuzxh’d dogs.
7'his ran down the mountain aide and
I «fore a fire guard could lie organized
LEARN LANGUAGE FIRST
had entered the town.
FLEET PASSES TUTUILIA.
Foreigner* Ignorant of English Are
Denied Final Citizenship.
Natives Gaza on Great Battleship« at
Denver, Colo., Aug. 4.
A M-nnation
waa created in the Federal court today
Close Range.
Suvia. Fiji Islands, Aug. 4. The when Judge la-win, in throwing out
United States Atlantic fleet at H p. m. half a dozen naturalization canes, held
Saturday was in latitude 15:43 south, that a foreign bom person must iq>eak
longitude 17:24 west, being distant the English language In-fore he can
from Auckland 1,500 mile*. At 6:30 secure citizenship.
o'clock in the morning th«- fleet chang |
‘ cannot allow final paper* to lie
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» from . line of - squadron'
.
given," said th«- <■< urt, “where the
<ui • its ‘
formation
to single column, and at 7 o'clock juvrty recking th«- same is unable to
Il<- can­
passed the end of «-astern end of Tutu­ »|M-ak th«- English language.
illa inland, Samoa, and steamed clowo ned un<l«-r»tand the laws of this coun­
in along the coast, giving the people of try, its constitution or any of the acta
He
the island an excellent view of tho that go to prove hi» citiaenahip.
may hnv«- hon.i -t< udi I u|xin !«*nd, but
ships.
The station ship Annapoli* passed h<- muxt r< nd *n<l write r.nglteh i>Cfor«
close to the fleet off Pago Pago,
The h«- can a- -ur«- his linal pap ri and com«
lx for«- th«' court with a native citizen
usual honors were rendered.
At 9 o'clock the fleet resumed its who can swear he has known the *ub-
course for Auckland in line of squadron ject for » period of five year». ’’
formation. It hail reduced its speed
Standard's Foe in Europe,
to nine knots. The weather is fine,
though hot The collier Ajax arrived
Ranlo, I witxerland, Aug. 4.
at Suvia today.
I>ort» recei'ed here tod y from repre­
sentatives of the International Oil
Cart of Coal on Fire.
syndicate, which propneM to buck the
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 4. The Great Stue-lard Oil company all over Europe,
Northern officials have received word state that th<- outlook is bright and
from their division suftcrintendent at that th«- product of the- new concern
White Fish, Mont., that 65 ears of will find a ready market aa noon an an
coal and coke an-1 three briilgea belong­ effort in made to punh the trade.
The
ing to the company have been destroy­ syndicate managers are rapidly com­
ed by the forest fires at Femie. The pleting arrangements for an alliance
big bridge just west of the depot nt with the gnat Russian oil
firme.
E’crnie and No. 3 and No. 4 bridges Then« firms, it is understood, have ex­
aero«» the Elk river between Hosmer pressed a readiness to sell out.
and Michel have been wip»si out.
The
Canadian Pacific han lost two depots, a
Robbers’ Swag Fifty Thousand.
water tank and all of its cars at E'er-
Chicago, Aug. 4. Terrorising the
nie. A hurricane is blowing.
postmaster* of Northern Michigan for
ten years and stealing more than >50,-
Di« of Meat in Min«,
<XM> from the government, George R om
Virginia City. Nev., Aug. 4.
Half »nd Frank Roach are under arrest to­
a mile brn«-ath the surface of the- earth day. The bandits were captured by
am! 8,000 fret from thr mouth of the postal Inspectors Frasier and Clark in
Sutro tunnel, C. I'ucillini waadiacover- n hut in the woods near Escanaba.
e«l <lra>l thia afternoon with hie four When they were captured R om and
mules, killed by the h«-at in th« tun­ Roach had >10,000 worth of stamps
nel's depths.
ami postal orders in their possession.