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CHAPTER (V
(Continued >
•
1 bat Instant, umkr the spell of soft the »ide walls were scattered over the
music, Peter Const able knelt aa In a bottom of the cistern
Hs dropped sev­
dream to dr.nk at the fountains of In­ eral Ignited match«« Into the «-bomber,
spiration
The dinner call arouasd him sod determined to sis mine I tie place
The music *-»a«ed. and be was again tbe more thoroughly by day light
From the
faltering human ¡over. The path had native cabins cams tbs sound of a dug
teen l!lumlne*l only long enough to show barbing. A »nutter cliched In one of the
him that there was a shorter way.
upper windows of the plantation house
It seem»*! during dinner that I .ar a
"Therv’s be no doubt about It now."
had wnnething to My which the pr«aen*w hs thought grimly
"They'll pn^-eed at
of th» others forliade
Mm Stansbury once to shut me up for being mentally Ir­
went uputalra.
Breen and the planter reclaimable."
engaged in a
.*ky dis< usai.m of the III
That was a parched but brilliant dawn
erary per»»», itlons of one Herman Mel Ing. The blinding charge from the east
vllle. Tbe other two set out for th« changed the dew to steam before It touch
gardena.
«d the ground. The nr,re del ¡cats blue
"I h.svs wanted to tell you since morn sir ■ were withered In th. hr. ric burning
Ing how sorry 1 am," ahe Mid quietly.
when tbs sun was but an hour high
"I want you to know that, In spite of lira's faro was
ashen and darkly lined
■ le*'lai»n, I thank you fur your under the eyes,
The uigbt had been an
kindneM, and believe In your dee;«-r
evil one to her. evil with a at niggle ae
knowledge of our danger."
yet unfinished.
‘‘It's good of you to My that." he an­
"Peter, you're pulling yourself down,"
swered. "I never tried to persuade any-
said I' dc I« Joey after breakfast "Don’t
I rely to do anything before. I nuiv i*e
take Pc lee quite so seriously. I io to bed
Pelee too seriously, but I can't help It.
for a day, or, better stilb strain the
with you folks here "
Madame out for a 'lay s run and get sonic
Rhe laughed.
"And I thoii,-ht that
reel under the brwry awnings.*'
nothing short of an actual «rupi o i roti. I
"Wbat sort of a graven Image *1» you
disturb your equanimity "
think your slater's boy is, uncle?" Con­
"Did you ever read The Mtory of th«
stable inquired
"I'll get you folks »tit
Gndsby»*?*’ he asked
of the war sone, or »tay here until Pelee
"Ye»."
Is cool-—or a billion tons lighter."
'There 1» a big fragment of truth
"But don't you overestimate the chance
back of that. I>o you think I would have
of an eruption, PeterT*
played upon your Imagination and nerves.
"I ha vent finished ruy mathematical
and made a me« of things, If 1 hadn't
calculations, my dear relative. Holy nup
been afraid?”
tlals and capitals of hell!- I've teen all
"Afraid of the mountain? That'« not
over this before. Take my word for It.
like you. Are we about to see you down
an*l get set for a Start when the malls
below In tbe city, warning the people,
come in tomorrow mgrulng You are all
like t'a««nm!ra in the street» of Troy ?"
foolish virgins
I'm going down below
"1 have a dearer service before going
to see b*>w your city flourishes In this
down Into the city,” he answered.
It
furtia.« of a >tay. Who la the smug au­
was as if Breen and the day's rontempla
thority on I-*« Colonies, who undertakes
tion had made this moment Inevitable
to tell Haiti! i'ierre editorially that there
“That done. I could take up the work
there with sleeves rolled up and burst- is no „danger?"
”M. Moodrt ia th.' editor.''
•ng with anthetna."
"I should relish considerably the pleas­
"What service?" «he a«k«<l bravely,
though the trend of his words was as ure of ‘‘alking up the throat of M M ui b-t
black on white. Rhe was «tartled, un­ with several sheets of hla political con
spiracli-a
1 believe I shall call upon
ready.
'To put you out of the range of Pelee's him."
"We look Up to I.**« Colonies here, I’e
guns !” he Mid, with sudden vehemen*v.
Rhe had scarcely divined that there ter. iteuieinber thia Is not Montana "
"The tropica have enervated you, un
lived a lover In this man Hbe felt futile
lieaide him, and yet fused by hi« penetrat­ cle. You need to be l*orti again."
The hottest morning Saint Pierre had
ing vitality. Tn tier. It wa* the signal
moment in which the woman disrovers a known for years! The porteuse* were
gone from the highways. Rue Victor Hugo,
giant b* sieger at her gates
"They will hear you!" ahe found her­ the princi|>al thoioiighfarc, «•< deserted
,
were
self saying, In a «If stifled tone.
Vol-
"Let thetu hear me. I want you to be cloeed, the street venders silent,
aafe. Price is no study to uie now, but caulc ash lay io all the erevleea, and mi li­
Behind the eti ut
■ grim warning because you are here! gled with the turf
I can't keep my eye» from the volcano, doors children wailed. The tough little
nor my thought» from you. I>on't you mules, some In their psnnlers and with
know don't you know that you irept no one to lead them, hugged the east
From the byways came
Into the very heart of me a bit of a walls for shade
In ths offices
girl, telling me how to live my life? Yes­ faintly tbr atnrll of death
terday, when I found
the mountain ot l«-s Colonies Couatable found a breath
awake, all that I had ever done and ot coolness, for the outer air was admit­
M Monde! wel­
thought and felt turned to nothing < CO'»- ted a« little a» possible
Constable explained
I .a r«d to your life No matter what you comed tbe caller.
think or My to -me - I am afraid I for his purpose, proffered a card, and apolo­
gised for his French.
you !”
M Mondet was a tubby little man III«
The bead bending toward her fan*
hand** were white, soft, tapering, ring*.I
seemed huge in tbe dark, and hla lower -d
If you saw them alone,
you
would
voice charged with power.
promptly uncover, as is customary in the
"But ws will go to sea when tbe Pan
prutlmity of a woman, M. Mofldet did
ther comes," she Mid huskily.
not forget his handa
"lara!"
The voice wa« from
"1’elee has a bad look, tnonaleur," Con-
Rtansbury, in the upper windo-v of tbe
stabl« t*egan. "1 believe you could clear
house that calm, fateful voles.
tbe city ot ten thoUMnd people If you
"I must go!"
printed a vigorous warning against the
"Listen. I cannot tear to wait until
mountain . If you ordered tbe natives to
the Panther comeu!” be went oc Impetu­
take no chan*«», l*nt to flee, regardless of
ously. "I want* to put you «ifeiy aauore
their roala, chickens, coals, coins, or their
in I>oniinl<-a this night or Fort de
next city fathers T<> be Instrumental In
I'rance, or even on «hlpboard an.l I will Mrlng the live» ot ten thousand people
eome ba*A here I»o this for me. Lady T’ 1» not a service given to all men, mon­
"lara!" was called again.
sieur."
"Yea. mother
• • • No, |
Constable spoke «lowly, and was anger­
not go alone ! There won id never tie a ed by the reply of the editor:
home here again. I must go to mot her —
"But, tny dear M. Const aide, there is
oh, I cannot apeak now !"
no danger no danger, I assure you !”
lie stood alone In the d-trk.
“Mr, thia is tragedy black, rumbling,
that had hearkened attentively,
naked tragedy! 1 My there Is need for a
croak his ronnuent to the tuangq trera.
giant here, who would paint the possibiii
CHAITKH V.
NleeplesaneM ranged through" Consta­
ble's brain again, and he gave the night
to the old work of watnhlng the moun
tain, and beeping ths woman at hai. 1
From time to time, tmforv midnight, ba
heard the voice of Mrs. Mtansbury. The
girl WM with her. but seemed to make no
answer. The boons was all his own.
Through ths lower hall to the music
room; out to the veranda, the garden
paths and drive». from the window that
farad ths north. In his own room, to th«
summit of the Morns d’Orang» and the
shadowy lawns; through ash fog and
wlndbws moonlight he trod the night
away. The hours fell asleep In passing .
the ninon drowsed for ages In the cloud
gardens; the stars dimmed, disappeared,
and trembled forth again, as they bad
been. It seemed left entirely to him that
time passed; he had to grapple with th»
minutes one hy one. and light each hack
Into the past.
At the aide of the greet bouse to the
north there was a trellis heavily burdened
srllh Ilanas. Within, he found the orifice
of an old elstem. partially covered hy
unfixed planking, lie lifted the boards,
and the moonlight shining through the
foliage reflected in tbs «rater far below
A heavy w«*wl«n her .-ro«e»*l the rim and
was set stoutly In the masonry. Const a
hie lit a match Ills mind keealy grasped
each detalL A rusty -*•"
from
ties of that monster In living tire. A mun
might die In the foulest gutter, cursed by
the demons ot drink and disease, but with
a chant on bis lipa and 'vine leaves In
his hair,' if the memory of such a service
aa may be yours were with him at the
last !”
The French editor found himself look
ing into a lean, tanned face that flushed
and paled In turn.
Moreover, he was
uneasy on account of a pair of Iran,
tanned handa which lay lightly and rest­
lessly upon the knees of the man before
him. These hands seemed to be the po­
tent embodiments of hate and aw I fine*«.
Tbe manner of their low leaping created
tbs impreesion that their leashes were In­
secure. and tbe Immaculate cravat of M.
Moodet felt tight upon his throbbing
thro«!.
TVrbapa it la well that you called,"
be Mid with haste, leading out his caller
with the delicacy bred of the fear of
dynamite.
Constable left, unsatisfied. The clock
In ths Hoopital I'MIlltalre struck the
hour of sloven. Constable slowly ma U
hla way to the water front and beck to
the Rugar (.ending. His launch was still
waiting there at tbe stone pier. He had
sent out word to Captain Negley for
steam to be kept up night and day. A
small crowd was gathering on ths shore,
slightly to ths north ot tbs Rugar I-and
Ing. Constable horn«- thither A bla.-g
woman bad fallen, from the sun.
bn- !«- « ’•> •
ther »n the b irn ng sand
a Irsy
■ »ke» from her head. * uakvd
Ixlie from her «rm*. Constable had th*
st rubro creature platvd In the launch and
lakru out t«> his ship for care, «eliding a
The negrura
nativ» «kn-tor after her.
regarded him with curious adulai Iva The
water front would kuow him when he
estuo again.
"lib. I say, friend* ot mine," be an
nouuced in Frrn<b. "it any of you bava
•lek wiles or little ones, send them out
to the ship yonder, and they will It* cared
for. No. It I« not a hospital, where tees
• rv charged Just a temporary
refuge
from the heat for thr women and little
»new. Tell your neighbor» Iler* is nwuey
to hire buats. I can crowd two hundred
labe« and mothers un board,"
The thought ut a brodi of cookie»»
turned his »ti-;«s to Per« Kabegul's litt!»
»tous »Imp III the Rue do Risoli. Light­
headed from the beat, and the root ot
each hair prlchllug Its Individual warn­
ing. be a»*viid«-d the terraces and sank
down In the tlarktie« at last, In hla old
arai tinder the round window, The shop
was quits deserted. Moments ;«wl. a«
he fanned himself with his limp straw
bat. A large pls«-» of .-ardUxnl Isy upon
lb« table. II* turu*-l It u**r Idly A pen­
cil «ketch adorur*! the side which had
lain against the wood. The n*allsation
sss in«tantane*>iis that no cuuiniuii hand
had wrought tbia work.
the figure was that of a grown girt—•
Horunia and the altit.i'ie of e>p««-tan*-y
brought out qusvrly the graceful and ar­
dent knee of her figure. A wreath of
blossoms wns entwined In her hair, and
au old Frenih urn hung from her band.
The sketch »•-en.ed tn be a series uf happy
after thoughts, with not a line too luu.h.
As he studied It. with Interest and curi­
osity, < ..nstable t»--ti'..e i~ons
is of low
«ol*-«» in tbr court l*»hiii*i
He arose,
with no Idea of stealth, and stepped to
the rear dour
Suronia an*I llay.l.-n |tr«*-n were stand­
ing ■ lu»e together In the denser «hade «1
tbe far end of the court
The sung bird«
were »tilled in tbe torrid BOOB, Tbe
girl's profile, a bewltrbing thing wrought
of animated (»1*1. was upturued to the
eyes of Breen, and she wna listening with
■oulful Intent
Hby Huroula, mistress of
the «hailows, wa« called from her hiding
place at laat to hearbm unto the whls-
ll«r heart seen»-
|*ering« of an American
ed to wait upon his words.
A «mile crept over tbe fact of ths
watcher. Ilia feelings were strange in­
deed The.» wa« a nobility In Ihe figure
of llreen, «landing there among tbe huge
banana Iravea* The watcher withdrew.
Die «ketch upno th« table remiti.led him
that S*>r*Hila hod r.>l*rd tbe art. long-
burled. Perhaps the vivid maiden had
■
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at :. I ,.*■■. I
The «ky had liecom« overcast
Pelee's
cone wa« not vi«ll*l« from the «tr««ts. A
■liarp iletotialion cleave*) the darkrnmg
air. and from the «hut bom»-« the anew er
issued, an answer partly stilted, but vib­
rant with fright the quavrrlng cries of
age and *-bll*lho*el, sharp, low »cream»
from thr mothers, tbe «tillro undertone of
men
A «ulMlue*! drumming came from
the north now. <ompl»tlng the tossing
curreuts of aoUlld In the streets All this
was rubbed out Instantaneously b; i ie
rles of thornier crash«« A >h-lug« of a«h
,onipHeat*-d the shroud of n**on<lay. and
the curse of sulphur pressed down. Ths
highway» fill«*! magically with a crying,
'■ruu' hkig. gray lipped throng
The \m*-rl*«n wa« running through the
burned, ;**»l«on«*l air. A Woman •!retched
out her hand« to him a« be pa«s»*l
A
niulstlo youth fell In al hi» heel« Other*
followed. The white man wa« the sub­
limation of flight. Itown the terrace» to
the llue Victor lingo th* runner« made
their way, augmented as an avalanche
gain» weight and Impetus
At the main
thoroughfare, the «eeminsly maddened
lea'ier turned toward the Morn* d'Oratige,
and staggered up the slop* toward th«
plantation house.
(To be continued )
Aw
Sat < «>nar»wrlsww.
When Ab del Ilakk was fwair he Wilt
otw day traveling acr<sai a weary plain,
any* the author of "Life In Muriavo,'
and wns very hungry
Ho lie came to
the house of the Widow Zulililll, win.
was also |»mr; but when he made
known bls w ant she act before him two
hard boiled eggi*. all the f'«*l tlu-rv Wii*
In her houae.
I .a ter, when Ab del llnkk lived It.
.Mnrnkeali and was very rich. Mrludl,
the lawyer, disliking him. pernuadnl
the Widow Zu Id 11 h to sue him for the
eggs; but not for the eggs alone, for
they would have become two chickens,
which In time would have *0 multiplied
that thr whole fortune of Ah del Ilakk
would not now pay for them. When
the <-nse .-nine to trial the rich man war
not In court.
"Why la the defendant not here?"
demanded the Judge
"My lord." aald his attorney, "be la
gone to aow Isilhsl beaus"
"Hulled Imans?”
“Boiled brane, my lord."
"la he mad?"
"He ia very wise, my lord.”
"Thou mockeet!”
"Surely, my lord. If hard ladled eggs
can be hatched, boiled henna will
grow "
The suit was promptly dismissed,
wth coata to the plaintiff
A Casual ninaUee.
ftortnr Yea, madam, your two ama
are fettina on very nicely. The elder
st -d the <qmrati<in for the removal of
the appendix exceedingly well.
Mother oh. g"*»l gracious, doctor!
That'a the wrong one He's the nii-aaly
ana. It's th» other one that has ap
pMullcitta
Baltimore American.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered troni All
Parts ot the World.
PREPARED FÜR THE BUSY READER
Lass Important but Not Less
Inter-
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Japan will toon withdraw her troop«
from North China.
Austria'« design« again«! Turkey are
opposed by Ru««ia.
Cholera ha* broken out among Rus
siati hospital nurse* and caused a
panic.
The fir«! football death of the sea­
son ha« been recorded al Waterbury,
Conn
Dalai I ama. of Thibet. 1* visiting
I'ckin, where he wa« received with
great ceremony
American* have been warned to
stay away from the Yaqut country as
the Indians arc troublesome
The «learner Wolverine, which ply»
on Lake Winnipeg 1* missing and
may have been lost in a storm
J J liill became lost in hi* own
tailroad yards at St Paul and wa • re*
bilked for being there by an employé
who did not recognise him
Wilbur Wright continues la make
flight« with his aeroplane at Leman*.
The (lights arc nude both
I 1 nice
w'ltli and without 1• •mp,.:o.ms
A hurricane »wept the Bahama 1«
land«
A number of vessel* were
wrecked and town« wiped nut
It is
said to have exceeded the storm ot
I'l'd, which has always been a stand
ird of comparison
The Indiana legislature has pawed a
local option law
A steamer ha* arrive*! at Ran Fran
risen with a ease of cholera.
Turkey is arranging for its first elec
lion when a parliament will be selected
The American battleships Maine and
Atlanta have left Naples on their way
home.
English authorities declare the • AV
ings banks in schools of Lmdua I have
proven a failure.
The Canadian Pacific is said to I have
bought th« White Pass railroad, which
run» from Hkagway to Whitehorse.
Home of the railroads are almost »bort
>n rolling stuck after months when
there were idle ear* on every sidetrack
The coroner’* jury hold the freight
crew to blame for the wreck on the
Northern Pacific al Youngs Point, M»n
tana.
The first word from Peary ha» been
r -reived by the I'e-ry Arctic elub. ll<
left North Greenland for the north Au
gust 17.
Miss Katherine Elkina, of West Vir
ginia, will marry an Italian duke, On
their way home the couple will b« ns
corted by several Italian wnraliips.
Leslie Carter, one-time capitalist
• nd promoter of Chicago, is dead.
Cholera in Manila will prevent the
reception to the fleet a* planned.
Fire at Oakland, Cal., destroyed al
m.Mt .in entire bl*.* k. entailing a Io»»
of »100,00 »
The wind has died down and dan
ger from the Eureka, Cal, forest fire*
has greatly abated
J E W Clark, an Alaskan, is on a
visit to I'acihc coa«t cities and ha*
¡mt seen his fir*t trolley car.
The epidemic of cholera at Manila
«eems to be under control The daily
average of new case* ha* fallen be
low 30.
Roosevelt ha* refused to grant *
petition t<> »top Sunday baseball in the
army, declaring that the game ia fine
escrcice for the men
A combination hat been formed by
Pacific and Atlantic steamship com
panic* to secure European trade in
competition with the transcontinental
railroad*.
Representative* from the principal
eitie* of the Pacific coast have started
on a trio to Japan to cultivate the
friendly relation* of tbe brown bus
ine«« men and offset anti Japanese
sentiment.
Thaw has been summoned to Pitt»
burg for contempt in connection with
Thia ia
bi» bankruptcy proceedings
«a i<l to be a part of the scheme to
liberate him.
Rockefeller had a narrow e<capr
from injury in an automobile acci
dent.
Eastern Oregon hat had it* (irti
«now Only a flurry lasting a few
minute* fell
Portland i* to clo»e up its red light
district, and extra police have beer.
provided for the purpose.
IGNORANCE OF SANITATION
Lower
Class»* in Russia Refute to
B* Vaccinated.
Ht. Pelerai urg. Hept. 2ft. Hines the
l.eginuiug of the epidemie there bave
l-s-eu Ifi.dal eases of Asiatic cholera re
ported in Russia and 7.102 deaths. In
Ht. Petersburg alone, since tbe presence
of the disease wna officially admit tel
Hcptember S, there have been 4,931 cases
and 1 *71 deaths reported.
Die figures with reference to the iu
vaaion of this city by tbe <li»ea»o can
not l c relied upon ae on a number of
oecaaions authoritative anurcea showed
the number of eases and death* Iu a
single .lay to le far in exec« of that
announced by the authorities. There 1«
«n appreeialds betterment of the sani
tary condition* and consequent decrease
in tbe disease a* shown by the figure»
given out Hunday.
For the 24 hours ending at noon th*
number of n*-w cases in the city wa»
Li< and the number of deaths 143, a»
.« mpared with 312 new eases and 153
leaths for the previous 24 hours.
Difficulty has been experienced in
b-ivling with the workmen of Ht Peters
burg, who with their families comprise
three fifths of the population for they
were unable and unwilling to comply
Thr
with the sanitary precautions.
■ ’ • ' W ■ I ■ ’ I * * ■ 1 I I ■ I t ' '
•upvratitl. 11 greatly itierea«« the dlffi
euitiea of the situation.
During th*
irlu-r stag*-« of thè epidemie few could
l*e prevailed u|*«n to undergo preventivi
inoculation, which is provided free ot
barge, but latterly the But borii ie»
.ave made inoculation compulsory tn
some quartern of the city.
SITUATION MOST SERIOUS
Unbroken Drouth in East Is Raising
Havoc With Industries.
Pittsburg, Hept 2ft
With loss*-« ng
s*-v.-r.il tni’ili 01 -lo.hir, fr.ui
forest Ores, and heavy damage to cr*>p«
ind livestock, and the reported loss ot
1 number of lives due to fighting till!
her fires; the enforced Idleness of thou
■ends of workmen owing to suspension»
because of lack of water; the author!
ties anticipating serious epidemics of
-inlagioua diseases, sail many snial.
streams dried up and practically oblit
-rated, tbo drouth of IftOfi, which ha*
icld western Pennsylvania, eastern
Hiio and West Virginia for two month»
oinaina unbroken
While in the Pitts
burg district tbo water supply is suffi
■lent to carry on all business, tbo low
Rage uf the rivers lias caused a con
,■.-•! ion uf much coal in this vicinity
Every available barge and float ba>
been loaded with coal, and at present
'.here arc almost 20,000,000 bushels In
th» Pittsburg harbor.
About 15,1 >00 miners employed in th*
river nunc« along the Mimuugiibela val
lev are out of work.
In all aections of the dry none pray
•re are offered up daily and these peav
•ra will continue until they are an
«wered with rain.
Parched and Suffering Eastern
States Welcomes Rain,
it» '
»OREST EIRES ARE EXTINGUISHED
Had Just Destroyed
Village
in
Adi
rondacks When ('ownpour Be­
gan
Cold Wave Is Due.
Washington. Sept 3«
The drouth
which has prevailed over the entire
eastern section of the I’nited States
for month* 1« broken
Rain has been
general over the entire affected irca
I hr weather bureau announced last
night that the heavy rains would lie
followed by a drop in the temperature
• od.iy
l ore, alter (i.irriot «aid it
would lie about 35 degree* cooler
K un» will crave toniororw in the Mui
lie Atlantic vtate*. but may continue
for 34 hour* longer in the New Eng
land States, which, until late yester­
day. had not shared in the general
precipitation.
Adirondack Village Burned.
letica. N \ , Sept
Rain began
falling it t Ir.irwatcr and I ong 1 .ike
yesterday and it 1* reported that indi­
cations arc tor a viiffn-icni downpour
to stop the tire ravages.
\ lire which destroyed the village
•I I "tig I akc \\ < »1, causing a loss of
H-'t.iioii, »wept through the forest so
apidly that the firefighters had to
1er for their lives
It is reported
that
<*rte<l that
luroig the hv four tons ol dynamite,
<ln. il li III 111 CH rut in for use upon
the railroad and tn (ightiiiK the fire,
-xplnilcd < iu*ing great destruction in
the iinnw-diatc vicinity and badly
twisted the track«
Reports indicate that many exten­
sive private prr-erves tn the vicinity
•f Lung I akc West arc being (ire-
■ wept
Chav.mr Park. Dr Seward
\\ < bli's estate is burning anti there
ire fires in Harry Payne Whitney'*
*o,ooo acre estate
r
Rain Fall* in New York.
New York. Sept
2ft
The long
Irouth tn New York, New Jersey and
Penntylvania, which has resulted in
-i-rioii« forest fires, «topped industrial
pursuit« and caused a water famine in
many district*, has been broken by
rainfall*.
The drouth, which ha» been the
most prolonged in many years, has
lasted about eight weeks
So seriou*
have been its cffrci«, especially hi the
ountry district«, that prayer* have
been offered up in many vhurche* for
relief. •
Rain Puts Out Fires,
Glens Fall«, N Y, Sept 30
The
forest fire» th.it have been r.iging in
the foothills uf the Adirondack* in
this section for several weeks were
■xlinguishcd yesterday by heavy rain*.
WHAT IS HAWAII »
Judge Dois to Decide Important Cass
Involving Statu* of Island*.
Honolulu, II I . Srpt 29
I* Ha­
waii a territory of the United States,
is Arizona and New Mexico, or is it
n insular postcssi<ni, .,< Porto Rno
STUDENTS FIGHT DISEASE.
m<! the Philippine island*? This I*
hr question that Judge Dole of the
Drafted in Manila to Battle With Epi­ • luted States district court has been
ailed upon to decide and attorney* all
demic of Cholera.
■ •ver the island* are awaiting the an­
Manila, Hept. 29. There were H new swer !•> the question, aa il will effect
■aaee of cholera and threo deaths re
he status *>f nearly every legal prob­
ported for the 24 hours ending at h lem that has conic up for solution
>’clock yesterday morning
Practically once the annexation ol the Hawaiian
island*.
he entire staff» of the bureau of sei
The issue was raised in the case of
•nces and the local medical sc bools have Manuel Ferez ami Augusta Walsh,
A
been drafted into the service to fight ndicted under the I dniund* act
the disease. The two senior classes of dca <>f former acquittal wa* filed by
lie attorneys for the defense, it being
‘he medical schools »re acting as nurses
illegcd that the defendant* were
A serious situation ia caused by tb<
irotecuted for the same offense ami
<upply of disinfectants running very icquittcd in the district court last
ow. The bureau of sciences is expen April.
The point of law raised by this plea
nenting with electricity and sea water
is whether there arc two sovereignties
'o produce chlorine for use until th*
•r one in Hawaii
If there are two.
is in a state or territory of the United
tew supplies of disinfectant* arrive
Enormous quantities of disinfectant» State*, a former acquittal in the eourt*
■f one jurisdiction is not a defense in
have been need in vigorous effort* t<
i court of another jurisdiction
But if
-leanw the entire city.
Hawaii is not a full territory and there
s only one sovereignty, an acquittal
n any court i* a bar to further prote­
New Party in Cuba.
ction on the same charge.
Havana, Cuba, H.-pt 2ft. That the
Liberal party will lose (he entire negro
Cholera Claim* Many Victim*
vote in the coming election «eema »•
St Petersburg, Sept 29
The num­
«ured. as the result of an attack mad*
>n a ma«s meeting of negroes by a mol ber of new cholera ca«e« in the niu-
if Liberals. The fact that ths negro liripal hospitals for the 34 hour*
■lenient pr..|H.««.J (o form a nation» • nded at noon yesterday wa* 263 and
onrty angered the Liberals, aa they saw the deaths I ».I. The statistic* for the
that such a party would draw more from previous 24 hour* were 26* and 143,
heir rank« than from the t'onaerva respectively
I mht hospital attend­
ives. General Estenog. leader of tbr ant* have come down with the disease
negroes, han announce,! that hi» party and the other attendant« are in a state
« a certainty, as his follower» cannot of panic Great difficulty is being en­
io | mi to »ccure their rights without a countered in persuading them to re­
party of their own.
main at their post*
Premier Stolypin
ha* written a sharp letter of censure
to the mayor of St Petersburg re­
New Coal Field Found.
Victoria, B. C„ Rept. 2ft
A rich find garding the condition*
A fire believed to be of incendiary •f good eo»| with a seam eight feet in
origin destroyed filOO.oOO worth o width has been located a* a result of
• he boring st Deep Bay, Vancouver I*
property at Redding, Cal
land, almut three mile* south of I'nioa
Wu Ting Fang. Chinese min.«te
Bay. by the Wellington Colliery com
to the United States, is to be replace
•nnv of R. Dunsmuir's Hons. The seam
will l-e worked aa soon as arrangements
, in November. Chung Men Yew i« t
«an t>e made to sink on it.
1 be hi* successor.
Cholera Declina* in Manila.
Manila. Sept 3» -The cholera con-
tinuea to decline, Bnt 10 case* wer«
reported during .1 period of 12 hour*
yesterday.
Mrs. C A Carter, an
American school teacher, 1« among
those stricken
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