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9 J □ '* .9¡ voi I.IXX : Aunt Diana The Sunihint of the Family « ••••••••••••••••••••••a nted rather coldly, tint her ¡shed r.hra she found Roger ant to o|»poee «hem. Rhe s* dislike t aer partner , weil «■wotr.ted game. an drew V a crowd of ep*«-tatoT* ■m, her 1 abili and animation do Captain Harper Minai* waa • i-hlng them n aiher curlouUy “I did not kmiv ar Al.s*.n was euch a good sai«! at last, whro Kva Joined n llarper did not evert b in mu«-h w >ea he pUy««l with «lisple» Mrd t •s of her h'-»‘L iw» «e ar» wai -king him. «tail- »st put» him on hi» mettle,” re r friend. ■oothingly . Eva," M«l*-l said presently, Am u« Anna look •«» well.” Hardwick I anted her long n*-k '•u«ly. »ud r»*»r<!cj her »i»ter ■urpri««. ■si m«««t be Alison'» doing,” »he sal-l evkb-at pimsurr “Anna «ever did h«r ovu h«!r. I ata »lire of that." But her !iaiil»«une fa-w c|o*id«*d »till more when XI ¡Mie proewde«) to take her Ko task. “You ought to look after her a little more. Eia,'' asid Miaale. “You have so n>ti--h taate yo«ir»etf you «»»hl to help her « bo«»» her dreioww. I »hotiid he ashamcl If my sister kwteed a* dowdy as Anna gen erally d-»e*.’* Th» r«wt of ths afternoon pa«»e«l like • h»ppy dream to Anna. Mhe playel an other game «¡th Roger, who »evmed bent on having her for a partner -. and after war«!. wh«m Alison ha«! »«weedeil In »hak « ■ ' ' «¡' » i> 11« ,- r ».» • 1 . ’ ■» > f her manner a fine «L-gree of girlish hau teur and civ.ln«-»» not easily to he mis taken, ths three «at together, paa»lng kindly remarks ou the rest of th* eum- l«ny. lint the crowning happiness of the af temoun to Anna was when Missis ad- dr«-«s«d her In ths <x»t«des<'cndlng manner of one «ho «-«infer» a benefit. 1 '>’1 have not h«x-n to e.-o im lately,” «die »ai«L «piits graciously. “| have tol<! Eva that she must hritig you eometimos to talk to Alison.” Ami after this Anna’» cup of Joy iwrmed overflowing. Maples tolerable di crowd«! wl pesram» at noon. T dre w «I'll ; but tb* Alison had round an no drotrs to th* baml ready ezei away In • wch r»mr <lp to them m «-vnrpany with a tall, »lark <»>an. “Mabel, dear.” she aaH, almost ignor ing Alivon, “I ill I«t IntrodiK-v Tony to you my rousin. Captain Harper. Tony, thia 1» my »-»;>-'• al ft ■ nd, and I ahall ex pect you to pay her a great deal of at t««ntion, on peril of mr <li«pl*a»*irc." “1 am too happy t-> perform stb-h a plcnaing duty. I am »ure," li»)»ed An thany, but his b<><<t in A - ><■• p »«--I over Miw<ie's simp-ring ; :iy little fn.e t«> Alison's. “Is this anotJier special friend of yours, Eva?" I......... twisting his nius tachs and looking full at ber as h* «¡ m A* I somewhat rolu«-tant!j , Al on bo«. I a lit tie haughtily; ah-- w«s not pre| HMseMmd with Captain ltar|«-r‘« api*-aran«-e, and she d»*t»«rmin«-d to 1 ive as little as powtl bl* to.«Io with him: h* «--«-med about to »1 *-ak to her. hut abe tumrii »tiddenly to Mi»-« llarduick "1 do mH aee your aiater,” *b«- «ai.l, In a low voice. "Oh, I daresay not," she anawerod, careleaaly. "I never kn<-w Anna ever CHAITEU XIE ready for anything : she I* not half dresa- "I hank you, Ma!»*l dear, for what you ed. I «UIH’OO- Now. Tony. y««i must have said to Anna," said Alimin, grateful take Malw-I f r yo»tr partner in tbe tirst !y. as they left tbe ground» »»f Maplew.««I set, and E<l.:.nr l»nw«o:i and Mis» b'r«nr- "(th. of course, I gave Eva a pl««e» of land «ill play ngainst you." my mind. She ia always ao reasonable "We had b« tter tak«« our places then.” and »w*et t*mp*re«l that I never hav* any drawled Captain Harper; and, left to her- difficulty. Anna may now to The Holm« •elf. Alison turned to Roger and usk.-d *« oft«m as «he likes." Then, with a him to walk with her to th* house. perceptible effort to seem at her roe, ahe "I am going In aeari-h of Anna," she continue«! hurriedly ; "Eva 1» going to •aid as «.lie lift him. a l 41* a»k«-d one bring her «vxisin to aftern.win tea to-mor of th* servants who was Just ent«*ring t-he row. I hope It will be line, and then we tea room to tak* h«-r to Anna's iwdrooni •-an set tbe table tinder the Hme trees; The maid lo>ik»-d surpriio-d. but she put our ilrawing room Is such an ugly ro««ni." down h.«r tray at once and jire. .-d-d All- “IM you m«-au Captain Harper Is «x»m aon U|»«tain«. Ing?" return*»! Alison “Oh. Mabel I how ■“That is Mi»» Anna's room," »he said, «■mild you ask him? I am «ure papa » 111 point lug to the door: “she i« dn-ssing, ! not lw plea»*«!. | do not like him al all: believe. A hamj er of flowers «-ante, and hi» manners are »-• artificial ami die- only Just fiiiislie«! arranging ah* has agreeable." them” "It 1« a pity you dhl not at«*p at River- "! dare «av I «hall be al*’* to help her." •ton.” she returned, in an Injure«! voice. returneal Ali-on, kno-king at the door. "f»»r non* of tmr Chesterton folk, with “My dear child." • v< ..»¡m«-«l Al— m. In a the exception of that stupid Anna. «*eiu aurprl*--d voice, a- •;»-•«• *.-.d, "why. you g«Mid enough for you I think Captain hav* not begun to dr»-«s." for Anna was Harper charming. an<! I am sure pa;-» standing at the window in h*r gray linen will lie pleased with him unless you act gown, eiidently watching the gay w-ene. him agalust the poor fellow.” And here but ths tear» were rolling down h*r Mi*-le l«>»ke<l <!e«*!drdly cro««. cheek* "Y«ui may I* aure that I shall any noth ”Oh. 1 run not drees now," ehe »»’»bed ing to papa,” replied A Hem, with so mm-h a* Alison kla- d her. "it is mi late, and I dignity that Mi««ie was alleneed. Hut aui »o tired; Eva »aid the flowers niu«t she waa terribly aunoye«l all the same, and lie «¡one. and I have only just finished t.*»h Roger Into b«-r «vaifl»l*n<v, exacting them. I »<w Mr. Boger and you an«l from him a promise that h* woiih* be pres Mn!w-I com* in, and I di<! •<> long to «-»itn* •nt at all risks. out. liut n >w I am just tired out, and I "I'erhaisi I am wrong." she remarked, can't stop crying.” candidly . "I am always ao ready with my "Oh. you will cheer up directly, and likes and dishkea. Hut ! can not bear I am going to stop an«! help you,” re Captain Harper, »nd It is odious to me tiirtnol Alison, brightly. “Rathe y«nir to pour out his tea for him" eyes nlili •>>:»* eau <le-roio»n* »ml watrr Alison's anxiety was aoon act at rest I will be ba>4t in a momsnt.” And run The party from Maplew«iod, im-ltidltig Bing downstair» Aiis-m tui-l* her way lest, Anna, had not long b**n gatber«l timb-r the tea room, am! after a few word» with tbe Hme trees liefore Mr Merle made his the good-natured maid »he bad already appearance, greatly to her delight and Scowled, she was soon provlcied with a Mlasiv'a diMvimtiture. AU»*n never found cup of coif«-» and some delitfloua h*.kin^ out If Roger had betrayed her trust and cake. given hie father warning of the expected “Now you ar» to leave off crying ami guest. Hut there was mi mistaking the take these g«**l tilings I have brought coolm-M of his manner to Captain Har you.” cviate.l Alison, “and then I will help per. That uiilii.-ki individual was cl*arly you to dress. You are tlrevl and wor not at bis *«•*. and certain); no Induce ried, but the <^>ffs» will refresh y«>u'' ment was held out to him to repeat hi. Hut Anna's answer was a fresh burst of visit. tears, as ah» threw her arms round her As aoon ». the unwelcome visitor had note. «!*|iarte«l Mr. Merle ex;wi d himself ». "Oh, Im« kind you are to me. 1 <ki love inu«4i dl»plea«e<| to flrnl Captain llarper you so; no on« aver took auch trouble for (hers; indeeil, his severity quits over- me before.” whelmed Missie, and she retired in flood« “Th*n you must thank me by enjoying of learn. the coffee," laughed Alison, but a sym "I’apa is never angry with me." she pathiaing drop hung on her own laah««a •obbed ; "this must he yo«ir fault. Alison. Neverthel»-«s. she talked on cheerfully un You bars come bnniv to stir up strife am! til Anna had dried ber eyes and drunk turn istpa against me." her coffee, and then »he «»Mixed her to “iMn't lie absurd. Mat»!," returned All- let ber brush her hair and arrange It. eon, a little crossly; "you have brought It Anna sal quite patient and docile under all on yourself. I’apa seem» angry with Alison's bands; sl>* di»l not even ks»k at me. too. ami yet you know I am not at hersrlf till the pretty cream colored drew all In fault. If you <io wrong you must was fastened, am! the flowers arrange«!, bear to be arolded. I’apa saye hs 1« and i lien Aiientl l«-d ber to the glass. quite ab«MAed at our forwardness. Ymt "Why. I h»-k quite different; what see. be blame» me, too. He say» no one hare yo«i done to me?" observed Anna, iu but himself or Roger ought to Invite gen a tmwildered tone. "I am not like my tlemen to the house, and Miao felgh says ilot sama. Ils tol«l <«* after you left the a.;.' al all." "You have never taken enough pains room that hs would take rars that Cap with your appearance,” «he replied. tain Harper should not repeat his visit, They were met In the hall by Roger aa be waa not the Sort of man ac and f'aptain Harper: the gentlemen were qiialntanr» hs could approve hia daughters." •viilently in search of them. Missis dissolved Into fresh tram on “I thought y«Mt had loet yourself. Ab I sm aure it Is not papa's Ile.' observed lloerr; ami an he turned to hearing thia, ber eompnnhin a !<>« whist le of astonlah- real opinion,' • he persisted In aayln» ment hrefce fpitn hi. lipa, and was at ones Roger had put him up to It to «pit» her promptly »uppr«-»a*d. and Eva. Wks’ would Eva say If she ”1 did noi kuow pori, Miss Anna,” was wer» forbiiMen to bring bar cousin to .11 he venture,! io MJ, but both Alison The Holme? She wished Allaon wo«ild r| with plessor« ander go bark to Aunt I’iana. and not stop and Anna thè 1._ .peovln» look be bestowed on them. her» to tnaks her ao w»etnhad, She did “Mise Meri«. I Ito bop». noe 1 bave tahen not sea tbe um of having a aiater who al! ibis tronble to lo fl’d yoa. that you hated and thwarted bar. “tin, you eilly child I” exclaimed AIL «ili net rrf»«* to he my partner ia thl» set.“ »<k*d Captala llarper, ao aarrrly son. kissing the wet. Ill-tempered little fiat he had alinoel forgottea bis usunl fare that still kxAed ao pretty. "What a •farm ia a tsucupl f don't hate gou a drawL a COI X i Y, OKEGON EVENTS OF THE DAY n so •»( «d >U s.-xi .1 >11 OHUM CAUSES SUICIDE. Poppy OruR Responsible lor 600,000 Cat», Yearly. Cleveland, O., Jan. 19.Opium ¡causes half a million suicides a year," declared Rev. A. S. Gr»«ir»f. »f U»«« In ternational Reform bureau today, with reference to the opium conference call- e<i by 1‘reaidcnt Roosevelt, which be- its aeaaion at Shanghai February I. The stateinent ia baaed on letters PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER I itins Rorrr. Fhe «u waiting for an - atnl reports from Dr. E. W. Thwing, nil/ to to him. fur bi* mga hud lakm tiru out •evrral night Less Important but Not Less Inter s;«ecial accretaiy of the reform bureau on« FVwninf *h<* ma t hI in an the who has been sent to Shanghai by the • »tmg Happening, from Points turn mg (rum ih«* town. bureau to attend tbe opium conference. Outside th. Stats. Ito wm walking along ratb*r ■»Illy. Dr. Thwing will ask the conference .„,1 *!:h hit fiietl >»i> th« grou to take action that will hasten the de did not «** Ab*t>u until vol b/ MtHi{ and th»n h«* ki*»kvd up The father of Mrs. C«irey died n struction of the opiutn traffic through out the world. Dr. Thwing aaya he has fg»”*’ hrigh’rn<*d In a tmwni. poverty, ignored by his daughter. obtained statistics from four Chin«« e hrt« h*Vk* JOQ hern» AHloF* ü* The lid has been put on in the fam- provinces with a jKipulation of 690,- rd wuiling at her and 1L»grr‘t »mil« waa rrty **Thr h*»u»A fdt dull with 'ous mining loan of lMadwood, 8. D. OttO in which he says the proportion of ou* yvHi. I canw out Cor a •oiltary The Nevada legU'ature has broken the population using opium is from 20 prnwt“ to HO per cent, atui the amount of mon ita rule and will allow female clerks. “Very wr I. >< hi ataiii hart your prowl, ey spent for the drug ia 9200,000,000 only It will not hr «nlltary any k>ug**r. It is underatooud that Taft has not a year. for I am not tired in :h« au4 mean i yet se!**»«-«! his secretary of treasury. (‘resident ({«Miaevrlt called the opi to too.** Emma Goldman has been bailed out um conference at the suggestion of MV»«y w«||. thru.** h» »aid. leading tbs Iof the San Francisco city jail by East Bish« ¡> Brent, of Manilla, aridde < gnt« s nay toward a quiet, shady road. "I ata have tx-en a) pointed tty China, Japan, Ju«t In i I mf rid mood for a ta*, and ern friends. I Another blizzard ia raging in the Stutn, Persia, Husain, Germany, Great you ar« ihr right tort of company.” -I a ro glad 1 satisfy you. It-»<*r.“ she East and all railroads are tied up in Britain, France, Italy, Holland and the United States. at him affwtlonately, "I i the Dakotas. «aid. kxAing I vi Uh all brothers were Ilk* you. am! «-arci Tbe government arsenal near Phila- aa -uch f*«r tbelr elaters," AFFAIRS SEI RIGHT. delphia is running day and night niuk- . - -, . wMo I •ort.“ waa his flattering answer; only ing cartridges. Gomez to B* Inaugurated President lV<er meant what hs aald. “Alli», of The American Red Crore fund for of Cuba January 28. I know you will go back to Aunt • Italian carth<pnvk<- sufferer« has ri-achj I Hana one «lay, but you must promiss Havana, Jan. 19. fin January 2 m at ed nearly $1,000, (MH). nw n»»t : to leave us just yet.” noon the Cuban people will come into It 'ger, of c«>«ir*e not. How could Igorrote» of th«« h«-ad hunting tribe« ■ ! their ow n for th«- secon«l time at the I <»» wiill« you wanted raided a village and succeeded in get , hands of the American government, "Sly d**ar. In that • wtmld nr*rt ting three h< ads before driven off. j It was on May 20, 1902, that the Amer leave tie at all. No, no, I am not quite Th«- Fi-I. ml Supr. tt.«- ci.utt upholds lean flag, hoistml after the war with a«» »rlflteh na that, tin«* day you »hall go» AIHr. but not Ju »t yet. not till thing« Governor Peabody's act in arresting Spain, was hauled down iti favor of the are more »r<tl»4. and wr are all happier. Moyer during the famous Colorado blue-atriped, single starred ensign of ( '»l» i IM you know, d« ar, I w -nd» r eumalimc» mine war. Then, in September, 1908, a com how I bald on those two years witboit Roosevelt has aeked Governor Gil pany <>f marines landed at the palaiv you; your abaetire mad«* me ml»* mother lett, of California, to hold up anti- from the United States cruiser !>enver, more«” And R<*ger*e lip trembled a little. Japaneaa bill», leat national interests Aliaon prrxMHNi hi« artu without epeahing; j and halted a victorious revolutionary b- injured. | army on the outskirts of Havana, and there waa no n**rd fur other words br- tween them, they were eo sure of earh The American consul estimates the American Intervention, which first other’» aympathy. dead at Mesaina at 90,000. I came against a foreign power, was ”Roger, I wUh you would Celt m* what Harriman says college graduate, as a I once more a reality, this time to »et has troubling you fur the !»•( fen | things right among the Cubans them- rule rnak. good railroad men. day«,** ah» »-..d "iMmcthinj ha. sclwa. gone very wrong; you hav» beet, An anti-gambling law ia expected The memtier, of the Cuban congress terribly grave all the week, and to be enact.d by the California legiala- . ha I !»ecotnv indifferent and for months yeeterday y<ai ware too worried to •al lure. ■ prior to the revolution it had been im- pr«>;M*rly. I you mean to take me President-elect Taft will install au- ! |HMisible to securn the attendance of a into your conftden«*«, dear; perhaiw I Thia necessitated govern- tomobilea inatcad of hornea and car- quorum. c*Hild rind »ome way of helping you,” i ment by president al decree, and it was ”1 wieh you rould, Allie.“ he returned, riagea. 'quickly followed by th«« cry thnt Presi aadlj , “I iriah I could »’•»' a way o it of The house pro|4M>e« to investigate dent Palma was assuming the role of our terrlE>le difficulti«*« I*romhw me you Rooaevalt’a barber drawing govern- I dictator. The American provisional wilt be a.i en ret a» a »tatué, and I will ment pay. governor, Charles E Magoon, has «lone tell you a little of what ha» hap(M*netl M “Ob. you may truat tne,* »he replied, Bonaparte ha. be««n summoned be all that it was possible for him to do lifting het hone«t brown ryea to hi» fare fore a senate committee to tell what to prevent a recurrence of thia state of “I believe I may, and it will hr a re he know, of the steel merger. i affaire by decreeing that congressmen !|ef to »i’tak. Allie, i'ergu»*.« I» gottu <o»i j w ho do not attend the sessions shall The aturm in California has abated. not receive pay. far; I am r*?nUn<rd in my awn mind that These rules, how he ha» tampered with the aot'ounta; we With the ecxeption of the Sacramento, j ever, have already been declare«! dicta- which ia still rising, all rivers are fall . torial by the congressmen, and an at- ■hall n>me to a rraah directly.” “What do you mean?** turning a littv ing. I tempt undoubteiily soon will I m « made pale. U«igrr »poke *<» vehemently, Governor Stubbs, of Kannas, refuse, \ to repeal or amend them. **lt would take too long to tell you all to live in the executive mansion. Sim but »oinrthlng very unplvamint ha» hap ple life on a farm appeals more to NEW RECORO SET. prnetl thia week. You know rny fatbe* went to i«anravtrr the other day. Writ, i him. check in payment for a vonvignment ct Railroad official, place the blame for Numbsr of Mm» Accident, Increased timber ea» uneipertrdly paid in durint the wreck at Dotsero, Col., with the Luring Past Year. lúa almene*. Of conree I hi<lor»rd tht engineer, a. the tram was nine min rhrz*kt wrote exit a rrfltipt* ln<d«MNMl it 11 utes ahead of time. Pittsburg, Jan. 19. The year 190» an enrel<q>e and put It In the nvual raet( ' was marked by more mine horrors and Three banker, and a business man of for tMMtnge. | then nutde an entry in th»i j by more loss uf life underground! than ledger, and waa ju»t going to iork up tb* Pittsburg have received |H-nltentiary Ami the Each any other year in history. ledger and the rbet'k In the *afr, a» K sentences for wrecking a bank. ~ wa» nearly time for cloning, when the eud will have to serve live years. year 1909 apparently is going after den o-ssati«>n of the machlttcry Kahl me Set arate statehood for New Mexico lVOfi’s record. Only laat Tuesday 100 •orne acchlent had happenevl. and of and Arizona seems assure«!. lives were lost in an explosion in a «-otirse I ran o«iK of the ««flhv, and so «ltd Fsrgnaaun, our manager.” The Hughes direct primary bill in model mine near Bluefield, W. Ya., “Oh, I know! when poor MiK<!>*ll was New Y‘ rk will probably fail. and on the Sunday before death exact- hurt.” return*>l Aiiauti, with a shuddsr. «•«I another heavy toll in the loiter Three jurors have been provisionally "I remeinl>er «c-ing both jr««u an«! Mr Fer- mines at Zeigler, III. gtlsaon staniling bar« h«-«4c<l among th» accepted in the Calhoun case. m*n In tin- yard, you were scn«l>ng Timo "Science," said a mining engineer Tliornton Haina has been acquitted thy for a «l<M-t«»r." bslay, "has not yet solved the problem of complicity in the Annis murder. "Yes; I was detaind for nearly half an of preventing the formation of A fire at Fort Omaha destroyer! all hour. E«-rgiia«->f> must have gang b« k Io We recognize three kinds of mine the offlcv at |ea«K I mi«««*«l him after the supplies, the wireless ap|>aratu. and ea the fire damp, after damp flr«t few minutes When they had taken two balloons. white damp. .Mitchell off to the luMpItal I went tank to The United States and Great Britain "Fire damp ia the only one of th«* Io.k up things for the night Ferguewin have entered formal protest against trio that is explosive, it ia a gas giv was Jnal romlng out of the i»ffii-e and the dismissal of Yuan Shi Kai. en off by coal under the influence of the ha tule« I nw th* keys, Everythin» was heat of the earth. When Davy invent W. I. Buchanan, special agent of the locked up, be mi l«l, ami the ns-wnpr bad | ed the mine-»' safety lamp it was f*t«-he«l the letters. I bad put tbe cheek United States, will soon have terms of thought that all danger of mine rxpio- Into my father's private drawer an«) l«a«i settlement arranged with Venezuela. ! alone was over. The lamp has the lock«*! the «Irawrr, but the ledger ha«i tieen Harriman has issuer! orders for the i flame surrounded with a metallic screen left open on the table, with my entry writ« ten on th« top of a blank pa»», I had building of a road which will parallel I which does not [¡ertnil the |ta*«ng«- of noticed the p«<e was a little loose, a. the Colorario A Southern, ths new lldl the flame. But the aerrena burn out after long u*agc and the miners grow though th. curr«w|>o<i<liti( one had been line. careless. ” «-tit <Mlt «»nie time previously, but I was A 5-y« ar old child has been taken in a hurry, and I thought it did not mat from the ruins of Reggio, where it ter. When Fergusaon told tu» everything had been entombed since the earth 348 Autoi Ara Burned waa lo«4ie«l up for the night and banded Boston, Jan. 19.— The most exten quake. An officer waa attracted by its me the offltv key», of Cour»» (her» wai sive automobile storage and repair cr ra. nothing tor m» but to take them Allí», plant in the city burned today, destroy what do you «ntp;««ae ser» my feelings A sn -walide hit a Canariain Pacific when w» open«*«! Ib* i Ivat» drawer th» tra n 100 miles east of Vancouver, B. ing 34» automobiles, valued at 9750,- next morning and there was no che>«fc C. The engine was knocked into the 000, The fire »pread to the old train ther»? Nsither was my entry In the led river and the engineer and fireman shed of the Park Square railroad sta tion, formerly us» d a» the terminal of ger ; the loose ;mge waa gone, and, to a«M killed. the New York, New Haven A Hartford to my perplexity, tb» firm who bad paid In th» check wrote to complain that ther, Admiral Rojcatvensky, who was de railroad, and destroyed the bicycle had l>e»n no acknowledgment or rMeipt; feated by the Japaner« in a naval bat track and a large pavilion used for ex hibition purposes, The damage to the •nd y»t I had written both mywlf and tle, ia dead. placed the atamp«-d envelop» among th» building will bring the total to 9*00,- The Great Northern has succeeded 000. other letters for poetage.” There were six garages in the in fretting some of ita trains through storage station. (To lie continued.) the snow in Montana. A m iMdfBMltjr. Iro«|uols C’aims Settled Rockefeller's physician says the oil -Î tell yon. air, kissing the han<! that Chicago, Jan. 19. It was made pule magnate's health is perfect and that smite« you 1« nothing to wbat I saw la . lie today that after five years of litiga he will live to be 100 years old. the hotel this morning.” ' tion settlements har! been marie in the “What waa that?” Ix>. Angeles jobbers have been given rases of 3(1 of the deaths caused by the “The porter blacking the boots that a hearing by the Interstate Commerce Iroquois theater fire, It is statmi that bad kicked blu> last night.” j comtniaaion on »witching chargee. j 9*60 a case is to bo paid. UNCOVER Dili FRAUDS (¡üveniinciit Asks Million Dollars Io Recover Stoico Lands. VALUE [REACHES $¡10,000,000 Thirty-Two Thousand Cates of Fraud ulent Holding. West of Missis* aqipi Many in Oregon. Washington, Jan. 19. Startling in formation of alb gad astounding frauds ujioii the public land« has come into the possession of Secretary Garfield , through special agents. The allega tion is mad« thnt approximately 9110,* I (HMI.OoO worth of lands in states, prin- cipally west of the Miss'aaippi river, have been acquir««! fraudulently with ti the last two years, by cor|n>rationa , ami individuals. With a view to rtcovering these lands, Secretary Garfield sent letters | y< sterday to Cnairmiin Hai< and Chairman Tawney, of the senate and hou v appropriation comniittcvs, re spectively, askit g for an additional ap- propr.ation of $ oo.iHMt, which, .t grunted, w ith that already asked for will give the th partm« nt 91,000,000 for that purpos«". Secretary Garfield nl«<> submits a statement of II H. Schwarts, chief of the livlil Service, showing over 32,000 distinct eas« i of alleged I »nd frauds ilemand.ng further investigation. Of such cu; • » awaiting inv« stigatum there are in Oregon 1,462; California and Nevada, Washington an«l North Idaho, 1,326; Montana, 3,606; Colon«!«!, b.' -’l; Arizona, 496; Wy- .ming, 21,155; I'tali, l,4M2, and New Mexico, 1,209. M uch Land m 1 his State. Washington, Jan. 19. According to a statement »ent congres« yesterday by Secretary Garth Id, the government is m»w endeavoring tv recover title to fl,Mb,000 worth of public land, fraud ulently enter««! or »ought to I m - ent« red in Oregon. This include. 9750,000 worth of timber land acquired by C. A. Smith, 9200,000 by Fred A. Kribs, 9435,000 Involve,! in 123 fraudulent timber entries (name, not given), 9260,000 worth of fine pine timber, and 9200,1’00 worth of coal land within forest reserves. lie nlso hope, to re cover 9''-'»9,0OO worth of land in Wash- ingtvn and a large quant ity in Idaho. COSGROVE DELAYS JOURNEY Washington a Gov 1-nor-Elert Will Ra- main South a Month. San Francis o, Jan. 19. Art!.' g on the advice of Dr. Sawyer, who is at tending him at Paso Robles, Cal., Gov- ,-rnor elect Cosgrove, of Washington, hit. decide«! not to go North for at least a month. Cosgrove is improving every day arid his physician is confident that ho will ultimately be as well ns ever. Th«* reason for th« postponement of the trip is that Dr. Sawy« r dors not believe Caogrovo strung enough yet to fac«- a Northern winter, after having been in the warm climate. ABE RUEF VERY HARD UP. Dec d.s to Sell His B g Maroon Bury Wagon for Cash. San Francisco, Jan. 19. Former Boss Abe Ru f, now under sentence of 14 years in San Quentin for bribery, is very hard up and ha. decid>*d to sell his fine maroon color«-«! touring auto mobile. in which he was wont to spin around town. Ruef a financial condi tion, insofar »• available funds are concert > !, ha. not been anything to lioiuit of for sou ■■ time. Nearly all his p opsrly holding« ar« tied up for bail. Sine- the shi-oting of lleney, the convicted boss has derived but lit lie pleasure from his buzz wagon. The last time It ap|H-ar,<l on the street was New Year s eve. Over at Snn Quentin ituef Will have lean need for an auto* mobile. Get Sìa Black Hand Men, Pi tsburg, Jan. 19. Word was re ceive«! her«- t«slay <>f th«- arrest yester day of six members of an alleged Black Hand organization, after a de»|mrate struggle at Ellsworth, east of this city. Three other members of tbs gang esca|«ed, but two of them were capture«! today an I a third waa shot and wounded. Mrs. Yannaccia, a wealthy Italian woman, received a letter Saturday from a Black Hard society Instru ting her to give up 9400. Nine foreigners ap|x-are«! to get the money and were met by the police. R.acu.rs Ft ar P.atil.nc«. Rome, Jan. 19. Owing to th« miss- mic condition of Messina, the rescuers there have been sent a petition here asking that step, lx- taken at once to com|x«l the survivor, of th« earthquake to abandon the city at once. The res cuer» fear for their own live, and have asked to be withdrawn. *
