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: Aunt Diana
The Sunihint
of the Family
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••••••••••••••••••••••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
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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.
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