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XII
SCIO, L1NN COUNTY, OREGON
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Aunt Diana :
FAu SurtaAtn«
•/ fAs Family
CHAPTER XXII—(Continued)
“Oh. there to the rlvee !” eiclalmrd All
Soo. In a ten« «•( s>ata»>
I--a. R <-w
you ran juat .at.ti a gl«nm through th«
low „h, th« dear pla»-«!
Elow I do
love It!~ her voice rising Into a perfect
cviaieudo, of which the top note war
•omplet« aatlafn»lon.
“It la just a year since
H.“ oboervrd Greville.
whet mad« you •■«•! a marvn on <ne In
that fashion? I naa quite hurt that you
never gav» me a bint uf your Intention
•f going home ”
11« Spok» m a low ton* that Roger
could not bvwr
The qul«-k. sensitive color rvuffied Into
Allstm's far». rti»rv waa »u<-h Implied r»
pvnerh In Grvville's votes, lied b« really
been hurt?
“Ob. yoa mutt not feel like that about
tt," she returned, with a sweet, candid
loub
"We li».I talked of the pUSwib
Aust Diana and I. but nothing had been
•«tried
1 had |>ut It out of my mln>!
1 was as naughty, I rould not twwr the
Idea of going home aud doing my duty
1 should never have gone at all If Aunt
Diana bed not helped tnv"
"You did not think how I should feel
when I came be< k and found you gone."
r«Korted Grvvlll«. in a boylah. Injure«!
voice, that rea- he-l Roger and tuad» bon
•uille. only Ali«>n grew a little gra»-.
“I left a no-Mge with your grand
Cathar,” she eaid. quietly. "What could
1 do? Aunt IMana eald It waa my duty
to go. and that It waa no good putting
one's hand to the plow and looking ba»<k
ward
What Ia the uee of loitering over a
difficult task when It tut» to be done?"
’That la true, but * "
"Plcass don't talk of last »iimmcr.”
•he interrupted him; "It mak»» n>e m -I
only to think about It.” And lie could
see there were leers In her eyes a» she
•poke. "I made myself so mlwrable over
It; I could not bear leaving Aunt Diana,
•nd I mia«ed aiery one so.”
"Mlaa Aliaon. please do not look *ad
•ver It,” said Greville, earnestly. "What
a clumsy fellow I am! I ha-a alien«-»!
the neatfu! of twittering young lark»
referring to Roger'» apaach. “Come. I
know you will forgive me, and look chirpy
•gain, when I tell you I ha«a passed
muster and c«»me off with flying color»."
“Oh, I am so gla<!!" eidaimed Alison,
her »miles returning again
"Then you
must have worked hard.
How plraewl
Mr Moore must tie !"
"T® hear graudfather talk." returned
Greville. calmly, "you «»mid think 1 was
the Admiral Crichton, at least The dear
old man makes no end of fuse, bless him!
I tell him It ia all your doing . you gave
me such a tvrrlbl» levturs that Wedue«
day."
“Oh. no.” replied Aliaon, blushing. "It
waa your own good aenee."
“I »Mil go in for 'Greats’ nett year,
•o 1 shall have to grind pretty bard. 1
am U> have a coach down here thia sum
Bier Cheyne, of Balliol. la at Tbe Craya
with hie people, and he la a rare fellow
for that. I have to work alt my morn
ing«," be contlnue«L rather dolorously,
“but I shall have my aftrruuoue and
•veulugs free
Miaa Alison, you are not
llatrnlng to me.”
"Oh, yea 1 atu!” •be cried, Joyously,
“but I '-an not bear any mors just now.
•lough 1 am very glad to hear II all.
Roger, do look !
There la Moae-eid» -
you know you have forgotten
It and
there is Aunt IM in the port*.”
"Allie, you have eyee like a hawk. I
■re nothing but greenery and eunsblue."
Nevertheless. R.«er did
perceive, a
moment afterward, a tall figure In myr
tle groen at a nd lug under a tr»llls of roa«-s
Ml< Carrington bad evidently heard
tbe wheel» of th» dog cart, »nd bad come
out to lo«A When they »topped »be had
the little gate open and was helping A1F
•M to alight.
'How are yon. my dear child?” •hr
said. •• Alison put her arms around her.
“actually not tired, Allie!
Aod you.
Roger ? Welcome to Mose al«!«, my boy !"
"Aren’t you going to welcome me. too.
Miss Carrington?" ssked Greville, half
Jnfciagly. but he looked a little wist fully
at the group.
“So, not to night,” She returned, de
cidedly
"I mint have my belonging» to
myself for thia one evening. you may
come In to breokfast, If you like ”
And, knowing of old that Mlaa Car
rington's decisions allowed of no appeal.
Greville lifted hie bat and wished them
good evening, and turnol hia mar«'« head
la the dirv-tion of the Eernleigh «tables,
sot without a backward glance at tbc
slim, dark eyed girl looking affectionately
ia Mlaa Carrlngton'a face.
“Now. Allie, go ’®
®,J room •o‘l
got rid of the duet, while I show Koger
upstairs.
otwerved Aunt Diana, In a
brisk voice. “You will find me In the
studio when you are ready."
CHARTER XXIII.
Hee old room! Alison gave a happy
Utile sigh as »be trod on the threshold
What a green little bower It Look oí. and.
eh. the roseo! - rosee In the quaint old
china bowls that Aunt IHana so much
affected ; rosea In the «lender Venetian
glasees on the mantelpiece and toilet ta
ble; ran clambering Into the window
and premi ng their pink farm against the
•winging lattice; and on the window
•III. dropped by «orne thoughtful hand, a
glorious Gioire de Dijon, with a back
ground of
snn loved
•be stood
thoughtfully. The tong shady Is was of
Moss side and Eernleigh lay beneath her.
• nd thrvugb tbe freeb foliage of the wil
i lees end smc I us was ttie silvery gleam
th, met hing tn the
i of ths lorrly river.
Rsbbarhlik« »tilloee«. in the beauty of
the a>-roe. ia rti« peaceful »at >»f»<-tk>a of
■ bar heart, nw-rd AI immi to ha««l do«n
I »m-xif tbe rvaea, and breathe a brief
that»k«<*»ins for tha duties eh« bad beta
* atrrn«then«d to perform, for tbe fatherly
(u«»tn<wa that bmufibt her ba.-k to tbe
koan» uf brr aduptkuo. »o<l fur the human
lore that wa* but a dim retloctiou uf tbe
Divine.
Htw did not hurry to go down, thoufh
brr lugs»*« bad not yet arrived, and tbero
«re» no ¡«»Mibillly ot changing her travel
ing dree* But when »he bad bruriied her
brown hair, end pul on her breaat knot of
roeea. ahe looked trim aa ever, and her
bright, »tnlllng far«, •• ahe opened tbe
studio d*»or, brought the name "Nunny" to
Mun t'arringtoa'« mind, for she looked
aa all young faces should look the very
reaen<e of ■ sunbeam.
"Oh. Aunt Di. the drar, lovely room!
And. oh. that ia th» new ph-ture,” spring
Ing to the eaarl to ga»e delightedly on
golden i-ornlieMa, with a» arlet popplra
•truggling among ttie wheat, like gaudy
promt»«« never to ripen into fruit, »nd
under the Imlge a little brown
baby
•leeping, with It» dimpled band full of
weeds, «nd • sheep dug wstebinf its
• lumber»
"l>o you like th« picture. Allie? It I*
•old alreaily. lady Franklin fell In lor*
with it. but I want It to bang in nevi
year« Academy
Tbe baby la I »al tiled
from life, the original belong« to Harby,
an old «errant."
“Aunt IM. It 1« perfectly bsuutiful I
Roger, rume here and tell me if you do
not think ae."
"Nonsense, Allie; Roger 1« far too hun
gry for art crith iem at present. Con»
■ way, you foolish chiM, «nd let me givs
you »»metblng more satlafylng than paint
ed canvas. 'IY>e Akrkena • «me from Her
by'« farm, with the strawberries «nd this
jug of deliclou« cream."
Alison looked round rather bewildered,
for none of th»«» tempting vlsxd« were
In sight; but Ml«e Carrington, who knew
her love for meals al free»«», had had the
supper table laid In the wida vsrasda.
• nd not only chi. kens and etrawberriea.
but other d«-U<-a»-i«-s were provide«! for tha
hungry travelers.
"Thia la l»etter than your tea table un
der ttie limea at home, Alli«.' evlalmed
Roger, as he <wrv«d for the ladies
"No
wonder she was spoiled. Aunt Diana, and
did not take kindly to the sooty Ivy and
the music of the crane.'*
“Roger, I »hall lni|«>«e « forfeit If »lib
er you or Allie mention the mill." ob
served Mlaa < arringlon, •• »he banded
him a cup <>f cuffs« enrl.Fied with Dar
by's yellow cream.
"I want you two
young thing« to forget everything but
how y.m • r» to »luti»« «mireelve»
Alba,
•ha'' we have our breakfast hers. •» w»
di.« last year, while tbs blackbirds and
Itoger looks as
thrushes take theirs?
if be wanted to live In tbe open alt. Ih»
you know you have got thin, drar boy?"
"Ne»«r miud that. Aunt IMana; there
Is no fear of rusting, that 1» on« ble«s
Ing work never hurt man or woman
yet."
“No. ■ho said, thotightfully, "but ‘mod
eratioa In all thing»' wa» an apoatle'»
uiavim; but you are right Io principle,
Roger, Now for the home news What
la really your father'« condition?
I^t
tern are ao unsatisfactory, and they nsvar
•ay half enough "
"Dr. Greenwood11» delighted with tbe
progr«-»» ho has made. Aunt Diana; be
g«ta a.-rosa th« room quite
nicely on
crulctiee, though he ia not to do more at
present. Ot course, the long »xiflnement
haa made him look pale and del lent e, but
bis spirits ara first rale. Dr. Greenwood
told me rhe other day that In another year
or ao he might hope to bo aa well aa
ever.
lie says ha la an ex<-eHent pa
tient."
"And how d.»ee the book go on?"
"Very well. I believe; be manages to
write without difficulty with the help of
a «loping lioard '*
"Th«t waa Roger's clever contrivance,”
Interrupted Aliaon.
"Aunt Diana does not want to know
that; you have broken th« thread of my
dia»nirse. F'ather >!•>«• aeem happier ly
ing there with all hia hooka round him
than he did at the mill."
"And a very good Idea, too.” observed
MI m Carrington, looking at her nephew
with decided approbation.
"How does
Murd'xtl fulfill hia duties?"
"Admirably; he Is a very steady fel
low.”
"Then Allie'« plan will answer." ah« re
turned In her practical way. '"lAiers Is
no r«a»on. Roger, why you should not car
ry on the business and leave your father
free for bis literary pviraulta.
He waa
never lltte«l for a business man ; he 1» too
dreamy and unprartlcal. Believe me. be
will be far happier and less Irritable If
circumstances allow him Io follow his
own particular bent."
“I am quite sure of It, Aunt Diana,”
returned Roger, quietly; "and now I hats
worked alone all these months. I feel
more r-otupetent to carry on the busineo»
single handed
It haa been a hard pull—
Ferguaauh l«ad done ao u»u*h miw-hief, but
thing» «re righting themselves now. and
with Manlack*« help we «hall get on
capitally."
“That la well," replied Mira Carring
too, heartily, "and now, bow dora M imi .
go onK
Thia time Allann
“Iler arm is quite right, hut «he «till
Mu
look« rather thin and delicate.
Hardwick Mrs Forbes, I mean waata
to tak« her to Torquay, In October, for
two montha; she aay« ahe will be auch
a nw-e companion for Anna, Papa Inalate
that she la to go."
"And how does my little friend Anna
get oo with her stepfather?"
“He Is very kind to her. Aunt DI.
Roger is rather pleased with him on tbe
whote.”
**Dr Tixt»« la ona ..f th.«« r-an vtw I
hark la wurae than thalr bile,” olweriad
Rogar; "ha ratbar pridca himaalf on be
ing a twar. but I think Miaa Anna haa
|>rov<-d I Kara la a »*»ft »i«»t In hia heart."
"I am glad to hear thia.
Then the
poor little girl 1» happy oa ths «hole'"
"I don't think Anna Is to be pitied
Aunt IM." return««! Aliaon. In rather a
peculiar Iona, "ahe l»A> attremoly hap-
And aumethlng In Aliaou'a nutnner
py
inaito Miaa Carringiun changa the Mb
it certainly did not apt*er to in
tersut Roger, for ba aeauwal aba»»rba»l la
bis straw berrlm »11 al oo»-«. and bis erit-
Icum on Dr. Forbes was given In rather
• casHUUiasd velce
,
Mi«» Ix-ut'i
!:>• |l>»t
>• Less Important but Not Less Inter
wonderfully impro«««i »in«w her lllneee,"
esting Happenings from Points
otwervml Aunt Diana, after a
pause,
which no one seemed animus to break
Outside the State.
■'Indeed «tie |e," returned Aliaon, with
quick enlbuslaam.
*T have never seen
any on» ao changed. ahe la so much
Parts of Mexico are suffering frum
quieter In Tr»« and manner«, and so
severe drouth.
much more tolerant of Rudel.
Popple
iik -a to be with her now. and Mlaa lrigt>
The S'-nate has defeated local option
can aot eay enough In her praise. It io in California by a vote of 12 t«> 26.
easy to are how she trie« to break her
Bryan hopes never again to run for
ee’f .f «ker '• ’
en.l .! • . r: I '1 >;,< r I
er for her than for na, as »lie haa not president, but may run for senator.
naturally a g»»d temper."
The IxMiieiana Supreme court haa de
"Neither ha>l I. Allie. Many a girl ha» cided that the anti betting law is valid.
a sore fight to go thrmigfc life ae well ••
Tabulate«! figures show that Chicago
Mleele
it 1« ■ SM
tfMl
‘
a '• ar,.I ec !
. • ' •
i» them I has 710 m»[»e> l. r« ..f Jiff, rent
believe nothing but grace can enable one on the payroll.
to overcome a really bad temper "
Th.- Standard Oil company haa been
And so saying, Mlaa Carrington rwae
fined 120,0<M) in New York for accept
from the table, and propne««! tbal lloger
ing rebates and a new trial refused.
•bould go down to the river while •be
and AllooO di»poe«-d ot th» unpacking
lx» Ar.gvies again has a mayor, the
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts of the World.
PRFPARFD FOR THE BUSY READER
<-ItAFTER XXIV.
Thera waa a merry breakfast on the
reranita nett morning, and Aliaon, In her
white drew, with aome dewy rtxwe as a
breaat kno<, io<Ar<l tha picture of bap-
p!ni-aa aa »die puiirad out the »»ff»e.
Directly II was over. Greville took bar
• nd Roger tn aea hia grandfather.
Mr Moore waa eagerly etpevtlng them,
even before Aliaon a f»«»t bad pa»o»l over
tha thrvahold hia sight lea» eyes were turn-
ed to the window, and hia "Welcome.
Sunny.” reeched her «wra.
In another moment Aliaon wa» «■•■•'i
pylng her old foolatool at hia feet, and
hia tine wrinkled hand, a little mora trero
bling than of old. waa placed on her hair.
• tlh » half audible bleaaing.
"I»ear Mr. Moore, I am ao s1*-! !®
you again
**
"Have yo«i mla»cil ua, lilt!» one? Not
half a» much as wa have miaaod Sunny.”
And aa ahe prveaed her llpe to hia hand
in mule ct>ntradi-tloti of thia he aaid, half
sadly ; "t’bild. I never thought to have
heard your awaot voice again, but th»
good God would have It otlierwiae
Be
fora the meaaaga reached me It waa ro
es lied , the gatr» were almost c!uea«l in
my fa.-e."
“Thank God for that," aha whlatw*!.
"but they never told me that you ■cere
III until you «era wall agate."
”Ah, Mian Carrington la a wise worn
an; »he thinks It wrong <o burden young
■plrita with »orn>w» that do not belong
to them. I My boy
. there nearly br-*» kl»
heart about tha old man . can you beUev*
It. Sunny Y'
“Y«»u are like hi» own fatbar." «he ra-
turned, aoftly.
"Ha la uoteida oo the
Are you wail
veramla with Roger
anieigh to »peak to Roger?"
"Ay. ready »nd willing, ha h»» grown
a fine lad. I hear." And aa Alla»»n be»dt
ooed to them tha two young men came In
through the window, and Roger a»t down
by tha old uian'a aide.
(To be continued >
CONVICT TOO FAT
Missouri Warden Has No Accommo
dations for Prisoner.
Jefferson City, Mo., March 16.
Matt W. Hall, warden of th«* ptvnilen-
tiary, admit» that he has a hard prU>
lent to discover some means of handling
Louis lhrcker, of St. Ixxiis, a former
memb< r of the house of delegatee, who
was pr««ecutcd ami convicted of I«««!
ling ami sentence«] to the jn-nitetitiary
for five years.
I)«>cker came here la»t Thursday and
surrendered. That evening he waa de
livered to the wartlen of the |>eniten-
tiary. Then the trouble started for
the warden.
It was discovered that there was not
a suit of clothes in the prison large
enough to fit the prisoner, and that
the cell doors were too small to admit
him
Decker ti;»e the »calrs at MM)
pounds, and ia by far the heaviest pris
oner ever receive«! at the penitentiary.
Prison Physician Chastain wascall«M
in for c«>unscl. He said hr believed a
place could be'fixmi up in the hoe pita I
building where Decker c«M>ld be kept.
The warden at once accepte«! the prop
osition and Decker was taken there
and has bewn confin«*d there since.
PLOT TO FORCE INTERVENTION
Returned Traveler Saya Federation of
•
States is Object.
council having elected William D.
City of Mexico, March 16. Accord
Stephens to hol«l until the special elec
ing to J, II. Graham, an American
tion March 26.
traveler who has recently return» I here
Harriman says grrat railroad im after visiting th«* Central American cap
provements will be made if congress »itals, th«» tr.uil l. t
l'r»-Hi
legaln,-« pooling and plans a great dent Zelaya, of Nicaragua, lathe result
transcontinental merger.
of a definite program to enforce the
The Krupps, of Germany, will at intervention of the United States.
Both Honduras and Salvador have
once begin the manufacture of gun-
powder in M»-«u-<>.
The government already appeal») to Washington to in
tervene, and Zelaya is cu-u|«-rating
will lend much aaeistance.
with tnrm, according to thin authority.
Chicago's new charter proposes to
Zelaya and the other Central Amer
give the people a recall system.
ican executives cannot retire, as that
If
Servia is buying gunpowder and Ger might mean a forfeiture of life.
intervention will bring al»uut th«' fede
many is uneasy over the situation.
ration of the five republics, allowing
Three Chicago boys ran away to
the present rulers to step down and
join Roosevelt on hia trip to Africa.
enjoy peacefully the fortunes they all
Persia is again the scene of internal have amassed, the purpose of Zelaya
strife and Russia is sending troo|«.
and hie alliee will have been accom-
The government only awaits won! pliehe«l, according to Mr. Graham.
from M.-« . .
America.
TEIEBRAPHEHS QU IT
French System Under Postoftlce
Department Is Demoralized.
TELEPHONE SERVICE CRIPPLED
Electricians
M*y
and Go Out
Follow
Operators
Strike is Protest
Against Director.
Paris, March 16. A general »tribe
of the telegrapher» of the ¡uetoffica <le-
)>arlment waa declared tunight, follow*
ing a meeting of the general aasocia-
tion of puat telegraph »mployea, at
which 6,000 were preaenL
A resolu
tion to »trike waa voted without a »in
gle dissenting voice anti uniera weru
issued for the withdrawal of all oper
ator» employed in the departmenL
The resolution »aya the strike ia or
dered aa a proteat against the arbitra
ry administration, and that the decision
waa precipitated by an insult addreaaed
by M. Siniyan, under secretary of poeta
and telegraph, to the aaaociatlon ofi
ciala.
The government put forth every
effort to pre»» rve international com
munication, but the central telegraph
station waa demoralited today and
practically out of communication. The
Bourse station, however, waa almost
normal ami there was not much inter
ference with the telephone service.
M. Palaud, secretary of the Electric
ians' union, who had openly threatened
to call out the electricians, made no
move to do so.
Both telegraphic and telephonic com
munication with Ixmdun was gr.-atly
interrupted, not so much on account of
the strike, however, but tiecause of a
tierce storm which prevailed during the
night.
Some of the Ixmdon corre-
»purulenta are sending their dnqiatchrs
by way of New York, to which both
land lines of the cable remain open.
SHIP YET AGROUND.
to intervene in ('»-nlrnl
SERVIA PREPARES FOR WAR.
General W. T. Palmer, founder of
Colorado Springs and a great ratlrosui Expect« to Have 260,000 Men Ready
for Field by April.
builder, ia dead.
Vienna, March 16. According to in
Dr. Starr, of Chicago university, de
dares that Roosevelt will nut survive formation from the twat of sources,
Servia’o military preparations arv being
his trip to Africa.
pushed with haste and energy which
The »(leaker of the Texas lower strongly belie» the protestations of the
house has been compelled to resign on la.te memorandum a» to the desire of
account of chargee of graft.
the country to remain at (»cace.
Beginning in February, the entire
The California l«'gislaturv has passed
a bill requiring rallroa»!» to have three first line of reserve waa placed on a
brakemen on freight trains uf over 6U war footing and it haa been drilled for
three week». At the end of January
car».
30,000 recruit» were called up, a» com-
Indiana in Northern Canada have par»! with the u»ual number of 17,000.
suffere«l greatly from cold thia winter
In th«» last frw month» the second re
and many have fruten to death. Their
serve haa been called out for two
supplies are also nearly exhausted.
weeks’ elerciae.
A Milwaukee grand jury has found *
Beginning in April, Servia counts
on being sblc to place 260,000 men in
plumbers’ trust.
the field.
Seismographs at Manila rrcurded
Auntria Hungary ia fully prepared
A l.ssyrr'a »<>.«n»»ll.
heavy earthijuake.
fur action and ia inclimul to force an
Speaking of w.uieriuiults, the •nec-
lawyers in the Calhoun trial are immolate solution of the present crisis.
dote which U'fd Eldon relate«! of ths
•till battling over jurors.
eminent English lawyer. John Dua
Ship Sinks, 20 Drowned.
Civic chaos has followed the roaig-
lling. afterward lx«rd Ashburton, will
Rotterdam. March 16. The Norwe
bear repeating. "1 had," says Lord nation of Mayor Harper at 1-oa An-
gian steamer Mascot, for Sunderland,
Eldon, "very early after I was called gw I m .
to the bar a brief a» junior to Mr
Anthracite miner» and ojwrntors collided today with tnv German ship
Dunning He te-gnn the argument and have disagreed anti the conference ad Margret ha, from Iquique, for Ham
burg, about 20 miles west of Maas
a|A«'»red to me to t>r reasoning very journed.
lightship. The Margrethe sank almost
¡«rwerfUlly agnlnst our client.
Walt
Secretarire Ballinger and Wilaon immediately. Twenty of the 26 mem
ing till I waa quite convinced that bs will personally inspect irrigation and
bers of the crew were drowned. The
had mlsUken for what party be was forest work.
Mascot returned here with a big hole
retained, 1 then touched his arm. and
in her bow. The Margrethe was com
The
British
naval
plan
for
the
com
ui«*n his turning his head toward me 1
ing year contains plans for four mon manded by Captain Woetbre.
whisper«! to him that be must bars
ster battleships.
Misunderstood by whom hr waa em
Coal Striks ia Predicted.
A Montana holdup man robbed six
ployed. as he wan reasoning against
Philatlrlphia, March 16. -The anth
Japs and then matle them assist him to
our client.
racite miner» will strike.” Secretary
"He gave me a very rough and nule escape on a hand car.
Hartiein, of District No. 9, of the
rrprlmnn«! for not having aiMiner art
The American minister to Nicaragua United Mine Workers of America,
him right and then proceeded‘to state haa been r«*called and joint interven mmie this statement last night In dis
that wli.it he had aildreeaed to Its tion by Mexico And the United States cussing the union's agreement with the
court was all that could be stated is threatened.
mine owners. He based the prediction
ar a Inst Ilia ■■lleut, and that he had put
A I and« I ide at Java has almost com upon the apparent inability of the op
the caw* as unfavorably as It were pletely buried three villages and coat posing sides to get together.
(«.«•"ile In order that the court might hundreds of live«. ihTe dead are esti
Morse Fortuna All Gone.
<sto how very satisfactorily the cnar mated at over 1,000.
against him could be answer»!. and ac-
New York, March 16. Mrs. Charles
Castro has engage«! t>erth» on a vee
mrdlng'y very powerfully answered
W. Morse, wife of the former bank
•el sailing for Venezuela March 26.
and ice company promoter, tonight
what be had before stated."
A Cuban woman has jest given birth confirmed the report that her husband's
raradoileat.
to quadruplets, two boye snd two girls. fortune had been entirely dissipated
“Yon awm overheated, my In«!,”’ «aid
and that she had to sell her furniture
The Minneeota bouso baa turned
the gentleman leddnd the arrow In the
down two billa favoring woman auf* and jewels to nrw-et the obligations in
melodrama theater
curred by him in hie recent trial.
frag«.
“Yau, Ise»," r»'«|e>nde«l the yowqpter,
The house committee ia receiving
Plan Timber Pickling Plant.
n» hr uiop(«»l the [>cri«plnitlnn from
bls brow, “1 have de hottest part In de many protests sgaingt proposed tariff
Anaconda, Mont., March 16. E. F.
changes.
ebow."
Sherman, chief of the limber preeerva-
"Indeed! And ahnt Is the (»art?"
A Chicago pa»t<>r and 16,000 ha vs tion division ot the foretry bureau, has
"Why, 1. have to get 'wsy up In da dissppesred and th«' police are looking closed contracts in this city for the in
stallation of a timber pickling plant
Tant
flies an' tear up paper for de atiow for him.
eoutheast of thia city. By the pickling
storm In de blluard acene.”
Mayor Harper, of Ixw Angeles, has
pruerea the government hopes to be
resigned under the threat of exposure
Jral««« nf Joel«.
able to preserve the life of the timbers.
of gmM immorality.
Dick— Dld y«u etijuy yournrlf down
An attempt was made to wreck •
Wrack Hurtt Seventeen.
at the mns>|ue let ll last nlght?
Edu» lti«l<*e-«l. I dld. And »wulng Burlington paaeenger train near Peoria,
San Antonio, Tel., March 16.- Sev
h«»me through the chllly nlght Jack III., by throwing a switch.
enteen passengers were injured, some
The Nevada legislature is consider aerioosly, and two perhaps fatally, in
Fhost klsM-d Uly ctnwk».
Dick Lueky Jack! The neit tlma ing an anti gambling bill which even the collision last night of a Southern
I am g<»lug dlagulaed aa Jack Fruol prohibits the playing of whist or otb«r Pacific passenger train and a switch
games for prisM.
engine at Sanderson. Teg.
n/uaif
Four Steamers Fail to Haul Transport
Logan from Reef.
Honolulu, March 16. With engines
running at full «|>c»l. ant! naaiatsd by
the winches ami propellers of th- ves
sel they sought to aid, the British
cruiser Cambrian, the light houae tend
er Kukui ami the tugs Iroquois anti In
trepid strained for three hours thia
morning in the effort to drag the
stranded tran«|»ort D>gan off the i reef
on which she hail driven 26 feet of her
I h > w while maneuvering to enter her
slip last Saturday nighL
Several hawsers were snapped by the
•train |mt upon them, but when the
position of the troo|>ship was ascer
tained by measurement it waa found
that she had been moved only sii foet,
• nd the attempt to refloat her was
abandoned until high tide cornea again
tonight.
Many »hipping men believe that it
will bo neci-saary to lighten the Ixgan
of her cargo before she can tie freed
from the roof. If the effort in which
the Cambrian am! the three lugs join
at high tide proves fruitless, it is
probable that the work of hoisting out
cargo will be begun tomorrow morning.
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SERVIA PLAYS FOX.
Evades
Direct Issue In Austro-Hun-
gery Dispute.
Ixmdon, March 16. - It cannot be said
that the relations between Austria-
Hungary ami Servia have yet reeched
a point where an outbreak of hostilities
ia probable. Throughout the negotia
tions in connection with the delecate
Balkan situation the Austrian idea haa
been to force Servia first to acknow
ledge that the question of anneiing
Bosnia and Hercegovina hail passed be
yond the stage where it could be made
subject to a rearrangement; and, eec-
ond, to take effective steps for demob
ilising the troops.
The unsatisfactory aide of Servia'a
reply to Count Forgach'a note, referring
the Austro-Hungarian government to
Servia’a previous communication to the
power», ia the fact that it purposely
evaded three laauee. thus tacitly imply
ing that the matter haa been left in the
hands of the signatories of the Berlin
treaty.
Msssacre Stir« Persia.
St Petersburg, March 16.--A dis
patch to the Novoe Vremya'from Jul fa
on the frontier between Persia and
Russia, says that 1,000 Persian gov
ernment horsemen and 600 infantry
men were marching on Julfa from the
Persian hank of the Araxee river, de
vastating the villages in their path and
shooting down the people.
Revive Three-Coot Fore.
Chicago, March 16.- The resumption
of a 3-cent passenger rate in Missouri
on April 10 to replace the present 2-
cent rate, declared confiacaUry by
Judg«- McPherson, wa» decided u;»on
today at a meeting here of el ecu ti re
and traffic officials of the intercalad
roads.
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