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( - • * %<*•? t • , -»W- '* ■*" -r e » .BBS w VOL. SCIO, LINN COUNTY. OREGON. MAY XII. * — Pearman, performs the same offl-e for CH .KITEII XII. (Coattaesd ) And that weak moiber. who un«ter her 1 loadstone. buaband'a Influence, had for th« laat waab “New. sir.“ says Martin, "before we door all aha could to *t>et tha aala of see how they are together, we **w.l better th* daughter aha k>r*d ■». <arpt bttterly just let 'em have a quiet canter Jim. you get up on Coriander. You. young ’un." Bow her end waa erroniplished be continued, addressing the lad who had "Don't cry. mother.“ aald Maude, <mt ly ; “I «III do all you wish I would tiren upon fnailstoiie, “get on your own rather not know more about It than I am b»rwe. and lead round a nl«-e strong can otdlge.! to Juat yet. And one thing more ter. making It a little quicker from the I must when ali a settled, you know . bush home than In the dip. but no gallop there can ho no harm then I muat write ing la earnest,' mind.'* “looks ami moves well, sir, don't he?“ to bid Oren good hy. you’ll Iri me do •aid Martin, as Coriander, under Jim's that, mother, won’t you?” It waa all orer The bright Maude of masterly he nils, after two or three angry some few wecka bait. with her high eplr- snatches at hla bit, settled down into Ita and ringing laugh, waa u-arcely to be the long, low sweeping stride character re««>gni»ed In the ¡wtle apiritleee girl who letlc of the most thoroughbred horses mo|ied about the bouse now llrarta that distinguish thems>l>ea on a ra<-e d«»n’t break nowaday«, but when young course. ladiea dlap*>>e of their sffe< flona Injudl And now the pair come striding along riously, the intervention of the autborltiea towards the knoll, where they are pulled la wont to be followed by a abort Inter up. tai of Borrow and eadneaa "Go kind?“ Inquires Mr Pycroft. Harold ¡u-nieon. upon heariug •••- “Nice 'oas to ride can put him any daughter', decision, made a mighty gulp, where,'' observes Jim. seutenfiously. ami, awallowing aa much pride si might "Walk 'em about a bit, while we get have art up two or three county families, the saddle cloths ready.“ penned a letter to lawyer I'rarinsn. J * I •: • ■. . t - » i It waa an awkward epistle to ronipow, but the squire allowed himself quite equal Another muttered conversation between Pycroft and hla master . then the saddles to the occasion. The sum of It waa thia He first apologised, in a haughty manner, were removed, the leaded cloths mrefully adjusted, the saddles replaced over them, for what he waa pleased to term hia curt neaa at their laat Interview. In the en the long surcingles passed carefully over, cumbered state of hie property he had and Coriander and Ixvadatone were ready thought It but right to lay the proposal for their trial. “Give them their orders, Martin, and before Miss Imniaon, who. It appeared, then come here end see It. Mind, they're took a different and perhaps more aerial bls view of It than she had dona In the to start from the three-quarter of a mile W ho e to start 'em?'* first Instance. He should, therefore, be l«»t "All right, sir. I told William tv> cones happy to wel<-ome the visile of Mr Pear back, and here he Is. You go down with man, junior, to Glinn. 'em. Will. Hush In, mind. Here, Jim. "Told you so. Kam told you so." as KI you rids the old horse, of costras, this old Pearman, when he rei-elved thia pre cious epistle, “lie only wanted time and time. Get off, and come right along I don't mean ride hie bead off, but take the line enough. Pre done my part, boy It lead, ami keep It ” to In your hands now ; but I think you'll "All right 1” And Jim walked the grey find It all pretty smooth Bailing’* leisurely down alongside William, to the starting post. CHAPTER XIII. "Now, look here, boy,” said Mr. Py- A little after alt In the morning The croft, advancing to the stripling who waa April sun has Just succeeded In breaking on Coriander; "you have an Idea of rid through the morning mist and the air Ing, you have Now. don't go and make still has a crackle of fmet In It. At an eshibltion of yourself thia morning the foot of a small knoll, surmounted by Mind. If you do it here, I shall take care a little dump of Hcotch fir. stand three you don’t get much chance of -doing It In mon. engaged In earnest conversation public. Attend to what I say Io you Carefully sheeted, with stable tsiye on Get off aa well aa you can. Jlm’a pretty their becks, some seven or eight thorough- safe to do you there, but, even if he breda pace majestically round and round don't, mind, you're to wait on hitn till you the little hlllm-k. On the aldo those men come to the quarter mile poet from borne. are standing, at retches a considerable et You know It. linn up to blm then. Ilut. I>anar of velvety turf down A series of whatever J ini does, w hether he begins rid slender white poire mark out a wide oval Ing or whether ho doesn't, you're not road, somewhere about a mile In circum to begin In earnest till within fifty yards ference. That broad, green, ribbon like of home. I'll forgive you If you waft track Is what la termed the Msnnereley too long, and lose it that way ; but If you Gallop, and the ground upon which Mr come too soon and ride him to a stand Pearman's horses take tbeir dally ei»r still, we shan't want you for light weights das. at Nowmarket or anywhere else.” The gentleman la the pepper and -salt The lad walked hla horse sfter Ixvad suit, single breasted cnat, longish waist stone with a very serious faca. Like all coat and low crowned hat. Is Martin Py buys In a racing stable, of course the croft, trainer. Ila fiddles with the ash height of hla ambition was to become a plant In his hand, and seems rather to )<H-key. lie was not a little proud of demur to something that hla companion— twing in charge of aui-h a celebrity aa Ram Pearman erciue to insist on Coriander. Tor, be It known to the unin Aa for the third member of tha confer itiated that every race horse In a big eta once, a bright, wiry, dark little man. bo ble la looked after by hia own boy. and looks aa If his opinion must bo asked that these boya, when their horse Is one pretty decidedly before he Intends commit of distinction, are Immensely prowl of ting himself on any point He Is a jot-key him They groom him, rids him at exer- of some considerable eminence In bls pro ciee In abort, almost live with him feselon. Coriander waa the first crack that had "I'«n't do any harm, Martin He might fallen to young Allen's care, and he firm juat aa well have a spin with lbs old ly believed such a flyer never existed. Now aniioua moment! be was to ride horse as go hla usual gallop." "Well, I'd rather Mr. Pearman wait him in bis trial, lie looked even at that till be la quite wound up before trying as a great rise in hla profession. It Is him. You must do so you please, sir true he had riddeu in two or three trials No horse can be doing better; but cvntln- before, but then he had generally been on ually trying does take the heart out of something that bad had no earthly chance to win. buppoee be should make a mean them, you know, air " “Of course W does; but mind, we of It tbla morning; Mr. Pycroft would haven’t gal loped t’oriauder lieoldo another never give him another chance, perhsps. No wonder the boy looks rather serf thio year. We aupimse him to be quite Ilut they are at the post. A couple as good and bettsr than be wu last au oua tumn, but we've never ascertained I of false starts take place. In conoequneev of young Allen's esgerness to get well off. mean to know this morning ’’ "Htop a bit, young *un." said Jim. In the meantime the string has halted, Mind, It the sheeta are removed, and then, led by laughing; "be a little steady. the head lad oo a veteran of four seasons' ain't a race, and 1 won't want to get the beat of you. I only want to get away standing, the youngsters proceed In In dien file round the course at s half speed fair. How a starter would walk down gallop. Then comes more walking for your throat If you carried on like thia!” The remonstrance had the desired effect, twenty minutes or oo. succeeded by an other steady canter, towards the finish of and ths neat Ums they were away, Jim which the pace la i-onsldsrsbly Improved having a little the best of It, though not - the rate of progression being always much. Once off. the boy’s nerves stead regulated by the rider of the loading ied directly. He waited patiently till he horse, who has. of course, received hla camo to the quarter poet, and then ran Ixsked togeth laatru'-tloia from the trainer beforehand up abresot of IxMidatone Moro walking, then more cantering, at er. they went for the nert two hundred the concluakm of which Martin Pycroft yards, and then Jim began what la term ed In racing parlance "Addling” at hie says quietly : “Take 'em home, William, and tell horns; It means riding him a little. He those boys to bring Imadstooe and Cori drew near a length ahead, but the boy sat still. "Wait till within fifty yanto ander up here." Merely replying. “All right, sir.” Wil of home, whatever Jim doee.*' he mutter llam turned hla horse's head In the direc ed. "and t will. If I'm beat for It." A few strides more, and ho saw that tion of the stables. A minute or two, and a couple of stable IxMidstone could hardly hold the lead be boys walk the horses to where Pearman. had obtained. Gradually he was creep Pycroft and "the rigid rider to orders" ing up to blm again, though still quiet oo hla borne. A little more, and Jim began are standing “Jump off and strip ’em," aays the to ride his horse la earnest, and thia was trainer The boys slip off the backs of the hardest trial the boy bad undergone For a moment Jim forged ahead, their respective mounts, and hold them yet. by the bead while Pycroft unloosen Cori and looked like leaving him altogether, ander's surcingle, whips off the sheets then be seemed to hang; and now surely with a deiterous hand, and proceeds to he was within fifty yards of home. Was adjust a light racing asddls on that he? Yea! He sat down and shook up suulns celebrity's bait Jim, sawts'ed hy j Coriander, pa med Jiao easily, sod weot «at the kn.ill a .11 pie of lengths to front "You'll do. young 'un.'* «aid Jim. rued- naturedly, a« tbe> pulled up their horses. "iBoa't quite know what orders you got. but can pretty well gu-^s You stick aa close to What you're told to do. end keep your brad as cool as you did thia time, and you'll find yoarwelf first past the poet at K(>ewm some of these days.” “Well. Martin. I think that'll about do," laughed I'enrman. as tbe trial fin Isbed. "It will be a g»»xl horse that h*e the beet of Coriander three weeks from Ibis'* “Y re, air. he’s letter even than I thought be was, and I know I haven't workasl him up to his best yet. I've no fear of his not going on well, for I never trained a better ivmstltutloned colt in my life, and though we didn't try him quite the full distam-e this morning. I've no doubt of hla getting tbe Rowley Mile as well as hv's done his three quarters this morning ” "You did that very well, my lad." be continued, sddrewsing Allen. "This morn Ing's ride will be a little In your pocket, it we've Im-k. sud you l>sy attention to iu> U.-Vt ... I- r» •-.!> !:>••> ■«’>- IL'id Jour tongue Yivu'll get riding before you're many months older. Well. Jun, what do you think?” The j» key jumped off bis horse and h.iiid---l I-.............. ■■ ' < ’hat had first iieen on him When out of earshot, lie replied. "I ll win the Guineas, imr ac cident« unb*» there's a great three year ohl whose name we haven't beard on.' Mam Penriuau. in the meunlime. seat- «1 on the soft grn«s. w«« busily glancing over a neat memorandum boob "Yes, be mutterwl. “stakes and all. It will l>e a gixxliati bit to win it's a biga*'' Ihlug than I ever pulled off yet, and I have bad some very tidy wins in my lima. We'll tie off home how. Martin eb? Good erough. Jim, Isn't It?” ”Wtob I'd your book on It. sir." waa the that worthy's reply “Well, you and Martin will find ibat I've not forgotten to do something in that way for you when Its landed." laughed i'eurama. "For the prevent, gi«> I by.” "Must win eh?” said the trainer. ' Ccn't lose." res|»onded the jockey, "unless I'm knocked over." CHATTER XIV Gid i'earnuvn had shown perfect knowi edge of maukiml on the receipt of I Will- son's letter, lie had gone over to Glinn the neit morning The old lawyer was quite master of the situation. The squire felt quite grateful to hla visitor for tbe tact and delicacy with *ii. n he paved tbn “«» f-,r Wn iwfisni fr-.in v «.ike rrd (» «iii.n It w««. per haps, thia wonderful quality which had hel;*d I'earman on in tbe world more than anything. Even those who had been moat closely shorn were always Impressed to their dying day that. If they could have |Miil»d through the swamp of linpecunl- osrty their re«-kli-sane-« had plunged them into. Pearman would have done It. |ietii«.-il waa no fool where hla Interests were . on-eriird lie had. it is.true, been guilty of the grossest folly In aquaailer- Ing a fine property . but he waa not w«wk enough to look Upon the lawyer aa a ben efactor. “Well, Mr. Pearman,” he said, "ws had tiewi let byguuea be bygones If I waa aliarp upon you the other day In speech, you retaliated on the mortgage; and you bad tbe best of it. Come in and lum-b." Ho the old g- ntlrman lunchesl at Glinn, and waa Introdui-ed to Mrs. iH-niaou and bls future daughter in law. Maude took but little notice of him. but her mother, having now made up her mind to the match, was favorably Impressml. Mr. I'earman, In fact, dressed quite as the old rvajiev-table <-<ititi<b-ntial solicitor, and Sided the jsirt satremely well. Poor Mrs. Iienisou, having made up her mind Io meet her ideal of a low turf attorney, de rived principally from novela, was most agreeably aatonishevl. That the son would quickly follow In hie father's fisHstepw was a matter of course, and here again tbe Glinn family were destined to lie pleasantly surpriasff. Hani I’earman, though he had not all, yet inherited a fair proportion of his father's tact. The old gentleman, tuo, bad given blm one or two valuable hints. He pre sented himself very quietly, waa very sub dued and respectful, but by no means demonstrative In hla attentions to Maude; talked just a shade of racing. •> gratify the squire, letting It drop as quickly M opportunity served , ckatted pleasantly on all rtie tuples of the day, and toaik his departure after the delivery of a neat anecdote that made even Mrs. I>enlsun smile. Poor Maude, she had sat very pals through the visit; but even she felt a aperies of mild gratitude for tbe little her accredited suitor had sought from her on this occasion. Hhe felt that she could marry tbe man to save Glinn to her parents, but that any lovemaking before hand would be unendurable. If he would continue to treat her with quiet courtesy, she could bear It ; but to yield her lipa to him, she felt waa beyond her. That lov ers claim such favors she knew ; but ths girl bad a strong touch of rotuame In bar, and voweat no kiss should be laid on her cheek until she waa irrevocably severed from Grenville Rose. Hhe still clung to an und«-flne<j hufte that he might rescue her yet. Poor child! her case looks sad enough now; hut there are a good many fitful change« In thia world's great kaleid oscope. Men cut their throats premature ly. and humanity generally decllnse strug gling, juat as better times are about to dawn. "More judicious to play the gams out than throw down tbe cards,” bold* good In life (To be continued.) Naterwl lledwetloa. Raid Rhe I wonder how these spirit ual communliatlona are written? Raid H»--Wlth a medium pen or pen- ill, I imagine. 21, EVENTS OF THE DAY Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts ol the World PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Laat Important but Not Last Inter esting Happening« from Point« Outride tha State. General Meredith, dead. the NO. 1009. noveliat, ia Captain Hain« haa been sentenced to eight years in prison. Mr. Taft is suffering from a nervous breakdown, but not seriously. A severe mow storm haa juat swept the Alberta, Canada, country. The emperor of Russia will visit King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy. STORES IN TIERS. Crowded Condition of State Street. Chicago. <« Responsible. Chicago, May IN. Store« in tier«, with each tier eonnocted by private elevator with the floors below, ia the innovation to bo introduced in the ilowntown business seition of Chicago, and it is one that will be watched with fl,tercal Th.- t>.-w plan has I h - i - u d<- visoxi to meet the urgent demand for more storeroom on State street. "If we can't have stores on the Aral fluor, give us at least show space there and enough room to run our customers up to eome floor abovv," haa been the cry of those merchants anxious to lo cate on State street, but unable to find room, and the estate of L. Z. 1-eitrr ia the first to meet thia urgent demand. The Latter estate haa had architects prepare plans for the conversion of the seven-story building at th«- southeast corner of State and Jackson boulevard, which fronts 40 feet on State and 144 feet on Jackson. Architects plan to divide the first floor into seven small stores, and arrangements will be niaiic for tenants to have private elevators connecting with aa much additional floor space on the upper floora as they require. A suit is to be startevl by the gov BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE BURNEO. ernment to diaaolve the Unltrd States Express com|uuiy. Pride of Japanese Buddhist* and Its A move has tx-en started by two dis Treasure« Destroyed. inherited sons to contest the wli) of Tokio, .May IN. Sojaji, the famous the late Claus Sprecklea. Buddhist temple m Shiba park, Tokio, The laxity of the Porto Rican gov haa ix-en destmyeti by fire at a loss of ernment in caring for its lepers ia said Only those who know the pride of to be a menace to the Unit«) States. th« Ju; hi in tlo ir temples can con- A Canadian man has offered the de ceive the effect of this irreparable loss fense of being mentally unbalanced upon the people. The Sojaji temple, when the moon is full and hia mother next to the great temple at Nikko, «upporta the claim. probably waa the moat famous and pop The New York ami New Jersey ular show tempi« in Ja|>an. Livestock exchange haa announc'd that fta wot .l.-rful red gate«, which will it will undertake the promotion of be remberrd by thousands of tourists, livestock cultivation in the Atlantic were ><av«- I from the flatm-a, but inside coast state« on an extenaive scale for the temple compound there remains fix«! pur[x>iies. only a lonely daibutau of bronxe, sur Taft haa txen mail« an associate rounded hy piles of wreckage and em bowered amid the blackened branches member of the G. A. R. of overhanging cryptomeria. A few Insurance com|*anira of Indiana are other gigantic pieces of brnnxs stand being prosecuted under the anti-trust out lonely amid the mass of ashes, all laws. that ia left of some of the moat won Wisconsin projiosea to forbid ' con derful art treasures that were to be tributions by candidates to churches found in the Far East. The fire waa set by a beggar who and secret aoeietiea. was living in a hole underneath the A severe wind storm at Corry, Pa., structure. The man was cold and blew over a circus tent, injuring a started a little blase with a newspaper large number of people. and a few sticks for warmth. Reno, Nev., ia infested with firebugs ONE MAN AT HEAD. who are starting numerous fires in bus iness ami residence building«. General Schefket Central Figure In Roosevelt haa already started to Turkish Affairs. write a series of articles describing Constantinople, May 1H. Muhinid his African adventures to date. Schefket 1‘aaha, commander of ths Governor Hadley haa vetoed the in Turkish Constitutional forces, both on surance law which waa passed by the land and sea, is the man moat fre Missouri legislature after a long fight. quently in the thoughts of those ob The army transport Dix, which has serving or dealing with the confused been experimenting with Philippine politics of the day in Turkey. coal, reports that it haa excellent He is the one quiet figure upon steaming qualities and haa proven very whom rests the preservation of order. satisfactory. The civil branches of the government The Dry Farming congress, whieh look to him to im|*oer their liberal rule meets at Billings, Mont, in October, upon the empire and to deal promptly will aim to teach the farmer how to with ¡H-rsona and factions dangerous to conserve moisture by intelligent culti the state. The skill and celerity with which vation and thus increase the producing General Schefket brought the third area in arid and semi-arid regions. army corps and part of the second The French strike is on the verge of army corps before Constantinople and collapse, but ia pledged aid of the labor occupied the capilol have amazed the unions. foreign military mon here. Besides Three men were killed and 12 badly those at tacho«I to the embaseioe, seven injured by an explosion of dynamite officers camo from Germany and five British officers from Egypt to observe near Key West, Fla. the development of the campaign. Farmerra of Grand valley, Colo., They have not ceased to discuss the de have protested against Ballinger's sus tails of the Constitutional commander's pension of irrigation work. arrangements. "The army ia merely an instrument A bridge on the Wabash railroad near Kansas City gave way aa a train of civil pawcr.** said General Schefket was crossing and several parsons are today. "The army and I, aa an officer in it, derive our authority from the missing. national assembly. The army is a fin A non union baker at New York was ger of parliament only, and works un set upon by women ami after giving der the will of the cabinet.** him a severe beating they threw him Th« general had an hour’s talk with into a vat of dough. lltlni Pasha, the grand vizier, at the Hill and Harriman officials are con conclusion of which he said; "Thn ferring with the Interstats Commerce grand vizier and I are in perfect ac- commission with a view of forming cord. We have obstructions to over rates to conform to the Spokane decie- come in our progress toward free and stable institutions. I hope we will ion. rise above them.’’ An extra seaaion of the Washington legislature will probably be called to Will Signal Mars. straighten out some of the matters Boaton, May 1H. Professor David arising from investigation of stats offi E. Todd, head of Amherst college ob cials. servatory, today announced hia plan for Experts estimate that In 10 yeara picking up messages from Mars by every drop of water available for irri wireless instruments carried up in a gation will be utilised. For every acre balloon to the edge of the earth's at- irrigated there will be 50 acres of dry moaphera. Shut up in an airtight farm land where irrigation possibili tank, borne aloft in a huge huge bal ties are exhausted. loon, Professor Todd will in September Roosevelt says Tolstoi is a weak make his first attempt. He says the Martians are undoubtedly centuries eader. ahead of us in knowledge of ether A saloon ia to be opened in Dee waves, anil have doubtless been signal Moines where treating will be forbid ing ua for years. den. Korean Cabinst Controls. Secretary MacVeagh says prosperity Seoul, May DI. Obeying a sudden only awaits completion of the tariff bill. tummona from Prince Ito, Japanese resilient general in Korea, who ia now Fire at txvng Island, Kan., destroyed in Japan. Viscount Sone, vice presi five business buildinga, causing a loss dent general, departed yesterday for estimated at 1100,000. Tokio, and for the first time in two The Farmers* union, at its national years the affairs of the Korean govern convention, haa agri-cd on a plan to ment are being administered by th« build warehouses and market wheat cabinet without the supervision of Jap without the middleman. anese officials. -IK. RAILROADS ACCEPT Rill Reduce Rates to Conform to Spokane Decision. AVERAGE CUT OF 15 PER CENT Decide Not to Appeal Spokane Rul ing. but Will Stand Loss to Save Trouble. Chicago, May 1H. The Record-Her ald says: A new freight rate schedule from all the territory east of the Missouri river to all the Western cities not lo- cated on the Pacific coast will go into effect on the transcontinental lines July I. * The new rates will be based U|xm the rates which the Interstate Com merce commission ordered the railroads to put in from SL Paul and Chicago to S|Hikane and will be an average reduc tion under the prveent rates of about 15 per cvnL The railroads decided to do this in stead of fight ing.the order of btbe com mission In the courts. One of the officials wh<> srs attend ing said: "The railroads have decided to try to carry out the principle announced by the commission in the Spokane rate decision, instead of appealing to the courts to prevent such a reduction in our revenue. REWARDS TOTAL »06.000. Sleuths Elock to Spokane in Sesrch of Trsm Robbers. Spokane, May IN. Responding to the . ffor of rewards aggregating |<>6,• 000, offered by the Federal authorities and the railroad company for the cap ture aiui conviction of the robbers who held up and plundered a Great North ern train near S|xikane, detectives are gathering here from many places. Sev eral arrived from Denver, and the Pinkerton force here haa .been increas ed to 25. Spokane police believe the robbers inade(their way into S|x>kane and a close watch ia kept on the saloons and lodging houses. A number of detec tives are working on the theory that tile desperadoes are hiding in the mountains back of Colbert. Police and railway men say they do not believe that Charles McDonald, the notorious train robber who broke jail in Helena, Mont., while awaiting trial for holding up a ' .rvat Northern train at Rondo, Mont., shared in laat Saturday’s crime. They say McDonald would not be likely to agiain invade territory in which he ia known to so many persons. _ GROWL AGAINST KAISER. Estravagsnce ol His Welcoms Angers Austrian Taspayera. Vienne. May 18. This city ia echo ing with gossip and comment in con nection with the visit *' Etrqieror William. It is agreed that the wel come of the august visitor was out wardly hearty anil that the decoratlona were on a scale quite disproportionate to the brief and incidental character of the visit. Indeed, the extravagance of the municipal authorities haa aroused the indignation of the already overbur dened taxpayers. As to the real inward welcome of the kaiser, there is less certainty. Despite glowing panegyrics of tbe Viennese new-pa|>era and their assev erations of gratitude for Germany’« support in the dark days of the Balkan crisis, coupled with declarations that the future interests of the »o empires will be still more cl> <>>ly united, poli ticians are afraid that Austria has given Germany a heavy mortgage on her future. Au-tria may be forced to join Germany in any foreign policy the latter chooses to adopt. Prosperity at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, May 18. Announcement was made here tonight that 35,000 em ployes of iron end steel companies hav ing headquarters in this vicinity will receive an advance in wages averaging Io per cent the first of June or the first of July. The United States Steel cor- ¡»ration ho made no announcement of an increase, but it ia said the Jones A Laughlin Steel company, the Republic Iron A Steel company and other inde- pemient concerns could restore the wages paid prior to the first of last April. Railway Travel Growing Safe. Chicago, May ¡8. —According to a report mad«- public by the Pennsylvania lines, the system carried 141,659,548 paawngera over 23,000 miles of rails without the loss of life to a single pas senger train from train accidents dur ing 1908. The number of ¡isasengera injured throughout the year waa 102, a decrease of 81.6 per cent from the eaa- ualty list'of 1907. ' &
