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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.
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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-..............
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< ’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.
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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.
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