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RUPERT SARGENT
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Author of "The Count st Harvard.* str
Copyright, IQOfl. by J H Lippincott Company
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• IIAl-TF.H IV.
I hapi»on»d to he .ittlng In my d»n.
Writing, the following afternoon, when
glsn. ing o’lt of th» big window that look»
up the brack, I .-aught sight of a woiu»n
walking near th» water
I pi<-ked up my
binoculars and forua»»<| them on har. It
prove,| to be Mi»« Graham, dreaaed in a
riding habit, and with a broad felt hat
on her bead.
M»r w»s walking In a
some-hat aimir»» fashion, skirting th»
Wavoa »• though ah» were playing with
them. I saw her glance om-e at the Ship
• nd one» In th* direction of ray houae
I put down th. glas.es and laid my
papers »»Id*. When I w»nt down stairs
I route,) Charle» out >f a sound sleep in
th* kitchri,,
“Ito ton rvtnrmbor how to mak* t*a
good tea?” ] a»1«cd him.
1 - Mr. Felit.
Aren't you feeling
l.INN
COINTY
1ÎMM».
< ! ha t n » Idea wh-ti l rams In at th»
- a--fc
th st I aho'iM And »uek a ¡»rrtty
picture aeait-nx ms In front." lie bowel
to SB» tiraham
"Where ia t be boras,
Barbara, that fo--. with yonr habit r
"I left him in ths -«-ria. lla'a used
to atandlnf." 8ba turned to me. “Mr
Kellen, hate yon met Mr. I allpr
"Ye-terdaj," I arw—ered. "He lunche,!
re."
"Y*a." put In Islip' "and he gave me
«a gixxl a lunch aa he's giving yon tea
Iteally. Ket<ien. you’re not living up to
your reputation aa a recluua.” lie ¡xui««l.
l.xvking from Mixa Graham to nw
“|
hate an Interloper, but I'm afraid that's
the part awlgned me
When you didn't
appear at dinner, and co>ildn't he found.
I eolunteere»! tn hunt
I »a. rettine
quit» worried over th.
disappearance.
Your Aunt F.livsbrth
“Is III In bed with a headache," said
Nilas Graham.
"«Julia so. so we didn't hka to tell her
I took all th» responsibility on myaelf "
I may ha«» loofeml «»»mewhat sharply
at Islip at these word», for when I turn­
ed tn th» girl I »tight an amused gleam
In her eye.
T-xr.h
>. K-.ioay , Aunt Kllaabeth
w - i'-l thank you. t>»», if ah» kn»w."
Th. jtntng man flu»hr-J an<l bit hl» lip
Ml» Graham had a pratoking ton» when
•k» - i»he<L I felt <v»rry for him.
"Won’t you •it du«>> and bava amne
I tear I adted
lie •hook his i..«I "I mutt b* fitting
back. now I ha»» fntin»l her."
He waa too polite to look at hia watrh,
but we l»»tli knew what he was thinking
"I left my hors. In your ba»-k yard.”
Ml» Graham ru-»f "1 must go. too
Thank you, Mr. Keldoq, f«»r the »unset
•nd tbe tea
Nir Islip mil tlnd mjr hor»
11 v
end go l«vk with wie "
damliig »• •!■.<• looked fi -ni one to the
other of us men. and J hardly wonder,
for I f :t d:-i
tly out of sorts all of
at
• sudden, and lallp'a .'•<■• wasn't
cheerftsl as usual.
Charles brought Islip's Horae down to
the !«■•■ h, and ws three walked up to the
¡»tint In tbs pin*» wh-.•* Mi» Graham
ha.I left her mount There we separated.
"By the way. Nelden.' said Islip, "the
market'« >haky ; slumping all ) eater day
•nd »tarte-l in today
Better look out
for a «quail." -lie grinned aa he disap-
¡»eared.
Chari-« was clearing sway the remains
of the lea party when I returned.
"Sorry. Sir Fells." »id he. ”1 triol
Io keep the yeiitlelnan away, but he
w -lid .om- out
Said he wanted to see
you on pressing buslne««.’*
•• I nal's all right, Charlew.
11» came
■ > gneat
Ws craaldn t bars «at
there drinking tea all night''
"No, of course not, air. of course not
I ur. -I to do Indoors
"By ths »Sy,
«barb-», that tea waa splendid, you did
yoursPtf proud.
It» the tim- supper was finished I was
■till thinking ai»»ut the Penguin t'lub,
w hi* h »««a very singular thing. becaitss
ordinarily I Had *•• *i«e for tbe place.
(To be continued )
the color of COTftl.
Y m a<«in. and lb« wboX w*M»t ««• rwlJ
ci* with • purple border, and th»n a« th«
purple gained and the gold wank we rouM
•we tbe a no j of pine« «H bout tr<1 again«!
tho dropping tire.
“They come, the armi*« nom*“’ I cried
**K*»e tho epeara,
ths
hors’*
men. ser the hanfiera in the roar F*
! turned and her oyoa arer* shining,
exulting In the beauty of the acene Then
wo wore «ilent for a time, until th* bla»**
had aoftened and th« bat Ha dropped lo a
hartnofiisKia |r«*ace.
I found a a*at for h*r. and «tratchad
myaelf |te»ldo
**Tet) tn»* what you think." »he said —
’’the »toriea you tnake up when you «»tn.
hero night after night
1 had known how that view of the «un»
art quiet« >et | waa aurprlaed tu find her
•o «till and calm. It «eemed aa though
"Quite well.
Please make sons tea w« had known ra h other for »oine time.
that »hall !»* ready to »erve in about an
I have romanced to myaelf idly from
hour, slid get out a box of those salty that cliff wb«'i> the yellow light lie« over
biwiiits. Net »hr amall tabla In thr din the ■>« and the river and tbe plnee, and
Ing r-»»m out In front of the door, with I drew upon my memory only to find If
Moreover. 1 Jrarned mivh
two dullra. and b* r*ady to serve a lady well eto« ke<|
• nd myaelf."
of th« river people, of the bird« that liva
"!-•*, Mr, Felix." i'harlrs showed no In the nmrwh and of the animala of the
Surprise, though hr had nrver received woods. I had watched the purple fra<-kle
•ixh an order since w» had E»*en at Alaa- build hia neat and the blue Jay forac* for
tair.
hia offspring when the auinmer
was
I pi»-ki*d np a cap. and left the house. young, and I knew many a story of the
A« I did »i I notice,] that Mi.. Graham J •ca gull«. Mr. tiraluim was a flattering
had a(o|»p*d walking ami wn. gathering Hatencr. her Hpa «lightly parted, bar ej«a
•hells. Half way to her. and «he was alight with Interrat.
»till absorbed In tbe «hells, which srr
“You muat I«* hungry,** 1 said at la«t.
I
quite Iitm.'ially tx-aiitiful her»; thr»* “luD'h at noon, no «upper until R.
qinirter« af th* Mr, ,r„| ,»„ w„ „¡¡i ahotild like to offer you tuy cottage*« hoa
playing with them. I hsd almoat reached pitality.**
I waa
f r tha fiu*h tlod
*
her. and •■« raising my cap to •»>*«.k.
before she turned anil ««w me.
knew would come, and waa not dtaaie
of «tin>rlse roxe to her cheeks.
pointed.
"G<xx| aft>-rnnon."
“1‘hank yoti." .he answered. “tat. you
"Gixxl afternoon. Mr Hermit, Am Î •ee w hat »•■ilbl jieopl» think
they
ln<*keij In
pos'-hing on your preserve«?*
N'ot in ’he least . I make you fre* « aw me inking tea alone with you?’’
of the city.''
”!’ro¡>le don** look In my dining nx*m
1 her* ws. a light In her blue eye« window.” 1 answered.
She «hook her head ao »ir< lalvely that
which I dl«covrr*d that I rememlx-red,
but a found her riding habit new and I knew «he meant It.
iranderfiilly ¡>r*|>otav-.ing
I w«« taking
“At Ira»!, we »ill hare n cup of tea
on the liench/* I »«id. "out ot th »on» oh.
»b<4 of it when she interrupted me.
"I left my hoc tied tack in ♦ hs a duren yard«» from the rot tag-, where
• '»-G
Hav.- i t you step seen a riding all the world may aee ua If they rhooaae**
habit Ix-fore?"
••Rplendi'l *’ ahe rrM, and. jumping up.
l>l,l«luai **t labor.
wn from the height*.
"Nes
I lw-g your pardon, but It's so
"Got any work thia tuurnln'. Mlatah
On th« smooth «and aoroe dlatance Boydr ask««t old Billy Bulger, safe
Very Ixx-otnliig.''
Again th* qul.-k flush, and an instant'« from my door • 'baric« had p!a*r<l th* lit In the ktiowlvslge that uo work would
look st the sand. Then sh* laughed and tie table. Two chain» fared each other;
plate«, napkin«, and a center pier« of I«» entrusted to hint.
•hook h*r riding crop playfully’at m*.
“No," n»» the response; and then,
"Itowar*. Mr. Hermit. Any man might l»earh mar«hmallow a were the decorationa.
■ay a thing Ilk* thst. but I expect other and my man, aa atraight ami rigid at an before Billy could ask for the custom­
thing« from yon. That's one of the pen­ Egyptian Idol. at»«»d a abort di«t a nee off. ary contribution : “But wall a minute.
alties of your ¡»osltion: you must 1» dif Miaa tiraham gave a llttla cry of plea»- Tuiwyer Phillips has owed me |'.i> for
f»-fent. I look for th* flavor of roman»-* ura.
twenty years
Collect It and I’ll give
“It’a like the Arabian Night«!*’ ahe ex­ you half " And the nierchanL knowing
• nd adrenture at Ala«talr " Nh* laughed
**Th> whole thing aeenui to
st my pttMled face. "Khali I go Iw.-k claimed.
how bad waa the debt, winked st a
have »prung out of the «and.**
bam* »gain?"
waiting customer.
I seated her at the table.
"No. I will try to rerm-mlx-r. Did you
The old uian found the lawyer In tho
"You
may
aerve
the
tea,
(
’
’
hgrlra/**
I
Corn* to see the «unset from th* cliff?"
middle of a group of prospective client»
"V*». My aunt has a headache and or«|ere<i.
Thrusting
He brought forth the tea ¡»nt, and waa and Influential cltlaena.
ha» atayed in bed all dsy. I bribed our
waiter to »are in* » little supper and about to pour the tea Into our cupo when through the group, be calle»!. In sten
•end it up to my room at M o'chxk, «o, Mil»« Graham expostulated. Mlt’a the lurlan tones:
you «•■* Pm free of the club and din w<»man'a place to do that !** the exclaim
“Mlatah PhlllljMi, «uh
n*r." Nhe spnka Impulsively, a« 1 Im "d. and Charle« aurrrndered the tea pot
“Welir queri»«! th« lawyer, tuucb
Into
her
car*.
agin*»! «he might do many things, and
annoyed.
•'Ifnw many Inmpa of augar?** «he
glnncrd at m* «hlmsb-ally to see of what
'«Mlatah Itoyd done tall me that
I wav thinking
Nhe had some of tbe a eked, with the dellcat« auprrority of a
you've owed him
for alxiut a hun
•rtlcMnes» of a rhild playing truant hmite«« to a guest.
dred years; am! he wants tu know kin
*Tw<bw
from s»-hm>l. "I do hate stnpi»l convm
**WHI you have lemon or cream?" you |>ay hint, suh ”
tlon«. »wk as rhatierons." she added, "*•
There were lx»fb ; I thanked my afar« that
pe-lally In »uminer."
The lawyer hurried to Billy's side
W* walked ¡a«t my rottage.
which <’liar leu waa ao thoughtful.
"You Idiot." he said aotto voce, "do
“I •« mon.**
Mira Graham looked at with much curl
you want to ruin my business! Hero !"
I revived my tea-cup and a moment
osfty. »«king tn* a hundred questions
and hr thrust a >io bill Into the old
al-out it - how I hsd -lixcovereil It. why later ha«l the aatUfaction of hearing Mi««
man's hand.
1 had bought It. how It was fashioned In­ Graham «ay that the brew w«a delirium
Back to the merchant toddled the oh)
side. and how I did mv marketing. I "Anti aurh pretty ruja»! 4 don’t l»*liev«
told her I had th* «am* butcher they had you’re a bit of a hermit, but a very pom* man.
“Well, Billy," said tbe merchant,
St the rluh.
iwre<1 old ay •»write.'*
”We u«r three only on afa*e orra«ion«, "did you get ItF
"Oh !’’ «be said. "I half hotted you
Tho old umn grinned.
lived by hunting arx! Ashing, but I sup for our h»»norw| gn.--.ta," I rxplaine«|.
"Hut I «lon’t feel «« if thi« were a •tste
right," h«.
p<>a* you'd rather indulge In ocasional
"! got my half, all
»xvaaion." •h« nn«w«»rr<|, M|t • sh » ijw quite chuckle«!; "but you'd better look out
beefsteaks."
a« though we’d brr» doitif th»« al) •um-
"I’d rather live that way," »aid I. "but
when y»»u go tach to get your half -
•X..
tner."
. w ■ -I i’t like that II-
•
hr's right •mart hot over it, »uh
"I whh we ha<l," I •«Id. quickly,
ha> » very cultivated palate."
"I mean. It arem« iw> usual,' •he «aid. Huccees Mugnxlnc.
When w* came to the top of the cliff
"Ami yet. In reality, you hardly know
1 f ill like another Balboa discovering the
Illpmlng llitnanad.
Pad Ar. In front of ua lay the entrance m* at all: why. you haven’t even met
Aunt Ellial»r!h y^t "
n 1» a fainllliir fact that tainana»
to the rlv*r. the •loping Sway of the
"No, that’« true.” | agreed, "lint then, an- Imported green, but it came as a
dtinea to the low. level flel.f. of meadow-
on th« other hand, you don’t know auch new thing to a visitor to the banana
grass, and the iliatsnt background of the
• very great deal atmut me."
district in Colombia to dial that ba
plnra. Here and there the flelds were
"It’a the very fart that we know an
lianas are not jw-rmltted to ripen on
dott*»d with beach marshmallow, windfalls
little about ««ch other in the m>nal way«,
delicately pink: along the atnlgy bank«
the plant even down there. They are
and ao much In other way«.r Mias tira-
grew clump« of cat-taila. their brown pen-
<
ut and set to hang Sonmwhcre until
ham attempted to explain. ’ ‘that make,
tiona stiff like ao much bronse. At a lit­
everything ao nice
We’re both so much they wither ripe, aa the phrase la. Ila
tle landing-atage. where the river ha<l
intrroatrd In the Ship and hi history. nanas do not have to tie yellow Io
» hoHowed out a harbor in tbe bank. ro»le
you kmtw."
t>e ripe. That Is only the color of the
, mv /»t boat, the sail tightly furle«l, the
"We are," f anawrred. "That remind« •kin when it has dried np. To the
y v.t n- king gently with the tide. As
w* looked a fl« k of «and snipe rose from rne that I was to tell you all about the ¡■erson who Is accustomed to eating
bananas only when they are yellow It
the tall rank grs«»*« Eieyond the river and Mhip «onie time"
"Tea.
She looked off to where the mx-ms odd to pe»-l them when they ars
•pr*ad IheuKH-liea like a sail against the
western aky, Nalars nerer looked an ab­ loat lay ahlnulng like mahogany In the preen and find that they are perfectly
yellow afterglow, "But don't you think
solutely pea.-eful,
rlpo within and fit to eat.—-New Tork
# ••'!/»*" I said: a heron, red leered, we'd better wait until we're on board Non.
whitv-b»»li*d. roae from the sedeen and again. The smell of tar and the feel of
flrpped hl« way up the stream, lie railed the wood will make It ao much more
« oweselr lleaned.
real.“
to hia mate. • Ipw, plaintive cry.
“What Is tbe dlatlngulshlng quality
ia beautiful." said the girl,
“I
"Tben. you'll come
-" f began, and of the problem play?”
don't wond-r that you lova It."
«topped. for Mi» Braham waa l«»klng
"It makes you think. The flrst half
"luok." I said the sun's kaleM—wmpe past me at the door of my bouse,
I
wta
- ¡. •
• I
turned to see Islip there, a broad smile keeps you wondering what the ques­
tion Is. arid the second half keeps yos
•’«F ’t>- l> ' l. t iming ’•» r
!■> or»!
< wreathing hia face.
to brlHiaat. biasing golds. Again It '
"Well, well, well!" he remarked, ad- guessing w hat's the snswer."—Wash
•bifled and »uliened, rad and yellow tat ing
AVhat a charming idyl I Ileal liigtou Star.
MOTORMAN IS BLAMED.
Luidcnis
Newsy Items Gathered from All
Parts ot the World.
PREPAREDI0K THE BUST READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter­
Outside the State.
A labor crisis is fast approaching in
Sweden.
Great Britain has begun building
aerial navy.
A French aviator has readied
height of H00 feet tn hia aeroplane.
Spoksne,
Wash.,
Au#.
3.
In
the
collision of two paasengvr trains on ths
Cosur d'Alene A fipokars railway Sat-1
unlay aflsrtwon, two nitlva west of
Coeur d'Alene, 12 persona w< re killed
and 102 injursd. AE khj I 60 of the lat­
ter sustained only slight injuries and
are not in hospitals.
Motorman Campbell, of the wrecked
train, who was reportnl among the
dead last night, is alive today, but it
is thought it is only a matter of a few
esting Happenings from Points
a
The whole Missouri Pacific ayatem
ia to be merged into one company by
Gould.
Chicago carmen threaten a general
• trike and police are drilling tu be
ready for trouble.
Two Italian children have been ab
ducted tn SL I.ouia and are held for a
ransom of 125,000.
The Wright brothers are busy mak­
ing further changes anti improvements
in their aeroplane.
An official report on the Osaka,
Japan, fire, aaya 11,3U buildings were
destroyed, but that only one life was
lost.
DISCUSS IRRIGATION
Shows Ha Ran by Switch
Naar Cosur d Alana.
hours until he dies.
He waa badly
mangled in the vestibule of his ear, and
is l»arely breathing.
Campbell stated tonight that he un
’ derstood his order» were to meet the
| other train at a siding five miles from
i where the c«d ision occurre«!.
It is learned from an official who de­
clines to be quoted that Motorman
ICamptiell, of the weDboumi train, tbe
extra which waa wrecked, had orders
: from the dispatcher to ¡»uil out of Coeur
d’Alens and to take i» aiding about
three quarters of a mile out. in order
to allow the regular eaatbound train to
para.
He passed that aiding, either
forgetting his order« or imagining be
could make the next aiding, about an­
other mile ahead
It waa between the
' two aiding* that th«- collision occurred.
ACAPULCO IN RUINS.
Destitute Inhabitant* of Mealcan C>ty
Face Famine.
Reclamation Chiefs Gathered al
Portland for Conference.
MJ NEW PROJECTS ENCOURAGED
Claims on Fund Double
Available
tho Amount
Lieven Millions to
Be Appropriated.
Purlland, Aug. 3. An ap|iortionnwr>t
of the reclamation fund among the va­
rious government irrigat on proiecta
for the year 1910 will not b« determin­
ed until Secretary of the Interior Bal­
linger hold» a further conference with
the officials of th* reclamation service
tixlay. Mr. Ballinger yesterday held a
preliminary conference with these offi­
cials. at which were present the super­
vising engineer of tbe six divisions into
wInch ti e entire reclamation field is
divided. There ia to be apportioned for
th«-a* projects aixnit 111,000,000, but
the deman la for funds aggregate an
amount fully double that available.
The conference, which waa an execu­
tive one. w as h» Id in the offices of the
reclamation service in the Beck build­
ing. There were present all of the di­
recting and sujierviaing officials of the
service. In addition to Mr. Ballinger
they were
F. ID Newel, d rector; A.
P. Davie, chief engineer; O. H. En­
sign, chief electrical engineer; D. (’.
Henny, consulting engineer, and the
following su|>ervising engineer»: F. E.
Weymouth, Idaho division; I. W Mc­
Connell, Central div sion; H. N. Sav­
age, Northern division; C. H. Swigart,
Washington division;
L. C.
Hill,
Southern div sion, and E. G. Ilopson,
I'aciflc diviaion.
"Tcday’s conference was only pre­
liminary and there ia nothing definite
t.» an*«wnce rrgar.!:r.g U.e prvbabie ap­
portionment of the reclamation fund,
for (he reason that final conclusions
were not reached/* »ail Mr Ballinger
last night. "The various su|M-rvi»ing
engine« ra presented their demands
for funds with which to carry on the
work und« rtakvn by the government,
luring (he ensuing year.
Theae re-
quests will lu- considered further at an­
other conference which will lie held to­
morrow. It will not Ew until after to­
morrow's hearing that I Will be able
■ •ven roughly to determine how tbe
funds for thia work ahull to expended.
"From the fact that the demands for
money far exceed the amount of funds
that will be available, 1 find it will tie
a difficult job to decide on any appor­
tionment (hat will satiafy all. Orrgon
has not been receiving its share of the
jirocreila from th«- sa'e of public lands
Mexico City, Aug. 3
A dispatch
from Acapulco t day states that 73 dis­
The governor of Guadalajara, Mex­
tinct «bock» of earthquake have been
ico, says there were 15 persons wound-
felt ther* since the first shake Friday.
ed in the recent rioliong there and
Ti e city has been d<»»tr<»y«<d and the in-
none killed.
> habitants face a famine.
During one
A homing pigeon waa turned loose at of th«» shocks a total wave engulfe-l’the
Daa Veg««, N. M., and made its way harbor and a numtu r of lives were lo»t.
to Chicago, a distance of 1,255 miles,
Chilpancingo also baa l>e< n practical-
in six days.
I ly destroy«I. Whst tho earthquske of
The S|>anish revolt may spread to Friday failed to do was accom|ili»h«xl
, by tho stronger one Saturday, which
Madrid.
cith. r
».-¡»-dor rvmiered uninhabitable
Ths exar is in France visiting with every building in th* two place».
President Fallleres.
All th* markets at Acafiulco were
Count Zeppelin has male a flight of destroyed in the shocks of Saturday and
the country people are afraid to take
220 miles in hia airship.
: in mure produce to the town.
People
Major Burnham his found evidence •re camping in the public Mpiare* and
in Mexico of an extinct race.
hav» no food.
Tho buildings standing
Governor Shallrnberger and a party sre being leveled by djnamite, as they
are little more than tottering walla.
of 50 will tour the Pacific coast.
During the heavy shock Saturday
Chicago school authorities are to do
I the water in the harbor recede«! 33
•way with high school societies.
feet, and then rushed back, covering
A streetcar strike involving every | tho <lix'lu ami piers causing conaidera-
line in the city threatens Chicago.
: ble damage. Thu people arc suffering
1 from exposure. The tent* in the pub
The Chinese vice ronsul in New ;
lie rquarra slid streets du not keep off
York has been murdered by a erasy
the heavy rain* that fall at thi* season
Chinaman.
of th«- year.
A dar ng robber held up a Vaneou
Fund* are being raised in Mexico
ver, B. C., bank in broad day, but ae- j .City to relieve th»- distress of Guerrero. '
I In Mexico City Saturday the shock
cured only 11 (MJ.
within its (winters, as contemplated un-
8|>okane folice will overlook the waa heavier than any other yet experi- tier tho reclamation act. To see thia
anti cigarette law during the National onead. So far as known no lives were state next year receive more nearly
lost in llie las’, tremor.
Irrigation congress.
its »hare of thia fund is another prob­
lem ailh which 1 am confronted, espe­
The king and queen of Great Britain
cially in view of the increased demands
reviewed the great naval pageant,
REBELS DECLARE REPUBLIC
com ng in from other sections of the
which was made up of a line of war
reclan.ation field.’*
aht(is seven miles long.
Don Jaime de Bourbon to Lead Revo­
lution in Spain
An explosion of gasoline at St. Paul
GENERAL STRIKE CALLED.
caused the death of five persons and
Ixindon, Aug. 3. Quickly following
th«- injury of seven other». A four- messages received hi re early today that, Open Secession Reported in Many
story building waa also destroyed.
Communes ot Spam
Spanish troo|>s had Ewen repulsed in a |
k '•"’»ita*
‘ '3 ' V’-
Goldfield, Nev., mines with a capital collision with revolutionsries at Barce- '
Bayonne, France. Aug. 3.
With all
of over !!•,000,000 have b«wn consoli­ Iona, came a re|x>rt that the insurgents traiiea union» tn Northern Spain de­
in thst city hail proclaimed a republic. claring a general strike today, and
dated.
Color is lent to tEie r*j»ort by other with several communo» in Catalonis
The ant' Diax riots in Mexico are
dispatches ema atmg from Cerbers on having proclaimed a republic, condi­
•aid to have (H-en started by expelled
the Franco Spanish frontier.
Thi -se tions in Alfonao's kingdom are any­
students.
tell of a continuance of lighting thing but satisfactory. While the gov­
The French talk of other powers tietwren the troops and revolutionaries ernment on the »nr hand »end» <»ut re-
helping Spain in Morocco, where the | in Barcelona, showing th«» government » surmg dispatches to the effect that
situation is serious.
| has not gained control of the insurg- it ha« the revolt in Barcelona and
' rnts. aa censored dispatches statsd.
neighboring districts thoroughly under
A Denver man has receiver! a de­
Officials of the Spanish government control, on the other hand it admits
mand from blackmailers for $10,000
at Madrid and oth-r points have con- that It ha» e«-ir«»d th» teli-grajih and
with death as an alternative.
‘ tended for Several days that the rioting telephone lines in the Biscayan pro-
Chicrgo is experiencing the hottest was the work of anarchists and aocial- . vlnce», in an effort to keep the revo­
weather of the year and there are (Jos- i ists. These claims are challenged by lutionist» and atrikera from communi­
■ns of deaths and prostrations.
a message received yesterday from cation with each other.
Thia conflict of official reports, taken
A gang which has been systemati­ Barcelona by way of C«-rbcre stating:
•‘Nine thousand armed revolutionar­ with the fact that the municipality of
cally smuggling goods across the line
has been broken up at Vancouver, B. C. ies have formed a committee of public Palamoa has declared itself free and
safety, A meeting of Carlist lead» rw independent, lead unbiased outsiders
Wright's aeroplane has successfully has been held at f-'tgueraa, and the ar­
to believe that the revolt is anything
passed another government test mak­ rival is expected of tEw- preb-nder, Don
but suppressed, and that while revolu­
ing 42 S miles an hour with a ¡»aasen- Jaime de B >urt>on, in order to platte
tionists may be cowed in Barcelona
, himself al tl.e head of the rebllion.”
Its. If, they are waiting in small bands
The Colombian congress wants to
in the hills for more rea-suring times,
Opium in Mac binary.
know why President Reyaa left th«
■nd will then rea»«srt them »elves.
country and then sent in hia raaigr.a
Manila, Aug. 3. The government is
lion.
pressing the investigation of what ap­
Naval Tragedy Rumored.
Provincetown, Mass., Aug. 3, Elev­
Trrror and tragedy are supreme in pears to l>e an extensive opium smug,
Spain. Burning iiuildingn have turned gling plot which was brought to light en torpsdo boats in llie guise of an en­
night into day at Barcelona and it re­ by the discovery and a* ¡sure of 460 emy made an attack on the battleship
quire a constant vigilance by troop« to pounds and 72 ounces of c-a-aine in­ fleet engaged in maneuvers here to­
geniously concealed in a shipment of night, ar d ar. unconfirmed rumor has
prevent further trouble.
mining machinery brought fr< m Hong­ reached this town that one of the at­
Northwestern senators fought to the kong. Ixxns Grant, an American bus tacking Iwata eofTered a serious acci­
last to secure a higher tariff on rate on iness man of considerable prominence, dent. The attack of the mosquito flo­
lumiier.
has been arreeted charged with being tilla was made without general know­
Another hot wave ia spreading over implicated in the smuggling plot, and it ledge of the fleet officers, in order to
the East, causing many deaths and is believed that several others are being test the ordinary watchfulness of the
cloenty watched by the special agents.
lookouts
If an accident occurred, it
prostrations.
is thought that one of the bigger ships
The sugar trust may have to pay a
Sh p With 3,000 Overdue.
may have run down a torpedo boat.
fine of 1750,000 for absobrbing a Penn­
Durban,
Natal, Aug. 3. Some alarm
sylvania refinery.
has Ewen created by the non-arrival
Alabama First st Income Tan.
A California man has fasted 30 days here of the Brit sh steamer Waratah.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3.—The
and as he does not feel hungry w Bl not from Sydney, for London.
She left hois, of representatives yesterday
eat until h« does.
Port Natal July 26, and since then has unanimously ratified the proposed in­
A Chicago man has figured out that not been seen by sny vessel.
A search come tai amendment to the Federal
the Windy City will have a population has hern instituted lor her. The War- constitution. The senate will vote on
of 5,000,000 in 1940.
atah half 3,000 peraora on board.
the question of ratification Wednesday.
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