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CHAPTER V!
(Coatinned!
1 followed hie directions to the porch
enclosed with (’.««a, and found Ml«« Gra
ham sitting there with an eliarly woman
• ho proved to bo her aunt, Miso Corey.
ttta presented mo, end the e'der lady,
after making a fsw rotnmvnla on tta
awful night, withdrew.
Still vtwndlng. I
put my hand Into my Inner pocket and
drew forth the bo« with rhe lorfie*
"When I went harh to the Ship thia
• ftrrnooa I found you had dropped the
lochet from your chain. Permit me to re
turn H '■
"How good of yon tn
"Oh!“ ehs aald
bring ItI discovered It waa gone and
was »field I might not be able to And It
after the «form
Thank you on much.
Mr Sebien.'*
I felt singularly coll and haughty, and
ei-vmed to detect a certain reserve alon
In her manner
The air of tta Penguin
Club wae not conducive to Informality
I had Intended to call her attention to
the fact that ths l<v-srt waa open when
I came upon It. but could not bring my
eelf to d<> ro In the fare of the cbll! that
aeemerl to hare settled down upon na
"Won't you elt down and talk to me?"
she said, but t shook my head
"* must ta getting bark
Tta «form le
getting worse every minute.
The wood
r»«id will »»on ta a swollen river"
There cam* « growl of rhunder and s
flaah of livid lightning.
Miss Graham
moved a
muscle.
"I
love
amreely
etorma," she said, "but I don't blame you
for wanting to get home aa soon aa you
can. You must ta soaked even In those
cloth«*."
I ¡<»»ked at my rough attire, and then
at the dainty white erc.-.li.g g.,wn al.«
wore, and laughed a little sharply at the
raotraat.
"It's lucky I due t often come to th*
club." I «aid.
“They would
probably
warn mo from the premises as « sea re
Clow of III omen."
Rodney Islip name on to tta porch. In
eienlng dress, as though to emptasiee my
own Inoongrultlea.
"Will you dance, Barbara?" ta ««Id
"Ttai're playing one of your favorite
naltltM.'* Then ta discovered me. "Hel
lo. old hap!" «"Id he. "How tta deuce
came you here? You don't mean to tell
n.« you rode through the thick of thia
etorm?"
Petty resentment got the tatter of me :
I barely noticed him. and taaed ta tta
girl.
"Ilon't let me keep you. Miao Graham
My inisaloo le over Good night."
She held out tar hand : I barely touch
ed It. I waa at tta door when lt<«iney
epohe. "t «ay. old man. hare you sron
tta evening papers?
Terrible times In
France, more trouble on the market ; let
II» waa so full of
ni* get you the news
be
tbe ato-k exchange
himself
that
ti > ight we must all ta Interested
“No. I thank you." I answered, blunt
ly. end went out. scorning myself for my
rudeness to this chap wboae only fault
lay in the fart that Mlae Graham cared
eo much about him.
I was to be still
n»ire ecwrnful of this rudeneea to him In
tta ilaye to rome.
they
I stood In the shadow
while
the
¡■»>« im I me. then I stole hack
to
y a-« i-oierrd ¡»»»rril ani lo»A<*d In for a
i»«»ment at the dancing
I wen bed Islip
bad Mias Graham on to the floor and
float away with her. and I caught eight
nt the locket hanging .in Its chain a taxi t
her taroat. Rhe tooted very fair In her
wide g»»wn. with her nx-k bare, and lallp
looked very happy as ta danced with her.
1 tooked again at my oam rough, un
couth «arm. Thle waa no place f.»r me
Ruddenly I hated tta Psnguln (Tab and
all it i-ontalnad. all Its civilisation, all Its
l int! « ami itani-es
I would be off to my
little hut in tta dune«, with no on« but
I 'barb s by. and ba my very humble s»r
vant.
Nero waa ready, and I swung myself
up «nd plunge ! off again Into the night,
Flashes of lightning showed me the depth
of the eater In tta wooda
I ploughed
my way homeward, caring no’hing what
happened, riding aa though a legion of
devils pursued.
I paid no attention to Charlea* Are and
t)»e hot (rug that he bad ready. ! Aung
off my «»»Men clothes and went to tad.
fludirg my one satisfaction to tbe crash
ing guns of the thunier that seemed to
bonhard Alastair from tba sky. It waa
certainly tta night for any mysterious
d»-ed. I remember thinking as I fell asleep
CHAPTER VII.
1 must hare been asleep for w>me time
atan a sudden sky cracking crash of
thuu ler brought me wide awake
An In-
atiact vo movement made me jump out of
bed and r» to the front wlnJow which
The blackneee
looks out upon the ecu
of the pit. and only the roar of tta
navra against the cliff! Then while I
peer'd Into the night came a flash of
lightning, revealing the taa.-h and tbe
waves and tba opea sea with startling
clearness
The scene erse over In the
ricami ess
estime It tabee to tell It. but I tad seen
eomethlng a long chip's hoat. oar blades
flashing, half way between the light of
tbe Ubiftlng Stasi sud Alastair. There j
I fol'.owed blackness, and another crash of
I tba oky's guna
I waited, my syse trained on tta at>»t.
< «nd ag«ln caase tba fl««5. «nd now. out
•■«ar th* s -m
| 1JW t
.. t
’■ «•«
sehooear. bars af canvasr*pttchln< llkt
•nad >n the mol1 of an angry ««a
flha
was not on tbs Shoal -ata might ta aonis
dlstsn.-e off It but oh* was tasting a
*sry nasty squall.
D«rkr.*aa.
another
i ?«a!. mor« lightning, and n«w I «aw that
•ha long beat, etioortng furiously land
ward, w«« h«adfrg toward« ma, aras malt
Ing straight for tta b«arh as fast «• the
waves and tta oarsmen iwild drive tar.
\ Another lifting of night, and I «sw a tall
ran ha sNmed strangely, nnrannl'y tail
half standing, half etonplng
In
thè
! «tern sheets, the ends of a cape flying
I peer him in the gala.
W tan I cotild •" again th« long boat
vse ma kin* ready for the daah Into the
j roaring surf
The oarsmen there were
i «»mo twelve were laboring to keep the
■ taw straight on. The tall man wav aland
i Ing up to •«• where he ahmiid go. en t I
¡ -aught eight of bla whit« and storm die
i Ported fans,
t could not move. I could
I not utter e cry; I e’nod transited, ecsrro
»"«thing, my body taut, waiting to «»*
what would happen next.
Seconds pwaa»>1 In the darknea«. then
a flaah. end I saw that the host had
weathered the worst of tta surf, «nd war
(rinding on tta ahore
Four of the men
i . had leaped out and were hauling hard
at th« «Idea; the «t«*rrmin, (aunt and
black, etill
clutched
the tiller,
half
crouching «nd waa «hourIn< Ruccoodlng
larkneee gave mo ■ -hance to wonder
what manner of men were the«« making
for Aieetair, deserting thetr ship no the
coaet. and landing where there was no
harbor, and only s ehln«!« hea<-h
Light
again, and I etood dtimfonnded. trans
filed, for I saw a little proc«*, ,n march
ing up the Iwwch to the pines east of mo:
first the tall man In the long, black, flap
ping cloak, then two men bearing a good
ailed hoi between them, and than two
»there, carrying
what
ln>Mi ed to me
Ilka shovel«.
Thirkneoi. a terrible roar
of thunder, and I pinched m>eelf to make
■<ire that I waa «wake
I struck a match and held It behind my
hand In order that no signs! abould ta
jlven
My watch told me the hour waa
half peat one
1 found that I waa shiv-
erlng from the cold, an.l slipped Into my
coat. At every flash of light 1 waa hack
at the window, robing the beach with my
eyea
t saw nothing but the gromided
hoat. with a number of men standing by.
and far off the booing hulk of the ochiein-
er.
I did not even 'fare step Into the hall
to call (Tiarlea. on afraid waa t of hieing
wimethlng at thia remarkah!« a ght Mln
utee ;«*eol
J kept my watch In my
band
Flash a-iceol-d flash at greater
Intervale, but tta acene waa still
the
same the bunt evidently waiting, tta far
ther reaches of the beach empty
Half an hour had gone when my I«
tlence wae rewarded
Tta same procee-
eton appeared from the pines, minus only
er» far as I could see the tai that two
<»f them had carried
There wae a long
Interval of blacknewa. and then | saw the
long bimt plunging again thrmigh
the
break«!*«, and the <vew struggling to keep
tar righted with their oars. I could
the boat wae sharp at either end. and the
men no novice« at tta dangerous work
of Iwwchlng They were gone, going tab
to rbelr echmoer. and I felt that tba
spirit of mystery wae lifting from Alee
fair.
Bill) I waited, and In time the acene
lighted, and 1 saw that the iwiat bad left
something ' the tall, cloaked luan etill
etand upn the t>e«rh. gating a»«ward as
though to catch ths last of his mates
I
remember that even In that brief In
stant I felt ther» was »»nwthlng strange
about him. something fantastic,
some
thing out of keeping with tta New Eng
land shore.
IHrkneee shut In, the roar of thunder
leaaenad. the lightning pa«eed , tbe outer
world only eent me the deep, distant
booming of tta a«« upon tta ellff
I
«tumbled tack to b«<i and pulled
the
cloth«« about me. full of wonder st whst
my eyes tad seen.
1 Isy there for S bwig time, thinking,
conjecturing what sll thle at range mat
ter ir^ant. Fomehow. my quiet beach had
been transformed . rhe apace between the
cliff« now «hallowed forth a mystery, and
yet. preposterous as the Idea eewmad. I
felt In eome way that I had always ex
pected a remarkable something to happen,
my dreams In some way to come true, for
Alastair was no common place and was
fit for eoms surprising history.
tn tlms I dropped asleep, to dream of
queer things.
chapter rm.
When t awoke In the morning I waa
more than half of tta mind that ! had
dreamed of the lightning's singular pic-
turas, or at least that, being suddenly
startled from sound sleep and dasaled by
an ocean I ve fiaAieo and etunned by
tba
roar of thunder, my
Imagination
had
played some trick on mo. Anything elsa
Vet
seemed too remarkable to bo bo I i
I oauid not quits cominee myself tha’ I
LINN
COUNTY
bed e-w seen tta turmaoted w-tiocrwr the
g on the
• :.m.g boa' ’h»
march Into tta pin««, ar.J tta final pie-
' me of that tel gaunt gure gating sea
ward
I could not believe that my imagi
nât a or i.iy dreams could ta eo itrld as
my rv mem See nee of those ec-eoes.
I quiwieaoed iTurlee ciossly at break
fast as to bow ta tad ¡»eaed tba night
It seenwd that ta tad slept etolldly
'krough all the uproar. Krea bad be not.
he wi i!d probably have seen nothing, for
bls room wae at the hack of the houaa
ml
erne-l vlole-.-e
After breakfast ! ven
tiired -ut, dre«aed for a
wetting, sod
went first to tta place where, aa ! re-
nwmtarrd. the ->ng tvat had !->«o twweh
*"l
Tta wate« had done away with all
traces nf “
—
■ he ‘ heel ‘
Then I followed aa
nearly as I could the path which the
et rangera ha.1 taken to the pines; but
tta wind and rain had obliterated the
footstep«, If there bad ever base any
there.
I puked Into the pines, only to
ba drssich^l by waterfalls for my pains.
The mystery waa aa drop aa ever when
I finally deeiMed end went bach to stai
ter.
After eome thought. I determined tn
keep my eecret to myoelf Charlee would
respectfully liston to my statement, twit
without furttar evideni-a ho would
ta
taly too apt. taking tta facte In ran-
junction with my mysterious ride to tta
• lub In tta evening, to believe 1
tad
dreamed It all
What would a schooner s
erew ta doing on our lonely taach Io
tta height of s midnight storm? A ron
slble man wcaild naturally ta inclined to
doubt
1009
EVENTS OF THE DAY
PREPARED FOR THE BUST READER
La«s Important bul Not Loss Intar-
sating Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Corn la Buffering in Nebraska from
intense heat and lack of molature.
British h»»us<» of commons haa
|ias«cl the South African cunfederation
bill.
The
San Diego, Cal., police will arrest
women apfwaring on the strees wear-
ing kimonos.
Mexican officials deny the report
that Porfiri» Dias, eon of the president,
has been assassinated.
F Seven men and three women were
mangled by an explosion of natural
gas at Cleveland, Ohio.
The rrjsxts that Alolul Hamid, ex-
sultan of Turkey, is dangerously ill.
I Settled down to work. and. shutting
are denied at Constantinople.
my mind both to the mystery and to Mies
Grsham. su-»-rodad lu getting a g»«>d 'tall
done by night. The next day I pesro l In
«Indiar fashion, living in quiet comfort
■■ t «•
st'>r-n astel
The third day broke fair, and early In
the n rnlng I swept the roe and tdia
beach with my blaœulare
Nover were
•ea and land more peaceful ; the tempest
appeared to have cleared the atmosphere
and brought it to a new rormlty
My
work accomplIAed, 1 sat out for the little
river to tta w « sk of the cliff, to sea bow
my eatboat bed weathered the gale
I
found there was som« balling to ta done,
«nd rh«n, called by a gentle brease. I ran
up aal! and for an hour beat tip the chan
nel
The hot eun of noon eent me home,
and I sat down to my mid day dltmer.
Charles had brought me papers and ■
note from the club
1 ran tbr*»*»gh ths
papers firs», t.. prore to my rol f bow IHtle
I cared for the n de, but at last t broke
Ita ««si.
"I am gotng tn ho’d you to your Invita
lion for aupt«-r In tta Milp now that the
. si »rm Is over,
Msy W«
to day
about ar
That was all wICtKHlt •rwi • sígna
tura.
1 was In two minds •« to « hat lo do
I could nt* di tap point b*r without sr. m
Ing more than churlish, without writing
myself down once and for all aa no gen
tieman, and yet the eight of her note
roused tnu b of my sleeping resentment.
If I went. I would at leset show her that
two rotild play at her game.
I visited the larder and decided on a
menu
Then I startled tliarlea half out
of hie actives, though to hie credit be It
said ho never Showed It. "You will park
thews things'’ I pointed out certain pro
v leone— "in the wtaelbarrow. and take
ttam on to the Ship cwt the bea.h
You
will also take the folding table from my
study, and two foldingchairs, and set
tfie table an tta deck
I am going to
take supper there with a lady a> <1
You
can leave the Iced tea in a bottle. Have
the supper ready at a quarter before tta
hour, and then leave,
We will not re
quire any service.'*
"Yeo. Mr. Felix,'* «aid Charles, sedate
ly. I^frowned as though the a hole pro
ereiling bored nw\ and returned to mt
work.
Aa half past 5 I drearod carefully and
left the bouse
As I walked up the bea.-b
I nwild not help but contrast ibis sunny
arene with the night of the storm
What
ever that night bed brought to Alastair,
It was clear I waa not to know mu< b
about It.
I waited on tta shore until Mias Gra
bs in appeared, and erneaed ths ¡«th with
her to the Hlilp. I pulled the snort rope-
ladder over the aide and helped her on
board
We beheld a supper table Immae-
ulately aet, and placee for two.
M lea Graham waa Jellghted.
and
I
rotild not help retooling a little when I
saw how very pleaeed ata waa
More
over. I was tta boot, and she my gueet,
and I rouId not mat a shadow over my
own feast
I tried, therefore, as taut I
could, to forge* Islip and the locket, and
to think only of whet a beautiful late
afternoon It was, of how freeh tta etnell
of the sea ram» to the old Ship's decks,
and of the lieauty of the girl who eat
arroee from me.
! think ehe detected
that at first I wax making an effort, and
ao tried to help mo. for abe wae very
lively end talkative, making mu<d> eport
of the supper, all tta courses of which
were spread before us at once. arid of
our having to wall upon ouraelrae
TV tan wo had finished supper. I asked
Ml« Graham's permission to light a cig
•rette. and ¡wished my chair a little bach
from the table. There was a new moon
In the sky. and I pointed It out to her.
"This la the flneat hour of the day,"
1 said. "If only the Nhlp would up an
chor and take ua for a sail!"
Harriman has secured control of the
Vanderbilt system, thereby adding
about 12,000 miles to hie lines.
Kiefer, Oklahoma, bank robliers sur
prised at their work, killed the city
marshal and fatally wounded the cash
ier.
Prince Albert Ixtofxild, heir to the
Belgian throne, has just returned from
the Congo and says conditions are sat
isfactory.
NO.
hill backs road .
Construction of Oregon Trunk Up the
Deschutes Io Ba Rushed.
Portland. Aug. 17. Uncertainty aa
to the actual force behind the Oregon
Trunk waa removed when John F.
Stevana made the announcement that
he had acquired a controlling interest
in the project, which, in ita execution,
is to lie financed by J. J. Hill, person
ally. The acquisition of thia property
by Mr. Steven* and his aaaoclates and
the identification of Mr. Hill with it
are of major importance to the railroad
situation in thia state, it is regarded
aa the initial atep by Hill in his in-
vaaion of t entral Oregon and the
eventual bui'ding of a railroad to San
FranclaciHi. Subsequent developments
resulting from lliil'a invasion of Ore
gon are expected materially to alter
the railroad map of the state.
•'On being asked several days ago if
I had any interest in the Oregon Trunk
or if 1 represented any railroads that
were interested, I said no, and the
latter statement still holds good," said
Mr. Stevens.
"Since then, however, I have ac-
quired a controlling interest in the
project, have all necessary financial ar
rangements completed, and the road
will tie built aa fa«t aa it can be reas
onably dune with mon and money.
Th« matter ta a personal one, and I
have no objection to saying that J. J.
Hill, as an individual, ia financially in
tereat I to any extent necessary to car
ry the road through to successful com
pletion.
"Plana in detail are not fully devel-
o|wd, but will become apparent from
time to time, as conditions rosy see tn
to require. It may be said, however,
that the Oregon Trunk proposes to
provide an quickly ta practicable a
northern outlet fur Central Oregon, re
gardless of the designs of any other
transportation company."
Having made thia announcement,
Mr. Stevens refus«-d to budge an Inch.
An earthquake haa been recorded by
the instruments in ths weather bureau
FIGH T TO Bt KEPT UP.
at Washingt'ip. The origin waa esti
mated at about 2,600 miles distant in
Ballinger and Pinchot to Meet Again
California or Mexico.
in Denver.
All records f»r attendance are being
Iienver, Aug. 17.- Every subject
broken at the Seattle fair.
that in any way can tie connected with
Moorish tribeemen make almost con the commercial, industrial and agricul
•tant attacks wn the Spanish forts.
tural growth of the West, from the
II- • erta nty Ilf the wheat market ' Panama canal to scientific dry farm
will cause storage of much of the Cali ing, will be discussed in Denver th a
i week at sessions of the 12th annual
fornia crop.
convention of the Trans Mlasia<ippi
There is serious difference between Commercial congress.
Great Britain and her colonies on the
Between 5,IHMI and 7,0fl0 delegates
naval policy.
are expected. The congress began its
The Rock Island railroad has placed sessions yesterday, although the real
an order for 6,000 freight cars and 60 work will not be taken up until today.
One of the features of the i ongreas
locomotives.
probably will tie the renewal of the
The powers will send a fleet to Crete struggle tietwrvn Seen tary of the In
to force the removal of the Greek flag terior Ballinger and Chief Forester
and prevent a Turkish attack.
Pinchot. begun publicly at Spokane
A storm in Chicago caused three laat week. These two men and M(H)
deaths by drowning and a numtier of delegates from th» National irrigation
injuries. The property loss is heavy. congress at Spokane are expected to
day.
An explosion on a Russian submarine
Among the multitude of subjects to
boat caused injury to 14 men, one fa- '
tie discussed ar« railroads and trans
tally. The vessel waa American built. portation; commercial problems, c'oeer
Millionaire Bradbury, of San Rafael, relations with southern republics, with
Cal., sentenced to serve a term In the special reference to the Panama canal;
penitentiary for perjury, haa received rational defense, with special refer
a reprieve, bput will have to serve 3u ence to the Pacific coast and Hawaii,
which will send delegates; conserva
days in the county jail.
tion of national resources, irrigation
The shah of Persia is married. He
and reclamation, good roads; tieet and
ia 11 years old.
can« sugar industry; reform of the
There are rumblings of a revolution consular service; drainage of sub
in Northern Mexico.
merged lands, and separate statehood
A hot wave in London haa been the I for Arizona and New Mexico.
Among the accredited delegates will
cause of many deaths.
tie five women, two from Denver, two
Wholesale executions and fighing from Arisons and one from Texas.
have been renewed at Barcelona.
The government will take advantage
Thaw has been given a few days* of ths congress to give illustrated lec- |
respite before returning to the insane tuns every night explaining what Fed
eral authorities are doing in the way
asylum.
of public works, including the Panama
Almost the entire town of Milton , canal.
Dei., haa been destroyed by fire. The
lose will reach 1100,0JO.
Rival to Be Built.
Johnson Porter says there is room
Victoria, B. C Aug. 17. There wae
along the Deschutes for two railroads, much military activity tmth in Japan
each having double tracks.
and Manchuria when the Empress of
Greece will ask the advice of tbe India left Japan, in consequence of
powers before answering the last note Japan's determination to rebuild the
Antung-Mukden railroad. Meanwhile,
of Turkey on the Crete affair.
a further cause of trouble has devel
Mrs. Parkhurst, the English suffrag oped in eotiaequaooe of China having
ette leader, will soon visit the United determined to build a rival line through
States anti deliver a areies of lectures. Manchuria to connect Corea via Chien-
Rioting haa occurred at Stockholm, tao, the island in ths Tumen regarding
Sweden, in connection with the strike. whose ownership China and Ja;»an are
Dynamite haa been used to blow up still involved, with Kilin, on the Chin
ese section of the .Manchurian railroad.
street cars.
Willian K. Payne., eon of the house
leader, has been appointed deputy aasia
tant attorney general at a salary of
16,000 a year.
Minster Wu, of China, haa been re
called.
The earnings of the Northern Pacific
show an increase of 3260,000 over laat
year.
"If your pirate doesn't come now. J iet
An Evanston, III., tailor haa had a
after supper, with a rreerent r»H.n hang diamond set in the nail of tola little
ing right side up, 1 don't believe be ever finger.
will," put In the girl pensively.
China has orni a note to Japan in
Her playful words, combined with tta.
Ingenuous
and ___________
tta faraway, . child-
_ voire
____ ____
____ *“Kh *^e mikados - policy regarding
ilk's dreaming of her eyea. aroused «orne- th* railroad rights is Called unjustified
thing of my old rvaeniment. Almœt h» aggression,
fore I knew what 1 wsa doing I had fab I
ton a victim to an Impulsive
Richard Carlin,
Islve temp-atlmj
t»motatl<m. '
who conf ••»««« to
a d waa leasing <m tbe table with my having been a burglar for eeven yearn,
haa told the New York police that there
eyre tiled on tar.
la no profit in the business,
(Te be continued.)
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I
HEAT CAUSES DEATH
Withering Blast Sweeps Missouri,
Kansas and Oklahoma.
VEGETATION IS KILLED THEREBY
Ten People Dead and Many Prostra
lions
Corn Shriveled Up by
Fierce Blasts.
Knnea« City, Aug. 17. Unusually
intense heat, officially recorded tiy the
Kov» rnini rit weather burvau aa high aa
110 degreaa, cauasul at Iraat ten deatha,
numerous prostrations and much >iam-
«ge yraterday in Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma. Throughout the Southwest
the day w as the moot trying sine* the
devastating drouth of 1U01.
Aa tbe
withering wind* awept across the plains
much vrgwtalion fell.
In thia city the he at continued and
prostrated a score, some of whom are
in a dangerous condition,
The Union
depot was like an oven.
Babies lie
came seriously ill ami medical attention
was needed before their mothers could
reaum»- their joumeya. The distress of
a party of immigrants waa great
Th» likelihood of an ice famine a<kied
to the gravity of the situation here.
Dealers rr|H>rted that the factoriaa
were running night and day, but that
the demand had exceeded the supply.
Most of the dealer* refused to deliver
mor» than 26 pounds to any residence,
ami f< arvd they would have to cut thia
quota down.
At Wellington, Kan., the official
temperature was Dili. Corn waa suf
fering greatly in that district.
The
day was the hottest Topeka lias had for
eight years, 102 degrees tiring official
ly recorded. Two prostrations resulted
there.
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QUAKL FfcLLS MoUN I AIN.
Thousands ot Budding« Destroyed and
(treat Property Loss.
Tokio, Aug. 17. Reporta received
today concerning the earthquake in
Central Japan Saturday, show there
were many fatalities and great damage
wns done to property.
The dead at
present are said to numlier 30, though
It is feared further fatalities will be
reported from the outlying districts.
The number of persons injured Is H2.
Thus far 362 building«, including many
temples, sre reported to have been de
stroyed and more than 1,000 olhera
badly damaged.
The town of Asaku, In Gifu, suffered
terribly. The banks of the Hida river
broke and the country is inundated.
The Jieople of the district fieri to high
ground and remained in the open all
night. Intrrmitt. nt shocks were felt
throughout Saturday night and early
Sunday morning.
The mountain Ibuki, a short distance
west of GifU, collapse I with a thun
derous roar.
Slight damage was done at Nagoya,
to the southward of Gifu, and neigh
boring villages.
CANADA CAN^FttD BRITAIN.
Oram Crop of Dominion is Reported
Greatest In History.
Winnipeg, Aug. 17. From all pointe
in Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan
and British Columbia the unanimity of
opinion points to the anticipatory re
sult of thia year's harvest as being the
greatest in th<< history of the Canadian
Weal. In some places, such aa South
ern Alberta, the phenomenal growth
makes it hard for the people to con
ceive such prospects.
Farmers are
1 now busy gathering the hay crop,
' which is a heavy one. The grain har-
vest will be general during the latter
part of the present month.
The statement is made on _
good au-
thonty that the completed Grand Trunk
Pacific railway from Winnipeg to Ed
monton is tributary to wheat lands cap
able of feeding the whole people of
Great Britain and Ireland in case of
need.
Plan Red Cross Annsa.
Ixwxlon, Aug. 17. Based on the Ger
man ami Jaimnese models, the war
Concrete Building Fall*.
office ha* i*sued pr»|x>**l* for a great
Winnipeg, Aug. 17.— A concreta voluntary Red Croa* scheme in corner-
apartment block known as the Brolal- tion with the territorial army plan. It
ben, being erected here, collapsed Sat will br worked in connection with the
urday evening.
Heavy rains had existing Red Cross society and St.
moistened the concrete so that the steel John* Ambulance society and would
girders gave way. Four met. were in 1 provide the entire country with com
side at the time inspecting the work plete organizations. Men and women
and were crushed, two so severely they are to be trained in • *labliahment* in
were taken to a hospital in a dying every territorial are* aa nursea,
condition.
stretcher liearers and other branchee of
the Beil ( 'roes service.
8tnk<ri Reas mo Work.
By Sperm Whale Taken
Fort William, Ont., Aug. 17. Tbe
striking dock laborers of the Canadian
Victoria,
Aug. 17.- The steamer
Pacific railway will return to work to Tree, which arrived from the weat
morrow. A mass ment1 ng of tbe strik coast of Vancouver island this after*
ers ami their friends, numbering 6,000 noon,
ion. brought news that a sperm
was addressed today by Mayor Peltier, a ha
la. the first
hale,
firs taken sire* laat year,
who urgwl the men to return to work waa caught by the Kuyoquot whalers
and aubmit their grievances to a board laat weak, and 6h barrela of oil taken
of arbitration.
' from the whale.
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