A R M IS T IC E IS N E A R .
M exican
#*MadM D a n M a i t l a n d , o n r e a c h i n g h l i
N e w York b a ch elo r c lu b , m e t a n attra *
tlve yo u n g w o m a n a t th e door. J a n i t o r
O 'H agan assured him no on e h a d been
w ith in that day. D a n d is c o v e re d a w o m ­
a n ’s f i n g e r p r i n t s in d u s t o n h i s de.sk,
a lo n g w ith a l e t t e r f r o m h is a t t o r n e y .
M aitland d in e d w ith B a n n e r m a n , h is a t ­
torney.
D a n se t o u t fo r G reenfields, to
get his f a m ily Jew els.
D u r in g his w a lk
to th e c o u n t r y s e a t, h e nu t th e y o u n g
w o m a n in g r a y , w h o m h e h a d s e e n l e a v ­
in g his b a c h e lo r s ’ club.
He r a u t o
had
b r o k e n d o w n , l i e f i x e d It. B y a r u s e s h e
" l o s t ” h im . M a i t l a n d , o n r e a c h i n g h o m e ,
s u r p r i s e d l a d y In g r a y , c r a c k i n g t h e s a f e
con tain in g
h is g e m s .
She, a p p a re n tly ,
took him for a w e l l - k n o w n c ro o k , D a n ie l
A nlsty. H a lf-h y p n o tiz e d , M a itla n d opened
h is safe, to o k t h e r e f r o m th e Jew els, a n d
g a v e th e m to h e r , first f o r m i n g a p a r t ­
n e r s h i p In c r im e . T h e r e a l D a n A n l s t y ,
so u g h t b y police o f th e w orld, a p p e a r e d
on th e sa m e m ission. M a itla n d o v e rc a m e
h im . H e m e t t h e g i r l o u t s i d e t h e h o u s e
a n d t h e y s p e d o n t o N e w Y o r k in h e r a u ­
to . H e h a d t h e J e w e l s a n d s h e p r o m i s e d
to m eet h im th a t d a y . M a itla n d rece iv ed
a “ M r. S n a i t h , ” i n t r o d u c i n g h im s e lf a s a
detective».
T o s h i e l d t h e g i r l In g r a y ,
M aitland, a b o u t to s h o w h im th e J e w ­
e l s , s u p p o s e d l y lo s t , w a s f e l l e d b y a b l o w
from " S n a l t h 's ” ca n e. T h e la t t e r p ro v ed
to be A n ls t y h im s e lf a n d b e s e c u r e d tb
'em». A n l e t y , w h o w n e M a i t l a n d ' s ( lo u ­
ts. m s e q u e r H i le d a s t h e l a t t e r .
The
crim inal kept M aitlan d's enK H K 'nicnt w ith
t h e g ir l in tcray. t i e n a v e h e r t h e g e m s ,
a f t e r f a l l i n g In l o v e a t f i r s t s l t t h t . T h e y
w e r e t o m e e t a n d d i v i d e t h e loo t. M a i t ­
la n d rev iv ed and re g retted m is s in g
his
engagem ent.
A nlsty,
m asquerading
as
M aitland.
narrow ly
avoided
rapture
t h r o u g h m y s t e r i o u s tip. T h e g ir l I n g r a y
v i s i t e d M a i t l a n d ' s a p a r t m e n t s d u r i n g h is
a b s e n c e and returned g em s .
e :
CHAPTER
V I I I . — Con tin ued .
B u t w h e re to p u t them , t h a t he
m ig h t find th e m w ith o u t de la y?
It
m u s t be no c onspicuous place, where
O ’H a g a n would be a p t to h a p p en upon
t h e m ; d oubtle ss th e j a n i t o r was t r u s t ­
w o rth y , b ut still . . . Misplaced
o p p o r tu n itie s bre ed crim inals.
It was all a riBk t o leave th e t r e a s ­
u r e th e re , w ithout th e pro tec tio n of
nickeled steel walls and tim e lo c k s;
but a risk t h a t m u s t be taken. She
d a r e d n ot r e ta in It longer In h e r pos
se ssion; a nd sh e would c o n triv e a way
In th e m o r n in g to c o m m u n ic a te with
M aitland and w a rn him.
H e r gaze s e a rc h e d t h e a r e a where
t h e lam p lig h t fell soft yet str o n g upon
t h e d a r k shin in g wood a n d heavy
b r a s s desk fittings; and pause d, a r ­
r e s t e d by th e u n u su a l c om bina tion of
In v e rte d bowl and super-imposed book.
A rid d le to be re ad with facility; In a
tw in k li n g she had uncovered t h e In­
c r im i n a t in g h a n d -p rin t— In c rim in atin g
if It could be truced, t h a t is to say.
“O h ! ” s h e cried, softly. And laughed
A little. “Ob, how c a r e le s s ! "
f i n e b row s puckered, sh e pondered
t h e m a t t e r , and e n d ed by plac ing he r
ow n h a n d ove r th e p r in t; th is one
fitted th e o t h e r exactly.
“ How h e m u s t h a v e w ondered!
. . H e Is s u r e to look uguln, e s p e ­
cially If— ”
No n e ed to c onclude th e se n ten c e.
Quickly s h e placed hag a n d cusn
sq u a rely on top of th e im pre ssion, the
bowl o v e r all, anil t h e book upon the
bowl; th en , d r a w in g from h e r pocket
a p a ir of long gra y silk gloves, dra p ed
o n e a c r o s s the hook; and, h e ad tilted
to one side, a d m ired th e effect.
I t se e m e d decidedly an a r ti s t i c ef­
fect, a d m ir a b ly c alcu la te d to a tt r a c t
a tte n tio n .
She was satisfied to t h e
po in t of being plea se d with h e r se lf : a
fact Indicated by a n e x p r e ss iv e flutter
of slim, fa ir hands. And now, to w ork!
T im e pressed, a n d — A cloud dim m e d
t h e r a d ia n c e of h e r eyes; Irresolu tely
sho sh ifted In h e r chair, troubled,
frow ning, lips woefully drooping. And
sighed.
And a still sm all whisper,
b ro k e n a n d w re tch e d , d is tu r b e d the
quiet of t h e study.
"I c an not! O, I c an not! T o spoil
It all, now, w h e n — "
Yet she m ust. She m u s t forget h e r ­
self a n d steel h e r d e te r m i n a ti o n with
t h e m e m o r y t h a t a n o t h e r ’s ha p p in e ss
h u n g In t h e balance, d e p e n d e d upon
h e r su c c e ss T w ice s h e had tried and
failed. T h is th ird tim e sh e m u s t s u c ­
ceed .
And bow ing he r h e ad in token of h e r
re sig n atio n , sh e t u r n e d bnck squa rely
t o face t h e desk. As sh e did so th e
toe of one smnll sh o e enught a g a i n s t
s o m e th i n g on th e floor, c a u s in g a
dull jingling sound. She stooped, with
a low e xclam a tion, a n d s tr a ig h te n e d
up, a sm all Imnch of keys In he r h a n d ;
eig ht or te n of th e m d a n g lin g from a
silver r ing; M aitland's keys.
Ho m u s t have droppe d th e m there ,
f o r g e ttin g th e m a lto g e th e r. A And of
valu e and one to sa v e h e r a deal of
tr o u b le ; ske leton keys a r e so e x as
p o r a tlngly slow, p a rticu la rly w hen used
by Ine xpert hnnds. But how to bring
h e r s e lf to m a k e u se of t h e s e ? All's
fa ir In w a r tam t t h i s was a s o r t of
war, a w a r of wits a t l e a s t ) ; but one
sh ould fight with o ne 's own a rm s , not
pilfer t h e e n e m n y 's ami tu rn th e m
a g a in st him. To use th e s e keys to
r a n s a c k M altlnnd's de sk se e m e d an
action e v e r m ore blackly dish o n o ra b le
t h a n th is c la n d e s tin e visit, this m id ­
n i g h t foray.
S w inging th e no tch e d m eta l slips
from a sle n d e r Anger, she c o n t e m ­
plate d t h e m ; a n d laughed ruefully.
W h a t q u a lm s o f c o nscience In a burg
lar, self-confessed! She » n s t h e r e for
a purpose, a recognized, nefurious p u r ­
pose. G r a n te d
T h e n why quibble?
S h e would not quibble. She would be
firm,
resolute,
d e te rm in e d ,
c o ld ­
blooded. unm indful of all k in dness ami
c o u rte sy a n d — S h e would use them ,
accom plish h e r purpose, and h a v e
done, Anally and for ever, w ith the
w hole hateful business!
T h e r e was a b r ight s|«it of colo r on
e it h e r c h ee k and a hot light of a n g e r
In h e r e y es as sh e set about h e r tas k
It would n e v e r be less hideous, n e v e r
les s Im mediate.
T h e desk d r a w e r s yielded easily to
t h e e a g e r keys. One by one sh e hail
th e m open and th e ir c o n te n ts explo red
— vain re p e titio n of y e ste r d a y a f te r
no o n 's fru itle ss task. But she m ust
be sure, sh e m ust leave no sto n e un
tu r n e d .
Maitland M anor was closed
to h e r for ever, b e ca u se of last night
But h e r e sh e was safe for a few sh ort
hours, a n d free to m a k e a s s u r a n c e
doubly sure.
T h e r e re m a ine d th e d isp a tc h box.
R eg is te ri n g U n d e r th e
N am e ef “ Mr.
D an ie ls .”
n a m e of t h e Prim o rd ia l e n g r a v e d upoa
Us c ard s, s h u n s th o se deadly re spec ­
t a b le room s a n d se e k s Us c o m f o r t else­
where.
M aitland found It dull a n d d e p r e s s ­
ing enough, t h a t sa m e evening, som e ­
t h in g before se ven. T h e spacious a n d
Im p res siv e loungin g room s w ere b u t
s p a r s e ly t e n a n te d , o t h e r t h a n by th e
e n n u ie d c o rp s of s e r v a n t s ; a n d t h e
few m e m b e r s who had lent th e open
doors t h e excuse of t h e i r pre senc e
w ere of t h e e lderly ty p e t h a t hides
itself be h in d a n e w s p a p e r in an easy
c h a ir and s n o r t s w hen a d d re ss e d .
T h e y oung m an strolle d disconso­
lately e nough into th e billiard room,
t h e n c e (dogged by a s p e c te r of lone­
liness) to t h e bar, a n d finally, In s h e e r
d e sp e ra tio n , to th e d ining room, w he re
he se lec te d a tab le a nd o r d e re d an
e v e n in g p a p e r with his meal.
W h e n th e fo r m e r was b ro u g h t him,
he s a t up a n d began to t a k e a new In­
t e r e s t In life. T h e g la r in g head lines
t h a t m e t Ills eye on t h e front page
proved as b ra cin g as a slap in th e
face.
“ 'T h e M aitland Je w e ls,' ” he read,
h a lf alo ud: “ ‘Daring A tte m p t a t B urg­
lary. "M a d " M aitland C a tc h e s “H a n d ­
som e D a n ” Anlsty In th e Act of C r a c k ­
ing H is Safe a t M aitland
Manor.
W hic h W as W h ic h ? Both P rin c ip a ls
D isa p p e a r.’ ”
T h e new s-story w as explo ited a s a
" b e a t ; ” It could ha v e been little else,
since n in e-ten th s of its “exclusive de­
ta i l s ” h a d been born full-winged from
th e fecund im a gination of a busy re­
p o r t e r to w hom M aitland h a d re fused
a n Interview while In his bath, some
t h r e e h o u r s earlier. M aitland discov­
e red with re lief that boiled down to e s ­
se n tia ls It c o n siste d sim ply of th e
s t a t e m e n t t h a t som ebody (p r e s u m a b ly
him self) had c a u g h t so m ebody ( p re ­
sum a bly A nlsty) b u r g la r iz in g th e li­
b ra ry safe at M a itla nd M anor th a t
m o rn in g ; t h a t one of th e som ebodies
(no one k ne w which) had ove rpow ere d
th e o t h e r a n d left him In c h a r g e of the
butle r, w ho had p r e se n tly p e r m itte d
Ills p riso n e r to e sc ap e and t h e n talked
for publication.
It was not to this so m uch t h a t Mait­
land objected.
It was t h e ill u s t r a ­
tions t h a t a lt e rn a t e l y sa d d e n ed and
m a d d e n e d t h e young m a n ; t h e said Il­
lu s t r a t i o n s c o m p r isin g b lu r r e d half­
to n e r e p ro d u c tio n s
of p h o to g rap h s
ta k e n on th e M aitland e s t a t e ; a dia­
g r a m of th e library, a s fanciful as the
t e x t It Illu m inated, a n d tw o po rtraits,
side by side, of th e h eroes, him self
and Anlsty, e xce lle nt lik e n e sse s both
of th e orig in a ls and of each other.
Mr. M aitland did not e njoy his din­
ner.
Anxious and preoccupied, h e ta s te d
th e dishes m ec h an ic ally ; a n d when
they had all p a sse d before him, took
his th o u g h ts a nd a c ig a r t o a gloomy
c o r n e r of the sm o k in g room, w he re he
s a t for two solid hours, d e b a t i n g the
m a t t e r pro a n d con, a n d a r r i v i n g at
no conclusion w ha teve r, sa v e t h a t Hlg
gins was doomed.
At 10:15 he began to c o n te m p la te
with positiv e p le a su r e th e p r o sp e c t ol
d i s c h a r g in g th e butle r. T hat, a t least,
was action, s o m e th in g th n t ho could
do; w h e r e v e r else h e th o u g h t to move
he found him self baffled by th e blank
d a r k n e s s of m ystery, or by his fear
of publicity and ridicule.
At 10:20 he decided to m ove upon
Greenfields a t once, a n d telephoned
O 'H agan, ad v is in g him to profess ig­
n o r a n c e of his
e m p lo y e r's
w h e re ­
abouts.
At 10:22, or In th e m idst of his a d ­
m o n itio n s to th e Janitor, h e c hanged
h is m in d a n d decided to sta y in New
York; a n d i n s tr u c te d th e I r ish m a n
to b rin g him a suit onse c o n ta in in g a
few n e c e s s a r i e s ; his Intention being to
sta y out th e night at t'< #^ lub, and so
avoid th e m a tu tin a l sit V of his lodg­
ings by r e p o r t e r s a n d detectives.
At 10:45 a clu b s e r v a n t h a n d ed him
t h e c a r d of a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the
levelling Jo u rn a l.
M aitland directe d
th a t the g e n tl e m a n be show n into the
re ce ption room.
At 10:46 he skulked out of t h e club
by a side e n tr a n c e , j u m p e d into a cab
a n d had h im s elf driven to th e F a st
T h irty -fo u rth s t r e e t ferry, a rriving
t h e r e Just In tim e to m is s th e last
t r a i n for Greenfields.
D enied t h e s h e l te r alike of his lodg­
ings. his club, nnd his c o u n try home,
ttfe young m an in d e sp a ir cau s ed h im ­
self to be conveyed to the Bartholdi
hotel, w he re, posst ssed of a devil ot
folly, h e p re serv e d his Incognito by reg
(storing u n d e r the n a m e of "M. Dan
iels." And st r a ig h t w a y r e tir e d to hi*
room.
Rebels
Propose
W hich A re Favored.
T erm s
C ity o f Mexico, A pril 19.—A prop­
osition fo r an arm istice pending nego­
tia tio n s fo r a settle m e n t of M exico’s
internal troubles w as received by th e
d ep artm en t o f foreign relatio n s today
from W ashington, presum ably from
Dr. V asquz Gomez.
A reply w as retu rn ed in w hich it
w as indicated the governm ent looked
w ith favor upon the suggestion.
The arm istice proposal appeared to
be an outgrow th of the b a ttle a t A gua
P rie ta and the loss o f life and bodily
in ju ry in Douglas by the fire from th e
Mexican side. I t points to jth .1 dang­
e rs o f in tern atio n al cqjn pi ¡cations
w hich m ig h t follow a continuance of
the fight.
M inister de la B a rra se n t to W ash­
ington th e answ er to the proposal
made by the ag en t o f the revolution­
ists. In it he stip u lated m inor term s,
to w hich it is believed th ere w ill be no
objection. I t may be assum ed th a t
before a« full ag reem ent is entered
into every d etail of the proposal will
be su b m itted to Francisco I. Madero,
Jr.
So fa r have negotiations now
gone th a t it is not expected Madero
will longer oppose the o v ertu res his
agents have made fo r peace.
I t is believed no tim e w ill be lost
e ith e r by the rebels or the governm ent
in concluding arran g em en ts fo r the
arm istice, and th a t as soon th e re a fte r
as possible th e d ra ftin g o f term s for
p erm anent peace w ill begin.
I t is
conceded both sides realize the w ar is
costing too much in money and lives.
HEARST ALLEGED TO BE IN
PLOT TO UNSEAT CANNON.
D anville, 111.— Sensational charges
th a t W illiam R andolph H e a rst is a t
the head of a g ig an tic plot to u n seat
Joseph G. Cannon in congress and in
the fu rth eran ce o f his plans he has
‘‘subsidized” the grand ju ry now in­
v e stig a tin g V erm illion co u n ty ’s cor­
ru p t electorate, are m ade in the news
colum ns of th e Com m ercial N ews, the
Cannon organ in D anville.
The article, w hich ap p ears under a
“ scare h e a d ,” says th a t H e a rst has
already spent $15,000 in th e eig h teen th
congressional d is tric t in
o b tain in g
evidence and has a sw arm o f detec­
tiv es in the d istric t.
T A C O M A REC ALLS M A YO R
Activity o f W om en V o ters Believed to
Be Responsible.
Tacom a, W ash.— M ayor A. V. F aw ­
t h e blac k ja p a n n e d tin box which had
T e n seconds, pe rhaps, tic k e d on Into
cett, o f th is city, w as recalled T ues­
proved o b d u r a te y e s te r d a y . S h e had e te r n it y ; se c o n d s t h a t w ere In t h e m ­
day in one o f th e m ost hotly contested
com e p r e p a r e d to bre ak Its lock this se lves e te r n itie s .
Then;
"N o one
m unicipal elections ev er held in th is
time, if need be; M a itla n d 's c a r e le s s ­ here, O 'H a g a n .”
city. W. W. Seym our is the new
n e ss s p a r e d h e r t h e necessity.
T h e door w as closed, a n d t h ro u g h
m ayor elect.
She lifted It o ut of a low er d r a w er, Us p a n els m o re faintly c a m e : “F a ith,
The election w as the second m ayor­
a n d p u t It In h e r lap. T h e sm a lle st a n d t h e m u r d h e r l n g divvle m u s t 've
alty recall contest w ith in tw o weeks,
key Atted th e lock a t the flrst a tte m p t. flew t h ’ coop a fo re ye oom e in,sor.”
Seym our and F a w c e tt b eing th e two
T h e lid c a m e up a n d —
high candidates a t the first election,
T h e girl trie d to rise, to m a k e a gain
P e r h a p s It Is not a l t o g e th e r d i s c r e d ­ for th e w indow; hut It w as as though
when a Socialist w as also in the race.
ita ble t h a t one should te m p o r a r i l y for­ h e r lim bs had t u r n e d to w a t e r ; th e r e
An election w ill be ’held May 3 for
get o n e 's c o m p u n c tio n s In th e long-de­ was no s t r e n g th In h e r; a n d th e black­
the purpose of recalling th e four city
fe rre d m o m e n t of triu m p h . T h e girl n e ss sw am visibly before h e r eyes, r a ­
com m issioners.
u tte r e d a little c r y of Joy.
d i a tin g a w a y in whirling, s t r e a k y c ir ­
C r a s h ! — th e f r o n t door d o w n s ta i r s cles.
Im p orted Filipinos B reak Agreem ent.
hnd been slam m ed.
San Francisco— I t is unlikely th a t
liv e n such r e solution a n d s t r o n g will
She w a s on h e r fe et la a bre ath, a s was h e r s could not prevail a g ain st
the steam er S enator of th e Pacific
fa int With fear. Yet not so overcom o t h a t n um bing, d e a th ly e x h au s tio n . H e r
C oast S team ship com pany’s fleet, will
t h u t sh e forgot h e r e r ra n d , h e r s u c ­ e y es closed a n d h e r h e ad fell back
engage in any fu rth e r a tte m p ts to
cess. As sh e stood up s h e dropped a g a i n s t th e wall.
b rin g H aw aiian and F ilipino laborers
th e d is p a tc h box back Into th e draw er,
here from Honolulu fo r tran ssh ip m en t
It se e m e d but a n i n s t a n t ( though
w ithout a sound, and. o p e n in g he r It was In point of fact a full five m i n ­
to A laska for w ork in the A laska
hand hag. stuffed s o m e th in g Into It.
P ack ers^asso ciatio n canneries.
U n­
u tes ) e r e th e sound of a voice a gain
No t im e to do m o re; a dull ru m b le roused her.
der c h arter to the A laska P a c k e rs’ as­
of m a sculine voices was distin ctly ,
sociation, the senator sailed from this
S h e looked up, dazzle d by a gush
frightfully aud hlu In th e stilln e ss of of w a rm light.
port fo r Honolulu, M arch 28, last,
th e h o u s e ; v ices of m en conversing
equipped to carry 1,000 laborers here.
H e stood In th e doorway, holding the
t o g e t h e r in m o i n n e r vestib ule. One la m p high above his he ad, his face
She retu rn ed last Sunday w ith 145.
They le ft the steam er W ednesday a f ­
laughed, and t h e laugh se e m e d to pale, g rave, a n d sh a d o w e d
as
he
p e n e t r a t e he r bosom like a knife. T hen pe ere d down at her.
ternoon, a fte r refu sin g to tak e pas­
both st r o d e a c r o s s th e tiling a n d began
sage on the S ta r of Ita ly fo r B ristol
“ I h a v e se n t O 'H a g a n a w a y ,” he
Bay.
to a sc en d , a s w as c le arly told h e r by said, gently. "If you will p lea se to
footsteps sou n d in g d e ad e n ed on the come, now — ”
pa dded c a rp e t.
Hope o f B reak W anes.
Panic s tr ic k e n , s h e t u r n e d to th e
D enver — P redictions are commoa
C H A P T E R IX.
s t u d e n t lam p nnd with a quick twirl
th a t the deadlock on th e U nited S ta te s
P ro crasti natio n .
a n d u p w a r d Jerk of t h e c him ney-catch
senatorship w ill rem ain unbroken, and
T h e c ab which picked M aitland up
e x tin g u ish e d t h e flame.
A reek of
th a t the p resent session o f the legis­
at his lodgings c a r r ie d him hut a few
sm oke I m m e d iately be gan to foul the blocks to t h e c lub at which h e had, th e
la tu re w ill adjourn soon w ith o u t elect­
rlose, hot a ir ; a n d sh e knew th n t It p r e vious e vening, e n te r ta i n e d his la w ­
ing a successor to the la te S enator C.
would b e tr a y her, hut was h e lp le ss to
J . H ughes, J r . The action o f the re ­
yer. M aitland had se lec te d It a s (he
s to p It. Besides, sh e w a s caught,
convened Pueblo D em ocratic county
one of all th e clubs of which he and
t rap p e d , d a m n e d beyond re d em p tio n
convention, in re in stru c tin g th e P u­
B a n n e r n m n w ere m em be rs, w herein
u n l e s s —unless It w ere n o t Maitland he was l e a st likely to m e e t t h e latter.
eblo leg islativ e delegation fo r ex-
a f te r all, hut one of t h e o t h e r t e n a n t s
G ovem or A lva A dams, and opposing
N e i th e r f r e q u e n te d lts sobe r p r e c in c ts
u n e xpec te dly r e t u r n e d a n d hound for by habit. Us se v e re a n d cla ssical
fu rth e r caucuses, has destroyed, it is
a n o t h e r flut.
believed, all chances fo r an election
b uilding
on
a
c o r n e r of
Madi­
F u tile hope. Upon t h e landing by son a v e n u e overlooking th e sq u a re, Is
a t th is session.
th e door t h e fo o tste p s c e a s e d ; a nd a
hut th e o u t w a r d p r e s e n t m e n t of a n In­
key g r a te d In th e w a r d s of t h e look.
Salm on Prices Advanced.
stitu tio n to be a m e m b e r of which Is
Blind with t e r r o r , h e r sole thought a duty, hut e m p h a tic a lly no g r e a t
A storia, Or. The C olum bia R iver
an Instinctive Im pulse to hide a nd so p lea su re , to th e sons of a New York
F ish erm en ’s P ro tectiv e union, a t a
a v ert discovery until th e last possible family of a n y prom inence.
special m eeting held here, has fixed the
i n s ta n t, and on t h e b a r e c h a n c e of
ra te s to be paid for raw salmon during
But In Its m a n a g e m e n t th e yo u n g e r
s o m e th i n g h a p p e n in g to sa ve her, th e g e n e r a ti o n holds no s u f f r a g e ; and Is
the fishing season, w hich opens May
girl c a u g h t up h e r s k ir ts a n d fled like not slow to d e c l a r e t h a t th e Prim o rd ia l
1, a t 6 i cents a pound fo r sm all or
a h u n te d shadow t h ro u g h th e alcove, Is rightly nam ed, c h a r a c t e r i z in g the
cannery fish, and 8J cents a pound for
t h ro u g h t h e bed c h a m b e r , t h e n c e down Individual m e m b e rs of t h e ho a rd of
large, o r cold storage salm on, those
th e hall to w a r d t h e d ining room aud g o v e rn o rs a s a n te d llu v ln n s, pre h is to ric
w eighing 25 pounds o r over.
These
k itc h e n offices
ra te s are an advance o f 1 cent a pound
m o n s t e r s who h a v e n e v e r l e a r n e d t h a t
T h e o u te r door w as be in g opened l a u g h t e r lends a sa v o r t o existence.
on each class o f fish over the prices
e r e she had r e a c h e d th e hiding place And so It is t h a t the y o u n g e r g e n e r a ­
th a t p tevailed la st season.
sh e had In m in d t h e t r u n k c lo s e t— tion (w hich Is un d e rsto o d to Include
from which, she re m e m b e r e d r e m a r k ­ M aitland nnd B a n n e r m a n ) , while It r e ­
Anarchist is A rrested .
ing, a window o pe ned upon a Are- ligiously pays Us du e s nml h a s the
B ordeaux, F rance — The police a r­
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escape.
It w as barely possible, a
rested Fernandez Francisco, alleged to
lighting chance.
be a Spanish an archist, a t the railw ay
She closed th e door, g ra te fu l th a t
statio n here ju s t before the arriv al of
Its latch slipped silently Into place,
the tra in on which K ing Alphonso w as
ami fairly flung h e r s e lf upon th e win
to leave the city. Since the arriv al
dow, painfully h ulslng h e r soft h a n d s
here
of the Spanish m onarch every
in vain e n d e a v o r to ra ise t h e sa sh It
precaution has been tak en to secure
stu c k o b stin a te ly , would not yield.
his safety. In an ticip atio n of seeing
T oo late, she r e m e m b e r e d th at she
the king many persons had gathered
had f o rg o tte n t o d ra w the c a tc h — Pathos and T r a g e d y in th a L e a v e * of
de ad. Em bezzler, guilty fugitive with a t the railw ay station. K ing Alphonso
fatal o v e r sig h t!
A sob of t e r r o r
the Old A lb u m .
a n e ig h b o r 's wife.
His b ro k e n -h e a r t­ came here to see P rofessor Moure,
c h o k ed In h e r th ro at. Already foot­
ed old f a th e r, his wife, his c h ild r e n — who has frequently tre a te d him for
ste p s w e re h u r r y in g down th e hall: a
On ev ery page of a n old a lb u m Is j all of us who t r u s t e d him. how m uch an affection of the nasal organs.
line of light b r ig h te n e d u n d e r n e a th w r i t te n h e a r ta c h e , downfall, disillu­ | r a t h e r would we have followed him
the disir;
voices, excitedly keyed, sion, loneliness.
H e r e la th e p ic tu r e to h l i gra ve t h a n h a v e th is com e upon
Iroquois M a s te r Blamed.
bandied question and c o m m e n t, an un of t h e boy w hose ev ery w a king hour him!
And t h e n th e long list of those
V icoria, B. C.— A v erd ict o f m an­
m ls ta k a h le Irish brogue m inglng with o u tsid e of school was p a rtly yours.
with whom ou r lives w e re Interw lned.
a c le a r e n u n c ia tio n which sh e had but So genial a fellow he was. so a m b i ­ for w hom we hoped, believed, e x p e c t­ slau g h ter w as retu rn ed a g ain st Cap­
tain A. A. Sears, m aster of the steam ­
too g re at r e ason to re m e m b e r . T he tious. so brilliant.
You saw him last e d —m e r e insipidities, trifles, failures,
p a ir hail p a sse d Into th e ne xt room. year, ami ha rdly recognlaed th e s h a b ­ half-successes, living alo ng somehow. e r Iroquois, which foundered off Sid­
ney last w eek. The evidence given a t
S h e could h e a r O l la g a n a n n o u n cin g : by w re c k t h a t d rin k had m ade, And we ourselves.
W h at we m ea n t the inquest w as to th e effect th a t Cap­
"N o wan here, sor."
h a rd ly w e re able to e k e out h a lf an 1 t h e n to be ; a n d w hat we a r e ! — Kit
ta in Sears, who w as the first man to
"T h e n It's th e d ining room, a r t h e h o u r's c o n v e r sa tio n with him.
H e re j g e n e Wood.
reach shore, deserted the ship w hile
t r u n k closet. Com e a lo n g ! ”
Is t h e college c h u m with t h e fine
passengers w ere aboard and th a t he
One last, f r a n tic a t t e m p t ! Bat th e h e ad who was to do g r e a t th in g s In
“ A fterm ath."
did not m ake every effort to rescue
C o n sum ption.
The
blossom
window catch, ru s t e d with long d is­ life.
“ A f t e r m a th " Is a p e r s i s t e n t l y t i l- 1 those stru g g lin g in the w ater.
Cap­
T h is used word. E arly July is th e tim e of!
use. stuck, r a n t i n g , sick with fear, blighted e r e t h e fruit w as set
ta in S ears will be arraig n ed Thursday.
th e girl leaped a w ay a n d c r u s h e d h e r ­ o t h e r c la s s m a t e with t h e fa ce of t h e " m a t h ; ” t h a t Is. th e flrst m ow ing
self into a c o r n e r , c ro u c h in g on th e K e a ts— t h e m e re st h a i r s b r e a d t h of of t h e m eadow . T h e s h o r t g r a s s —
M uch O pium D estroyed.
floor behind a h e av y box, h e r d a r k j m is d ire c tio n In a furrow of hla brain, with a sufficiency of r a i n — will grow
San F rancisco—C ustom house offi­
flrat
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In
a
comic
oddity.
cloak d r a w n up t o shield h e r head.
again, a nd l a t e r will com e th e "second cials destroyed about $70,000 w orth of
A fter t h e flesh, o u r friend still Uvea; m ow " or " a f te r m a t h ." T h e
And th e (hair opened.
p h r a s e contraband opium hefe.
T his is the
A flood of r a d ia n c e from t h e r e ­ only his m in d Is dead.
| "the sto r m s n d its a f t e r m a t h ” se e m s larg est am ount ev er confiscated in San
And h e r e is one w hose e v e r y line­ j a fa vorite with som e story w riters,
lig hted stu d e n t lam p fell a t h w a r t th e
Francisco.
The opium w as taken
floor. T h e girl lay cloae a n d still, hold­ a m e n t show s forth e n g a g in g f r a n k ­ I hut It Is difficult to u n d e r s t a n d how fr.>m th e lin er Korea.
ness a n d the joy of life— w o rs e than i a sto rm can h u \e a se cond mowing!
ing he r b re sth .
H eartaches on E very P age
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
REPLANT O REG O N FO R ESTS.
A M E N T D A M IS R U S H E D .
L o w e r Rague River Valley M ay
W a te r T his Season.
Get O . A, C . to Solve Problem o f C o n ­
tinual Revenue F ro m T im b e r.
G ran ts P ass— W ork is rushed on the
A m ent dam prep arato ry to fu rn ish in g
w a te r for th is season in the low er p a rt
o f Rogue riv e r valley.
Eleven hun­
dred b arrels o f cem ent have been o r­
dered and a larg e concrete m ix er will
be delivered a t the w orks th is week.
T his m achine has a capacity of 30
cubic yards a day.
A professional d iv er has been em ­
ployed to search the riv e r bed fo r the
b ig pum p th a t w ent down stream in
th e flood la s t w in te r and w as lodged
in a deep hole ju s t below the dam site.
The fishway p u t in recently by the
s ta te is said to be a hindrance to
build in g a cofferdam in the progress
of the work under way.
T here w as a t first some doubt about
delivery o f w a te r th is y e a r to the
farm ers b u t it is now believed th a t
all obstacles have been overcom e and
th a t th e w ork w ill be com pleted suffi­
cien tly to pum p w a te r to the H ig h ­
land ditches on each side of Rogue
riv er. T his w ill m ean th a t th e d is­
tr ic ts o f F ru itd a le on the south and
the te rrito ry lying in the valley no rth ­
e a st o f tow n w ill be supplied.
O R E G O N L E A D S IN M O H A IR .
Industry S ta rte d In 1867 N ow One o f
M o s t Im p o rtan t.
C orvallis, O re.—The solution of the
problem of m aking the tim b er lands of
th e s ta te continuously rem unerative,
w hich also m eans th e preservation of
the w a te r powers, seem s a t p ie s e n t to
have been found by the Oregon A g ri­
cu ltu ral college.
W hen the w ork in
forestry w as sep arated from th a t in
botany and made a d istin c t d ep artm en t
under P rof. G eorge W. Peavy and E.
O. Siecke, of th e U . S. governm ent
fo rest service was added to the fac­
u lty , th e fac ilitie s fo r in stru ctio n and
fo r p ractical w ork by th e stu d en ts
w ere g reatly increased, an dfaom e im ­
m ensely valuable exp erim en tal w ork
in silviculture has since been sta rte d
on M ary’s peak and elsew here.
A sm all fo rest n u rsery has been
sta rte d on the cam pus a t th e south of
th e h o rticu ltu ral greenhouses, w here
th e classes in silv icu ltu re have prac­
tical ¡w ork in grow ing the young fo r­
e s t tre e s to solve refo restatio n prob­
lem s. They a re ta u g h t how to grow
th e seedlings, and how to tra n sp la n t
them successfuly, w ith all th e m eth­
ods o f refo restatio n in cut-over or
bum ed-off d is tric ts .
The A u stralian
pine, N orw ay spruce, E uropean larch,
Scotch pine, w hite pine, W estern red
pine, W estern red cedar, black locust,
and the G erald pine, an im p o rta n t
tim b e r pine of India w hich is o f con­
siderable com m ercial value, all are
being gro w n in th is nursery plot.
On M ary’s peak valuable e x p e ri­
m ental w ork to determ ine the re la tiv e
m e rit o f fall and sp rin g p la n tin g of
various kinds o f tim b e r w as begun last
fall, and is being continued this spring.
E xperim ental plots have been sown,
both fall and spring, to A u strian pine,
N orw ay spruce, E uropean larch, and
Scotch pine. C areful record w ill be
k e p t o f th e D ecem ber and M arch
p lantings, through w hich it is hoped
to obtain inform ation w hich w ill prove
w hich is p referab le fo r the different
v a rieties.
Portland — “ The A ngora G oat and
M ohair In d u stry of the Pacific N o rth ­
w e s t” is th e title of a book recently
issued by A lva L. McDonald, secretary
o f the N o rth w est A ngora G oat associa­
tion. I t contains the full re p o rt of
the convention o f the
association
w hich w as held in P ortland in connec­
tion w ith th a t o f the w oolgrow ers in
Ja n u a ry last, and much valuable in­
form ation re la tiv e to the industry, in­
cluding a historical sketch o f its
grow th.
The first A ngora goats
brought to O regon w ere im ported by
A. C antral from C alifornia about 1867,
according to th is publication. O regon
is now first i t is sta te d in the num ber
S M U D G E P O T S S A V E F R U IT .
of A ngora g o ats and the production of
m ohair in th e U nited S tates.
The
value of the annual clip approxim ates T em p e ra tu re Sinks to 2 6 — Little Loss
O v e r N o rthw est.
$50,000. The value o f th e y early in­
crease is approxim ated a t $400,000.
Medford— G eneral firing throughout
O regon m ohair commands the highest the orchards o f the Rogue R iver valley
m a rk e t price.
is saving th is y e a r’s fr u it crop from
the ravages of Jack F rost. In places
W IL L H A V E M O N S T E R P A R A D E .
the te m p eratu re has been as low as 26
degrees, b u t fo r a sh o rt tim e only.
Portland Rose 'Festival Pageant Will The orchard men are still on th e look­
B reak All Records.
o u t fo r fro st and fuel in the sm udging
P o rtlan d — The novel s tre e t spec­ pots is k e p t replenished.
tacle called th e “ Show er o f R oses”
which is to be a p a rt o f the n e x t P o rt­
M ilton — No fro st has harm ed th is
land Rose F e stiv a l in th e w eek of section a t any tim e th is season. F ru it
Ju n e 5-10, w ill cover m ore th an 50 prospects are fine.
city blocks o r nearly th ree m iles in
the central business d is tric t o f the
L a Grande— T hanks to a drop in the
city. W hile th e tra in o f six cars is
m oving through the m ain thorou gh­ te m p eratu re several days ago, no harm
fares, the 100 young women and girls w h atev er has been done to orchards by
in w h ite w ill keep up a continuous the recen t sto rm ; in fact, orchard
bom bardm ent o f roses, show ering men ag ree th a t it has helped to reta rd
them upon sp ectato rs along the way. the budding. A t th is tim e th e tre e s
Specially adapted cars w ill be used in have not reached a s ta g e o f develop­
th is tra in so th a t th e tjirillin g spec­ m ent th a t fro sts w ill in ju re. A can­
tacle can b e tte r b e observed from the vass of the fr u it d is tric ts of th e valley
stre e t. H ereto fo re closed cars have reveals confidence fo r a b ig crop.
been used and th e fa ir rose throw ers
have labored under a handicap and S H E E P M E N A S K E D T O P R O T E S T
p a rt o f th e b eau ty of th e spectacle
has been lost. ________
Dan Sym the Says Change in Sched­
O lcott Assumes His Duties.
ule K M ay Ruin T h e m .
Salem — Ben W. O lcott w as sw orn in
Monday m orning as secretary of s ta te
to succeed F ra n k W. Benson and
shortly a fte rw a rd took charge of the
office. A t noon th e first full board
m eetin g o f th e new ad m in istratio n
w as held, w hen G overnor W est, S ta te
T re a su re r K ay and S ecretary O lcott
m et to consider m inor d etails o f the
plan G overnor W est has been fa th e r­
ing in using the labor a t th e s ta te in­
stitu tio n s.
“ I w ill devote my tim e to learn in g
the d e tails o f th e office and not to h ir­
ing o r disch arg in g em ployes,” said
S ecretary O lcott. “ W hether changes
w ill come in th e fu tu re is fo r fu tu re
to say as a t p resen t I am endeavoring
to learn the business o f th e office.
“ Now th a t Ihave received th e ap­
pointm ent I desire to confirm th e re ­
port th a t the s ta te board w ill w ork in
harm ony so f a r as I am concerned.
I view the s ta te o f O regon as a larg e
business proposition. If p riv a te bu si­
ness cannot be conducted successfully
w here harm ony does not ex ist, no
m ore can public business”
Pendleton—-Dan P. Sm ythe, secre­
ta ry of th e Oregon W oolgrow ers’ as­
sociation, is sending le tte rs and n ig h t
le tte r blanks to 1,000 sheep men
th ro u g h o u t the N orthw est, u rg in g
them to teleg rap h im m ediately to
S enators B ourne and C ham berlain,
p ro testin g a g ain st any change in ta riff
schedule, and asking th a t the question
of revision o f the wool ta riff not be
considered u n til a t le a s t a fte r ta riff
comm ission rep o rts.
H e in sists th a t W estern wool grow ­
ers realize th e ir resp o n sib ility and
aw ake to th e realizatio n th a t any re ­
duction in th is ta riff w ill m ean g re a t
dam age to the industry.
H e urges also th a t the sheepm en be
prepared when th e ta riff comm ission
calls upon them w ith in the n e x t few
w eeks to fu rn ish d a ta on the ex act e x ­
pense o f ru nning th e ir sheep and the
am ount o f proceeds they receive from
th e sale of sheep and wool, show ing
th a t only a fa ir profit is made under
p re se n t conditions.
Siustaw W ould Learn to S pray.
E ugene— J . Beebe, county fr u it in­
spector, is jn receip t o f a le tte r from
S ecretary W aite, o f the Siuslaw F ru it
and Produce association, w ith head­
q u a rte rs a t Acme, asking him to in­
s tru c t Siuslaw valley grow ers in the
law p e rta in in g to the sp ray in g of
th e ir orchards and in m ethods o f b e t­
te rin g production. The Siuslaw valley
raises fr u it th a t is alm ost fre e from
the p ests th a t in fect W illam ette val
ley orchards. The deepening o f the
b ar a t Florence prom ises
them a
b e tte r m ark et.
Klam ath O w ners Instructed.
K lam ath F alls— D irector F . H.
N ew ell, o f th e U nited S ta te s reclam a­
tion service, has sent a c ircu lar le tte r
to land ow ners o f the U pper K lam ath
subproject se ttin g fo rth w h at they
will have to do to to g et th a t p a rt of
the g re a t K lam ath p ro ject com pleted
and estim a tin g th e probable cost. He
declares th a t ow ners of the land m ust
sign an ironclad co n tract to pay all
coats, regardless o f w hat they m ay be.
The le tte r is in response to inquiries.
Fraternal O rd e rs Will Participate.
P ortland— E very fra te rn a l organiz­
ation and se c re t society in th e city is
planning to have rep resen tatio n in
the b ig dem onstration which is to be
held on one o f the evenings o f th e
forthcom ing Rose F estival. Ju n e 5-10,
in th is city. Scores o f these bodies
which have uniform rank and train ed
drill team s w ill be found in th e line
o f march.
Albany College Gets SB OOO G ift.
A lbany—N ew s o f another good do­
nation to the endow m ent fund o f A l­
bany College has reached here.
The
donor w as E llen S. Jam es, o f New
Y ork, and th e g if t $5,000.
O . A . C , S u m m er School.
C orvallis—The six w eeks sum m er
session a t the Oregon A g ricu ltu ral col­
lege, w hich opens Ju n e 19 and la sts
till Ju ly 28, w ill offer m any new
courses th is y e a r fo r th e benefit o f
those teachers disqualified by the new
school law s. Town and city sup erv is­
ion and th e new rural supervision pro­
vided for under the new school law
w ill be tau g h t, as well as th e advanced
su b jects required now fo r certificates,
such as m athem atics, history, the sci­
ences, E nglish and A m erican lite r a ­
tu re , the a r t o f teaching, psychology.
Record Price to r Livestock.
Portland last F rid ay paid the record
price for c a ttle o f all descriptions.
F or fancy g rain -fed stock from La
G rande $7 per hundred pounds w as se­
cured, w hile a lot o f hay-fed stock
from C entral O regon w ent a t $6.90.
These tran sactio n s w ere the h ig h est
prices ev er received in this m ark et for
th is tim e of the year. The hay-fed
lot w as the first shipm ent to come o u t
o f C entral O regon over the new H arri-
man line. I t w as sen t from G atew ay.
Excursion to Ruse Festivel.
From St. Paul and M inneapolis w ill
come a Pullm an excursion to th« Rose
F estiv al, personally conducted.
The
tra in w ill b« Tun over th e N orthern
Pacific and N orth Bank roads, a rriv ­
ing in Portland th e second day o f th e
b ig carnival. T his w ill be th e first
excursion from the M ississippi and
M issouri valleys and w ill arouse con­
siderable in te re st all along th« route.
M ak« W a r on W eeds.
Hood R iv err — No m ore noxious
weeds for th e A pple C ity, is th e edict
of M ayor H artw ig , who has called the
a tte n tio n o f the c ity council to the
s ta te law re lativ e to th e m a tter. The
m ayor haa decided th a t this law m ust
be enforced.