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Adventure I
By ST GEORGE RATHBORNE J
- Copyright by Stueet Surra Now York
CHAPTEK X Continued
Not that shots were uncommon in
San Jose hy any means for where men
carry arms continually it is only natu
ral that an occasional explosion oc
curs
But there was something peculiar
about this discharge it came in the
midst of silence and seemed as indeed
it must he a signal
Jack struck a match and lit his pipe
It was none of his funeral any way
and if on the morrow the good people
of Gautarica woke up under another
dynasty why that was their lookout
The recollection of Barrajo gave Jack
something of a shock for he remem
bered the expressed determination of
the general that he should be made a
full fledged citizen of the stormy little
republic with all the rights and privi
leges that citizenship implied
Could that mean duties too
Would he be expected to sally forth
and join in the game of hide and seek
of shooting at one who wore the rival
colors whether in arms or endeavoring
to escape
He guessed not Still he dared not
So to sleep who would care to do so
when a volcano was in eruption all
around and the night gradually
wore away
The clamor died away a dozen times
only to break out afresh
At last dawn
Jack Overton was jolly glad to see
it arrive through the little window
He devoutly prayed he might not
pass another such night for a long
time to come
Somehow he could not but speculate
as to the complexion of the new dynas
ty and what effect if any the change
might have on his fortunes
Then came a heavy rap on the door
a rap he knew full well could pro
ceed from no other than Barrajo So
Overton pipe still in hand stepped
over to the door and opened it
He had no sooner done so than a
mighty cheer went up from more than
two score of throats
Jack stared in amazement for he
realized that the whole army of the re
public was represented in that double
line of shouting and gesticulating
troops some of them barefooted oth
ers most gorgeously appareled and all
carrying arms
General Barrajo stood there smiling
and bowing
To say that Overton was surprised
would be expressing it mildly he
could not for the life of him under
stand why the general wanted to mar
shal his ragtag and bobtail army be
fore his little domicile in order to tell
him who was in and who was out
at the palace To Barrajo he must
look for an explanation and when a
wave of that heros sword again
hrought silence upon the scene Jack
hastened to ask
What does this mean general
They want a speech Senor Overton
it is customary
Then why dont you give it to
them
Por Dios It is not Barrajo they
wish to hear Every day I make them
a speech and swear at them in six lan
guages It is you senor you alone
they clamor to hear
Good heavens why should I ad
dress your old army demanded Jack
aghast and with growing uneasiness
Because Senor Overton you have
been appointed to rule over us last
night you ceased to be a plain citizen
and became the President of Gautarica
Republic
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CHAPTER XI
Jack Moves On the Palace
You could almost have knocked Jack
Overton down with a feather when he
heard Barrajo make this astounding
declaration in fact he was tempted
to pinch himself in order to discover
whether he were awake or sleeping
It was not Jacks habit to appear dis
tressed whether the announcement
were a huge canard or given in dead
earnest he did not mean these men
of Gautarica should see him staggered
so he quickly pulled himself together
and laughing said
Ah indeed Thank you for the
honor but tell me how did this little
event transpire
In the natural course of events
your excellency The noble army had
grown weary of Roblado whose prom
ises of reform were never kept They
liked Montejo no better and as usual
elected me dictator with the power to
choose their next President
A wave of the sword brought out an
other blast of cheers and whistles and
vivas then silence
It was wonderful
But see here I am an alien pro
tested Jack weakly
Not so you have been a full fledged
citizen of the republic for two days
and as such as eligible to the presi
dency as any man among us declared
the general smiling blandly
Then I cant decline dubiously
It is too late presidents die and
run away but they never decline
Well in that case I might as well
make the best of a bad bargain and go
in Only I warn you general I shall
really be the president and the re
forms you have heard me speak of
must engage our immediate attention
Now few men could have adapted
themselves to the situation in that
masterly manner
Are you ready to take the oath of
office
At any time was the nonchalant
reply
Some people might have thought
such a solemn ceremony necessitated
pomp and full dress they might even
have been horrified at the sight of the
new president standing in his shirt
sleeves within the doorway of his
adobe domicile with his pipe between
his teeth holding up his right hand
and repeating in Spanish the oath of
office which Barrajo uttered for per
haps the thirteenth time in his long
held capacity as dictator
Thus it was done
The general called for a farewell
round of cheers and they were given
with as much good will as the husky
and parched throats that had been in
positive evidence all night could mus
ter
Then the rabble betook itself off
much to Jacks relief the general not
forgetting to give the highly enter
taining military salute due to the ex
alted office his friend and protege now
occupied
Having once embarked upon the sea
of adventure Jack had become quite
reckless as to what port he brought
up at
There was at least a chance that this
astonishing change in his fortunes
might mean a material advance in the
line of his dream for he had eever
yet heard of a president of a Central
American republic who had not man
aged by some means or other fair or
foul to amass wealth by virtue of his
position
Book Two
The Modern Argonauts
Two years had flown since Senor
Jack was duly installed in office as
president of the republic such a pe
riod Gautarica had never seen before
and would hardly witness again in the
next decade It would be impossible
to narrate the many successes and
failures Jack made during those two
years nor shall I attempt it since
more important events await our at
tention
About the only cloud in Jacks Sky
was Dona Juanita who had become
passionately enamored of him Bar
rajo who dearly desired to see him
settled down advised him to marry
her and cast his fortunes for all time
with the people of his adoption
Whereupon Jack felt compelled to
narrate the whole story of his past
and Barrajo was so affected by it that
he fell upon his neck and wept tears
of sympathy generous old soul that he
was
But Barrajo was fearful of the re
venge Dona Juanita might take if her
love were openly repulsed and finally
confided to Jack the plan he had for
the advancement of their fortunes
Briefly it was this
When Cortez with fire and sword
scourged the fair land of the Monte
zumas to the north and his savage
soldiers dealt out death with a lavish
hand whenever the people failed to re
spond to their stern orders for more
treasure a reign of terror had swept
over the whole of Mexico
Then it was that thousands fled to
the unknown southland led by their
priests seeking new homes amid the
forest clad wilderness of Central Amer
ica
Since the object of Cortezs brutal
soldiers decree was to gain possession
of what riches the country possessed
these guardians of the temples before
indulging in flight despoiled them of
the golden images and jewel studded
altars which vast treasures they car
ried with them determined that come
what might these bearded barbarians
from over the sea should not succeed
in accomplishing their boasted object
History tells of the wonderful booty
secured by the Spanish conquistadors
indeed the imagination is appalled at
the extent of the riches they secured
In Peru the people hoping to ransom
their captive Inca Atahuallpa from
the cruel hands of Pizarro had readily
filled a room seventeen feet square and
as high as a man could reach with gold
in the shape of ingots and statues from
the temples and palaces and history
likewise declares that the quantity of
treasure conveyed away and concealed
forever from the covetous eyes of the
Europeans was said to have infinitely
surpassed that which they had se
cured
As in Peru so it was also in Mexico
richest of all the native countries of
the new world there fugitive priests
carried with them to the new land to
the south probably the most astound
ing collection of treasure ever gath
ered together since the world began
This was the bee that for years had
buzzed in the bonnet of old General
Barrajo he had never let it get out of
his mind day or night in all that time
And Senor Jack he now declared
triumphantly slapping the president
familiarly on the back success has
crowned my long search Yes por
Dios senor I believe I have found the
treasure
CHAPTER XII
A Sentinel of the Centuries
When he heard what General Barra
jo had to say Jack Overton found some
difficulty in restraining his delight
Should this enormous fortune fall into
their hands how his sanguine dreams
would be realized and what wonderful
things he could accomplish
- Barrajo disclosed a rude parchment
map supposed to have been drawn by
an Indian many scores of years before
Overton with that readiness charac
teristic of the enterprising American
at once made a duplicate copy of the
same
Then they talked over the wonderful
matter in a most serious way arrang
ing their plans even down to the most
minute details
The crisis was coming none too soon
Jack concluded for unless something
happened to get him out of the country
there must presently be an explosion
He had feared it of late for Dona
Juanita was beaming love upon him
every time they met and from more
than one quarter he found black looks
bent upon him by the jealous minded
young gallants of San Juan
Many a conqueror of kingdoms has
met his fate finally through the venge
ful hand of a woman whose love he
has treated lightly
Overton cursed the hour when he
first saw this dark eyed houri luring
her two rivals to meet in deadly com
bat so that the public ball might wind
up in its usual blaze of glory
Here then came old Barrajo just in
the nick of time it seemed with a
grand project which if successful
would open up an avenue of escape
Thus Overton was doubly anxious to
make a start having so much at stake
The general declared two days would
be quite sufficient to make all his prep
arations for he believed in being ade
quately armed and equipped for any
emergency
It was a moonlight night when they
set out and as usual San Jose was
given up to music and merry making
Our two fortune hunters waited un
til near the noon of night when the
hot time in the old town had in a
measure subsided and then suitably
disguised so as to conceal their exalt
ed personality from curious eyes quit
ted the capital where the electric
lights still glowed and announced the
presence of modern institutions
When the two men left San Jose and
plunged into the interior they did not
know their movements had been close
ly watched and that immediate pur
suit was given yet such was the case
Evidently others there were who sus
pected Barrajos wonderful plans for
fortunes favors and meant to take a
bid in the same quarter Perhaps it
would grow interesting before the end
was reached especially since the two
adventurers carried plenty of arms
and were grimly resolved to fight for
the prize if it came to that point
Barrajo soon left the main trail and
they were now traversing what had
once been a path through the primeval
forest but was so overgrown with
swinging vines that the keen machete
of the general was kept swinging most
of the time in order to hack out a
passage
Which would naturally make it an
easy matter for those who followed to
keep upon their trail
Our two adventurers traveled all
day and at sunset camped for very
necessary rest and refreshment After
a hasty meal only carrying their arms
and a pick and shovel between them
to be used in emergencies they ad
vanced in the direction Barrajo laad
marked out
His reasoning was sound
If Jack doubted it at first he was
presently convinced that the general
had built wisely
Madre de Dios Look Senor Jack
suddenly exclaimed the dictator start
ing back and pointing to some object
beyond
The white moonlight sifted through
the tangled masses of tropical verdure
above and at that particular moment
fell full upon what appeared to be a
human form bent partly over in a de
votional attitude and facing the rising
moon
Jack was startled at first but see
ing no motion to the figure which was
partly covered by the wild under
growth he realized that it was a rude
statue carved to represent a sun-worshiper
and placed there hundreds ol
years ago by those who fled from the
Spanish reign of terror to the north
They approached closer and mar
veled to find this image apparently of
silver
To Be Continued
4
INGENUITY OF THE FILIPINOS
Natives Use a Clover Uttlo Device foi
Striking Fire
People who regard the natives of the
Philippine Islands as an uncivilized
and ignorant race would be surprised
to see some of the very clever devices
that they have invented to simplify
matters of everyday life says the St
Paul Globe
For instance Captain Darrah of the
commissary branch of the department
of the Dakotas who recently returned
from the islands brought with him a
little device for striking fire thaf
makes the old steel and flint that was
used so long ago in this country look
clumsy and insufficient
The natives take a caribou horn
and bore a small hole in the small end
of it Into this hole they insert a
plunger wrapped so as to fit the hole
so no air may get into the horn and
made to slide smoothly up and down
by greasing the wrapping with tallow
The end of this plunger is hollowed
out and when a Filipino wants tc
strike fire he simply places a small
piece of ordinary punk in the con
cave at the end of the plunger and
strikes it a sharp blow driving the
plunger down into the horn
The compressed air by the force of
the blow ignites the punk and the
plunger is pulled out the punk flaming
and ready for use This is only one o
the many seemingly simple devices
that the uncivilized Filipino uses in
everyday life
If you make Sunday too brittle it is
sure to be broken
The saved soul Is Christianitys un
answerable argument
It is well to have your fuel before
you buy your kettle
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LET THE LAW ALONE
UNCOMPROMISING ATTITUDE OF
ORTHODOX PROTECTIONISTS
Tariff Revision Would JJo a Deplorable
Blander While General Reciprocity Is
Characterized as u Blind Leap Certain
to Laud Us on Iroo Trado Ground
The attitude of the American Pro
tective Tariff League on the subjects
of tariff revision and reciprocity is
plainly defined in the preamble and
resolutions as reported by a special
committee appointed by President
Moore at the regular annual meeting
of the league on Thursday January
16 1902 The committee consisted of
Messrs F S Witherbee John A
Sleicher George J Seabury and T Z
Cowles and the resolutions are as fol
lows
Whereas At a time when the entire
civilized world is fixing its attention
upon the extraordinary condition of
prosperity prevailing in the United
States as a direct result of the econom
ic policy for which this organization
stands and when our foreign and do
mestic commerce and trade have in
creased to a degree far beyond pre
vious human experience in this or
any other country Be it
Resolved That the American Pro
tective Tariff League earnestly pro
tests against the insidious attacks upon
the principle and policy of protection
to American labor and industry that
have made themselves manifest in a
marked and unusual degree within the
past year If there ever was a time
when the principle and policy of pro
tection had justly earned public con
fidence and approval and had demon
strated its value as an agency for the
highest material welfare of the coun
try that time is now As the recog
nized representatives of that principle
and policy we protest against the cov
ert assaults upon protection that are
being made in the name of tariff re
vision and reciprocity and urge that
the friends of protection throughout
the country should more than ever
show the faith that is in them by
vigorous and unceasing resistance to
all efforts to unsettle or in any way
discredit the policy for which we have
stood and shall continue to stand
To seriously agitate the question of
tariff revision at this time is ill advised
and mischievous while to deliberately
enter upon the readjustment of the
schedules of the Dingley law would
be a legislative blunder certain to be
productive of deplorable consequences
to all industries and all trade
Reciprocity is the handmaiden of
protection only when devised and ex
ecuted in absolute harmony with the
principles and equities of protection
when conceived in accordance with the
Republican national platform of 1900
viz in articles which we do not our
selves produce when carried out on
the line laid down by the late Presi
dent McKinley in his speech at Buf
falo Sept 5 1901 by sensible trade
arrangements which will not interrupt
our home production and whereby we
should take from our customers such of
their products as we can use without
harm to our industries and labor
Reciprocity in any other form or on
any other basis would be a dangerous
experiment a breach of faith on the
part of the government toward those
who rely upon the measure of protec
tion guaranteed by the Dingley law a
long step in the direction of unre
stricted competition by foreign pro
duction a leap in the dark which will
land us squarely on free trade ground
On the subjects of the restoration of
the American merchant marine the
creation of a department of commerce
and the construction of an isthmian
anal the resolutions are as follows
Resolved That present and future
sommercial interests imperatively de
mand in justice to our immense vol
ume of export and import trade and as
i means of further stimulating and
Increasing that trade the creation of
an American built merchant marine
oot alone for the transport annually
of over 1500000000 of our varied
products but to prevent the annual
sxport in gold of 200000000 in trans
portation charges and to restore to
Dur country the maritime independ
ence and supremacy which it enjoyed
prior to 1S61 furthermore see history
Df the war with Spain to provide an
idequate system of transports in time
Df war
Resolved That the erection of a
lepartment of commerce as an ad
unct to the executive branch of the
Federal government is imperatively
lenianded in behalf of trade com
nerce and industry
Resolved That the early
ion of an isthmian canal supplement
d by cable communication with our
Pacific possessions and with the coun
ries of the far east is indispensable
o our commercial supremacy
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Wanted Profit for the Farmers
Henry T Oxnard is largely interest
d in the manufacture of beet sugar
nd like our farmers a strong oppo
lent of the free admission of Cuban
ugar The New York Evening Post
lowever has unearthed an ancient cir
ular signed by Mr Oxnard in which
ie states that with free trade in sugar
esulting as in 1891 in a market price
if 4 cents per pound there is still a
front to the factory of 3 per ton on
eets Some journals which are spe
ially friendly to Mr Oxnard are en
leavoring to explain this old deliver
nce away and they do not make very
ood work of it Whenever in life the
pectsr of youthful peccadilloes rises
lefore us the best way in the language
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of Mr Cleveland Is to tell tho truth
and the truth is that Mr Oxnard wrote
that circular for the purpose of soiling
stock in sugar factories That explains
the matter quite sufficiently Besides
Mr Oxnard does not claim that tha
profit under free trade is sufficient to
compensate both factory men and
beet growers but only that the factory
men absorb it all What the country
demands is some profit for tho farm
ers which free trade prices will not
give San Francisco Chronicle
Fight on tho Sugar Tariff
It is pleasing to note in the dis
patches from Washington that the
members of tho Michigan delegation in
the lower house are a unit In standing
by the beet sugar interests and oppos
ing every attempt to change the tariff
The beet sugar industry has flourished
under the benefit of the protective tar
iff and will continue to do so as long
as the tariff is undisturbed What
changes would follow a reduction ol
the duty on Cuban sugar are problem
atical but it is certain the industry
would be given a severe blow from
which it might not speedily recover
From the beet sugar states farmers
and others are sending petitions to
congress protesting against any change
in the sugar tariff What effect these
petitions will have is for the future tc
decide The question is fraught with
the greatest interest for Michigan
where the beet sugar interests are ol
enormous proportions and also to a
number of other states that are just
embarking in the business The flood
of petitions should not cease until final
action is taken Bay City Tribune
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s He lias Succeeded
On the curious plea that if the Re
publicans dont do it the Democrats
will Mr Roberts of Massachusetts ad
vocates the opening up of the question
of tariff revision at the present session
of congress Why stop at tariff re
vision Why not urge the repeal of
the Dingley law as a whole on the
plea that the Democrats would do it
if they had the power To do things
that the enemy wants done lest the
enemy himself undertake to do it and
thereby gain all the advantage is a
queer doctrine in practical politics and
practical statesmanship Political ad
vantages have not usually been gained
that way or retained that way by
the party in power Mr Roberts evi
dently is a new convert to the school
of tariff ripping theorists who would
be more dangerous if they were more
numerous As the matter stands they
are just numerous enough to attract
some attention when they make fool
ish breaks Mr Roberts has succeeded
in attracting some attention
Where Danger Lies
There is no danger to America in
the retaliatory amendment to the Ger
man tariff modeled after our own tariff
law This provision is aimed only
at discriminations and the United
States tariff does not discriminate It
differs from almost all other tariffs
in the world in having a uniform rate
for goods from all foreign countries
save indeed those with which reci
procity agreements exist Moreover
considering the high wages which it
protects our American tariff is very
much less rigorous than that of most
Continental nations Boston Journal
Danger begins when we leave tho
safe anchorage of tariff laws under
which all the world is treated exactly
alike and embark upon the unchar
tered sea of reciprocity treaties which
favor one nation at the expense of an
other and so provoke ill will and re
taliation
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One Consumer
It is shrewdly suspected that when
Mr Hamemeyer states that a removal
of the duty on raw sugar would result
in a saving to the consumer of 85
000000 a year the trust magnate has
reference to one consumer only the
American Sugar Refining company
The Sugar Trust is practically the only
consumer of raw sugar imported into
the United States and there is the
best of reason for believing that this
one consumer would get the lions
share if not the entire amount of
the saving of S5000000 Confirmation
of this belief is at least suggested by
the fact that nobody has heard Have
meyer urge the removal or the reduc
tion of the duty on refined sugar
Thats different
How aiucli
The sugar trust literary bureau is
working overtime organizing poverty
and syndicating misery in Cuba in the
hope of getting the duty on raw sugar
removed How much of that duty
would go into the pockets of the Cu
ban planter or wage earner The
American people have a very accurate
estimate of the philanthropy of the
sugar trust New York Press
Somebody Will Get Skinned
Academically reciprocity is a fine
thing It has two rs in it that can
be rolled beneath the tongue with fine
effect But in practice it is a good
deal like a horse trade Usually some
body gets skinned in a horse trade
In his reciprocity propositions it is
observed that the tariff tinker offers
the American people as the victim
Mt Clemens Mich Monitor
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Knglands Fears
England has been a free trade nation
and the United States a protective
tariff nation And now England fears
that America which has preserved
for herself her own markets is about
to control the markets of the world
Oswego Times
Clara Its a thrilling story isnt it
Maude One of the most thrilling I
ever read I couldnt skip more than
half of it Detroit Free Press
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kanca3 City
SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE Cuttle receipts continual
heavy which makes tho supply for four
duy this week considerably heuvfer than
for tho same days of last week aa will
be seen from tho table of receipts given
hove There were not bo very many
beef steers on sale the bulk of thu re
ceipts consisting of butcher stock Buy
ers were out fairly early and made tho
rounds bidding just about steady prices
In some cases sellers thought bids wore a
little stronger on tho bettor grades As
a result the cattle began moving toward
the scnles In good season and tho bulk
of tho offerings was soon disposed of
The better grades of cows and heifers
were In good demand but the market
could not bo quoted any more than
steady Packers seemed to want what
was on sale but they did not wuitt to
pay any more than they have for tho last
soveral days There have been a goo
many of the medium grades and cannnrs
on sule all the week so that packers
are not particularly anxious for supplies
of that kind Bulls were In good demand
where the quality was satisfactory but
the common kinds were neglected The
sumo was true of veal calves and stags
There were quite a few stockers anil
feeders on sale but the demand was suf
iiclent to take what was offered at steady
prices where the cattle showed weight
and quality In some places cattle an
swering to thut description sold a Httlo
stronger
HOGS The heavy receipts of hogs con
tinued Packers of course tried to pound
tho market and they succeeded to qulto
an extent The best heavyweight hogs
In most cases were not over 5c lower
but all others were fully a dime lower
and very slow sale at the decline In
fact packers would not look at anything
but the better weight hogs on the open
ing market and as a result the market
was very slow The better weights sold
largely from G10 to G25 and as high as
63 was puld for prime hogs The medi
um weights sold mostly from 590 to 010
and tho lighter loads went from 5i0
down
SHEEP There were about as many
sheep and lumbs on sale as arrived yes
terday and the demand continued active
and as a result the otferings changed
hands about as fast as they came In
The prices paid were not materially
changed and the market could best be
described by calling It active and steady
on all desirable grides The quality of
the offerings today was fairly good on
the average so that sellers had no trou
ble in disposing of what they had on
hand There were not enough feeders on
sale to tost the market but as there wis
a liberal inquiry for good stuff it is safo
to call the market fully steady
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Best grades strong to 10 higher
common steady choice export and
dressed beef steers 3SVuGi5 fair to
good 4S55G5 stockers and feeders
western fed steers 1 75ft 57
Texas and Indian steers 4105J0 Texas
cows 273 430 native cows 30 150
heifers 75523 canners 200 290
bulls calves 430f673
HOGS Iarket opened steady to 5c low
er closed strong top IG50 bulk of sales
5573Tj 640 heavy G35iG50 mixed pack
ers G00G4G light 530010 pigs 475
325
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market active
shade higher native Jambs G00fi63o
western lambs 3G0G25 native wetners
4500510 western wethers -150500
yearlings 3235S0 ewes 350160 culls
and feeders 2000 -50
LIBERTY TORCH TO DIE OUT
Congress Fails to Make Appropriation
for the Light
NEW YORK Feb 15 Libertys
torch is to be put out The lofty light
in the hand of the bronze goddess
standing on Bedloes island in thf
upper New York bay that has heon
allowed to grow steadily dimmer since
Bartholdi gave the magnificent statue
to the United States is to be perma
nently extinguished Sentiment it is
said which has kept the beacon burn
ing all these years can no longer
keep it alight and now the govern
ment will snuff it for all time
News of the contemplated exting
uishment of the torch has beeu re
ceived in the form of a notice to
mariners sent out by the lighthouse
board of the treasury department at
Washington It states that on March
1 1902 the light will be discontinued
Installed on the island to furnish
current for the torch there is a pow
erful electric plant but it is unused
A few lamps of smaller power furnish
barely enough illumination so that
the beacon can be made out by pass
ing mariners Lack of a congressional
appropriation is said to be the causo
for discontinuing the light
Seven Men Killed
LITTLE ROCK Ark Feb 15
Seven men were killed and at least
fourteen were seriously injured by a
huge boulder weighing fifteen tons
crushing into the caboose of a work
train on the Choctaw Oklahoma
Gulf railroad twenty miles west of
Little Rock at 1 oclock this morning
Nebraska Fruit Wins Medal
CRETE Neb Feb 15 E F Steph
ens of this place has received a bronze
niedal for the exhibit of Nebraska ap
ples at the Parish exposition On
one side is the inscription Eposi
tion Universelle Interventional
1S00 E F Stephens On the other
side Republique Francaise
Shifts Blame on Ambassador
LONDON Feb 14 The Associated
Press understands that the under sec
retary for foreign affairs Lord Cran
borne will inform the house of com
mons that Lord Pauncefcte the Brit
ish ambassador at Washington acted
merely as dean of the diplomatic
corps in summoning the meeting of
April 14 1S9S that he did so at the
instigation of other diplomatists and
that he acted in those proceedings en
tirely on his own initiative
I -