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CHAPTER XII Continued
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In his little silk skullcap and spec
tacles the Langmann came back for
he was Judge and Speaker In one and
found Michael Sunlocks alone At a
glance he saw that the trouble of the
night before had deepened and that
something of great moment was afoot
Langmann said Michael Sunlocks
I wish you to summon both Cham
bers to meet at the Senate House to
morrow night
It will be inconvenient said the
Speaker for the Committee of Al
thing has risen and the members are
preparing to go back home
That is why I wish them to be
summoned at once said Michael
Sunlocks
Is the matter of such pressing im
portance asked the Speaker
It is and it admits of no delay
answered Michael Sunlocks
May I mention its purport said
the Speaker
Say only that the President has a
message for Althing said Michael
Sunlocks
At what hour tomorrow night
asked the Speaker
At mid evening answered Mi
chael Sunlocks and then with the
isigh of a weary man he turned to-
wards the stove
The Speaker glanced at him with
his dim eyes screwed up pushed back
his little skullcap and ran his fore
finger along his bald crown then
shook his head gravely and left the
room saying within himself Why
this haste And why the message
Ah these impetuous souls that rise
so high and so fast sometimes go
-down headlong to the abyss
VI
Michael Sunlocks was turning round
from the stove when Greeba entered
and for all the womanly courage with
which she tried to carry herself be
fore him he could see that she looked
frightened and that her eyes sought
lis eyes for mercy and cheer
Michael she cried what is it that
you are about to do Tell me I
cannot bear this suspense any longer
He made her no answer but sat at
liis desk and lifted his pen At that
she stamped her foot and cried again
Tell me tell me I cannot and I
-will not bear it
But he knew without lifting his
liead that with all her brave chal
lenge and the spark of her defiant
eyes behind her dark lashes a great
tear drop lay somewhere veiled So
he showed no anger and neither did
lie reply to her appeal but made some
show of going on with this writing
And being now so far recovered from
lier first fear as to look upon his face
with eyes that could see it Greeba
realized all that she had but partly
guessed from the chatter of her maid
of the sad havoc the night had made
with him At that she could bear up
no longer for before her warm wom
ans feeling all her little stubborn spir
it went down as with a flood and she
fiung herself at his feet and cried
v -Michael forgive me I dont know
what I am saying
But getting no answer to her pas
sionate agony any more than her hot
disdain her pride got the better of
her again and she tried to defend
lierself with many a simple plea say
ing between a sob and a burst of wrath
that if she had deceived him and said
-what was barely true it was only
from thinking to defend his happiness
And why she cried why should I
marry you while loving him
Then for the first time he raised
liis head and answered her
Because of your pride Greeba
your fatal pride he said your pride
that has been your bane since you
-were a child and you went to London
and came back the prouder of your
time there I thought it was gone
but the old leaven works as potently
as before and rises up to choke me
I ought to have known it Greeba that
your old lightness would lead you to
some false dealing yet and I have
none but myself to blame
Now if he had said this with any
heat of anger or with any rush of
tears she would have known by the
Eure instinct of womanhood that he
loved her still and was only fighting
against love in vain Then she would
have flung herself into his arms with
a burst of joy and a cry of My darl
ing you are mine you are mine
But instead of that he spoke the hard
words calmly coldly and wituout so
much as a sigh and by that she knew
that the heart of his love had been
killed within him and now lay dead
before her So stung to the quick
she said You mean that I deserted
Jason because he was poor and came
here to you because you are rich It
is false cruelly basely false You
know it is false or if you dont you
ought
I am far from rich Greeba he
said although to your priue I may
seem so seeirr that he whom you left
for the sake f the poor glory of my
place here was but a friendless sailor
lad
I tell you it is false she cried I
could have loved my husband if he had
never had a roof over his head And
yet you tell me that You that should
know me so well How dare you
she cried and by the sudden impulse of
her agony with love struggling
against anger and fire and tears in
her eyes together she lifted up her
hand and struck him on the breast
That blow did more than any tear
ful plea to melt the icy mistrust that
had all night been freezing up his
heart but before he had time to reply
Greeba was on her knees before him
praying of him to forgive her -because
she did not know what she was doing
But Michael she said again it
isnt true Indeed indeed it is not
- and it is very very cruel Yes I am
proud very proud but I am proudest
of all of my husband Proud of him
proud of him proud thathe should
be the bravest and noblestgentIeman
in the world That is the worst of my
pride Michael that I want to be
proud of him I love But if that might
not have been and he had been the
lowliest man on earth I could have
shared his lot though it had been
never so poor and humble so that I
could have had him beside me always
He listened to her passionate
words there was a fluttering at his
throat Are you sure of that Gree
ba he said
Only let me prove it to you she
cried with the challenge of beauty in
her beautiful eyes
So you shall Greeba he said for
we leave this house tomorrow
What she cried rising to her
feet
Yes he said from tomorrow our
condition will be different So get
yourself ready to go away from here
Then her courageous challenge sank
away in an instant
Whatever do you mean she cried
in great terror
If you have married the President
you shall live with the man he an
swered
Oh Michael Michael what are you
going to do she cried To degrade
yourself
Even so he said calmly
To punish me she cried To
prove me To test me
If you can go through with it I
shall be happy anct content he an
swered
Are you then to be nothing in Ice-
land she said
And what of that he asked
Think of what you have just been
saying
Then I have come into your life to
wreck it she cried Yes I I Mi
chael she added more quietly I
will go away I would not bring
shame and humiliation upon you for
all that the world can give I will
leavo you
That you never shall said Mi
chael Sunlocks We are man and
wife now and as man and wife we
shall live together
I tell you I will not stay she
cried
And -I tell you he replied that
I am your husband and you shall give
me a wifes obedience
Michael dear Michael she said
it is for your own good that I want
to leave -you so that the great promise
of your life may not be wasted It
is I who am breaking in upon it And
I am nothing Let me go
It is too late Greeba As poor man
and poor woman we must pass the
rest of our life together
At that she burst into sobs again
blaming her brothers and telling of
their mean mission and how she re
sented it and what revenge of wicked
slander they had wreaked upon her
You see it is all an error she
cried a cruel cruel error
No Greeba it is not all an error
he answered It is not an error that
you have deceived me and lied to
me
At that word her tears fell back
and the fire of her heart was in her
eyes in an instant You say that do
you she cried Ah then perhaps
there has been yet another error than
you think of the error of throwing
him away for sake of you He is no
ble and simple and true His brave
heart is above all suspicion God pity
him and forgive me
Then for the first time that day
since the six Fairbrothers had left the
house the calmness of Michael Sun
locks forsook him and in a stern voice
with a look of fierce passion in his
face he cried Let me never never
mjeet that man Five years ago I
came here to save him but now if we
ever come face to face it will be the
hour of his death or mine
CHAPTER XIII
THE FALL OF MICHAEL SUXLOCKS
When the Fairbrothers in the first
days after their coming to Iceland
started inquiries touching the position
and influence of Michael Sunlocks
thinking thereby to make sure of their
birds in the bush before parting with
their bird in the hand they frequent-
ed a little urinking snop in tne Jneap
stead where sailors of many nations
congregated Danes Icelanders Nor
wegians English and Irish Hearing
there what satisfied their expectations
their pride began to swell and as often
as Michael Sunlocks was named with
honor they blew up their breasts like
bantams and said he was their broth
er so to speak and had been brought
up in the same house with them since
he was a slip of a brat of two or three
And if any who heard them glanced
them over with doubtful eyes they
straightway broke into facetious stor
ies concerning the boyhood of Sun
locks showing all their wondrous
kindness to him as big brothers to
wards a little one
Now these trifling events were of
grave consequence to the fortunes of
tne Fairbrothers and the fate of Mi
chael Sunlocks at two great moments
The first of the two was when Thurs
tan broke into open rebellion against
Jacob Then with a sense of his wise
brothers pitable blunder headedness
the astute Thurstan went off to the
same drinking shop to console him
self with drink ana there he was ad
dressed when he was well and com
fortably drunk by a plausible person
who spoke an unknown tongue The
end of that conference was neverthe
less an idea firmly settled in Thurs
tans mind that if he could not get
money out of Michael Sunlocks he
cculd at least get satisfaction
This was the matter that Thurstan
darkly hinted at when Jacob being
utterly discomfited had to leave all
further schemes to his brethren So
that day he returned to his rendez
vous met the plausible person again
and later in the evening sought out
his brothers and said2 Didnt I tell ye
to leave to me
Whats going doing said four
voices at once
Plucking him down the upstart
thats whats going doing said
Thurstan
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22 Bondman henhelt ntoe TUt
Then to five pairs of eager eyes it
lay in the harbor with a mysterious
cargo of great -casks supposed to con
tain tallow that after discharging
their contents these casks were to be
filled with sharks oil that waiting
the time to fill them they were to be
stored as all other warehouses were
full of bonders stock in the little
cell of detention under the senate
house and finally and most oppor
tunely that a meeting of Althing had
been summoned on special business
for the next night following and that
Michael Sunlocks was to be present
The Fairbrothers heard all this with
eyes that showed how well they un
derstood It and keenly gloated over It
And late the same night the cargo of
gieat casks was unshipped at the jetty
wheeled up to the senate house and
lodged there carefully silently one
by one Thurstan helping a few
stragglers looking on the stammering
doorkeeper long John not anyhere
visible and no one else in the little
sleepy town a whit the wiser This
being done Thurstan went back to his
lodging with the content of a soul at
ease saying to himself As I say if
we dont get anything else well get
satisfaction and if we wet whats
promised Ive a safe place to put it
until the troubles over and we can
clear away and thats the little crib
under the turret of the cathedral
church
Then the worthy man lay down to
sleep
To be continued
Co lyle a Rapid Feed
One day at dinner a gentleman
moved it may bf by the sight of Mr
Gladstones conscientious mastication
of his food for the great statesman
was not one to eat in haste and repent
at leisure remarked what a victim to
dyspepsia Carlyle had been Yes
said Mr Gladstone he smoked too
much I have been told that he ate
quantities of sodden gingerbread and
he was a rapid feeder I lunched with
him one day and ho tumbled his food
into his stomach It was like posting
letters After a slight pause Mr
Gladstone added Carlyle did not
seem to use his jaws except to talk
He Merolfal
When thou seest misery in
thy brothers face let him
see mercy in thy eye the
more the oil of mercy is poured on
him by thy pity the more oil in thy
course shall be increased by thy pity
Take no pleasure in the death of a
creature if it be harmless or useless
destroy it not if useful or harmful
destroy it mercifully He that merci
fully made His creatures for thy sake
expects thy mercy upon them for His
sake Mercy turns her back to the
unmerciful Quarles
Automobiles for Depot Service
The Baltimore Ohio Railway com
pany has established an automobile
service at Washington D C in con
nection with its trains This is be
lieved to be the first railroad to intro
duce this means of transportation reg
ularly to and from a railroad station
An electrical system is used Two
small trunks can be carried on sup
ports on each vehicle and additional
baggage can be placed upon the top
As the streets in Washington are in
very fine condition there is every
prospect of the service being success
ful
Building Largest Ship
The Celtic steamship to be finish
ed and launched this summer will be
the largest vessel on the oceans It
will tiave a displacement of 33000
tons nearly 5000 tons greater than
the largest steamship now afloat a
half dozen long railway trains can be
carried by her and she will be able
to provide for nearly 2500 passengers
almost an army brigade and Capt
Ismay expeats to see an even greater
than the Celtic built within a year or
two
JEccentrlo7BacliGlors Vast Fortune
Thirty years ago George Johnston
the Laird of the Fife Isle Estate
near Dundee made a vow that from
that hour no human being should look
upon his face He religiously kept the
strange vow The servant who cooked
his food placed it outside of his door
using a bell and passed out of sight
Johnston has just died leaving an es
tate worth 5000000 He was a bach
elor and a nephew is his heir
Emulates Mrs Nation
Mrs Charles Rhodes of Port Huron
Mich armed with a hammer instead
of the usual hatchet partially wrecked
James Wilsons saloon in that city
She entered the place and asked for
her son who it appears hangs around
Wilsons establishment He was not
there but after giving the bartender
a lecture the woman began her smash
ing The bartender put her out irit
not until she had broken a glass case
and- ten bottles of whisky
How to Moke Ice
Water in a shallow pan In a shel
tered place will freeze even when the
thermometer is above the freezing
point This is due to the rapid loss of
heat of the earth after nightfall In
some hot countries ice is obtained in
commercial quantities by setting shal
low earthenware pans of water on thet
ground protected from the wind
European Shawls In Thibet
In Central Asia woolen shawls of
European manufacture find a ready
sale The trade in merino shawls in
Thibet bids fair to develop into a prof
itable business The shawls come from
France and Germany and being very
cheap are readily sold They even
seem to be supplanting the better
but much dear r pashminias or
cashmere shawls
TCV -
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Commoner Comment I
Extracts From W J Bryans Paper
THE CAPTURE OF AGUINALDO
The most important event of last
week was the capture of Aguinaldo
General Funston planned and with the
aid of a few Americans and a number
of natives executed a brilliant and
daring plot for the trapping of the
leader of the Filipino forces Learn
ing of the whereabouts of Rguinaldo
he organized a small band and ar
ranged with some Iriendly Filipinos to
conduct the Americans in the guise of
prisoners through some ninety miles
of the enemys country to the presence
of the chief who was then taken into
custody by General Funston and con
veyed to Manila
The already famous Kansan dis
played great courage in the undertak
ing for he risked a double danger the
treachery of the natives who accom
panld him and the possiDility of en
countering a superior force
It is difficult to say what will be the
immediate effect of the capture but it
is more than possible that it will has
ten the end of hostilities
When the administration comes to
deal with its distinguished prisoner it
will be compelled to decide whether it
is dealing with a rebellious subject or
with a foreigner who owes no alleg
iance to this government
To treat Aguinaldo as a rebellious
subject the administration must assert
that a defeated monarch can bargain
sell and convey title to the subjects
and that a republic can first incite the
subjects of a monarch to rebellion or
assist them in rebellion then make al
lies of them and afterwards buy title
to them from the king whose sover
eignty was disputed
Aguinaldo has proven his ability as
a leader and his military genius it re
mains to be seen whether in prison he
will continue to proclaim the right of
his people to independence or advise
his countrymen to submit to the con
quest of their country by an over
whelming force
The question of imperialism is not
settled by the imprisonment of the
commander-in-chief of the native forc
es nor will it be settled by the surren
der of all who are in arms If the Fili
pinos fail ni their appeal to force
there is still left an appeal to the Am
erican conscience The republicans
have taken refuge behind the fact that
war existed and have tried to cry down
criticism as unpatriotic they have
asked How can we treat with people
who are shooting down our soldiers
Peace will multiply the embarrass
ments of the administration for it can
not long conceal the real character of
the civil government which is to be im
posed upon the Filipinos
The war in the Philippines has been
an hinderance rather than an aid to
those who have been resisting the in
troduction of European ideas and
methods of government into the Unit
ted States
THE FUTURE OF CUBA
A subscriber asks what position the
democratic party takes in regard to
the annexation of Cuba The demo
cratic party has not had occasion to
take a position on this question A dis
cussion of annexation at this time
would be premature it would be like
proposing to a widow at the funeral of
her husband The United States de
clared the Cubans entitled to indepen
dence and went to war with Spain to
enforce the declaration To discuss an
nexation now would cast suspicion on
the good faith of the nation neither is
there anything to be gained by raising
that question
No matter whether annexation is de
sirable or undesirable it is both right
and expedient that the Cubans should
be given their independence If an
nexation is undesirable there can be no
excuse for delaying independence if
on the other hand annexation is de
sirable the granting of independence
will hasten it Annexation to be satis
factory must be voluntary and it will
never be voluntary unless the Cuban
people have confidence in and affection
for the people of the United States
And how can they have confidence in
or effection for the American people
if our nation violates its promise and
shows more interest in the franchises
secured by private syndicates than in
the nations honor
LAST DEADLOCK BROKEN
The last senatorial deadlock has
been broken The republicans of Ne
braska on the final day of the session
elected Governor Charles H Dietrich
and Hon Joseph H Millard They are
both successful business men and
bankers
Governor Dietrich lives at Hastings
and was satisfactory to the Burlington
railroad while Mr Millard is a resi
dent of Omaha and is supposed to be
satisfactory to the Union Pacific hav
ing once been a government director
of that road
It might as first seem strange that
these men should be chosen to repre
sent a great agricultural state but
when it is remembered that the re
publicans of Nebraska indorse the doc
trine set forth in a platform adopted
by the New York republicans in 1896
and favor a business administration
administered by business men in be
half of the business interests the se
lection of these gentlemen seems emi
nently fitting It is safe to say how
ever that no crusade for the reduction
of the rate of interest for the lowering
of railroad rates for the establishment
of government savings banks or for
the extermination of trusts will orig
inate with or be countenanced by Ne
braskas senatorial delegation
A counting machine has been in
Vented which will count four thou
sand quarters in seven minutes a task
that would occupy an ordinary per
son nearly as many hours This ma
chine is not intended for general use
Until prosperity becomes a little more
abundant the average man will by
working at night be able to count his
money by hand
Before another senatorial election
comes in Nebraska Mr J Pierpont
Morgan should obviate all trouble by
doing a little railroad consolidation
work within the state
LINCOLN AND SILVER REPUBLI
CANS
The San Francisco Call speaking of
the action of Senator Dubois and other
silver republicans in joining the dem
ocratic party takes occasion to mis
represent the position of Abraham Lin
coln on the silver question It says
The messages and writings of Mr
Lincoln prove him to have been the
predecessor of Mr Cleveland in declar
ing the principles of sound money
which Mr Cleveland made the pole
star of his administration Both Lin
coln and Cleveland stood exactly in
line with Jefferson and Jackson on the
Issue of sound money
It also denies the right of the silver
republican to claim any kinship with
Lincoln or his principles It is not
strange that the gold standard papers
attempt to distort history for they ere
compelled to do so in order to find any
support for their financial theories
Jefferson believed that the money
unit should rest on the two metals
gold and silver while Mr Cleveland
believes that the money unit should
rest on one metal gold Jackson af
fixed his signature to the bill which
provided for the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the legal
ratio of sixteen to one without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any
other nation and in changing the ra
tio from fifteen to one to sixteen to
one he reduced the size of the gold
dollar Mr Cleveland is the leader of
those democrats who are opposed to
the coinage of silver into legal tender
money at any ratio or under any cir
cumstances
Raymonds life of Lincoln published
soon after the death of President Lin
coln and before the republican party
began to crusade against silver repro
duces a message which Lincoln sent
to the miners of the west The fol
lowing is an extract from it
Mr Colfax I want you to take a
message from me to the miners whom
you visit I have very large ideas
of the mineral wealth of our nation I
believe it practically inexhaustible It
abounds all over the western country
from the Rocky mountains to the Pa
cific and its development has scarcely
commenced During the war when
we were adding a couple of millions
of dollars a day to our national debt
I did not care about encouraging the
increase in the volume of our precious
metals We had the country to save
first But now that the rebellion is
oyerthrown and we know pretty near
ly the amount of our national debt
the more gold and silver we mine we
make the payment of that debt so
much the easier
It will be seen from the above that
Mr Lincoln held to the quantative
theory of money a theory denied by
the republicans in the campaign of 9G
It will also be seen that he was will
ing to make the payment of the na
tional debt easier by increasing the
amount of money while Mr Cleveland
tried to make the debt harder to pay
by decreasing the volume of money
On the subject cf paper money also
the silver repuolicans are in line with
the early statesmen and opposed to the
latter day policies of Mr Cleveland
and the republican leaders Jefferson
was opposed to banks of issue state
or national Jackson made the greater
part of his reputation by his fight
against the rec harter of the national
bank and Lincoln signed the bill
which provided for the greenback
Jefferson considered the issue of paper
money a function of government and
insisted that the banks should go out
the business of governing Mr Cleve
land considers the issue of paper mon
ey a function of banks and believes
that the government should go out of
the business of banking
Lincoln assisted in establishing the
national bank in order to furnish a
market for government bonds during
the war now the republicans are re
tiring the greenbacks in order to give
the banks a chance to issue more pa
per money
Senator Teller Senator Dubois ex
Senator Towne and the other silver
republicans are adhering to doctrine
which in former times was republican
as well as democratic The republican
leaders and gold democrats are the
revolutionists
AN 7XPANSION FROM WITHIN
The Boston Globe points out that
there are 600000000 acres of vacant
land in this country Of this 374000
000 acres are suitable for grazing and
farming more than 96000000 acres
are woodland 7600000 acres contain
forests of commercial value and about
an equal area is at present desert land
The Globe estimates that the arable
portion alone would furnish homes and
farms for 10000000 people and that
the timber from woodland and forest
would suffice to build comfortable
home3 not only for our present popul
ation but for many generations to
come The Globe therefore pleads for
expansion from within and very
correctly says that improved facilities
for irrigation arc essential to bring
the now unused land into cultivation
Is there not considerable danger that
in our craze for expansion toward the
Orient we are neglecting our oppor
tunities at home as well as violating
national traditions
Russia and Great Britain are too
wise to fight over the Chinese ques
tion While they fought the other
members of the concert would jump in
and take the territory in dispute
Mr T C Piatt appears to be suffer
ing from a severe attack of guberna
torial elephantism
The fact that Aguinaldo has already
been Killed several times ought to be
taken into consideration by the admin
istration in fixing the remainder of his
punishment
By paying particular attention to
several senatorial elections the Cubans
will got some idea of the splendid sys
tem of self government we are going
to teach them
A party may achieve a temporary
success by compromising with evil
but better a party defeated in a fight
for principle than a party trhvnphant
through compromise with wrong
-T
THURSTON f AV0RS CARTER
Does Not Wish to Be Permanent Chair
man for St Louis
WASHINGTON April 5 It is ex
pected that the newly appointed St
Louis Worlds fair commission will
meet In St Louis Monday April 15
or within a day or two of that date
Senator Thurston who is acting as
temporary chairman until tho board
selects Its president and secretary said
today that In all probability Secretary
Hay of the state department would
call a meeting for April 15 although
ex Senator Lindsay had said it would
be impossible for him to leave New
York before April 20 but as the peo
ple of St Louis arc clamoring for the
government commission to get togeth
er there is every reason to believe that
the board will bo convened speedily
Ex Senator Thurston was consider
ably put out today when he read re
ports in morning papers to the effect
that he had been selected as chairman
of the commission
There has been no chairman se
lected said the Nebraskan I was
asked to look after a few preliminary
matters by the secretary of state
pending a formal meeting of the board
in St Louis I have never been a
candidate for president of the com
mission and I am for Senator Carter
for that place There is too much
work attached to the chairmanship
for me and realizing this I cannot un
derstand why tho report was sent out
that I had been made chairman My
name was first of those mentioned as
appointees for the reason I presume
that President McKinley tendered me
the place first I know of no other
reason I have as I said before no
desire to be president of the commis
sion I realize the responsibilities and
my only desire is to help St Louis
make the greatest exposition the
world has ever seen
George D Meiklejohn ex assistant
secretary of war is to be given It Is
understood a loving cup on behalf of
the army officers bureau chiefs and
clerks connected with the war de
partment The cup is to be a massive
silver piece and if it cannot be made
in time for its presentation to Mr
Meiklejohn before he leaves for the
west it will be sent to him
DENIES STORY OF VISIT
Hay Says There is No Truth In Report of
Azulnaldos Comhisr
WASHINGTON April 5 The presi
dent and Secretary Hay were in con
ference for almost an hour this morn
ing Secretary Root was present a
portion of the time Tho subject of
the consultation was not disclosed al
though it was surmised that it related
to the Chinese situation Secretary
Hay stated that the government had
no official advices confirming the press
reports that China ihad definitely re
fused to sign the Manchurian agree
ment with Russia
Secretary Root pronounced the sto
ries that Aguinaldo had been invited
to come or that he was comiDg to the
United States in the immediate future
to be baseless After the secretary of
state and secretary of war departed
Lord Pauncefote the British ambassa
dor called at the White House and
was received by the president in the
blue parlor The official explanation
of the British ambassadors visit giv
en out at the White House was that
he called to impart the acknowledg
ment of the British government for
the expressions of regret on the death
of Queen Victoria
WASHINGTON CREDITS IT
Believes Spain lias Ratified Treaty of
Friendship
WASHINGTON D C April 5 Al
though so far without official confirma
tion the report that the Spanish coun
cil has approved the draft of the new
treaty of commercial friendship be
tween the United States and Spain
finds credence here Minister Storer
has been working negotiating a whole
fabric of treaties to take the place of
those wiped out by the Spanish war
His first work was the proposition of
an extradition treaty and this Is now
practically complete
Great difficulty was found in arriv
ing at a common basis for the negotia
tions for the treaty of commerce and
friendship But it is believed that Mr
Storer has succeeded and that Ameri
can imports to Spain which since the
war have paid almost prohibitory
maximum duties will secure substan
tial reductions that will result in en
larged trade
Two Death From Platrue
CAPETOWN April 5 Two deaths
from bubonic plague and one suspect
ed case were officially reported today
the lowest record since the outbreak
of the disease in Capetown
May Settle Fishery Dispute
LONDON April 5 Mr Robert
Bogl the premier and colonial secre
tary of Newfoundland confirms the
statement of E P Morris the New
foundland delegate on the French
shore question who sailed from Liv
erpool for New York yesterday that
an understanding had been reached
on the French shore question sat
isfactory to Newfoundland and Great
Britain and which it is hoped will
prove satisfactory to France