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CHAPTER I Continued
When he was gone Greeba went
-down to the tents at the mouth of the
Tnlnes and asked for the Captain
A Danish gentleman who did not
know her and whom she did not
know answered to that title and then
she said that hearing that a hospital
was being built she had come out
from Reykjavik to offer herself as a
nurse If a nurse was wanted
A nurse is wanted said the Cap
lain and though we had no thought
of a woman you have come in the nick
of time
So Greeba under some assumed
Tiame unknown to the contingent of
Danish officers fresh from Denmark
who had that day taken the places of
the Icelandic warders and recogniz
able in her true character by two men
-only in Krisuvik Michael Sunlocks
and Red Jason if ever they should see
her took up her employment as hos
pital nurse to the sick prisoners of the
Sulphur Mines
But having attained her end or the
first part of it her heart was torn
by many conflicting feelings Would
she meet with her husband Would
lie come to be in her own charge Oh
God forbid that it should ever come
to pass Yet God grant it too for
that might help him to a swifter re
lease than her dear old father could
compass Would she see Red Jason
Would Michael Sunlocks ever see him
Oh God forbid that also And yet
sind yet God grant it after all
Such were hopes and fears when
the hospital shed was finished and
she took her place within it And
now let us see how heaven fulfilled
them
CHAPTER II
THE SULPHUR MINES
Red Jason and Michael Sunlocks
were together at last within tho nar
row stockade of a penal settlement
These two who had followed each
other from land to land the one on
his errand of venegance the other on
his mission of mercy both now nour
ishing hatred and lust of blood were
thrown as prisoners into the Sulphur
Mines at Krisuvik There they met
they spoke they lived and worked
side by side yet neither knew the
other for the man he had sought so
long and never found This is the
-strange and wondrous chance that
has now to be recorded and only to
think of it whether an accident or
Gods ordinance makes blood to tin
gle in every vein Poor and petty are
the passions of maD and Gods hand is
over all
The only work of Michael Sunlocks
which Jorgen Jorgensen did not un
do in the swift reprisals which fol
lowed on the restoration of his power
-was the use of the Sulphur Mines as
a convict settlement All he did was
to substitute Danish for Icelandic
guards but this change was the be
ginning and end of tho great event
that followed Tho Icelandic guards
knew Red Jason and if Michael Sun
locks had been sent out to them they
would have known him also and thus
the two men must have soon known
each other But the Danish warders
knew nothing of Jason and when
they brought out Michael Sunlocks
they sent the Icelandic guards home
Thus Jason never heard that Michael
Sunlocks was at Sulphur Mines and
though in a whirl of many vague im
pressions the distant hum of a world
far off there floated into his mind
the news of the fall of the republic
he could never suspect and there was
no one to tell him that the man whom
he had pursued and never yet seen
the man he hated and sought to slay
was a convict like himself working
daily and hourly within sight and
sound of him
Michael Sunlocks on his part knew
well that Red Jason had been sent to
the Sulphur Mines but he also knew
that he had signed Jasons pardon
and ordered his release More than
this he had learned that Jorgen Jor
gensen had liberated all who had been
condemned by the republic and so he
concluded that Jason had become a
free man when he himself became a
prisoner But there had been a delay
in the dispatch of Jasons pardon
snd when the republic had fallen and
the Danish officers had taken the
place of the Icelanders the captain of
the mines had released ihe political
prisoners only and Jason as a felon
had been retained The other prison
ers at the mines some fifty in all
knew neither Michael Sunlocks nor
Red Jason They wero old criminals
from remote districts sentenced to
tho jail at Reykjavik during the first
rule of Jorgen Jorgensen and sent out
to Krisuvik in the early days of the
republic
Thus it chanced from the first that
though together within a narrow
space of ground Jason and Sunlocks
were cut from all knowledge of each
other such as might have been gleaned
from those about them And the dis
cipline of the settlement kept them
back from that knowledge by keeping
them for many months apart
The two houses used as workshops
and sleeping places were at opposite
sides of the stockade one at the north
the other at the south oue overlook
ing a broad waste of sea the other
at the margin of a dark lake of
gloomy shore Red Jason was assign
ed to the house near the sea Michael
Sunlocks to the house by the lake
These houses were built of squared
logs with earthen floors and wooden
benches for beds The prisoners en
tered them at eight oclock in the
evening and left them at five in the
morning their hours of labor in the
summer being from five a m to eight
p m They brought two tin cans
one tin containing their food their
second meal of the day a pound of
stock fish and four ounces of bread
the other tin intended for their refuse
of slops and victuals and dirt of other
hinds Each house contained some
twenty five men and boys and so peo
pled and used they had quickly be
come grimy and pestilential the walls
blotched with vermin stains the floors
encrusted with hard trodden filth that
was wet and slippery to the feet and
the atmosphere damp and foui to the
nostrils from the sickening odors of
decayed food
It had been a regulation from the
beginning that the latest comer at
each of these houses should serve
three months as housekeeper with
the duty of cleansing the horrible
place every morning after his house
mates had left it for theirwork Dur
ing this time he wore the colar of
iron and the bell over his forehead
for it was his period of probation
and of special degradation Thus Red
Jason served as housekeeper in the
house by the sea while Michael Sun
locks did the same duty ia the house
by the lake Jason went through his
work listlessly slowly hopelessly but
without a murmur Michael Sunlocks
rebelled against its horrible necessi
ties for every morning his gorge rose
8t the exhalations of five and twenty
unwashed human bodies and the in
supportable odor that came of their
filthy habits
This state state of things went on
for some two months during which
the two men had never met and then
an accident led to a change in the
condition of both
The sulphur dug up from the banks
of the hot springs was packed in
sacks and strapped upon ponies qne
sack at each side of a pony and one
on its back to be taken to Hafnafiord
the nearest point for shipment to Den
mark Now the sulphur Was heavy
the sacks were large the ponies small
and the road down from the solfataras
to the valley was rough with soft clay
and great basaltic boulders And one
day as a line of the ponies so burdened
came down the breast of the moun
tain driven on by a carrier who lash
ed them at every step with his long
whip of leather thongsone little pie
bald mare hardly bigger than a don
key stumbled into a deep jut and fell
At that the inhuman fell behind- it
flogged it again and showered curses
on it at every blow
Get up get up or Ill skin you
alive he cried with many a hideous
oath beside
And at every fresh blow the little
piebald struggled to rise but he could
not while Its terrified eyeballs stood
out from the sockets and its wide nos
triln quivered
Get up you little lazy devil get
up cried the brute with the whip
and still his blows fell like raindrops
first on the mares flanks then on its
upturned belly then on ts head its
mouth and last of all on its eyes
But the poor creatures load held it
down and struggle as it would it
could not rise The gang of prisoners
on the hillside who had just before
burdened the ponies and sent them off
heard this lashing and swearing and
stopped their work to look down But
they thought more of the carrier than
of the fallen pony and laughed aloud
at his vain efforts to bring it to its
feet
Send him a hand up Jonas shout
ed ono of the fellows
Pick him up in your arms old boy
shouted another and at every silly sal
ly they all roared together
The jeering incensed the carrier
and he brought down his whip the
fiercer and quicker at every fresh blow
until the whizzing of the lash sang
in the air and the hills echoed with
the thuds on the ponys body Then
the little creature made onefinal fran
tic effort and plunging with its ut
most strength it uad half risen to its
forelegs when one of the sacks slid
from its place and got under its hind
legs whereupon the canvas gave way
the sulphur fell out and the poor lit
tle brute slipped afresh and fell
again flat full length and with awful
force and weight dashing its head
against a stone At sight of this mis
adventure the prisoners above laugh
ed once more and the carrier leaped
from his own saddle and kicked the
fallen piebald in tho mouth
Now this had occurred within the
space of a stones throw from the
houso which Red Jason lived in and
cleaned and hearing the commotion
as he worked within he had come out
to learn the cause of it Seeing ev
erything in one quick glance he push
ed along as fast as he could for the
leg fetters that bound him and came
upon the carrier as he was stamping
the life out of the pony with kicks
on its palpitating sides At the next
moment he had laid the fellow on his
back and then stepping up to the
piebald he put his arms about it to
lift it to its feet Meanwhile the
prisoners above had stopped their
laughing and were looking on with
eyes of wonder at Jasons mighty
strength
God Is it possible he is trying to
lift a horse to its feet cried one
What And three sacks of sul
phur as well oried another
Never cried a third and all held
their breath
Jason did not stop to remove the
sacks He wound his great arms first
under the little beasts neck and
raised it to its forefeet and then
squaring his broad flanks above his
legs that held the ground like the
hoofs of an ox he made one silent
slow tremendous upward movement
and in an instant the piebold was on
its feet affrighted trembling with
startled eyeballs and panting nostrils
but securevand safe and with its load
squared and righted on its back
Lord bless us cried the convicts
the man has the strength of Sam
son
And at that moment one of the
warders came hurrying up to the
place
Whats this said the warder
looking at the carrier on the ground
who was groaning in some little
blood that was flowing from the back
of his head
At that question the carrier only
moaned the louder thinking to ex
cite the more commiseration and Ja
son said not a word But the prison
ers on the hillside very eagerly shout
ed an explanation whereupon the
carrier a prisoner who had been in
dulged straightway lost his privileges
as punishment for his ill use of the
property of the government and Ja
son as a man whose great muscles
were thrown away on the paltry work
of prison cleaning was set to delv
ing sulphur on the banks of the hot
springe
Now this change for the better in
the conditon of Red Jason led to a
change for the worse in that of Mi
chael Sunlocks for when Jason was
relieved of his housekeeping and of the
iron collar and bell that had been the
badge of it Sunlocks as a malcontent
was ordered to clean Jasons house as
well as his own But so bad a change
led to the great event in the lives of
both the meeting of these men face
to face and the way of it was this
One day the winter being then fully
come the mornings dark and some
new fallen snow lying deep over the
warm ground of the stockade Michael
Sunlocks had been set to clearing
away from the front of the log house
on the south before Jason and his
housemates had come out of iL His
bodily strength had failed him greatly
by this time his face was pale his
large eyes were swollen and blood
shot and under the heavy labor of
that day his tall slight figure stoop
ed But a warder stood over him
leaning on a musket and urging him
on with words that wero harder to
him than his hard work His bell
rang as he stooped and rang again
as he rose and at every thrust of the
spade it rang so that when Jason
and his gang came out of the sicken
ing house he heard it And hearing
the bell he remembered that he him
self had worn it and wondering who
had succeeded in the vile office where
of he had been relieved ho turned to
look upon the man who was clearing
the snow
To be continued
GERMANYS NEW OIL ENGINE
It Operates Without the Uso of Boilers
Furnaces or Chimneys
Great things are expected of the
Diesel engine the latest thing in Ger
man engineering the first working of
which In England a London Express
representative was permitted to see at
Guidebridge near Manchester recent
ly Economy in fuel and space is the
chief merit of the Diesel commending
it to makers of automobiles and small
marine craft as an engine with a fu
ture Its claim to originality lies in
the fact that it works with crude oil
without smell or dirt perfectly con
suming all the products of the combus
tion Unlike other oil engines it re
quires no Ignition point Compressed
air from cylinders starts the Diesel
Oil and air are then admitted to the
cylinder when the compression of the
air by the return stroke so raises the
temperature that the oil flashes and
the forward stroke is delivered The ex
haust is perfectly clean and free from
Diesel is that no boilers furnaces or
chimneys are required Great economy
of space and fuel is effected as it can
be used with any kind of liquid fuel or
furnace gas the waste product of
blast furnaces Hopes are entertained
that the Diesel will be used on a very
large scale those who are introducing
it to England claiming for it the abil
ity to run a vessel as large as the
Oceanic Already an order has been
placed by the French government for
an engine of this type to he used in
a submarine boat If the Diesel frees
the streets from the smell of the motor
car and yacht decks and ladles dresses
from the cinders of a steamer funnel
the German inventor will have a claim
on the gratitude of mankind If as
seems likely It will encourage the es
tablishment of small plants in rural
dicstricts where gas Is not obtainable
and coal is dear it may do much more
than this for industrial England
A MARRIED MENS LEAGUE
An Organization of Benedicts Is Found
ed Id Colorado
The first exclusively married mens
organization ever founded in Colorado
filed articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state today says the Den
ver Post It is known as the Supreme
Order Married Mens League of Amer
ica and none but benedicts in good
standing are allowed to join Widow
ers both grass and sod are barred
and a man who has never enjoyed con
nubial bliss could not get in even it
he had powerful influences and all tho
money in the world back of him Tho
married mens league originated in St
Louis and was incorporated first un
der the laws of Missouri where it is
said to have a membership of many
thousands In Colorado it hopes to
secure a large membership also The
objects of the order as stated in tho
papers are to unite fraternally married
white men under the age of 55 and oi
good moral character and reputable
occupation to encourage their social
and mental culture and to render ma
terial aid to members and those de
pending upon them for support By
its good work among the married men
the order expects -to encourage matri
mony among their single brethren The
order has also an insurance branch
which grants 4000 to a wife upon the
death of her husband J W Boul
ware U G Osborne and Thomas G
Moore are the incorporators of the or
der They are all Missourians
Minerals in the Ianii of O ranees
Florida is rich in minerals In ad
dition to phosphate of which the world
already knows she has immense de
posits of clays of every kind kaolin
ochres fire and aluminum clays gyp
sum and Fullers earth of great extent
and finest quality She has stone ex
cellent for building purposes and a soft
magnesian limestone that produces a
cement in every respect equal to the
best imported Iron of high grade and
value is known to exist in several lo
calities so also are indications of
petroleum natural gas and soft coal
and asphalt to be found in several por
tions of the state and yet with one
or two exceptions the fields containing
these ores are undeveloped Baltimore
Sun
APPALLING FACTS
OUR TENANT FARMERS HAVE
INCREASED
landlordism In Agricultural Districts of
America as Shown by X G Powers
Chief Statistician Division of Agricul
ture U 8 Census Bureau
The Interest aroused in the subject
of farm tenure by the census statis
tics of 1880 and 1890 will without
doubt be increased by those of 1900
No formal reports for the latter year
have been given to the public as yet
but the census authorities have pub
lished sufficient facts to enable one
familiar with farm tenure to make a
fairly correct forecast of the condi
tions existing in the nation The
facts referred to are found in the
bulletins of population by minor civil
divisions and in the number of farm
schedules returned by the enumerators
and special agents
The number of farm schedules is
5786907 which is two to four per cent
in excess of the actual number of
farms that will be tabulated The
number of farms in 1900 will there
fore somewhat exceed 570000 In
1890 the census reported 4564691
farms and 4767179 farm families Ac
cordingly in ten years from 940000
to 1140000 farms have been added to
those enumerated In 1890
North Atlantic States
In the north Atlantic states Maine
New Hampshire Vermont Massachu
setts Connecticut Rhode Island New
York New Jersey and Pennsylvania
the farms in 1880 numbered 696139
and in 1890 658569 In the latter
year the farm families numbered 660-
407 In 1900 the farms are approxi
mately 670000 The figures quoted
make it clear that the number of
farms In these states and hence the
number of families of farm propri
etors that is of owners and tenants
has not suffered diminution in the
last ten years but while the number
of families in these two classes did
not become less the total rural popu
lation including also the families of
wage laborers in nearly all of the
states decreased The decrease has
consequently been in families whose
heads or chief members gain their
support by working for wages on
farms
Such a decrease indicates a shift
ing of farm population Some famil
ies have moved from the country to
the city and some have left their na
tive states for other sections of the na
tion These removals also have been
accompanied by an economic readjust
ment among the families remaining
The net result of that readjustment
Is the rise of a number of families
from the position of wage earners in
1890 to that of farm owners or ten
ants in 1900 Of those thus rising it
is certain that a larger actual and rel
ative number have become farm ten
ants than have attained to the more
independent position of farm owners
Under these circumstances it can be
declared with a large degree of cer
tainty that the actual and relative
proportion of farms operated by ten
ants in the north Atlantic states will
be found when all data are tabulated
to be greater than it was ten or twen
ty years ago The percentage of
farms operated by tenants in the
states in 1890 was 16 in 1890 184
and we may confidently expect that
in 1900 it will be in excess of 20
South Atlantic States
In the south Atlantic states Dela
ware Maryland District of Columbia
Virginia West Virginia North Caro
lina South Carolina Georgia and
Florida the schedules returned indi
cate the existence in 1900 of substan
tially 950000 to 960000 farms The
corresponding number of farms in
1890 was 749600 At the same time
772596 farm families were reported
The number of farms increased in ten
years between 190000 and 210000 or
from 24 to 27 per cent Exclusive of
cities of 25000 and over the popula
tion of these states increased in the
ten years only 18 per cent but since
1890 the population in the smaller cit
ies and towns has increased relatively
much faster than the agricultural
population proper The percentage
of increase of that poulation cannot
exceed 13
These facts make it certain that the
increase in the number of farms has
been much greater relatively than
that of the population engaged in till
ing them The farm proprietors own
ers and tenants as reported have
therefore increased faster than the
farm families They have been re
cruited in part from the ranks of
former families of wage earners
Among the farm families of the south
whose number includes very many
negroes fewer relatively than in the
north have risen or are rising from
wage service to farm ownership and
hence there must be a large relative
increase of tenant operated farms
In the Black Belt
The percentage of farms operated
by tenants which was 361 in 1880
rose to 385 in 1890 will doubtless be
found to have increased still more in
1900 In that year it will probably
exceed 45 This great relative esti
mated increase in farm tenants is
predicted upon the number of farm
schedules and the population Many
of the 200000 additional farms in
these states are unquestionably small
places cultivated by the members of
the families of wage earners and used
by them as homes Others are small
tracts of land without buildings
tilled by unmarried men or women
who work as wage earners a portion
of the year If this is not the case
then we have a substantial elevation
in ten years of over 100000 farm
illes to positions materially above
those held by them In 1890 It is
hardly probable that such a number
of negro families have realized such a
great advance But after making due
allowance for the small tracts of land
of the character mentioned it Is al
most certain that the final figures of
the census will show a substantial
raise of a large number of former
wage earners to a higher industrial
station in life and one of the most
prominent indices of this social uplift
is the relative increase of tenant-operated
farms
Among the Prairie Farmers
In the north central states Ohio
Indiana Illinois Michigan Wiscon
sin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kan
sas Nebraska South Dakota and
North Dakota there were reported in
1890 1978659 farm families and 1923
822 farms Judging from the schedules
the corresponding number of farms in
1900 is substantially 2190000 to 2200
000 More than one half of the in
crease of from 200000 to 275000 is
found in the newly settled parts of the
various states in which the increase
keeps pace more or less closely with
the reported increase of farms The
remained of these added farms are lo
cated in the older settled sections in
which the rural population increases
more slowly or is stationary or de
creasing in number There will there
fore in these north central states be
a greater actual increase of owners
than of tenants and not the reverse
as was the case in the South Atlantic
divisions
The
increase of farm owners is
largely confined to
the newer sec
tions In the older settled portions
a different situation exists There the
relative changes in the population and
number of farms give evidence of the
uplifting of at least a few families
from the position of wage laborers to
that of tenants and hence a relative
increase of tenant operated farms the
same as in the two specified divisions
of states In 1890 the percentage of
tenant operated farms in the twelve
states was 205 and In 1890 it was 234
The data of population and the number
of farms give evidence of a percentage
in 1900 of more than 26
Where Groirth Is Bapld
The settlement of Oklahoma Indian
Territory and the newer parts of Tex
as Arkansas and Louisiana according
to the testimony of farm schedules
adds over 250000 farms carved out of
the public or unused domain The
schedules also give evidence of a still
greater number of new farms in the
other south central states Kentucky
Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi
produced by the subdivision of the
older plantations In 1890 the farms
in the south central states numbered
1086772 and the farm families 1185
932 In 1900 the farms will approxi
mate 1659000
A very large proportion of the
farms operated by white men in the
Indian Territory and on the Indian
reservations of Oklahoma will be ad
ditions to the tenant operated class
since it i very difficult for such men
in this section to become owners
With the exception of the changes
due to this anomalous condition of
farms on Indian lands the situation
so far as it relates to farm tenure in
the south central states Is intermedi
ate between that described in detail
for the south Atlantic and north cen
tral states The percentage of tenant
operated farms was 362 in 1880 384
in 1890 and will probably be over 45
in 1900
Farms of the Far West
The farms reported in the western
states Montana Wyoming Colorado
New Mexico Arizona Utah Nevada
Idaho Washington Oregon and Cali
fornianumbered in 1890 145878
while the farm families numbered
169585 The schedules reported indi
cate the probable existence in the
same section in 1900 of 245000 or an
increase in ten years of from 75000
to 100000 new farms all carved out of
the public domain The growth of
rural population in these states has
nearly kept pace with the increase in
farms and hence we can in general
predict that there will be no great
change in the relative number of those
operated by tenants The percentage
of such farms in 1880 was 14 and in
1890 with the settlement of 62155 new
farms it was only 121 In the same
year the percentage of farm tenant
families was 189 With the large re
ported increase in the number of
farms in 1900 the relative number of
tenant operated farms cannot be
greater than 20 and will not be less
than 13 per cent The data of farm
population available are not exact
enough to make a more definite esti
mate
Summing up the foregoing estimates
the conclusion is reached that of the
940000 to -1140000 farms that were
added in the last ten years substanti
ally one half will be tenant operated
This will be an increase of from 40
to 50 per cent or nearly twice the in
crease per cent of the population for
the nation four times that of the
purely agricultural population and
twice that of the farms operated by
their owners
Greatest Increase Recorded
It is an actual and relative increase
of tenant operated farms that has nev
er been equalled since statistics have
been collected upon the subject and
yet this unprecedented increase is
predicted on the basis of facts that
show not a degradation of the rural
population but an uplifting that has
raised not less than 100000 families
from the position of wage earners to
the proprietorship of large tracts of
tillable land
The man who spends his money like
water is supposed to liquidate his
debts
NEBRASKA CROP BULLETIN
x
Spring Work Progressing Well and Gev
ral Conditions Are Farorahle
OMAHA May 8 United States de
partment of agriculture Nebraska sec
tion climate and crop -service of the
weather bureau Tho first part of
the last week was warm and dry with
high south wind The last days of tho
week were cool with heavy general
rains The daily mean temperature
has averaged 10 degrees to 12 degrees
above the normal Tho weekly max
imum temperatures were generally be
tween 85 degrees and 90 degrees
The rainfall of the week fell on the
last days of the week and generally
exceeded the normal for the first week
in May in the eastern part of the
state In tha western counties it was
about or slightly below normal In a
large part of the eastern portion the
rainfall ranged irom 1 to 25 inches
The last week has been favorable
for the advancement of farm work
and generally for the growth of veg
etation The high south wind dried
out the top of the ground and in some
instances retarded the growth of oats
wheat and grass but no damage re
sulted to any crop because of the time
ly rain the last of the week At the
close of the week winter wheat was in
very fine condition Oats and Bpring
wheat are coming up evenly and
growing well Grass Is somewhat
backward but is now sufficiently ad
vanced in pastures to sustain stock
Corn planting has made good progress
in the southern counties where about
one third of the crop is planted and
a little of the earliest planted is up
Corn planting has commenced in near
ly all parts of the state Fruit tree3
are blossoming very fully in all parts
of the state
CONDITION OF WHEAT CROP
Kansas and Nebraska Head the 11st With
Blrbest Percentages
NEW YORK May 8 Carefully
compiled Teports from the American
Agriculturalists corps of observers
make the May 1 condition of winter
wheat 9150 against 915 last month
and compared with an average at this
date for five years of 84 April was
wholly favorable for the development
of the wheat crop over the greater
part of the belt The report shows
little damage through insect pests
outside of Texas Oklahoma and Mich
igan No crop in twenty years has
stood better than the present one in
the all important features of roots and
stools
The spring wheat crop has been
sown under highly favorable condi
tions says the report and while seed
ing in the extreme north is
not completed enough is known to
make it certain that the acreage Is
fully equal to that sown last year
There is an abundance of early moist
ure over the whole belt except in a
limited portion of South Dakota Tho
condition May 1 of wheat by states
includes Ohio 88 Kentucky 85
Michigan 83 New York Pennsylvania
and Indiana 95 Illinois 96 Kansas
100 Nebraska 99 California 90
PAROLE f OR THE Y0UNGERS
Board of Prison Blanasera Unanimous In
Its Recommendation
ST PAUL May 8 At a regular
meeting of the board of managers of
the board of prisons today at Still
water unanimous action was taken in
favor of paroling the Younger boys
who are serving life sentences Be
fore the parole can be effective all
three members of the state pardon
board must approve it and the action
will be submitted to that body as soon
as possible This is in accordance
with the new parole law which allows
the parole of life prisoners after about
twenty four years imprisonment be
ing thirty five years less time gained
by good behavior Paroles usually are
granted by the prison managers alone
but in the case of life prisoners unan
imous approval of the board of par
dons is also necessary and such pa
roled life prisoners cannot leave the
state
Tilunroe of Omaha to Appear
WASHINGTON May 8 The Indus
trial commission will resume its sit
ting for the taking of testimony to
morrow and will continue for two
weeks or more The questions that
will receive especial attention relate
to the Industrial commission the tar
iff and transportation The following
witnesses are expected to testify some
time during May but their dates have
not been definitely fixed J C Stub
bles third vice president of the South
ern Pacific Railroad company San
Francisco J A Munroe Union Pa
cific railway Omaha W P Trickett
commissioner Kansas City freight bu
reau
Britain Will Fight It Out
CAPETOWN May 8 Sir Alfred
Milner the British commissioner ad
dressing a mass meeting today said
there was absolutely no reason for the
anxiety felt in some quarters lest any
change be introduced in South Africa
that would in any way weaken the
imperial policy Such a change was
impossible Great Britain had made
up its mind and would carry out the
policy laid down which his heretofore
been announced
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