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"Folk think ye o’er-gefitle,” sho con
tinued, “hut I’ve ayo liked you because
I was sure ye had a stubborn Will when
.your conscience told you that the right
was on your side. If that man has
wronged Marjorie Annan, would you be
feared to face him and avenge her?”
“If he has played the villian,” an
swered Sutherland, deadly pale, but de
termined, “I would hunt him down and
punish him, though I had to follow him
xouud and round the world."
As the young man spoke, his face
wore an expression which few had ev
er noticed there before; all the softness
and sweetness disappeared, the lines
■deepened, the eyes hardened, and the
■entire aspect grew hard as granite, and
as unrelenting
"I was right,” said the old lady, no
ticing the change. “Ye have the Heth
■crington temper, Johnnie Sutherland.
Oh, that I were a man to gang in your
place! But you shall follow them with
the swiftness o’ youtt and the keenness
o’ injured love.”
A few minutes later, Sutherland left
the Castle, fully authorized to bring
Marjorie back if possible, and armed
with ample means, in the' shape of a
large sum of money, which Miss Heth
erington thrust upon him.
Left to herself in the lonely Castle,
the lady retired to her private suite of
apartments, and there gave way to the
wild tempest of her sorrow and de
spair. Pride and self-reproach con
tended together for the mastery of her
heart; but love was there, too—the in
tense love of maternity, which for near
ly eighteen years had been flickering
secretly like a. feeble fire.
Sitting in her arm-chair, her head ly
ing back and her eyes fixed wildly on
the window's glimmering square and
the dreary prospect beyond, she fell in
to a troubled dream of the past.
Again she was a proud, passionate
girl, reckless in her comings and go
ings, caring for nothing In the world
but the smiles of one man, and fearing
nothing but the anger of her savage
brother, in whom the tigerish blood of
the male Hethericgtons ran twice fiery
through lust and wine.
So haughty and unlovable had she
seemed, so stubborn and capricious,
that only.one man had dared to woo
her—that man her father’s and her
brother’s enemy, the enemy of all her
house. They had met in secret, and
she, with characteristic stubbornness,
had loved him better for the feud that
might have kept them asunder. And
at last, in a wild moment of impulse,
she had placed herself at his mercy,
and had loved him without God’s bless
ing or the sanction of clergyman or
priest.
Then, to the terror and amaze of
both, came the knowledge that she was
about to become a mother.
Not till she confessed her situation
to him did she discover that the hate
of her family was justified, and that
she had loved a villain; for almost
simultaneously came the news that he
was about to marry the daughter of an
TCnglish earl. She taxed him with it,
and he scarcely took the trouble to de
■ ny it. He could never, he said, unite
himself with one of her house.
How it came about she scarcely
knew; but one night, when she met her
lover and faced him with wild up
braidlngs a hand like iron was laid
upon her arm, and turning, she saw
her brother Hugh. The two men faced
each other; there were a few \v0rd3,
then a blow, and she saw her lover’s
face livid and bleeding as she swooned
avvav.
Later that night, when Hugh Heth
erington sought her in that, very cham
ber where she was now sitting, he had
wrung the whole truth from her, and,
hearing it, had struck her, 'too, with
h^ clinched fist in the face.
As she thought of that time, she rose
feebly and looked into the glass, hes,
the mark was there yet; she wouid
carry it to her grave. Her worn face
went ghastlier yet as she remembered
what had followed. How her wild
brother left the place and was absent
for many days; and how, just after he
returned and drove her forth, she read
in a newspaper that Lord Lochmaben,
cf the great Lochmabens of the Border,
had just died suddenly in his 35th year,
somewhere abroad. There was no
scandal; the world did not even know
how Lochmaben perished, but she
knew that he had fallen by the hand of
Hugh Hetherington, in a duel fought
with swords on foreign soil.
Ah, the darkness, the horror, the des
olation of the next few months! No
one but her brother knew her secret,
and he kept it well, so that all the
world heard was that the brother and
sister had quarreled, and that she had
left the Castle to dwell, temporarily at
least, apart. No one wondered. The
Hetherington temper was well known,
a by-word; it was as natural that such
a brother and sister should hate each
other as that swords should clash, or
fire and torrent disagree.
Creeping in secret to a town upon the
English border, she had hidden her
shame among the poorest of the poor.
No one knew her; no one suspected but
that she was some lowly woman who
had gone astray In the manner only
too common among her class. Then at
last her little one was horn.
Sitting and reviewing It all darkly,
seeing memory’s phantom images
flashing and fading before her, Ilk*
colors ever changing In a kaleidoscope.
Miss Hetherington felt again that wild,
murderous thrill which hunted creat
ures, animal and human, often feel,
and which tempts them—despairingly,
deliriously—to destroy their young.
She shuddered and cowered, remem
bering her first impulse. But the child
had lived; and one night, holding It to
her heart, the mother had disappeared
from the strange town as mysteriously
as she had come, leaving no trace or
clew.
Fascinated and afraid, she had re
turned to Annandale, hiding herself by
day, traveling in the darkness only.
How dark it had been, how the wind
had roared, that night when she flitted
like a ghost round the manse, and
saw the gentle old pastor counting his
souvenirs within! Her intention had
been to go right on to the Castle with
her burden; but the sight of the good
man decided her, and she acted as the
reader knows—leaving the infant on
the doorstep, and flitting silently away.
That night the brother and sister
stood face to face. What was said and
done no one knew; but after a stormy
scene the lady remained at the Castle.
No one dreamed of connecting her with
the waif just .discovered at the manse
door, for no one but her brother knew
the secret of her fall; and as if by a
special providence the corpse of a wom
an was washed up some days later on
the Solway sands, and suspicion point
ed to this woman as the mother of the
little castaway.
From that time forth, till the day
(which came so soon) when her broth
er died, Miss Hetherington had little or
no communion with him; and when he
passed away, as wildly and darkly as
he had lived, she shed no tears. She
had never forgiven him, would never
forgive him this side the grave, for
slaying the only man she had ever
loved, and who, perhaps, might have
made amends. She brooded over her
wrongs till she grew prematurely old,
and dwelt In the lonely house, of which
she was now sole mistress, like a ghost
in a sepulcher, from dismal day to day.
*******
John Sutherland lost no time in the
pursuit.
He hastened to Dumfries at once,
and, by questioning the railway offi
cials, soon discovered that the fugi
tives had gone southward by the mall
the previous night. Further inquiry
led him to Carlisle, and the very inn
they had stopped at. Here he learned
from the landlady that the young
couple had been married and had tak
en the one o’clock train for London.
It was all over, then; he had lost Mar
jorie forever. Of what avail was it now
to follow and attempt to save her?
Dazed and despairing, he found his
way back to the railway station. He
found the telegraph office still open,
and at once dispatched a telegram to
Dumfries, paying for a special messen
ger to take it on to Annandale Castle.
The message was as follows:
“They were married here this morn
ing, and are gone south together. What
am I to do?”
To this came the answer:
“Do not come back. Follow her
hear the truth from her own lips’
Spare no expense, but find her. I leave
it all to you.”
It seemed a useless errand, but he
was in no mood to argue or disobey.
So ho took the first train that was go
ing southward, and before mid-day was
far on his way to London.
CHAPTER XXIII.
OR days Suther
land searched Lon
don in vain for a
trace cf the fugitive
couple; then acci
dent revealed to
him what a search
of months might
never have done.
He was walking
along moodily, with
his eyes on the
ground; he had passed into the
neighborhood of Leicester Square,
when suddenly he started and trembled
from head to foot. A voice, it seemed
to him a familiar voice, struck upon
his ear. It was speaking volubly in the
French tongue.
Hurriedly he drew aside to allow the
person to pass him by; then, looking
up, he recognized the French teacher—
Caussldiere.
Yes, it certainly was he, beyond all
manner of doubt! He was carrying on
such an excited conversation with his
companion that he not even noticed
Sutherland, whose sleeve he had al
most brushed.
Sutherland’s first Impulse was to
rush forward and confront the- French
man, his next to drop back, to remain
unobserved behind and follow him.
The latter course he followed.
Where he went he could not tell, be
ing unversed in the ways and the by
ways of the great city, but he was tak
en in and out of by-streets and slums—
mostly inhabited by French refugees;
presently the two men entered a house,
from which, after a lapse of an hour,
which to Sutherland seemed an eterni
ty, the Frenchman emerged alone. He
called up a hansom; Sutherland called
up one also, and they rattled away aft
er each other.
The Frenchman’s hansom stopped
presently at a house in Gower street..
Sutherland, after noting the number v.:
the house In passing, pulled up hi-j
hansom at the corner of the next
street and walked quietly back again.
By this time both Caussidiere and his
hansom had disappeared, but Suther
land recognized the place. He walked
up and down on the opposite side of
the way, examining the house, starinp
at It as if he would fain penetrate
those dark walls and see the fair face
which he suspected to be within.
Then he calmly walked over,knocked
at the door and inquired for “Madamo
Caussidiere.”
The servant admitted him, and ho
was at once shown upstairs. In one
thing Sutherland was fortunate—Caus
sidiere was not at heme.
He had entered the house only for a
moment to give his hurried Instruc
tions to Marjorie.
“Pack up your things at once,” he
had said; "prepare yourself by the hour
of my return. We leave for Paris to
night."
Then he had hastened down again,
entered the hansom, and driven away,
Just an hour later the hansom con*
taining Caussidlere stopped again be
fore the house. This time tho man re
ceived his fare, and the cab drove
away empty, while Caussidlere entered
the house and went up to his rooms.
He found Marjorie in tears, and John
Sutherland by her ride.
At sight of the latter he started, Iook
ing the reverse of pleased; the presence
of the young painter, by no means de
sirable at any time, was at that mo
ment particularly embarrassing. But
Caussidlere was not easily abashed;
his presence of mind only deserted him
for a moment; then he came forward
with a sinister smile.
‘‘So it is you, monsieur,” he said. “I
am amazed, but I cannot say that I am
altogether pleased, since through find
ing Marjorie in your presence, I soo
her with a sorrowful face, and with
tears in her eyes.”
He came forward as he spoke, and
held forth his hand, but Sutherland did
not take it. He rose from his seat, and
stood awkwardly looking at the two.
Marjorie rushed forward and took
her husband’s arm.
“Ah, Leon,” she said, “do not be an
gry because I cried a little at seeing an
old friend. Though I love the past, my
love for you is not less; and he lias
told me such strange news.”
Caussidlere smiled down upon her
and patted her cheek. It was wonder
ful how self-possessed he felt now ho
knew that no one could step between
him and his prize.
“Well, my child,” he said, "and what
is this great news which he has told
you?”
“He has told me of my mother, Leon
—of my dear mother.”
“Positively.”
“Do you understand, Leon, that Miss
Hetherington is my-”
“Assuredly I understand, little .one.
If I remember rightly, it fell to my
sharo to tax the lady with the fact
some time ago, and she could not deny
it.”
“Then you did not know of it, and
you never uttered a word; you never
told me, Leon!”
“Told you! certainly not, mon amle!
It was not my province to reveal the
dark spots on the fame of the proud
old lady of the Castle.” _
“It was not your province to tempt
an innocent girl away from 'her home
and her friends," cried Sutherland hot
ly; “yet you have done it.” ’
The Frenchman flushed angrily.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
WOMAN AND THE CAMERA
rhoiography as a Profession Should Ap
peal to the Fair sex.
M!e3 Frances Benjamin Johnston,
the photographic artist, writes, in the
Bodies’ Homo Journal, on “What a
Woman Can Do With a Camera,” tell
ing the requisites for artistic and finan
cial success in the pursuit of photog
raphy as a profession. “It is a profes
sion,” she contends, “that should
strongly appeal particularly to women,
and in it there are great opportunities
for a good-paying business—but only
under very well-defined conuiuons.
The prime requisites—as summed up In
my mind after long experience and
thought arc these: The woman who
makes photography profitable . mu3t
have, as to personal qualities, good
common sense, unlimited patience te
carry her through endless failures,
equally unlimited tact, good taste, a
quick eye, a talent for detail, and a
J genius for hard work. In addition, she
needs training, experience, some capi
tal, and a field to exploit. This may
seem, at first glance, an appallng list,
but it Is incomplete rather than exag
gerated; although to an energetic, am
bitious woman, with even ordinary op
portunities, success is always possible,
and hard, intelligent and conscientious
work seldom fails to develop small be
ginnings into large results.
“Good work should command good
prices and the wise woman will place
a paying value upon her best efforts.
It is a mistaken business policy to try
and build up trade by doing something
badly cheaper than'some body else.
As to your personal attitude, be busi
ness-like in all your methods; cultivate
tact, an affable manner, and an unfail
ing courtesy. It costs nothing but a
little self-control and determination to
be patient and good-natured under
most circumstances. A pleasant, oblig
ing and business-like bearing will of
ten prove the most important part of a
clever woman’s capital.”
Many of the convicts In French pris
ons are paid for their labor, and earn
about 35 cents a day. Half of this they
are allowed to spend for extra food,
postage, etc., and the rest is saved, to
he given to them on their discharge.
WHERE THE REFORM.
A PARTY WITH POCKETS FULL
OF PAS8ES.
The Fops of Nebraska No Longer an Antl
Kallruad Farty—Only One out of One
Hundred Faithful to Promises—Gov.
Holcomb the Hoad and Front of the
Depraved Pass Urabbers.
An Old-Time Populist Talk*.
An old time populist who helped to
organize the movement in 1890 under
the name of the Farmers’ Alliance, and
who Is now desiring to see the reform
movement reorganized under a new
name, sitting in the Merchants hotel
at Omaha one day this weelc, spoke
with a good deal of feeling of how the
reform movement had been Beized by
politicians and had been diverted from
Its original course.
"It used to be an antl-rallroad
party,” he said, "but now the railroads
have a tighter cinch on its leaders
than they ever had on the republican
party in Its palmiest days. The re
publican press was always more or
less independent on the railroad ques
tion and on the pass question.
“Along in ’88 and '89 the republican
press was practically unanimous
against railroad domination, which
was particularly aggressive at that
time, ;.nd they made the fight so hot
that several republican state officers
who were entitled to a second term by
the ordinary rule were literally driv
en from the field. Every weekly re
publican paper was a hornet and put
its sting into the corporations at every
opportunity without asking leave from
the party bosses.”
“What have we now in this reform
party? Each populist editor is as
silent and as subservient on the pasB
question as if ho were the body serv
ant of some pass grabbing official at
the state house. Our populist editors
seem to have changed their views on
the pass question since populist of
ficials got into power. The anti
pass doctrine has been one of the car
dinal principles of our cause. We
have held that doctrine up and car
ried it on our banners in every state
campaign.
"Now our party representatives are
carrying the passes and the banners
have been thrown Into the gutter. In
1890, if a man had told me that in
’97, ninety-eight per cent of the pop
ulist representatives in the legislature
and every populist official in the state
house but one would be confirmed pass
grabbers, I would have thought that
man crazy I would not have believed
that so many two-faced hypocrites
and political traitors could have got
together in one political organization
all at once.”
“It is astounding that of the 100 re
form members of the last legislature,
only two were true to the platforms
of the party and to the promises they
had made before election. Just think
of it! Only two out of a hundred! I
don’t believe there is a more conspic
uous example of shameless betrayal
and personal greed in all the history
of politics. Individuals have betrayed
confidence, but I know of no instance
where 98 per cent of a representative
body have sold their principles in so
base a manner.
The governor and state officials are
most too blame. If they had set
themselves squarely against this pass
business at the very beginning most
of the legislative members would have
followed. But the state officers, from
the very beginning of their adminis
tration, seemed to say to the rest “get
all the passes you can.”
They did not wait for tne pass dis
tributor to come. They hunted him
up and made their demands. I know
of one instance where three members
at one time in a room at the state
house got seventeen trip passes for
their friends over the state.
“A railroad man who knows, told
me that over COO passes were Issued
to the state officials and their friends
from the time the election was an
nounced to the convening of the leg
islature. Six hundred passes issued to
this reform movement from November
10, ’96, to January 7th, *97. How many
times six hundred were Issued during
the session no man will ever know, ex
cept the ralroad officials.
wnat a paralyser is would be to
the populist movement if this p«is3 rec
ord were brought to light. If there
was a way to bring this matter into
court and have the records produced,
what a national sensation it would be!
It would kill the populist movement
forever in its present form, but it
would also kill the pass business'in
this state. In such a case the death
of the party would accomplish more
than its life lias accomplished so far.
‘‘The governor, more than any one
else is to blame. The people believed
in him a year ago. He had a tremend
ous power over the fusion party. A
word from his would have made pass
grabbing so odious that no one. no
matter how much his palms might
itch for the coveted pastboard, would
have dared to touch it.”
“The other state officials, excepting
the land commissioner, were hew to
the masses of the people. Whether
they were strong men or weak was a
matter to be tested. But the people
believed the governor to be strong and
honest and they trusted him an the
head of the administration. He had a
quiet way of gaining the confidence of
the farmers so that they trusted him
absolutely.”
“In the campaign of ’94, when Hol
comb was running far governor the
first time, every populist demonstra
tion carried its motto, ‘A vote for Hol
comb is a vote against pass grabbing
and railroad junkets.’ This motto
was effective in that campaign because
Tom Majors was understood to be the
railroad candidate and had the repu
tation of procuring passes for his
friends.”
“Walt Seeley was Major’s private
secretary and it was believed to be
through him that Majors carried on
his pass correspondence. And How
when we come to think that the priv
ate secretary of Governor Holcomb
distributed more passes in one year
than Walt Seeley did in five, that the
governor himself carries more an
nuals and has indulged in more rail
road junkets than any former ex
ecutive in all the history of the state,
we know by this that the curse of
this infamotis pass system is never to
be lifted from the state under his
leadership. - . . .
"Those raiiroad passss are sucking
the floral vitality out of the reform
movement. Every railroad pass in the
pocket of a populist official is the rec
ord of a self-confessed lie and the
.printed advertisement of broken prom
ises.
“These passes are chattel mortgages
on the honor of the populist party and
the sooner they are foreclosed the
sooner the honest part of the com
munity can commence a real reform
that ■will reform the reform party
first and the rest of the world after
wards.
“This betrayal of the reform move
ment by these state house officials Is
the more dishonorable in them, be
cause they have been set up as types
of manly honor, as the guardians
of the party's reputation and they
are being rewarded by the spoils of
its victory. The reform movement in
thlB state was once an honest move
ment. Zts original organizers were
consistent and conscientious. But it3
chosen leaders have proven to be De
lilahs, who have shorn it of Its moral
strength and bound it hand and foot
before its enemies.”
What Will Become of Porter?
Whether Secretary of State For'or
will be renominated la now a live
question among the fusion politicians.
It is now admitted among the state
house officials that Porter is a
dead weight to the reform cause. His
enthusiasm in the recount fraud last
winter disgusted a good many of the
more conscientious populist members
of the legislature, who, while support
ing the act by their votes in open ses
sion, privately condemned it as a
nasty piece of business. Porter was
all that time greedy to carry it out in
the rawest possible form. His tamper
ing with the election returns this fall
was exceedingly embarrassing for the
other state officials, who realized
keenly that his conduct deserved im
peachment and removal from office,
but they were obliged to stand by him,
as they thought, to prevent, the
knowledge^ disgrace of the party.
And now the feeling against Porter
is bitter. His action has been sanc
tioned by the board of canvassers and
has gone into history as the action
of the reform party. The older it
grows the more odious it will become
in the minds of the people, who, what
ever their belief may be on the money
question will not sanction any official
act that tends toward lawlessness or
ballot frauds. History shows that
when a party or a state gets the rep
utation of dishonest election me hods
it is hard to shake it off. A good many
populists feel that Porter should have
been promptly revoked by the canvas
sing board instead of beaing white
washed and upheld. Others believe that
it was better to uphold Porter and
deny that he had committed any seri
ous wron~.
But whatever view is taken of the
action of the canvassing board it is
generally admitted that Porter, from
now on is a heavy load for any party
to carry. But Porter has a cinch on
the fusion party nnd he does not hes
itate to let. the leaders know that ho
will use his advantage for revenge if
they attempt to shelve him in the next
state convention.
Porter is still secretary of state and
will be when the various parties to
the fusion come to file their certificates
of nomination next fall.
Under the law each of the fusion
parties lost its Identity in the last elec
tion. They all nominated and voted
for the same ticket and the ballots do
not show how many were democrats
or how many were free sliver republi
cans. Porter can make it very dif
ficult for these various parties to show
that they are entitled to file their nom
inations. Porter realizes his advant
age in this. Besides he is in posses
sion of the secret work of the recount
fraud, and could, if he were driven to
it, without incriminating himself, give
out some things that would touch an
other great reformer, who is higher
in state office that Porter is. The re
count fraud is not dead ye'. If the
present governor is renominated it will
be a llvilier sensation in the next
state campaign than it was during the
time it was being enacted. When the
Holcomb and Edmundson ring at'.empt
to shelve Porter they will find him a
very sharp thorn in the flesh.
The reformers have practiced so
many dangerous conspiracies that
they are now bound to each other by
forced ties. Somo of them would like
to unload a part of the gang, but they
dare not do it. They will talk about
it among themselves. They will gos
sip against each other. They gossip
all to gether too much. Slnco tha last
election they have given out things
that will make the ears of the parry
burn before November, 189S. They
dare not shelve Porter nnd they dare
not break one link in the chain of
I fraud that binds them together.
Henry Bolin is In the penitentiary
now. Bartley ami Moore will soon bo
there. There ore some populists who
ought to wear striped clotheB and will
before the mills of justice cease to
grind. Conspirators are comparatively
safe so long as they are in power and
so long as they stand together. But
when conspirators fall out justice gets
its due. Whatever gossip you hear
about the shelving of Porter or the
candidacy of Gaflln for governor, put
it down that Silas A. Holcomb will
be the next fusion nominee for gov
ernor, with the understanding that
Edmiston will remain as oil inspector
and that Porter will be on the ticket
for secretary of state. Whoever gets
on the inside of a secret political ring
will stay there as long as the ring
holds its grip.
Edmiston will pretend that he is a
candidate and Holcomb will pretend
that he is not a candidate. This will
give the convention a chance to turn
down the ofllceseeker, Edmiston. and
to reward the unseeking, unselflish,
disinterested Silas, who is not in the
reform movement for the sake of of
fice. Holcomb and Edmiston under
stand each other and they understand
how to manage a reform convention.
Oh how proud of himself a man must
be who acts out his functions as a
■high-minded, Independent citzen,
through a reform movement, as a
former delegate to a farmer’s reform
convention.
John F. Betz, the Philapdeiphia
brewer, has received two thoroughbred
horses from the stables of the King of
Wurtemburg in return for a team of
American trotters presented to the
king two yearB ago by Mr. Beta.
■ -.f
FORCING AN ISSUE.
thheatened v resignation
FROM THE SENATE.
Senator Wolcott Aaaerte That Secretary j
Pago and Preeldent McKinley are at
Variance on the Sllvoa Question—
Friends of These Gentlemen Say Tint
the Senator is Mistaken.
A Question of Veracity.
NEW YORK, Dec, 23.—The World
prints the following special dispatch >
from Washington:
The exclusive publication in the.
World of Senator Wolcott’s threat to
resign from the United States senate
created a sensation here In political
circles.
While many believe that his lndlg
naton may sufficiently cool to prevent
the actual relinquishment of his seat,,
all agree that his return to the advo
cacy of free and unlimited coinage of
sliver Is certain. The position In
'which Senator Wolcott Is placed is
well understood by all those who real
ize the peculiar situation which has
developed with respect to the adminis
tration and monetary commission, of
which the Colorado senator Is chair- ..
man. Either President McKinley and
Secretary Gage are at variance or
Senator Wolcott and his sympathizers
are utterly deceived as to the presi
dent's attitude. Mr. Wolcott has,
since his return from Europe, talked
long and earnestly with the president
and yet he defends the president
while taking a position of open an
tagonism to Secretary Gage. The
statement made by Mr. Wolcott’s
sympathizers Is tha t Secretary Gage
misrepresents the administration, and
that if it were not far the political
disturbance it would cause Mr. Gage
to retire from the cabinet.
• This asertion, which is now made
privately, is likely to be made public
before long.- If this Is done the issue
will be raised and the public will "
know the facts. The result will prob
ably be that Mr. Wolcott will find
that he misunderstood the position of
the president and will then dramatic
ally announce his indignation at the
administration. The president can
hardly be in sympathy with both Sec
retary Gage and the Colorado sena- r]
tor, as Gage stands simply for gold ;
and Wolcott for silver alone.
As things are now tending the pres
ident will probably have to break
with one or the other of them,
and unless he is misunderstood
by the leaders of his party ■
and persons close to him the
break will not be with the secre
tary of the treasury. The committee
room of Senator Walcott was today
besieged by those desiring a confirm
ation or denial of the statements that
ho contemplated forwarding his res-,
ip nation to the governor of his state "
unless the president’s endorsement of
Secretary Gage’s financial plans
should be less direct and pronounced.
No satisfactory explanation was
given to those inquiries. Without
making a definite statement Senator
Wolcott left the city and will not re
turn until Thursday. The other sil
ver republicans are absent.' Senator
Carter is in New York, Senator Pet- •
tlgrew is on the way to hU home in
South Dakota. Senator Chandler, who
first predicted a split in the repub
lican party on the sliver question and
hinted at the defection of Senator
Wolcott, has gone to New Hampshire.
Senator Teller will not discuss the
question affecting his colleague. He
foresaw the inevitable break. Presi
dent McKinley, he thinks, cannot long
ride two horses going in opposite di
rections.
An Eye on the Land Boomer*.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.—Interior
department officials are watching the
operations of the land boomers, who
it is alleged, are makng arrange
ments to enter the lands cf the
Wichita, Kiowa, Apache and Coman
che Indian reservations in Indian
Territory. A treaty for the opening
of the latter is now pending before
congress. Some of the literature of
the persons who are working up the
boom has been received at the de
partment, in which commissions of
membership are offered for sale at the
rate of $5 each. They have been scat- .
tered broadcast throughout the coun
try. The agent are said to receive
32 for each member enrolled. The
opinion is expressed at the department
that the persons behind the scheme
have no idea of being permitted to
occupy the ‘lands, but that they will,
after Interesting large numbers of per
sons In it, cease their operations. No
particular place of rendezvous for the
proposed “sooners,” it is said, is in
dicated In the pamphlet received at
the department. The Indian agents
have been directed to call on the mil
itary to assist in preventing thd forc
ible occupation of the lands.
Off For Klondike.
CHEYEENE, Dec. 23.—The army
pack train of the Department of the
Platte, consisting of ten skillful pack
ers and eighty well drilled mules, will
leave here tomorrow morning at 8
O'clock for Alaska, where they will aid
in the proposed government relief ex
pedition to the Yukon miners. Or
ders to make the journey were re
ceived at 7 o’clock this evening. The
chief packer, Tom Mooney, who has
charge of the train, has had it In read
iness to take the field at twelve hours
notice ever since the Ut.e Indian
troubles in October, and will have the
entire outfit on the cars to leave by the
Union Pacific tomorrow morning. Ail
of the packers are hardy frontiersmen,
accustomed to winter campaigning
and all are willing to undertake the
Klondike journey.
The Rankrapt Rill*
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—There is
a very favorable outlook for the pas
sage of the bankruptcy bill and even
tho opponents of the measure con
cede their conviction that it will pass
both houses. The majority of the
democrats in the house, in all prob- *
ability, will vote against it. They feel
that Its Involuntary feature will al
low the creditor class of the east to
oppress the poor In the west when the
latter are the least able to be borne
down upon, while the voluntary phase
of the proposed legislation will en
courage dishonesty. v
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