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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1900)
* * By M. B. MAN WELL ■0 xV *V xV >*x xV xV xV xV >v xV »'» >t* xf» >♦< vv >*< xV '!< >♦» >♦» >♦» >!< >}< »!• Irv tKe Fowler’s >jv xfN /jk x*x >t\ CHAPTER I. “The dear boy! It is almost too good to be true! By this time they (must be married, and Temple-Dene is saved!” Lady Jane Templeton sat tapping her feet restlessly on the floor, her dark-blue eyes flashing and spar kling as again and again she read over a closely written letter spread out upon her lap. Good news—the best of all news had come that day to the old home of the Templetons. The long,. weary years of grinding poverty were at an end. More, the utter ruin that threat ened Temple-Dene was averted once and for all. Little wonder, then, that Lady Jane’s eyes danced, and her mouth twitched with unaccustomed smiles. “I must tell somebody!” she went on agitatedly. And she stretched out her hand to the bell handle. “Send Miss Leila to me, Somers," she looked round to say to the footman who answered the summons. While Lady Jane waited a slightly anxious pucker came into her brow. There’s bound to be a shadow behind each human joy, however bright, and it would be a difficult task for her to tell the good news to the “somebody” whom she had sutnmoned. It was a cheerless, cold December day—the first of the month. From the distant belt of the Temple-Dene woods a faint mist was rising. Could the blue skies and the warm sun ever have laughed down on a world so dun and sodden? Would they ever again break through the gray pall of sadness? A slim figure of a girl, with hurt, bewildered eyes and a drooping mouth was moving listlessly along the corri dor in obedience to the footman’s message, and in Leila Desmond’s eyes the gray day seemed to fit in with her own “sorrow-shot” heart. She almost hoped it would be always like this now—dull and dun, lifeless and loveless. * v/u dcih iui ixit;, auug : She parted the heavy, faded blue plush portiere between the south and the east drawing rooms, and looked straight at Lady Jane. “Oh, Leila, yes!” Her ladyship started and she spoke nervously. “Quick! How slowly you move, child! Come and sit here by me.” She patted the blue-satin couch on which she sank. Everything about and around the mistress of Temple-Dene was blue— pale blue—for Lady Jane had been a blonde beauty of the fairest order in her palmy youth. Time had faded the hangings and satin coverings, the frilled cushions and the hue of her own once rich robe, for Lady Jane Templeton was a miserably poor woman. Evil days had come upon her and her belongings, but they had not quenched the proud woman's spirit as they had that of her husband, Francis Templeton, the dreary, broken man, who sat all his days in the library, a victim to a form of melancholy. The masterful spirit of the woman had never rested, seeking a way out of the dark cloud that shrouded Temple Dene. All her hopes of deliverance from sheer ruin were placed in Ger vis, the heir and only child she and Francis Templeton ever had. By day and night she had spent her energies in rousing Gervis to the res cue of his family. So the words that had trembled on the lips of Gervis Templeton day after day were unspoken after all. From boyhood his heart had been filled with one image—that of the girl, Leila Des mond, his mother's eldest niece. They were orphans—Leila and Sybil— daughters of Lady Jane’s passionately loved younger brother. When he died his sister gathered the desolate chil dren, motherless as well as fatherless, into her home, bringing them up and educating them. But the instant the mother recog nized that the girl, Leila, had grown to toe the one woman in the world for her eon the springs of love for her broth er’s orphan froze up. She almost hated Leila, even after she had gained her point and separated the tw'o lovers. But it was I^ady Jane’s hour of tri umph, and she could today at least afford to be gracious. “Come, my dear Leila,” she repeat ed, “I have news—great news—from my boy.” A shock of fear ran through the girl, who had crept slowly up to the faded blue couch. Lady Jane, busily engaged adjusting her eye glasses and spreading out the foreign letter on her lap, did not ob serve blanching cheeks and trembling lip. “I have heard from Gervis. A won derful thing has happened, Leila. You will be astonished. My boy is engaged. He has met a sweet girl in San Fran cisco—a great heiress; and—and— well, I suppose they are actually mar ried, for the wedding was fixed for the last day in November. This is the first of the month, so, if all is well, they are married. Can you believe it, Leila? And, child, Temple-Dene is saved. Her money will rodeem the dear old home. Oh, how good God is!" Lady Jane's voice ended in a chok ing sound. She was honestly, from her very heart, sending up a thanks giving for what she thought a crown ing mercy. Xi* »(V xf*. X*» X*X *(» '*1 The word* rang through the brain of the listener. God was possibly good to some folk —to Aunty Jane, for instance, and to the happy girl-heiress whose gold had bought up l>eila's own heritage; but God seemed terribly cruel to her. He had stripped and robbed her of ail that made life sweet and fair. So Leila sat dumb, twisting her slim, small Angers together on her lap; and Lady Jane's jubilant voice went on in her ears. "Such a letter, my dear; brimful of all particulars and details. Every thing I wanted to know is set down clearly. Dear boy, what a head he has for business! The settlements are most generous—quite extraordinary. If she dies without heirs, everything ab solutely goes to Gervis; if he dies first, Temple-Dene is hers, supposing there is no heir. So in any case Temple Dene is saved, and my life-prayer granted.” "It seems to be a good bargain for both." Leila spoke at last, anil her voice sounded harsh and bitter, though the elder lady did not notice it. “A splendid bargain," she was re peating, in all innocence. "And, you see, Gervis was able to arrange the settlements himself without delaying, for 1 suppose you know. Leila, that Temple-Dene is already the dear boy's own by mortgage. All his uncle's money left to Gervis was swallowed up in it when he came of age; but that was, after all, a drop in the ocean of debts and difficulties. “However, all that misery is now at an end. This dear girl’s wealth will set the old place on its feet. Aly poor husband’s life is a frail thread now, nigh spun out; but Gervis will see to it that my future is an assured one. And, of course, that in its turn touches yourself and little Syb. My home shall be yours always. So, Lpila, the good news travels in a widening cir cle, and reaches one and all of us." Lady Jane laid her hand on the | girl’s shoulder, but Leila shrank away j quickly. "I shall be able now to take you ! out, my dear. You shall see the world ! and marry well. 1 shall manage that, never doubt it. Oh, how life has changed all in an hour! I can scarce ly realize it that all the money wor ries are to be smoothed out. But my poor Francis! If he could only have held out as I have done. Indeed, he will not even comprehend the glad news when I carry it to him. Leila, they say there’s a black shadow to every joy. What if—what if my poor husband’s mind goes altogether? It would be better far if God took him!" Lady Jane stood up, shuddering with horror. "I must go to him—Francis must lie told.” With a rustle of her faded silk skirts she left the room; but Leila sat on, clasping and unclasping her fin gers ceaselessly. Gervis married! For this girl the end of the world has come, then. To another belonged the right of loving her lover. Yes, he had been hers. Of that, at least, she could never be rob bed. Leila, hurt and "sorrow-shot” to the soul, felt bitter and sore. For the last couple of years—ever since the girl awoke to the knowledge that Gervis loved her—life had been a dream of happiness, into which no ray of doubt had crept. Then came the crash of all fair hopes in the knowledge that the love-dream must end. And now Gervis was married. With a moan Leila would have risen from the couch, but a pair of soft arms held her down. “Darling sis,” a breathless, quick voice said, “1 know! I have heard the news. Aunty has just told me. I could kill him, I could! I hope all the sorrows and griefs in the world will come upon him and her, too. I hope they will be unhappy ever after.” The hot words came raining fiercely, and a young face, working convul sively, was pressed against Leila’s ice cold cheek. It was Sybil, the younger sister, warped alike in mind and body, for the girl was deformed. A careless nurse had dropped the tender infant on the flagstones in the hall, injuring her spine irremediably. Never would Sybil Desmond walk this earth straight and tall; and she had grown up with a wild, distorted frame of mind at enmity with all mankind— all save the idolized sister, who was all the world to poor, missnapen Syb. CHAPTER II. “And you’re going to take me to England for Christmas, to your own home, Gervis?” “To our home, my wife. You must learn to say ‘ours,’ not ’yours,’ Glad dy.” A newly made husband and wife sat-hand-in-hand in the handsome palace car of a train speeding over the Canadian Pacific railway. Out | side was the white world of new-fall 1 en snow, while in the car, with its ! mirrors, it3 inlaid furniture, its flow ; ers and fruit, its silken hangings, and its scented warmth, the atmosphere i was like midsummer. | They had been married but a few i weeks, these heedless, happy lovers, j and the honeymoon had not as yet waned. For the young pair the course | of true love had flowed with a smooth ness altogether unprecedented. There had been the first meeting, when the good looking, tall young Englishman. upon whom all eyee wop# turned with admiration, first encoun tered the slim round-eyed heiress of Hiram Fair weather, the Chicago man. whose corner in Iron had made him world-famous. daddy's mourning for the dead father had only just blended Into ten der grays and virginal whites, and the girl, liberally adorned otherwise with shy blushes, running dimples and happy smiles, was entering the wide ly welcoming arms of society, (Jervis Templeton was the first Eng lishman of good birth Oladdy had as yet known. Hiram Fairweather's "boom of luck" bad not come in time for him to take his place in the top most circles of American society. It had arrived all too late for the patient, meek helpmate who was ly ing in a shady corner of a country churchyard, with tired, hard-working hands folded restfully. it had come too late to polish their only child into a fashionable lady by means of a European education; bit Gladys was young—scarcely nineteen —and rarely dainty of face and form, so society willingly accepted the rose, uncultured as it was, and petted her unstiutingly. Hut society could not keep its new Idol for long. After the first shy look, the first few stammering words, Gladdy had no longer a heart to boast of, though she herself was innocently ignorant of the fact. For this girl there would never be any other man than the chivalrous English stranger whom fate had in troduced into her life. No other love could ever take the place of that which filled her veins with its blissful ec stasy. Her simple heart secret was an open page—Gladdy knew no guile wnerewith to hide it. The astute dame of fashion who. for a. certain handsome sum allowed by the trustees of the wealthy heiress, took Gladdy under her wing, contented herself with smiling blandly at the pretty love scene going on under her eyes. “Happy's the wooing that’s not long a-rioing." (Jervis Templeton did not let the grass grow under his feet un til he had secured the matrimonial prize of the hour. And, to do this young Englishman justice, he fully meant to “have aud to hold ... to love and to cher ish.” this fair, sweet woman whom he had won, until death should part them. "He's got what he came over here for,” moodily said one of many dis appointed swains. » “That’s so,” observed another. “It’s always like that. Those dandy Eng lish chaps have only to throw the handkerchief, and the richest of our heiresses, as well as the smartest of our summer girls, are at their feet. Bah! It’s sickening!” “Oh, come,” broke in a kindlier spirit, “surely it’s not so barefaced as all that? Though, now I think of it, he does not seem over-head-and-ears in love with that little Fairweather girl. There’s a look in his eyes as if he had missed the chief aim in life, and consequently didn't much care how things went.” Perhaps the last speaker was not wide of the mark. Gervis Templeton certainly had a past of his own lock ed carefully away—honorably away now. For the young man meant the vows he took upon himself when he and trembling, shy Gladdy stood together at the altar. He would love and serve as well as he could the sweet, young helpmeet God was trusting to his care. Never should she know, if he could help it, that she had come sec ond, not first, into his heart to remain there. So another youthful pair set out for weal or for woe—who might say as yet? (To be continued.) King Khimi, Khama is king of the Bamangwato tribe. His 40,000 subjects are called Bechanas, because they live in Bechu analand; but they resent this name themselves, and do not acknowledge it as a tribal term. Khama is an old man now—lean, hungry and as ugly as can be; but he is a very good old man, and in his way has probably done more real good to the cause of the natives in his part of the country than any other two dozen native chiefs. He will not allow any intoxi cating liquor whatever to be sold any where within his dominions. He and all his people are strict teetotallers, and there is a heavy fine for making tschuala, or Kaffir beer, a compara tively harmless decoction of fermented mealie meal. Humorous Census Returns. Many humorous features were de veloped in the taking of the census ot 1900. One question was indicated by the remark “length of residence,” which was expected to show how long the people living in various localities at the time of the census had been there. When the reports came in it was found that many of these queries were answered in figures in this way: 20x40, 15 30, etc. The enumerators had gone around with a foot rule and had measured the length of the resi dences of the people they counted. Highest Chimney In World. Antwerp has the highest chimney in the world. It belongs to the Silver Works company and is 410 feet high. The interior diameter is 25 feet at the base anil 11 feet at the top. Artificial Nutmegs Analyzed. A German chemist has analyzed the artificial nutmegs that are made in Belgium in large quantities. They in clude various vegetables and 20 per cent of mineral substances. A MOORISH EVENING. Frog* Ktreitd* the Moon from ■ >rl||hburlii( Ditch. Now thr green tea goes round, brew ed in a metal pot, which stalks of mint and cubes of beetroot sugar—sickly concoction, in truth, yet preferable to the spiced coffee that is the only al ternative in a land where the sons of men appreciate neither alcohol nor cold drinks of any sort, and the daugh ters of men lend not the grace of their presence to the festive board. Quan tity. however, makes up for quality, and the tiny cups are replenished a dozen times ’ere the wealthier visit has paid his last compliment, and glanced longingly at his drowsy mule that has just abandoned its third attempt to bite the near leg of the soldier slumbering just out of reach. And with him the saintly visitor, gathering up his rag anl clasping his alms, glides away, assuring his host that he may, at his special Interces sion perhaps have the top attic of a pavilion in Paradise, and that his re ward will thus be great though the price paid was miserable, (In other words, he must not rate heaven as trashy because it Is cheap.) The Moorish evening follows swiftly on the day: the night on the evening. Hawks and kits are shrieking and whistling overhead; frogs serenade the moon from a neighboring ditch, breed ing place of mosquitos; scorpions and centipedes meander in languid fash ion from the foot of crumbling ma sonry and prospect for plump feet fitting loosely in their yellow slippers, and mosquitos, after having abstained during the hottest hours of the after noon, renounce their ledge as the tem perature falls with the light and re turn to their drinking troughs with renewed thirst. The call to evening prayer sounds plainly from the not distant mosque—very real, very pene trating. “The God He is God. and Mohammed is His Prophet." And the pious glide, slippered and silent, to tlie mosque, and offer up their prayers to Allah in the name of their prophet. —The Cornhill. ntAVY ELEPHANTS. Tlie Weight of Sill Jr Given nt 8,3,'H l’oumlt. There has been little said about the Kize of elephants since the death of dumbo a few years ago at St. Thomas, Canada. It is now claimed that "Sid,” the giant elephant of the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers’ circus herd, is not only the largest elephant In captivity, but weighs more than Jumbo in his palmiest days. Sid’s weight is given at 8,258 pounds, while that of Jumbo was advertised broadcast as being 8,176 pounds. The latter was taller, but did not have Sid's massive propor tions. Readers will recall a novel race run about a year ago in which a comparison was made between the sprinting ability of an elephant, a camel, a horse, a bicycle, and an auto mobile. The race was pulled off at Ridgewood Park, Brooklyn, and three heats furnished proof that the ele phant racer was Sid, whose great tusks were extended just in time to save the day. But Sid will win no more races with his tusks. In a fit of rage two weeks ago at Columbus, O., he killed his keeper, Patsy Meagher Forepaugh, whereupon he was placed under chains and the ivories were r.awed off close to his chin. Sid furnished objection to the sawing proceedings, but to no avail. The tusks were polished and gold mounted and now adorn the home of Lewis Sells at Columbus, O. LmND-PRODUCING tree. It ArUeR from the Sea and Adds to the Surface of the Earth. Every one has read of large islands being produced by the mineral depos its of innumerable coral animals, but few people know that there exists a tree which, like the coral island, arises from the sea and adds to the surface of the earth. Some twenty years ago a schooner, while sailing along the South American coast, was wrecked on a sand bank. The captain of the vessel chanced to have a number of seeds, which we now know were given him as a token of friendship by a Mexican. In the confusion of the wreck these seeds were lost in the sand, and, finding their way into the soil, took root. The tree which arose is such as is found only in the tropi cal countries of America. Like a mon strous vine it crawls along the ground and spreads with marvelous rapidity. Its huge branches interlace and form a surface as solid as earth. The im mense vine first grows under water along the sand, and then, like the coral rising upon itself, at last comes .above the sea. The sand stretches for miles and miles beneath the surface of the j ocean, so that there seems no limit to ! this monstrous tree. Chinese Minister to Franre. Gu Keng, the Chinese minister to France, lives in a luxurious house near the Arc de Trlomphe. He is 60 years old, and has served his country since his youth. He fought with distinction l under General Gordon in 1864, and, be ing descended from an old Manchu family, rose rapidly at court. He is an advocate of western civilization for China. Diamond King of South Africa* Alfred Beit, the diamond king, of South Africa, is only forty-six years old. His whole fortune, estimated at $200,000,000, was made in twenty-five years. The traveling man wants full fare at hotels, but he doesn’t object to half fare on the railroads. Total Population of the United States if 76,276,220. THE GAIN MADE IN TEN YEARS Alt «f tha Keturua In tha Canada nra ' Complete with tha Exception of Alaakn and Certain Military Organlaattona Abroad—Nabraaka’a Showing. WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 1.— The oflklal announcement of the total population of the United States for 1900 is 76.295,220, of which 74,627,907 are contained in the forty-five states, representing approximately the popu lation to be used for a apportionment purposes. There Is a total of 134,168 Indians not taxed. The total population in 1890, with which the aggregate population of the present census shouki be compared, was 63,069,756. Taking the 1890 pop ulation as a basis, there has been a gain in population of 13.226,464 dur ing the past ten years, representing an increase of nearly 21 per cent. Following is the oflklal announce ment of the population of the United States in 1900 by states. In the figures the first column represents the cen sus for 1900, the second for 1890, and the third column, when given, repre sents the number of Indians not taxed: Alabama .1.82s,697 1,613.017 . Arkansas .1,311,564 1,123,179 . Call lorn la . 1,485,053 1,208 130 1,649 ."olorudo . 639,700 412.198 697 Connecticut . 908,355 7-16.278 . Delaware . 184.735 168,413 . l’lortda . 628,542 yul. 422 ... Georgia . 2,216.329 1,837 262 .j Idaho . 1K1,771 84.385 2,297 Illinois . 4.821,1.00 8,826,361 . Indiana . 2,516,463 2,192.404 .' Iowa . 2.2M.829 1,911,896 .‘ Kansas . 1.468,486 1,427.')0<I - Kentucky . 2.147.174 1.858,635 . Louisiana . 1,381,627 1.11S.5S7 . Maine .. 694,366 661.086 . Maryland . 1.1811,946 1,012 390 . Massachusetts .... 2.800.346 2,239 943 . Michigan .. 2,419,782 2,093,889 . Minnesota . 1,751,395 1,301,W 1,76s1 Mississippi . 1,651,3.2 1,289.600 . Missouri .3,iOi,117 2,679.184 . Montana . 243,829 132,159 10,746 Nebraska . 1,068.901 1,058 910 . Nevuda . 42,334 45.761 1,665 New Hampshire .. 411.588 376,530 . New Jersey . 1,883.669 1,444,923 . New York . 7,268,009 6.997.853 4,711 North Carolina .. 1,891,992 1,617,947 .1 North Uukota ..... 319,040 182.719 4,692 Ohio . 4,lei.545 3,6.2.316 . Oregon . 413,1.32 313,687 1 Pennsylvania . 6,301,365 6.258,<114 . Hhode Island . 428,656 345,5"6 . Kouth Carolina ... 1,340,312 1,151,149 .| South Dakota .... 401,559 323.86? 10,932 Tennessee . 2,022.723 1,76.,518 . Texas . 3,048,828 2,235 523 . I’tuh . 276,565 207,905 1,472 Vermont . 343,641 332,422 . Virginia . 1,854,184 1,655,980 . Washington . 517,672 349.390 2,631 West Virginia ... 9..8.900 762.794 . Wisconsin . 2,068,963 1.686,300 1,657 Wyoming . y2,513 60.705 . Total 45 states...74,627,907 62,116.811 44.617 Alaska (eat.) . 44,000 Arizona . 122,212 Dtst. of Columbia. 278,718 Hawaii . 154,001 Indian Territory... 391,960 New Mexico . 193,777 Oklahoma . 398,245 Persons In the ser vice of the Unit ed States sta tioned nhroad (estimated) . 84.4C0 Indians, etc., on Indian reserva tions. except In dian Territory. 32,052 59,620 230 392 89,999 180,182 153.59,1 61,824 24,644 66,033 2,937 5,927 146,282 Total seven ter... 1,667,113 952.945 89,416 The Alaskan figures are derived from partial data only, and all returns for Alaska and for certain military or ganizations stationed abroad, princi pally in the Philippines, have not yet been received. The total population in 1890, with which the aggregate population at the present census should be compared, was 63,069,766, the gain during the last decade being 13,225,464, or very nearly 21 per cent. BOTHA WILL NOT SURRENDER. Will Fight on m Long m Boers nro of That Mind. LONDON, Nov. 1.—A belated dis patch from Pretoria tells of the fail ure of the British negotiations with General Botha for the surrender of the Boers. Botha received General Paget’s flg of truce courteously and admitted his defeat, but said it was impossible to treat for surrender as long as any burghers wished to continue the war. President Steyn was more irreconcila ble. He refused to even see the bearer of a flag of truce. Reception to Mrs. Bryan. CINCINNATI, 0.. Nov. 1—When Mr. Bryan’s train arrived in this city at 8 o’clock Mrs. Bryan was received by Mrs. David Baumgarten and driven to her elegant homo on Walnut Hills, where dinner was served to Mrs. Brya.i and a large number of invited guests. Mrs. Baumgarten presented Mrs. Bryan with a line silver loving cup. After the supper there was a formal recep tion. In the receiving line,, in addi tion to the hostess and the guests of honor, were Mrs. Judge W. H. Jack son, Mrs. Franklin Alter, Mrs. Louis G. Bernard and wives of prominent democrats. American Hunks to Help. BERLIN, Nov. 1.—Dr. Van Siemens, president of the Deutsche bank, is in Paris arranging negotiations for finan cing the Swiss railroads. The trans action, it is said, involves a loan of 300,000,000 francs at 4 per cent, which will be raised principally by American banks, assisted by English, French. German and Swiss financiers. The matter attracted much attention on the bourse today. To Sail Fifty Miles uu Hoar. NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—Charles A. A. Flint’s Arrow, under contract to be the fastest ship ever designed, was launched at Ayres ship yard at Nyack. N. Y. She has been built under the guarantee by her designer cf forty two miles an hour, and it is expected that under pressure she will bo able to make iifty miles. The impression has been given out that she was con structed as a yacht for Mr. Flint's personal use, but the impression gains that she was buillt under contract with one of the South American gov ernments as a torpedo boat. DEATH LIST EXAGGERATED, Tint Reports of HI* New York Fir* Prove to lie Unwarranted. NEW YORK, Oct 31—All Bight long a gang of several hundred labor ers was at work among the ruins caused by the explosions In the build ing occupied by Tarrant & Co. It is not believed that the Hat of dead will exceed thirty and some estimates place the total dead at below twenty. One hundred and twenty-seven Injured persons were received at the hospi tals and of that number over a score were discharged after their wounds had been dressed. The list of miss ing was large at first, but many of those supposed to have been buried ia the ruins have been accounted for and as far as known not more than thirty nine persons are missing this morning. The property loss is variously esti- , mated at from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. Chemicals probably entered Into the origin of the Are. The first smoke that was seen was dense and very black. This changed into what aD peared to be a light vapor, greatly in creasing in quantity. Then began a series of minor explosions, not heavy enough to disturb persons in the street further than to warn them from too near an approach. Suddenly an explo sion of much greater force drove the glass from the windows, showering it upon the firemen and policemen and the thousands of spectators who had gathered in the streets. This was followed almost Immedi ately by another explosion of far great er intensity that worked much disas ter. There was an interval of per haps two minutes, when there came a third explosion that exceeded those that had preceded and which brought the buildings on both sides of Warren street in that block tumbling to the ground os though they were built of pasteboard. GOVERNMENT STANDS AlOOf. France Will Not Participate la the Era* Iter Demonstration. PARIS, Oct. 31.—The foreign offi cials believe former President Kruger will travel Incognito during h'.s visit to the capitals, relinquishing it in each city only long enough to permit an ex change of visits between Mr. Kruger and the head of the nation. His stay In Paris will not exceed forty-eight hours and possibly only twenty-four hours. The French government will not offer Mr. Kruger any formal func tion, though it is expected the city will tender him a demonstration which will be the scene of enthusiasm. 'The government will not take part In tho reception, but will not, however, put any obstacle in the way of private plans of welcome. In short, the gov ernment will not take any step likely to be construed as an offense to Groat Britain, though it is certain Presi dent Loul>et and Mr. Kruger will ex change visits. The same proceeding, it is believed, will be followed at each European capital visited. _ , Oates Sells Out the Road. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—It is learned on excelelnt authority that John W. Gates, who recently purchased a con trolling interest in the securities of the Kansas City Southern railroad (formerly the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf), has Just sold such control to a syndicate representing various con necting roads. Tne new purchasers Include James Stillman, representing the Rockefeller Interests In the Mis souri, Kansas & Texas; Cohn, Loeb & Co., representing the Union Pacific; E. H. Harriman, representing the Chi cago & Alton, and George Gould, rep resenting the Missouri Pacific. Wore Only Their Nighties. ALLIANCE, O., 6ct. 31.—Throe stu dents of Mount Union college were sus pended today for participating in a midnight demonstration, when a crowd of students clad In night robes entered the ladies’ dormitory^.. and pushed the president's cow into an up per hall, where they tethered it. To day about 175 students met on the col lege campus and decided to go on strike pending the reinstatement of the sus pended men. The faculty, however, re main firm in their decision. ;,,< Mangled by Knraged Lion. PARIS, Oct. 31.—A lion tamer, who daily enters a cage containing three lions In the Paris Hypodrome, was ter ribly mauled last evening. His foot slipped and the largest animal sprang on him, tearing his arms and face with his teeth and claws. Without losing his presence of mind he kept the ani mal at bay by the aid of his whip un til he was rescued. In the excitement the cage door was left open, but the occupants did not attempt to escape. Aivora Arraigned In Uoort. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Cornelius L. Alvord, the embezzling note teller of the First National bank, arrested yes terday In Boston, was arraigned In po lice court here today and remanded to police headquarters in order to give the authorities time to decide whether he shall be tried before the United States or state authorities. Alvord was accompanied by his counsel. A conference has been arranged to de termine Alvord’s status. Queen Victoria Not 111. LONDON, Oct. 31.—There is no truth in the report that Queen Victoria is ill, though, naturally, she is affected by the death of her grandson. Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-HolBtein. Adopt American Consular System. BERLIN, Oct. 31.—The German gov ernment has adopted the American system of consular representatives and the first batch of reports appeared to day. Agree upon Negotiations. PEKIN. Sunday, Oct. 28.—A meeting of the diplomats was held this morn ing to consider the form of the nego tiations for a settlement of the Chi nese difficulty. The decision arrived at is kept secret, in order to prevent any information reaching the Chinese. Steel Plate Takes Ppirard Jump. CLEVELAND. Oct. 30.—The price of steel plates today went from 1 1-10 cents per pound to Hi cents bv agree ment among the manufacturers, who have recently been conferring upon the subject