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LOVE IS "BEST . 3y Florence HoddKJnton CHAPTER XL—(Continued.) ' “You must not give me false hopes, Bridget,” she said gravely. “You know at the time of Mrs. London's death you, among others, never doubt ed the legality of the will.” “I can't express myself well, ma’am,” said Bridget Ransom; “but If I tell my story my own way perhaps you’ll understand. When you and Xtfr. Dynevor engaged me as nurse to Miss Kitty you made one stipulation—that X was not to be talking continually of Mrs. Lindon. You said the subject was a very painful one, and you did not want to discuss It.” “We both felt It a mistake to dwell on It,” agreed Mrs/dynevor. “And so I never told you what my poor lady suffered,” returned Bridget. “Care for her? Eustace Lindon cared for no one but himself and the baby. He was so jealous of his wife’s affec tion for her firstborn that as soon as his own child was born he sent little Miss Lillian away to the country. She was brought up in a French peasant’s cottage, and the parting almost broke her mother’s heart.” “But, Bridget,” persisted Mrs. Dyne vor, “why tell me all this now? It Is too late to help either my poor sls ter-in-law or her child.” “Please hear me out,” said Mrs. Ransom. “I might have written home, and told you and Miss Lillian’s uncle, only Mrs. Lindon begged me not. The fact was her husband hated Miss Lil lian, and she thought the poor child happier anywhere away from him.” “Did he care for his own child?” “Yes; but she was a sickly little thing, and with none of her mother’s beauty. She had an English nurse— rather a flighty young woman, whom my mistress hated. When Mr. Lindon suddenly declared they couldn’t afford to keep me and Julia, Bhe begged and prayed for him to let me be the one to stay, and I humbled myself to ask him, too. I said I’d do all my own work and look after the child as well; but it was of no use. I went, Julia stayed.” Mrs. Dynevor could not see the thread of these recollections* but. she listened patiently. “A year or two after I left you, ma’am, I met Julia again. She wasn’t in service then, but she seemed to have plenty of money, and she told me Mr. Lindon allowed her 50 pounds a year for the sake of all she had done for the child. “I thought it was the most generous thing I’d ever heard of him; but I didn’t come all this way to tell you of this. I’m a widow now, and I’ve a nice little lodging house at Brighton. I took a partner lately, and she turns out to have been housekeeper to Mr. Lindon for ten years; and, Mrs. Dyn evor, she says the woman he has mar ried is the Julia who was fellow-serv ant with me in France. Mrs. Dynevor looked bewildered. “Now, with all his faults, he was a gentleman,” went on Mrs. Ransom, “and Julia Maunders was a common, uneducated woman, who could never be companion to him. . Mrs. Markham, my partner, told me she had actually been In his house as attendant to his daughter, that she gave way to drink, and, when not quite herself, actually struck Miss Lindon. Now, ma’am, a gentleman doesn’t marry a vulgar, un educated woman of forty, who, besides, is given to drink, without some rea son. Mrs. Markham and I have talk ed the matter over and over again, and we believe there’s something wrong about the will, and Julia knew it.” At that moment Harold Dynevor came in. He would have gone away on seeing his mother was not alone; but she detained him, and in a few words gave him the heads of Mrs. Ransom’s story. “I can’t see how the will could be a fraud,” he answered, “and yet every thing points to it. Lfindon dismissing the attendant who was true to his wife, and keeping the one who could be bribed, points to fraud; but, mother, I don't see what we are to do.” Neither did Mrs. Dynevor; but their visitor now proceeded to relate the best part of her story. “Mrs. Markham told me a good deal of her young lady, Beryl Lindon, and I’m ready to swear she is not the child I left in Julia’s care when I was sent away. There must be plenty of people left in the French village who remem ber little Beryl. She was so puny and backward for a long time the doctor feared she was an idiot. She had light hair, almost white and perfectly straight, and big, watery blue eyes— the sort of eyes you see oftenest in Idiots. At three years old she could hardly walk. No one but her father could see anything to admire in her. “According to Mrs. Markham, Beryl Lindon has very dark eyes, blue-grey, and almost black lashes, and curly brown hair. I can't think even fifteen years would make such a change.” Mrs. Dynevor looked from her son to Mrs. Ransom. “I am sure you both see something —some explanation; but I cannot.” “Mother,” said Harold hoarsely, •‘forgive me! I have kept a secret from you. The girl you know as Beryl Lendon is really Aunt Nina’s daugh ter. She came to Easthill to escape from her father and his second wife. An accident gave me the key to her secret. She wanted never to come here again because she was our ene my's daughter; but I told her we would be content to think of her only as her mother’s child.’’ “She is Nina’s image,” breathed Mrs. Dynevor; “but even then-” “I have no proof,” said Harold, “any more than Mrs. Ransom; but I believe we both think the same, and to me it is a strong conviction. I believe that when he saw his own child’s state was hopeless, Lindon conceived a des perate scheme. He would send away the only person likely to betray him, he would bribe the nurse into silence, his wife was so 111 a few months would end ner life, and she would never know his deception. As soon as Brid get left we know he removed his fam ily to another part of France. With in a month we heard of Lillian’s death; but I believe the child burled as Uncle Frank’s daughter was really Beryl Lindon.” “You mean he changed the chil dren?” Harold nodded. "But It would be impossible! How could he pass off a child of seven for a baby of three?” “We don’t know that he did. He placed the little girl in the care of a country doctor some time after her mother's death; but there is no tell ing what age he gave her. Mother, don’t you see this explains so much? Aunt Nina never guessed his hateful plot. She died believing it was her own child, Lillian Dynevor, who would grow up heiress of the Manor. She could have had very little to leave, that little she naturally bequeathed to her husband. The phrase ‘all my real and personal, property’ was no doubt his choice. If Lillian had been alive he would have inherited only a little ready money, in spite of that high sounding phrase; with Lillian dead, he took everything.” “It would be the blackest sin I ever heard of!” breathed Mrs. Dynevor. Bridget Ransom nodded her head. “But he did it, ma’am. Why you’ve only to ask his housekeeper, or the young lady herself, to hear he had no love or affection for the poor girl he called his daughter. He treated her with open indifference, if not neglect. Now the little child I left in France he simply worshipped!” "Mother,” said Harold, “here come the girls. You won’t let Beryl think she is less welcome because you know her secret?” Beryl and Kitty looked Irom one to the other of the little group, bewil dered. It was Mrs. Dynevor who spoke, and to Beryl. “My dear,” she said gently, “Mrs. Ransom has come here chiefly to see you. She has heard a great deal of you from a Mrs. Markham* and so I have learned your real name and the link between us.” “And can you forgive me for being my father’s daughter?” “Your father, unless we all mistake, was my brother-in-law, Frank Dyne vor. My dear, Mrs. Ransom lived with your mother for years. She is ready to swear that you are not and cannot be, Beryl Lindon; we think you are my niece, Lillian.” “She is her mother’s image,” said Mrs. Ransom; “and, though it is not a compliment to say so, she looks older than eighteen. Twenty-two at Christmas would be Miss Lillian’s age.” The girl who had so long thought herself Beryl Lindon burst into tears. “Then it was not a dream that I had played in the deserted nursery at the Manor, that I had had a frock. like the one in the picture, and ‘Pet’ * was my own name after all!” Mrs. Ransom accepted the hospital ity of Uplands for the night, and a telegram to Marton brought Mr. Proc tor to the farm before the family had finished breakfast. “I should play a game of bluff,” he counselled, “and tell Mr. Lindon you have discovered his fraud. Most prob ably he’ll give in and confess every thing; otherwise, you’ll have to go first to Ponts-neufs, and see the doc tor who attended the real Beryl Lin don; then on to St. Jacent, where she is reported to have died, and get a description of the child buried in her name. If the two gentlemen are still practicing in the same townships the task would be easy enough; if they have moved on, and have to be traced, it might take a long time; therefore, as I say, I advise a game of bluff.” Mrs. Tanner’s supposed letter had come by that morning’s post; but that also brought another from the gentle widow herself, saying she was per suaded to prolong her stay another week. Mrs. Dynevor would, she knew, be pleased to keep Miss Lindon, so she hoped the change of plan would be agreeable to every one. “Depend upon it,” said Harold, “the second letter came from Mrs. Wilmot, and was written at Mr. Lindon’s re quest. He must have caught a glimpse of you yesterday at the Manor, and this is a ruse to get you into his hands.” “Must I go?” she asked anxiously. “No,” said Mr. Proctor; “but Har old Dynevor, who is, I believe, your next-of-kin, will keep the appointment at Woodlands in your stead. I shall accompany him as his legal adviser, and Mrs. Ransom will come, too, to speak to her recollections of the real Beryl Lindon.” Mr. Lindon had waited a good ten minutes when the bell at Woodlands rang loudly. Another moment and he was confronted by the man he most feared and disliked, and the woman he recognized as his wife’s devoted attendant. “So you are 'Mrs. Tanner,’ and the note asking her governess to return was a forgery?” said Mr. Proctor. “Sir,” said Llndon haughtily, "I deny your right to interfere in my do mestic concerns. I have come to East hill to find my daughter, and remove her from the society of my enemies!" Then Mr. Proctor spoke. He was so positive of Harold’s suspicions be ing correct he felt justified in assum ing facts. _ .. "Your daughter is not in England. Mr. Lindon," he said curtly. “We have recently discovered your fraud. She is buried at St. Jacent in Brit tany, under the name of her half sister. Lillian Dynevor is still alive, and the lawfuVowner of all you have so long usurped. As she came of age last December, you cannot even claim the role of her guardian.” “It is false!” cried the wretched man. “I-” “You married Julia Maunders to make her hold her tongue,” struck in Mrs. Ransom; “but you forgot me. Mr. Lindon. Ah! overruling Provi dence threw your late housekeeper in my way, and when we had exchanged our opinions about you we knew pretty well the truth of the matter.” “I defy you to prove it!” Harold Dynevor interposed. “As Lillian’s next-of-kin, I am here with power to act for her. Mr. Lin don, you can make your choice: Sign a full confession of your fraud, dis gorge your ill-gotten gains and leave England, when you win receive an an nuity of 500 pounds a year, or defy us. You may hold your own for two or three months, until we find the doc tor who attended your child; but you will then be prosecuted with the ut most rigor of the law, and the result will probably be penal servitude for life.” Like all bullies, Eustace Lindon was a coward. Mr. Proctor’s plan had answered, and he saw that he was beaten. Better far accept his freedom and an annuity sufficient to keep him than end his days in a convict prison. The trio left him, carrying away his signed confession, and with the un derstanding that a representative of Mr. Proctor would take possession of the house in Elchester square in the name of Lillian Dynevor, and that he gave up all the moneys of his step daughter which he had appropriated, within a month. And when they told Lillian—how strange and unfamiliar the name sounded—of her good fortune she as tonished them all by bursting into tears, and declaring she would rather remain Mrs. Tanner’s governess than return to Dynevor Manor as its mis tress. But that of course was impos sible. {To be Continued.) TuWi Recorded In Frames. In many churches of Provence and Italy, especially those near the sea; ex voto paintings placed on the walls in accordance with vows made by pil grims in moments of danger are often remarkable for their frames. Among the curiosities may be enumerated laths formed of splinters from ships that have been wrecked; also frames made of pieces of heavy cables, oc casionally painted bright hues, but sometimes left in their primitive gray color, splashed with tar. Nailed to the laths surrounding a painting repre senting sailors fighting with fierce sav ages may be seen African or Poly nesian spears and darts, or swords made of hardwood, evidently memen toes of terrific struggles. Sailors or landsmen who have made vows during times of peril at sea, and who have no trophies to display, will surround their paintings with broad bands of wood heavily incrusted with shells and sea weed, not infrequently of rare and ex tremely. beautiful kinds. Missed Hls Calling. A young insurance man received an introduction to some good people a few days ago in a manner which he will not soon forget. The friend who did the honors was somewhat of a wag, but was one of those quiet, sober, pol ished men whom one meets occasion ally. Upon this occasion he was as grave and dignified as a church dea con, and seemingly perfectly sincere. He said: “I would like to make you acquainted with Mr.. B—. I can rec ommend him to your good graces, hav ing known both him and his family for years. His father is one of the best men I know, and their family is an old one. There is only one thing I might say. Mr. B. is an insurance man and I have always insisted that any one who could tell as good a lie as he can ought either to be a piano tuner or a lightning rod agent.”—Cleveland Leader. Experiment tH with Marine Torch. Experiments have been carried out on the Thames by the Thames con servancy board with the marine torch with conspicuous success. The tubes containing the calcium carbide ignited immediately the substance came into contact with the water, casting a bril liant light, which was visible for a considerable distance. There is every probability of this torch being requisi tioned for the illumination of certain parts of the river by night for the guidance of vessels, etc. The existent illuminants are inadequate and very unsatisfactory, whereas the acetylene gas sheds a glaring pure white light, covering a wide area. Pearson—I’d like to know who sent me this abusive letter. I’ll bet it was that crank next door. Mrs. Pearson —I don’t think so, John. It must have been some one who knows you much better than he does. The Agricultural Measure Passes'After • Four Days' Debate. TO BLOCK ACTION ON SCBSIOY BILL Colorado Senator Announce* that Ho Will Prevent Any Vote on Shipping Bill Daring Present Session—Mlseel laneons Matters. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—That the opposition to the shipping bill in the senate will not permit a vote to be taken on the measure at the present session was made clear during the closing hour of today’s session. For several days It has been evident that it would be difficult to gain unanimous consent to take a vote on the meas ure, but not until late today was the frank admission made that a vote could not be had. During the few hour's consideration of the bill. Mr. Teller announced his intention to prevent a vote this ses sion. In an impassioned speech he said he would not consent to a vote and it must be apparent that no vote could be had. The statement by the Colorado sen ator elicited a sharp response from Mr. Aldrich of Rhode Island, who In sisted that despite the declaration of Mr. Teller the business of the senate would proceed in accordance with the wishes of the majority. Mr. Teller’s statement also drew the lire of Mr. Chandler of New Hamp shire, who asserted that the position of the opposition was preposterous. Mr. Hanna of Ohio replied to Mr. Teller in a forceful speech in the course of which he became impas sioned in his denunciation of the methods employed by the opposition to defeat the measure. The advocates of the bill, he said, were honestly en deavoring to advance the best inter ests of the country and he resented the insinuations against their honesty of purpose. Prior to these remarks Mr. Perkins of California delivered an eloquent and forceful speech on the bill. He sup ported the bill, particularly the idea of giving subsidies to American ves sels, but pointed out what he believed to be defects in the pending measure. He attacked especially the provision for foreign built ships. Early in the day the agricultural appropriation bill was passed after be ing under discussion for nearly four days. Senators Tillman and Bever idge enlivened the session with a dis cussion of their relative knowledge of farming. Mr. Mallory had opened the old fight upon seed distribution by offering an amendment proposing to strike out the provision for the distribution of seeds and substituting an increased appropriation for the purchase abroad of rare and valuable shrubs, vines and cuttings, with a view to adapting them to this country. He declared that the distribution of seeds was paternalism of the most offensive sort. .. Mr. Tillman proposed a substitute for Mr. Mallory’s amendment, provid ing, in brief, that the appropriation made in the b 11 for the purchase of seeds be doubled. Mr. Tillman assert ed that the bill provided considerable sums of the weather bureau, which was of insignificant benefit to the far mers of the country, and for forestry, which had no direct connection with farming. To this statement Mr. Bev eridge of Indiana took sharp excep tion, declaring that the South Caro lina senator exhibited "dense ignor ance” in his statement as to forestry. "I’ll be obliged to our wise friend, the new Solomon from Indiana,” said Mr. Tillman derisively, “if he will tell us what he knows about farming.” "I got my knowledge by practical experience,” retorted Mr. Beveridge. Mr. Tillman replied, laughingly, that there "seemed to be innumerable lawT yers” in the senate who were born on farms and perhaps nau follower the plow for a few days, and now posed in the senate as farmers.” ‘‘There are other farm implements of value beside the plow,” suggested Mr. Beveridge; “there is the p.vch fork,” alluding to the South Carolina senator’s political sobriquet. “Ah! we have got the pitchfork in at last,” said Mr. Tillman good na tuerdly. "Now I'il proceed to use it on the senator. Does the senator mean when he talks of the denudation of the land of trees, and of the drying up of rivers, that it affects the farmer or the commerce on the rivers? Woman Landlord on I(er Muscle. M’PHERSON, Kan.. Feb. 15.—Mrs. Christina Aschnian, owner of a build ing in Inman, the upper floor of which was rented for a billiard hall, became suspicious that liquor was being sold there and demanded admission. It was refused and she smashed the door in with an axe. The proprietor at tcmpte interference, and Mrs. Asch nian threw him down stairs, then pro ceeded to smash the contents of the room in Nation style. Wont Press Indian Mill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16— Congress man Gamble has decided not to press the bill ceding Indian lands in Greg ory county. South Dakota, to the gov ernment. The Indian appropriation bill contains general authority for in vestigation with a view to securing cessions of such lands to the govern ment. When the bill becomes a law Mr. Gamble will formally recommend that steps be taken to acquire Indian lands in Gregory county. THEY CRY FOR BREAD OR WORK. Several Thousand Idle People Parade In Buda Pest. BUDA PEST, Feb. 16.—Several thousand persons out of work marched through the principal streets here to day carrying mottoes such as “Bread or wTork is our right,” and singing the “Marseillaise.” They also began smashing the windows of restaurants and stores. The police, in force, dis persed the mob after scenes of vio lence, during which many arrests were made. IRRIGATION BIU IS AMENDED Horn* Committee Approves the Newiandt Measure. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—By a voh of 7 to 3 the house commute on ir ligation today voted to report favor ably the NewIandB Irrigation bill, heretofore explained in these dispatch es, with amendment offered by Wilson of Idaho and Mondell of Wyoming, which will Improve It. The three members who fought against the bill were Tongue of Oregon, Barham ol California and Ray of New Yorjc. The attitude of the latter Is explained by the opposition of farmers of New York to any more free homesteads, but the opposition of Messrs. Barham and Tongue Is not accounted for. They have always been regared as warm friends of the Irrigation project, and as the Newlands bill meets the ap proval of all representatives and sen ators from the regions affected, as well as all government officials who have given any study to the subject, opposition from the coast was not to be expected. While there is not much time remaining for legislation at this session, Newlands, Shafroth, Wilson and King, who have been untiring in their (efforts, balieve -that the bill agreed upon today may be enacted. A similar measure prepared by Senator Hansbrough has been reported to the senate. Representative Mondell's bill to continue in force the provisions of the Carey act until otherwise provid ed was today reported favorably from the committee on irrigation by Rep resentative Wilson. This act, which, unless extended, ceases to operate after 1904, permits states and terri tories having arid or semi-arid lands within their boundaries to segregate them for reclamation purposes. Mr. Mondell's bill also provides that the contract between state and United States provided for in the Carey act shall not hereafter be required, THE NEBRASKA REVENUE DISTRICT Senator Thnriton Will Kilter Protest Again.t Anjr Change. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Collector Patterson of the Dubuque <Ia.) reve nue district had a conference with the treasury officials looking to the divi sion of the Nebraska district. Ha pre sented his reasons for the proposed changes, using the argument that if South Dakota was attached to Iowa it would greatly benefit South Dakota business men, as he would put stamp deputies in two or three points in the state, thuB saving trips to Sioux City, where the stamp deputy is. He also stated that Collector Houtz had re fused to make such an arrangement. It is learned that officials of the inter nal revenue bureau are not inclined to favor the proposed division of the Ne braska district, as the Dakotas are opposed to being split up for the bene fit of Minnesota and Iowa without some corresponding return. The mat ter has been finally presented to the president and it is expected Secretary Gag* will discuss the situation with his (4tfef this week. Senator Thurston will present a pro test against any change in the district and, in the face of this, with the oppo sition of the North and South Dakota delegations, it is not likely any change will be made. UNCLE SAM MAY GET THEM. 8*le of Danlah Welt ladies an Immedi ate Possibility. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 15.—Important developments in regard to the sale of the Danish West Indies are expected shortly. It is said in well informed circles that the foreign office is unable to send a definite and favorable reply to the United States. King Christian, it is understood, gave assurances that while. he pre ferred the islands to remain Danish, if the circumstances could be improved, he would do nothing to prevent their transfer. The Rigsdag has apparently con cluded that enough expenditures have already been made for the West In dies, so it is unwilling to give the fur ther appropriations necessary to re tain them. Fix Bx position Ratal. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—At a meeting of the trunk line passenger agents the report of the committee to ar range rates for the Panamerican ex position was adopted. . This report provides for three general bases upon which to establish rates, each varying according to the time allowed and the accommodations given. The cheapest will be coach excursion for five days at slightly more than the single fare for the round trip. Smashers Turn on • Church. WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 15.—A special to the Beacon says: The United Pres byterian church at Winfield had all its windows smashed with the excep tion of two during last night. It is supposed to be one result of the bitter joint war in progress there yesterday. The church was a fine, large struc ture, with stained glass windows be tween fifty and sixty in number. The damage done exceeds |200. Iowa Sword for Bvans. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—The sword voted to Admiral Robley D. Evans by the Commercial Exchange of Iowa will be presented to the former command er of the Iowa Wednesday evening at the admiral’s home on Indiana av enue in this city by Governor Hull, chairman of the committee on mili tary affairs, and in the presence of the Iowa delegation and its friends. GEN riTZHUGN LEE RETIRES. Ho and Schwan Are Among General* OS the Active List. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Generals James H. Wilson, Fitzhugh Lee and Theodore Schwan will be retired to morrow, the last named on his own application. Colonel A. S. Daggett, Fourteenth infantry, will be promoted to a brigadier general, succeeding Schwan, and will be retired immediate ly with hia higher rank. ■ - AS TO FOREIGN TRADE Interesting Summary of Beport from American Consuls. EUROPE WOULD LIKE SUPREMACY ■farting to Adopt Oar Own Method* to Combat Farther In radon of Oar Pro ducts Which Bator Uriel; Into For eign Load*. WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The gen eral survey of foreign trade, Introduc tory to the volume on “Commercial Relations with the United States,” which formed the subject of special letters from the president and the sec retary of state to congress, has just been published by Frederick Emory, the head of the bureau of foreign com- < merce and compiler of this matter, in the shape of a special number of the "Advance Sheets of Consular Reports.” As the title Indicates, the survey is | a compact presentation of the most Important and Instructive features of the enormous mass of trade informs- | tion which has been collected by the ;c; United States consuls throughout the world during thq last year. The publi cation says that along with a natural note of satisfaction In the annual re- r ports of our consular officers for the last year there is a strong hint of a most strenuous competition and oppo sition to American trade advancement abroad which may finally counterbal ance our superior advantages to a cer tain extent and check our progress in the world’s markets, unless we equip ourselves meantime for the ultimate phases of the struggle. Our foreign trade today, as compared with that of recent years, shows a | gain, remarkable because it has been achieved with but little effort, for it is set forth that the appearance of the United States as perhaps the most formidable of all competitors In the W fight for trade supremacy is as aston ishing to ourselves as to our foreign opponents. The question for the future, says the publication, is whether we can hold | the position we seem about ..o gain, by means of our economy of production, greater labor efficiency and cheap raw materials or whether we shall have to arm ourselves with weapons especially fashioned for controlling foreign trade, such as more scientific export, meth ods, better facilities of banking and transportation, more liberal credits and manufacturing for particular mar kets with Intelligent regard to climatic and race requirements. According to the United States treas ury returns the imports of this coun try for that year in round numbers amounted to $830,000,000 and the ex ports to $1,478,000,000, an increase of over $30,000,000 in the import trade, as compared with the preceding year, and of $202,480,000 in exportB. Of the exports, the percentage of manufac tured goods rose to a very consider able extent, and our industrial growth continued last year at n rapid pace, enabling us to take less finished goods from other countries and to furnish more. The relative cheapness of American products has given them pre-eminence, it is shown, and the re markable growth of the foreign de mand for our iron and steel is cited as a striking instance of what undercut ting in prices will do. CAPTURES MORE FILIPINOS. Ora. McArthur Reports Taking Savant? By HI* Force*.' ' WASHINGTON, Feb. W.—The fol lowing cablegram was received today at the War department from General MacArthur at Manila: “Colonel Simon Teeson, seven offi cers, seventy-one soldiers, fifty-nine guns and 2,000 rounds of ammuni tion surrendered unconditionally Feb ruary 11 at San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon. This breaks up a group of in surrectos heretofore operating in mountains east of Balacan and re moves from northern Luzon the last formidable organized force excepting In the first district. Rigid enforce ment of proclamation of December 20. Spontaneous action of people through federal party for peace and self-pro tection are producing most satisfac tory results and encourage hope of en tire suspension of hostilities at an v early date. MACARTHUR.” Adopt Bill Against Bating. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Represen tative Dick's bill, concerning hazing at West Point military academy, was adopted today by the conferees of the two houses of congress on the military academy bill in lieu of the resolution on the question of hazing. Some changes were made, but the changes do not alter the spirit of the measure. The amendment renders it manda tory that the superintendent of the academy shall suppress challenge fighting and every form of hazing at the academy.” It also provides for the dismissal of all cadets in any way connected with fights or challenges to fight and also of any cadet who shall participate in any form of hazing. It also Is specified that no cadet dis missed for either of these causes shall be reinstated or Preappointed in the academy also that no such cadet shall ever be appointed to any office in the army, navy or marine corps. j -- The tax levy of Omaha for the pres ent year has been fixed at 34 miles. Murdered for His Money. PRINCETON, Ind , Feb. 14.—J. C. Loomiller was found dead near the graveyard at Hazelton, Ind., today. Nearby was found a revolver, with an empty chamber. Loomiller has been living in Hazelton, but came recently [ from Oklahoma, where he made a for tune. It is said he had a large sum of money on his person when he left Princeton for Hazelton last night. Ha , was blind. The general opinion Is that ! he was murdered for his money.