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' WJPK.. THE FATAL REQUEST OR FOUND OUT By A. L, Harris Author of "Mine Own Familiar Frlond." etc. Copyright, 18 9 1, by 0 a $ i tl I VublitMng Company, Copyright, 19 0 2, by8tr$tt it Smith, CHAPTER II Continued. I Mr. Ilurrltt h fnco became flushed, and ho Btartod to his foot with the haste and hot Indignation which would havo done credit to one of half his years. "James!" lie crlod, with pas lon, "Is this tho way you speak? Is this tho way your treat your old friend? Does the lldellty of half a life time count for nothing? Why, oven your nnmo has been preserved in Inviolable secrecy, and at this very moment not one single soul, besides myself, is aware of tho object of my Journey, or of the Identity of tho In dividual 1 have oomo to meet! and this is all you havo to sny to me! I had better return homo at once, with out more delay!" Ho was evidently nuch moved, and tne other man could not but rccognlzo that the emotion ho betrayed was gen ulne. So he, too, roso from IiIh seat and, catching Mr. Burrltt by tho arm, Bald, "My dear fellow, don't misunder stand me! Surely you did not tako mo seriously Just now. It Is not that I doubted you for a moment, Silas; lint " Ho passed his hand over ins eyes, as though to clear away something which obstructed his vision. Then, after a moment's hesitation, ho continued: "I only innded in tho old country this morning, and It has brought it all back again all tho uhanio and sorrow, all tho suffering nnd remorse It seems as fresh as though as though it had all happened yesterday, Instead of twenty years ago. I cannot but ro.ill.o tho fact that, in spito of all my wealth honestly earned, too, every penny of it, I swear I am a pariah, an outcast. No, don't Interrupt me. I tell you" with u bit tor, mirthless laugh "I feel more like a returned convict than anything else." james!" exclaimed Mr. Burrltt, "you shock mo! you grieve mo more than I can say! I " His friend interrupted him. "You!" "What brings ho nnocrcd, "you are tho Immaculate citizen tho man without a past! What havo you to do with such an ono ns I?" There was a bitter sarcasm in his tone, a morbid jealousy In his look, Mr. Durritt refused to recognlzo tho presence of either. "But you will return with mo, will you not?" he said, "you will let mo In troduce you to them and mako their acquaintance? Take us on your way, and spend at least one night under my roof." "You are very good, Silas," said Ills friend. "Ah, If they were all like you but you forgot thero are others who" Mr. nurrltt interrupted him. "I know what you arc going to say and will relieve your mind at onco. Of all thoso and they woro not many, six at tho outside who were intimately acquainted with your past history and," ho hesitated a moment, "and that unhappy nffalr, not one Is living bosldes myself." "What!" cried tho other man, in great excitement, "All dead?" "All but myself," was the answer. "Thank God for that!" burst from the other's lips. "Will you swear that this Is so that they aro Indeed all dead who aro connected with tho past, except yourself?" Mr. Ilurrltt bent his head In reply. Tho strain of tho Interview was begin ning to tell upon him, together with tho hurried Journey, and ho folt the neod of repose. "Hellovo me, Jim," ho said, falling back again Into tho old familiar stylo of addrohs, "you havo nothing to fear. Your secret Is safe enough with mo never doubt It." Ho spoko kindly, evon affectionately, but his fatlguo was ovldent, and his frlond could not "but observo it. "Silas," ho said, "you aro worn out. Wo will continue tho subject somo other tlmo." They turned to loavo tho room to gothor. Mr. Burrlntt passed out first; lite companion lingered behind him. As ho did so, his brief assumption of choorfulnoss fell from him; his face changed and darkened, and tho wholo expression altered. "All dead but ono," ho whispered to hlmsolf "and that one" Tho sen tenco was left unfinished. CHAPTER III. Midnight Reflections. Mr. Burrltt passed a very xcstloss night. Perhaps his dinner had dis agreed with him. Moro probably it was tho result of tho agitato n and excitement caused by tho meeting with tho old friend he had not seen for ho many years. At any rate, whatovor tho causa, there was no doubt as to tho effect; tor ho found it impossible to sloop, or to do any thing but toss from side to side, as hour, after hour wearily woro itself away. Uy some pecullnr action of tho brain, he also found himself compelled to review ail tho past scones of IiIb life, nnd mentally, step by stop, re trace tho path ho had trodden during those fifty years or so, which went to mako up tho sum of his oxlstcuco on this planet. At last, In despair, he roso, and go ing to tho window, looked out upon tho night. It was a very moonlight night too much so, In fact. Thcro was something almost weird and ghastly in its effect. So ho dropped tho blind with a crash, and wont back to bod again, hoping that, this time, bo inlnht bo ablo to sleep. Hut it was tho aamo thing over again. Only this tlmo his thoughts concentrated themselves upon Ills family and his homo life. He remem bered, with a senso of remorse, that ho had been a little only a little Irritable at breakfast that morning, and that ho had spoken rather sharply when Interrogated as to tho purposo of his sudden expedition. Certain of his friend's saylngi had grated upou his car, and caused a chill feeling of dissatisfaction and re gret. "Thank God!" ho had said when ho hoard of tho deaths of tboso others, cut off, moro than ono of them, bo fore they had attained their proper span. Mr. nurrltt turned uneasily in his ben ns ho reflected upon this, nnd re membered that ho was tho only ono loft who know all. Tho only one his friend had to fear. To fear! Surely that was not tho right way to put it? you here To fear! Could It bo possible that his old friend believed that ho had causo to fear him? But what had been his own words on tho subject? "You can ruin mo, Silas, in tho eyes of my child, as well as In thoso of' tho world, whenever you please!" Tho question was, had ho, at tho time, really meant what ho said? Had he, for an instant, believed him capablo of such baseness as this? If so good heavens. it was a dreadful thought would ho not havo still grcator reason to exclaim, "thank God!" when he heard of his death? Ho scarcely dared to breatho it to himself, but tho Idea, having onco oc curred, clung to him, and refused to bo set aside, but returned aaln and again in splto of his steadfastly re jecting It as unworthy and dishonor able. At tho same tlmo ho found him self wondering whether his friend, tho object or these painful thoughts, who occupied an adjoining room, wns also lying awake and indulging In unproflt 'able reflections. Or perhaps lie was moro pleasantly omployod in thinking of his daughter; anticipating their mooting and picturing her as sho would bo nfter flvo years' soparallon. Whatover else ho might, or might not be, ho was ovldently an affection ato parent, devoted to this ono child. Mr. Ilurrltt was getting sleepy nt last. No doubt It was something wnlch ho had eaten at dinner that had upset his digestion nnd filled his mind with all these morbid fancies. Thero was nothing llko Indigestion for making ono see everything in a bad light. Thon ho slept, and as ho slept ho dreamed a dream. Ho thought ho was lying on tho edgo of a precipice a proclpico which wont sheer down many hundreds of foot. But ulthough ho occupied such n dangerous position ho felt no uneasi ness at first, only a llttlo gentle sur prise as to what ha wus doing there, nnd a llttlo wonder as to what was going to happen. Then a hand came up and out of tho abyss nnd grasped him, drawing him nearer and nearer to tho giddy vergo of tho precipice, and ho felt himself dragged slowly but surely to destruc tion. In vnln ho clutched at tho grass and stones and projections of tho cliff; ho wns still drawn on, until, at last, ho was poised upon tho very I odgo and could look down into tho depths of tho chnsm beneath. For a few seconds during which ho seomed to oxperlonco a lifetime of agony ho remained in that awful position. Then ho felt himself falling falling from nu immeasurable height and woke! "What a hhleous dream," ho thought. "How weird how awful how real! I would rather Ho nwako tho wholo night through than dream just such another. I woudcr what tho tlmo Is?" Ho folt for his watch nnd tho mntches, and struck a light. Just half past three no more. As ho restored tho articles again to their places, ho thought ho heard faint sounds of movement In tho next room. "Evidently I am not tho only rest less person," ho said to himself as ho lay down again. "I havo a companion In misfortune. To-morrow morning wo shall bo ablo to comparo experi ences. Suppose I worn to knock nt tho wnll and speak to Mm? But thon I might disturb someono elso and alarm them. That would never do. I expect It must havo been tho cucum ber that gave mo tho nightmare. I hope I Bha'n't havo another such dream; If I do, I'll never touch cucum ber any moro ns long as I live." His eyes closed, and In a few moments hlo deep nnd regular breathing showed thnt ho had again fnllen asleep. And again ho dreamt, aud tho dream wa3 ns followB: Ho was lying in his bed, or at least, so ho thought, nnd, after a whllo, it seemed to him that it becamo very hard and narrow, so that ho had no room to move in it. It was also very dark. Ho tried to turn over upon his side, but found, ns in tho other dream that ho could stir neither hand nor foot. And what appeared to him a long time, ho began to hear sounds over his head. Sometimes in ono place, Homotlmcs In another, nnd nt tho samo timo ho began to cxporlcnco n difllculty in breathing. And BtiU tho sound went on tho Bound of somo ono hammering of somo ono ham mering nails Tho sound of somo ono hammering nails Into a coffin! And with that, all at once, the awful truth broke upon him. Ho was dead, nnd they wero nailing him up in his coflln dead! HIb heart stopped beating as ho grasped tho full horror of the situa tion. They woro burying him alive! Ob, horrible! horrible! In vain ho tried to burst tho bonds of the Insensibility In which ho was held. In vain ho mado frenzied ef forts to cry aloud. Tho most frantic endeavors wero unavailing. Ho was unablo to utter n sound or produce tho smallest movoment. Then it seemed ns though somo ono wero trying to raise tho lid of tho coffin. Thcro was a faint, creaking sound a faint glim mer of light wns perceptlblo overhead. It increased nnd widened! Oh, Joy! Ho wns saved saved! Tho coffin-lid was raised llttlo by little higher and higher In another moment ho should bu free! $ It was dono. Ho saw a faco bend ing over him a familiar face tho faco of an old friend. Already ho ball ed him in his heart as his benefactor, his deliverer. Then what woro thoso words ho heard? Words ho had heard before when was it? "You can ruin mo whenever you please, but now you aro in my pow er!" Tho lid was clr.pped down again, leaving him In utter darkness. The hammering began again. Ho mado ono last tremendous effort and woko. Woko to find himself sitting bolt upright, with tho persplrntlon stream ing from him. Woko to find tho man, whoso voice even now seemed to ring In his ears as ho bent over tho open coflln, standing beside his bed, in tho faint, grey light of morning. "What brings you hero?" gasped Mr. Burrltt, as soon as ho had realized tho fact that tho tcrriblo ordeal ho had just passed through was only a dream. "I couldn't sloop," was tho response, "and I couldn't Ho still nny longer, so I camo to see whether you wero awake." (To bo continued.) A Chess Village. Nonr tho Prussian town of Magde burg lies tho llttlo vlllago of Strobeck, which has earned for itself an inter esting celebrity. Tho village contains 1,200 Inhabitants, who aro ono nnd all chess playorH. They may bo said to learn, tho game in their cradles, for nmong tho first lessohs taught to a child by its parents aro tho moves in chess and the first playthings It re ceives aro chessmen. Tho smallost children aro to bo seen in tholr play time sitting quietly together with a chessboard beforo t'lom gravely con Hlderlng tho moves and In tho even ing tho old people meet to play their fuvorlto game. At stated times in tho year thero aro chess tournnments in which both tho grown-up pcoplo and tho children take part, prizes being given to tho victors. Many pcoplo como to Strobeck during theso com petitions to watch tho peasants at tholr games. Tho children oven re ceive Instruction In chess in tho schools. A Collection of Pens. Tho Carnnvulot Museum in Paris contains a collection of pens wblch, whllo Intcrcstlng.from n connoisseur's point of view ns works of art, nro no less attractive to tho historian. Every tlmo a sovereign visits tho town hall in Paris ho 1b begged to sign his namo in tho visitors' book, and for this purposo n richly orna mented pon Is bunded tho royal visi tor. For tho intended visit of tho king of Italy tho city of Paris has ordered a special pon of tho Italian silversmith Froment Mourico. Tho design Is In XVI. century stylo nnd is In oxqulslto taste. Tho ponholdcr Is ornamented with a llttlo enamel cartrldgo bearing Uuo arms of tho House of Savoy. NO MORE DISPUTE Promior Balfour Declares Eng land's Boundary Attitude. ACCEPTS DECISION AS FINAL KocIhiiiI I'lmtnoil With tl.o lleitiuval of tliti Aliiftkiut l)liutn UetHrrn ttio Two Clreat C'liuntrlrn. The new lord mayor, Sir Jnmcs RHt'hle. gao a banquet to 1,200 persons in the hlstoile guild hull, Ixindon, In honor of the king's birthday. Pre mler Balfour was the guest of honor. Many notables were present, Including Ambnswidor Chonte, tho foreign min isters, the luelihltshop of Canteibury, Fotclgn Minister l.nnsdowne, and others. Premier Balfour prefaced bis speech In reply to the tonal with n lengthy and touching lefereuce to the life nnd work of his ('IstliigulMiod predecessor. Concerning the situation In the far cast, Mr Balfour said there was every reason to feel sanguine that It would hae no serious outcome. He bused thla assurance on the passlonatn de sire of the ear of Russia to promote general peace and on the fact that Ja pan, as the ally of Great Britain, would bo certain to display moderation, discretion nnd Judgment In Its do mauds ns well as llriniiess lu enforcing them. Mr. Dnlfour said that the Macedonian question rnlsrd Issues more difficult, but he was comlnccd that the ques tion must be ultimately settled by tho court of Europe, which could not more, effectively carry out Its designs than through the medium of those great powers, Russia and Austria, which had undertaken to deal with the situation. Referring to Alaska, Premier Bal four said; "Tho danger nrlslng fiont the uncer tain nnd disputed frontiers In the ense between the British emplic and the United States has been decided for all time. I regret that the decision has not been fa arable to the claims of this country, but the two small Islands, the loss of which to Canada has aroused such great feeling aro really valueless from a strategic and military point of view. We regret tho cxnet tenor of the decision, but however tho bnlanco of advantage wont, the gain to the United States or the Iobb to Canada Is nothing compared with tho final re moval of this subject of dispute be tween the two great countries. The de cision must ho loyally accepted, for the removal of so serious a controversy Is an inestimable boon." SAMUEL PARKS PEEPS flayed tu ii Lotting lliuiit mill Now He sret It. Beforo ho left his cell In Now York city to begin serving IiIb sentence of moro thun two years In Sing Sing prlsln. for extortion. ox-WnlkIng Dele gate Parks of tho New York houso smlths' nnd brldKomens' union, called about him a number of newspaper men to bid them fuiewell. In so doing ho made tho following statement: "It's only taken a little more thnn seven years to get me here. It has been a hard fight nnd I've lost. That's all. I'm down and out and I know when Ie got enough. I'll bo forgotten In less than a year, except by somo of tho boys who though thero wns some good In men, and I am sorry for It. livery la boring man in tho country should re member mo for years to come. I should be a warning to them. I'm the victim of a custom thnt Is older thun I am und that Is tho habit of having money transactions with employers. That put me here. "Tho Ealvation of the unions He In stopplg that practice at once. They must glvo up fines, waiting tlmo, bnck pay for strikes nnd everything like that. That's tho loophole through which this 'graftin',' as thoy cnli It, creeps In. Tho employers never lenvo nny tracks. I could nnme one hundred employers who havo mado a practice of using la bor unions against competitors. I know plenty of employers who havo mado fortuncn by tho use of money of a young fellow who has never mado moro than a couple of dollar a day and lias been In authority by his union." New Chnpel far the I'oru Normal. A new chapel building for tho stato normal school at Peru is now assured. The .state board of education met nt Otatc Superintendent Fowler's office at Lincoln nnd awarded the contract to n St. Joseph firm, whoso bid was $30,170. In addition to tho $3G,170 for tho build ing, the board awarded a contract for heating, plumbing nnd electric light wiring, tho prlco being $4,175. As tho board has $43,500 at Its disposal it will havo enough left to seat the building and prepare It for oponlng. It is to bo completed by August 20. Tho board also approved the plans for improve ments at tho Green Terrace, Kearney, n building which has boon donated by tho people of that town for uso as a dor mitory in connection with a stato nor mal school to bo erected. The improve ments will cost $7,000 or $8,000. Tho citizens of Kearney will play tho cost of the repairs. Daughter Tribute to Mothor-in-Lnw. In memory of tho "best of mothcrs in?law," Is Queen Alexandra's tribute to the late Queen Victoria, Inscribed on a moraorlnl Just erected on tho royal mausoleum at Frogmoro, Knglnnd. Tho memorial. is a beautiful statue of tho Savior" seventeen feot high, sculptored and sent from Donmnrk at tho cxponso of Queen Alexandra. Ilelleve L'apltnl ami Labor Will Unite. President Thomas J. Shaffer of tho omalgnmnter Iron, steel steel and tin workers' union, at a mass meotlng of local union labor men in New Ha ven, Conn., said: "I nm hopeful of bettor things. In tho church wo hear of tho good work in behalf of tho laboring classes by Bishop Potter and Archbishop Ireland. A union of Interests between tho na tion, the church and organized labor will accomplish much for the Ameri can people." M. E. CHURCH EXTENSION Whut Will Its NrremiNrr In Order to Clat Aliilnnre. The nntlonnl general rommllteo of church extension of tho Methodist Episcopal church In session nt Kiuiroh City, Mo., by a vote of 27 to 8 re jected the plan to consolidate homo missions and church extension benovo lcnres. This does not carry with It u rejection of tho plan to consolldato other charltnhlo departments of tho church. The committee nlso rejected by u vote of nlmost two to one, tho plan submitted by an Ohio representa tive to ehnnge the rulcR of the church so thnt the society could not assist chinches whoso buildings cast morq than $10,000. The following appropriations woro mado, the first column showing tho amount tho conference must raise to entitle It to the loan set down In tho second column: Subscription. Alnbnma $ .150 Alaska mission 100 Arlnmi mission 250 Arkansas 275 Atlanta 275 Atlantic mission 200 Austin .125 Baltimore .'.. 7,550 Black Hills 250 Bluo Rldgo 225 California 3.000 California Germnns 350 Central Alnbnma 200 Central German 7.000 Central Illlnol fi.OOO Central Missouri 300 Central New York 0.500 Central Ohio C.00O lnn. $ 350 3,000 500 550 300 1,000 750 1,500 500 075 4.000 350 000 7,000 D.OOO 000 1,000 1,200 1,350 900 800 4,000 1,200 3,000 4.000 2,000 1,000 1,800 3,000 1,000' 4.000 2.000 300 Central Pennsylvania ... 8,500 Central Swedish U50 Central Tennessee 32G Chicago German 4,000 Cincinnati 0.500 Colorado 1,500 Columbia River 1,200 Dakota 1.000 Delewnro 1.000 Dch Moines 5,000 Detroit C.000 Eastern Swedish 200 Kast Germuu 4,000 East Malno 1,000 Haft Ohio 7.500 For general purposes tho following appropriations were made: Contingent fund, $3(1,000; expenses of administra tion, $25,000; preferred claims, $115,000. Tho committee, recommended that sits for churches In tho rapidly growlnq cities of the west bo bought well out lu the suburbs or beyond corporate limits. LOSES ITS IDENTITY The Itoyul Tribe of ,Joepli UolmrrH from Nelritnkii. The Nebraska. Insurauco department, not Approving the manner In which th Royal Tribe of Joseph has sold itself to another iusuranco company, has re voked Its license. Insurance Deputy J. L. Pierce has forwarded to tho com pany'B olueo nt Sedalla, Mo,, a writ ten cnncellntlon of tho license In which ho enys the Nebraska dopartment docs not npprove tho method of tho transfer of tho company to the Cosmopolitan Llfo Insurance Association of Illinois, which Is nn assessment company, and ho believes tho Roynl Tribe of Joseph has no light to transfer its roservo fund, which amounts to over $55,000, aH that fund belongs to the members of the order. Tho Illinois company is not licensed In Nebraska. Mr. Plerco'a let ter Is as follows: Roynl Tribe of Joseph, Seualla. Mo. Gentlemen: You nro horeby notified thnt tho license Issued to your order by this department March 1, 1903, Is here by revoked for tho reason that your order has transferred, without notice to this department, and without notieo to Its members in tills state, Its assets to another company, namely: Cosmo politan Life Insuranco Association qt Illinois, such company not being a fra tcrnnl older, but being nn assessment company of another stnto. In this transfer you have turned over to this assessment association, funds which Include tho rcscrvo or emergency fund of your order, which is bet npart for tho benefit und protection of the mem bers of your order. It is true that In tho contract you have mado with tha Cosmopolitan Life Insurance associa tion they havo agreed to accopt tho members of your order as Its members, and thnt they assume the certificates and pollclen of your order, and the lia bilities of your ordor, but tako them subject to tho conditions nnd limita tions, Btnted in your contract; also, subject to tho by-lawB of the Cosmo-i politan Llfo Insuranco association. This department does not approve of this transfer nnd Jb opposed to thq method that you havo adopted In trans-j ferrlng tho same, and believes that you, havo no right to transfer your reservo fund belonging to your members to a third person or paty; hence, tho revo cation of your license Yours truly, CHARLES WESTON, Auditor. By L. L. PKIRCB, Ins. Deputy. Htnte Wuntu 1'ar for Iniane Patient. The state of Knnsas, through the at tho nttorney general, filed a claim In the probate court against tho estate, of William J. Walker for $2,800 claimed to bo duo tho stato for tho caro ot Walker at tho Topokn insano asylum, during tho part nineteen years. Walker was sent to tho Insano asyi lum from Franklin county. Thero wan some dispute about a guardian for him; nnd ono guardian was appointed from Franklin county and nnother In Mis souri, nnd finally Bradford Miller, of Topeka, was appointed by Probato Judge Hayden quite recently. During tho squnbblo about tho guardianship Walker's pension and property, with Interest, has grown to the sum o( $2,000. Now the state steps In and claims tho $2,000 and wants $S00 more. Curtailing the Iron Output Two thousand men were laid off by, tho Illinois steel workB at South Chica go as anticipated. In addition to this rcductlou the 1,200 men who were dis charged a couplo of weeks ago, and who wero expected to return to work soon have been informed that thcro la no work for them. It Is claimed tha men aru being laid off becauso ot cur tailment in tho output. Everest Is unnblo to find ground foi a cemetery nearer than four flies. Thq council will tako up this grave sub-loot. CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS SENATE-MONDAY. With nearly every senator In hln seat,' the gavel of Presldrnt Pro Tern Fryo sounded nt noon Monday calling tho r.oiiuto together In tho second extraor dinary session of the Fifty-eighth con gress. Tho special session of the sen ate following tho adjournment last spilng of the Fifty-seventh congress ollmlnnted much of tho routine work, which otherwise would havo boon per formed today. Now senators had gono through the formality of taking oaths of olllco, scats had been assigned, nnd with tho exception of tho nppolntmcnt of some vncancles all functions of tho organization hnd been completed. Moro than two hours beforo tho sen ato was called to order tho gallorles wero llllod up. The first week of the extra session in the senate will bo devoted to tho usual prollmlnnilcs. The program for the week Is to havo four brief sessions, nnd nn adjournment on Thursdny until the following Monday. On Tuesday tho president's messnge will bo tccelvcd and read. Adjournment will follow' ,ltn rending as a caucus of republican nenators Is to bo held In tho afternoon "Wednesday will bo devoted largely to' tho Introduction of bills and Thursday will bo n short legislative session unless discussion of tho Panama situation Is precipitated by tho introduction of resolutions asking for Information. It is the lntontlon of Sennlor Morgan to) Introduce resolutions on tho subject, nnd these may bo discussed under tho rules on tho day following their pre sentation. Tho republican members of the senate will Interpose no objection to a discussion of tho Panama and canal questions, but It ! not likely that nny action will bo taken until nf ter tho committees are reorganized. Tho sennto was called to order at noon and after n prayer by tho Rov. F. J. Prottyman of Washington, tho for mal proclamation calling tho congress In extraordinary bcbhIoii was read. At tho roll call seventy senator answered nnd President Pro Tom Fryo declared a quorum presont. Mr. Hoar and Mr. Gorman wore ap pointed by tho houso to Inform tho president congress hnd organized nnd was ready to receive any communica tion ho had to make. A resolution offered by Mr. Cullom fixing 12 o'clock, noon, as th hour for convening dally sessions was adopt' cd, nftcr which tho senate adjourned, i HOUSE MONDAY, , Tim Fifty-eighth congress convened In extraordinary session nt noon Mon day In accordance with tho proclama tion of President Roosevelt for tho purpose of enacting legislation neces sary to mako effective th Cuban reci procity treaty. Tho day was devoted, toporsonnl greetings and organization. Many handsomo floral tributes id members wero borne. In unusual profu sion to tho lobbies back of both tho sennto and houso members to be placed Inter on tho desks of tho members. Tha new members of the houso received their Initiation to doorkocpors and house employes and many wero turned back for Identification because ot their slight hesitation on presenting them selves for admission. Such Incldonta contributed to tho general lively ani mation ami good humor of tho occa sion. ' The speaker wob to bo elected nnd that this was tho first session of a new congress ndded to tho Interest that usually attached to an opening day. Long before the hour of noon, when tho gnvel foil, the gallorles wero filled, the ladles being In tho majority. Many moro were disappointed holders of cards by admission. Among tho spec tators wero public officers, diplomats and a great many out-of-town visitors. Tho floral display was never moro claborato thnn today. Tho popular members on both sides wero remem bered in lavish fashion. First of importance among: tho day's events wub tho olection of Mr. Cannon as speaker; next wub tho swearing In of the members and tho drawing for scats. The democrats rallied around a new lender, Mr. Williams, (Miss.) having been chosen to take the place of Mr. Richardson, (Tenn.) who retlrod from the leadership of the minority. Promptly at noon Clerk ot tho Houso Aloxander McDowell called tho houso to order. Prayer by tho chaplain fol lowed. A call of tho roll by states developed a quorum, the clerk called for nomina tlono for speaker. Mr. Hepburn (la.), chairman of the republican caucus, formally nominated Mr. Cannon. Mr. Hay (Virginia), chairman of tho democratic caucus, nominated Mr. Wil liams (Miss.). As tho call proceeded It was noted that old members generally occupied their former scats, whllo new members occupied thoso made vacant. At tho conclusion of the roll call, which showed tho party majority for Cannon, ho was formally declared elect ed speaker, and after being sworn In assumed the gavel. Tho oath of offico was then administered to the mombors and shortly afterwards the houso ad journed. ItecammemU Government Ownership. In his annual roport Capt. Charles Young, actng superintendent of Se quoa and General Grant national parks of California, In which many giant trees aro located, urges tho acquisition by tho government of tho land In thoso parks, which Jb owned by private In dividuals. In Sequoia park there aro many largo tracts trus owned and nfter waiting for years for tho government to purchase their property, tho owners nro beginning to sell oft tho largo timber. Claim Ilemler and Wllion are Ineligible Bender nnd Wilson, members of tho Nebraska football team, wero pro tested by tho Kansas men on tho ground ot professionalism. Kansas gathered evidence thnt tho men received salaries !as,t summer ns members of baseball teams, henco under tho Chicago conference rules they nro Ineligible on collego football teams. Two Cimarron school boys rera caught playing soven up with a bot tlo of whisky between thorn drink or smell, i :i 1 1 i , it L 'J 9 M&Wt$MWIIf&&MMPi9-to hfw"" -WWHWHJ . . r,4 iiNpmiw ""WW WK r