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T' i Vr V THE FATAL REQUEST OR FOUND OUT By A. L. Harrla Author of "Mine Own Familiar Inland." eicl Copyright, l $ t , by C a i $ 1 1 p titlliMit; Company Oopyright, 19 0$, by8trt A 8 t, I t K, A CHAPTER IV Continued. "My dear James," Interrupted Mr. Burritt, hastily, "you must know very well that It Isn't that. But tho truth of the matter In, I'vo a great aversion to firearms. Still, If you will assuro mo that the weapon Isn't loaded, I'll " "I'll assure you of that or anything else that will add to your peaco of mind," was tho somewhat equivocal reply. "At any rato, It Isn't loaded now; nnd, what Is more, I will also give you my word that I will not at tempt to Mow out my brains during tho Journey or," ho added, aa a sort of afterthought, "anyone else's." When Mr. llurrltt and his frlond ar rived at the station, tho latter took a considerable amount of trouble to Insure a scpnrato compartment to themselves In fact, Mr. Uurrltt rathor fancied ho saw him glvo something 'to tho guard, who thereupon locked tho door upon them, and consigned thom to solitude The carrlnge In question, It mny ho worth remembering, wua tho fourth from tho engine. "I wonder," thought Mr. Uurrltt to himself ns tho train steamed out of tho station, "which Is the pocket he carries tho revolver In?" Thon his thoughts wandered away from tho nctunl present. "I suppose I shall find them all right nt home. Dear, dear, nnyono would think I hnd been awuy a month. What an old fogey I'm get ting. By-thc-by, I wonder what James Is -thinking nbout? ho looks uncom monly gloomy. I wish he'd say some thing instead of staring out of tho window In stony silence. Somehow, oiio doesn't like tho notion of riding nlouo with n man who hus shed another man's blood, especially when ho carries a revolver. I wonder whether bo's thinking of that, or what?" If Mr. Burritt could havo road what was passing in his companion's mind, ho would havo been amazed to find Started to his that, Instead of dwolllng upon, tho past, ho was merely repeating over -nnd over to himself tho words which the former had spoken only a few hours before "Tho secret Ilea be tween us two! The secret lies bo tween utf two!" CHAPTER V. Tho 4:30 Train. Dinner nt Magnolia Lodgo had been ordered for a quarter to .eight, in or dor to suit tho convenience of tho trav elers, who wcro expected to arrlvo at ubout that hour. As tho tlmo drew on, Mrs. Burritt nuddenly became troubled again in her mind concerning tho soap dish. "I do wish, after all, I had ordered tho best sparo bedroom to bo got roady, though I'vo generally consid ered tho second best good enough for ix single gentleman, and I supposo ho is a single gentleman. But for all that " "Hero they are!" suddenly cried her daughter May, who was watching from tho window. . "Well, it's too late to mako any change now," sighed her parent, half relieved at having tho matter sum marily settled; "and perhaps ho won't notico tho crack. I do hope my cap is on straight!" Tho said cap was, as usual, consid erably out of tho porpondlculur; but as It hnppcncd, its lack of roctltudo was, in this instance, of no particular consequence, for the alarm proved false, and tho cab, which had at first appeared as though about to draw up beforo tho Iioubc, resumed Its snnll Hko crawl and gradually disappeared. Then camo another spell of waiting. "They must havo missed their train at London Bridge," said Ted Burritt. "Perhaps tho other ono was lato. I'vo looked in 'Bradshaw,' nnd see that it's due In town at seven o'clock. If so, they ought to bo hero by this tlmo." Tho next half-hour slowly ticked Itself away without bringing any change In tho position of affairs. They wero all vacantly conscious of an Increasing sense -of anxiety and de pression within, Why did they not come? Surely, If thoy hud missed ono train, thero had been plenty of tlmo to catch tho noxt? Then tho clock chimed tho half-hour, and, at tho Hamo moment, nn interruption took plrt'c. Tho messngo ran: "Yf you please, 'm, cook wants to know what sho Is to do about dinner!" Mrs. Burritt started nervously. "I'm sure, I don't know, Jano." Then, np- pealing to her son, "I suppose there's no mistake nbout the day? Your dear father didn't monn tomorrow?" Her son produced tho telegram, which ho had about him, und repeated tho contents aloud: "Am returning to-day by the 4:30 train. Shall bo home to dinner. Friend accompanies me." "Well, I'm sure I don't know what to do nbout it," cxclalnrcd tho poor lady, almost wringing her hnnds. "Hadn't you better go nnd sponk to cook yourself?" said' her son, making tho proposal without tho slightest comprehension of what It involved. "I Btmnoso I had." murmured his mother; "very well, Jane, you can say I'm coming." And sho loft tho room, loavlng tho young pcoplo together. "Aren't you tired of standing, May?" nsked her brother, addressing tho girl, who had scarcely varied her attltudo an inch in tho last half hour. "Tired!" sho exclaimed, half turn ing round. "What hus that got to do with It? I want to bo tho first to see thom." Then sho ndded, "Tell mo what you meant to nuy, a llttlo whllo ago, when you began 'I wIbIi, and stopped." "Why," he answered gloomily, "I was going to sny I wish tho governor had novcr started on this Journey: though," ho added, In n hurry, "of course he's all right mlBsed tho train of olso there's a block on tho line, or something only " Ho broko off without bringing his sentence to a conclusion, nnd asked, "Was that whnt you wished, too?" "I!" sho exclaimed, "I wish that and more. I wish ho had never had that letter. I wish his friend, who over ho is had never come back front whero ho was." "Oh. come, now," was tho would-bo comforting response, "now you're go ing ahead too fur. Of course, it's vex ing nnd all that; but, after all, the only thing that will really suffer will bo tho dinner, and that won't bo (It feet with a cry. to eat, If they don't come directly." As If in answer to this remnrk, Mrs. Burritt at that moment re-entered the room. Sho was flushed and agitated, and, as was apparent to tho most ob tuso observer, on tho vergo of tears. "Roally, cook has been most trying," sho sighed, as she sank into tho near est chair. "Sho almost intimated that I had dono it on purpose. She says, sho has never been used to such ways, and that ticsh aud blood won't stand it, let alone legs of mutton. Sho says sho can give us another ten min utes, but no moro." Tho ten minutes passed, as tho pre vious thirty had dono, and nt the end of that tlmo threo very dispirited peo ple sat down to tholr spoilt dinner. May soon noticed that her brother, whoso attontlon had been obviously wnnderlng for somo tlmo past, appear ed to bo listening to something from without. At first her heart bounded. Could It be that thoy hud arrived at last? Was it the click of tho gate thnt ho was straining his car to catch? or tho sound of footsteps upon tho gravel drlvo without? So she, too, listened in her turn, hoping to bo ablo to distinguish ono or tho other of these wolcomo but Ions delayed sig nals. But tho only thing sho could hear wa the faint sound of a volco which soomed to be shouting something In tho distance May also pcrcolved thnt tho voice was drawing gradually nearer, and resolving ltsolf into that of a peripatetic newsboy, who was voiding his wares and shouting out tho most sensational headings at the top of his volco. Was that all? Still, ho was not yet near enough for her to distinguish tho senso of tho sounds which caught her car from tlmo to timo, as she absently crumbled her bread, and thought to herself over and over again, "If only father would como home!" Mrs. Burritt, as though the thought had sot in motion somo electric cur rent which connected tho two brains, remarked nt this Juncture, "I sup poso they aro qulto certain to bo hore somo tlmo to-night?" Almost beforo tho words wcro out of her lips, her son, who was sitting on her right, started to his feet with a cry. "What is It? Oh, what is it?" ask ed his sister, as a senso of something terrible nbout to happen foil upon her. He mndo no roply, but, with dilat ing eyes, stood thero with every facul ty absorbed In the ono effort. Then he raised ono hand the other clutchod tho edge of tho tabic. "Lla ton 5" ho gasped. And tho voice without, now closo to their very gutcs, mndo ltsolf plainly hoard, as It shoutod out tho lntest bul letin "Spechnl hedlshunl Hcveuln' Stand ard 1 'Orrlble rallwny huccldontl Over twenty killed nnd hlnjurod. Tho four thirty from Dovor wrecked by a down train carry In' potrolcum barrels! The lino on ftro. Horful scenes! 'Artrond' In' dotalls!" CHAPTER VI. .The Search for a Father. What happened after this no ono over know oxnctly. Bcfrtro Mrs. llur rltt had begun to grasp tho idea that something was wrong, hor son had rushed from the room. After whnt seemed nn age of wait ing, but was really a very Hhort time, ho returned. In his hand ho hold a copy of tho newspaper which he had Just bought. "Mother," ho sr.ld. put ting a strong restraint upon himself. "I am afraid there hus been an acci dent on tho line. You mustn't bo ulnrmcd. for though some pcoplo havo been Injured, there Is ho reason why inv father should not havo es caped, ami very likely tho affair has boon greatly exaggerated." "Ted," said his sister, Hi a voice almost an calm as his own, though her face hnd lost every particle of color, and seemed to havo suddenly bocomo years older, "I-ct us know tho worst!" And sho held out her hand for tho paper. Tho worst!" ho answered, with a sound like a strangled sob In his voice. "Why should there bo any worst? And as for the paper." crump ling it up In his hnnd, "yoh can't place the slightest dependence upon that. I'm I'm going up to town by tho next train, no as to be on tho spot, nnd "He mny bo hurt In sotm way.'yoii know," ho added, slowly, by way of proparlng their mlndn for whatever might be the rci,ult. '"Ho may have conio off with a broken leg, or some thing of that sort. You can hardly expect him to havo got off scot frtu;. But whatever it lo, 'Itn going to find him out and bring lilin buck homo. Take euro of mother" -this to his sis ter nnd ho was gone. But beforo ho could leave tin house, whllo his hand wus yet upon tho Intch. ho found himself confronted by tho girl. "Uood-byo." bIio said, slowly and sadly. "You will do your best but I havo uo hope uone!" Ho caught a train which was on tho very point of starting, and limped into tho first carriage lie camo to. Thon ho took out tho paper which ho had kept so carefully from tho night of those others at home, and began to study more' earnestly tho . brief but terrlblo announcement which it talucd. (To be continued.) con- As She Understood It. He was telling a poker story, but sho only caught this sentence: "And then, of course, I called, and Sho Interrupted him reproachfully and also with somo usporlty. "I've caught you, John Henry," she exclaimed. "Hero I'vo been trying to got you to call on tho Joneses for the last three months, nud you wouldn't do it said you didn't llko to mako calls, then you go out nnd mako ono by yourself, 'or elso you go calling with somoono else. Yes; that must bo it? What is she, John Henry? Who is tills person who can get you to mako calls when you won't mako thom with your wifo?" John Henry looked at his mascullno friends and winked slyly. "Shall I tell hor?" ho asked. "Might as well," they said. "In this case," ho then told her, "three ladles Induced mo to cnll." "Threo?" "Yes; but," ho hastened to add, "If you camo across them In tho pack you would probnbly call them queons." It was a great Joke his mascullno friends assured hlni of that but ho hasn't succeeded in explaining the matter to his wife's satisfaction yet, Chicago Post. St. Peter Remembered. A iwor son of Erin died and was lauded as a very good man by all his; neighbors. Arriving nt Tho Gate ha found his way barred by Saint Petor. "Beforo yo can enter," says Saint Peter, "will yo tell me yo aro not guilty of any great sin?" "I am not," said Paddy. "Think again," said Saint Peter. "Well," nays Paddy, thinking hard, "I remember onco using bad lauguago over an ould rooster wo had." "That was a great sin," said Saint Peter, "and ycz can't como in." Paddy turned sorrowfully away, but boforo ho had gono for Sulut Peter recalled him. "I'vo bcon thinking," said Saint Poter, "and I think yo must havo had great provocation, and that your lan guage wns perhaps excusnble. Yocan como in. I remember, I onco had trouble with tho sarao sort of bird myself." The Kitchen Range. A fine housekeoper Bays stneo paint ing hqr kitchen range she lias never blackened it with stove polish. Evory spring when cleaning houso sho buys a can of enamel from a druggist and paints her stovo with it. The stove looks llko now, does not rust nnd needs no cleaning except dusting and wiping off. French People In Britain. Thero aro 2C,C0O Frouch in Groul Britain and Ireland, more than tluce fourths of the number being In Lon don. Tho business most followed nmong thoso Is cookery. As English laundressos aro prized in France, so Fronch cooks aro valued In England EASY METHOD OF SUICIDE. Holding the Breath Will End Ufa In Short Time. Thnt It is posslblo to commit mil rldo by simply holding one's breath has been clearly proved by a despon dent Norwegian, who recently killed himself In this vory unusual manner. When ho determined to dlo ho closed Ills mouth nnd nostrils and by roero force of will profontod hlo lungs fiom uolng their proper work. Thin case Is tho moro remarkable, as thero hns long been a popular no tion thnt no human being could by incro will power Htop tho action of tho lungs for moro thnn ono or two minutes. For this renson it linn at tracted much attention, and a French writer, commenting on It, nays: "To persons of good tnsto who nro weary of this llfo this method of committing sulcldo will certainly com mend Itself, one reason being becauso tho body Is not disfigured thereby, nnd another becauso tho act can bo com mitted lu any placo and lit any tlmo. It Is truo that sensitive or nervous persons will novcr bo able to kill themselves In this mnnner. for, slin plo ns It seems, tho act of retaining one's breath until death comes can only be performed by one who l eith er ttnusunlly phlngmntlo or endowed with a very stiong will." Now York Herald. No Vowelo In It. Many places have curious names but apparently there Is only ono place which has a name without nny vowels. That placo Is tho little linmlct of Ws, near Paris. Ws being an unpro nounceable nnnio, tho Inhabitants of tho hamlet havo transformed it Into "d'Us," hut this change has not been snnctlouod legally, nnd on all tho official records the name Ws still ap pears. Tho hamlet has 117 Inhnbl ants, and Its sole attractions nro the Chateau d'Osny, which has bcon for many years In tho possession of Ed mond About's family, and the Chateau do Vlgny, which Is ono of tho best specimens of tho Renaissance stylo of architecture. So far ns In known, there Is enly ono person In Europe at present who hns n name without any vowels, and that is M. Srb, the Mayor of Prague. Venetian Fisher Wyr Tho Vcnotlan fisher boy is pic turcsquo in art and literature, but In real llfo ho la too often a sight which would mako an American mother weep. Swindle the Gullible Tourist. A Connecticut firm manufactures oacred scarabel for tho Egyptian tour ist trade. Tho little charms are carved and even chipped by machin ery, colored In bulk to simulate ago nnd shipped In casks to the Moslem dealers at Cairo. Tho Arabian guides aro the .chiof buyers, many of them bolng adepts at "salting" tho sands at tho baso of tho Pyramids or about tho sacrod temples, whero they art 'ully discover theso scarabel beforo tho very eyoa of the Yankee tourist and sell him for nn American dollar pn article manufactured at a cost of less than a cent In his native land. The Racing Age. The German emptror will ofrer a cup for a transatlantic yacht mco In 1MCM. Racca. races, i-uccmI Life la till u. race to-day; Men go racing- In their devil carts ncrosi tho continent: Our yachts will soon be raclnc from Ken York to old Biscay; The aeronauts go racing through th clouds from Alx to ahent. ten so racing round our planet, as If It wcro nothing mora Than a course, stands, for Kneed: supplied with grand thu showing ot our Our trains keep brenklnir records that uecmed wnnorful hofnrii. And our trottera hIiow a swiftness that's ramarlcablc, Indeed. Racing, rnclnr. racing! Life H nothing but n race. From the cradle to tho grove we rnc with all our might and main. And there's ono race that In everywhere and always taking place The mad ruco for tho dollar that'a so mighty hard to gain. Get 8tupefled on Kerocene. Kerosene inebrioty Is becoming, common in many cities. The boys climb upon tho tank cars, place tlielt noses over the manhole, and thus in hale tho fumes. Tho effects produced are nlmilar to thoso produced by alco hol, first a feeling of exhilaration, then a period of stupor, nnd following is tho period of deep sleep. It is stated that In several instancos boys, drunk from these fumes, have been taken to hospitals, Stubborn Man Goes to Jail. A Lcwiston, Maine, man dolled the city authorities to- collect a poll tax and Is now reposing in jail, whero ha has been since Aug. G. His board bill has been $1.75 each week, nnd an he must pay this before ho Is relcasod his safJaua is likely to cost htm dearly, Boy. Jaffa m DIETRICH DEFIANT Doclaros Thoro is No Rensonablo Grounds for His Indtctmont FIVE COUNTS ON FISHER Id to IIto I'Atil SOOO for Halting! L'iMtnmttrililp ilrunilalurr Warned lT .fudge No capias has yet been Issued for United States Senator Dietrich, who together with Postmaster Jacob Fisher of Hastings, Nob., wns indicted by the federal grand Jury for ullcged bribery and conspiracy. Tho bill of indlct mont against Senator Dietrich has not been permitted by Judge Munger to be made public and will not bo given out, it Is stiitrd, until tho senator hus ap peared to give bond. Tho bill ngnlnst Fisher, however, was mndo public. It is as follows: Tlrst Vlolutlon of section 1781, re vised statutes of the United States; that Jacob Fisher, on July 8, 1901, fraudulently paid to Charles II, Diet rich, n member of the United StateB congress, $GO0 for nldlng to procure and procuring for suld Klsher tho olllco of postmaster of Hastings, Neb. Second (living property to tho vnluo of $G0O July 8. 1901, to said Dietrich for aiding to ptocurn and procuring him tho olllco of postmaster. Third On July 8, 11)01, giving a cer tain valuablo consideration to Dietrich, that said Dietrich being obllgntcd by a certain contract In writing dated April it, 1901, to purchase from Silas A. Strickland post No. 13, Grand Army of tho Republic, certain goods and chut tcli, tho property of said post, and to pay thcreforo the sum of C00; said Fisher did unlawfuly satisfy and dis charge said claim to suld post of suld sum of $C00. Fourth April 20, 1901. said FlBher agreed to pay to said Dietrich 11,330 for aiding to procuro and procuring tho of fice of postmnstcr at Hastings, Neb. Fifth April 20, 1001. said Fisher ngrced to glvo to said Dietrich certain valuablo consideration, $1100, for aiding to secure nnd securing him the snld of llco of postmaster, Dietrich then bolug obligated to said Grand Army of tho Kcpuuue post by a contract In writing dated April 9, 1901. to purchnso said property, and that Fisher agreed to and did satisfy said claim of $G00 by paying said sum of monoy to said post. In his own defense Senutor Dietrich says: "In view of what has transpired in Omaha, whore a federal grand jury has found an Indictment ngainst mo for tho alleged acceptance of money for my in fluence in securing an appointment of a postmnstcr, I think it duo to tho peo plo of Nebraska that I mako a state ment respecting tho matter. "ine chargo that I accented, direct ly, or indirectly, money or anything of vnluo for my influcnco in securing tho appointment of Jacob Fisher as post mnstcr" at Hastings, Neb., is absolutely false. "I shall walvo the protection afford ed a senator by the constitution whllo congress Is In session aud ohnll go to Nebraskn and insist on an immedlato trial, with perfect confidence that my innocenco will bo established." Judge Munger of tho United States district court called tho grand Jury Into court nnd admonished tho mem bers of that body to secrecy. Ho said: "You should remember, gentlemen, that you nro under oath not to dis closo any of tho business that is trans acted In tho Jury room. But I saw In tho morning papers what purported to be n statement of your vote on whether certain indictments should bo returned. You aro under Instructions of this court to permit no ono to bo prcnont when you are discussing tho evidence and de termining what action shall bo taken. If, therefore, tho published statement is correct, it can only mean that tho disclosure baa come from somo Jury man. "Now, I want to remind you It Is important thnt you comply with your oaths and mako no disclosures of your proceedings, becauso misconduct on your part might result in vitiating your action, nnd in that event your work would all go for naught. I call your attention to this becauso It is very evl dont that tho Btatcmcnt of this vote could come only from a Juryman and I want you to so dom-inn yourselves that no future grand Jury will bo re quired to investigate your conduct." Tho Washington Dally Times says: "Upon reliable Information tho state ment Is mndo that the president has directed a rigid Investigation to bo mndo of the charges contained in tho Indictment found by a federal grand Jury agnlnst Senator Dietrich. It Is said ho has requested Attorney General Knox to direct District Attorney Sum mers to push tho enso and to smother nothing in tho trial." Knni City Drum Color I.tne The Knnsns City Central high school has cancel! I Its gamo with Wost Dei Mulnes high sthcol becauso Des Momia insisted on '-.'flying a negro in Its line up. When De Moines sent their line up to the Knnecs City management :t wa3 sent back with the negro h name crossed out. Des Moines refused" to play unless Strnuthors was In tho game. Thereupsn tho Kansas City malinger called for n veto- All but ono man ot cd to cancel the game. ' The Kansas City team has drawn tho color line strictly this year and given all teams that had negroes In tho line up the alternative of oithcr withdraw ing the colored man or canceling the game. Evory team but Des Molneo withdraw tho objectionable names. right ! a Draw "Twin" Jack Sullivan, of Boston, gave "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien a hard fight at tho National Athletic club, Boston. Tho bout was Judged a draw, as both men wero still on their feet at tho end of tho sixth round, tho tchcduled limit of tho fight. Italian rugllltt Knocked Out After fifteen rounds of bard fight ing, in San Francisco, Cal., Jack Cor dell. a recent recruit from the amateur ranks, was given the decision over Aurollo Horrero, A GERMAN GETS THE $5,000 Ilai Om of III Rnm Cut Off for thai Amount Dr. Andrew L. Ncldcn, of New Yojjc, performod tho operation of grafting an ear upon tho head of a western inllllon alro whoso name the surgeon says lie In under bond not to revcnl. The oper ation was to havo been performed In Now York hut District Attorney Jerome Is snld to havo interfered. Dr. Neldnti ndvcrtlscd for a man will ing to f , o 1 1 nn car for $5,000 and of 300 applicants he selected a young German who conducts n, restaurant In New Yonk. Dr. Nclden said: "The operation took placo at a prl &to hospital lu Itillariclphla, whero I was assisted by n Philadelphia physi cian and ono from Now York. I think thoy will be willing to havo their natves known later. "The two men were placed in oppo elte directions upon an elongated bed. One hntf of tho volunteer's car. the up per hnlf, waB cut off, together with about four inched of tho skin behind tho ear. "This wns twisted around nnd fltt'd to a freshly prepared wound upon my patient's car. Tho half car was held in pluco by bandages aud tho two men hmina no they could not move their hehdfl. They must remain In tills posi tion for at least twclvo days to allow tho circulation to como through tho flap of Rk.'n that still remains a part of the volunteer's scalp. If this hnlf ear start to unite properly tho lower halt of tho car will bo grafted tho same. dragon Kx-Congreiantan Acquitted Former Congressman Moody, oa trinl on an indictment returned by a federal grand Jury at Portland, Ore., charging him with wrongfully securing and withholding a letter addressed to Mrs. Margaret L. Conroy, alleged to contain a receipt from tho controller of tho currency for tho flnnl dividend of tho defunct Tho Dalles National bank, of which Mr. Moody wns presi dent, wns acquitted. Judgo Bellinger Interrupted tho argument of District Attorney Wood with a statement thnt tho prosecution wan proceeding on grounds too far fetched to warrant a verdict ngnlnst tho defendant. Tho court Instructed one of Mr. Moody's attorneys to wrlto out nn ordor of dis missal, and after the document had been signed by tho foreman of tho Jury tho defendant left the court room. Tha New I'linama Canal Treaty The main features of the Hay-Bunau-Varilln treaty, providing for tho con struction of an Isthmian canal by tho Panama roitto havo been ngrocd upon nnd tho rough draft of tho convention 1b in preparation. No date for the sign ing of tho treaty has yet been fixed. Tho Pnnnmn minister nnd Secretary Hny had another conference regarding tho treaty. It is thought tho members of tho Panama commission, who nrrlvcd In New York recently, will remain thero at present, as It is said their presence is not needed In connection with tho ne gotiations for tho treaty. It Is posslblo that when tho treaty Is signed tho com mission mny receive cable Instruction to ratify tho convention nnd thus avoid tho necessity of sending It to Panama. Illg rtewuril for Hank Robbers The Nebraska stato bankers' associ ation will offer a reward of $500 for the apprehension of tho men implicated in the blowing up of the snfo of the First National bank at Lyons, Neb., nnd robbing the bank of $l,noo, In ac cordance with tho resolution passed at their meeting in Lincoln in October for tho purpose of decreasing tho num ber of robberies In tho stato. It Is said that tho bank authorities are about to offer a slmilnr reward. John Forest, vice president of tho bank, and J. A. Wachtcr, ono of tho directors, wcro In Omaha Tuesday night In conferenco with detectives in an effort to havo the criminals apprehended. Chrlitlan Science Ooori In Ohio The supreme court of Ohio has ren dered a decision which is taken to mean that Christian sclonco may be practiced in Ohio. Somo time ago a family by tho nnmo of Bishop, In Ham ilton, Ohio, was tried and acquitted on a chargo of manslaughter for having permitted a child to dlo without giving It medical aid. Tho state carried tho case up on exception and tho suprome court ovorrulcd the exceptions. Indlctmeuta Qaaihed The federal court has quashed the Indictments for smuggling in tho coses of Alonzo Cruzen, tho collector of customs; Captain Andrew Dunlnp, U. S. A., commandant otthe naval sta tion nt San Jualn, Porto Rico, and Rob ert Giles, a formor contractor In the Island on the ground that tho fines had been paid and tho offenses expiated. It is believed this action forever set tles the cuse. racllled Joloa Btlll Fight An unofficial report has roached Ma nila that the captain of a United States army transport has landed reinforce ments in Jolo and thnt lighting began as eoon as tho troops landed. No fur ther particulars havo been received, as the cablo Is interrupted. Jimmy Ilrlggs Do feat a nroad Jimmy Brlggs was given the deci sion over "Kid" Broad of Cleveland after u hard fifteen-round fight at the Criterion club, Boston. Brlggs, who was considerably heavier than his op ponent, forced tho fighting. Broad was clearly outpointed. German! Will Learn to Italia Cotton The German Colonial society con templates tho seBdlng of a number ot young men to Texas agricultural and technical schools to study tho meth ods of growing and marketing cotton. Tho young men will spond a year on a cotton plantation and so acquire prac tical experience which labor they wlli employ in tho German colonies. Hold Coming from Knrope Tho National City bank of New York has engaged an additional $500, 000 gold In London. itMewaty wi-wuauiiClj OM"0fhKtfS)44i KttaWrmw !A48SOSrilaKtStHai WaW"Bf'a" timiihi' wirti ii iim i'ii