I Mildred *
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BY THE DUCHESS ,
CHAPTER XIII. ( Continued. )
"Mildredwhat do you mean ? " he
exclaimed.
"Tho day after tomorrow you shall
have the fifteen thousand pounds , " she
cald ; "and I am engaged to be mar
ried to Lord Lyndon. "
Her mother arose , flushed and tri
umphant Here Indeed was a match
worthy of her darling. All recollec
tion of the relief to be gained through
the promised money faded in compari
son with this wonderful piece of news.
At lost Mildred bad made her choice ,
and it was a most wise one.
"Oh , Mildred , is it true ? How glad
I am ! " she began. "I think "
But the girl put up her hands to her
ears and recoiled from her touch.
"Not now not now ! " she exclaimed
almost roughly.
How could she endure congratula
tions and good wishes about what
seemed to her the crudest event in all
, her life ? How submit to question
ings and kindly probings , when she
'felt ' her heart was breaking ? Surely
in such a case congratulations were a
mockery.
She left them , and hurrying to her
own room , strove hard to quiet the
storm that raged within her ; while
.they , remaining behind , asked each
other in whispers how it had all hap
pened , and half feared to 'believe the
welcome news was true.
But Lady Caroline's heart smote her
when she remembered the look in
Mildred's eyes when they had met hers
the great unhappy light that had
shone In them , revealing so much that
she would gladly have kept untold.
But the mother's eyes had seen it ,
and so she followed Mildred to her
room , only to find the poor child pac
ing up and down with restless , fever
ish hands and face grown old with
passionate care. She stopped as her
mother entered , sighing heavily. Lady
Caroline stretched out her hands.
"Mildred , tell me what it is , " she
entreated , wistfully , with sorrowful ,
longing sympathy in her tone. "Am
I not your mother ? "
And Mildred cried , "Oh , mother ! "
and , falling on her knees , with arms
.round . the mother's waist , and eyes
hidden , sobbed a little of her grief
away.
All in vain. The next morning
brought a letter from Lady Eagleton's
solicitor , containing the news of her
ladyship's sudden death , and stating
that , on her will being opened , it was
discovered that she had bequeathed to
her "beautiful and well-beloved grandniece -
niece , Mildred Trevanion , " the sum of
thirty-five thousand pounds.
CHAPTER XIV.
Christmas was at hand , and with it
came Denzil Younee.
"I hear you are to be congratulated , "
he said to Mildred , whom he met in the
grounds immediately upon his arrival
"is it true ? "
"Yes , it is quite true , " answered
Miss Trevanion , steadily , disdaining to
put off the evil hour by equivocation
or pretended ignorance.
"Then you are going to marry him
after all ? " said Denzil.
"I am engaged to be married to Lord
Lyndon , " returned Miss Trevanion.
Then , very abruptly , Denzil asked :
"Are you happy ? "
"Of course , I am happy , " she an
swered , with a faint accession of color
"why do you ask me such a strange
question ? Do -look unhappy ? "
"I think you do , " he said , gently ;
"your face seems changed to me ; it
does not wear its old expression ; and
just now , as I was passing by the vil
lage church , I glanced in for a mo
ment" she raised her eyes anxiously
"and saw you. You were kneeling
at the altar rails , and , as I watched
forgive me , it was but for an instant
I thought I heard Mildred , were you
crying ? "
"And so , " observed Mildred pettish
ly , giving no heed to his question , "be
cause one happens to feel a little fret
ted about some trifling matter , and
cries a few silly tears , one is to be con
sidered in the lowest depths of des
pair ? It is absurd. I will not listen to
such folly ; Lord Lyndon , I am sure ,
would not wish me to do so , and "
"And as he is everything to you now ,
while I and all the rest of the world
count nothing , " interrupted Denzil ,
bitterly "is that so ? Do you expect
me to believe that ? Because , if you
do , I tell you plainly , that I do not be
lieve it , and never shall. He is unsuited -
suited to you in every way , having not
an idea in common with you. Oh ,
Mildred" passionately "why have
you done this thing ? Why have you
sacrificed your whole long , sweet life
so miserably ? Was there some great
reason for It of which I have never
heard ? Could you not have waited ?
My love , my darling , is there nothing
I can do for you ? "
"There Is nothing I would have "
done , " she answered , half angrily.
"Why will you persist in thinking I
have do'ne something worthy of repent
ance ? I am happy. Do you hear me ?
perfectly happy. I have accepted my
position willingly and of my own free
choice , and I do not wish it altered or
undone in any single way. I have
quite made up my mind ; and although
you once told me you considered me
unworthy to be the wife .of any honest
man , still I am vain enough to believe
that at all events I can make this most
honest man fairly contented. " ,
"I was' mad when T said' that , " re
joined Denzil , slowly. "Many a time
since have I recollected my words and
felt how brutal they must have sound
ed. But surely you will forgive me
now at this moment when I am learn-
ing for the first time how miserable
and bare and cold a place this world
is. Let me bid good-by to all my hope
with the certainty that at least you
bear me no ill-wil. "
He held out his hand as he spoke
and took hers. Mildred's voice failed
her , but she managed to whisper
faintly :
"Give me your forgiveness also. "
"If you think it necessary , " he said ,
"you have it ; but I can remember no
wrong you ever did me. "
They were standing with hands
clasped and eyes reading each other's
hearts. Denzil drew his breath quick-
"Good-by , " he murmured , despair-
ingly , and , turning away , abruptly ,
passed rapidly out of her sight
When all the people at King's Ab-
bott met to dine Denzil was among
them , and very welcome he found him
self. Charlie alone of all the family
was absent ; but even he had written
word to say he would be with them for
a day or two in the course of the fol
lowing week.
"We ought to get up a party and go
to the lake tomorrow , " suggested Ed
die , during a pause in the conversation.
Lyndon , who was also dining with
them , and who generally agreed with
everybody , said he thought it was a
'capital plan , " and appealed to Miss
Trevanion , who sat beside him. She
thought she had lost her skates or mis
placed them , or something ; but Frances -
ces Sylverton overruled all such oppo
sition by declaring that she had sever
al pairs to lend , and that a day on the
ice would be delicious.
But perhaps it will be hardly safe
enough this week , " she added , some-
what anxiously. "Shall we wait until
Tuesday next ? "
"Charlie said he would be down on
Monday night , " put in Eddie , innocently -
cently , apropos of nothing , and With
out lifting his eyes from the cream
on which he was seemingly intent ;
whereupon Miss Sylverton blushed
furiously , and declined any further in
vestigation of the subject.
Finally , however chiefly through
the instrumentality of Mildred the
expedition was arranged to take place
on the Tuesday following , so that
Frances , in her inmost heart , was sat-
isfied.
In process of time the day arrived
as also did Charlie the night before ,
very much to the satisfaction of every
body concerned in the excursion and ,
after a considerable amount of harm
less and utterly unavoidable squab
bling , the party which had become
rather a large one , in consequence of
numerous invitations issued later on
divided into twos and threes , as cir-
cumstances or inclinations dictated
Lady Caroline , Mrs. Deverill , and one
other married lady occupying the first
open carriage ; while Charlie , Miss Syl
verton , Jane Deverill , and Captain
Harvey took possession of the second.
Mabel , seeing Denzil looking slightly
dejected , with her usual sweetness had
entreated him in the prettiest manner
to drive her in the dog cart ; and EdE
die , who , at this period was hopelessly
and finally in love for about the fifa
teenth time with an extremely pretty ,
but decidedly idiotic little girl , stay
ing with the Deverills , had managed
to vanish in some mysterious way , in
company with others , similarily heart-
bound ; while Mildred , whom nobody
seemed to want , and with whom none
of the opposite sex in these days at
tempted to interfere , fell to Lord Lyn-
don's lot
When fairly started the skaters made
as picturesque a group as any eye
could wish to rest on , the girls , in
their soft , luxurious furs and brilliant
satin petticoats , striking out oddly on
the glassy surface of the lake. Frances
and Mildred were accomplished skat-
ers , Mabel was not quite so good ; still
the latter could hold her own and cer
tainly beside the Deverill girls who
were generally clumsy looked every
thing that could be desired.
"You will help me , Mr. Younge , " she
had whispered to Denzil , as he assisted
her down from the dog-cart.
So when he had fastened her skates
and pronounced her "fit , " she started
bravely enough on the slippery prome
nade. At one end there rose a post
marked "Dangerous , " of which as (
usual those whom it should have warn
ed remained profoundly ignorant. Den
zil alone had observed it ; others , if
they observed , attached little import
ance to it.
Miss Trevanion and Frances Sylver s
ton , with merry , gay laughter that
rang through the crisp air , were trying
to outdo each other in grace and agility -
ity , Frances decidedly having the best
of it , she being one of those girls who
do anything they set their hearts on
"better than anybody else. "
As Denzil turned from watching
them , he perceived Lord Lyndon , at a
distance , leisurely , but surely , making
for the forbidden spot ; and , as he saw
this , an almost savage desire to see
this man , who had robbed him of his
all , humiliated before the eyes of his
betrothed , took possession of him.
A minute later , however , and hav
ing deposited Mabel on the bank he
was skating hurriedly toward his un
suspecting lordship.
"Lyndon ! " he shouted , when still
some way from him , and shortly after
ward laid his hand upon his'arm. .
"Hullo ! " exclaimed Lyndon , trying
to keep his balance , and succeeding
with much difficulty. "What is the
matter ? You have nearly thrown me !
Anything wrong , eh ? "
"Don't you see where you are go
ing ? " cried Denzil , angrily and ungra
ciously , being considerably out of
breath and temper. "Have you no
eyes ? Unless you want to "be drowned ,
or , at all events , wet to the skin , you
will get away from this place. Can't
you see it marked 'Dangerous' ? "
"Never saw it until this very moment -
ment , I give you my honor , " said Lynp
don , solemnly gazing at the warning
as though lost In amazement at his
own want of observation. "I should
have gone straight on , and In another
moment I am awfully obliged to
you , Younge Indeed , more grateful
than I can tell you. "
Mildred had been looking on , and ,
having witnessed the whole scene , had
understood it thoroughly had seen
her future lord and master gliding to
bis doom , and had half started up to
call out or warn him in some way of
his danger , when Denzil's figure , flash
ing before her eyes , showed her that
be , too , had recognized Lyndon's peril ,
and was on his way to tell him of it.
As Denzil returned from his mission
and cast his eyes upon her , she appear
ed unconscious of everythilng but the
dainty . little pair of skates she was in
the act of unfastening. He stopped.
'Can I help you ? " he asked ; and
she answered promptly , without lifting
,
her eyes :
. "No , thank you. I am quite accus
tomed to do this sort of thing for my
self" whereupon she drew off the
skates , in confirmation of her words ,
and Denzil went on to Mabel.
An hour crept by , and then Lady
Caroline , feeling that she had suffered
enough for her friends for that one
day , declared her intention of returning
.
ing without further delay , and forth
with departed , carrying with her Ma
bel , who was anxious to reach home
before the post-hour arrived.
The eldest Miss Deverill was afflicted
with nervousness , and , having been
driven to the lake by "Sonny" Sum-
merton who was in a bad temper ,
and knew as much about driving as
the "man in the moon" had endured
such agonies on the journey as deter
mined her , whatever came of it , to
drive back in different company. So ,
going up to her cousin , Lord Lyndon ,
who was an undoubted "whip , " she
entreated him as follows :
"Promise me , " she said , "that you
"My dear Henry , " returned Miss
Deverill , desperately , "you must drive
me , or you will have my death to answer -
swer for. I will not trust myself again
to that hare-brained boy , who sulked
;
the . entire way here , and knows noth
ing : whatever of driving. Indeed , my
nerves are at present in such a state
J3
that I can go home with nobody but
you ; besides , anybody can see that the
horse is positively dangerous. "
Lyndon glanced toward the animal
in question , and saw that it was un
questionably skittish , displaying an
evident desire to bolt , and seeming to
take particular delight in taxing the
patience of the small groom who stood
on tiptoe to hold him , after which he
looked once more at his cousin's dolor
ous countenance and relented.
"Well , somebody must take care of
Mildred , ' he said , with hesitation , "and
where is Mildred ? "
"She went toward the wood nbout
half an hour ago somebody ought to
find her and say that we are on the
move , " responded Harvey , from beneath -
neath a horse , where he was hastily
arranging a twisted strap.
"Eddie , go and find her , " said his
lordship , distractedly.
( To be continued. )
TRAVELERS' DOG BAGS.
Theatrical People Carry Pet Dogs from
Place to Place.
. A novel thing in travelers' equipment
is . the dog bag. It is produced by a
trunk and bag mker who makes a
specialty of things for theatrical peo-
pie , and it is used chiefly by theatrical
people for the convenient carrying of ,
pet dogs from place to place in their
constant traveling when on the road.
The pets carried about the country by
theatrical people , mainly women , in
clude dogs of various kinds and sizes.
It may be that the dog owners are on .
the road eight or ten months in a year ,
and constantly moving as they are ,
some means of getting the dogs about
easily is especially desirable. The dog
bag is made in the form of what is
called in the trade a cabin bag. It has
Q
a .box-shaped body with vertical sides
and ends and with the top sloping.
Obviously the cabin bag was the most
desirable for this use , because with its
(3s n
straight sides it afforded the most
gl
room inside , and so gave the greatest
comfort to the dog. Made up as a dog
bag one end of the bag is taken out
C
entirely , and in place is set a wire
o
screen. Sometimes both ends for
greater ventilation are thus equipped.
Over the grating is a leather curtain , \ il *
which may be opened or closed. Chicago
cage Journal.
Studying Criminal Records.
H. B. Irving , second son of Sir Henry
Irving , is busy on a unique work , in
which he has analyzed the cynicism ,
refined cruelty and sheer brutality
shown by such criminals as Lacenaire ,
Troppmann , Prado and Ravachol. Mr. at
Irving has selected those criminals
whose individualities and misdeeds re
move them from the category of ordi is
nary malefactors. It maybe inter
esting to know that long before Mr.
Irving became an actor he was inter
ested in the study of crime. His rooms a
at Oxford were- piled high with crimi
nal records.
*
OPPOSE KEVISION.
TARIFF QUESTION MUST NOT
BE REOPENED.
The ; Uubcoclc Program for Dealing with
the Ironxand Stool Combine Would Ita-
sult In Wrecking Many Concerns > ot
Connected with the BIp Trust.
"I was much interested in the clear
and emphatic interview with Mr.
Payne , , chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee of Congress , pub
lished in the 'Mail and Express , ' con
cerning Representative Babcock's
proposition to revise the Dlngley Tar
iff law , " said Charles A. Moore. "As
ifp
president : of the American Protective
Tariff League , I was naturally some
what surprised when Mr. Babcock an
nounced last February his idea that
manufactured products of steel should
be placed upon the free list Soon aft
er Mr. Babcock presented that bill in
the house he was a guest at the annual
dinner here in New York of The Pro
tective Tariff League. But he did not
discuss his bill at that time , either in
his after-dinner speech or in private
conversation.
"It is reassuring to learn , from such
an authority as the chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee , that Mr.
Babcock's revival of the topic of Tar
iff revision meets with no sympathy
from his Republican colleagues , at
least along the line that he proposes. "
"Do you agree with Chairman Payne
that Mr. Babcock cannot excite an
agitation at this time for a revision
of the Tariff ? "
"Yes , I agree with Mr. Payne and
with other Republican members of that
committee and with several Senators
who are in the Finance Committee
with whom I have consulted , " replied
Mr. Moore. "I have also received the
opinions of many manufacturers , busi
ness men and of those acquainted with
the feeling of worklngmen , and I am
convinced that there can be no reopening -
opening of the general Tariff question ,
either this summer or when the next
Congress convenes. Any student of
trade conditions and of their relations
to customs duties and the national
revenue will admit that there might be
made some changes in the Tariff
schedules that would be of advantage
to both producer and consumer. No
system of Tariff schedules was ever
constructed that would not bear
amendment from time to time.
"It is that recognized fact that
causes the periodic discussion of the
wisdom of creating a permanenti Tar
iff commission. But the genius of our
institutions is against even the sem
blance of government by commissions ;
and , moreover , a Tariff commission
could do nothing more than make rec
ommendations , upon which the Con
gress could act , under the Constitu
tion , as it pleased. The usefulness ,
therefore , of a commission to consider
questions affecting Federal revenue is
doubtful. But , aside from that , the
changes that might be made to advant
age in the present Tariff law are both
too few in number and too unimport
ant to warrant a reopening of the
subject. Agitation of the Tariff ques
tion is inevitably disturbing to trade ,
causing uncertainty and halting new
enterprises. It should occur , there
fore , at as widely separated intervals
as possible. "
"Mr. Babcock asserts that his prop
osition is to strike at the so-called
steel trust , and that it is , therefore , a
politic step for the Republican party to
take. "
'I do not agree with Mr. Babcock
in that idea , " replied Mr. Moore. "He
11if
is chairman of the Republican Con-
ifg
gresisonal Campaign Committee , and
I am afraid that his intimate knowl
edge of local party and factional con
ditions in many Congressional dis
tricts ' has distorted his perspective , so
to speak , of the general question. I
would say that neither his bill nor any
other legislation can destroy the United -
ed States Steel Corporation without
first destroying every smaller and in
dividual concern engaged in the same
business. These smaller makers of
,
steel products have their specialties in
manufacturing. Some of them prob
ably will sell their output to other con
cerns that have been amalgamated in
the steel trust. Others will continue
to retain their own customers , at
home and abroad. But if steel goods
were placed on the free list , these in
dividual manufacturers would be
forced to the wall , because the steel
trusts of Great Britain , France and
Germany , if our tariff barrier were re
moved , would dump their surplus
product upon our market at prices that
the smaller manufacturers could not
meet. Only the big corporation could
survive ; and that combination of men ,
who are kings in the several branches
of their business , being united , could
compete ( successfully , 'I ' believe , at home
or abroad , in any part of the world ,
with any foreign trust provided for
eign governments do not erect prohib
itive tariff barriers against us.
"In other words , the proposition of
Mr. Babcock would in the end play
into the hands of the so-called Amer
ican Steel Trust , which he thinks
would be a good political play to at
tack. "
"But Mr. Babcock asserts that pro
tected American manufacturers sell
their goods abroad more cheaply than
home. "
"That is an old and worn-out Demo
cratic argument , " said Mr. Moore. "It
an argument that has the specious
allurement of a half-truth. It ap
peals to many minds .when first heard
because it carries the implication that
Protective Tariff operates to the ad
vantage of the foreign consumer and
discriminates against the home buyer.
But wo have to consider In this connec
tion that , In the first place , the asser
tion is true only in a few cases ; second
end , that it applies to foreign manu-
fttcturers as well as our own , and ,
third , and most important , that it is
labor that receives the benefit of Pro
.
tection.
For example , suppose that a manu
facturer finds that by employing a
thousand additional men he can re
duce the total cost of his product by
10 per cent. If he does that ho will
make more goods than the home mar
ket can absorb , even at a reduced price.
So that it will pay him , and afford ad
ditional employment to labor , if ho
sells his surplus product to a foreign
market at a greater reduction than at
home , or even at cost of production.
"Then , again , foreign combinations
of capital , which are real trusts and
there are no trusts , in the legal sense ,
in the United States , although there
are hundreds abroad , even in Free-
Trade England are constantly sending
their surplus product to this country
at prices ruinous to competition. They
do this by the device of billing their
goods , not to American importers , butte
to their own agencies in this coun
try. This is an abuse upon which I
could dilate at length. But every man
ufacturer , every wholesale and retail
merchant , understands how the Pro
tective intent of our tariff is thus
evaded.
"It seems to me , " concluded Mr.
Moore , "that any survey of our re
cent commercial history must convince
any candid mind that the country will
not consent to enter into any such re
vision of the tariff as Mr. Babcock
suggests. Only twenty-five years ago
the United States was fourth in the
list of exporting nations. Today the
,
United States holds first place. In
that time the United States has in
creased its exports 192 per cent. Our
,
tariff has made us the most prosper
ous nation on earth. Labor com
mands here the highest wages. It is
labor that would suffer most from a
radical change in our policy of a sanely
.
ly Protective Tariff. " New York Mail
and Express.
THREE FLOURISHING PLANTS.
MUCH ADO ABOUT LITTLE.
As the Pioneer Press pointed out
some time agothe excitement over the
Russian tariff was much ado about lit
tle. Illinois manuafcturers and other
associations sent grave and reverend
deputations to Vrashington to protest
against the countervailing sugar duty
which they argued would shut out of
the Russian market some § 30,000,000
of exports yearly. Secretary Gage in
formed them in the first place he could
not unmake the law requiring a coun
tervailing duty , and that he had no
option in the matter. In the second
place , he told the deputations , what
they could have learned in any gov
ernment report , that the annual ex
ports of our products to Russia did
not amount to $30,000,000 , but to
§ 10,000,000 only. When they told him
that they were particularly troubled
about the trade in agricultural ma
chinery they were told , what they
could have learned in any reliable
newspaper , that agricultural imple
ments and machinery were exempt un
der the Russian retaliatory order. It
now appears that not only our agricul
tural machinery is exempt , but almost
all our iron and steel , which is the
most important item on our list of ex
ports to Russia , will not be affected m
by the order. These two classes of
exports are a large part of the total
sent to all Russian ports. And when
it is considered that some other arti
cles are also exempt , it appears that
the intense excitement of the country
in
was as premature as it was useless.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Bitter Enemy of the Trusts.
"Those outrageous trusts ought to
be wiped out of existence if it takes
every gun and every gallows in the
land to do it. "
"What's your special grievance
against them ? "
"Why , the scoundrels refused to buy
up our plant ! " Cleveland Plain
Dealer. d
m
Saved from Injurious Competition. tli
In consequence of the injurious com si
petition of American and other indus di
tries the wages of finished iron work- diT
ers in the north of England have been
n (
reduced seven and one-half per cent
ti
Protection saves the workmen of
America from injurious competition of Bl
other countries. ' Hornellsville ( N. Y. ) aih
Times. h (
ROOT MAKES HIS REPORT.
Sovereign Commander , Woodmen of th
World , GlyoaVur' Kenuuio.
COLUMBUS , 0. , May 15-Tho fourth
biennial encampment of the Sovereign
camp Woodmen of the World , con
vened hero today , with Sovereign Com
mander Root of Omaha presiding. Del
egates representing twenty-one states
are present. The sessions will con
tinue for a week.
After the delegates had been called
to order addresses of welcome were
made by Secretary of State Laylin ,
who represented Governor Nash , now
In California ; Mayor Hlnlclo and Secretary -
rotary of Board of Trade Bassoll. Re
sponses were made by Sovereign Bank
er Sheppard of Texarkana , Tex. , and
Sov. Advocate T. A. Fallonbark of
Denver. Following the open session
secret work was taken up.
The report of Sov. Commander J.
C. Root of Omaha showed that the
order now has a membership of about
250,000 in nearly 4,500 camps in the
United States and Canada. The rec
ommendations in the report will not
bo made public until it goes to the
committee on officers' reports and has
been acted upon.
The supreme forest , Woodmen Cir
cle , an auxiliary organization , also
convened here today , Mrs. Emma B.
Manchester of Omaha , supreme guard
ian , presiding. The reporc of the su
preme clerK , J. G. Kuhn of Omaha ,
showed the membership of the Circle
had Increased from 5,200 to nearly 15-
000 in two years.
NO CHANCE FOR NEBRASKA.
This State Hns Complete Representa
tion at West Point.
OMAHA , May 16. A number of ap
plications have been filed with Sen
ator Millard by young Nebraskans
who have an ambition to become of
ficers in the regular army. The West
Point cadetships are filled , however ,
with no chance of Imedlate vacancy
and Senator Millard can give the as
pirants no encouragement. The ca
dets appointed by Senatora Thurston
and Allen will not graduate until 1904 ij
and 1905 and until these years no other > ;
appointment can be made. From
present reports the Nebraska cadets
are doing good work and there is little
prospect that they will fail in their
examination or for any other reason
leave the military school before the
completion of their course.
In a recent letter on the subject Ad
jutant General Corbin said : "There
will be no vacancies for the admission
of senatorial candidates from Nebras
ka until the cadets now representing
that state at large shall have left the
military academy. One of these will
not graduate until June , 1904 , and the
other in June , 1905. "
CATCH AMERICAN BRIGANDS.
3 rani la Police Take Leaders of Band of
Cunning Murderers.
MANILA , May 15. Detectives and
the police have broken up a band of
American brigands who have been
operating in the province of Pampan-
ga , north of and not far from Ma
nila , George Raymond , Ulrich Rog
ers and Oscar Mushmiller have been
captured , and Andrew Martin , Peter
Heise , George Muhn and two others
are still being pursued.
The band committed murders and
other outrages at Baeolor , Pampanga
province , and in that vicinity on Sun
day last they killed Henry Dow , an
American. The band sometimes rep
resented themselves as American de
serters and at others as American sol
diers. George Raymond wore the uni
form of a captain. Raymond and
Martin were fonnely policemen at Ma
nila.
T.ahor Troubles at Albany.
ALBANY , N. Y. , May 15. A thou
sand National Guardsmen and 100
mounted men will occupy Albany
streets today and attempt to force a
riotous crowd to let the cars of the
United Traction company run with
non-union men. The Twenty-third
regiment of Brooklyn , the Tenth bat
talion of Albany and the Third Sig
nal corps will make up the comple
ment of men. They will be reinforced
by 200 special deputies , 300 policemen
and over 100 Pinkerton detectives.
Mrs. Nation Found Guilty.
TOPEKA , Kan. , May 15. The jury
the case of Mrs. Carrie Nation ,
charged with joint smashing , this
evening returned a verdirt of guilty.
The trial was before the district court
and sentenced will be pronounced to
morrow morning. It is the general im
pression that she will be released on
the payment of a fine and costs.
Order Three Warships Home.
WASHINGTON , May 15 The nary
department ( sent orders to Rear Ad
miral Kempff , acting commander of
the Asiatic station , to send home the
ships Concord , Marietta and Castine
during the latter part of the summer.
This : is in pursuance of the policy an
nounced some time ago of reducing
the naval strength in the east. The
Bennington , Petrel , Oregon , Newark
and Brutus already have been ordered
home.