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CHAPTER X Continued
And just as sheep they had huddled
together so as sheep she swept them
out before her They trooped away
through the kitchen and past the lit
tle English maid but their eyes were
down and they did not see her
Did ye give her that crown piece
asked Thurstan looking inio Jacobs
eyes But Jacob said nothing he on
ly swore a little
The numskull muttered Thurs
tan The tomfool The booby The
mooncalf The jobbernowl I was a
fool to join his crackbrained scheme
I always said it would come to
nothing said Asher and weve
thrown away five and thirty pound
apiece and fourteen per cent for the
honor of doing it
Its his money though the grind
ing young miser and may ae whistle
till he gets it said Thurstan
Oh yes youre a pretty pack of
wise asses you are said Jacob bit
terly Money thrown away is it
Youve never been so near to your
fortune in your life
How is that asked the other five
at once
How is it that Red Jason has gone
to prison For threatening Michael
Sunlocks Very likely said Jacob
with a curl of the lip
What then said John
For threatening herself said Ja
cob She has lied about it
And what if she has Wneres our
account in that said Asher
Where Why with her husband
said Jacob and four distinct whistles
answered him
You go bail Michael Sunlocks
knows less than we know Jacob
added and maybe we might tell him
something that would be worth a
trifle
Whats that asked John
That she loved Red Jason and
ought to have married him said Ja
cob but threw him up after thye
had been sweethearting together be
cause he was poor and then came to
Iceland and married Michael Sunlocks
because he was rich
Chut Numskull again Hed nev
er believe you said Thurstan
Would he not said Jacob then
maybe he would believe his own eyes
Look here and he drew a letter out
of his pocket
It was the abandoned letter that
Greeba wrote to Jason
Isnt he a boy chuckled Gentle
man John
Two days longer they stayed at
Reykjavik and rambled idly about
the town much observed by the Ice
landers and Danes for their monkey
jackets of blue Manx cloth and great
sea boots up to their thighs Early
on the afternoon of the second day
they sighted from the new embank
ment where they stood and watched
the masons a ship coming up the fiord
from the Smoky Point It was a brig
with square set sails and as she
neared the port she -ran up a flag to
the masthead The flag was the Ice
landic flag the banner of the Vikings
the white falcon on the blue ground
and the Fairbrothers noticed that at
the next moment it was answered by
a like flag on the flag staff of Govern
ment House
Hes coming hes yonder said
Jacob flapping his hands under his
armpits to warm them
In a few minutes they saw that
there was a flutter over the smooth
surface of the life of the town and
that small groups of people were
trooping down to the jetty Half an
hour later the brig ran into harbor
dropped anchor below the lava reef
and sent its small boats ashore Three
men sat in the boat the two sailors
who rowed and a gentleman who sat
on the seat between them The gen
tleman was young flaxen haired tall
slight with a strong yet winsome face
and clad in a squirrel skin coat and
close fitting squirrel skin cap When
the boat grounded by the jetty he
leaped ashore with a light spring
smiled and nodded to the many who
touched their hats to him hailed oth
ers with a hearty word and then
swung into the saddle of a horse that
stood waiting for him and rode away
at an eager trot in the direction of
Government House
It was Michael Sunlocks
CHAPTER XI
THE PARDON
When the men whom Michael Sun
locks had sent into the interior after
Adam Fairbrother and his shipwrecked
company returned to him empty-handed
he perceived that they had gone
astray by crossing a great fiord lying
far east of Helka when they should
have followed the cqurse of it down
to the sea So counting the time that
had been wasted he concluded to take
ship to a point of the southern coast
in the latitude of the Westmann Is
lands thinking to meet oid Adam
somewhere by the fiords mouth The
storm delayed him and he reached the
fiord too late but he came upon some
good news of Adam there that all
well though sore beset by the hard
weather and enfeebled by the misfor
tunes that had befallen them the lit
tle band of ship broken men had
three days before his own coming
passed up the western bank of the
fiord on foot going slowly and heavily
laden but under the safe charge of a
guide from Stappen
Greatly cheered in heart at these
good tidings Michael Sunlocks had or
dered a quick return for it was un
safe and perhaps impossible to fol
low up through the narrow chasms
of the fiord in a ship under sail On
getting back to Reykjavik he intended
to take ponies across country in the
direction of Thingvellir hoping to
come upon old Adam and his people
before they had reached the lake or
the great chasm on the western side
c the valley known as the Chasm of
All Men
And thinking amid the flutter of
joyful emotions that on the overland
journey he would surely take Greeba
with him for he could never bear to
be so long parted from her again all
his heart went back to her in sweet
visions as his ship sped over the sea
Her beauty her gentleness her bold
ness her playful spirits and all her
simple loving ways came flowing over
him wave after wave and then in
one great swelling flood And in the
night watches looking over the dark
waters and hearing nothing but their
deep moan he could scarce believe
his fortune being so far away from
the sight of her light figure and from
the hearing of her sweet voice that she
was his his love his wife his darling
A hundred tender names he would call
her then having no ear to hear him
but the melancholy waves no tongue
to echo him but the walling wind and
no eye to look upon him but the eye
of night
And many a time on that homeward
voyage while the sails bellowed out
to the fair breeze that was carrying
him to her he asked himself however
he had been able to live so long with
out hr and whether he could live with
out her and whether he could live with
his great happiness into greater grief
Thinking so he recalled the day of her
coming and the message he got from
the ship in the harbor saying she had
come before time and how he had
hastened down and into the boat and
across the bay and aboard with a
secret trembling lest the years might
have so changed her as to take some
thing from her beauty or her sweet
ness or her goodness or yet the
bounding playfulness that was half
the true girls charm But oh the
delicious undeceiving of that day
when coming face to face with her
again he say the rosy tint in her
cheek and the delicate dimple sucked
into it when she smiled and the light
footstep and the grace of motion and
the swelling throat and the heaving
bosom and the quivering lids over the
most glorious eyes that ever shone
upon this earth So at least it had
seemed to him then and still it
seemed so as his ship sailed home
At Smoky Point they lay off an
hour or two to take in letters for the
capital and there intelligence had
come aboard of the arrest trial and
condemnation of Jason for his design
and attempt upon the life of the Pres
ident Michael Sunlocks had been
greatly startled and deeply moved by
the news and called on the master to
weigh the anchor without more delay
than was necessary because he had
now a double reason for wishing to be
back in Reykjavik
And being at length landed there he
galloped up to the Government House
bounded indoors with the thought of
his soul speaking out of his eyes and
found Greeba there and every one
of his sweetest visions realized All
his hundred tender foolish delicious
names he called her over again but
with better ears to hear them while
he enfolded her in his arms with both
her own about his neck and her beau
tiful head nestling close over his heart
and her fluttering breast against his
breast
Dearest he whispered my dar
ling love of my life however could I
leave you so long
Michael she whispered back if
you say any more I shall be crying
But the words were half smothered by
sobs for she was crying already See
ing this he sheered off on another
tack telling her of his mission in
search of her father and that if he
had not brought the good man back
at least he had brought good news of
him and saying that they were both
to start to morrow for Thingvellir
with the certainty of meeting him anu
bringing him home with great rejoic
ings
And now my love I have a world of
things to attend to before I can go
said Michael Sunlocks and you have
to prepare for two days in the saddle
over the snow
Greeba had been smiling through the
big drops that floated in her eyes but
she grew solemn again and said
Ah Michael you cannot think what
And darling he cried in another
voice as she was slo nzy going that
I may seem to have you with me all
the same just sing something and
I shall hear you while I work Will
you There he cried and laughed
before she had time to answer See
what a goose you have made of me
She came back and for reply she
kissed his forehead and he put his
lips to her lovely hand Then with
a great lump in her throat and the
big drops rolling from her eyes to her
cheeks she left him to the work she
sorely feared
And being alone and the candles
lighted and the blinds drawn down
for night had now fallen in he sat
at the table to read the mass of let
ters that had gathered in his absence
There was no communication of any
kind from the Government at Copen
hagen and satisfying himself on this
point and thinking for the fiftieth
time that surely Denmark intended- as
she ought to leave the people of
world old Iceland to govern theme
selves he turned with a sigh of relief
to the strange bewildering humorous
pathetic hodge podge of petitions com
plaints requests demands and threats
that came from every quarter of the
island itself And while he laughed
and looked grave and muttered and
made louder exclamations over these
as one by one they passed under his
eye suddenly the notes of a harpsi
chord followed shortly by the sweeter
notes of a sweet voice came to him
fiom another room and with the tip
of his pen to his lips he dropped back
in his chair to listen
My own song he thought and
his eyelids quivered
Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine
Oh leave a kiss within the cup
And Ill not ask for wine
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine
But might x of Joves nectar sup
I would not change for thine
It was Greeba singing to him as he
had bidden her
God bless her he thought again
in the silence that followed
Ah little did he think as he listened
to her song that the eyes of the singer
were wet and that her heart was eat
ing itself out with fears
To be continued
Raising Focomotlve from Canal
A locomotive recently ran off a
bridge over the St Quentine canal
near Paris and fell into the water It
was found impossible to raise the loco
motive as the space was so confined
so divers passed chains around it and
these were attached to beams The
load was then raised by means of
screw supports blocking being intro
duced as the work proceeded to guard
against a possible breakdown The lo
comotive was lifted fourteen feet so
that a sand laden barge could be run
underneath The engine was then
lowered and taken away Five days
were consumed in doing the work
Great Catalogue of Books
The index of books at the British
Museum is at last complete after
twenty years of hard work When the
printing of the great catalogue began
in 1881 the manuscript catalogue then
used contained three million refer
ences to about half as many books
cross titles accounting for the differ
ence between the figures In all there
are over 600 volumes of the catalogue
containing the titles of two million
books The subject index is to be com
menced at once but will not tbe ready
for fifteen years at least
Activity of Kansas TVhltecapa
Billy Holly of Poosey Livingston
county Kan who had agreed to haul
six cords of wood to his aged grand
mother and had failed to keep his
promise found a bunch of switches at
his door the other morning with a note
from the White Caps stating that he
had better haul that wood before the
roads got bad He was very indig
nant but has delivered one load of
wood to his grandmother since re
ceiving the note and it is the opinion
of the Pooseyites that the other loads
will be hauled if the roads keep good
for a few days
Episode of Algerian Insurrection
M Hughes Le Roux who will be
trouble we have all had while you the 1902 lecturer of the Cercle Fran-
have been away
I know it I know all said Mi
chael Sunlocks so say no more about
it but away to your room my dar
ling
With that he rang a hand bell that
stood on the table and Oscar his ser
vant answered the call
Go across to the jail he said
and tell Jon that his prisoner is not
to be removed until he has had orders
from me
What prisoner your Excellency
said Oscar
The prisoner known as Jason said
Michael Sunlocks
Hes gone your Excellency cried
Oscar
Gone
T mean to the Sulphur Mines your
Excellency
When was he sent
Yesterday morning at daybreak
your Excellency
Michael Sunlocks sat at a table and
wrote a few lines and handed them to
his man saying Then take this to
the Langmann and say I shall wait
here until he comes
While this was going forward Gree
ba had been standing by the door with
a troubled look and when Oscar was
gone from the room she returned to
her husbands side and said with
great gravity Michael what are you
going to do with that man
But Michael Sunlocks only waved
his hand and said Nay now dar
ling you shall not trouble about this
matter any more It is my affair and
it is for me to see to it
But he has threatened your life
cried Greeba
Now love what did I say said
Michael Sunlocks with uplifted finger
and a pretence at reproof Youve
fretted over this foolish thing too
long so think no more about it and
go to your room
She turned to obey
cais of Harvard university is the ori
ginator of a play which has just been
put on the stage at the Ambigu thea
ter in Paris It was adapted by Pierre
Decourselle from Le Rouxs Le Mai
tre de lHeure the title being changed
to LTutre France as better adapted
to the stage It is an episode of the
Algerian insurrection of 1870 M Le
Roux recently started for the court of
Menelik king of Abyssinia where he
was sent by the French government on
an official mission
Boya Trained for Foreign Trade
In Berlin Leipsic Cologne and a
few other large business centers there
are special schools -for boys Intending
to enter commercial life where they
are taught in addition to all ordinary
school subjects those which they will
in after life require such as business
corresepondence in English French
and German reckoning with money of
different nations bookkeeping type
writing shorthand and so called office
work consisting of writing out checks
bills of exchange invoices etc
In One Word
It Is by no means necessary for a
man always to enter Into an elaborate
explanation of his feelings in order to
make them clear Whats the name
of the fellow who wrote the tune of
that coon song weve just been favor
ed with asked one man of another
at a meeting of the Amateur Compos
ers Club Jones returned the other
man James Jones I believe Frank
Walley wrote the words Ah I was
about to ask the name of Jones ac
complice was the rejoinder
Thus far thirty one cases of bu
bonic plague have been reported at
1 Capetown including six Europeans
KHMKKHHK
Commoner Comment
Extracts From W J Bryans Paper
a flB GATHERING STORM
The trade papers are beginning to
realize that the consolidations a ad
combinations which are now absorb
ing most of the great industries of the
country are hastening the day of anti
trust legislation The Metal Worker
while making a defense of the new
steel trust yet sees the possibilities of
legislation which will make such com
bination impossible It suggests that
the undertaking was forced by the
desire to protect existing interests
seriously threatened as they were by
possible warfare rather than by a
desire to unload the properties upon
the public at inflated prices It thinks
it sees an advantage in the trust in
that the concentration of power in
the hands of one large consolidation
is expected to bring about a decided
steadying of the markets
It speaks in a commonplace way of
one of the great evils of the trust say
ing As a competitor so huge an
organization could develop very dan
gerous strength by waging war in one
territory and drawing the sinews
therefor from uncontested markets
-The Metal Worker evidently under
stands the methods employed by the
trusts methods which some strange
to say seem to regard as legitimate
business And yet the paper quoted
cannot refrain from a prophesy of
trouble It says
It will take clever management on
the part of the consolidation to meet
and break the force of aroused public
opinion Imagination is sure to be
inflamed by the colossal undertaking
now about to be consummated and
there will be many who are eager to
fan the flames
And again
It is certain that the new consoli
dation will lend much support to the
anti trust agitation and will be its
shining mark Keen eyes will watch
every move and unscrupulous dema
gogues and an unbridled yellow press
will distort even the most trivial In
cident
It will be seen that even the defend
ers of monopoly are conscious that
the storm is gathering Although
they consider it unscrupulous and
demagogic for any one to condemn
a trust yet they are able to measure
the force of public opinion when once
it is aroused and they are fearful lest
the reign of monopoly may after all
be short lived
THE PRESIDENT AN EMPEROR
The Spooner amendment to the army
appropriation bill vests in the presi
dent power and authority which can
be exercised only by an emperor By
voting down the amendments offered
the republicans placed themselves on
record as in favor of the exercise of
arbitrary and imperial power by the
chief executive No res iciions are
placed upon him and no time Jirnit id
fixed to his rule He Jo supreme he
can appoint whomsoever he pleases
he can vest legislative juJJeial and ex
ecutive power all in one person and
that persou is under no obligatioa to
observe the constitution in dealing
with Filipino subjects And this is
done in the name of liberty This is
the policy of a party which sprang
into existence to apply the Declaration
of Independence to men entirely black
History presents ne instance of a
transformation so sudden and com
plete
The provisions in regard to fran
chises are of little value because the
president must rely upon the repre
sentations of appointees in the Phil
ippines and their statements will be
ex parte Only the men who want
concessions will be heard the Fili
pinos will have no voice in the matter
What advantage is there in having
the franchises terminate one year af
ter a civil government is established
if that government is to be colonial In
character and administered by foreign
ers
If that provision has any influpnee
at all it will simply give a powerful
group of concessionaires pecuniary in
terest in postponing the establishment
of civil government It may stimulate
campaign contributions and lead to
the establishment of a bureau in the
United States for the dissemination of
literature prejudicial to the Filipinos
If the republican party is powerless
to protect the people of the United
States from monopoly how can it be
expected to protect the helpless in
habitants of remote islands
In the campaign of 1900 the republi
cans strenuously denied that they had
any imperialistic intentions and their
denials deceived many but here is
proof that cannot be disputed The
president is an emperor and will re
main ro until the republican party re
verses its policy or until the people
retire that party irom power
TOWNE AND WEBSTER
The Kansas City Journal complains
because a correspondent likened
Charles A Towne to Daniel Webster
The Journal says It is too bad that
Webster is not here to enjoy the joke
The republican organ places a poor
estimate on the intelligence of the
American people if it imagines it can
destroy facts by cheap wit This
country has not produced an orator
superior to Mr Towne he is logical
scholarly and eloquent Those who
listen to him once are anxious to hear
him again and the well informed even
among the republicans will dissent
from the Journals estimate If the re
publican papers will seriously attempt
to answer Mr Townes speech they
will appreciate his ability as well as
the weakness of their own cause
Because he obeyed the plain man
date of the Dingley law and raised the
duty on Russian sugar Mr Secretary
Gage is being roundly denounced by
the Chicago Inter Ocean which same
paper was quite sure the country
would go to ruin immediately in case
the Dingley bill was not passed just
as it came from the ways and means
committee
President Hadley of Yale says the
old fashioned ideal legislature was a
place where ideas were exohanged
Old fashioned certainly but hardly
the ideal according to modern defini
tions
5
W xhHHK
CUBA SHOULD BE FREE
The action of the administration In
insisting that the Cuban constitution
shall define that Islands relation with
the United States is without justifi
cation in law or morals It implies a
threat that the United States will vio
late the written assurances given by
the president the resolution of con
gress and the treaty made with Spain
if the Cuban representatives refuse to
concede what the administration de
mands The title to Cuba was relin
quished to the Cubans it was not
transferred to this nation We have
no right to demand that Cuba shall
now make a treaty with us before we
comply with the treaty already made
Cuba is our neighbor a sister repub
lic we helped her to secure her inde
pendence and we have every reason
to believe that she will show her grati
tude in every proper way if we act in
good faith But why arouse the sus
picion of her people or provoke them
to anger They are entitled to the
liberty for which they fought and the
republican leaders are sowing seeds
of discord when they acknowledge as
if grudgingly the independence which
was unanimously proclaimed three
years ago
At the final session of the Cuban
convention words were spoken which
Indicated fear on the part of some of
the Cubans that this nation was not
dealing frankly with them and it
must be confessed that there is ground
for their fears but does the adminis
tration really represent the sentiment
of the American people on this sub
ject
We cannot afford to turn from the
role of a good Samaritan to the role of
a dictator We can understand how
the Cubans feel now if we will only
imagine how the colonists would have
felt toward France if she had de
manded to have the relations between
France and the United States agreed
upon beforo withdrawing Honesty
and fair dealing are all that are nec
essary to insure peaceable and ad
vantageous relations with Cuba but
for some reason the republican leaders
prefer to pick a quarrel
HULL ON THE ARMY
r
In a recent number of the Saturday
Evening Post Congress Hull of Iowa
undertakes to justify the new army
measure He began by saying that the
fight for the reorganization of the reg
ular army had lasted four years and
speaks of putting the United States
in line with the rest of the world in
the matter of organization of the mili
tary and of the government That is
a statement which no republican leader
would have made during the last cam
paign The reader of the article is
disappointed to find no mention made
of the number of sons Congressman
Hull has among the commissioned offi
cers of the army It is also to be re
gretted that the gentleman from Iowa
did not take time to enumerate among
the reasons for the large army the ne
cessity of protecting the syndicates
which are being organized to exploit
the Philippine islands Being the
president of the Philippine Lumber
and development company Mr Hull is
in position to give valuable informa
tion on this point A prospectus of
the company issued last summer set
forth the fact that his company had al
ready secured valuable timber conces
sions and explained that the labor
problem was easily solved because of
the abundance of Chinese labor
CHRISTIANS IN CHINA
The papers are discussing the duty
of the Christian powers In China and
all sorts of opinions are being ex
pressed as to what punishments ought
to be permitted and what not alloved
It ought not to be difficult to formu
late a rule Whatever the Christian
nations do ought to be done according
to the customs prevailing at home
What China does ought to be done ac
cording to her customs It 13 not the
business of outsiders to force their
civilization upon China but they ought
to set an example for the instruction
and enlightenment of the Chinese
There is a suspicion that some of tho
allies in trying to do like the Chinese
have done worse
Senator Allen took occasion to ex
press his own opinion and it might
be added the opinion of the country
also on Sampsons letter to Secretary
Long The admiral seems to think
that some men are born to lead men
among the crew while others are
born to lead the german at social gath
erings But the people at large are
not yet ready to say that a man of
merit can be excluded from any branch
of the public service because in his
youth he lacked certain natural ad
vantages
Of all the mean tricks played upon a
confiding people the one played by the
British government on the kind Am
erican friends who subscribed for the
British war loan is the worst No
sooner does Great Britain get the Am
erican dollars for British bonds than
Great Britain turns around and exacts
an income tax from the holders and
takes it out of the interest
Admiral Sampson has vindicated the
judgment of those who opposed his
promotion over Schley by protesting
against the promotion of ensigns on
the ground that they are not sufficient
ly well acquainted with social
graces What the navy needs is fewer
men like Sampson and more commis
sioned men of good hard Ameriean
horse sense
Senator Jones gave the republicans
an opportunity to redeem their prom
ises on the trust question but they
would not even consider the measure
passed last summer by a republican
house of representatives And still
some republicans will Insist that their
party is opposed to trusts
The United States will not set little
Cuba adrift without pilot or lifeboat
says the Kansas City Journal No in
deed If the republican leaders have
their way Cuba will not be allowed to
go near the water until she is willing
to -take second class passage on Uncle
Sams ship of state
II
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NATIONS
R
ALARMED
Bussias Course in Manchttria Bouses
United States and England
BOTH DECIDE TO ACT AT ONCE
Ambassadors Are Instructed to Ascertain
tho Sentiment of Others Proposo to
Startle Lthe Czar with a United and
Menacing Front
LONDON March 9 A crisis has
arisen in far eastern affairs which in
the opinion of the British government
is graver almost than the troubles
which originally turned the eyes of the
world to the Orient In this crisis se
cret negotiations are going on between
the United States and Great Britain
with a view to thwarting what both
governments appear to consider a de
termined attempt on the part of Russia
to plant herself permanently in one of
the richest tracts of the Chinese em
pire
The conference held Wednesday be
tween United States Ambassador
Choate and Lord Lansdowne the for
eign secretary had nothing to do with
the Nicaraguan canal affair To quote
from a British official the Nicarag
uan controversy is a minor matter
compared with the present situation
What Mr Choate did was to receive
from Lord Lansdown an important
message declaring that Great Britain
was not satisfied with Russias declar
ation regarding Manchuria as delivered
to Sir Charles Stewart Scott British
ambassador at St Petersburg by Count
Lamsdorf and asking the United States
if they were prepared to take joint ac
tion of such a decisive nature that
Russia would have no alternative but
to recede from her position
Almost simultaneously the United
States government Instructed the va
rious ambassadors to take similar
steps
The answer of Secretary Hay has ap
parently not yet been received in Lon
don although the fact that almost con
current instructions were issued from
Washington is taken here to be a suf
ficient guaranty that Russias action
in Manchuria will not be tolerated by
the United States
Japan is relied upon to act in line
with Great Britain and the United
States Germany despite the compact
is regarded as rather doubtful owing
to Emperor Williams friendship for
the czar France of course will side
with her ally
The significance of the present phase
can only be appreciated by those cog
nizant of the lethargic attitude of the
British government hitherto regarding
Russian action in China Within the
last few days all this has changed
What a week or two ago was pro
nounced only in line with Russias
usual policy is now termed a grave
and serious state of affairs
Lord Lansdowne is using every effort
to bring the powers into line in order
to present Russia such a menacing
front that without any ambiguity re
garding temporary or other occupa
tion she may give up all designs upon
Manchuria
What prompts the British Foreign
office to take such an alarmist view of
circumstances usually looked upon as
fatalistic sequences is the apprehension
that Russia having held her own in
spite of the protest of the ministers
of the powers to the Chinese govern
ment and having put herself on record
in the reply to Sir Charles Scott as
determined on at least a temporary
occupation of Manchuria will refuse
to back down That she must do so
Lord Lansdowne considers vital both
for the future of China and for the
continued existence of the concert
powers
Count Lamsdorfs reply to Sir
Charles Scott is considered quite un
satisfactory
If such excuses are accepted by the
powers said a British official last
evening to a representative of the As
sociated Press there will be nothing
to prevent the immediate partition of
China for with almost exactly the
same verbiage any European power
could justify the accupation of other
provinces
Will Timid the Nebraska
WASHINGTON March 9 Mr
Payson representing the Moran Bros
of Seattle Wash today signed at the
navy department the contract for the
construction by that firm of the bat
tleship Nebraska
HARRISON A VERY SICK MAN
Closest Friends Much Alarmed on Ac
count of Hfs Advanced Ace
INDIANAPOLIS Ind March 9
Ev President Benjamin Harrison is a
very sick man and his closest friends
are alarmed His condition is more
serious than is generally believed
However Dr Henry Jameson the
family physician said tonight that
there was no immediate danger and
in fact he was not at all alarmed he
said as to the outcome Asked if the
age of General Harrison would not
weigh very much against his recovery
the doctor said such would naturally
be the case to a certain extent but
he declined to discuss the matter fur
ther than to say that he was not at all
alarmed over the condition of the ipa
tient
General Harrison is troubled with a
complication of grip and intercostal
neuralgia and there is some fear that
this will develop into pneumonia
Confirmations by tho Senate
WASHINGTON March 9 The sen
ate confirmed the following nomina
tions Thomas Worthington attorney
for the southern district of Illinois
J Otis Humphrey district judge for
the southern district of Illinois James
L Mcintosh jr receiver of public
moneys at Sidney Neb The senate
also confirmed all of the nominations
sent to it by the president today ex
cept the members of the board of vis
itors to the naval observatory