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& RIDINli THK FROST ffi fi LAKE DAM. Jjj {jpSHSESHSHSESHSHSSSESHSHSp] | fy AV IV.TnPVT <1!? KiBr.V 71A YK !fl I fit IK MICHIGAN m j ||J25HSESHSESESH5H5H5^SESE5ljj j W By T. fi. LLOYI). U1 I L<5iSZHHS2SHSES5SH5HSH5ZS2^' | They were blamed idiots, both of *em. But I'm not holdin' that up against any man when there's a girl iu the case Nell was all right, too, mind yer, as girls go?red hair, full form, fire an' all that sort of thing? but she couldn't play soft. Had to be things doin' when she handled the bow?with her novel-readin' notions of heroes and trusty swords and ridin' into death's ways before you ( could kiss the tip of her finger. Oh, ; shucks! I hate bein' harsh on the child, but good men are loo blamed hard to lay your hands on these v'ays, to want to see them go under before jj their appointed time, all along of a whim and a little lace. All right. I'm gettin' there. The drive had come down pretty slick that spring. : no serious accidents or northing, and we were just holdin' the logs above the last dam till we had got enough water to float them out onto the home stretch. The boys lied around in the shade of the cook-house and chewed their pipes and cursed a little and waited?thinkin' on the settlement only thirty mile away and pay-day just 'round trie nena. iue j second day we heard the squeakin' of wheels and Nell appeared on the scene, havin' buggied out to wish us luck and with greetings from the home folk?that's what she said, j I'm guessin" different, and seed later j I guessed right. . | We all jumped to our feet, l>ein' mighty starved for the sighr of a j \ pretty face, but Angus Carmichael | was Jchnny-on-the-Spot all right and i had the honor of liftin" her out and receivin' a smile tliat would ave ] softened a pike-pole. We were all ! right envious of Angus, but big Jim ; Connors was the only one weak | enough to show it. They'd been run| nin' neck and neck for favors all that j winter and weren't too friendly about it either. The other boys had long since dropped our and were just waitin' around to hold the coats aud pick up the pieces. Jim butted in between Angus and the smile and grabbed her hand so she winced. ' Right glad ter see yer again, Nell." says he. "Ain't yer goin' ter | let me have the pleasure of drivin' yer back ter the settlement this af| ternoon? Yer said I could sometime and I'm not needed here jest now, I you know." Nell looked up at hiin out of tbA points of her eyes: "Maybe, Jim, we'll see." Angus was lookin' sort of pale in j spite of the tan. '"She's already J ? promised me, .am, out or course sue knows what she wants, and I'll step .aside if she says the word." Connors swung 'round quick, blazin' mad. "Go to blazes, you! and mind yer own business!" His fists were stuck out in Carmichael's face, and we looked for things happenin' right there. Nell did too. I guess, i 'for the look of scorn on her face j when Angus jest gave a gasp and ' stepped back wasn't pretty to see. "I'm thinkin' yer didn't hear i straight. Mister Carmichael." she said softly. "I wouldn't be feelin' safe with a coward at the reins!" "No, I'm not a coward, Nell, and yer know it. If Jim wasn't a heap sight better man with his fists than t bo he wouldn't be so free with his speech. Now ask him if he feels like j runnin' the dam with me or no and : we'll see whose scared." j We held our breath when we! heard that, for though Connors was I aiirm! t h mnn on a Ino* in tho province, not barrin' Carmichael either, the devil himself couldn't do Ihe trick and live. Nell knowed it as well as we did, but by Jiinminy she jest stood there with the hot sun flamin' on her red hair and a little amils on her face that said plain as : day: "Will yer let him dare yer,! Jim?" Yer could hear the throbbin' of the dam comin' up under yer very feet, though it was really round the bend below, and it didn't sound pretty ter Jim's ears as we could see. He pulled the battered felt off his head and mopped his forehead with a red bandanna, but I guess none of us felt m iir-h cvmnathv fnv him crkr>in* ac Ihe'd got himself into the hole. . "He's gone clean crazy, Nell," he gasped, "but what you say goes? -only I guess one of the other boys ^will be takin' yer home this evenin'." "Don't worry about me. I reckon I kin get back all right." Nell starts for the dam below and we tails out behind, some of us tryin' ter persuade the fools to quit it. and some pumpin" into them just how it oughter be done. And so we comes out on the j scene of operations. There was a twenty-eight foot head ' of water '.ehind the dam. Then I > there was a sluice sixty foot long and ten wide where the water ran smooth and swift as greased lighti ning, till it shot out on the apron and was carried some eighty feet farther over a ledge of rocks. Near the lower end of the apron the water was that shallow that though a small t log would shoot out straight and drop into the pool below almost horizontal, the big sticks would drag and tip and go over head first and not rise to the surface for a couple of hundred feet below. Tiio pool was as ugly a bit of wa- J ler as I've ever seen. Boiliu' and I vddyin", and chock full of undertows that would drag a human body down among the jagged rocks on the bottom ar.d sweep it. bar-k under the apron 2nd spit it out hundreds of feet below iu a condition that weren't pretty to see. As Angus bad gi?*c ' 'are, lie had to go first, and the rest of us climbed out onto the rocks elo.:c to the water as we could get. with pikepoles and ropes for life-savin' duty. Nell stood on tiie top of the bauk where she could see good and plain. I A small spot 01 reu nurni in 'u.cu cheek aud her eyes were shinin' brilliant. "Take a rough, solid-barked log. I Angus." yells out Boss Murray. "It'll I give yer a better grip if she dives, [ and for God's sake hang on to it till jslie clears the eddies! We'll git you ' then." "I'll keep on the sunny side of her. Jack, don't worry." and Angus runs lightly out on the loose floatin' logs that are held back by a boom from goin' through the sluice. Ho picks one out, pushes it through a gap where the chain joins a couple of tile uoom logs ana juntas auu<iiu. "Ain't yer goin' ter use a pole?" hollers Terry. "Xaw?by-bye!" and we see the blamed gcat is runnin' ' it emptyhanded. The log now began to step along lively and entered the upper end of the sluice. As it dipped to the incline, Angus bent forward with his fingers touchin' the rough bark and his eyes on the boilin' caldron below him. He sure looked cool and steady crouchin' there, while the log rocked from side to side and plunged through the siity foot of sluice. At the foot cf this where the water struck the less steep apron, the back surge made a wave that jumped up most eight feet high. As the timber struck, this, Angus leapt into the air, cleared most of it and lit on his stud again as fine as you please. Murray yells, "Pretty work!" and then wo holds our breath. The log as it neared the end of the apron begun to drag, but because of the weight on the back end didn't go over perpendicular as we feared. It shot far out, dipped sharp and plunged into the roaring mess ui yunuw wai^i, But Angus kept his head, you bet! At the last moment ho threw himself flat on the log and wrapped his arms and legs around it, and crash! they disappeared, and the foam swished over. He told us later that it weren't much fun down ther. He seemed to be goit>'. right on down to hades, while the currents tore and bit and wrenched, and pieces of bark and chips and sawdust cut and bruised him every place at once. And his one little th.mght all the time was jest to hold on till he bust and trust in God. After a few years of this sort of thing he begun to sec sky-rockets mul hpar rannnn crackers and then a flood of sunlight hit him in the face and he knew he'd come back to the family. I reckon it was nigh as long a time to us as to him before the log hove in sight and we were allowed to move our lungs again. We certainly let out one Indian ear-splitting yell that made the noise of the dam sound pale. Angus climbed right side up, sprang onto a jutting log and walked ashore and into our arms. Nell stood up there and waved her kerchief at him. but his eyes were so lull of sawdust I reckon he didn't see it, for he never so much as glanced in her direction. The first words he ..said were: "Don't let Jim try it, boys! God ain't goin' to give two return tickets to hades, and that's certain!" "You're too late." says Little Bill, "he's a-comin' now." And he was all right, with his hair blowin' back and his face white as miik?slickety-pelt down the sluice, till he struck the wave, made a spring that miscarried somehowx and fell plump on his back three feet behind the log. Didn't look any too cheerful for Jim, ju3t then! The rest of the way down they didn't change their positions none, though Jim kept clutchin' wildly at the log beyond his reach, lcnowin* that he didn't have no chance for life u ne man i get u. v\e uuuiau i uu nothin'?jest watch! Then the stick shot into the shoaler water and dragged just a bit. and a3 it went over we seed Jim catch up and clutch the log. then his hands slipped, his arms straightened out with a jerk and both of 'em sunk beneath the foam. Well, we were right certain he had got a grip and again stopped breathin' and waited for the log to show up. After a time it did saunter to the surface and we seed a hand clingin' to a projection on the side of the limber, and then slip off. Angus hitched a rope around him and jumped into the pool and made a desperate fight to get out, but in a couple of strokes he was jerked clean under and we started pullin' bim back again. Yer can imagine our amazement when we discovered we were draggin' the two of them in! The blame cross-currents had hammered Jim plump into Angus' arms and couldn't get 'em apart again. Well, Connors was pretty nigh all in and we lugged him off to the bunkhouse. but Angus was as chirp as a sparrow after we'd poured a little stimulant down his gullet. We were crowdin' around shakin' hands with him and congratulatin' him when Nell pushes through, lookin" mighty ashamed of herself and rather scared, 4- T r* V* /-v' /-J + I ~ * ? IVJU. 1 &UCOO OUv U UCCI1 ^CLllll <x bigger dose of real life than she had bargained for "I'm right proud of you, Angus," she begun gentle, "and reckon I spoke a little too quick a few momeuts ago. I ain't forgot what I promised you. and am ready to start whenever you say." "Thanks, Nell." says Carmichael, lookin' her straight. "I knows yer didn't mean what yer said, but the truth is I'm all tuckered out after so much excitement and bathin' and I guess I'll let one of the other fellows | drive yer back to the settlement." ' Angus turned and walked up the 1 bank.?From the Outing Magazine. I Newspaper an l-UIucatoi*. A newspaper is always printed in a rush. There is always something in it that shoul.l be loft out: something left out that should have been put in. It is sometimes too quick to judge and often too quirk to act. but, with all its sliortoo ;.g?, there is more I education ill ;i urijuu. news) uewspaI per t' l.^i o is i" a novel.?Denton Kerala. Danger ifi \nger. Unrestrained anger acts upon the blood as a virulent poison. It irritates the nerves, invades the calmness of the brain and leaves in its : ?vak* the wreckage that comes after the tern pes'. !-u | Standard Oil'; JAMES ROSCOE DA Chancellor of Syrac A New Cupboard. I a i No better receptacle for old china. * I has ever been found than a corner j v | cupboard, but unfortunately the sup i ?3 |l ,| * I BUB 1 I ill I S A Copy of a Colonial Cupboard. ^ ply is not equal to the demand. There are more collectors than cupboards. IE one were clever enougn to copy i : Tibetan Priests With Their T Emit a Note Li These huge brass trumpets are sou festivals of the laraaistic ritual. The st Chatsa monastery, and the trumpets thi length.?The Sphere. Ice Saw. I A West Virginia inventor provides i an entirely new method for the icej man to divide large cakes of ice into j -small pieces. He eliminates the ax t ! ^?8$ i i h' , III If' I'I ill11 I I 1 T h I ! I il 1 1 1 I ! I -J aid substitutes a saw?an ice saw, I which is shown in the accompanying 1 illustration. In using this ice saw 1 ' I the enormous waste resulting from d I choppiD0, the ice is done away with, t *?" * s Champion. m^^mm Hiil ,;; - '.i^v.^^V'i^V "' V\;<^-;'C-r :-V- / ' '\;'< #>ikl|-' i!fef i' /i^-c #i ??:#* ,^' Y, D. D., LL. D., use University. , Colinial cupboard, as did P. D. Clifon, of Pittsburg, it would hardly be /orth while hunting for an old one. is a faithful reproduction of a amous eighteenth century design, it K'Ould be hard to find anything better han his work. It has all the feeling 1 lot? genuliie aim ungut caon; iken for an old piece. Mr. Clifton is an amateur who lade the cupboard for pleasure, havig for a model merely a magazine lustration of the original. The lat*r is owned by Dr. Coburn, of South forwalk, Conn. It was made in 1740, nd has the .scroll top, urn finials, ilasters, rosettes, and other details hich marked the best cabinet-work f that day. We publish Mr. Clifton's upboard as an incentive to other mateurs, particularly those with a hlna hobby.?The House Beautiful. Lincoln's Sarcasm. Probably the most cutting thing ,incoln ever said was the remark he iade about a very loquacious man, This person can compress the most fords into the smallest ideas of any nan I ever met." No fewer than fifty-two memorial tones were laid at the foundation of new primitive Methodist church at Icunthrope, England. Dainty Indian muslins are made rom fibres of the banana tree. elescopic Trumpets Which ke Thunder. nded at intervals during solemn anding figures are two lamas of the ev are holding are sixteen feet in Don't Fold Your Anns. By folding your arms you pull the houlders forward, flatten the chest nd impair deep breathing. Folding he arms across the chest so flattens l down that it requires a conscious ffort to keep the chest in what hould be its natural position. As oon as you forget yourself down rops the chest. We cannot see ourselves as others ce us. If we could many of us /ould be ashamed of our shapes. The position you hold your body in most f the time soon becomes iis natural osition. Continuously folding your rms across the chest will develop a lat chest and a rounded back. Here are four other hints which hould be made habits: Keep the lack of the neck close to the back of he collar at all possible times. Alvavs carry the chest farther to the ront than any other part of the anerior body. Draw the abdomen in ind up a hundred times each day. fake a dozen deep, slow breaths a lozen times each day.?Family Docor. |N^ws R WHEAT NOT HURT BY COLD. Chicago, 111.?May wheat shot i cents over the previous day's closin; closing at $1.02. The weather is si - 1 ? a m nlni'n + p frnm aDsence ui stsuuuo lumyiumui ! >/ ? feature. Bullish sentiment was ac( stocks at Minneapolis and Duluth i loads for export In the latter markf j Camden Left $30,000,000. ] Wheeling, W. Va.?The will of the j late Senator J. N. Camden wa3 ad- I mitted to probate at Parker3burg. < | The bulk of his fortune, estimated at 1 j $30,000,000, goes to his two children, j I Johnson N. Camden, Jr., and Mrs. < j Anna T. Spillman. Out of the income i j the will provides the widow shall re- i j celve during her natural life an in- 1 I come of $30,000 a year In lieu of j dower. * i Pensacola Policemen Dismissed. ' < Fensacoia, Fia. ? i weniy-nve uo- i I licemen, comprising the entire clay i | watch, were dismissed for refusing to s board the cars of the Pensacola Elec- j trie Company and protect the non- 1 ! union men operating them. i Miners Will Accept Old Scale. j Charleston, W. Va.?There will be ] no strike of Kanawha district miners. I The Subscale Committee decided to 1 recommend that the 1904 scale of f wages be adopted and a joint confer- ? ence Is called for later In the day to < ! ratify the agreement. ' 1 i Band of Robbers Loot Minnesota Bank i ! Crookston, Minn. ? Robbers en- 1 j tered the Scandia State Bank and I got about $8000. They terrorized the people by "shooting up." the town and escaped. There were at least sLx I men in the gang. 1 1 i Pacific Coast Wants Dozen Warships. 1 Seattle, Wash.?The Seattle Chami ber of Commerce has passed resolu- ^ tions which favor the retention on i the Pacific Coast of not less than s i twelve battleships. i Bailey Not a Millionaire. I Austin, Texas.?Senator J. W. Baij ley, In a public speech here, denied 1 the report that he Is in the multi- j I millionaire class. He offered to sell j | all of his holdings in Texas, with the i j exception of a 600-acre farm, for ] j $1000, and to donate that amount to I charity If the sale should be made. 3 , Distiller Goes to Prison For Fraud.. , Richmond, Va.?T. M. Angle, pres- i Ident of the Dry Fork Distilling Com- i ; pany, was found guilty on five ! i charges in the United States Court in j Danville for committing extensive rev- . enue frauds, and sentenced to four j years in the Federal penitentiary. He j i also was fined $15,000. Ball, pend- 1 | ing appeal, was placed at $20,000. i Scourge Devastates Wild Dack. ( Sandusky, Ohio.?Wild ducks are ! dying by the hundred dally in the I , marshy regions bordering on Lake j Erie. Examination reveals the pres- i j ence in the head feathers of a small i i insect not unlike a flea. , No Autos on Nantucket. j Boston.?The bill permitting the i Selectmen of Nantucket to exclude j automobiles from the streets of the | island town between June 15 and I September 15 was signed by Acting I j Governor Draper. Recluse Cremated. Mount Holly, N. J. ? Douglass ! Grant, a young man living alone on the North Pemberton road for several vpars. was burned to death. It is I supposed that the house caught firs | from an overturned lamp. i ^ New York Central Shops Resume. Oswego, N. Y. ? The New York < Central shops here resumed opera- i j tlons, giving employment to a force j , of 400 men. l? I j|NE-W5 ' j FIND BODY TWENTY-ONE YEA R Berne, Switzerland.?While ex] party of guides discovered in an ic< out of the ice and brought to town, as that of a guide named Naghi, wl summer of 1387, while conducting body^pas well preserved. | Cut in Philippines Salaries. j i i Manila.?The Assembly Committee | an Appropriations proposes a series ; of sweeping reductions in general ex: penses and salaries, reducing the 1 budget roughly from 28,000,000 pesos to 20,000,000. Plans have been j tfiade to cut the salaries of commisi sioners with portfolios to 20,000 pe sos a year and commissioners without j portfolios to 10,000 pesos. i Drought in Cuba Broken. | Havana.?The long drought which seriously affected the crops has been broken. The j^iins are now becoming general throughout the island. i Moor Pretender Beaten. I Rabat, Morocco.?Mulai Hafid, the [ so-called Sultan of the South, is re1 ported here to have suffered a defeat : and to have fled to Tadla, a town 128 miles southwest of Fez, where he has I taken refuge with the Sidi Bendacud | tribe. i One Peace Palace Contract Let. The Hague.?The committee having in hand the building of the Peace .Palace given by Andrew Carnegie has awarded Ote contract for the foundation and basements at the figure of ! $50,000. Speediest of Cruisers. Glasgow.?It is stated that the new armored turbine cruiser Indomitable ! has beaten all warship speed records. She has made twenty-eight knots on , the measured mile on the Clyde, and i kept up twenty-six and a quarter j knots under continuous steaming. ! Spain's Budget Berore Jiepuues. < i Madrid.?The budget for 19 09 was | presented in the Chamber of Depu- t ties. The estimates cover an expedi- t i ture of $208,744,145 and a revenue j j of $203,9S3,S73. 5 For Lost Sailors' Families. < i London.?The American Line has subscribed S2500 to the relief fund 2 I for the families of the men of the ( I cruiser Gladiator who lost their lives \ I in the collision with the steamer St. i Paul. I Killed by Companion. ^ Charlottetown, P. E. I.?At Alexandra, ten miles from here, John , I \\7!ne1nnr a hnv civt^on VASTQ nlfl rP siding in Boston, was fatally shot , 'while hunting by his companion, Ar| thur Wood, a youth of nineteen. 1 ! Winslow received a charge of shot in I the abdomen and died ^ few minutes, 1 I later, . ' 1 m Y WIREll " ' a? i i up to $1.04, an advance of 4 5fs ; price, and than settled back, till colder than desirable, but the any section was a reassuring :entuated later by decreases in ind reported sales of twenty it. Foreman's House Blown Up. Butte, Montana.?The home of J. jr. Wycklaud, foreman of the quarries )f the Washoe Smelting Company, lear Anaconda, was demolished with *iant powder. His wife and baby es:aped. Wycklaud was injured, but lot seriously. Foreign quarrymen, who lost employment, had threatened lis life. Strans Reappointed to Hague. Washington, D. C.?OscarL.Straus, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, eceived a letter from the President ippointing him for another term of six years as member of the Perma aent uourt or ArDitrauon at xne Sague. 5Var on "Mother Goose." Worcester, Mass.?Mr3. Amend L. Peterson, president of the Worcester Scandinavian Union, has started a war on "Mother Goose" literature and jimilar books in the kindergartens ind homes. She has burned her chilIren's copies of "Mother Hubbard," 'Bluebeard" and "Alice in Wonderland," and declares that children should read nothing based on untruths. ragboats For the Army. Washington, D. C.?Proposals for twelve steel tugboats 100 feet long, for service in the coast artillery district, have been invited by the Quartermaster-General of the Army. Names Two Consuls. Washington, D. C.?The President ;eht to the Senate the following nominations to be Consuls: Franklin D. Hale, of Vermont, at Charlottetown, P. E. I., and Mason Mitchell, of New 5fork, at Apia, Samoa. Population of Denver, 225,000. Denver, Col.?According to the :ensus, Just completed, Denver has a population of 225,000. Damage Heavy in Fruit Belts. Springfield, Mo.?Complete returns show that great damage has resulted to orchards and berry fields from the recent frosts in the Missouri and Arkansas fruit belts. A.n Epidemic of Appendicitis. Temple, Texas.?An cpidemic of appendicitis has prevailed here for two weeks. In that time there have been more than fifty operations, and many persons have been afflicted who did not undergo operations. Sage Fund For Typhoid Inquiry. Pittsburg.?The Pittsburg Bureau of Health will make an investigation of the prevalence of typhoid fever in Pittsburg, all expenses to be paid by the Russell Sage Foundation. A commission of five members is to be appointed by the Mayor. There will also be an advisory committee of fifteen. Students Plead For Athletics. Boston.?One thousand undergraduates have signed the petition by which they hope to influence the Harvard faculty in favor of a more liberal athletic policy. Denied Child, Kills Himself. Sioux City, Iowa.?Seeing his baby girl playing on the steps of his divorced wife's home, Frank L. Horton was about to embrace and kiss the child, when his former wife ran out ind took the baby away from him. Horton, seemingly dazed, ran to the street and shot himself dead. ' TABLE - ^ 1 S IN GLACIER. Dloring the Monterosa Glacier a i crevasse a body, which they cut Later the body was identified ao fell Into a crevasse in the" a party over the glacier. The j?500,000 For Fleet Welcome. Melbourne, Australia.?The Co=iionwealth government has been in :onsultation with the governments of Victoria and New South Wales with egard to the entertainment of the \merican fleet during its visit here, t is understood thatmorethaa $500,)00 will be devoted to this purpose. Fort-de-Francc's Mayor Slain. v ori-ae-i' ruiice, jsia,uu uj. nai uu- j que.?Mayor Severe and several )ther persons were killed in a political riot in which Vice-Mayor Labat ed his followers on an attack on the Uity Hall. Both sides were armed or battle. Soys Mob a Hap. Napa, Cal.?A crowd of men and joys attacked and beat an unoffendng Japanese launaryman, S. Mori". Thomas Cuff was arrested. ?aris Banquet For U. S. Fleet. Paris. ? The American Club, of 3aris, is arranging to entertain and line the officers of the American batleship fleet when the vessels reach he Mediterranean on their way iround the world. The banquet will je given either here or at some Medierranean port. [ruxton Wins Destroyer Record. PqI TV.o 1 nrnaHr% Knof OAU A AAW VW? ^VUV lestroyer Truxton, of the second Atantic flotilla, is reported to have nade a better score by thirty-one per :ent. in the target practice at Magaaena Bay than any of the other destroyers of the flotilla. Germany Wants Patent Treaty. Berlin.?It i3 understood here that ;he German Government has taken he preliminary steps to negotiate a Datent agreement with the United States. skyscraper For Liverpool. Liverpool. ? Tbe corporation has i luthorized the construction of an | )ffice building 300 feet high opposite i tVm Pi'inoo'c lanriinsr stasre on the I bank of the Mersey. It will be the first skyscraper ever built in England. Religion in Italy's Schools. Rome.?At a congress of Italian [voraea a vot(> lias been passed demanding the continuance of religious instruction In the schools. Italian Frcemansons' Convention. Rome.?Italian Freemasons will jhortly gather in Rome for the election of a grand master. .1 v1" ' - y,:* ? ?< __ % SCORE DIE IN FIRE IN INDIANA HOTEL 1 ! Avolina at Fnrt Wavno Riirnai ni viiiivj t wi % ?r With Great Loss of Life. MANY THRILLING ESCAPES Night Clerk Risks Life to Arouse Sleeping Guests and Saves Many ?Brick Building Goes Up Like Tinder. Fort Wayne, Ind.?Caught on the upper floors of the New Aveline Hotel, a six-story building more than fifty years old, when fire broke out in me noiei eariy xn tne morning, more than a score of persons were burned to death and thirteen others seriously hurt. The hotel was the largest In this city, and was known1 as the "New" Aveline because of two upper floors that were added to the old building several years ago. Ten bodies have been taken out ofl the ruins, and It Is believed thatf when the death list Is completed It will be found that nearly thirty persons died In the flames. The hotel ! register was destroyed, so there Is no way of determining the exact number, | of those who occupied rooms when' [ the fire was discovered. Seven persons, however, have been reported as missing, and it is believed that most I of these are dead. Chief of Police Anckenbruck said he believed that twenty bodies are still in the ruins. The identified dead are: R. S. Johnson, Pana, 111.; M. Hirsch, Newj -York; J. B. Miller, Sheboygan, Wis.;| J. E. Ellis, salesman for Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Chicago; W. A'. Pitcher, Fort Wayne, salesman for. S. F. Boyser & Co., Fort Wayne; J. W. Devinney, Camtlen, N. J., salesman for Crawford & Lehman, Philadelphia. The complete destruction of the interior of the hotel makes the work of recovering bodies a difficult task. A confused heap of charred wood; bricks and twisted girders is piled up' between the walls higher than the second story. Some of the bodies taken out are charred beyond recog* nitlon. Infantry Company D and1; Battery B, of the National Guard, are on duty and aiding,the fire and police forces to clear away the debris. ' -r" The fire was discovered at 3.30 In the morning in the elevator shaft by Night Clerk Ralph Hipkins. He rushed to the upper floors, alarming the guests, until the flames, which had spread with great rapidity, drove him back. His efforts, however, saved many lives. The hotel was erected half a century ago, and the Interior woodwork was as dry as . / ; tinder. Within a few mlnute3 from the time the fire was discovered the whole Interior of the hotel was a mass of flames, and the only means of escape was by the windows. The Fire Department rescued many with ladders, but some, frenzied by. the rush of the flames, leaped from windows to the street. R. S. Johnson, of Pana, 111., jumped from the fifth story. His body strucK a balcony and bounded far into the street. He was badly crushed, and died a short time later in St. Joseph's Hospital. E. M. Mathews, of Columbus, Ohio, jumped from a third-story window. As the flames increased men and women were seen in the windows of tr\y holrt TllAQA 111 CI 1 I UULUJ ptcauiug iui uwjs. * who left their rooms before the flames cut off their retreat were able to make their way to the fire escape3 and were saved with comparative ease." ' There were many thrilling escapes. Claude H. Varnell, of the Fort Wayne baseball teafh; his sister, Mrs. John Hendricks, and John Hendricks, of Chicago, manager of the Fort Wayne team, barely escaped with their lives. Varnell lost all his personal belongings, valued at several thbusand dollars. ? Scores of men and women reached the ground with nothing on but nightclothes. None of the guests had time zo save their e.ffect3. Dry goods and clothing stores were thrown open to all who needed apparel, and they were supplied without question. SIX DEAD, MANY SAVED AT FIRE Two Jumpers Miss the Life Net antf Are Killed. New York City ?One of those terribly swift fires mat sometimes blot out the lives of crowded dwelier3 al! most in their sleep swept from base I merit to roof of a four-story brick tenement at 17 Humboldt street, Williamsburg, at 2 o'clock a. m., and killed an entlro family of five besides one other person. Fifty other folks jammed into the narrow apartments of the building looked at death from the narrowest margin of safety and escaped only by jumping into the nets of the firemen or by being swung from window ledge to window ledge high over the street. Those who died were Mrs. Rose Abrams, a widow; her four children. Charles, Anna, Gussie and Sadie, and Mrs. Jennie Cohen, the mother of Assemblyman Sam Gluck, of Queens. All of these but Charles and Anna Abrams were burned where they fell after being suffocated by smoke. Charles and Anna jumped through the flames to the street and died from the injuries they received. Says Gray Will Accept. Richard J. Beamish, who is in charge of the George Gray bureau at Washington, D. C., said that Judge Gray would accept the Democratic Presidential nomination if it was offered him. Scarcity of Cattle. From all reports there is to be a scarcity of cattle from now on, and it will take more than a year to placa supplies in the interior back to their normal basis. Rokeby, a Famous Old Mississippi Mansion, Destroyed by Tornado, Natchez, Miss. - Uokeby, the fa* nous old mansion between Pine Ridge, Miss., a: 1 the Jefferson Coun? ty boundary, wju. wrecked by the late tornado. Aaron Burr was taken a prisoner to Rokeby after his arrest for couspii* ing to promote an empire iu the Southwest, and Sergeant S. Prentiss came to Rokeby from New England to teach in the family of Judge William Ballard Shields' father, whoso descendants made It their non:e for I uaneraUons.