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A COUNTRY DAY. The tender azure of the distant sky Flecked here and there by clouds cf fleecy white; The wooded hills ablaze with golden light Savp wnprp t lip ralm of rpslfn! ahnrimvs lie. <Jay winged songsters flitting swiftly by, 5 And from the stream low whisperings of joy. * The winding road-sand, scintillant and dry. And on the bridge a whistling, barefoot boy. Fair silence brooding through the sunlit hours O'er farm and field; o'er meadow, wood and dell; The sleepy intense of the nodding flowers? . This is the day, the scene, we love so well. Lurana \V. Sheldon, in the New York Times. t 0 I - 5 ( WAS A BROKEN i ( -by- t r J JUDITH SPENCER. J They were sitting side by side od .a bench in Riverside Park, under the now almost leafless trees. Her troub-, led eyes were bent upon the river, ! while his gaze rested on her white, wan face. The two were old friends, and the young soldier of whom they had been speaking and who had met his death in the gallant charge of our troops at El Caney, had been the young man's chum and the girl's accepted lover. None had known of their short engagement except this one friend. And i it was he who had written her the ! * J I ~ C w:? rt/imni ! R-areaaiui uews ui uio luunauE * , his brief letter ending with the words, I "God knows, I wish I might have I fallen in Tom's stead!" A wish I * which she had echoed in her heart. J He had seen her many times since | his return from the campaign. Again j and again he had graphically given j her all the details of her lover's life ! in camp, of his splendid courage and j his heroic death. He had made the : -dead man a hero in her eyes. And now a silence had fallen upon , them. Her eyes were bright with un- j shed tears, and her leps were tremb- 1 ling in spite of her efforts to steady j them. i "Violet," he said at last, "this -dreary routine of continual study and teaching is killing you. You are working too hard, you give yourself J no rest?except these short Saturday i afternoons, which I have fairly in-! sisted on " "There is no olher way," she said ! piteously. "I am all alone, I must1 live, there is no other way." jj "There is another way?if I could , only make you see it. I hardly dare j speak yet, but I love you so?you | must have known it?"as she started . suddenly. "Let me take care of you I ?try to accustom yourself to the! idea. Try to think of me as one " "As one who is treacherous to his ! dead friend!" she said in scorn, ris , ing as if to l$ave him. He rose and faced her. "I would j gladly have died to save his life," he said, "but that was not to be. He I was taken and I was left. I loved : my friend and I respect his memory ' ?but I loved you before ever he saw | you! He is gone now, and we must ( live out our lives. I love you, Violet, and vnn need some one to care for and protect you. I ask now only for the right to take care of you? the rest I will leave to time " "And time will only strengthen my : contempt for the man who has proved j false to his dead friend," she said | bitterly. "I believed in your friend-1 ship for him, and now that belief has ' been taken from me. 1 ought to thank you for this self-revelation, j but I can't. I would have been hap- j pier had you left me in ignorance of j your pitiful weakness of character. 1 have lost both lover and friend! No, : don't speak, I will not listen. I wish , never to see or hear you speak again." His bronzed face slowly flushed, but he bowed silently, and turned? I when she withheld her hand?and left her without a word. So she went back to her monotonous life of teaching and saw him no more. But she missed his friendship, she missed those afternoons by the river and their talks together of the dead hero. Her life seemed a broken dreary thing?yet she still cared to live. And while she hoped never to see his face again she was ever un I consciously looking for him as she went to and fro upon her way. And her heart would leap when she suddenly saw a tall figure among the crowd if it reminded her ever so faintly of him. But she never caught sight of him and the long months dragged wearily -away. Then came a day when she once more heard his name. A terrible railroad accident had occurred and he was reported among the killed. She could not understand the emotion I which overcame her then. She had thought she felt for this man only contempt and scorn?yet now "Well, once he had been her friend, and Tom's, and although he had afterward proved treacherous and false, he had loved her. And no woman could hear unmoved of the death of a man who had loved her? even tnough his honor had been so stained. Two miserable, unhappy days passed by and then a letter came, a IVnm n niifo.1 in tllf> linsili. Ital near where the railroad accident had been. It told her that the man reported dead was yet alive, but so badly injured that he would surely die. He lay unconscious and the only word he had uttered was the name "Violet." And when the nurse had found a letter addressed to a woman of that name, among the papers in his. pocketbook, she had hastened to inclose it thus and s&ud it on. Tears almost blinded Violet as she took the inclosure up. The envelope it*r\??n orwl flirt writ?no* I Wets JCWUI. ?li<J >. vy. 4J, I.WU .. . .v...s upon it?her name?was in the once familiar hand of him who had been her lover, and who bad met a soldier's death on the field of battle! What did he mean? She could not understand. She drew out the letter wltfc trembling hands. It was dated in the Cuban camp on the night before th* fatal battle: My darling Violet: Some strange foreboding tel's me that this is my last night on earth, and I cannot face to-morrow's chances without writing to you once more and telling you again of my love for you?and of my utter unworthiness of you, dear. I've always been an unstable, impetuous fellow, and Jack?God bless him! ? has always stood my friend. He stood between me and punishment many a time at school, and between me and the consequpences of my folly more than once since then. And how have I rewarded his friendship? I found out by merest chance that he j loved a girl, and I?jeatous of his | love?wished to know what girl, to see whether I thought her worthy of liim. That eirl was you?I saw you. | fell in love with you, and?knowing j what I knew?I strove to win your | love and I succeeded. I knew he had : not spoken so 1 hastened to speak I first. Violet, he never reproached | me. He turned white when I told ; him I had won you, but he clenched ; his hands and kept back the bHter words. He only exacted a promise i that I should try to be worthy of i you from that time on. And I meant I to try?but I am not worthy of you, ' dear, yet I love you so! And If I live mean to marry you. But if I die, I want you to marry him, for he is as noble a fellow as ever lived. I | intend he shall read this letter which he is to deliver to you in case of my I death. Should I live, I shall destroy it on the day we leave Cuba. I hope I shall live, my darlivg?yet I know the happier fate for you would be my death. That God will bless you, Violet, is the prayer of your unworthy Tom. P. S. Jack has read this letter and has promised to send it to you if I am killed. He did not wish to give the promise, but at last I've made him do so. As fast as train could carry her Violet hastened to the city where John lay in the hospital unconscious, perhaps dead. She prayed that she might arrive?in time. She prayed that he might know her when she came. She asked in trembling tones for the nurse who had sent her the letter. And of the nurse when she had come she could ask no question?she only named his name. The nurse's Kina iace Drignienea. "Good news for you, my dear! He is conscious, he is better?the doctors think that he will live. Joy can hurt no one, come?I will take you to him at once." The injured man lay staring at the doorway with dull eyes. He saw the nurse look in with pleasant face. She disappeared and another stood there in her stead. Was he dreaming? Was his mind wandering again? The sweet white face in the door1 way smiled tremulously upon him. The slender figure drew near and knelt beside him. He murmured, "Violet!" "Hush, do not speak," she said. "I have come to take care of you, dear?to care for you?always, if you will let me. For?though you broke your promise, you faithful friend? the good nurse sent me poor Tom's letter. And I know, I know the i truth at last, and how noble and generous you have been!" ? Springfield Republican. Too Complicated. Modern household improvements are appreciated by the initiated, but to the unenlightened they sometimes prove discouraging. Mrs. Gordon was showing Ina, the new maid, who had agreed to work for four dollars a week, the conveniences of her upto-date kitchen. "it's a very easy place," explained the lady* "because I have so many contrivances for making the work light. "Now, here's a new patent breadmixer; when you're ready to use it I'll show you how to put it together. And this is a splendid meat-grinder ?it saves hours of labor with the c-.hopping-knife. Here is a fine appleparer, that takes the cores out, too. And this hardwood slab is a wonderful potato-slicer. ! "Then," continued Mrs. Gordon, proudly, "I have a patent dish-washer, a percolating coffee-pot and an automatic ash-sifter." "Meesis," said Ina, firmly, "ef I is hov to spend all mys time learning : how to make dose fonny t'ings go, I ; must hov t'ree dollar a mont' more. J She vor too mooch vork."?Youth's ! Companion. Only the "Effects." On one of the Western rivers some years ago the steamboat F. X. ThompJ son ran on a snag and was sunk. It settled in the water in such a way ; that only the initials of the name ; painted on ' the side of the boat ' showed above the surface. The wreck ; was regarded with much interest by ! the passengers on the next boat that | went up the river. One of them, j more curious than the others, hunted up the captain. "Captain," he asked, "do you know the name of that steamboat?" "Yes, sir," answered that officer, j "That's what is left of the F. X. i Thompson." "What happened to her?" "She soems to have sunk." "But what do you suppose was tlie cause of her sinking?" j "The cause?" said the captain. "I don't know, sir. All we can see is j the F. X."?Youth's Companion. Strange Actions of a Steam Car. Our little four-year-old has always ; lived in an inland village, and there fore is not much acquainted with nautical affairs, though deeply interested in railroad lines and other forms of I terrestrial locomotion. Recently ho visited in a neighboring town which is situated on ;i river. Standing on the shore, he saw a small ferry boar approaching, and became much excited. Seizing his mother's skirts, he i exclaimed, "Oh, look, mamma! Here comes a choo-choo car in swimming!" ?J. C. G., in Woman's Home Companion. The finances of Cape Colony have been hard hit by the depression In the diamond market THE POWER BEHIND fe3h -ir' ./jJrrvlMpB*BSj aft W ^^fjWCq^ay ^; WRl\ ^^KSESnHMte LORD 1 Astonishing influence is ascribed King Edward, by the latest gossip of for the international sensation causec "Illegitimate Influences at Court" are tack in one of the leading English moi constitute the sensation of the hour ir soon after the revelations in Berlin of . Court of the Kaiser, this article fori I sion in political and official circles, in j metropolis, but also in Continental cs the party whips and of the leaders, be position, as well as of the Speaker, tl moment in Parliament. The charge of "illegitimate influe j In any reputable English print concerr ! more than fifty or sixty years. But pr of constant denunciation as a crying e ; SLEEP IN A CITY TREE Flatbush Boy Makes His Summer Home in a Big Walnut. Sleeping outdoors in a rudely con: structed house erected among the branches of a high walnut tree in . the heart of Flatbush a young Polytechnic Institute student has adopted a novel method of "getting near to nature." Last year he tried this method of outdoor life, starting in the early spring ana continuing unin the first real snowfall of the season. i IP' 2 ; THE BEDROOM i The "tree house," as the people in : the neighborhood call it, is located on | the lawn surrounding the home of j Mrs. W. T. Lees, who lives at 1704 Plnthuch nvpnnp npnr Avprnip I Vint ' bush. W. Thompson Lees is the tree dweller. ; A wooden stairway winds around i the tree's trunk leading to the single chamber above, allowing an easy ascent to be made. The entire structure is made of wood and was designed by young Lee3 and his chum, Vail Apple; gate, a freshman at Dartmouth Col; lege. The boys built the house a i little more than two years ago, but it | Is only lately that they have converted j it into a sleeping place. j At first their intention was simply j to build a "crow's nest" where they j could seclude themselves on rainy af j ternoons and when it was too hot for | active exercise. The "crow's nest" : did not prove to be large enough, so : the boys added a large platform ! which forms what they call their pii azza. This piazza is roomy enough j for an ordinary sized dining room I table and comfortably accommodates j six or eight diners. ; After Lees and Applegate had the house completed their parents took Ditch-Cleaning Shovel. An Iowa man has designed and patI ented a shovel that will be found exI ceedingly convenient for cleaning ditches. Cleaning a ditch with an ordinary shovel entails almost as much THE BRITISH THRONE. ?From the New York World. 2SHER. to Lord Esher, personal factotum of London. His is the responsibility 1 by the Kaiser's Tweedmouth letter, s made the subject of a startling atlthlies, the National Review, and 1 London. Following, as it does, so the evils of the Camerilla at the ns the all-absorbing topic of discusclubland, not alone in the British ipitals, and in spite of the efforts of >th of the Government atid of the ople matter is likely to crop up at any snces at court" has not been heard of ling a ruler of the British Empire for evious to that time it was a subject jvil. an interest in it. They recognized that it would be a fine place to sit in the warm weather. Mrs. Lees suggested that a stairway be added to enable the older folk to climb to the tree top. It took the boys three months to build it. It was last summer that Lees and Applegate decided that they would like to see how it would feel to sleep out in the open. They covered the top of the house with panes of glass and this gave them all the light, day or night, they needed. The trial worked so well that they declared IN THE TREE. that thereafter they would, while the weather was warm, sleep in the tree. ?New York Sun. Pencil is Always Haiuly. ft n j \ A recent French invention consists of a flexible support for a pencil, as shown in Uie illustration, wnen me pencil is used the support bends readily and is no obstruction to writing.? Philadelphia Record. Pure iron in the presence of ^liire oxygen does not rust. ' y work as rolling a peanut with a toothpick. In this ditch-cleaning shovel the shovel proper is rounded to correspond with the contour of the ditch, ' providing a convenient means ol reaching dirt in the lower recesses of the ditch. The shovel is supported from the handle by an adjustabln angle lever, it being possime ro uic the blade of the shovel at any desired angle.?Washington Star. Causes Suspended Animation. There is reason for believing that lightning often brings about suspended animation rather than somatic death. It frequently causes a tempo. rarv paralysis of the respiration and heart beat, which, if left alone, will deepen into ueaui, uiu nut'iuseuuj treated will generally result in recovery. National Chinese Costumes. Regulations regarding the national costume of both officials and ordinary people have been (July compiled and there are nine different grades of costumes.?Shanghai Mercury 529,0011,000 OIL TRUST FINE BEITERSEfl BT COURT United States Judges Censure Landis and Order a Retrial. DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS Declares There Was No Justification For Bringing in Standard Oil Co. of New .Jersey?Each Carload Not an Offense. Chicago.?The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision completely reversed Judge Landis' decision in the Standard Oil case, wiped out the famous $29,240, . 000 fine and remanded the case to the lower court for a retrial. The opinion was written by. Judge Pster S. Grosscup and was fully concurred in by Judges Seaman and Baker. The reversal was more than a temporary setback for the Government, inasmuch as the upper court cut the ground out from under the Federal prosecutors in several extremely important features. The reversal was based on the followug points: That Judge Lanrlis was wrong in assuming that It was the business of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana to make sure that the rates tendered to it by the Alton Railroad were the lawfully published rates. This, it was held, threw an unfair burden upon the shipper, whoever he might be, and tended to check rather than, promote industry. That Judge Landis was wrong in his view that the number of offenses involved were the number of carloads of property transported regardless of whether each carload constituted the whole or a part only of a single transaction resulting in a shipment. That Judge Landis was wrong in basing his fine, $29,240,000, upon the wealth of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, which the upper court held was not a defendant, instead of upon the capital stock of $1,000,000 of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, the legal defendant. The little room on the seventh floor of the Federal building, where the Appellate Court sits, was crowded with attorneys and other spectators when Judge Grosscup, followed by Judge3 Seaman and Baker, entered from behind the curtain at 10.25 j'clock. After Judge Seaman had read off a number of unimportant decisions he gave way to Judge Grosscup, who called off "No. 1407, case of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, plaintiff. in appeal, vs. the United States. Decision of the lower court reversed and cas9 remanded for a new trial." There was a stir tnat tne Damns could not check. "Is there anything further?" called out Judge Grosscup; "If not, this court is now adjourned." And with a big buzz the crowd poured out excitedly into the hall. The affair had taken less than four minutes. 4 Following the unanimous decision the Federal attorneys announced that the Government had thirty days within which to file a petition for a rehearing, and tbat it would be filed within the allotted period. PRINCE LANDS AT QUEBEC. Fifty Thousand People Roar Welcome to Future King. Quebec, Canada.?The Prince of Wales landed from the British bat tleship Indomitable to takel part in the city's tercentenary amid the deafening roar of 210 guns from the international fleet of British, French and American warships and the tumultuous demonstrations of 50,000 people massed upon the wharves and terraced heights of the city. It was a spectacle of royal splendor as the latest type of British Dreadnought, with the royal standard flying, came to anchor among the double column of foreign warships, and the Prince was welcomed by Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada, Premier Laurier and the assembled dignitaries, flanked by thousands of soldiers and a multitude of people. One of the first glimpses t.he Prince got as he stepped ashore was a bevy of English, French and American I women, in beautiful toilets, ranged In terraced seats before the landing stage, including Mrs. Fairbanks, wife Df Vice - President Fairbanks who I represents President Roosevelt at the { ceremonies, and Mrs. Cowles, wife of the Admiral and sister of the PrasiI dent. ?________ RACE MEN INDICTED. I Bench Warrants Out For Fitzgerald, t , Engenian and Cavanaugh. j Brooklyn,' N. Y?Following an in! rpstigation into the connection of the racing officials of the Brighton Beach track Tyith the bookmakers and bettors at the track, bench warrants were issued at the instigation of Robjr't Elder, Assistant District Attorney )f Kings County, for Christopher Fitzgerald, president of the Brighton Reach Racing Association; William \. Engeman, owner of the Erigiuon Beach track, and John G. Cavanaugh, 5he betting ring superintendent. They ire indicted as "common gamblers." Bryan Subscribes $1000. William J. Bryan, at Lincoln, Nsb.. made a contribution of $1000 to the Democratic campaign fund. . TOM S. ALLEN RESIGNS. 1 ! Aftermath of Nov? York Contributions in Parker Campaign. Lincoln, Neb. ? Because Tom S. j Allen, chairman of the Democr^ic State Central Committee, is a brother-in-law of William .T. Bryan, and j because of the unpleasantness grow: ins out of the hnntl)iug of the i 000 or $20,000 of Now York money ! in the campaign oi; lifO-l by Mr. Al! Ion, he tendered his resignation as ! chairman of the Nebraska committee. i TWO PAY DEATII PENALTY. I lurdcrers Go to Electric Chair at Sing | Sing Without Showing Emotion. Ossining, N. Y.?Charles H. Rogers ' and Augclo Laudiero suffered the death penalty at Sing Sing Prison, I both executions being carried out i without special incident. Rogers was the first to pay the penalty, for the murder of the Oluey brothers. Laudiero shot Michael de Ambro, ail Italian contractor, of No. 178 Hes* ter street, New York Qity, in 190C. = PROSPERITY HAS RETURNED National Association Again Appeals For United Action. ^ I Evidences of the Success of the St Louis Organization in Employment of Men. St. Louis, Mo.?Under the caption "Back to the Full Dinner Pail and Regular Dividends," a pamphlet, describing the present conditions of capital and labor as contrasted with those of last winter and spring, has been mailed throughout the country by the National Prosperity Association. This association was organized in St. Louis two months ago to further the return of normal business conditions, and was responsible for having .Tune 1 named as "Employment Day." In part the article says: A ? \ 1 1 xuiAijr ua>? aitui wc iiau^ u^uii work the spirit of encouragement had developed such strength locally that between 17,000 and 20,000 men were put to work in the industries and commercial estab. lishments of St. Louis and its suburbs, and orders for $5,000,000 worth of goods to increase stocks were given. "The re-employment idea proved widely infectious. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago and many smaller places took up the proposition, adopting dates to suit each community. "Results are evident. Business I activity has been accelerated. There j is a co-operative expression of conj fldence everywhere. There is less I recklessness against business and inj dustrial interests. There has been ! more improvement in sixty days than j has followed any preceding panic in ! a corresponding period. We believe | that if level-headed, common-sense, I straightforward business men will pull together we can get back to a j healthy and prosperous condition In j six months instead of taking from three to five years to complete the restoration, as has been the case with former panics." Rubber Factories Employ 15,000. New York City.?More than fifteen thousand employes of the United States Rubber Company, associated with seventeen factories controlled by the Trust, have been made to understand that business conditions have improved by an official edict from the officers of the Trust I restoring the old rate of wages. Since January 1 the men employed by the United States Rubber Company have been working under a cut of fifteen to twenty-five per cent, of I their time, which was equivalent to j a cut of wages in the same proporj tion. The thousands of families which j existed under short rations following the reduction are represented by sev! eral communities where the rough ! product is turned into serviceable material, and for six months they 1 have been anxiously waiting for this ! action. Edison Plant Runs Full Time. Orange, N. J.?Thomas A. Edl| son's big plant has started up on a full ten-hour schedule with 2000 men. The works have been running | an an eight-hour schedule for i months. 1500 Hands Return to Work. Salem, Mass.?The Maumkeag c:i!on mills has resumed operations on full time, giving employment to 1500 hands. MOTHER KILLS CHILDREN. three Little Ones Dead and Woman Dying at Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y.?Mrs. Isabella Sah(en gave her three small children paris green and then strangled each ! with a handkerchief to make her ; vork sure. Then she sent to a grocery ' 3tore for more paris green, which she j ;ook herself. The three children 1 were dead when the mother's act was j iiscovered'and Mrs. Sahlen was in a i lying condition. In a statement which Mrs. Sahlen made to the police and the medical ; sxaminer the woman blamed her sis : ter-in-law, whom she said naa causea i ier much domestic unhappiness. At I aoon when Sahlen was home for his ; midday meal his wife complained to | lim of more words with her sister-in: j iaw, who lives next door. Sahlen 1 5ays his wife added as he went- but of ! :he door: "If this keeps up this af' :ernoon there will something happen ! aere before night. ' I Sahlen took his wife's remark | lightly, and went to work. He is u ; teamster and drives for his father. ' t-Ie did not learn of his wife's deed j antil night, when he was unhitching his horses and his father told him of I 11-^ -1 ? ?l, V>!=. /.Viilrlron .lie UtUUI ui mo i Just after 4 o'clock Mrs. Sahlen j ran out into her dooryard and ' screamed to her next door neighbor, f Mrs. Brown, that she had poisoned | her three children and herself. Mr3. i Brown rushed into the Sahlen yard ; as Mrs. Sahlen turned back into the j house and met Mrs. Brown with a j bread knife as the neighbor burst j through the door. The frantic mother made a thrust at Mrs. Brown, who j retreated and called help. Physl! :ians and the police found the threej children dead and Mrs. Sahlen under J the first effects of the poison. Proof of Prosperity. I Among the multitudinous proofs j of returning prosperity it is not i roI per to belittle the fact that hog- are ! at record prices in Chicago. j---"" JIRL DIES OK RABIES. j Bitten by a Stray Car Six Weeks Ago, She Expires irt Convulsions, i Brooklyn, N Y. ? Hydrophobia ! caused the death of Florence Kirk1 man, a si {-year-old daughter of Ralph i Kirkman. bookkeeper,of 991 Putnam j avenue. For hours) before the child | was removed from her home to a hosi pital her cries could be heard all over j tlif neighborhood where she lived. ; Six weeks before the girl was bit' Ion in the rizht hand by a white and black spotted mongrel dog. She was j playing in the street at the time. fifnh IvimIh of :f(?WS. John Vines Wright, who was the o!r'est living ex-Congressman, ?iied recently in Washington. Paris business men held an indignation meeting in protest against the telephone service in the French capital. The Mexican Legation in Paris issued a note designed to leassure Europe regarding the recent disorders in Mexico. United States Judge Lacombe directed the Federal receivers of the New York City Railway Company to cancel the leases of $wo lines. I '= Latest News ! BY WIRE* Japanese Training Ship Arrives. San Francisco.?The training ship Taisei, of the Japanese navy, Commander Fnrya, arrived here from Yokohama. The Taisei has a large number of cadets on board who are on a Pacific cruise. College Bars Tuberculosis Victims, Salt Lake City, Utah.?No teacher, student or employe infected with tuberculosis will hereafter be admitted to the class rooms or buildings of the University of Utah. Rounding Up Rebels in Texas. El Paso, Texas.?Bonito Solis was arrested, charged with conspiring to * start a revolution against Mexico. He is the seventh man arrested here since the outbreaks at Casas Grandes and Las Vacas. ? *-;?> Elks' Reunion Ends. Dallas, Texas.?The Elks' reunion of 1908 ended, the Grand Lodge adi journing to meet in Los Angeles on July 11, 1909. \ -v First Bale of New Cctton In. Albany, Ga. ? Leal L. Jackson, Dougherty County's well known negro farmer, brought in the first bale ' j of 1908 cotton. He beat last year's i record by two days. Deal Jackson i has been the "first bale" farmer of I Georgia every season for twelve or fifteen years. i Small Cleveland Bank Closes. Cleveland, Ohio. The Farmers* j arid Merchants' Banking Company j closed. The liabilities and assets are j estimated to be about $800,000. The ! failure is said to have been due to i the inability of the bank to realize j upon loans. ^ Governor Fort Greets Governor Glenn I Sea Girt, N. J. ? Governor Fort went to Asbury Park, accompanied by Colonel Austen Colgate, of his staff, to pay his respects to Governor Glenn, of North Carolina. ** - ?5 Peons in Guatemala, San Francisco. ? Kidnaped into | slavery and captive for eighteen , years, nineteen survivors of a band | of several hundred arrived here from I the coffee plantations of Guatemala. ; Originally they came from the South I Sea Islands. ! Officer Fined For Making Eyes. San Francisco. ? For "making i eyes" at some women of Monterey, I Lieutenant Gordan A. Dennis, sta-. tioned at the Monterey Presidio, has been fined $50 and ordered confined to his post for thirty days. The sentence was imposed by a courtmartial.? Cause of Railroad Wrecks. ; Washington, D. C.?That defective / . steel rails furnished to the railroads of the country are responsible for a large number of railway wrecks was ~J the contention of certain members of the Safety Appliance and Block Sig-' i nal Board, while in session here. > Violations of Safety Appliance Law. Washington, D. C.?The Attorney! General transmitted to United States I attorneys information against eleven I railroads for violation of the Federal ; safety appliance law. There were j seventeen violations. .. *1 0ne-Time Jockey Dies at 110. ? Seguln, Texas.?George Coleman, a negro, 110 years old, died at his VinmQ Vioro Mo hplnne'pd tn the TJnd | ..v,. ~. o i say family, of Kentucky, when a slave, and was a famous jockey seven tv-flve years ago, riding at New York, j Philadelphia, Washington and other ' racing centres. Boston Clubman a Suicide. Eoston.?William E. Silsbee, sixty! three years old, of an old Salem fam! ily, committed suicide. He was a j graduate of Harvard and a member i of many clubs. ; ^ . BY CABLE. 1 1 i Kp^nft Horses Sell Well. ! Newmarket, England.?James R, : Keene's yearlings, although not looking their test on account of their : hurried departure from the United j States, brought exceptionally good | prices at the sales here. Nine colts 0 ! brought an aggregate of $10,700, and I ten fillies $13,875. ! Honduras Rebels Capture Town. I Tegucigalpa, Honduras.?The Honduran insurgents captured the town I of Porvenir, on the north coast, and , then attacked Ceiba, another Atlantic | port. At Ceiba they were repulsed, j They also have been beaten in the 1 south, and are fleeing back to Salva| dor. | Waldorf Astor For Parliament. Plymouth, England.?Waldorf as' tor, the eldest son of William WalI dorf Astor, was chosen as Conserva| tive candidate for member of ParliaI ment from Plymouth at the next general elections. Fairfax Files His Claim. London.?AlbeFt Kirby Fairfax, a native of Virginia, has formally petiI tioned the House of Lords for leave to plead his claim to the peerage un| der the title and dignity of Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Plague Breaks Out in Azores. Lisbon, Portugal. ? The bubonic plague has made its appearance on j the Island of Terceira, one of the I .izores group. i ? ? ; , nojrvocs r or .UIIITIUIII 1>ISHUJJ3. Cambridge, Engliind. ? Honorary ; degrees wore conferred upon a nuinj ber of Archbishops and Bishops atI tending the Lambeth Conference, j The prelates thus honored include | fhe Bishop of Missouri and the Bishop ! of Massachusetts, who received the j degree of LL.D. ! Fifty-seven Fishermen Drown, j Santander, Spain. ? Fifty-seven I fishermen, of Bermeo and Ondarroa, j have been drowned in the gale which | has been sweeping the coast for j three days. | Strange Disease in Cuba. i Havana, Cuba. ? Advices from Guantanamo say that a strange disease, the nature of which has not been 'ermined, ia prevalent among children there. The bodies of those who contract it swell abnormally, tumors make their appearance, and death ensues in from three to four days. -- - * .