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LADY
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THE SEQUEII
BY MRS. C
CHAPTER V. (i |
Continued.
Janet, who had never any words
in which to convey the discoveries,
and no one to say them to if she
had found the words, saw it more
clearly, and knew that something
had happened, though what she could
not divine. There were some faint
changes scarcely perceptible, but developing
gradually in Lady Car's
habits, too. She was less in the library
with fiter husband, abandoning
this custom very slowly in the most
natural way in the world, compelled
by the other duties which with a
daughter growing up became more
important every day.
CHAPTER VI.
Lady Car did many things after this
period which she had previously disliked
to do; but there was one thing
which she did not for a long time
consent to, and that was to open the
house in the North which was called
the Towers, which Tom had been
used to speak of as "my place," and
which Beaufort thought it foolish of
h<?r not to inhabit. He did not know
the ghosts that dwelt there. He did
not consider that it was the house
of her first husband, the house she
was taken to as a most wretched bride
after the marriage into which she
had been forced, and that the dreadful
time of that bridehood, and the
years she had lived with Torrance,
and the moment of awful agony when
she had heard of his death, all lingered
there waiting for her. Mr.
Beaufort only thought it was foolish,
when she had a handsome bouse in
Scotland at her command, that the
family did not go there in the autumn,
when it was natural that families
should go. But he was not a
man to bore" her by any repetition of
this counsel. He had been a little
surprised, and even it must be allowed
a little disconcerted, to find
himself so much more at His own disposal
than of old, and now that Carry
was not always at his side his habits,
too, changed imperceptibly. His
beautiful library was still his chief
haunt, but he read the papers there
and all kinds of profane things. And
he went a great deal to Cordelton,
where the county club was, and spent
a part almost of every day there. It
was not that he had any great liking
lor the gentlemen who found it such
a resource. He kept the position
among them of a man who was not
as they were?a person superior in
many ways, a writer (though he never
wrote anything.), a philosopher. No
doubt he was entitled to that last
character. He was very civil to them
all, but regarded them from an altitude,
making notes of what he called
the "humors," and making them the
subject of many satirical descriptions
when he went home. Sometimes he
went up to London for the day, at
first to consult books, but latterly
without alleging any such reason,
and went to many places where were
no books to consult. But it was very
rarely that he did not return home
in the evening. He had no desire
for dissipations of any kind. He was
far too much a philosopher, not to
say a gentleman. Tom, perhaps, described
it best in his schoolboy language
when he said that Beau liked
to loaf. So he "id. He had no twist
In his character. Had Lady Car followed
him in all his excursions she
"would have found nothing to object
to, and indeed he would have enjoyed
them much more if she had. But he
liad, as a matter of fact, no mission
such as she had credited him with;
he had no eosnel to Dreach. nothing
at all to say. If there had been anything
more than youthful excitement
and ambition in his plans it had all
evaporated in his listless life. He
might have pushed on?many young
men do?and insisted upon marrying
his love, and saved her from Tom
Torrance and the dreadful episode of
'her first marriage. He might have
Tealized at least some of his early
promises and anticipations. He
might at least have roused^ himself
from his sloth, and written tuat book
upon which her heart was so set. But,
indeed, that last was doubtful, for he
might only have proved that he could
not write a book, which would have
been harder on Lady Car than to
think he would not. The end of all
things was, however, that he was immensely
relieved, and yet vaguely insensible,
by the change that had now
come over his life. There was a
change. The secret and constant, if
sometimes a little exacting, companionship
of those early years was one
which gave him a vague ache as of
desertion, especially at first. And
Carry was changed. Her questions,
her arguments, her constant persuasions
and inducements to go on with
that book (expressing always a
boundless trust in his powers which
1t pained him to part with), were all
over. On the other hand, he had regained
his liberty, was now free to do
as he pleased?an indescribable
boon. Whai he planned to do was
always quite gentlemanlike, comme il
faut. There was no reason why he ,
should be restrained in doing it. He
liked to read, and alsc to think, without
it being supposed to be necessary
that anything should -"ime of his
reading and thinking. He liked to
go to his London club now and then
and have the stimulus of a little con
Vt/-v IiUa/1 -rwr rt r%
vciaauuu, uc imcu yyucu luci c waa
nothing else, to go into Cordelton and
talk a little to the country gentlemen
and the smaller fry about, who were
sufficiently important to belong to the j
county club, and to come in occasion- .
ally to sit with his wife in her draw- ,
ing room, to read to her, to tempt her j
to talk, even to give Janet a little lec
ture upon literature, which she cared \
nothing about. He was on those oc- |
casions a delightful companion, so \
easy in bis superior knowledge, so i
Unpretending. In their rich and easy ]
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life, without cares, without any em- a
barrassment about ways and means, li
or any need to think of to-morrow, o
he was indeed an admirable husband, d
a most charming stepfather, pleasant d
all round. What would any woman n
have wished for more? b
There was one period in this easy Si
and delightful life which brought the ^
change home to Beaufort with curious e
force for a moment and no more. It s'
was the period just after the publica- ?
tion of a book which went over his .
ground?the ground which it had al- 11
ways been supposed he was going to ?
take. It forestalled him on many
points, but in some went quite against
him, contradicting his views. He j
brought in the volume with some ex- e
citement to his wife, and read to her ^
those portions with which he dis- v
agreed. "I must do something about ^
this," he said; "you see the fellow a
takes half my argument, and works jt
out from it quite a different conclu- w
sion. I have been too supine. I t<
must really get to work at once, and 3j
not suffer myself to be forestalled ^
and contradicted like this." g
"Yes, Edward," said Carry gently. w
She smiled very sweetly upon him,
with a curious tender smile, but she i,
did not say any more. n
"You speak as if you did not think tl
it worth my while," he said, a little f(
annoyed by her composure. d
"Oh, no; I think it quite worth t]
your while," she said. He went off w
a little disturbed, vexed, half angry, Sj
halt sad, out certainly sumuiaiea oy f(
her. Was it indifference? What was a
it? Had she responded as of old, a
they would have talked the matter n
over between them and taken away f;
all its interest; but as she did not d
respond Beaufort felt the flre burn, p
He went off to his room, and got out ti
all his preparatory notes and the be- n
ginning of the long interrupted man- f?
uscript, and worked with vigor all ^
night, throwing his opposite views f,
hastily upon paper. Next day he an- -y
nounced to his wife that he meant ^
"to ruin that fellow's book"?as the tl
quickest and surest way of express- n
ing his dissent. "Yes," she said g
once more, but with a little rising c
color, "when, Edward?" a
"Oh, I'll send it to 'Bowles,' " he a
said, meaning "The Nineteenth Cen- e
tury" of that day. Of course, "The j(
Nineteenth Century" itself had not <3
yet begun its dignified career. And ^
he did an hour's work that morning, 0
but with softened zeal; and in the g
afternoon he repeated to himself that y
it was scarcely worth his while. The a
people who had read that fellow's C(
book would not care to read a review; ?
they would be people on the other g
side, quite unlikely to pay any atten- c;
tion to the opposite argument. And
as for the general public, the general t,
public did not care a straw tor all the ^
social philosophy or political economy tl
in the world. So after another hour's (,
deliberation he put all the papers w
back again?what was the use?? jj
and went into the county club, and n
brought back a very amusing story a
of the complicated metaphors and p
confused reasoning of some of the j?
geuuKLuen mere. it uiu uui sume tl
him that Carry never asked whether 0
he had finished the review, or how tj
he was going to treat the subject.
But he remarked her smile with a v
curious sensation which he could not ^
explain. It seemed to him something
new?very sweet (her smile had al- ^
ways been sweet), very patient, indulgent,
with a look of forgiving in z
It, though he did not know very well
what there was to forgive. He for- jj
got in a short time about the answer
he had intended to write to that
book, and about the review into
which his intended answer had so .
soon slid?in intention?but he was ^
haunted for a very long time by I
Carry's smile. What did it mean? u
Tom and Janet were just as little
aware how it was that their mother tj
was so much more with them than
of old, but this had come on gradual- ^
ly, and it did not strike them except
by moments. "Why you're always
with mother now," Tom said, when
he came home for his holidays. He
was now at Eton, and, though he had
been in several scrapes uad managed
to keep his place and wis in high
hope of getting into the boats, which
was the only distinction he had any
chance of. n;
"Yes," said Janet, sedately, "for
I'm growing up now, and mother says ^
I want the most?"
"Isn't it awful sop?" said Tom.
which was Eton (at that time) for
London and hard work. He had the 7
grace to speak low, and Janet gave
him a glance upward with raised
eyelids, and they both laughed, but
softly that no one might ask why.
"She thinks of such a lot of things g
that no one can be expected to know,"
said Tnm "T rlnn't tav fallnwa Tnr
she lets me alone now. I suppose ^
you have got to road books all day."
"Oh, no; oh, Tom, we oughtn't to 11
talk like this and laugh, for Bhe's? n
mother's very kind. She is indeed.
She sees in a moment if I'm tired." r)
"She'd need to," said Tom; "buu
I don't suppose girls mind. You J51
come out now and have a game. Will *
she let you? If she won't, just steal
away?"
"Oh, Tom," said Janet again, "how 1
can you speak of mother so? She '
never stops any fun. now?when
there is any," the girl added after a m
pause.
Lady Car was at tbe other end of
the room, seated in the recess of a
broad window which looked on the re
wide landscape. She had been wait- t0
ing for Janet, who had asked her
assistance in some work she was
joing?trumpery work such as dis- ,
turbed all Carry's prejudices. Janet di
was painting flowers upon some little w
three-legged stools for a bazaar, and P1
though she only copied the "patterns,"
she required in the execution
some hints from her mother, who
bad once made considerable orogreaa
i the study of art. Janet was e
rely unaware that Lady Cai
reamy landscapes, which were fi
f distance and suggestion if nothi:
Ise, were in any way superior
er "patterns," and had made h
all for aid with the frankest con
ence that what she was doing w
xcellent art. And Carry had pi
ared the stool from which the da
as and red geraniums were to
ainted, with as much care as if
-ere to be used by Raphael. Wt
he saw the two suddenly disappe<
erhaps she was not altogether sori
t is possible that the painting
lie stools was "sop" to the moth
iso Rh<> smiled at them with
ttle wave of her hand and sha
f her head as they passed the wi
ow, in mild allusion to the aba
oned work, but perhaps she was
luch relieved as Janet was. She la
ack her head upon the dim-color
atin of her chair, and watched t
ivo young creatures with their rac
ts, Janet carrying in her apron
apply of balls for their game. Se
nteen and a half ? fifteen and
alf?in the bloom which was h?
ifantile, half] grown-up, all fre
bout them, nothing as yet to brii
1 black ears. They were not han
)me, but Tom had a sturdy man
ess and strength about him, a:
anet, her mother thought, look
verything that was simple and tru!
'orthy?a good .girl, not clear, b
ery good-natured and kind; a:
om was not at all a bad boy?rouj
little, but that was mere high sp
;s and boyish exuberance. Th
ere neither of them clever, she sa
) herself with a faint smile. He
illy she had been! How she h
rorshiped talent ? no, not talei
enius?and had hoped that th
rould surely have had some gleam
;?the two whom sne naa Droug
ito the world. They had been si
Dunded with beautiful t'lings i
aeir lives. When other people re
Dolish nursery stories to their ch
ren she had nourished them upi
le very best?fables and legen
rhich were literature as well
tory; yet Janet liked the patter
)r her stool better than all the prir
nd pictures, and Tom never open
book if he could help it. And wta
latter? she said to herself, with tb
lint smile of self-ridicule. The ch
ren were none the worse for thi
[er fantastic expectations, her fa
istic disappointment, what did th
latter! She was altogether a mc
intastic woman?everybody had sa
; all her life, and she recogniz
ully the truth of the accusation no
Vho should be so happy as she? H
usband so kind, always with hi
tiinking of everything that wou
lake her happy. Her children
ood (ueally so good!), wise, we
onditioned?Tom so manly, Jar
11 that a girl should be, very, ve
ifferent indeed from Carry as a gi
tut what a good thing that wa
anet would have no silly ideal, wou
esire no god to come from the skii
rould not torment herself and eve
ne about with fantastic aspiratioi
he would love some , good, horn
oung fellow when her time can
nd would live the common life, t
Dmmon, happy life, as the family
!aston were doing now. Edwai
one over to Cordelton to the coue
lub?the natural resource of a m
1 the country; the brother and s
;r playing tennis on the lawn?t
oy expecting to get into the boa
ae girl delighted with a new patte
Dr her stools. And no cloud ar
rhere, no trouble about starting th?
i life, no embarrassment abo
loney or anything else. How hap
family! Everything right a;
leasant and comfortable. As Car
1 * ??? .
ly oacic in ner caair, luiu&iug <
liese happinesses over, her eyes r
ver with sudden tears, for satisfj
on and joy.
When the tea tray came in t
oung ones appeared with it, ve
ungry, and ready for the good thin
hich covered the little table. La
ar watched them consume the cak
rith the same smile which had pi
led Beaufort. "Would you real
ke so very much," she said with
ttle hesitation, a lingering in li
oice, "to go to the?Towers for t
ext holidays, Tom?"
"Should I like!" said the be
limping up with his mouth full
read and butter. "Why, moth<
etter than anything in the world!
"Oh, mother!" Janet cried, tfith
low upon her face. She had pass
le bread-and-butter stage, and w
utting herself a piece of cake. T
nife fell out of her nand for excit
lent and pleasure.
To be Continued.
Memorials For Poe and Randall.
The late James R. Randall was
3n of Maryland, native and to t
lanner born. Edgar Allan Poe w
n adopted 3on. It has been sb
ested that the bodies of these gift
len be buried in Baltimore in tl
ime mausoleum. This suggests
i prompted by a worthy sentimer
ut its appropriateness is open
uestion.
Poe died in Baltimore on Octob
, 184-9, and his body was buried
lis city. His gr^ve, often neglect*
tid perhaps forgotten at times, e
jpt by a few faithful admirers o? b
enius, has long been a reproach
altimore. There is now in existed
a association organized for the pu
jse of rearing in this city an ad
iiate memorial of Poe. This raon
ieot should commemorate the grea
ess of Poe alone, for reasons whi<
re obvious and convincing. Edg;
llan Poe was not only a poet of tl
[ghcst rank?pronounced, indeed, 1
ime eminent European men ol le
irs the greatest poetic genius tl
nited States has ever produced?bi
s was also a master in the field <
:tion and a literary critic of powi
id distinction. For these rsason
lereZore, he is entitled t?. a separa'
emorial.?Baltimore Sun.
What Slie Broke.
Marion, wno had been taught '
port her misdeeds promptly, can
her mother one day, sobbing pen
ntly. "Mother, I?broke a brick i
e fireplace." " Well, that is not vei
lrd to remedy. But how on eart
U JUU UU IC, 1-lliIU . *. puuuucu
Lth father's watch."?Youth's Con
inion.
William T. Stead's latest; hobby :
le bacteriological regeneration <
irren land in England.
fi- -sC ',m
a8 New York City.?"Ehe plain, man.e_
nish shirt waist is one of the latest
and smartest of the season and prombe
ises to be even more popular in the *jj(
it near future. This one can be
en made with or without the yoke
ir> at the back and allows a choice of
y. regulation sleeves with over-laps or
of of these that are made with short gtl
of openings only, the edges of which ara op<
ht hemmed. In the illustration striped frc
ir- madras is the material shown, but pr<
ill linen, flannel, silk and the inexpen- me
ad Blve printed wash fabrics, indeed; all wi'
II- the waisting materials are appro- a ?
on priate. ! als
ds The waist is made with the fronts tai
as and back, and when the yoke is used | ua
Tflf*' j(
* ' !t ,8 ai7Di,ed over back. Tltere la \ cm
a pocket on the left front and the sib
edge of the right is finished with a caa
wide box pleat. The sleeves are per- are
fectly plain, in shirt style, without use
gathers at the shoulders, and are fin- ars
a~ Ished with straight cuffs.
The quantity of material required ba*
for the medium size is three and five- tuc
eighth yards twenty-one or twenty- l0*1
four, three yards thirty-two, two and 86'
. one-eighth yards forty-four inches dei
. ' | wide.
t0 j om
Gowns Not Over Tight. fln
| ah j
in Very many gowns worn by dressy .
Parlsiennes show that the best
dressed women, while they have rei3
stricted the number of their garments
t0 to next to nothing, and while draping
ce the bust, but leaving the entire arm
r_ and shoulder absolutely nude and one
e_ ankle in coquettish evidence, do not,
u. however, drape their gowns with the
Lt. tightness that some of the sensational
dressmaker's models would lead one
ar to suppose. Though the draperies
ie are close and everything is weighted
)y to hang flat and straight, nothing is
stretched into a tight wrinkle. Flesh
1e colored or white tulle is inevitably inside
the corsage, as the corsage line
r)f runs straight about under the arm or
jr extends in a deep point or square
3> quite to the high belt. i
te " ~ (
Long Sleeves. \
| The long transparentsleeveof net or (
chiffon, which has to so considerable
to a degree replaced tne snori commnale
tion sleeve of the dressy frock, is more
i- chic in color matching the frock than
n In white. It must, however, match
y the guimpe, and a dark guimpe is al:h
moat universally unbecoming.
it
1- Pink a Leading Color. r
Instead of the touch of black or for
light- blue which we have had with U6 is f
is for so long there is now a touch of hal
pink. The new shade is hard to de- hal
scribe. It is just off the coral. wit
gQ-WlMN'f
The New Scarfs.
Some of the newest scarfs are made
satin or chiffon in black, instead ol
3 softer shades. They are finished
either end with elaborate fringeNew
Striped Goods.
The beauty of many of the new
iped materials will protract the
gue of the stripe, but in suitings
a vague, indefinite plaid and check
3igns are newer and are receiving
ire favorable attention in Paris.
Match the Shirt Waist.
The separate waist is still permis
IJL IL Hid LU11 CO. VCi J OUiai b, JLU~
ed, are some costumes showing en-'
ely separate blouses made of tucked
t which exactly matches the cloth
ed in the skirt. All of the shops
; showing these heavy nets in the
w colors of the season, and very
tie trimming is used with the net
>uses, unless it be flat pipings or
>chet buttons. Dotted and plain
ussels net is in favor, but most popir
is the coarse, square-meshed,
it.
Misses' Naval Waist.
The naval, or sailor, waist is al.ys
a favorite one for young girls,
d is admirable for school and col;e
wear. It is just the right thing
which to take exercise, and it Ib al;ether
satisfactory and becoming,
is one is made after tLe latest style
d can be finished with just the neck
ening or with a longer one at the
int and laced together aa may be
slerred. In the illustration It Ib
ide of blue flannel,! and is banded
th braid, while over the left front Is
strip of red flannel and red flannel
0 makes the chevrons, but such dels
can be arranged to suit indlvid1
taste, although the girls like to
I A' . ':'
ty the sailor boys as closely as poale.
Flannel, light weight serge,
ihmere and all materials of the sort
i appropriate, and the waist can be
;d with the skirt to match or sep>
itely as liked.
The waist is made with front and
:k. The one-piece sleeves are
:ked at their lower edges and fined
with straight cults and are
ved to the armholes before the un -arms
seams are closed. The fac;
over the blouse can be used or
itted as liked. The sailor collar
ishes the neck and the separate
eld is buttoned into place beneath
rho quautity of material required
the medium size (aixteen years)
'our yards twenty-one, three and a
f yards thirty-two or two and a
f yards forty-four inches wide
h five and a quarter yards of braid.
WILLETT'S SPEECH EXPUNGED^
Unanimous and Non-Partisan Vote
in House at Washington.
Report of the Committee Raps President
Roosevelt For Undue Criticism
While Defending Him.
Washington, D. C.?By an overwhelming
and non-partisan viva voce
vote Representative Willett's speech,
criticising and ridiculing President
Roosevelt was ordered stricken from
the permanent record of the House.
There was uo debate, and the resolution
adopted was reported unanimously
from the select committee
appointed to investigate the matter.
Only four or five Representatives
sitting around Mr. Willett voted
against the resolution, which is as
follows:
> "Resolved, That the speech of Mr
Willett printed in The Daily Congressional
Record of January 18, 19.09,
contains language Improper and (in
violation of the privileges of debate,
and that the same be stricken from
the permanent record." .
"Since, under the Constitution."
said the report, "the members of the
House may not be questioned elsewhere
for speeches in the House, and
the President ought not therefore to
criticise or comment officially upon
speeches in the House (laughter), it
becomes especially the duty of the
House itself to protect the President
from that personal abuse, innuenuo
or ridicule, tending to excite disorder
in the House itself and to create personal
antagonism on the part of the
President toward the House, which is
not related to the power of the House
under the Constitution to examine
into the acts and conduct of the President.
"Your committee has carefully considered
the. remarks of the gentleman
from New York, and, testing the same
by the foregoing principles, finds that
his remarks concerning the President
are not justified by any considerations
of the constitutional duties or
powers of the House; that they transcend
proper limits of criticism in debate;
that they are destructive of
that courtesy, respect and dignity
which ought to be preserved, and
that they ought not to remain in the
permanent official record of the proceedings
in the House.
"Your committee finds it impossible
to separate those portions of the
gentleman's remarks which are open
to objection from those which may be
parliamentary, and that the only way
to eliminate from The Record the remarks
which were improper and out
of order is to strike the entire speech
frofn the record."
The reDort closed with a letter
from Mr. Willett to the committee in
which he said that he had been entirely
within the rules and precedents
of the House:
A POE TALE IN REAL LIFE.
Canadian Trapper Accused of Murdering
and Eating Companions.
Montreal, Canada.?The AttorneyGeneral
of Quebec province has been
Informed of the capture of a Belgian
trapper named Grasset, who is accused
of murder and cannibalism,
and his detention at Fort Albany, a
Hudson's Bay Company post on St.
James Bay.
Orders have been forwarded to detain
the prisoner until spring, when
he will be brought up for trial.
Grasset and a French companion
named Bernard started for the Chibbagamee
country a year and a half
ago to trap game. They took with
them a guide named Lemieux. A few
months later Lemieux's body was discovered
by a party of hunters, and
Investigation revealed that the man
had been killed and parts of his body
used for food. Several months la,ter
the body of Bernard was also discovered,
and it showed evidence of the
same usage. What remained of the
hn/iw wao hrmipht tr> Roherval. Ber
nard's home, and a thorough investigation
was made. Grasset denies
'guilt.
MINE DISASTER KILLED FIVE.
Explosion and Fire in a Coal Mine at
Boswel], Pa.
Pittsburg, Pa.?Five men are dead
as the result of the gas explosion and
subsequent fire in the Merchants'
Mine of the United Coal Company at
Boswell, Somerset County.
' The dead are J. G. Logan, of Pittsburg,
mine superintendent; George
Morris, assistant superintendent;
John Cole, day foreman; Andrew
Shulock and his son, miners.
In spite of persistent reports cir- i
culated during the day that a score
or more of persons were still in the J
mine and probabty dead, it is believed I
this is the complete list.
Divorces a Nagging Wif<\
At Worcester, Mass., Channing
Smith, a wealthy woolen manufacturer,
got a divorce because his wife
nagged him into nervous prostration
and he was threatened with insanity.
His wife was Mary A. Montgomery,
of Philadelphia, when he married her
In 1BQ4
Find Button In Man's Heart.
An autopsy on the body of Fred^
Pompleitz, at Denver, Col., who was
found dead under circumstances indicating
foul play last week, revealed
an ordinary black waist button lodged
in the right auricle of Pompleiiz'3
heart.
Gas Company Contends.
The Consolidated Gas Company, of
New York City, petitioned the United
States Supreme Court to rehear the
eighty-cent rate case, alleging the decree
maintaining the eighty-cent rate
is inconsistent.
Wall is' Name Withdrawn.
Governor Hughes, at Albany, N. Y.,
withdrew the nomination of Fred
erick A. Wallis as State superintendent
of Insurance at the request
of Wallis.
China's Ruler Has Smallpox.
Cabling from Pekin, the correspondent
of the London Times says that
the infant Chinese Emperor is suffering
from confluent smallpox.
Smoke Costs Chicago $50,000,000.
Chicago is the smokiest city In the
world. The Smoke Inspector says so.
The annual loss to manufactured articles
is said to be $50,000,000.
Want Lobbyists Tagged as Such.
A resolution has been introduced
into the Senate at Lincoln, Neb., compelling
lobbyists to wear badges.
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BY WIRE.
Wages Advanced to 1200 Hands.
Pawtucket, R. I.?Announcement
was made to the 1200 employes at
the Royal Weaving Company's mill
here that beginning February 1 their
wages would be increased one-quarter
of a cent a yard on all qualities of
goods.
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Prince Wins Quebec Girl.
Quebec, Canada.?The engagement
Js announced hero of Hugo Ferretti
Tortonia, son of Prince Augustus
Tortonia, Prince of Civitella Cesi,
Italy, to Miss Margaret Duchesnay,
of Quebec.
Indian Killed in Kentncky.
Harlan, Ky.?Sherman lnsley.
killed an Indian giving his name as
Hatfeather, a fugitive from Oklahoma,
where he was charged with
killing a man. Insley, a private citizen,
sought the $1600 reward offered!
for capture of the Indian,, who offered
a desperate resistance and Insley
killed him.
Father Was Son's Best Man.
Chicago, 111.?A father acting as
beet man at the wedding of his son
was the unesual feature at the mar-,
rlage of MIsb Kathryn Charlton, of
Oak Park, and Lloyd R. Steers, of
Chicago. George S. Steers served his
son as best man. For years the
father and son have been almost Inseparable
chums, living together at
the Union League Club.
Lincoln's Portrait on Stamps.
Washington, D. C.?To commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, 100,000,000
two-cent postage stamps bearing
his portrait will be Issued.
Cannot See Trust Books.
New York City.?Judge Noyes, of
the United States Court, denied a motion
by counsel for the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining Company in its suit
for $33,000,000 damages against the
American Sugar Refining Company
for the production of the defendant
company's books.
$50,000 to Survey Lincoln Way.
Washington, D. C.?By r. vote of 1
46 to 24 the Senate adopted Senator
Knox's amendment to the Lincoln
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?50,000 for a survey of "the Lincoln
way" between Washington and Gettysburg.
Boy's Death Follows Blow.
Fall River, Mass.?George H. Maynard,
a ten-year-old schoolboy, died
as the result, it is alleged, of a blow
In the stomach infiicted by Elphoe
Cardin, a fourteen-year-old playmate.
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Morgan Buys Washington's Sword.
Baltimore, Md.?J. Pierpont Morgan
has purchased from Miss Virginia
Taylor Lewis the sword worn by
George Washington and will give the
relic to Mount Vernon.
Bryan's Daughter Sues.
Lincoln, Neb.?Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Leavitt has sued for divorce on the
ground of desertion. ( '
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Austrian Boycott Lifted.
Constantinople,Turkey.?The Government
has Issued instructions' to
the customs authorities to take meas
ures to suppress the existing boycott
on Austrian and Bulgarian goods. , t
Shaw Announces His Death. "V
London, England. ? George Bernard
Shaw, the dramatist and author,
who was to have delivered a lecture
before the Fabian Society, was unable,
owing to illness, to keep his engagement.
In reply to a note inqnir.
ing as to the state of hiB health Mr.
Shaw said: "Inform the public thatl
am dead. It will save a great deal of
trouble."
A Diplomatic Shift.
Berne, Switzerland.?Dr. P. Rlt?
ter, the Swiss Minister to Japan, has
been named to succeed Leo Vogel, at
present Minister of Switzerland at
Washington, D. C.
Mine Planters Leave.
Rio Janeiro.?The United Statei
mine planters Armistead, Captain
Ferguson, and Ringgold, commanded
by Lieutenant C. P. Corbin, which are
proceeding from Governor's Island,
New York, to San Francisco by way,
j-*-- ?j. U ~ O frAtfll
01 ID6 dirau UJ. ;uagcimu, aau^u l.uu1
Rio Janeiro for Montevideo.
Margherita Going to Japan.
Rome, Italy.?Queen Margherita,
mother of King Victor Emmanuel, is
going to Japan next August and will
remain in the islands for three
months. She will receive a hearty
welcome from the Emperor and Empress
of Japan, who will both meet
ber when she arrives at the Tokio
railroad station.
Mine Flood Drowns 160.
Johannesberg, Transvaal. ? Ten
white men and 150 natives were
drowned in the Witwatersrand gold
mine, which became flooded by the
bursting of Knight's Dam:."'*' Heavy
rains caused the dam to give way.
The water from the dam flooded also
the lower sections of the town of Elsburg.
Many houses were swept
away and thirteen persons were
drowned.
Korean Emperor on a Jannt.
Seoul, Korea.?The Emperor, accompanied
by Prince Ito, the Japanese
Resident-General in Korea, decided
to start on a tour of the north
ern portion of the empire on January
27. The Emperor will visit all the
principal cities and towns in that part
of Korea.
Fail to Form New Cabinet.
Belgrade, Servia.?All efforts to
form a new Ministry have failed, and
the Ministers, at the KiDg's request,
have consented to remain in office.
Major-GenernI AlexiefY Indicted.
St. Petersburg, Russia. ? MajorGeneral
Alexieff, retired, was indicted
for peculation and having received
bribes while in the service by order
of Minister of Marine Dikoff.
Carrie Nation Arrested.
Newcastle - on - Tyne, England.?
.Carrie Nation, the American anti-saloon
crusader, was arrested here
while engaged in a raid on a saloon.
Ernst Von Wildenbruch Dead.
Eerlin, Germany.?Ernst von Wildenbruch,
the German poec and dramatist.
is dead. He was born in 1843. i