The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, January 17, 1907, Page Pages 3 and 4, Image 7
MAIWA'S REVENGE
ALtAN OUATER MAIN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE 1
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By II. RIDER HAGGARD.
*? Author of "8Ke," "King Solomon's Mine*," Etc.
CHAPTER It. 8
Continued.
The bullet struck true and with a
thud lip dropped his great bead upon
the ground, groaned and died.
Tbis little matter baring been at
tended to, I. with the assistance of
Gobo, who bad now found bis feet,
went on to extricate our unfortunate
companion from tlie aloe busb.
Tbis we found a thorny task, but at
last b? was dragged forth uninjured,
thorgli in a very pious and prayerful
frame of mind.
His "spirit had certainly looked that
?way," be said, or be would now bave
been <>ad.
As 1 never like to interfere with true
piety. I did not venture to suggest tbat
his spirit bad deigned to make use of
m.v right-bore In bis Interest.
HaVing dispatched tbis boy back to
the camp to tell the bearers to come
mid cut that buffalo up. I bethought
me tbat I owed that rhinoceros a
grudge which I should love to repay.
So. without saying a word of what
Was in my mind to flobo, who was now
more than ever convinced that fate
walked about loose in Wambe's coun
try. I just followed on bis spoor.
He had crashed through the bush till
lie reached the little glade.
Th en. moderating bis pace some
what. he had followed the glude down
Its entire lengili, and once more turned
to the right. Ihrough the forest, shap
ing his course for the open land tbat
lies between the edge of the busb and
the river.
Having followed him for a mile or so
farther. I found myself quite on the
open. I too!: out my glass and searched
the plain.
Ahout a mile ahead wc.s something
t>rown? es I thought, the rhinoceros. I
advanced :uiother quarter of a mile and
?looked onee more ? it was not the rhi
noceros. hut a l?lg ant-heap.
This was puzzling, but I did not 111;?
to give It up. because I knew from his
spoor Hint he must be somewhnt ahead.
But as the wind was blowing straight
from m-* toward the line that he had
followed, end as a rhinoceros cnu smell
you for about a mile, it would not. I
felt, l.e safe to follow his spoor any
forth"".
So I made a detour of a mile and
more. iMilil nearly opposite the ant
heap; tin* n once more searched the
plain.
It was no good: T could s?e nothing
?f hiiu, and was about to give it up
and start after some oryx I saw In
the distance, when suddenly, at a dis
tance of about three hundred yards
from the ant-heap, and on Its farther
side. 1 saw my rhino stand up In a
patch of ?rass.
Heavens!" I thought to myself,
??he's off again."
But no; after standing staring for a
minute or two. he once more lay down.
\ Now I found myself In a quandary.
As you know, a rhinoceros Is a very
?liort-siglitcri brute: Indeed, his sight
Is ?* bad a* his scent is good.
Of tliis fact he is perfectly awnre.
but he always makes the most of his
natural gifts.
For i"?hM>ee, when he lies down lie
fnvavial'.y does so with liis brad down
iwind.
Thus IT riMv oirmy crosses his wind,
lie will si ill bp able to oscaoe or at
tack him. and If. on the other hand, the
danger approaches up wind, he will at
leas! have a chance of seeing It.
Otherwise one might, by walking del
icti iely. actually kick him tip like a
partridge if only the advance was
made up wind.
Well, the point was how on earth
should I got within shot of this rhi
noceros.
After much deliberation T determined
to try a side advance, thinking that I
might so got a shoulder shot.
Accordingly we started In a crouch
ing attiiude. I tlrst, Oobo holding on
to my ooat-laiis. and the oilier boy
on to Coho's moorlia.
I always adopt Ibis plan when stalk
Ire big gnm?\ for If you follow any
otli"r system the bearers will get out
of line.
We imt to within three hundred yards
Tight enough, and then the real difllcul
ties bpgn?\
The grass had bem so closely eaten
off by game that there was scarcely
any cover.
Consr silently It was necessary to go
on our hands and knees, which In my
cn<(- in vo'.vcd laying down I)"* clght
borf> at every step and then lining It
up again.
However. T wriggled along somehow,
find if !t bed not been for fjoho and his
fr;oi*l i' ? doubt everything would have
Cone wr 11.
F.iit rs yen have. I dare say. ob
served. a native out stnlkinsc Is always
of that mind ^hic'.i Is supposed to ac
tuate an oclrleb.
So long r* his head Is hh'len h<*
aeerns to think that nothing eise car.
be seen.
So It was In this Instance: floho and i
the other boy crent alone on their
hands and toes, with their heads well
down, but, t' ouih unfortnnatelv I did
not lioi'.ce It till too late, bear'ng tho
fundamental oortions of their friiiues
liieli In the e'r.
Now r'l fli'tmnl* ar?? quit" *? sus
plcltus of this er.d of mankind as
tb"T face, and of this fact
v 1 foin I'M a proof,
v Jusi Tit Lavl got within about
a tremendous snort over rolled the
rhinoceros beneath its shock, just like
u shot rabbit.
But if I hail thought flint he war
?lone for I was mistaken, for In an
other second he was up and coming at
me n* hard as ever, only with his head
held low.
I waited till he was within ten yard*,
in the hope that he would expose his
chest, but he would do nothing of the
sort.
So I just had to Are at his bead with
the left barrel, aud take my chance.
Well, as luck would have It, of
course, the animal put his horn in the
way of the bullet, which cut clean
through it about two inches above the
root, and then glanced off Into space.
After that things got rather serious.
My gun was empty and the rhinoc
eros was rapidly arriving? so rapidly,
indeed, that I came to the conclusion
that I had better make way for him.
Accordingly I jumped to my feet and
ran to the right as hard as I could go.
As I did so he arrived full tilt,
knocked my friendly ant-heap flat, and
two hundred yards, and I wai con
gratulating myself that I bad not had
tills long crawl, with the tun beating
on the back of my neck like, a fur
nace. all for nothing, I heard the hiss
ing notes of the rhinoceros birds, and
u;> flew four or live of them from
the brute's back, where they had been
comfortably employed in catching
ticks.
Now tlil? performance on the part of
tho birds la to n rhinoceros what the
word "cave" is to n schoolboy; it puts
him on the qui vive at ouce.
Before the birds were well In the air
I saw the crass stir.
"Down you go!" I whispered to the
boys, and as I did so the rhinoceros
got up and glared suspiciously around.
But ho could see nothing; indeed,
if we had been standing up I doubt if
ho would hare sepn us at that dis
tance.
So he merely gave two or three sniffs,
and then lay down, his head still down
wind, the birds once more settling on
his back.
But it was clear to me that he was
sleeping with one eye open, and gen
erally In a suspicious and unchristian
frame of mind, and that it was use
less to proceed farther on that stalk;
so we quiet iy withdrew to consider the
position and study the ground.
The results were not satisfactory.
There was absolutely 110 cover about
except the ant-heap, which was some
three hundred yards from tho rhiuoc
eros upon his tip-wind side.
1 knew that If I tried to stalk him
In front I should fail, and so I should
if I attempted to do so from the
farther side; he or the birds would see
me.
So I came to a conclusion: I would
Co to the ant-heap, which would give
him my ivind, and instead of stalking
him I would let him stalk me.
It was a bold step, and one which I
should never advise a hunter to take,
but somehow I felt as though rhino
and I must piny the hand out.
I explained my intentions to the men.
who both held up their hands in hor
ror.
Their fears for my safety were a Ut
ile mitigated, however, when I told
I hem that I did not expect them to
come with me.
<iobo breathed a prayer that T might
not meet fate walking about, and the
other one sincerely trusted that my
spirit might look my way when the
rhinoceros charged, and then they both
departed to a place of safety.
Taking my elght-l>or? and half a
dozen spare cartridges In my pocket,
I made a detour, nnd reaching the ant
heap in safety, lay down.
For a moment the wind had dropped,
but presently a gentlo puff of air
passed over me and blew on toward
the rhinoceros.
By the way. I wonder what It Is that
smells so strong about a man?
Is It his body or his breath?
I have never been able to make out,
but I saw somewhere the other day
that in the duck decoys tho man who
Is working the dunks holds a little
piece of burning turf before his mouth,
and If he does this they cannot smell
him. which looks as though It \fere the
breath.
Well, whatever It was about me that
attracted his attention tho rhinoceros
soon smelted mo. anil within half a
minute after the puff of wind bad
passed he was up and turning round
to net his head up wind.
Thera lie stood for a few seconds and
sniffed, nnd then he began to move,
first of all at a trot, thou, as tiie scent
grew stronger, at a furious gallop.
O11 he came, snorting like a runaway
engine, with Ms tail stuck straight up
In tho air; If he had seen mo lie down
?M'o.'e, he could not have made a better
III"*.
It was rather nervous work, T can
tell you. lying Ihoro waiting for his
opsiavflltt, for he looked like* a moun
tain of iieyh.
I determined, however, not In fire till
I could nln'nly see his eye. for I think
that rule eiwnvs gives one the right
distance for bin game,
So I re ted my rlflo on the ant-heap
and waited for him. kneeling.
At last, when he was about fortj
yards away. I snw that the time hud
conie. and Aiming straight for the mid
dle of the CiVat. I pulled.
ThuU went the b#*vy bullet, xvtfi)
for the second time thmt day went a
most magnificent cropper.
This gave me a few seconds' start,
and I ran down wind? my word, I did
run.
Unfortunately, however, my
retreat was observed, and the rhinoc
eros. as soon as he got h'.s legs again,
set to work to run after me.
Now no mnu on earth can run ns
fast as an irritated rhinoceros can gal
lop, and I knew that he must 60011
catch ine up.
But having some slight experience of
this sort of thing, I, luckily for my
self. kept my head, and as I fled I man*
aged to open my rifle, get the old cart
ridges out and put two fre*h ones In.
To do this I had to steady my pace
a little, and by the time that I bad
snapped the rifle to I beard liitn snort
ing and tbuudering away within a few
pace# of my back.
I stopped, niul as I did so rapidly
cocked the rifie and slewed round on
my heel.
By this time the brute was within
\ six or seven yards of me. but luckily
his bead was up.
I lifted the rifle and fired at him.
It was a snap shot, but the bullet
struck him in the chest within three
inches of the first, and found its way
into bis lungs.
It did not stop him. however, so all
I could do was to bound to one side,
which I did yvith surprising activity,
and as he brushed past me tire the
other barrel into his side.
That did for him.
The ball passed in behind the shoul
der and right through Ills heart.
lie fell over on to his side, gave one
most awful squeal? a dozen pigs could
not have made such a noise ? and
promptly died, keeping his wicked eyes
wide open all the time.
As for me, I blew my nose, and going
up to the rhinoceros, sat on his head,
nnd reflected that I had had a capital
morning's shooting.
itiodest
CHAPTER III.
THE HIRST ROU5D. .
After this, bs it was now midday,
am! I had killed enough meat, we
marched back triumphantly to eaiup.
where I proceeded to concoct ft stew
of buffalo beef and compressed vege
table.
When this was done, we ate the stew,
and then I had a nap.
About 4 o'clock, however. Gobo wo'.ce
me up, and tohl me that the headman
of one of Wuiube's kraals had arrived
to see me.
I ordered him to be brought up. and
presently he came, a little, wizened,
talkative old man, with a waistcloth
round his middle, and a greasy, frayed
kaross made of the skins of rock rab
bits over his shoulder?.
I told him to sit down, and then
abused him roundly.
"What do you mean.** I asked, "by
disturbing me in this rude way?
"How did lie dare to cause a person
of my quality and evident Importance
to be awakened In order to Interview
hi? entirely contemptible self?"
I sppke thus because I knew that It
would produce an Impression on him.
Nobody except a really great man,
he would argue, would dare to speak to
him in that fanhlon.
Most savages are desperate bullies
at heart, and look on insolence as a
sign of power.
The old man instantly collapsed.
He whs utterly overcome, he said:
his heart was split In two. and well
realized the extent of his misbehavior.
But the occasion was very urgent.
He heard that a mighty hunter was
In the neighborhood, a beautiful white
man ? how beautiful he could not have
imagined had he not seen ? (tills to me!) '
?and he came to beg hi* assistance.
The truth was that three bull ele
phants such as no man ever saw had
for years been the terror of their kraal,
which was but a small place, a cattle
kraal of the greut ehiof Wambc, where i
they lived to keep the cattle.
And now of late these elephants had
done them much damage, but Inst night j
they had destroyed a whole patch of
mealle land, and he feared that If
they cnnie back they would all starve
next season for want of food.
Would the mighty white man then
be pleased to come and kill the ele
phnnts?
, It would be easy for him to do ? oh,
most ensy!
It was only necessary that he should
hide himself in a tree, for there was a
full moan, and then when the t-iephants
appeared he would spenic to them with
the gun, and they would fall down
?lead, and there, would be an end of
their troubling.
Of course, I hummed and liawed and
made a great favor of consenting to
this proposal, though really 1 was de
lighted to have a chance.
One of th? conditions that I made
was that a measfMiger should at once
l?e dispatched to Wanibe. whose kraal
was two days' Journey from where I
was. telling him that I pronoj>ed to
come and pay my respects to him In a I
few days, and to ask his formal per
mission to shoot in his country.
Also I Intimated that I was prepared
to present him with "hongo;" that Is.
blackmail, and that I hoped to do a
little trade with him in Ivory, of which
I heard he had a great quantity.
This message the old gentleman
promsled to dispatch at once, though
there wns something about his manner
which showed me that he was doubt
ful as to l:ow It would be received.
After that we struck our camp, and
moved on tr> <he kraal, which we
reached about iii hour before aiinsct.
This kraal wi.$ a collection of hvits
surrounded bv a slight thorn fence;
perhaps there were ten of them In nil.
It was situated In a kloof or the
mountain, with a rivulet flowing down
It.
(Tr> be continued.)
The Great Salt I.Hke, In L'tttb, I* now
crossed by " trestle bridge over twenty
u41m toug.
TILLMAM GETS HOT
Goes After (he President With
His Pitchfork
BROWNSVILLE RIOT THE TEXT
Nothing Involved in Dismissal of Ne
gro Troops Except Race Question ?
Present Administration Responsi
ble for Present Acute Situation in
South ? President Encouraged Ne
gro to 'Assert Equality Then
Wrought Vengeance On "Whole
Battalion.
Washington, Special? The senate
istened to a debate oil the lace qucs
lion Saturday in which Senator iill
aiau was the principal participant,
mil Senator Patterson, oi Colorado,
a'.s opponent, which brought into
linking contrast the ideas of the
South and North on this question.
President, he maintained, had en
couraged the negro to assert his
'quality and then had wrought ven
geance on a whole battalion for fol
lowing that encouragement. He con
demned the President's action in
both i espects.
At tins point Mr. Tillman was in
??rrwpted lor the lirst time. Senator
Nelson asked: 44 Would you deny
t!u)S4 privileges to white soldiers T
"1 will go as far us any man in
jiving white men, either soldiers or
citizens, their rights," answered Mr.
Tillman.
44 Why should not the colored sol
dier, if he conducts himselt as a
white soldier, have the same consider
ation t"
4 'For the simple reason that God
Almighty made him colored. He did
not make him white," retorted Mr.
Tillman, who added that caste feel
ing was universal; that it pulsated
even in the bosom of the senator from
Minnesota (Mr. Nelson).
Mr. Tillman characterized tlw
President's action in the Brownsville
."attor as 4 4 nothing more or less
thun lynching." lie challenged any
one to produce in 'he army regula
tion or elsewhere any foundation for
the charge of conspiracy ot silence,
mutiny and treason made against tin*
soldiers, although he declared that
there was no doubt that the soldiers
were responsible for the 4 4 outrage at
Brownsville."
??The whole issue involved is one
of race, and the President is pri
marily more responsible than any
other man for the position the ne
groes in the South have taken on the
question of negro rights, lie gave
recognition to Booker Washington in
a social way. lie did it knowing he
was flying in the face of caste feel
ing among seventeen millions of
Southern white men and against the
same feeling of two-thirds or three
fourths of the Northern people. He
does not understand the negro or the
deep and vital character of the issue
involved. He made a mess of it in
the first instance and he has made a
worse mess of the last.',
44The well-known attitude of the
administration on the racial question
hns been the cause of a great and no
ticeable change in the demeanor and
action of the negroes through the
South and the greater question of re
lationship between the races cannot
be much longer kept down." He pre
dicted in the near future a race con
flict to determine whether the negro
is the equal of the Caucasian.
Something ahould Be Done.
44 It is high time something was
being done to have this great and vi
tal question brought before the coun
try in some' practicable and sensible
way. The deep interest shown in
the Brownsville tragedy is ample evi
dence that the people of the country
? re beginning to feel a deep concern
in the various phases of this ques
tion, and it is absolutely useless for
dootrinaries and politicians to un
dertake to pooh-pooh the question
nnd dismiss it with a wave of the
hand nnd for one, I am ready to go
to battle under the slogan ' America
for the Americans,' nnd 'This is the
white mnn's country and white me*
must govern it.' "
Senator Tillman convulsed the gal
leries an<| amused many senators by
illustrating the discrimination be
tween the races in Washington. "Ne
groes are not allowed to drink at all
the bars in Washington, as yon all
know," he said. The last three
words were given especial emphasis.
And the senator waved his hand to in
clude the whole senate.
Mr. Tillman said there were some
times when he wished to he dispas
sionate and deliberate, and he had
prepared iii writing, his discussion of
the race question nnd would read it.
The war bed settled the question of
slavery and ul*o the question of
whether we were to bp a con federa
tion of a nation. We were, lie said, a
nation with a bier "N," but the
Southern half of the country had no
conception of tho word "Nation."
exempt ns it is connected with the
word "Nigger," nnd more's the
pity.,'
To a question from f.ennlor Bever
id~e thnt a remedy be suggested, Mr.
Tillman declined to enter into that
phase of the diser.scsion. He said he
has arisen from a sick bed to speak,
and to follow the discussion of the
question, would involve another two
hours' speech. It had simply been
his object to point out that the peo
ple. of the South were on the crest of
a volcano and confronted with a sit
uation of which the people of the
North li?d no conception. As to the
Brownsville matter he stood on the
proposition that the innocent ought
not to be punished because there
were some guilty, "and I think the
President has made some very grave
blunders in dealing with this sub
iect."
CANAL BUS OPENRD
Cost of Construction of Canal by
These Contractors Would be $9,
450.000 if Estimate of $140,000,
000, Frequently Spoken of in Con
gress, is Accurate ? Much Discus
sion Made as to Oreat Difference
in the Only Four Estimates Sub
mitted ? Both Oliver and Bangs
Have Done Much Important Con
struction Work According to State
ment Submitted.
Washington, Special. ? Proposals
opened by the canal commission for
the entire construction of the Pana
ma canal were as low as had been ex
pected by experts on construction
work. For some time it has been
known that several members of the
commission believed 1 per centum
upon the estimated cost of the con
struction would be a t'pir remunera
tion for a contract, or under the
form of contract prepared by the
commission.
The lowest pro|>osal, that of Wil
liam J. Oliver, of Knoxville, Tennes
see, and Anson M. llanos, of New
York city, who offered to do the
work for t>.75 per centum of the es
timated cost, falls even lower than
bad been hoped for.
(Granting that the estimate of
$140,000,000 for the construction of
the canal, which had been frequent
ly spoken of in congress, is accurate,
the remuneration of the Oliver-Bangs
combination would be $0,450,000 in
ease it were to be awarded the con
tract.
William J. Oliver and Anson M.
Bangs have both been in the contract
ing business for many years, and the
statements they furnished with their
projxmal show that they hnvc done
much important work. Mr. Oliver
states that he has completed $18,
100,000 worth of work in the past
ten years now has $31,500,000
worth of work in progress. He gives
his assets at $3,000,000. Mr. Bangs
tfives his assets at $2,000,000.
The other bidders wore (Jeorxe
Peirce & Company, of Frankfort,
Maine and New York city, who of
fered to do the work for 7.19 j>er
centum upon the estimated costs, the
North American Dredging Company,
of Los Angeles, California, who of
fered to do the work for 28. per
centum of the estimated costs, and
the McArthur, Gillespie Company, of
New York, whose bid wns 12.3 per
centum.
Strike Leaders Are Shot.
City of Mexico, Special. ? Late ad
vices from the Crizaba strike dis
trict are to the effect that 5,562 of
the 7,08.3 men who were out, have re
turned to work. Although everything
is quiet at present, swift punishment
was inflicted by the government upon
the men who were leaders in the la to
noting. .hist how many men were
executed for the part which thev
took in the trouble is not yet known,
but seven of the rinir leaders were
shot in the sight of hundreds of wit
nesses. The shooting of these lead
ers, amonir who were Rafael Moreno,
vice president, and Manuel .Juarez,
secretary of t lie Working Men's or
ganization, was dramatic. It was at
.">:.''0 o'clock in the morning when
.">.000 of the already half-starved
strikers determined to turn hack to
work. The factory whistle was blow
ing and throngs of nvn were about
to enter the o?*en doors when they
saw a squad of soldiers landing the
condemned men to the ruins of tho
stores that hod been razed by the
mob. Placing the m"n on the niles
of smouldering rubbish the soldier*
*ter>n?d bnck the desired number of
P"ce?* o""' t''C volley thnt followed
this dramatic chapter of the
strike.
V/alkcr HanCcd.
Oroliflm. Special. ? The nerro TTnn
rv Walker, eond?,n,n',d t'? d""'h ^ <>r
lutvimr shot Mr. I,. J'anks 1 f ?>l t . v.ns
on T>'"si1nv ban-red prmiMt 1v nt 1
o'elock. U?? was nr"!ioujuT(l <!e;ul at
t)io end of 17 minutes.
.Tame* H. Dt'ko, pr^i-hvtt of 1 1i<?
American Tobacco ( \ir>?"ipr\ test ilied
for the defense in tin* ii'oiici cr.ne k.
Rcvcr.no Cutter Laur.d'Cd.
Wilmington. Special. The reve
nue cutler I'andieo, built for the
jrnvernment by the J'nwey ( c .Jones
Company, was launched SatnnHy.
The va.-"-'.c| was *,lif!J*te;i",?1 bv Miss
Appie ('mile Coi-oe, of Newborn, N.
(', Officers ?>f the revenue service
were nmon;' ?}ie invited ;jue.d??. The
Pamlico is 15S feet Ion? nn<l will
cruise on Albemarle and I'omlioo
sounds.
Late JVeteM* ?
In "brief ^
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
Col. Pat kit Andrieff, Chief of Gend
armes in the Lodz district was assi
sted.
The assasin of General Pavloff was
ienteneed by court-martial to be
hanged.
Se\ ere earthquake shocks are re
ported from Norway. Sweden and
luisKia.
Cor|H>ra! Knowles, of the Twenty
?ifth Infantry , will be tried hv court"
aiartial for attempting to kill Cap
lain .Maeklin.
^ The gold production of the United
States in the calacndar vcar 190l>
amounted to $!Hi.lOI. 100.
President Roosevelt has been in
vited to deliver the oration at .lames
town, Ya., on May I t.
The Senate passed the La Follette
bill providing ,|iat ,-ai|l0;U, UlvM
diall not work more than Hi consecu
tive hours in a day.
Senator Foraker -rave notice that
lie would try to get a vote Saturday
?n his resolution for an invest i-a
tion of the Brownsville affair.
A personal encounter on the tloor
P"-1 House bet ween Representative
(James, of Tennessee, and Repres
entative Mahon, of Pennsylvania, was
averted by the intervention of freinds
. ^ allaee Mays, aged *2.">, unmar
ried. shot and killed at Roanoke Mks.
htta Murray, aired 30, the wife of
rrank Muray, nn?l then blew out hi*
own brains. Mays and Mrs. Murray
were cousins and br was madlv in
I love with her.
( harles (ioode was convicted at Lu
ray of the murder of his sweetheart,
Miss tannic Stroop, and was sen
tenced to be banned 011 March S.
Governor Dawson, of West Virgin
ia, made n number of important rec
ommendations in his message to the
West Virginia Legislature.
The Seaboard Air Line Railwav
( ompany will issue a new moit^a,re
for .$1S,<)00,00().
Howard K. ^ oung, of Raltimore,
find Karl ?luntrhluth. presidents, re
spectively of the J. S. Young Com
pany of Raltimore and the MacAn
drews & Forbes Company, were ac
quitted by the jury in the licorice
paste case, while the companies were
convicted on two of the three counts.
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina,
lend his mesaire to the Legislature.
Representative William Aldeu
Smith was nominated by the Michi
gan Republicans to succeed Russell
A. A lire r in the Cnited States Senate.
Archbishop George Montgomery
?lied at San Francisco.
rits ate to lie issued against K.
II. Harrimau. William Roekefeller
and others, to compel them to remain
within the jurisdiction of the Inter
state Commerce Commission until
they have testified.
What are believed to have been
earthquake shocks were felt in Penn
sylvania and Michigan.
President Roosevelt has aeccptcd
a place on the Simplified Spellim'
Board.
An order for a speeial iianel of
jurymen to try Ilarrv K. Thaw was
signed by Justice Fitzgerald.
A conference of members of the
Thaw family is to he held to get t lis
ctrisent of Harry K. Thaw's mother
to an examination of him by a lun
acy commission.
A negro was handed to a tree ami
r'ddled with bullets in Alabama be
cause he hud attempted to assault
?\ banker s daughter in her room at
'light.
The terrorists arc s;iid to have
?bndemned Grimd Duke Nicholas,
I rcmier Stolypin and ;>t hers to
death.
President Roosevelt ordered that
all pi ivntc letiees inclosing public
laud be totu down at once,
The Interstate Commerce Cornmiv
s on sent to ( 'on<_'iess a request tJuit
an appropriation be made for test
it.!! nutoumtie appliances to prevent
train collisions.
The president cave a special din
net pt the White ilotisc in honor of
Speaker Cannon.
With liabilities of $1 .V>, <)()<) and few
assets. ex-Mayor Johi.-l, Ouiuev, of
Boston, was petitioned into bankrupt.
Mrs. Lydia K. Commander ami Mrs
Rose Pastor Stc.k-s advnce.l s?mo
very radical views on race suicide and
wealth.
Governor I'oJJ; jn |; ??* mes^a re ree.
ommen.led the mm'-mml of a law
making lob!)a\it:>r a eiiije.
A .-'ei.l iu;':en-e in ; ne- nionia as <?
rc-MK.lt ol the eiiid.'tinc H i/i.'lucnza it
| icpoiled 1 1 < hi New Vr.jk,
Kv.nclraui Ev,ul.'.cwcd In Crrci TluaJ
"?V avc.
T1;P IIiuvip, I y ( i!.j';v- A ti<ln:
wave Ins dcvnstnU' I so::'.e of t'.it
Dufrli Lust indum i i)!.n!s k ' ? * 1 1 '.i ?>!
'I lie lt?; s is vo: v :r. .1 * . Ac
ci 1 <iii"j to a i.iirj' ??: i 'i ;' | (ii :;ifltch
I'OO pew :;s pni.diCtl < :i t';i? is] u; I
Trnn, while 'Jo nic known to !i;ivf
bren drowned nt tLc Mia. id of Sun
olu.