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EQUAL PARTNERS By HOWARD FIELDING at x * Copyright, 1901, by Charles W. Hooke. fp li CHAPTER XIV. "THRIFT. HORATIO. THRIFT.” HE next morning’s pn- pers contained Inter views with Dr. Blair I * n ^ ie stated the most positive man ner that the mysteri ous woman was not Miss Machine. This did not have the effect of taking Bren da entirely out of print, but It inspired all the newspaper writers with cau tion. for. though some of them were not able to believe that Blair was tell ing the truth, it was impossible to over look the fact that he was the only wit ness. The most serious of the immediate results of this publication was experi enced by I>r. Blair himself about 10 o’clock in the forenoon, when he receiv ed a call from Captain Neale. The cap tain seemed not to be representing the department upon this occasion, for he was in the dress of a private citizen. Even his shoes were different from a policeman’s characteristic footwear. As the apparel evidently was not worn for purposes of disguise, it might be assumed that Mr. Neale had come upon a pt rsonal errand. When admitted to Pr. Blair’s office, he first showed interest in all the doors opening from the room: then he be stowed a moment’s attention upon somo of the doctor's effects which had been eflileeted as if to be packed in a large trunk. * "Going awayV” Inquired Neale. ,r Slove." responded Blair. ..^yiiat :or?” "You’ve succeeded in spoiling my practice arount here.” was the reply. *‘l am md more modest than other doc tors, but the kind of conspicuousness which comes from having a uniformed policeman call at the house every ten minutes is not a good advertisement. Bo I have engaged other quarters.” "Where?” "I would like to tell you that it's none of your business,” said Blair, “but that wouldn't prevent you from finding out. I’m going up town." And he gave the address, which the captain ostentatiously noted down. Having done this, he looked Blair in the eye and said: i *'I don't know whether you're going ' or not.” _ | WMakt? your mind easy,” replied the ' doctor. "I am.” “You’re an important witness in this 1 case.” said the captain, “and I want you where I can get my hands on you.” J t _“Well. I’mjiot going far.” The captain screwed up his queer ■ eyebrows in his own peculiar fashion. “It's my opinion.” said he. "that you're going to the house of detention.” Blair looked uneasy, but he mustered a smile. “The house of detention is for the poor.” he said. “It is for people who will stand being Imprisoned six months or a year for nothing without making any fuss about it.’’ "You’re poor enough, my friend.” re plied the captain, “and I’ll see that you don't mnke*nny fuss. I’ve got a story all fixed up that will keep you quiet.” Blair let the lid of the trunk fall heavily and then sat down on top of it. "Well, you needn’t tell me what it Is.” he said. “I’ll take your word for It that It's a good one. In short, you in tend to ruin me in this town.” The captain put his hand Into his pocket in a way that made Blair nerv ous. hut it was nothing more formida ble than a piece of chewing tobacco that appeared. Neale nodded slowly as he bit off a piece. “From the beginning of this said the doctor. “I have beeu unable to understand your game. Is it v ” “My game.” replied the captain, to take good care of Joseph Neale.” “Well.” said Blair, “what have 1 done to prevent it?" “Ever hear the story of the beggar who asked the professional charity man for a dime?" “1 don't remember it,” said the doc tor. “The charity man said: ‘Go over on the other side of the street. I’m work ing this side.’ " Blair appeared to ponder deeply upon the significance of this ancient tale in the present situation. “Look here." said the captain sud denly. “You saw Brenda Machine com ing out of that house, and you had sense enough to k“ep still until you found out where you stood. That was all right. You found out. right away, what kind of a father she had. and you knew that your Information was worth money. Now. don't jump. I've looked you up, and I’ve found out that you’re not above that sort of thing. Very well; few of us are. but when you found out that I was ‘on’ you ought to have done one of two things—quit or let me in." Blair drummed on the trunk with bis lingers. “I thought you were after Alden,” lie •aid. ‘Tin after ’em both.’** “Do you still believe there’s anything In Aldeu's story of money?” queried Blair, eying the other shrewdly. Neale nodded emphatically. "But we'll leave that for a minute.” he said. "In the mutter of .Machine 1 |et you go ou, merely showing von that case. totally What ‘is I was keeping close track. - I didn’t suppose you'd jump so quick.” “What do you mean?” The captain shook a big forefinger in Blair’s face. “You went to Machine's house last evening,” he said. “Then you gave out that interview.” And the biff forefinger came very close to Blair's nose as the captain added. “How much did you get? Blair's lean and deeply lined faee was suddenly moistened with perspira tion. lie sprang up sidewise from the trunk and walked around the far end of the table. “This is getting personal.” he said at last, with a nervous laugh that scarce ly passed beyond a contortion of the lips. “I'll make it personal for you. my friend.” he said. "In fact. I'll land you behind the bars before I'm doue with you. This is blackmail.” Blair laughed aloud. “Blackmail is a dreadful sin,” he said, "and nobody knows it better than you do.” Neale did not see fit to reply. lie watched Blair carefully as the latter paced up and down gnawing his lips. “Captain,” said the doctor, pausing suddenly and facing about, "how much money can you raise?” Neale's eyebrows took tbe shape of inverted V’s, and beneath them his eyes looked like dots because of the contraction in the corners. "What are you trying to get at?” he demanded. “You mean something. What Is it?" A sudden shivering seized Blair, so that his jaws could he seen to shake. Indeed they could he heard. He cross ed to a looker on the wall, from which he took a small bottle containing a thick and dark fluid. This he raised to his lips, shuddering at the taste of It. But he seemed to be benefited in the matter of self command. “Nerve medicine?'’ said Neale. "1 don't think you need it.” “You told me.” replied Blair slowly, “that I ought to quit or let you in. I've decided to do the latter.” “Right!” said the captain, with em phasis. “How much did you get?” “The little money that 1 got from Machine doesn't amount to anything.” responded Blair. “1 got something better.” Xealf* stretched out his hand with a quick motion and laid it upon Blair’s shoulder, to that individual’s great sur prise, for he thought himself far out of reach. They stared at each other with equal Intensity v "Can you lie square?" said Blair as if he were consulting an oracle and nut the man at whom he was looking. "Is there any way to make you? I believe there is. And you've got the money too.” “I’ve always got plenty of money for a good tiling.” said Neale. “Now, speak up. Did Alden tell Maelane?” Blair shook off the hand upon his shoulder by the exercise of great agili ty. and then he strode across the room to a desk, from which he took a small blankhook and u stylographic pen. He j opened the book upon the table and [ wrote his name on the first page, with a word or two after it; then he looked I at Neale, holding the pen toward him. The captain nodded, and he also wrote in the book. I’pon the page there then appeared this: Akthi r Gordon Blair, i _ , „ Jd8k.-m Kraus. 1 F '‘l ua > Pirtnprs - I “My friend.” said the captain, “you ask me If I can be square. Well, there ain’t nobody that can lie gqtiarer than what I can. and you'll find that ; out if you stick to me and don't try to get funny nor play no tricks." If Blair's acquaintance with Neale had been more intimate, lie would have recognized sincerity in this re dundancy of negatives. The reporters who have followed Neale’s career as sert that he once put seven into one | short sentence while engaged in de nouncing a certain well known re i former. As a rule, however, bis lan guage was not grossly inaccurate. In this instance it was tbe ring of the words that appealed to Blair. He took up the book and wrote upon tbe page that bore tbe names, bis position being such Unit the captain could not see what was set down. “Now. my esteemed business asso ciate." said Blair, laying down the book, "this is the English of the mat ter—Alden lias told Machine where Tie was that afternoon and Maelane has told me. I didn't go up there to get the secret: I went for a little cold money. Circumstances had made it , agreeable to me to put Miss Maelane out of this case, and ns I was going to do it anyhow it occurred to me that I might as well be paid for it.” • “It's a pleasure to be in business wiili a man like you.” said Neale. wi;b a grin. "How much was the touch?" “Only iSlhOdO." replied Blair, "it is a loan. 1 told him a pitilul story of mis fortune and mentioned that t was being bounded by the police. Well he's had a little of that himself. He sympathized with me. and when I said 1 wanted to move, take a better otl.ee and all thtit he very klndl.t consented to help me out. As to his daughter. I told him frankly that I believed she was the woman I bad seen, but that 1 had no idea she was directly con cerned in the crime. I believed that •be bad gone to that house, had seen He looked at Neale. Alden there and that she knew him to be guilty; in short, that she was Aldeu's accessory after the fact making them joint holders of the secret and”— “Equal partners, as we are,” said Neale. “Precisely,” was the reply. “Such being the case. I could not become a third partner. In brief, I wouldn’t give out that interview which you saw in the papers this morning until l was sure Alden was innocent.” “Clever rascal!" said Neale. "It was a sudden inspiration with me. I'll admit.” responded- Blair, “but it worked. Of course I- was a long while getting at the facts, for at first he wanted me to take his word, which I gently but firmly declined to do. Then, in the strictest confidence, he told me what I'm going to tell you now. “This is a big tiling,” he continued, his face suddenly growing pale. "I’m afraid you can’t raise the money to swing it. for it can't be done without money. That's why I'm laying myself open to you. It had to be somebody, au.l the devil sent you in.” "I'm obliged to him,” said Neale. “Go on." "Mr. Alden spent tbe critical time that afternoon.'' said Blair, “in the of fice cf a gentleman named Marcellus Hobson. Ever bear of him?” “Lawyer?" “One of the smartest trust lawyers in this country and a man worth mil lions." said Blair. "And this is what Alden was doing there: He lias organ ized a combination of the companies in his line of business.” “Alden has?” exi timed Neale, amaz ed. “Yes. sir.” responded Blnlr. “That man Alden. the head of a little, totter ing concern that is on the edge of bankruptcy. Las got all the big fel lows in line, and he stands to win millions in the closing of the deal. It’s pouring money into this deni that has put his own business where it is. He must win now or go to total ruin.” “Web, what's going to stop him?” demanded Neale eagerly. “Where do we come In?" “He's rounded thefn all up except the Holbein Mautifac.urine company of Newark,” said Blair. “WRbout that company in. the thing breaks and Al den goes to smash. But on the day when he sent that note to Miss Miller, on the day when she was stabbed. Al den got a verbal agreement with tbe president of the Holbein company which practically clinched the thing. It clinched it except for just one chance —there’s au option out on the Holbein business. Some time ago a combination was made to buy tbe works, eud a le gal option was taken. The price is $000,000. of which one-third must be paid in cash four days from this pres ent date or the option is forfeited. It will be forfeited. John Y. Bowen, the banker, who was at tin* head of the combination, has died, and tbe whole thing lias fallen through. The option is in tin* hands of Bowen’s son. who has been tr’ing ’o push the thing along, hut has now dropped it. Me must buy that option.’* “Why doesn’t Alden buy it?” “H'* Is making a g”mWe. If the op tion lapses, he can get the concern for half a million. Tbe Holbein people know nothing of tbe trust scheme. They think Alden merely represents capita’ seeking an investment. 1 hey are a’l old men in tbe company and willing to nell out. But if new capital and new men ge» hold «f the concern It can be forced into Aldcn’s trust on a valuation of a clean million, and there s a profit of $400,000 for us." Neale twisted a newspaper into rags with bis gigantic hands. ••This Hiing needs Investigating." he said, "and there isn’t much time.” “Investigating?” echoed Blair. “If old Duncan Ma'daue says It’s ail right, do you suppose there’s anv doubt about it?” “Why doesn’t he buy in?" queried Neale and then answered his own ques tion “l see. He can’t. He’s got it confidential from \hlen. It wouldn't do for hint *o show n** with the proper ty. Bur you're talking big money, and we mustn’t .re too fast.” “Don'* von see.” sal' 1 Blair, speaking slowly, but in a voice thick with ex* "i»eti'cnt. “that all we’v® got to do is to bnv the option 1 ' Show u»> with that on 'li*- day before it “X pi res. and you'll never ‘-ave to nut up the $2U0.l>0o of purchase money. You'll only have to nrove that you can. Alden will have to settle pt your own figures. If he does not. his game is up. By heavens, we can take more than half the profits of this transaction right out of his hands.” "But where'll Alden get the inouey to settle with us?" demanded the captain "We can't take no oromiscs.” "That option closes the deal." said Blnlr "With ihe deal closed. Alder, <-eu command all the money he wants for the thing will go light into tilt h-ind»- of a trust company to b« fine need.*’ “Then why hasn’t Alden bought the option himself? You say it’s a gam- blc’’— “Not altogether that. Young Bowen, so Maelane said, bates Alden and lias a suspicion of wbat’s up. He has turned down certain parties because he sus pected Alden was back of tbem. But you can bring him to terms. All he’ll want to know Is that you don’t repre sent Alden.” “If it’s old John Y. Bowen’s son,” said Neale, with a smile. “1 reckon I can fetch him. I happen to have a hitch or two there. He’s a pretty live ly boy.” “Then the thing Is as good as done.” responded Blair. Neale took a turn around the room. “I'll go and see Bowen this after noon.” he said, “and If this thing works 1’H make Aiden holler. I’m no friend of his after that little affair the other day. This will cut that honeymoon journey of his down a trifle. I’m think ing. when little Elsie Miller gets well. By tbe way, Blair, you owe me a thou sand.” Blair took an enormous, ragged poeb- etbook from the Inside of bis waist coat and paid the money. Then he re- olaced the wallet and showed Neale the additional writing that he had put into the blankhook. Above tbe part nership agreement was this: For the purchase ot the Holbein Manufacturing company and further cue-rations on information furnished by A. G. H # ‘l don't see bow vou happen to he poor,” said Neale, regarding the other genially. Blair graund tils hands together. “I* s the start.” be said, “the cursed money to make the first move. 1 never fcould get these ten talons on it.” “There’s something in that.” rejoined Neale. “1 hope you’ve got a safe place for that book. I shouldn't care to have it printed iu tbe newspapers after this game is over. I’ve got a pretty strong pull, hut it won’t stand everything.” Blair went back to the d«sk. which was a heavy, old fasb'oned affair, and locked up the book iu oue of the draw ers. “And now. mv friend.” said Neale, "one final word. If you play any games with me, i’ll do a trick with you that will wind you up. I have it on the quiet that this Miller girl is going to die. Now. I've Peeu turning up a little evidence, making most of it myself out of the raw goods, of course, and 1 can make evidence that would hang a man for a murder committed before be was born. How would you like to have me figure 30U out as tbe man that did this deed ?” The breath went out of Blair’s body as if some one bad struck him in the region of his sohn plexus. "Wiu're crazy!" Pe gasped. Neale laughed softly. "I went through her trunk.” he said, “and got some notes that you wrote to her awhile ago. it isn't generally known that you were so well acquaint ed ” “Isu't generally known?” echoed Blair. “Why not? I lived In that house for awhile. Certainly I knew her and took her out to diuuer a few times. But. holy heavens, why should l want to kill her?” "Well,” said Neale, “there’s the tuon. ey.” “Nonsense! You know where the money went, and you know who com mitted this crime.” ’Terhaps 1 do,” responded Neale, with a grin; "but, at any rate, please remember that I have acted in your in terests throughout.” Blair took him by tbe topmost button of his sack.coat. “In the interests of Joseph Neale.” he said. “My interests and those of justice haven't bothered you much. Why, this case reminds me of the old college football games 20 years ago. Somebody kicked the hall once, and then the boys began to fight, and no body paid any attention to the ball aft er that. Usually some mucker from East Cambridge stole it. and tbe loss wasn't discovered till after tbe game was over." "The football being the criminal, eh." said Neale. "Just nominally a part of the proceedings? Well, there may be something in whet you say.” And he grinned serenely as he walk ed backward toward the door. FILIPINO CRUELTIES; NATIVESBURIED ALIVE General Funston Says People Are Atrocious. This story will be cortinned in ' next Friday’s issue n* Thu Ledyer. CHI K< H DIKI-.CTOKY. First Baptist Church, corner Limestone and smith streets—Hev. Arch • .1'rt c, inis' - r. Services. Sunday mornlinr at It mid evening at 7:30; Sunday whooi at in-Li u in.; prayer- meeting Wednesday evening hi 7:30; ( iWis- tbtn culture coins*- at 7::>»Tnursdav evening. C'HEHOKKK. AVBKUK ItAl-TIBT CHt.'Kl H. i>e- t ween Cherokee avenue and Lirnesr. ne street —Uev. J. B. Bo/.-man. pastor. Services, Sun day morning at 11. and evening at;; prayi r- meellng Thursday evening at 7:L'>; Siiiicay school at 9:45 a. m., every sabbath. Limkstonk Pkkhbvtehian i m in h ’cor ner Limestone and Jefferies stieets Kev. Win it Bolter, pastor. Se-vices, Sunday morning at II, and evening at 7;:i0; Sunday- school at 10 a. m.. every Sunday : prayer meeting at 7:J0 \\ eduesuay evening'. Bi rool) STHKKT MUTUlili ST I'll* IK H. col lier Buford and Petty streets liev. W. li. Hodges, pasloi. Services. Sunday morning ar li and evening at 7::io: Sunday school at in a in.; prayer-meeting Wednesday evei-.in. at 7:30. Lihebtonk Street Methouisi' ciirmii Limestone Street 1 ev. W. )i Patrick, pa-- tor. Services, every see* nd Sunday at II a. n.. mid 7 p. lu.; Sunday school, everv Sunday .,t 9:30 it. in.; pruyt r-meeting, Wednesday evening at 7:3o. Fpimopai, i Hl'KCH. north Buford street liev. tj. I'roft Williams, | a Dior. Services. Sunday afternoon at 4 Ci leek. Limestone Baptist t hi iu h (colored), Kat e Nir*-et liev. h I,. B*alty. pastor, service**. Sunday II a. in. am! s p. u,.; Sunday' school. p. In.; prayer-nit et mg Wednesday s p. in : te icin i s meeting Tuesday s;U* p m. Or.NTON ClIAI'EI. M F. I'llt'HiTI (Coioretl). S* utli Buford street Kev K. C. CamplH*ll pastor. Services. Suminv 11 a, w. and ;: to p m : Sunilschool 3 p. in.: praje- me-ting Thursday . aut p. m.; Kpvvorth League. Friday 7:3o u. m Bethei. Baptist ( iiuki h (color-d). Brown anil Meadow streets Uev. A Sunders, pas tor Set vice*.first uud thud Sundays hi -tit.in and 7:30 p. m : Sunday set tool, every Sundsy at JO a. m.; prayer-meeting. Tlmrsday 7:-*o p. in. The lane and the worm will turn. —"'’hHf’airi a iiarue? '‘Biue Rib bon" m Lht *..imp of the best lemon nod varlHa fl tvoring ' Xtrs/sta mon y and experience can produce. INCAPABLE SELF-GOVERNMENT TO WED IN DARKEST AFRICA. TWO KILLED BY EXPLOSION. It Is Said Some of the Officer* of the Insurgent Army Ordered th« Assas sination of Each Other for Selfish Purposes. San Francisco. April 3.—General Fred Funston was the guest of honor at a banquet given last night by the Ohio society. In response to a toast, he said, in part: “After the first three or four months of fighting the Filipinos forsook all civiliz.ed methods of fighting and be gan a guerrilla warfare of a sort un paralleled in history. They killed di rectly or by torture nearly 4,000 of their own countrymen during the years 1900 and 1901, because they would not contribute money to support the in surgent cause. “I know of nearly 400 cases in my own district in which natives were buried alive, and many of them were women and children. “They committed inconceivable atro cities on American soldiers who fell into their hands. I hail the pleasure of capturing and hanging some fiends guilty of this. "The officers in the insurgent army ordered the assassination of each oth er in order to hold their places. Per sonally I owe a good deal to Aguinal* do, but he told me he had General Luna killed for no other reason than that he was coming to the front toe fast. "The Filipinos are absolutely inca pable of Sr i. government today, and I do not think !,:e next generation of the race will 1 e.” Miss Alice M. Sprang Will Go as a Missionary. Richmond, Va.. April 3.—After hav ing waited until the way might be pre pared for her arrival, Miss Alice M. Spragg will leave lor Africa on April 23, where she will be married to the Rev. M. Duval, a missionary working under the foreign board of the South ern Baptist convention. Since she will engage in missionary work with her husband, Miss Spragg applied to the foreign mission board located here for appointment, and has just been accepted. She is an unusual ly accomplished young lady and is a resident of St. Johns, N. B. She was engaged to Mr. Duval be- | fore he went out. She will go to the Yorulea country, in west Africa, where Mr. Duval is endeavoring to open up a new field. Body of One Victim Was Burned To a Crisp. Chicago, April 3.—Two men were j killed and four injured by an explo sion in one of the blast furnaces at the Illinois Steel works in South Chicago today. The explosion forced a mass of mol ten metal through the "blow-out.” One man. not identified, was burned to a crisp. The other. Nicholas Maturseck, died after lingering several hours iu agony. It is said the injured will re cover. i Fire Damp Deals Death. London. April 3.—Six mea wers killed arf the result of an explosion of fire damp last night in a colliery at Wigan. Lancashire. A number of men were entombed in a mine near Dunt ferline, Scotland, this morning. MINE FIRE BREAKS OUT AFRESH. Has Been Smoldering for Twenty Years at Carbon, Wy. Carbon. Wy., April 3.—The fire that I has been smoldering for 20 years in the old No. 2 coal mine of the Union Pacific here, has broken out afresh and a force of men is no w engaged in wall ing up the mouth of the lau shaft from which the smoke and flame are Issu- t ing. Twenty years ago. when the fire ^ started, the company being unable to control it. walled up the shaft. At Intervals of two or three years the fire has broken out In new places, and for five consecutive years it has burned steadily. The fire has undermined the country for a radius of half a mile and miners say it will probably burn fot an indefinite period. Will Pay $b,500,GOO for Mine. Denver, April 3.—The Republiear says: The Camp Bird mine near Cn ray, Colo., owned by Thomas E. Welsh, has been practically sold to the Ven ture corporation of London. John Hays Hammond, the noted mining ex pert, has just returned to Denver from an Inspection of the mine, and while he refuses to discuss the matter in any detail, it is learned from mining nen in position to know that the price agreed upon is $5.500,000. No Connection With Christmas. Copenhagen, April 3.—An official note was issued today formally an nouncing that the Danish ministry ha* had no connection with Captain Christ mas. The latter asked for an audience hut the premier. Dr. Duntzer, refused to see him. The premier also refused tc receive a copy of Christmas' report on the subject of the negotiations for the sale of the Danish West Indies. BIG RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION. Atlantic Coast Line Absorbs Plant Sys tem-—3.000 Miles of Road. New York. April 3.—The Atlantic Coast Line system of rat.ways has ab sorbed the Plant system and at an early date both the systems will be consolidated under the name and char ter of the Atlantic Coast Line sys tem. The genral management of the Coast Line will operate the entire sys tem, all the lines of both systems be ing merged Into one great system of railroads, aggregating 3,000 miles. For the past month there has been considerable talk about the consolida tion of these two systems. It was re ported at one time the Pennsylvania system was at the back of the deal and that it would absorb the Coast Line and the Plant system. Again it w^s reported that the Southern rail way was about to obtain possession of the two systems, and there w’ere some who gave credence to this report large ly on account of the intimate traf fic connections established about a year ago between the Southern and Plant system. Negotiations have terminated and the only thing that now remains to be done to complete the formal merging of these two great systems is the is suance of the actual orders that will bring about the consolidation. The new consolidated Coast Line system will embrace 3,(K»0 m ii es 0 f rail road, the Plant system now exceeding 2,000 miles in 1< ngth and the Coast Line having about 1,00b miles in its present system. STRIKE IN BOSTON BREWERIES. One Thousand Five Hundred Work men Waik Out. Boston. April 3.—About 1.600 work men employed in Boston brewerieu struck today because of the refusal of the master brewers to grant their de mands lor shorter houts with the srtre wages as ar prese nt and for certain other concessions. A furtht r strike of too bottlers, coopers and stationary en gineers employed in the breweries is threatened within the m-xt 24 hours. Twenty-four lu< al breweries are af fected. In the event of any raloon keeper or dering non-union beer to be served it is said that a strike of the bartenders, numbering about 2,1*00, will immediate ly follow. The brewery employes have struck against the master brewers’ proposi tion that they shall hire only union men, but that they shall be permit ted to discharge without question from the union any employe whom they see fit. The workmen also demand an 8- hour workday and 50 cent:.- an hour for overtime. Molders Strike at Ch-ttanooga. Chattanooga, April 3.—The molders' strike in this city today involves about 1.500 men. the molders of four addi tional plants refusing to go to work today. The luO men of the Ross-Meo- han works are out and the strike to day extended to the Cahill iron works, the Chattanooga Car and Foundry company. Price and Evans and the Montague Soil Pipe works. The pres ent issue Is to prevent the employ ment of negroes. DAYTON MINE DISASTER. Workmen Engaged in Removing De bris—One Body Still In Mine. Chattanooga, April 3.—A long dis tance telephone message to The Time s from Dayton, Tenn., this morning states that the mining forces are now confining themselves to the work of removing the debris from the Nelson mine and making satisfactory prog ress. The body of John Harney, a white miner, is still in the mine, and it is believed all others have been taken out. State Mine Inspector Shifflett left Dayton after deciding that it would be unnecessary to hold an inquest over the bodies of the miners. The coroner at Dayton decided not to take steps to hold inquest for the reason that no one had made out the necessary affidavits for such proceed ings. The Dayton Coal and Iron com pany is looking after the wants of the families of the deceased miners until other provisions can be made for them. Mexico Complains of America. New York, April 3.—El Diaro has published an interview with Senor Va rela Crltz. formerly secretary of the Argentine delegation at the Pan-Ameri can congress, about the general situa tion in Mexico, says a Buenos Ayres dispatch to The Herald. He is quoted as having said: “The independence of Mexico is seriously endangered by the influence of the United States. American capital is dominating the country, as all the big concerns such as railways and hanks are managed by Americans.” Train Wrecked, Several Hurt. Utica, N. Y.. April 3—A northbound passenger train on the Mohawk and Salone division of the New York Cen tral and Hudson River railroad jump- i ed the track at Moose Lake early to day and five coaches k aded with emi grants were ditched. The train was badly wrecked and a number of peo ple were badly, but not fatally hurt. Miss Stcne Will Sail Saturday. New York. April 3 —Ellen M. Stone, the Ann m an missionary, according tc The Tribune's London correspondent, has definitely decided not to deliver a lecture in this country. She will sail from Liverpool lux New York ou Sab urday.