The editor was for a long time un
willing to meet my wishes, but at last
a compromise was effected, and the an
jaouncement which appeared in that
wees s issue or ms paper react as fol
lows:
FIFTY POUNDS REWARD!
In order that justice mar be dose to a pris
oner, now awaiting his trial, under suspicion
of an awful crime, it is necessary that the all
bat obliterated "words given below be restored.
'At present all that remains is
^ * *** '^"V f f
nd we are empowered to offer a prize of 5C
to the indi vidual who first supplies correctly
the missing portions of the letters. Bearing
in mind that some ~f our readers most possess
photographs taken by the same photographer,
nd presumably showing the same Signatare
at the foot,, we suggest that a careful compari
son of the above facsimile be made with the
printing at the bottom? af any cabinet photo
graphs each reader hes. A chance of obtaining
the prize therefore lies in many hands.
Thr is no mere po mle for passing idle hoars.
A fellow being's life is perhaps dependent upon
the correct solution of the problem, and we
call upon the public of the United Kingdom to
help us to assist the ends of justice and pre
vent an innocent man suffering death for an
other's crime.
Within four days 500, OOO copies or
the paper were in circulation and at
least double that number of willing
workers were assisting ns.
The replies came fast and furious j
from within an hour of publication, and
one of the stan? and myself went through
each reply. The majority were of course
quite beside the point, and many utter
ly imbecile suggestions were offered.
Some looked plausible enough at first
sight, but a very little investigation
served te show the senders bad touched
up the fragments to snit their" own con
venience. Six honrs after the publica
tion of the paper a wire was brought in
to us:
"Bogers, Swansea, " are the missing words
latter follows. R OGEES.
We tried to fit in these words to the
original, but could not do so, and - put
Jir. Bogers' telegram aside, pending the
arrival of his letter, but regarded the is
sue of it as extremely doubtful Then
we turned to the next replies that came
to hand and went steadily on, but with
no success. On my arrival at the news
paper office next morning a large batch
of letters was awaiting us, but there
mThen this is one of yow? photographs?'
said 1.
was no communication from Mr. Bog
ers. He was, however, better than hi&
word,' for at ll o'clock be was an
nounced in person.
"I thought it better toc me myself, "
he said, **and make sure of it"
"Well, we've tried your words, Jdr.
Bogers, but we can't make them fit in
any way, " I replied.
"Fm not surprised at that, sir, for it
is special fancy lettering, of which I j
only h2d one batch printed. See, this is j
one of my cabinet mounting cards. Yon !
will fit it to a T. "
He was right ; it did.
Trembling with excitement, I handed
him the fateful picture.
"Then this is one of your photo
graphs?" said t
He glanced at it and replied:
"It is."
"And the lady-do yon know who
she is?"
"I am not likely to forget. She is
.Lady Florence Mostyn, daughter cf the
Duke of Lundy."
CHAPTER VU
AT THE D KE 07 LUNDY'S.
I never paid away 00 in my life
with greater pleasure 1 ban I did to Mr.
Bogers. I was overjoyed at the success
of my plan, and I felt that now, at any
rate, we had advanced ene step toward
the solution of tho awiui mystery.
The announcement cf the identity of
the murdered Harriet Staples with the
missing daughter of tho Duke of Lundy
increased a thousandfold the interest of
the public, fer the case was now trans
planted to aristocratic regions and sur
rounded with a halo of romance, axd
when it was further known that the
discovery was the result cf the missing
letter competition the excitement was
rendered still more universal.
Fer the moment I was puzzled to
know how it was I bad not noticed the
photograph of Lady Florence Mostyn in
the albums at Scotland Yard; for I dis
tinctly remembered seeing her mention
ed. I retrsn ? *urre tc mako inline?.
uw.r ny tT nia HMM IIMIII I im .i ni IM n i
aaa* to my great surprise found an
gether impossible photograph ovei
name. 2 o wonder nothing had <
from my search. The officials to w
I pointed this out were considerably
terested. and the Duke of Landy
written io on the subject He rei
that the photograph, in the album
not the one he had sent when his dai
ter disappeared and was one, in i
that he never remembered to have
before. So here was a further myst
and the eventual solution of it tm
cut to be of great consequence to ti
our quest.
it was now of the greatest mon
to learn something more of the nisi
of the unfortunate lady about wi
life so much terrible mystery had ht
and I hastened to put myself into c
munica ta'on with tho Duke of Lundj
His grace was a very peculiar ma
a man ene instinctively felt it impc
ble to like, and yet a person whoi
weald be equally impossible not to
spect. He was a patrician to the ba
bone-faultlessly courteous, but i(
cold. The death of his daughter m
have affected him terribly, bnt he t
sented an untroubled demeanor to
world, for had she not been dead to h
for years? I had one short intervi
with him, in which he expressed reg
at his inability to furnish me with s
cletails of her life that would be of se
ice tome. ' She had left his roof with<
a word of-warning, and he was absolu
ly ignorant of her life from that day.
It was evident I should have to lc
to other quarters for assistance, and :
ence in a way Dame Fortune favoi
ma
I found cut that Henry Wray, an (
schoolfellow of mine, was the rector
Lam ord - the parish in which t
duke's seat of Glenmore was situated
and to him I at once went He h
known Lady Florence Mostyn for soi
year3 previous to her disappearan<
and he told me ali he thought would
of use to me. The girl-for she was o
ly 20 when she left her father's roof
was of a happy disposition, and she w
a general favorite. She was equally
home in parish work, in the hunth
field and in the ballroom. She was a
complished and she was distinctly han
some. As might be well imagined, si
had many suitors, but she turned a de
ear to all until a certain Mr. Arth
Durant made his appearance, and <
this man, in many respects the lea
suitable of her admirers, she did n<
look askance.
There was some mystery about th
Durant He was a colonial, had mac
his raoney in a store-he did not cones;
that--and he had returned to spend i
Had he been a rich Lancashire cottc
man, or an ironmaster of native growtl
it miight have been difficult for him 1
have obtained the entree to the circle i
which Lady Florence Mostyn movec
But to the rich American or eclonii
most things are possible. He had hire
a hunting box for the season, and, thani
to his splendid horseflesh, his own pre
sentible appearance, unstinted Ii bera! it
and genial disposition, he was soo
moving on equal terms with the men h
met in the field. He did not seem t
care for society, and this made his geehi
advancement all the easier. He wa
soon invited everywhere. Some invita
tions he accepted and some he refused
and among the former were those of th
Duke of Lnndy.
From the very first he had evinced ;
liking for Lady Florence, but though hi
was never more animated or showe(
himself to greater advantage than whet
in her society, yet he did not obtrudi
his presence upon her. Nay, he evei
seemed to avoid her. Had he done tbi;
deliberately, and with set purpose, h<
could not have played his cards better,
for she was just the woman to appreci
ate self mortification on her account. 3
j gathered that she eventually let him see
! that she did not wish him to keep aloof,
i and that he was only too happy to pur
! sue his advantage.
I The man was in love with her-that
' was understandable enough. But it was
j not quite so easy to see why she cared
j for him, as ehe undoubtedly did, fer hs
I was by no means as well bred or even
as good looking as the majority of the
men of her own set. But it may be that
the unconventionality caused by the
j rough and tumble life he had led was
more attractive to her than the cut and
dried forms she had hitherto met with.
At any rate Durant was soon establish
ed as Lady Florence's attendant cavalier,
I and whether in the hunting field or the
j drawing ronm he sought her side aud
i remained there with a look cf quiet,
! unassuming proprietorship.
It is not certain that Durant proposed
j to Lady Florence, but it is certain that
i he asked the duke for permission to do
j so-permission that was peremptorily
I refused by that personage, who on that
j particular occasion carno as near to los
; ing his temper as ever he did in his life,
j Durant was no longer asked to Glen
j mere, and Lady Florence's freedom was
j henceforward distinctly curtailed,
j Then she vanished, absolutely and
j completely, leaving no trace behind,
j and she had never been heaid of again
! by her family or her frieuds until her
j identification as the victim of the South
! Audley street murder.
! "And what about Durant?" I asked
my friend.
i "Oh, Durant! He staid his lease out.
! He seemed much cut up at Lady Flor
; ence'a disappearance and went out
very little afterward. I did hear he
took to drinking heavily. He went
away as the beginning of March. I re
member the date particularly, ror me
great robbery at Glenmore took place
just before, and Durant's own place
was broken into as well. "
"And what happened to him after he
left the district?"
"Can't say. He disappeared entirely
from our ken. Some say he returned to
Australia and others that he went to
the bad. Anyway, he was never seen
again in our country."
"Have you any theory of your own
about Lady Florence's disappearance?"
The rector hesitated, and then said:
"Well, to tell you the truth, I have,
but it seems so unsupported hy evidence
that it is nothing but a theory, and
seemingly a farfetched one, yet I have
never been able to shake off my belief
in it. My idea is that Durant was in
some way implicated in her disappear
ance."
"In what way?"
"There you have me. I can't say. I
hava not the slightest tangible evidence
for my suspicion, but I am firmly con
vinced in my own mind that if Mr.
Arthur Durant is alive he could tell
you a great deal more about that mys
tery than we now know."
I was somewhat disconcerted to hear
thia I had traced one person, only to
find that another was indispensable, and
the search for the second was probably
beset with the greater difficulties of the
two.
With this rather discouraging infor
mation I returned to town. I made it
my first business to engage a private de
tective to trace Mr. Arthur Durant, but
from the little knowledge we had of
that gentleman, and the absolute igno
rance we were in as to his present where
abouts, I bad little hope that we should
gain any information likely to be use
ful on the fast approaching day of the
trial.
CHAPTER Vin.
KR. KEIGHLEY GATES SPEAKS OP DURANT.
I was now at a complete standstill in
my investigations, and in sober truth I
did not know which W3y to move next.
Something, however, had to be done,
and that at once.
In my despair I went again through
the evidence that was brought against
George at the police court trial and ran
over the witnesses who would appear
fer .the crown, and for the hundredth
lime I tried to find some fiaw in the
chain of damning evidence that would
be adduced. Suddenly a thought struck
"My name is Brett-Duncan Brett."
me. This man, Keighley Gates, owing
to whose casual talk at the Hotel Metro
pole suspicion had fallen upon George,
surely he might be of rise to cs. I had
heard of the man, but had not met him.
He wa3 a great traveler, I remembered.
Might he not have run np against Du
rant in his wanderings? Even if he had
not met him he might have heard of
him, or, at any rate, be able to give us
some clew in our search. There was just
the odd chance that he might be able to
help us, and I could not afford to disre
gard it.
It appeared that Mr. Gates lived at
che Metropole, and as soon as I obtained
this information I went there in quest
of him. As luck had it, Mr. Gates was
in the hotel when I called, and I was
shown up to his room.
As Mr. Gates was not a permanent
resident there I was somewhat struck
with the luxurious way in which his
sitting room was furnished. There was
a total absence of the usual hotel furni
ture, and in its place was a variety of
articles that bespoke the catholic taste
of the owner. There were easy chairs
and lounges, covered with eastern rugs
and silks and curtains of soft Indian
texture. On the walls was a display of
curions and fantastic weapons-Damas
cus swords, Moorish daggers and a genu
ine Andrea Ferrara. There were a few
etchings, and on the mantelpiece a
number of photographs, while on vari
ous cabinets was arranged a goodly show
of Bohemian and Viennese glass. My
eyes took all this in as I entered, but my
chief attention was, of course, centered
in Mr. Gates himself. Hu was a thin,
wiry man of middle height* and one's
first impression cf him was of an eye
glass and a row of yellow jagged teeth.
A second later one noter! that he had
I a pair cf keen, piercing eyes and thin
j very thin-lips. Fer the rest Le was
square jawed and clean shaven. His
j hair was becoming scanty over his
I brew, and hi nose was slightly colored.
Mr. Gates was writing when the
I waiter announced me. The keen eyes
j looked inquiringly-I had almost said
j distrustfully-at me.
The waiter bad bungled my name, so j
I I hastened to explain who I was.
"My name is Brett-Duncan Brett.
Sou may possibly remember my name
in connection with poor Fenton's case." j
"Yes, Cantala Uren, " he said slow! v. I
I
i "I remember yon:- naree. I'ray take a I
j chair. This one, i think, is passably j
comfortable. Will you have a cigarette? :
! I can recommt nd these. I import them j
! myself from Alexandria."
Mr Gates carefully closed np his
; writing case and seated himself .negli
gently in an easy chair opposite me.
! "And how is George hearing ap?" he
: wens on. "It is a terrible* position for j
: him to be placed in. That, unlucky ;
speech of mine has caused me endless j
j regret. But how could I know what !
I was going to occur?"
"Oh, qnite so. I dou't see that any
b aino attaches to you, Mr. Gates. In
! the very worst; case you only accelerated
venta, as George's arrest would inei
blyhave followed. He is bearing rj
well as we c^uld expect, but, of cot
he feels his position acutely, and at
present ruomc-ut things lock very b
against him. I hope that it yon can j
ns at all in the defense yon will do ;
"if lean be of the slightest use,
may be certain of my services," hi
plied. "But I am afraid I don't se
what way I shall be able to assist ye
"Well, 1 will tell you, Mr. Ga
Yen see we are firmly convinced
George's innocence, but perhaps I or.
first to tell you I am engaged to his
ter. which will account for the ince
I am taking in the case."
"I believe I heard that, "Gates
plied.
"Very well. We axe, as I was sayi
firmly convinced of our friend's in
cence, although the facts look v
black. A few days ago I should h
said the defense was hopeless, but si
the id ratification of the murdered wc
an as the Duke, cf Lundy's daughte
of which, of course, you have heard
think there is a glimmer of daylight
us."
"Well. Captain Brett, I am list
ing," said Gates, as I made a pause.
"I will be absolutely frank with y
Mr. Gates," I continued, "fori th:
you may be able to help us, since 3
have traveled a great deal and have ci
sequently rubbed up against innum
able people in all quarters of the gio
We are at present trying to trace Ls
Florence Mostyn's life from the day 1
left her father's house, -and it has b<
suggested that one individual in parti
lar might shed a light cn her mysteri(
disappearance, if we could only fi
him." 5
"And who may he be?"
"A certain Arthur Durant. Do 5
happen to know him, sir?"
Mr. Keighley Gates deftly ejeel
half a dozen rings of cigarette smc
and then looked at me with a curie
smile on his lips.
"Well, yes, I do," he:replied. "
one time I knew him intimately, bu
have not seen him for the last two
three years. Still I get an occasior
letter from him."
I was overjoyed at this news. Wh
a lucky inspiration it was that h
prompted me to loot up Mr. Gates!
"Have you had a letter recently?''
inquired.
"The last one would be about-J
me see"-and Mr. Gates pondered f
a moment cr two. "Yes, about fo
months ago, as near as my memo:
serves me."
"And where was he then?"
"He wrote from Denver, and said J
was just moving on to Sait Lake Ci
.and from there he intended going
Frisco."
"Then at this moment San Francis*
might be a likely spot tomakeinquiri
in?"
Gates laughed.
"It certainly might be, but if ye
knew Arthur Durant you would kne
the utter impossibility of following h
movements by any known or unknow
method. As he mentioned Frisco,
should think New York or Florida
iikely spot tc find him in."
This news considerably depressed m<
So much seemed to depend upon th:
man, and yet from Gates' account :
was apparently hopeless to expect th*
he could be found in time.
"What would you advise us to dc
Mr. Gates?"
"Make inquiries by all means in Sal
Lake City and Frisco, but don't buil
any hopes in that direction. I ought t
have a letter from him soon, and tha
will put us on his track at once. I thin
I have his last epistle by me still. If sc
the address will be useful. I'll look fo
it now."
Gates unlocked a drawer and lookei
through some letters filed with txtrem
care.
"I'm afraid I destroyed it," he said
at length. "I now remember what
kept it for, and as soon as the purposi
was fulfilled I burned it I never kee]
old letters; it would not fit in with nr
wandering life. "
This was disheartening. However, '.
determined to find out something abou
the man I wanted.
,; You say you knew him intimately,
Mr. Gates?"
"Yes, I did-that is, if living foi
threo months on end with him gives mc
the right to clo so. I first met Arthui
Durant in the Alleghany mountains ic
North Carolina. He had gone up there
to inspect some mica mines, and I was
there tc look at some gem deposits. We
both foregathered at a little three
roomed wooden honse, whir h was more
drinking shanty than hotel, and as the
mica and gems were in adjacent strata
we did much of our work together. It
was a longish job, because the stuff we
were after was undoubtedly there, and
what we had to decide was whether the
quantities would pay for working, and
so three mouths of daily intercourse
had passed before we could arrive at
our decision. Yon can get to know a
man very well in that time.
"Then I saw nothing of him until I
ran up against him in the Strand about
three years ago. He seemed to be in
clover at that time. He told me he had
made his pile anti was then engaged in
spending it. He had just taken a hunt
ing box in a sporting county, and he
asked me to stay with him. intended
doing so, but nrvr fouud tho time. I
saw bim again after ho had given it up.
Ho talked of traveling, but had no
definite plans. Then I heard from him
in Matabeleiand and South Africa gen
erally. He writes to me threo or four
times in the twelvemonth, and tho la.-t
letter I bad from him was, as said,
from Denver, about four months ago."
"When he was in the country, Mr.
( a es, lie paid marked attentions to
Lady Florence Mostyn, anti, believe,
asked the Duke uf Lusdy for his daugh
ter s hand. The duke refused it, and
soon afterward Lady Florence disap
peared. From your knowledge of the
man, do you think it probable tiiat Du
rant was concerned in that? Do you
think he persuaded the lady to run away
with him, in fact':''
Mr. Gates lay back in his chair and
reflected a few minutes before replying.
I Then he said slowly:
"It is a difficult thing to be certain of
any man's conduct where a woman is
concerned, Captain Brett. I have known
men wno bad always been the very soul
of honor throw up all their traditions
and come a cropper when the petticoat
appeared. I wouldn't stake my life on
guy man's line of action thea, but my
firm belief is that if Durant could not
have got the lady straight and above
board ne would have left her. He is not
the man to do anything dirty or under
hand. No, sir," and Gates rose and
stood over me, looking me straight in
the face, "no, sir. Arthur Durant is
not a man of that sort. He is straight as
a die, and I would trust him as I trust
myself."
"He certainly has a very good friend"
in you, Mr. Gates," I remarked, for
Gates' defense of his absent friend had
somewhat surprised me. I had certainly
not given him credit of being capable of
so much chivalrous feeling for anybody.
Gates did not reply, but weijt on:
"And Durant could hardly be the
man you want, since he left the country
so soon after the lady's disappearance.
He must have been an ardent lover,
whoever persuaded her to take the step,
and would scarcely have tired of her so
soon."
"There is certainly something in
that," I remarked.
"Butthere would be no harm done in
trying to find where Durant is," con
tinued Mr. Gates. "I have friends both
in Salt Lake City and in Frisco, and
can either write to them to make in
quiries or give you letters of introduc
tion to them if you prefer to do so your
self."
"You are extremely kind," I replied,
"and I cannot thank you enough for
your offer and the information you hav8
given me. If you would be good enough
to write to your friends yourself on the
matter, I shall be much indebted to you.
I simply want to be put in communica
tion with Mr. Durant."
"I understand perfectly," said Mr.
Gates, "and I will write by the nest
mail and ask for a cable if Durant is
found. "
I thanked him warmly for his good
offices and rose to go. And now notice
on what trivial things cur lives ar8
made to hinge. I had been rather struck
by some of the weapons displayed on
the walls, and as I walked toward the
door made some remark about them.
Gates seemed pleased to show, his curies
and gave me some interesting particu
lars about them. I was standing by the
drawer which Gates had opened to find
Durant's letter. It had jammed when
he tried to close it and he had left it
half open. In the corner nearest me I
happened to notice a photograph on the
top of some papers. It struck my eye
quite casually,and somehow it awakened
recollections in my mind. I glanced at
}t again while my host was talking and
showing the weapons. It was the pic
ture of a woman, and I was certain I
had seen it before, but for the life cf
me I could not remember when or
where, and all the time I was talking
and listening to Gates my mind was
groping fer a clew, but I could not find
one.
At last I bade my host adieu and left
him. I was very well satisfied with my
afternoon's vcork, for I felt sure that
Durant would be abie to help us and
wishful to do so, since he had undoubt
edly been in leve with Lady Florence.
I was thinking of this while I was mak
ing my way out of the hotel. I had jus/fc
gained the pa veiner: t outside when sud
denly it flashed across me why the pho
tograph in Mr. Keighley Gates' drawer
had attracted my attention.
I had seen that photograph before,
and it was then in the Scotland Yard
album, over the name cf Lady Florence
Mostyn !
What did this mean?
Who could this other woman be?
Who had put her photograph in the
Scotland Yard album? And for what
purpose had it been done?
There was something very mysterious
here.
The Dispensary Outlook*
it seems now to be very generally ac
cepted by the members of the general
ass* mbly thai there will be no i'quor
legislation during ibis session This
opinion is bsing freely expressed by
members of ail shades of belief as to
wb3t should be done. The prohibition
ists are unwilling to sunport a iocal op
non rueascre if high license is to be a
feature They believe the dispensary
is miking real prohibition more and
more possible every day. and are
unwilling io ' 'ive arcay the advsct3ges of
the pa?t Sveaod a bait years, gained by
he op ration of the di*Densary by re
viving ibo prestige aud power of the
liquor element ic any of the liquor
ccumis. *
Then the friends of bigb license seem
determined to give the prohibitionist?
o assistance unless it should be recip
i ocal They much prefer to allow tbe
dispensary to stand as ir is, than to sup
port loca: or county option between the
dispensary and prohibition. If high
license is not allowed a place in tho pic -
turo t h fy prefer to vote no.
AU this is important if it is assumed
thar ?he discordant opposition is in the i
rn? j TH?, bu? thefriends of tbe dis pen j
ssry df^j this They claim to have j
palled thc members and found a j
majority in favor cf no change unless !
they were minor eve* designed io j
f-rr-ppgrhen tbe dispensary
' ht? ^utlotk for the di^&sary now
eopi s bright -Colombia Record
Elected President.
Mr. J C Wiiborn returned from !
W -hiogro tbie morning, where be j
liad been in attendance upon th* meet
ifg of the t.atinriai Alliance. Mr Wi!- |
born wt s honored by being elected pres
iden cf tbe national organization J.
J Miller, of Pennsylvania, wa* eiec'- j
ed vice president and A. B Weloh of
New York, is secretary and treasurer j
The organization is holding its own
throughout the country.
Otis Given Free Hand.
Washington, Feb. 8 -There was an >
almost complete release to-day of the %
tension under which the rapid occur
rence of events ic the Philippines has t
held the officials of the administration
since the first startling news from ^
Maiiia Saturday night. This was
brought about through the receipt of a~
cablegram from Geo. Otis summing np
the last results of the fighting he bas
had with the natives. The statement
that Aguinaldo's influence bas bee
destroyed and that the Philippine lead"*
er was seeking for a cessation of
bostilies and for a conference was most
acceptable and was interpreted as aa
admission that be had realized bis ter
rible mistake. It is entirely improbable
that be will be able to restore anything
like the status quo or to obtain anytbio"ff
like the same terme as were possible
last week. No one here now knows
just what Geo. Otis intends to impose
io the way of terms.
Secretary Alger this afternoon re
peated bis statement of yesterday, that
be bad given the general DO instructions
since the battle and saw no reason fer
giving any. He realized, be said, that
Gen. 0;is being on tbe ground and
having proved bis fitness was io better
position to deal with the sitaation than \
any one io Washington Should the
general ask permission, therefore, to do"
aoytbing be would be granted it imme
diately. "Should he ask for instruc
tions OD any point,'' said Secretary
Alger, "he will be told to exercise bis
ow discretion.tf
In view of this ase, it will be seen
that no one here can tell at present bow
Otis will act toward Aguinaldo's apphV
cation. But the opinion is expressed ^
by men here who know of Gen. Otis'***
experience with the. Indians that be
will make the laying dowo of arms the
condition in dealing with the insur
gents, if at all. That condition being
met, of ocurse, it will mean a speedy
termination of the rebellion.
National Extravagance.
Looks Discouraging For Nica
ragua and the Merchant
Marine.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Cbairmao
Cannon, of tbs appropriations committee
of the boase, ic the coarse of general
debate on tbe sundry civil biil to day, j
sounded a note of warning against
extravagant appropriations and praeti-.
cally served notice that neither the'
ship subsidy bili nor the Nicaragua
canal bili could be passed at tins session.
Although he specifically disclaimed
speaking for any one bot himself, the
statements he made, coming from the
chairman of the appropriations commit
tee, caused great interest. Mr. Cannon
made a general statement of the
revenues and expenditures for the
present fiscal year, increasing Secretary
Gage's acimate of tbe deficiency in the
revenues from 112,000,000 to $159.
000,000. exclusive ot the.$2 ,000.OOO
to be paid to Spain under the provisions
of the treaty of Paris.
Mr Grosvenor of Ohio, Mr. Hepburn -<
of Iowa, and Mr. W. A. Smith of
Michigan, although they did not enter
into any lengthy discussion, take issue
with Mr. Cannon, but he maintained
that our revenues might be sufficient to
meet our expenditures for the next two
years if no new lines of expenditure
were entered upon. He indicated thai
it would be a close margin, and that- *
new expenditures might mean a bond
issue.
An Army of 100,000 Men.
Washington, Feb. 10 -The army
appropriation bill was completed to-day
and by dint of pretty severe cutting
of enormous items it was brought down
to 79,034,372. It is framed eu tho
basis of an army of about 100.000 men
and contemplates the Hull bili for tbe
increase of the army or the retention of
volunteers and regulars op to that num
ber.
Supposed to Have Found
Trace of Andree at Last
Likely Story That Comes*
From the Mest Northern ^
Point of Siberia.
Krasnovarsk, Siberia, Feb. 10.-A
gold mine owner named Mocastyrshio
bas received a letter saying that a triba
of Tucgusc-s, inhabiting the Taimnr
penioeula, north Siberia, recently in
formed the Russian police chief of the
district thai on January 7 last, between
Komo and Pit, in the province of Yeoi
sei k, they found a cabin constructed of
cloth and cordage, apparently belonging
to a balloon.
Close by were the bodies of three x
men, the head of one badly crushed.
Around them were a number of instra
ejects, the ustfs of which weio not no
derstocd by the Tanguses.
The police chief hts started for the
spot to investigate, and it is believed
that the bodies are tooee of the aeronaut
Herr Andree, and his companions
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