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Show - NEWS SUMMARY. Persons, Places Senator John C. Spooner baa been reelected by the Wisconsin legislature. The distribution of bituminous coal at cost price by the city of Caleago has and Things race. Expert accountants testified before the anthracite coal commission that the average wages of the coal miners is 4654 per year. At a joint meeting of the council, Crown Prince Gus-ta- f assumed the duties of the regency of the two kingdoms, John Mitchell, president of the j Swedish-Norwegia- n anti-sociali- 'United of America, will 'be offered a place on the Illinois state board of arbitration. The British war office has decided to linvlte tenders from Canadian farmers Ifor the supply of fresh meat to the British In South Africa. The Italian chamber of deputies decided to send congratulations by wire-les- s telegraphy to Signor Marconi on the success of his work. Dr. David J. Hill, who resigned the office of assistant secretary of state to accept the office of minister to Switzer- I land, has sailed to his post. The marine engineers strike on the 'Columbia and Willamette rivers, which has been on for the past six months, has been formally declared off. British revenue returns are more favorable than everybody has been willing to admit. The estimated re venue will be exceeded in nearly every Instance. Liverpool and Manchester, hitherto deadly rivals in trade, have entered Into a partnership In order to bring within the Brit(about cotton-growin- g ish empire. . Three hundred engineers and lira-me- n belonging to the state railroads have joined the strike of the employees of the transportation companies at Amsterdam. According to the Vienna Weiner Zeitung, Emperor Francis Joseph has decided to deprive the crown princess of Saxony of all her archducal titles . and prerogatives. At the thirteenth annual banquet of the Confederate Veterans Camp of New York, a Confederate toasted Lincoln, while a Unton man responded to the toast Robert E. ee.B LaTarde, the Liberal party newspaper of Santiago, asserts that negotiations are in progress for the sale to the United States of theT two Chilean warships now being built in England. The senate committee on finance has authorized a favorable report on the bill to Increase the subsidiary silver coinage. The Democratic members of Hhe committee opposed the report As an outcome of support given by Ithe municipality of Vienna to the 'working tailors, the strike of 19,000 of ' the latter has ended by the masters conceding an increase of wages of 30 Iper cent. - The house committee on military has reported favorably a bill to appropriate 861,500 for marking the position of the (regular establishment, infantry, and cavalry, on theGettysburg Mine-Worke- i j -- German reichstag because of the criticism to which he has been subjected for shutting off discussion of the kaiser's has speeches, few supporters even in his own party in the matter of his arbitrary ruling. His fiat suppression of the socialist conmembers has been generally demned as unwise and unsound. Personally, however, the count Is quite popular, and It is said that he will be He has been advanced In rank by the Emperor. Yeung Man Refuses Fortune. Ralph Sangere, for years a waiter In the Christian Brothers college, St Louis, refused to accept a fortune of $250,000 under conditions which he regarded as unjust Until about six years ago he was the favorite nephew and presumably the heir of Sir William Sangere, a Montreal capitalist The uncle died suddenly, leaving the young man the amount named, but Imposed a condition that the nephew refused to consider. The trouble is believed to have had to do with a sweetheart whom Sir William disapproved. The young man went td St Louis, where he has since been earning his own living. It is said he Is now about to return to Canada and he may yet come into the money, which is now under his aunt's control Sh e is inclined t ho lenient BELtE IN FAMOUS FAMILY. s Representative Patterson of introduced an st bllL It seeks to accomplish the regulation ,of trusts through the agency of the bureau of corporations in the proposed department of commerce. In El Paso, Texas, Fred J. Feldman, photographer, shot and Instantly killed T. C. Caeey,a former traveling man, who was entering his home for the purpose oi burglary, he being equipped with burglar tools.- Four- men were probably fatally burned as the result of an explosion at Tennes-jseeba- anti-tru- - - the Standard Oil refining works at Cleveland, O., Friday. A safety valve exploded with terrific force and two oil stills caught fire Immediately after- ward. A Belgian anarchist named Martin has been arrested at Barcelona!! has confessed that he was selected to kill the king of the Belgians, but was prevented from doing so by being arrested during the strike iq Barcelona a year ago. ' SL Louis Chief of Police Kieley has - been requested in a .telegram from Sheriff William Ebers of Randolph county, 111., to hold Jerry Ricbtmeyer. He is suspected of being one of tbe men who blew open tbe vault of the Bank of Steeleville and took $3,000. ' FOR 8MOKEO HAS 80 ! ' jJtjV Helen Colgate Beautiful and Highly Accomplished, One of the .most beautiful young woman of New York Is Miss Helen Colgate, a member of the famous Colgate family. S. J. Colgate, the wealthy soap manufacturer, was at one time one of the most prominent men In the business world of New York. His widow, who Is reported to be worth $10,000,000, Is now Cora, countess of Strafford, having married the earl of Strafford some years ago. Miss Col Miss if ' 4 00 y -- 00 00 00 v v 00 00 yv 00 M 00 v yv vv 0j A WARRIOR BOLD. YEAR lieve he had passed through some experience with lovely woman-been deceived, perhaps jilted. Although always gallant toward the fair sex. he seemed to be ever oa his guard, as though quits determined no mortal who wore petticoats should have a second opportunity to play battledore and shuttlecock with his 04 rt 0 i.'t 0 hit 04 By Lories Cox Is Now 103 and li Still Hale and Hearty. The eighteenth century had twehr days of life In it, tbe plantation oi Columbia, then a part of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, had been M organized town tor four years, an$ Napoleon Bonaparte was the most dreaded man on earth, when a gin baby was born to the family of Mr and Mrs. Samuel Tinney, at Columbia, Maine. Since that birthday is January, 103 years ago, little Lories Tinney, as she was called, has had time to learn her alphabet from the family Bible, to grow up to womanhood and get married to James Cox, who died In the army while serving in the Twenty-seconMaine regiment. and to outlivq all her brothers, sisters and playmates. She was in good health last Monday, which was her 103d birthday, Shi Author of ST. GEORGE KATHBORNE, 0 Little Mist Millions, The Spiders Web, Dr. Jacks Widow, Caprice, Etc,, Etc, heart Miss But this waa something entirely oat of the common run; and aa he stood sx there listening, to make sure there Copyright, 1901. by Street and Smith, New York Mi could he no mistake, beTfelt an elecv vww vw www y www www, -- vw w w aw w w w wow V w Vw www Vm wow eAo w S,! es W tric thrill pervade bis "whole being.--- ., new V www vie e n n ie ie e e e ie ie ie ie ie ie n ie ie ie ie such as he neyer before experienced. Charlie determined to go forward. , CHAPTER L And, thus sauntering "down the In the Street of the Steen. (tree! of the Steen, the two trienda He waa surprised at himself for the resolution that urged him I all happened in quaint old Ant-V- p. arrived In the shadow of the great peculiar and Charlie Stuart found rea-- st building whose history stretched back on. It seemed as though he were being dragged forward by tome inexto believe that seldom In romance centuries into the dim past l history had a more singular Together they entered, like other orable fate, whether he would or not And tbe sound of sobbing still conbefallen a pilgrim from Honpilgrims desirous of gating upon the da than chanced to his lot on this art treasures which lay within those tinued, stealing along the gaunt pas- sagewsys. Tbe darkneae beyond waa Ma day. ancient walla. , Charlie had seen all these before, apparently aa fearfully dense as that The morning was half spent and . . . . and cast but a casual glance around, which descended upon poor, plague-strickound more s to know what he should turn to Egypt at the time Pharaoh being deeply Interested In the declined to let tbe children of Israel xt for amusement. He had idled in actions of his confederate. fit markets, discovering new and at-An old dame with her wide cap go, Aa Charlie advanced he noted that had started toward them, hut ope glanco (active features constantly; ken through the various museums from Artemus eyes seemed to bring the sound, which had erstwhile reached their bearing but faintly, grew 1 Ad picture galleries In short, about a decided change in her intenthe sights of old Antwerp, tions, for she stood still, and then more distinct Thus he was presently able to place tbe sobbing, and, still backed away. Ad was on the point of considering H exodus, which would occur Just as It was a signal victory, or, as Arte- advancing, ha began to discern the dim outlines of a figure upon the ton as he could make up his mind mus expressed It, a howling sucAcre his next objective point on the cess ; " nevertneleB, his companion ground. As he drew closer he sew that this Ap of Europe or the world would be. was still fain to believe the magle of "Then It was that Fortune, fickle gold had more to do with the, old waa a girl in a long cloak, and that kde, took the pilgrim from London ladys sudden bllndneee than tbe ex shs had hidden her face in her hands, k the throat as it were, and radically ertton of rare hypnotic powera on the as though to shut out the ghostly figures conjured up by the gloom. Ringed the whole course of his exist-ic- e. part of the proud wlxard. One thing was very sure when ArContent to follow the others lead, As be stood there Idly twisting his Charlie soon found hlmeeif In that temus, In the earlier stages of their exploration, declared he heard a faint Ifcnde mustache, be became aware of apartment where several tall brass to fact that someone was bearing candlesticks stood upon an antique shout, it had not been tbs gurgle of torn upon him at a swift pace, some table, to he used in exploring the the greedy Sheldt gliding underneath the crypts and corridors, move-An- ts As whose quick, energetle myaterlee below. he (Charlie) had so confidently deArtemus of motioned should a he that reminded him Irresistibly but In All probability, this lost clared, s kwk pouncing upon Its prey some-Astraightway possess himself of ona, in who held out a hand In eager order that their candles might have a explorer calling for nelp Well, thank God they bad fonnd gsetlng and seemed bubbling over ? roper receptacle, and Charlie, haring nlisted for the war, come weal, come her, and were in a position' to renfth animal spirits. she craved. JStuart welcomed him eagerly. His woe, took up the nearest of ths lot, der her the assistance wild-gootone was Barnaby Artemus Wych-- y which was In itself n treasure of art After all. it had not been such A chase as he had believed when Claude Barnaby and his proles-A-n Nervously Artemus tried several Mrs. Cox as 6hs Is Today, that of an amateur dramatic keys In rspld succession, muttering to yielding to the importunities of his learned to smoke a corncob pipe whet tvelisL It was simpty astonishing, himself the while in n way peculiar to adventurous comrade. They advanced closer stilL she was 12 years of age by taklni to weird fancies generated in that him. At last came n little subdued As yet the distressed one was Rot her mothers pipe to the fireplace anf toatlc brain of his, each of which screech that. announced success on aware of their presence, or the blessed A his the U of ashes. at the idiot tbe Weeded hot others in among all part lighting chattering phantasma answer to her prayers. some-finwere side. first the taste of the smoke madehei iris and, it must be confessed, They evidently In for it, Her attitude of abandon waa most since the ponderous door opened besick, but she soon got over thk ludicrous splendor, effective, and Charlie could not bat fore them. Just the man of alt England trouble, and has smoked constants for more than eighty years, using ball Anted to sea Consider it a lucky Charlie was not the one to hold think what a charming picture she a pound of cut plug tobacco eveij toen, by Jove, to run across you in back, so he stepped beyond the portal made there, overwhelmed, not by grief, but the terror of her situation. week and always taking a long smoke tls manner. Im going to enlist your and went down. It was not Intentional on Artemus before retiring at night and door the a little in and Immediately closed, anpathy the clang of it was unlike any sound part, but tome sudden chill draught Bfeerae I have on foot, my boy, and. can depend upon it, I wont take he could ever remember hearing. caused him to give a vociferous Democracy of the West. Prof. Richard T. Ely has an artlo That ereaklng, rusty key turned In sneeze. IXfoy an answer, so consider This was Instantly followed by a the lock. tdwa LXVg&zed as (he second conaplra-oHarpers on the Now," said Artemus, In a shrill little shriek as the girl's bands fell Greeley, Col., in which he com- - t from her face, and ibe turned a pair, ments on the differing social condi- thalf but "voice, pregnant with eager anticipa-' yi, I don't know" about d very startled eyes tions east and west scheme have tion, now we are in control, and the of very. J'The further (wild, u ... rXtHMMHBateMlfcAaaa UpJu ku devil dungeons of the Bteen must west one. goes," says the professor, foot at presea xF It was, of course, Caariie s bounden the more democratic becomes so t'Charlle, Ive run across the noblest yield up their ghastly secrets to to immediately speak and reasduty 1 clety. I must confess that' did not thune for a startling drama that ever master. Down the venerable stairs they sure ths alarmed fraullen that they understand true Americanism, In one hotbed up in anybody path. Why, of its phases at least, until 1 got far it actually opens an opportunity tor wended their way. Could those same were flesh and blood like herself, and away from the Atlantic coast Com fame and fortune to tbe gifted genius steps have been gifted with the power not spirits of the olden martyrs who h baa boldness enough to grasp the of speech, what strange and startling had met deaths of torture in these ing to Madison, Wis., from Baltimore v bectaace." freedom of Intercourse tales they might have given forth, of dungeons; but for the life of him, and Md., the perhaps for the first time in the tween all economic classes and mea Tou have, of course, visited the human misery, of historical person- course of his a hole experience, he of the widest divergence of wealth Stem, that great castle down the ages and deeds 'that would have made and Intellect attracted my attention ; strett yonder, once a prison of the the bravest cheeks pale. But they could not say a word. For tbs soft light of his waxen but there are social differences even Inquisition, now a museum. ' Did were mute. The dread secrets of the fell full upon the face that had taper In Madison which would be scorned you take a guide with lighted flamdim past would ever be safe in their until now been hidden behind tbe girls in a place like Greeley. Anything like beaus and explore the frightful keeping. as hands a face that, Hark!" aristocracy seems to be absolutely ununder the castle, each cell and known In Greeley, unless It is tha corridor of which teems to exhale Artemus uttered this word in a it was, and more or less begrimed walla during hideous memories of the tortures in- shrill whisper, and at the same time from contact with foul aristocracy of personal merit" in electrified the dark, her groping flated upon unfortunate prisoners in clutched his companion's arm. Their NEW ARCTIC LEADER DARINQ. tha Dark Ages, when Spanish cruelty surroundings were so eerie that it was him with its peculiar charm of beauty, and started his traitor heart ruled this country with an Iron not wonderful that his vivid imaginaas it had not done these tion seized upon the slightest pretext to beating Anthony Flala, Who Will Command handt since he had quitted the moons, many Has arouse to had the that Ziegler Expedition. lain Stuart replied in the negative. Hie ghosts Courage. another fair woman, with of presence Interest Great attaches to the per- artist soul had feasted on the treas- here for long centuries. the whole sex rag- -' What you hear is only the gur- bitterness against sonality of Anthony Fiala, the young ures which lay Uttered about the his bosom. photographer who has been selected oourtyard of the onetime palace; but gling of tbe river Sheldt beneath our lng in (To be continued.) by William Jir'Ziegler to command hie the musty dungeons he had but hast- feet" At the foot of the worn stone next expedition in search of the north ily surveyed, being naturally averse staircase we descended there is a Co tan far a Bride pole. The members of the Baldwin to the contemplation of such horror. trap In the solid stone, through The slender, girlish bride who dea which wretched 1 expedition commented freely on tbe Arteam many said of opening that" "Oh, glad fiufflness in bar wedsires and softness Mr. withshown to man Fiala met his fata Tee, it by ability mus, eagerly, for you will be better condemned stand the cold and is prepared to accompany me to those was only tbe fretful flood you heard ding gown and yet has a penchant for smart Louis Quinze effects will choose taking risks to secure good photo same dungeons now." crying peevishly for more victims" Charlie's calm manner quite re- a draped skirt of embroidered mousse-li- nt "The deuce!" exclaimed Charlie, de sole, its deep double flounces taken aback; hut, not In the least dis- assured the other. bottom in Perhaps, you are right; but It being festooned across themanner concerted, the other went on: and "Tell me, have you heard the story sounded wonderfully 'like a, human a charming and graceful caught at Intervals with clusters of or rumor that Js circulated here and voice calling for help." Thus in tiers" the dungeons lay, each orange blossoms. Her cost may be of there through certain circles about a Individual one seeming to surpass its handsome brocade and it will be simmodern man In the Iron Mask supply ornamented with a fichu of emposed to be incarcerated in tbs Steen predecessors in awful associations. broidered mousselina. been had their at task. they dungeons?" Long "I remember bearing some Uttle The regular routine pursued by tourtalk about such a thing, but really ist and guide had been done; but OrNt ths rnnlllal Color. never pursued the subject" there were other dark passages to exGreen Is the color of the spring a&3 it appears in all shades. Mercerized "Briefly, then, it has long been plore, gloomy as the river Styx whispered that there wse recently, passages that the ordinary voyager gingham, German linen or French And may still continue to be, a secret never saw, bat which Artemus was chambray are ten times its durability. Prisoner confined in a lonely dungeon bound to investigate; for if perchance Silk ginghams, striped or figured, to under yonder massive pile of ma- there was a grain of truth in tbe be made In combination with plain sonry a man whose face is forever story he had heard, sorely the prisongingham, are effective, and are made hidden behind an iron mask that is er of the Iron Mask must be found up by fashionable modlstea with all secured by a padlock. I have reached in such tn unused quarter, thf elaboration of foulard costumes, Charlie began to feel a bit anxious. and such toilettes are considered In the conclusion that this man of mystery might be some troublesome heir He was about ready to confess that perfectly good form for afternoon teas to the German throne, or else a eon for ona be had quite enough of it, or for church. ' and only figured oi how he v might of Louie Napoleon. - Think for minute what wonderful possibilities manage to curb this insatiate ambiCords Br(llsatlnb this vista opens to the dramatist! It tion on the part of his companion.-ThWhite fabric for shirttask was taken from his hands, "A charming is quite enough to Inspire the dullest also vAy light weight, is waist suits, most unexpected graphic results. He is a silent and mind! And I am resolved to explore however, and in a It Is striped, -- a corded brllliantlne. somewhat reserved man and is po- those ancient dungeons personally, as manner. triple-cor- d stripe, alternating with an Artemus was eagerly urging him on inch-wid- e ssessed of considerable executive abil- no one has ever done before, with the composed of satiny stripe to fresh fields and pastures nfew," ity.- He declines to give any idea as Secretly avowed purpose of learning This ia to his plans, simply statist; he will whether I may found my great drama while Charlie held the other in check, serpentine bayadereforstripes. a of lets simple really description horsome Into fall do as he thinks best pon a truth, or tbe mere fabric of s fearful lest they nothing less would tell the Butch legend And you will accomrible pit," with rusty spikes at the bot- effect, hut This costs 45 cents per yard tom, such as they had discovered In story. pany me, my boy. out oLpure philanRich Enough and ths glossy - quality which, bat withA good many of Congressman Shst-tuc- s thropy, to share In the exhilaration of one "dungeon, when, suddenly, makes brllliantlne popular. ears to came tnere success out botn warning, tjeir suspicious colleagues have felt the sting touching of his ready wit at times, and few care tlelike package he carried under his a sound so strange in this uncanny reBZotfy Ancient Ut Kanin. to engage with him. Tbe left arm or to support me in case of gion, so utterly out of sympathy to Lake Eyre, the both An that expedition their surroundings, with Ohio man who went ado wn to defeat exasperating failure. Charlie Stuart could not. say him men stood still, as though paralysed great depression in Central Australia, last fall told some friVnds last week and the sound was as of a woman which la below tea level, in charge of that he had purebasedtwo bird doge, osy; he really had nothing on foot Prof. J. W. Gregory, it la announced, giving $1,000 apiece for them. This whereby to kill time, and Artemus weeping! has recently left Melbourne with the was such a Jolly and original dog that save a fellow member a of studying the physical hisCHAPTER 2 object It have to were Well. worth something opportunity and he said: me lake basin and the collecof Found. What tory They 3hattuc(i if youre rich enough to pay the pleasure of his society for a space There were those who knew Prises tion of fossils, especially of exUnct W time. $1,000 apiece for dogs its about Um Charlie well who had reason to be- - vertebrates. . So, hesitating, he fell. you retired. w w en d u se es f hair-brain- -- ea -- dun-gee- ns tear-mark- . -- hisS-jklessnes-s ry ""battlefield. PEOPLE dS EVENTS ir " 8I0ES WITH THE EMPEROR. been inaugurated The Kansas legislature has intro- Count Von Ballestrem Refuses to Allow Criticism of the Kaiser. duced a bill imposing a tax on bacbe Count Von Ballestrem, ho has Just lor and old maids. resigned from the presidency of the German experts declare that hypnotism is worthless in the matter of healing of diseases. Chile and Argentine are discussing the advisability of following a Joint International policy. . Bubonic plague is spreading so seriously at Durban, Natal, that the natives are panic stricken A detachment of Turkish troops has defeated a strong band of Macedonians near Lake Okhrida, Albania The sentence of death passed upon Colonel Arthur Lynch has been commuted to penal servitude for life. Dr. Maurice Flshberg of New York, a well known anthropologist, declares there is no such thing as the Hebrew , '' 1 gate is "a highly accomplished young woman and jnuch sought Jn society ... Dinner. The Three-Hou-r Tbe three-hou- r dinner, against which certain prominent public men in Washington are uniting in a crusade, is undeniably an affair that needs to be pruned; but-It- " is not so serious an evil as the breakfast or the lunch, says the Providence Journal, and the crusaders should be careful not to go too far In their proposed reform. One can "feed" in a very short time, but it Is impossible to give the necessary studious and finished attention to the chief meal of the day in less than an hour and a half; unless the most rigid eoonomy of time is absolutely required two hours Is better. ten-minu- Lsbor Conditions In America. the engineers delegate who came from England to America with Mr, Moselys Industrial commission, haring arrived home, gives this summary of the conclusions he came to In the course, of the inquiry Into American push: Machinery; More used than at home. Sanitation; Not so good. Honrs of work: Longer. Work: Not so good. Wages: Higher. Cost of living: Higher stilL Trades unionism: Not so strong. Providing England uses the best machinery he thinks Britain has -- nothing to fear from America and Is quite able to hold her own. Mr. Barnes, j , i e -- -- long-soug- It |
