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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH TIlC By Jsmi Oliver Curwood Plains of Abraham C by Double-da- Doran Co., Ins. WNU Sarvlca. nightmare of discomfort add suffer Ing. From the first of June until the middle of August, such plague of mosquitoes bred and multiplied In the swamps and lowland and woods that beasts were half de-voured alive and the pioneers lit-erally fought for their own exist-ence, smoking their cabins Inces-santly, covering their flesh with hog fut and bear grease, and resorting to every known subtlety that they might snatch a little sleep at night Within a few days, It seemed to Jeems, a world that had been a paradise of flowers, of sweet scents, of ripening fruits and deli-clou- s air was transformed Into a hell of Insect life which shut out travel In all directions and which Infested with poisonous torture every spot where It was not part-ly subjugated by Ore and smoke. to a new Tolnette. nis fear of her had vanished. He was no long-er borne down by a feeling of lit-tleness and unimportance, and for the first time he was visiting Tonteur manor without the thought of inferiority sending Its misgiv-ings through bis soul. In some mys-terious way which he did not un-derstand, but which he strongly felt, be had passed away from yes-terday forever. Moon his feet were In the path which led to the manor. It was so still he could have believed that every one was asleep as he cour-ageously mounted the wide steps to the door of Tolnette's home. On this door was a great black knock-er of battered Iron. The face of the knocker was a grinning ogre, a gargoyllsh head which, from his earliest memory of It, bad fixed It-self upon him as a symbol of the grim and unapproachable spirit Hint guarded the rooms within. His hand reached out to awaken the dull thunder of Its voice.' ills fingers touched the cold Iron. He hesitated in the moment ho was lifting It, for be observed that the door was open by a space of a few Inches. Through the Jperture a voice came to him clearly. It was a high, biting, angry voice, and he recognized It as Madame Tonteur's. He raised the weight from its metal panel and would have knocked when he heard A name which made him pause In rigid si-lence. It was his own. He heard Tolnette's mother say: "Henri Kulaln was a fool for mar-rying that English woman, and Edmond Is a greater fool for not driving her from the country when her breed Is mur-dering and killing almost at our doors. The woman was made for a spy, despite the pretty face which has softened Edmonds silly heart, and that boy of hers Is no less Eng-lish than she. The two should not be allowed to live so near to us, yet Tonteur maintains they are his friends. The pluee they have built should be burned and the English-woman and her 'hoy sent where they belong. Let Henri Bulaln go with them if he chooses to be a ren-egade Instead of a Frenchman!" WHAT WENT BEFORE With his English wife, Cather-ine, and twelve-year-o- ld eon, Jeems, Henri Bulaln, French set-tler In Canada In 1749, Is returni-ng; to his farm after a vlait to the Tonteur aela-neurl- They meet Catherine' brother, iiepilbah. lie diatributea preaenta to the family. To Juema he glvea a pie-t- ol and advlaea him to perfect hlmeelf In markamanshlp. Hep-loa- n feara for the aafety of the Bulaln In their iaolated poult Ion. Jeema glvea Tolnette Tonteur a preaent which Hepalbah had fur-nished for that purpose. CHAPTER III Continued The force of the blow sent Paul reeling backward, and Jeems was at him with the quickness and passion of one suddenly transformed by madness. He had never fought with another boy. But he knew how anlmuls clawed and disembow-eled. In a hundred ways he had viewed strife and death as the wil-derness knew these things. And all that he had witnessed, all that he knew of torture and violence and the desire to malm and kill , gave to his action a character of such lively ferocity that It drew a howl of pain from Taut Tache and a shrill little scream from Tol-nette. Jeems heard the scream, but It lield no significance for him. His dreams were gone, and Tolnette, ber presence close to him, her eyes upon the battle Just as he had Im-agined In the thrill of his mental vislonlngs, was forgotten In the more vital depths of his Interest In the flesh and blood of I'aul. In the first attack his fingers clutched like small Iron claw In Hip folria nlzed her aa the splendid little lady of the selgneurle who had come so proudly to Lussau's place a short time before. Her handsome hat was a crumpled wreck In the mud. Her dress wus twisted and bedrag-gled. Her hands and face were dis-colored with soil, and her hair was so tangled about her that she was almost smothered lu It Despite this physical condition her mental self was more than ever Inflamed with the desire to fight and seizing upon the hard and woodlike stalk of a last year's sunflower which lay In the dirt, she succeeded in bringing It down with such force that, missing Jeems, it caught I'aul on the side of the head and laid him sprawling flat on his face. This terminated the conflict for Tol-nette, who gave a cry of apprehen-sion when she saw what she had done. I'aul had recovered from Tol-nette's blow before Jeems could take advantage of It and what hap-pened during the final round of contention remained largely a mat-ter of speculation In Jeems' mind. He was sitting op, after a little, and there waa no one to strike at I'aul and Tolnette were out of his reach yet he heard their voices oddiy Indistinct moving In the di-rection of Lussan's house. He tried to call out, thinking that Tache was escaping like a coward, hut something In his throat choked him until It was Impossible for him to breathe enough to make a sound. He made an effort to rise that be might pursue his beaten enemy. The earth about him swam dizzily, ne was gasping, sick at his stom-ach, and blood was dripping from bis nose. A horrlfvlnir thomrht lennt nnon "I Ask You to Forglvs Me." The timber was heavy and dark, Swamps were undralned, rivers and lakes were shadowed by dense vegetation, and In the humid. him, and so sudden was the shock of It that he sat staring straight ahead, barely conscious of two a emerging from the conceal-ment of a thick growth of brush-wood twenty paces away. The thought became conviction. He had not whipped I'aul Tache! I'aul had whipped him and his enemy's ac-complishment had been so thorough that he could still feel the unstii-hlllt- y of the world about him as he drew himself to his feet Ills eyes and head cleared as the realization of defeat swept over him. Then he recognized the two who had appeared in the edge of the open. One was his Uncle Hep-slba-the other Tolnette's father. Both were grinning broadly at the spectacle which he made, and ns they drew nearer he heard Ton-teur's voice In what was meant to be a confidential whisper. "Is it really your petlt-neve-friend Adam, or one of Lussan's pigs come out of its wallow? Hold me, or what I have seen will make me split 1" But Jeems heard no response from Hepslhah, for the trader's fuce suddenly lost Its humor, and in place of It came a look which had no glint of smile or laughter In It CHAPTER IV "Fie upon you for such thoughts, llenrlette," chlded the milder voice of Madame Tache. "I despise the English as much as you or Tol-nette, but It Is unfair to voice such Invective against these two, even though the woman Is proud of her pretty face and her boy ts a g little wretch. Edmond Is a d man and simply be-friends them out of pity. Are you angry because of that, llenrlette?" "I am angry because she Is Eng-lish, and her hoy is English, and yet they are allowed to live among us as If they were French. I tell you they will be traitors when the time for treachery comes!" Jeems had stood with his fingers clenched at the unyielding Iron of the knocker. Now he heard voice and knew it was Tol-nette's. "I think .Teems' mother Is nice," Bhe said. "But Jeems Is "8 detest-util- e little English beast !" "And some day that beast will help to cut our throats," added her mother unpleasantly. The greot Iron knocker fell with a crash, ond almost before the sound of It reached the servant's ears, the door swung open and Jeems stalked In. The women were speechless ns he stood in the wide opening to the room In which they were seated. He scarcely seemed to realize they were there and sweating mold of these places, the malevolent pestilence was born and rose In clouds that sometimes ob-scured the face of the moon. Dur-ing these weeks a cordon of de-cayed stumps and logs smoldered night and day about the Bulaln cabin, screening it In pungent smoke, and outside this small haven, work on the farm was con-tinued at a price of physical mar-tyrdom, except under a burning sun, when the Insects sought ref-uge from the glare and heat Jeems did not go again to Ton-teur manor, though occasionally he heard news from the selgneurle. Every one was in high humor there because of the activities going on In preparation for the exit of the entire family for Quebec early in September.'! Toinette was going to school at the convent of the Jceuis had a feeling of loss; " It'wW irsi;if tlie' fire' of Ti'la dreams had not only burned Itself out, hut even the nsh were being cleared away". v Autumn came, and with It a great glory In the wilderness. Jeems loved these ninturer days o'f golden rlueiicss, of first frosts, of painted nurdwood forests, and of crisp, tnngy air when all life seemed rejuvenated and his own veins danced to the thrill of un-ending promises and expectations. But this year a heuvhiess of heart of Tache'a cravat and coat and the rending of cloth, a splitting asun-der of gorgeous material almost to the other's waist, waa evidence of the strength behind his assault He followed this with a fury of scratch-ing and tearing and both went down In the melee. When they rose, Paul, heaving himself up with an effort which flung Jeems from him, they were such a sight of muck and stuln that Tolnette forgot her precious dress and covered her eyes in horror. But she was looking again In an instant, for the spec-tacle fascinated even as it appalled her. Jeems had landed on his feet with a fist loaded with mud, and lie projected It with an aim so ac-curate that half of Paul's face was obliterated by It, aud as he leapt with a roar of rage at his smoller assailant he was such a shocking .. contrast to his usual immaculate ' self that Tolnette nearly ceased to breathe. Then she saw ond heard what her feminine eyes and In-stincts could not understand or keep proper count of, a mad twlst-- ' Ing and tumbling of bodies, pant ing breaths, grunts, and finally a clearly audible curse from Paul Tache. With that sound Jeems flew backward and landed on his back. . He was up almost before he had struck, and wltlt his head ducked low like a ram's In a charge, he KJEXT Sunday morning Jeems set ai out for Tonteur manor with the thought deeply Intrenched In his mind that he would not fight Paul Tache that day no matter what temptation might be placed In his path. He had told his mother where he was going and what he was planning to do, and with her encouragement to spur him on he felt eager and hopeful as he made his way toward the selgneurle; This feeling was unlike the one with which he had set out to fight Paul Tache. and what he had to do loomed even more Important than any physical vanqnlsliment which he might bring upon his rival. To soften Tolnette's heart now so bit- - looked only at Tolnette. He re-mained for a moment without movement or speech, hi glim figure tense and gripped. Then he bowed bis head in a curtsy which Cath-erine had carefully taught him. When he spoke bis words were as calm as those of Madame Tache had been. "I have come to tell you I am sorry because of vvlint happened at Lussan's place, Tolnette," he said, and he bent his head a little low-er toward her. "I ask you to for-give me." Even llenrlette Tonteur could not have thought of him us a beast after that, for pride and fearless-ness were In his bearing in spite of the whiteness of his face. As the occupants of the room stared at him, unable to find their voices, he drew back quietly and was gone as suddenly as he appeared. The big door closed behind him, and turn-ing to a window near her Tolnette. saw him go down the steps. An ex-clamation of Indignation and amaze-ment came at last from her mother, but this she did not hear. Her eyes were following Jeems. He went across the open and Into the fields.. As he drew near the foot of Tonteur hill, Odd came cau-tiously forth to meet him, but not until they reached their old rest-ing place at the crest of the ascent did he pause or seem to notice the dog. Then he looked back upon the selgneurle. A bit of Iron had sunk Into his soul. His eyes were seeing with a new and darker vision. From the rich val-ley which had been the fount of all his dreams they turned to the faint gleam of distant water In the south where lay Lake Champlaln, aud beyond which, not far away, were the Mohawks and the English and the land of his mother's peo-ple. It was the blood of that land, rnnnlne red and stronur in liii coins whs in him witli the changing of the seasons. Tolnette and her peo-ple left for Quebec, and one eve-ning, a week later, Hepsibah gravely announced that he could no longer delay his departure for the fur frontiers of Pennsylvania and the Ohio, where bis obligations as a trader called hlin. Catherine was silent for a while, then cried softly to herself. Jeems drew buck where his uncle would not see him clearly. Henri's cheerfulness died out like a lighted candle extin-guished by a breath of wind. Hep-sibah- 's face wos grimly set, so hard was he fighting to hold a grip on his emotion. He promised' that he would never again remain away long at a time. He would return dining the winter. If he failed to come, they would know he was dead. When ilenrl got out of his bed to build the fire the next morning Hepsibah was gone. He had stolen off like a shadow in some still hour of the night. More determinedly than when his uncle had been with him, Jeems continued at bis work and at the mental efforts with which he was struggling to reach out into the mountains and valleys of ex-perience ahead of him. Through the fall and winter the Bulaln culiln was visited by wandering Iudians who hud teamed Unit food, warmth, and a welcome were al-ways there. Jeems' friendship for them was tempered by the things Hepsibah had told him, and while he brought himself closer Into in-timacy with these uninvited guests, winning their contidence and making himself more eflicient in their speech, he was also watch-ing aud listening for the signs of hidden dangers against which his uncle, hud repeatedly warned him. Most of the Indians were from the Canada tribes, and among them he hurled himself at Tache. This In-- , dividual, having cleared his eyes sufficiently to perceive the bjlnd-nes- s of the other's rush, stepped aside and swung a d blow which again sent Jeems down Into the muck. His hand filled It-self with this sticky substance a second time, and as he returned to battle he let It fly at Paul. Profit-ing by experience, Taul dodged skillfully, and the volley passed over his head, spreading In Its flight, and fell In Its contaminating virulence upon Tolnette. She saw her raiment spotted and defiled, and such a sudden fury rose in her that she sprang upon Jeems as he clawed and kicked In a clinch with Paul, and assailed him with all the strength and bitterness of her small fists and biting tongue. Jeems had seen the tragedy of the misdirected mud, and he knew that Tolnette's hands and not Paul's were pulling viciously nt his hair. There Is a hurt which bears . with It a sting of satisfaction, and v . ' this emotion pressed upon Jeems as he fought desperately in front and felt himself attacked treacher-ously from behind. For Paul was accountable for the mishap to Tolnette. Had the other not dodged In a cowardly fashion, allowing the stuff to pass on to her, the thing would not have happened. It did not take more than a few seconds for the Inspiration of this thought with Its apparent Justice and truth to fire him with a determination be-side which his former resolution sank to Insignificance. He was no longer fighting for Tolnette's ap-proval, but against her, against I'aul Tache, against all the world. Toinette, pulling at his hair, heat-ing at his back, had raised bis struggle to epic heights. The strength of martyrdom filled his lean arms and body, and he fought with a renewed fierceness that found no cause for unrest, but when occasionally an Onondaga or un Oneida came, he detected in their manner a quiet and sleepless caution which told him these vis-itors from the Six Nations consid-ered themselves over tle dead line which marked the country of their enemies. Aud he made note that they always came through that part of Forbidden valley which Hepsibah had predicted would be a future warpath for the Mohawks. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Ha Had Never Fought With An-other Boy. terly against him, to bring back the friendliness of her smile, and to see ber eyes Hlight with the sweet-ness which she had been on the point of yielding to him at Lussan's place were foremost in his mind lie was anxious to see Tolnette nnd to offer her all that his small world held. If thereby he could make amends for the ruin and humilla tion he had brought upon her. A spirit of chivalry In him, older than his years, rose above the lowly consideration of rights and wrongs. He was sure he was rignt. yet he wanted to say he was wrong. Though he did not know It, years had passed since two days ago, and he was a new Jeems going which Tolnette and her mother hated. j He dropped a hand upon Odd's head, and the two started over the homeward trail. The dog watched the forest and caught its scents, but Jeems gave small heed to the passing Interests of the woods and thickets Late spring, then the beginning of summer, followed Hepsibah's ar-rival at the Bulaln home, and still he gave no betrayal of the restless-ness which presaged his usual dis-appearance for another long period Into the fastnesses of the wild. This season of the year was nl ways one of torment for the forest dwellers because of the winged pests which crawled the earth and filled the air, and Jeems had come to dread It as an indescribable made his heavier but softer antag-onist give way before the punish-ment and both went down to earth again. Toinette fell with them, her long skirt impeding the activity of their legs, her big hat hanging like a sunshade over her face, her beau-tifully made curls tangled and spot-ted with mud, her hands heating angrily nt whichever of the two chanced to come lu her way. Jeems was aware of her presence nnd physically sensible of her but In the complexity of action which surged over and about him he could afford no dis-crimination In tlie manner of using bis arms, legs, teeth, nnd head, and nt last, finding herself disentangled. Tolnette scrambled to her feet con-siderably bruised and In such dis-order that no one would have recog- - MA i I jA Vxy Snrt "FW-- -- ! v u w j rife 1 Statue of Henry Clay, "father of which was presented to Venezuela by the United States and unveiled in Caracas on December 0. 2 Scene in Paris during the recent floods that made some streets Impassable. 8 Mail sorter? In the New York post office neck deep in Christmas packages j that were mailed early in response to the appeal of postal authorities. BnOF GURRERTTEVENTS President and Senate in a Wordy Warfare; Relief Measures Passed. By EDWARD W. PICKARD PRESIDENT HOOVER and the part of that nominal-ly aueust body, came to verbal tlons" and urged that the United States "lend Its In this effort of the nations to establish a great agency for pacific settle-ments." It may be the appropriations leg-islation wilt be completed in time to give the senate a few weeks to take up the World court matter be-fore March 4, but the radicals are likely to filibuster unless their pet measures are acted on also, and thus an extra session might be forced. FRANK B. KELLOGG, former of state, received the Nobel peace prize for 1029 in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, in the pres-ence of King Haakon and a dlstin- - the downward path. A stockhold-ers' committee has been fighting to retain the road and the matter may be carried to the United States Su- - preme court. J ' RUSSIA'S picturesque trial of accused of an anti-Sovi- conspiracy in which for-eign nations and notabilltes were declared to be Involved ended as expected in the conviction of all the defendants. It could not be oth-erwise, since all had confessed. Five of them were sentenced to death and three to ten years in prison, and all the Communists applauded. Next day the central executive committee of the Unloj of Social-ist Soviet Republics commuted the blows over legislation. The Chief Executive, who seemingly doesn't feel so restrained now that the election Is ovr, was vexed because of the introduction of measures which would Impose an expend-iture fur beyond the sum he had recommended, "and mostly under the guise of giving relief of some kind or another," as be said to the White House correspondents. He directly accused some members of congress of "pluylng politics at the expense of human misery." The President obviously referred to the proposal for Immediate pay-ment In cash of the soldiers' bonus and the Shlpstead plan, a $500,000,-1)0- 0 bond Issue for river and harbor work. His statement ulso tt'ss re-garded as directed at Senator David 1. Walsh of Massachusetts, who had criticized Mr. Hoover for the Inadequacy of his relief pro-gram. When this statement reached the Semite the war broke out fiercely, and the President was bitterly at-tacked by Senators Robinson, Cara-way, Oluss, Harrison and other Democrats. Next day In a pre-pared speech Senator McKellar of Tennessee scathingly assailed Mr. Hoover for what he calJed his tirade of abuse and declared the President owed an apology to every member of the senate. Ills reputa-tion and his sincerity were liu- - flve death sentences to ten years' imprisonment and two years were nken off the other sentences. The press of London and Paris looks on the whole affair as a put up job. NO SATISFACTORY explanation has yet been given of the "poi-son fog" which killed 07 persons In the Meuse valley of Belgium an. I France. The Belgian authorities tried to belittle the affair, but Queen Elizabeth ruled otherwise and appointed a commission of phy-sicians to make an investigation. HENRY. CLAY now stands, In In the center of a wide plaza In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and he Is labeled tho "Apostle of fraternity between the- ft countries of America." The stnrne Jf Is the present of the United State to Venezuela, given in return fir one of Gen. Simon Bolivar, here-of South American Independence, which was unveiled In New York In 11)21. It was dedicated on Tues-day by James It. Slieflleld, former ambassador to Mexico, and re-ceived by the high officials ofT Venezuelan government. L In his address Mr. Sheffield said :w "In speaking to the people of Vene-zuela. I am trying to interpret ti ail the republics of South Amer-Ir- n the friendlv attitude of my guished gathering. At the same time the peace prize for 1930 was handed to Dr. Nathan Soederblom. Mr. Kellogg, in acknowledging the award, asserted there was no Indi-cation of war In the world, but rather the prospect was for contin-ued peace. Should there be a war, however, he gave warning, western Civilization could not withstand it. Among the other Nobel prizes handed out was that for literature to Sincluir Lewis, American novel-ist, who received it In Stockholm from the hands of King Gustav of Sweden. HAVING adopted an outline of a disarmament treaty, the preparatory disarmament com-mission of the League of Nations ended Its sessions at Geneva. This draft convention will be the basis for the deliberations of a world conference that probaltJy will meet early In 1!'I2. Ambassador Hugh Gibson, who represented the Unit-ed States, In u closing statement told his colleagues that the outline treaty "falls far short of our hopes and expectations," failing to in-clude the various methods which Americans regarded as essential to real disarmament. He said, how-ever, lie consoled himself with the belief that the scheme adopted would permit at least the stabiliza-tion of armaments, the setting up pugned. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania alone came to Mr. Hoover's de-fense, and he showed little enthu-lias-in his task. The senate on Tuesday passed, without a record vote, the drought relief loan fund hill utnended to appropriate $(W.0(K).(KK), which is more than twice what the admin-istration considered necessary and which In that form provided not jnly for seed purchase loans but slso for loans for the purchase of food for distressed farmers. To this latter feature Secretary of Agri-culture Hyde had objected on the ground that It was "perilously near the dole system." and this elicited caustic comments from the senators. WITHOUT opposition the house bill appropriating 110,000,000 for an emergency pub-lic construction fund, which is the administration's chief step In the relief of unemployment. It had been revised to meet the objections of the Democrats, who opposed the granting of blanket authority to the President in tiie expenditure ef the fund, so that he could only transfer funds from one of the ?pecitied purposes to another. The senate removed even this authority, added $S.000.(HK) to the total, and passed the bill. Of the total, 0 is for advances to the states for federal aid highway projects and Is to he paid hack within five years by deductions from federal contributions. Rivers and harbors gets $22,500,000. MR. HOOVER transmitted to the of representatives a formal request for the immediate appropriation of another $150,000,-00- 0 to the federal farm board from its $500,000,000 revolving fund. country and Its faith in the com-plete triumph of free institution and governments in the western world. We aspire to no leadership r In your affairs. We only wish to help you In attaining the highest: development of your nntionnl con-sciousness and sovereign rights." SECRETARY of the Navy Adam report points out the perils In the administration' , . policy of reducing navy enlisted personnel to a minimum. He says that during Inst year there were-no-t enough enlisted men to man fully all types of ships in the nnvy. To operate the navy with the re- - miiining 70.800 men it will be neces-sary to decommission a number of vessels. Appearing before the house navnf committee, Mr. Adams asked that congress approve a $?,-- .000.000 con-struction program designed t start our country on the way to having such a fleet as is authorized by the London treaty. Chairman Britten of the committee thereupon introduced a Mil authorizing the construction of seven new cruiser and submarines and one aircraft carrier, the only vessels on the navy program not now authorized. If the Adams program is adopt-ed In Its entirety American gov-ernment and private yards will bo working on new naval vessels valued at $.100,000,000 during th 1012 fiscal year, beginning next July. THE annual report of the revenue commision shows thnt ten states with an aggregate population of less than one-lia- lf Li of the total for the country pay more than three-fourth- s of the fed-eral fax bill. These states. In their order, are: New York. North Cnro- - of machinery to receive and spread Information on armaments, and "to prepare systematically for the work of future conferences." of Muscle Shoals OPERATION organization of farmers was asked by the Amer-ican Farm Bureau federation at Its convention In Boston. It "also voiced opposition to amendment of the agricultural marketing act at this time. The federation nlso recommend-ed stricter regulation of grain and cotton exchanges; that funds to be loaned to farmers In the drought area be made Immediately avail-able; that congress appropriate money to Insure Immediate carry-ing out of the authorized develop-ment projects, nnd that the federal treasury have a revolving fund to lie used exclusively to stabilize fed-eral land hank bonds. hundred men ond women TWO thirty-thre- e dry or-ganizations held an annual confer-ence In Washington and asked that congress provide more men and more money for enforcement of prohibition. A convention of wets also was held In the National Cap-ital and agreed on a unified substi-tute plan for prohibition. HERE is one record of to brag about. The for-est service reports that lire dam age to national forest lands this year was held down to $217,370, a reduction of nearly t)5 per cent from last year. This despite the fact that the season has been the driest on record. Forest area burned over amounted to 1!i5.IK!5 acres, only one fifth of last year's acreage. PROPERTIES of the Chicago The money is neeued, he sain, in order that Important operations of the board, now In prospect, may be carried through promptly," and It was understood this meant further outlays for the stabilization of wheat prices. SOME leaders in congress, both and Democrats, ex-pressed a fear that the submission of the World court protocols to the senate would result in a legis-lative Jam that might make neces-sary the calling of an extra session of the new congress In the spring. In his message transmitting the protocols the President asked for early consideration of .the question. He said that the protocols ns re-vised "free us from any entangle-ment in the diplomacy of other na- - Alton railroad, w men since ur time of the Civil war has operated l.trjS miles of track In Illinois and Missouri, were sold at public auc-tion in foreclosure proceeding of the federal court, the sale taking place at Wilmington. III., the first station outside of Chicago actually owned hv the company. The rail-way, valued at $100.000 000, was purchased by the Baltimoie & Ohio railroad, which owned a majority of the Alton bonds. The Alton company bos been In receivership for elgl't years, brought to that condition hy finan-cial difficulties that started with the failure to pay dividends on mortgages Imposed by Harrimau Interests In the nineties. Strikes and bad business In the bituminous coal region helped the company on Una, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Cali-fornia. Ohio, Michigan, Massachu-setts. Virginia and Missouri. Few of the southern and western stntes. except those with large Industrial cities, paid tax percentages their population percen-tage. TIip total International revenue receipts for the fiscal year were set hy fie report nt M.040,1 45.713. of which $2,410,250,230 was pnld In Income taxes and $020,SS0,5O2 In miscellaneous taxes. I EE S. OVERMAN, veteran sena-to- r from South Carolina, died In Washington after a week's III- -, ness. He wns seventy-si- x years old and hnd served In the senate since liX)2. () l3t. Western Newspaper Union. ; 1 Would Make Long Trail It has been estimated that If the onual earnings of the people of the people of the United States were In one-dolla- r bills and pasted In a titrip, the would reach 8,500,000 miles. |