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and hid her face. "Oh, CO." she said, ego!
l wish had never met you. 1 thought you
were so good and so brave and so honest.
and when 1t comes to the pinch you are
just like the rest. Col Got / wish 1
thought 1 could ever forget your
You say you don't understand" said
Kettle. Il think you deliberately won't
understand. miss. You remember that 1
said 1 was disappointed in you, and L
stick to that now. You make me remem-
Der that / have got wife and family /
am fond Of You make me ashamed l
have not gone to them before"
He went to the door and opened II. But
''how much cared for you once. Good
bye. miss"
Goodbye" she sobbed from her pillow.
Il wish 1 could think you are right, but,
perhaps 1t is best as it is
In the village street outside was Nc
Todd, clothed in rasping serge and inclined
to be sententious They've whisky here"
whisky that's got smoky taste that
rather alluring when once you've got over
the first dislike. I'm out O. silver myself
or I'd stand you a glass, but II we be in
funds could guide We to the place"
Kettle was half tempted, but with a
once started he might not know when to
stop.
quite right" said the engineer. you're
quite (hict right, skipper. A man with an
inclination to level himself with the beasts
that perish should always be abstemious.'
He sat against a waySide fence and pre-
pared for sleep. Like me-" he added SOL
EMMY, and shut his eyes.
NO." said Kettle to himself. Il won't
forget 1t that way. 1 guess can manage
without. She pretty well cured me herself,
and sight of the missis will do the rest ="
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From the Argonaut.

FTOm Inc AigOnaut.
When the attack was made on Sidon, dur
ing the war with Syria, 1t became neces-
sary for the British troops to advance
across long. unprotected bridge In the
face Of a battery of six guns, which COM
pletely commanded the approach. The men
were unwilling to expose themselves TO GER
tain death, when Arthur Cummings, care
fully dressed in full uniform, stepped for
ward to the middle Of the bridge IL was
Immediately swept by the fire of the bat
terry. When the smoke rolled away there
stood Cummings intact, carefully brushing
the dust from his boots, after which he
stood erect. fixed single glass In his eye
and looked back at the men. This was too
much, and they captured that bridge and
bait cry with whoop.
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for me- cautain"

force. Il shall never forget what you did
for me. captain"
The grfmy steward behind them eoughed
and ratified the teapot lid. and SO they sat
themselves at the table and the business
OF tea began. All Of the ships officers were
either looking after the work entailed by
the heavy weather on deck, or sleeping the
sleep of utter exhaustion in their hunks,
and SO none Joined them at the meal. But
the steward necessarily lowered at their
elbows, and 1t was only during his f1tful
absences that their talk was anything like
unrestrained.
You said YOU liked poetry" the girl
whispered shyly when the first of these OPP
portunities came. 81 wrote the most heart
felt verses that ever came from me over
that noble thing you tried to do for a poor
stranger like me-
Capt Kettle b1ushed like a maid. For
one of the magazines?' he asked.
She shook her head sadly. 1T was not
published when I left England. and 1t had
been sent back to me from four magazine
Offices That was nothing new. They
never would take any of my stuff"
I'd like to talk minute or 50 with some
Of those editors. I'd make them sit up"
THAT wouldn't make them print my
poems
know best there. But I'd guarantee it'd
hinder them from printing anything else
for while, the inky-fingered brutes. The
twaddling stories those editors set up in
y Pc aDOcl io"-dOWH pirates anu ueleCliF6
bugs are enough to make one sick"
1t appeared that Miss Carnegies father
had died since she and Kettle had last met,
and the girl had found herself left almost
destitute. She had been lured out to
Buenos Ayres by advertisements and.
sick at heart, had bought, with the last of
her scanty store of money, cheap passage
home in this cattle boat. She would land
in England entirely destitute; and al
though she did not say this, spoke cheer
fully of the future in fact, Kettle was torn
with pity for her state. But what. he ask
ed himself with fierce scorn, could he do?
He was penniless himself; he had a wife
and family depending on him; and who
was he to take this young unmarried girl
under his charge?
They talked long on that and other days,
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chief. Above the din of the seas and the
noises from the crowded cattle pens out
side he could make out the faint rustic of
draperies and the uncertain footsteps of
some one painfully making a way along
hand over hand against the bulkheads A
bunch OF fingers appeared round the jamb
OF door, slender white fingers, one of
them decked with a queer old ring which
ne mad seen Just once before. and had pic
tured thousand times since. And then
the girl herself stepped out into the cabin.
swayins TO TIA roll OF the ship.
She nodded to him with instant recogni-
ton. 1T was you they picked up out of
the boat Oh, am So glad you are safe"
Kettle STROBE out toward her on his
steady sea legs, and stood before her, stIll
not daring To take her hand. you have
forgiven me?" he murrnured. What l did
was liberty, | know but If | had not
liked you so well ] should not have dared
TO do It,"
She cast down her eyes and flushed. "You
are the kindest man / ever met" she said
''The very kindest.' She took his hand in
both hers, and gripped 1t with nervous
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fore her. 1t was all part Of this strange
new feeling whieh hadaome over him.
He gripped hiszetheEimpulses tight and
went and sat beside Aer. She welcomed
him cordially. Nesn1aae no secret of her
pleasure at his Presence. But her talk just
now Jared upoM hinsS Like other people
who sac the OCEAN as1 its traffic merely
from the amateuF vfSw, she was able to
comforts. and sfs was, pouring into his ear
her scheme for nenkinS 1t the foundation Of
her most ambitiGfs poem
In to gd ano epic of on n1ofa
nation. He viewsa tha3sea, seamen and sea
duties with an fFtimate eye; to him they
were common and untlean to the furthest
degree; no trick of language could elevate
their meannessess He pointed out how she
would prostitute -her talent by laying, hold
Of such an unsaYory subject, and extolled
the beauty of his own ideal. Tackle a
cornfield, miss, he would say again and
again, with its butter-yeIlow color, and it's
bobs of red poppies- and the green hedges
all round You write poetry such as know
you can about a cornf1efd, and farmers, and
farm buildings with, matched roofs, and
you'll wake one Of these mornings Qike all
poets hope to do some day. and find your
sslf famous And because why, you want
to know? Well, MISS It's because corn
fields and the country, and all that, are
what people want to hear about and cream
they've got handy to their own back door
step. They're so peaceful, so restful. You
take 1t from me, no one would even want to
read four words about this beastly cruel
sea, and the brutes of men who make their
living by driving ships across 1t. No, by
ia. No miss you take it from man who
knows-they'd just despise it, And so they
argued endlessly at the point, each keeping
an unchanged opinion.
Perhaps of all the human freight that the
cattle boat carried, Mr., McTodd was the
only one person entirely happy. He had no
watch to keep, no work to do; the mess
room was warm, stuffy and entirely to his
taste; liquor was plenty. and the official en-
gineers of the ship were Scotch and argu-
mentative. He never came on deck for a
Whit Of fresh air, never knew moments
tedium: he lived in a pleasant atmosphere
of bread dialect, strong tobacco and toast
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WE |tIs'Rs'
Secured ON Brazil.
NOW FLYING THE AMERICAN FLAG.

Spain Suddenly Orders Her Torpedo
Flotina to Cross the Ocean-United
States Gunboats Helena and Bancroft
Leave Lisbon and Steam on South.
westerly Course. After the spaniards.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (speciaD-The pru-
dent and patriotic action Of Congress in
voting the appropriation OF $50 ,oOo, 900 for
the National defense bore its first notable
fruit Monday, when the Administration was
able to announce the addition by purchase
Of two new and efficient warships to the
available American fleet. The new vessels
which are now flying the Stars and Stripes
are the twin cruisers Amazonas and Almi-
rante Abrouall, just completed by the Arm
strongs at Newcastle, England, for the Re-
public Of Brazil. Both are practically
ready for sea, and will be manned as soon
as possible with Americon crews and
brought to this country to reinforce the
Atlantic feet.
Though not entirely filling the gap made
In the United States Navy by the loss Of the
Maine, the two cruisers will add materi-
ally to this country's effective naval
strength, while their acquisition absolutely
blocks In one quarter Spain's eager effort
to augment by purchase her present avail
able feet. The two new cruisers, which
are Of the general type OF the Cincinnati
and the Raleigh, will be renamed after two
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' Foreign.

The Australesian Colonial Convention
has adopted the Federation bill. The bill
now goes to the various Legislatures Of
Australia.
large party Of Dervishes crossed the
Nile to Shebaliya Island, and were repulsed
by the Egyptian troops with the loss Of
thirty-eight men killed. The only Egyptian
casualty was the weunding Of Major Sit
well.
The American Medical Mission in the
suburbs of Chung -King-Fu, Province OF
SEE -Chwan, OF the Yang Use -Kiang, China,
has been attacked by mob. The native
medical assistants have been maltreated
and one has been murdered.
The ting Underwater, with the derrick
Chief in tow, arrived at Havana to work on
the Maine wreck.
War feeling was expressed In the
speeches at the banquet of the Chambers
OF Commerce in London, and sympathy
was manifested for Lord Salisbury In his
illness.
The French Minister for the Colonies, NJ.
Lebon. has refused the petition Of Nine.
Dreyfus, wife Of the former Captain Drey-
fus, to share the latter's Imprisonment on
Devils Island.
An outbreak Of yellow fever Of mild
type is reported from Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
At meeting OF the Jamaica Legislature
It was estimated that the deficit In the
Islands revenue for the year ending March
81, 1899. viii be 1925 900.
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HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
The Treaty Dropped and a Joint Reso-
luton introduced.
REPORTED FAVORABLY TOSENATE

Annexation by Legislation the Programme
Now-Action Of Chairman Davis at the
Direction of the Foreign Relations
Committee-A Virtual Abandonment
Of the Treaty-Sent to the Calendar.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (speciaD.-In the
Senate Wednesday, Chairman Davis (Rep.
Mimi Of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions reported joint resolution providing
for the annexation Of the Hawaiian Islands
TO the United States. The resolution was
introduced following action By the COM
mittee. which agreed to recommend that
the Hawaiian Islands be annexed by legis.
lation in open session.
The following Is the text Of the resolu-
tion;
"Section Tho Government OF the Re-
public Of Hawaii having in due form signi-
fled its consent in the manner provided by
its constitution to cede absolutely and with
out reserve to the United States OF America
all rights Ct sovereignty Of whatsoever kind
in and to the Hawaiian Islands and to their
dependencies also. to cede and transfer to
the United States the absolute fee and own
ership OF all public. government or crown
lands, public buildings or ediflces. forts,
harbors, military equipment, and all other
public property OF whatever kind and
description belonging to the Government
OF the Hawaiian Islands, and every right
and appurtenance thereunto appertaining;
therefore be 1t
"Resolved, That said cession is accepted.
ratified and confirmed, and that the said
Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies
be and they are hereby annexed as part
of the territory Of the United States and
are subject to the sovereign dominion
thereof, and that all and singular the prop
erty and rights hereinbefore mentioned are
vested in the United States OF America"
The resolution then adopts the language
OF the treaty beginning with the second
paragraph Of the second section, and taking
all the remainder Of It, but does not cite 1t
as part Of the treaty. This part provides
for the disposal OF the Hawaiian public
lands. for the temporary government OF the
island until Congress decides upon a per-
manent form Of government, the abrogation
of Hawaiian treaties and the preservation
Of Hawaiian customs regulations until
those Of the United States shall be put into
operation, the assumption Of the public
debt Of Hawaii by the United States to the
extent OF $4,000, 900, the regulation Of
Chinese immigration. and disappointment
by the President OF five commissioners to
prepare code Of laws for the government
Of the islands.
Section two provides that the Commits
sioners proposed shall be appointed by the
President by and with tho advice and con-
sent Of the Senate.
Tie sum Of e100, 900 Is appropriated by
the third and last section for the purpose
r-A- 9z-
this sum Is made Immediately available.
The resolution went to the calendar.
Senator Davis did not give any notice as to
when It would be called mp.
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THE NEWS EPIToMIZED.
Washington Items.

The order by Secretary Long that all
proceedings Of the court martial that re-
Gently tried and convicted Pay Director
Billings be stricken from the record Of the
department, gives great satisfaction to the
many friends Of Pay Director Billings. The
accused officer has been honorably retired
Major-General Miles. after searching
investigation of the defenses on Long
Island Sound, returned to Washington con-
vinced that New York is absolutely secure
from attack by foreign war ships.
The House Committee on Naval Affairs
voted to build five new drydocks and will
probably authorize the construction OF sew
eral torpedo boats and torpedo boat de-
stroyers.
Pay Director Luther G.. Billings has been
placed on the retired list OF the navy. His
sentence OF dismissal from the service will
be allowed to drop.
Bishop Satterlee deposed from the min
istry the Rev. Gilbert F. Williams, pastor
OF Christ Episcopal Church, on charges OF
immortality.
New York and New Jersey pilots who are
familiar with all parts Of the Atlantic
coast volunteered their services to the
Government.
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sPAlN's TORPEDO FLEET SAILS.
Boats Leave Cadiz, and tho Helena ant
Bancroft Sail From Lisbon.

Boats Leave Cadiz, and tho Helena and
Bancroft Sail From Lisbon.
CAD1z, Spain (By Cable).-The Spanish
torpedo squadron has sailed from this
port. 1t Is understood the Spanish war
Ships are going to Puerto Rico, where they
will await the orders Of Captain-General
Blanco. Enthusiastic crowds OF people
gathered at Cadiz tos bid farewell to the
vessels.
The United States gunboats Helena and
Bancroft sailed % the same day from Lis
bon, Portugal, going Ia southwesterly
direction. This departure Of the United
States warships may be connected with the
simultaneous departure Of the Spanish
squadron from Cadiz, which Is on the south
western coast of Spain. Rumors have had
1t that the Bancroft and Helena might fol-
low the Spanish ships across the Atlantic.
The Bancroft was launched at Elizabeth,
N. j., In 1892. Like the Helena, she has a
steel hull and twin screw. and she Is a
cruiser, but her displacement is only 8SS
tons. She is 1s0 feet in length, so feet beam
and her maximum draught Is II feet 6
inches. She is of 1918 indicated horse
power, which will drive her at the rate OF
l4.37 knots an hour. Her armament con-
sists Of four 4-inch quick-fring guns, two
6-pounders. two 3-pounders, one 1.pounder,
two Maxim guns and two torpedo tubes.
Her normal coal suDplv Is 900 tons.
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PUTTING THE vESUvIUS IN TRIM.
Expected to BE the Most Effective Fighte,
in the Navy.


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (SpeciaD .-Itis stated
that the Vesuyius will leave shortly fol
Norfolk for repairs to her loading appa.
ratus, the compressed air apartments oi
the big dynamite guns.
Orders were received here to at once
place the vessel in fighting trim. Ten OF
twelve tons OF ammunition are on the way,
and Captain Pillsbury was directed to
clear ship and make room for this.
It Is known also that several six-inch
rapid-hre guns will be mounted amidship.
with heavy armored shields. At present
her three three-pounders are the only
battery she has to supplement her power
full dynamite throwers.
The pneumatic dynamite guns are the
main dependence Of the Yesuyius, say her
officers. Al from three to flve-mile
range light charge can be hurled with
great accuracy, while at from one and a
half to two miles the ala Is certain. No
man-of-war, 1t is declared. could float
within seyenty-flve yards OF where dyna-
mite shell fell.
In case Of hostilities the officers say the
Vesuvius will be the most effective vessel
In the navy. She is go low in the water and
is so narrow that she would present q very
small mark for the enemy.
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FIRE HAD THEM IN A TRAP.
Nearly 400 Persons in a Mad Rush For
Their Lives.

Nearly 400 Persons in q Mad Rush For
Their Lives.
Fire was discovered in Chicago at II
O'Clock q. M, in the seven-story structure
at 215 Wabash avenue known as the En-
erson building. Nearly 400 persons were
within its walls. There was a rush for
life, and It proved rush to death for
many. Although only four bodies have
been identified. fourteen persons are miss
ing, probably dead.
The building Is just within the elevated
railway loop In the busiest spot on Wabash
avenue. An explosion quickly followed
the first burst Of flames, and this drew
thousands into the streets to witness vic
Tins jumping from the upper floors. The
persons in the building rushed to the win
dows and doors on every one OF the
seven stories. They crawled out on the
corniees and ran down the fire escapes.
They poured out Of the exits over one
another. lien and women leaped from the
windows. Some were caught in the arms
Of spectators and in blankets, escaping
with their lives. Four others fell to their
deaths.
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HThe recent decision of Justice Har-
Ian of the Supreme Court, involving
the liability of an insurance company
upon policies held by man who in
sound mind deliberately commits sui
eide, is now published in full and is
regarded as of the greatest Importance,
writes William E. Curtis in the Chi
cago Record. A man by the name Of
Runk had policies to the extent Of
S315, 900 until short time before his
death, when he increased his insur-
ance to $500, 900. He held an impor-
tant Judiciary trust, to which he had
been unfaithful, and, being afraid Of
exposure and the same time remorse-
full. obtained insurance to an amount
Sufficient to reimburse those who
would suffer by hi1 defalcation and
provide for the necessities of his
family. whereupon he deliberately took
his own life. Some Of the insurance
companies resisted payment, went in
TO court, and the case was finally ap'
pealed to the Supreme Court, which
held that if, from anger. pride, jeal-
ousy, or desire to escape from the
ills of life, man Intentionally takes his
own life, there is no liability on the
part of the insurance companies to
pay the risks, because such an act is o
violation of the condition under which
the policy is issued. But when a
mans reasoning faculties are so i'm
paired that he is not able to under.
stand his moral obligations and appre.
,ciate the consequences of the act he is
about to commit, such o death is
not violation of the contract,
and the insurance company is liable.
In the Runk case twas perfectly clear
that the suicide had full and accur-
ate apprehension Of the character and
the consequences of his act, and that
it was wilful attempt to transfer his
own obligations to innocent parties.
This suicide is compared with the
crime of arson, in which man inten-
'tionally may set fire to his own house
in order 10 recover its value from the
insurers.
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According to the last census there
are no fewer than 8, 54,675 farm
laborers or 'shired men" on the
farms of the United States, or moro
than one-ffth of the total voting popu-
lation. The average earnings of this
tremendous agricultural army are, In
dependently of board, S105 year, and
a grand total of 1852, 74o,665, paid out
annually for farm labor of the most
primitiye kind.
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THE UNITED STATES STEAM

American cities not yet represented in the
naval list. Their displacement is $3.50 tons.
and they carry batteries Of six-inch guns.
The purchase price OF each Is supposed to
have been between 81, ,750 900 and s2,00o,-
900.
The Almirante Abrouall will not be COM
pleted at Elswick, England, for at least two
weeks, but the American flag has been
hoisted on her at once, in order that no
complication shall arise to cause her de-
tention in case Of an unexpected deelara-
ton Of war. The Amazonas Is at Newcastle
ready to sail, and as soon as Admiral
Howell can send draft OF men from Lis
bon to her she will fly her new colors.
In addition to strengthening the navy
the Administration decided to push at once
the work of fortifying the Dry Tortugas as
q possible base OF naval supplies In case OF
q rupture with Spain. BY order OF the
President s500, 900 OF the emergency fund
Of $50 ,000, 900 was set aside for use in put
ting both the Dry Tortugas and Key West
In readiness for depot uses. OF this sum
s400, 900 will be spent Immediately In en-
larging the storage facilities at Dry
Tortugas, and $100, 900 will be devoted to
the port of Key West. 1t is expected by the
oaval authorities that an expenditure OF
$500, 900 will be sufficient to put both sta
tions in proper state Of defense, and so
Increase their capacity for naval reDdez-
vous purposes that they can serve as base
Tor campaign OF any duration against the
Spanish possessions in the West Indies.
The detachment Of the Helena and the
Bancroft from the European station, one
to reinforce the Key West feet. and the
other to join the "nying squadron" at
Hampton Roads, Is taken here as signtf-
SAINT development In the naval programme
now being worked out under the guild
snce OF the Administration. Neither the
Bancroft nor the Helena could be considered
powerful enough to be left alone on dis
tant station, and the recall Of both to this
side OF the Atlantic must be considered o
precautionary measure dictated alike by
prudence and forethought. The San Fran
cisco, which remains alone at Lisbon, will
also be summoned to reinforce one OF the
home squadrons at an early date.
President Mckinley, 1t Is said, Is plan
ming to end the crisis with Spain by diplom-
acy or force, leaving Spain to choose the
Acknowledgements or war. The President
hopes Congress will speedily adjourn after
the Maine Court Of Inquiry report Is re-
ceived. The settlement OF the entire ques-
ton would then be left to the Executive.
The explanation given is the revival
Of the proposition to purchase Cuba In a
new form. The suggestion now Is to have
o great syndicate Of American and Euro
pean capitalists organized for this pur-
pose. Men who control the finances Of the
world believe they can end the war in Cuba
and prevent war between Spain and
the United States by guaranteeing
Cuba's war debt. Former Governor
Levi P. Morton, OF New York State,
Is said to be deeply interested in this
movement to preserve international peace.
He has been in Washington In frequent
conference with the President and Sir
Julian Pauncefote and has met the Spanish
Minister.