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Havemeyer said he was in the business
and i'll it to stay.
Mr.. HavemeyerS statement aroused
great interest, and the next three hours
were devoted to answering questions
asked him in rapid succession by MEM
bers of the commission. He at first de-
clned to state whether the company was
making money at present, aging that was
the business of the company alone, but he
afterwards made an incidental state
ment which the commission construed
into an admission that the business was
not profitable now.
The witness confessed that his com
pany had very little regard for the wei
fare of rivals in business, saying that
prestige, ability. experience and wealth
would win in the long run in the strug-
gle, and that trusts were an example of
the survival of the fittest in business.
That is trade. he said. 'and the soon
er you realize it and quit trying to con-
troll it by Federal legislation the better
for all. n man cannot expect to have
himself continually wet-nursed by the
Government. If men do not want to
buy our stocks they need not They do
not need Government protection. If
they wade in and get stuck let them get
out and if they wish. wade in again. The
fate OF rival concerns is their affair." not
ours"
Speaking of the ''ethics of life.' sug-
gested by Il member of the commission.
Mr.. Havemeyer said:
Il don't care two cents for your
etlics. | know nothing about them.
am talking about business
He declared that the tariff enabled
the steel rail trust to mulct the public
to the extent of 50 per tom and said,
incidentally. that Mr.. Carnegie had not
yet stated what he was going to do
with his money.
On the question of labor. Mr.. Have
meyer said the laboring element were
forced to form organizations but that
IN doing so they sacrificed much indie
pendence and the unions had the effect
of bringing other men down to a low
level. He contended thar he was
friend of Ia bor and said thar good men
in the employ OF the trust were paid
ten per cent more than they could get
elsewhere
Mr.. Havemeyer said that many things
We're done in business which looked
cold-blooded and harsh but that bust
Continued on Second Page.)
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NINE ARE DEAD AT HERMAN.
Eighteen Are Iniured-The Town Proper
Totally DESTROYED

Totally Destroyed.
Herman, Neb.. June 14.-This village
was destroyed by a tornado last even
ing. Nine people were killed and eigh
teen We're seriously injured i'll the wrecks
of their homes. The tornado started
about two miles west of Herman and
after travelling west a short distance,
turned back, covering strip about
twenty-five rods wide. The Gown was
directly in its path and only two or
three residences were left standing
The Methodist church and the school
building are the only other buildings
left. The Methodist church is being
used as IA hospital and morgue.
The town proper is totally destroyed.
There was but one tornado insurance
policy in the town. and that was for but
trihing amount The balance is
total loss.
The storm cane on very slowly. giving
most people ample time to reach their
cellars \ large number not reported
are slightly injured, while Of those re-
ported one half are looked upon as hav-
ing received fatal injuries.
1t is reported that the tornado which
struck this village wrecked several
houses ut Dane Hollow Two persons
were killed and ten are reported Sc
yerely injured
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He WOULD MEET JEFFRIES.

New York. June 14.-AIike Morrsey.
the newly-arriyed Irish heavyweight
pugilist, who is to meet Peter Maher be-
fore the Ienox Athletic Club next
Tuesday night, to-day through his mama
ger and hacker, Il. J. Dwyer. of Brook
lyn. deposited $500 with George Con-
sidinc, of this city. to bind match with
Jim Jeffries, the heavyweight cham
pion.
in a letter addressed to W. "A. Brady,
Jeffries' manager, Dwyer states that he
would be pleased to meet Brady at any
place designated next Wednesday TO
sign articles of agreement, the fight to
take place at any time from one to II
months from the date of signing.
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kRUGER'S BACK TO WALL
HE DECLARES He CAN MAKE NO MORE
CONCESSIONS.
The European Representative Of TransyaaI Re-
public Receives Most ConciIia'ory
Dipslch from Pretoria.

Pretoria. June 1.-THE Volksraad
has resolved TO accept President Kru-
gers franchise proposals and refer them
to the people before putting them into
operation.
President Kruger. in thanking tic
Raad. said:
I'm these troublesome times we do
not know what is going To happen
England he added. lad NJ: made even
one little concession and he ccnll not
give more. He reminded the Raad that
God had always stood by them. War.
he asserted. he did not want. but he
world not relinquish anything more.
In concluding. he called them all to
witness that though their independence,
had once been removed God had restored
it.
NJ. poincare is continuing his efforts
II form a Cabinet, but meets with II
merous difficulties. He has been es-
pecially desirous of having NJ. Bour-
geois. krantz and Delcasse in the nin;s-
try. NJ. Bourgeois declines to abandon
his mission at Thu Hague NJ Del
casse declines to take any thing but the
Foreign Office portfolio. while NJ
Poincare wants him at the Ministry of
the interior, or of Marine and M.
krantz raises difficulties concerning the
Dreyfus trial. pointing out that he has
discussed the matter already with NJ.
Casimir-Perier.
1t IS understood that several other
prominent men have refused to enter the
Cabinet. These rehuffs are likely -
discourage Nj. Poincare. whc IS modest
ana dlffident and is inclined TO steer
clear of political troubles.
DISASTER MAY FOLLOW.
London, June 1.-THE correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at The Hague
says:
'',rhe Dutch Government has sent
President Kruger a remonstrance re-
specting the disastrous consequences
that are likely to follow persistence in
his present policy
PROMISE OF PEACEFUL END.
London. June 14-Though the sensa-
tional papers are making much OF The
blue book on the Transvaal negotiations
issued hast night in which the british
high commissioner at South Africa. ST"
Alfred Miner, practically declared it n
case for British intervention n the
Transvaal, beyond doubt, the reply of
the Secretary Of State for the Colonies.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, TO the bet;tion
of Outlanders, removes many app~elleIl-
sions.
The text shows it did not contain
threats. concerning which many rumors
were afoat, and demonstrates that there
is. therefore. still time for the disputants
to arrange a compromise, Of whlcn signs
are not wanting.
A CONCILIATORY DISPATCH.
Brussels. June 14-Doctor Leyds. the
representative in Europe Of the Trans
vaal Republic received today s,ie follow
ing conciliatory dispatch from Pretoria.
The Government does not make ar
bitration Il condition of concessions. 1t
will continue to make concessions, even
rs regards the franchise, indepenC entity
of Great Britain's acceptance or non-ac-
ceptance Of arbitration
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FAR TAGIBLE RESULTS.
Delegates at The Hague Have Plan
That Inspires Hope.

Delegates at Inc tliSue rave Il IdH
That Inspires Hope.
The Hague. June 14.-It is now eX-
pected that the Peace Conference will
not adjourn before the middle of July,
and it is thought the labors of the dele
gates will not be finished before that
time, and there is the additional ques-
ton of the acceptance by the powers
of the decisions adopted by the confer
encc. The delegates who desire to see
some tangible result accomplished by the
conference recognize that if the MEM
bers are contented with simply transmit
ting the decisions of their respective
Governments. the work of the delegates
will simply be pigeon-holed in the various
chancelleries of Europe and will not be
executed. Therefore. the delegates have
resolved to adjourn their sittings as soon
as their work is completed, and to sub
nit the result to their respective Govern
mentS with the request that the dele
gates be empowered to sign definite
document. 1t is expected the Govern
ments will keep trace of the progress OF
the work and that they will require
about ten days for deiberation on their
final decision. which will bring the final
adjournment in the middle of July
The refusal of Great Britain to ac-
cept the stipulations of the Brussels
conference if they are made definite will
not prevent the other powers from
pledging themselves to action in the mat
ter. There is no doubt that the Brussels
conference subcommittee will reach
practical result, but it is possible some of
the powers. while reServing the right u
apply the new stipulations when neces-
sary, may not consent to bind themselves
forthwith
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Passengers and Grew Saved None of
Their Effects.

Their Effects.
New York, june 1.-THE steamer
Rescie Of the Merritt and Chapman
Wrecking Company, arrived in quaran-
tine early to-day, having on board Cap
tain kuffahl, six of the crew, and
Charles w. Moss and Herman Brandt,
TWO passengers of the steamer Mace
donia, of the Ward line, which was
sunk by the steamer Hamilton, of the
Old dominion Line, last night. The re-
malnder of the crew and one passenger
II. w. Wright, landed at Long Branch
After the Hamilton became cleared from
the Macedonia and seeing the ship still
ahoat, Captain Kuffahl returned to her
and endeavored to beach her, but she
suddenly took lurch and sunk i'm six
fathoms of water about { miles south of
the Scotland hght-ship and one and a
half miles off the shore. She lies on even
keel, and only the top of her funnel and
her masts are visible. The Passengers
and crew saved none of their effects.
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DOMINION WINS THIRD.

Bcaconsfeld Quebec, June 1.-THE
third race between the Canadian yacht
Dominion and the American yacht Yam
kee was sailed to-day, the Dominion
winning by 2 minutes and 90 seconds.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-04
TAXATION IN ITALY.
Poor Pay Twice as Much Proportionately
as the Rich.

as the hlcns
Not only is everything taxed in It.
ally, but the taxes are so arranged that
in the words of Sig. Giolitti, the poor
pay in proportion twice as much as the
rich, says the Gentleman's Magazine.
For in Italy it is the necessaries Of
life-at least we should consider them
as such-the bread, the meat and the
sugar, which pay, while the luxuries,
though greatly taxed, too, bring in a
comparatively small amount. One lux
ury, indeed, is an exception-the Ital-
ian state lottery, in which all classes
of the community, down to the very
poorest who can scrape 20 centesimi
together, take tickets every week. A
brilliant Italian novelist, Matilde Sc
rao, has shown in her admirable pa
csc di Cuccagna," and in some of her
shorter stories, the far-reaching harm
this system of state-encouraged gamb-
ling causes, the superstitions which 1t
engenders, and the deprivations which
it sometimes necessitates But it brings
in 60,000,000 lire year to the govern
ment, and all but the smallest places
in Italy have their banco lotto, where
tickets for Saturdays draw at the
eight wheels" can be taken, and
where, on Sunday, lists OF winning
numbers, with perhaps yellow and
a red rose against those held by local
gamblers, may be seen. But after all
the lotto is optional, while the taxes
are not. So bread and sugar cost about
thrice what they do in England, the
sopratassa on railway tickets makes
travelling in Italy dearer than any
where else, while salt is heavily
mulcted for revenue purposes. Hence
genuine discomfort arises, though here
it is necessary to distinguish. In spite
of the assertions of the Secolo and the
other advanced papers, the right view
appears to be-so Milanese eyewitness
es of last years riots inform me-that
whereas in most other places and es-
pecially in the south, the disturbances
were really due to want of food and
at.ect poverty, there, on the contrary,
where trade is much more flourishing
and work much more plentiful than
elsewhere, the agitation was indus
triously fomented for political ends.
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NO WONDER HE REFORMED.
Saw a Postage Stamp Do Stunts All
Over the Barroom.
Ito be continued.)

Saw Postage Stamp DO Stunts All
Over the Barroom.
From the Kansas City Star: Re-
forms are wrought in many and Gu
rious ways, but seldom in a stranger
manner than that in which a certain
drunkard was sobered. This man had
wandered at midnight into a low sa-
loon. He gave his order, and then
leaned against the bar for support. A
man standing near by took from one
pocket an addressed envelope and from
another stamp, which he moistened
with his tongue. Instead of adhering
the stamp slipped from his fingers
and fiuttered to the floor. The tippler
saw it fall and staggered forward to
pick it up. Just as he was about to
grasp it the stamp darted in a zigzag
course toward the side wall, like a
scared thing. Filled with astonish-
ment, the drinker drew back and in
tently watched the bit of paper, which,
upon reaching the wall, began to as
cend. AS it assembled, the tippler's
face grew more intent, his body more
rigid. He saw nothing but the mystic
rious, moving thing. His mind was
soggy from years of ceaseless drink
ing. He thought that the animated
stamp was warning. At the top Of
the wainscoting the stamp stopped,
squatted as if for moments rest be-
fore ascending higher, and then made
a dart toward the tippler's haggard
face. The trembling sot saw it stop,
saw it hesitate and leap. He was un-
questionably doomed if he continued
longer to drink to excess; the stamp
had been given life to warn him. So
it seemed to him. With pitiful yell
of fear and determination, he rushed
from the saloon. From that eventful
night until he died, in prosperous cir
cumstances, recently, the man never
swallowed a drop of liquor. The
moistened stamp had fallen upon q
cockroach's back and stuck tire.
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were. We went to a church. l stood
by the altar, and, as far as l can re-
call, was married l don't think | op-
iected. | don't think / understood.
was like a person in dream. was
told afterwards to write my name, anu
| did. l knew my name then. don
remember anything more about IT, l
can't recall who was with me, or any
thing. | remember at last waking up
in a strange room, beautifully clean'
but very small, and seeing some one
bending over me-"
"'Who are your I said.
"'All right, my DEAR she responded;
you're with friends.
at was a very strange, gradual COM
ing back to life. I was kindly-oh, SO
kindly-waited upon by Mrs. Stelling
and her daughter, but was complete
ly bewildered. / could not remember
a word of what l am telling you now
was constantly asking who l was
and why | could not remember the
time before l was i'll. DR.. Sizzling told
me not to trouble, and that everything
would come in time. Meanwhile my
name was the difficulty. had M: L..
marked on my clothes, which were
all new, and, when DR.. Sizzling founu
me. | had piece of paper in my pocKet
ON which | had written these WORDS
I have the paper here"
ST should like to see It, said MT
Martineau eagerly, stretching out mis-
hand.
She handed to him sheet OF note
paper. which had been crumpled and
then smoothed out again. On 1t was
written
"'Oh, Cathie, they have left me al
alone! Do tell me what must do.
can write no more. You know how
my head goes round. He said he woulc
come for me. You must answer this
directly, or l shall not know where te
20. The woman frightens me; she says
they will not come back.
MARGUERITE LILBOURNE."
The young man read it through ant
shook his head. There was no date OF
the letter-no address. 1t had evident
ly been written in hurry, and by
nerson in a state of nervous excite
ment.
$50 much" said Marguerite, 10
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the right block Yet every place OF
business is good stand for spiritual
culture. Gods angels hover over the
world of traffic to sustain and build up
those who are trying to do their duty
Tomorrow If in your place OF worldly
engagement you will listen for 1t, you
may heard a sound louder than the
rattle of drays and the shuttle OF feet
and the chink of the dollars stealing
into your soul, saying: Seek we frst
the kingdom of God and his righteous
ness, and all other things shall be ad-
ded unto you" Yet some of those
sharpest at a bargain are cheated out
of their immortal blessedness by stra-
tagems more palpable than any drop
game" of the street. They make IN
vestments IN things, everlastingly be-
low par. They put their valuable IN
safe not fire-proof. They give fuil
credit to influence that will not De
able to pay one cent on the doiiar.
They plunge into a labyrinth from
which no bankrupt law or Two
thirds enactment" will ever extricate
them. They take into their partner
ship the world, the flesh and the devil.
and the enemy Of all Righteousness
will boast through all ages that the
man who in all his business life could
not be outwitted, at last tumbled into
spiritual defalcation, and was swindled
out of heaven.
Perhaps some Of you saw the fire IN
New York in 1885. Aged men tell us
that 1t beggared all description. some
stood on the housetops of Brooklyn
and looked at the red ruin that swept
down the streets and threatened to OBJ
literate the metropolis. But the COM
mercial world will yet be startled by
a greater confagration, even the last
one. Bills of exchange, policies OF IN
surance, mortgages and bonds and
government securities, will be con-
sumed in one lick of the fame. The
Bourse and the United States mint Will
turn to ashes. Gold will run molten
ir , the dust of the street. Exchanges
AMI granite blocks of merchandise Will
fall with crash that will make the
earth tremble. The Hastings OF the
great light will show the righteous
| the way to their thrones. Their pest
treasures in heaven, they will go up
and take possession of them. Inc
tolls of business life, which racked
their brains and rasped their nerves
| g.
for so many years, will have forever
ceased. There the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are al
rest" !
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What a Modus vivendl Is.

There are great many people who
would not know modus vivendi, at
least under that name, if they met one
on the road. or sat opposite one at a
table. Yet. it is something that is in
dispensable in every family, not to
mention the family Of nations. Free
ly translated. a modus vivendi is plan
Of getting along together without fight
ing. In the case of family jars it is
sometimes established by husband and
wife not speaking to each other, but
sending indirect messages through the
children, or through the servants
when children are not available. Emf
ly, ascertain if your mother would like
a piece OF steak" John, will your IA
Their take cream with his raspberries?"
Questions like these, though somewhat
absurd. serve to establish a modus vi
vendi in a family where the heads Of it
cannot agree upon a treaty of peace.
and they prevent the scandal Of a
fight or a separation.
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what l can tell you of myself. Now
for what Dr. SIZZLING tells me. He had
been to the Great Western Railway
station to see his son off on a long
journey, and, the train having gone,
he was strolling up the platform when
he noticed several people stop and
stare in one direction, and presently
he saw me walking up and down, with
the air of a person who had not the
least idea where she was.
Who is that? asked DR.. SIZZLING
of porter.
Lady just come in, sir. Seems out
of her mind. We don't know what to
do with her. Better send for the po-
lice, d'you think, sir?"
"'I'll speak to her; I'm doctor,
said DR.. SIZZLING.
1T was just like him-he is always
noble and humanei He came up to me
and spoke to me very gently, asking
me if 1 had lost my friends. 1 said
Yes and at first he thought that 1
was sane, only lonely and frightened.
He asked me where l came from, but
could not remember in the least, He
says that l cried in my eagerness to
tell him; of course, nobody could help
him, as the tickets had all been col
lected at Westbourne Park. He saw
then that was really very i'll, and his
anxiety to ascertain the names of my
friends increased. l told him that l
had been married some days ago, and
that when we returned from church
my uncle had said to me that he was
suddenly called away and would leave
me in the care of my husband. who
was out for walk. He had departed,
and l had been alone ever since.
had come to London to find them all.
l had written to Cathie, but could not
remember where she lived, so had been
unable to post the letter.
$50 much he had cleaned from me in
the waiting-room, where he had taken
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had been up nearly every tree in the
grounds. l got onto the sill. laid hold
Armly, and let myself go. At the same
instant something in my head seemed
to snap; everything swayed before my
eyes: there was an awful sensation
of numbness and sickness; my fingers
relaxed their hold, and fell heavily
81 cannot tell you what happened att
erwards," Marguerite went on after a
short pause, because don't know
The last thing which l distinctly re-
member doing was getting out OF that
window. After that comes blank
which lasted, so they tell me, year
and more. DR.. SIZZLING says it was the
result of being struck on the head.
"Who is DR.. Stelling?" asked Mr.
I, Martineau.
my old friend. I should have died
but for him."
"Well-what more? What is the
next thing you remember"
"The next thing that remember Is
walking up and down by the sea-up
and down-with a woman. l was not
strong. l leaned on her arm. can
not recoIlect more than that"
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CHAPTER III.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER lll.-(Contlnued.)
Mr. Martlneau had moved his chair a
sittle, so that his face was entirely in
the shade. The daylight in the room
was not very strong, so that his ex-
preston was difficult to fathom. AT
this point he broke in with
what kind of a man was this WHO
spoke to your"
She smiled a little, then dolefully
sshook her head.
II can tell you only two things about
him. He was young. and he was not
~dark-that is, his hair was not black.
| should think he was several years
older than l."
"You would not know him again If
you saw him?"
Il am afraid not. You see saw him
only just then"
"Oh-that was the only time you saw
him?"
Il think so, but he may have seen me
afterward without my knowing it,"
please explain"
well, that evening as l was in my
room, crying my eyes out, my uncle
sent a message to say l was to come
down into the drawing-room. He had
never said such thing before. 1 sent
back word that l would not come He
came up to my room In towering
passion. l was terribly frightened Of
him, but l was now thoroughly reused,
and / still said l would not come. He
beat me then-struck me several cruel
blows, shook me and flung me to the
ground. After that he went out, lock-
ing the door behind him.
Il had quite made up my mind by
that time. l meant to run away. My
beating had frightened me and shaken
me-there was a sharp pain in my
head. Terror and pride alike urged
me to fee. If stayed he would strike
me again. tied up as many things as
l thought I could carry in a towel,
opened my window, and dropped them
down on the turf below. My room was
on the most secluded side Of the house,
shaded by big trees. None of the
kitchen windows looked out upon it.
! fastened my sheets together, and
knotted the top one securely to the
iron ring of my window shutter.
was a very good hand at climbing