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CHAPTER XXVI.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER IA 1.-tCOulluucu.J
will go back to Popof. Impossible.
I seem to be nailed to the floor of the
van. My head swims.
It Is true we are running toward the
ahys? No; 1 am mad. Faruskiar and
his accomplices would be hurled over
as well. They would share our fate.
They would perish with us.
But there are shouts in front of the
train. The screams of people being kill
ed There is no doubt now. The driver
and the stoker are being strangled. l
feel the speed of the train begin to
slacken.
1 understand. One of the ruff1ans
knows how to work the train, and he is
slowing it to enable them to jump off
and avoid the catastrophe.
begin to master my torpor. Stagger-
ing like drunken man, l crawl to
Kinko's case. There, in few words, l
tell him what has passed, and l exclaim
1--WE are lost!'
"No-perhaps- he replies.
Before 1 can move, Kinko is out of
his box. He rushes toward the front
door; he climbs on the tender.
"Come along! Come along" he shouts.
do not know how l have done it, but
here l am at his side on the foot plate,
my feet in the blood of the driver and
stoker, who have been thrown off on to
the cline.
Faruskiar and his companions are no
longer here. ltBut before they went one
of them has ken off the brakes, damned
down II reg llator to full speed, thrown
fresh c,als into the fire box, and the
train is running with frightful velocity.
In a few minutes we shall reach the
AJon viaduct.
Kinko, energetic and resolute, Is as
cool as a cucumber. But in vain he
tries to move the regulator, to shut off
the steam, to put on the brake. These
valves and levers, what shall we do with
them?
II must tell Popofv' I shout.
''And what can he do? No, there is
only one way"
And what is thatY'
''Rouse up the fire." says Kinko, calm
ly: shut down the safety valves, and
blow up the engine"
And was that the only way-a des-
perate way-of stopping the train be-
fore it reached the viaduct?
Kinko scattered the coal on to the fire
UdES. lie tuEucu VI the STedteSC pOSSl-
BILE draught, the air roared across the
furnace, the pressure goes up, up, amid
the heaving of the motion, the believing
of the boiler, the beating Of the pistons.
We are going hundred kilometers an
hour.
Get backw shouts Kinko, above the
roar. Get back into the van!'
And you, Kinko?'
Get back, tell your
see him hang on to the valves and
put his whole weight on the levers.
"Go! he shouts.
am off over the tender. I am through
the van. 1 awake Popof, shouting with
all my strength:
Get back! Get back!'
A few passengers suddenly waking
from sleep begin to run from the front
car.
Suddenly there is an explosion and a
shock. The train Mt first jumps back.
Then it continues to move for about half
4 kilometer.
1t stops.
Popof, the major, Caterna, most Of the
passengers are out on the line in an In
slant.
A network Of scaffolding appears con-
fusedly in the darkness above the piers
which were to carry the viaduct across
the Tjon valley.
Two hundred yards further the train
would have been lost in the abyss.
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c...,.. Too Near the Bear

Cholly-I s-say, guide; l tnlu IN ths
are following these bear tracks III
wrong direction. -, .oo, catch
Guide-Oh, no. we VIII ''
| up with him. meant
Cholly-T-that's what m-"'
111dpq
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A True Genius.

"Failed, did her"
Eyes. Liabilities were half a mil.
lion"
"Goodnessl What are his assets
mot a cent"
And yet you denied that he pou
sessed truc financial genius ?''-Cleve
land Leader.
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Kind.

Bess-I have the k1ndest oio
earth. He turns aside for W. w. -
Tess-That's nothing. My sis' ha
fuses to boil her drinking "a.e a+,oIi
cause 1t kills the microbes
Tribune
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II you would convince others that
you are q fool boast Of your wisdom.
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THOUSANDS DEAD
IN MEXICO FLOUD.
Million Dollar Property Damage
and Great Suffering from
Disaster.

Guanajuato, Mexico, July 4.-Loss OF
life variously estimated at more than
200 and less than 1000 persons, and
property damage to the extent of over
81 600 600, have been caused by the
flood which has swept over the town as
the result Of cloudburst. Federal
telegraph service has been restored and
the authorities are rapidly bringing or
der out of chaos.
Great suffering is prevalent, but aid
is being received from surrounding
towns and semblance of normal con-
ditions, it is believed, will soon be
reached. Burial of the dead is pro-
gressing rapidly, altho many bodies are
houses. and are difficult to locate.
City in Great Gorge.
Guanajuato, owing to its situation,
in great ravine or gorge, has been
subjected to floods sweeping down from
the mountains and much loss of life
has been recorded, but the present
storm, which began Friday night and
continued thru Saturday, was unprece-
.urday afternoon clouds banked up black
and threatening in the northeast, and
within less than twenty minutes rain
came down in torrents: Water surged
down the high streets with great vio-
lence. Part of the river which was
built over with masonry burst thru,
augmenting the food, and the scene be-
came one of terror and CONSERVATION.
Many Buildings Collapse.
With one mighty rush the mighty
flood burst its bounds, foundations Of
solidly built masonry and houses being
undermined, and many buildings fell
with crash. Their inmates, in many
cases were crushed beneath the falling
masonry. In houses near the river the
went to the upper floors and even to
the roofs, where they were exposed to
the full force of the storm. Many peo-
pie thus seeking refuge in their own
houses went, down in the crash Of their
| dwellings. ~~~
From the center Of the city the flood
sSf %sdg heqb bens Sn to casht s to thd hS
swept away, At the time when. the
storm seemed likely to abate and be-
fore it's greatest intensity was felt there
was a great crowd of merrynlakers in
the plaza. Gambling operators had
scarcely, timelto set up their tables and
flood rushed down from the hills, sweep
ing away booths, money and tables. - y,
@s Trample Weaker Ones - :,
Many people were then and there
drowned. Each man fought his way
out of the flood, trampling down who
ever came in his way, and thus many
women and children perished. A large
number of people had sought refuge
in the church of San Diego,.but sons
| were crushed to death underfits falling
walls The priest, who was addressing
words of hope and consolation to the
people, was killed.
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ness for dash upon Norway. have been
ahoat. A good many people have taken
their deposits out OF the banks and sent
the money to Denmark. For q few days
there We're runs on our savings banks !
by small Investors afraid OF losing tfeiEl
money. ~. ~ VA
Possibly the very fact that Norways|
is fairly. well prepared to resist an in
vaslon, Is what has thus far saved us
from the horrors of a fratricidal war.
II we had been as little prepared as
we were ten years ago, the temptation
to give us 9 good drubbing might have
been too strong to be resisted. The
knowledge that your antagonist carries
shooting s ll irons and is ready to use them,
Is always apt to act as a deterrent. TO
resort to arms under the circumstances
would be an almost inconceivable crime
and madness, but still everyone feels
that such a thing is within the limits
OF possibility. If the two armies should
pc called out, shots nav be exchanged
betweeen .outposts or some unforeseen
disaster might happen, like the blowing
.precipitated. The swedes are proud
and warlike people, and very high
strung on the question of nation honor.
There Will Be No aWr.
In all probability there will be no
war, but even without resorting to
war, Sweden has it in her power to
cause. us endless worry and expense by
refusing to recognize our independence,
by preventing the other powers from
recognizing us and by keeping us on a
war footing, for an indefinite time. Our
finances is our weak point. Some fifty
millions have been borrowed in antici-
patton OF the present troubles, but it
wall not take a very long time to spend
pressive all over the country, and in
Sdustries are paralyzed. We cannot
stand prolonged financial strain with
out going to the wall. There is patriot
ism enough and willingness enough to
sacrifice life and substance for the coun-
try, but want and distress may cause
longed strain the unanimity Of senti-
ment, now happily prevailing, will be
put to very severe test. The Swedes
now have a chance of winning the
hearts Of the Norwegians forever, if
! they frankly agree to acknowledge the
| fait accompli )" and a prince Of the
| house of Bernadotte is seated upon the
throne of Norway. An immense weight
would be removed from our minds, our
| hearts would go out, in gratitude to the
Swedes, great-souled and noble enough
to refrain from bringing upon our heads
the evil within their power, and the
| separation of the two countries would
| be the consummation Of the real union
OF mutual respect and love between two
kindred nations. God grant that the
Swedish parliament may rise to this
great historic occasion, that a new era
of peace and progress may be inaugu.
rated in the north!
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1853: xx:HH1AxAx
Wheaton, Mimi, July AT 7 clock
last night, less than an hour after 1t
had retired to decide her fate, the jury
returned verdict finding Antoinette
Seidensticker not guilty of the murder
of Herman Shipp, the young man she
was accused of having slain after he
had betrayed and deserted her. The
verdict is taken rather as the jury's
vote that the crime was iustihable than
that she did not kill the young man,
for it was repeatedly stated that~ she
admitted the murder.
Childish to the end, the 13-yearold
lass rushed to her attorney, Mr.. Muir
ply, and entwined her arms about his
neck in her Joy when she heard the
verdict that meant freedom.
After the jury was discharged and
the girl had somewhat recovered her
composure, she was conducted by her
attorney and father to the members of
the jury, and shook hands with each
man, the taars streaming down her face.
The verdict is a very popular one.
It has been learned that the jurymen
took only ono ballot, and, in fact, were
ready thirty minutes after they retired
to report their verdict.
Miss Seidensticker has stated that she
shot and killed Shipp and then shot her
self with suicidal intent in accordance
with an agreement between the two
that they would die together She is
but 13 years old, while Shipp was
about o. .-
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HEAVY INCREASE.
In RURAL ROUTES
More than Thirty-two Thousand
in Operation in the United
States. :.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington. - + .s'-a r.'.; -,
Washington, July. A statement
given out by the postoffce department
shows that there were 32,05S rural mail
routes in operation in the United States
at the close of the fiscal year, 1905,
last Friday, and that petitions were
pending for, the establishment of 4,799
more routes. =
In Minnesota 1895 petitions have
been fled for the establishment of
routes, of which 1862 were adversely re-
ported on BY special agents: The mum
at the close of the year 1904 was 964,
and on Friday last, 1,210-an increase
Of 246 routes in twelve months The
number Of petitions now pending is 193
In North Dakota there were 131
routes in operation at the close Of the
fiscal year-an increase of 40 during
the year. Fifty-seven petitions are
awaiting action.
South Dakota has 249ss routes an in.
crease of 81 over the preceding year,
with &C petitions pending. ii, IS q:
Wisconsin has 1880 routes-an in.
crease of 304,y and 81 petitions pend.
ing, and Iowa 2,1O7 routes an in
crease of 244, with 129 petitions
pending.
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~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. xHsA'xH:S :SNsS:S1
= Portland, Ore, July 4.-Amidst a din
and clatter of fireworks exploded in
honor of the natal day Of the country
he had served as United States senator
during twenty-five. years of his life,
John H. Mitchell listened to the words
pronouncing him guilty of having vio-
United States senator, from accepting
pay for practicing before the depart
rments of the federal government.
Those who had witnessed the trial
or who knew Senator Mitchell's great
popularity in this state fully expected
q disagreement.
/. With almost elastic swiftness the
news circulated and when the bailiffs,
who had been sent scurrying to bring
to the court Judge De Haven, United
States District Attorney Henri, Sen
mer Judge Bennett and former Senator
Thurston, had notified the interested
parties and had secured their presence,
the. room was more than comfortably
filled. Senator Mitchell was the. first
to appear. 49,. -, -5.s
The Verdict Read. .&
y Judge. De Haven inquired whether
the verdict had been agreed upon and
Foreman Steiner, Of the Jury, replied
that it. had. The verdict was handed
to him in a. sealed envelope Judge De
Haven tore it open, read the document
!. and an passed it to the clerk of the court
who read it aloud. ,:.sss~ste'' 3
4 While the, clerk was reading the Yer.
.dict, the noise on the outside had "a
Fin creased that. those in the room were
" Guilty. and leniency Of the co court. nno':
As the word guilty. was pro
nounced, Senator Mitchell seemed as tho
turned to stone. The nervous strokine
of his beard which had continued thru
out the proceedings stopped. Not, 8
muscle twitched until Judge Bennett
arose and asked that the Jury be polled
When he sat down, Senator Mitchell
leaned toward the attorney and whis
pered, 1T was guilty.
+ IS Hoped Against Hope.
81; BIZ, As the poll proceeded, Senator Mitch
tSell scanned each juror narrowly, hopins
against hope that negative would b,
heard from one Of the twelve. AS on,
after the other agreed to the verdict
Mr.. Mitchell s. lips drew closer an,
closer in the effort to steel himsel
against his evident. disappointment. :
AS the last. man answered eyes
Judge Bennett arose and moved the de
fendant be granted new trial. Judg
De Haven set the hearing Of the me
tion for next Monday, and then ad
| iourned the court. Then, and only ther
| Senator Mitchell showed plainly tn
mental torture he was enduring.
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$2,81O,000 OWED. Ed.
.:.."@ BY G. J. DEYLIN
Topeka's Bank Failure Marked
by List Of Big Presi-
dents Debts.

Topeka. Kans., July 4.-Independence
day afforded respite to the financial
situation in Topeka resulting from the
failure yesterday Of the First National
bank. A positive announcement has
been made by a man well acquainted
with the affairs of the First National
bank, that the institution would not
again open its doors and resume busi-
ness.
",While I believe the bank will pay
said, it will not open again for busi-
ness. I think the depositors will re-
ceive their money within month. ."
G. j. Devlin s physician stated today
that his patient had slept well last
opiates, and that his condition was
favorable. ~ -.
C:.:E. .Hawley, cashier Of the First Ma
tional bank, who has been ill for some
time, is said to be prostrated, a nervous
wreck.
The following is complete list of Mr..
rst Natsnaf bank sn ta5 Of af TopeEa nnImn ST.
100000; Central National. bank Of To.
peka,. 100000; Bank of Topeka, $75,.
| GOO; National Bank Of Commerce, Kan
sas, City, $160,O00; American National
Bank Of Kansas City, $400,000; City
National bank of Kansas City, 100000;
Fourth National bank of st. Louis,
$500, 1000; Central Trust company Of
Chicago, $50, 900; Corn Exchange bank
Of Chicago, 100000; Continental bank
| Chicago, $4,000; New York Trust COM
pany Of New York, $50 1000; First Ma.
tional bank of New York, $25,000; total,
| $2,810,00O.
bilities of $4,000 to the Baltimore
Trust company, Of which nothing is
known positively, nor small unknown
liabilities to the Toluca and l. Spring
Valley, ILL.,, banks. :
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ALGER WILL RETIRE;
TROUBLED BY HEART

Detroit, Mich, July'4.- Limited States
Senator R. A. Alger announced today
that he will not be candidate for re-
election to the senate when his present
term expires in 1907 Senator .Alger
was appointed by Govefno or Bliss to
fill the vacancy when Senator James
to fill out his unexpired term By the
legislature of 1903. Senator zAlger's
decision not to be a candidate again is
the result of his impaired health. He
said to-day: .-
III am troubled with my heart, and
the doctor tells me that I absolutely
must not enter the field again. That
is the only reason I have for retiring.
It is a great disappointment to me, as
had hoped to round out my life with
another term''
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FIREBUGi ! BURNS / !.
A STATE BUILDING
Mems Dormitory of South Da-
kota's University at Ver-
million: Destroyed.
-.-
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Vermillion, S. D., July 4.-Fire early
today destroyed the mems dormitory
on the state university campus The
loss is $4,000, covered by insurance.
The fire was the work of an incen-
diary, as there had been no fire in the
building for weeks. Professor Poysho
lost a fine library and many students
their bedding and books, which had
been stored for the summer.
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HOPES DASHED AGAIN
Country Districts Report More Rain
Farmers Are Worried.

Specials to The Journal.
been falling heavily nearly all day, and those
who, believed the rainy season At Al, end are
sorely Crops ere not
that they will be If the rainy weather continues.
The grade on Third street has been washed out
travel. t.%5is zs. q
X New Richmond. Wis, July 4-The rainfall for
June aggregated S.15 inches On sixteen days
there was a fall exceeding .0l Of nm inch. There
and four clear. Mondays rainfall aounted to
1.3 inches. s8.-sI
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STIFF PLAY IN THE
). BRITISH TENNIS GAMES

], London, July. 4.-In the: third round
Of the open mixed tennis doubles, R. F.
Doherty and Miss Smith beat Hal
combe Ward and Miss May Sutton of
Pasadena, Cal, .0-4, 0-4. In the ladies
open doubles semi final Misses Morton
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also gone West in search Of health, ? writes
I Harry Hitter, Of No. 1645 9Th Street, Denver.
! Colo. vOnly those who have suffered from
this dread maiady know the pain and misery
endured for over five years. Whenever the
weather was damp or cold my troubles were
increased and my joints would be so stiff and
sore that was hardly able to move about.
and often upaRle to dress myself. I used
number OF highly recommended medicines,
but they had no effect whatever on me- and
came to Colorado hoping to regain my.
health, but failed 70 obtain the relief / had
hoped for. A gentleman In the house where
lived advised me to use Dr.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. and in four months and q
half after began using 1t I was q well man.
and have had no touch Of 1t for the past
seven months.
The sole motive for substitution is to-
permit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid by the sale of less merit0rious
medicines He gains; you lose. There
fore accept no substitute for vGolden
Medical Discovery"
These tiny, sugar-coated anti
EsxSe,Ss ENSxSeS bilious granules regulate and
X sWss invigorate Stomach. Liver and
90 >'S'N,'1. Bowels. Do not beget the pill
habit, but cure constipation. One or two
each day for laxative and regulator, three
or four for an active cathartic. Once tried
always in favor. Put up In walls always
Ii fresh and reliable.
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and Sutton beat Misses Rnnthhv and S

and Sutton beat Misses Boothby and S.
Brown, Ga, 6-1.
The American tennis players were
given walkower in the first round for
gians against whom they were to have
played July s, were scratched, owing to
the illness of Paul De Borman, one of
the members of the Belgian team.
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Believes in the ''Big Stick. =

Rather, if the truth must be told, I
think we. have been "a little nervous
during these two revolutionary weeks, a
little frightened at the momentous step
taken. What would Europe say and
what would Sweden dos Thus far Eu-
rope has not seemed to mind much, one
way or the other. Leading English and
German papers have been rather favor
able to our side. King Oscar has sen-
tered q solemn protest against the steps
taken by Norway, and that, of course,
is the least he could do: No one ex-
pected him to telegraph his thanks and
congratulations on the new departure
But what will the Swedish parliament
doq That is the great question. Some
Swedish papers and prominent liberals
have counseled moderation and peaceful
settlement Of the complication, but
there have also been voices, not few,
clamoring for war. ,.
AS a matter of fact the Norwegians
have all the time reckoned with the
possibility Of war. All military prepara-
tions that could possibly be made, short
of an actual mobilization of all the
forces, had been made when, the de-
cisive step was taken. All fortified
places are in war trim,s bridges and ap-
proaches- have been und dernined, SUBJ
marine mines have been placed in
proper places and practically. our entire
naval force is in commission and pa
trolling the approaches by sea to i'm
portant towns. Supplies Of all sorts
have been gathered and stored in con
venient places. All sorts Of wild ru-
nlors Of Swedish forces, held In readi-
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NIGHT RAID ON pics
Three Proprietors Of Underwood Al
rested and Fined.
Special to The journal. .

Special to The Journal.
Fergus Falls Mimi, July 4.--Blindpigs Of Tn.
derwood were raided last night Sheriff Albert
son going out and seizing large Quantities OF
beer and other % drinks ulx and arrestinE Gustav
stad. Leatch and Rackstad paid fines of S25 and
costs in court here today and Schmitz paid $50
and costs. <
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New York. July 4.-Seeing Catherine Cowan.
aged 50 years. leap into the North river. two
New York Central railroad signalmen set the sig
nails in their tower, stopping all trains while
they went to her assistance in rowboat. The
woman was rescued but died later in hospital.
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FOR TORPID LIVER

Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate s
It stimulates healthy liver activity. relieves
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! IL = u Ill d. y . LII l .
found in impure
blood. In order to
cure rheumatism
the blood must be
scleansed of the poi
'sonous impurities
W hich are the
cause of the dis
ease.
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical
aDiscovery has been
very successful In
the cure of rheuma-
tism, because it en-
tirely cleanses the
blood from the
poisonous uric acid
which is the cause
of the disease. '
VYour Gold Q n
Medical Discovery
cured me Of rheuma-
tism after I had tried
a dozen remedies
-;k1o@-% ~-1S1q n~l
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New Elevator to Woman's Floor
At the Plymouth Corner Entrance.
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A SUDDEN TWINGE

OF pain is generally the first warning
of an attack of rheumatism. It feels
as if the disease were in the bones
or muscles, but the real cause Of