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grind and stretch of the coffin straps make the
mourners realize the fnality of death.
Doane had kissed her, he had made her love HIM ;
and now She was cast off, and she must bear with
it. Beta gripped her hands in frenzy Then she saw
something wriggling in the sand, rattlesnake its
sides we're torn in some recent encounter, but ITS
small black ewes looked out bright and defiant They
were fixed on Beta and shrewd and knowing
like her own had become. Two helpless, wounded
things they we're filled with bitterness and potential
harm The girl leaned forward, intent upon the wrg-
Cling thing; it lay there so small manned, sticking
out It's forked tongue barring its death dealing fangs
take life from the big and strong; it could take
beauty from the beautiful could make pale cheeks
too pale and put soft lips beyond the reach of kisses
and grasped the snake close behind it's head. She
took it home and concealed it in her room.
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out and took It with fierce eageruess She sinre1
it within the bosom of her Dies She watcbei
Alice living upon her pillow, the night lamp ficIe-
ing upon her soft face and snow night frock S.
the pOuting lips and the til-ed nose; the Iong
laShes of the closed eyes lying on the round pinS
cheeks. The fair hair was spread ver the pillow +
was soft and perfumed, and Doaue had kissed m
Beta's lips Curled-she could love q little she couII
hate little, that woman living there. she could be-
V1ndCtive in small things, kind III petty WAYS. bu-
a passion had never burned IN her soft white
breast-there was no depth no strength, no feeEng
stronger and more lasting than life.
With a gliding step Beta came nearer the bed
The snakes neck was between her thumb and fore
finger. She gently laid It down WIZ lis head within
an inch of Alice'S breast
Out in the hall she stood waiting with her hands
pressed against her heart. From the branches Of
the sumaC brushing the window SCREEN the Indian
called, a chirping twit Al last It came a CIV Of
Shrieks.
Beta ran from the house For Il minute she In
gered under the naples II Was there DOane had
kissed her against her struggles and she knel and
laid her cheek against the cool soft grass The n
dian came from the sumaC and touched her arm
She followed him. She felt Doanes hair scratch her
bosom She put her hand as II 20 press It mo her
IN her Cheyenne body, a moan came through her
close-preSsed lips The Indian led her 70 the scrub
willows where their ponies were rt-eered and she
followed without fear rcahZ1tl.u. She only
knew that each step was taking her farther IRON
DOane, and forever Her hand pressed -trder against
the lock OF hair and if the before had turned
TO grasp her throat TO strange her she would not
have moved muscle To stay hiu. The Indian
brought two ponies from the cluro Of willows
Without word he put his Squaw one, and up
the lonely gulch road Beta ver- her bridal
journey.
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this new feeling possessed her: evervtb;,
and hate had burned up what was deg vas dead
glowed upon the ashes Hate could aIV-.,,al d nov
could feed upon itself. As Beta watcb~Ia.ys i've
1t seemed to her they understood each snake
were friends. From the lilac bushes ,S S.ler they
cats cry, the Indian calling 4 bind ' .Ns was
poplar tree-he was coming nearer. A. s'I Ild IN
the scrub willows at the head Of the gi. aSt non
called to Beta, and 1t sounded Ike '-oa road he
in the distance. "On howl
When day came, Beta did MT 1es,.
No one came to ask for her. and he ne. lleT roou
not missed She lstlessly watched tbs sse vas
slowly creep across the floor When i fif sunlight
bar from the western window She grew sIa, salg.
hall. 1t was as she expected her fafbsr INTO the
piano, turning the music sheets for NJ side Sae The
and DOane and Alice on the porch behind SSteVeu
of the tTellis From the scrnL ..illnr J, lns vles
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is great privilege to come SO near to them and
their lives.
Beta turned away without a word. She saddled
her pony She rode up the gulch road until she
dians encamped. The men lay stretched upon the
ground, papoOseS were running about, and over
smoking fires the women stirring black pots.
In half disgust Beta surveyed the camp she watched
the wrinkled old squawS who were young
women. Yet something stirred within her; there
was among them to call her Indian in scorn,
no despise her for the copper in her cheeks,
no ear to find discOrd in her music
Beta was too absorbed in her thoughts TO notice
the stealthy approach of young man of the band.
In moment he had taken the pOnys reins in his
grasp and he called her nice squaw and pretty
Squaw. He seemed so strong She seemed so weak!
and the band looked on with shouts and laughing
cries of encouragement With her riding whip
Beta dashed the Indian across the face. He neither
again with all her strength and his flesh welted under
each cut of the rawhide
viii you let go:" Beta said and she struck
again.
No said the Indian, without twitch of nerve
muscle.
When will you let go'" She asked little help
1essy
When YOU say please to me-" he answered.
Then, please let me gol' She said, and the iron
grip upon the reins relaxed Beta turned her pOnv's
head and without a backward look fled down the
gulCh road toward home
She went to her room. Her face was set as with
some hard resolution She took out the box that
held the snake and looked into its black wicked
eyes coyote raised its dismal howl in the distance
She lifted her head quickly, and sprang her feet
The cry, lower and nearer sounded again The
girl trembled and waited. \ long time passed it
seemed, before the thing again whned She watched
with fear the space of blackness before the open
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beauty from Cne DeduIlIuA, IL COIlIu lll'1IA'
too pale, and put soft lips beyond the res
With a swift movement, she reached o
and grasped the snake close behind ITS
took it home and concealed 1T IN
Beta met all overtures to friendship
with stOlid silence. She would sit sui
lenlv at her fathers table and Alice
and Mrs. Stevens had learned to avoid
her ewes and their calm, fierce glare. 1t
was the morning after she had hidden
the snake in her room that Beta came
face to face with DOane and Alice in the
grape arbOr behind the house. They had
been riding, and the young man was on
his knees picking off the sand burs that
had fastened their needles in her skirt.
1t was the first meeting between
Doane and Beta, and he rose with
abrupt discomfort and shook her hand
with a forced air. Twice his eyes
shifted to Alice, and he avoided Beta
gaze.
Alice had taken off her little stiff
hat, and stood absently drawing the
pin in and out through the felt.
"DOane and | have been riding,
she said We rode up the gulch
road to an Indian enCampment; quite
a band of them out on their yearly
hunt
Doane was again llneeling, picking
out the sand burs. He had said
nothing.
"Doane has been telling me about
you, Beta" Alice said, and there was
quick lightness in her tone. Alice
brought her blue eyes from their focus
upon her hat and held them in a
gentle, dropping lidded gaze against
the black penetration of Beta's stare.
AT last Beta slowly turned her eyes
to Doane. Alice's unexpected speech
had embarrassed him, and he had
tried to smile, but he found himself
gazing into an Indian face, the hard,
cruel mouth, the burning, hating eyes.
Alice looked on with rising fear, and
her eyes shifted at Beta's gaze.
You know we are awfully senti-
mental about Indians in New Eng
land" Alice said little breathlessly.
I'VE dress them in poetry and wrap
them in romance; and | really think 1t
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THE MESSAGE IN THE SENATE.
Foraker Moves an Investigation OF the Dis
charge OF Negro Troops.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Foraker
made a move in the matt this afternoon
looking to an investigation by III Senate
COMMITTEES on Military Affairs of the dis
charge of the battalion of oolored troops.
At the conclusion of the reading of the
Presidents message IN the Brownsville
affair Mr.. Foraker made a formal motion
to refer the message and accompanying
papers to the Military Affairs Committee
with power TO investigate the whole matter.
Senator Lodge objected to the motion on
the ground that it should be Invisible. and
the reference should be made in n motion
and the proposed investigation considered
by the Senate as a separate matter.
Mr.. Foraker consented to divide the mo-
ton, and after formally moving TO refer
he submitted in writing a resolution direct
ing the Committee on Military Affairs, in
its discretion, to investigate the discharge
of the troops. He asked for immediate
consideration Of his resolution, but, on OBJ
lection from Mr.. Clay of Georgia, the reso-
luton went over until tomorrow, at which
time Mr.. Foraker will press it.
b Ohio Senator urged Senator Clay TO
withdraw his objection to immediate con-
sideration, but he refused to do it, saying
there had not been sufficient time for Sem
ators to read and consider the Presidents
message on the subject.
Thereupon Mr.. Foraker entered a motion
to reconsider the vote by which the message
of the President had been referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr.. Cullom Of Illinois had been on his
feet trying to cut of the debate by a motion
for executive session, but the Ohio Senator
loquy Mr.. Cullom's motion prevailed. how
avoV
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TO PROVE NEGROES PLOT.
Evidence Said to Have Been Found That
Soldiers Had OathbOund Agreement.

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. 19.-Evidence to
be introduced at the court-martial of Major
Penrose, who was commanding the bat
talon Of negroes OF the T~wenty-fifth In
fantry at the time of the raid at Browns
vile, will show, it is said, that a conspiracy
had existed among the negro soldiers Of
the three companies for a long time before
these outrages.
On the very night of the raid when an
investigation was made non-commissioned
negro officers reported the presence in the
barracks of several soldiers who, it was
learned afterward, had been away from
the barracks for two hours that night.
Three of the negro non-commissioned
officers, il is said, made other false re-
ports that night concerning the raid and
those absent from the Earracks without
leave or knowledge of the white officers.
officers did everything possible to dis
cover the raiders, but that they were baffied
by the plot of the three companies, one
soldier admitting that it meant death TO
him to make any statement.
1t will also be shown that the lives of
the officers had been threatened on more
than one occasion, but that the authors
of the threats could not be discovered.
Several honest soldiers in the three CON-
panies admitted that the blacks were sworn
10 stick together and hat the unwilling
members, while not admitted into the de-
tails OF the plot, kept their oaths through
fear.
The history OF this battalion, il is charged,
will reveal a long record of plotting and
revenge by h band of army protected
blacks.
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DENTALS OF NEGRO SOLDIERS.
Secretary TAFT Dismisses New Evidence
rs improbable and Absurd.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-As far as Secre-
tary OF War Taft is concerned, the efforts
of the Constitutional League OF the United
States to clear the members of the Twenty
fifth Infantry who were dismissed nave
been in vain. The league sent a repTesen-
tative into Texas to make an investigation,
and a mass OF new evidence" was laid be-
fore the President, who sent il over to the
Wa Department. In n letter to the Presi-
dent accompanying this g evidence"
Secretary Taft says:
Il rave examined the new evidence with
care, and / do not find that there is anything
contained in il which should lead TO a diff
in my annual report. The affidavits con-
sist in substance of the same denials OF COM
plicity or knowledge by the enlisted that
we're made to the inspecting officers, to-
gether with evidence intended to show
that there was an opportunity for persona
not IN the battalion to disguise themselves
in the castoff uniforms OF the enlisted
men and to secure empty cartridge shells
and throw them on the streets Of the town.
The suggestion that a body OF men
sharing the hostility Of the people Of the
town, should dress themselves in the castoff
clothing OF the colored soldiers; should
visit the army target range some fifteen
or twenty miles from the post, for the pur-
pose Of obtaining used cartridge shells and
clips, and then go through the town firing
from 100 to $50 shots into house where
women and children were Xix ely to be killed
should actually kill one man and attack
the police OF the town and nearly kill its
lieutenant, and should then sprinkle the
cartridge shells and ciiDs on the streets Of
the town. all merelv for the purpose Of
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DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.
THTRTBEN SENT TO THE SENATE
FOR CONFIRMATION.

Three New Ministers Nominated. W. c. Fox
TO Ecuador, Horace C. knowles 70
servfa and Fenton n, McCreery to
santo Domingo Several Promotions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1a.-President Roose-
welt to-day sent 10 the Sena to for con-
irmation thirteen diplomatic appointments.
affecting ten men now in the diplomatic
service and appointing three new Ministers.
The transfers Of present officers of the
service are all in the nature OF promotions
and IN accordance with Secretary Roots
an extent as possible on the merit system,
giving young men in the service something
of a future to contemplate. Most of the
changes announced to-day affect Latin
American missions.
Thomas c. Dawson, now Minister Resi-
dent and Consul General to Santo Domingo,
is appointed Minister 10 Colombia, with
doubled salary, 10 succeed John Barrett,
who was to-day elected TO the dictatorship
OF the Bureau Of American Republics. The
transfer ia most distinctly a promotion
Mr.. Dawson has been in Santo Domingo
since April, 1894, and during his service
there has gone through many diplomatic
crises which required delicate handling. He
will be succeeded in Santo Domingo by
secretary of embassy IN Mexico.
Williams G.. Fox of New Jersey, who was
succeeded to-day by Mr.. Barrett as chief
of the Bureau OF American Republics, 10
appointed Minister to Ecuador, supplanting
Joseph v. j; Lee Of Maryland. who goes
and Honduras, made vacant by the recent
transfer Of Leslie Combs to Peru.
Horace G. Knowles Of Wilmington. Del,
a lawyer and newspaper proprietor, who
was formerly in the consular service, is
appointed to succeed John Riddle as Minister
to Rumania n Servia. Mr.. Riddle has
been transferred to st. Petersburg as Am
bassador.
Fenton R. McCreery of Michigan, now
first secretary Of embassy TO Mexico, is
appointed Minister to Santo Domingo.
John Gardner Coolidge Of Massachusetts,,
until recently secretary Of the legation at
Pekin, is to be secretary Of embassy at
Mexico.
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr., Of New York
is trsnsferred from his present position Of
to Rumania and Servia, to be secretary
OF embassy at st. Petersburg.
stanton Sickles OF New York, now secre-
tary of legation at Brussels, is made secre-
tary of legation to Greece and Montenegro
and of the diplomatic agency In Bulgaria.
Robert M. Winthrop Of Massachusetts,
goes from his present position Of secretary
at Madrid to Rome as second secretary Of
embassy.
Leonard NJ. Thomas OF Pennsylvania
leaves Rome as second secretary TO become
secretary at Madrid.
Philip M. Brown Of Massachusetts,, now
secretary Of legation to Guatemala and
Honduras, is transferred TO he secretary
and Consul-General to Rumania and
Nelson O'Shaughnessy OF New York
departs from Berlin as third secretary 10
second secretary at st. Petersburg.
Robert Woods Bliss OF New York, second
secretary at st. Petersburg, will be secre-
tary Of legation at Brussels.
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important for the coIored man. More evil
and sinister counsel never was given 20 any
people than thai given 70 colored men by
those advisers, whether black or white, who,
by apology and conformation, encourage
conduct such as that Of the three companies
in question. II the colored men elect 20
stand by criminals of their own race be-
cause they are Of their own race, they as
dreadful day Of reckoning. Every far
sighted friend Of the colored race in its
efforts to strive onward and upward should
teach, first, as the most important lesson,
alike 20 the white man and the black, the
duty Of treating the individual man strictly
on his worth as he shows IL. Any
by oolored pcople which tends to substt-
tute for this rule the rule OF standing by
and shielding an evil-doer because he Is a
member of their race means the inevitable
degradation OF the colored race. IL may
and probably does mean damage TO the
white race, but II means ruin to the black
race.
Throughout my term of service in the
Presidency Ihave acted on the principle thus
advocated. In the North, as in the South,
1 nave appointed colored men Of high char
acter to office, utterly disregarding the
protests of those who would have kept them
out of Office because they were colored men.
So far as was in my power, 1 have sought to
secure for the colored people all their rights
under the law. l have doneNall | could to
secure them equal school training when
young, eQudl OPpoTbuAlLy W c0AAn GAO
livelihood and achieve their happiness when
old | nave striven to break up peonage;
/ have upheld the hands Of those who. like
Judge Jones and Judge Speer. have warred
against this peonage, because / would hold
myself unfit to be President IL / did not
feel the same revolt at wrong done q colored
man as l feel a wrong done a white man.
I nave condemned in unstinted terms the
crime Of lynching perpetrsted by white
men, and I should take instant advantage
Of any opportunity whereby 1 could bring
to justice a mob of lynchers. In precisely
the same spirit l have now acted with refer
ence 10 these colored men who have been
guilty of a black and dastardly crime. In
one policy, as in the other, i do not claim as
a favor, but / challenge as a right, the sup
port OF every citizen of this country, what
ever his color. provided only he has in him
the spirit OF genuine n f~ar-sighted
patriotism. THEODORE r o osEvELT-
The White House, Dec. 10, 1900
The Presidents message was read in
the Senate. and on .motion Of Nv. Foraker
referred TO the Committee on Military
Affairs.
At the same time Mr.. Foraker submitted
a resolution authorizing the committee to
conduct an investigation into the discharge
of the troops, to send for witnesses and
papers and report back to the Senate by
bill or otherwise. He asked for immediate
consideration, but Mr.. Clay OF Georgia
objected and the resolution went over.
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JOHN BARRETT MADE DIRECTOR
Former Minister to Colombia 1t the Head
OF the Bureau OF American Republics.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-The governing
board Of the Bureau of American Republics
this afternoon elected John Barrett. until
to-day United States Minister to Colombia,
director Of the bureau, to succeed Williams
G. Fox. who is to become h American
Minister 10 Ecuador. Mr.. Barrett's selec-
ton had been expected for several weeks
and was made to-day unanimously by the
diplomatic representatives of the Latin
American countries who comprise the
governing board. The board also adopted,
with one or two notifications of a rather
technical character, new rules governing
the bureau which were formulated by the
Pan-American conference in Rio de Jsneiro
last summer.
The selection of Mr.. Barrett as head Of
the Bureau of American Republics is in
ended to mark a new era in the life Of
the institution. Secretary Root is per-
sonally deeply interested in the bureau
and wishes IL to expand and fulfil a much
greater mission than ever before. To
this end the Pan-American conference
gave the bureau new work and enlarged
its scope and functions in such a way as to
make it of tremendous importance to Latin
America.
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TO PREVENT MONEY CONGESTION.
BIN Under which Any National Bank May
he q Government Depository.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Flkins
introduced a bill to-day the object Of which
is to prevent congestion of money in the
Treasury, so that it will not be necessary
for the Secretary to come to the relief OF the
money market. It provides that any ma
tional bank may become a Government
depository; that the Government deposits
shall be distributed in proportion to capital
stock and surplus, and that the banks shall
gay interest on such deposits, the rate to
Re fixed from time to time by the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury.
Receipts from customs not now available
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Bill to Increase Pay OF Letter Carriers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ito meet in part
the recommendation OF the Postmaster
General that the compensation of postal
employees Ire increased MIR. Greene Of
Massachusetts, has introduced a bilIDmaking
the salaries of letter carriers in tovns and
small cities 1000 and of those in the larger
cities 81 200 a year. Mr.. Greene says he is
In favor of a general incIease Of the salaries
OF Government employees, but believing
that no class of employers work harder for
the money they receive than do the letter
carriers he is confirming his Efforts to a
in their behalf, who Rave had no
increase Of their pay for twenty years.
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for deposits are to be included. and the
Secretary is required TO keep in the Treasury
only such money as is necessary % provide
a proper working balance.
The bill likewise provides that the ma
tional banks designated as repositories NAV
Government ~ perform such REASONABLY
duties as may be required of hem.
The bill was referred TO the Commits,
on Finance.
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MOyements or Naval yesseIs.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s.-The battleship
Kearsarge has arrived at New York Navy
Yard, the battleship Connecticut at Hamp-
ton Roads, the cruiser Princeton at Santa
Barbara, the cruiser Des Moines at Guam
tanamo, the tug Tritop at Washington
and the torpedo boats Stfingham, Blakely,
belong, Stockton and Wilkes at Port Royal.
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M0DIFTEs HIS LAND ORDER.
The President Releases Land Not Particu.
larry valuable for Coal.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1~9.-Prasident Roose-
welt has modified his order Withdrawing
from all forms of ehtryunder the land laws
coal lands covering an area of more than
oO, 200, 900 acres. The attention of the Presi-
dent was directed to the fact that some Of
the land tied up by his order was more
valuable for agricultural and for other
purposes than for coal mining.
He has therefore directed that where
il is shown that a given tract is not parti-
cularly valuable for coal it m AZ be patented
under the homestead, desert Land, timber
and stone and other acts Governing the
disposal Of the public donna %. However,
under another order issued by the Presi-
dent every entry in the public domain must
be personally examined by a special agent
Of the department prior to the issuance Of
a patent.
Land officers assert that IL an absolute
compliance with the latter order is re-
quired it will be necessary to employ a
force Of at least 10000 special agents.
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John W. Foster to Represent China at, The
Hague.

wAsHINoToN. Dec. Is.-Ex-Secretary OF
State John W. Foster viii be one OF the
delegates for the Chinese Government TO
the second peace conference at The Hague,
which will probably convene some time
next year. Mr.. Foster has long been in
close touch with the Chinese Government
and was one OF the advisers OF the mission
to Japan which ended the war between
China and Japan.
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Red Cross Convention Ratined.

WASHINGTON, Dec. i9.-The Senate IN
executive session this afternoon ratified
the Red Cross convention, signed at Geneva
on July 8 last. providing for the ameliora-
ton OF the condition OF the wounded in
armies on the field.