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BOTH FOUND DEAD
BODIES OF MISSING MINE OFF,
GALS RECOVERED.
DRC WNED IN AN OLD TUNNEL
Long Search Reveals Fate of the
Two ouray Men Lost in Mountain
cioudburst - Struggled Hard for
Their. jyee

Long Search Reveals ate OF tne
Two ouray Men Lost in Mountain
cloudburst - Struggled Hard for
Their Lives.
Ouray, Colo-Miners who had been
working for the last two days clearing
up small tunnel on the Royal Consort
mine, discovered at $50 Thursday
morning the bodies of L. A. Thompson
and G. w Mather, the officials of the
Tempest-ApeX Mining Company, who
have been missing since Thursday OF
last week
The men were lying side by side
with their faces toward each other
near the breast of the tunnel, which is
located in a gulch in the mountain
half a mile northwest of the Mickey
Breon mine.
This tunnel is fifty feet long and In
stead of being constructed straight and
level, followed vein of ore and in
clned into the mountain.
The men sought shelter here from
the cloudburst last Thursday. They
had no sooner entered the tunnel than
they We're followed by n torrent of wa
ter which swept down the gulch and
was dashed into the tunnel by the
dump, which served as a wall.
Dirt, rock and fallen timber were
packed by the force oil the water into
the tunnel, the portal of which was
completely closed up when work was
commenced clearing out the rock and
dirt.
Indications are that the men lived
perhaps twenty minutes after entering,
and by taking the risk of drowning or
suffocating they might have saved
their lives by remaining in the open
country.
The force of the rushing water
packed the debris against the two men
until the entire tunel was blocked.
Mather, before dying, took of his
blouse. rolled it under his head and
wrapped handkerchief around his
head, which was cut and bruised. He
had also commenced unlacing his
boots
Thompson had bruises on his left
arm and also on portions of his body.
The hands of the two men were sEriv-
eled up by constant contact with the
water. but their bodies Were not
bloated. They We're left undisturbed
until the arrival of the coroner.
Water marks are noticeable even to
the roof of the tunnel and the men
were instantly doomed the moment
they sought refuge in what seemed to
be place of safety.
Upon hearing the news, Coroner
Kincaid left for the mine. The bodies
of the men were "snaked' out of the
| debris and were brought to Ouray this
afternoon. No inquest will be held.
The tunnel where the bodies were
| found were worked last summer by o.
| ] Davis and Malcolm Downer of this
| city. and has remained idle since then.
| Omcials of the mine. upon the advice
| Of c. II. Wilcox, superintendent of the
mill. started a force of men clearing
up the tunnel as a last resort and did
not expect to find the bodies there at
| all
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Name Well Discarded.

Some writers are trying TO restore
the name of Moldo-Wallachia, dis
placed in recent times by the more
manageable Roumania. Moldo-Wal-
lEchia mad sound of remoteness
proper to eastern Europe, and mys-
tery-too much mystery for the
French lady to whom. some years ago,
an interesting young stranger was
presented. And now she asked.
raising an admiring and benevolent
eyeelass to receive his bow. tell me
what YOU are" Ma dame" he replied.
"I am a Moldo.Wallachian." WHAT"
cried the vivacious hostess, with still
more interest. so young. and yet a
noldo- Wallachian.'
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WITNESS AN EXPERT ON LYING
He Was Allowed to Testify in Court
ard Won the Case.

A Kansas City lawyer tells of the
use of expert testimony on lying. He
says:
Il was prosecuting attorney for Fin
ney county in 1881. and had fellow
up before Squire n. C. Jones on the
charge of horse stealing. He hired
Mike Sutton to defend him, and when
the case was called | proved beyond
question by witness who witnessed
the theft that we had the right man.
After the prosecution had rested SUIT
ton introduced Buffalo Jones as wit
ress, and gravely informed the court
that he intended to prove by him that
my witness had lied. Buffalo took
the stand and swore that, while he
had never seen or heard the witness
before and knew nothing at all about
the crime committed, he had had a
great deal of experience with men and
could tel pretty certain when they
were lyirg Then he proceeded to tell
how men acted when they were lying,
and gave the expert opinion that my
witness had sworn to lies from the
word go. protested against such
performances. but Sutton made the
iudee believe he had as much right to
Introduce an expert on liars as he
would have to introduce an expert on
medicine or any other science, and the
result was the thief was dismissed
from custody
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CHAPTER XIV
Conclusion


The husband and wife read the con.
fession together after he had been re
leased and returned to his own home,
and a great pity took possession of
his soul for his unfortunate brother
He had great innate nobleness, "
said Constance. "or he would not have
wen up everything when he might
have kept it,
Yes. that proves it, said her hus-
band but for this | might still be in
confinement and awaiting trial on
charge of murder; but I owe it to
your faithfulness, my wife. first of
all"
The Hamiltons continued to reside
in Grovedale. the children grew to be
a tall youth and maid. and great com
forts to their parents, and they We're
taught to feel pity, rather than detes-
alton. for the wicked.
After two or three years passed
away. a large box of fruit reached
them from California. and they felt
sure the sender must be Victor. In
five years came a check for one thou
sand dollars. 1t was signed "Charles
Rogers" but they were sure it came
from him also, particularly as others
followed from time to time. They
wrote to Charles Rogers. but receive
ing no reply fancied that he did not
dare answer. and SO they would not
v-rite again.
But at last they heard of him, and
in a way to create the utmost con-
sternation. He had been arrested. We
all read the account of wealthy
ranch owner who was arrested and
held for trial on charges of former
dishonesty. How for years he had
com manded the universal respect OF
the community in which he lived;
how he had risen from being the man
ager to the ownership of a large fruit
ranch, and how his friends felt at his
arrest. After a time the matter was
dropped and we wondered at it.
Long af erwards the reason was
known to a few. Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
ilton read the ac-ounts likewise. and
Immediately started for California.
They went to the governor and laid
Before him the whole story of his life.
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Michigan Democrats for Bryan.

it.-Indorsement of William ].
Bryan as n presidential candidate in
1908 defeat of a resolution calling on
the Democratic national committee to
investigate the charges made against
National Chairman Taggart and de
mand his resignation If they were
found true, and the nomination of
Charles H. Kimmerle of Cassopolis for
governor over Stanley Il. Parth!ll of
Owosso, the only other candidate, were
the features of the Democratic state
convention held here Thursday The
resolutions further favor the nomina.
tior of all candidates by direct vote
Ind the election of United States Sen
ators by direct vote.
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CHATTER xxIv.-continued


But | recovered my composure suf-
ficlently to play my part of the return
ed husband. 1t was not unsuccessful
ly done. The children clung to me
from the first, Mr. Carter was like a
father in his kindness, Constance only
was cold. But I did not wish to re-
move the barrier between us. | was
not such a william as that, and from
the first my calculations had only ex-
tended to the position held by my
brother in the bank and mill, not to
that in his wife's affections. | was
married, and Lenora loved me.
But my plans changed | saw that
It would not be polite to take the po-
sition of cashier. even if it could be
obtained, and | decided to renounce
it and, for the present. all designs of
appropriating its funds or those of the
MILL for my overpowering love for
Constance increased day by day while
| lived under the same roof
And then the tempter came in the
person of Marks. Marry her." he
said, for | see you love her. She is
rich, and you can help the rest of us.
Business does not prosper as it used;
our operations are too well under
stood"
Marry her," echoed; how can I,
when Lenora is alive?"
An evil smile lit up his face, but he
only said, 'Lenora may die, she is far
from strong" but | thought nothing
of all this. for l did not think he was
bad enough to attempt her life. Now
| know that he was | know that IL
was he who sent the poisoned ring in
my name to her.
saw a notice of her death in a
newspaper which, no doubt, he sent
to me. But there was nothing con-
cerning the suspicious regarding the
cause, and. indeed. ! do not think they
awoke until Bruce began his investi-
cations in the claimant case.
| had long ceased to love Lenora
though appreciated her single-heart-
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temptations, and struggles. Vanc
pleaded and Constance pleaded, and
both were made eloquent by thei
great sympathy and emotions. TIL
governor fortunately was man OF
heart as well as of justice and dis
cernnent Perhaps. too, the grace
ana beauty of Constance touched hin.
for he was gallant man.
At all events, after some delay and
no little consideration, full pardon
was granted Victor Hamilton. and
thenceforth he was free to travel as
he would, and without fear. 1t was
not known for long time that it was
Solomon Marks who denounced him.
because his demands of hush money
were disregarded.-not until the ar
rest, confession, and death of Marks
took place.
He visited Groyedale, and such was
his genial nature and manner that he
was well and even cordially received.
for his story was well known as vel!
as his subsequent reformation. Then
he returned to his California ranch.
AS he shook hands woth Constance
at parting she said to him.
You should marry, Victor. The
ranch needs a mistress"
Never" he said. You have spoil
ed me for any other woman" but his
head was uplifted and he breathed
a full breath at thinking he had been
able to give up his chance of winning
her when in his own hands was held
his brothers fate. Cherish her
Vane. as YOU would cherish your own
life. for she is a jewel"
she is more than my life to me,
said Vane.
When will YOU send for me to keep
house for you?" asked Glare, dancing
out into the sunshine before him.
Next year; and when the conquer
ing hero follows--as no doubt he will
in a week--we will have a grand we'd
ding at the ranch. How does tina;
strike you missy?"
Glare blushed little. for the con-
uuering hero was not a myth, and the
wedding actually took place last sum
mer at the ranch as her uncle propos-
ed. Her parents and brother were
present, and the ring used at the cero
mony was the one left in trust by the
sorrowing mother years before. and
whose spirit must have been present.
to bless them all.
The End.
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pay him some time, if possible, the
money | took while occupying his
premises. And. Constance. | promise
you that will live an honest life here
after. l can fancy your doubling my
ability to do so; but | will swear
il.
Whenever go | shall take with me
the memory of your true, noble wo-
manhood and wifehood. Vane may
rest his soul in your truth and faith
fulness. and |, in time. perhaps. may
be glad TO think of you as a sister: but
not now-not now. for fear of seem
ing maudlin | refrain from saying
more. You must have known how
loved you, and you can realize what
it costs to leave you to him.
VICTOR HAMILTON
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ed devotion to me. But now that she
was dead, said to myself, eXultantly
| would press my pretended claims
upon Constance as | never had done.
But | said nothing about it TO Marks.
with whom and all my evil associates
| determined to break; for, strange as
it may appear, fully decided to begin
a new upright life. to be in reality
what Vane had been. | would per-
suade Constance to marry me on the
plea of beginning n new life together
and then | decided to be so kind. so
good and true, that she would never
mistrust was not the real Vane Ham
ilton.
The good. pure moral atmosphere
of Grovedale seemed to have uplifted
my soul to better things than | had
ever known. | began to see that hon
or really existed, that there were true
hearts in the world. Little Clare
would kneel beside me when she
prayed, and sometimes | prayed
with her, in my heart, and
fancied was struggling to free
itself of the terrible tolls of sins;
but how could | think that for
aiveness was mine, or that it
could come to me in the midst of the
wicked deceit of my daily life!
About this time began to feel CON
sctuus of an uneasiness regarding
Prinus Edes. Not that l mistrusted
Constance of any wrong. Far from
fl. But feared that she might have
a romantic attachment for him, as he
was said to resemble her husband in
some degree. | called him to the of
fee and talked with him. The resem-
blance existed, but not to an unusual
degree. | had not the slightest idea
ne was Vane Hamilton-not the
Slightest, for Vane, l was convinced,
had been drowned When he left the
office after rejecting my proposal to
give him a better job in another mill
warned him to keep off my premises.
My premises. and he the true owner!
lIarks was keener than l. and,
think, mistrusted him from the first.
But he said nothing to me about 1t.
It was his hand that fired the shot at
Primus Edes, as he was called. or
that | am firmly convinced, though
did not see him about Grovedale.
think he conceived the scheme of re-
moving Lenora and Vane from my
path. and then of holding it over me
afterwards as the means of getting
large sums of money from me. which
he reasoned l would pay rather than
suffer the matter to become known.
But | never even mistrusted it until
Vane recovered his reason and
brought suit against me. Then love.
jealousy, fear, and the old instinct to
pit my faculties against the world
arose within me. There seemed no
other course open than to oppose the
suit, and everything seemed in my
favor This was at the outset. But
as the days went on, and | saw the an
suish of Constance, the detection of
Vane. a great. shudderins pity for
. tho both, and horror for myself.
az IKE in my soul. l would skink nf
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COMING Irrigation Congress.

Boise. Idaho-Au those interested
In ANYTHING pertaining to irrigation are
invited to be in attendance at the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress to be held
in Boise, September 3d-Sth. This will
be the fourteenth annual meeting of
the organization md an unusually
large attendance is expected. Some OF
the leading irrigation experts in the
country will be present. as well as
farmers from every part of the West.
Papers are to be read which contain
W luabic information concerning prac-
.,..l methods OF Irrigation and those
who attend also will have the benefit
of information from experts who are
causing Improvements from time to
Hme.
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Suicide While Drunk.

Seattle, Washington.-E. A. Gage.
son of Lyman ]. Gage, former secre-
tary of the treasury, committed sui
eide Thursday afternoon in the Tour
ist hotel, by shooting himself through
the body with a revolver. He died a
few minutes later. The only oSuse for
the shooting which can be assigned
was that he was temporarily insane
from drinking. His wife came here
from Chicago last Monday and en-
ployed detectives to locate her hus-
band. Gage evidently knew that the
detectives were on his track, rs he
registered at the hotel under an as
sumed name.
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Iarne Wheat Cop Expected.

New York.-Rec0Td low prices for
the season were made in wheat last
week and prevailng quotations were
ut the lowest in three years. The de-
cline was due to several conditions.
principally the pressure of actual
wheat The trade, on the July gov
e-nment report, looked Tor large
crop. and the results Of the movements
and the inspection o. winter wheat this
month have confirmed this view. A
western authority estimates the total
wheat crop at 775,0Oo.o0o bushels
which would exceed the highest pre-
vious record by 27G0o,Noo.
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eryan in Venice.

venice.-William ]. Bryan, Mrs.
nrva,. Miss Grace Bryar, Col. Moses
c. N>tmore of ST. Louis and Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. F. Dunlap and their daughter
OF jacksonville, Illinois, spent the day
here Sunday in sightseeing. They were
interested especially in the work of re-
stroing the Campanlle at st. Marks.
The party had luncheon with Mr..
White, the American ambassador.
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Cut of the lonu AGO.

Venus had just turned Adonis into
the anemone.
II hope that hcrrid Mary McLane
wont mention this flower in her
book"
But, alas-only too well do we know
that anemones and tooth brushes are
choice morsels to roll under the lit
erary tongue-Milwauke Sentinel.
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A Literary Chemist.

What is Skrybbler's professlon?"
well, he's a sort of literary chem
lst."
Literary chemist? What do you
meah?"
Every book he writes is drug on
the market"
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EscAPApes oE A YOUNG CENTRAL AMERICAN.

There has been running around loose in this
country creating occasional sensations and Civ
ing an undesired advertisement 10 his own coun-
try a young man who ought to be one of the
most prominent men in his own home. Alphonso
Zelaya who is the Of the president OF the
Republic of Nicaragua and one of the heirs to a
fortune of S12,O00,O00 has been making spec
tacle of himself for several months. He was sent
by his father to receive Il military education at
the West Point Military Academy, but found the
discipline and curriculum of that institution n
little too severe for his southern nature He
made the acquaintance in this city of Miss
Baker the adopted daughter OF a DIR. Baker, and
a few months ago married her.
The report of his attentions to the young
lady had reached his president father in Nlcara-
qua and the latter tried to have him arrested and
sent back home, but before his agents could acct
Zelaya and Miss Baker had become man and wife
Nicaraguan president cast the young man off and
less he gave up his American wife and came hom
The honeymoon of the young Zeayas did N
separated, the wife returning to her foster faith
young man got a job playing piano in beer ga
a week. On this slender income the pair reunite
and Zelaya lost his job as musical professor"
he stole 500 from roomate and rather than go M
from a policeman and his troubles seem only to
of this young Central American have made the
a little shy of foreigners who represent themselvc
to belong to high families.
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Illogical.

Simkins-Chattcrton is a great fel
low to argue. isn't he?
Timkins-Oh. don't know. Fa
usually drops 4 subject before he has
srasped it. wv
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THE WORK OF MR.. BURTON, OF OHIO.

Mr. Theodore .. Burton, the American
statesman. who will advocate disarmament In
London and do all he to further the proposi-
tion at The Hague has attracted no little atten-
ton to himself by his independence and force
He is the chairman of the house committee on
rivers and hGrbors and In that position Is most
conspicuous figure before the public because no
has had the courage to fight some of the old
pork barrel" schemes in river and harbor appro-
priations by which money was dumped into shall
low creeks and useless bayous merely because
congressman asked for 1t. He has evolved a
new system of river and harbor Improvement
whereby the most important waterways and haT-
bors shall receive the greatest amount of money.
He believes in completing important national
projects before taking up those OF a more local
character.
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Or Wc7}1i7gto7a Letter
Review of Biggest Fleet in American Warsho E.c AssedSec
ond Only Channel Squadron of Great BanThe Public Bur
den of Naval Expenditures Various Classes of Negroes

WASHINGTON.-It is proposed in Septem.
Der to have review of the biggest fleets OF
American warsh.ps assembled. II VIII take
place either in the of Long Island Sound
of the coast of Massachusetts, and Will ne VIII
messed by President Roosevelt Before ne ieie
Washington Mr. Roosevelt informed Secretary OF
the Navy Bonaparte that he wished to inspect
the Atlantic fleet before it left for the southern
drill grounds in the early autumn. The secrc-
tary is making the preparations to have ma
big fleet assembled some time in September, ana
ii is probable that in addition to the president
the reviewing perty will include Secretary Bona
parte and Admiral Dewey and several members
of the house and senate committees on naval az
fairs.
The fleet will be assembled under the flag or
Rear Admiral Robey D. Evans and will be sec
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THE NEGRO PROBLEM AT THE CAPITAL.

The commercial and social circles OF this
city and surrounding country terribly agtated
over a proposition to establish n settlement OF
colored persons in section that is being built
up by white people who are in comfortable cir
cumstances. one Of the attractive suburbs lying
to the northwest of Washington has for some
years been patronized by good class of white
people who have spent money in the improve
ment of their property and felt comfortable in
the fact that their surroundings all salts
factory. Now comes proposition for the
quirement of large section in this fashionable
territory which will be sold in lots to negroes.
Already large number of lots have been bought
and the white people living near by in
state OF frenzy.
The negro problem is acute in Washing.
ton and in the snnthern states
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the derabty putting cIe
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and
for wars relie would be
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which be
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the will be in
probable that the
flagship
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vessels be reviewed
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THE PROPAGANDA OF DISARMAMENT.

While preparations are being made for ths
grand naval display there are some earnest
statesmen at work spreading q propaganda OF
disarmament Mr. Burton. of Ohio, forceiul
member of the house. who was largely instru.
mental in having postponed the construction %,
the big 20 OG0 battleship until congress coulu
pass the plans is of the leaders IN the
movement to put stop to the building up OF tie
navies of the world. At the coming session of the
Inter parliamentary Union in London Mr.. Bur
ton expects to exploit practical plan for dis-
armament.
) Mr.. Burton proposes if possible to obtain an
agreement by the representatives of the various
paraments who Will meet in London with the
idea that their recommendation Will receive con
sideration by The Hague conference which fol
Iowa II is aIrellY assuL.l Lhlt ihe lisarIna.
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that purpose young
>. 1t was then that the rich
would not recognize him un-
@.
ot last very long and they
er in this city. Then the
.rden and earned ten dollars
d. but soon separated again
Then rather than go hungry
aked he stole a 50-cent shirt
have begun. The escapades
society girls in Washington
IS to be of great wealth and