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seemed to enjoy the situation, for he
made no reference whatever to the mat
ter. He amused his hearers, however, by
telling a story on himself, relating an In
cident which occurred the past summer
while he was on trip through the VAL
ley of Virginia.
Concluding Features.
After a short address by Rev. Hugh +.
Stevenson OF Bethany Baptist Church,
whose remarks were also of a congratu-
latory nature, Rev. DR.. Charles F. Win
bigler pastor of the First Baptist Church,
made a brief address. After the state
ment that he did not know where his
church stood in the spiritual genealogy
ternal relationship existing between DR..
Sven and himself. he urged his hearers to
greater effort in the cause of Christianity.
In the remarks Of Mr.. Etz and Rev. Mr..
Many the services rendered by Mr.. John
3. Lord and Mr.. Charles G. Lynch were
dwelt upon and the statement made that
these gentlemen had not only given the eir
time and labor to the work of improve
ment, but had contributed of their means.
Great regret was expressed at the inability
of Mr. Lord to be present He Is I'll at
his home on the Bunker Hill road, suffer
ing from a severe cold which he contract
ed while devoting his time and attention
to the work of improveme
During the exercises the choir. under
the direction of Miss Lucy Lynch.
sang Lord of Heaven" Consider and
Hear Me-" quartet; In the Light of
Heavens Day solo. by Miss Schweir;
Seek Ye the Lord" Mr.. Joseph NJ Long
served as organist.
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bal was busy in the cooks galley said

.Ah, we have news for you" cried Elsie.
"One Of the poor fellows who was
knocked on the head during that terrible
fight for the boats was the master cook
himself. He is better now. and breakfast
can be ready in flve minutes. I'll go and
tell him."
she ran off. and Joey scampered by her
side. for he knew quite well where the
kitchen lay.
Christobal watching Elsie until she had
disappeared. Then he turned to Courte-
nay. IT,,
boats?'
have missed them il they were here. They
may have escaped. but I doubt 1T. Inc
sea ran very high for a time, and the
Kansas scraped past so many reefs that
1t was almost impossible for each of the
three boats to have done the same.
.Eyen IL one or more of them reached
land there is small likelihood that they
would turn up in this particular bay?
That Is true, especially If they used
their sans The Chileans who got away
in the lifeboats would know sufficient Q
the coast to endaavor to make northerly
course, while my parting instructions to
Malcolm were to keep t2 the north all
the time"
and the others had not left u.s. said
Chrissobal. sadly.
but checked himse elf. He was not blind
to the aspect of affairs which Tollemache
had summarized so pithily. 1t might yet
be that those who remained had more TO
ndure. Then Elsie summoned them to
breakfast, which was served on deck as
the saloon had been Temporarily converted
rTo be Continued Tomorrow
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RESENTS INVITATIONS.
Fight for Control of Illinois Central
Reopened.

CHICAGO. November 13.-President J.
7. Harahan Of the Illinois Central FALL
road yesterday reopened the active CAM
paign for proxies to be used at the post
poned annual meeting of the railroad COM
pany on December 49, He issued two
circulars to the stockholders. in one of
which. after narrating the fact regarding
the procuring of an Injunction by stuyves-
ant Fish restraining the voting Of certain
shares of stock. he saws:
"Of course. If Mr.. Fishs claim that
corporations cannot vote or hold stock in
Illinois corporations be sustained. then
every insurance company, trust company,
savings bank or other investment COM
pany, wherever situated. which has in
vested in Illinois corporations will suffer
disastrous loss. and all persons Interested
as policvholders or stockholders in such
companies will likewise suffer"
In the second circular President Hara-
han saws:
Effort has been made TO create the
impression that since Mr.. Fish was re-
ur d as president. the Illinois Central
Railroad Company has undergone an en-
tire change of management. This Is not
true. No changes IN traffic relations with
the Union Pacific or with tn Southern
Pacific railroads have been made during
til past wear. Tha traffic arrang >n1ents
with the Union Pacific and the Southern
pacific railroads now In force ara those
which w"re made when Mr.. Fish was
president"
Pr sident Harahan discusses at consid-
cradle length the charge that misstate-
ments have been made regarding the ac-
counts of the property. and ass rrts that
all these have ben correctly and properly
kept The circular concludes as follows:
In these DAYS. when public sentiment
with regard to corporations is so dis"
turbed, heavy responsibility ought 10
attach to the making of an unfounded
charge of fraudulent conduct, amounting
in law, to forgery against the manage
ment of u great railroad corporation Such
a charge. il believed by the overcr dulous
injur and dlscreIi,s not only the officers
of the company, but the corporation H.
self"
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CHAPTER VIII.
In a Wild Haven,

Fortune has her cycles. whether fol
good or i'll. The Kansas, having run the
gauntlet Of many dangers, see.ned tc
have earned an approving smile from the
tickle goddess. A slight but perceptible
veering of the wind. combined with the
increasing power of the suns rays, swept
the OCEAN clear of It's storm Wraiths.
Soon after passing the pillar rock, Court O.
nav thought he could make out the un-
wayering outline of mountainous land
amid the gray mistS. A few minut S
later the waves racing alongside changed
their leaden hue to steely glitter, which
told him the fog was dispensing. The
nearer blue of the ocean carpet spread an
overwhelming circle until 1t m erged into
a vivid green. Then. with startling sud
denness. the curtain was drawn aside on
a panorama at once magnificent and
amazing.
Almost without warning, the ship was
found to be entering the estuary o a
narrow ford. Gaunt headlands. carved
on Titanic scale out of the solid rock,
guarded the entrance, and already shut
out the more distant coaStline. Behind
these first massive walls. everywhere un-
scalable, and rising in separate promon-
tories to attitudes of, perhaps. four hum
dred feet, an inner fortihcation of pre-
cipitous mountains flung their glacier
clad peaks heavenWard to immense
ghts-heights which, in that region.
scared far above the snow line. Thu sun
was reflected with dazzling brilliancy
from their icy SUBMITS and wonderful
lights sparkled In rainbow tints on their
slopes. Delicate pink deepened to rose
crimson: pale green's softened into the
beryl blue OF stupendous glaciers, vast
frozen cataracts which flowed down deep
and broad clefts almost TO the water S
edge.
Above these color bands the dead white
mantle of everlasting snow spread Its
olds with here and there black ridge
of granite thrusting wind-cleared fangs
high above the far-flung shroud. But if
the crests of peak upon peak were thus
clo{ba1 in uybita their wore a Rar-
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YoNKERs CAR MEN LOSE.
Street Railway Directors Refuse to
Raise Wages.

YONKERS, N. Y, November 13.-The
directors Of the Union Railway Company
yesterday sent a letter to the citizens
committee representing the employees of
the Yonkers branch of the road denying
the request Of the men for an increase
70 70 cents an hour.
The directors gave the committee a
hearing last Wednesday. but they post
poned their answer until yesterday. be-
cause Of a meeting of the city council.
They had practically agreed TO give the
Increase asked for If the council would
.gree to allow~the company to operate
he new South Broadway connection with
the subway at a regular fare, but the
>ouncilmen blocked a resolution intro
duced Monday night giving the required
permission. The company's answer was
the denial Of the application for the In
creas in wages. With the denial were
figures intended to show that 1t couldn't t
afford the incre ase.
The employees will meet today to take
action on the answer. 1t is feared that
they will 60 out on strike again, but
every effort will be made to keep them
at work pending further efforts in their
behalf by the citizens committee
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Anna Held Seriously Ill.

PHILADELPHIA, November 13.-Anna
Held CMrs. Florence Ziegfeld) is critically
I'll Of pneumonia at the Hotel Majestic,
and the engagements of the "Parisfap
Model company, of which she was the
star ffave been Cancelled. Two physicians
have been in constant attendance upon
Miss Held since Saturday. when the
pneumonia symptoms developed. Her
condition was said last night to DE very
grave Miss Held was taken i'll last
Thursday night. when she was found ly-
ing unconscious IN her dressing room at
the Chestnut Street Opera House
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:
reefs and things! No; you must not say
you have done nothing marvellous. DR..
Christobal has told me everything Next
to Providence. Capt. Courtenay, we owe
our lives to you
Courtenay felt 1t would hurt herIwere
he to smile at her earnestness. But he
did say:
Surely it is not so very remarkable
that l should do my best to safeguard the
ship and such of her passengers and crew
as survive last nights ordeal"
Il know that quite well. Even I would
have striven to help when my life was at
stake But the really wonderful thing Is
that you should have gu ID an unknown
track in the dark: that you should actual
ly be able to guide helpless ship through
waters so full of dangers that it would b
folly to venture In their midst In broad
daylight and with eull steam power
Then Courtenay took of his sou waster
and bowed.
on board. Is 1t you, Christobal. who has
followed the ships course so closely?"
Not l. my dear fellow. Miss Maxwell
Is only saying what I feel, indeed, but
could not have expressed as admirably
Our silent friend. Tollemache, is the man
who observes. 1 was so amazed when
came on deck half an hour ago that ]
sought him out. and he told me som
thing of the nights later happenings So
l took the liberty of arousing Miss Max
wen from very SOUND sleep, but we
thought II best not to disturb you by ap-
pearing on the bridge until you had
done everything you had planned"
II shall never understand how / came
to fall asleep" said Elsie. Il remember
feeling very tired; I sat down for a mo-
ment and that ended it, The next thing
heard was a rapping on my door and
Dr. Christobal's voice bidding me hurry
If l would see the entrance to the har-
bor."
The two men exchanged gIances
Courtenay laughed, SO pleasantly that 1t
was good to hear.
yet there was up aloft. maneuverins
the ship in the firm faith that DR.. Christie
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N $@t"1; for removal Of sediment from
''7'" "car.fa reservoir. $4,000: fpr rfprap
I'.HE the sides Of Dal-rarIla rpsel.voi,
&l>'-l". fO- maintenance and ru,,ra+iQ,7 Il
'.ss Washington filtration Ilant So 81
fD- Improvement and car. nf l,!f,fir H1.ra
ing an3 grounds, &lT@. IGa. for building
and other improvements at tIIt ,.rofr,as, ,
most and ~-.:g.t Washington t,arro.l,s
Ss7G.ra}
D4..
1otol1ac River Improvements.
Gen Mackenzie saws -hat t,a aD,o,r,
.xr.,-5,1 40, .:,,. -,.+.-.:,,. r-,,
W., ''', 'l'S''ns PROJECT LOT lh'
'''''''' VI ''e Iolo1hac river a
aSGtnstOu TO June 30 last was 81 :l31
TG4 of which 5000 434 has haen arrIiac
To- maintenance sfrra March :, 1soa 1ba
IL 81 i''' li'
,Ntsl-'1ll "i1. ne says. mas resulted III tn
40 fs-t wide through the bar above Lon
Dr.ose. IN increasing the width Of t.
Sy. 40 70 Z1n --f 80 ~ ror,S ~
- feet. in dredging channel $50 wild
and % feet deep through the bar in tn
f.Isls.a cnaNfg. near tlesooro point;
,,4dfT of t,n f ''5 81
:n dredging betyya.r +I,;s rayfaatjo- cIqr
rcl aud til wall Of the adjacent re
claimed area 10 Il depth of II feet: IL
dredging at the junction Of tho Wash
irgtou and Virginia channels: in dredging
the tidal reservoir I'll acresI to d ,.eptl
of about y feet. in several times redredg-
had raf[,-,,,. ~. ','' 80 20 ~.
guid and Washington Channels. in N
completion OF the reservoir outlet; in til
CONSTRUCTION OF 3",3N2 linear feet of seq
80, 80. u M.'ciI '"oS Hiear ieet mas nee
ing of I,g;5 linear fer Of trsfnirs, Sn
The area OF land reclaimed by thesC
operations is t2l12 acres tor. including
reservoir I;ilf2 acresl. which by act O.
March >. 1877, was declared to be a pub
r. PARK under the nam" Of Potomt,
faTA- lhe entire project Is now abou-
iWo-tAlTds completed
Wor7r IF No;r+aperoe
-N - - 4tA :
The work Of maintenance during thr
fiscal year ended June 20 last consisteC
in partly redredgiDg the yEashinptor
,bsr,a1. In rsr,s~i,e, -r.<, ,,-,.,f ~ 80,
." ~ -''t o. "'D i"'D
point IN making preparations Tor ad-
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LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS
Chief of Engineers Submits
His Annual Report.
ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR
Project for Improving the P tomac
River Here.
HIGHWAY BRIDGE OPERATION
Increasing the Water supply-Re-
moval of Sediment From Dale
carlia Reservoir.

\ mass of interesting Information in re
gard to- public works in the District Is
contained in rhe annual report Of Cen
Mackenzie chief Of engineers. I-SA.
made public at. the War Department yes
-erday The principal estimates submittec
Eng expenditures during the next fsca
Jear are as follows.
- complete existing project for improv
!ng the Potomac river at Washington
S4.H'"54. to complete existing project 70
Improving the Anacostis river. 500 OGa
FOR operation and maintenance Of High
way bridge across the Potomac. $4,000
For operat'on OF Washington e1ueduct an
accessories. $33 ooo, for preliminary SUI
""ys for Increasing tie water supply o
the district, S1n.oJG; for dwelling f.
"ai"haan a. Grya: Tails, $4,000; fo
parking IT," grounds a. % Washington
.i'F reservoir, SG."'.t. TO- n:argarcv funt
sf cas- ~ 'rtous break IN aul duet svs
IN $500. for removal Of sediment from
''t' "c7r.fa reservoir. SIS 900: fpr rfprap
IuS the sides Of Dal-car}Ia reservoir
HI>'7". 10" maintenance and operation o
'3" Washington f,tra ion plant So 81
f'E improvement H-a car. Of pHfIic blEIG
ing am grounds, &l7@. gGa: f0r building
and other improvements at the enginag,
M..t aud ~cs:Cp., Washington barra rls
S17C,-s}
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Aqueduct and Filtration Plant.

Regarding the Washington aqueduct,
Zen. Mackenzie says that the capacity o
he water supply system in 1853 was A.
p0,otU gallons per day, but by raising tn
lam AT Great Fails in 1896 the capacity
f the system was increa sed to its present
xureme limit OF % o00.O0O gallons per day.
II. making allowances FOR sudden in
-reasas in consumption, to a safe limit of
100000 gallons.
During the year the feeder at Great
Calls was cleaned twice: the tunnel be-
ween the GEORGETOWN and Washington
.ity reservoirs was partially pumped out
nd the portion in the vicinity of Rock
'reek shaft was inspected: about 34oO
ubic wards Of broken stone We're placed
n the Conduit road; a new floor was laid
n the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge across
,Ock creek. the wooden bridge at Dale
4rlia reservoir was replaced by con-
rrte culvert and earth fill: and all build
lgs. grounds and other structures were
maintained in good order and condition.
is stated that the practice of closing tn
~ates at Great Falls during periods of
nigh turbidtv was continued with good
.rS31ItG
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
GAMBLER ESCAPES BOMB.
Explosion Nearly Wrecks House, but
Family Escapes.

Chicago - A dynamite bomb ar
ranged with a time fuse, exploded
Monday night on the window sill of
the Napoleon ROOM in the residence
of Blind John" Condor, 1923 Mich
igan e 1t had been placed there
with the intent to murder the family.
Contrary to their usual custom, Mr..
and Mrs. Condor and their son, John.
were in the upper part of the house
when the explosion occurred and thus
escaped.
The explosion shook the house to
its foundations, tore away the stone
wall under the window, which was de-
molished, and damaged pictures and
furniture in the room.
The race horse owner and gambling
king puts the plot up to his gambling
enemies. He said it was a remark
able coincidence that on the day this
happened the City of Traverse should
have received its death blow, for he
is credited with being the mind that
engineered the fight on the boat.
The furniture was smashed into
kindling wood. One large mahogany
chair, in which Mr.. Condor usually is
found at the library window at the
precise hour when the explosion &C.
CURED, was left in splinters. Chairs
in other rooms were overturned and
covered with a fine dust.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
Brains of Mountain and Prairie in De.
mand in the Financial Center.

Ever since the early days, when d.
o. Mills, ]. B. Haggin and James r.
Keene "~emigrated" from California to
New York, the metropolis has been
drawing largely on the west and south
for it's supply Of men who do things"
Theodore P. Shonts, both a southerner
and westerner, who has undertaken to
solve New York's great transit prob
lem, is the latest importation in re-
spouse to the call of the east.
The promptness with which Thos. F.
Ryan, of Virginia, turned the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society over to
its p~olicyholders, who now elect a ma
jority of it's Board of Directors, and
Invested himself of the control of the
stock which he bought from Jas. H.
Hyde, and the success Of the new
management of the Society under the
direction of President Paul Morton,
have created a demand for the strong
men of the south and west that is
greater than ever before. Under the
Morton management the Equitable has
made a better showing than any other
insurance company in the way of i'm
proved methods, economies and in
creased returns to policyholders.
E. H. Gary. head of the greatest cor
poration in the world-the U. S. Steel
Co.-John w. Gates. Henry G. Frick,
Norman B. Ream, VIM. H. Moore and
Daniel G.. Reid are other westerners
who are among the biggest men in
New York.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
TRAITORS AWFUL FATE.
Smothered by Streams Of Flour After
Revealing Clans Secrets

Riga. Russia - Horrible .s.aish-
revolutionists upon a former member
of the band Of conspirators against
the government, whose treachery led
to the discovery of a secret confer
ence and caused the death of many
Of the revolutionists and arrest of
others of the band.
The Central Revolutionary Commit
tees of Courland, Livland and Estland
used an old mill just outside of Riga
for their meeting place. A man named
Sproge, who had broken with the rev.
o4utionaries, betrayed them to tie po-
lice. Officers went to the old mill,
surrounded the place and called on
the revolutionists to surrender. In
trying to escape, 80 of the conspira-
tors were shot and killed. Many 9TH
ers were captured.
Sproge's treachery was discovered
and other revolutionists decided to
kill him by frightful tortures. He
was captured and taken to the same
mill where the revolutionists had met.
There he was tied to the floor and
a loose sack with a small hole fas-
tened about his head. A stream of
flour was allowed to run through the
hole. Ultimately the sack was COM
pletely filed and Sproge was slowly
smothered. The revolutionaries left
the body there with a note of warning
to other traitors.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
DECRY WAR TALK
DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE DE-
CLARE AGAINST POSSIBILITIES.
THEY SEE NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY
Ambassador Aoki Says There Exists
No Difficulty or Ill Feeling Of
Whatever Sort.

New York, N. 1.-TWO distin-
guished Japanese took OCCASION to de-
clare in nc uncertain terms that there
were no u%nfriendly issues between the
United States and Japan, and to de-
cry the undue Importance attributed
by some to trivial incidents.
The champions of peace and friend.
ship between the two countries were
Admiral Baron Yamamoto, a guest of
the city, and Viscc>lnt Aoki, the Jap
anese ambassador, who came over
from Washington Thursday morning
to attend the reception and luncheon
given by the Japan Society of Amer
lea in honor of Admiral Yamamoto.
In the course of a formal statement,
Ambassador Aoki said:
There exists between the two gov
ernments no difficulty or Ill feeling of
whatever sort. There is not the slight
est cause for anxiety in the American
Japanese. relations; and if there is
any anxiety it is not because of the
actual existence of any difficulty be-
tween the two countries, but because
of the demagogic influence of some
u~nwarranted press talk, that often
tends to drive even the calmest tenn
per of the public into a whirl of
~tempestuous rage"
Speaking at the luncheon at the
Hotel Astor, Admiral Yamamoto spoke
in a similar strain.
Rear Admiral Robley Evans, COM
mander of the Atlantic fleet, said that
when the newspapers of this country
stopped making war between Japan
and the United States, the people
would come to their senses and a bet
ter feeling would exist all around.
During the day the Japanese adj
miral and his retinue visited the navy
yard. They spent some time inspect
ing the different buildings and Admiral
Evans flagship Connecticut.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
SAVED FROM DREAD FATE.
Kind Woman's Assistance Meant
Much to This Tramp.

A certain lady, noted for her kind
heart and open hand, was approached
not long ago by a man who, with
tragic air, began:
"A man, madam, is often forced by
the whip of hunger to many things
from which his very soul shrinks-
and so it is with me at this time. I'm
less, madam, in the name of pity, you
give me assistance, I will be com
PEELED to do something which 1 never
before have done, which 1 would
greatly dislike to do"
Much impressed, the lady made
haste to place in his hand a fve-dol.
lar bill. AS the man pocketed it
with profuse thanks, she inquired:
And what is the dreadful thing
I have kept you from doing, my poor
MANI"
Work" was the brief and mourn.
full reply.-Harper's Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
SAILS FROM WINTER TO SUMMER.
Remarkable Weather Experienced by
Steamship Adnatic.

New York, N. Y.-The great
White Star liner Adriatic, which go,
in Thursday evening from Southamp-
ton, Cherbourg and Queenstown,
found varieties of abnormal summer
weather in her course.
She sailed from Cherbourg on July
3 and while heading for Queenstown
the next day ran into a snowstorm
that lasted about fifteen minutes.
While she was off Sable Island Tues
day night the Adriatic got entangled
in an electrical storm that put her
wireless out of commission.
A t%orrential tropical downpour fol
lowed, the sky being illuminated. At
times the air in the vicinity of the
liner was stabbed by the white stilet-
tos OF the storm, but the ship herself
was immune. Timid passengers went
into their cabins and locked the doors.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
TURPENTINE FOR WEEVIL.
Cotton Growers Experiment Success
full in Louisiana.

Alexandria,, La.-News of an .ex-
pertinent with ~turpentine, which
has apparently driven the boil weevil
from the cotton fields about Coushat-
ia, La, was received here by Presi-
dent Paul Lisso of the First National
Bank of Alexandria. An oat sack is
dipped in a solution of three parts
water to n of ~turpentine. This sack
is attached to a pillow by suspending
it on a pole tied to the pillow handles
near the beams. The sack is then
dragged through the cotton field. The
scent of turpentine thus spread in
C%oushatta has remained on the
ground for over a week without re-
newal and not a weevil or other bug
has been found. About one gallon of
turpentine was used to every four
acres.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-07-19
His Name for II,

/ was once teaching a class of small
pupils in physiology in a rural school
and asked the class what name was
given to the bones of the head as a
whole. A little girl raised her hand.
What is it, Lucy?" l asked.
Skull" she answered.
Correct" said I; "but what other
name has it?" expecting some one to
answer Uranium" All were silent
for a while, then a little fellow who
seemed to be in a deep study quickly
raised his hand, his eyes sparkling
and a confident smile spreading on
his face.
What is 1t, Henry?" / asked.
"Noggin," was his immediate reply.
Judges Library.