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New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

-e---- seventy HaderdoWas. al armed.
and leading pack camels. follow close
behind The scouts With them are Ius-
sam and another but their arms are
bound. and -rev 1-e -ored 10 their beasts
The g-aou-- may he be W--he-ec. rides
MY B.sha-- camel.
THEN Rov-e- knew ny Intuition what
had na--eueG Al-t-- had failed II
his quest The Italian commander OF the
troops. refusing - sanction useless -a1o-
a-v longer had marched north with MS
men ! A-tlt--. S-.-- C--uLluE desperately -
cr--1e-a- had decided 20 remain ana
-cu-- -le desert until his stores gave OUT
And IT -h1s crucial moment II ms enter
mise came Hv~Sal-. the urConsClous
s-r-.,.-v Il his rivals The TACT that he
Arab was prisoner spoke volumes tie
had --leE 20 communicate with Ar-u--ttil-
and he warel-to- Italian had guessed ms
---- mission The man might have been
-.--u-eG u-rl- he confessed The where
.ha---- not 0--v u Ruv-o- himself and
Ah6u, haG-. hur ~ The whole eNTe..-l-
--a- There was only one thing 70 DO
Lr' he shouted, dragging the carle-s
forth 10 an open space ou ride II
front and ser the pace.
What would YOU do. Erencl cr-ec
he sneiL II alarm They VII. see rs ere
we have gone rlEe hundred meters. Let
Us wait t1- the night
In. tell Eou p. r0ared kCEso-. ra-eh-
Ing The Arabs shoulder II q steel grip
e.. n another ten minutes they viii know
NE have lied. and VII. hurry south a. top
speed What chance have We OF passing
them u -lI5 country II night, cur sole
hope -z 10 head them No more WeEc=-
.-- -lle' Believe me. Ah1ur had r r Is
life 1- death Tor YOU. and II matters little
tonne whether YOU die here. or IL the .tA-
valley e- not ~ all
Then the Arab knew hat he had met
his master. He climbed TO The saddle.
ss.f words not II The Koran and urged
his camel into IrerZled nun. NoESoH.
who could never have persuaded MS own
long legged steed 70 adopt such q pace,
found = easy enough 10 induce The beast
20 follow ITS brother
In -hls fashion. riding like -ladner.
they -rave~sed the plateau, and had al
most begun the descent into the Nall
where they had spent the DAY. "Hen Il
distant veil reached them. here was
~ need TO look back even Il such q h,-z-
4-.f9--- proceeding was warranted IE
their b-eakneck gait. They were llscpN-
cred but they We're n front. and that
counts for q good deal II race hey
tore down The hill. numbered across the
dried up bed Of a long vanished torrent,
and pressed up the farther side A they
aea-ed the ridge. four rifle shots rang out,
and Dick saw three llttle spurts Of dust
and stones kick up II front on he night
while Il white sr4-ter suddenly shoIe on
9 dark rock 70 the LETT.
-Fas.erl" he roared TO Abdur Rad r
They cannot both rlde and t-re- IL The
next vad1 We shall he safe Bend 70 Il,
-r. friend Your reward viii be great.
and measured ONLY bv YOUR haste II
bringing me back 10 our camp.
CHAPTER XIV.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

----- g. --- IL H------- ~ ~.- "e9
- ..------ his promise U Irene -le-
.-.--.. r. ask ---- his natural
--. ..--- Though -- meant
-.. -a---- tourney ~ sunset
-- ...-- --- he 80 wiser ~
-.- SAME hour A. last ----
-------e He helped Aal---
--u -a--t.-- --- -EtL
-.-- -----e- --1 road which
-----.--. i re managed =.
Surveillance before
....- --a---. On gaining
.. . -rer -lu-E that 4
-.E .- steep hill 90
barred a-E distant
E..z. -e-- assured ----
---- hi. would give them
-.. whole range ~ broken
...-.- miles ahead II IN --l-7
-... ---el The came ----2 q
.- -ra shoulder II The --=-r-
..re almost impossible Tor
-- ----.-- and awkward beasts
-... --l..---eE ned The ct-1e-s
--...- --- climbed the remain
They a.-.7- s narrow ..---v- 1880
-. shallow depression where q
-- trees and dense patches
bushes instantly revealed me
-...-.. .-..---- - The oasis. l. "a- easy -
.. -... REGULAR ---e- .- nevis turned --i-'-
---- sand where trenches had ree-- cur
.. --- ..-.-a--- Bar -he place was .-e-
.--- \.- q man or horse camel ~
-.-.- stood .- --e s-e- where The --li----
TX l.--- earlier
r--.-.- has So -e---ezed hv The dis
.----r thar l-= gaze did not wander y @ '---
--a ara-5.--eE camp. -Aa---r h.t- r
quicker -la-- he @ ---l The tokens ~ me
desert pointed =, a haze e- dust -----
s---- --. -he ---.l ar lar - The ror-l
The I-a-a-- have gone E1enli- ne
.-= p.-f-.-.- they TOO were -so5-----
--- oasis WITH -lEe hills. Behold 1heE
have found one rE Il fool counting -'-
-r-- -- The NTH hill within TWO ki-ane.ers
.f ~-le-uau.- Well. le WAYS ~ -t------
.-, wonderful. Cal i 1e thar -le- nav
discovered -ra- which Eol seek
A SHARP ra1- et d-sauroiarrae.=--r shot
~ through RoE~o- breast lie WAS
--..--- -. III Af.-- kaG r -la- they mast
--..-,- -a-.-- -r7s.- ca-ua-s and hasten - the
oasis while there was sufficient -t-nl =
..--.-.----.. -l7.- excavations when the 7neiS
---77.-.r- pulled HIM down. Tor Dl-l had
l-...F ------r- au boulder o OBTAIN ~
.---1-.-e5 field ot vision
-..--t. he --auleE Four o- them.
And fr he Holy h@4ta. hey mean
mischief
x I--.- u q lew seconds made out the
t.-.f- II rs.1- men who were pcer-rg over
~. crest which separated the small valley
--.-- -f7e larger one They disarre.--re-.--
-E while RoEsor and Ahaur h@- z
were s-.ecular1ug on the motive that IL
--.-eE TINS espionage. The hoods came N
-lrar again. but this ctrle they had me
--[----s- swing that He-akcned camel
--5a-- The four halted on rhe sky line
.-z seemingly exchanged signals with
.--a-- III the rear. Then they resumed
.l.-- advance They were fully armed
They carried their guns across the SAD lie
F.-~- a-f Dick saw that -hel- c-a-hS
,..-e rather differently fashioned 70 those
--r--r fs. had taken note ~ hitherto.
5---7-v.---- -ru--r--ed Ahiu-
ksE- They are good fighters. L-.etl.-l
- f...-- thieves And how many r1de
f.er,-F- Not Tor twenty years have ! met
Hs6ersaeas or --i4 track
Tho Arabs keen e.es did not cease 20
-. --...sr-- r..--a-le rl, r--uc soon Ue
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

-e-~-- seventy IA.
and leading pack
behind the scouts
sam and another
bound and they ~-e
he --agU- may y
nv B.~La--- camel
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

he --..~- t- mere
.-a-- he-~.- waS
-5----e - Irene -e-
ask ..ll his natural
--4--.- 81. eager.
Though he --r---
...--eE ~ sunset
.-.- he 80 wiser -E--
2 hour A. last ---
lie helped A.---
----r.- and -ErE
-.--.. The -.l---e~.E
-r -L1 road which
II re managed 70
----1--- before
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

cried Irene. drawing her
n the sharp clarity Of
.L.t Mrs IIaXton S beau-
r.. IN and haggard She
TO probe unsuspected
woman $ temperament.
something OF the intense
which the tlllure of the
evoke IN one 20 whom
hat II yields constituted
Z And then She was in
~edisposes its Totanes
New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

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New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

MRS HANTON was 40 lagga-d IN
M her hammock on the day after Roy
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27
BRYAN ON RELIGION.

William J. Bryan's few words on the
subject OF religion are of considerable
interest. He says: ''N1uch as l am
interested in the science of government
am more interestd in religion, and
while l enjoy making political speech
i like better to make one on religion
Religion is vital. Religion has to do
with our eternal existence, while poll
tics deals only with the small arc of a
circle which we spend upon earth.
know there are young men who think
it smart to be skeptical in religious
matters. Some think it is humiliating
to follow after the lowly Nazarine.
But the older grow the more thor
oughly convinced am | that the fear
of God is the beginning of Wisdom.
Is there any humiliation in taking a
perfect life for an example? As for
the mystery in religion, there is mys-
terry everywhere. There are many
things in the Bible / do not under
stand and may never understand.
But there is much in the Bible
that we all can understand, and if we
live up to those things we will be kept
busy doing good"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27
DRAG THE ROADS NOW.

Now is the right time for the road
inspectors to have the drags in opera,
ton. A stitch in time saves deeper
rent in the cloth, and the drag hauled
over the highways before the spring
rains set in will fill the holes and
ruts and prepare the surface for the
drenching that0is sure to come and
allow the water to pass away as
easily and as quickly Is moisture
leaves ducks back.
Roadways should have proper
drainage. That feature overcome, there
need be but little fear of rains doing
great damage to them. Dragging the
roads will harden their surface so that
the water can run off all the more
readily. Drag the roads now and pre-
vent trouble later. Road inspectors
should be mp and doing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27
OBITUARY.

| At midnight, March 0, 1908, at her
home in Nicollet county, Minnesota.
occurred the death of Mrs. Laura Kun
Clark.
Mrs. Laura Kun Clark was born Nav
Gath, 1926, in Clinton, Kanabec, Coun-
ty, Maine. In 1854 she came to Min
nesota with her parents and located
near Mankato. In 1866 she married
William G. Clark a veteran of the
Civil war, and moved on to a farm in
Nicollet county where she resided at
the time of her death.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, one son, two brothers, Lor.
'enze and Madison Kun, and two sis
ters, Alkaline Goodrich and Rebecca
Foster; six brothers and four sisters
having preceded her to that external
home.
Mrs. Clark was devoted member
of the Congregational church and her
christian character drew about her in
her hour of suffering the warmest SYM
pathies of all who knew her. She had
every attention that loving husband
and an affectionate son could bestow,
reinforced and sustained by her large
acquaintance which was made manifest
at her funeral by the luxuriant dis
play of fiowery emblems and the large
procession of neiehbors and friends that
accompanied her remains to their last
resting place. Although her lifework
is done, and the chapter of her earthly
sojourn is. closed, the influence of her
exemplary christian character will still
live in~the hearts of her extensive ae-
quaintances and relatives and may 1T
be the means by which they will final
ly be reunited beyond the shore of
time in an unbroken family circle.
Written by an old friend
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27
TARIFF COMMISSION BILL.

Senator Robert La Toilette has
handed to the upper house of congress,
bill which provides for the creation
of Il tariff commission. IF his bill should
be enacted into law, theN commission
would be competent for the com
mission and the president acting to.
gether to suspend any tariff sche.
dule and put on the free list any ar.
ticle upon which there was such a
combination as would control produc-
ton, prices. or wages, either in the
United States or in any foreign mar
ket.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment of commission of nine members
one from each of the judicial circuits
of the union, and no one of which shall
be member of congress. Not more
than five are to be members of any
one political party. One is to be skill
led in manufacturing, another. in agri-
culture, another in imports, another
a representative of labor the next a
lawyer skilled in the tariff laws, the
next an expert in tariff and recipro,
city, one in the knowledge of produc-
ton and accounting. another sta
tistician who has made study of the
foreign markets, and the last an 'serni
nent economist"
The members are to receive salary
of $4,000 each, and after the first
eleven years of the existence of the
Each of the members are
to be appointed for ten years. The
first appointments are arranged to
terminate so that new member should
be appointed every year. In present
ing his bill, Mr.. La Toilette said he
would soon ask the senate for time
to speak on the measure. In respect
to the section of the bill authorizing
the suspension of duties he said he
had placed that provision there as Civ
ing His own views on the tariff and
because he believed congress had
right to legislate along those lines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27


DISTRICT is as much entitled IS any other
to /. have one of the delegates at large
and it could do no better than to give
it support to Frank Hunt, OF Man
kato. Mr.. Hunt has been too long
prominent among republican wheel
horses in Minnesota to- need intro
duction or commentator. He is sol
idly for Taft. That is sufficient.
Vernon Center News: Among the
number who have been mentioned as
delegates large from the Second Dis
trict there is none who will WELD
more influence in the national repub-
lican convention. for the interests of
the west than Frank Hunt of the
Mankato Free Press. He is strong
level headed and a man of convictions
and fearless to express them.
st. Paul Pioneer Press:-The Second
district has not had a delegate at large
to the national convention for Years,
and therefore the friends OF f. w.
Hunt of Mankato think they are jus
tIutu III dShlllS Tile hoho' sNNi'
Blue Earth county had one of the dis
trict delegates four years ago in
General Gustaf Widell, and that led
one Mankato man to remark that
Mankato ought not to ask any other
honors this year. but let the delegates
go to other counties in the district
This remark has aroused MIR. Hunts,
friends. They admit that so far as
district delegates are concerned, Blue
Earth has nothing coming, and is
perfectly willing to let Brown or Cot
tonwood or any other county have the.
honor. But a delegate-at large, they
assert becomes district matter and
therefore they believe they are not
asking too much when they want
Hunt to be elected one of the big four.
Mr.. Hunt is the president OF the
Mankato Free Press company and the
paper has always been strong re-
publican paper, and his friends argue
that if the southern part pr the state
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27

Bemidii Pioneer: While the repub-
leans of the state are casting about
for a suitable man to trot in harness
with some very admirable gentlemen
who have already received Favorable
mention as delegates at-lage to the
republican national convention. The
Pioneer would offer the name of a
gentleman whom we personally know
is in every way qualified for the po-
sition. We refer TO F. w. Hunt, the
president of Mankato Free Press com
pany, owners and publishers of the
Mankato Daily Free Press.
Mr.. Hunt,ais not of the Class of
gentlemen who get up and holler\ for
something at every opportunity, and
who are perpetual candidates for fa-
.vors. On the contrary, he is a very
modest gentleman. and has never ask
ed anything, at the hands of the re-
publican party of Minnesota; and he
is not now actively eanvassing for Of
flee of any kind. However, his many
friends land he has them in all parts
of the state) desire to see him chosen
to represent the G. 0. p, at the ma
tional convention as a delegate at large
from Minnesota.
His paper (the Free Press) has ever
been staunch supporter of republi-
can principles, and it is due the presi-
dent of the best daily paper i'll south
ern Minnesota that he be given sub
stantial recognition at the hands of
the party. %sS
Rock County Herald:-Four, con-
gressional districts in the state Will
each have three delegates to the re-
publican national convention. The second
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27
To the Republican Electors of the coun-

To the Republican Electors of the Coun-
w OF Blue Earth:
Pursuant to the established custom
and laws of the State of Minnesota, the
Republican County Committee hereby is
sues its official call for a delegate Coun-
~ Convention for the Republican cleo
tors of the county to be held in the city
hall i'm the City of Mankato on Thurs
day, April 9Th, 1908, at 1890 o'clock
purpose of electing nineteen delegates
To represent the republicans of Blue
Earth County in the Republican State
Convention to be held in the auditorium
in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
on Thursday, April 10th, 1908. at HOO
o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose
of cecting four delegates at large and
their alternates to represent the repub-
lcans of Minnesota in the Republican
National Convention to be held in the
City Of Chicago on June 10th, 1908, and
FOR the purpose of nominating eleven
republican candidates for presidential
electors to be voted for at the general
ELECTION, Tuesday, November 3rd 1908,
ana FOR transactiHg any such other bust
ness as may properly come before said
convention. Also elect nineteen dele
gates to represent the Republicans of
Blue Earth county i'm the district con-
vcntion which will be held in Man
kito ON April Is, 1908, for the purpose
mates TO attend the national conven-
ton.
The basis of representation in said
County Convention shall be the average
Of all the votes cast for the republican
candidates for Governor, Lieutenant
Governor Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer and Attorney General at the
general election i'm 1906.
Every voting precinct shall be en-
titled to one delegate for every twenty
five votes of said average votes cast in
the respective precincts, and to one
delegate for any additional fraction OF
said VOTE
The republican electors will hold their
primaries for the purpose of electing
delegates to said County Convention at
the usual places i'm said village pre-
cincts on Tuesday, April 7th 1908, from
six o'clock p. m., to eight o'clock p. m. |
The member or members of the County |
Committee residing in the village pre- |
cincts will determine and decide any |
question i'm reference to the place where |
the primaries shall be held.
All Republican electors of the, County |
of Blue Earth and all other electors of |
said county without regard to past |
political affiliation, who believe in the
principles of the Republican Party and
endorse its policies, are cordially invited
to unite under this call in the selection
of delegates to said County Convention.
The various precincts are entitled to
as follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27
EXPORTING THE FLOUR.

Uncle Sans exports this year of
flour and wheat will reach the equiv.
alent of l9l 100000 bushels, the lar
gest total since 1902, if nothing hap
pens to check the gait so far reported
In report just issued by the bureau
of statistics of the department of
commerce and labor, it is shown that
the exports of wheat flour from the
United States for eight months end
ing Feb. 20 last, aggregating 9,SS2,-
446 barrels of value Of S45.5l2 .2O3.
while of wheat they were S29l43l5
bushels of value of $S2,Sl09l2. Re-
ducing the -four to wheat, and adding
it to the wheat, the grand total is
l27.3s5,322 bushels.
The prospects are that foreign mar
kets will after this year not be glut
ted with wheat from Argentina, be.
cause of the recent adoption there OF
the Ameriera expedent of selling
grain on exchanges for later deliv-
ery-"futures"-that permit delivery
when requirements call for the grain
This is expected in all markets as well
as Argentina to improve the grain
export conditions. The only menacine
fact affecting foodstuff exports is thai
legislation has been proposed, and ser.
iously advocated even by representa-
tives of producing regions, which would
abolish the culture delivery" system
here in the United States, system
which has built up exports to, the pre-,
sent big total.
The record for the same eight
months gives promise of a magnificent
grand total of exports of farm pro.
ducts of over $45l ,59l ,OS5 for the ifs.
cal year. For the eight months, the
exports of corn were 43,059,373 bu.
shells, of a value of $27, 427, 1872; OF
oats 04S,7l5 bushels, of value OF
$5ll.376; of rye l.722,SS0 bushels, OF
value of $l,5GG,40O and of barley
3,63S,722 bushels, of value of 81.
6S3,79S. Adding to, this the corn meal
exported, 5O2,336 barrels of a value
of 81 $50 O6 and the oatmeal, Il,357,.
Os9 pounds. of a Ealne of, $3l2,ss9
the grand total of grain{ exported fol
n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-27
BISHOP C. II. FOWLER DEAD
Beloved WeiI-Known Divine Pissed
| Away In New York. ia

L
Rev. Charles Henry Fowler, bishoI
of the Methodist church and for foul
years, from 1892 to 1896, resident OF
Minneapolis, died early yesterday at
his home in New York. Although he
! had been i'll for two years, Bishop
Fowler's condition had been critical
only since last Wednesday. death
was due to heart failure resulting
+; from complication Of diseases. As
late as last Monday he had visited
his offices in the Methodist building
on Fifth avenue. New York.
Bishop Fowler was born in Burford,
Ont, in 1887. He was graduated from
Genessee college, now Syracuse univer-
lsity, in 1859, and was the valedictorian
| of his class. He also headed his >class
at graduation from the Garret Biblical
Institute, which he entered soon after
leaving college, and was the first man
to receive the honorary degree of d. d.
from that institution. lie then re-
moved to Chicago, where he studied
law, but never practiced the profess
sion.
Entering the ministry at the close of
his law studies, he served as pastor of
several churches in Chicago during the
next twelve years, and in 1872 was
elected president of Northwestern uni
versity. He remained at the head of
that institution four years and then
became editor of The Christian Advo-
cate in New York. He was made gem
eral missionary secretary of the church
in 1880 and four years later was cleo
ted bishop.
Bishop Fowler was .acting as pastor
of. one of the Chicago churches at the
time of the great fire and suggested
the plan of pooling the interest of
the different churches until all should
have time to rehabilitate themselves.
As missionary secretary he organized
Picking university in North China;
Marking university in Central China;
the First Methodist Episcopal church
in st. Petersburg; established, the
McClay college of theology in southern
California, and consolidated the three
colleges in Nebraska into the Nebraska
Wesleyan university of Lincoln.
He suggested and inaugurated the
twentieth century thank offering of
his church whereby more than $780,
100000 was raised for the church.
He also originated the opendoo emer-
gency commission. which Med to the
great Cleveland convention. at which
with the bishop presiding, $235,OOO was
raised in single evening.
He was trustee of Syracuse uni
vefsity, Drew theological seminary,
Madison, n. j., American university
member of the board of managers of
the Methodist Missionary society, the
church Extension society. Freedman's
Aid and other Methodist societies.