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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-11-26
LOUIS TRACY
Copyright. 1909 by Edward J clod,
SYNOPSIS of Previous Chapters.


CHAPTER I-OverheGring a conspi-
racy between her uncle and the cap
tain of his ship to sink the vessei
and collect insurance, Iris Yorke Sc
ereJas herself aboard the Andromeda
g,s, before it sails for southern seas.
Rei uncle, who rs her guardian ala
La. commanded her to wed old Dlcky
Bulmer, thinks she has run away TO
avoid the distas eful marriage. Il
Philip Ilozier, young and hadnsome
second officer Of the Androm eda, dis
covers Miss Yorke ABOARD. Ill-Iris
tells Hozier OF the plot to Sink the
vessel, ald he keeps watch on cap
tain Coke. Mysterious defect In the
steering gear discovered, causing the
ship to Yeer from her course coke
treats the matter Aghtly. N-Whlle
putting nGo a harbor at AN unknown
island the Andromeda suddenly Is
she!Ied by a mysterious foe on shore
V - Sho.s wreck ship. Hozter is
wounded and his life saved by Iris.
Survivors a.e hauled uup on a
c.ff By ropes let down by a party
OF refugees, the leader proving to be
Dom Corria de Sylvia, deposad pres
dalt of Brazil.
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ment of unarmed men on a ship Grip
pied by their first shell?'
You spoke Of steam launch.
Where is that kept?"
"At wharf under the walls of the
citadel which commands the town and
anchorage"
Assuming We have stroke of luck
and 'ush some outpost, would it be
possible to cross the island before
dawn and board the launch or some
other craft in which we can put to
seaY'
There are only the launch and some
small fishing catamarans. No other
boats are allowed to exist on the is
land, in order to prevent the escape of
convicts. The boat we possess is real
ly badly constructed catamaran,
without sail and minus the outrigger
which alone renders 1t safe for the
shortest voyage"
please. miss, an gents all, may we
smoker pleaded a voice.
Iris was for an immediate permis-
sion. but De Sylvia shook his head.
Not until the tide falls" he said.
"There is very real fear of visit
from the launch. 1t has passed this
spot four times during the past two
days-ever since my absence was dis
covered, in fact. The soldiers have
searched every outlying island, but
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-11-26
Hiah Honor Due Carter

Helena, Mont-Friends of United
States Senator Thomas H. Carter,
who was defeated for reelection at
the recent election, assert that the
Senator has been rendered an appoint
ment as member of the Supreme
Court to fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement of Associate Justice
Moody.
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In 4.
they have avoided Grand-pere because
| it is believed that landing is highly
dangerous If not quite impracticable
| My friend Marcel, fisherman, discov-
cred by accident the only safe means
OF reaching the path which winds
round the island. Happily, the wretch
who betrayed the mission of the An
dros-y-Mela did not know the secret Of
| my refuge. And l see now that the
governor must be convinced t,,.t l am
still hiding among the cliffs or your
vessel would not have appeared off
| South point this morning. No; there
must be no smoking as yet. In this
clear air the slightest cloud might be
seen rising above the rocks from with
| sut."
Marcel reappeared at the entrance.
| With him was another man. whom Ho-
zier remembered seeing when he was
hauled up from the ship with Iris.
"Ah. was not mistaken" went on
De Sylvia. Here comes news of the
launch! They have signaled for it
across the island"
Marcel entered the cave with an ex-
pressive gesture. for long habit had
almost robbed him of his native vivaci-
ty. His companion, Domingo. climbed
the opposite wall of the ravine and
stretched himself at full length In
niche where there was room for man
to lie. Some tufts of rough grass grew
there IN sufficient density to conceal
his head while he peered between the
stalks. They could see him quite plain
| ly, but no one wanted to speak
| Though the unceasing wash of heavy
swell against the rocks would have
drowned the noise had they shouted In
unison, there was no need to tell any
one present that u very real and dan
gerous crisis had arrived.
The slow change In the direction of
Domingo's gaze showed the approach
and passing of the hostile vessel. II
was evident that a long halt was made
| In the channel close to the wreck, of
which some fragments remained above
water Still, curiously enough. 1t was
| impossible for those on board the
launch to read the ships name, since
the word "Andromeda," twice en-
bossed on the sharp cutwater, was hid
den by the jutting rocks on both sides
of the cleft.
At last Domingo turned his head
slightly and gave them reassuring
little nod. He said something. which
De Sylvia translated.
'srhey have a photograph of the
wreck" he said. ''and are now steam
ing through the northerly channel to
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-11-26

Lame back comes on suddenly and
is extremely painful. 1t Is caused
by rheumatism OF the muscles. Quick
relief is afforded by applying Cham
berlain's Liniment. Sold by Bunaugh
G Maydeld and all good Druggists.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-11-26

The 10000 monument and statue OF
General James Oglethorpe, the found
er of Georgia. has been unveiled in
Savannah with notable ceremonies.
The governors of several state took
part in the exercises.
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okIahoma LeaIsIature callea,

Guthrie. Okla.-Goy. Haskell has
issued proclamation calling for an
extra session of the legislature to as.
semble November 2S at Oklahoma
City. But one subject is suggested
for legislation, the location of state
capital.
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The investigation INTO the imlnigra-
ton of Chinese which has been going
on at Vancouver for three weeks, has
disclosed the fact that Canada has
lost over $1,O00.000 in head tax and
the United States has gained several
thousands of Chinese residents via
the underground route.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-11-26
ToIstoi is Dead.

Astopova, Russia-Without being
received back into the Orthodox Greek
church. and knowing that the end had
arrived, Count Tolstoi died at an
early hour Sunday morning.
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the anchorage ON
the west side Of
the island Most
fortunately. they
do not seem to
be aware of your
drifting boat"
Then he add
ed. with a court
liness that was
so incongruous
with his un-
k e m pit appear
ance and patch
ed and tattered
garments; IF the
senhora permits.
the M en- m a'y
smoke now. In
another hour the
ttl -.
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be navigable. We have hot and firing
day before us. and | advise sleep for
those to whom 1t Is vouchsafed. IL
the weather continues to improve the
next tide will bring US q smooth sea.
Given that and dark night-welL we
may make history. Who knowsT
lro sE coSrrSuxD.l
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
CURB WASTE OF WOOD.
u. s. Experts Will Aid Work OF
Forest Products Laboratory
at Madison, Wis.
READY FOR OPENING JUNE a
State Pays for Construction and
Maintenance and Government
Supplies the Equipment.

Completion of the forest products
established for the purpose of lessen
ing, through experiments and demon
stration, the waste in the manufacture
and use of wood, is an event of impor-
lance to the wood-using industries and
the engineers of the country. Accord.
ing to a Washington correspondent of
the Chicago News, the laboratory, a CO.
operative undertaking between the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin and the United
States Department of Agriculture, has
received the hearty appreciation of The
lumber-manufacturing and wcod-using
interests generally.
The new building at the university
has been erected by the State, which
also will furnish light, heat and power,
while the United States Department OF
Agriculture will supply the equipment
and apparatus and will maintain a
force of thirty-five or forty experts
to carry on the work The laboratory
will be prepared 10 make tests on the
strength and other properties of wood,
to investigate the processes of treating
timber TO prevent destruction by de-
cay and other causes, to study the saw
ing of wood refuses by distillation
processes. to examine the fiber of va.
rious woods for paper and other pur-
poses, and to determine the influence
of the microscopic structure of wood
on its characteristics and properties.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
CHRISTIANS IN BIG PARADE
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
10000 Mems Bible Glass Members
Singing Hymns, March to Sun
day School Mass Meeting.

An army of more than 10000 men,
parts of the world marched down Penn
sylvania avenue in Washington Fri
day and around the Capitol OF the
United States on their way TO a mon,
ster mass meeting in Convention Hall.
This was the feature of the days SEES
sion of the Worlds Sunday School AS
ISOLATION. The broad steps on the east
side of the Capitol were filled with
thousands of women delegates to the
convention and other Sunday school
workers
To the tune of Onward, Christian
Soldiers" and other hymns the parad-
ers marched, bearing banners inscribed
with numerous Christian notices.
They were nearly an hour in passing
the Capitol. Practically every coun-
try in the world and every State of
the Union was represented in the pa
rade.
AS Convention Hall was not large
enough to accommodate the crowd. an
other meeting was held in Mount Yer
non Methodist Episcopal Church, Sim
ultaneously two meetings for women
were in progress. Rev. DR.. F. B. Meyer,
president of the association, led the
big mems meeting. the principal speak
ers being Rev. DR.. Homer c. Stuntz
and Rev. DR.. S. Parkes Cadman, who
talked on THE Transforming Power
of the Word of God" At the other
mems meeting the principal speakers
were Rev. Richard Roberts of England
and Rev. DR.. George Heber Jones'
AT one of the day sessions Rev. John
Hillman of London outlined the Sun
day school work of England, and Rev.
Daniel Hayes, also of London, de-
scribed the conditions in the slums of
the British capital and the activities
on the banks of the Congo in Central
Africa, where he was formerly mis-
sionary. Rev. n. Tamura of Japan de-
picted the Victories of the Gospel in
Japan" and emphatically declared his
country surely would be a Christian
nation in due time.
President Taft, Mrs. Taft, Colonel
Roosevelt, King George of England,
President Diaz of Mexico and William
Jennings Bryan were made life mem
bers of the Worlds Sunday School AS
ISOLATION in the Saturday session amid
scenes of great enthusiasm. For each
of those so honored 81 900 had to be
subscribed, and in the case of Colonel
Roosevelt the chairman of the conven-
ton by popular demand limited sub
scriptions to 81. The nomination of
persons of less public renown contin-
ued until $4,000 had been pledged for
mission work
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
pkITICS%ak,


Mayor Gaynor of New York has been
for the presidency on the Democratic
platform.
Speaker Cannon has declared that he
will hold on to the speakership until
March 4, 1911, unless Republican pro-
gressives join with the Democrats 20
remove him.
Senator Dolliver of Iowa vas chosen
by the Senate progressives 10 make "a
reply to the speeches of President Taft,
Attorney General Wickersham and
entative Longworth.
Senator III. w. Barker of Sparta, one
of the candidates for the Republican
nomination for Governor of Wisconsin,
says he does not represent either the
stalwarts or progressives in the pres
ent fight, although in the past his SYM
pathies have been with the La Toilette
faction.
IF the administration shall measure
up to it's full opportunity it will pass
into history as one of the most note
worthy and useful administrations of
recent time" declared Representative
Martin of South Dakota. who delivered
a speech in the House on combinations
in restraint of trade and needed legis-
lation in aid of more complete enforce
ment of the Sherman anti-t trust act
By the vote of 116 to 10 the Massa-
chusetts House adopted resolutions ia
voring an amendment to the constitu-
ton for the election of United States
Senators by direct vote of the people
The Democrats stood solidly for it,
and the Republicans were divided.
Gov. Stubs of Kansas in a Chicago
speech defended Statewide prohib.
ton as practiced in his State. He saiu
that as a result people in Kansas were
now better clothed, better fed and have
finer homes, that they have bigger
families and bigger bank accounts
They had thus, in his opinion, refuted
the cry the abolition of the saloon
would mean business stagnation.
Returns of the second ballotings in
France for seats in the Chamber Of
Deputies gave 116 of the contested
seats to the present government party
"A to the Socialists and SO to the
Right. This means a gain of II Social
list seats.
At a recent banquet in Chicago, At
torney General Wickersham made an
address in which he warmly upheld
the Taft administration. Judge Emory
Speer of Georgia discussed the dimly
receded line of sectionalism between
North and South, and Governor Adolpi
O. Eberhart of Minnesota addressed
himself to the subject of THE New
North"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.

The Rev. Alexander McLaren, the
noted Manchester (England) preacher,
died at Edinburgh.
Advices received in Washington
from Cork indicate that CT April %.
1,250 members of the Irish home going
movement landed at Queenstown.
Edgar S. Cooke o. Chicago Was in
dicted at Cincinnati again in connec-
ton with the Warmer case. Embez-
element OF $4,000 from the Big Four
Railroad is charged.
After being lost sight OF since March
23, 1907, A X Detweiier, former presi-
dent of tho Home Telephone Company
of San Francisco, wanted on a bribery
charge, surrendered
Harry r. Clinton OF the Chicago Mo-
tor Club has been in Washington with
a large petition asking Congress to en-
act an automobile law for regulation,
Identification and registration.
A semi official report from Washing
ton that Former Vice President Fair
banks has been offered the post of am
bassador to Great Britain is accepted
at Indiana polls, Ind, as authentic.
The biennial convention of the Uni
ted Irish League will he held in Buffa-
In Sent. &c to 60. John +. Redmond
NJ p. and bis colleagues, T. p. O'Con-
nor and Joseph Devlin, probably will
attend.
Foreign miners in the Latrobc, Pa,
district stoned Joseph Rustock TO death
during a brawl in : barroom, and Sc
vercly beat fifteen others, when an at
tennt was made to eject them FROM
saloon. Two arrests were made
pavmaster George Percival Aud OF
the limited States marine corps, who
came to public notice for having
knocked down DR.. E. S. Cowles at a
navy dance last December, is to mar
wv Miss Madeline Swift daughter Of
Rear Admiral William Swift, u. S. N,
retired at Washington. ID. 9.
Tho annual convention of the Sons
80 tbe American Revolution closed at
To,ado Ohio. with the election Of olfi :
GERS william Allen Marble of New
york was elected president general, S.
Y Rliss of Chicago was made a vice
rras;dent general and Rev. john III.
stone of Chicago was made chaplain
general
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
NEW YORK.

Trade reports, except in the North
west and on the North Pacific coast,
are of little gain in activity, and, in
deed, in some lines, such as textile
manufacturing, quiet or further cur
tailment is still the subject of discuss
sion. Some lines of industry. it is true,
are still active, prominent in these
being the building trades. with hard
ware and other kindred lines. There
is still evidence, however, that antici-
pations as to spring trade were keyed
too high. Collections are little, If any,
better. than fair.
Business failures for the week end
ing with May 10 were 225, as against
PIC last week, PIG in the like week
of 1903, 2S4 in 1908, los in 1907, and
10 in 1906. Bushes failures in Can
ada for the week numbered nineteen,
which compares with twentyfour for
last week and twenty-five in the CORE
spending week of last year.-Brad-
streets Report.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
"ARBITRATE OR FIGHT"
Slogan of Shippers Who Oppose
Raising of Freight Rates.

Shippers from the Pacific coast TO
the Atlantic seaboard, representing an
annual tonnage valued at more than
billion dollars, met in conference at
the Congress Hotel in Chicago, and IS
sued a challenge to the railroads OF
the country to prove that there exists
the necessity for increasing revenues
by increasing freight rates-chaileng-
ed them to prove it TO the interstate
commerce commission sitting as a
board of arbitration.
Having expressed the conviction that
the railroads will be unable to main
tain their position and justify the hori-
zontal increases in the class rates and
in the commodity rates in Eastern ter
ritory the mass meeting, which was
called by the Illinois Manufacturers
Association. perfected a permanent or
ganization with a guaranteed fund OF
more than $4,000 to pay for the bat
tie to be waged against what was term
ed the injustice and greed of the rail-
roads. Here is what the shippers de
cided to do:
Offer the railroads arbitration
through the interstate commerce COM
mission upon the question of whether
or not they are entitled to increase
freight rates in order to Increase their
revenues.
The arbitration must be coupled with
the agreement that pending it the pres
ent rates shall pertain. all increases
being held in allegiance.
Should conciliatory measures fail.
the shippers are pledged to take imme-
date action either before the inter-
state commerce commission or the fed
eral courts
Should the commission be appealed
to. that body will be asked to declare
the rates when put into effect to be un-
reasonable and unjust.
Should the courts be appealed 10,
they will be asked to issue an injunc-
ton restraining the railroads from
putting the proposed increases in rates
into effect until the commission shall
have the opportunity to examine ana
pronounce upon their reasonableness-
Organize a permanent body to carry
on the fight If a fight should become
necessary.
Create a conference committee of fif-
teen members whose duty it shall be 10
have charge of the campaign and place
the arbitration plan before the rail-
roads.
Tax every member of every organi-
cation present SO cents with a view to
raising fund to begin and carry on
the battle, the initial fund being abort
$50, 700.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26

Astronomers Are Dumbfounded
When Transit Is Not Made on
Schedule Time.
UFSETS THEIR CALCULATIONS.
Scientists at Loss for Explanation
and Believe the Tail May Have.
Become Curved.

The earth did not pass through the
scheduled by the astronomers. Instead,
the heavenly wanderer SHE'D and turn
ed its caudal appendage away from
our globe. From observatories all over
the world came dispatches to the effect
that the tail of the comet, which was
the path of the earth and to envelop
us in its gaseous matter, had SO curved
as to delay the time of contact.
The fact that the earth did not pass
through the tail of the comet at the
time calculated by the scientists is one
nomical science ever has received. AS
tronomers everywhere accepted the
computations of Independent calculat-
ors, who estimated that the earth
would be in the center of the comets
tail between S:37 and 9:37 o'clock
Wednesday night. and the failure of
the phenomenon to occur has complete
ly upset the most of their ideas about
the comet.
Prof. Edwin B. Frost of the Yerkes
observatory, Prof. E. E. Barnard and
Prof. S. A. Mitchell of Columbia Uni
versity, after an all-night vigil of the
comets tail in the eastern sky, de-
clared that they could not explain the
reason for the temperance of the
comets tail in the east, although they
offered possible hypothesis. AT the
Transvaal observatory, in South AT
RIGA, r. T. A. Innes, the director, gave
out the statement that he believed
the earth would not pass through the
tail OF the comet at all.
In spite of the fact that scientists
had stated that there was absolutely
no danger to the earths inhabitants
in the nearness of the comet, many
poorly informed persons chung to the
belief that dire calamities were about
to occur.
An aged Chicago woman, in fear OF
the comet, killed herself with gas, and
others in the house were nearly as
phyxiated.
Christ Chekos, a Greek, gave away
all of his money at East Chicago ave-
nue. and North State street, Chicago.
and exhorted adults and children to
prepare for the end of the world
Domestics in South Bend, Ind.
quit work, fearing the comet would
bring destruction to the earth.
An Ohio man went insane worrying
over the comet
Farmers near Neenah, Wis, removed
lightning rods from barns and homes
for fear they would attract dangerous
substances from the comet.
Residents of Minnesota Point, Mimi,
left their homes for fear tidal wave
from Lake Superior would cause del
uge.
Fear was evident among the ne
groes in the BLACK belt" of Chicago,
among the residents of the Italian
settlements and on the lower west
side, where many attended church SER
vices.
Fakirs in Atlanta, Ca, made large
profits selling "conjur bags" to ne
groes to protect them from the comet
Negroes in many Southern cities
held all-night prayer services.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26
MINES TO REMAIN IDLE.
Illinois Operators and Men Fail 4,
Reach Terms and Strike Is On.

Illinois Operators and Men Fail TO
Reach Terms and Strike Is On.
Illinois coal operators and miners
reached the parting of the ways Fri.
day afternoon and the joint convention
in Peoria adjourned sine die. The sus,
pension which has been in effect since
April 1 will now become strike and
test of endurance on both sides. Nc
attempt will be made by the operators
to resume with non-union miners, and
1t is probable that the mines will re.
main closed during the summer. The
immediate effects of the strike are ex.
pected to show a sharp advance in coal
prices in Chicago. No serious coal
shortage is anticipated, as all the East.
ern mines are il operation and able
to supply the Chicago market, but at
advanced prices.
Officials OF the United Mine Workers
have not yet outlined their plan OF
campaign or said whether the pump
men and other mechanics now doing
repair and alteration work in the
mines are to be ordered out or not.