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generated into acrimonious nsinuatons which ended
only when Kane hurried away on his delayed GRAND.
Chahng under the futity of it all, Roberts declined
Elmores offer of berth the Hook. "I find you all
here in the morning, he said.
A CURIOUS feeling of uneasiness possessed the Su-
perntendent he stood for instant peering into
the night. Close at hand overlooking the Narrows,
stood the Government wireless plant few feet beyond,
the storage house for Kanes powder of which Elmore
had spoken. Possibly that, the propinquy of
that mysterious unseen power, harnessed by human
science, that oppressed him.
He stroled up to the plant, where he could the
wireless operator moving among his big black dynamos.
At first the inclined to be sullen, who
harbored fancled grievance; but the tender of
cigarette loosened his tongue.
Kane's shinnegans have the plant all baled up" the
operator complained. Half the time l can't get the
Shps-our power shoots clear beyond their tune-up,
when they re near shore Currents don't hitch
how. Either he knows nothing about wireless, he's
doing something else than trying to combine the tee
graph and the phone Oh yes saw that Wander blow
up, he said, answering Roberts casual question Old
Kane nearly had fit. Acted he expected the yacht
to 60 right up in the air. He's got nerves. all right!
The operatives grumbllng words, confirming as they
did, in measure Elmores suspicious, startled the STU
perinendent. Blind leads, every one, from the Chiefs
to Emore-wth the odds in favor of spontaneous COM
buston in the end he speculated the motorboat cut
through the water; but that don't help Elmore, nor
the agency. I'll follow my hunch.'
A T the Battery night operative from his office met
him with cablegram from Lloyd's. Afraid we'd
miss you at the Office tonight" he said.
Roberts looked nquiringy at him he ripped open
the cablegram.
"Vanders booked passage on the Lucerne, Operative
Brennan just reported. Booked ten days ago; but it
didn't leak out
Roberts nodded. Just the same, the Fates don't
mean he shall get to Europe Listen
"Suspcously heavy insurance Lucerne by Amer
lean spectators Make special inquiry before permitting
sailing of subject -
he read Insurance on Wander and on the Lucerne
Rogers
She's sailing with the tide the said
(Which means we 60 there first eh?" Roberts hailed
a nghthawk taxicab. Climb in, Rogers: you may be
useful: Here's where we see if my bunch comes to
scratch"
The taxicab to the North River, through
heavy mist which shrouded the monster steamship.
Over the wharf her three tunnels doomed ghosy black
The Superintendent sprang out with word to Rogers
and disappeared up the gangway.
Between alternate drowsngs the night operative
wondered sleepy at the sudden confusion aboard On
the ship he in uniform racing for the wireless
room with Roberts active figure in the Rogers
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He patted crisp bill approvingy. Must be big job
His description did not belle his brother clerk. AS the
Superintendent followed him into the taxi he breathed
sigh of relief for the first time since the mysterious
explosion had threatened the agencys valuable
ton with Lloyd's.
First, Harlem, where the goats live-after you"
Rogers glanced vcousy at Roberts red headed prize
the cab joted and swayed once more its down town
uh now aGda the Battery BY a1S We'll
Anyway, the Chief won't wait
Roberts laughed 1.-The Chief needs us to copper his
guesswork by proving Elmore in the insurance game
He's counting connection with Loyds; BESIDES
he knows we've been ferreting after those professional
sharks who insured Wander on the outside"
green light glimmered mistiy, and the coughing
at her moorings.
The Chief, buking indistincty in the night hurried
them aboard He glanced inquiringly at Roberts COM
panions but asked no questions His face ex-
preston of dissatisfaction which the Superintendent did
not understand; his answers short and he OBJ
viously disinclined to talk.
Roberts stared ahead into the murk bloting out the
shore. Slowly the daylight filtered through. AS they
neared the Narrows the mist lifted slightly and wrath
like the outlines of the Government buildings etched
themselves against the horizon
Out of the haze monster shape rushed down upon
them; incredibly swift and silent she forged ahead
specer ship drawing close in to those sheeted ghosts
the Hook as she sped oceanward.
She's the Caronia,' the Chief said modify. She'll
give the Lucerne race across
A TERRIBLE roar rolled out which filled the harbor
with shuddering. rocking the tug she plowed
ahead Vivid flashes of streakng orange, and blue and
green, immnently followed the crashing boom of the
explosiona crater of flame shooting greedily licking
tongues skyward from the heart of the ghosty silhouette
the Hook For an instant the big ship,
with the terrible flare, loomed tawny and menacing;
then like curtain, the mist had blotted her out.
Appalled,, Roberts turned to the Chief. The old
sleuth was on his feet, brandishing both fists.
81 knew it - he reared That scoundrel Elmore!
That's what he gets for trying to dynamite his own
unele It's suicide. of course He just took chance
get in ahead of Auburn and the electric chair.
An officer in khaki hurried down the wharf the tug
pushed her alongside the strngpiece Explosion"
he said, answering the Chiefs rapid fire CALCULATIONS.
ooh, premature explosion of guncotton; but Ell
more"
Elmore! The Chief gasped "Ain't he dead?"
Dead. He's up in the wireless shack, accusing Kane
of exploding by some combination of his own powder
and wireless
The big sleuth out of the tug with one bound.
He covered the distance the run for regardless
of official dignity.
What's this mean?" he demanded, as he burst pant
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had lost all sense of time when the
Superintendent reappeared down
the gangway with two of the ship
officers. He stopped to look at his
watch by the light of the taxi $
lamps.
Three o'clock; We'll just
make it. Remember, the Lucerne
doesn't hoist her anchor till YOU
get the word from me, no matter
how long past her sailing hour it
may be! Here, Rogers, freeze onto
that as if your life depended on it,"
The officers nodded soberly to
both remarks. Rogers took the
long manila package, with its ex-
press tag and pastors, which the
purser gingerly held out, with an
uncanny foreboding that in it he
held the grim solution to the har-
Dor mystery that had cost the
agency force SO many anxious
hours.
The Superintendent gave a hur-
ried direction, Take chances on
the speed; I'll foot the damage"
he ordered, and the taxi, lurching
perilously round corners, sped
eastward.
Time was lost-precious time,
with Roberts Tuning in his cor
ner, searching the silent East Side
streets for the little out of the
way express Office from which the
package was registered. Another
half-hour was consumed in
frantic hunt through the books
with the help of a sleepy clerk on
night duty.
Here it is, and you'll get what
you're after" that youth ex-
claimed, comparing the tag with
an entry. "Reddy took that pack
age; he's got a swell memory
for names and faces. The other
clerks" The panegyric ended
in gaping wonder. WE'LL" he
gasped. Anyway. you're real!"
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ITALY IS ROCKED
BY EARTHQUAKE;
MANY ARE DEAD
CENTRAL CAMPANIA STRICKEN
WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL
IN THEIR BEDS.
CALITRl IS HALF DESTROYED.
City Near Naples Suffers Much Prop
erty Damage and Over Twenty Are
Reported Killed.

AVELLINO, Compartment of Campo
MIA, June THE province of Avellino
Bore the brunt of a severe earthquake
that was felt throughout southern Italy
shortly before dawn today. Fatalities
occurred and much damage was done to
property but up to noon it was impos-
sible to determine the extent OF the
devastation.
In this city little harm was done and
the only death reported was that of an
old man VINO uled of fright The popula-
ton, however, was terrOr-strlcken. Ike
ports from villages throughout the prov
ince are much more grave.
Twenty people are reported killed at
Calitri, which is said to have been badly
damaged The situation there is dis
'tressing.
Ten persons are said to have met
death at San Sossio, where the sulphur
waters, with which the district is rich,
were released from bounds by the dis
turbance and flooded the vicinity. From
the food, noXiOus gases arose.
At Chianche a house fell, burying and
killing an aged man. One person was
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ROAD CHARGES FRAUD.
Illinois Central Declares Four Former
Officials Benefited to Extent
of 100000.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 7.-Charging that
it has been defrauded of about $1,000
600 on repair work in a period of four
years, the Illinois Central Railroad com
pany filed suit for an accounting against
four of it's former officials on Monday
The railroad company's bill, which al
leges conspiracy to defraud, names the
following men:
0. S. Keith, former superintendent of
transportation; Joseph E. Buker, former
superintendent of the car department.
William Renshaw, former superintendent
of the machinery department. and John
NJ. Taylor, former general storekeeper.
In connection with these charges. the
Illinois Central declares in it's bill that
these concerns profted in alleged over
charge on car repair work in the fol-
lowing amounts:
The Blue Island Equipment COMPANY
100000; the American Car and Enni1-
ment company, 100000; the Oeferman
Manufacturing company, $4,000. ana
the Memphis Car company, $500. 900.
The railroad also fled suits for an ac-
counting against the West Pullman Ca
company and against the American Car
and Equipment company.
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BREWERS IN SESSION.
National Association Meets in Washing
ton, an Objective Point of
Enemy's Compaign.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June I'm
points of the ''enemy's campaign" the
national capitol, where prohibition has
been agitated for some time past, the
United States Brewers association to-
day opened their annual convention,
which will last three days. About $50
members of the association. many other
brewers and also manufacturers of ma
chinery for breweries, attended the first
sessions. The convention proper will be
called to order tomorrow. when President
Carl 81. Hoster of Kansas City will de-
liver an address and reports of the trus-
tees and standing committees will be
read.
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central part of the compartment of Cam
panla and is directly east of Naples.
Cailtrl, which, according to latest reports
received this forenoon, suffered the most
is a town of about 5000 inhabitants. 1t
Is situated on the Ofanto river, seven
miles northeast Of Coma.
Felt in Other Provinces.
The shock also was felt in the depart
ments of Basilicata, Calbria, and Sicily.
1t centered in the province of Avellino, in
Campania, but extended throughout the
provinces of Benevento, Campobasso,
Caserta and Naples
A panic was created at Tore Annun-
ziota and Tore Del Greco, where the
populations live in constant fear of an
eruption from Mt Vesuvius
Reports from Basilicata say that the
Similar reports come from Paola and
Catanzaro in the compartment of CANA
bria and from Palermo on the northern
coast of Sicily.
King Visits Scene.
ROME, June THE King, accompa-
MED by Queen Helena, left for Avellino
on special train at 2 o'clock this after
noon. Two automobiles for their use
were placed on board the train Her
majesty insisted upon going with the
King instead of sending some one to
represent her. The Queen declared that
her experience at Messina convinced her
of the need of some one with authority
who understood how to deal with such
an emergency and to give first aid. The
sovereigns left amid a great public dem
onstratiOn.
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SOFTENED IN DYING,
Effect of Religion and Approaching Dis
solution on James Gordon Ben
nett's Lawyer.

PARIS, June THE ameliorating
influence Of religion was never
more strikingly illustrated than in
the circumstances surrounding the
recent death of Maitre Barbour.
He was noted lawyer and member of
years he had been a bitter enemy of the
church, but he died in her bosom. Be
fore passing away he gathered his fami-
ly, servants and intlmates about his bed,
and begged forgiveness for any wrongs
he had done them. The most remarkable
attempt at reparation which he under
took grew out of the part he had borne
as attorney for James Gordon Bennett
in the suit brought by the latter's
daughter, Juliet Shelter, whose mother
is Nine. Camille Clairmont.
The case is now in appeal and Bar
boux declared that if he recovered he
would never consent to argue it. He
wrote and telegraphed to James Gordon
Bennett, who was then in the Far East.
that he would assume the responsibility
of settling the case and that he had
promised this settlement to Maitre Henri
Robert, the lawyer of Nine. Clairmont
and daughter.
In order morally to force Bennett to
accept this compromise and place him
in a position where he could not retract,
Barbour offered to advance from his
own pocket the necessary funds for set
Element. This sum amounted to nearly
$4,000, the interest on which was to
be settled on Benefits disinherited
daughter for life. Such an offer, unique
in the annals of the Palais de Justice.
caused much comment. The venerable
Lawyer Barbour died before the legal
arrangement was terminated and Ben
nett has engaged new lawyer, M.
Rousset, and ordered him to fight the
case to the bitter end
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
SCRAMBLE FOR STOCKS
VIOLENT BOOST IN PRICES CAUSES
BEARS TO MAKE RUSH.
Upward Movement Heavily Supported by
Demand for American Securities
in London.

NEW YORK, June THE stock
market today showed a violent transfer
nation from the demoralized weakness
of Monday, and prices jumped in even
greater disorder than attended the
slump. First prices were from l to 5
points higher than Monday nights clos
ing.
The news that the dispute between
the government authorities and the rail
roads over the proposed advance in
freight rates had been settled at the
conference at the white house threw
the uncovered bears into a panicky CON
dition and they bid prices up on them
selves in their scramble to secure stocks.
London quotations at the time the New
York stock market opened showed prices
of Americans / to over i points higher
than Mondays New York closing and
first prices were run up over even that
level. Prices started, therefore. at / to
points higher than their close Saturday,
Mondays declines being lost in that ex-
cess on the recovery.
Buyers at Mondays low prices thus
found profits accrued that were far in
excess of any ordinary movement of
weeks. The rush to realize these profits
carried prices backwards Immediately,
the reaction running from to 3 points
The violent activity of the market kept
up through these rapid fluctuations.
The extent to which the selling to
realize was pushed begot a suspicious
attitude on the part of the buyers. At
one time only a fraction remained of st.
Paul's 512 point rise. The st. Paul
movement later came under suspicion Of
and stocks rallied again with vigor.
The dispute in Congress over the dis
position of the railroad bill was an I'M
settling influence.
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citizenship, says all widows and ''old
maids who are not likely to marry
should take out papers of citizenship.
She is opposed to equal suffrage, and
saws woman's place is the home. Her
application for citizenship brought Mrs
Iindenstruth many offers OF marriage, but
she intends to remain single, unless
man who sis good and very wealthy
offers himself. She enumerates her &C,
complishments by saying she can cook,
darn socks. make the finest kind of a
gown and put the best shine ever on
kitchen stove.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
COUNT ACCUSED
BOSTON WOMAN CHARGES SALE OF
SPURIOUS PICTURES.
Defendant Declares Mrs. Charles Ham1l-
ton Paine Knew Paintings Were
Not Old Masters.

PARIS. June There was an ex-
citing scene before the examining
MAGISTRATE at Tours Monday when the
false Count D'Aulby de Gatigny was
confronted by Mrs. Charles Hamilton
Paine. widow of the rich Boston
copper Spectator, who charged nm
with having sold her hundreds OF
thousands OF dollaTS WORM u 0pui io"0
old masters.
Mrs. Paine paid over 100000 for
her nictures. She said that all this
money passed from her hands INTO
those of a man and woman known
as the Comtesse D'Aulby Gle Gatlgny,
who undertook to procure FOR her
such a collection of works of art as
She desired. They had previously
charmed her by their gracious ami
ability and social patronage.
When she found she had been de-
ceived she caused the arrest of the
count-Who it is said, is the son OF
a London tailor named Dolby-and
his wife at their handsome chateau
near Tours.
Frederic Allan, a Franco-American
barrister, declared that ever word of
Mrs. Paines statement was false.
Il never represented the pictures as
genuine old masters he said. The
price at which / sold them is sufficient
refutation of that story. But" he
continued, there is other proof, and
plenty of it. When the pictures were
delivered there were not enough of
them to cover the huge walls of the
Paine house. so Mrs Paine asked me
to go out and cover the wall space.
These pictures, Mrs. Paine told the
guests, were heirlooms which had
been in her family for century. In
addition she sent for a newspaper
woman and gave her thousand
francs for publishing an article de-
scribing these so-called heirlooms."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
POLITE JAPANESE POLICE.
A Rebuke to Tourists-Originally
Most Aristocratic Body.


The Japanese police, one of whose
chiefs has been studying English meth
DDS at Scotland yard with a view of i'm
provements in his own force, was orig
inally the most aristocratic body of the
kind in the world.
It's establishment was almost cOinCi-
dent with the Emperor's decree forbid
ding the wearing of swords. By
stroke of the imperial pen the Samurai
were deprived of cherished weapons, by
which the gentleman of Japan had been
accustomed from immemorial times to ad-
vertise their rank. So they went into
the police, where it was still possible to
carry a sword, and a very formidable
weapon it was, being of the two-handed
variety.
Perhaps the police twenty years ago
were rather too fond Of chonning a prls-
oner in half instead of arresting him, but
they were very expert, and there was
seldom any evidence TO contradict their
own version of the incident.
To people Of their own rank and to
foreigners they are polite in a degree
which would have seemed ludicrous any
where except in the land Of hOnoriIcS
The writer remembers an incident when
illustrates this train well enough. II
was at Osaka during a water festival
and the bridges were kept clear OF pas
sengers much in the same way as our
own on boat race day. A rope at either
end guarded by a policeman was sull1"
cient for the purpose.
With the contempt for authority
which distinguishes the Englishman
abroad, two or three tourists stood on
the wrong side of the rope out of the
crowd, so as to get a better view, but
the policeman was equal to the occasion;
With apologize bows he united one enf
of the rope and then fastened it AGAIN
in front of the foreigners, and they, had
tho good sense to accept the rebuke.-
London Chronicle.
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Singing Kettles.

The Japanese manufacture in a great
variety of forms iron teakettles which
break into song when the water boiis.
The song may not be 4 perfect melody,
notes produced by some of the insects
that the japanese also treasure for their
:uuSiC.
rhe harmonious sounds of the teaket-
.leS are produced by steam bubbles es-
Gaping from beneath thin sheets of iron
fastened closely together nearly at the
bottom. To get the best effect some
The character of the sounds varies with
the form of the kettle. These singing
kettles have been used for many cen
turies.-Harper'S Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
RUSSIAN HEARTLESSNEss
Commission Disguised with Poorhouse
and Asylum at ST. PETERSBURG,

An influential commission has inspected
the Obouchoff hospital, one of the biggest
municipal hospitals in st. Petersburg
has discoyered an astounding state of
affairs. The worst conditions prevailed
in the wards for inebriates. The mems
ward was SO overcrowded that some of
the patients had to lie in the corridor.
The women's ward was in the basement.
and the atmospheric conditions were
sitting. There was no ventilation. The
hospital kitchen adjoined the mortuary
chamber. and the larder was in the bath
room. The clothes and soiled linen of
the poorest classes of the population Law
all over the floor, and the entire place
was verminous. About 500 inmates were
lodged in wooden sheds hastily put to-
gether-the councillors described them as
mere stables; and many tuberculous pa
tents were being treated in these insa-
luxurious jerry-built barracks. The sights
they witnessed during their four hours
visit so affected the municipal councillors
that they did not complete the inspection
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

back that I thought l would die
Headaches and dizzy spells chung to
me and the kidney action was irregu-
lar. My feet and ankles were so bad
ly swollen I could not wear my Shoes
The doctor told me had Brights dis
ease, but his medicine failed to help
me. Doan's Kidney Pills quickly re-
Iieved me and ere long l was cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
NECK BROKEN, HOLDS
UP HEAD WITH HANDS
Pittsburg Man Shows Nerve After Meet
ing with Accident-Doctors
Say He May Live.

PITTSBURG. Pa, June with his
neck broken and supporting his head
with both hands to keep it from falling
limp onto his shoulder. Elmer Grove %
years DID, walked hime with the assist
ance of two companions. after he had
fallen from street car. When taken to
a hospital later the physician said the
man might live, although the spinal col
umn was broken near the base of the
skull. An operation will be performed to
remove pieces of broken bone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

pen for lever as the more distinguished
bearer of the name. Cecil Chesterton
IS, in point of fact, the younger brother
of the redoubtable &c. X. g., whom ne
resembles in features, though not in
stature. The younger Chesterton, in
addition to being an able writer, is a red
hot Socialist, and in his new book, Par
ty' and People," which Aston Rivers is
about to publish, he will probably reveal
a capacity for treading on the toes OF the
noitically and socially orthodox as pro.
no1Inced as that of his big brother"
hilnself.-Bookseller
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10

scanty urinary pas
sages, b a C k a C h e,
headache and dizzy
spells tell of disor-
dered kidn>ys. Neg
lect Of these warn
ings may prove fatal.
Begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
cure sick kidneys.
Mrs. H. R. Peebless
80 N. Walnut St., ).
Akron, O., says: Il.
hadsuch severe pains
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-06-10
His Real Want.

Ihey tell up in Brown county of a
clerk who showed forty styles and pat
Germs of glngham TO Il man whose wife
Dad sent him to dry goods store on an
vrrand, and to every pattern the man
said: My wife said she didn't want
anything like that
The clerk put the last piece, on the
shelf. Sir" he said, you don't want
gingham. You want a divorce kan
sas City Journal
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Child Poisoned with Acid.

\ 2-year-old son of DR.. J. W. McFar-
Ian, a prominent physician at Bedford,
Ind. toddled into his fathers Office dur
ing the latter's temporary absence and,
reaching up to a table. got hold of a
vial of carbolic acid and drank it with
fatal effects. The father had been using
the acid on q patient.