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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-31

Automobile for hire Gay or night
Phone 1871 or see G. A. Sexton, 70
Smith street. oIf-s-ls-rx
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-31

Iectricians--Iour wanted at once;
must be experienced In light motor
and generator work. Apply at 2S1
King street, ". p Christoferson.
174S-10-31-1t*
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NEW YORK REsTAuRANT.

yousn nad It IN tns NEWS
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-31
After the BIoodiesl
Battle Of the
Revolution.
STILL on
Conc eSsionS bv
the Emperor Nay Ma
End the War.

80 .. p
Shanghai, Oct 31:-The rebels
captured Hankow Sunday after the
bloodiest battle since the revolution
broke out, according to information
brought here today. Wireless dts
patches from foreign warships In the
Yangtse river, off the city, referred
to fighting today, but it Is not clea
whether they meln Sundays engage
ment or that fighting has been reT
stunned.
Since Friday the rebels death rosl
is placed at 1000. The lmperialists
at three hundred This dses not ill-s
clude the Hankow citizens slaughter
ed by the imperialists after tho
rebels had retreated from thege
across the river to WI Chang.
AS previously expected the rebels
defeat resulting In the loss OF Fan-
kow was not serious. They were
outnumbered, however, and fudiRg
their position difficult to hold fell
back upon Wu Chang, which had
been their headquarters aince carly
In the rebellion. Reinforced and re-
supplied with ammunition thefa
they resumed the struggle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-05
SYNOPSIS.

,,, ffihlhp Cayley, accused of a crime of
s ~.rICn ne Is not guilty. resigns from the
~ my In disgrace and his affection for
i1 1,is friend, Lieut.. Perry Hunter, turns to
1890 aeteu. Cayley seeks solitude, where he
perfects flying machine. While soaring
nNef tne Arctic regions he picks up
aeeIaousIy SNAPPED stick he had seen in the
f'ES,ahs hand. Mounting again, he dis
800 "reIs yacht anchored in the bay. De-
80 Si"ulhg near the steamer, he meets
stIi on an ice foe. HS learns that the
= name Is Jeanne Fielding and that
nc yacht has come north to seek signs
~ Ier Iather, Captain Fielding, an arctic
TEkpIofer. A party from the yacht is ma
kIhg search ashore After Cayley departs
lame finds that he had dropped a GU
ti"osIy-shaped stick. Captain Planck and
me SURVIVING crew of his wrecked whaler
ar" III hiding the coast A giant ruff
man named Roscoe. had murdered Fielding
,'i11 ms Two companions after the ex
PIufer mad revealed the location Of
nor nous ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
.1oK command of the party. 1t develops
ue rufhan had committed the muir
Witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
10 capture the yacht and escape with a
pLE IOad or gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw.
owner or the yacht, about the visit of the
Sh4 man and shows him the stick left b.
rlyley. Fanshaw declares that ii is an
laF'S; rom FanshaW returns from the
- screening party with a sprained ankle.
ItTTy Hunter is found murdered and
= ayiey is accused of the crime but Jeanne
2eheVes him innocent. A relief party goes
%, ma the searchers. Tom cOnfesses his
We for Jeanne. She rows ashore and
leTs an abandoned hut.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-05
CHAPTER Vll.-Continued.

The sight of it might well have
caused astonishment or alarm in the
girls mind. But it was neither alarm
nor establishment that her next act
expressed. She dropped down on her
knees beside the rude wooden bunk,
drew the chest up close in the tight
embrace of her young arms, laid he.
cheek against the cold polished sur
face of it's blackened wood, and cried
Every question that might have
asked itself-how the thing could
have come there, and what it's coming
might pretend to herself OF to the
other OF the AurOras people-w2G
swept away u: sudden rusn OF filial
affection and regret which the sight
of It instantly awoke. 1t had reached
her with that sudden poignant stab
of memory which inanimate objects.
familiar by long association, seem to
be more potent to call up than the
very persons of the friends with whom
they are associated. The sight OF her
so instantaneous and Overwhelming g.
an effect upon her as the sight of this
old chest, which was one of the EARL
est &c her associations with him.
II had always stood, until he had
taken it with him on that last voyage
of his, upon a certain farther corner
of his desk in the old library. 1t was
one of those objects OF Il class that
children always love-smooth, pol
ished, beautiful beautiful and. at the
same time. defying curiosity.
1t was quite a masterpiece of cabi-
net work No hinges were visible,
and the cover fitted SO closely upon
the box inself that the line which
separated them was hard to discover.
And there was no trace OF keyhole or
lock To those uninitiated into its
secret. it defed any attempt to
open 1t.
Presently she seated herself on the
bunk. took the little chest on her
knees and set about opening it. BE
tween the cold and her excitement she
found this rather a difficult thing to
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-05
CHAPTER Viii.
ApparitionS.

Roscoe did not pause to investigate
the effect of his blow, nor to waste a
second one. If the man who had con-
fronted him there in the companion
way was dead, so much the better If
he were only half-dead, the job could
be finished at any time. He was out
of the way for the present at least.
Roscoe hurried on. searching state
rooms and passageways and finally
the crews quarters, forward
When he had satified himself that
he and his men were in undisputed
possession of the yacht. he emerged
on deck again by the forward hatch
way. and found Captain Planck al
ready there He directed him to go
below with Schwartz, who had been
engineer aboard the whaler, and get
steam up as promptly as possible He
himself remained on deck, directing
the unloading and stowage of those
precious golden slabs that the rest
OF the party were bring out in boats
from the shore.
We've got II all, Roscoe. unless you
want them barrels of whale OIL" a
man in the last boat sang out as they
came alongside.
Well leave them TO pay for this
nickel-plated ship" Roscoe answered.
Come! Look alive and get aboard
Wen be ready to start as soon as We
can get little daylight
He looked them over, numbered
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-05

throw ii on he clustered. stormed at
and abused them for pack of liars
But in the end he sprang down into
one of the boats. and said he would
fetch the box himself Whether he
believed their story. or not, it was
the only thing for him TO do.
AS he pulled shoreward he tried
hard to convince himself that he did
not believe 1t; that Rose and Carlson
had probably forgotten all about the
box. and had trumped up the story to
avoid the necessity of going back for
it.
He beached his boat, scrambled
ashore and set out walking doggedly
along in the direction Of the hut. The
fog was still all but impenetrable, even
to his practised vision, but he knew
the shore like the palm of his hand.
and he trudged on without a pause.
until he was within ten PAGES, per
haps, of his destination.
But there he faltered and stopped.
turned about, under an irresistible i'm
pulse of fear, and would have fled
had not sheer necessity compelled
him to stop again. There was light.
a diffused yellow glow, faint but I'M
mistakale, shining out of the windows
of the hut.
He knew he could not go back 20
the Aurora without that box; it was
necessary both to his future safety and
his present command of the situation.
His one hold upon those sullen follow
ers of his depended upon his being i'm
pervious alike to terror and TO defeat.
If he were to go back Tow without
accomplishing his purpose. it would
only be question of days before they
murdered him. They all hated him.
enough for that. he knew.
Yet, even under that necessity, it
was three or four minutes before, at
the command Of his burly will he be-
gan creeping forward on hands and
knees toward the lighted window OF
the hut.
And when he reached point where
he could command its interior his
knees slipped out from under him and
he lay prone upon the icy beach, his
lace DuTlGu III MS UulSlASNCuSu az mo-
For those two sailors had told the
truth.
Presently he drew himself up and
squatted back on his launches, star
ing. Human or not, the figure there
in the hut seemed unaware of his
presence. 1t was staring at the ex-
piring flame of the candle in profound
abstraction When it stirred. as pres
emily it did. it was with natural.
human motion. And then the candle
went out,
In the few seconds of silence which
followed his terror returned upon
him with full force. But it went
away as suddenly as ii had come, and
with its recession there surged up Ia
him a wave OF british anger. IL was
no ghost that had sat in contempla-
ton over the contents of that Sox.
for It was moving now. with human
footsteps-faltering uncertain foot
steps. at that. And when 1t appeared.
lust visible and no more, outside the
doorway, IL called aloud In human
t,,ic,>-S g" 3ynan's voice.
(TO BE CONTINUED
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do, though her mind never, never
hesitated over the slightest detail OF
the necessary formula Of procedure.
She knew in just what order to press
in those innocent-looking little orna-
mental tacks in the brass binding; re-
membered the right moment to turn
the box up on its end and let the
just released steel ball roll down its
channel TO the pocket, where it must
lie before the last pressure upon the
last spring would prove effective. She
no more faltered over it than she
would have faltered over her alphabet.
And at last, when her numbed fin
gers had completed their task, the
counter-weighted lid rose slowly by
itself, just as it had used to, and re-
vealed to her swimming eyes the con
tents Of the interior.
Up to the moment she had not real
lied what the finding Of the dispatch
box meant 1t had not occurred TO
her that full account of her fathers
expedition, a narrative which would
reach, perhaps, to the morning of the
under her eyes.
But now when the cover opened and
she saw beneath 1t thick volume,
bound in red morocco. she realized
that here, under Ter hand, was the
very object. in search Of which the
Aurora had set out upon her perilous
voyage.
The first sight Of her fathers clear,
erect, precise Handwriting warmed
her with a sudden courage. But even
this new Inspiration of courage cid
not make her strong enough to turM
back and read the last entry iii mat
tragic journal first. She tried to do
it, but the will failed her So she be
gan at the lightning. OIce she had
H,>lnged into the fascinating nara
tive, the whole OF TIE oIt.ide world
faded away from he. She vas oblivious
to the TACT ihat the darkness outside
was no lGrge' the mere darkness Of
he fog. Obvious TO the rising wind
that POURED its 10y stream through the
leaky walls &: the hue AID made the
candle flicker: OblyiO%s, even 10 the
verJ sound which she had meant to
vii fDr-the sOrnd of Toms voice
calling cut 10 her from the yacht, and
me sound OF other, more alarming,
nearer |O!ceS.
They all fell on deaf ears IS she
turned page after page of that pre-
tious record Of her fathers life. 1t
was written. in til. main. in the scien-
tific, observanr. Unimpassioned temper
which she knew SO well. He ChrOn-
icled those days of peril, when their
ship, crushed in the ice, and only kept
from sinking b. that very ice, which
hal just destroyed her. was drifting
along in the pack, to what seemed
certain destruction, as quietly and as
explicitly as he did the uneventful
voyage through Behring strait The
mans courage was so deeply element
al in him that he could not be self
conscious about it.
He told of the land, the strange, un-
| charted shore, whose discovery offer
ed them respite at least, from that
destruction: told how he got his re-
manning stores ashore and built the
hut. where, in all human probability,
he and his companions were to spend
the rest of their lives.
Finally she reached the record Of
, the day when he had consigned TO the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-05

,ury morning when Roscoe had
murdered him Its discovery would
go q long way toward bridging the
gap which Roscoe meant TO leave in
their departing trail. In short, if that
rosewood box were left behind, Ros-
coe would always feel that he was in
more or less danger OF detection And
he didn't mean to have a thing like
that hanging over him.
Consequently, when he discovered
that the box was not on board, and
that his particular injunctions con-
corning it had been either neglected
or disobeyed, he came raging up on
deck again, a most formidable figure,
which caused his companions, harden
ed ruffians though they were, to cover
and shrink away from him.
In a torrent of furious blasphemy,
he demanded to know why that box
had not been brought aboard: and the
concentrated lees of his rage he
emptied at last upon the two men
whom he had ordered to do it.
Now" he concluded, when the tor
rent had spent itself. you go ashore,
you two. Yes, you. Carlson mean
you-and you, Rose; go ashore now
and get it,"
Then, after a mOmentary silence,
he ragged out the command again.
amid a foul flood of abuse.
But still they made no move TO
obey, and the big Swede. in evident
terror, answered him. II won't get
it, Roscoe If you want that box. you
can get it yourself"
What in he'll do you mean?" the
leader stormed. But his voice. even
as he spoke. lost its confident tang OF
authority
You tell him." said Carlson, nod
dingtO his companion, Rose. Evident
ly it was Rose who had told the story
to the other members of the party. He
was sQuatly built man with stub
born jaw, and Planck, in the days OF
his command, had always disliked him
as that most undesirable pest that can
be found in a fOrecastle-a sea law
yer
What did you leave the box in the
hut f0r?" he demanded. He might
not have come back if you had left
it in the cave"
Come back" echoed Roscoe, with
growl
That's what said We went to
the hut to get it, and there was a
light inside, and there he sat, just like
he used to- And he had the box
open"
He, Who do you mean" There
was no trace of turbulence in Roscoe 8
voice now He spoke as though his
throat was dry.
1T was Captain Fielding; him TO
the life. And. yet it was different
from the way he used to be. We
couldn't see it very well. It's face was
sideways and the light was behind 1t,
and it looked smaller and thinner
more-mCre like a woman. Or Rose
had had the word spiritual in his vo-
cabuary he would have used it. In
default OF it, he gave up trying TO
express just what he meant) Any
way. there he sat with the box open
beside him. and that red book of his
open on his knees. Go back for IL:
Well, l guess not"
There was momentary silence aft
er he had finished, and Roscoe could
feel it, as it stretched itself out to the
length of half minute or So the chill
Of their terror enveloping him. To
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-05-05
CIretiroetantiaI Evidence

He says that he thought all day
yesterday that 1t was Saturday"
DO you think he really did?@
II guess so, he took a bath"
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and Corporal Chase from Company Il
took second and third place.
Practice In handling formal messages
by buzzer and telephone was held by
Company A. Signal corps. Tuesday night
twelve stations being located around the
armory. The practice was under tho su
pervision of Lieutenant T. D. Foster.
Under the proposed scheme OF reor-
ganlzation for signal companies Just pro-
mulgated by the war department. addi-
the rolls OF the Signal corps. Captain
Bourne has announced that he Will ac-
cept applications for enlistment Tuesday
evening.
The board Of officers appointed by the
adJutant general to examine officers fol-
commissions held session Monday night
for organization with Colonel II, NJ H
Lund, president Of the board. and Captain
Herbert Applewhito. detailed as instructor
board Will hold two sets OF exarnina tions
preliminary and final. All officers no,
holding commissions are to be examined.
An inspection of each section Of the
First battery was made last Monday
night. All the guns and other property
were found In excellent shape. Since
harness. every piece of the field guns
and all other equipment OF the battery
has been overhauled, defective partS re-
paired and all thoroughly cleaned In
the enlarged gunroom the equipment OF
this organization shows to splendid ad l.
vantage. This equipment Is valued at
over S125, 900. and is a counterpart OF that
furnished to batteries in the regular
army.
The baseball and basketball teams of
the battery appeared for the first time in
their new uniforms In Thursday night S
games with the Signal corps. Tho jer-
seys are of scarlet. with crossed cannons,
and the battery number and ''U" in
bright yellow on the breasts Nifty is
the. word TO be used In describing the
uniforms.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29
WATER SUPPLY LOW
In CR0T0N RESERVOIR
b. Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Jan, 2s.--New York is
down to its last fifty billion gallons OF
water. and if the drought which has
existed since last May continues for
three months, Father Knickerbock
er will have 20 take dry shave in the
morning and drink his bitters neat. If
the weather were suitable q man might
wade across the Croton lake reservoir
without wetting his shirt front. A re,
port by the water commissioner says
that the water is the lowest in the his,
tory Of the water department. "There
has been no rain of benefit to the
city's water supply since last May"
he said. ''But there is no immediate
danger. There is enough water for
present needs, but there is not drop
TO waste -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29
National Guard Notes

Two circulars have been issued from
the office of Adjutant General e. A.
Wcdgwood regarding the annual encamp-
ment. to be held earlier this year than
usual. Circular No. ] advises and di-
rccts company commanders to the ef-
feet that school and camp for commits
stoned officers will be held at Fort Doug
las In the week commencing July 10. Pay
and transportation will be allowed. Cir
cular No, advises that 1t is tentatively
planned to have the movement to the
annual encampment commence July 80.
and for companies TO reach their home
stations August 0. The circular advises
all officers and enlisted men to arrange
their civilian affairs so that they may
attend the encampment. which Is to be
one of the most Important ever held from
the standpoint Of instruction.
Company II appeared In new basket
ball uniforms Monday, night in the In
fantry colors. blue and white. The COM
pany letter is tastefully displayed on the
jerseys.
The Signal corps surprised the battery
when 1t defeated IL Thursday evening
in baseball 1t was conceded that the
Signal corps would defeat the artillery
that the diamond honors would go to the
battery The double header victory Won
the series for the Signal corps. which Will
now meet Company 3 of Ogden at the
ball and basketball. the games to be
played in the order named. This game
will end the first series. after which the
second series will be played between the
First battery and Company a. Signal
corps, and between Companies II and c,
the winners to play one another and the
winners of the match games TO play Com
pany B for the championship of the Ma
tlonal Guard Of Utah.
The officers Of the National Guard OF
Utah will meet with the point military
committee of the senate And house at
the armory Tuesday morning to discuss
pending legislation.
At the election held by Company II
Monday night. Captain w. II, Gregory
was elected captain. succeeding Captln
Caproni. resigned. Captain Gregory brings
to the company many years Of experience
in the National Guard of Illinois. and is
a graduate OF a military academy OF high
rank.
Company II organized its basketball
team Monday night as follows: Walter
Cato and Charles Jones. forwards W. A.
Crosby and Fred Newell. guards; K. c.
Clark. center.
A competition in the manual Of arms
was held between squads from Company
II and Company G at the armorv Mon
day night. Corporal Shelton of Company
c won first honors and Sergeant Jones
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29
WONDERFUL PROGRESS
MADE BY BLIND YOUTH
BY Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2s-The first
blind pupil to graduate from the pub
lie schools is William Schenk, Is years
old. of Bayside, l.. l.. who will receive
his diploma next week. He entered
school in 1909 without the slightest
knowledge of the Braille system al.
though he had, three years before, some
experience with the point system used
at the New York institute for the
blind. 1t took him just three weeks
to master the new system and three
weeks more put him at the head of his
class. In the recent final examinations
the questions were read aloud to him,
and he answered them on a typewriter
with percentage Of 90.5, the highest
mark Of all the $50 pupils
DIR. William Fl. Maxwell, superintend-
ent of the New York schools, says that
the lads rapid progress is the most
remarkable he has ever noted in his ex
perience as an educator. In the last
year Schenck, despite his handicap, has
practically done four years work He
is popular among the other pupils of the
school and received from his princi
pal a medal which is annually awarded
for character.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-29
SLAYER OF FATHER
DECLARED INSANE
By Associated Press.


SEATTLE. Wash. Jan. 2S.-John
Dorst. who killed his father, Peter
Dorst. on their dairy farm near North
Bend Tuesday, will not be prosecuted
for the crime, the coroner's inquest
yesterday having shown that he is in
sane Members of the Dorst family and
friend visiting them testified that
young Dorst was subject to fits of vio-
lent passion. Mrs, Dorst said that her
husband was her first cousin and that
for generations back the two families
had intermarried. Other members of
her family had suffered from insanity.
The killing OF Peter Dorst. was un,
usually coldbloodcd The young man
shot his father after brief alterca"
tion in the barn. When brought to
the county Jail here lie told OF how he
planned the killing and experimental
with different weapons. He insisted that
he had 4 reason that would be recog
nizcd by an American jury as justify
ing his decd The Dorsts. who came
from Holland n few years ago, were
prosperous.
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VOTE TO DETERMINE
MOST POPULAR HYMN
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-A New York
Methodist Episcopal church which has
taken poll Of its congregation in an
effort to determine the ten best HYMNS
announces that the following received
the requisite number Of ballots:
"Nearer, My God, to Thee, -
"Abide With Me- 'rJesus, Lover Of
My Soul" 81 Love to Tell the
Story" mLsad Kindly Light, ,,
Ages" "Onward, Christian Soldiers, -
"Wbat Friend We Have in
Jesus
Four others were received for the
tenth place:
Glove Divine" "An Love Excel
ing HJust as I Am," "Faith of
Our Fathers" fLiving Still" and
50 In the Cross of Christ Glory