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THE HUSHED HOUSE.
I went at nightfall.
On Came Lore's again at again dawn; I knocked—
door
Love was gone.
>
He who oft had bade me in
Now would bid no more; |
Silence sat within his house* £
Ban 1 its door.
When the slow door opened wide
Through it I could see
How tlie emptiness within
Stared at me.
Through the dreary chambers
Long I sought and sighed,
But no answering replied. footstep came;
Naught
AN ACCIDENT AND ITS SEQUEL
Es KATE RATHMORL
im REMEMBER if it were yesterday. it as well The as
M carriage and I was stood to at go the back door, to
j 11, school for the spring term.
My mother gave innu¬
merable instructions, smoothed my col¬
lar, and adjusted my cap 011 my head
properly, then gave me a kiss and
stood looking wistfully at me as I went
down the walk and got into the car¬
riage.
A month or two later—it was in June,
1 think—after a hard struggle one af¬
ternoon with some figures, all about a
slop and a cargo and tire profit and
all that, I went out to join the other
uoys.
When I reached the playground they
were gone, and there was nothing for
me to do but amuse myself as best I
could.
I strolled about the house with my
hands in my pockets—which my moth¬
er had told me distinctly not to do—
and, suddenly remembering her in¬
structions, took them out again; then,
for want of better amusement, I be¬
gan to whistle.
Next to the school there was a pret¬
ty cottage separated from the school
house by a board fence. The two
houses were not a hundrer feet tpart,
and I could look right through under
the trees, and there on .the tennis
ground stood a girl a trifleyounger than
myself, looking straight at me.
Now, when a boy suddenly finds
himself observed by a girl, lie feels
somewhat queer. I remember that very
well. My hands went right into my
pockets, but remembering that that
was not the correct thing to do in the
presence of a girl, I took them direct¬
ly out again.
Then I concluded that it would be a
good way to show how little I was
embarrassed by turning around up
my heel, a movement on which I
greatly prided myself. After that, 1
don’t remember—it was so long ago—
what new capers I cut. But one thing
is very certain. I was soon hunting
for something I pretended to have lost
in tlie grass beside the fence.
“If it’s your knife you’ve lost.” I
heard a musical voice say, “it isn't
there. I picked up a knife there a
week ago, but it was all rusty and no
good.”
“Oil. never mind,” I said, looking up
into two eyes peeping out from a suu
bonnet; “it wasn’t much of a knife,
and I’ve got another.”
“Are you one of the boys at the
school ?”
"Yes.”
“What class are you in?” v
“The fourth.”
“Do you study geography?”
"Yes.”
“What’s the capital of Austria?”
I scratched my head.
“I don’t remember that,” I admitted,
reluctantly. “I’m first rate on capitals’,
but I can’t recollect that one.”
“Why didn’t you go off with the
boys?”
“I was behind with my sums. I sup¬
pose they’ve gone to the river. I like
the woods pretty well; they’re full of
squirrels.”
“And lizards,” she added. “I’m not
afraid of lizards. I suppose you’re
afraid to go there.”
£ “No, I’m not.” "■
“If you want to go there now, and
are afraid, I don’t mind going with
you. just to keep.off tlie lizards and
things.”
She looked wistfully out at the wood.
I can see her now leaning on her
wicket, deliberating—if such a pro¬
cess can be called deliberation where
the conclusion was determined—the
straight, lithe figure poised between
the racket and one foot, one little leg
crossed on the other—peering out at
the forest.
Suddenly, without any warning, she
dropped the racket and started for the
wood.
We wore not long in crossing the
field, and were walking in the dense
shade when she stopped, and looking
at me with her expressive eyes, said;
"How stiff it is in here! It seems
to me I can almost hear the siience.”
"Yes. it is pretty solemn.” I replied.
'’Let’s go on; the river winds about
down there, and we can see the water
go over tlie flam.”
I heard a distant voice calling
“Julia.” It was very-faint: she did
not hear it. I stood a moment hesitat¬
ing;.
"Come, let’s go,” I said, starting
forward.
"Julia.” I heard again, more faintly
than before.
I hurried on. fearing she would hear
the voice and turn back.
Presently we emerged from th wood
_
and stood by the river. I was familiar
with the ground. and led my little
friend directly to the dam.
"Most of the boys are afraid to
walk out on that dam.” I said.
“I'd be afraid. ”
“But you’re only a girl; a boy
Then at last T entered
Dim a darkened room;
There a taper gloom. glimmered gray
In the
And I saw with one lying helioehrys; .
Crowned
Never saw T face as fair
As was his.
Like a wintry brow lily hue;
Was his in
And his cheeks were each a rose,
Wintry, too.
Then my soul remen lifted
Ail that made us part.
And what I heart. had laughed at once
Broke my
—Madison Cawein,in Harper’s Magazine.
oughtn't to be afraid.” With that 1
started boldly out, occasionally stand¬
ing on one foot, and performing sun¬
dry antics to show what a brave boy
I was. Then 1 retraced a few steps
and called to her to come.
“Oh, no,” she said; “I’m afraid.”
“Afraid! You little goose! With me
to hold on to?”
Between her fear and a disposition
puable to a boy older and stronger
than herself, it was not long before I
was leading her out on the dam.
“Don’t you see it’s quite safe?” I
said.
She shrank back as I led along. I
determined that she should go to a
point where the water poured over a
portion of the dam lower than the rest.
I turned my back to step up on the
post. It was hut a moment. I heard
a cry, and saw Julia in the flood.
The expression that was in her eyes
is to this day stamped clearly on my
memory—an expression of mingled re¬
proach and forgiveness.
I could scarcely swin a dozen
strokes, but not a second had elapsed
before I was in the water.
I swam and struggled and buffeted
to reach her; aii in vain. An eddy
whirled me in a different direction.
-My strength was soon exhausted. 1
was borne down the river, sinking
and rising, till I came to a place
where I caught a glimpse, as I rose
to the surface, of a man running along
some planks extending into the river,
ami raised above the water 011 posts.
M.v feet became entangled in weeds.
I sank. I heard a great roaring in my
ears, then oblivion.
IVhen I came to I was lying on my
back. I remember the first thing \
saw was a light cloud sailing over
tlm clear blue. There was an air of
quiet and peace that contrasted with
my own sensations. Then I saw n man
on his knees beside something lie
was rubbing. I turned my head aside
and say it was a little figure—a girl,
Julia. She was cold and stark.
My agony was far greater than when
f had plunged after her into the
stream. Then I hoped and believed
that if she were drowned I would he
also. Now I saw her beside me life¬
less, and I lived.
Then some men came, and the man
who was rubbing Julia said to them:
lake care of the boy; the girl is too
far gone.” They took me up and car
ried me away, and laid me for a while
on a bed in a strange house. Then
I was driven to the school.
'Hie next day my father came and
took me home. I was ill after that,
too ill to ask about Julia, but when I
recovered wliat a load was taken
from my mind to know that by dint
of rubbing and rolling, and a stimu¬
lant, she had been brought to and
had recovered. I also learned that
the man who cared for 11 s had seen
Julia fall and had rescued her. When
I saw him running along the planks
it was to his boat chained to the end.
That summer my father removed
with liis family to Western Pennsyl¬
vania. lie was obliged to wait some
lime for my recovery, but at last I
was able to travel, and left without
again seeing the little girl whom I had
led into danger. I only heard that I
had been blamed by everyone.
* * *
Ten years passed, during whic-b I
was constantly haunted by one idea;
that was to go back and find Julia
aiul implore her forgiveness, The
years that I must be a boy and depen¬
dent seemed interminable, At last I
came of age. and received a small for¬
tune that had fallen to me, and, as
soon as the papers in the case were
duly signed and sealed, I started.
It was just about the same time of
the year, and the same hour of the af¬
ternoon as when I first saw Julia,
that I walked into the old school
giounds. I had fully intended to go
in next door and cal! for her, but my
courage failed me. I had heard noth¬
ing of her for years. Was she dead?
Was she living? Was she in her old
home, or far away? These thoughts
chased each other through my mind,
and I dreaded to know.
I was standing at the school cn
trance, with my hand on the bell,
when 1 heard a door in the next
house open and then shut. From that
moment I could feel that Julia was
near me.
She came out of the house, a slen¬
der. graceful girl of nineteen, and,
picking up a tenuis racket, commenced
to knock the balls about, 1 wanted
to make myself known, but dreaded
the horror with . which she would re
gard me when she should learn who 1
'" as -
T beg your pardon,” I said, raising
my hat. “can you tell me if the school
is still there?” poiuting to the house.
"It was moved some years
she replied, regarding me with the
old. steady gaze.
“I was one of the scholars.”
"Indeed!’’ She spoke without any
further encouragement for me to go
CHI.
"I see the wood has been cut away,”
I added, glancing toward it.
"No; it does not seem to be.”
“Were you ever there?”
“Oh, yes, often.”
“And is that old dam still across
the river?”
“I believe it is.”
She looked at me curiously. I went
on without waiting for a reply;
"Would you mind showing me the
way to it?” It is a long while since
I was there.”
She drew herself up with slight
hauteur. Then, thinking that perhaps
I was unaccustomed to the conven
tional ways of civilized life, she said,
pleasantly;
' You have only to walk through the
wood straight, at tjie hack of the house
and you will come to it.”
“Thank you,” I replied; “but 1
hoped you would show me the way.”
She looked puzzled.
“Miss Julia,” I said, altering my
tone, "I once met you when I was a
boy here at school.”
“I knew a number of scholars,” she
said, more interested; "who are you?”
I dreaded to tell her. "If you will
pilot me to the dam,” I said. “I will
inform you.”
She thought a moment, then turned
and looked out at the wood. With the
quick motion with which she had
made the same move as a child, she
started forward.
We walked side by side to the wood,
through it out on the river bank.
There was the water and the dam;
everything as it had been ten years
before.
“Did you ever try to walk out there?”
I asked.
"Once, when I was a child, I cannc
here with a boy, and we walked to
where the water pours over. I met
with an accident. I fell in.”
"The boy overpersuaded you, I sup¬
pose?”
It was difficult for me to conceal a
certain trepidation at the mention of
my fault.
“No, I went of my own accord.”
“He certainly must have been to
blame. He was older and stronger
than you.”
"On the contrary,” she said, with a
slight, rising irritation, "he jumped
after me like the noble little fellow
that he was.”
I turned away on pretense of exam¬
ining a boat down tlie river.
“At any rate, he must have begged
your forgiveness on liis knees for per¬
mitting you to go into such a danger?”
“I never saw him again. He went
away.”
1 fancied—at least, I hoped— I fcould
detect a tinge of sadness in her
voice.
“1 hare often wished,” she wont on,
“that he would co:no back, as the other
scholars sometimes do, as you are now,
and let me tell him how much I thank
him for nis noble effort.”
“Julia.” I said, suddenly turning
and facing her. “This is too much. I
am that boy. I led you into the
I forced you to go out in the dam with
me I Permitted you to fall in.”
And more than atoned for all by
risking your life to save mo!”
Ah, that look of surprised delight
which accompanied her words! It was
worrti all my past years of suffering,
of fancied blame; for in it I read how
dearly she held the memory of the boy
who had at least shared the danger
for which he was responsible.
I do not remember if she grasped
my hand or I grasped hers. At any
rate, we stood hand in hand, looking
into each other’s faces.
I blessed the Providence that ended
ray punishment; I blessed the good for
tune that had led me to a knowledge
of the kindly heart beside me.
Of all the moments of my life, I
still count it far the happiest.
Then we walked back through the
woods, over the intervening field, and
stood f ogetlicr leaning against the
fence between the old school and her
home.
*
We did not part aftei that for an
other ten years, which she spent as
my beloved wife. Then she left me
to go whence 1 can never recall her.
Yet there is r. trysting place in the
woods, through and* which we once passed
as children, often afterward as
lovers.
There I watch the flecked sHeight,
arxl mark the quietness, and it seems
to me that I can “hear the silence.”
More than that, 1 know the pure
soul looks at ne through her honest
eyes.—New York Weekly.
A Detec'.ive I’cx Terrier.
The story of the clog which recently
caused the discovery- cf a tragedy at
Brigend by barking outside the house
in which it was committed recalls a
sensational incident that took place in
Grand Canary a few years ago. ^
young American was murdered for his
money in one of the Spanish inns neat
the harbor, and his fox terrier was
carried off to a plantation in the hills
by one cf Lis accomplices.’ Two years
later the dog was brought back again
to the town, and it immediately went
to a certain spot in the road, tried tc
scratch a hole in it, and howled sc
piteously that it attracted the attentior
even of the Spanish policeman. This
led to the discovery of its master’s
body and the final conviction of his
murSerer.— London Chronicle.
A Poor Chickrn.
A well-known professor has a brigh
little boy, who one day appeared in hi*
father’s study, clasping a forlorn little
chicken. “Willie,” said the father
“take that chicken back to its mother’
“Ain’t dot any modder.” answerer
Willie. "Well, then, take it back t<
its father,” said the professor, deter
mined to maintain parental authority
“Ain’t dot any fader,” said the child
“Ain’t dot anything but an old lamp’
—New York Times.
W l ll imm l - H - H
! GEORGIA NEWS:
h i i n i n1 1 1 1 h n titi n a i
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Wants Big Prison Probed.
W. M. Jacobs of Philadelphia, until
recently an inmate of the Atlanta
federal prison, who has made sensa
tlonaj charges of cruelty and lnhu
nnnity against the officials of the
federal prison, has employed a law
ye.- and will push the charges,
Jacobs has retained Attorney Tapp
0 f Atlanta to look after Sis interests,
ar ,d declares no stone will he left un¬
turned to cause an investigation of
the prison and the alleged misconduct
of the officials.
Mercer President Elected.
The board of trustees of Mercer
university unanimously elected as
president Charles Lee Smith, recently
cf William Jewell college, Missouri.
Dr. Smith is a full graduate of Woke
Forest college, North Carolina, doctor
cf philosophy of Johns Houkins unt
lersiry and attended lectures at the
University of Halle, Germany. Later
he was electecLto the professorship of
history and political economy in Wil
ham Jewell college, where he has
trught for fourteen years with con¬
spicuous success.
Noose Awaits Jack Bone.
Jack Bone will be returned to Rome
fjrom Miliedgeville, where he has
been in the asylum for some time.
Bane is charged with killing Z. P.
Hall, and was convicted of murder.
He was found to be of unsound mini,
but has been cured of his mental
trouble. On his arrival in Rome,
Judge Wright will re-sentence him
to be hanged. An effort will be made
to have the governor commute his
sentence to life imprisonment,
*
Tax Returns Show Great Increase.
Captain Tip Harrison, in the office
of Comptroller General Wright, is
kept busy at this time with returns
from the various tax receivers of
Georgia.
Up to Saturday thirteen counties
had made returns. The gains of last
year were considered unusually good.
The gains of this year are even bet¬
ter, as they are far ahead of the gains
of last year. * The thirteen counties
which have reported this year show
a gain over last year of $2,457,226.
The same counties last year showed a
gain over 1903 of $1,743,148.
*
First ’fwo Papers Signed by Governor.
resolutions which have been
passed , , by the , , house and , the ., senate . j
have been signed by Governor Ter
rell. One of the resolutions recom '
mends the repeal of the Chinese ex
elusion act while the other favors a
deeper harbor for Carrabelle, Fla
The Chinese exclusion
v ause quite a fight in the house while
it was pending there, and even after
it was passed certain members moved
for a reconsideration.
These resolutions were the first acts
of the general assembly to reach the
chief executive. .
Consclillated Car Works Busy.
The Savannah car works, which,
after a busy experience in the courts,
were recently sold to a F...iadelphia
concern, and within the last day or
two acquired by the South Atlantic
Car and Manufacturing company of
Wyaeross are now to have regular
work, giving employment to a small
army of hands. The Waycross con
cern is consolidating the local and
the Waycross works. Orders for re¬
pairs on 3,000 cars are to be filled
in Savannah, while 2.000 new cars are
to be built at Waycross. This will
keey both plants busy a year, even if
no other orders are received.
Wool Brings Fancy Price.
Woo! growers of Donalsonville and
vicinity sold their dip of 50,000
pounds a few days ago at thirty-two
ceats ’ nett!n S the sum of sixteen thou
sand dollars. The entire lot was
by M. Sable Sons, of Mont
gK>mery, Ala., over smart qompeti
tion between other buyers from dif
ferent markets. The groxvers are well
pleased this year, both as to the clip
and the price, as this is the best
price received in six years. The
wool industry in the section is the
best in the state, as there is more
wool sold at this one point than else
wherp - and the business is on the
increase,
I *
I ! Great Fair is Predicted.
Captain Dudley M. Hughes, presi
dent of the Georgia State Agricultural
Society, declares that the state fair
to be held in Atlanta from October
9 to 25 will be the finest ever given
by the society. He says that the sum
of $44,500 offered to the society by
Atlanta for the fair is the largest ever
offered by any offier Georgia city, the
nearest approach being the sum of
$18,000.
Captain Hughes says that the fair
will be complete in every detail, and
altogether a credit to the south, the
state and Atlanta.
“With a few exceptions practically
every county in the state will have
exhibits,” said Captain Hughes.
“These exhibits will be fine and com¬
plete in every detail. They win show
what the state is doing in the raising
of cattle, in the industries such as
manufacturing, in farm work, and, in
fact, in every branch of enterprise.'
Captain Hughes seemed greatly
pleased that the fair would be held
in Georgia's capital, and he declared
that Atlanta was the ideal city to
support such an exposition. He added
that he had been given co-operation
by the people of the state that was
extremely gratifying.
First Bale Brings Thirty Cents.
Deal Jackson, colored, the first bale
cotton farmer of Georgia, drove into
Albany July 20 with the first bale
of the new crop. The bale weighed
35£ pounds, and brought 23 cents per
pound, being classed as good mid¬
dling. It was sold at auction and the
bale later expressed to Savannah,
where it was again put upon the
block at the cotton exchange. It was
classed full middling at Savannah and
was bought by a local agent for a
Liverpool firm for 30 cents a pound,
which is a new record price for the
first bale in Savannah.
Deal Jackson holds the record for
the earliest bale cf cotton marketed
in Georgia each year for the past
several years. He has made a study
of conditions which will make his crop
mature early and usually reaches the
market first, He is a prosperous ne
gro and a man of influence among
the members of his race. He beat his
last year’s record *by two days.
Indictments Nol Pressed.
The last indictment against Hall
man Sims, convicted of embezzlement'
has been nol prossed by Judge W. T.
Newman at Atlanta on motion of Dis
trict Attorney Angier. There! were
in the beginning elevent indictments
pending against Sims, He plead
guilty in one case and now the re¬
maining ten have been wiped out by
court order.
Sims, it will be remembered, was a
bookkeeper in the Capita] City Na¬
tional bank of Atlanta, in which ca¬
pacity he found opportunity to make
away with manv thousands of dollars.
He plead guilty when arraigned in
the United States district court, and
was sentenced by Judge Newman to
six years in the federal penitentiary.
He is now serving that sentence.
Plumber Gets Heavy Fine.
With a reprimand that staggered
him and almost threw him off his
feet, H. T. O’Shields, a plumber, was
fined $50.75 in each of two cases
of disorderly conduct by Recorder
Broyles of Atlanta police court.
O’Shields was charged with assault¬
ing, without provocation, two negro
men on the street and knocking
them down.
This fine is among the heaviest ever
imposed by the recorder for a case of
disorderly conduct. O’Shiedds is ,,
tall, well-built man, weighing prob
^ 22 - po, m( j s _ and be „; ves every
} n{ ;i cat j on of ^eiri" & an unusually now
erfnl nian
- ,, T - ti ,
‘
gOTere reprlmanJ> declar ing he wish .
ed 0 . ghleMs ha(] struck la men
‘ r C d ph>Slcal Punishment. .7
Verdict Reached in Quick Time.
Since the discharge of the jury in
the Milton Rawlings trial at Valdosta i
it turns out that a verdict was made
within twenty minutes. But the ju¬
rors decided that it would be better
to delay the presentation of that ver¬
dict.
The first ballot was on the guilt or
innocence of the prisoner. The vote
was the solid twelve for guilt. Then
the question of punishment showed
seven for the rope and five for a rec- j
ommendation to mercy, Four of |
these five quickly went over, one
hung out for a few minutes and with 1
that one was an inclination to make
that recommendation strong. Within
fifteen minutes Rawlings’ doom was
settled, and then for five hours, about,
the jury waited, rather than to appear
too hurried.
Atlanta Welcomes Refugees.
Following the announcement, to the
effect that yellow fever has been dis
covered in New Orleans, Atlanta opens
her arms to all refugees from the
dread malady.
While other cities of the south are
hurriedly establishing quarantines
against the supposed infected district,
the Gate City, after the custom oi
former years, issues a general invita
tion to all who wish to come where
they will be absolutely safe from the
ravages of the horrible disease.
During the yellow fever epidemics of !
the past it was proven beyond a doubt
that the high elevation and ideal cli¬
mate of Atlanta renders one wholly
immune from yellow fever, and as be- j
fore the city will welcome within her
borders all persons seeking a refuge.
The city will be entirely free from
,
any manner o' quarantine and pas¬
sengers will be allowed to bring their
household goods, baggage or other ar¬
ticles that they may see fit.
FIVE NEGROES IMPLICATED.
Coroner’s Verdict on the Murder of
Mrs. Smith, Near Gadsden, Ala.
The coroner’s jury empanelled to
investigate the death of Mrs. S. 5.
Smith delivered a verdict implicating
four negro men and one negro wo¬
man. The verdict sets forth “that Mrs.
S. J. Smith met he r death by unlaw
ful means, her neck being broken by
clicking, strangulation, licks or
strokes; all of which was in perpetra
tion of a criminal assault upon her
person, and that Jack Hunter, Will
Johnson, Vance Garner, Bunk Rich
ardson f.ad Lucy Mayo are guilty
thereof ’” |
’
i LIST reaches s,Xt y-s
\ EVENi
.Search of Wrecked Gunboat
i Greater Horror Than
A special from gan Dieg
fc ^ y6 Followja °.
j ' g is the gunboat rJ
nin Stoirs casualty summary *
a ,
I o’clock Saturday night; **
Total known dead, 60.
Bodies recovered, 49.
! Bodies in ship compartments
Missing (may 7
be drowned) u
Severely injured, 54. 5l
Probably fatally injured, 6
Probably The list ultimate total ’desa
of known dead '
> as search ™ the wrecked gunw,
ceeded. luoa '.pr&
the bodies known to be hidden
neath the decks, £ h
it is believed
at least fifteen bodies will ^
in a’fire? be
the vessel. It is said
wi, h a powerful water and pump give will the empty ^
cti ance to reach the dead. CommaJ. workers«
Young requested Chief of Po]j ;s
^ comas to arrest all members of the
Bennington s crew who may
2s k° re without a pass. In this
Commander Young hopes »»
to arrive at
a correct estimate of the missing ^
well as to prevent desertions.
The men who were injured say
that it has been the talk of the shif
^ or at six months that the boil
ers were defective, many of them had
f eare d f 01 a l°ng time that just such
an acc ' ( I en t would happen. One ol
February, men sa while ^ the ship a year ago last
was at Mag¬
dalena bay, the engineer of the cruis¬
er New York was sent for to inspect
the boilers, and he reported that they
were in good condition. While the
vessel was in San Francisco last year
the talk of defective boilers again
arose, hut no steps were taken to
remedy them.
BOMB PLAYED DREADFUL HAVOC
Missile Intended for Sultan Killed 21
People and Wounded Fifty.
The commission appointed to in¬
quire into the attempt on the life
of the sultan in Constantinople has
ascertained that the explosion of the
bomb caused the death of twenty-four
P ersoTls an d wounded fifty-one.
The bomb which was intended to
blow up the sultan fell short and ex¬
ploded about thirty yards distant
from his majesty.
The commissioners have not yet
been able to find the slightest clew
either to the author of the outrage.
The majority of the victims were
coachmen and twenty-seven hack
coaches were blown to pieces am!
fifty-five horses were killed. Eye-wit
nesses descirbe the scene after tie
ex Plosion as heart-rending with men
and horses lying dying around. A
hole two yards wide was made in tto
ground by the explosion of the born*,
ATTORNEY ATTACKS SHERIFF.
Cooper Declares Passmore Shows
Open Hostility Towards His Clients.
AUorney ^hn R. Cooper, who is
, leading counsel for the defense of
the Rawlings prisoners held at Valdos¬
ta, Ga.. charged with killing the Car¬
ter children, stated that it would be
his purpose to have Sheriff Passmore
relieved of tne custody of his clients
on account of what seemed a deter
mined effort on the part of the sheriff
to have punishment meted out to the
Rawlings, whether guilty or not.
Attorney Cooper declares that the
attitude of the sheriff of Lowndes to
vff.rds the accused men is so clearly
hostile that he fears for their safety.
THE RECORES WERE BURNED.
Incriminating Papers Destroyed Jus*
cn Eve of Municipal Investigation.
A sequel of the government’s in
sistence on the examination of the bb
n i c ifi a l affairs of the to*n of
P rov ^ destruction nce °f San*a by Cl*ara, fire of Cn t e a » u ^
ln S containing the records with ail
contents.
ma > ,0r an d other offiem s a.
hel(1 t0 responsible for th e
p t ruc 'i°n of the buildings an
assistant v,' ^
ma y°r and mayor
Prosecuted. The municipal ® ’
which was in the burned Build®**
$12,000 in cash.
PUBLIC APPEAl FOR YOUNG
Subscriptions Asked to Aid Slayer 0
Convict in Mississippi
An effort is 1 eing made to ra s
now
by subscription suffieiw 1
popular
funds to for <be employment 0
pay ;i,n
able attorney to defend Robert '
—ihe_white_ man now confined in
Jackson, Mss, jail for killing a n?
gro convict name l Coffins at Cn**
Spring while 1 carried to ia ^
a
son by a travel ng sergeant o£ ’ "
penitentiary.
baron komura welcomed.
Commissioner Read # 8
Jap Peace
Seattle and Creates Furor.
Baron Komura, foreign m* a > stf ' r
Japan** 0
Japan and onft of the two at Se
commissioners, was welcomed
attle, Wash., Thursday, when the -
nesota reached port just before
b y 1,000 Japanese, who exploded and
fireworks in honor of the party
band played Japanese and A m ® r,C
a M vor
airs musical welcome. a >
as a
Kallinger, on behalf of the city.
corned the diplomat at the gw***