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rHRJLUNG DRAMA OF SEA HER CREW SAVED BY REVENUE GUTTER QRE8HA|I| me*® ( L / h , ĵmsrĵ doa.Z2XRO ;^.U,!r,v,L uI, ;l Ljj : JU.J..... •- j[- «LV' ' * > ? .. i ' -^rj ^ i ,s- *.-A% 4*. \ "Vanishing Fleet*," a story of "what Irilglit have happened," opens in. Wash- % f/.v1 Injjton with the United States and Japan fcj on the verge of war. Guy Hillier, sec- t v'aWt? retary of the British embassy, and Miss f'v"* > c.rma Roberts, chief aide of In ventor Roberts, are introduced as lovers. At the v, {'"si , most inopportune moment Japan declares r:';i! :"*•>* war. Japan takes the Philippines, The entire country is in a state of turmoil be- eRusa of the government's indifference; Guy Hillier starts for lBr«giand with sa- 3-«^r.^cret message and' is compelled to leave *i'-'ff' Norma Roberts, who with military ot- " !{"•'* Jflcera also lsaves Washing-ton on mys- terioiis expedition for an isolated point on the Florida coast. Hawaii is captured by •sj the Japs. All ports are closed, Jap fleet 1* fast approaching western coast of Amer- "S1 '.-^4 i°a- Siego. Japanese spy, discovers secret 1« PreParatIons for war. He follows auto carrying- presidential cabinet. He un- ifiv «arths source of great mystery and flees, s "murmuring: "The gods save Nippon." Fleeing to Pacific coast, Siego is shot down Just as journey to get awful news to Japan seems successful. Japan an­ nounces Intention to attack seaports. Toklo learns of missing Japanese fleet •and whole world becomes convinced that United States has some powerful war agency. England decides to send a fleet to American waters as a Canadian pro­ tection against what the British suppose 4s a terrible submarine flotilla. Hlllier is also sent to Canada to attempt to force his way through American lines with a message to the president in order that protection for the fleet may be assured. II CHAPTER VIII,--Continued. The people of England were much dirffled in opinion as to the advisa­ bility of the government's move when It became public. A strong conserva­ tive element feared the danger of •Great Britain being Involved in the • • "war through this action, while the lib­ eral partisans and jingoes asserted that it was the only method of uphold­ ing the country's dignity, demonstrat­ ing to America that England would do her best, and at the same time as­ suring Canada that the mother coun­ try intended to support her in case of attack along her border line. That Britannia still ruled the waves was generally doubted; for if the Ameri­ cans had iu their possession means <of so easily overcoming a fleet as im­ portant as that which Japan had lost, there was almost a certainty that she could conquer any adversary sent •against her on the water. It was no longer a question of warfare on land; for all the transports in the world would J>e powerless against such sub­ marines as the nations now con­ ceded the United States must pos­ sess. Before sailing, the fleet commanders had been called into a council and given positive instructions that they were not to permit themselves to be drawn into action in any event before reaching Canada. On their arrival they were at once to co-operate with the dominion government in whatever way seemed advisable at that time, and follow such orders aa might be given from London. The clearance, however, unlike the •ailing of that fleet from Japan, was not •accompanied by any gala demonstra­ tion. It was rather with dire mis .givings that the public witnessed this departure, which were to a certain extent shared in by those aboard the vessels; and. it was fully realized that the flower of England's navy might never return from its voyage into an unknown danger. The conservative press lent ft funere­ al attithde to the occasion in its treat­ ment of the situation, one Journal de­ claring that "England is sending to magnificent martyrdom men who had better have been retained at home for their country's good." Another paper characterized it as a "useless sacri­ fice." This became the general pub­ lic opinion within a few days, as re­ ports from Canada continued gloomy and showed no prospect of a rift with­ in the clouds. The music halls, always an Index to the popular view, found their great- «st hits in topical songs which were generally of the tenor that the great , grand, glorious and gorgeous British, tar had sailed away to do or die-- with the accent on the "die." A gen­ eral air of melancholy prevailed 6ver all England, and as the days went on and the fleet itself got beyond reach of the wireless telegraph stations and 'far out on a deserted ocean, the sen­ timent was one of acute expectancy. The admiralty was advised of the Arrival without incident of Hillier, and apprised of the fact that he had de­ cided to make his- attempt to cross „v - into the forbidden land unaided. t ^ There was a certain sense of satisfac- ; " - tion in the knowledge that a good and • efficient man was on the ground with V:'£><•at least a chance for success In his -endeavors. ' vv This beatific state of mtod was dis- jpelled one bright afternoon, and Eng- land thrown into a furore that scarce­ ly Could have been greater had one , of the mysterious submarines ap­ peared off its shores and begun bom­ barding the nearest city. It was like an intimation of disaster delivered in advance of*more terrible news. The black hull of a South American tramp steamer hove into sight beyond Fastnet, and instituted a rapid inter­ change of signals. The men on shore, -as these advanced, looked at each •other with blank dismay, and then, v'fearing that there had been a misun- ^•jderstanding, and falling to grasp sud- b "^denly a significance so terrible in its import, requested that the signals be r -J*repeated. There could be no doubt of their correct interpretation. In one e ,hour all England knew beyond cavil V^that her fleet had met the same fate |?|fas that which had overtaken Japan's. v!^The message in brief was that the Es- & .CljPeranta bad picked up in mid ocean, ? V on a Hfe raft torn from its ^moorings, a sailor wearing the uni- " \ . ,;form cf the Dreadnought. The man The Man en the Lookout Had Sighted an Object. was almost dead from exposure, and had not yet recovered sufficiently to give a coherent account of what had taken place. No ship ever sailed Into Southamp­ ton that attracted the attention given to the Esperanta. Trainload after trainload of excursionists, farmers within a day's drive, and pedestrians from near by swarmed to Southamp­ ton, forming an excited and almost un­ controllable gathering. Tugboats hastened out to meet the incoming steamer, which carried the only living link between reality and the terrible unknown, and long lines of constables strove to hold back the exefted crowd, the noise of ewhose 'mutterings filled the air with an ominous drone. Between these ranks of blue-clad men there came four surgeons, carry­ ing on a stretcher a wreck of hu­ manity who laughed Insanely and rolled his head from side to sige. The crowd fell into an awed hush as the litter passed to the special train which was to convey this most important witness to a hospital. Next in public interest were the officers and men of the Esperanta, who, feel lng themselves in the limelight, be came each the center of great crowds, to whom they recounted as best they could the story of how the man was found. The exact details of this as given by the captain of the Esperanta to the ministers of the cabinet 'who were summoned threw meager light upon the case. The Esperanta had gone out of her usual course, following the Gulf stream to the northward, until warned by an American cruiser to take a more easterly tack. She had done so, thus bringing her into a less frequented path of travel. At ten o'clock in the morning, five days previous to her reporting at Fastnet, the man on the lookout had sighted an object which drew his at­ tention, which at first he believed to be a mere piece of untenanted wreck­ age tossing on the swell. He had noti­ fied the captain, who altered the ship's course and bore down upon it, only to learn that it was a life raft on which was a man. A boat was low­ ered, and It was found that the inani­ mate form was that of a British sailor, on whose cap, which had been thrust beneath a cleat of the raft, were the words "H. M. S. Dreadnought." The man evidently had lashed himself se­ curely before his strength had failed, knowing how small were his chances for rescue, and how certain his com­ ing weakness. When picked up by the Esperanta he was thought to be dead; but being taken aboard he showed some signs of life, and after hours of work recovered sufficiently to give some slight hope of survival. So terrible had been his sufferings from privation that his mind seemed unhinged, and they had been unable to gather any information from him save that of some overwhelming dis­ aster. He was now In the throes, of brain fever, and talked only the speech of the delirious. His fragmentary mumblings were beyond all under­ standing; his mind seemed to be a confused Jumble of hallucinations, in which he cried for water and made absurd comments on what was passing in his dreams. There were strangely interwoven babblings of submarine boats, sea serpents and unheard of monsters which harried the ship and sent her to her doom. Pitiful excla­ mations of helplessness and fear, in­ terjections of overwhelming dread, and brief snatches of prayer came from his lips throughout all the days in which they had attended him. The strangest part in all the incident of picking up the castaway was that the captain of the Esperanta, seek­ ing other survivors, had cruised for hours in the vicinity; but had found no other sign of wreckage or of hu­ manity. He had coursed to the north­ ward, thinking it possible that the trend of the wind had driven this lone mariner away from the scene of catastrophe; but the ocean itself was a blank. The crest of no wave carried even a piece of flotsam, nor was there anywhere a clew to the mystery. The rocking of the foundations of the world could have created no more suspense or terror than did the fear of this unknown agent of destruction which threatened the downfall of gov­ ernments and the eradication of boun­ dary lines. England suffered the woes of the bereaved in the certainty that thousands of men who were fathers, brothers, husbands or friends had been annihilated by this terrible re­ public across the sea. From every throat came a despairing' cry for re­ taliation; but England, rich, mighty and powerful, felt herself without means of appeasing it. It was well enough to talk of revenge when the means were at hand; but the country In the face of this dread enemy was I\elpless, and so it was that the bit­ terness of defeat gave way to the hopelessness of terror when a calmer and more judicial spirit prevailed. It was beginning to be comprehended to the full that not only Great Britain in all her strength, but the combined forces of the world, would stand no chance of conducting even a defensive war against the United States--now become a swordfish ravaging and de­ populating the seas. v In the meantime, while all this con­ sternation prevailed and the heads of nations, fearful and trembling, specu­ lated as to the outcome, the sailor from the Dreadnought was being watched and cared for by the most distinguished savants and specialists of the old world. There hovered over his "bedside through every minute of the day men dispatched by every European power, who were doing all that science might suggest to bring this lone and stricken mariner back to sanity and iet him give tongue to what, he Knew of this scourge of the waters. Hourly bulletins of his con­ dition were posted oa street corners, and round these stood men and worn en in suspense. His least word was recorded as of monumental impor­ tance, in the hope that from some cranny of his wrecked mind might come some elucidating phrase, how­ ever slight The most important thing that apparently could be relied upon was that whatever the form of attack had been, it was observed be­ fore the blow was struck. This was shown by his repeatedly exclaiming: "It's coming! it's coming! It'll get us, sure, and «« can't tight back!" And so the nations watched by .the bedside of a common sailor. From Japan came long messages of con­ dolence to her ally, which were re- j ceived in a spirit of fellow suffering, j The peculiarities of the situation were in nowise lessened by reports from Canada, where the troops still massed along the border maintained a friendly spirit, committed no acts of encroachment, showed no apprehen­ sion of war, and seemed as ignorant of their own government's plans or what it had done as were the Cana- ; dians themselves. Indeed, their mys- , tiflcation over the disappearance oi the Japanese and British fleets was as complete as that of the most humble farmer on the Canadian frontier. Their officers, shocked* by the terrific news, hastened to give statements to the effect that their instructions were to ! avoid giving offense, as the United States had no intention of engaging In war with Great Britain. Coupled with the loss of the fleet, these interviews , seemed singularly inconsistent, it be­ ing Impossible to reconcile annihila­ tion oa the sea and a. cry for peace on s land. ! It was generally admitted in Eng- ; land that Canada was now In a help­ less position and completely at the mercy of a well-drilled and well- j equipped army along her borders, > which was undoubtedly Within con- | stant reach of supplies and re-enforce- : mcnts. The futility of any attempt ! either to relieve or to aid her by j sending more men across the Atlantic, now absolutely under the control of the Americans, was obvious. It began to appear to the British government that the United States was deliberate­ ly planning to take the dominion of Canada whenever she deemed the time opportune. That Bhe could now do so at her own convenience was unques­ tioned. An exasperating condition was the attitude of the Canadians themselves, who, as far &s appearances went, were •in a state of the utmost placidity. In- deod, the farmers along the border were prosperous and thriving through the increased demand f9r their sup­ plies, wbich the American quarter­ masters purchased liberally, and for which tbey invariably paid American gold. It actually seemed as if an era of good feeling was being established across the boundary. The loss of the fleet threatened a rupture for a brief time; but the province, now con­ vinced of the hopelessness of taking an active side either way, showed an- Inclination to stand aloof and remain absolutely neutral. It was agreed be­ tween the officials of the dominion and those of Great Britain that Canada could do nothing but endeavor as best she might to remain passive pending further developments. This lack of partisanship proved anything but an assistance to Hillier in his attempt to break through the cordon, and it was this as much as anything else that hampered him in his mission. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Passenger* of Lost Liner and of Florida, That Rammed Her, Brought Ashore--Owe Lives : ' - te Wireless. Wh^itaT titter Republic, rammed early Saturday morning by the Italian liner Florida, off Nantucket, Mass., sank at 8:30 Sunday night. A few hours later the Baltic arrived in this port bringing the 1,300 and more passengers from both the vessels concerned in the most re­ markable drama of the sea the world has known for many years. , The gallant work of a boat's crew from the United States revenue cut­ ter Gresham in taking off Capt. Sealby and a detail of the crew of the Repub­ lic who remained on board that ves­ sel almost to the very last moment that she stayed above water is spoken of particularly in wireless dispatches received here. * No less than seven ocean liners--the Baltic, New York, Furnessfa, Lorraine and Lucania, and the two crippled ships, Florida and Republic--figured in the stirring story. The 442 passengers and some members of the crew of the Republic underwent two transfers on the open sea, first to the crippled Flor­ ida on Saturday morning and agatn early Sunday to the more commodious Baltic, which brought also the 900 and more passengers from the disabled Florida, With this great human cargo of res­ cued persons, besides her own list of 930 passengers, the Baltic arrived off Sandy Hook about 11 o'clock Sunday night. The Florida, her bow rent from the terrific impact with the Republic, slowly steeflsd, under her own steam, for this port, convoyed by the Ameri­ can liner New York. Until an early hour Sunday It was believed the crashing together of the two big ships off fog-bound Nantucket Saturday morning had not resulted in death or injury to a single passenger or member o£ the crews. Shortly after midnight, however, the wireless tele­ graph, that mysterious force which had apprised the world of the Repub­ lic's distress and quickly brought other ships to her aid, flashed the news that two passengers on the Republic had been killed and two others Injured. Late in the day another wireless mes­ sage told of four deaths on board the Florida, either of members of the crew or steerage passengers. The Identity of these was not made clear. The message from Capt. Ranson of the Bal­ tic to the White Star Company in this city gave the names of the dead pas­ sengers as Mrs. Eugene Lynch of Boston and W. J. Mooney, a banker of Langdon, N. D. The Injured are Mrs. M. M. Murphy, wife of the financial agent of the Union Central Life Insur­ ance Company of Grand Forks, N. D., and Eugene Lynch of Boston.) RE6R0 LYNCHED IM MOBILE PUT TO DEATH BY HOB KILLING OFFICER. FOP EKEKTTHtHe IB FtYBRWi ftORRY |IE DiDNT MC*VE TO WEiT«. ERN CANADA BEFORE. • ' if Leaders Walk Into Jail and Cover Sheriffs Assistants with .Revolvers --Crime Is Quiet. Mobile, Alfe •-- So quietly did they go about their work that the usual serenity of Mobile was but slightly disturbed when Saturday a handful of determined men toolc a negro from the county jail and lynched him almost in the heart of the city's residence district. The victim, Douglas Roberson, a mulatto, powerful of build, and, for years regarded as a desperate negro, who on Thursday shot and killed Dep­ uty Sheriff Philip Fatch and wounded another officer, was led from his cell in the county jail to the scene of lynching so quietly that residents along the path of the mob's march were undisturbed. The mob had intended, it is thought, taking Roberson to the scene of his crime, but, on account of his cries, in i fanning, but I was immediately con- spite of an effort to gag him, his cap- | ̂ rted into a farmer. And from that tors hanged him to a tree on the j mOEien f * have prospered. Selecting southeast corner of St. Emmanuel and ) R homestead near Birch Lake, I re- Church streets, just one block re- j Mr. Austin was a man who had •ever had any pref ious experience in farming, but Western Canada had al­ lurements, and he profited. He got a low-rate certificate from a Canadian Government agent, and then moved. What he says is interesting: "Ranfurly, Alberta, May 10-'08. "J. N. Grieve, Esqr„ Spokane, Wash­ ington.--Dear Sir: After a dozen or more years of unsuccessful effort fa the 'mercantile business in Western Washington, in August, 1903, decided to come to Alberta with a gentleman who was shipping two cars live stock to Edmonton. I assisted this man with the stock over one hundred miles out in the Birch Lake Country, East of Edmonton. Indeed, how sur­ prised, how favorably everything com­ pared with my dream of what 1 want­ ed to see in a new country. "Had never had any experience in moved from Government, Mobile's most prominent thoroughfare. According to one authority, two men walked into the jail and covered Dep- turned for wife and three small chil­ dren and freighted, out from Edmonton in March following year we shoveled a spot clear of snow and pitched owe tent and commenced operations, at uty Sheriffs Hugh Gillis and I. Krous i 0181 time we bad neighbors. Four years have passed, the locality is well settled, two miles from railway sta­ tion, with churches and schools, tele­ phone and good road accommodations. "We are epjoying the privileges granted to any rural district ia Washington. The Birch Lake Coun- with revolvers and commanded them to throw up their hands, accompany­ ing their order with a demand that they open the door leading to the cells. The deputies, powerless, and caught unawares, obeyed without re­ sistance. Probably 20 more in the meantime had gone upstairs, leaving ! *s no exception, this great trans- the two men to guard the deputies. ' formation is rapidly going on in every Later two of these came back down ! district in Western Canada. and demanded the keys to Roberson's cell, which were given them. „ Gillis and Krous were then left alone and ordered not to leave their seats.-or use the telephone under pen­ alty of death. The mob, securing the I estimate that every quarter sec­ tion in every direction is capable of producing a comfortable living for a family of ten forever. After paying for two horses and a cow, had just 110.00 to go on. Did my first plough- IfSlC man, quietly left the jail and started j **** *n \ was very awkward in to the scene of the crime. AWFUL LAKE FIRE HORROR. THREE PERI6H IN TRAIN WRECK. Collision Between Two Section Takes , Place »t Altoona, Pa. Attoona, Pa. -- In an impenetrable fog, the second section of the St Tenuis express westbound crashed into the first section at Summer Hill 25 miles west of thiB city, Saturday killing three persons and injuring six, one probably fatally. The list of killed and injured fol­ lows: Dead: S. L. Taylor, Brooklyn, !*. Y., em ployed by Charles E. Rung, broker of New York. M. J. Kelly, a Pullman car conduc tor, Jersey City. Robert Booth, colored, a Pullman porter, Philadelphia. Four Men Blown to PletfiMk Newark, N. J.--Four men * were killed and ten others injured, one fatally, Wednesday, when several tons of dynamite in one of the buildings of the Forcite Powder works at Lake Hopatcong blew up. The detonation of the huge mass of explosives shook the country for miles around and blew (be building containing it to atoms Blllik Saved from Death. Springfield, 111.--Gov. Charles De- neon Friday night commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of death which had been pronounced on Her man Blllik of Chicago, who was con demned to hang for the murder of Mary Vrzal, whom he poisoned, with other members of the family, it was charged. More Than They Could Stand Fish Story TOo Much Even for Hard­ ened Listeners. "Speaking about showers of fishr* said the Bolemn-looking nature faker from his seat on the starchbox, "re­ minds me of the time we were marooned on an island in the blue Pacific. For two hours there was a shower of fresh mackerel and, strange to say, they all dropped Into a salt lake on the moun­ tainside. That brined them." 'Whew!" the old codgers chorused In unison. •But that's not the strangest part of the story. Ten days later a cyclone came along, picked up the brined mackerel and dropped them into a hot spring. That boiled them; and, gen­ tlemen, they were the finest boiled mackerel you ever tasted. I thought about sending some home to the folks, but--** There was a sudden interruption and six strong men took the nature faker outside and ducked him In the horse trough. Trying to Ags Violins. While a man in Philadelphia has been trying to invent a varnish that will make a new, cheap violin sound like a Stradivarius, a well-known violinist and maker of the instruments has been working along a different line to secure the same effect. He says that age has nothing to do directly with the tone of a violin; thatr the amount of "bowing" it receives is what makes the tone superior. He makes use of an electrical machine which sends vibrations through the instru­ ment, and he claims that in 30 days as much "bowing" can be given the violin by this means as it would get in 60 years in the ordinary way. Too True. Shortly after marriage the average man acts as if he had conferred a great favor on his wife by leading he* to the altar.--Chicago Dally Neva New Ski-Jumping Record. Chippewa Falls, Wis.--A new world's record of 138 feet for ski jumping, it is said, was made Sunday afternoon at the Northwestern Ski tournament by Oscar Gunderson of Chippewa Flails. The previous world's ski record was 135 feet, made by Nels Gjestvang at Modun, Norway, in 1902. Mr. Taft 8a*S« for Panama. Charleston, S. C--The trip of Pres­ ident-elect Taft and party to Panama began at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning when Mr. and Mrs. Taft boarded the cruiser North Carolina In Charleston harbor. The trip will end at New Or­ leans. » Lincoln's County Goes Dry. Hodgenville, Ky.--In an election Sat urday, LaRue, Abraham Lincoln's na­ tive county, voted dry .by a majority of 1,085, the vote being over fiftir to one against license. Twenty-Fifth Victim of Wreck. Glenwood Springs, Col.--W. H. Jeff­ ries, one of the freight engineers who was injured in the wreck on the Den­ ver & Rio Grande railway near Dot- sero last Friday night, died Thursday, making the twenty-fifth victim of the catastrophe. Confirms Cheney's Successor. , Washington.--The senate Thursday confirmed the nomination of Stuart K. Lupton of Tennessee to be consul at Messina, Italy, viee Arthur B. Cheney, killed in the earthquake. ' ^ About Seventy Men Perish in Disaster Off Chicago. Chicago.--Death in frightful form-- a choice between Incineration or drowning in the ice-clogged lake--de­ scended on probably 70 men at eight o'clock Wednesday morning when fire attacked the temporary crib of the new southwest land and water tunnel a mile and a half off Seventy-third street As nearly as can be learned, ISO men, mostly employes of George W. Jackson (Inc.), were in the crib at the time. Of these 47 are known to have been burned to death, as that number of bodies, so charred and mutilated as to make identification practically im­ possible, were recovered. Still others--number unknown and probably never to be revealed--lost their lives while battling with the icy waters which surrounded the blazing, crib, having cast themselves into the lake In the vain hope that they might survive till help should arrive. With the exception of the Iroquois disaster, which stands high in the list of world horrors, it was the most ruth­ less slaughter Chicago ever has ever known. The cause of the fire and responsi­ bility for the disaster remain undeter. mined. A rigid «i_Quiry has btHSij y6- gun hy Coroner Hoffman and the po­ lice. Bloody Tragedy in Prison. Pittsburg, Pa.--An Insane convict patient in the hospital of the western penitentiary here attacked his convict nurse Sunday, stabbing him perhaps fatally. A guard called by the nurse shot the madman twice. The latter, hidden in the smoke, sprang at the guard, fatally stabbing him. The guard then fired twice more, wounding the Insane prisoner so that he died soon afterward. Say Benxoste of 8oda Is Safe. Washington.--That benzoate of soda used as a food preservative is not in­ jurious to health is the judgment of the referee board of consulting ex­ perts, of which Dr. Ira Remsen, presi­ dent of Johns Hopkins university, is chairman. This conclusion, which has been approved by Secretary Wilson, reverses the findings of Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem­ istry. Tennessee Drys Scots Again. Nashville, Tenn.--At -5:40 o'clock Thursday afternoon the lower house of the legislature, by a vote of 60 to 36, passed, on final reading, the bill to prohibit the manufacture of "Intoxi­ cants in Tennessee after January 1, 1910. The bill has already passed the sen­ ate snd now goes to the governor, who is expected to veto it. my work, but nature was glad and 1 was abundantly paid for my efforts. Our cattle has increased to about fifty head, which was very profitable on ac­ count of the abundance of forage. To farm was compelled to buy about four hundred dollars' worth of farm ma­ chinery on time, and the payments fell due last fall, and you may wonder how I expected to pay for them when we had such a bad year. 'Twas a little bad for Western Canada or for a Mls- sourian. But is not 35 or 40 bushels oats a pretty good yield per acre in many States? Then the price of grain went out of sight, so when I had sold my crop I found I was able to make my payments nicely, besides we had lots of feed. No one has any bnsi- oess raising cattle without grow it* grain, or vice versa. As to the winters, did not feed my cattle, excepting the calves, a fork of hay until In March. Have found the winters much more pleasant than we did in Western Wash­ ington. This is strange and hard to explain, but 'tis true, nevertheless, at 40 degrees below sefo we have mora comfort than you would at 20 degrees above, so still and dry--with bright, sunny days. My wife says that the only regret she has is that we did not come here ten years ago, as we would now certainly have been in a position to retire from hard work. Most wom­ en soon become satisfied as neigh­ bors begin to come round them. Have 98 acres In crop this year, potatoes- which t me a fair ady market for To the Poor ce to establish Man--Here is a $10 00 to |15.00 uce more crops s of your $50.00 hofiljAfl have al price. / W everything Man--^Here yourself. T chance to b per acre than a half to $75.00 per^acre land. And if not very much mistaken, this year will prove an eye opener to those who are a little sceptical. The trouble with me is that I have so much t« say so favorable to Alberta 'tis haid ty h? brief. Respectfully, (signed) "P. «• AUgTMSL* ^ > AN IMPROVEMENT. Primste of All Csnada Dead* Toronto, Ont.--Most Rev. Arthur Sweatman, archbishop of Toronto and primate of all Canada, died Sunday afternoon of pneumonia. Biological 8tation for Iowa. Muscatine, Ia.--United States Com­ missioner of Fisheries George M. Bow­ ers- of Washington Friday decided to establish a biological station for the propagation of clams and fish eight miles above Muscatine. A new Hallowe'en game, in wbb|« peach is used instead of an apple. Limited Undsrrtandln#. ^ ^ "It does seem straage," remarked (fee party who seemed la be thinking aloud. -What seems stranger «u*ried tfc# Innocent bystander. "That after getting a man in hot water a woman can't understand why he should boll over," explained noisy thinker.--Chicago Daily News. - : Wheeler Won't Come to Michigan. Berkeley, Cal.--President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of Cal­ ifornia announced Friday that he would not accept the invitation to be­ come to the head of the Uaivflcattyj§ Michigan. _ ; v Sues for $500,000 Insurance. Muskogee, Okla.--Mrs. Susie M. Bur- dette, widow of the late Joshua Bur- dette, a wealthy pioneer merchant of Creek county, who was the victim of a mysterious assassination at Eufala, Okla., in 1906, tiled suit for the recov­ ery of $500,000 insurance upon Bur- dette's life. • ^ Cel. Francis J. Parker Olsef ^ >- Boston.--Col. Francis Jewett Parker, formerly prominent in military, civil snd political circles of Thursday,, aged 84 jean. SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE will cure any possible case of DISTEMtER, PINK EYE, and the like among horse# of all ages, and prevents all others in the same stable from having the disease. Also cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper. Any good druggist can supplv you, or send to mfrs. 50 cents and $1.00 a tie. Agents wanted. Free book. 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