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Mte tJpSCpkC Place CapnZri,Xtc. , XUurtrm.4io«i« l>u Ellsworth "Yoiu^ ^Ayyktnn >. Cpwpua) _ 8YNOP8I8. . Ifra. Kexlah Coffin, »«ppaii< widow, hi arranging to move from Trumet to Bos­ ton, following the death of her brother, for whom atte had kept house. Kyan Pepper, widowsr, offers marriage, and Is Indignantly refused. Capt. Elkanah Dan­ iels, leader of the Regular church, offers Keziah a ^lace as housekeeper for the new minister, and she decides to remain in Trumet. Kezlkh takes charge of Rev. John Ellery, the new minister, and gives him advice as to his conduct toward inembera of. the parish. Ellery causes a • Sensation by attending a "Come-outer" meeting. Eliery'6 presence 1& bitterly re- wr>fei by Elvers Hammond, leader of the Ineetlng. Grace apologise* feu- her ffutrdlan and Ellery escorts her home In tha rain. Capt.. Nat Hammond, Eben's •on, becomes a hero by bringing the packet into port safely through fog. and Storm. Ellery finds Kealah writing a Tet­ ter to some one. Inclosing money in rs- sponea to a demand. She Is curiously startled when Informed of the arrival of Nat. Nat calls on Kezlah, and It devel­ ops that they have been lovers since youth, Daniels remonstrates with Ellery for attending "Come-outer" meeting. El­ lery Is caught by the tide and Is rescued by Nat. They become friends. Bilery meets Grace while walking In the fields, •nd learns that she walks there every Sunday. The clergyman takes dinner 8undays with the Daniels. Annabel, the captain's daughter, exerts herself to make an Impression on him. She no­ tices with vexation his desire to get away •very Sunday at a certain tlme( She watches him through a spy glass. Nat •Jfain importunes Kexlah to marry him. He says he has had a quarrel with his father, who wants him to marry Grace. Bllery asks Grac* to marry him. She confesses that she loves him. but savs •he fears to displease her guardian. El­ kanah Daniels tells Eben about the meet­ ings between Ellery and Grace. Eben declares he will make Grace choose be­ tween him and the preacher. Grace finds him In a faint, following the excitement of Elkanah's visit. Just before he dies Eben exacts a promise from Nat and Orace that they will marry. Keziah breaks the news to Ellery and later he received a note from Grace saying she is to marry Nat, and asking him not to try to see her again. Kezlah tells the story of her own marriage with a man who turned out to be a good-for-nothing, and Who was reported to have been lost at •ea,' ftnd of her love for Nat, whom she Cannot marry because the husband is •live. Captain Nat sails for Manila to be gone two years. He says he and, Orace have decided not to marry until lie returns. Nat Is overdue, and it is feared that he has been lost at sea. Kezlah gets a letter from her husband Mylng he Is coming back. Grace goes on • visit to relatives of the Hammonds. A flvtng distress signals is discovered off "the coast. Ellery goes with party to board the vessel. A man Is found suf­ fering from smallpox, the rest of the crew having deserted. He la taken to an abandoned shack on shore and Ellery helps nurse him. Before he dies it is dis­ covered that he Is Kezlah's husband. El­ lery, 5eft alone in quarantine, Is found wandering in a delirious condition by Orace. She take» htm back to the narity and sends tot help. &HAPTER XVI.--(Continued.) Early the next morning, just as day Was' breaking, a buggy, the horse Which drew it galloping, rocked and bumped down the lighthouse lane. Dr. Parker, his brows together and his lips set with anxiety, was driving. He had been roused from sleep in the ho­ tel At Hyannis by a bny with a tele­ gram. "Come quick," It read. "Mr. Ellery sick." The sender was Noah Ellis, the light keeper. At the ropes, early as it was, he found a small group waiting and gazing at the shanty. The Ughtkeeper was there and two or three other men. They were talking earnestly. "Row is he, Noah?" demanded the doctor, Jhmping to the ground. "I don't know, doc," replied Ellis. "I ain't heard sence last night when I telegraphed you." "The devil!" Dr. Parker swore Im­ patiently. "Who is with him then? You haven't left him alone, have you?" "PjTo-o," Noah hesitated once more. ••Nok), he ain't alone. She's there." "She? Who? Keziah Coffin?" "I don't cal'late Keziah's heard it yet. We was waitln' for you 'fore we •aid much to anybody. But she's there --the--the one that found him. You aee, he was out of his head and wan- derin* up the lane 'most to the main road and she'd been callln' on Keziah and when she come away from the parsonage she heard him hollerin* and coin' on and--" c "Who did?" "Why*--th© ttghtkeeper glanced at his companions--"why, doc, 'twas Grace Van Horne. And Bhe fetched him back to the shanty and then come and got me to telegraph you." But Parker did not wait to hear the rest. He ran at full speed to the door of the shanty. Grace herself opened "How Is he? demanded the doctor. "I think he seems a little easier; at any rate, he's not delirious. He's In there. Oh, I'm so thankful you've come." "Is that the doctor?". called EUery weakl'y from the next room. "Is it?" "tfes," replied Parker, throwing off his coat and hat. "Coming, Mr. El­ lery." "For God's sake, doctor, send her away. ' Don't let her stay. Make her go! I've got the smallpox and if she stays she will die. Don't you under­ stand? she must go." "Hush, John," said Graos soothing­ ly. "Hush, dear." Dr. Parker stopped short and looked •t her. However, he waited no longer, bat hurried in to his new patieat Her father shook his head warning- ly. "Debby," he said to the maid, "you needn't wait." Debby departed reluctantly. After the kitchen door had closed, Captain Elkanah said: "My dear, we mustn't be too hasty in this matter. Remem­ ber, Mr. Ellery is very sick. As for-- for the Van Home Mrl, we haven't heard the whole trutlr yet. She may not be there at all, or it may be Just an accident---" "Accident! Pa, you make me boil. Accident! Accidents like that don't happen. If you let her stay there, or if-- Oh, to think of it! And we were calling him a hero and--and every­ thing! Hero! he stayed there Just so she might--" "Hush! hush, child!" "I shan't hush. Pa, are you going to let him disgraoe himself with her?" "No, no. Probably there ain't any idea of his marrying her. If there is--" "If there is you put him out of the church and out of town. And as for her-- O-oh! And we've been hav­ ing him here at dinner and--and I have-- Oh, I shall die! I wish I was dead!" Then followed hysterics and agony, greedily listened to by Debby, whose ear was lit the crack of the door. Cap­ tain Elkanah soothed and pleaded and tried to pacify. It ended by his prom­ ising to investigate and, if necessary, take steps 'immejitly." Lavinia Pepper sprung the mine on her brother.*. Kyan was horrified. He had grown to be one of Ellery's most devoted worshipers. One of the very first to hear of the minister's illness was Kesiah Coffin. Mrs. Parker told her and Keziah start­ ed for the beach before the tale of Grace's part in the night's happenings reached the village. She did not wait for a conyeyanoe, hardly waited to" throw a shawl over her shoulders, but began to cover the three miles on foot. She had walked nearly two-thirds of the distance when Captain Zeb Mayo overtook her and gave her a seat in his' chaise. They said little during the drive, the shock and anxiety forbidding conver­ sation. At the ropes was the same group, larger now, and Dr. Parker's horse was hitched to one of the posts. "You <^n't go in, Mrs. Coffin," said Thoph Black. "The doctor give us his orders not to let nobody get by. guess nobody wants to, but all the same--" Keziah paid not the slightest atten­ tion to Mr. Black. She stooped beneath his arm, under the rope and was on her way to the shanty before they real­ ized her intention. The living room was empty, but at the found of her step some one came from the room adjoining. That some one was Grace. Dr. Parker appeared, holding up a hand for silence. "Hush!" he cried. "He's quiet now and I think he will sleep. Don't talk here. Go outside, if you must talk-- and I suppose you must." Grace led the way. Fortunately, the door was on the side not visible from the spot where Captain Zeb a&d the rest were standing. Keziah, bewil­ dered and amazed at the girl's pres­ ence, followed dumbly. "Now, auntie," whispered Grace, turning to her, "you want to know how he is, of course. Well, I think he CHAPTER XVII. In Which Kezlah Decides to Fight. The news was flying from house to house along the main road. . Break- Vfasts were interrupted as some' neigh- ibor rushed in to tell the story which Another neighbor had brought to him or her. Mr. Ellery was very sick and <t was feared he had the smallpox.' Graoe Van Horne was with him, had taken him back to the shanty, and in- sTited upon staying there until the doctor came. At the Daniels's house the servant «in rushed into the dining room to serve the toast and the story at one •woop. Captain Elkanah's dignity de­ serted him for an instant and his egg spoon Jingled to-the floor. Annabel's face turned a dull red. Her eyes fifesbed sparks. "Pa!" she cri»i, H-l--if you dont aosasthiag now in aever--" "She Must Marry Him, Or He'll Die." is better. The doctor thinjes so, too. But why did you coAe here?" "Why did I come? Why, because my place was here. I belonged here. For the love of mercy's sakes what are you doin' here? With .him? And the smallpox!" "Hush. I can't help It I don't care. I don't care for anything any more. I'm glad I came. I'm glad I was the one to find him and help him. No matter what happens--to me--I'm glad. 1 never was so glad before. I love him, Aunt Kesiah. I can say it to you, for you know it--you must know it. I love him and he needed rae and I came. He was calling my name when I found him. He might have died there, alone in the wet and cold, and I saved him. Think what that means to me." The door opened softly and Dr. Par­ ker came out. f "He's asleep," be said. "And he's better, much better. And I'll tell yon something else, if j>OU won't make too much noise about (t--he hasn't got the smallpox. He is pretty close to brain fever, though, but I guess hell dodge that this time, with care. On the whole, Kezlah, I'm glad you came. This young lady." with a movement of i the head toward Grace, "has done her part. She really saved his life, if I'm not m'staken. Now, I think she can go away tod. leave him to you and me. IH prrtO nearly guarantee to have hlu) Up jjiJ oui «T in a fortnight," Here was Joyful tidings, the better for being so unexpected. Kezlah leaned against the boards and drew a long breath. Grace said nothing, but, after a moment, she went into the house. "That's"a good thing, too," com­ mented Parker, watching her, as she went. "I wanted to talk with you, Ke­ ziah Coffin, and right away. Now, then, there's something up, something that I don't know about, and I rather guess you do. Young women--even when they're her kind and that's as good a kind as there is--don't risk smallpox for any yoiing man they pick up cas­ ually." Kesiah considered. "All right, doc­ tor," she said, when she reached a de­ cision, "all right; I'll tell you the whole thing." She went on to tell all she knew of her parson's love story. Dr. Parker listened. . "Hum!" he said thoughtfully, "I see. What made her change her mind so suddenly? You say, or you gather from what Mr. Ellery told you, that she had all but agreed to marry him. She cares for him, that's sure. Then, all at once, she throws him over and accepts Nat. Of course her uncle's sudden seizure was a shock and he wanted Nat to have her, but she isn't the kind of girl to be easily swayed. But never mind that, that doesn't count now. Let's look at things as they are this minute. She's here and folks know it As they do know it they'll begin to 4alkr and the more they talk the farther from the truth they'll get--most of 'em. Nat, poor chap, is dead, so her promise to him is canceled. Ellery wiil get weli if he isn't troubled. If she leaves him he'll go to pieces again, so she mustn't leave. And she can't stay without an explanation. I say let's give the ex­ planation; let's come right out with the announcement that they're en­ gaged." N "But she's a Come-Outer and-- there's the church." "Well, I know it. But he never was so popular as he is now. And she Isn't by any means a steady-going Come-Outer. Why, Zeke Bassett and the rest have been finding fault with her and calling her a backslider. That'll help. Then you trust me to whoop up her heroism and the fact that without her he would have died. We can do it, Keziah. Come on! I've tackled a good many jobs, but match­ making isn't one of 'em. Here goes to tackle that." Keziah was delighted; here was work after her own heart. But she still hesitated. "Doctor," she said, "you've forgot one tiling, that's Oracle herself. Would she marry him now, knowing it may mean the loss of his ministry and all, any more than she would at firstT I don't believe it" 'That's your part, Keziah. You've got to show her she must marry him or he'll die; see?" Kezlah's hesitation was at an end. Her face lit up. "I say good!" she cried. "And now I want to gjiye you a piece of advice, your' course for the first leg, as you might say: you see Cap'n Zebedee Mayo." "Humph! Cap'n Zeb is the first man I mean to see." Captain Zeb listened with his mouth and eyes and ears open. Mrs. Mayo was with him when the doctor called, and she, too, listened. s "Well!" exclaimed the captain, when the plea for support was ended. "Well, by the flukes of Jonah's whale! Talk about surprises. Old lady, what do you say?" *"I say go ahead, Zebedee. Go ahead! If Mr. Ellery wanted to mar­ ry Jezebel's sister, and I knew be really wanted to, I'd--I do believe I'd help him get her. And Grace^Van Horne is a good girl. Go ahead." "Say, doc, there'll be a lively row, and I kind o' like it," said Captain Zeb. There wa8, and it was lively enough to suit even Captain Zeb. Dr. Parker, on his calls that day, was assailed with a multitude of questions con­ cerning Grace's presence at the shanty. He answered them cheer­ fully, dilating upon the girl's bravery, her good sense, and the fact that she had saved Mr. Ellery's life. Then he confided, as a strict secret the fact that the two were engaged. Before his hearers had recovered from the shock of this explosion, he was justi­ fying the engagement. Why shouldn't they marry if they wanted to? It was a free country. The girl wasn't a Come-Outer any longer, and, be­ sides--and this carried weight In a good many households--what a black eye the marriage would be for that no-account crowd at the chapel. Captain Zebedee, having shipped with the insurgents, worked for them from sunrise to Bunset and after. Zeb was something of a politician and knew whom to "get at." He sought his fellows on the parish committee and labored with them. Mrs. Mayo and the doctor's wife*championed the cause at sewing circle. They were lively, those sewing meetings, and the fur flew. Didama Rogers and Lavinia Pepper were everywhere and ready to agree with whichever side seemed likely to win. It was by no means a one-sided Struggle. Captain Elkanah, spurred on by the furious Annabel, marshaled his forces and proclaimed that Ellery, having disgraced the Regular Society, should no long«r occupy its pulpit. He hinted concerning a good-sized contribution toward a parish house, something the society needed. If El­ lery was discharged, the contribution would probably be made, not other­ wise. And this was a point worth considering. Daniels also wrote to his influential friends of the National Regular So­ ciety. But Captain Zebedee had fore­ stalled him there and both letters were laid on the table to await fur­ ther developments. As for the Come- Outers, thsy were wild with rage and Gradi^" was formally read out of their communion. Meantime Keziah, installed as head nurse at the shanty, was having her troubles. The minister was getting better, slowly but surely getting bet­ ter. The danger of brain fever was at an end, but he was very weak .and must not be excited, so the doctor said. Hs had expressed a wish to talk "Hi UM uuuaxwwyw', T»# (ui cutuj* thing to tell you. Aunt Keziah," h« said weakly. '-Soma news for yon and--and -" "Cat's foot!" snapped Kesiah brisk* ly, "don't start in tellln' me news now. I've got my hands full as 'tis. News'll keeit and you won't, if yon talk another minute." She could manage him; It was with Grace that she had her struggle. First, and bluntly, she told the girl that her leaving was useless. The secret was out; it had been made public. Every" one knew Bhe was in love with John and he with her. Their engagement was considered an established cer­ tainty. Grace was greatly agitated and very indignant. "Who dared say so?" she demanded. "Who dared say wsr were engaged? It's not true. It's af wicked lie and-- Who is responsible. Aunt KeziahT' "Well, I suppose likely I am, much as anybody, deary." "You? You, Aunt Kesiah?" * "Yup; me. You are in love With him; at any rate, you said so. <And you're here with him, ain't you? If you two ain't engaged you ought to be." She argued and pleaded and coaxed, and, at last, ^en she began to think she had prevailed, Grace brought forward another objection. She Lad given her word U» ben' uncle. How could she break that promf.se to a dying man? She would feel like a traitor. "Traitor to who?" demanded the housekeeper, losing patience. "Not to poor Nat, for he's gone. And don't you suppose that he and Eben understand things better now, where they are? Do you suppose that Nat wouldn't want you to be happy? I know he would, for I knew him." It was still unsettled when the long talk was over, but Grace agreed not to leave the minister at present She would stay where she was until he was himself again, at least. Keziah was satisfied with the preliminary skirmish. ^She felt confident of win­ ning the victory, and in the prospect of happiness for others, she was al» most happy herself. Yet each time the mall was brought to the shanty she dreaded to look at It, and the sight"of a stranger made her shake with fear. Ansel Coffin had threatened to corns to Trumet. If he came, she had made up her mind what to do. The parish committee was to meet Captain Elkanah had announced his intention of moving that John Ellery be expelled from the Regular church. There was to be no compromise, no asking for a resignation; he must be discharged, thrown out in disgrace. The county papers were full of the squabble, but they merely reported the news and did not take sides. The fight was too even for that. One afternoon a few days before the date set for the meeting Eikanan and two or three of his henchmen were on the piazza of the Daniels home, discussing the situation. They were bluW and downcast. Annabel was in the sitting room, shedding tears of humiliation and jealous rage on the haircloth sofa. (TO BE CONTINUED. > When Fish Go to Bed. Did you know that fish go to bed la the winter? Prof. Dyche, state fish and game warden for Kansas, says: "Sure thing, fish have beds. I have seen them piled up four and five fish deep for a space at least 3 by 10 feat. Usually they find a place below a log or some kind of ah obstruction In a stream where there is an eddy. They can maintain their positions there without much effort. I don't know whether they sleep or not but fish will spend most of a winter in that way. "When the water gets extremely cold the fish become sluggish. They can move around a; little, but they loss all their alertness. They can even be caught by hand. All you need to do/ Is to cut a hole in the ice after it has been frozen over for some time. Som#\ fish will come to the bole for air. It 1#' an easy matter to slip your hand un» der the fish slowly and you may iifl him clear of the water before he makes a wiggle. Nearly Caught by Old 8wlndle. An American In the Spanish town of Valencia has very nearly fallen a victim to tha buried treasure swindle at the hands of the proprietors of a fashionable boarding house, where he was a paying guest. Their story was that a certain French banker had fled from France, after defrauding bis cli« entB of $800,000. He had, however, quarreled with another banker and killed him, thus being condemned to imprisonment for life. The American received some spurious documents re* latlng to the place where the treasure was hidden and eventually the swin­ dlers stated that, in exchange for 9,000 pesetas, the supposed banker would disclose the whereabouts of the box containing $800,000. Several days la­ ter the swindlers were cleverly oaught by the police, who sent them a tele­ gram signed by the American accept­ ing their offer, and at the same tima making an appointment. SLAIN IN MEXICO CITY Deposed President and Vice-President Murdered in Night Auto Trip From National Palace to Prison--Sought Freedom During At­ tack--U. S. Policy Unchanged. Frog Hunting In Russia* Thqre are frogs in Russia, with pow­ erful lungs, which one may hear bark­ ing cheerfully any summer night in the ponds of the islands where St Petersburg society foregathers to watch the sunset "Last^year J_t,occur­ red to some enterprising Russians that frogs might be caught, slain, salt­ ed and exported to the French allies who appreciate these delicacies. Tb«e Yankees of the state of Minnesota, ft was said, made thousands of dollars a year by sending frogs to France; why Bhould not Russians do the sam<bf Frog hunting began in Russia last year, and in the end many tons of salted frogs' legs were sent abroad. Ox Made Investigation. At a, recent auction sale in Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a good deal of amusement was occasioned when a large ox, which the auctioneer was trying to dispose of, took Into It head to walk into the auctioneer's boi, and, after he had clea*«d the offlc* of officials, made a minute inspection of the books, and retired from the ros­ trum evidently quite pleased with the way the sale was being conducted and lalso with the state of the books. It is needless to say that the officials were much more excited than the ox, and made a quick exit while the ox walked with the utmost dellbcnfcdn. Mexico City, Feb. 24.--Francisco I. Madero and JOBB Pino Suarez are dead. In a midnight ride under guard from the national palace to the penitentiary they were killed. The circumstances surrounding the death of the deposed president and vice-president of the republic are un­ known, except as given in official ac­ counts, which do not conform in all cases. The only witnesses were those actually concerned in the killing. The provisional president, Gen. Vlc- toriano Huerta, says the killing of the two men was incidental to a fight be­ tween their guard and a party attempt ing to liberate them. The minister of foreign relations, Francisco De La Barra, adds that the prisoners attempted to escape. Neither makes a definite statement as to which side fired the fatal shots. It is not im­ possible that neither knows. Investigation Is Ordered. An official investigation has been or­ dered to determine the responsibility, and solemn promises have been made that the guilty will be punished. Not unnaturally, a great part of the public regards the official versions with doubt, having in mind the use Tor centuries of the notorious "Ley Fuga," the unwritten law which is invoked when death of a prisoner Is desired. After Its application there is written- on the records, "Prisoner shot trying to escape." Senora Madero, widow of the ex- president, received the first definite In­ formation Of his death from the Span­ ish minister, Senor Cologan y Colo- gan. She already had heard reports that something unusual and serious had happened, but friends had endeavored up to that time to prevent her from learning the whole truth. Soon afterward, accompanied by his brother, Jose Perez, and Mercedes Ma- dero, a sister of Francisco, Senora Ma­ dero drove to the penitentiary, but was refused permission to see the body uf u«f husband. Senora Sus.rez also was denied admittance to the mortuary, where physicians, in accwrd- aace with the law, were performing an autopsy. 'fMadero's Sister Accuses. In contrast to the widow, whose grief was of a pitiably silent character, expressed in sobs, Mercedes Madero. a beautiful young woman, educated in Paris, who has been a brilliant leader of society since the revolution of 1910, was dry-eyed and tigerish in her emo­ tions. By the side of the two women whose husbands had been killod, tha girl hurled accusations at the officers who barred the entrance. "Cowards! Assassins!" she called them, her voice pitched high. The of­ ficers stared impassively. "You! The men who fired on a de­ fenseless man! You and your superior officers are traitors!" No effort was made to remove the women, nor did the officers attempt to silence them. Senora Madero contin­ ued weeping and the girl did not cease her hysterical tirade until the arrival of the Spanish minister and the Japa­ nese charge, who came to offer their services. The minister spoke with the officers in charge, but was told that on ac­ count of the autopsy it would be im­ possible for anyone to see the bodies. Later in the day, they said, the request would be complied with. Women Taken Away. The diplomats then conduoted the women away from the penitentiary. Madero's father and Rafael Hernan­ dez, former minister of the interior, and other friends, made efforts to re­ cover the bodies, and it was stated that the American ambassador, Hetary Lane Wilson, had interested himself and secured the promises of Minister De la Barra that the bodies should be delivered to their families for burial. 'The tragedy occurred early Sunday morning. Madero" and Suarez, who had been prisoners in the national pal­ ace since their arrest on Tuesday last, were placed in an automobile, which was accompanied by another car and escorted by 100 rurales under the or­ ders of Commandant Francisco Carde­ nas and Colonel Rafael Pimiento. With instructions not to outdistance the escort, the cars moved slowly. No incident occurred until they had reached a point pear the penitentiary, where, In an open place, the guards' attention was attracted, according to the official version, to a group of per­ sons following. Shots were -fired at the escort out of the darkness. The rurales closed in Never Had a Chance. "Why have you never run for •of­ fice?" asked the reporter. "Well," said the weal|fcy citizen, "when I was younger I was too poor to make a campaign; now that I am rich I don't dare to." and ordered the prisoners but of the car. Guards Are Attacked. Thirty of the guards surrounded the prisoners, while the remainder dis­ posed themselves to resist an attack. Abotif fifty men, some afoot and some mounted, „threw themselves upon the detachment guarding the cars and the exchange of shots lasted 20 minutes, when the attacking party fled. The dead bodies of Madero and Suarez were then found.. body of Madero shows only one wound. A bullet, entered the back of the head and emerged at the forehead. The body of Suarez shows many wounds, entering from in front Of the male members of the Madero family £nly two are in the capital. One is Francisco Madero, the father, who bitterly opposed his son's coonducting a revolution in 1910 and rode across northern Mexico in an effort to over­ take and dissuade him; the other is Ernesto Madero, the former minister of finance, an uncle, though only a year older than the late president. Gustavo Madero, a brother, was obliged to submit to the fugitive law the day after the deposition of the president and was shot down in the arsenal. 8enora Madero at Legation. Senora Madero and the two sisters of the ex-presldent, Mercedes and An­ gela, are at the Japanese legation. Not far from the penitentiary there are two small piles of stones some twenty feet apart. They mark the spots where the men who a few days ago ruled Mexico had fallen. Holes in the wall of the penitentiary show where some of the bullets lodged. The stones were piled by groups of sympathetic persons of the lower class, whose curiosity drew them to the scene. From the top of each piti­ ful monument Sunday night flickered candles, placed there and lighted by those who thus thought to offer the last rites of the church to the souls of the dead. From tfce ground had been scraped away blood saturated earth, which was carried off by the morbid, seeking souvenirs. After the engagement on the road to the penitentiary Commandant Carde­ nas reported to the military com­ mander, who conducted him to Gen­ eral Huerta. The president sum­ moned his cabinet, and after apprising his ministers of the occurrence issued an official announcement. Both president and ministers deeply deplored the affair, and decided upon a full investigation to fix the respon­ sibility to punish the guilty. Already formal action has been taken by the au­ thorities, as the members of the escort are under arrest pending the inquiry. De Us Barra Statement In his capacity as minister of for­ eign relations, Senor de la Barra ad­ dressed a note to the diplomatic repre­ sentatives, giving an account of Ifre killing and assurances of a thorough investigation. There were no signs of a demonstra­ tion in the central part of the city. The news was received quietly, and apparently philosophically. This was due perhaps not only to the fact that the majority seem to be in favor of the present government but because the people are still overawed by the developments of the last two weeks. One hundred representative mem­ bers of the British colony have sent a memorial to the American ambassa­ dor, expressing "appreciation for the able manner in which the ambassador has handled the delicate situation caused by the recent disturbance." The memorial extends sincere thanks "for the help afforded all for­ eigners by the American embassy, without distinction of nationality, and more especially all British residents." Mexican Situation Strained. Washington, Feb. 25.--The killing of Francisco I. Madero and Pino Suarez, deposed president and vice-president of Mexico, after Provisional President General Huerta had assured Ameri­ can Ambassador Wilson of the safety of his prisoners from just such at­ tack0. created a^palnful impression in administration circles. Wilson Confirms News. The state department issued this statement here: "An official telegram from the am­ bassador at Mexico City at one p. m., states that the authorities Informed the embassy through Mr. De Le Barra of their intention to transfer former President Madero and former Vice- President Pino Suarez to the peniten­ tiary, for the reason that they would there be In greater security pending = the subsidence of public excitement-; and because they would be bettat quartered in that establishment which is of modern and excellent construc­ tion. The embassy states that accord- , ihg to reports published by the auth­ orities the party was attacked while on the way to the penitentiary and In the struggle both Madero and Shades were killed. The embassy reports that General Hnerta also states that1 • there will be a rigid Judicial investiga­ tion of all the circumstances. When the first feeling of surprise had passed it,was realized by officials that this lasf tragic event had added greatly to the gravity of the situation and undoubtedly had placed an addi­ tional Btrairv upon the already tefise relations between this government and that in the Mexican,capital. Still, as President Taft himself declared, the event in itself was not sufficient to demand any departure from the policy of strict nonintervention which so far has governed his administra­ tion. May Hasten Invasion. Probably the immediate result will be to hasten the military and naval- preparations In order to have the sol­ diers and sailors and marines rdady to answer a call for instant embarka­ tion if further developments in Mexico should demand their employment. . Tha one danger to be apprehended, which almoBt certainly would result in the launching of an ariAy of Inva­ sion, wmild be the commission of soma act or acts in Mexico that would en­ danger the lives of foreign citizens and Americans, for having assured tha diplomatic representatives in Wash* ington of the disposition and ability of' this government to protect their na­ tionals in Mexico in the same degree as Americans, tha government has as­ sumed an obligation that cannot be ig­ nored. Must Protect Americans. Therefore any attack upon tha Americans or foreigners by the tacit consent of the Huerta government, or even the exhibition toward them of mob violence clearly beyond the abil- a ity of the provisional government to prevent, probably would be the signal for active intervention. ' The administration officials feel that they have discharged their full dutlaa and exhausted their constitutional powers In the orders they have given or planned for the preparation of a suf- flcfent military and naval force to in­ sure a successful entry to the Mexl> can capital in case of need. It 1b practically certain that beyood this point the executive would not pro­ ceed except upon direct instructiona from congress, as the ' exhibition of military force beyond the seacoast towns of Mexico might be regarded aa an act of war which, under the consti­ tution, can be directed only by cjUfp* gress. .y Communicate With Congress. * ! , v To secure this direction probably It ' will be netiessary for President Taft to communicate with the congress through a special message, reciting the recent events and existing conditions v' in Mexico and asking for Instructions. The president though, having consid­ ered the preparation of such a mee- sage, has been reluctant to forward it ,, and probably will not do so unlesa still graver events happen in Mexico .in the remaining days of his adminla- t ration Secretary Stlmson and Major Gen­ eral Wood made no change in the pro­ gram of Concentration of troops at Galveston, which is smoothly working, out In conformity with Saturday's or­ ders to Maj. Gen. William H. Carter, ^ commanding the Second division'ML the army at Chicago. " • •; These orders callec^ for the dispatch to Galveston of the elements that make up only one brigade of troops--:• namely: The Fifth brigade, Second di­ vision, commanded by Brig: Gen. Fred­ erick A. Smith. These troops should all be In Galveston before the end Of- the present week at the latest. ^: Two other brigades of troops are under preparatory orders to entrain for the Texas seaport. These, or two other brigades, if it is decided to make a change in the composition of the force, doubtless will be directed -t®. start almost immediately. . N- Pilgrims by Tsxl. The tour which Sir Frederick • Treves has made into a rather pre* . f- tentious book is that usual for th# modern tripper in the Holy Land. In- former days, when traveling was dona on horseback, a tour in Syria was a romantic and a dignified proceeding, which no one would have dreamt of undertaking in the rainy season. Tha modern way is different. Sir Fred­ erick Treves landea at Jaffa; took the train up to Jerusalem; was driven thence in a cab, "in the form of a Vie-' toria which had probably seen its beU ter days in the streets of Paris or at • Naples," to visit Bethlehem and Jer­ icho; returned by train to Jaffa, there took ship to Haifa; from Haifa weat by carriage to Tiberias; from Semakjt to Damascus by rail; from back to Haifa by rail. w The line of least resistance demote strates that the people who yield fta temptation are generally looking iier' it. ^GTermsny-'Supplies Ptfgath. Potash is extensively in the United Stotes in gold mining, glass- making, bluing, photography, dydtng, explosives and fertilizers, and most of the supply comes from Germany. Bslky. Stage Manager--"Come along with that elephant! What's keeping it?** Stage Hand--"It's the back legs, sir. He's found out that the front legs get twenty-five cents a night more than he does. He refuses to go on unless he gets the same." Rescuer. ' "I suppose you tried to sa* penny when you started in business?" "I did more than that," replied Mr. Cassius Chex. "I rescued a lot that other people were squandering." Who Hss the Truth? * We all want the truth; but God only knows who has it. It is, therefore, ab- surd>and cruel for us to hate or perse- cuteppne another on account of a dif­ ference of religious opinions.--Lord Chesterfield. Earned It Woman--"How did yeu get that Car­ negie medal?" Tramp--"Heroism, lady. I took it away from a guy that was twice my size."--Now Orleans Times- Democrat. Talents and Virtues. It Is with talents as with virtues: One must love them for their own sake or renounce them entirely. And neithei; of them is acknowledged nor rewarded, except when their posses­ sor can practice them unseen.-- Goethe. Common, by Any Name. the English people call con­ ceit "the French call self-love. The name does not make much difference. Came at s Bad Time- "I was called upon for a speecfc ,'\j«'y most unexpectedly at the dinner lag! !•_/ rs night." "Oh, come now. You know % * man is always prepared." "1 wasn't. • The toastmaster called on me just aa ^ -I had taken a very large mouthfel of^whettL" Had Him Thera. ' ^ Father--"My son. remember thte, no man ever accomplished much vhs ' talked at his work." Son--**How ahMfc.J.' a lecturer, dad?" , Miss Cayenne's Advice. "What shall I say if Ur. Binkttjfc asks me to marry him?" asked tM young woman. *Don't bothep about studying what you will say. replied Miss Cayenne. "Reheavae aa eOMfc to look surprised." v * Oriving Belt Long in Use. A driving belt In an engineering works at Smethwick, England* hss been in continuous use for thirty*** I years, and has "traveled" a MMM but the thing is exceedingly common | equivalent to aevcwfWff ttBMliHl In the minds of the human race. {the world.