..The Filibusters of Venezuela..
Or the Trials of a Spanish Girl.
• 4.
• By SEWARD W. HOPKINS.
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Copyrighted 1900 byRobert Bonner's Sons. •
CHAPTER X.
Prisoners.
When General Salvarez learned of
the failure to blow up the castle, he
did not for a moment doubt that his
enemies were in possession of the se-
cret passage.
There was nothing left for him to do
but hurry back to his troops, and make
what preparations he could to with-
stand an attack, for it was almost cer-
tain that the royalists would follow up
their victory, and attempt to destroy
the force under his command.
And Salvarez reasoned correctly.
Shortly after the scene between Phil-
ip and Don Juan, a portion of the mob,
called the royalist army, was led out
by Gomez, who had with him, in im-
mediate command of their respective
followers, Francisco and Mattazudo.
Between Gomez and Mattazudo there
had arisen a violent hatred, but Gomez
feared the power of the Zambos too
much to attempt to injure the half-
breed then.
About the same time that Gomez left
the castle, Don Juan Garza, accompa-
nied by the two men he had chosen to
accompany him, left also, and set out
toward the Ca:-ib's hut.
Garza and his two companions had
not gone far when two forms emerged
from a hiding-place, and like noiseless
shadows, glided after them.
Not a word was spoken by either
party during the journey.
Reaching the Carib's hut, Don Juan
found the Indian sitting on a log be-
fore his door, smoking a rude stone
pipe, and enjoying, in his own fash-
ion, the cool evening.
"I am here again, Ramana," said
Don Juan.
"I see you," replied the Carib.
"I must have the truth about my
daughter."
"I have told it to you twice. I have
not seen your daughter."
"Ramana, listen to me. You behold
in me a broken-hearted father. My
happiness is in your hands. How can
you still be cruel? Where is my
child?"
"I know not."
"Ramana, are you loyal to the
king?"
"When he is king I will be loyal to
him," replied the Indian. "It matters
not to us who may be our rulers. One
kind is as bad as another. We had
lands--they took them from us. One
government follows another. Each
one is as bad as the last. We have
nothing left, yet we are expected to
be loyal."
"Restore my daughter to me, Ram-
ann, and the king will restore your
lands. I swear it."
"I would give you your daughter if
I had her. But I have not. I have
not seen her."
"Will you come and tell that to the
king?"
"The king! Has the Spaniard who
calls himself king sent for me?"
"Yes. My daughter was to wed the
king. He is anxious about her, too,
Ramana."
"~ will go," said the Indian. "There
is some mystery here. The other said
she was to wed him. The half-breed
is the one."
They left together, and Medworth
and Tempest started to follow them.
Then a suddc~n thought arrested Ar-
thur and he turned back motioning
for Tempest to follow him. Instead of
following Don Juan and Ramana back
to the castle they remained hidden
near the hut. Medworth's idea in do-
ing this was that if Ramana was ly-
ing Lola might be somewhere near.
They waited some little time and,
hearing no sound, ~peered into the
open door of the hut.
t There was no one there.
The hut was such a rude, ill-made
thing that it seemed "hardly possible
that there could be a hiding-place
connected with it.
Satisfying themselves that no one
was inside, they withdrew, again into
the shadows and waited.
After a time they heard voices, and
two persons came walking slowly
toward the hut. They were both In-
dians, and were speaking in Spanish,
yet in so low a tone that the listening
Americans could not understand what
they said.
But when they reached the hut and
found it empty, one turned to the
other and said: /
"Ravona, the hut is empty. Where
are the old ones?"
"It is strange," said the one called
Ravona. "My father and mother are
very old. They do not go far from
their hut at night."
Just then the sharp hiss of a wom-
an's voice was heard, and an old In-
dian hag came from a clump of woods
about a hundred yards away.
"Oh, there you are," said Ravona.
"We missed you. Where is the old
one?"
"I left him here. Strange things are
being done now."
"What do you mean?"
"A girl was stolen from the castle.
First Gomez comes to find her and
says Mattazudo the half-breed brought
her to Ramana. But Ramana has not
seen her. Then the half-breed comes
himself and demands her. What a
liar that half-breed is. Perhaps some
one has been after Ramana."
"I saw the half-breed," said Ravens,
"while the sun was still high, by the
river."
"He has hid the girl, it is certain,"
said the old woman. "I would not give
much for her chances in the half-
breed's hands."
"Where could he hide her?" asked
Ravona's companion.
"There is a place," replied Ravona,
"but ~ thought only my father and
myself knew it. It is near the river.
It is a cave."
"Then go there," said Ravona's
mother. "If the half-breed is at his
tricks again, defeat him. The girl
must be hungry. Take food with you."
"Have you any?"
"Plenty. Ramana i s a great
hunter."
The. three went inside the hut, and
in a moment the crackling of fire could
be heard. Then came the appetizing
odor of cooking meat.
It seemed an interminable wait to
Medworth, but the food was ready at
last, and Ravona, accompanied by his
companion, came from the hut, carry-
ing a pot of steaming, savory stew.
They struck into a narrow path
leading toward the river, and the
Americans kept as close to them as
they could without being themselves
discovered.
After traveling thus a while, Ra-
vona passed before a thick network of
vines and parted them. He and his
companion pressed their way through.
Behind this barrier was the entrance
to a cave, and Medworth poked his
head through the vines just in time
to see the two Indians disappearing
into the cave.
"Come on!" said Medworth.
They followed the Indians in.
The cave was a large one. A lantern.
hung on a peg stuck in a crevice,
threw a gloomy light around.
On a couch of furs reclined a girl,
sobbing, her position being such as to
indicate that she was fastened there.
"The half-breed's work," said Ra-
vona.
At the voice, the girl raised her
head.
"Lola!" cried Medworth, rushing to
her past the Indians.
"Arthur! my Arthur!" she ex-
claimed. "You here--in Venezuela?"
"I am here," he said, joyfully; "and
so is my old friend, Tempest."
'.'Never mind me," said Jack; "cut
those cords."
"Who are you?" now demanded
Ravona.
"Friends of this senorita," replied
Tempest. "We have been lcoking for
her."
A glance at Lola, whose head was
nestled against Arthur's breast,
proved to Ravona that Tempest spoke
the truth.
"Then I am not needed," he said.
"But beware of Mattazudo. See, I
leave you the food. There is plenty.
Adios."
"Where am I, Arthur?" asked Lola,
when the Indians had gone.
"You are in a cave near the river.
Who brought you here?"
"[ do not know. A dark-skinned
man came to me and said my father
sent him to guide me to a place of
safety until after the battle. He
brought me here and bound me. I
screamed and struggled, and begged
him to release me, but he would not.
Oh, how frightened r was! I thought
I was going to be killed."
"Well you are in the hands of
friends now, Miss Lola," said Tempest,
"and I'll answer for the neck of the
next man who lays a hand on you."
"Come," said Arthur, "you have not
touched the supper the Indian
brought."
He tenderly assisted her out of the
cave and they started toward the cas-
tle, Lola carefully guarded between
her two companions.
Suddenly the sound of firing was
heard.
"The battle is on," said Medworth.
"I hope Salvarez is successful."
As they progressed the firing grew
louder and nearer, until they paused
in alarm.
"Listen!" said Lola. "Was that not
a woman's scream?"
"Surely it is," said Medworth.
The shrill scream of a woman in
distress was distinctly heard.
"Stay here," said Tempest. "I'll be
back."
He darted away, and they heard his
voice and the sound of fighting.
Then a girl came rushing toward
them with streaming hair.
"Save me!" she cried. "Our army is
lost !"
It was Jacinta, the daughter of Sal-
varez.
The rushing forms of men closed in
around them, and a voice called:
"Seize them!"
In another instant, Tempest, Lola.
Jacinta and Medworth were seized
upon, and, under the command of
Pedro Francisco, were conveyed pris-
oners to the Castle of Salvarez.
CHAPTER XL
A Puzzled Spaniard.
Philip was pacing to and fro in the
Council Room. His head was bent.
His hands clasped behind him. He
was evidently in deep thought. As
he passed a l~tgh barred window hc
paused and looked out. His gaze wan-
dered to the distant fields and well-
tilled acres of Salvarez.
It was a splendid, a magnificent es-
tate.
As far as the eye could see the land
belonged to Salvarez. And Salvarez
was now a prisoner, one of fifty sur-
vivors of the bloody battle that de-
str~$ed the defenders of the Republic.
A footstep was heard, the door
opened, and Gomez came in.
"Things go our way," he said, smil-
ing. "Venezuela is ours."
"Part of it," replied Philip, not
smiling.
"All of it. The soldiers of Salvao
rez are nearly all killed. Salvarez
himsef is a prisoner. There is now
no reason to delay pushing on to ths
north and planting our standard be-
yond the Orinoco. Our friends are
waiting for us there. Caracas must
fall at last."
"At last. But there is something to
be done here before we cross the Or-
inoco. What is the sentiment of the
people near us, now that Salvarez is
crushed?"
"Judging from the reports we are
receiving, the entire country south of
the Orinoco is loyal to you."
"Then I must delay my coronation
no longer."
"I would not delay it another day."
There was a pause, a strained sil-
ence.
"Gomez," said Philip, bending a
keen gaze on the General. "I want the
truth about that mysterious affair of
Lola Garza."
"I thought it was mysterious no
longer. The girl is found. What is her
story ?"
"I have not yet heard. Garza is
with her now. I will send for him at
once,"
Garza was sent for, but before he
arrived Francisco came in. He was
there when Don Juan entqred.
"You sent for me?" said Don Juan.
"r did," said Philip. "You were
with your daughter. How is she?"
"Alas, she is not well. The cave in
which she was confined by that half-
breed scoundrel was damp, and as she
was bound hand and foot, she became
thoroughly chilled. The result is now
that she has a bad fever, which alter-
nates with severe chills."
"That is bad. Have you heard from
her own lips the story of her abduc-
tion?"
"Yes. Ah, what a scoundrel that
Mattazudo is. Yes, he went to her,
telling her that it was my wish for
her to accompany him to a place of
greater safety until after the battle.
She believed him, and followed him to
a cave up the river about a mile,
where he bound her, and, heedless of
her cries for mercy, left her, telling
her to be quiet until he came for her.
She was found there by the two Amer-
icans, who, it appears, have followed
us here for no other purpose than to
rescue my daughter from myself. That
is a strange case. As if I had not my
daughter's welfare at heart. But they
are prisoners, and my poor girl is
safe; so what matter?"
"It matters to me," satd Philip. "As
for the Americans, they have done
no harm; but I will not have the
scoundrel Mattazurdo around me. Go-
mez, I shall be crowned king at ten
o'clock to-day."
"Good! Your triumph will then be
complete."
"At 10:30 I shall order Mattazudo's
execution."
"To be shot?"
"To be shot."
"Your majesty!" gasped Francisco.
"The safety of your crown de-
pends-"
"'Say no more. When Lola Garza
shall have recovered sufficiently, she
will become my wife, and Queen of
Venezuela. The safety of the Queen
must be assured. In no other way
can this be done than by shooting the
rascal who carried her away once, and
who, no doubt, would try to do so
again."
"Quite right," said Gomez, with a
gleam of hate in his eyes.
It may perhaps be necessary to in-
terject a short explanation here to
show the reason Gomez was pleased at
the prospect of Mattazudo's death.
Yet it seems almost unnecessary, for
the reader must already have seen
the duplicity toward Gomez with
which Mattazudo acted.
Don Juan, having answered all the
questions Philip chose to ask, turned
to go.
(To be continued.)
~varlans Keep DO~S.
Bavarians are not extravagant, but
no family is so poor that it can not
afford to keep a dog. Dogs are every-
where in Munich, and every tram car
passing has a string of dogs after it~
dogs whose owners are passengers. At
the entrance of the large shops groups
of sedate, patient dogs can be seen
waiting for their masters. In the cafes
the dogs are prominent. Everybody
takes his animal with him--sometimes
two or three--and, after the dogs h~ve
lapped their beer or saucer of coffee~
for the dog fares like his master~
there is a great scampering and shuf-
fling under the chairs and tables, but
no one seems annoyed at the melee.
It is from the banks that dogs are
rigidly excluded, and a porter is placed
at tne door of each bank for the pur-
pose of checking your pet, like an um-
brella or a parcel. The Munich dog,
mostly a dachshund, is intelligent and
good-natured. He romps with the cats
without biting them, carries umbrellas
and canes much larger than himself,
and is never disobedient, except when
he has indul~ed in too much beer.
Origin of a Celebrated Jest.
when Mr. Evarts, who was my nea~
relative and a man with whom I could
take a liberty, came into the Senate, I
said to him that we should have to
amend the rules so that a motion to
adjourn would be in order in the mid-
dle of a sentence, to which he replied
that he knew of nobody in this country
who objected to long sentences except
the criminal classes.--Senator Hoar in
Scribner's.
Gardeners mind their peas and
Chinamen mind their queues.
COLORADO NOTES.
The State University at Boulder has
opened with an increased number of
students.
A good deal of hay was scattered
over the fields by the recent wind
storms south of Florence.
~l'he first snow of the season fell at
Denver shortly after lnidnight October
6th. It was all gone before morning.
The city of Colorado Springs and the
county of E1 Paso will unite to build
a $4,(~)0 pest lmuse, work to be con]-
menced immediately.
Many portions of the state were vis.
ited by a heavy fall of rain and snow
on Sunday, October 6tl~. The front
range took on a ('()at of white.
The Letter Carriers' National Con-
vention will meet at Denver next year
and arrangements will be made to
show them over tile state as much as
possible.
Six new excursion cars, built on the
plan of an observation coach, will be
ordered for the passenger department
of the Colorado Springs & Cripple
Creek Short Line railroad.
Governor Ornmn has issued an order
declaring Salida to be a city of the
second class, in accordance with the
twelfth census returns, which gave
that city a i)opulation of 3,722.
During the months of July, August
and September Denver people took out
permits to erect buildings to the value
of $964,55(I, which far surpasses any
three months since the panic of 1893.
After looking over the bands in at-
tendance at the festival in Denver, the
comnlittee from Deadwood, South Da-
kota, engaged tho Creede band for the
week of the festival at Deadwood next
year.
Appearances seen] to indicate that
attendance at I)e Beque's third annual
lion hunt, October 25th and 2~;th, will
greatly exceed all previous years. Am-
ple provisions for guides, horses and
dogs have been made.
The county commissioners of Garfield
county finished their three days' ses-
sion sitting as a board of equalization
without receiving a single request from
any taxpayer to have his assessment
reduced.
Civil service examinations will be
held at l)enver on November 16th and
at Pueblo and Colorado Springs on No-
vember 20th for positions of clerks
and letter carriers in the postoffices in
these cities.
An effort will be nmde to have the
members of the Anlerican histitute of
Mining Engineers to visit Colorado
Springs and the Cripple Creek district
immediately after their animal meet-
ing in the City of Mexico early in No-
vember.
The breach of promise suit brought
by Miss Nellie Lewis against Sam
Strong has finally been settled out of
court. Stipulations to that effect have
been filed with the clerk of the Su-
preme Court by Augustus tI. Martin,
attorney for Mrs. Sam Strong.
Rural free delivery will be establish-
ed in Mesa county, Special Inspector
Llewellyn having decided upon two
routes. Charles W. Rundle has been
appointed carrier on the east route cud
D. M. Flick on the west route. These
appointments were made by Postmas-
ter Price of Grand Junction.
Word has been received from Miss
Cora Fay, one of the teachers who
went to Manila from Colorado Springs
that she has been detailed by the gov-
ernment to open and conduct a normal
school in the province of Mindanao.
She expected to be in charge of the
school with six American assistants
for at least one year.
A competitive drill between Uniform
Rank No. 8, Knights of Pythias, of Vic-
tor, and Commandery No. 46, Knights
of St. John of Leadville for $500 a side,
was held tn the arena at the festival
grand stand in Denver and resulted in
a victory for the Victor team by the
narrow margin of eight points. The
Victor team scored 502 points and the
Leadville team 494.
Colorado Springs enterprise is mani-
fest in the San Juan Railway and
Electric Company, recently organized
with $300,000 capital by local finan-
ciers to build and operate an electric
railway in Ouray county and to fur-
nish power and coal for the mines in
the San Juan district. G. A. Taft of
Colorado Springs will be general man-
ager of the company and A. S. Mun-
son local agent.
The kennel show committee of the
Colorado Kennel Club has settled on
November 21st, 22nd and 23rd as the
dates for the coming show "in Denver.
Coliseum hall has been engaged. The
entrance fee has been set at $1 for
each dog, although the first intention
was to have it at $2 for the first dog
and $1 for each additional entry. The
club has received official notice of its
acceptance as a member of the Amerl-
ican Kennel Association.
One of the selections played at the
Mountain and Plain Festival by the
Modern Woodmen's band from Grand
Junction, was the "Local Taxation
March," dedicated to State Senator
James W. Bucklin of Grand Junction,
in honor of his success in placing be-
fore the people a constitutional amend-
ment giving counties an opportunity to
vote on special methods of taxation.
The music is by George E. Kinsley of
Brockton, Massachusetts.
Julius C. Plumb of Colorado SPrings
died on the 4th inst. t~e had been
twice county commissioner, once al-
derman and once mayor of Colorado
Springs. The cause of his death was
cancer of the stomach, from which he
had suffered for the past two years,
Mr. Plumb was for nlany years promi-
nent in both business and political
circles, being one of the Silver Repub-
lican party in the state. He was inter-
eared in Cripple Creek and was an ex-
tensive owner in the Anchoria-Leland.
On the 6th inst. at Plattevitle, Gee.
Ramey, a fqrmcr, had a team killed in
a peculiar manner. While loading
t)igs in to the wagon the team became
frightened and escaped. They made
straight for the Chicago flyer, which
was running al~)ut fifty miles an hour.
They struck the train squarely in the
center. Both lmrses were killed in-
stantly. The steps of one coach were
torn off and one window badly bro-
ken. The wagon was unoccupied with
the exception of one pig, which es-
caped without a scratch. The team
was valued at $200.
COLUMBIA WINS THIRD RACE
AND.RETAINS AMERICA'S CUP
New York, Oct. 4.--With victory
flags floating froul her towering mast-
heads and the ends of her spreaders in
honor of her concluding triumph in the
cup races of 1901, the gallant sloop Co-
lumbia returned to her anchorage to-
night under the escort of the entire
excursion fleet.
She to-day completed her defense of
the honored trophy in another stilting
race with the Shamrock II., over a lee-
ward and windward race of thirty
miles, crossing the finish line two sec-
onds behind her antagonist, but win-
ning on the time allowance conceded
by the Lipton boat by forty-one sec-
onds.
For the second time the Columbia
has now successfully foiled the at-
tempt of the" Irish knight to wrest
from her possession the cup that means
the yachting supremacy of the world.
And plucky Sir Thomas IApton, stand-
ing on the bridge of the Erin, led his
guests in three hearty cheers for the
successful defender.
"She is tim better boat," he said,
"and she deserves to be cheered."
Tim series of races Just closed will
always be memorable as the closest
ever sailed for (he cup, and Sir Thom-
as, although defeated, will go home
with the satisfaction of knowing that
his golden yacht is the ablest foreign
boat that ever crossed the western
ocean.
During both series of races not an
nn¢oward incident has occurred and
Sir Thomas will return to England far
the most popular of all the foreigmers
who have challenged for the America's
trophy.
To-day's race, on paper, was the
closest of the series, but because of
the flukiness of the wind on the beat
home, as a come st of the relative mer-
its of the yachts it is not to be com-
pared with the magnificent, tmdy run
and royally fought battles of Saturday
and yesterday. Tile conditions of the
race at ¢tle start to-day were very sim-
ilar to those of yestelMay.
The w~Ind was strong and from the
shore~ embroide~qng the sea with foam
and piling up no swell--ideal condi-
tions for the challenger.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Columbia beat the Shamrock before
the wind last Saturday, the challen-
the result that first one would get a
lift and then tile other. At one thue
tile C~)lumbia ~eelned a nlile qhead,
when a sudden cant of the wind al-
lowed the Shamrock to point ne~txer
the mark, and a ndle from houm the
challenge~ appeared '~o be leading by
fully half a mile.
The talent began to feel nervous, but
as the yachts al)proaehed the finish
the Yankee skipper, by some mira(m-
lous legerdermain, shoved his boat in-
to the light air like a phantom ship
and 100 yards from home the two
racers were almost on evcu totals. It
was a pretty sight and one seldom
witness¢~l, when they er~)ssed rail to
rail, the white yacht's lx)wsprit just
lapping the golden boat's mast.
The umlal lmndemoniuln that at-
tends the final Yankee victory in a cup
contest followed. Whistles, sirens.
bells, bands and cheers united in a
grand chorus of jublilation, and J. P.
Morgan's steam yacht Corsair addc~l
to the terrific din by firing a national
salute of twenty-one guns.
After tim Colmnbia had hauled dox~n
her sails and set her victory flag, the
excursion boats crowded ah)ngside t~
cheer the Yankee sailors and tile win-
ning skipper. Nor did they forget
either Lipton or his gallant craft. In
turn the crowded steamers ran along-
side the Shamrock and Erin and tile
vanquished received ahno~t as mnch
honor as the victor. And thus. with
felicitations all around, the twelfth s~
ries of races for the old clip which the
schooner America brought over fifty
years ago, ended with the best of feel-
ing.
While taking his defeat gamely, Sir
Thomas Lipton nmde no attempt to
conceal his honest disappointment
when he talked about the racc~s.
The following is lhe Columbia's rec-
ord for the contests of 1899 and 1901 :
First race of ]iX)l, Sel)tember 29th-
Columbia wins by 1 minute 22 s~onds.
Time allowance, 43 seconds. Columbia
wins, boat for boat, by 29 seconds.
Second race of 1~)1, October 3d--Ce-
lumbia wins by 3 minutes 35 seconds.
Time allowance, 43 seconds. Columbia
wins, boat for beat, by 2 minutes 52
seconds.
Third race of 1901, October 4th--Co-
lumbia wins by 41 seconds, time allow-
ger to-day gained slowly, but steadily ance, crossing the finish mark 2 ~*e-
all the way out and rounded forty-nine : "ends behind Shamrock II.
seconds. Immediately after the yachts First race of 1899, October 16th--Co-
actually gained one minute and four lumbia wins by 10 minutes 8 seconds.
seconds, hnmediately after the wachts Second race of 1~O. October 17th--
turned ~heir noses into the wind for Columbia wins by sailing over course
the beat lmme the breeze moderated after Shamrock t)resks mast.
and turned fluky. The skippers split Third race of 1899, October 20th--Co-
tacks, each searching for wind, with hlmbla wlns by 6 minutes 34 seconds.
STATE OFFICERS MAY BE TRIED
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT
Denver, Oct. 5.--The News this
motmlng says: The attorneys for the
corporations interested in the suits
brought to test the constitutionality of
the new revenue law will institute con-
tempt proceedings against Attorney
General Charles C.Post, Secretary A. B.
IGray of the State Board of Assessors,
and the thirteen county assessors con-
stituting the State Board of Assessors.
They will be brought on the grounds
that the injunction of Judge Dixon of
the Pueblo court was violated when
Secretary Gray certified out to the
county treasurers for collection the ab-
stracts of assessment of the corporate
properties. In doing that he acted un-
der instructions from the members of
the State Board of Assessors. The
corporation attorneys aver that Attor-
ney General Post advised the assessors
to ignore Judge Dixon's injunction re.
straining them from acting, and that
under his advice they extended the fig-
ures, swore to them and instructed
their secretary to certify them out. A
number of the abstracts were certified
out Thursday evening and the remain.
der yesterday morning.
The proceedings will have to be
brought before Judge Dixon, for the
certifying out of the corporate prop*
erty abstracts of assessments is not in
contempt of the writ o.f prohibition is-
sued by the Supreme Court several
days ago, and which was made return-I
able, October 7th. When the case is:
called it will probably be dismissed by
the Supreme Court, as the work has:
been done by the assessors whichi
Judge Dixon's writ was intended to
forestall. The alleged contempt is not
against the Supreme Court, as the or-
der issued by it simply temporarily
held Inatters in abeyance, or was sup-
posed ¢o, until the court could decide
whether Judge Dixon had the authori-
ty to issue the writ which he did; that
it was apparently as much to the in-
terests of the state as to the attorneys
for the corporations to have the matter
held in that state until a final decision
was rendered.
It is stated on good authority that
the next step to be taken by the corImr-
ation attorneys will be to secure an
injunction restraining county (reas-
urers from accepting abstracts of as-
sessnlent and collecting taxes on them.
Whether the writ x~'ill be asked of the
Supreme Court or from each of the
district Judges in {he state could nt~t
be ascertained.
Attorney General Post denied yester-
day that he instrueted the members of
the State Board of Assessors to cerO-
fy out their corporate property ab-
strac0s of assessments. He said lm
went before the Ix)ard, explained the
status of the case and said that whlle
it might be contempt of court to act
as they finally did, that the exlgencit~
of the state's financial oondition were
mitigating circumstances sufficient ~o
counterbalance any disrespect which
the court might think had been shown
it; thaL if the court held Jt was con-
tempt, and felt called npon to admin-
ister punishment, that it would prob-
ably be a fine, and a very snmll one at
that; that confinement in the county
Jail would probably not be re~orted to
by the Judge.
Assessors Alexander and Thompgon
stated yesterday afternoon that At-
torney General Post did po~tiw~ly ad-
vise them to~do as they did; that they
did it solely ripen his recommendati(m.
~12my do not~ fear contempt proceed-
ings.
Secretary Gray said that he certified
out the abstracts upon orders from the
board, Attorney General Post and
Governor Orman.
EPISCOPALIANS MEET ,abo~ ~.de.. s. tbo~e.,.ont
IN SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, Oct. 4.--In conjunction i
with the opening of the triennial con-
vention of the Episcopal Church of Am-
erica yesterday, wins a thanksgiving
service at which the missionary offer-
lag of the Woman's Auxiliary, amount-
ing to $104,295, was presented. It was
received with heartfelt thanks.
Dr. Prince of New Mexico offered a:
memorial from the missionary district
of New Mexico, asking that the mls-
Washington, Oct. 5.--President Oom-
pers of the American Federation of
Labor, and Ralph M. Easley, secretary
of the National Civic Federation, had
a conference on Thursday with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and presented several
matters for his consideration. One was
the Cl~lnese exclusion act, which ter-
minates by limitation in March 19~2.
T'he labor interests, it appears, desire
the exclusion act renewed and asked
Presldent Roosevelt for his aid in this
direction. The President likewise was
asked to say something in his message
slonary districts be recognized as tnte- recommending favorable action on the
g~,al parts of the American church, t eight-hour proposition pending in Gon-
~ith such representation in tile conven- gress. Mr. Gompers was requested to
tion as may seem just and proper. Re- submit a brief giving the position of
ferred to committee on amendments to [ the labor interests oil these question~
,and all the facts that lair , aders d*
c°~)stituti°ln'r. T y r offered a resolution thatI sire laid before the President.
action be taken looking to conference[
with other religious bodies of the Unit- [ Uncle Sam Y[ean~ Bnain,,s~.
ed States in reference to uniformity of [ London, Oct. 5.--"The Unit ~d State,
practice relative to the subjects of di- I government is determined to exact full
voree and marriage, revenge upon every one concerned."
Amendmenfs to the constitution were says the Constantinople eorrespendent
of the Telegraph. "and if anything
then taken up. The first resolution, happens to Miss Stone (the captive
covering tim title, was unanimously missionary hehl for ransom), it will
adopted, not hesitate to ask perndsston to
Article I, consisting of six sections bring a fleet through the Dqrdanelles
and addressed to the house, was adopt-
ed.
Artlc/e II, containing four sections,
providing the manner of electing dioce-
san and missionary bishops and requir-
ing a priest to have attained the age of
thirty-five years before consecration,
regulating the exercise of the episcopal
office by bishops, practically as in tile
old con~titution, was adopted.
to get at Bulgarian ports o15 the Bla~q~
sea and to force the Bulgarian govern-
ment to act against the Macedonia~
corn mittee."
~e~ator Depew Wll! Marry.
• Paris. Oct. 5.--Senator Chauncey M.
Depew of New York is engaged to M~ss
May Palmer, daughter of the late Hea-
, ry Palmer of New York.
