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II PHANTOM VOTESCity Party Managers in Phila¬

delphia on the Alert.

WILLWATCH THE POLLS

THEY INTEND TO HAVE AN

HONEST ELECTION IF POSSIBLE.

Members of the Organization Fail in

Their Efforts to Obtain Adminis¬

tration Indorsement.

BY WILLIAM E. CCBTIS.Special Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago

iteeurd-llerald.PHILADELPHIA. October 15. tUOT..

S«nator Penrose and other leaders of"The Organization" In Philadelphia havebien trying in vain to secure for theirticket and their cause, some sort of recog¬nition from the republican part}' and theadministration. They claim to be. andtechnically they are, "regular" republicans;but Secretary Root, who was Invited hereto advise Mayor Weaver in I ts fight againstth>j boodlers, declared that:"The gang ruling Philadelphia are not

republicans. They are a corrupt and crim¬inal combination, masquerading as repub¬licans. They deserve the opposition, andnot the support, of all honest republicans."That statement, coming from the first

man In the cabinet, and from so eminentanu so loyal a partisan as Mr. Root, hasbeen adopted as the shiboleth of the Phila¬delphia anti-ring movement. The man¬

agers of the city party have endeavored toir.form «very voter in Philadelphia of Sec¬retary Root's opinion. It has been printedIn every possible form; it appears on thestationery of the independent party; it isplastered on the dead walls; it appears atthe head of the columns of the newspapers,ami It is assumed to describe the attitudeof the administration toward the gang¬sters.

Seeking Administration Indorsement.Senator Penrose and his associates have

naturally done everything In their power tobreak the force of Secretary Root's decla¬ration and secure from the administration,or from the republican national committee,or from republicans of prominence, some

word or demonstration of sympathy, or atlei.st a recognition of their ticket as theregular ticket of the republican party.They have failed In every case. GovernorPennypacker, the man who hates newspa¬pers and beliy.es in press censorship. Iswith them, and they have the support ofa majority of the republican members ofCongress from Pennsylvania; but SenatorKnox has refused his aid or counsel andhas fled to the tall timber, where he willremain until after the election. Before hisflight, however, he was so harassed by re¬

porters. politicians and the leaders on bothsides that he was compelled to Issue a pro-mmciamento. He prepared a statementwhich he handed typewritten to every on*who sought his opinion."I refuse absolutely to say a word In re-

gr.rt! to the Philadelphia situation," thesenator declared. "I will vote the entirerepublican state ticket in November, and Ibelieve it will be elected. I believe In elect¬ing republicans to state offices, and thatthe republican party should see that theyadminister their offices faithfully and well."There were several other similar sen¬

tences, but what I have quoted expressesthe tone and the temper of the senator'splatform. He says he will vote for thestate ticket, and invites everybody else todo so; but his silence concerning the cityticket Is as significant as anything hecould have said. The attitude of SenatorKnox has made it impossible for Penroseto obtain the support or even expressionsof sympathy from any other prominent re¬

publicans, although It Is freely assertedthat he has offered the support of.the Penn¬sylvania delegation In the republican na¬

tional convention of l'.'oH to several eminentgentlemen who are supposed to aspire tothe presidency. It is needless to say. how¬ever. that he has not tempted SecretaryRoot <>r Secretary Taft, nor has he ap¬proached the White House in any manner.

National Leaders Keep Aloof.Vice President Fairbanks wrote that his

engagements during the campaign wouldprevent him from speaking In Philadelphia.His reply to the Invitation was very smoothand diplomatic. Senator Beverldge, Sen¬ator Lodge, Senator Burrows and other re¬

publicans have had previous engagements.Representative Grosvenor and other re¬

publican members of the House have de¬clined for similar reasons. Senator For-aker accepted, and was advertised for a

speech on October Hi, but when he learnedthe attitude of Senator Knox he withdrewfrom th engagement and wrote ChairmanAndrews of "The Organization \eryfrankly, saying:"If I go to Philadelphia to speak at this

time I am satisfied It will be Interpretedas having direct reference to your localtrouble snd differences (with which I can¬not. with propriety, have anything to do).Instead of national politics, about whichand In behalf of your state ticket alone. Iwas invited to speak. While I think this Isunreasonable, and while I dislike exceed¬ingly to recall an appointment that hasbeen announced, yet I ani unwilling to beput in such an attitude, and therefore can¬

cel my engagement for the ISth."The leaders of "The Organization are

very confident of the success of Its ticketat the election, which occurs November 7,notwithstanding their failure to secure 1tmrecognition by leaders of the republi¬can party. In talking with them I findthat their confidence Is based largely uponthe fact that tin- managers of the city partyare Inexperienced In campaign work. Theyspeak of them as "amateurs" and say thatthey are "playing politics." and use epithetsthat are not so polite. In a measure thisIs true. The campaign of "The Organiza¬tion" Is In charge of some of the shrewd¬est and most skillful, and at the same timethe most unscrupulous, politicians in theuniverse, and they have control of the elec¬tion machinery. The hLstory of Philadel¬phia politics teaches that they will nothesitate to use any measures that are nec¬

essary to their success. On the other hand,the independents have few professional poli¬ticians on their committees. Their man¬

agers are earnest, able, practical businessmen. Their zeal may be in excess of theirpolitical sagacity and experience, but mostof them 'have been eminently successfulin business and have shown their ability tomanage large enterprises.

City Party Management.The city party campaign is managed by

a committee of fifty-eight members.themoat influential banker*, merchant*, manu¬

facturers and professional men In the city.representing every class and social stratum.The chairman Is William T. Tllden, a re¬

tired banker and merchant. The sec¬

retary Is Cyrus D. Foss, Jr., a younglawyer, a son of the Methodist -bishop whobears the same name. They liave the as¬sistance of several experienced politicians.Two of their candidates are veterans whohave been cast out of "The Organization"for insubordination. Scattered through theward clubs and committees of the city par¬ty are many men who have been broughtup in "The Organisation" and are familiarwith the tricks by which It has been sosuccessful.While the managers of the city party

have been conducting the campaign, edu¬cating public sentiment and arousing popu¬lar indignation, the committee of seventy,which was organized to promote municipalreform some years ago, has been endeavor¬ing to purge the lists of the "phantom vot¬ers" who have appeared at the polls when¬ever their assistance has been needed tomake a majority for the gang. This worklias been very thorough. It has been car¬ried on under t lie direction of Mr. Barrett,an energetic young attorney, whom I willallow to tell his own story.

The Padded Lists."There are about 230.000 names upon the

voting lists of Philadelphia." said Mr. Bar¬rett. "The ordinary vote is about 2(10,000.The usual republican majority about 130,-000. The usual democratic vote is some¬where from SO.UOO to 40.000. In Philadel¬phia everybody has to pay tAxeg of somekind, hence the a.essors' lists Contain tM

names of all citizens, which have been use4at the poll* Instead of registration Hat*aa In other cities. These lists are made outby precincts, with the residence of eachvoter, and furnished a few days previous toeach election to the Judges of election, whohave the right to assume that they are ac¬curate and that every man whose name ap¬pears is entitled to vote."As a fart, however, almost everybody

in Philadelphia knows that these lists havebeen padded with anywhere from sixty toseventy-five thousand fictitious names.Thesp names were fumtshed to the assess¬ors by the division (precinct) captains ofThe Organization." who retained copies andassigned men to vote under them wheneverthere was any doubt about the result ofan election. Kaeh repeater was furnishedWith a list of the names he should voteunder, with their fictitious places of resi¬dence and such other Information as wouldallow him to answer questions which mightbe asked at the polls. Many of the namesare those of dead men, taken from thetombstones in the cemeteries; many morewere taken from hotel registers, .othersfrom directories of neighboring cities; whilesome were purely Imaginative. Occasion¬ally you can find a glimpse of humor inthe prosaic lists, such as Thomas Catt,Hittam Again, B. E. Gorrah and others.These phantoms were given residences inthe different precincts at the houses ofrich men. and where women lived, as Ifthey were servants. Nearly every one ofthe large residences in the fashionable quar¬ter Is given as the home of six or eightfictitious voters. Others were located intenement houses, lodging houses, houses ofill fame, stables, saloons, barber shops,cigar stores and every other possible place.Six men were registered from a little grave¬yard down in the business part of the city,and their names were actually taken fromthe tombstones. This assignment of resi¬dences was often done very boldly. Asmall house at 805 Kace street was putdown as the residence of 122 voters. Hun¬dreds were voted from the hotels. In thehotel districts half the names on the listswere fictitious or were those of strange!*taken from the registers.

Need of the Phantom Voters."The Judges nf election, two republicans

ahd one democrat (always selected by thegang), were trained men, familiar with thesystem. They have been In practice solong, and the repeaters are so familiar withtheir duties that everything has gonesmoothly. The police were also familiarwith the methods and assisted whenevertheir services were required. They owedtheir appointments to the republican leadersand knew what was expected of them."Why did they need .utse p«.uueu .»sts?"

I asked. Philadelphia has always beena republican city; !t has always givena big majority for the republican ticket;why was it necessary to use fraud and em¬ploy repeaters to roll up a big vote?""So that the good people, of the city might

realize continually that It would be use¬less for them to overthrow the ganp," saidMr. Rarrett. "Philadelphia is a very con-servatlve city. Large numbers of ourpeople take little Interest in politics and sel¬dom go to the polls. This class of citizenshas grown larger, year by year, becausethey have become convinced that the gangis all-powerful, and that it la indeed uselessfor them to oppose it. To emphasize andencourage that phase of public opinion thegang have rolled up the votes and haveoffered prizes to ward clubs and districtleaders for the biggest majorities."The machine has been a money-makingaffair," continued Mr. Barrett. "It hag

been a mattei" of business as well as poll-tics. The leaders have had control of thecity treasury and all the city business, andone after another have gotten rich fromthose sources and retired from active par¬ticipation In politics. To make themselvessecure, to keep the control of the elections,to prevent the success of the spasmodlorevolutions that are occurring from time totime. It has been necessary for them tomaintain their organization and machineryand keep their men In training."

Nearly 40,000 Illegal Voters.How many names have been stricken off

the voting lists?" I asked."About thirty-eight thousand.""How have you done It?"W o have made a door-to-door canvass

with the assessors' lists in our hands. Wohave first asked the names of the adult oc¬cupants of the house. Then we have In¬quired about the persons whose names areon the lists as living at those houses. Thelargest number of the fictitious voters wereunknown at the places where they were said

?' 8,'ven and eight hundredproved to be former residents of the housesgiven, but they were either dead or hadmoved away. Some of them had been deadfor ten and twenty years. Thus, when ourcanvass is complete, we will have an accu¬rate list of all the lawful voters in Phila-delphia, but the county commissioners whounder the laws, have authority to preparethe voting lists, },ave refused to strike oftthousands of names which we have fur¬nished them as phantoms. One of the mem¬bers of the board is Mr. Donnelly, a demo¬cratic leader, who was chairman of the con-ventlon that indorsed the city ticket, and weare confident that he will do the fair thingHS.i5hrna|S '?raVlei Another member isHugh Black. lie belongs to the gang butJl,*? ,?°Tnt8t e*cept In politics.

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Thethird is Jake Wlldermere, a gangster of theT're men W,U "P thevoting lists for the use of the Judges of elec-

?ni" # i. °,f. N'ov"mber, hut we havethe right of challenge and will use it Inevery case.

1

Will Watch the Polls."We shall have watchers at every pollwith lists of names of fictitious voters ob¬

tained by our canvassers, and every manwho attempts to vote on one of those nameswill have trouble. We have also appliedto the courts for official overseers. Ths con¬stitution of Pennsylvania gives the courtsof common pleas authority to appo'nt twobreach election dlstrict^pon theapplication of five lawful voters who takeed ThHt believe that fraud Is Intend¬ed. These overseers are the official reore-sentatlvee of the court, and are required ton£?JVeZ at'em"t at and the,"h£Ti voter wh°s« right of fran-tC£8L,r,qU!rt,°n"d-,ThM- re"ortj' are madethe basis of proceedings In case the legalityof an election Is questioned. eganiy"In this way we are trying to net anhonest election. Wo m,ke "no ^ret ofhese precautions. While we expect thatthe gang will..use their customary methodsand show their well-known shrewdness

th7 Wl" b0 ^utlous. andthelrtools and agents in the different d strlcts? dfnR,r "r violating the laws."

x?. atatrfct leaders of the gang have re-<enti> been sent to the penitentiary Twelveor fifteen more are under Indictment andawaiting trial. One of the convicted gang¬sters was Barney Strauss, a notorious char¬acter of New York city, who was Importedfor special reasons at the last election."^Target Practice for Soldiers.

The t'nlted States army lighter Pontoneeris dally taking parties of soldiers from theEngineer Corps at Washington barricks toFort Foote, Md., .for target practice andother work, the rifle ranges of the Engi¬neer Corps being located at Fort Foote.The recruits and men who have notreached a certain standard of efficiency asmarksmen are taken to the fort and keptou the range until they qualify as marks¬men.Among the recent practice work done atFort Washington by the engineer soldiers

Is the bulldiug of a steel wall suspensionbridge over one of the deep ravines thatrun through the hills back of Fort Foote.The bridge Is 118 feet long and at the deep¬est part of the ravine Is 11 feet above theground. The work was done by CompanyQ, Lieut Robertson commanding, and thosewho have seen It state It Is a strong andsubstantial piece of work. The men cutthe timber used as anchors for the wirecable In the woods back of the fort, strungthe cable and strung the platform under ItIn nine days. Two heavily loaded teamswere driven over the bridge and the com¬pany marched over It and the vibrationwas" very slight, so strongly had the bridgebeen built. It is in this class of workthe detachment of engineer soldiers hereare employed.

To Go Out of Service.The revenue cutter William Wlndom,

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CHAPTER XVII.Continued.Through the beily of a great black wave,

not one hundred paces to the front of them,wero thrust forth a huge jagged mass ofbrown stone, which spouted spray as

though It were some crouching monster,while a dull menacing boom and roar filledthe air."Yare! yare!" screamed Goodwin Haw-

tayne, -flinging himself upon the long polewhich served as a tiller. "Cut the halyard!Haul her over! Lay her two courses to thewind!"Over swung the great boom, and the ccg

trembled and quivered within Ave spear-lengths of the breakers."She can scarce draw clear," cried Haw-

tayne, with his eyes -from the sail to the

seething line of foam. "May the holy Julianstand by us and the thrice-sainted Christo¬pher!""If there be such peril, Sir Oliver," quoth

Sir Nigel, "It would be very knightly andfitting that we should show our pennons. Xpray you, Edrieson, that you will commandmy guidon bearer to put forward my ban¬ner.""And sound the trumpets!" cried Sir Oli¬

ver. "In manus tuas, Domine! I am lathe keeping of James of Compostella, towhose shrine I shall make pilgrimage, andin whose honor I vow that I will eat a carpeach year upon his feast day. Mon Dlou,but the waves roar! How is It with us now,master shlpman?""We draw! We draw!" cried Hawtiyno,

with his eyes still fixed upon the foamwhich hissed under the very bulge of theside. "Ah, Holy Mother, be with us now!"As he spoke the cog rasped along the edge

of the reef and a long white curling sheetof wood was planed off from her side fromwaist to poop by a jutting horn of the rock.At the same Instant she lay suddenly over,the sail drew full and she plunged seawardamid the shoutings of the seamen -.nd thearchers."The Virgin be praised!" cried the ship-

man, wiping his brow. "For this Khali bellswing and candle burn when I see South¬ampton water once more. Cheerily, myhearts! Pull yarely on the bowline!'"By my soul! I would rather have a dry

death." quoth Sir Oliver. "Though, mortDieu! I have eaten so many fish that Itwere but justice that the flsh should eatme. Now I must hack to the cabin, for Ihave matters there which crave mv atten-tion.""Nay, Sir Oliver, you had best bide with

us. and still show your ensign." Sir Nigelanswered, "for. If I understand the matteraright, we have but turned from one dangerto the other.""Good Master Hawtayne," cried the boat¬

swain, rushing aft, "the water comes Inupon us apace. The waves have driven Inthe sail wherewlt'h wo strovo to stop thehole " As he spoke, the seamen cameswarming on to the poop and the forecastleto avdld the torrent which poured throughthe huge leak into the waist. High abovethe roar of t'he wind and the clash of thesea rose the shrill, half-human cries of thehorses, as they found tho water rising rap¬idly around them."Stop it from without!" cried Hawtayne,

seizing the end of the wet sail with whichthe gap had been plugged. "Speedily, myhearts, or we are gone!" Swiftly they roveropes to the corners, and then, rushing for¬ward to the bows, they lowered them underthe keel and drew them tight in such a waythat the sail should cover the outer faceof the gap. The force of the rush of waterwas checked by this obstacle, but It stillsquirted plentifully from every side of It.At the sides the horses were above thebelly, and In the center a ma j from thepoop could scarce touch the duck with a

seven-toot spear. The cog lay lower in thewater, and the waves splashed freely overthe weather bulwark."I iear that we can scarce bl<ie upon this

tack," cried Hawtayne; "and yet the otherwill drive us on the rocks.""Might we not haul down sail and wait

for better times?" suggested Sir Nigel. »

"Nay; we should drift upon tho" roclcs.Thirty years liaVe I been on the sea, andnever yet In greater straits. Yet we are inthe hands of the saints.""Of whom," cried Sir Oliver, "I look more

particularly to St. James of Compostella.who hath already befriended us rhis day,£nd on whose feast I hereby vow that Ishall eat a second carp, If he will but In¬terpose a second time."The wrack had thickened to seaward, and

the coast was but a blurred line. Twovague shadows in the oCng showed wherethe galeasses rolled and tossed upon Hiegreat Atlantic rollers. Hawtayne lookedwistfully In their direction."If they would but He closer, we might

find safety, even should the cog founder.You will bear me out %1th good MasterWitherton of Southampton that I have doneall that a shlpman might. It would be wellthat you should doff camall and greaves.Sir Nigel, for, by the black rod! It Is likeenough tliat we shall Jiave to swim for It.""Nay," said the little knight.. "It would be

scarce fitting that a cavalier should throwoff his harness for tho fear of every puffof wind and puddl6 of water. I would.,rather that my company should gatherround here on the poop, where we mightabide together whatever God may be pleas¬ed to send. Hut. certes. Master Hawtayne,tor all that my Bight Is none of the best,

It is not the first time that I have seenthat headland upon the left."The seaman shaded his eyes with his hand

and grazed earnestly through the haze andspray. Suddenly he threw up his arms andshouted aloud In his Joy.

7 the point of Ia Tremblade!" hecried. "I had not thought that we were asfar as Oleron. The Gironde lies before us,and once over the bar and under the shel-ter the Tour of Cordouan, all will bewell wlt'h us. Veer again, my hearts, andbring her to try with the main course!"The sail swung round once more, and the

cog, battered and torn and well-nigh water¬logged, staggered In for this haven of ref¬uge. A bluff cape to the north and a longspit to the south marked the mouth of thenoble river, with a low-lying island of siltedsand in the center, all s'hrojiided and cur-tained by the spume of the breakers. Aline of broken water traced the dangerousbar. which in clear day and balmy weatherhas cracked the back of many a tall ship... "Jhero ls a channel," said Hawtaj ne,which was shown to me by the prince's

own pilot. Mark yonder tree upon the bankand see the tower which rises behind it. Ifthese two be held in a line, even as wehold them now, it may be done, though ourship draws two good ells more than whenshe put forth.""God speed you. Master Hawtayne!" cried

Sir Oliver. "Twice have we come scathlessout of peril, and now for the third time Icommend me to the blessed James of Com-postella, to whom I vow.."a. ,nay- ol<* friend," whisperedSir Nigel. "You are like to bring a

Judgment upon us with these vows,which no living man could accom¬plish. Have I not already heard youvow to eat two carp In one day, and nowyou would venture upon a third?""I pray you that you will order the

company to He down," cried Hawtaynewho had taken the tiller and was gazingahead with a fixed eye. "In three min¬utes we shall either be lost or In safety."Archers and seamen lay flat upon tlio

dock, waiting in Stolid silence for what¬ever fate might come. Hawtayne bent hisweight upon the tiller and crouched tosee under the bellying sail. Sir Oliver andSir Nigel Stood erect, with hands crossed,In front of tho poop. Down swooped thegreat cog into the narrow channel whichwas the portal to safety. On either bowroared the shallow bar. Riffht ahead onesmall lane of black swirling water mark¬ed the pilot's course. But true was thoeye and firm the hand which guided. Adull scraping came from beneath, the ves¬sel quivered and shook at the waist atthe quarter, and behind sounded that grimroaring of the waters, and with a plungethe yelow cog was over the bar andspeeding swiftly up the broad and tran¬quil estuary of the Gironde.

CHAPTEB XVIII.How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch

Upon His Eye.It was on tho morning of Friday. No¬

vember 28. two days before the feast of

| St. Andrew, that the cog and her two pris¬oners, after a weary tacking up the Girondeand the Garonne, dropped anchor at last Infront of the noble city of Bordeaux. Withwonder and admiration, Alleyne. leanln*over the bulwarks, gazed at the forest ofmasts, the swarm of boats darting hitherand thither on the bosom of the broad curv¬

ing stream, cavi tho gray, crescent-shapedcity which stretched with many a towerand minaret along the western shore. Neverhad he. In his quiet life, seen so great atown, nor was there in the whole of Eng¬land. save London alone, one which mightmatch it In size or in wealth Here camethe merchandise of all the fair countrieswhich are watered by the Gar.inne and thoDordogne.the cloths of the south, the skinsof Guienne, the wines nf the Medoc.to beborne way to Hull, Exeter, DartmouthBristol or Chester, in exchange for thewools and woolfels of England. Here toodwelt those famous smelters and welderswho 'had made the Bordeaux steel the mosttrusty upon eart,h, and could give a tem¬per to lance or to sword which might meandear life to its 'owner. Alleyne could see.the smoke o< their forges reeking up in theclear -morning air. The storm had dieddown now to a gentle breeze, which waftedto his ears the long-drawn stirring buglecalls which sounded from the ancient ram¬parts."Hola, mon petit)" said Aylwary, coming

up to where he stood. "Thou art a squirenow. and like enough to win the goldenspurs, while I am still the master bowman,and master bowman I shall bide. I darescarce wag my tongue so freely with youas when we tramped together past Wilver-ley Chase, else I might be your guide now,for Indeed I know every house In Bordeauxas a friar knows the beads on his rosary.""Nay, Alyward," said Alleyne, laying his

hand upon the sleeve of his companion'sfrayed jerkin, "you can not think me sothrall as to throw aside an old friend be¬cause I have liad some small share of goodfortune. I take It unkind that you shouldhave thought such evil of me.""Nay, mon gar. 'Twas but a flight shot

to see tt the wind blew steady, though Iwere a rogue to doubt it."-Why. toad I not met you, Alyward, at

the Lyndhurst Inn,. who can say where 1had now been! Oertes. I bad not cone toTwynham Castla, nor become squire to Sir

? i n°r mot " He paused nbrupUyand flushed to his hair, but the bowmanwas too busy with hi* own thoughts to no-tlce his young: companion's embarrassment.

w;?s a good hostel, that of the Ple<I>-Merlin, he remarked. "By my ten finger-bones. when I hang bow 0:1 nail and changemy brigandlne for a tunic, I might do worsethan take over the dame and her business."

1 thought." said Alleyne, "that you were

to. somw on" at Ohrlstohurch."."o three." Aylward answered, moodily,

to three. I fear I may not go back toChristchurch. I might chance to see hotterservice In Hampshire than I have ever donan Gascony. But murk you now yonder*lofty turret In the center, which standsback from the river and hath a broad ban-ner upon the summit. See. the rising sunnasnes fml upon It and sparkles on the gol-"den Hons. 'Tls the royal banner of England,crossed by the prince's label. There h»dwells In the Abbey of St. Andrew, wherehe hath kept his court these years back.Beside It Is the minster of the same saint,who hath the town under his very specialcare."And tow of yon gray turret on the leftT"

Tls the fane of St. Michael, asthat upon the right is of St RemlThere, loo. above the poop of yondernlef, you see the towers of St t'roixand of Pey Berlaml. Mark aUo themighty ramparts, which are pierced by th«three water gates, and sixteen others to thelandward side."

And how Is it. good Ajlward. that therecomes so much music from the town? Iseem to hear a hundred trumpets, all calling111 chorus."

.

It would be strange else, seeing that allthe great lords ..f Kngland and of Gasconyare within the walls, and each would havehis trumpeter blow as loud as his neighbor,lest It might be thought that his dignity hadbeen abated, ila fol! they make as muchlouster as a Scotch army, where every manUlls himself with griddle cakes and sits upallnight to blow upon the tooiilo-j>lpe Sec allalong the banks how the pages water thehorses, and there beyond the town how theygallop them over the plain! For every horseyou see a belted knight hath herbergsge inthe town, for, as I learn, the men-at-armsand archers have already gone forward toDax.""I trust, Aylward," said Sir Nigel, coming

upon deck, "that the men are ready for theland. Go tell them that the boats will befor them within the hour."

(To be continued tomorrow.)

INCREASE IN FATALITIES.

Railway Disaster* for the Last FiscalYear.

Accident bulletin No. 16, which has Juatbeen Issued by the Interstate commercecommission, giving an account of railroadaccidents In the United States .hiring themonths of April, May and June, 1006. showsthat during that quarter there were 41 pas¬sengers and 221 employes killed and 1.263passengers and 1.R11 employe* Injured intrain accidents. Other accidents to passen¬gers and employes, not the result of colli¬sions or dorallments, bring the total num¬ber of casualties Up to 14,069 .<W6 killed and13,783 Injured.)Thle bulletin completes the publication of

the records of accidents for the year end¬ing June 30, lltOft, which in the total num¬ber show an Increase of 11 killed and 4,128injured among passengers and employesas compared with the number reported forthe year ending June 30. 1904. The IncreaseIn the number killed Is wholly among p*,.sengers, there being a decrease of 106 lathe number of employes killed. An Increaseof 117 In the number of passengerskilled makes an Increase of 11 inthe total of both paseenger* andemployes, as above stated. Of the In¬creased number Injured 1,963 were passen¬gers and 2,160 were employes. In couplingaccidents, which occur wholly to employesthe total number of deaths. 248. Is 35 lessthan for the year preceding, and the num¬ber of Injuries, 3.441. Is 331 less

- "We had ; *

Grape-Nuts

Sold latarest la Schooner.twT', W!?" J M»rtlno .»'« a control¬ling interest in the three-masted schoonerJennie N. Huddell to Capt. J. H. Jones ofBaltimore, who has taken command of th*vessel. The Huddell is a schooner of 279gross and a66 net tons burden. 8he is 122feet lo&g, 32 feet beam and Is 10.3 feet deep.She was built at Maurlcetown, N. J., andhalls from Richmond, Va. The Huddell hasbeen used In bay and coasting service chief¬ly in the lumber tru<le and it Is stated her'new owner will continue the vessel In thaXsame trade. Capt. Marilno, who has many:,friends here. Is to take command ofanother vessel.

for breakfast and neverbefore did I know theconcentration of nour¬ishment and the mostdelicious of ail flavors."Read the "Road to Wellville"every pkg.