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OVER 140 LIVES LOST PACIFC COAST STEAMER VALENCIA WRECKED; FEW ESCAPED. Wai on Way From San Francisco to Puget Sound— During Heavy Fog Valancia Run on a Rock, Making , Great Hole— She Filled Rapidly and a Heavy Sea Consumed All. Viotoria, Jan. 24.— With 94 passen i ger! «nd about 60 in her orew the rteamer Valencia went ashore about 10 oiles east of Cape Beale in a thiok fog gbont 13 o'clock Monday night. She is on the rocks against a hihg cliff and ii likely to go to pieces at any time. ■ One boat's orew of six men reached Cape Beale about 8 p. m. Tuesday. The survivors say that a great num ber were drowned in triyng to leave the I dip. Some reports say 100 lives are lost' Nine men got ashore about 15 mile* from here. Two men are pris oners on the face of the cliff and can not get up or back to the ship. The sea will likeiy reach them when the tide ia high. The men report very pathetic scenes. One woman dropped her ohild in the sea in trying to hand it to her husband. ' A little boy of 5 years is running around the deck trying to find his mother who is among the drowned. There are still about 125 persons on the ship, with almost certain death staring them in the face. The steamer Queen has left for the wreck. - Cape Beale is on Vancouver island at the southern side of the entrance to Barclay sound. When the steamer Valencia left San Francisco at 11 am., Saturday, the weather was clear, but since has been thick, and Captain Johnson had conse quently to navigate by reckoning. Tho oeffiers of the steamer thought they were near the lmatilla reef lightship, when the vessel drove in on the Van couver island coast. 'Soundings hud been taken, 30 fath oms having been secured a few minutes before the vessel struck. When she hit the rocks her engines were reversed, and the steamer succeeded in backing oft into deep water. She immediately began to fill, so quickly that the engin eers and firemen wei!e driven from the engine room, and the only chance to tare the life of anyone on board was to droe the vessel ashore. When the six survivors who have ar rived at Cape Beale left the Valencia was head on to the sea and was about 30 yards from the high bluff on shore, with the water over her main deck. What were left of her passengers, a large number having been previously fitowaei, were huddled on the saloon ceoJr. ... __iv When the boats were lowered soon after the vessel was driven into the there she began to fill, and there was gnat loss of life. The boats, rilled ■with women and children, were smash el against the side of the steamer, and «!lin them were lost. The lights had fconeoutby this time, mid the crew could not see to work. Several boats md three rafts were lowered. Only two of them have been heard form. There are thought to be about 00 iersons still on the wreck, and the survivors who reached Cape Beale say at least 50 were drowned alonside the steamer before they left. The boats wain and five seamen were tent to se care assistance, and are the olny ones ■•> reach Cape Beale. The steamer Qoeen City passed the wreck without sighting her. The weather was thick it the time. Later Report. Of the 154 persons on board the steamer Valencia when she struck near Klanaway rock, five miles from Cape Beale, but 15 were saved. Seven pa— engers and eight were members of the orew. The dead number 139, the great est loss of life in the north Pacific since the "Pacific" was lost in 1375. The Valencia, in whose rigging about 80 persons were dinging frant ically waving for assistance, which conld not be given when the stean a- Qneen left the scene at 11:30 a. m., broke up about 5 p. m. Wednesday, sweeping to death those few who had survived these terrible hours of priva 'ion, chilled and numbed to the limit of humanjendurance by clouds of spr iy ! which swept over them. The tug forne, which Mayor Morley of Vic toria sent at 11 o'clok Wednesday after .•the sad news was brought by the Queen °f men clinging to the rigging of the Partially submerged vessel and the Dlueiackets who went on her by or.ler 01 Captain Parry of the H. M.S.Egeria with surf boats to endeavor to reach we wreck, will arrive too late, as the «* had olaimed all before the Queen reaohed Victoria. . t^ he, B.teamer<^aeen» which arrived « » o clock Wednesday night from the «ene of the wreck of the Valencia, re £>"■&> that when the Queen left the wroekat 11:30 Wednesday morning, & relieved by the steamer City of ■•■£**'• °m Seattle, there was still ™* 20 to SO persons clinging to the "«Buig of the aftmast, the fore part of sbL' am, er being submerged. The Bhf r D lay br°adside against the wo«u v J 1:80 p- m -> when the tide the «L^ at itß floood . " was expected mb^ te/ part'of the hn" would be •Stt** 1- With the heavy southwest Wlt e" J n"uing the afterhouses would thel d°Ubtbe waßhed »way with injr^i 11*' in which the few remain «calTlr OnL' still clinging, Iran onl, L g lng 'or assistance. The that I? 8 When the Qne*n left was lien, 8* 0? 6 oould **> affected with B°do*n I 0?' 01"'1' toe use. should liNte "rLZOr the nnf<*tunatea still aur -1 rescue, might be made from smaller tug, which could approach oloser to the wreck than the tug Czar, which tried vainly Wednesday to reaoh the passengers. The sight of those who thronged the rigging and wared signals to the steamer was heartrending. Nothing could be done; the Que<n^oould not ap proach oloser than half a mile, and to lower boats in the heavy sea would lirve been madness. The tug Czar ran toward the wreck, then in a haze, and returned, not hav ing ween any one on board. Jl'lui Queen reported the existence of the survivors in the rigging, but the message proba bly was not understood, for soon after ward the tug left,and with the steamer Salvor proceeded around Cape Beale toward Bamfield. The sea rolled high. There was a strong wind, about 20 miles an hour, blowing from the east, seas at times washing over the tu>; Czar, which rol led heavily. The Queen stood off until half an hour after the steamer City of Topeka arrived from Seattle with Cap tain Patterson, port captain, and Navi gating Agent Pharoah of the Pacific Coast Steamship company on board, who ordered Captain Couttins back to Victoria immediately to continue his voyage to San Francicso, asking him to report to the ity of Topeka, en route outward. MAY GIVE IRELAND PARLIAMENT Event Foreshadowed by Liberal Vic tory in Britain. One of the most prominent politi cians in England, speaking of the tre mendous victory of the liberal party, said to the Associated Press: "It is useless to minimize the pres ent revolution and we might as well begin to take a new view of the sit uation. In my opinion a parliament sitting in Dublin may be looked for within the next two years. Assured ly John Redmond, leader of the na tionalist party, and Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman have reached a working agreement, and It is incon ceivable that Mr. Redmond would be content with anything Jess than an Irish parliament. I have no idea that such a parliament would mean sepa ration, and have good reasons to be lieve that a plan is now under con sideration by which the religious ques tion can be eliminated from the de liberations of such a parliament, which would act under the imperial parliament and at least try the ex periment of administering Irish af fairs under the conditions which have changed in the last century." Within the last eight days the po litical complexion of the United King dom has been changed by the tide of liberalism, which even now is higher than the most sanguine radical dared hope for. The new parliament will be overwhelmingly liberal. Up to this time the total number of members elected is 4.-50, of whom 247 are liber als, 114 unionists, 40 laborites, 78 na tionalists and one socialist. This leaves 190 seats still vacant. The liberals thus far have gained no lews than 177 seats, counting la bor gains as liberal or government gains, ami if the same proportion is kepi up for the remaining 190 seats the liberals will have 407 votes in the next parliament, to which may be add ed those of 42 laborites, one socialist and S3 nationalists, which would give Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman 533 votes against 137 for the conser vatives. PROMINENT MEN APPOINTED. To Represent United States at The Hague Conference. Secretary Root announces that the American representatives to the ap proaching conference to be held at The Hague will be Joseph H. Choate, for mer ambassador to England; Horace Porter, former ambassador to France; and Judge Rose of Little Rock, Ark., ex-preßident of the American Bar as sociation. Wondrous Changes in 10 Years. Wondrous changes have come to the Northern Pacific company in the past decade. It earned last year, ac cording to its official statement to Olympla, nearly as much in Washing ton state as it was earning 10 years ago on the entire system. Its gross earnings for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1895, on the entire sys tem in Minnesota, Dakota, Montana, i Idaho, Washington and Oregon, were about 118,000.000; and after it had paid operating expenses, tuere remain ed for interest on the bonded debt on ly $6,115,298, a sum falling short of interest requirements by about $3,000, --000. According to the company's report, just submitted to the state railroad commission, it earned in this state alone last year over $14,000,000. Police Killed a Burglar. One burglar was killed and another fatally vounded at Dcs Plaines, a suburb of Chicago, in a battle between detectives of the Chicago & North western railroad and five men detect ed in an attempt to steal from a re pair shop. The detectives had surrounded the shop and the flght began when the robbers attempted to escape with the plunder. The three men not wound ed escaped after they had exhausted their ammunition. Long Task. Ethel —You better be careful how you kiss me, Jack. Father Just said be was going upstairs to read a bit. Jack—Oh, he is good for six hours. He is going to read the president's message. The savings banks of Italy contain over $666,000,000. NEWS OFNORTHWEST WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA AND OREGON NEWS ITEMS. A Few Interesting Items Gathered From Our Exchanges of the Sur rounding Country—Numerous Acci dents and Personal Events Take Place—Fall Trade Is Good. WASHINGTON NOTEB. Approximately half of the state funds will be taken out of the Capital National bank in Olympia utd distrib uted in depositaries selected by the state treasurer in other parts of the state. General Ashton of Tacoma, who went to San Francisco some weeks ago in the interests of the tideland pool, is now on his way to Chicago to con sult with railroad officials of the Har riman system as regards the tidelands wanted for terminals in Tacoma. A new industry which may possibly attain importance in Garfield county has been undertaken by C. W. Fitz simmons and A. M. Sibley. This is the cultivation of the famous ginseng plant. Following the example set by the Washington Retail Lumber Dealers, the retailers of British Columbia and Oregon have advanced their list. It is reported that Gov. A. E. Mead has decided to turn down State Fish Commissioner T. B. Kershaw and to name a new man to fill that position when Kershaw's term expires in March. Professor W. J. Spillman, whose able work at the Washington State col lege at Pullman led to his employment by the United States department of agriculture as its agriculturist, is es tablishing object lesson farms in var ious sections of the United States. Mr. and Mrs. John Rigg, living on Rattlesnake flat, 20 miles south of Ritzville, recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding. Mr.. Rigg is 71 and Mrs. Rigg 72 years of age. A rousing meeting of farmers was held in Rosalia Saturday morning. Be tween 300 and 400 people assembled, crowding the hall, many being obliged to stand. The announcement by D. C. Corbin that he would pay $5.75, or 50 cents more than the present price, for beets, if he could obtain 58.000 tons, or $6 for 60,000 tons, together with the announcement that the bull n<-hs men of Rosalia have pledged themselves to pay a bonus of 10 cents a ton for all beets raised in that vi cinity the coming season, caused much enthusiasm. The second annual couventoin of ths Washington Live Stock association was brought to a close at SpoKiine last Wednesday. The association will meet for its next conventoin in Spokane some time between the 10th and 20th of December. The executive officers of the association were unanimously re elected. James Haddow of the People's store accompanied by a friend was walking up Ninth street during a heavy rain storm the other evening. When in front of the Yellowstone 6aloon, be tween E street and Tacoma avenue, Hadow stepped off the sidewalk and fell into a flume that serves as a gutter. The water was running like a millrace and Haddow was carried down in the torrent for two blocks before being dragged out by his companion. The Inland Empire Railway com pany, recently organized in Spokane with a capital of $20,000,000 by .lay P Graves and associates, is credited by a Seattle report with intending to build an electric road from Spokane to the Okanogan oountry and Phoenix, B. C. The body of Alfred Graessner.a resi dent of Green Lake, near Seattle, who disappeared from his home December 1, leaving his wife and seven small ohild ern destitute has been found floating in the lase. Greassner is supposed to have fallen into the lake while intoxicated. The Phoenix theatre of Tacoma whb burned recently. The fire started over the stage and is supposed to have caught from a defective electric wire. It was owned by Peter Sandberg. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $3000. It will be rebuilt. A 38 caliber Colts revolver, discharg ed by the jolt of the horße he was rid ing, ended the life of Elmer Lathrop, a young man employed at the Maxwell farms, 16 miles southwest ef Walla Walla, Wash. Lieuetnant Governor Coon of Wash ington has taken up the work of the ex ecutive.and Governor Mead ' as started for Salt Lake to attend the "See Amer ica" convention. Ed Paulner, who was injured at Spo kane in the Northern Pacific yardß some time ago, and whose leg was amputated near the thigh in conse quence, is now able to be around again. His recovery is due to fellow mem bers of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who gave about 40 pieces of their skin to be grafted upon the stump of his leg. George Carr gave 17 pieces, each about half an Inch long; M. V. Pitts gave about the same number, and Henry Rhoder gave sev eral pieces from his arm. The Milwaukee railroad has estab lished tie camps along the Snoqual mie pass route. 150,000 ties are to be cut between the pass and Reuton. John T. Alderson camp, No. 5, Unit ed Spanish War Veterans, has been formed at North Yakima. OREGON ITEMS. John R. Goldson, a sawmill owner, while hunting in the mountains west of Eugene, was accidently killed re cently by a phot from his own rifle in contest with a badly wounded and in furiated panther. The rifle stock bore marks of the panther's theet. Goldson thought he had emptied the chambers and struck the beas then it exploded. C. H. Walters, a Weston saloonkeep er, was convicted in the circuit court Saturday afternoon of selling liquor to a minor. IDAHO~NEWB. Frank H. Buhl of Sharon, Pa., who is in Chicago conferring with capi talists there for the sale of the Twin Falls iAnd & Irrigation company prop erty in Idaho, says that the negotia tions had been successful, and that the deal would be closed. Toy Wing, or the Chinaman who was taken to Boise from Rathdrum recently to finish serving his seven years term in the state prison from which he escaped 21 years ago, may possibly not be the bad Chinaman he was supposed to be, and unless he Is positively identified within a few days he is likely to be turned loose. It is announced that a new bank ing and trust company will begin bus iness at Boise about the middle of March. It will have a capital stock of $500,000. L. A. Cate, who is con nected with several enterprises in this locality, is at the head of the project. A collision occurred in the yards at Bandpolnt recently between two trains on the Northern Pacific. A westbound freight and the local freight, east bound, came together headon at the Hubbard mill, damaging the engines considerably and piling up several cars. Senator Heyburn's townsite bill has been referred to the subcommittee on public lands, with instructions to form a new bill. Sam Story, who worked at the B. R. Lewis company camp. No. 2, on Coeur d'Alene lake, met death by a falling tree striking him on the head. No one knows whether he has a family or not. He was practically a stran ger there. It has been decided by the supreme court in the case of J. J. Raaf of Hailey that there is no appeal from the decision of the state board of medical examiners in refusing to grant a license for the practice of medicine. The person aggrieved may proceed by writ of certiorari in the district court to determine whether the board has exceeded its powers. MONTANA SQUIBBS. The amount of wool produced in Montana in the year just ended was 35 496,000 pounds, against 33,043,000 pouuds in the previous year. The av erage weight of fleeces iv the state in 1905 was 6.8 pounds and the number of sheep showed a decrease of 25,000. Fire recently destroyed Frank Rod der'B shoe store at Livingston. Damage about $2500, building and stock; fully insured. \V. K. Thompson of Tacoma owned the building. The jury in the case of .lames Med dles, tried at Helena ou a uhflrge of killing Roy McLaren at the P-yor In dian agency, returned a verdict uf mur der in the second degree. Governor Toole has issued requistion upon Governor Cutler of Utah for Wil liam Paisley,under arrest iv Salt Lake on charges of robbing the Centerville store of D. J. Heuusessy &Co.of Butte, Jan. 9, of |3000. Deputy Sheriff Mike yuinn of Silver Bow county will leave for Salt Lake with documents. It has just been discovered that Charles Roberts, a laborer in a cyanide plant at Kendall, Mout., is a nephew of Lord Roberts, the celebrated Eng lish general. There is quite a history connected with Charles Roberts. Strange as it may seem, he has been acknowledged as the owner of a prince ly estate at Dublin, left him by his father a this death, v/hich is occupied by Lord Roberts. The identity wuh established through a visit of an agent of Lord Roberts to Kendall a month ago. Charles Rob^rtß visited Lord Roberts in August last at the latter's palaoe in London. He had an under- 1 standing with his uncle as to the estate, and will leave the latter In his possession during bis life, accepting a i stipulated income in money in lieu of. the property until the latter's death, when he will take possession. Roberts was born in Ontario, Cana da, is 88 years of age and married. The members of the Monatua Press Association will leave Butte Saturday, February 10, on an excursion to Los Angeles as the nuests of the Oregon Short Line and the San Pedro, Los An geles & Salt Lake railroads. The Mon atana editors at the last annual meet ing in Bilings were invited by Sena tor Clark to take a trip over the San Pedro road and this excursion resulted. It is expected that 50 or more aotive newspaper men will participate in the excursion. "Peter Larson of Helena is a suf ferer from cirrhosis of the liver, and while his death is perhaps only a ques tion of time, the danger is not imme diate," said Dr. William Treacy, his family physician, when interviewed. The American DeForest Wireless Telegraph company has determined to enter Montana and will install sta tions at Butte, Helena, Great Falls, Lewistown, Anaconda, Dillon, Missou la, Bozeman, Livingston, Red Lodge, Billings and Miles City. Article* of incorporation of four sub sidiary companies of the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul Railway company have been filed at Helena. The com panies are intended to develop lands, etc., along its seven hundred miles of lines, and conduct lumber mills, whose product will be used in construction work. Each concern is capitalized at $100,000, it being fully subscribed,' presumably by the parent company. An epidemic of elopements has brok en out on th/e Crow reservation, and 15 bucks charged with deserting their wives are languishing in jail at the Crow agency. WARM SPELUN EAST REGULAR SPRING DAYS INJNEW YORK-VERMONT WARM. Sunshine Filled the Parks With Pleas ure Seekers—Remarkable Weather in New England States—Ohio and Kentucky Also Warm—Blizzard Through Middle West. New York, Jan. 22. —The continued warm weather of the past few days in this city reached its climax Sunday when, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the official thermometer at the wea ther bureau station was 56 degrees. At night the weather continues warm, a vapor, typical of early spring even ings, hanging over the water front. The warmth anil sunshine of the day brought to Central park, to River side drive and other promenades thousands of pleasure seekers. Nice Day in New England. Boston, Mass. Jan. ij.. —ln the greater part of New Boglond the wea ther conditions were remarkable Sun day. The official thermometer In Bos ton reached fIT.N, which is the warm est January day, with one exception, in the history of the local bureau. Warmth at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Jan. 22.—With a maximum temperature of 59 degrees and with the humidity average more han 90 per cent, Philadelphia Sunday experienced the warmest 24 hours of the winter. The warm wave extended throughout Pennsylvania. Vermont Is Springlike. Burlington, Vt.. Jan. 21. —At a time of the year when Vermont is usually covered with snow and ice the gov ernment thermometer here touched 52 Sunday afternoon. Fine Sunday in Kentucky. The remarkably high temperature which broke all previous January records Saturday throughout southern Indiana and Kentucky was continued Sunday. The highest temperature registered today was 72 at Louisville. Warm Winter Day at Columbus. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 22.—The warmest winter day since 1878 was recorded here Sunday when the maxi mum temperature reached was a fraction qver 72 degrees. Blizzard in the Middle West. Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. 22.—A bliz zard prevailed Sunday night in por tions of western Missouri, eastern Kansas and over the northern part of Indian territory. There was a heavy snow and a driving northern wind, with the mercury falling rapidly. In Oklahoma there was a fall in temperature of 60 degrees in the last 24 hours with light snow. In eastern Missouri there was a fall in tempera-j ture of over 40 degrees, with sleet. In lowa the temperature fell 40 degrees. At Omaha the mercury registered 3 degrees above zero, with everything indicative of much colder weather by morning. St. Paul Shivers. St. Paul, Jan. 22.—The mercury dropped over 30 degrees in 12 hours in St. Paul, standing at 2 above zero at 8 p. m., and with indications of at least 10 below before morning. WHEAT CROPS OF WORLD. Great Britain's Prospects Not Out of Ordinary—Yield in Roumania Will Be Short. The foreign crop report for Decem ber shows that, over large areas of Europe the prevailing characteristics were unseasonably warm weather and i excessive humidity. Crops lightly j sown have germinated finely and en tered on the winter in strong, healthy condition. Late sowing of crops In i Europe, however, were unusually ex tensive and some anxiety is felt con cerning them. In Great Britain the winter wheat area has been extended. The acreage, however, is still believed to be dimin ished, as compared wuh last year. The growing crops have an improved appearance. In France the wheat area is the av erage. In Germany weather conditions were unfavorable and there was no marked improvement. In Roumania the area under wheat is about 15 per cent short of last year. The 1905 crop is now estimated at from 60,000,000 to 55,000,000 bushels. The bulk of it is said to be out of con dition, hence no export movement to the north of Europe points is expected until spring. No important definite news regard- Ing the conditions of winter sown ce reals in Russia are reaching the out side world. Mitchell Satisfied. Indianapolis, Ind. —"There Is no po litical office in the United States ' which I would resign the presidency! of the United Mineworkers of Ameri- ! ca to accept." The greatest enthusiasm was ere- ' ated when President Mitchell used these words in Tomlinson hall. The cattle of Somaliland, says a recent official report, are fattened on date stones, and milch animals fed on | such a diet are said to produce better ' and more copious milk than others. In a lecture before the Society of Arts, Ixmdon, Martin Duncan stated | that the cinematograph may be traced | back to 130 A. D. from a document i In the Bodleian library at Oxford. MINING NOTEB. Shipments for all Kootenay, B. C districts last week have a record of 33,764 tons of ore. There were 21 shipping mines In Slocan and Koote nay, the chief being St. Eugene, 527 Ions; Sullivan, 300 tons; Arlington- Brto, 120 tons; Black Prince, 87 tons; La Plata. 83 tons; Reco, 82 tons; oth er mines, 702 tons; total, 190t tons Marynvllle smelted 300 tons, the Hall mines 794 tons and Trail 6400 tons of ore. A cross-cut from the tunnel on the 30(i foot level of the Copper Key mine at Republic, Wash., ts being pushed ahead to tap another vein which trav erses the country at a short distance to the eastward. Ore has been struck in the lowest level of the Jay Gould, near Chewe lah, Wash. It differs from any here tofore taken out, having a considerable value in copper, in addition to its val ues in silver and lead. Work has been resumed on the Bo die mine at Bodie camp, near Repub lic. Wash., under the management of the New York Gold Mining company. Charles McAllister is hauling the new diamond drill to the Betts and Hesperus mines, four miles from Qrand Forks. B, O. It is the inten tion of the management of these prop erties to thoroughly prospect these claims by means of this drill. A new record was made by Boun dary mines and smelters last week. Total shipments for week. 25.971 tons; total for year, 54,47<i tons. All of the details having been com pleted for the amalgamation of the Centre Star and War Eagle compa nies at Rowland, B. C.i the two are welded into one corporation, the Cen tre Star purchasing the assets of the War Eagle. The owners of the Mabel mineral claim at Rossland, B. C, who reside in Spokane, have decided to resume operations on it. Boundary smelters treated: Granny smelter, 17,020 tons; B. C. Copper company smelter. 3653 tons; Dominion Copper company smelter, 4927 Urns; total for week, 26,000 tons; total for year to date, 58,172 tons. Theatrical Notes. Florence Roberts is booked for an engagement at San Francisco the first week in March. Edna May is making her farewell appearance In New York at the Har lem opera house Jn "The Catch of the Season." A new play of promise Is the oper etta "Mile. Modiste," by Blossom and Victor Herbert, in which Fritzi Scheff appears in the Knickerbocker, New York. Guy Hates Post, leading man of "The Heir to the Hoorah" company, began his theatrical career as an ush er in a Seattle theatre and reached the stage by way of the box office route. The Washington theater, located on Riverside avenue, Spokane, is flrst j class in every respect It has a fine bill each week". Performances every afternoon and evening at 2. 7 and 9 o'clock. Admission to all 15c. Reserv ed seats 25c. Children 10c. Kennedy & Westfall, managers of Joseph Murphy, vigorously deny the reported retirement of the well known liisli comedian. Klaw & Erlanger have accepted a comic opera by John Philip Sousa and Harry B, Smith, entitled "The Free Lance." which will be produced In New York on Monday of Easter week, with a cast of players to be immedi ately engaged and large chorus and orchestra. That Viola Allen, the actress, has been the wife of Peter Duryea, the horse owner, since last August, became known today. Mr. Duryea and Miss Allen were married August 16 last at Louisville, Ky. Friends who made the announcement said that it had been kept secret up to this time because of Miss Allen's professional engagements for the season. George Ade is in New York, having left his country place at Brooke, Ind., preparatory to a trip which includes some weeks at the Riveria and a sea son In Egypt. lieinrich Conreid has received the decoration of the Order of the Iron Cross from Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria. A "Salon of Music," is a new idea in Paris. Musical compositions will be "exhibited" like paintings. But as they require to be beard, not seen, the scores will not be placed for in spection on tables, but played by an orchestra during the hours of the sa lon. A Jury will examine all works sent in, and choose the best for exhi bition. These will then be performed in rotation. When the list is exhaust ed the orchestra will begin all over again. Wagenhals & Kemper have arrang ed for Blanche Walsh's appearance in London for the coming season. A Romantic Simile. They were walking out together on a cloudless night under the light of the big round moon, which seemed un usually bright and beautiful. Sudden ly he stopped, clasped bis hands and cried, rapturously: "Oh, Mary! Look at the moon to night. Isn't it beautiful—magnifi cent?" "Yes, ain't It, William?" she replied, with equal enthusiasm. "It looks just like a big fried egg, don't It, dear?" —Judy. Beyond the Limit. The Customer—lsn't Smith's credit good with you any more? The Grocer —I should say not. He can't even borrow trouble In this es tablishment.