6 THE LAND OF NEVER WAS. Ho, the Land of Never Was! Alow beautiful it seems, l.ying, as we know it doesj, Sv mar the Port of Dreams. Lose* (lash beside the ways, Luring us afar, l<aughing sunshine lilts the days, Night shows every star. It: the Land of Never Was The air is tilled with sons, Joy of birds, and crooning buzz Of bees that float along. There we lind the rainbow's end- There we know ihe truth Of the legends dim that lend Luster to our youth. Land of Never Was—the place Where all our treasures lie. Mile on mile the road you trace. Through the By and By, Through the Wood of Make-Believe, Down the leafy aisles Past the fairy folk who weave All the. After Whiles. In the of Never Was— A fabled land. Indeed, Such a land as Nod or Uz— The pleasant pathways lead Always through the meadow kind By the singing streams, Where the weary understand They may live their dreams. Land of Never Was—it lies Somewhere within the heart, With its ever sunny skies All built of fancy's art- Built on something yet undone, Something yet unsaid; Built on prizes to be won In the days ahead. —W. D. N., in Chicago Daily Tribune. Q =D n GAMBLING 112 WITH FATE ■y WILLIAM WALLACE COOK Author of "The Gold Gleinrri: A Story of the Cxanlde Tank*." "Witby'« I>»u," **lJis Friend the Enemy," ''Kogcra of llutte," Etc., Etc. i Copyright, JiKU, by William Wallace Cook) CHAPTER X. DARREL AGAIN AT THE HALF WAY HOUSE. Darrel tarried for breakfast at the Half Way house. Here he had the first opportunity of testing the ef fectiveness of his disguise. The shrinking personality of the man in corduroys was well assumed. In dismounting at the stable, Jimmie. the hostler, wished him a brusque "howdy," then averted his face, winked at a friend standing near by and thrust his tongue in his cheek. Dislike was written large in the pro prietor's face when Darrel entered the office. Darrel gave small heed to this and dropped into a chair with his eyes on a second man who happened to be in the room at that moment. This man was none other than the youth whose money Darrel had saved at Hawkbill's and who had so well re paid the debt. The young man's keen glance swept the fugitive then turned away without the slightest sign of rec ognition. "The sheriff went up War Eagle way last night," said the proprietor, resum ing his conversation with the young man. "With the intention of investigating the explosion?" "I reckon that's it. He wants io make out whether the Sandy Bar chapa told the facts or jest rung in a ver sion of the Rabian Nights onto him." "I've been up the trail and looked over the ground and there can't be the slightest doubt of what happened." There was an undertone of regret and sadness in the young man's voice. "Here's the p'int," returned the pro prietor, argumentatively. "Is it pos sible to snake a man off'n the earth in that a-way?" "Five hundred pounds of dyna mite—" "I know about that. There ain't, no question in my mind but that that much giant powder 'u'd lay out a rigi ment, but here: would it wipe out the remains of a rigiment, or of even one man? It don't seem sensible, not ter me." "There wasn't a trace of the wagon left; and if the wagon was sporged out so effectually why not Darrel?*' It was the same argument used by Cliff and it was unanswerable. "Well," was the dogged answer, "I'll alters have my doubts, anyways. One thing's sure: Uncle Ab was in luck ter git jounced out'n the wagon be fore the blow-up, an' the team was in luck ter break away from the wagon an' git out o' range. The sheriff is comin' back this afternoon an' then maybe we'll know more. Wonder who gets Murgatroyd's thousand dollars?" "It isn't likely that any one will get It." "Hardly, that's a fact. It was quick action, don't ye think?" The propri etor laughed jestingly. "The Sandy Bar boys were saved a bad job that might have looked ugly for them be fore they got through." "They'd have lynched Darrel if they had caught him." "Wouldn't ihey, though? They'd have hung him higher'n Haman an', 'tween you an' me, it would have been good enough fer 'im." "That's where you're wrong," said the youth, warmly; "no mob ever yet had a moral right to lynch a man—" "Oh, shucks!" "And if the Sandy Bar boys had been able to carry out their lawless de signs they'd have hung a man whose guilt had yet to be proved." "You're plum crazy!" declared the proprietor. Where the discussion would have led the two is problematical. Just then the Chinaman walked through the of fice with his song. "Breakfus' iecdy," he announced, and began hammering out the alarm in front of the door. When Darrel sat down at the table the proprietor posted himself at the dining-room entrance and watched him ominously. The fugitive's identity was not suspected, but the proprietor had heard of the extra plate-cleaning the day before and wanted to see if the insult would be repeated. It was not. Darrel made a half movement to take the plate from the table, but dropped it again after a quick glance at the man in the door way. The food was brought on, Darrel be gan to eat and the proprietor went away with a grim smile. Breakfast over, Darrel asked for a sheet of paper and an envelope. In a few moments he had written the following: "For the Sheriff: If you will call at the old cabin in the coulee to the left of the War Eagle trail, not far from the mine, you will find some thing that will interest you." He did not sign the communication, but put it into the envelope, sealed it and addressed it to"The Sheriff, on his way back to Anaconda," and left it with the proprietor for delivery. When he rode away from the tavern Darrel was reassured. His new per sonality had withstood the test and he knew that he could trust it until such time as it ceased to be service able. But one thing made him uneasy. That was the doubt, now twice ex pressed, that giant powder could be so comprehensive in its destructive powers. To settle his question what could be better than to have the sheriff visit the hut in the coulee? The body of a smooth-faced man would be found, but evidences would be at hand to show that a beard had been removed. Everything would point to a sudden act of self-destruction. It would be supposed that Nate Darrel, overcome with the hopelessness of his case, had done away with himself. The fact that the fugitive had es caped the explosion in some remark able way would silence the doubters. Shortly before noon Darrel rode into Anaconda, turning aside and making for the livery barn nearest the Black foot trail. The hostler came grinning out to receive the horse. "The calico carried you all right, eh?" the man inquired. "Very well indeed. How much do I owe you for him?" The hostler stared. "Why," he answered, "you bought him from the old man. Don't wtmt to pay for the brute twice, do you?" Darrel was quick to take care of the emergency. "I mean for his keep," he answered, with a shade of annoyance. "Will you keep him here for nothing?" "You'll have to see the old man about that. He's gone home to dinner now." Darrel untied the traveling-bag from the cantle and walked down the street. IN THE AFTERNOON HE READ AN ACCOUNT OF lIIS DEATH IN A DAILY PAPER. He passed the "Colonel's Own," silent and almost deserted, at that hour, and was soon at the hotel where he had put up during his brief stay in town a short time before. "How do you do, Mr. McCloud," said the clerk, affably. "You're a little ahead of schedule, aren't you?" "A little." "I understood you to say you wouldn't be back until to-morrow. Two ladies called to see you, this morning, and left a card." Darrel took the card as the clerk handed it over. "Mrs. Marian Gor ton," ran the printed text, and under neath was written, in pencil: "and Miss Elise Avery." "Did they leave any word?" asked Darrel, quietly. "Said they'd call to-morrt)w after noon—l told them you'd be back then." This dilemma had been anticipated and Darrel knew it was not to be shirked. It was the one point of weak ness in his new armor. "We've kept your old room for you," went on the clerk. "I'll have the boy take up your satchel." The boy was called and took pos session of the traveling-bag. The clerk handed him a key and then Darrel fol lowed him up stairs. CHAPTER XI. DARREL FACES THE ISSUE. There was a sole-leather trunk in McCloud's room. It was locked but a small key ring in a pocket of the cor duroys held a key that gave access to it. No papers were found. There were two suits of clothes —both of the best quality—a supply of clean linen, cra CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY a 6, 1904 vats and other things usually found in a gentleman's wardrobe. Darrel closed the trunk disappoint edly and carried his search through the closet and dresser drawers. There was nothing there, all McCloud's belong ings, apart from what he had taken with him in the traveling-bag, having been put away in the trunk. The eastener had told the clerk he intended to return 011 the morrov\ but it was perfectly evident that he had imagined he might be detained much longer. Had he left Anaconda with the deliberate intention of destroying him self? When he went down stairs to dinner Darrel was revolving this question in his mind. In the afternoon he read an account of his death in a daily paper and gave diligent attention to the grue some details. It was a long article and began with an account of the murder of Sturgis, the arrest of Darrel and his night es cape from the Sandy liar jaii. Then followed a summing up of all the known facts connected with thf ex plosion on the War Eagle trail. Nothing new was brought forward but the author of the account was not a doubter for he dwelt exhaustively on the vicarious methods of justice and pointed the whole affair with a moral. Next morning another paper had more to say on the subject. Sheriff Scatterly had the hills after a personal investigation and gave it as his opinion that the escaped mur derer had been hurled into eternity in substantially the manner described by the men from Sandy Bar. Abner Gr.vce's bronchos had run away; the wagon had collided with a boulder beside the trail, the horses had broken loose and tlie shock of the col lision had set off the crystalized giant powder! That explained the arrival of the run-away team, practically unin jured, at the War Eagle mine. Abner Gryce had been thrown from the wagon when it took the turn, but the murderer had stayed witli it. Con sequently there was but one inference to be drawn. Thus far Darrel read with amused indifference. The paragraphs that fol lowed, however, startled him and filled him with consternation. The repor*. went onto state that Scatterly, in returning from the War Eagle mine, had had a communication handed to him at the Half W'ay house. Usually he took no notice of anony mous letters, but in this particular case he had made an exception. The communication nad reques:tc%l him to call at Kansas Joe's old cabin in Lost Horse coulee. He had gone there but, aside from evidences that tlie hut had been recently used, he had found nothing and no one. The letter was, therefore, looked upon as a hoax and Scatterly's aversion for unsigned messages was intensified. Darrel threw aside the ;>aper, lighted a cigar and leaned back in his chair. A throbbing fear was leaping along his nerves. The cabin empty! Had Scatterly made a mistake and gone to the wrong place? While possible this was hardly prob able. Yet, if the sheriff had made no mistake in the cabin, what had become of McCloud? Darrel got up and walked out of the hotel into the cooler air. His situa tion had become greatly complicated and the issue confronting him was very trying even to his iron nerves. Should he retreat? he asked himself. It would be easy to close his account at the hotel and proceed to some other part of the country. But to do that he must abandon his designs against Murgatroyd. Murga trovd, the real murderer, would be left immune by Darrel's withdrawal from the scene. That was the point that decided the fugitive. He would face the issue, hop ing that Scatterly had made some mis take, hoping that no interruption would come before Murgatroyd's guilt had been proved, hoping that the ladies lie was soon to meet would request noth ing of him that would lead to his dis covery—hoping everything, in fact, that seemed impossible. When he re-entered the office he was his same calm, resolute self and had made up his mind to fling his defiance in the very teeth of Fate. Early in the afternoon the coming of Mrs. Gorton and Miss Avery was announced by the clerk. Darrel was in his room and went at once to the public parlor on the second floor. The two ladies were alone in the apartment and were seated near a window overlooking the street. One was rather stout and with a tinge of gray in her dark hair; the other was young, slender and with a face of rare loveliness. Both rose and turned toward Darrel as he entered. The elder advanced a step. "Mr. McCloud?" she asked. "At your service, madam," he an swered with a bow. "I am Mrs. Gorton," went on the elder lady, presenting her hand with a cordial smile, "and my companion i 3 my niece. Miss Avery." There was a settled sadners in Miss Avery's face which touched Darrel to the heart and made liim ashamed of the part he was playing. The difficul ties of his assumed role were to com mence with this moment, as he knew full well. He barely touched Miss Avery's small white hand. "It gives me great pleasure," said he, "to meet the friends of Lorry Ormsby." "You have received Mr. Crmsby's letter?" queried Miss Avery. "That came to hand several days ago." "Here is another, Mr. McCloud," said Mrs. Gorten, tendering liim a letter; "after you have read it, if you can spare the time we will tell you the nature of our errand to this part of the country. We are entire strangers here and are very grateful to Mr. Orms by for directing us to you." They resunifi their seats and Darrel drew a chair near and excused himself while lie read the communication from Ormsby. The envelope was sealed, which Darrel accounted strange if it contained simply a letter of introduc tion. As he read, the eyes of the two la dies stole furtively to his face. They were not prepared for the sudden whiteness they saw there, the sharp, almost imperceptible compression ot Darrel's thin lips, the convulsive move ment of the slim, white fingers that held the sheet from which he was Jsad ing. Puzzled and interrogative glances passed between the elderly ledy anu her niece. Darrel seemed abstracted. He held the letter long enough to have read it half a dozen times. The writing ran as follows: Dear Junius: This will be handed you by Mrs. Gorton and Miss Avery. There i. something about the man whom they seeking which they do not know and \\ hich 1 do not care to have them know— yet awhile. In your own time and when you think best you may give them the information. Through private sources i have learned that the man has taken an other name, and when these tactics are resorted to it is clear that something is wrong, Avery has experienced much sorrow and 1 would not care to add one straw to her burden, if it could be helped. You understand, do you not.' You will help them, I know, and pleaso be a little tactful In what you do. The name now used by the one they desire to tind is Sturgis, Jack Sturgis. lti- was last heard of at Sandy Bar, near Ana conda. "Is there any bad news from Mr. Ormsby, Mr. McCloud?" asked Mrs. Gorton, In an agitated tone. "We must not anticipate, Mrs. Gor ton," answered Darrel, with an en couraging smile, as he put the letter away. "If you will tell me in what way I can serve you, I shall be most happy to do all 1 can." "Thank you," came from Miss Avery, in a low voice. Then she looked to ward her aunt as though desiring that she should make the necessary explan ations. "We have come here to find Elise's father," said Mrs. Gorton. "He has been absent from home for five years and during the last year no word what ever has been received from him. Naturally we can draw but one infer ence" —she cast a hasty glance in her companion's direction—"yet, in the ab sence of any positive knowledge, we cannot but have some hope." ITo Be Continued.] AN APPEAL TO HONOR. Hit ml it Chief Received ami Enter* tallied iin a Gentleman Taken His Departure an One. Treat a man as if he were a gentle man and he will rarely disappoint you. In illustration of this truth Mr. Crosse, author of "Round About the Carpathi ans," tells a good story of a robber chief in Hungary. A few years ago the Carpathian mountains were infest ed with organized bands of robbers, and neither life nor property was safe. At this time a lady of great wealth, the Countess Z., who lived not far from the main highway between Buda pest and Vienna, received a polite not.' one morning, informing her that 12 gentlemen would dine with her at mid night. She understood what it meant. It was impossible to summon help, and well she knew that every approach to the castle would be guarded, to pre vent communication. In this dilemma she made ready for her uninvited guests. At midnight up rode an armed band, 12 men in all. Immediately the gate of the outer court and the entrance door were thrown wide, as if for the most honored and welcome guests. The countess stood at the entrance to receive them, richly dressed. She bads the chief and his men a gracious wel come, gave orders that their horses lie cared for, and then, taking the arm of her guest, led the way to the dining hall. Here a goodly feast was spread and all the gold and silver plate of the castle was lavishly displayed. The leader of the robber band start ed back in surprise; but recovering his self-possession, he seated himself be side his charming hostess, who en gaged him in merry talk of the gay world at Vienna, with which they were bolh familiar. At length, when the feast was nearly ended, the chief took out his watch and said: "Countess, tlie happiest moments of my life have always been the shortest. I have another engagement this night. Bad as I am, none ever appealed to my honor in vain. You have received me as a gentleman, and I shall take my departure as one. As for you, my men," he said, looking sternly round with hand on his pistol, "I charge you to take nothing from this house. He who disobeys me dies that instant." The chief then asked for pen and paper and wrote some words upon a sheet, which he handed to his hostess. "This, madam, will serve to protect you in future. You have but to show it and it will save you from any mo lestation or loss." The name of the robber chief was afterward known. He was an impov erished cadet of one of the noblest families in Hungary. His fate was sad enough; lie was captured a few months after the incident which has been re lated here and ended his life at the hands of the common hangman. The Thrifty l.aily. It.was in the court of Judge Garland, in the Eastern district. The ragamuffin had handed up the amount of her father's fine. Yet still she lingered near. After a time the justice noticed the ! cowering form standing shrinking by j the desk. "Well, what are you waiting for?" he inquired. "Maw said maybe you'd give trarliT.' stomps when I paid yer."—Baltimo.v American THE COST OF LIVING. HIGHER NOW THAN IT HAS BEEN SINCE THE WAR. Increase of Expense on Some Neces saries of Life Ranges from 33 to 100 Per Cent.—All Com modities Higher. Washington (L>. C.) Special. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of the bureau of labor of the department of commerce and labor, who is one of the ] recognized statisticians of the world, has j undertaken in a bulletin, which has just I been issued, to throw light on the ques tion of the increased cost of living in 1903 over the preceding 13 years. Wright has made his comparisons with wholesale figures since they are re garded as the more substantial basis and his report includes 200 series of quota tions, covering farm products, food and I clothing, fuel and lighting, metals, im plements, lumber and building materials, I drugs and chemicals, house furnishings j and miscellaneous goods. In making his report the statistician ! adopted the method pursued by all lead ing authorities of the world, and in com paring prices for 11>()3 with former years he reduces the price of the preced ing 13 years to the average price for that period. He places this average price al ways at 100. The difference between 100 shows the decrease or increase in cost for 1003. The first table shows the average rel ative prices of all commQdities higher in 1903 than at any time since and includ j ing 1890. Farm products reached the j lowest average in 189G and the highest In 1902. Cloths and clothing were the j lowest in 1897 and the highest in IS9O. | Fuel and lighting were the lowest in 1894 1 and the highest in 1903. Metals and im plements were the lowest in 1898 and the highest in 1900. Lumber and building materials were the lowest in 189" and the highest in 1893. Statistics show a decrease in the price of beef from 1902, but the relative price CARROLL D. WRIGIIT. (He Proves in Figures That Cost of Living is Higher Than Ever.) I compared to the period since 1890 shows j an increase in cattle of 4.7 per cent. Under the head of farm products 16 ar j tides show increases as follows: ' Wheat 5.1 Hides 24.8 Steers >ats 31.7 Timothy hay 19.2 Hogs 37.0 j Corn 21.1 Cotton -14.7 ! Barley 21.21 New York h0p5..59.5 There was a decrease of 1.3 per cent, in sheep, 2.5 per cent, in rye, 5.9 per cent, in flaxseed. Fifty three articles of food are given, and on 35 there is an increase over the average for the preceding 13 year rang j ing from five per cent, on bread in the ! Washington market to 72 per cent, on pepper from Singapore. The following increases in percentage aTe shown: Dried codfish 5 iEggs 23.3 Potatoes 5 New York ch'ese.23.3 Butter ii Mackerel 23.6 Canned salmon 10 iCornmeal 23-25 Molasses 12.5 Smoked hams 31 Cra'k'rs, B'st'n X.l2.ti Lard 34 Milk 12.91 Beans 35 Mess beef ~.13 I Bacon and salt Western ham 17 pork 42-43 Tallow 17.2 Herring 51 Decreases are shown as follows: Sugar 1.2 to 5 [Vinegar 12 Soda crackers 9.5 Evapo'a'd fruits.2B Flour 6.4|Coffee 57.4 Of 70 articles of clothing, the prices of 56 for 1903 are higher than the average price for the preceding period since 1890. Increases ranged from three per cent, for ginghams to 20.8 per cent, for sheetings. Women's dress goods were 14.3 percent, higher; overcoatings, 17.3 per cent, higher; and blankets, 17.9 per cent, higher. The table on fuel and lighting shows an astonishing increase in <»ost to the con sumer during 1903 over the average price the preceding ten years. The result fol lows: Pet. I Pet. Petroleum, ref'd. .53.1 \ Anthracite 5t0ve.27.1 Petroleum for ex- j Anthracite chest port 32.5 nut 34.2 Anthracite c0a1...26.2! Anthracite egg.. .34.3 The only Item in this class showing a decline is parlor matches, which fell off 14.4 per cent. The average increase for 1903 over the period since 1890 was 49 per cent. The lowest price of anthracite egg coal was in September, 1595, the wholesale rate being $2.82. In the latter part of 1902 and throughout 1903 the wholesale price was $4.95. George's cree\: bitum inous 112. o. b. in New York leaped from $2.10 in 1599 to $8.28 in 1902. Egyptian Brides Are Very Sly. It is usual for the Egyptian bride to affect shyness and embarrassment. On no account must the eyes be lifted from the ground. The bride is led about by her nurse—a functionary who plays a prominent part at the wedding, and one whom it is the fiance's interest to "tip" liberally—and two other attend ants, while a couple of slaves fan her continually to cool the burning blushes which are supposed to mantle her maltlM! cheeks, LARGE MEETING Proceedings of the Thirty-first Gen eral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Los Angeles, May 18. —Action on two important matters was taken by the general conference of the Metho dist church at Tuesday's session. The report of the committee on epis copacy, recommending that the con ference elect eight bishops, was adopted. At. the close of a heated de bate between Dr. James M. Buckley and I)r. Thomas B. Neely, the two foremost parliamentarians of the | Methodist church, the conference 1 adopted the report of the special com mittee, which finds that the confer ence has no authority to district the episcopacy. Dos Angeles, Cal., May 10. —The crowd t hat besieged Hazard's Pavil i ion yesterday seeking admittance to jthe Methodist conference In order to observe the balloting for bishops, which had been fixed as the special order of the day, was unusually large. Upon reassembling after recess | Bishop Hamilton, who presided, ; asked the delegates to devote ten i minutes to prayer, seeking divine guidance in the important duties be fore them. Tellers were then ap pointed and the first ballot for bishops was cast. On the first ballot for bishops only one was elected, J. F. Berry, who re ceived 531 votes out of 700 cast. One hundred and twenty other men were voted for. Dos Angeles, May 20. —Three ad ditional bishops were elected Thurs day at the Methodist general confer ence, Dr. \V. P. McDowell and Dr. Henry Spellmeyer on the second bal lot, which was announced at the morning session, and Dr. J. W. Bash ford, chosen on the fourth ballot in the afternoon. The third ballot re sulted in no election. Four of the eight bishops to be elected have thus far been chosen, as follows: Dr. J. F. Berry, Chicago; Dr. Henry Spellmeyer, Newark, N. J.; Dr. Wil liam F. McDowell, New York; Dr. James W. Bashford, Delaware, O. The fourth ballot, which resulted in the election of Dr. Bashford, present ed Dr. William Burt and Dr. T. B. Neely at the head of the list in the or der named, with 400 and 140 votes re spectively. The fifth ballot was taken just be fore adjournment and as a result of It, it is reasonably certain that Dr. William Burt is elected as the fifth bishop, and perhaps Dr. T. B. Neely a sixth. The report of the committee on in ternational and industrial peace, which was read at the morning ses sion, will doubtless provoke an ani mated debate when it comes up for consideration next Tuesday as the special order of the day. The report recommends three agen cies as the means to accomplish uni versal arbitration and the settlement of industrial disputes, namely, The Hague peace court, a United States permanent national industrial peace court, and a permanent periodic inter national peace congress. Los Angeles, Cal., May 21.—When the Methodist general conference ad journed last night seven of the eight bishops to be elected had been chosen, and the ballot taken just before ad journment probably had elected the eighth, although its result has not yet been announced. The three bishops chosen Friday were: William Burt, of Rome, Italy; Luther B. Wilson, of Baltimore, and Thomas B. Neely, of Philadelphia. WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES. Grain Shippers Intend to Make Trou ble for the Lake Carriers' Associa tion. Milwaukee, Wis., May 21. —The Journal says: An entirely new fea ture has been added to the trouble be tween the Lake Carriers' association and the Masters and Pilots' associa tion. The Lake Carriers' association (the vessel owners) had relied on what is called the "strike clause" in the bills of lading. This clause pro vides that, in case of a strike, the ves sel owners shall not be liable for damages during the strike. Relying on this clause, the vessel owners have felt confident in their position, believ ing no damage suits could be brought. F. R. Morris & Co., who now have a boat load at the dock at Milwaukee waiting for a settlement of the trou ble, have notified the owners of the vessel that the owners will be held liable for all delay and damages that may result from the non-delivery of the grain at its destination. Morris & Co. assume that this trouble is not a strike, but that it is a conditiou brought about by the vessel owners themselves and partakes more of the nature of a lockout. The action of the F. R. Morris Co. will be followed by similar action on the part of grain shippers throughout the country and may bring about a settlement of the trouble. Expelled From the Exchange. New York, May 20. —Andreas S. Floyd and Frank B. Crawford, com prising the brokerage firm of Floyd, Crawford & Co., whose suspension was recently announced, were yester day expelled from the Consolidated stock exchange and Petroleum ex change. This action was taken by the governors after repeated efforts had been made to bring Messrs. Floyd and Crawford before them. A Battle in Santo Domingo. Cape Haytien, Hayti, May 20.—Do minican government troops, com manded by Gen. Cabrera, and Do minican revolutionary troops, led by Gen. La Sala and other generals, met recently at. Guayacanes, Santo Domingo. In the fighting which fol lowed the government force had 30 men killed or wounded and the revo lutionists lost heavily. Five revolu tionary generals sought refuge in the French and Venezuelan consulates here and later embarked on the French steamer Olinde Rodriguez, bound for Porto Rico.
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