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DAUGHTER.
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... - or ui,v
hunted
' jres-
Maters,
e dearest
d i-ij.j.ed
lint iiu
k be l ore.
iio, and
I V
:1 oill-'-eil' free from
l.e .1 loiii-ii.-d if you're
I !o 1 1 - i : i oiir club
M l.e,.,- , .,l,.)llt,
e ' i lie fe! low k how S
i ! I a'ld have Inon.-y.
. .tis:;- but if he isn't
of Ita'iau Aliu:'cl.i-t--.
i . out iei la"t veal-
d hangil
it. but
g over
it uas
k ela.io
fascin.i-
is Nina,
i could
d never
'.ill t In re v
a! ?':tei
: but he h
; ! . e 1 as
! d precise!
I tain
the
Ih
ihin;r Ih
run :
I ;.re mofil lis lie! .re
"ic 1 to sit ilea;- me
'f a o. al Socia'islic
i t1. lir.-t I had been
y u !a.-e of a waxy
i ir. :-hi:iiiiur eves, and
e:i d. A f i in- minute
a t cave:- and w is'fui
i,e li".t it would !
. '.-' t! .. n -h. I'ossibly
el i c i mutual. At
opjied I-, li -ht a cigar,
t ma II oM'i t .ink me. It
and he j a ise l as if
me for years. He
accompany me home,
in v door w as reached.
u h:
I st
-ili. Iv I';
in-ited: but the
1 r
i il was that lor ii.e
I seemed to run aero-s
I w ent. Soon I found
-cioiislv shunning old
o.-ia'ions t,, ,,. in hi-;
v lielli,
: I ,:,ue
. farther.
Ignite
r other,
rued the
. .- in a
I had
a -;'ic.
hi; dr. i
r it was part of a
r k new Ve!aio
He iu ited me to
casually; besides,
up to the moment
1 key iu his door
street turning o!f
been tiiinkinir of
man. w ho live 1
a -us as a w omau
bd i or sinl.c me
a bil l's voice sing
ail.e.l jiit . the room
i k:
n ilauu'iter N iua -orld
t.) loe!"
mi 1 with my mouth
nt. His daughter
ii sitting at the
bead work. When
!e I, w ith a ca: ii; i lie
i .1 h cheeks, I k new
I h.
on, I
ii- w
I st
to I
nnv that I had never seen
na i a ''e!aio's daughter,
t h. i-e w oudcrfit I dark eyes.
hall-. 'able as his ow n; red
Ii ii e mi in, and mass of black
-lie looked as if she had
t ! an Italian picture. I I'
.I a-ke.l me, as 1 left his
ii ;!:!. to become a member
! -. .i.ty. forswearing mv
id previous ties for his
-ake. I do not think I
I .in-e 1 t . rc.lect.
i.- -ii 1.1 1.- for that. A
nt b tt uever-folgotteii
i In- end of it 1 was hope-
e - ii Ii Nina and ready to
I ii to w 111 her. Vela.-i'i
.ii'-.'li-ri'.Us. It was not in t
i.e. I me m a w hisper ouc
'.ikecliarge of so. lie incriiii
"'ii''fit us they would run
.I. f .-t i. .ii iu my hands than
'. a I l.e u'a'l t lealie how
:oed mtself to drift into
I r.-peatc l
i I. Vm
i that, if
hardly know
1 now I would
hi w ish to try
i must under-
i- certain enough." he
I the others they are
a stronger proof than
. an- to ejve. " A pause.
lull ill the eyes: think
' ..'in';.', j-erlut! s. although
' ike me then. "Vt-s, mat
'ii c.-me to a head now.
he w hispered. "love does
hand in hand with
n eae that nieht in a sort
uo Nina. 1 felt 1 could
et I ha 1 an indesci ib-
I t he pi i-e might have
the true chancier of
. ; ins associate-. There
-ht in my sitting-room,
i: e! ;i; y, I tiptoed upstairs,
i was half open: my heart
m a. sjlit of a man sitting
Masters, re-ting his chin
baud-. I liad"a..id
a week had seemed to
ills wo. Id alto-ether. And
ic-.ts bulging out of my
t : ej. by and hide them
'"in. Holding my breath,
moling it. when he took
- and stood in the door
's wide, his litis tw itching.
.;i- . omc to this, has it?"
-'-..I . A sti Miied pause.
1 - A ! i.irn. Then: -.IciV.
i -l el Wh it do s it
1 ail I: ' M . e
- i i. past mo like a thief.
I Not a word! Come in hero, you shall
; speak! Now, you mad fool, what are
, you mix.,1 up i? j II know ,,(.fre
I ' ifuve mis house l,ffi,r
ie r put the
! iio.ic-e on t he fellow.
,,; J':'1,1 ,,lf! doorway, and he meant
; something. The mere sjjlt Gf his,
'. '.'"'" '"mgien incredulity
' me mere recollection
of all the deur ol.l times together was
hough to break down the miserable
oani.-r; out there was Nmn N
ma's
, glorious face between us that
I I turned mv head .l,.,,,,.! I .-
niht.
! 'WellV'l.e asked.
"It f 'too late," was mv answer. T
knew Master; only the" .rut ii would
i-nence him. A n vthing that h:
appens
mm now. lamiens t
'lien
I- that
enouL'hV
" b.o.1 heavens '" f,
. ".fe.'i; Jell! d you ka
hae sfid- what vou ar,
d staring,
what vnii
111',- lioillfjV
I i'ui round
"Ves; to,, v e
it back i i.. what iniht. ".lack, cut
me .b-ad, every one of you, but don't
ask me tiesions, for l' can't answer
tti'-iii. He does belong to a secret
society r admit to you, aud not an
hour ;i asked him to initiate me as
a ineuibci - to .iit me to any test.
There! no, I'm not mad; but -but I
hoj.e to marry his daughter, the dear
est and most innocent -nil on (bid's
earth? Now you k now -.lar k !"
lie had Kone -id.-ked njihisliat like
a man da.e. I, and oiie! 1 heard him
feeling; his way down the: stairs as if
liis sitfht had failed him Masters, mv
lifelong chum! Myself, I could Hot
move for a time, ('all him back? --no,
I could not! It was too late. If ho
meant .Nina on the one hand and sala
ti"ii on the other I mu-t hoo-e
N iua!
"J'or your life d
not come near.
I lie house is watched
lalse move now. and
months goes liotif ! Y
y police. A
the work of
want friends
l m mediately friends witl
dcvi.fi hi. Vou you 1;
monev and
u may hae a
iv not hiiiLr ,,f it.
iioin.it) incentive: S
b 'l go llictly t
I Kupert street,
ev
this
evening. Tin re
i a n e
mav be
not shr
eiicy im-etinu-, anil theie
i deal from w hicii you need
Knock twice aid sav.
III!
'I he Cai
Vrxzio."
double enveloje,
er box early two
our life do not
it ilicredlllollsly
i i- :i .aiii, tin illcd
i-e by the re
gc. My Nina in
the police! An
day i i a perfect
V'eiie a doen
That as it in a
dropped into my let
days later. '"Tor i
i iiear!" rea I
t lii'i Hi -;h o er and o
a:m.e-t into coward
g aucy of the nic- ..
a h .use watched bv
.. "d.Mi: i s, en t:,a
.! ..f misgivi-ig.
trues. 1 started Ui withtiie delet mina-
tioit nf K'cing Vela. io and learning at
any cost what had happened since
y (: tcrday, but ea h time something
held me back. When ii o'cloi k came
I was iu no condition to retleet. I set
inech-i::;-:!1; y .; , t
street.
At seven I was standing outside it
- a dull-gray house iu an obscure
thoroughfare. Hardy a second of
irieiol ojoti.and then I ki;o, ke I twice:
a:id abnos; instantly the d; o was
opened by a be.idy-e ycd foleigiler.
"ilie Cause.'' 1 whi-pered. Net
mo i. ent J was groping along the
g o tiniest, stillest passa ge i ma inal le.
I The nian -wheiewa;he? Win-re was
the meeling? I was conscious of a
burning In al breaking out oe;- me.
'uick, this way. Iriend!''
It came, a l. milled sound, from the
end of the pa-sage. Holding my
breath, I walked forward. seeing noth
ing. lill stt.hb tily my ir iii was gra;ped
b a in. iu wl' . I tiike it. had been
standing behind a ciiim- i.i the wall.
I was swung round, and heard a door
creak at my back. Then -a thick,
husky voice was close at my ear.
Why we should trust an l'nglish
iiiaii, I know not, but Velazio in-isls.
So listen! We have one test only,
ami it is usually enough. In the
darkened loo.n behind you. twenty
feet by eighteen, waits a man. chosen
by lot. and armed with a knife pre
cisely like this."' 1 wa just faintly
(o.i-eioiis that my lingers hud closed
om'i- a handle, an I no more. "He is
preparing to risk his life for the safety
of the cause, and you yours. Courage!
It need not be a duel to the death. nor
even to a wound: should you cry out.
i'.uoiigh!' you may go as you eauie.oii
a condition which Vclazio s.-iys you
fully understand. In each case, the
door ill be opened in live minutes.
Cut remember your opponent w ill
sti ike if he can '"
To my dying day I could never for
get my sensat ;i while that astonish
ing proposal burning itself into my
luain. I'.ul before I could ptoper'y
realie. much less resist, a push - and
I staggered into the horrible room,
and I lit aid a lock click behind.
Simultaneously I caught a movement
close bv me. I could have screamed,
but t he sound w ould not coineunstead.
I gilM' a con vu'sive t w ist aside, touch c I
a wall. and stool panting and
trembling against it. both hands wav
ing madly. Not a sound: not a glim
mer iu the blackness. lu that lirst
moment every hair on my head seemed
to be an erect, red hot wire. Let any
man ctuiceie a more painful position,
if he can.
A minute, ami the tremble bad per
force parsed. My nerves at a tension
bordering upon insanity, my eyes
straining through the darkness. I
waited for the other to move again.
Only t. know his v he: e ibouts! Stir
mv.s'elf J dared not. could not; there
was the door close by. and there was
the chance of ending it all by one
shout, but I must have forgotten both
in the sudden horror.
I expected every moment to feel his
g -ip. to close with him. to feci the
probe of hi" blade.
l-'ive minutes-- surely that number
had passed! ami that blov had not
come. Involuntarily 1 took two strides
out into the room, and there stood on
toe tips.turning as an a pivot to clutch
at something warm.
Nothing! lut to stand still now,
having once moved, was impossible.
The cunnitigof sheer desperation took
me. The iloor seemed to be thickly
, a'-pcted. aud gave back no sound.
Two more stealthy strides another;
now 1 must be close to the o posite
wall. I would reach out and touch it.
and then make two rushes at di:;'eient
angles clutch him u ith arms and 1 gs.
and hold him powerless. Hutwhat
was that? Hi" b-e. Iiif'g. Jlt there,
where the wall should be'.' I could
bear it no longer; I threw out both
arms in a frenzy, and my left ) aim
touched a smooth, Laid he'ad. iW k I
went shuddering. It was a real man,
stoujiin to avoid me, c-ontemplatiii
some triek and the hoior of t tsat
fiit eontart !.rou-ht the reaetion.
The li-!,t! the !i-ht! Xina must .'.j
i everythin
must ro.
"Jmou'h:'' I shouted, madly; and
simultaneously two arms closed ahout
my waist. All! In an abandonment
of fe.tr, then, 1 riiijied at his throat,
bnt him ba.k and struck--twice,
three times at his el.et,I think and
U to the very hilt each time, and
then
.ome one wa 1 ueking mw back
a!id out into t1..- passage. I sank on
a si air and lay there, while the ground
seemed to lie rocking under me. 1
knew nothing that passed until a glastt
was put to my lips.
"Urink this! l'oubave killed him.
T think -but you cried 'Knough!'
iiiat ii. si iiu-1
"Vou must g.
it is iiscovei'e
outside, and
your pockets.
Brighton, d
y ujio' was w hisj.ei in
straight away, in case
I. .Listen ! a -ab v ails
J have put money in
o at once to JJi ightou
you hear? and stav
! there until you hear from us that it is
safe. A k each dav at the iK.stortie.
lor a letter. o (ptestions now; go,
and all will be well!"
The rest seems like a part of a
dream. 1 groped obediently out, half
blinded by t lie sudden light, and into
a hansom that waited outside. An
hour later, w ithout know ing how I had
got there, f was in a train whirling
south. "Killed him! Killed him!"
sang in and out of my brain. I had
killed aimtn! That was all; of Ninu
1 never once thought. l!ut, no it
w-an all some nightmare. I would
credit nothing until 1 received that
j letter.
j And one inornin when I r.nt the
usual hoarse inquiry, an envelope was
handed tome. One nervous glance,
then an incredulous gasp. The liand-
wi itiug upon it tun Masters'! Ten
minutes later, I was trying hard to
I take in a stupefying revelation, sob
' alter sob of relief shaking m3, A
i re-.elatiou yes, indeed!
"Di:ar Oi.o .Iki r I am only pray
i iug that this reaches yoti all right,
j Ileaen knows i have longed to put
: you out of your misery, but it was
not safe, lint now, however, Yelazzio
I and his daughter should be well out of
I the country, and probably I have suc
' ceeded in preventing you making the
; mistake of your life,
i ".I ell', it was all a clever trick t.f
I mine. That night, alter what you told
in", I iii.v you were on the edge of a
prccipi. e.and I took one of t he f el lows
into my conii deuce. We hired the
i house iu Sole-, got ttie Italian to write
; that letter, a. id concoct e I an ordeal.
1 When you stabbed so murderously at
your opponent iu the dark room yon
; were stabbing at your old chum, Mas
ters. Thank heaven, we had provided
you with that 'property' knife, with the
vanishing blade, that we bought for
last year's theatricals.
"disguised. saw you safe off to
iirighton, and then I put a real de
tective on Vclaxzio's track, and gave
him his chance to clear out. Results
show that he was only too glad to take
it. Ami so it is all over, and you will
live to thank me for it.
"Yours ever, Jack M astkiss."
Tit-IJits.
Mane 'acli' l.y Trolley.
Stage coaches run by electric trol
ley power represent the latest idea of
inventive genius iu regard to the ap
plication of electricity tit purposes of
transportation. At ireenw ich, Conn.,
is now to be seen in operation a motor
carriage running upon a highway, pro
pelled by force taken from wires
which are supported by poles along
th" side of the road. 15y an ingenious
device the trolley, or rather a flexible
tiiet.iili cable sit t ached to the carriage,
is conducted along the circuit wire in
such a way that two trolley vehicles
may pass each other, and eaHi may
turn rou ml or pass from one side of
the street to the other at the pleasure
of the driver. Free from the bondage
of a railway track and the tyranny of
the despatcher aud the switch tender,
iheelecl i i" stage coach may stop and
start when il likes, calling for passen
gers at their doors on either side of
the road, and rolling me rily along
the highway, regardless of wind, snow
or ice, its oalv limitation being the
poles and w ires which give it motion.
Over the ipiifter of a mile stretch al
ready equipped it is declared that the
heavy carriage can easily run in forty
iive n'i ouds. w hich would mean the
sui'iicieut iy rapid pace, for a stage
coa di, of thirty miles an hour. The
trials are said to have been sosuecess
f il that a permanent line of consider
able length will soon by operated.
iiosiou Herald.
I lie l.ai s;'l I'loaliner lry Itix k.
A new lloating dry dock has just
been completed at Hamburg, (ier
iini'iv, in connection with the shipyard
and machine shops of Messrs. Blohm
A Voss. The American consul. Robert
son, who reports the fact, says that it
is "the hi'-eest of its kind iu exist
ence." It has a carrying capacity of
j 7. .' tons. Its length, with the
pontoons, is ; I feet 4 inches, and its
width I is feet 1 inch. it will raise
the largest merchant vessels that have
thus far been built, and even the
heav ii st men-ot'-w ar.
peculiar construct io:
t inie of war. or in ca-".ell.-v.
could be take!
bkeaboat. The doc
els w iiii a draught
inches. No ves-el
Owing to its
. the dock, in
of ot her emer
down the river
c w ill take ves
of ' ) feet (I 1-2
w ith a greater
draught tit,
ceeded in I
i '27 1-2 feet has evr suc
a. hit'.g Hamburg.
IV is:itit Life or an Artit.
lbsa Foa'i.tir. the fa-nous artist,
leads the life i f a peasant, rising early
and going to bed late, l'very morn
ing on getting up. sue takes a walk
in her garden, iv.vai iably a -companie l
by her dog. From ! o'clock until halt
past 11 she works in her studio. Then
she has breakfast. At 1 ..'clock work
is resumed until .". when Mil-. F.i.n
heur goes for an excursion i:i the for
est near her home. She finishes her
dav bv reading.
tiisfM.-t iry.
"Do vou tin I your tlv screens use-
ful. M s. P.elger?"
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An Opinion by Assistant Attorney
General Boyd
WHICH RENDERS CIVIL SERVICE
Null iiml Void, So Far as Protect! lg
the Men Now In IIice Are Toti
C.rneiJ. '1 he Washington Htar prints the i al
lowing: Assistant Attoraey-tieueial
lloyd is writing an opinion, which v :il
probably receive the sanction of
torney-i Jenerul Melveum. sustain; ig
the collectors of internal revenue ty
the United State; loarslta! L ;
:li-char-c,l u lar-L- number of 1..u!iv.,
i!io opinion is really in tlie case of
Collector IJradv, of Virginia, but will
ever the cases of a number of Southern
collectors of internal revenue, who have
! followed the precedent set bv Collector
iirady.
it is said these dismissals ami the at
titude of the attorney have been talked
over at cabinet meetings, with an agree
ment that the opinion of Mv. lioyd shall
represent the views of the l'resideut
aud administration. It will be careful
ly worded, so that the spirit ami letter
of the civil service law will be upheld.
The position to be taken by the decision
is, that the tenure of cilice of a deputy
collector or deputy marshal runs with
that of the chief v. h . appointed i i i.
it wiii be holtl tli.it tae position l
one of an administrative character
and that no position of this kind
can b: considered permanent. No
Oflieia! of the government, it will be
hel l, can be compelled to do anything
more than is expressly required of him
und it is not required that collectors
hu.1 marshals le-appoiut the deputies of
their predecessors. Mr. Hoyd will hold
that the collectors ami marshals can
appoint whoever they please and do
not have to call upon the civil servic
commis-ion for an eligible list. It is
held by the civil service commissioners
that the collectors and marshals have to
make teuipc-rary appointments if they
have no eligible list, and if they have
an eligible list, they must select their
deputies from that.
WIIKAT, OtiN AXI OATS.
(Jood (ientral Yield of Wheat; Corn
Calls -hurt.
The Orange dud. I Farmer iu its final
estimate of the year's wheat crop, says
that iigures based on actual threshing
returns indicate a tolal yield of ..-.),( ioo,
i) bushels, of which :;?.'', -i;so,tio) bush
els is winter and Jl.".,4;(,uoo bushels
spring wheat.
With the exception of Illinois and
Missouri, the winter wheat yield repre
sents the full capaeit3- of the soil. The
p.ing wheat yield in Minnesota aud
the Dakota" La proven s tli., poirt
tnent, the aggregate being only -:,-isni.iifii)
bushels. The shortage there is
in a measure counterbalanced by the
good yield in Nebraska, Oregon and
W ashington. The report says the corn
crop is exceedingly disappointing, at
an outside estimate of l.?."io,uiiu,(,o'
bushels. Drought during the past
two months reduced the average con
dition from SJ.i! a month ago to ;.'. on
letober 1.
An average oat j-ieid of 2'X 7 per
acre suggests a crop of 814,(HH),imm)
bushels, 1U(1,huo,uis( bushels more than
last year.
M.(;KO(iii:i,i)i:Mi;i) admission.
I-'.x-Coiigrt-Ksinan Miller's I'.mgliter
Cmihl Not be 1'itltlicly TiiugM.
The 1'oughkeepsie, (N. Y.) Dispatch
says: F.x-Congressmun T. E. Miller, of
South Carolina, recently applied to
Fastmau College for admission for his
daughter, but, on account of the largo
number of young men from the South
in the institution it was thought l.y
i'resident Clement C. Oaines inadvis
able to give her public instruction. A
letter to that effect was sent to the
young woman's father, with an otl'er to
give lier private instruction. This was
not agreeable to ex-i 'ougressmau Miller
and he sent his (laughter to a school in
Rrooklyn. She is verv light in color.
and would not be suspected of having
negro blood. Her father isa lawyer, is
well educated ami was recently chosen
president of the South Carolina Negro
Normal aud Industrial College.
SIX KlbLKD AT A CROSSING.
A Iaseiiger Train Strikes a Wagon
l.uii'l ol" People With Oeiully KU'eet.
A special to the St. Louis (Mo. ) is
patch, from Willow Springs, JMo. ,
says: A passenger train on the K. ('.,
Ft. S. t M. R. il. , ran into a w agon
containing seven persous, at Dead
Man's Cut, three miles North of here
instantly killing fix and fatally injur
ing tho other one. Those killed were
Phillip L. Wooten, Phillip W'ooteu,
.ir. , Amanda Wooten, Dora Wooten,
Mrs. Francis Malbrey anil an iniaut
child four months old.
Kxctirsion Train AY recked.
One person killed, one so badlj- in
jured that he died soon after the acci
dent and many injured is the record of
a wreck ou the Denver and Rio Gr.md
toirrnu eime e nt I 'ntnimvi '.-J en-...- t
ty-two miles west of Pueblo, caused by
t he breaking of a journal ou one of the
coaches.
Mi ners Demand lletter A ajso.
The National Congress of miners,
which has been in session at Liege,
Pe'gum. decided to make a demand for
an advanceof l"i per cent, in wages. If
this demand is not granted by the mid
dle of November the executive com
mittee will call a general sti ike.
Champions of 1N!S.
The Roston baseball club defeated
the Raltimore team for the penant in
the National league, thereby winning
the Temple cup and making them the
champions for ly.'s.
Winston's Tobacco Trade.
TheWinston, N. C. ,Tobaeco.ssociation
held its annual meeting last week when
President Edmunds read his annual re-
. , - , , , ,.,,,,,!
port, which showed that 14,0'l,f'12
pounds of leaf tobacco were sold on
that market for .ssi". Also that
W-i44.ni;n pounds of tobacco were man
ufactured there during the 1 a-t year.
The stamp on revenue collections ag-
cremated .?;f20,524. 1
Striker liiiiirti to Wot!;.
1 , 1,1, i
l our hundred longshoremen
III
given up tne strike at Savanna!:.
and returned to w ork
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH.
I The South.
j !eo. W. Reed Las been appointed
t rcstmaster at i'liltmore, X. O.
! National l'ythiau Tress Association
j will meet in Nashville, Tenn., Oct.
i -'''-
Fire has caused a loss of S7"i,0k) to
the Central Railroad sj-steia, at Macon,
Ca.
At Opelika, Ala., the calaboose was
burned aud two negroes perished in
the llames.
Many men Lave been throw n oat of
work at Nashville. Tenn., by the burn
ing of a large planing mill.
At Newport News, Va. , W. 11. (Jal
lupe was shot down on the street and
killed by Morris Foremau.
President McKiuley was invited to the ,
-Norfolk ( a. fair, but had to decline
on account of the prens of business.
A. P. Grace, of States ville, the court
stenographer, lias disappeared, and all
efforts to tiud him have been vain.
In a political light at Knuckle, Ky.,
Jacob Howard, Republican, was killed
by John Milton, a Democratic candi
date.
The will of the late Lewis Gintee has
been probattd at Richmond, Ya. 'J he
estate is valued at betwwen S7,0iK),i'mmi
aud c, WO, 000.
On account of the quarantine regula
tions the Fall Festival at Charleston,
S. C. , has been postponed until the
week commencing December 13.
The stockholders of the Seaboard and
Roanoke Railroad met in Portsmouth,
Ya. President li. V. Hoffman and the
old board of directors were re-elected.
At Warsaw, Ya. , Alexander Carpen
ter, aged 7"J years, a citizen of Port
Royal, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with a razor.
Tho contract for dredging the chan
nel to the dry dock at Port Royal, S.
V., has been awarded to the New York
lredging Com pan v, at a cost of $140,-
ooa
At Hernando, Miss., a mob took
Henry Crowder, col., out of the justice
of peace's office and lynched him fo?
seducing Dovio Ferguson, a daughter
of a prominent farmer.
I
W. H. Rone's meat market, at Dal
las, Ga. , wa blown up by dynamite.
'1 here was also a notice placed upon a
shade tree notifying the town council
to change the town marshal.
Folly Rrannum, the eldest woman in
Tennessee, died the other day age at the
age of lo'.i. She w as the daughter of a
Revolutionary patriot and in her day
was acquainted with Sevier, Hlount,
Roan, C arroll, Sam Houston, Andrew
Johnson, Andrew Jackson, Polk and
other men of uatioiui. reputation.
. -1-The
North.
Fverv house at Austin, Ta. , has been
burned, except live.
The business portion of the town of
Alton, 111., ha3 been burned.
George H. Lewis, the millionair coal
operator, died Fuddeuly iu Hnfialo,
. . i .
At Greenfield, Ind., Albert Scott
killed his brother, Benton, with a
pump handle.
At Tast Longmeadow, Mass.,
mother and two children perished in
the burning of a dwelling house.
( has. A. Dana, the veteran editor of
the New York Sun. is slowl3' dying at
111s nome 111 iiien cove, 1j. J.. New
York.
Mrs. Mary Devine and others, of Al
ton. HI., have sued the State. claimin
f-'"J.i,u;0 for the life of Mrs. Devine'sson
who was hanged for murder twelve years
ago.
Two miles south of Kansas ('it v. Mo
two men stopped a cable car and at the
point of pistols secured what small
tiiuuKo me couuucior nati and es
caped.
Train robbers held up a Rock Island
passenger train ten miles north of
Chickasaw, 1. T., and relieved the
passengers of two or three hundred
dollars.
The Dexter park pavillioniu Chicago,
in which were ;"00 horses, and a lare
number of other buildings has been
burned; one man and many of the
norses were nurnea to death.
At Cleveland, Ohio, J. J. Shipherd
has been arrested on a charge of em -bezzling
nearly 8200,000 from F. D
Robinson aud a receiver has been asked
for his firm, which is alleged to be in
solvent and owing 2, 000, 000.
Fire, supposed to have been started
by tramps, destroyed the stock barn of
burgess Rrothers, at Winona, 111.
Thirty horses, many of which ha i
taken premiums at State fairs, at
Sprinslield, were destroyed. The loss
is -"n.t'OO. with insurance on the barn
alone.
Miscellaneous.
( apt. Frederick Chatard, the oldest
surviving oflieer of the Confederate
navy, has just died.
Will iam Rollins was crushed to death
between two cars on the Richmond and
Fredericksburg railroad.
Great Rritain refuses to enter into a
sealing conference with Russia and
Japan, on aocount of Canada's ob
jection. John W. Mackay and I. F. Han
rhetto have gone to Nevada to close a
trade for the Silver Peak mines for
about l,0trt,0M).
'I he North Atlantic squadron will
participate on the 21st of October, in
Poston harbor in the celebration of the
centenary of the launching of the
United States ship Constitution.
Washington.
John Wedderburn & Co. hsve been
disbarred from practice before the In
terior Department as patent attorneys
or agents.
At Washington, I). C, the iolice
have secured Guiteau's pistol, with
which, it is claimed. President Garfield
was shot.
Washington, D. C. , has been select
ed as the place of meeting for tha
American Society of Municipal Im
provement "in lS'Js.
A Dig Cotton I ire.
A special to The Macon. ( ia. ) Tele
graph from Montezuma. Oa. savs:
McKenzie's large iron w are
. . , , .. , , ,
W La,e, of c"t!
arehouse, con-
on. caught
tire and was entirely consumed, ihe
flames spread so rapidly that the lire
department could not save the building.
1 he cotton destroyed was valued at
$W,0h), the warehouse at 4. 000. and
other contents of the building at 1,000.
Insurance amounts to j2S,ono
j Ethel Do 1
I Mni-l-ll;,. ft
If the follow'
u believt in palmistry?
all right fr a starter,
sliv. Kazar.
! COXFF.OKKACY'S DAl'G HTKIIS.
Fourth Annual Convention of Taelr
Society to Meet In Halltmore.
The Raltimore Sun says the fourth
ur.uai Convention of the United
daughters of the Confederacy will b
leld in Baltimore, beginning on No
rember 10, and lasting probably three
laj-s. Lehman's Hall Iua been secured
'or the meetings.
About one hundred delegates are ex
pected to be present, representing all
;he Southern States. Indian Territory,
'abforni and New York city. Mis.
lefterson Davis is the honorary irei
leut of a large chapter of the Oruer in
Sew York city, and she may attend.
Mrs. 1). Girand Wright, wife of
Fudge Wright, will deliver the address
jf welcome. Mrs. Wright is first vice
jresident of the order and president of
Maryland Chapter. The response will
ae made by Mrs. Augustine T. Smythe,
f Charleston, S. C, second vice-presi-lentofthe
Order. Miss Fitzhugh Lee,
wife of ben. J.ee, will preside at the
convention. It is also expected that
Mrs. William H.;t'eltou, of Caitersvdle,
ia., willieieat during the convention
iier address ou the education of the
laughters of Confederate soldiers tle
liveied at the Confederate reunion iu
Nashville some months ago. Reports
will also be made to the convention by
the various chapters of the work of the
year and officer will be elected.
Among the distinguished Southern
women expected at the convention will
be Mrs. Kllisou Capers, wife of bishop
nd den. Capers, of South Carolina.and
l'resideut of the division of that State.
Mrs. John R. Currie, daughter of Gen.
W. L. Cabell, of Dallas, president of
Ihe Texas division, Mrs. L. H. Raiues,
of Savannah, president of the chapter
of (ieorgia and president of the nation
al society in 1SS0; .Mrs. C. Helen L i-lano
of Atlanta, president of the ( ieorgia di
vision; Mrs. John P. Hickman, of Nash
ville, Tenn., national recording secre
tary, and Mrs. I. Jefferson Thoinas, of
Vtlanta, national treasurer.
The Anna Stonewall .iackson Chapter
of Washington, headed by their presi
dent, Mrs. Walter R. Rullock, will at
tend the convention in a body.
The local members will entertain the
delegates, and there will be a reception
during the Convention at theConfedcr
ate Soldiers' Home, at Pikeville. Miss
Kate M. Rowland is the corresponding
secretary of the Irder. 1
'J he objects of the Order are mem
orial, monumental and beneficial. Aid
is given destitute families of Coufedor-
ate soldiers aud help is extended in tho
erection of monuments to commemorate
the valor of Confederates. The rder
is also assisting in the work of having
introduced in the schools histories in
which the South will bo properly
treated.
1JANKKUS AKUKSTKI).
Kmbe1( incut and Conspiracy the
Charge $.'tO,000 IJond Karh.
A speeieal to the Raleigh (N. C. ) News
aud Observer from Ashevillesays: Win.
E. Rreese, president, W. H. Penland,
cashier, and J. C. Dickinson, a direc
tor of the defunct Tirst National Rank
of Asheville. have been arrested ou in
dictments from the United States Court,
iu session at Greensboro, charging
them with embezzlement and conspir
acy. Thirty- thousand dollars bail was
required in each case, w hich was given.
'J hey have all been under .",oi)0
bonds since duly 1, for violating the
national banking act. Since then,
National Rank Examiner Maxey has
been iu Asheville, and has made "some
startling discoveries. One of these
discoveries is alleued to be the fact
that 2 -id, 000 of "accommodation notes"
signed by insolvent persons, and tided
out by the oflicials, and some forged
papers, are iu the bank. Some of the
insolvent notes had been re discounted
at other banks. C. ft. Leonard, the
man who is supposed to have secured
the note signers, comprising janitors,
street car lnotormeu, plasterers, car
penters aud others of no financial
standing, Las lied to Mexico.
INVITED TO Si:K OI K MILLS.
Southern It. Ii. Wants to llring Cot
ton Manilla! Hirers South.
The Southern Railway Co, has ex
tended an invitation to the New Eng
land Cotton Manufacturers Association,
to visit the cotton mill centers of the
South, located along that system of
railway, aud it is expected a large num
ber of the members of the association
will accept the invitation. About 2 i0
cotton mills are located on the line of
the Southern Railway, aud the number
i-i increasing.
Weyler Kef us. -s to Resign.
Madrid, Spain. (Ry Cable.) At a
cabinet council thegovernmeut decided
to grant autonomy to Cuba under the
suzerainty of Spain and to continue the
campaign as long as may be necessary.
Seuor tiullom, minister of foreign
affairs, explained to the cabinet the po
sition of the diplomatic negotiations
with the United States. .-eiior ougusta,
the premier, bus received a cable me.--sage
from Captain (teueral Uevler.wLo
offers his services to the government
and says: "1 shall not resign. " .
A Dank KohUci! cf .;j,o:i.
A special to the Louisville Post from
Morganlield, Ky., says; Thieves en
tered the cilice of the Union County
Rank and secured over .!. uuu in current"-,
which had been bit in tne cash
drawer. When the bank oilicials re
turned they found that the drav.er ha I
been rifled 'J he vault was e!o..,l ..,!
locked, so the thieves Lad 110 chance t
get the money within it w irhout detec
tion. 1 he robbers made good their es
cape, leaving no clue behind them.
Murdered in the Public K(ad.
special to the Macon Telegraph
from Moultrie. Ga., say-: W. If. Har
ris and his sou, Robert Harris, met J
II. Neismith in the public road and
shot him to death.
Infant Deal to Heath.
In Opelika, Kj, a negro woman
went to the field, leaving her infant ia
charge of her older cuiidren. The cry-
lugof the babv disturbed tha other
children and they beat t ie infant to
death with switches and sticks.
Kusy Mill
The cheeriug :
ind lletter ly. !
formation comes from 1
Chattanooga, Tenn.
of the improvement
that, on account
f the iron condi- i
tions in this section, Capt. H. S. Cham
berlain, president of the Foane Iron
Company, operating tha Rock wood
Furnace, and of the citico Furnace
Company, has announce ln advanceof
10 per cent, in the wage:' all employes
of the two furnace. I advance was
unsolicited o far a- ;1 '-..-u-e-earners
v. . re concerned
j '',e Government Has Extended Invi
tations to Other Countries.
t r.(
A BIG OCCASION AT TAMPA
To Talk About How to (iruw Hh,
Oysters, Turtles, Sponges and Hull
Frogs.
Washington. (Special.) T'.e Fish
Commission is very much interested in
the National Fishery Congiess which
convenes at Tampa, Fla , iu January,
Is w. The congress will, it is 1 .' ev,..l
l-rove 10 i.e one of the most noteworthy
gatherings of the kind ever held in this
country. A large attendance of rei.re-
seiitatives of (1. . .. . ,-1
. tntaiues of the yarious tate hsh com-
missions, angling aud lishing usso-
ciations and the National Fish ( 0111-
mission is expecte-l- .m.l 'l ;,,
iciesteu in iishin
aiigiiiig Lin itsii
cuiiure win be welcomed. 1 he United
States government has extended in
vitations to the governments of (ireiit
j'.ritiau, Oermanv, l.ussin. Fiance.
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and
Norway, Denmark, belgium. ustria.
Hungary. (. recce, ihe Netherlands,
Japan, China. Mexico, Rrail. Vene
zuela and other countries. It
posed to organie un Intel nation
Association at the coll'M-ess
d Fish
ihe fail for the Congress was issued
by O over nor bloxham. of Florida. One :
ot the main objects is to secure bar- I
mouy among the States in providing j
lor the presesvatiou, propogatiou and!
Protection of their water products. 1 ish I
culture, oyster culture, turtle culture
and lrog culture are down on the pro
gramme for discussion. 'I he applica
tion of modern methods to the eulti.a
tion of oysters is a subject in which a'l
the coast States will be interested. Tur
tle culture is an innovation, but is fat
becoming a necessity in the absence of
protection to the young and eggs of the
green turtie. The utiiiution of waste
inarch land and ponds for the rearing
of bull frogs for market is a subjtct of
great interest to many thousands of
people. The opportunity for those of
small means to engage in this business
is excellent.
)ne of the timely topics that w ill bo
prominently presented to the congress
is tho sponge industry. While Florida
is the only .-titte actively participating
in the sponge fishery, every Mate is in
directly interested Already some of
the best s onge grounds have been de
1 leted and the necessity for artificial
measures to maintain the supply is be
ing generally appreciated, sponge cul
ture is one of the most promising fields
now opening in connection with the
fisheries. S ith unlimited water bot
tom of suitable character for plant
ing, and with a home demand far
in excess of present output of the
Florida reefs, the growing of sponges
ought to engage the attention of many
pc" '.! i , ' . e- :; few years, and :'
expected that this congress will give
an incentive to the enterprise. 1 he
United States Fish Commission is said
to be considering tho transportation of
some of the liner grades of Mediter
ranean sponges to Florida w aters. The
best Turkish aud African sponges bring
if to to S ,0 a pound, w hile the choicest
of the Florida sheep's wool sponges are
worth only .-"i to :! a pound.
The conditions, extent methods and
needs of the great question of fisheries
will receive considerable attention, as
wilt the question of fishery legislation.
Exhibits of fishing apparatus, lishcry
products, and appliances for preserving
or preparing lish are solicited from
dealers, manufacturers ami others.
Some device for drying fish like fruit is
said to bo needed 011 parts of t he South
em coast and inventors would do w ell
to take advantage of this opportunity
to exhibit methods for this. A session
of tho congress will bo devoted tithe
angling interests. Florida in winter is
ati angler's paradise, and an oppor
tunity will be afforded for an ex
perience by anglers from al! parts of
Ihe country. An angling tournament
and competitive tests in lly casting
with appropriate prizes have been pro
vided for.
SKYKN VOI'.Mi OllilS CKICIvH.
Iiurned tnilcatli in a Fire at a State
Iitt) 11st rial Seine.!.
The iris' cottage at the State Indus
trial School at I 'lank inton. S. !.,
has been burned and Tilie Hooper, ir.
cl mrge of the sewing deprirtmt ut;NclI;
Johnston, aged b', of Grafton, N. D.
Mabel Fobert, aged !, of Sioux Fads
Ressie Kerby, aged 14, of Hot
S rings; Eva Warner, aged 10, of U'u
tertown: Christian Pergman, aged I!,
and Liliian West, aged II. of i'ii.ut
Falls, perished in the building. Twenty-live
escaped iu their night clothes.
'Ihe loss is about 20.000 with no insur
ance. The origin cf the lire is iitiknowi
but was probably caused by a lamp ex
pioding.
Living Muddled Toget her Like -lieep.
A special from Raleigh, N. I'., savs:
Another ark load, forty-nine of Lynch
ites or sanctified baud, arrived at
Southport. There are now over i.'or
here, and they say more arks are com
iug. They are living huddled togethei
like sheep, without regard to x.
Joseph Lynch, their leader, workf
daily for farmers. So do all, or nearl
all, his flock work till they actually fai.
from exhaustion. Their women ge'
any work they can do. Their meeting
are held in the court house ami som
Methodists are meeting with them U
tho horror of others of that church.
Refused to Recognise Our Consul.
The German government refused t
ecognize Ferdinand Neuminn, of I Hi
noi. who was nominated by Presiden
M Kinley on May 2-th to be Unite.
States consul to Cologne.
Tar Heels Call tin Hie Fresidenl.
A party of .V excursionists fron
Witjst'ju-Salem, N. C, aud vicinity
vi. ted President McKiuley at tl.
White Hoti.se last week.
Han is Nicke!
to give their ,- eif
ville be au-e the
I aid 1:1 a lval.ee.
i'litte Shows retired
imni.ce lit lieii'nif
i.out. tv tax had to I e
Dr. S. M. Duvega's sanitarium, at
( 'er is to be en. urged by the addi
tion cf twelve rooms to accommodate
new 1 at:enta.
Senator MeLaurin pledges hirn'elf to
eupport the lejenl of the prohibitive
Federal ta : on stue banks and ti e
e: :.ti( n f a State I .it.k currency.
.Mr. V. I". Mal'tiu, of OcOhe. in
mentioned for Comptroller General.
lKSIKOVKl I5Y I I.OODS.
reus
of Thousand Are II. unci
s In
Tho
China.
Tacoma, Wash. ;Spet:al. )
steamer Victoria brings news of the
most disastrous doo.ls that have visited
l l.iuii for iiiunv cars. Sivtv village
i "car sung choti, containm ; oerSi Oni)
' inhabitant.!, have b,, .hstroyed by
j foods and the people di ow tied or forced
to in-... i iwro are 110 means of tiudiug
out how iuuv.y thou- ,,,N l,,.PU
drou ued. but the number is estimate.!
1 bv t iiiue.se aul'jor.tu s ut 1 .imo to 2i -j
OJO.
j I he Hooded di-tuct is w ithin twelve
1 miles of Peking, the ,111 ita! .f China.
.-.imie 1 u.iie- o.hciuis make very
little stir when a calamity hue this hai
pens, but th- pioximity" of tho disaster
has resulted in its being brought to tho
attention of the emperor, who hm
oiiieied that ail possible relief bo
to I . ...
i
' ,!'1; fi.mi the til'age nearest
! llv' been allowed sucii shelter
: a. -v ''"'l 111111 " '!'ti fit v w alls but
; thousand are without " protection
j against the rain, which continues to
j f',l!l- 1 li-i; distress is most pitiable.
1 ""' M ii iteu and wealthy men of I e-
and I un g t 'hi u a1 e actively assist
ing the until uities 111 providing them
with food. i he th,ds httve greatly
damaged a large number of estates be
longing to I'eking nobles. The un-u-ual
rains bec.in . ? til x- .'.:, nn.l con
tinued until u r P.. i he crops in tho
Hooded districts were destroyed. 1 he
prefects, local magistrates an 1 peup'.e
of the Hooded d.st.l. t ........ 1 ......1...
' ','f,Na,um "f ,Mt seven days before
itneyweie linally driven out of their
uomes.
Early in September high ollieialsof
I'ekin and l ieu Siett suddenly forbade
the slaughter of cattle, their object
being to appease the wrath of Oodnud
stop the rain. I'i n.-latiiiitions to this
v fleet were posted. The result wast.)
cut oil' the entire meat supply, w hich
led foi cig 11 counsel to protest against
the prohibition and to report the situ
ation to the foreign ministers at I'ekin.
It is claimed that the action of the of-
I licials constitutes a violation of the
i treaty rights.
li:.IM. KI-.IM i:l. ICANN.
Patrick Ilciiry McCaii!) Nmned us
Hie Candidate for o.vcrnor.
The Statu Republican convention of
Yirgiuia, in session at Lynchburg,
nominated tho following ticket : Henry
McCaull, of Culpepper, for Goveruo:;
I Col. (). R. boiler, ( f I !arrison'u.-,
! for Lieutenant Governor, md .Vaiuc.)
Lyons, of Richmond for Attorney
General. Col. . 11. !'. W-ckhain, tif
Powhaltan was cieci, d : ato cliK.ir
:naii, and ho ith .1. S. Pat tie,
of Roanoke; Alva Martin, of Nor
folk; T. K. Ha.kaii. of Harrison
burg, and Colonel R. T. Hubbard,
of liuckiligham. compose tho State
fxecutive committee. The State ceil-,
tral committee i n.ado up of three
members from earh congressional dis
trict. A complete plan of organization was
adopted. The olat form is brief and eu-
.b.res !'', Nati lit j nblicau p'ut
; lonn, tii.i MciViii.cy admiiiisirailoli
I honest election, etc , and deals with
State issues.
I IWI-: sflKKI'.S MANIIOIIA.
Some of the Towns Threatened All
Farmers Sutler.
Winnepeg, Man. (Special. ) Re
ports continue to pom- m from nil
parts of the province of destruction by
prairio tires. In some di tricts not a
farmer escaped loss by the fu ry wave
that swept over the country. Appeals
were m i In iu all the city churches
for aid for those who sustained
loss 111 the brush country ea-t of tho
city, llos was where the two women
and live children lost tin ir lives aud
many other families had thiilling es
capes In. m lire wh'ch hud hedged them
111 on all sides. Sew ml families lost
homes, crops ami al! live stock, and as
they are new .settlers are left destitute.
The lire run ta within too yards of one
of tho principal re .deuce "portions of
the city south ,,f H. Ass, ml ie, and
liremeu had to be called out to beat out
tho threatening llames.
Ii I.H'SK Ol
1 111: m .
io b
Witnessed In linli 1 bv Ameri
can Asl runoiiifTH,
Two expeditions will leave California
this month for India to witness the
total eclipse of the sun. Prof. Rurck
halter astronomer at the laboy ob
servatory, wiilgowitha complete out
fit, and I'rof. W. . Campbell, of Lick
observatory, will represent the State
Institution. Ihe l ierson expedition
for the Chaboy olmervatory will leave
t 'ciooer .,0. . v. .( ami bell, of the
Lick observatory, will start letober -,
and it is probable that the two c tpeili
tions will meet in the Orient.
Collapse
r i:ig 11. .to.
a 1 and t m injured as
Two men an? d
the result of the b oy, down of be
new hotel at Lindsay l ark, Charlevoix
Mich. i he struct uie had been all en
closed and partly plastered. About
4u men were at work in and around the
budding when tint crash came. All
were buried 111 the ruins. The building
wat li'ifeet long, and the south end
began to ! way, t l.e roof teemed to bft
and the whole immense, structure ca
reened and cr-ched, the ruin following
Lie a tidal ivum to the north end. It
is asset ted that the building wits not
perfectly braced arid the supervising
carpenter is blamed.
F. pIi-ioii iii a M ine.
At Plymouth, Pa., in No. ti slope of
the Parrish Coal Company, three men
were killed, one burned by gas and
others were overcome by fire-damp by
an explosion.
I'enell I'oiiiters.
The Nebraska Middle of-the-Eoad
Populist Convention at Lincoln was
lightly attended.
The body of Charles F. Wing, a
Greenville, Ky. , lawyer, was found i:i
the river at St. Louis, Mo.
Ow ing to a drought at Oseeo.'o, Ark.,
wells are (ii v and eo Ie have to pay '
rents a quart for wa'er.
The architects of the world have beet
invited to enter a competition for tht
new building's of the I'mw riity of Cul
ifcrnia.
Minister to (iiataiiiala.
President M'-Kinly has .signed ex
Representative W. Godfrey Hunter'-commis-ioii
a-t miu'-ter to Guatamala.
It is umicr-tood that the Pre-:deht has
practically decided on W il. Sor.-ltv.
of Mississippi, for w,-i.i!l general aud
secretary of legate, n at (iuatamala
, City, in the event Dr. lluntr finally
concludes to accept the position ol
minister.
Fair's Kstate.
j The appm-Ts of the estate of the
late Senator James . Fair, of Cali
fornia, ebtimate its value at not more
I than 31-1, 000. Oll0.
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