Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 December 1898 — Page 2
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Republican Progress.
BLOOMINGTON. IND. Yf. A. fl.tBE, - Kdltor and rnblisner.
1898. DECEMBER 1898.
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CIRCLING THE GLOBE
CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS' DOINGS.
IatenienC4 by Electric Wire from Every Quarter of the Civilised World, Embracing Foreign Affaire end Home Happen I no.
Corbin Talka. ' Washington special: The war investigation b getting hot. Wednesday Gen. Miles criticised the conduct of the war. Thursday Adjutant (ieneral Corbin explained to the Commission the points made by the Commanding General of the army, lie said the selection of Camp Alger was credited to Miles, because it was made o i a recommendation of one of his staff. 1 1 reply to a criticism that the War Department was inactive before the war, Corbin admitted that the department was not expecting war, even np to the time of the declaration.
Maat Bed nee Interest. John W. Porter, President of the Michigan Banters' Association, made some era pas tie declarations at a banqnet given by the Bankers' Club at Detroit recently. Mr. Porter declared that all bankers in Michigan were agreed that the present rate of interest of 3 per cent paid on saving deposits mast soon be materially reduced, and that a majority of the bankers were convinced that the best thing for bnsinesa in general would be the abolition of interest on ail deposits. Be porta Big Gold Output. Consnl Macrnm, from Pretoria, sends to the State Department a report of the gold output of the South AfrieanJRepublie, In which he says that the October report shows that the number of mills and the total of stamps is rapidly increasing. It is expected, he says, that the output uf the Trantraal nest year will eseeed that of the combined mines of Colorado, Dakota, California, Montana and Alaska,
although it lell snort of that last year. To Bacceed Bite.
The President has nominated Ethan A.
Hilcbeock of Missouri, to be Secretary of
the Interior. Mr. Hitchcock is at present
Ambassador to Kussia. He was appoint
ed Minister more than a year ago, and
when the rank waa raised to an Amoassy
he was reappointed. Mr. Hitchcock is
lawyer and business man of St Louis
nd was for some time a plate-glass man
ufaetnrer- He is great-grandson of
Ethan Allen of .Revolutionary lame,
Torpedo Fonnd ta the Harbor of Hv
taaaaa.
Havana specif! : There was a terrtfio
explosion at Matanzas City. It was
caused by a torpedo which the Spaniards had let loose in the harbor. Mo ship was
damaged. The Matanzts pjoplo say
there are two more torpedoes in the har
bar which the authorities did not find
when the mines were removed. Mew Treaty with Mexico.
A Mexico City dispatch says: Ambas
sador Clartrm and the Mjnhtnr J
!HJu AMU J, Sfcuuf Sim Is lit, hare agreed upon the form and substance of the new extradition treaty between the United States and Mexico, wbieh is thought to be
aooopiaiue 10 oma governments.
BECOBD OF A YEAR.
important Events Crowded the Past Twelve Months.
MUCH HISTORY MADE.
The Year 1898 Will Be Remembered as a Most Notable One.
Aa Alliance with Weyler.
Madrid special: An alliance with Gen
Weyler'a party, which has been forced poo Premier Segaata as a preservative Measure, is disgruntling many members
oc ine itinera! party. Toe party is aplit aad it may result in the retirement ol
Bagasta, leaving Weyler on top. l mater Oat Volnnteere,
The War Department basnot yet made
ornnico pians lor the mustering oat of the 60,030 volunteers which was decided en at a Cabinet meeting recently, but it la understood that this work will be pretty well mapped out by the first of the
year. Brad bar v Promoted.
A special dispatch from New York
says: it is announced that George L.
waKimry, vice President and General Manager of the L. E. W. Railroad, taceeeds to the Presidency of that road
maoo vacant oy ine death of Calvin S.
juriee. Fell to Bin Death.
CoU Edward a, ttarrerr, national President of the Sons of the American Kevo-
rauoa, waa Killed by tailing from a win
dow at bis home in Concord, Mass. He
waa aoout so years of age.
Secretary Iiong Will Remain.
Heeretary Alger is aatboriry for the
eaaaaneui inai inert is no truth In the re
port of a ehan. : : the head of the Navy
waHimt;ii . A U Albert I) i eeniies. Jrvi.
a Mien
ft in- Accident. v .' !e i-iting near Via :. :..-. -1 to pound i
" ... lis Min. Thrt aboil
exploded aitu b; w .., both bis eyes.
Re in a Xcrcedea To Be BateeiL
The Merritt Chapman Company of
i, nas maae a contract with the
wvemment tor the raising of the Spanish warship Keina Mercedes. Xoonahiaere Killed.
Advices from Knox County, Kentucky, aay that three moonshiners, Jacob Lambert. Greer and an unknown man
killed, and several of their companions
wonnueu in a oauie with revenue om eta. Tlie officers wero not hurt Fatal Trolley Colliaioa.
Two fast moving electric ears collided
on e Worcester ant Suburban road, hear licesier. Mass.. ji a dense loo.
John K -rrigan, aged 4 years, a weaver,
ana waiter n. iioihrook, a newspaper
Oeorgia Town flwrnt br Fire.
Nearly the whole of the business part
oi ih iowh or iirron. lia., waa burned the other night. An oil lamp in a hoarding-bonne exploded. The Masonic hall and ten stores were destroyed and a hotel and large lumber mill were damaged.
Ma Killed in a ' now Slide.
News has been received at Seattle of a slide on the Chilkoot Pass, in which six
people were killed. Five bodies have been
recovered, as follows: Mrs. Darling and
two sons or Iake Liodermiin: Bert Johns,
Juneau, ana Marry Shaw of Skaguay,
Montreal Suffers by Fire.
i A fire ruined the big dry goods ware
house of S. Ureenshields" Son A Co. at
Montreal, one of the largest dry goods
Moses m Canada, losses on building and Stock amount to 1300,000. Gompera la Re-elected. Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor fey a practically nnanimons vote at the eighteenth annua! convention of that organization in Kansas City. France Fortifies Tahiti. Steamers report that the French are actively engaged in fortifyiug Tahiti, the principal Island of the Society group, which ia under the control of France,
A Chronological Review Shows It to Have Been Remarkable In Many Rc-apecta-War with Spain Takes Foremost Place in the Interesting Kccor.l Concise Story of That Victorious Conflict International and Internal Dissensions Among Knropeon Countries-Disaster and Death at Home and Abroad. To him who is concerned with history in the making there very rarely comes n year more heavily laden with important events than the year 1S9S. It has seen every state In Europe, except peaceful Scandinavia and the Dutch communities, face to face with cither war or internal dissolution some of them within mens
urable distance of both. Yet the greatest
effects have not been in Europe; IS'.IS ha
seen the United States forced, not hy any greed of power, hut by its humanitarian
ideals, to take its part in Kuropoan reia
tions. A brief bnt glorious armed conflict with Spain has been begun, prosecuted to its end and settled by a treaty of peace upon which the ink is scarcely dry. The
inception of great political changes ha
lieen witnessed in China; two Kuropoan rulers have come to their death; several
men and women prominent in statecraft,
military affairs, reform, literature anil ninsic, have passed away; the year has
been marked by some terrible marine dis
asters, causing great loss of life: and hre
flood and storm have numbered their rictime by scores and caused extensive loss
of property.
The war between the I nited States and
Spain was the foremost eveut or series o
events in the year's his,tory. It was the sixth war waged by the American people
against foreigners, was declared April 2i,
1S98, and continued until Aug. 11!, ahont
f.ur months. The United States employ
ed over 200 warships, of all classes, and
H).0M) regulars and volunteers, nearly
200,000 of whom, however, did not see
active service against the Spaniards. The
United States forces won oil the battles
of the war; the most notable engagements
being Admiral Ilewey' lUwti-n-ti.-n
the Spanish Enstern fleet at Manila bay
Admiral Sampson a destruction of the
Spanish Cape de Verde squadron at San
tiago, and Gen. Shatters capture of San
tiago. The American naval forces los:
not a vessel, and but IT killed and 07
wounded; hut the army lost 210 killed and
1,437 wonnded. The Spanish navy lost
35 warships valued at 30,t00.000. more
than 1,000 sailors in killed alone; and the army lost nearly 3,000 in killed, besides
wounded. Spain was obliged to relin
qnisb Cuba and to cede all its remaining
West Indian possessions to the United
States; also the island of Guam, one of the Ladrones. and lost sovereignty over
practically all the Philippines. The Unit
ed States expended about $300,0(10,000 in
prosecuting the war. Spain was com
pletely bankrupted.
The chronological table that follows gives the most important happenings of
laUB, foremost among which are those of
the war with Spain.
CONFLICT WITH 6PAIN.
Events of the War Lately Won by the
January.
35-U. S. battleship Maine, Capt C. D. Stgsbce. C. 8. K., la ordered to Havana,
February.
8 The publication of a letter written by Senor Dnpay de Lome, Spanish minister to the United States, speaking disparagingly of President McKlnley, leads to
tne Minister s resignation of his f at and the appointment of Senor Lul . ulo y Bernabe. 15 The V. S. battleship Maine, lying in the harbor of Havana, Is destroyed and sunk
Dy an explosion between D and 1U o clock D. m.
17 Rear Admiral Slcard, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, orders a court
or inquiry Into the loss of the Maine.
iu ine request ot the Spanish officials n Havana for a joint Investigation into the
loss or the Maine l declined. 21 The United States Senate orders an In.
- vestigatloa Into the Maine disaster. March.
8-9 Congress votes to place JOO.000,000 at the unqualified disposal of President Me-
Awiniey as sn emergency fund. 10 Spain remonstrates against the presence of the United States fleet at Key West and against other measures of defense
oy oar uovernment.
rr Facts concerning Cuha stated in the
&enate oy senator t'rocror, of Vermont, as the result of personal observation
28 Coart of Inquiry's report on the Maine
sent to congress. " April. 5 Consnl General Lee recalled.
10 Consnl General I.ee leures Cuba. 11 President McKlnley sends a message to
reeouiuieuuiug anucu intervention In Cuba.
Iff Army ordered to mobilize. 16 Senate belligerency resolutions passed 18- Congrem votes against Cuban recognition. 19 Congress passes resolutions demanding the withdrawal of Snaln from rnh.
20 Qneeu opens Cortes with war speech.
liorernment announces its opposition to privateering. President a!gus notification to the nations of Intention to blockade. 21 Our minister at Madrid, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford. Informed by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs that diplomatic relatlcns between Spain nud the United States are terminated. .. .President McKlnley cables our ultimatum to Spain, demanding a reply by April 23. . . . Seoor Polo y Bernabe, Spnulsli minister. receives his passport and leaves Washington.
32 Crnlaer New Vork, Sampson's flocshln.
captures I'edro. 2,000 tons, fifteen miles east of Havana Cuban ports blockaded br the Amerlcnn souadron
2 The President Issues his proclamation calling for 12R.0O0 voltinlecrs. 24 (Sunday) A Spanish decree doclnrlng
war against the United States was gazetted at Madrid.
25 Congress passes a rexolutlon declaring
iu.il iuc aiaie 01 war existea rrotn Anrll 21.
26 Recrolllng volunteers began In Xew
lors t;ity. 27-Unlted States vessels hoinlmr.l Mutnn.
sas. .. .Seventh Sew York ltegliuent declines to enlist.
28- Commodore ltewey's fleet sails from Hongkong fur Manila. 29 Spanish squadron sails from Cape Verde
jur me wcti inun-a. .. ,a,w orli HheJls Cabanas forts U. S. cruiser Yale (Paris) arrives In New Vork.
SO Commodore Dewey's squadron arrives
on Manila. .. .Magshlp ew Vork tires on Spanish cavalry sharpshooters off Havana. May. 1 U. S. cruiser Topeka arrives at Xp Ymk from Falmouth. .. .Commodore Dewey's squadron destroys the Spanish fleet at Manila. 2 Cable from Manila to Hongkong rut hy Commodore Dewey. Battleship Oregon and gunboat Marietta sail front Klo Janeiro. 7 Commodore Dewey Informs State Jepartment of the seizure of Cavlte. 9 Congress thanks Kear Admiral Dewer.
10 The Uuasle expedition sailed from
Tampa.
11 Ensign Worth Bagley and four of the
crew or tne torpedo-ooat Wlnslow klllei by a shell from the Spaulsh forts at Cardenas
12 Admiral Sampson's squadron bombards
the forts at Han Juan, rnrtn mco The Spanish Cape Verde fleet arrives at 1'ort de France. Martinique. .. .tinssle exnedltlon renulaed.
13 Commodore Schley's fleet sails south to meet the Spanish squadron. M Spanish tape Verde fleet sighted off Curaeoa. 15 Rear Admiral Dewey reports on fall of
Manila. .. .Sagaata s cauiuet n-siKiis.... Spanish torpedo-boat destroyer Terror disabled at Tort de France, Martinique.
....Spanish Beet leaves curaeoa on. Merrltt ordered to the Philippines as military governor Gov. Black authorizes reorganization ot disbanded Thirteenth Beglwent.
IT Sanasta's new cabinet announced at Madrid. 18 -Ninety ilionf.nd triopa ordered to mobilize in Clilcka manga. 20 Spanish fleet arrives nt Santiago de Culin. 22 Cruiser Charleston sails for Manila. 23 Troops A ami C arrive at Cniup Al;er, Kails Chinch, Va. 24 -Thc Spanish fleet Is bottled up nt San tiago. 28 Three transports Willi 2.T.SS men stnrt for Mnnlln. .. .President issues a call for 75.0110 more volunteers. 26 Oregon arrives In Key West.... One of Spain's cabinet ministers said the country was willing to accept "an honorable peace ". . . .Commodore Scbley is In touch with the Insurgent leaders. . . . l'lorlda expedition 1 indetl without opposition nertr tinantarnmo. Cuba. 27 Spanish scout ships chased by American warsMps near Key West. 29 Commodore Schley reports Ih trapping of Cervera In the harbor of Santiago de Cebn . . . .CrnUer Columbia arrives at New Vork. having been In collision with the Itrltlsh Htcamslilp Foscolln, which sank. SO Troop embark at Tnmpn for Havana, ill -Hear Admiral Samr-si'it' licet bombnrd.i forts of Santiago de Cuba. June. 1 Transports for Manila arrive at Honolulu, llnivall, and the Hoys In Hllic become the guest of the city Monitor Mouni.inock ordered to Manila from San Francisco. 2 Spaln again appeals to the l'owcrs to Intervene, 3 American squndron' bombarded Santiago de Cuba. 4 Ueut. Hobson sinks crnlser Merrlmac In the mouth of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. O-Fnrtlflcatlons of Santiago de Cuba reduced. 7 American squadron bombards anil silences batlertes nt Santiago. .. .Monitor Monterey and collier llrutus sail for Manila. 5 Assault on f rtlflcatlons ot Gtiantnnamo Hay. 9 House agrees on war revenue conference
report.
10 Admiral Sntt psoti reports he lias liel (iunn'uiiiinm harbor since the 7th...
Senate ngreei on conference report on
war revenue !U .
11 Fotir Americans at Calmancrn are killed
lit a tlirht with the Spaniards.
13 Thirty-two transports with Shafter"
troops sail for Santiago. .. .1'resldeut
McKlnley signs the war tax bill.
14 Two Americans and several hundred
Spaniards killed In a battle nt t'al
manera.
13Sccond expedition sailed from Snn Fran
clS'o . for Manila ... .Great destruction results to Santiago forts through the use
of the ilviiamtte gnus on the Vetnivfns.
17 Spanish squadron sailed from Cadiz and
passeq i.lbraitnr.
20 Transports with Gen. Shatter's troops
arrive otr Santiago. 22 Part of Shatter's troops landed.
23 Balance of troops landed without accl
dent. .. .Admiral Cnmarn's Cadiz fleet
arrives at Island of Pantellarla.
24 Sixteen American soldiers killed nud forty wounded In driving hack Spaulsh
soldiers at Santiago.
27 Commodore Watson to command fleet to
attack Spanish home territory. .. .Presl
dent McKlnley recommends thanks of Congress for S.lent. Hobson, nud that he
be transferred to Ihe line.
2S President prcclalma blockade of South
em Cuba from Cape Frances to Cape
uruz.
20 Gen. Shafter reports he ran take San
tlago In forly-elght hours The Senate
thanks Lieut. Hobson and bis mcu, nam
ing each one personally.
30 Kgyptlan Government refused to let
Camara coal 1:1s fleet nt Port Said. July.
1 Shaftcr's arn.y began the assault upon
Sanllngo de Cuba, capturing the enemy's
outer worKS.
2 Shatter renewed the ntlack upon San
tlago. los'ng about l.noo In killed and wounded, au.1 making 2.000 Spanish
prisoners, itte Mianistt casualties urob
ably exceeded those of the Americans.
s-lrvern s neet destroyed at Santiago,
witn great loss or itre.
6 Spanish transport Alfonso XII. blown
tin off Muriel hy American gunboats..
Hobson. the hern of the Merrlmac. and his comrades exchanged for Spanish
prisoners outshie Santiago.
7 President signs Hawaiian annexation
res'thitlon. .. .Admiral Dewey took Sublg
ana i.;tuo prisoners.
11 Cruiser St. Louis brings Admiral Cpr
vera and 4tJ prisoners to Portsmouth X. H. .. .Admiral Sampson's fleet hum harded Santiago,
13 Announced that yellow fever has broken
out In Gen. Miartcr s urmy.
14 Gen. Torn! and the Spanish army surrendered Santiago at 3 n. m.
17 "Old Glory" raised over Santiago at
noon.
18 President lssnes a proclamation provid
ing ror me government oi Santiago
Seven American vessels bombard Man-
zanlllo anil destroy seven Spanish ahins
21 Geo. Miles with 3,415 men on trans
ports, convoyed by warships, starts to
lata I 11.1. "i..i. mi n . n.i niniM.. capture Mpe and sink the Spanish cruis
er Jorge Juan.. ..Gen. Cnlixto Garcia,
commnnuer or tne Cuban army or i-:ast
ern Cuba, owing to discontent because
tne American Uovernment lias lenored
him nud his troops In the surrender of Santingo.withdrcw. .. .News reached this
country that Ihe second expedition to reenforce Admiral Dewey bad arrived at
cavlte.
22 Agninaldn declared himself dictator of
the Philippines.
23 Another expedition for the Philippine
isuinus muicu rrom Kan Francisco. 23 Gen .Miles and 3,Btm men reach Gnan
Ico, Porto ltlco, and effect n landing. O-Spcretary Day, M. Catnbou, French am bnssador, ami his first secretary, M. Thtchaut. confer with President McKIn
ley In regard to terms of peace. 27 The port of Ponce, Porto ltlco. snrrend
ers to Capt. Davis, of gunboat Dlx e.
30 News of Gen. Merrltt's arrival nt Cavlte
received at Washington. .. .Dewey
forms the President that Agninaldn, the
i-niiippine insurgent enter, assumed a defiant attitude.
81 The Spanish forces at Cavlte made a
sortie during a fierce storm on the American troops In the Malate trenches. They
were repulsed with heavy loss. Ten of
Gen. Merrltt's men were killed nud forty-eight wounded. August. 2 President McKlnley makes public Ihe terms of peace offered to Spain by the Uulteil states. 4 The monitor Monterey ana Its consort Tlrutns. arrive at Manila Gon. Shafter and his subordinates ask That the fever-strleken army at Santiago de Cuba be removed north, C Formal orders Issn. ' for the removal of Gen. Sliafler's army t.) this country. 0 Spain accepts the terms of peace offered by the United States. .. .Gnayamo, Porto ltlco. captured by Gen. Halues' forces. Three Americans cornered. 8 Spain accepts President MeKlnley's peace terms. Certain representations were made regarding Cuba which were not accepted, however. .. .Spaniard a't (tuantatiauio lay down their arms and surrender to Ilrlg. Gen. Ewers. 9- -Gen. Urnst's brigade captured Con mo, Porto lllon. after a lively tight, la which seven Pennsylvania volunteers were wmiudcd. Two hundred Spaniards were taken prisoners. .. .Spaniards attempt lo retake the lighthouse at Cape Sun Juan, but are repulsed with heavy loss.
10 A protocol covering Ihe peace terms of
tne l.niteu stales ttas been agreed upon hy M. Cambon. representing Spain, and Presided McKlnley, .. .Gen. Schwan's forces defeat Spanish troops at Mayaguez. Porto Kleo. Loss on our side two killed anil one wounded. -Spain's cabinet formally approved President MeKlnley's peace protocol and a cablegram was sent, to M. Cambon authorizing blm to sign In Iiehi lf of Spain.
2 M. Cambon. French ambassador to the
1 nlted States, signs the pr- tocol and n cessation of hostilities Is orcered.
13 Surrender of the city of Manila, after
still bombardment by Dewey.
30 -Gen. Merrltt leaves Manila for Tarls to
aid tne i-eaee commission.
GKN1CHAI. CHRONOLOGY. Record of Kvcnts that Have Occurred llurlns the Past Year.
Feptcmlicr.
0 Spanish Cortes convenes to consider
Pi-ace proposals.
9 Gen. Otis. United States commander at
Manila, demanded the removal of the Insurgents from that city.
10 Spauleh Senate adopts the peace proto
col.
12 The situation at Manila reported erlt-leil.
13--Spanish Chambers of Deputies adonis the
pence protocol.
10-Spanish Peace Commission appointed.
with Senor HIor, President of the Sen ate, as President.
17-The Peace Commission of the United
Stales sails for Paris.
10 Spa nisi. Government issues an order for
all iroops In the West Indies to return home.
20 The evacuation of the nothing positions
In Porto ltlco begun bv ttie Spanish.
211--American and Spanish Commissioners
meet in Paris. October. -American and Spanish Peace Commissioners hold their first session.
4 American Peace Commission receives
the report of Gen. Merrltt In Paris.
18 Formal ceremony of raising the United
States flag over San Juan lakes place. . . . American Commissioners refuse to assume any portion of Cuban debt.
24 Gen. Ortega, with tin- last of thi Span
ish soldiers, sails from Porto ltlco for Spain.
20 Spanish soldiers raptured at Manila
during the wur are released by United Stales.
!7- Spanish Pence Com nilsslonei's accept
condition of Die iion assumption of Cuban debt by United Slates. November.
28 Terms of peace accepted hy Spain.
llcccmher. 10-Tresty of peace with Spain slgued at Paris. I
A 3 v "if
January. l-Offlccr of the Cuban provisional government Mvorn In. 2 Six persons burned to death at Jersey Citv. X. J.
3 -Thirty persons killed by collapse of
floor In city hall at Loudon. Out.
7 Theodore Durrani hanged for murder at
St. Onentln prison. California.
S-SIx in.'n killed by explosion of an Ohio
Hlver tenvooat near liicnneiu, in.... Fifteen men drowned off llauduc by foundering of a French steamer. .. .Six lives lost In a mine explosion near Pittsburg, Kan Death of MoJ. Moses P. Handy. 12 Forty lives and $1,000,000 worth of property destroyed ly a tornado at Fort Sni'llh, Ark. 16 -Death of Hon. rtrnj. Butlerworih. I nlted States Commissioner of Patents, nt ThoninsvUle, On. in Bread rims at Anemia, Italy. 20- Fire loss ot $(Hhi,0i)0 at Ka.st Grand Forks. Minn.
22-Mnrrlage of Iter. T. DeWItt Ta Image and Mrs. Col. Collier Detru.-llve
storm over the West and South. 25 Many persons burned to death In a conflagration a Spokane, Wash. . . .tl.eOO.Wi worth of property nt Unst St. Louis. 111., Including Union elevator and Burlington freight (I'-pot, destroyed by lire. 27 Jnnuary wheat sells for 5105 In Chicago Steamer City of Duluth lost off St. Joseph. Mich. 29 Several persons killed In n smash up on the Maine Central Hallway at Irono Ten men killed by caving In of Northwest land tunnel In Chicago. February. 1- Six lives lost by burning of the Atvord House. Gloversvllle. X. Y. .. .Schooner Brings wrecked off Little Xatluut and eight lives lost. 2 - tstm.rtaj lire lns In Winnipeg. Manitoba. 3- Six persons killed In railway collision near Boston. .. .Fire destroys S22o,000 worth of property at Scrnnton. Pa. 4- Stvcn killed In railroad wreck nt Glas
gow, Scotland. C $50,000 lire at Albany. Intl. .. .HollandAmerican fctenraer Vcendalli wrecked In nihl-oecnu. 9 Adolph I.. I.eutgert sentenced to life Imprisonment for wife murder In Chicago. .. .Assassination of President Barrios of Guatemala. .. .$230,000 pre loss at Fort Worth, Texas. 10- Thlrty elght lives crushed out by falling walls nt Pittsburg. 11 Nassau Chambers in Xew York burned; less, $500.tK0 French ship Flnehat goes down off Canary Islands; ti7 lives lost. 17 Fire damp explosion In a colliery nt Hammeerly, Prussia, kills C-o persons $100,000 fire at Pitlsflcld. Mass British steamer Legislator burned at sea. 15 Heath of Miss Frances F-. Wlllard In New York City Large tire at Pittsburg. 20 New wharf and custom house nt Tarnpleo, Mexico, burned; loss, $2,000,000. 2."-N:it!imal Tobacco Company's works at Louisville, Ky., burned; loss, $2,(hhi,0ii0. 20 Nine live lost In a tenement house tire at Charleston. S. O. ...Seven persons killed at Blue Island, III., by the colli, lor of a train ai d an omnibus. .. .Ten persons killed and five Injured by an explosion and fire In Hall Bros.' laboratory at. Kalamazoo, Mich. 27 Death of Win. M. Slngerly, proprietor of the Philadelphia Ueeord. Mnrcll. 2-Six men killed by boiler explosion near Brewt-.;i. A in. 3 -Nine drowned by the foundering of the schooner Speedwell off the Florida const. 7- l'tre catiNes SloO.txxi loss In Browncll .v Field Co.'s building nt Providence. 11. I. . . . .S,00O.fl00 tire loss at Manila, Philippine Islnnds. 11 -Death of Gen. W. S. Ilosecrans. 13 Kleven men burned to death lu Bowery Mission. New York. 16 - Death of Aubrey Beardsley, the nrtlst. ....Many persons killed hi a fire at 215 Wabash avenue, Chicago. 17 Death of Blanche K. Bruce, HegtMer of the Treasury. 10-Slx convicts killed lu a mine at Pratt City. Ala. 21 -Several persons killed In a hotel fire nt Unite, Mont. 22 Forty lives lost by sinking of hark Helen Almy off San Francisco. 25 -Den I It of James I'ayn, Mugllsh novelist. .. .Death of Truman P. Handy, of Cleveland, Ohio, oldest hanker In United States. ... Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys at Waukesha damaged $loo,ouo by fire. 23 Forty-eight sealers of steamer Greenland perished on lee floes. 2C -Seven persons burned to deatb at Kent. Minn.
27 Death of Congressman Slmpklns, of Massachusetts. April. 3 Fifty lives lost In flood at Sbawnectown, III. 4 Fifteen men killed hy explosion of pow- - ! . V'Hrnir, Mexico. 7 Sudden death of Margaret Mather, me tragedienne. 11 Oxford Junction, Iowa, visited by $100,. (SKI fire. 12 Peun glass works at North Irwin, Pa., burned; loss. $7.V,000.
15 Anaconda Copper Mining Co. at Belt.
Mont . suffers $250,000 Are loss.
17 Fire, following a dust explosion, de.
stroys grain elevator at Boston; .oss, $(i(Kl,(IO0.
10 Death of George Parsons I.athron.
21 Postmaster General Gary resigns and Is
sueceeueti oy diaries i-imory smitti..,. Death of Senator Waltbnlf, of Mississippi. -Secretary of State John Sherman rc-slgas.
26 Win. It. Day appointed to fill the va
ra-ey, ...Glasgow, Scotland, visited bv a $730,000 fire Powder mill at Santa Cruz, Cal., blown up, causing loss of eleven lives.
2S Atlantic Powder Co.'s works at Dover, N. J., wrecked by an explosion. 30 Heavy damage done hy tornadoes In
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota. May. 2 - Thirteen persons killed by tornado at Jorleo, Mo. 3 Schooner Crown wrecked off St. Johns, N. V and 11 men drowned. 0- $12.1,000 tire loss at Cleveland. 7 Three hundred persons killed In a riot ot Milan, Italy. 8 Duluth. Minn., suffers a $100,000 Ore.
11 Wool warehouse hums at Ballardvllle.
Mass.: loss, s.itsi.tasi.
12 Horning of Armour's elevator D and
several lumber yards causes $1,000,000 loss In Chicago.
11 Thousands killed br cyclone on Sinn-
bawa Island, Malay Archipelago. ... F. ward Ileinenyl, violinist, falls dead In a San Francisco theater Ball Bros.' glass works burned at Muueie, lud.; loss. 2.S.".000.
16-Flliit mill if Mining & Mill Co.. at Kast
Liverpool, Ohio, burned: loss, $1iki,u(mi.
-t.renl damage done anil many people
nurt oy cyclone in .eorasKa.
IS Business section of Attloboro. Mass.
destroyed by tire. .. .Destructive cyclone sweeps through lown, Kansas, Illinois
and W lseonslii.
19 Death of William E. Gladstone.
22 Death of I'd ward Bellamy. .. .Mine Are
at .oiler n. Prussia; 43 miners perish.
28 Italian cabinet resigns.
31 New cabinet formed In Italy.
June. 1 Death of tragedian Thos. V. Keene.... Truusmlsslppi exposition opens at Omaha. 4 Death of Capt. Chns. V. Grldley, of the cruiser Olympia at Manila. 7 Plant of Burgess Steel Co., Portsmouth, Ohio, burned: loss. $400,000.
11 Case Power Building In Detroit burned. 13 Collapse of Joseph Lelter's wheat deal, in Resignation of the French ministry.
28 First party cabinet formed lu Japan.
b formation or tne rcuoux cabinet in
Italy. July. Strike of stereotypers canses Chicago papers lo suspend for four days.
4 French liner L-i Bourgogne goes down
off Sable island with o.M pusseligers. fl Hawaiian resolutions adopted by the Senate.
8 Steelvllle. Mo., almost obliterated by a
walerspout. .. -Congress adjourns sine lie.
11 Sngasta ministry In Spain resigns....
l-.ieveti men Killed in water tunnel at Cleveland. Ohio.
19- Powiler mill at ftklaiid. Cal., blown up
by a Chlnaiiiaii and seven lives lost.
30- Death of Prince Bismarck.
August. 1 Mnrtln Thorn executed at Sing sing, N Y. 8 Bismarck, N. D.. destroyed by fire ... Death of Georg M. Khers, Ugyptologlst and novelist. 2 -United Slates flag officially hoisted over Id. wall.
13-Tivenly lives lost by cloudburst in Hnw-
k'as County, Ky. lteslgiinttoii of ministry at Lisbon.
20 Freii'li steamer I. a Coquette sunk off
Newfoundland by the Norge; Hi lives lost.
21 Seven persons killed In railway collision at Sharon. Mass. 22 Klght. laborers killed hy collapse of a wall In Carnegie lunnel. Pa. .. .Cartervllle, III., visited by a $2.Vt,(KHI lire 3UU miners drowncl at Nicnee, Silesia.... Death of King Malletoa of Samoa. 23 Destructive fire at Logausport. I.a. 25 Fx-Gov. Clnwdc Matthews stricken by parulysls at Meharry's Grove, Ind. 28 -Death of ex-Gov. Claude Muttbewg of Indiana. 30 Small pox breaks out at Put-lil-Bay Island, Lake Uric. 31- Williclmtii'i becomes Oueeu of Holland. . . . . Confession and suicide of Col. Henry, principal witness against Capt. Dreyfus, at Paris. Vcptemlicr. 2 Prealdenl Wllford Woodruff, of the Mormon church, died nl Sun Francisco. .. . The British ciptured Ouidurman, opposite Khgxtoupi, III the Soudau.
4 British troops occupied Khartoum. . . .M. Cavalguac, French .Minister of War, resigns. 6 Twenty eight people killed lu collision uf train with trolley car at Cohoes. N. V. ....Gen. .urllndeu app dined French Minister of War. 6 Wlllielmlna crowned (Juccn of Holland at Amsterdam . . .Thirty men killed by falling of a hrl'liio over St. Lawrence Hivrr, near St, Iteis Indian village.... Man? kllle i In rluts In Crete. ,. .Opening of G. A. It. national encampment at Cincinnati. 10-Assasr.lnatlon of Kllzabeth. Kmpress of Austrl-i, bv an Itallau anarchist at Genera. Switzerland J'-UU.oW lire at liivertpore Kalis. Me. II I'lre wiped out New West minster, B. C, and Jerome, Ariz. .12 Death of Judge Thos. M. Coolcy nt Ann Arbor, Mich. ... Hurricane on Island of St. Vincent, West Indies, killed 3( persons and destroyed much property. 14 Loreez.. Siew eh. 'sen bead of the Mor-ni'-n .-liurch. IS Death f Dr. .I.ibn Hall Death of Miss Winnie D;n Is. 20 Ten persotm burned lo death In an elevator lire In Toledo. 22 - Thirty six men drounod by sinking of l-'reie li boat Vllle de Fecamp off rcoamp. 23 l irtv miners entombed In coal shaft at Brownsville. Pa. 24 -Several persons killed and much property des:r.iyiil by windstorm at Lima. O. 20 Tornado destroys pr.i;ierl v at Tonawanda, N. V.. and kills live at SlerrlHon, Out. .... Death of Miss Fanny Davenport. 27 -Claremont, Minn., destroyed by lire. 28- Death of cx-Secreiary Thomas F. Bayard ItM at Puna. III. 20 Death of Queen Louise of Denmark. 30- Hundred!! of lives lost by Hoods In Japan. Octol:er. 1- Great tire In Colorado Springs. Colo. 2- Flerce gale on South Atlantic coast. D-lu attempting to quell the rebellion of the Indians at Bear Lake. Minn., several soldiers u ere killed and wounded. 8 Great Hre in Sidney. X. S. W. II jf2"HU0!i tire at Atlantic city. N. J. !6--Great lie- at Dawson City, Alaska. 20 - Seven mcu killed by boiler explosion on turpedo boat Davis near Astoria, 'Ire. 23 Ten nu t: killed In a race war at Harpcrsville. Miss. 24 -I'lre mi the Brooklyn, ". Y., water front; loss. SITo.K'll. 2.". - I-'ren. h cabinet resigns. 31- -ew Freticli cabinet formed. .. .Japanese cabinet resigns. November. 5- Uleven men killed by collapse of new Wonderland I heater at Detroit ... .Seven men crushed to death In a mine near Wllkcsbarre. Pa. fl-Capitol nt Washington wrecked by gas explcsl.ui Heath of David A. Wells, economic writer. 7 Iteslgr.atlon of the Greet ministry. 8 General election. 9 Orgnnlzailou of Japan's new ministry completed. 10 New ministry farmed In Greece. ... President Mnsso and secretaries of Cuban repuhlV resign, 11- Pank at Klrksrllle, Mo., robbed of $:t.'.i-(io. 17 British ship Atalanta sinks oil Oregou roast : 26 lives lost. 15 Death of John W. Keely. the Inventor. ....Twelve laborers killed by iralu at llackensaok Meadows. N. J. 10 Death of Gen. It. C. Ituell. 23- Burning of the Baldwin bote and theater In San Francisco. 24- 2ti- Great storm sweeps over the coun try; many lives lost at s.-a. 27 Death of Actor C. W. Couldock Six persons killed by boiler explosion near Fourteen Mile Slough. Cal. 2 -Dy mnltc explosion In Havana kills lo persons and Injures '2H others. Dccemlicr. .V Opening of Coiigrcss'otial session. III Death of William l:la -k. novelist. 11 -Death of Gen. CnllMo Garcia at Washington. 15- Death of ex Senator Calvin S. Brlee Six persons killed lii railway wreck at Madison. Kin. 16- slx person kltle.l by a train at Alleuwood. N. J Department store of G. Hartstelu's Sons, burned at Milwaukee; lOSS. $'.WM."HI. 17- Death of Baron l-'erdiiiand James de ltoilis-lilld III London Twenty lives lost lu steamship collision lu the North Sea. 19 $1,000,000 fire at Terre Haute, lud.
A story concerning our triuips in Manila is told by mi Kuglish naval ullieer. who was an eye-witness to the occurrence. "The city was quite crowded," lie says, "with both American ami Spanish soldiers, and they seenu-d to lie on the friendliest terms. As I was crossing one of the numerous bridges across the l'nsig Itivcr. I saw a native I'ilipino spit in the face of a Spanish ollii-er, nud then run to the America ii sentinel, w ho was gti.-mliug the liriilge, di'iniiinling his pl-octi'diuu. It
was some tunc In-fore tin- 1-ihptiio could
Illlike himself unili rstoi.il. nud the sentry took sometime to catch on to what hud
been done, but you can imagine my surprise when he bunded bis gun to the Span ish officer mid eiitight llic native by tin
ntipe of the neck mid the seat of bis
trousers titnl pitched him off tile bridge into the I'asig Itivcr. Then he calmly
took bis gun from the Spanish otlicer and begun pacing the beat as if nothing hud happened. The American soldier may not
bo so military as bis brother of Knropc but be is made of the right stuff."
A rather pretty incident i told ,y a hos
pital doctor who lins some sick soldier
boys in charge. There happened to lie two men of the same name in the same
huspital that is. their lust names and
their initials nrc alike. The nfl.er day the sister of one came to see him, but by mis
take was shown into tin- i in of tin- oili
er, n man wlioin she li.nl never before seen. and. of course, site was slightly em-
linri'iissed ninl departed ;is rapidly ns jkis-
sible. Hut not before she had Ulinle a de
cided impression on the heart of the soldier lioy. Being almost well, be cultivated
Hie nrqunmtnuoo of his double, was in
time duly introduced to the woman herself, mid now well, the neighbor' do say that things are getting decidedly interesting. and neighbors can generally be ciitintcd on to know till that k to be known on such subjects. Hut if things do come M the desired ending, won't there- be an . awful state of mix in that family when there come to uo two men of tlp same inline in it V It was in the army. The boys had a men I of beef tltnt had been corned by a bath in a salt-horse barrel. They uH thought it a treat until one of the party reiiinrked: "A little must aril wouldn't go bad." "That reminds- ine." said another; ".Volt jllSt Wllil II lew lllini.tos." A (iuil'ter of an hour Inter lie returned, and, producing a screw of paper, he said: "Oh, yes: here's that mustard." "Where did or. get it':" said the others, in -bonis. "I'-p at the surgeon's. The sick-call, ymi remember, sounded as we were talking about the mustard. It occurred fo me Hint a little niurdard tor iny Iniue buck would be just the thing." "Hill you haven't got any lame buck." "Hut I have got the mustard." A soldier who oniontl Santiago ivith IJoncral Shafter tells this story in the New Orleans Tinics-I icino.-t at : " A few (lays nfter the place wns surrendered I Weill into a sini'.ll simp lo gel some tobacco. The proprietor was u fat chap, all buns and smiles, '(lot any 'luiccyV I asked. Si. senor.' he said: 'yes. sare: ver' line toliiic. Hot time in V town tonight, conor.' I took a paper of line-cut null the fat rascal charged me one dollar. When I made ii modest kick nt such highway robbery he humped up bis shoulders and spread out his bands. 'Well, scuor.' lie said, "yon nius' remember those .1 nines.' " And now a Iloston man claims the center of the slntfe Ioiik enough to advise that, so far li'- llie annexation nl' the I'liilippincs is concerned, "ccleriiy should be coiiteinpercd with cunct.-iiion." I.i Hung t'huug bus been sent to natch the overflow of ilu- Yellow river. 'I bis, we lake it. is I ) polite Chinese eilliv.-i-lent for sityi:ig that If has bel li scut up Salt Itivcr. The liel mm press has become very saucy of late on llie i'hilippine siliialiou. Hut (bis c"il li I ry will take liu i-lail'ls Willi or without German sauce.
By Marion V.HollisW
ciiArTKli x. Lord Vivian Selwyn little realized how Jften, and in how ninny different shapes, that idea en tne to him wishing his wife ivns more like Itcutrice Leigh. The I.mJy V'iolaittc was sweet, gentle mid of a most oving disposition. Slie wns gifted with l refined mind, n cultivated and poetical aste; but there was no mislnUiuK the fact - she was not. and never would be, n 'woman of the world." They were sitting alone iu the pretty breakfast room of Tliornleigh House a room guy w ith rnsc-rolored chintzes, ami stands of fragrant tl iwers. They had 'jeen breakfasting together, for neither Mrs. Selwyn nor Miss Leigh were down. The windows were open, and through hem came a soft, western wind, perftim?1 with the brent h ol' mignonette. "I never can do it. Vivian!" she cried. 'I am only just twenty, and I never even arranged a dancing party in all my life. Whar shall I ,hV" His face grew dark. with anger. "Violnnte," he asked, "do yon intend always to remain a child? When do you purpose lo nssmne the duties that belong to you ns my wife?" "Do not lie angry," she sniil piteously; I will do my best; but, Indeed, I have no notion, no idea even bow to begin." "It is nonsense," said Lord Vivian; 'you are young, graceful, clever, quick to learn, apt to imitate. Why can you not 'earn to fulfill your duties' they seem to nc simple enough."
Perhaps after nil, it hud been a terrible mistake; and if so, there was now no remedy. So he looked blankly into the
beautiful, sorrowful face, a dreadful conviction dunning upou him that be had made a foolish mistake, "Do not look so, Vivian," snid Lady Selwyn; "I will do my best. Mrs. Selwyn w ill help me." "That is the very thins;." said Lord T tian; "I want you to learn self-reliance. Vou will not always have my mother and Miss Leigh to help yon. Miss Leigh will marry sonic day, then whnt will you do?" "I am heartily glad of it," replied Violnnte abruptly,' mid that answer did not juite please Lord Vivian. He had not the faintest idea that bis wife was in the least degree jealous of Beatrice. Such a thought had never occurred to him. lie Imagined her slightly envious, perhaps, of Miss Leigh's social qualities; hut that Violaiite should be jealous of her never occurred to him. "Well, you n-iil lo the best you can, Violaiite." he said, as he rose to leave the room. "Vou must come to me, if you find yourself iu dilliciiltii's." When he hud gone she cried to herself in n passion of despair. It was such scones as these she hud foreseen when Lord Vivian first asked her to be his wife, snd now her fears were all verified. She was not equal to her duties never would be, and her husband wns disappointed iu her. The evening of the ball came. Thanks to vigilant and well-trained servants, everything was in perfect order; and Lady Violnnte. as she looked round the magnificent suite of rooms, felt her heart lightened of a heavy load. Carriage after carriage drove up to the hall door; one group after another of fair guests entered; everything soemed promising and fair. Lady Violaiite went creditably through the reception of hei guests; even the terrible (inchesB did not awe her. But ns the evening wore on, she grew physically fatigued and exhausted. The difficulty of inventing civil speeches to so many people overtaxed her strength. Lord Vivian had wished, too, that she should dance with his most honored guest, Lord Lonsdale. She did wonders. She found partners for those who bad none, she made up
capital quartettes for the whist table, she
talked timidly, it is true to the ladies;
ninl, but from a malicious remark she overheard from the duchess, the chances
are that she would have gone through the evening successfully. Her Grace of Boxminster was talking bnsily to Lady Seftone and the two together could get through more gossip aud scandal thau any other two women in England. Lady Violnnte saw them sitting apart, talking in u low voice, and the idea unluckily occurred to her that she
ought lo go up to them and see if they required amusement in any livelier shape. She went to the back of Iady Seftonc's chair, nod was in ti-ne to hear the duchess suy: "Ah, poor Lord Vivian! he must have had a great taste for what Lord Byron would call bread and butter, when he married an unformi-d girl like that." "She was a men; nobody," rejoined Lady Seftonc; "ttie daughter of some country attorney. Xo one can imagine whnt he married ler for. She has but a wnshed-ou; kind of beauty, after all." Poor Lady Violaiite! She did not know that was the common language of the fashionable world; she did not know that envy has no pity, no liking; that elderly beauties who liar lost all their own charms have no occupation better than decrying the charnn of others. A woman of the world overhearing such a conversation would have smiled to herself, and felt that she was beautiful enough to excite envy. To Lady Violaiite the words brought a shnrp, keen pain. They haunted her; she could not forget them. CHAFTEIt XI. Bunny Florence wore Its gayest aspect. The blue waves of the Arno rolled be tween banks of odorous flowers. One bright morning in August Lndy Violaiite stood looking, with a far-off glance, over the Arno to the hills beyond. Near her grew a gladiolus, all scarlet and gold; the bees bad buried themselves in the bolls, humming for very joy in the bright sunshine; the blossoms around her were musical with the songs of the nightingales. She herself was beautiful an a poet's dream; but there was an expression of weariness ou her face, a shadow in the violet eyes. A few minutes more, and Lord Vivian joins her. "Still looking for Rupert, Violnnte?" he asks. "How much trouble you give yourself over that child. He is six years old now, remember. You cannot expect hiiu to spend all his time in the nursery." She sighed. Like all mothers, she knew
ihe time must come when her nursling would take flight and pnss from her gentle, tender care; yet she dreaded the time. She longed to keep him, to shield him from nil (lie dangers that would beset him; to keep liiiu to heaven and herself. Then her face brightened, and a beautiful color Hushed even her brow, a beautiful light Hashed in her eyes; for, far off, amid the tall myrtle trees, she beard the clear, ringing voice of a child. "There Is liuport!" cried Lord Vivinn. "That is Beatrice witli him." Then by the gotdeu gladiolus, through the grove of silrer-llowered orange trees, comes a woman whose beauty is as gorgeous ns a passion tlower in the sun; a woman witli a face Hint would have charmed a Til is n, with its glorious coloring: her dark, radiant eyes, straight brows, and ninguilicent features, her "lips like crimson flowers,' her marvelous lovelluess gluddening all who looked upon it. A woman whoso every movement was full of imperial grace and dignity, for Beatrice Leigh was in the spring-tide of her life, and nature had lavished every charm nion her. She made a superb picture us she passed the shimmering orange trees, and Lord Vivian's eyes brightened with admiration. With one white bund Beatrice held fast tha little fingers of a child, evidently a
naughty and somewhat refractory child, for I" seemed most unwilling to comply with her wishes. "Where was he, Beatrice?" asked Lord Vivian, ns she came nearer. "I will tell you myself, papa," cried the young heir of Selwyn. "Yon have been lost for more than two hours, Hnpert," said Lord Vivian gravely; "w-bere have yon been?" But the child could not answer, for Lnyd Violnnte hrid seized him in her arms.
i She forgot nil the world but her boy. She
only saw him, and nothing besides. She covered his face with kisses, she murmured sweet words over him, such as only mothers' lips can frame. Lord Vivian stood by, wondering at this marvelous gift of mother love; and -Beatrice Leigh
l looked on with a sneer on her peerless
face. Then Lady Violantc sat down on the gnrden ehnir, and the child stood by her knee. For the first time she noticed his face bruised, and one eye swollen and discolored. "Where have you been, ItupertV" she asked gravely. "I know you will be very cross, mam-
I tun," said the little fellow. "I have been
to Llligi's cottage." "After I had forbidden you to go there?" said his mother mully. "Yes." ho replied, and the brave little face Hushed hotly, "1 know it was wrong, but Luigi struck me yesterday, and 1 ran a way to fight him to-day." "To fight!" she cried in horrified accents; "to fight!" Then the tender mother's heart conquered, the sweet ryes filled with tears, the sweet lips trembled, the tender arms clasped him so tightly. "Oh, lluperr," ho said, "how wns it?" "I will tell you, mamma," said the child. "Do not cry; indeed, he did not hurt me! I took care of that! But yesterday, he, Luigi, said all English boys were cowards, aud he struck me; so, today, I went dewn to his bouse and asked him to light. I beat him, though he is the oldest. I fought him for honor, you know, mamma." But she was looking at him with sweet, frightened eyes. "Vou must not fight, Hnpert, " she cried engerly; "never, never again. It is wicked, my boy, wicked and wrong. Say you will uexer fight again." "I cannot, nuinima," replied the child. "Suppose, you know, a boy strikes me, whnt am I to do then?" In a roice sweeter than the cooing of a ring-dove, she told him those simple, glorious words, spoken by lips divine, words th.it teach patience under injuries, forgiveness under wrong. "If n boy strikes me," said the child, "am I not to give it him back again, mamma ': ' "No," she replied eagerly; "you must show patience." "But," interrupted the boy, "h would think I wns a coward, mamma." And she, in her sweet timidity, was startled at this. She hardly knew what to answer. She felt like a woman; he already reasoned like a man. Then Lord Vivian came toward them, and Beatrice Leigh took the child's band. "Xay, Violante," said her husband, "that Is false teaching. You must train my boy to bo brave; to be able not only to take his own part, but to defend the weak and the helpless, to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves." A new view of the subject, which seemed to relieve little Rupert wonderfully, lie raised his earnest eyes, so like his mother's, to Lord Vivian's face. "Then you do not think fighting wrong, papa?" he asked anxiously. "Not if it be in a good cause, my son," was the somewhat puzzling reply. Then spoke Beatrice. "AH the men of your race, Rupert, have been brave," she said. "You must not be the rirst coward in the family." "But If mamma cries?" said the boy. And the next moment his fair little head was hidden on her breast. "Come with me, Rupert," said Lord Vivian, "and I will explain to you." Father and son wajked away together. Now wits the time for Miss Leigh to plant a sharp dagger in the gentle heart of her unconscious rival. "He is a splendid little fellow," she said.
"It would be a thousand pities to make a milksop of him." "I only want him to be good," Violaiite replied piteously; "indeed, Beatrice,
that is nil. "If Lord Vivian taaes my advice," said Miss Leigh, "he will send the boy to a good English school. He will bo trained like a man there." And as she walked away, Lndy Violante looked after her with despairing eyea. CHAPTER XU. Imagine, reader, a woman combining the elinrms of a Greek goddess and a Parisian coquette; a woman wondrous to hehold in her superb classical loveliness and easy, graceful, winning manner; the Countess Sitani. the belle of Florence, who might have been Helen of Troy, from the fatal fascinntiou and charm she had for men. "Ah, Lady Selwyn," she snid, in her pretty broken English, "I have found you; Lord Selwyn has told me you were here. I have been smiling to myself at your attitude." "My attitude!" repeated Lady Violnnte, (lushing crimson, shrinking back, nnd thinking to herself that she had been guilty of something unconventional. "Yes." said the countess, with a silvery laugh, "the English are a wonderful people! You are beautiful, young, beloved, rich; there is no fair gift of earth or heaven that is not yours. Your husband is adorable, your child perfection, you can have no shadow of cure; yet, us I watched yon standing there, no Niobe could have iooked more sad. You, the happiest woman in the world, are no sooner left alone than you assume an attitude of tlesblation. Verily :i wonderful people, sc given to everything triste. What were you thinking of as you liont over that superb gladiolus. Lady Selwyn?" "Of my home," was the reply. "In my mind then there nils a picture of a green field close to my fnther's house; n common groeu field. I suppose, to others', to ine the very light ot heaven shines upon it." "You are a poetess," said the wuntess, gnyly. "1)0 not deny it! How poetry nourishes among English fogs I cannot imagine. I o you know what 1 have come to see yon about? Sit down here, ljtdy Selwyn, and liiden." They sat divvn together under the tall syringn trees, the orange blossoms nnd myrtle leaves lalling at their feet; two of the fairest women that ever met, even in that fair clime. "It seems," said the countess, a smile rippling over her lovely face, "that yon. Lady Selwyn, Miss Leigh and myself are Ihe three prettiest women in Florence. I heard yesterday Hint Prince Cesare called us the Three Graces.' My idea, the matter on which 1 came to speak 10 you. Is this could we not got up some charades, or tableaux vivants, in which we could nil three appear? I have mentioned it to some people, and they arc charmed with Ihe him." "1 do not know; I am not clover," replied Lndy Selwyn, and the wistful look deepened on her fair face. "You infd never four. You frighten yourself, without cause. Promise me to join our tiihlcntis. I will bring yon through safely. You have but to look
0
pretty, and that will come natural to yaaj Ixrd Selwyn would be so pleased." She had touched the right chord at last. The hardest heart might have been softened at the wistful pleading ot Lady 8er wyn's face. "Do you really think," she said, "that I might do well V "I am sure. Give me your promise that you will shake off that foolish timidity and shine as you were meant to do; leave the rest to me. We can meet at my bouse this evening to discuss and select the scenes that strike ns most. We must find one, though, in which we can all appear together. Prince Cesare likes Miss Leigh, I think." "Does ho?" asked Lndy Selwyn. "She is very beautiful and very gifted. She seems to know everything by instinct. She nlwwys does the right tbing at the right time, nnd soys the very words she should say when they ought to be said." "You are very generous," cried Countess Sitani, opening her lovely eyes. "Now, If I were you, I should be horribly jealous of Miss Leigh." "Why?" asked Lady Violante, calmly, bnt her heart beat as it had never done before. ; "1 cannot quite tell why," replied tb countess, with a shrug of the pretty! shoulders; "only that she seems so often to take your place." "Because I cannot take It myself," Interrupted Lady Selwyn. "I would!" said the countess. "1 am not very wise, but I have quick Instincts, and I foresee both danger and nnhappiness for you unless you make a great effort to assert yourself. Whose will rules your house? Miss Leigh's I Who rules your child? Miss Leigh! Who influence your husband? Miss Leigh!" "Ah, noH" cried Lady Selwyn, "not that anything but that." "You must be blind If you do not se It," said Countess Sitani; "every one el does, and I must say it the fault If your own ! Instead of shrinking into your self, as I see you do, and being fright ened at every shadow, be bold know your own rights, and let no one interfet with them. What a sin to sit preachinf on this bright day, but a sermon will d yon good, Lady Selwyn. Remember th committee this evening, and I shall watel you narrowly, to sec If my lecture baa been of any service to you. Now, good) by." (To be continued.)
FAMOUS WAR INDEMNITIES.
Cash Tribute Laid Upon Defeated Nations by Conquerors. The practice of exacting money from a conquered foe Is, in Its present form, somewhat modern. In ancient time the victor despoiled the enemy he had overcome, sacked citle, and took whatever of value he could carry away. Now he respects private property, but be makes the conquered nation pay the whole cost of the war, says Tid-Bits. In either case the practice Is analogous to that of civil courts, which assess costs upon the defeated party. The four greatest wars of the last thirty-five years have all been followed by exactions cf this bind. After Prussia defeated Austria In the "seven weeks war" of 1800, she demanded of her adversary twenty million thaler or about three million pounds sterling,' a modest sum as indemnities go. She made similar exactions also from tha States which allied themselves witb Austria. This was in addition to territorial concessions. Five years later France was defeated by Prussia, and besides being compelled to give the provinces of Alsace end Lorraine, was forced to pay her vlotorious enemy the enormous sum ot two hundred milHon sterling. Payment was to be extended over four years, and German garrisons were to be retained in France until the whole; was paid; but the splendid patriotism of the French people enabled the Qovenrment to anticipate the payments, and the last German soldier left Franca in July, 1873. Again, Russia, after defeating Tur-' key in 1878, claimed. In addition to territorial concession, a money indemnity of three hundred million roubles. A considerable part of this amount Tar-, key still owes to Russia. In Hke manner, Japan, following the example of European nations, exacted from China in 1895 a war Indemnity of more than one hundred million dollars, and millions more for surrendering her claim on the Liaotung Peninsula. This waa in addition to ihe cession of the Island of Formosa. Such exactions from a defeated nation, whose resources are already nearly exhausted by the strain of war, seem severe; but If it is desirable that litigation be made not too easy and Inexpensive to those who hare a disposition to Indulge In It, tt Is vastly more important that nations be deterred from entering upon war on slight provocation.
DOGS AS SHEEP HERDERS. !
In New Zealand the Animate As-e Invaluable Aide on the Banchee. New Zealand is a country that reliea largely upon the labor of dogs as opposed to the toll of men. A man with several dogs, trained one and all to a proper pitch, can cope with the duties of a large number of men without dogs in any work that Is purely pastoral. Last year sheep dogs were an Important factor in the care of 10,000,000 sheep, which produced 80,000,000 pounds of wool. The dogs are almost as great a sight as the sheep on the four annual events of mustering, named respectively shearing muster (November), stragglers' muster (February), weaning muster (March), autumn muster (May). The muster of every sheep on the run is Imperative, and those are rare exceptions where less than four musters are deemed sufficient. A muster is arranged on recognised lines. As nearly ns possible the men work In line,- within sight of each other. The top man drives the: sheep gradually down to the man below him, wn passes them on till they reach the man working, the flats. There Is no preclss rule, as each man can keep his mob of sheep till the boat Is mustered. All this time the dogs have been working in every course on the bent, not eu ninsse. but eaeh In his own sphere, at, the shepherd commands. Should h have half a dozen dogs they would comprise two "heading" or "leading' dogs, two "driving" or "huntaways nntl two "handy" dogs. The "handy" dog Is n dog able to turn its attention with equal exactness to anything. There Is little erring; once his education Is accomplished his owner can de peud upon him In any crisis. The dogl userl in this colony on sheep farmn art selected from Scots and German oolite and the Smithlleld sheep dog aud varj as much In size and class as they do la price. A dog fitted for the capabilities: of a small farm could be purchased foi a sovereign, while men who are In residence on back country stations of 200V 000 acres repeatedly pay from 10 toH for their fancy. New York Mall and Express. The United States Is the leadtna dairy country of the world. Thero art about 17.000,000 cows scattered ovei our dairy farms and quite a time age the value of our dairy products waa e tiniated to be over $-100,000,000 and th value of the cows nearly as much. Although this Is the leading dairy country .. It does not lead In the per capita cos sumption of dairy products nnd mud of them are exported.