Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1897 — Page 2

gftejlutiotmtitgfnttnel J. W. MoEWEV, Publlsber. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

SHOT TO THEIR DEATH

MINE BOSS AND WORKMAN USE REVOLVERS. Face Each Other’s Fire Until Both Fall Mortally Wounded—American Ironmakers Invade the British Mar* ket—Woman Dies in the Pnlpit. Striking Miners Riot. A riot occurred among the striking miners at the J. H. Somers Fuel Company’s mines near Bellevernon, Pa., in which Sui»erintendent William Bates and Boss Hauler Charles Cannahan were shot and probably fatally wounded. The 400 men at the works struck because the company refused to reinstate a hauler who had been discharged for reckless driving. At a meeting called to discuss the difficulties a quarrel arose and a fight was precipitated. The disturbers were driven from the hall, but no sooner were they on the outside than they renewed the struggle, using clubs, stones and revolvers. Superintendent Bates, who was in the midst of the rioters, was attacked, and, drawing a revolver, tried to defend himself. He was met by Cannahan. who flourished a revolver over his head. The men exchanged six shots each and then fell to the ground. Burgess Bronson closed the saloons temporarily, and the town was put under heavy patrol, as another outbreak was feared. The Somers company has an at Bellevernon, but the general office is at Cleveland, Ohio.

CO TS S2OO TO FIRE IT. Tests of Powder for the Blsr Tea-Inch Gun ot San Francisco. On the bluff, 300 yards baek of Fort Winfield Scott, near San Francisco, the big 10-inch breechloading rifle was fired Monday for the first time. Everyone belonging to the Presidio reservation who was off duty was there to witness the sight. About a hundred people from the city were present by invitation. The experiments were to determine whether the Krown prismatic powder is suited to this class of rifle. Three shots were fired. The first was two-thirds of a full charge of powder. 186 2-3 pounds, the second was 2. r >o pounds and the last a full charge of 2SO pounds. Cast-iron shot with chilled points, weighing 575 pounds each, were used. The last Rhot revealed the fact that the pressure wns too high to be safe. It ran up to 41,000 ixmnds. The limit allowed is 37.000 pounds. Everything above that figure strains aud weakens the gun. Every time this great rifle is fired it costs the Government S2OO. INVADE BRITISH MARKET. Americans Underselling Local Iron* makers at Birmingham. United States Consul Parker, at Birmingham, England, has supplied the State Department with extracts from .local papers showing that the British ironmakers • are disquieted by the receipt at Birmingham of large consignments of American pigiron at £4 5s per ton, or 10 shillings under the English minimum. There were also reports of negotiations in Philadelphia for the sale to European buyers of 20,000 tons of billets at £3 15s per ton delivered. The British ironmen generally ascribe this phenomenal movement to the trade depression in the United States, which causes forced sales abroad, but others point to the steady continuance of the American shipments as evidence that they must be made at a profit, and hold that superior natural advantages and improved processes of manufacture have turned the scale.

HOUSE OF HKFUGE BURNS. Fix Hundred Boys Marched Ont at Randall’s Island. The House of Refuge, on Randall’s Island, New York, caught fire and a damage estimated at $3,000 was caused. There are 600 boys in the institution. The keepers, however, had established such excellent discipline that it took less than one minute to arouse the lads from their sleep, to get them dressed and- march them out of the building. They went out in perfect order, none being injured or permitted to escape. The lire engines from the several institutions on the island got quickly to work and the fire was extinguished with damage not to exceed $3,000, after which the boys were marched back to their cells and ordered to bed. TURKS PLAN A MASSACRE. Christians of Retimo Are to Be Their Victims. The Greek squadron, on arriving at Canea, did not salute the Turkish flag. Official advices say that the Mussulmans are preparing a massacre at Retimo. The representatives of some of the powers have expressed to the Greek Government surprise that Greece has sent warships to the island of Crete. Three thousand people took part in a manifestation in . front of the ministry of marine. There were continued cries of “Hong live Crete,” ‘■Long live the union.” It is thought possible that a ministerial crisis will result from the manifestations. New Public I uildings. The Secretary of the Treasury transmitted to Congress a draft of a bill providing that the Secretary of the Treasury, after plans for a public building have been approved, may have them changed if deemed necessary. Buildings at Racine, Wis.; Bloomington, 111., and Mankato, Minn., are mentioned as cases which would be acted upon under the proposed law. Dined tbe Jurists. The annual dinner given to the members of the Supreme Court by President and Mrs. Cleveland took place at the White House Thursday night. Fell Dead iu the Pulpit. Mrs. William I. Fee, aged wife of Rev. Mr. Fee, a well-known former Methodist minister of Springfield, 0., fell dead in the pulpit while exhorting at a big revival at Felicity. Women screamed and men wept. The couple celebrated their golden wedding three months ago. fh:’s the First. Miss Flo Woodbury, of Dauville, 111., has been selected us a delegate to the national meeting of the league of American Wheelmen. She is the first woman ever elected us a delegate to this assembly. Feud Cause* Three Deaths. Ben and Bob Partlow and William Price are dead at Lebanon, Mo., as the result of a feud between the two families. Three of the Partlow boys nret Price and hia two sons, and Price was shot dead by Ben Partlow. Young Price then shot and kilted the two Partlow boys. F'tne Crrp in Prospect. With almost continuous raius for several weeks, the crop prospects of California are considered excellent. This season’s average of wheat has been largely Increased over that of recent years and conditions point to a bountiful cereal cropFruit also promises well.

SIGNS CUBAN REFORM BILL. Queen of fpain Affixes Her Signature to the Document. The queen regent of Spain has signed the plan for the reforms in the island of Cuba. The scheme includes numerous and elaborate decrees and will occupy several pages of the Official Gazette. It is understood that the reforms consist chiefly in the creation of an assembly, to be called the council of administration, composed of thirty-five members, of whom twenty-one are to be elected by the people and six by the different corporations. The remainder will be one magistrate, one university professor, one archbishop and five former senators or deputies. The council of administration is empowered: 1. To prepare a budget 2. To examine into the fitness of officials appointed. 3. To make a tariff subject to the conditions of Spanish imports having advantages over the general tnriff. Tbe Governor General will represent the home Government, and will have the right to nominate officials, who should be Cubans or Spaniards, who have resided two years in Cuba. Nevertheless, he may freely nominate high functionaries, such as magistrates, prefects, etc. Other decrees eoneeru the organization of tbe provincial municipalities, which are to be liberally representative. The municipal councils general will be empowered to elect their presidents and'Will have exclusive control of public education. According to another decree the Government reserves to itself extraordinary powers in the event of any disturbance of public order, and Cuba will continue to elect senators and deputies to the cortes, as at present. Altogether, the reforms are much broader than those granted Porto Rico. The Spanish products, according to the reform scheme, will be allowed a rebate of 40 per cent of the Cuban tariff, compared With other imports.

DENOUNCE THE LAW. Tut Interests Oppose the Interstate Commerce Act. Has the interstate commerce act been a failure and do the commercial interests of the country require its repeal? Traffic officials of the various roads centering in Chicago are, as a whole aud with some reservations, prepared to vote with the transportation committee of the Board of Trade in favor of answering these questions affirmatively, though the traffic men do not uow regard the law with the same feelings of hostility they entertained on its first enactment. They are even free to confess that on some points of minor detail it has been an advantage to them and has. indirectly brought about a material improvement in the situation as it then existed. Indeed, there is a small minority which is quite positive in the opinion that the law is all right, and if the roads would only live up to its requirements it would prove for them one of the best resources that have been placed upon the statute books of the country. The great majority look upon the law, however, as In the nature of a restriction of trade. Its administration, too, they claim, has been supine and unintelligent, and instead of removing the evils it was intended to prevent the law has served to aggravate them. On the whole, it is believed by the railroad officials the repeal of the law would be a good thing for all concerned. They say if the roads were ullowed to manage their own business in their own way everybody would be benefited.

SALT LAKE HAS A BLAZE. Scott-Aurbach Block Rums. EntailIns: a Loss of $250,000. Fire destroyed the Scott-Aurbach building on Main stivet. Salt Lake, eutailiug a loss of $250,000, a little over one-half of which is covered by insurance. Besides the financial loss, there were several accidents that narrowly escaped being fatalities. Electrician Vail, of the fire department, came in contact with a live wire and fell from the third story window of the building, but contact with a network of wires broke his fall, and, though he dropped to the pavement with fearful violence, it was with lessened acceleration that permitted life. Miss Smith, a roomer in the building, thinly clad in night robes, was rescued by Assistant Chief Donovan from the roof, whither she had been driveu bv the pursuing smoke. When the alarm was turned in the fire was confined to the rear of Scott & Co.’s store, but it sprend with marvelous rapidity. From the first the firemen’s fight wns simply to confine the fire to the building already doomed. For n time it seemed that the fire would spread and the entire block be destroyed.

WHAT THE SEED COST. Total Appropriation for Last Year Was $150,000. Secretary Mortou has issued an interesting circular regarding the aunual Government seed distribution, in which he shows exactly what the seed for the various sections of the country has cost, the amount purchased or contracted for, and makes a comparative statement with preceding years, showing that the plan which be lias adopted gets uearly twice as much seed and of a better quality. Attention is called to the fact that under his system only gerroinative seeds are obtained. The total appnpriation for seeds this year was $130,000, with $20,000 additional for testing, inspecting and other expenses of distribution. This $130,000 bought 19,053,839 packets of vegetable seeds, 1,012,500 packets of flower seeds and 292,925 quarts of o field seeds, such as corn, timothy, clover, etc. May Not He Legal. According t» a Washington correspondent, the Supreme Court of the United States may ultimately be called upon to render an opinion concerning the validity of divorces granted by the courts of the Dakotas and Oklahoma, and should that august tribunal decide that the decrees heretofore issued by the courts in question are invalid and of no legal effect, there will be such an aggregation of domestic shakings-up as probably no country in the world has ever witnessed. - Women who now regard themselves ns wives will realize that they have been living for a greater or lesser period under conditions not sanctioned by the law; husbands will find themselves in the same predicameht, while the number of children who will thus be branded cannot be estimated. The decision of Justice Russell of the United States Supreme Court in the McGowan case, in which h@ held that neither the wife nor husband can acquire temporary residence in a foreign State for the purpose of securing a divorce, has, in the opinion of eminent lawyers, laid the groundwork for the overthrow of the entire “fnke divorce” system. The case is now pending in the New York Court of Appeals, but whatever may be the decision there, it has been definitely arranged that the matter shull be carried to the United States Supreme Court for a definite and final adjudication of the questions involved. To this end it is stated that five husbands who have been victims of Dakota decrees have subscribed SIO,OOO each to a fund for taking the appeal to the Supreme Court. Of the combine two reside in New York, one in Boston, one in Philadelphia and one in Chicago. Diplomacy Cornea High. According to the bill which the Committee on Foreign Affairs has reported to the House, the diplomatic and consular service of the United States will cost the Government $1,676,908.76. Trie! to Po’aoa tfce Custorperp, A desperate attempt by an enraged .laity employe to poisop over 250 f^ipilieg

Is Norfolk, Ya., was frustrated by a lucky discovery Sunday morning. John B. Clancy, aged 35, employed at the Bloomsdale dairy, had an altercation with bis employer, J. B. Ferritt, Sr., which resulted in the former telling Ferritt he would “get even” with him. Ferritt supplied 250 families in Norfolk with milk, in 100 of which are infants. He had delivered milk to about a dozen customers when he discovered a peculiar coloring in the milk. Clancy's threat came to him like a flash, and he quickly went to all the places. T.uc-kily no milk had been used. lie reported to the police and Clancy was arrested. The milk was analyzed and found to contain poison, some of which was found under the finger nails of the prisoner, who at first made a denial, but later said he had used it in treating sick cattle. Clancy is held for trial.

A. M. BILLINGS DEAD. Very Wealthy Chicago Business Man Has Passed Away. Albert M. Billings, president of the Home National Bank, founder of the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company, and one of the typical business men of Chicago, died Sunday evening, aged 83. His illness was of brief duration, dating from Friday. Mr. Billings could hardly be classed among the early settlers of Chicago, but he was distinctively a pioneer business man. His career began in 1859, when with Commodore Garrison he started the manufacture of illuminating gas on the West Side. He was born in Royalton, Vt., in 1814, and gained an early experience in commercial affairs that fitted him admirably for the rush and hustle which he encountered when he came West to try his fortune. Mr. Billings was a very rich man. Nobody among his most intimate friends pretends to know the extent of the wealth he accumulated. He acquired his fortune through the possession of a tremendous energy and a remarkable shrewdness as an organizer, coupled with an integrity that was never questioned in all his dealings. His word was his bond, and Chicago has had good reason to be proud of his interest in her welfare. His personality was strong, even to the point of eccentricity, yet underneath a brusque and sometimes forbidding exterior he concealed a generous nature. It is said of Mr. Billings that he wore his wrong side outward. He believed in concealing the doings of his right hand from his left when called upon to respond to the demands of charity. His habits were of the simplest kind, with all •his wealth, and he never missed an Opportunity to impress the lessons of economy upon those with whom he came in close contact.

MRS. M’KINLKY’S WRAP. One She Will Wear at the Inaugural Ball Will Be Costly. The wrap which Mrs. McKinley will wear ut the inaugural ball is made of lavender brocaded silk, and lined with cream silk and thickly wadded. The trimming of the cape is the finest of natural white furs. A wide band of the purest white Alaska fox fur covers the outer edge of the entire wrap. The high collar of this fur, which, after extending down the front of the wrap, runs around the lower edge of both back nnd front. At least a dozen of these costly skins will he required for the trimmings. A furrier to whom the clonk was described stated that he would uot undertake to duplicate it for less than SSOO. Mission May Fail. Senator Edward O, Wolcott, of Colorado, who is now visiting Europe in the interests of bimetallism, had an interview at Paris with Premier Meline. The correspondent of the Associated Pres/ learns on authority that the interviews which he has so far had have been without the result hoped for by the Senator. The interview with President Faure was short and formal, nnd afforded no encouragement to look for tangible results. Mr. Doubet, president of the senate, in his interview with Senator Wolcott, is understood to have expressed himself enthusiastically on the subject of bimetallism, but on the other hand, Premier Meline was very guarded in his expressions at the conference. He is reported to have said that however favorable France might be to the object sought, nothing could be done unless the consent of England and Germany wns previously obtained. In official quarters little confidence is felt in the ultimate success of Senator Wolcott’s mission. although the Senator seems to be sanguine of England taking part in the bimetallic movement.

He Gave Out the Questions. The explosion of a stick of dynamite under Postmaster Ilesing’s desk at Chicago would not have given him a greater shock than the one he received last Friday when he learned that examination papers of the promotion board had been given out in advance, and au employe of the office had been discovered filling up her papers from the prepared answers —for it was a woman who had them. Fell 15 ) Feet. Au elevator loaded with half a ton of marble and seven men fell 150 feet to the first floor of the New York Life Insurance Company's building in New York City. None of the men were badly hurt, and one escaped with not even a bruise. English Women May Vote. The woman's parliamentary franchise passed its second reading in the House of Commons by a vote of 228 to 157.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2,22 cto 23c; oats, No. 2,15 c to 16c; rye, No. 2,35 cto 36c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 13e to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $35 to SBO per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, good to choice, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,84 cto 86e; corn, No. 2 white, 21c to 22e; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,89 cto 90c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 19c to 21c; oats, No. 2 white, 16c to 18c; rye, No. 2,33 cto 34c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. .2, 88c to 91c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 18c to 20c; Vye, No. 2,35 cto 37c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 87c to 88c; corn, No. 2' yellow, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, 36c to 37c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 88c to 89c; com, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 16c to 18c; rye, No. 2,36 cto 3Sc; clover seed, $5.15 to $5.20. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 3,19 cto 21c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; barley, No. 2,25 cto 33c; rye, No. 1,36 cto 38c; pork, mess, $7.50 to SB.OO. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 93c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 85c to 86c; corn. No. 2, 28c to 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; butter, crehmery, 15c to 22c; eggs, Western, 13c to 16c.

LOVE AND MONEY

CHAPTER XXIV. On the same evening that Angela Rooden had met Gladys Rane in the park, while the sun was setting in a golden glow of color, Captain Wynyard had made up his mind to reeouaoitei Brantome. Black thoughts accompanied him in his murderous walk. Not wishing to lie seen —for he had that to do, if he could find an opportunity of doing it, which must have no witness—he did not enter Brantome Park by the usual way, but went round by Brantome Firs. He was aware of Angela’s habit of wandering through the grounds in the soft evening light, ind he thought it not unlikely that he might discover hes alone. He had no settled plan in his mind by which he hoped to accomplish the end he had in view; but he intended to avail himself of the first opportunity that presented itself. He crossed,-Brantome Firs, and went through the open gate, little drenmiug who had been there so .=hort a time before. Then, as he walked on, he caught sight of the ornamental lake, with its narrow terrace and steps that led to the water, and, unless his senses deceived him, Angela—yes, Angola herself —sitting, like one weary, on the steps! His Jieart gave a bound of almost fiendish lelight, then seemed to stnnd still. “My enemy is delivered into my hand!” were the first words that occurred to him.

Drawing nearer, he recognized the wrapper of silver-gray, aud then remembered the duy on which he had given it to Angela. He remembered, too, his wife’s delight, and his step-daughter’s cool reception of his gift—the gift that was to be a shroud. He trembled violently as he drew near to her; but he could not see her face, for it was hidden in a fold of the wrapper, no doubt to shield her eyes. The wind stirred the glistening folds, but It dl4 not rouse the wearied sleeper. “I wonder she wears that,” he said to himself, “considering that I gave it to her;” then, after a few moments —"She would not sleep so soundly if she knew that I was near. Everything is ready to my hand,” he thought, with fiendish satisfaction. Yet c<jld drops had gathered on his brow and his lips had grown white. There was none to interfere with his design, there was none to rescue her this time! A stenlthy footstep, n moment of intense, almost unendurable suspense, a hand outstretched, then withdrawn, then outstretched again—a sudden push, a despairing cry—and she was gone! There was a splash in the water, the eddies spreading and spreading until they reached the fountain; then all w.as quiet. To him, the murderer, with the brand of Cain on his brow, there came one moment of intense stillness that seemed hours long—a moment when horror seized him at the thought of the foul deed that he had done. A thousand burning eyes seemed suddenly to fill the air and fix their gaze upon him; a thousand voices seemed to hiss “Murderer!” in his ears. Then h.e saw a movement in the water —a woman’s hand was thrown up, and a faint cry for help reached his ears. There was even yet time if he would repent of his act and save her, for he was a good swimmer. The outstretched hand showed for one moment above the darkening eddies —it was like an appeal to heaven; then the waters closed over it, the eddies grew deeper, calmer, then died away, and the bosom of the lake was smooth as 'hough it held no guilty secret. Vance Wynyard turned and fled—fled, lesplte the blood-red mist that swam before his eyes and the horrible shudder that took the strength from his limbs. The sun had set when he reached Culdale Hall. Dinner was always late there on summer evenings; and when the Captain, still looking white and haggard, entered. the first bell had not rung. “I should be all right,” he said to himself, “if I should see Gladys. I must see her.”

With some little difficulty he found her pretty Parisian maid Fanchette, who had a shrewd idea how matters stood between her beautiful mistress and the handsome Captain. “Ask Miss Rane if 1 can see her just for two minutes before the dinner-bell rings,” he said, hastily. And Fanchette, noticing how strange and ill the Captain looked, replied: “Miss Rand is out, sir. She has been out all the afternoon, and has not yet returned.” “Out!” he oried, in amazement. “Are you sure, Fanchette?” “Quite sure, sir,” she replied. “I helped my mistress to dress.” “Where was she going?” he asked, quickly. “I understood that she intended to walk to Culdale, sir; I do not know what for. Lady Culdale wished her to have the carriage, but she declined, preferring to walk.” “At what time did she go?” asked the Captain. “I am not quite sure, sir; but it was some time after luncheon. I am expecting her every minute.” No fear or apprehension came over him; but he was surprised that she should remain out so long. He concluded, however, that she had been tempted to linger over her shopping. He lingered about the Hall for some time, iii the hope of meeting her, but no Gladys came.

CHAPTER XXV. “A woman found drowned in the lake st Brantome Park!” The words seemed to fly from one to another—the very air seemed to catch them and carry them along. One of the keepers, on going between four and five in the morning to look after swne water-fowl, fancied he saw something strange in the lake—a light paper parcel, floating as the wind blew. He took a long pole and drew it toward hhn, and, on opening it, found that it contained a skein of fine blue sewing-silk, such as ladies use in embroidery. Further down, near the fountain, something •Ice was stirring in the watte. This too

BY CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME.

he drew out, and found it to be a lady’s handkerchief of fine lace, with delicately embroidered monogram, the letters of which were “G. R.” In one moment he understood. He had heard of the missing lady as he walked from his home to the Park. He had met two of the Culdale men-servants searching, and the three had stopped and talked together for some time. The mnn stood dazed and bewildered as he held the handkerchief in his hand. He hastened toward Culdale, and when halfway there, he urtt Lord Culdale, with two or three gentlemen, and told them his terrible news. His lordship looked at the handkerchief, with its finely embroidered monogram of “G. R.” “Gladys Raue!” he gasped. “But how, in the name of heaven, could she have fallen into the lake at Brantome?” They hastened to the lake, and soon raised the body, and laid it reverently on the stone terrace. The face was calm, even smiling. Perhaps—-hea veil was good!—her last thoughts had been pleasant ones. The exquisite features and the rippling black hair were almost as they had last seen them. They were strong men; but, as they looked on the fair dead woman, tears filled their eyes. The alarm had been given at Brantome now, and the servants came hurrying out. Hearing the commotion, Angela asked the housekeeper what it meant, and the answer almost stunned her. “There has been a terrible accident. Miss Charles,” replied Mrs. Boweif". “One of the ladies who has been stopping at Culdale has been found drowned in our lake!” * A lady from Culdale?” Angela questioned; and then Mrs. Bowen told her the whole story, as she had heard it from the servants—how one of the visitors at Culdale, a very beautiful lady, hnd been missing since yesterday afternoon, and had been found drowned in Brantome Lake. “What was the lady’s name?” Angela asked, in a voice quite unlike her own. The housekeeper replied that she was not quite sure—it was either "Dane,” or “Rnne;” but she knew that the unfortunate lady was a famous London beauty. “I am going down to the lake, Miss Charles,” she added; “come with me;” and Angela went. She was bewildered and incredulous. It could not be Gladys Rane, she tried to convince herself. She had been with her on the evening before, and had left her well and strong. What should bring her to Brantome? What had led to her death? How well she remembered her sitting under the shade of the trees! As she thought of their meeting, the dark, lovely face seemed to rise again before her. Surely Gladys Rane, with whom she had spoken so lately, was not the girl who had been found drowned. Angela had never felt any respect for Miss Rane; but she would have been shocked at such a terrible calamity, had the victim been the greatest stranger. It seemed hardly credible that this beautiful woman, who had been queen of the season, should have met with such an awful death while help was so closq at hand. When her eyes fell on the litjle group of men standing near the silent figure on the terrace, she uttered a eny of anguish; but apparently no one noticed it. Keeping close to Mrs. Bowen, she walked slowly to the terrace. One glance was enough to satisfy her that the dead body found in the lake was that of Gladys Rane. The face that not many hours before was so brilliant, in its loveliness and bloom was now white as marble, cold and still! “What brought her here?” Angela asked herself. Could it be that Gladys had come in search of her, and that, in trying to make her may to the Hall, she had fallen accidentally into tho lnk»? Every one seemed to agree that she had fallen in accidentally. When-Miss Rnne was last seen she was wearing valuable jewelry; and costly gems sti'l shone on her fingers, a necklace of gold clsaped the white throat. They had not been touched; therefore, it was evident there had been no robbery, no assault. As for murder, no such thought was entertained. Who would have any interest in tho death of this beautiful woman whom every one lov-d and admired? No one dreamed that it was anytning worse than a terrible accident. Angela did not go near the little knot of gentlemen; but, seeing one of the Culdale servants standing alone, she went up to him. “Does any one know,” she asked, “how the accident happened?”—and the answer was “No.” “Does any one know what brought the poor lady to the lake?” she asked again; and again the answer was “No.” “She must have come in search of me,” thought Angela; and the thought saddened her inexpressibly. Suddenly she saw something on the bank which attracted her attentionsomething saturated with water, and lying in a shapeless heap, something from which the water had taken the glistening beauty, leaving it n mere rag. She sa 4 ” the gleam of the sun on the bright clasps, and in a moment the truth flashed across her. She had left her silver-gray wrapper in the field where she had left Gladys Rane!

She had not thought of it before. Now she remembered how she had unfastened it, and how in ner sorrow and excitement she had come away without it. Perhaps Gladys Rane was on her way to bring it to her when the accident happened! With a great throb of relief she remembered that Miss Rane did not know where she was staying, so that it was impossible she could have come for the purpose of seeing her. Besides, Miss Rane would never dream tkAt she was staying at Brantome Hall; it was the last place in the world where she would think of finding her. Whatever motive had brought her there, it could not have been to see her, Angela felt fully assured. She remembered how she had gone in- the opposite direction so as purposely to mislead her. Then'it Occurred to her that Miss Rane -being a stronger in the neighborhood might not have known the way; and she felt a keen pang of regret that she had

v #ot thought of teflln* her. Vividly roe* her the picture of the fields and the two roads—the oae to the left, narrow end shadeless, leading to Culdale; the one to the right, breed mad bordered with tall, spreading trees. Suddenly, as If by inspiration, Angela felt that she had solved the mystery—Miss Rane had taken the wrong road! She had walked to Brantome instead of returning to Cnldale. But how the unfortunate girl ha-1 fallen into the water was as great a mystery as ever. But Angela was yet to learn that the unfortunate girl had been murdered, and by whom; yet to learn that a chain of circumstances had placed her deadliest enemy at her mercy. (To be continued.)

CUBANS LIVE ON PLANTS.

The Insurgent Army Needs No Commissary Department. One of the most disappointed men in town is Capt Buenco, of the Cuban army. The captain, who is a member of the largest banking house in San Diego, Cuba, came to New York last July .on a special mission. He soon finished his business and has been trying ever since to get back to fight with bis company. Twice he has attempted to get awa’y, once, it is said, on the Hawkins, and again on the Bermuda. The second failure, which resulted in his being held in $2,500 ball to appear before the grand Jury, prevented him from going on the vessel when she again weighed anchor last Sunday morning. “I was all through with my business on July 20,” said the captain, “and here I am still, held by this hail until I don’t know when. Every time I’ve tried to get away something has happened. If the people in charge of the Bermuda had labeled their boxes, the government would not have stopped the steamer and I Bhould be back with my friends by this time, with a chance to help them. Here I can do nothing. I am useless. “Look at Col. Perez there. He and I began together. We were old schoolmates, you know. He stayed and fought and now he is a colonel. If I could have gotten back I’d be a colonel, too, or dead. Oh, well, the rainy season is coming on, and after that the fever. That will make the Spaniards sick. In the last war 38 per cent, of them died of fever—to say nothing of those we put out of the way with our machetes and bullets. “Of course, they cannot ride at all. Perez has told you about that; but we can outmarch them, too. One night, about a year ago, we broke camp and started to meet Maceo and Marti. We knew that they were to land about forty leagues away. By noon the next day we had marched eighteen leagues, but we were not too tired to attack a Spanish column that came down on our flank, a little to the rear. We had a lively fight until 5 o’clock, when Maceo and Marti came up. Then, together, we drove the enemy out of sight. “We ought to have been pretty tired by that time. Don’t you think so? Well, we were not very fresh, but orders were given to return by the route we came, and, after hunting up something to eat from what the Spaniards had abaudoned In their flight, we marched back the whole eighteen leagues, reaching our starting place the next afternoon. You won’t find any Spaniards to do that. We couldn’t if we weren’t used to the food and to the climate and hadn’t lived out of doors all our lives. “Another thing in our favor, especially in the hilly country, where the woods are dense, Is that we know what plants and roots are good for food and which poisonous. Almost anywhere In Cuba therd Is enough stuff growing wild to keep a man alive, if he knows how to get it We do; so, we can go about without a commissary department. When we halt for breakfast or supper, there is a bugle call as a signal to prepare to hunt—get out sacks ready, etc. Thena second call, meaning to disperse to the woods. In a half hour, perhaps, you will see all the men back In camp} each with some fruit or vegetable that he has plucked or dug out of the ground. We eat those things and they agree us. If the Spanish eat them they have a pain In the stomach. “All we need to drive the Spaniards out Is supplies. We’ve more men than we can arm. So it Is no use for anyone to come to us looking for a Job, unless he knows something about artillery. Then we might use him, but I do noi know certainly.”—New York Press.

The Girls of Jerusalem.

Of social life .the girls of Jerusalem know nothing—absolutely nothing, writes Edwin S. Wallace, United States Consul at Jerusalem, in the Ladies’ Home Journal. They occasionally meet, a few together, and appear to enjoy each other’s company a little. They talk about their household work —which is really everything they know —and Indulge in some light gossipy chat about friends, though their gossip is never of a harmful kind,. In conversation they show some little animation and spirit, but, being ignorant and illiterate, they have no idea of grammatical form of expression. Occasionally cards, dominoes and checkers are played, but the native girls have little Inclination for the pastime involving mental effort. Such things as dances, fetes and fairs are unknown to the girls of Jerusalem; occasionally they are taken on a family picnic to some olive orchard near their homes, where they pass part of the day. From these and ajl similar gatherings men are barred. There is absolutely no commingling of the sexes. For a girl to appear at any assemblage where there are men would be regarded as audacious and shocking. No Jerusalem girl would do such a thing; she would not dream of committing so fatal a breach in the unwritten, though well-defined, law governing the conduct of her sex. So strict is this law, or custom, of exclusion, that under no circurfistances would a girl attend the wedding of her brother to which were bidden guests outside the immediate families. 1 * ■ /. ■ As a fountain finds its expression in overflowing, as a river in rushing to, the infinite main, as trees bursting into.Jlfe and blossom in the springtide, so God feels it his joy to give liberally, and to give above all we can ask or think or desire, for Christ's sake.—Cummings. Dr. Seemann says that to:, touch the leaves or stem of the itch-jvood tree “is like letting the hand come in contact with a red-hot poker.” It grows In Fiji.

THE INDIANA SOLONS

Governor Mount Wednesday sent to the House vetoes on ttvo bills, one estab* fishing a Superior court in Grant County and another creating separate judicial circuits of the counties of Howard and Tipton. The House sustained both vetoes. Representative Fornshall introduced a bill to make it a felony for a lobbyist to enter upon the floor of either branch of the legislature. The Legislature has come to the conclusion that the Chicago people who own hunting preserves in Northern Indiana need regulating. The recent shooting of farmers in Lake County was Thursday made the excuse in the House for passing a bill aimed at the Chicagoans. The specific provision of the measure Ist “That it shall be unlawful for any person to pursue or kill within this State any quail, ruffed grouse or pinnated grouse for purposes of sale, barter, traffic or removal from the State, or to sell, barter, keep, expose or offer for sale or remove from this State any quail, ruffed grouse or pinnated grouse caught or killed in the State of Indiana.” It is provided that the person who violates the law shall Be fined $1 for every quail or grouse killed and shipped from the State. Attorney General Ketcham sent to the Legislature Monday a long communication in reference to the investigation of the Vandalia Railway Company, and with it a statement submitted at the request of the Legislature, by the Pennsylvania* - Railroad Company. In his communication the Attorney General charges that the statement furnished by the railroad company is not a true one, that it is taken from the published reports which were made up with the view of defrauding the State. The next step will be to try to pass a bill authorizing the Attorney General to proceed in the Amrts against the road for the collection of the $1,500,000 alleged to be due the State. The bill which has been prepared provides that if the debt is found to be a just one the State shall take possession of the road and operate it until the debt shall have been paid. The Legislature Tuesday, as for some time past, did nothing of importance. At the Republican caucus Tuesday night it was decided to stand by the apportionment bill. A half dozen Republicans had previously refused to Bupport it. It is Understood the bolters have agreed to abide by the caucus action. Representative Bellamy Sutton’s anti-French bill of fare amendment to the hotel bill was called up, but did not result in the sport that many had looked forward to. Mr. Sutton explained that he had never expected the amendment to become a law. “If others can get along with the French bills of fare at the hotels when they come to the city I can," he said. Without permitting a discussion a quick-witted member moved to lay the amendment on the •table before the discussion got started, and it was killed without a struggle.

Army Headquarters.

“The headquarters of fihe army,” said an army officer, “are where Gen. Miles is located or, at least, where he keeps his headquarters’ flag. Should be take his flag up in a balloon the headquarters would be up in the air. He seldom takes his flag with him when he leaves the city, but should he do so headquarters would be exactly where the flag is, whether he was in the cars or at a hotel. The law has never design nated an official headquarters. When Gen. Sherman moved his residence from this city some years ago to St. Louis the headquarters flag went with him, and the war department found it was no longer headquarters. Neither was there any way in which the department could find where headquarters were except by telegraphing for the whereabouts of Gen. Sherman and his Hag.”— Star.

Court Etiquette.

It is contrary to custom In the Austrian court for perishable articles to appear twice on the imperial table. The result is large perquisites for the attendants. To one man falls all the uncorked bottles, to another the wine left in the glasses, to another the joints, and to another still the game or the sweets. Every morning a sort of market is held In the basement of the palrfee, where the Viennese come to purchase the remains of the banquets. Long ago, In England, even the greatest men in the land were pleased to receive such perquisites. In the reign of Henry 11., for instance, the lord chancellor was entitled to the ends of one great candle and forty small ones per day. And the aquarius, who must be a baron in rank, received one penny for drying towels on every ordinary occasion of the king’s bathing.

His First Extravagance.

A story is told of a now famous American artist, who was seen, one day during his struggling days in Paris, with his clothes in the last stage of dissolution, and his shoes tied up with twine. But there was a wild gleam in his eye. “I’ve got a hundred dollars!” he shouted to a friend across the street, quite oblivious of the crowd—“a hundred dob lars, and I’m going to bny some shoestrings!”

Time by Telephone.

The telephone is now employed to give the correct time to subscribers, and even to wake them up In the morning. The operator at the exchange “rings up” the subscribers who desire to be waked at a certain hour. For this purpose it is, of course, necessary that the telephone apparatus and call bell should be placed In the sleeper’s bedroom. Reports from the Pacific coast say that never in the history of the West have so many people taken passage on the steamers for Alaska. The discovery of gold in certain parts of the far-off territory is, of course, the attraction for many, of the visitors; but the increased facilities for transportation and the possibility of seeing some of the grandest scenery in the world have induced many tourists to choose Alaska rather than Europe as their objective point.

For the Public Benefit.

Padua has now automatic savings banks. You put a nickel in the slot and - get a coupon. Five nickels entitle you to a book In the Savings Bank of Padna. The machines are very accurate, and refuseallobsoleteorßpurlous coins. The innovation is getting very popular and will soon be Introduced in other cities. The wheat of Southern countries contains more albumoids that than grown in temperate or northern zones, and hence is better suited for the manBfacture of macaroni. i •