Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1898 — Page 2

81)cpfinocrntitSnittitci J. W. BIcEWEN, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - * ' INDIANA

OFF POR THE ARCTIC.

WHALERS' RELIEF EXPEDITION RUSHING NOJITH. " • Officers Bid Their Friends Adieu and Eemme Their Journey to Port Bar-row-Vessel Men Alarmed by Low State of Water in Lake faperior, x Plunge Toward the Pole. The latest letter from St. Michael, Alaska/ at the mouth of the Yukon, tells of -the arrival there of Lieut. Jarvis and Dr. A. ,T. Coll of the relief expedition to the ice-bound whaler at Point Barrow. The writer says: “Lieut. Jarvis and Dr. Call are the vanguard of the overland relief expedition from the cutter Bear. The Bear on the 13th of December was in North sound, about eighty miles east of this point, where they ran into slush and ice. Fearful of going further north, Captain Tuttie turned southward, and on the 16th of December dropped anchor off Cape Vancouver at the mouth of the Kuskokwim river. On the 17th the overland expedition left Cape. Vancouver on their long journey by dog team to the most northerly point on the American continent. On the 2d Lieut. Jarvis and Dr. Call parted company with the others to push forward as rapidly as possible to Cape Prince of IVales and arrived here thirteen days from Vancouver. As soon as it was light enough to travel the morning of the new year, amidst the unearthly howling of a score of Malamoot dogs, the two brave fellows shook hands quietly with friends who had gathered to bid them godspeed, and, giving the word to their dogs, they again took up their journey to the norths’ MURDER IN MONTREAL. Dennis Clifford, a Wealthy Citizen, Found Dead on a Balcony. Dennis Clifford, a very wealthy ciftizen of Montreal, has been killed, §nd Joseph O’Meara, for many years one of the brightest young athletes in Eastern Canada, and for several seasons the cover point of the Shamrock Lacrosse Club, is charged with the crime. Clifford owned the store occupied by Mrs. O’Hare, O’Meara’s sister, and the stock was seized for rent. Fearing that the bailiff might allow the goods to be removed, Clifford decided to watch all night. At a late hour O’Jleara was heard talking to him, and shortly afterward Clifford was found on she balcony of his house dead, Clifford had lived there fifty years, and his holdings are said to be worth about $1,000,000, though he lived as would a man working for $1 a day. VESSEL OWNERS ALARMED. Low Depth of Water in Lake Superior Hurts Transportation Interests. There is a deficiency of thirty inches in depth of water in Lake Superior this spring and vessel owners are much alarm_ed over the situation. The boats now at ore docks and grain elevators at West Superior, Wis., are obliged to leave with their cargoes thousands of bushels short, which at present rates js a direct loss to transportation interests. The cause of the low stage of water is uncertain, as Lake Huron is high, and vessel men renew talk of a subterranean passage connecting Lakes Huron and Superior which drains the upper lake.

Section Hand Dies a ilero. Grant Henning, a railroad section hand on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was killed near Sedgwick, Kan. With his feHow workmen he had stepped away from the track on the approach of a fast passenger train. As the train approached he saw a heavy lifting jack which *liad been left lying across a rail. lle sprang forward and threw it aside, but before he couid jump backward the pilot frame struck him, crushing his skull. Whitely Plants Consolidate. It was given out at Springfield, 0., that the last deal connected with the Whitely plants has been closed in the purchase of the Whitely Mallmbie Iron Company’s plant by members of the new Whitely Manufacturing Company, which will eon-. trol the three shops recently purchased, viz.: Amos Whitely & Co., Wils< n Whitely & Co. and Whitely Malleable Iron Company. Victims of a Tennessee Fend. Near McGhee Station, Ten a., John MeGhee and his sou Joe shot and killed Henry and Ernest Howard and James Murrnud and mortally wounded Tom Howard. The Howards were brothers and sons-in-law of McGhee. The killing was the result of a family feud. The McGhees are prominent people and highly connected. Spain Sends Troops. A dispatch to the London Daily Telegraph from Gibraltar says the Spanish cruisers Cristobal Colon and Infanta Marie Teresa have left Cadiz for a destination undivulged, with six battalions; each 1,000 strong. Additional troops, the dispatch asserts, will leave Cadiz by the mail steamers during the next few days for Cuba. Fire Causes Heavy Loss. The most serious fire in the history, of Mannington, the capital of the Marion County, W. Vn., oil field, broke out in the’ new Commercial Hotel. The flames were beyond control when discovered. The building, valued at SO,OOO, burned like tinder, and the fire soon spread in all directions. The total loss was about $50,000. Kills a Woman and Himself. At St. Louis, while intoxicated John Celia shot and killed Mrs. Henry Carter, and then killed himself with the same weapon. Dr. Briggs Quits the Church. It is believed that the last chapter in the famous Dr. Briggs case has now been concluded. At a meeting of the New York presbytery a letter from Dr. Briggs was read, withdrawing from the Presbj-terion Church. The resignation was accepted. Fast Train’s Fatal Work. At Kenton, Ohio, a Toledo and Ohio Central fast train ran into the carriage of Michael McCann, killed his wife and laughter and the horse and fatally jnjured McCann. ’

Triple Crime in Alabama. Doualson was murdered in his store at Highland Park, Ala., and the store burned over his body. He lived alone, and, itrissaid, he had been hoarding money. This was generally believed. Legs, arms and head were completely burned, leaving only the trunk to identify the remains. Murder Tlrcir Jailer. Four prisoners confined in the Marysville, Ivan., jail for burglary murdered the jailer, B. C. Batterson, and made their escape. Trainmen arriving in Lincoln confirm the story and say that the * desperadoes stole four horses and rode to the north. A posse started in pursuit. George Gould Gives $15,000. George Gould, president of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, visited the Omaha exposition and was so highly pleased with the progress made in construction work and the apparent magnitude of the undertaking that he donated $15,000 to the enterprise. Get Tidings from Andree. Jack Carr, a former United States mail carrier, has arrived at Departure Bay, B. C., from St., Michaels via Dawson with advices from Andree, the balloonist. No details were given beyond the fgej; tfeftt .Carr bad advices from Andree,

SPAIN FACES MORE I ROUBLE. Rebellion Breaks Out AjfU-i lii'ths Philippine Isla ds. The rebellion in the Philippine Islands has broken out as serious as ever. War is raging on the Island of Luzon and is rapidly assnming the proportions of the rebellion of 1896-97. Attacks were made upon the Spanish quarters at Subig and Apalit and the rebels succeeded in capturing and carrying off large quantities of arms and ammunition. The whole of the northern provinces are affected. The natives refuse to pay taxes. Many of the rich natives and half-castes are closing their business places and are preparing to leave the islands. Two members of the civil guard were murdered in Manila a few days ago. The provinces of Sealbales, Tarlac and Pangasinan are in open revolt. News has just reached Manila that the telegraph land lines connecting the cable with Manila have been destroyed by the rebels near Bolinao.

ONE MURDER CAUSES FIVE DEATHS. Dr. Andrew d, Var’.ln of Wilm ngton, Ohio, Hangs H msalf In a Barn. Dr. Andrew J. Martin, one of the wealthiest and best-known men of Wilmington, Ohio, committed suicide by hanging. He was the father of John C. Martin, who has been on trial for six weeks for his life for the shooting of George McMillan last October. The father brooded over the tragedy and the incarceration of his son in jail unsettled his mind. While his wife was at the courthouse, testifying on behalf of the son, the father went to the barn and hanged himself. This is the fifth death in six weeks, or during the trial of the Mar-tin-McMillan ease, among the immediate relatives of parties concerned in the matter. STRIKE OF 4,500 COAL MINERS. In Violation of President Dolan’s Orders, Pittsburg D gzers Quit In direct opposition to the instructions of President Dolan before he left for Ohio, 4,500 miners in the Pittsburg district are now on strike. President Dolan panted the diggers to work in all mines where the operators evidenced a desire to comply with the conditions of the interstate agreement. The diggers, however, have refused to return to work until the new screens are in place. As a consequence idleness prevails at the river mines of W. H. Brown’s Sons, Redstone Coal and Coke Company, Knobb Co., C. Jutte & Co., Joseph Walton Company, John A. Wood & Son, W. W. O’Neil Coal Company, Henry Florsheim, J. E. Boyle & Co. and Bolon & Co. Mr. Ba’four Explains. The London House of. Commons was<= crowded with people anxious to hear the statement of Mr. Balfour, acting Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on the subject of the situation in the far East. Mr. Balfour enumerated the concessions obtained by Great Britain—namely: That the region of Yang Tse Kiang should not be alienated by any foreign power; that the successor of Sir Robert Hart as director of the Chinese imperial maritime customs is to be an Englishman; and that access to the inland waters is to be had by ships of all nations. A fourth concession, Mr. Balfour continued, occurred more recently—namely: the opening of three new treaty ports—Funing, Yochau, and Chin Wang. This, according to Mr. Balfour, was a considerable harvest for two months of negotiations. Relative to the German acquisitions of railroads Mr. Balfour said that, wherever they were they must be a benefit to British commerce. He believed neither Germany nor Russia had any intention of depriving Great Britain of any of her treaty rights in China. Germany had given assurances that the country acquired by her will be open to the commerce of the whole world. The interests of Germany and Great Britain in China were identical, and he believed the two countries would be able to work hand in hand. Russia had also given assurances, but he w T a» bound to admit that the form of those assurances had changed. Touching upon Wei Hai Wei Mr. Balfour said that Russia having secured Port Arthur on the maritime approach to Pekin Great Britain had secured Wei Hai Wei to balance matters. Loss of tlie Northwest, The big schooner Northw r est, which was being towed from Chicago to Buffalo by the steamer Aurora, w r as sunk in the straits of Mackinaw at the Waugoshance lighthouse by being cut through by the ice. s The crew' was safely taken off by the' steamer, Aurora before the boat went down. The Aurora, which also had the Polynesia in tow, continued on her way, making no report of the disaster at Mackinac Island. The news w*as brought by the steamer Raleigh, which had been cut through by the ice and was compelled to put into that place for repairs. The Northwest left Chicago with 76,600 bushels of corn, shipped by Counselman & Co. to Buffalo. The boat was insured for $22,000 in companies represented by C. A. MacDonald & Co. of Chicago. The cargo was insured for about $30,000. Both are believed to be total losses. The Northwest was owned by James Corrigan of Cleveland. This is the third large schooner which has been lost in the last six years while being towed by the steamer Aurora, the other two being the David Dows, lost off South Chicago, and the George W. Adams, sunk by the ice on Lake Erie two years ago. The big sfcel steamer Merida also suffered in the ice fields. Her steel plates forward of the collision bulkhead were cut and her forward compartment filled. She put into St. Ignace, where temporary repairs were made and she then proceeded on her way. The damage to the Raleigh will not be large, as it is thought her cargo is not insured.

Carnegie-O iver Pecpls Will Gain Control. One of the largest mining deals in the history of the Mesaba Range is about to be put through at Duluth. The deal contemplates the transfer to the Oliver Mining Company of the Franklin, Bessemer and Victoria mines, which comprise what is called the Franklin group and the Duluth and Pillsbury mines. The Franklin group is owned by James Corrigan and Franklin Rockefeller. The Pillsbury and Duluth mines belong to the Consolidated Mining Company. The deal will give the Carnegie-Oliver people control of ore production on the Mesaba. Shoot Down the Spaniards. A Spanish report says that a party of two hundred insurgents at the plantation of El Desquie, Province of Puerto Principe, Cuba, recently surprised twenty-five Spanish soldiers by ambuscade, killing one officer and twelve soldiers and wounding six soldiers. It is added that a detachment of 100 Spanish troops went to the assistance of the surviving Spaniards. The re-enforcements were surrounded and sustained considerable loss. Eruption of IV.auna Loa .Expected. Great excitement prevails in the Hawaiian islands. Two weeks ago the lava in Mauna Loa dropped 1,000 feet, and shortly afterward smoke was seen issuing from the crater, sometimes in great volumes and then again in short jets. For two weeks previous to the falling in of the lava there had been constant earthquakes, and it is also stated that there iad never been so heavy and so continuous a rain in the islands. V ct'ms of a Kentucky F*ud. A. B. Howard, former sheriff of Clay County, Ky., and his son, Will, were waylaid and killed. A feud has been raging between the Philpots, Bakers, Campbells and Howards for the last year. Twenty men have been killed during that time. 1 Kn:ck-Out K'l ed H m. George Stout of Philadelphia, who was knocked out by Oscar Gardner, the “Omaha Kid,” in a hot fight at Columbus; Ohio, died from the effects of the blow at the fit. Francis hospital, Mr*. Thurs o ■** Plaa Fu filled. Jft response to the plea of the late Mrs. John M. Thurston for the starring people of Cuba, the Slate of her adoption, Ne-

South Dakota, has sent to the Cubans a train of twenty-two cars loaded with food supplies. The task was undertaken of collecting supplies and cash in response to Mrs. Thurston’s appeal, and the call for donations was quickly and bountifully answered. Mass meetings were held all over Nebraska, entertainments were given and collections taken. In less than three weeks SII,OOO in cash had been collected and several tons of provisions. A considerable part of the cash collected was expended for meats and flour, and the stores filled twenty-two large freight cars to their utmost capacity. In addition to the trainload of snpplies, a check for $3,200 was sent to Stephen E. Barton, chairman of the central Cuban relief committee at New York City, to whom the food supplies were also consigned. The supply train was handsomely decorated with flags and banners. The total value of the cargo is estimated at $22,000. It is made up of bacon, flonr, cornmeal, condensed soups and milks, medicines and canned goods. _

THREE DIE IN A WRECK. Oar-Load of Dy samite Exp’odes While Crowing a Bridge in Montana. The worst wreck ever known in Montana happened on the Montana Central the other night. The dead are: L. Openheim, engineer; Charles W. Cockrell, fireman; A. J. Martin, head brakeman. Westbound freight No. 2p arrived at the Dry Forks bridge and proceeded to cross. The train was composed of sixteen loads, one being a car of dynamite, and five empties. When twenty-five feet on the bridge the dynamite exploded, wrecking the bridge and tearing ten cars to kindling wood. A hole was torn in the earth 50x25 feet and five feet deep. The bodies of two of the trainmen were hurled from the wreck, which immediately caught fire and was consumed. One of the bodies is slightly burned. The cause is unknown, but the supposition is that the car containing the dynamite whs derailed on the bridge, the jolting causing it to explode. WHERE THE MONEY” IS GOING. Assistant Secretary of War Tails How the $50,000,000 Is Divided. Assistant Secretary Meikeljohn of the War Department at Washington has made public a statement showing that up to this time there has been allotted to the department $9,279,167 from the emergency fund of $50,000,000 appropriated by Congress. The different bureaus receiving this money are: Ordnance, $4,233,767; engineers, $4,425,000; quartermasters, $500,000; signal offices, $120,400;. Of the entire amount allotted $927,805 has been expended, but as much of the work begun and the munitions of war bought is by the contract system the Government is liable for considerable of the remainder.

KILL THE JAILER AND ESCAPE. Four Prisoners Mutiny in the Lockup at Marysvil e, Kan. Deputy Sheriff Batterson was called to the door of the county jail in Marysville, Kan., by a man who dealt him a blow with a bar of iron that crushed his skull and caused his death. Stepping over his unconscious body the stranger unlocked the cells wherein were confined four burglars, releasing all of them. The discovery was not made until four hours later, when Sheriff Huff went to the jail to relieve Batterson from his watch. Bloodhounds were secured from Beatrice, Neb., and placed on the trail of the gang, which appears to have started east along the line of the Grand Island Railroad. Ocean Records Again Broken. Agafci the big German steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse has eclipsed all westward records between Southampton and New York. It crossed the ocean at an average speed of 22.09 knots. Its time, from the Needles to the lightship, was five days and twenty hours, or more than two hours ahead of its former record, which was made on its maiden voyage in September last. Train Kills and Is Wrecked. An accident in which one man was kill* ed was the cause of a second mishap injuring five persons on the Pennsylvania Railroad west of Fremont, Ohio. A man whose identity has not been learned was struck by a passenger train and instantly killed. The- train was stopped and a freight following crashed into its rear, wrecking three cars. Fears for Safety cf Americans. A dispatch has been sent from Washington to Consul General Lee telling him to leave Havana at once. The administration is much concerned regarding the safety of Americans in Cuba. General Lee had at his disposal five, vessels in which to take to the United States such as wish to go with him. v Fearful Fall cf Eight Men. A part of the new bridge for the Crow’s Nest Pass Railway over the St. Mary’s river, near Lethbridge, N. W. T., was blown down, carrying with it eight men. One man, named Ferguson of Renfrew, Ont., was killed, and the other seven seriously injured. The men fell about sixty feet. Destruc Ive Firs In Tokyn. News from the orient is that by a fire in Tokyo 15,000 persons were made homeless and 1,111 houses were destroyed. The fire started in the Harquikcho theater, and fifteen streets were laid waste. Demise of Margaret Mather. Margaret Mather, the actress, died at the Hotel Ruffner, Charleston, W. Va., after an illness that was of short duration. Miss Mather was suffering with nervous prostration. Deposed Mayor Is Elected. John M. Good, the Democratic Mayor of Springfield, Ohio, deposed in February for illegal use of money in securing his election, was re-elected by nearly 900 majority. Mount St. Helens in Eruption. Mount St. Helens, Washington State, a companion peak of Mount Rainer and Mount Adams, is emitting great volumes of smoke with every evidence of eruption.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.02 to $1.04; corn, No. 2,29 cto 30c; oats, No. 2,25 c to 27c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh. 9c to 10c; potatoes, common to choice, 50c to 05c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,93 cto 94c; corn, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 31c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,99 c to’ $1.01; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to No. 2,26 cto 27c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, Noi 1 2 red, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 53c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,96 cto 97c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; rye, 52c to 53c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 98c to 99c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2,50 cto 52c; clover seed, $2.90 to $3.00. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 3,29 cto 31c; oats, No. 2 white, %to 30c; rye, No. 1,51 cto 52c; barley, No. 2,40 eto 45c; pork, mess, $9.50 to SIO.OO. Buffalo—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c. New York—Cattle, S3A» to $5.50; hogs, SB.OO to $4.50; sheep, $3,00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.05; corn, No. 2, Sfle to 87c; oats, No. 2 white, 82c to 88c; butter, creamery, 10c to 28c; <*««, Wtrtew, W 9 *9 Ife -

PAYING THE PENALTY

BY HESCOTT

CHAPTER II. —(Ciutinued.) “It takes a schemer to make a fortune in any reasonable lengtlj of time now days, my boy. My intention is to have the friendship of every member of this household before we have been here a week. Yon must do the same. I will guarantee that girl, Julia, is praising me to the skies to her mammy right now, and telling her what a beauty I am to have a son of your age.” “Mother, yoh are handsome, and if the invalid should die. I have no doubt but you could wed the banker if you chose. You would not have to change your name this time.” “True, son, true; and thank you for your compliment. We cannot proceed any further to-night. Help me lift that tray hack into the trunk, and I will bid you good-night You will have to unpack some of yonr own wearing apparel before you retire, I suppose.” “Yes, and if you wish me to captivate one of our host’s daughters, I must be very particular about my attire.” “Certainly. Not only particular about your attire, but in your deportment as well. I foresee that much depends on the impressions of to-morrow. It will be one of the critical days of a lifetime.” “I agree with you there, mother; but time will shape our destinies.” “Not so! If we wait for time to shape them, we shall die paupers. Fools do that. We must shape our own destinies. When I was younger, I might have listened to such logic. Not so now. \ If we manage shrewdly we have a life of'luxury and ease before us.” \ “Mother, you appear grand are excited. You should have been ax actress.” A silvery laugh emanated from madam’s lips, and the words, “Ha, ha! I should have been, indeed. But how know you that I have not?” “You have never told me much of your early life, mother, or of how ” “I know. Well, perhaps some day. But now I think we have each a part to act. Action, must be our motto! And it must be in the right direction. Good-night, my son.” The widow imprinted a kiss upon the lips of the young man, which was twice returned before he left the room. For a moment the madam stood, gazing apparently at the closed door through which he had made his exit. Then turning, she seated herself in a rocker and thus mused:

“To-morrow morning we shall meet the son and daughters, and later I shall meet the banker’s wife. I wonder if she is confined to her room constantly—if she is a hopeless invalid. I shall soon learn. If so, so much the better. I told the boy the truth. Action must be our motto! at least mine. Earl will unhesitatingly pursue any course I may direct. He would follow me through fire, and I wotild have it so. I have trained him well. The strongest will must have ascendency. The strongest will is mine.” And the madam smiled complacently. “Humph! I have had a checkered life; I may have until the end. But my life’s ambition must # be satisfied. Wealth, wealth—l must, I will have Avealth! Twice I have thought it mine, and eachtime I had sacrificed myself for naught. This time—well, this time? I wonder really what is this banker's wealth. It would scarce make millionaires of us all. There are too many in my brother-in-law’s family. Oh, well, we shall see. “I must retire at once, sleep well, and look my best in the morning. Let me see how I have borne the journey.” And arising, the madam soon stood before a mirror. “To my eyes I look a little jaded—a trifle pale. No matter, I will have roses in my cheeks after eight or ten hours’ rest. “That banker looks like a confiding soul. I could see from his demeanor that he admired me. He may not be so easy to mould as was Andrew; but then, he was as putty. Lord! what a whiner over his calamities. Andrew died, slowly but surely died; and I am again a widow. “Wliat a life Dick Newberry led me! Rich one day, and poor the next. Race horses and whisky, whisky and race horses! I tired of that —tired of Newberry, and left him. He drank himself into the tremens and blew out his brains. ‘ “Then there is that other—how my blood boils when I think pshaw! Let me not dwell on the past to-night. “ ‘The sins of the fathers shall be visited on the heads of the children to the third and fourth generation!’ or words to that effect. That is scripture, and that reminds me that I have heard that the devil could quote scripture to serve his purpose. “Now for sleep! ‘Sleep that knits np ttye raveled sleeve of care’—and on the uhorrow, a furtherance of my plans.” Ten minutes later the madam was in the land of dreams.

CHAPTER 111. At the very hour of the arrival of Mrs. Andrew Kellogg and son at the Chicago banker’s residence, Amos Kellogg of Wilmington, North Carolina, was seated in the library of his home in that city, smoking his favorite long-stemmed pipe. Amos seemed in a thoughtful mood, and from time to time, as the smoke gracefully curled aloft, he removed the stem of his pipe from his lips, stroked his iron gray beard, bent his head as in a listening attitude and glanced toward the library door. “Surely,” he presently muttered, “the note said eight o’clock. It is that now. Let me read it again;” and crossing to a high, old-fashioned desk, he withdrew from one of the receptacles of the same an envelope, from which he abstracted and in low tones read the following: “Amos D. Kellogg, Esq.—Dear Sir: I shall call at your residence at eight o’clock to-night. Please do not fail to be in your library. I must see you on a matter of the gravest importance. If my surmises are right, a stern duty confronts you. Mr. Sellars, the detective, will accompany me. “DAVID M. STRONG, M. D.” “Yes, the note reads eight o’clock. He must see me at eight o’clock, and on a matter of the gravest importance. Lang Sellars, our great detective, to accompany him. I am completely at sea. . “Ah, there is some one at the front door now. Yes, and here comes Chloe. What now, Chloe?” “Mars Amos, Doctor Strong an’ another gemmen is call to see s you. I spec it’s Mars Sellars, de detective, case he’s powerful tall an’ he eyes look mighty sharp.” “Show the gentlemen into this room, Chloe. I was expecting them.” A moment later the doctor and his companion entered the library. “Good evening, doctor! Good evening, Mr. Sellars!” exclaimed Amos, rising to his feet and extending a hand to each of his visitors. “Pray be seated. I declare, doctor, your note aroused my curiosity. I have been trying to conjure up in my mind what grave duty can confront me in case your surmises are correct. But I will give it up. Why, you look as sober jls a deacon. Even the countenance of our great detective appears perturbed—something unusual.” “I doubt not,” said the doctor, “that what I feel it a duty to state to yon tonight will greatly surprise yon. I have a revelation to make that should have been made before. Indeed, I feel that I have been remiss in a grave duty that confronted me. I brought Sellars with we that we might have the benefit of his experience and counsel. “Well, well! Chloe 1" “le* winter," ‘ j

“Bring the deeanter from the sideboard, a piteher of water, glasses and sugftr. If I am to be startled out of my senses, I must fortify myself. Ah, here yon come. You may go now, Chloe. Close the door behind you. Now, gentlemen, join me in a toddy, and then for your revelation.” Amos proceeded to mix the toddies, the three men disposed of them; the doctor advanced to the library door, turned the key, and seats were resumed. “Oh, that was an unnecessary move, doctor,” said Amos. “There is no danger of interruption.” “We must be sure,” was the reply. “Also must we be certain that our conversation will be heard by none save ourselves.” “I declare, I begin to grow alarmed,” said Amos, “but rest assured that ypu may safely proceed.” “In the first place, then,” remarked the doctor, “is it a fact that Andrew’s widow has left Wilmington?” “Andrew’s widow!” exclaimed Amos with no little surprise. “What on earth —bnt then, you warned me that I was to be surprised. Yes, Andrew’s widow and her son ere now, I suppose, are with my brother Stephen in Chicago. I knew nothing of their intention of leaving here until the evening of the day of their departure. Andrew, you know, died insolvent. It seems that he left a letter requesting Stephen to look after the future of his wife and step-son. I was prepared to offer the young man employment; but Elinor, his widow, stated that Andrew requested that they leave the scene of his misfortunes behind. “I suppose he thought there would be better opportunities for the young man West than here. And then, Stephen is a banker, wealthy, and able to look after them. I concluded, after thinking the matter over, that they pursued the right course. Elinor, it is true, has been twice a widow; but she-is yet a comparatively young woman, handsome, and may marry again. But I fail to see ” “Wait!” said the doctor. “Did you see this letter purporting to have been written by Andrew —I mean the one to Stephen’?’ “Certainly. I read it.” “You are sure Andrew wrote it?” w “Why, certainly I am.” “Poor, deluded man!” “What? Who?” “Andrew.” “And why, pray? What in heaven’s name are you driving at, doctor?” exclaimed Amos excitedly. “This, Amos.” At this point Dr. Strong arose from his chair, advanced to the door, quickly unlocked, opened it, and glanced into the hall. “In heaven’s name,” exclaimed Amos, rising to his feet, “explain yourself!” Sellars, during this time, had remained seated near the library window, smoking a long-stemmed pipe he had taken from a collection on the mantelpiece when he had entered the room. Dr. Strong closed and relocked the door, then advancing to the side of Amos, he placed one hand on his shoulder as he leaned forward, and said: “Andrew Kellogg I believe to have been ruthlessly murdered!” “Murdered!” gasped Amos.

“Yes, murdered. And I believe that woman, his wife, Elinor Kellogg, to have slowly and remorselessly murdered him;” “Impossible!” exclaimed Amos. “You are crazy! To my knowledge she nursed him as tenderly as though he had been a child. I cannot believe a word of it—not a word! Why, you stated not a week before his death that you were treating him for gastric inflammation of the stomach. It is a late day, doctor, a late day, that you have made your discovery. You have certainly given me a surprise. Pray, when did you discover that Andrew had been murdered? How was he murdered? Speak now, speak!” “Be seated, Amos, and let us calmly talk this matter over. There is one chance in a thousand that I may be mistaken.” “Then you are mistaken,” said Amos. “Why, for three months Andrew was day by day gradually sinking into the grave. You, his attending physician during that period, pronounced his condition critical. Why have you waited until he was in the grave before coming forward with such assertions?” “I told you, Amos, that I had been remiss in a duty; and yet I know not how I could have been otherwise. The tenth of May, I was first called to your brother’s bedside. I found him suffering from gastric inflammation of the stomach, but did not consider his condition serious. I prescribed the usual remedies, and he improved rapidly. I doubted not thftt he would soon be completely restored to health and had ceased my visits, when I was suddenly called to his bedside again. I found this second attack more serious than the first, but it yielded to treatment, and again he was in a fair way to complete recovery. “Apparently without cause, I one morning found him suffering intensely and completely prostrated. His wife, as you stated, seemed all devotion and was constantly at his bedside. He rallied for a day or two, then dropped back lower than ever. The case was very peculiar.” “Well, I ” “Wait! Thus the case progressed. Each time he rallied I believed he was on the safe road to recovery; each time I was disappointed; without apparent cause he would suddenly lapse back into the old condition. Thus, as you are aware, time passed on; one day I was encouraged over his condition, the next day, discouraged; but never did I consider his case truly alarming. “On the evening of May first, in returning from a visit to a patient, I thought I would call ip and see Andrew. As I passed the gate, Earl came out of the house hat in hand. “ ‘I was just going for you, doctor,’ he said; ‘Mr. Kellogg has another relapse.’ “I hastened to his bedside and fonnd him in -convulsions, his wife seated beside him, wringing her hands. Andrew was, of course, unconscious, and in five minutes he was a dead man. I was appalled. His wife seemed heart-broken. “I immediately notified you of hiß death. That night I paced the floor of my office until dawn, and when I left the house had determined that Andrew Kellogg had been murdered —that he had met death at the hands of a second Lucretia Borgia —had been poisoned. I realized that I had been made a dupe of—had been misled in my treatment of his case, and resolved that an inquest should be held over his remains at once. I doubted not that a post mortem would justify my conclusions. “I made all haste to the residence to view the corpse before calling on the coroner. At eight o’clock I was there. Andrew Kellogg had been but ten hours a dead man. His body had been already embalmed.”

“I am perfectly satisfied,” said Amos, “that my brother died from natural causes. As you have stated, there may have been many peculiarities about the case, but of one thing I assure you—Elinor Kellogg was a devoted wife, and in your surmises you are doing her the grossest injustice. As for Earl—pshaw, doctor! this is all bosh. But why did you not go on and hold the post mortem?” “Of what use? The body of Andrew, I stated, had been embalmed. Embalming fluid is composed of the most deadly poisons. The cavities and blood vessels of the frame were filled with it. I was too late. Now, why such haste in embalming the body of her husband, unless to destroy proofs that he had been poisoned ?” “Oh, you are wild, doctor, wild! I myself ordered the undertaker to embalm the body not an hour after you had notified me of his death.” “At whose suggestion?” “What? Oh, well, wife and I were at the house twenty minutes after yon had notified me. We found Elinor bowed down with grief, and no wonder—she had .loit bar lecond buibaml | rtftttd that l

wished Stephen could gaze upon his features ere his body was consigned to the grave. Between her sobs Elinor asked me if it would not be well to embalm the body. The weather otherwise, you know, would have precluded preserving the remains for any length of time. I judged it would be best and ordered it done at once.” “And yet Stephen was not present at the funeral. How could he have been when the body was interred two days later?” “True; I afterwards realized the uncertainty of his being able to be present, even a week later, nud thought that by consigning the body of Andrew to the grave, I might in some slight measure mitigate the sorrow of his widow. Thus, you see, not a step was taken except by me, and all your theorizing falls to the ground. Andrew died from natural causes. I doubt not that your diagnosis of his case was quite correct, but all your skill could not save his life. Pray think no more of this matter, nor mention elsewhere your foolish suspicions. There is not one particle of evidence to establish your claims.” “Too true! And yet lam perfectly satisfied that Andrew died from poison of some kind, subtly administered. I felt it my duty to inform you. Certainly, as I told Mr. Sellars, there is no proof. Perhaps he might discover evidence. I removed from Mr. Kellogg’s room after his death, the remnants of all medicines I bad prescribed—they had not been tampered with. I had no license to open or examine trunks.” “You would have found nothing condemnatory.” “Th<r servants might have been the guilty parties.” “Humbug, doctor! There were no guilty parties.” “Then you do not feel disposed to follow the matter up, perhaps by a search of the madam’s effects even now?” “Doctor, you became needlessly alarmed. The only poison administered my brother was after his death. But if he had been poisoned, how could you establish the fact? Ask Sellars.” (To be continued.)

ANDREE’S MESSENGER.

The Killing of the Pigeon Bearing the Explorer's Dispatch. In the Century Jonas Stadling, a Swedish journalist, gave an account of “Andree’s Flight Into the Unknown.” To a later Century he sent a facsimile of the only message received from Andree since his departure, brought back by carrier-pigeon. In the latest Century Mr. Stadling has an account of the capture of this pigeon and a photograph of the bira. He says: It may perhaps interest the readers of the Century to know some details about its capture, condensed from the report of the captain of the whaler Aiken. On July 15, the Aiken was on the border of the drift-ice, In 80 deg. 44 min. north latitude, 20 deg. 20 min. east longitude. Between 1 and 2 o’clock in the morning the helmsman called out to the captain, who was sleeping in his cabin: “A strange bird has lighted on the gaff! You must come and shoot it, it looks so queer!” The captain, who had been sleeping soundly, gave a rather rough reply; hut the next moment his curiosity brought him to his feet and up ou deck. The bird resembled a ptarmigan; but as It was sitting close behind a block, the captain could not shoot withbut-risk of injuring the block. So he climbed up the rigging, with his rifle, and shot it, the strange bird falling forthwith into the sea. The captain commanded the man on the lookout, In a barrel fastened near the top of the mast, to come down and lower a boat, and fetch the bird. The man objected to taking so much trouble for a miserable little bird which probably was of no use. So the captain went to bed again, and the bird was left In the water. Having sailed for some distance, following the ice, the Aiken met with another Whaler. On hearing the sitory of the strange bird, the captain of the second whaler exclaimed: “Perhaps it is one of Andree’s carrierpigeons.” The captain of the Aiken, who did not know about Andree’s ascension, at once returned to the region where the bird was shot, and sent out two boats for a careful search, having been lucky enough to find “the strange bird,” Which indeed proved to be one of the carrier-pigeons, carrying the despatch of which I have sent the Century a facsimile. There can be no doubt whatever of the genuiness of the despatch. It is undoubtedly written in Andree’s hand, on the special paper which he took with him, and on which a line was printed: and I recognize the pigeon so completely that I can take my oath that it was among those taken with the balloon. The bird had flown about one hundred and twenty miles from the balloon toward Stockholm, and some twen-ty-four miles north again, from the nearest land to the whaler, on the gaff of which it sat down, so utterly tired •hat it at once put its head under its wing until it was shot. It could, of course, have been easily caught alive, If the captain had known that it was a carrier-pigeon.

A Transformed Empire.

Nothing is more wonderful than the difference between the Austrian Empire that wtas and the Austrian Empire that Is. I knew it above forty years ago, says a correspondent of London Truth. Then It was one of the cheapest countries in Europe, now there is no country dearer. In this it has kept pace with Germany. Bohemia is probably the wealthiest state of the Austrian Empire. The people there have always been comfortably off, and now they are well off. I never came across a village where the houses are not far better built than the English farm bouses and cottages. If there is no great luxury, there seems to be no want. But agriculture is not the sole industry. Factories are springing up everywhere. In all parts one sees tall chimneys. They are not picturesque, but they mean energy and the creation of wealth. The emperor is really a remarkable man. Practically and only the foreign affairs of his empire are in his hands, but so thorough is the belief in his honesty and good sense that he may be said to keep the empire together. He is no longer a young man, and whether the empire will fall to pieces after him is a possible contingency. The heir is a young man, whose health is so bad that he is not likely to live to Inherit the crown. His brother has only one specialty. He is, by the way, one of the best horsemen in the empire, bnt this is hardly a gift calculated to keep the various component and antagonistic parts of It in harmony. Recent investigations by Dr. LindenKohl have shown jbat the principal source of the Gulf stream is not the Florida channel, but the region between and beside the" Islands of the West Indies. At Blnienl the volume of this warm water is sixty times as great as the combined volume of all the rivers in the world at their mouths. The largest gasometer in the world is at East Greenwich. When full it contains 12,000,000 cubic feet of gas. It weighs 2,200 tons, Is 180 feet high, 300 feet in diametw. requires 1,200 tons of coal to fin u wltto g««, ana co»t vmdr

SILVER SENTIMENT.

It 8«ill Has a Strong Hold on the People who Think for Themselves. War talk has not diverted the attention of the people from the consideration of the political battle which was fought between the forces of gold monometallism and bitnoietallism in the autumn of 1896. William-J. Bryan has been given a most enthusiastic reception in the South, and has demonstrated, to the dismay of the gold clique, that silver sentiment Is deeper and broader and wider, more enthusiastic and more earnest than ever before. In discussing the triumphant tour of Bryan, the Washington Post, a newspaper devoted to the gold cause and opposed to the Democratic candM&te for President in 1896, says: “yhose eminent mngwumps and cuckoos who are trying to make themselves believe that Mr. Bryan is a dead Issue will do well to take careful note of the manner in which the people receive him everywhere along the route of his present journey. There can be no sort of doubt that Mr. Bryan received In New Orleans a welcome of unparalleled warmth and enthusiasm. Those Democrats who refused to accept the Chicago platform in 1896 were as zealous and as cordial In their attentions as the other Democrats—a vast majority—who stood by the party and its candidate.” Under the circumstances It would, perhaps, be just as well for the gold clique journals to restudy the theory that “silver sentiment Is dead.” Differences of opinion among Democrats are being harmonized, and Secretary Gage has been forced to admit that the battle of standards will have to be fought over again in 1900. This is not a propitious time to discuss political questions, but It is just as well to call attention to the fact that rumors of war, or even war itself, cannot divert the thoughts of the people from the vital question of bimetallism. —Chicago Dispatch.

Michigan and Lumber Duties. The furniture manufacturers of Michigan are turning against the Dingley law. They point to the disappearing forests of that State~and then to the new $2 duty on lumber, which shuts out the Canadian product, upon which they are coming to depend. It Is a duty excellently designed to stimulate forest slaughter in the United States, but the trouble In this case is that there are few more forests left to slaughter. So a united protest against the Dingley duty goes to Washington from the very State whjch, next to Maine, was supposed to be a chief beneficiary of the imposition.—Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Ingalls as a Populist. It would be a sight for gods and men to see ex-Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas running for Congress as a Populist candidate for the purpose or overcoming a big Republican majority in the first Kansas district. If Ingalls can really down his former party in such a struggle—and is willing to do so—the opportunity should certainly be given. And whether he can or not, it might be well to encourage the effort. The example would be valuably to many persons not yet fully awake to the versatility of politicians of the Ingalls type or to the wild and weird possibilities of Kansas politics.—St. Louis Republic. The Boodler’6 Pet Stronghold. Republican and mugwump spouters love to talk of the depravity of New York under Tweed and other Tammany bosses, hut they never refer to Philadelphia, where boodieism and all sorts of knavery have flourished for years, and where the people are worse governed and more shamefully plundered than those of auy other great city in the country. The developments now making of rascality in the Council of Philadelphia are only in line with similar revelations which have been made from time to time for many years past. In Philadelphia boodllng has been a fine art for more than a generation.—lndianapolis Sentinel. Sordid Commercialism Scored. Boss Hanna’s insolence was fittingly rebuked by Senator Thurston. The high priest of sordid commercialism, ready to sacrifice every thing to gain, stands for a group which is struggling to make itself a class and a caste, a group already laden with iniquity, and which Is now bent upon turning an Ignoble penny out of national perplexity. Senator Thurston ddd well to rebuke these men, and his words will be cheered by every honest heart, by every true patriot, by every man who hates wickedness and loves the light.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Began Under Democratic Auspices. The Philadelphia Press speaks of ‘k:he development of the modern navy as begun under President Harrison.” These are times when even party organs can afford to be fair. The “development of the modern navy” was begun under the first Cleveland administration, and the credit for the inauguration of the good work is due to William C. Whitney.—Washington Post. Disgusted Republican Organ. Thepersi&tent interference of the proSpanish party, represented in Washington chiefly by Secretaries Bliss and Gage, is having a disturbing effect both on Congress and on the people. American citizenship cannot endure the thought that a question of principle and duty can be determined or considered by the profits or loss of stock speculators or of anybody else.—New York Press. Patriotism of the Highest Order. The attitude of the Democratic party, from the inception of the Cnban crisis to the present moment has been in the highest degree patriotic. Mere considerations of partisan advantage have been utterly lost sight of, and the Democratic party has stood as one man in favor of a policy which would maintain the national honor and be worthy of the best traditions of the American people.—lndianapolis Sentinel.

John Handicapped by His Record / The general public will find it hard to (forget that the John Wanamaker who is to-day so vehemently denouncing political corruption in Pennsylvania is the same John Wanamaker who, ten years ago, fried that $400,000 out of Keystone State manufacturers for the Harrison campaign fund.—Manchester (N. H.) Union. Supposed Benefactors Mixed. The farmers out West are reported to be naming their babies after Joseph Leiter In honor of his services In making wheat sell at $1 or better a bushel. Alas, for the ingratitude and forgetfulness of man. Was it not McKinley who made dollar wheat?— Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Hanna Always Un-American. The American people are very tired of Marcos Alonzo Hanna. They have tolerated him for years. They will not stand him much longer. He has never said or done a thing which was not nnAmerican.—Wasliington Times. Marie Antoinette was the first person who broke the absurd fashion of dressing Infant boys ns droll miuiatures of their fathers. She attired the unfortunate dauphin in a simple blue jacket and trousers

THE PEOPLE'S MONEY

Free Bilrer Sentiment. When the election of 1896 made William McKinley President of the United States, the gold clique announced that free silver sentiment had been killed. Acting on this theory the advocates of gold monometallism scrambled eagerly for the honor of proposing a plan to put this country on the gold basis. The selfappointed monetary commission, the Indianapolis convention representing the “best business interests," the House Committee on Banking and Currency, Secretary of the Treasury Gage, and even President McKinley rushed oat plans and specifications designed to please the money power. But there has been a serious bitch la the proceedings. Free silver sentiment arose from the tomb and danced triumphantly through the United States' Senate, while the people applauded. -Now It looks as though the House o! 1 Representatives would be captured by the silver forces In next fall’s elections, and then, instead of a bill “to mote firmly establish the gold standard.” President McKinley may have preserted to him a bill for the remonetization of sliver. Co-operation on the part of Democrats, Populists aud free silver Republicans appears to be in a fair way for accomplishment on a just and broad basis, and with such an alliance the gold clique’s hopes of retaining control of the house will assuredly be disap>pointed. Under the circumstances the chances for “monetary reform” along the lines suggested by the precipitate enthusiasts under the direction of Wall street are exceedingly limited. It would be a good Idea for the advocates of gold whenever they get an Idea that silver sentiment Is dead to remember the motto which is impressed upon the people now: “It is better to know than to think.” j Money and Agriculture. In 1887, when the wheat area of Ar> gentlna began to be Increased moderately, one hundred dollars’ worth of gold was worth one hundred and thir-ty-five of paper; by 1890 the latter number bad Increased to 261, In 1891 It was 377, and In 1894, after a slight reaction, it was still as high as 357. It is abundantly proved by the evidence of \rgentiua witnesses that tbe paper dollar Is worth nearly, if not quite, as much as ever for almost alii the wheat growers’ requirements; and, therefore, it is clear that the gold premium Is, as it has been for years past, equivalent to an enormous bonus upon the production of wheat for export. In reference to the evidence adverse to bimetallism, the curious denial of the appreciation of gold by Lord Farrar is mentioned, while it is noticed that Sir Robert Giffen, tbe other principal monometallist witness, admitted the appreciation. As to Lord Farrar’s declaration that the abandonment of tbe gold standard would be a cruel and a wicked robbery of labor, and that It would be little less than wicked to persuade poor farmers that they ivould be better off with “more counters,” the commissioners remark that if, as Lord Farrar had maintained, prices had not been affected by changes in the standard, It is not clear how the reversal of those changes could - rob labor; while if the changes would tend toward a rise in prices, they fall to perceive the wickedness of persuading farmers that they would benefit thereby. # Moreover, they point out that some of the allegations of Lord Farrar are in conflict with statements in the report of tbe gold and silver commission signed by him.

Gold Standard Effects. The efforts of Great Britain to depress the bullion value of silver were fruitless for nearly seventy years because France kepf her mints open for free coinage, thus demonstrating the ability of a single country to maintain the parity of the two metals against the world. The United States is much stronger financially than was France at that time. It was greatly to the interests of the money lenders to have silver demonetized and gold made the only standard, because there is not gold enough In circulation in the whole world to pay one dollar In a hundred of the debts. It is therefore easily cornered and gives the banks the power at pleasure to squeeze debtors, create panics, reduce values and rake In the wreckage they have caused to the extent of hundreds of millions at a time. The shrinkage of values In tjie United States alone since tbe demonetization of silver in 1873 is estimated by Senator Chandler as not less tban sixteen billions of dollars, or five times tbe cost of the civil war, but this does not include the loss of wealth by curtailment of production, in consequence of under consumption, due to tbe pauperization of the laboring classes and their consequent Inability to purchase, very frequently, even the food required to sustain life. Why was silver demonetized If snch serious consequences were known to be the probable result^? The story of tbe demonetization of sliver discloses one of the most stupendous crimes ever perpetrated in the history of nations. The demonetization in the United States was tbe result of fraud and without the knowledge or approval of Congress or tbe President.

Thumping the Premier.

Cowper thought lightly of the man who “proves, by thumping on your back, the sense of your great merit.” But the dignified, pynlefli prime minister of Great Britain once enjoyed Such a “thumping.” The New York Tribune tells the story: At a public convention in London the other day one of the delegates, noticing, as he supposed, a friend, hurried up to him, and giving him a hearty slap on the back, said: “Hello, old boy! Politics continues to agree-with you, eh?” The portly man turned slowly around, and revealed the distinguished features of the Marquis of Salisbury, who said, smiling pleasantly: “Yes, thank you; politics does continue to agree with me." The delegate was horror-struck at his mistake, mumbled a confused apology and beat a hasty retreat. It Is holieyed that the prime minister must have enjoyed the joke very much, for later in the evening he was seen to he relating to Several friends some incident which provoked hirn and them' to a great deal of laughter. Arthur Nlktsch, the symphony doctor whom Boston did not appreciate, has Just concluded a» ® u *s*°* meat for life as conductor « y* wandbaus concert*. Ha *elebrated it t 7 |lTlD| « MUM* Wt« »«****. ,