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who lived but two miles from the village, and Mizraim, wha had loyally re-: mained upon the old place after eman- - eipadion, felt that all the responsibilities and duties of the coming event rested upon his shoulders. oOld Mizraim, his wife Dinah, who later passed to her reward, and his daughter Piney were the only ones of the old. servants whc;i lived on with their master, the hundreds of others seattering in every diréction after they were set free. i : “Marser needs me, n’l ain’ gwine; nuther’s you, Dinah.” | ; " “Who done said I wuz?”’ demanded Dinah, indignantly. |- ' Piney grew up under her mother’s care, was taught all {the mysteries of Ther skillful cookery atj;d succeeded the old woman when she died. Piney despised the ’“Lincoln-frﬁed"ni'ggers,” as she termed them, and as there were no others thereabouts she had remained single. { ¢ &s Mizraim and Pi'n"fy stood under a’ Big magnolia that gresw near the kitch¢n door, the old man seratched his gray iocks and said: *“*Piney, huccum dey sagek sich er furse erbout Ginrul WashAn’'ton’s butdae?* = - : The daughter endeayvored to explain “¢he part taken by the immortal hero in the strngglefor independence, coneluding withey 0 o 1 ' & ‘“‘He was the Father of Hig_Country, paw.” - i - - “De farder of all dig yere country, po’ white trash an’ all? Den, lawsamussy, ef L.wuz him I'd be p’'inted ershamed er mysel’. I don’ see no use er bufdays Jmohow. Dey juast naterly keep on er 'mindin’ yer dat yer!s ergittin’ older “% de time, 'n’ my achin’ bones done tells ime dat. - Whuh Ginrul Washin’ton v k) 7 ; M Why'paw, hé'§"Béen daid jamby er hannerd years.” : “Gilomng, gal! Den white folks is bigger fools den .I t'ought. Watter gwod gwine do ter him 'n’ he daid?” . “It's to larn the livin’ how good he wuz ah’ how he fow't an’ saved this country 'n’—? 1} L “Look er here, gal, idoes yer teck me fer er fool? Did he dp all er dis yere on his bufday? Den whatter dey wanter hab it on datter day? Butl jlsser don meckin’ mysel’ sick worryin’ ober de foolishness er white folks. Shet up, Piney, shet up.! Dar dome Miss - Gracey now.,” e The old negro pulled off his somewhat battered hat and began to bow and scrape in acknowledgment of the presence of a most beautifuland charmdng young woman, who smiled pleasantly upon him and his curtseying daughter. o m ‘ “*Now, Unecle Mizraim, you know we do have to depend upon you. Can't you get us some nice fish and game? You know we shall have company on the - Twenty-second.” | .

“Yaas'm, Miss Gracey, yaas'm, I kno“é, but yer see hit's pooty soon fer de shad 'n’ hurrin’ ’'n’ ruther late fer a fat wil’ tuckey. I mought git—" -

*‘ll knew you would, Uncle Mizraim. lam especially anxipus that everything shall be pleasant and nice and am sure you will make an extra effort to please mell i Bl 3

“Datter de way,” grumbled Mizraim, when the young lady had passed on. “Hit’'s Mizurm dis/ 'n’ Mizurm dat, 'n’ Mizurm tother,” amd he went off muttering.. ' - i :

“‘La, paw ’ould be mis'able ef he - couldn’ complain. ’Sef I didn’ know he druther be in ja muss nur eat,” laughed Piney, as . she entered her realm. e - - Elton Temple was an old-school Vir@ihia gentleman, whose blood was blue - as indigo and ran unsullied back to neble lords in old; England. He was disposed to regard with great favor the marked preference shown his daughter by the gifted young lawyer who would be his guest in a day or two. Marton s family was as ancient as his own and more than once the blood of that line had blended in marriage with that of the Temples. 1 Col. Temple was a very proud, yet a very worthy; and, upright man. He ‘had served the south faithfully ‘during its secession struggle, and at the close “of hostilities surrendered in good #aith, becoming K obedient unto the aws. Without repining he accepted the results of battle, bearing up bravely under the loss of negroes, stocks, - bonds, notes, depreciation in land values, ete., and resumed his planter life under the changed conditions, dealing justly by the freedmen as he formerly ~ had aeted humanely to his slaves. *Washington wag hisapotheosis. ;One ~ of his male ancestors had married a Washington axnd he gloried in the conwmection. It waslargely through hisin- . Auence that the celebration of the hero’s ~ satal day was,determined upon, and it " man u}‘mn his advice that young Mart:’on'.? < was chosen orator. - : v . The eolonel’s ereed w;a;}isimplzii ,Hg‘,: ' aecepted the-orthodox faith, worshiped 6 &F;%nﬁ oaacnd wite adored b badgrehiil and: held ‘that the word | GLW b iB5 o ok oo s é“*:l%i ceit and never for, e,: - doncll, be believed in dueling, and R ,z"’ﬁwdvng aLt

maintained stremmously that the law was made only for the weak. .MHe had no patience with those who appealed to the arbitrament of the courts. Still he was a most gentle, quiet man who never ' disputed, declined to take any active part in politics; and entertained with an easy grace that is the eharm of true Virginia hospita ity. - 1t was the evening of the day before the 22d of February and the eolonel drove home from Woodville in excellent spirits. Every arrangement had been thoroughly completed and thé weéather promised to be auspicious on the morrow. Before he entered the house old Mizraim encountered him. -

‘‘Deed, marser, it doseem laick eberyt'ing tote fa’r fer us. De ice’ouse er plum full er game ’n’ fish 'n’ Piney’s frowin’ -hersel’ away on de cookin’ an’ hit looks somefin’ laigck de good ol’ times afo’ de wah, marser.” { This intelligence added to the good humor of the all-hospitable master of the house, whose handsome face was covered over with a smile as he entered the great: hall of the mnoble old ' colonial manor that his greatgrandfather had built. He was surprised that Grace did not greet him according to her custom, for he was surdd she must have heard his voice. Searching anxiously about he found her in a corner bathed in tears and sobting as though her heart would break. “Why, pet, what in the world is the matter?”

Without uttering a word she placed in his hands a Richmond paper and pointed to a brief paragraph. His eyes opened wide in astonishment as he read: 5

~ ‘“Cards are out for the wedding of Howell Marton, Esq., the brilliant young lawyer, and Miss Hattie, daughter of John W. Powell, the well-known capitalist of the city.” The father was silent fqr some moments as he stood over his idol, whose hair he stroked gently. Finally he asked, in unsteady tones: - “Did you care for him so much, pet?” ; i ‘0 father,” cried the girl, passionately, as she threw her arms upward and clasped them about his neck. *Was there—did he ask you to be his wrife?? £ o 3 ;

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WRESTED THE WEAPON FROM THE OLD MAN’S HAND.

making complaint to its mother, that while no formal betrothal had taken place she had every assurance of his love and, indeed, it was his expressed purpose to ask her hand in. marriage during the coming visit. She couldnot, understand his perfidy; she must not, she could not doubt, yet there were the words in cold, cruel type. “He is an unmitigated sconndrel, and you must forget him, my child.” Then he sought to soothe her by comforting words, but, alas! there is no balm for a heart thus wounded. Man’s perfidy is more, cruel than the knife of the assassin or the poison of the asp. : : ; After a long time he persunaded her to go to her room and seek sleep; but, as for him, he walked his apartment all night. His face grew very stern in this long vigil and there was infinite menace in it as he came out to his breakfast. Grace had sent word that she was unable to leave her room, but she insisted that he take part in the day’s celebration. [Learning from his daughter’s maid’ that her mistress was in no alarming condition, the colonel left the house in search of Mizraim. =

~ ““There will be no ‘compaln'y here today and you may tell Piney that she need not go to your young mistress for any orders.” : ' “Look er yere, marser,” began Mizraim, with the easy freedom of a lifelong favorite, ‘‘dar’s de—" o “Shut up, sir. Do as I bid you,” and the colonel turned sharply away upon his heel. : e

“Well, I clar’ to goodness-gracious, I know’d marser wuz ergittin’ ol’, but 1 nebber t'ought he were gwine crazy. Dat de fus’ time in his life he was imperent to ol’ Miz, 'n’ dat a sho’ sign he losin’ his min’. I mus’ p’int'dly Took arter him, sho’ly.” The day was glorious. A gentle southwest wind blew fragrance from the great swamp, rustling the mistletoe clumps in the boughs of the big gum trees and waving to and fro the pendant graymoss that hung down from the spreading branches of the ‘great beech trees on the ridges, which seemei like so many giants with long, h straggling locks. It touched the slender fingers of the pines until they played a mournful melody and caused the bright green leaves of the bay tree to send forth ripples of laughter. The gloomy colonel, however, as he passed in turn the swamp, the beech and the pine groves, had no eye for the weird scenery and no ear for the voeicesof the stirred trees. ‘ - Equally heé did not regard the immense crowds that had already gathered in.the streets of Woodville, The ‘,igxg‘a)siug‘ pageant was lost upon him. 1e spoke now and then to those wlio ‘addressed him, but he moved about as one i a dream. Still less did he op‘serve that old Mizraim had followed :g;wtotown and was dodging about The train which brought Marton was. A el Re T R e T

‘delayed more than two homrs, so that the parade was over: and the crowd. had been gathered for some time about the speaker’s stand ‘before ke reached the groumds. - 't’he stalwart, "handsome young fellow, with &kis long, wavy chestout hair, his piercing brown eyes and deep-toned, magnetic voice fairly captivated his audience before he had uttered a dozen sentences.’ It seemed as thowgh he were a beimg who had lived and moved with Washington 1 and gained his confidence, so that he knew his inner soul. In most graphic manner he told of the simple life of the planter of -‘Mount Vernon, the heroie endurance of the eommander of the | tattered forces at Valley Forge, the master spirit of the constitutional eonvention, the supreme first president of - the republic. Then he closed with an | impassioned outburst, in which he recited the exalted virtues of the im- ! mortal Washington and urged the | emulation of them upon his hearers. ‘ The orator uiterly eclipsed his previ- | ous fame and the audience was carried away with enthusiasm, all save a stern-visaged white man and a skulking old negro. Col. Temple had not heard a single word. His heart was with his idolized girl. = While the | excited people | rent the air with | huzzas, he made his way through the crowd, that respectfully divided at his . approach. i

‘With bowed head he was slowly msking his way towards the Woodville tavern, when a|bright, cheery voice said: i

“Why, colonel, I'vé looked for you everywhere. Where is Miss Grace?” “You infamous scoundrel! A friend of mine wiil see you without delay,” cried the ol@ man, passionately. “What can be !the matter? Are you 1197 i

_ ‘““Away, sir, or there will be murder. Do you hear? I would take no mean advantage.” i ] The young man regarded the retreating form of the old soldier with grave concern, when a voice at his side said: |

“Marser How'l, o’ marser lose his haid; he’s gettin’ ol'. You jis’ see Miss Gracie,” and h(ﬁzraim hastened after the colonel.

Three houts later, ‘and it was near the setting of the sun, Col. Temple and his most intimate friend, Judge Lofton, rode slowly up the broad lane that led

to the Temple mansion. They were conversing earnestly s they dis mounted. . b

‘I insist, judge, that you follow him to Richmond and demand satisfaction. I cannot understand how he could have disappeared so quickly.”

Mizraim, after his master fell into the company of the judge, had hastened home and now stood by the side of the colonel, who suddenly started forward, as he cried: : ¢

““There is the .villain,” and, carried away with infinite passion, hastily drew a revolver, leveling it at Marton, who was advancing and scarcely ten paces distant. The excited man did not perceive that his daughter was fast approaching from the house. ‘‘Papa,” she cried in glad accents, not observing his tragic movement. The eyes of Marton had been fixed upon the girl too, and he had seen nothing. Mizraim, who had not lost a gesture of his master, rushed forward and wrested the weapon from the old man’s grasp, concealing it about his own person and then quickly returned to the horses. g

The amazed colonel saw' his lovely daughter enfolded in the embrace of the man he had been so near to killing, and then, turning to the judge, cried in dismay: G : ; “I have indeed been mad. I should have known that no Marton could do a dishonorable thing.” - “Colonel,” said Marton, approaching with the happy girl at his side, ‘‘Grace and I desire your consent to our marriage. That newspaper paragraph was an infamous—" " ¢

“Gentlemen have no need to make explanations one to another, my dear Marton. You may have Grace, and may God bless the union. " Excuse me for a moment,” he cried, asthough suddenly reminded of an important duty. Then he hastened in the direection of Mizraim, who was leading away the horses. ‘, : “Mizraim, I have changed my mind. Tell Piney to cook such a dinner as she never—"’ by : !

“Look er yere, marser, wnz yer ’sposin’ I minded watter you done said dis mornin'? Disser’s Ginrul Washin’ton’s bufday, so I jis’ done tell Piney nuffin’, ‘ceptin’ dat ef she didn’ git er meal better 'n’ her mammy eber done cook I'd gin’ her a good lammin’. Gitup dar yer lazy critters.” ; \ ‘ Wirpias Rosser COBBE.

Could Trip the Light Fantastic.

Although Gen. Washington was a military commander and a leader of successful armies, he was also a flower of. chivalry in times of peace, and at his own inauguration ball he is described as dancing two cotillons and @ minuet. Historians also speak of a visit he made to Annapolis, where he opened & ball given by the citizens in his honor, with Mrs. James Macubbin, one of the most beautiful women of that age.—Detroit Free Press. : RGP . b by e St 3 ior ] 3

PUT TO TORTURE.

Inhuman Methods Said to Have Been Employed i Hawaii.

1t Is Alleged that Government Officials Strung ap American Up: by tbe ° Thumbs to Force Evidence from Him. !

SiN FraNeisco, Feb. 18.—The following story from Honoluin is printed in the San Franeisco Call: i “The success of the government of Hawail in conducting its treason cases was due to the incriminating evidence given %y Capt. Willlam Davies of the steamer Waimanolo.: The mannerin whick the sworn statement was wrung from Davies is interesting as showing the peculiar process: at present existing in the Hawaiian islands. : . :

“*‘Davies and his msate, Knudson, were arrested on the mornimg of January 5. Knudson made a confession, telling what little he knew. Davies, who is an American citizen, refused any information, and while protesting his innocence demanded an interview with the United States minister. This was refused. Davies was then taken into. the prison | yards, where he was shown twa ringbolts in the wall above his head. The uniformed inquisitors of the government then gave the captain to understand that if a complete confession was nos forthcoming he weuld be strung up by the thumbs. s i “Davies did not flinch, but said that if the American minister could not come the l consul-general should be informed that he. was an American citizen and wished to we‘} him. His protest was. in vain. His legs| were bound below the knees and this thumbs were lashed with whipcord to the bolts. A cord was placed below)| him, so that the unfortunate man’s toes| just touched it. Dawies was . stripped| to the waist, while Marshal Hitoh-| cock, Attorney General Smith and. Sut-g geon Cooper, with a stenographer; awaited the statement which they believed would be forth-| coming. , | “They were mistaken. Davies would notf weaken. Sweat oozed from- every pore. Thei strong man in his agony begged for water to| slake the thirst that consumed him. The tendons of the victim’s limbs stood out like| strands of rope; blood wvessels knotted on hisf arms and legs, swelling as if ready to'burst. Hijs tormentors vainly urged him to implicatd all known to’' be politically opposed to their metm\)eds. Davies refused to surrende; the secret he had sworn to: protect. At last, when it was apparent by his respiration that it would be impossible to hold out longer; na< ture succumbed and Davies, cursing the ﬂendsil who were torturing him, fainted. { “Dr. Cooper used salts of ammonia to re* vive the captain, who had passed into the painless realms of unconscious+ ness, As soon as he revived two negro convicts suspended him - again by the thumbs. This inhuman opera+ tion was begun at noon, and it was 6 o’clock in the evening before Davies, more dead than alive, made the statement that respited him from the inhuman barbarity of his persecutors ‘*‘Another case of torture was brought t¢ light in ,the military inquiry. A young nativﬁ who was kngwn to be intimate witk Carl Widderman was handcuffed at -the wrists. Then he was placed in a tank of ice-cold water and was kept there umtil cinculation of the blood in his extremities ha@ almost ceased, and Dr. Cooper., who appears in the unenviable light of an arch-inquisitor, ‘declared that action of the heart was almost suspended. The chief of police, Marshal Hitch-~ cock; had the young Kanaka taken from th tank, and, after being restored from his condﬁ tion of semi-consciousness, the torture wals again administered. Flesh and blood could stand such inhumanity no longer, and the much-needed confession was given.” | WASHINGTO;I, Feb. 18.—In ofﬁcicll circles the telegraphic reports through private channels that American citi-zens.-are being tortured by the Dole Hawaiian military despotism to forqe them to give evidence against suspects are not given sericus credence. There are many things connected with this latest batch of Honolulu news that stamp it as nine parts fake to one part truth, and where the fake ends and the truth begins is a perplexing question. There is official - confirmation of the statements th%t_ the Dole government is resorting to unnecessarily harsh measures in this emergency, but it is not believed th'?tt the leaders of the sham republic would deliberately incite the disfavor of the American people by committing atrocT'ities of the sort indicated. - |

FILLED WITH LEAD.

A Wife Murderer Shot Dead in Ilis Cell by Lynchers. : [

KixesToN, Mo., Feb. 18.--About 2 o’clock Sunday morning a mob of masked men, supposed to be negroes from Hamilton, surrounded the sheriff’s house here, caught and bound Ben Goldworthy, whose deputy was awa{y, took the keys from him and gained entrance to the jail corridor with &w avowed purpose of taking out and hanging George Tracy, a megro, VVEO shot and killed his *wife at Hamilton, in this county in January. Inside the mob were unable to get into the steel cell in which Tracy was confined with two other mnegro prisoners. Tracy crawled under his bed, and the mob began shooting through the bars|of the cell door and succeeded in putting six bullets into his body, killing him instantly. The sheriff made all jhe resistance he could, but was overpowered. The prisoners contined ih a cell with Tracy eseaped unhurt.” | . _Tracy was a bad character and ILad lately served a jail sentence for shgoting a negro. He had some years ago lost both legs just below the knees, being run over by a 'train which he was trying to board to escape some Kansas officers. | : o

MANY SI"”PS OVERDUE. ‘ Twenty-¥ive Thought to Have Been i‘ost : with Their Crews. . Sa

- NEW YoRK, Feb, 18.—Much anxiety. is manifested among the owners of small ceast sailing vessels as to the safety of a fleet of about twenty-five ships which are supposed to have been lost in the blizzard of a week ago. fThe crews of the missing vessels avenage about ten men to each, and the tptal value of the carges is about a quarter of a million dollars. Most of the vessels are owned by New Yorkers.

Goes to the Uhrist:an Home., | BATAVIA, O.; Feb. 15.—The will of Mrs. Sophie Rhodes was probated here. Her estate 1s valued at $12,000. She bequeathed her property to her son Eul gene. In the event of her son’s death her husband was to have all the income of the estate. and at the Jhlisband’s death the entire estate was to go to the Young Women’s Christian home of Washington, D. C. The husband died i Cincinnati three weeks ago. Mrs. Rhodes and her son E\l%'éne went down with the steamer Elbe and the Washington institution willl get the property. | : ' Aged Man Sued for Livorce. | - URBANA, 0., Feb. 18.—For fiftyifour years James Crabb and his wife }\lmu garet have shared life’s joys and sorrows, and the marital relations of the gged couple may be annulled at the instance of :the wife, she having filed suit for divorce and charged infidelity and neglect of duty. He is 82 yeax]s old and Lis wife 81, S : Insane Man Buicides. | ] : GENEVA, 0., Feb. 18.—8. Beany, an pged and respected citizen, eut his throat with a razor Saturday morning, dying almost instantly. tis _thought he was insane from illness: ! SRR et L L RRnEG .

DEBS WILL TELL. Pronyises.to Discloge Evidenge to Have '~ ‘Been Sabmitted at His Trial. | TerRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 18.—Eugene V. Debs will speak st the Auditorimm fn Chicage on Thursday evening, February 28. "He says he will tell the public at that meeting something of the evidence that would have been snbmitted in the trial of the

conspiracy ease had mot Juror Coe’s illness brought the trial to an untimely end. He does not believe there will be another trial. The government understands that there would be little or no chance of a convietion and the railroad companies fear the exposure of what he calls. the ‘‘general managers’ conspiracy.” -

| Mr. Debs says that the defense, had | eighty witnesses yet to be heard, and | that some of them would have given | testimony that would have startled the ;i country. 'The purpnse would have | been to prove that the general man- ' agers were the real conspirators who brought on the rioting and whose . emissaries destroyed - property to the end that the military might be called into service. Mr:. Debs will tell . what this testimony would have been. | He will show that the record of the proceedings of the General Managers’ ' association affords proof that the'asso- ' ciation violated severallaws, especially ' the one against blacklisting. This | record also shows thata conference was - held with Mr. Pullman and Mr. Wickes . at which the latter gentleman was told 'by the general managers that the ' Pullman company must not consent to _arbitration; that the railroad companies wanted to make use of the op- ' portunity to annihilate the' American Railway union; that they wanted to , reduce wages and first wanted the union out of the way, and that it yvas . agreed that the cost of any strike on a railroad saytem was to be shared byall the companies in the association.

A BAD SMASHUP. Disastrous Wreck in Oklahoma—Two Men Killed—Many Persons Hurt. GuTHRIE, -O. T., Feb. 18.—Just before midnight Saturday the Galveston express on the Santa Fe road, loaded with Texas excursionists, collided with a stock train at a curve 5 miles south of this city.. Passenger Engineer Frey and his fireman saw the danger in time to jump, and escaped serious injury. "The trains were running at a high rate of speed when they came together. The two engines were buried into each other one-third their lengths. A dozen freight cars piled into one great heap and the baggage, express and the mails of the passenger train completely telescoped and demolished all in an instant. Engineer Charles Uppleby, of Topeka, Kan., anad fireman Coldron were killed. A dozen other trainmen were injured badly. - Many passengers were: badly bruised and -cut by broken glass, but none fatally injured. Justice H. W. Scott, of the supreme court, . was badly biniséd, as was Senator Scott and Representatives Brown, Willing and Sutton. None of the. through ‘passengers were injured. .Seventy head of cattle were killed and many injured. &" ; The loss to/the railroad company will exceed $50,000. The stock train had been ordered to stop at Seward, 3 miles south of the wreck, to pass the passenger. Why it did not will never be known, as Engineer Uppleby, who received the orders and had them ‘in his pocket, was instantly killed.

EXONERATED. . Jolin Mcßride Declared an lonest Man—e His Accuser Denounced. CoLuMmBUS, 0., Feb. 18.—The miners’ convention at its session Saturday morning declared ex-President John Meßride to be an honest man, denounced Mark Wild, who made the charges of bribery, asa demagogue, and nnfit to enter a convention of henest men, and as a climax 7 resolution was adopted expelling Mr.” Wild from the convention. ! - 'ln making the report Mr. Lewis said that the committee, while uunanimously agreed that Mr. Mcßride had been guilty of no corrupt practices whatever, yet they were of the opinion that he had been indiscreet in handling the money given him by the coal operators ‘and which he gave to Mark Wild. - - A resolution was also adopted exonerating the mnational officials from the eharges of alleged corruption, made -against them by President A. A. Adams, of the Ohio miners, in the settlement of the miners’ strike, and expressing “the utmost confidence in them. .

GERMANY FAVORS SILVER. Reichstag Passes the Resb_lution for an International Monetary Conference: BeRLIN, Feb. 18.—The reichstag has adopted the resolution submitted Friday by Count von Mirbach instructing the federul government to issue invitations for an international monetary conference to, take action for the rehabilitation of silver as a circulating medium. Prior to the adoption of the resolution Count von Posadowsky Wegner, secretary of state for the imperial treasury, on _behdlf of the government, declared its’sympathy with ' the object aimed at by the resolution.

Big Crowds Hear Gen. Booth

BostoN, Feb. 18.—Gen. Booth. commander in chief of the Salvation Army, addressed three big mass-meeftings at the Mechanics’ building Sunday. In the evening the hall was crowded to its utmost capacity, and it is estimated that his hearers numbered at least 25,000 people during the day.

Three Doys Perish by Fire.

Bay City, Mich., Feb. 18.—The onestory frame house of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Seymour, at Lewiston, 100 miles north of this city, was totally destroyed by fire Saturday night, together with contents and inmates, three boys, aged 4, 7 and 9 years. The parents were away attending a dance. It is supposed that there was an accident. Frost Killing Sheep by Scores. e ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb. 18.—The ground Ys covered iwith snow 4 to 6 inches deep and many sheep are dying on the mountains and plains from the cold and lack of food. i A Woman’s Distressng Death. : CArLnounN, -W. Va., Feb, 18.—Mrs, Henry Wagoner, while sitting before a coal fire, became overcome with dizziness and fell head first into the open grate. The combined efforts of her three little children were not sufficient to drag her away and her head was soo terribly burned that she died in an hour. Gl e fiaal o Many Perish from Cold. = . Opgesss, Feb. 18.—Fearfunl spowstorms are prevailing slong the RussoAustrian frontier. The trains are in“terrupted and many deaths have been caused by the extreme cold. . o i AL o +

THE GENTLE SEX.

& “Congress*of ‘Women Meets to liscuss S : "Vurlons ;TO'plcl- o )

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—To-day the largest organization of representative women in the new world will begin its trienmnial session at the capital of the natien. The meeting will last two weeks, during which time all the great questions in which women are interested or involved will be discussed by the braihiest and most brilliant members of the sex. The organization is the National Couneil of Women of the United States, of which the members are selected with the greatest care and with respect to thejr ability, status and learning. Practically the national council is a federation of eighteen vast organizations, nearly all of which enjoy world-wide name and fame. These organizations are as follows: : e The National ‘American Woman’s Suffrage’ association, which has_ just held a very successful convention in Atlanta, Ga.: the Wom=an’s Centenary association of the Universalist church,‘the National Woman'’s Christian Temperance union, better known by its initials W. C. T. .U.; the National Free Baptist - Woman’'s Missionary soclety, the Illinois industrial school for girls national charter, the National Woman’s Relief society,. ‘Wimodaughsis, . Sorosis, the Young Ladies” National Woman’s Improvement ‘associas tion, the National Christan League for the Promotion ©of School Purity., the Universal Peace wunion, the llnternational Kindergarten union, -the Woman’s Republican Association of the United States, the National Association of the Loyal Women of American Liberty, the Women’s Foreign Missionary Union of Friends, the Woman’s Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republie; the Natiohal Association.of Women Stenographers, the National Council of Jewish ‘Women. .

The officers of the national eouncil are: May Wright Sewall, president; Francis E. Bagley, vice presidenty; Lillian _M. N. Stevens, treasurer; Rachft‘qster Avery, corresponding secrethry, and Isabella Charles Davis, recording secretary. The object of the organization is éxtremely comprehensive and includes the discussion of almost every subject which bears upon daily life. In this meeting it ‘will discuss the following among many other topies: ‘ ARy

The practical aspects ‘of religion, its relaiions to daily life, and to the nonchurch-going element of the community: the relation of re= ligion to politics and public office; the attitude of different denominations toward women and the attitude which women should assume toward® denominations; woman’s place in the pulpit'and the mission field; social purity, how best to pr,omm'it.; the double and the single standard of ale ity; checks against improper literature; true dress reform; equal pay for equal work by men and women; divorce réform :and improvements. in. the laws respecting wives and mothers; patriotism and its cultivation; peace and the discouragement of the militant tendency; the extension of object lessons and the kindergarten system; reforms in educational methods: foreign missions and their effect in civilizing, independent of Christianizing: industrial pursuits for women and industrial education for girls; first aid to the injured; the best courses of study for married women at home, for post graduates, for works ing women; the extension of ‘the fields of industry for women:; the acceleration and cheapening of the administration of justice so as to give the poor woman an equal chance against a rich man.

A TRAGIC AFFAIR.

An Actress Killed by a Jealous Lover in : Philadelphia. -

PmLaperenrs, Feb. 18, — Madge Yorke, aged 22 years, a member of Charles E. Blaney's ‘“‘Baggage Check” company, was shot and almost instantly killed in a room at Seiss’ hotel Sunday. evening by James B. Gentry, an actor. After .doing the shooting Gentry escaped and has, not yet been arrested. Gentry is said to have been engaged to be married to Miss Yorke, and it is supposed jealousy was the motive for the crime. s

Abeut 9:15 Sunday evening Gentry called at Seiss’ hotel and inquired for Miss Yorke. He was told that she was. in and was asked to send his name to her room. He declined to do this and: said that if they would tell him where the room was he would go to it himself. This he did, and when he was told to enter,.in response to.his knock, he found Miss Yorke. and another actress of the company, Miss Lida Clark, in the room together,. Miss Yorke was fully dressed, as if to -go out, and she presentéd Gentry to Miss Clark. He took no heed of the introduction, and turning to Miss Yorke said: “Why didn’t you meet me?”’ and then, without another word, he began to fire at her with a revolver. Just how often he shot at her is not known, but three bullets went through her head and one through her arm. -Miss Clark sereamed with fright and Gentry rushed from the room . and either made his-escape by the stairs, or went down a fire-escape leading from a- window in the hall-way, but he was not seen to leave the house. An ambulance was hastily summoned and Miss Yorke was taken.to the hospital, but she died shortly after being admitted there. The girl lived with her parents at’flz'){) West Seventy-ninth street, New York city. M

" _STRUCK BY A TRAIN. . Dr. Dyas, a Famous Practitioner, Kiiled in Chieago. | ; o CurcAco, Feb. 18.—Dr., William Godfrey Dyas was picked up at Sixty-ninth street and the Lake Shore tracks Sunddy evening in a dying condition and died after being taken to his residence. When found his skull was fractured and his left hand cut off. 1t is thought the doctor was struck by a'train. The deceased had a wide reputation for his learning, and wasone of the foremost practitioners in the west.. He had been a resident of Chicago for forty years, arid was 87 years old. Pk L

¢ A Young uirl Killed. Prrrspurcili,’ *Pa., Feb. I‘B.—S\}nday evening a Second .avenue electric car was struck by a B. & O. train at a crossing near Rankin station. All of the passengers gotout safely,but Annie Kosak, a Slav girl ‘aged 18 years; became bewildered, raun directly up the track and was struck and iustanfly killed by the express train. S

. Will Yorm a Sewing Machine Truast. ! CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 18.—Sewing ma-~ chine men have décided to organize a trust after a sceret conference of three days in this city. It will be capitalized for $10,000,000, 1 > 7 Lo o 0 4 i ‘ Killed by a Lalling _Liddexf. S Rocuester, . N. Y., Feb. 18.—~The ' large six-story building on Brown’s ‘race, occupied by the R. T. French | Spice company, was partially destroyed | by fire Sunday night, entailing a loss i of $50,000. The overturning of a 90-foot i ladder. injured four firemen, one of Lwham dieds e e e 7 Some Hawve Paid Their Tax. G ‘WasniNaToN. Feb. 18.—Collectors of , internal revenue thrt_)t‘xghout the coun- . try have already begun to receive re- . turns under the income-tax law, and in , anumber of instances the cash hasae- ." Icoihpanicd,«th@—,f@ﬁ,ﬁm&;_; g b ; S e mt a'»‘;?"»fi e jms‘f 4 g»,,?‘:..’ :

- ALMOST. FREE . COINAGE. The Senate’s Finamee Committes Approves - Jones” Amended BilL , - WasnaiNgToN, Keb: 14.— Mr. Jones” (dem., Ark.) motion before the senate committee on finance to strike out all of his bill but the ninth seetion prevailed on Tuesday, having been, however, amended to read as f_oyows: - “That from and after the passage ef this act 4he secresary ‘of the treasuxy is hexeby au thorized and direoted to l‘“’:}g(o“ any United States mint from any citfzen of the United States silver bullion'of the standard Sneness and coin the same into silver dollars ¢f 412% grains éach. Theseigniorageon the safd Bmllion shall belong to the United States and shall be the difierence-between the coinage value thereof and the ‘market price of the bullion’in New York on the. day the deposit is made, and all expenditures for coinage done under the provisions of the aot shall be paid out of said seigniorage; and the secretary -of the treasury shall deliver to the depositers ‘of such bullion standard silver dollars equal in amount to: the price thereof as aforesaid;. aud whenever the said coins: herein. provided for shall besreceived -into the treasury certificates may be issued thereon in the manner now provided by law.” iy sl e ~ The vote by which the bill was ordered to_be reported was as follows: For the bill—Senators Voorhees, Harris, White, Jones (Ark.) and Vest,-dem--ocrats, and Mr. Jones (Nev.) republican. Against the:bill —Senators Sherman, Allison, Aldrich, Morrill, republicans, and McPherson, democrat. - 'ECHOES OF - THE STRIKE. Indictments ¥ound at Brooklyn Against ) .Officials and Strikers. : BrookLYN, Feb. 18.—+The grand jury of Kings county reported in the court of sessions Iriday morning that they had jointly indicted President Benjamin Norton, of the Atlantie avenue railroad, and Superintendent Quinn, of the same company, on two charges of .violating the ten-hour law. The charges are misdemeanors, punishable by one year's imprisonthent or a fine of $560, or both.

_'The grand jury also returnéed twentyseven indictments against strikers for rioting, throwing bricks at ca¥s, cutting wires and for other acts of violence. In every case against strikers presented to them, but one, the jury. found an indictment. Most of the accused were arrested during the strike, and held in- police courts. All the twenty-seven indictmernts are for felonies, - ' i i 7 - - . ASKED TO COME IN. - P(’);A)ulﬂlst_s‘v'lrnvlte Advocates of Free Silver : ) E_o Join Thqm. 8 ) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—An address to the members of the people’s party, signed by populists in congress, -including Lafe Pence, O. M. Kem, Jerry Simpson, -James I. Kyle and others with ‘the ‘addition of J. B. -Weaver, H. E. Taubeneck and othcr prominent leaders, was issued Thursday. Following the 'g‘gner‘al view :of the populist progainme, denouncing what they describe as -a conspiracy between the gold gamblers of Europe .and America to fasten a perpetual debt upon the peopleof the United States and other declared evils, they invite -the aid and tooperation ef all favoring the imwmediate free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, the issue of all paper money by the general ‘government without the. intervention. of banks of issue and other matters in well-known consonance with populist prineiples.

ON TRIAL FOR TREASON. Liliouka;ani ; 'Avppea«rs‘ Be('lore the Ba;r' of 07 Justice. : . Sax Fraxcisco, Feb. 18.— Advices from - Honolulu, dated the Bth insts, ‘bring the news of the trial for treason of ex-Queen Liliuokalani. The plea of not guilty was entered. Itlooked at the.time of writing as if she would be found guilty. ‘The most damaging evifence that was to be brought against -her was her personal diary. 1= . WasHINeTON, Feb. 16.—The truth of an alleged extract from the diary of .ex-Queen Liliuokalani, said to have been read at her trial and contained in 'Honolulu advices by ' the Mariposa, stating that she had received.a present i from President Cleveland, is authoritatively denied at the white house.

THE “LIVING DOLL" DEAD. - Close of the Career of “Prineess Paulina,". , i a Famous Dwarf. = NEW Yoßrg, Feb. 18.—‘Princess Paulina.” the smallest of women, known as the ‘‘living doll” died Friday morning of pneumonia. She weighed but eight and a half pounds and was only 17 inches tall. She was tohave celebrated her 19th birthday on' the 20th of this ‘month. . "She was born at Ossendrecht, Holland; February 26, 1876, the seventh child of a family of twelve. . Her parents are robust people, ‘rather above the average height, as ‘are also her six sisters and two brothers, all of whom are living.: On the day of her birth she measured 12 inches and -gained only 5 inches in stature thereafter. - : ;

WINTER IN THE SOUTH

Unprecedented Weather Reported in Sevs ? eral States. 5 Mgxypuls, Tenn., Feb. 18.—Tennessee, Alabaima, Mississippi and ° Arkansas have been experiencing the most se vere and protracted season of cold weather ever known in this part of the country. At Canton, Miss., there is 5 fnches of sthow, and ‘at Birmingham, Ala., it is 2 feet deep. In the latter city seventy families, suffering from the extreme cold, have been located by the associated charities, and in the country thereabouts cattle are dying in dreves. From Arkansas City, Ark., comes the report of the river blocked with ice and many steamers, tugs and. tows frozen fast. - From Winona, Miss., it is reported that a furmer named Gus Thomason was frozen to death. - ] . State Will Lose $14,000. - Mascoutan, 111., Feb. 18.—In spite of the fact the Chicago bondsmen paid $360,000 to cover. the shortage of the late state treasurer, it appears that the state will luse something like $14,~ 000. on account of the Seiter:Ramsay failure. . When James Baker was appointed warden -of the southern Illi~. nois penitentiary Messrs. Seiter. and ißamsay went on gaker’s bo_nd.' In re‘turn, it is alleged. Baker deposited - $14,000 state funds in Seiter’s Lebanon ‘bank. The bank has failed, and so has Seiter. : e _° Want the Law Enforced. - SlouUx Crry, la., Feb. 15.—About 100 ‘women of the west side W. C. T. U, ‘madea tour of the saloons Thursday “afternoon to see if the provisions for a mulct law were ‘being observed. On “entering the bar-room: the leader read ‘the law and warned the proprietor that ~only strict observance would sﬁei}aim from being closed. to-morrow. Then ‘sfter sining 5 hymn they departed for the next gin palate followed by a curihemob. b e e gOS e L e