Ligonier Banner., Volume 36, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 December 1901 — Page 2

(" » - @o@ : o o_. o 7 75 <fHEWULD EFAR o oy . e ,' . ; > - : -‘v-..,l 6{gd 5 A—— /// 4 W 8 ; LING open wide the ?// -V J, s door! /// %7 \ . A guest goes forth f ’,‘ 4/ g to-night, ,";’/?"" "I - Returning never- “/ \Fz N/ more,! ' i ~ Yet not forgotten quite. He brought us much of good Which we mistook for ill - Because misunderstood = God's purposes and will. So with no unkind thought ‘ We see the Old Year go, Content with what it brought Of whether weal or woe. : We could not if we would Detain these flying years, We would not if we could Exchange for joys their tears. God knoweth all our needs Far better than we do, _ Our thoughts, intents and deeds Lie open to His view. . . The record of the past 1 Has many a blotted page, ~With markings overcast : fhat darker lines presage. The record, closed and sealed; Awaits us till that day ‘When it shall be revealed In all its dread array. ; > Lord, help us read aright The lessons of the years, To see light in Thy light . Through all our doubts and fears. —William G. Haeselbarth, in Christian Work. - — 3 & G Y & @ HuNTERY » 5 e) ALILER.’ : B - >oßy (AnDicE ApeLE BramßLE . = . S A A 0 e sﬁ’i{”—(’—"(/’ ~» L WAS early T e morning of the e o 3 Sy / ~)\\ o Saturday Dbefore '\K =5 '\/}( New Year’s day % { (\i T ,> and Dorothy (Ll R : : \\( = Hunter was / : \":;‘SQ%" washing the breakfast dishes at the sink in the farmhbouse kitchen, when her mother caine ]n{riml]_\" in from the.sittingyrooin,with a ﬂéushvd. anxious face. “Oh, Dorothy, dear,” she said. *‘do vou think you could stay alone and tie care of bhaby all day and; per-

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haps, all night? Deacon Parsons just stopped to tell us that Aunt Kate has fallen and broken her arm, and she wants us to come over as quickly as possible.” “Why, yes, of course. I can,” Dorpthy replied promptly.. ““You: hurry right along and get ready; I'll heat the soapstone and help you get started. and after you're gone I'll finish the work.” . s

“I hate to leave you, daughter. It will be a lonely day for you, and, though we shall try to ceme, of <course, it may be just possible that we cannot get home to-night; it is nine miles to Dunbar, you know, and I'm afraid there is a storm coming COII, You are sure you are not afraid, Porothy? -

“Afraid? Why, of course not. You forget that I was-14 last month, and what in the world should T be afraid of, anyway?” and Dorothy laughed at the thought.

A few moments later she stood at the window with two-year-old Nellie, the baby of the family, in her arms, and watched her father and mother drive away down the snow-drifted road. She smiled brightly as long as they remained in sight, but when a turn in the road hid the sleigh she felt just a bit lonely after all, and it was mot surprising that she did. There were no other houses within sight, their nearest neighboer lived a mile away, and, standing as it did upon a eeldom-traveled road, the Hunter homestead was a dreary place. :

However, Dorothy did not spend much time meditating. She paused just long enough at the window to mote the few, big, slow-falling flakes, advance messengers of.the coming storm, and then went about the belated household tasks. So much was there to be done that not until the old clock upon the mantel twanged the hour of three, did Dorothy pause for newre than the short rest which she took while eating her simple dinmer; then, with Nellie -in her arms, she sank gratefully into the old-fash-ioned rocker by the sitting-room window, and as she glanced out was surprised to see how fast and furious the storm had grown. The snow was falling so heéavily that she could not even see the barnyard fence, and she remembered with a sigh of relief that her father had said the chores were all done, so that the steck would need mo further attention until morning 4f he should not return that night.

As she sat and hummed a drowsy little tune to -the baby, Dorothy thought she heard the gate latch click, and a moment later some one knocked loudly at the door. She hastily laid Nellie in her ecrib and went to open it, and there, to her surprise, stood a great, bearded, rough-looking stranger. A tramp! thought the girl in dismay that was not lessened by the man’s request, made in a hoarse voice, to be allowed to come in and get warm before going farther in the storm. Dorothy had been taught that hospitality is a most gracious virtue, so she assented to the stranger’s plea, and drew a chair for him close to the roaring fire.

“Isn’t this the Hunter farm?” inquired the unwelcome guest, after a momént or-two, as he spread out his brown.hands to the grateful blaze.

s¥es, sir.®. That is my fathers name,” replied Dorothy quietly, resuming her seat by the window.

" “Where is he? The folks haven't all gone away and left you alone, have they?” : For a moment Dorothy hesitated, and then she told him the story of her aunt's misfortune and how her parents had gone to render her whatever assistance they could. For a long time then the silence was unbroken, and Dorothy began to think it high time that her guest was taking his departure, when he suddenly ‘said: “You couldn't make up your mind to let me stop for the night, could you, sis? I've come a long’ ways to-day and am tired enough. I'd be right glad if you could let me stay.”

=0 no. I couldn’t do it! T amisure father and -mother would not wish me to. You must go on, and don’t you think it is time you started? It is getting dark, you see,” and Dorothy half rose from her chair in her eagerness to urge the departure of this man, of whom she was growing more than half afraid.

“Well, I suppose it is time to start if I've got to go.” and the stranger rode wearily and buttoned his worn coat tight up to his chin, to keep out the freezing blast of the storm. “How far is it to Dutton?” he added, turning again to Dorothy. . 2Two miles. It's a good ways to wallk when you are so tired. I do wish father and mother ywere home so you could stay here,” and then she asked softly, as thbugh she were almost ashamed: “Have you any money to pay for vour lodging when you get o Dutton?” : Bltn q shhame to have to tell ot

Miss but—" the stranger began, and then he coughed and stammered, in embarrassment, and the sympathetic girl hastened to his relief. -

£oh, ves, I know!” lin a pitying tone.. “You must have had bad luck,” and then she went to a drawer in the bureau and took out a shabby, little pocketbook in which were two coins, a silver dime and a half dollar.

‘“Here, take this,” she said, laying the Jarger piece into his hand. I have more and shall not need it; it will pay for a bed and breakfast for you, poor man.” . : The stranger took the money and a moment later was swallowed up in the storm, and Dorothy was ieft again alone., At nine o’clock that night, when she had long since given them up and gone to bed, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter reached home, tired and chilled from their long ride. Dorothy thought it might frighten her mother to be told of her visitor, and so decided to say nothing about him for that night at least, and contented herself with telling that she and the babyv had been very comfortable.

The next Monday night, which was New Year's eve, as Dorothy came in rosy and smiling from her mile and a half walk from school, she was astonished to find her tramp visitor in the sitting-room, with baby Nellie perched comfortably upon his knee. . “What does it mean?” she asked, turning fromr the stranger’s laughing face to her mother.

“It means,” replied the deep voice that Dorothy remembered so well, “that I am your Uncle Harry, just back from the Klondike with a pocket lined with gold, and willing and anxious to divide with the generous little girl who would give almost her only cent to a poor, miserable tramp.” '

And then he told how he had hastened straight to his sister’s home, upon his arrival from the far north, “and finding her away, and being obliged to go to a town 20 miles distant, upon ' a business matter, had decided to keep the secret until his return.

“And I'll always be glad that I did,” he said.- holding out his hand to Dorothy, “because, by this means, I found out what a dear, kind-hearted little girl I have for a niece.” Dorothy has grown very well acquainted with -Unecle Harry since that stormy Saturday, and many delightful things have come to her through his kindness; and she wonders now how she could ever have thought his voice

rough and harsh, or ever have taken her splendid, big-hearted uncle for a tramp.—Detroit Free Press.

THE NEW YEAR’S GREETING.

We Loolk at the Future Through a Reflecetion of Our Own 2 Souls,

“Happy New Year,” “Happy New Year!” rings from merry voices and chiming bells everywhere, startling the echoes in response, “Happy New Year!” Whoever knew of a note of gladness, says the Union Signal. that did not go reverberating through all space, and repeating itself on the harp strings of every human life if touched? o ;

“But who knows it will be a happy new year?” asks the would-be-wise, quizzicaliy. “Who expects it?” growls the eynic. “Who hopes for it?” sneéers the man whom life has defeated. “It cannot be happy,” say the sorrowful, and the world is full of the sorrowful. “It will not. be happy,” say the soured and embittered, and the world is full of the disappointed. " “It could not be happy, with all the misery and poverty in it,” says the pessimist. “It shall not be happy,” says the enthusiast, “until it is rid of its sin and selfishness.” ‘‘Happiness,” says the philosopher, “is not the object of life, but usefulness.” “Such a happy new yedr!” says the young mother, clasping her winsome, dimpled darling to her heart; ' and “It shall be a happy new year,” says the Christian optimist, standing with bared head in the halo of light that comes streaming down the vistas of the future, seeing far into the circles, “When light shall spread and man be liker

man, L : “ Thro%gh_ all the seasons of the golden Vealr?”’ g < AR

‘Would you be a cynic or a philosopher? The sorrowing' and disappointed who are without hope, or the sorrowing who feels that ‘‘tears are for the night, and joy cometh in the morning?” Would you be a pes~simist, seeing only the mists, or an optimist, looking beyond the narrowed horizon of to-day? Would you see fate in the world, blind, inexorable and hard, or God in the world working out the destiny of human souls? The new yvear is a new outlook. You look at it through the reflection of your own soul. llf you have made it broad, and deep, anid shining in the light of God’s face, it'will shine on. If it is troubled and: turbid it will only give a flash here and there on its surface. |

We know that sorrow and disappointment must come. The travail of pain is the: birth of righteousness always. We know that temptation will assail virtue, that we must struggle with intemperance to the bitter end; we know that the strong will oppress the weak as long as they can and dare, but we know also that the process of education is, if slow, absolutely sure, and that in great crises, public opinion sometimes turns with the force of a whirlwind and sweeps away every barrier. The most potent forces of the universe are the silent ones; the voice of God is the still small voice; truth is universal, and we are teaching men and women, and better yet, children to see it. We Khow not how fhe better time is ecoming, nor when, but we know why, and so we echo “Happy New Year!” and look forward joyously to the day when ‘ All men’s good Be each man's rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, Through all the circle of the golden year, And feeling sure . 2 That unto him who works and feels he works The same grand year is ever at the doors.”” POINTERS IN MANICURING. Birections for Keeping the Finger Nails in Good Condition, and What to Use, When the nails arve fragile a little wax and alum rubbed upon them will strengthen them. If brittle a little almond oil or cold cream will be found beneficial, says Mary E. Walker, M. D., in Ladies’ Home Journal.

To ‘remove white spots from the nails use a mixture of refined pitch and a little myrrh' upon them at night, wiping it off the next morning with olive oil. When about to manicure the hands dip the fingers into warm soapy water ‘and hold them there for a minnte or two in order to soften the nails and the secarf skin about them.

The scarf skin: should be gently pushed back from the nails before they are polished. It should never, unless absolutely mnecessary, be cut with the scissors.

Agnails, improperly called hangnails, may be prevented by proper attention to the scarf skin which surrounds the nails.

For manicuring only a pair of curved nail scissors, a nail file, an orange stick, a chamois polisher, a bottle of vaseline and a box of. rose salve or nail powder are necessary. e HE MADE ONLY ONE. //’_—"~ g -“: e % ~-"s¥l‘:A § 1/ o SN )~ - £ ‘,'4.,",'.'\ e < // e - T / iy ) =— \Y\D g s // o ‘:"v.'ii"-‘ Horey | Y S 8 oY Lo GRS M’d te /t.” | s \\\(\‘\:if.-—p ’ / 7 =2y r\/\\ S\ N Flieleoase - ' e Mr. Goodheart—Are you going to make any good resolutions? - Mr. Heartgood—Just one, and you may gamble that I'll keep it. Goodheart—Oh, that’s what they all say. - ; Heartgood—Yes; but mine is that I'll never make another one. Truly Unrural, : “How did you like that play of rural life?” , “It’s a fraud,” answered Mr. Corn: tosgel. ‘’Tain’t true to nature. 1 understand all them. farm folks on the stage stays up till 11 or 12 o’clock every night o’ their lives!”—Washington Star. : b e

Fashions on the Banks of the Mediterranecan -2

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3 TARTLING fads and novelA; tles eeen along ?he Ri\:’iera Ity are still attracting my unF‘(‘z/’ - divided attention. Fashioi %‘ along the shores of the blue Mediterranean more than keep in touch with the very newest of the French fads—they keep ahead of them. Every day I see things here that had not been heard of in Paris two cr three weeks ago, and while made in Paris the news of their existence first reached the society of the gay capital from here. What one sees here at the present time is so radically different, more original, more startling, more varied than anything the shops and dressmakers of Paris have been offering that it is hard to believe the majority of them are Parisian products, but such they are with but few exceptions, the exceptions coming principally from Vienna, Berlin and London, though I have seen two or three from both Mad-

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rid and Rome, and about the same number from the United States. 1t is hard to accept all the novelties offered at once. The sleeves, for instance, are of such contrasting shapes that they must grow upon one before theyareallappreciated. One peculiarity that may be said to run through a majority of the sleeves is their closeness at the top, the spread coming at the elbow: and finishing in a wide cuff. There are very few plain sleeves. The tendency of the gown coliars is toward the straight, soft and comparatively low varieties, while for the short jackets they areeitherstraight or the high, flaring kind, and for the long coats they are made to stand about the S g Gt RS R B R = wﬁl{f: b Gosada oo %}W’V Sl e m&; ;\w w%ﬁ; s »%ﬁgg’ L st p R e i %’Q%i?‘% ¢ B o RN (K 323, S o RNy ?-:;:::;--ff‘"-;2:.5::5;;%@é;'a;!;?;:é%é%seé%é%;;;?zéifeiz‘:fé‘:%. L SEma e R R RS . el | ipay Qﬁt& L BNERE g}*’ *@»’% B GBN R {8" L ‘w’w&r’gﬂ é“l ey B e e e RN | SR OF SILVZR GRAY VOILE. face or roil over to correspond with revers or fancy fronts. For illustration, I am going to select some of the exceptions to the Parisian makes and will choose first a long coat that comes from New York. . It is a beautiful creation; a study in white panne and black chantilly lace, with flounces of plisse white chiffon. About the shouldersitis of shimmering white panne stamped with a sort ofgrocodile skin pattern, this giving an entirely new effect. From the shoulders it hangs loosely, and the bottom is cut in deep scallops; with a deep bordering flounce of black chantilly lace. Anapplique of black velvet is introduced on the Jace in an odd design. Under this flounceare flounces of plisse white chiffon. There is a shoulder-cape collar of ivory tinted lace cut in deep scallops, and finished with chantilly lace and velvet applique. A ruching of lace, with long scarf ends, is at the throat. The sleeves are very wide, with turn-over cuffs on white panne, and under-sleeves of white lace caught at the wrists with black velvet ribbon. :

A dainty house gown that I see about the hotel occasionally is a produet of Vienna. It is made of the palest silver -gray voile, and handsomely trimmed with Arablace. The material is cut out underneath the lacerevealing a pinksilkunderskirt. Thevestand fullpuffed undersleeves are of tucked white chiffon, the vest being trimmed with narrow rouleaux of orange-col-ored velvet, There is a crushed girdle

of the same, with a large paste buckle at the back. 2 " A German lady, one of the nobility from Berlin, wears occasionally a charming chiffon boa in black and white. The neck rufile is composed of three white chiffon frills cut in deep Van Dykes, each frill being edged with black satin rose petals. The long ends are finished with numerous rows of shirring and three deep Van Dyke frills, each edged with black satin rose leaf petals. The millinery here is not less interestings than the gowns. Hats are fearfully and wonderfully made in all conceivable shapes, but the prevailing styles are those of the Louis XV. and Louis XVI. periods. Of these, the toques show thé most novel touches. Instead ¢f being much trimmed, as was the fashion a season ago, they are markedly plain, depending for their charm upon the oddity and chie imparted to them by the millinet’s

skill in construction. Long frames covered « with rich materials and reaching awell over the face ofter have no other .trimniings ‘than art nouveau buckles or knots -of soft, rich velvet, than which thereisnothing handsomer. = Underbrim trimmings atre still used, but a mere suggestion of color contrast in a knot is considered sufficient, : The use of artificial flowers is not confined to millinery. Exdiiisite evening boas of flowers combined with silk, with chiffon, with mousseline de soie, and withiplain lace are much affected. On evening gowns sprays. garlands and single flowers are worn, but with a dif-

ference, for the blossoms upon costumes are mostly the hand-made ones of chiffon or velvet. Jeweled flowers are the latest novei:ty,the foundation being made of tulle and embroidered with seed pearls. tiny brilliants or gold or silver paillettes. A single flower or a knot of buds affixed to a dress adds much to its splendor. Even coral beads are used in fashionable red flowers, the rich ‘green of the foliage being invariably done in chenille, with a line of emerald embroidery to outline the veins upon leaves. Some women in the evening carry on their shouiders a rare entomological display in the shape of jeweled butterflies poised among flowers or resting lightly against their white skin. The butterflies would, if natural, be the joy of naturalists, for they represent altogether unique specimens never seen on land or sea. ' . Another of the extravagant modes which are often met with here are the ‘embroidered waistcoats, utilized both for promenade and carriage wear. The -embroideries are frequently done by hand and rfange from garlands and knots of flowers in silk thread to elaborate appliques. Chenille decorations are also quite common. ; SADIE MERRITT. ! Doubtful, ‘ He—l'm sorry, Maria! - ° She—What's the good of bein’ sorry after spilin’ the clean floor with yer dirty feet? He—Well, T dunno, Maria. I don’t s'pose you could jaw me any more if I wasn’t sorry.—Puck. | '~ Curious Daughter, ‘ “Will you get wings when you go to Heaven?” asked little Elsie of her father, who is bald-headed. : “Yes, dear,” he replied. . “And will they put feathers on your head, too, papa?” she persisted.—Ohio State Journal. Not Possible, Visitor—Your dollie seems to be l very happy. , | A Tiny Girl of To-Day—Well, auntie,. I'm sure shé isn’t, because she has only one dress, and that isn’t styljsh.— Town and Country. : - | Wnrth Winning. : He—Please play for me. : She—l don’t play. He—Please sing for me. By She—l don’t sing. : He—Pilease marry me.—Chicago Daily News. . . Somewhat Like One, . ; “Did you notice how she ja\bbered‘ away when she sat there, between those two men?” “Goodness, yes! It made me think of a tongue sandwich.”—Philadelphia Wadees o

A REMARKABLE SCENE. Chinese Oflicials Hold Func:rni' Serva - ices in Memory of Native Chris- - tians Massaered, ) Peking, Dec. 21.—The - offieials -of Tung-Chow have given a number of hative Christians who were massacred last year a remarkable funerali This action was takeninaccordance with'an agreement betwcen the missionaries and the officials, by which the missionaries were to refrain from demanding the punishment of those guilty of murGering the Christians if the officials would make public atonemerit for the erimes and impress the people with respect for missionaries and converts. The funeral procession traversed the principal streets of the walled city of Tung-Chow. There were 70 coffins to be buried, and these were followed by hundreds of relatives of the victims. The procession was composed of a company of Chinese cavalry, a company of infantry, several bands and hundreds of men carrying gaudy funerai emblems. The procession took two hours to pass the reviewing staud, where were gathered the city officials, -Gen, Ma, commander of the Chinese troops who Dbesieged Tientsin; - Mr. Conger, American minister to China, and many American and English méssionaries. An immense crowd witnessed the funeral services at the cemetery. The Chinese troops, the police and the funeral attendants formed in a square, with the officials, the missionaries and the white-clad mourners in the center. near the graves. Chinese officials from 350 villages where the Christian converts had been massacred, attended the funeral and bowed before banners, as they eulogized the Christians for having died in defense of their vaith. These officials subsequent1y signed documents guaranteeing protection to theChinese Christians i they would return-to their homes. The missionaries and the Chinese Christians traveled in a special train from Peking to Tung-Chow. After the funera!l services in the temple the Chinese officials tendered a banquet tothe missionaries and the converts. ‘ KILLED THREE NEGROES. - Eighteen-Year-old West \‘li'g;iui_an Does Terrible Execution with : His Revolver, ‘ Weleh, W. Va., Dec. 2L—Wayne Demon, an IS-year-old boy, shot three negroes to death in a salocn. at the mining town of 1):1"}.’. this county, Friday evening. Iriday was-pay day at the Davy mines and the negroes had begun their holiday celebration: Drunkerness was visible “on every hand, and when about a dozen of the big blacks entered Eugene Dye's satoon, on the leading street, revolvers in hand, and demanded that all the whites within retire, the trouble began. The bartender stepped into an adjoining room for his pistol, and all the other whites save Demon made a run to get away. Demon, although beirg almost a total stranger in: the town, was nervy and refused to obey the command to depart. Instead, he: pulled his revolver and in a twinkling. he had shot three of the negroes to death, and the others were falling over themselves to.get away. Those dead are Lem DBooton, “Frick”™ Watts and Harry Good, all residents of the coal fields. In the excitement De-’ mon, whose home is in Catlettsburg, Ky., left the saloon by a mear door, and up to a late hour had not been captured. In fact, but very little effort is being made to apprehend him. He is an assistant bookl{eepbr for Cole, Crane & Co., of Cincinnati. who are engaged extensively in timbering in this county. Demon was awalting the arrival of a train to go to his home to spend the holidays. : SAMPSON’S PROTEST FILED. ﬂaisos Objection to the ;\pprovaf of the Finding of Admiral ,- . Dewey, g Washington, Dee. 21.—The objeetion of Admiral W. T. Sampson to that portion of Admiral Dewey’s report of the Schley -ccur® of -inquiry, in which he says Admiral Schley was in command at the battie off Sautiago and entitled to the credit for the vietory, was filed with Secretary Long Friday. The document wasbrought to the navy department by Mr. . S. Theall, of counsel for Admiral Sampson, and handed to the sccretary. It is as follows: : : : “30 Broad Street, New York, Dec. 19, 190 L.. —Sir: As counsel for Rear Admiral Sampson, we have the honor to request that the department, for the reasons below stated, strike out or specifically disapprove that portion of Admiral Dewey’s opinion filed-in connection with the proceedings of the Schley court of inquiry, in which he states his view to be that Commodore Schley was in absolute command at the naval battle of Santiago. ; ) :

“l. Commodore Schley was not ih ccmmard at that battle. “2, The president of the United States and the navy department had decided that Admiral Sampson was in command at that battle and Commodore Schley second in command. . “3. The question as to who commanded at Santiago iwas not referred ‘to the court for consideration, and evidence bearing:on the point was excluded. . The document then goes on to fully treat the matter under the threeheads, and establish them by evidence from the records of the court of inquiry. " . Brothers Perish,. . Rome, Ga., Dec. 21.—1 n a fire which destroyed their father’s home mnear Attalla, Ala., Samuel and John -Evans were burned to death. The men were in bed when the fire began and futile efforts were made to save them by other members of the family, who narrowly escaped death themselves. Retires from Business, : Chicago, Dee. 21.—William Deering, venerable founder of the Deering harvester works and patron of Northwestern university, has retired from active business because of ill health and advancing years. o ; R Colored Murdérer Hanged. Bristol, Va., Dec. 21.—Cicero Harris {(colored) was hanged in the Virginia courthouse yard Friday morning -at 10:57 o’clock. He was pronounced dead at 11:12 o’clock. The body was shipped to the University of Virginia medical department at Charlottesvilie. Vessel Not Lost as Reported, Washington, Dec. 21.—A dispatch received Friday at the state department from the United States consul general at San Salvador says that the steamer San Blas, heretofore reported lost, is ashore near La Libertad, and that the passengers are safe. , : =

'FATAL TRAIN DISASTER. Trairs on Southern Pacific Road Collide at Uplands, Cal.—Three : - Men Killed. . San Franciseo, Dee. 20.—North and south-bound Southern Pacific eoast limited trains running between this city and Los Angeles came together in a head-on collision at Uplands early Thursday morning. A fireman. baggageman and express messenger were killed and 25 passengers more or less injured, probably not one fatally. The’ dead are: A. Phelps, messenger Wells, Fargo & Co.; W. Garland, fireman on south-bound train, and —— Thurber, baggageman. . 3 ' The accident was due, the railway officials say, to the failure of Engineer Coffey, of the north-bound train, to follow out ‘his orders. ‘which instructed him to wait at a siding at Uplands until the south-bound passed. Instead of waiting, the train passed the siding at the rate of 30 miles. Half a mile beyond it ran into the south-bound, which was coming at an_equal rate of speed. Just as the engines came together the crews. jumped for their lives, all escaping except Fireman Garland. Just as he was about' to leap the locomotive overturned and he was caught beneath its mass, The engineers of both trains before jumping reversed their engines ‘and set the brakes. In the fire- which resulted part of the mail and a number of express packages

were burned. - ] Among those on the train-were 80 discharged soldiers on their way east and the All-American baseball team from the east on their way to Los Angeles. - i - A LONE ROBBER. .- ‘Holds Up> n Ilank at Fayetteville, ) " Ark. annd Escapes with . . " n Big Sam, £ Little’ Rock, Ark., Dee. 20.—A Gazette special from Fayvetteville says: At noon Thursday the bank at Springdale, ten miles from here, was robbed by one man. No one was in the bank except the assistant cashier. 'The robbet drove up to the bank door in a buggy and walked to the cashier's desk before he was noticed. He compelled ihe assistant cashier to go to the vault and give him.all the ‘money. dout $7,000. While thisx was taking place a citizen walked into the bark. He was at once covered by the robber's revolver and made to throw up his Tunds. - The robber then hurriedly left the bank, dropping $l,OOO upon the sidéewalk., Ile jumped into his buggy ard drove rapidly: north. Officers were in pursuit before he was fairly owut of town. Two miles out the officers came in sight of him and he jumped from the buggy and made his \\'z\‘\" to a thickly woeded mountain. Dloodhounds have been put upon his track and there is every assurance of his capture. ' . NINE LIVES LOST. * Steamer Kanawha Bell Goes Over a Lock Near Charleston, W. Va., i with Disastrous Results, Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 20.—The stgamv'r Kanawha Bell, which runs between Charleston and Montgomery, ‘went over lock No. 3 at Pant creek on her down trip Thursday night, broke vih' two and is a total wreek, ‘Fight of her erew, all deck hands and roustabouts, were drowned. i Ten Martin, a passenger on the boat. was rescued from the water by the Calvert crew, but died from fright on his_way to this ecity.. An eyewiiness to®*the Gisaster says the boat sttamed straight to the dam and went over te destruction. Information from the rescued crew is to the effect that the regular pilot. Snyder. was at supper just.before the lock and dam was reached; that he entered the piiot house. to relieve the substitute pilot, and’ that he became bewildered and thought the-boat was going the other way. The steamer was valued at $lO,000 and was not insured. - ' DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Dead Bodies of Xansas Couple Found o in Tﬁelr Homes—lndications Point : - -to Murder and Suicide. Parsons, Kan., ‘Dec. 20.—The dead bodies of John F. Bull and his wife were found at their home in this city Thursday. DBull was a prominent ‘real ‘estate and loan broker, leader of the Methodist church choir, and was reputed-to be in comfortable circumstanceés. ~The bodies were lying on the floor, both stabbed to death. Indieations point to wife murder and suicide. The coroner's jury is holding an inquest. : : Dl \v Parade Abandoned. =St Lou]"s, Dec. 20.—Because of the unusual severity of the weatherit has beerr decided to abandon the parade. feature of the ceremonies attending the breaking of ground on the world’s fair site to-day. The board of directors and guests will go to the site in carriages and perform the ceremony of breaking ground. Later in the afternoon public ceremonies will be held in the Coliseum and a banquetin the evening. % =

Bank Closed. . Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 20.—The state bank of Gothenburg was closed Thursday by order of the state banking beard and an examiner was p.aced temporarily in charge. The bank is capitalized at $20,000 and at the time of its report had deposits of $32,000. R. W. Carlson is its president and Mary 12. Carlson cashier. i Turkey Must Pay. - London, Dec. 20.—Great Britain may force Turkey to. settle the Armenian massacre indemnity of $300,000, which is stiil unpaid in spite of repeated promises by the sultan.-——'-'} ‘ Wit ob Gnakbay: _ - Omaha, Neb., Pec. 20.—The grand jury has voted true bills against 148 business men and others for keeping and” maintaining gambling devices. The indictments are based on slot machines and include prominent hotels, - two political clubs, a score of druggists and over a hundred cigar stores and saloons. s . Overiand from Paris to New York. - Paris, Dec. 20.—Harry de Windt ‘and his companions, who will attempt to reach New York by traveling over}]a‘nd, started Thursday morning om their way to Behring strait, .