Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 18, Number 43, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 6 January 1897 — Page 3

I A DREAMER in the grass. I Far away tho toilers reap; i Winds are tingin' me to sleep. I the river, as It streams I m the shadows an' the gleams, I Ripples music through my> dreams. Far sway the noisy town [ Where the clouds o' traffic frown; Her* the blossoms bondin' down. Here the winds sweep o'er the plains; I Here the bee the honey drains; Here, the tinkle o' the rains. f Here the waters as they pass gy the dfeamer in the grass Are the lily’s lookin' glass. What’s a city? Bricks an’ towers, Where they toll the heavy hours; Here’s a kingdom In the flowers! Here forever let me be Where the river sings to sea, - GodOrblao-eky coverin’ me! -Frank L. Stanton, in Chicago TimeaHerald. •

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CHAPTER V.—Continued. Herbert had thoroughly reviewed the I matter in his mind and had come to the I conclusion that with the banker safely out of the way ana the guilt fixed on Angus in no uncertain manner he would be able to make Clara Hill his I wife. Notwithstanding all he had heard her say, it was still his opinion that it was his uncle’s wealth alone that induced her to accept his proposal; but how would the removal help him, in respect to wealth ? Fannie would inherit I all. V . '-v l I Fernaps it would be best to wip Fannie or coerce her into marrying him; but she was engaged to mafry Clarence, and the squire and Clarence would be more than he could overcome. He must have their friendship, for he would need them both. How, then, could his uncle’s wealth become his? Remove Fannie also? No, that would never do. One murder might be successfully carried through, hut two, not at t|us time —and then there might be qther heirs who would’ inherit equally with him—but, stay, there was the banker’s will among his private papers in the vault at the bank! He Had told him where they might be found in case of his sudden death. The first thing was to inspect that will, and that he would do before making further plans. Clara Hill returned to Orton a week after having accepted the proposal of Mr. Loyd, and it is safe to say that as the Sunshine passed the locality where she had faHen overboard Angus Bruce was the one who occupied her thoughts. He had been seldom from her mind since the moment when she had heard him exclaim, as she was sinking down into the river’s depthsfor the last time: “Courage! Courage! Clara Belle!” and she thought how instantly she had felt “I am paved!” and of the strong arms of the brave Scot as he clasped her in them and dragged her back from death. “Tie has won my love noblyfshe thought. “I am untrue to womanhood, but he cannot have my hand.” When she arrived at Orton she found her father and Clarence very happy over the state of affairs. Mr. Loyd and herself had written them of the engagement. “This is well, Clara,” said the squire, as they were riding from the landing to the house. “You will be the fairest and wealthiest bride in the old North state. Loyd has wealth enough, but your mother has no small dower for you, and you shan’t, leave Orton unremembered by vonp father. ■ \ - “I wish you to select two young negroes, a male and female, from Orton — any two that may please you. The girl bring into the house at once and let your mother and Aunt Eliza begin training her for a housemaid; the boy, - Clarence and Corbett can drill in the care of horses. Thus you will always have around you two servants whom you know you can trust, and you shall have a bill of sale for them, receipted, they go with you—yes, daughter, and horses, and cows, apd anything in Orton, that your heart desires; you will fcj at the top of the ladder, child. Are you happy?” “No, father, not happy, and yet, I can't say unhappy. I know that Mr. Loyd loves me for myself alone, and not for any aggrandizement he expects to obtain to hm wealth, by obtaining me for his wife. I told him that all your wealth went to your eldest son, and he said, ‘that having me, he considered that he had the greatest part of it-* ”

“Why he has, so he has; and his daughter”shall be mistress of the rest; two splendid marriages.” “But? father, I came very near being the bride of death.” “Yes, yes! and Bruce stopped here going out and never spoke of it; feared to -—■worry us, I suppose, and the next day y our letter told us all about it —a brave and trusty man is Angus Bruce. I owe him-a debt that I can never repay, but I can reward him well.” “Speak not qf rewarding Angus, fa- ... ther. Y6u would insult,a noble soul. But one object tyquld reward Anj*us Bruce, and that he. will not seek.” “And that, Clara?” ~ “Is your daughter’s hand; he has her love.” “Clara! you love Angus Bruce?” “Yes, father, yes; and he loves me, I know. It is a love of which a princess Jtnight be proud. If you had heard his dry when I sank beneath his wavfes.” “I can’t, blame the lad; I can’t blame him. 'lt is well you are to wed so soon.” Mrs. Hill did not seem as enthusiastic over the coming marrfnge as did her husband and Clarence, and in the weeks that Intervened between the

time of the engagement and the first of June, while preparations were being for the double wedding, often earn; ■ “Daughter, if you think you wiM not be happy, revoke yonr pledge to become his vise.” “No, mother, I will marry Mr. Loyd, though I know if I told him I desired to be released he would release me, but t do not desire it.” - Daughter, I would be willing you should marry Capt. Bruce rather than’ see you live a life of misery.” “I know, dear mother, but father and ■my brother Clarence would rather see me in the grave than wedded ttf a pilot’s son. I shall not live a life ofl'misery, but I shall always in my inmost heart carry the image of Angus Bruce. Now, mother, pray, let us speak no more of that.” The next day all of the young darkies on the place were assembled in. front of the mansion, and Clara, assisted by her mother, Millie, a bright, smart girl of 15 years,who was at once brought into the house and placed under tutelage, in order that she might in time be competent to look after the wardrobe of her young mistress. Caleb, three years the senior o Millie ‘and a grandson of old Uncle Jobe , WHS selected as her future coachman. “Das you, honey! Das yoq, Miss Clary!” exclaimed Uncle Jobe, as he felt the honor conferred. “You jus’ stick to the ole stqck. D’as ’liable, da is, ain’t da, marster?” “Yes, Jobe, I believe they are—liable to get mixed up with alligators.” “Now, g’long, marster, g’long! Isn’t you neber gwine to let-loose ’bout dat ’gator?” Angus Bruce, when he passed out the mouth of the river on the trip down with the cargo for Charleston, reached his destination safely and now was on the open sea, bound for Beaufort, and as his schooner scudded along before the wind the times were not infrequent when he took from beneath the bosom of his vest a golden locket. The small chain was around his neck, and as his big brown hand'unclasped the locket and he gazed.down into the deep blue eyes of Clara Hill tears filled his own, and many a time he pressed the miniature to his lips and uttered the words: “I saved you, Clara Belle; thank God, I saved you, if even for another.” CHAPTER VI. “XT WILL GO HARD TIIEX, BUT I WILL HAVE YOUR HAND.” * The last day of May arrived and found all preparations completed for the two marriages which were to take place the evening of the ensuing day. Mr. Loyd and Fannie were to come down on the Sunshine, which had been especially chartered to convey both themselves and friends of the contracting parties to Orton. Clarence Hill was happy as a lark, and Fannie, who would soon be his bride, was not less so. Clara had not lookq,, back since plighting her troth to the banker, nor fwould she have recalled her pledge could she really have done so. As to the banker, he was very happy in his quiet way; very proud of the splendid girl who -would so soon become mistress Os his home and heart. But: his mind sometimes filled with misgivings as he thought of the difference between their ages, and he asked himself the question: “Am I doing this young girl an injustice in making her my wife? Can she be happy as the wife of a man so many years her senior?” Never did he question if he should be happy. He doubted not hia happiness. It would lie in contributing to that of ills fair young brjde, and, knowing the high character of Clura, he was satisfied thatshe would not marry where she feared for the happiness of the future. Abner Hill was well satisfied with the outlook for his son and daughter, and his wife was pleased if only her children were happsife*-■ ‘-■■■ -•' ■ ■ —■ ■:. ——;—- Clara had written a letter that day that she w as very anxious Fannie should receive before coining down the river on the morrow', and at five o’clock she had her pony saddled and brought to the door, and she was- soon mounted and cantering in the direction-of the landing, with the idea that she would be able to intercept the Sunshine, which she knew was down the river, and should be coming hack at this time,but to her dismay the Sunshine passed up without halting, when she was yet several hundred yards from the wharf, Clara was about to turn back, when File noticed the sails of a schooner, flapping almost idly in the air opposite the wharf. f ..... * “This schooner may suit my purpose," she thought, as she hastened down. Arrived at the landing she recognized the Clara Belle, and, as the schooner was but 40 or 50 yards out in the stream, the form of Angus Bruce upon the deek. There was no air stirring, and the tide, being at low ebb, they were becalmed and making no headway. Angus evidently recognized Clara as she rode upon the dock, for he raised his hat. Clara hesitated about signaling him,

believing it not .Well that they should meet again. “But this letter,” ’ she thought, “must reach Fannie, and thiy may be my last opportunity. I must signal the Clara Belle; Angus may send the mate or one of his sailors ashore.” * She waved a handkerchief, a boat was * lowered from the.schooner and Angus descended into it, accompanied by two sailors, who speedily pulled away forthe landing, and he was soon standing by the side of the girl beloved, Clara had dismounted and w as holding the rein of Chub in one hand, and her letter in the other. • “Good evening. Miss Hill; it was a pleasure to receive your signal.” “ThajiJcs, my brave rescuer; I almost feared to signal you, for fear I should detain you, hut; I was so anxious that Fannie, Loyd should have this letter to-night, or at early dawn to-morrow, and the Sunshine escaped my vigilance.” “I am truly glad, it did, Miss HilL Please do not think me bold, but it -.V■ * ' .

gives me an opportunity to look upon your face once snore, and as for signaling, never hesitate to signal Angus Bruce; it, will not be trifles that keep him ‘from responding; besides. Miss Hill, we are becalmed, and will gain no headway for another hour, unless the breeze stiffens. At six o’clock the tide will be running up, and, as we have no cargo aboard, we may reach Wilmington, and your letter the hands of Miss Loyd, by 11 at most.” s' “Oh, captain! I shall thank you so much " “No thanks are required for anything I can do for you, Miss Hill.” “But still, I thank you, captain, and here is the letter for Miss Fannie.’? “f’myself will place it in her hands,” said Angus,-“but if there is an answer, she had best send it by the Sunshine, I will be detained to ship a cargo.” “There will be no reply, captain, except in person, for Fannie will be here to-morrow night—know you not of the weddings?” / “True, Mlsb Hill, I heard that your brother, Clarence, and Miss Loyd would marry; is it so soon?” “Yes, captain, but did you hear of uo other'marriage that would occur at the same time and place?” “No, Miss Hill, I have been but little in the Cape Fear recently. Pray, who else will wed ?” “Captain, when you next see me, I shall have changed my name—l will then be Clara Loyd.” Clara’s face reddened as she spoke the words, but Angus paled to the very lips, as he exclaimed: “You, Clara! you! Loyd! what Loyd? —I knew not that John Loyd had a son.” “It is John Loyd, the banker—Fannie’s father—that I wed to-morrow night, captain.” “Here! Clara Belle, take back the image of the one I loved!" and Angus snatched from his neck, the slender golden chain, and the locket from his breast; “but no! no! what am 1 saying? I will keep it ever as a memento of the girl I saved from the river’s depths, in order that she might sell herself for gold—Good-by, Clara Hilh— No, Clara Loyd—Ha! Ha!” and Angus staggered like a man who has received a heavy blow, towards his boat. “Angus! Angus!” wailed Clara. “Yes, Clara! yes, Miss Hill! forgive me. All within now seems dead; but how could I have hoped to gain your hand, and yet, gazing at the contents

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She waved a handkerchief; t. of this little locket day after day, night after night, I had grown to hope—wealth, I am fast accumulating—and a name I will carve out in time, not sec<® ond to that of John Loyd, if you will—in the natural attributes of man, I scarcely think Pam inferior to a man who is going down the shady side of life. John Loyd had hardly Snatched you from the treacherous current of the river, when his nephew stood as helpless as a child, and saw your young life going, but I am but a pilot's son, while John Loyd is a banker!” “Oh, Angus! cease. I could not be disloyal to my father’s will.”'

“But you do not love John Loyd #” “I respect and honor him.” “No. more, and yet,you wed him?” “Angus! Angus! why torture me, I would place a barrier between myself and the man I love, but cannot wed.” “And that man?” “Is the pilot’s son.” “Oh, Clara Belle! darn Belle! Have I your heart? It will go hard then, but I will have your hand.” “Impossible, I wed John Loyd to-mor-row; and now, good-by.” “Good-by, my Clara Belle,” and Angus Bruce pressed the hand of Clara to his lips, hastily entered his boat, and soon stood on his schooner’s deck watching the fast receding form of the planter’s daughters CHAPTER Vn. “THAT, I SUPPOSE, WOULD BE CALLED DOCTORING A WILL.” John Loyd did not visit the Carolina bank .on the 30th of May. All his time was occupied in preparing for the morrow. • ~ , Herbert Latbrop was at his usual station at the cashier’s window until the baffle closed at four o’clock, Bihen he Went home. < j He ascended the stairs to his room, closed and locked the door after he had entered; then he unlocked his trunk, and took therefrom a sheath-knife. The blade waS fully six inches long, and was sharpened fit to cut a hair in twain, even if suspended in the sir. The handle was of bone. * lie glanced along the keen edge of the blade. “Ah, Upcle John, this night your lease of life runs out—the mine -will soon explode. “What matters if my hand be stained with blood, so I but thwart your purpose, and leave smooth water for myself to swim in. And Angus Bruce, I cannot wait for you—you will swing clear—l have tolil Murchison and all the rest folding turpentine or cotton that w\was the ESeTo sell, thinking that some Os them would charter Bruce, and I could get him here; but not so. The murder must seem the work of rob-

bers, who undertook to burglarize the house. ' '‘After supper a trip to the bank to examine the will—and then, my uncle, while you soundly sleep, this slender blade shall cut your life in twain.” TV The knife was restored to the trunk, and at the supper table Herbert appeared almost In his usual serene frame of mind; if otherwise, father and daughter were so full of thoughts of the morrow, that they would havebbserved no change iu him. “Did you charter the Sunshine, Herbert?” “Yes, Uncle John, and Harper will be ready .to cast off Hues at the time, desired.” t At eight o’clock Herbert ascender the steps to the bank, unlocked the door and entered. The iron blinds to tbs windows were closed and securely fastened. He lighted two oil lamps and placed them on a desk, \hen unlocked the vault, opened a small compartment and took therefrom a tin bpx of rather small dimensions. He next seated himself at the desk and took out- tho contents, which consisted of several packages of papers tied together with tape. The first ono he opened consisted ol insurance policies. The second, mortgages and notes. The third, deeds to real estate, with bills of sale of several negroes owned the banker. There was yet another package of miscellaneous papers, and in very bottom of the box lay a yellow envelope, on which was inscribed ’■! “Last will and testament of John Loyd.” [TO BB CONTINUED.] ' SHE NEEDED REST. How Amaryllis Convinced Her of tho Fact. “You ought to go away for a rest,”,. said Amaryllis, ns I threw myself down on her many-cushioned itfivan. Then, with the frankness of true friendship, • she remarked: “Your eyes have big, black rings around ’em and you are the color of lead. I think you need a rest!” “I am taking iron, Amaryllis,” I said, with a show of spirit. “You look as if you were taking typhoid malaria by the bottle,” Retorted my flattering friend, scornfully. “Do you know what will happen to you if you continue in your mad career? Well, I'll tell you a story. ‘-‘Awhile ago a nice little woman walked to the edge of one of our piers and just dropped off. There were no domestic or other troubles to drive her to desperation, but the water fascinated her with its look of rest, and she was so tired! I tell you this weariness of life Is a bittef thing. The ttrain seems to slip a cog, and all the world is out of joint. When we art filled with a hunger for rest, for change, for the opportunity of getting away and going somewhere, even drowning is alluring. This is the holiday point—the time when we must take a vacation or break down. It i$ a terrible thing to be thus tired, for in such condition neither man nor woman is in fit state to judge wisely or well of anything. When a woman is just a little tired -she can lie down aud go to sleep, but when she is tired out, mentally and spiritually a3 well as physically, she must do something; must exert herself restlessly in order to obtain rest. This is a wing feather of & glorious truth.” “I’ll go away,” I saifl, feebly.—N. Y. -Advertiser. Common Streets In 1848. “Cleveland is at the northern termination of the canal,” wrote Henry Howe 4b 1848 in his “Historical Calleetions.” “Some of the common streets are 100 feet wide, and the principal business one, Main street (meaning Superior) has the extraordinary Width of 132 feet. It is one of the most beautiful towns in the union, and much taste\is displayed in the private dwellings and disposition of shrtjbhcry. The location is dry and healthy, and the meanderings of the Cuyahoga riycr, and of the steamboats and the shipping in the port, and leaving or entering it, and of the numerous vessels on the lake under sail, presents a prospect exceedingly interesting from the high shore of the lake. Near the cent£i;..Bf the place is a public square of ten acres, divided into four parts by intersecting streets, neatly inclosed and shaded with trees.” . —Albany Argus. ~~~£ - --.in . —■■ - Accommodating Station Master. A gentleman recently returned from traveling in England brought back the following story, which ho tells with such hearty laughter tw to make one believe that to have seen, the incident were better than to read about it: The engineer of a train, or rather driver, as they call him in England, not shutting off steam soon, enough, ran his train some distance past the Station. He backed down again, but cither through carelessness or defective machinery his engine ran some distance the other way. The station master, exceedingly wroth at the first miscalculatioji was-simply spluttering with wrath at the second, and running down the track he yelled out : , “Hold on, there! Stop,, where you are! We’ll just shift the station up to you, being as yon can’t get up to it.” —Harper’s Round Table. * What U Keedoilif 7 “It isn’t pneumatic tires that we need,” he said, as he picked himself up. “No?” she returned, inquiringly. “Not a bit of answered. ’ -7-^ “Might I ask what is wanted?” she asked, 1 * “Possibly a wheel that is pneumatic throughout would—” * “Not at all,” he interrupted. “My experience teaches me that what is really needed is sqjnething in the line of pneumatic riders. The fact that the machine has an air cushion doesn’t help me when I take s header."—Chicago Post.

SPRUNG A LEAK. Loss of the Cuban Filibustering Steamer Commodore. OOM Mown with Cargo of Arms and Supplies—Fifteen of Her Crew Reach Land— Fate of Others Unknown— Treachery Feared. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 4, —The steamer Commodore, which cleared from this port for Cienfuegas, Cuba. Thursday, with a cargo of arms and ammunition, fouudered off New Smyrna at an earlyhour Saturday morning. Os the erew, IS are in Jacksonville, three alive and one dead are at Daytona. Four are reported to have arrived near Armond, but the report is not confirmed and eight are at sea on a life raft. CapLMurphy, Steven Crane, the novelist, C. B. Montgomery, the cook, and William Higgins, a stoker, landed at Daytona Sunday morning. Their boat was turned over in the surf and Higgins received a wound whioh caused hia death soon after getting ashore. A Story of tho Disaster A dispatch from a member of the party of survivors Bays that about ten o’clock Friday night a suspicious leak was discovered in the fireroom and Capt. Murphy immediately started the pumps which undoubtedly had been tampered with, as they were in working order when Capt. Murphy and Chief Eugineer Redigun left watch at eight o'clock. The fires were extinguished and the boat came to a standstill about 13 miles from Mosquito light. Capt. Murphy took full charge of the handling of the ship while the first matesuperiutended the launching of the beats. The Cubans took possession of the big boat und loaded it with baggage, so that only 12 men left the tug in it. They reached shore at four o’elock Saturday and left for Jacksonville. Say the Boat Was Overloaded. River men say the boat was overloaded with coni and that her seams opened. The cargo was shipped by Henry P. Tritot to Salvador Cisneros, Cienfuegos, Cuba. The manifest shows the cargo and value of the same to be ns follows: Two hundred and three thousand cartridges 12,080 One thousand pounds giant powder,.. ZOO Forty bundles of rifles 1,40!) Two electric batteries 50 Three hundred mdchetes 300 Fourteen cases of drugs 350 Four bundles of clothing. i25 Total .$4,405 While there is considerable talk oi treachery in connection with the sinking of the Commodore, nothing definite ran be learned from the Cubans that arrived here. One sailor openly accuses the pilot of betraying them or being in Spanish pay, as they ran uground twice in going out of St. John’s bay, DEATH AND RUIN. Left in the Track of a Cyolono at Shreveport, La. Shreveport,, La., Jan. 4. —A cyclone from the southwest struck aud almost literally demolished the town of Mooringsport, just north of f.his city, at 3:43 p. in. Saturday. Over 20 dwellings were blown down, and only teven were left intact. Four were killed and 23 wounded. The dead are Willie. Maud, Hall and an rnfant. all children of Jesse Goodman, who is also injured with his daughter Alice, his wife and nephew, Claude. Their borne is a wreck. Three of the wounded will probably die. The cyclone came without warning, and lasted only about one minute. Mooringspurt is a towu of 800 or 1,000 inhabitants, situated on the Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Gulf railroad, 23 miles west of Texarkana. The town is an old one, but its population was considerably augmented by the advent of the Gulf railroad a few months ago. Benton, Ark., Jan. 4.—At 0:40 o’clock Saturday night a cyclone struck this town, wrecked nearly every building in South Benton, and passed on in a northeasterly direction, wrecking every building in Its path. In an outhouse near the depot, a tramp was killed. The destruction of property was simply awful, many families being left without homes. The property values will reach into the thousands. Freight cars on the siding at the depot were turned over, and u wrecking crew has been at work a}l day. New teir’i at the White Home. Washington, Jan. 2.—The annual New Yeur’s reception at the white house took place Friday according to long established custom. It constitutes the yearly ordeal of the president and the mistress of the white house, for they must shake hands with many hundreds—several thousand in fact—of their fellow citizens, und a large number of distinguished foreigners. As on last New Year’s day the crowd that participated in and- witnessed the reception was very large. Tt was the last function of its sort in which Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland will figure as the principal characters.' •nd this may be responsible in part for the throng that paraded corridors and apartments during the time set apart for the reception. Gen. Rivera Reported Dead. Havana, Jan. 1. —Gen. lluis ltivera, who succeeded Antonio Maceo st the head of the patriot forces in the province of Pinar del Rio, is wounded, according to advices received here from

Artemisa. It is stated that Gen. Rivera subsequently died of bis wovluds. It is further stated that Brig. Salvador Rios, who was wounded in an engagement at Peraiojo. died some time later. Noted Chemist Dead. 77” Philadelphia., Jan. 4. —Dr. Theodore G. Wormtey, a'-distiugoished chemist and Toxicologist, and professor of these branches in the medical school of the University otThfnnsylvania. died residence Sunday of stomach trouble, after an illness of several mouths. ■: ‘ Death of a Cardinal. Rome, Jan. 4. —Cardinal Guiielnio Sanfelice di Acqunvella, archbishop of Naples,' tlted Sunday. He was liberal and conciliatory and was very popular. He was born at A versa, April 18, 1834, and was created a cardinal March 84, 1884,

BANKER COMMITS SUICIDE. V. A. Hammond, of Chicago, Throw* Himself Into MKTaka. Chicago, Jan. 4.—-William A. Hammond, who was second vice preridens . of the failed Nations/ Bank of Illinois, went from his Evanston home [tartly dressed sad _evidently demented; Into the gloomy darkness and wind-swept rain about two o’clock Saturday morning, and leaving a trail of torn and twisted private papers in his path, sought the Dempster street pier, from which be threw himself into the icy water of Lake Michigan to obtain relief from the troubles whioh have piled upon him in the last two weeks. The body was found shortly after noon by two hoys at the foot of Church street, whither it bad been carried by the under tow. It was taken to the morgue, where an inquest by the coroner was held. Tbe intelligence of the baker’s selfdestruction, so closely following that of Banker Otto Wasmansdorff, wp a distressing shock to Chicago bankers and the friends of the dead man, although not altogether a surprise to those who knew under what terrible mental strain Mr. Hammond had been living since he had been held up to public scorn as the wrecker of the National Bank of Illi-,. nois—a charge which is indignantly characterized as a malicious lie by the. suicide’s intimate friends and Iqwyer. Although despondent to an uriustial degree Friday night, Mr. Hammond gave no warning to friend or family, and there is nothing in the circumstances surrounding his tragic end which would warrant the assumption that he had contemplated killing himself for atiy length of time. ** Ten days ago a local morning paper published a sensational and lengthy attack upon the dead man’s honesty as an officer of the bank of Illinois. It directly accused hint of wrecking the institution. of playing the role of “kiter,” of speculating with other people’s money, of practicing carefully planned deception on his fellow directors and the depositors for years and of sealing the lips of President Schneider by allowing the accounts of Weiss and Berger, sons-in-law 7of the president, to pass safe bounds. This piipetcalleged: “He has violated, wilfully and deliberately, thp law which is supposed to protect the public from the operations of such as he.” ENVOY OF BIMETALLISM. Senator Wolcott Goes to Attend an International Conference. New York, Jau. 4. —Senator Wolcott sailed on the Campania Saturday ns the envoy of bimetallism. Before the end of this mouth an international conference in the interest of bimetallism will be held iu London. The representatives of five governments will be present. The conference will be informal, but those who will meet are accredited representatives of their governments and out of this meeting will grow a formal conference. The Bimetallic league of Great Britain has been for some time working for this end, and h deep enough .interest in bimetallism in the United States, France, Germany and Russia for them to send representatives to the conference has resulted. \ Senator Wolcott, the representative from this country, said just before sailing: “This conference will be entirely unofficial. My invitation comes from prominent bimetallists in England. This is an auspicious time for discussing the subject. I feel very hopeful that something will gravy out of oun meeting.” Senator Wolcott declined to d.i*s** cuss his powers, which were bestowed by the congressional caucus wfth tho advice and consent of President-elect William McKinley. Poor Business Causes Cut In Waxes. Chicago, Jan. 4. —The employes of the Illinois Steel company were notified Saturday that their wages would be cut February 1.. The notice was brought to the 3,500 men at the South Chicago mills early In the day. They were told that the amount of reduction had not yet been decided, but it is generally believed that it will be about 20 per cent. President Gates said that every official und employe would be cut. The salary of every head of department which is now more than SIOO per month will bo reduced from 15 to 50 per cent. “This is simply the result of poor business,” said President Gates. “During the past year the,price of steel rails has been reduced three dollars a ton, and this in j itself means a- loss of over $1,000,000 to the Illinois Steel company. Landslide Causes Death.

Holden, Mo., Jan. 4.—harly Sunday morning a freight train on the Missouri Pacific railway ran into a landslide near this place. The locomotive toppled over an embankment and three of the cfevr were almost instantly killed. The dead are: Gomer Evans, engineer; Harry Hukop, fireman; J. E. McQueen, brakeman. The men lived in St. Louis, Two other members of the crew were slightly injured. The recent heavy rains caused a huge mass of earth to slide down upon the track and the trains crashed into,the obstruction while running at a rate of 12 miles an hour, derailing the engine and a dozen cars. “ Creates a Vacancy. ■New Brighton, Pa., Jan. 4.—Word reached here Sunday that James Johnson Davidson, congressman-elect from . the Twenty-fifth congressional district of Pennsylvania? died at Phoenix, A. TANARUS., Saturday night. Mr. Davidson was suffering* from quick consumption ami went west in the hope of regaining his health. j 7 - - 1 Placed In Hands of Receiver. _.r ; : Chicago, Jan. 4.—The Western Paper Bag company, of Batavia, 111, one of the Van Nortwick plants, was placed in the bauds of a 'receiver at noon by the United States court. William G. : ; Stevens, of Chicago, agreed upon by the counsel on both sides, was appointed the receiver, with a bond of SIOO,OOO. Pound Head In His Bed, Boston, Jan. .4. —Arthur Dexter, one * of the wealthiest men in lioetoh, was . found dead in his bed ftt his home, 37Vfc, Beacon street, Saturday morning. Dr. cause of death as heart failure.