St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 December 1891 — Page 3

JOYAL RANGER RALPH; terloi ;oa . rt ” b, liie Waif of the Western Prairies, BY WELDON J. COBB. CHAPTER X. THE MODOC CAMP. The spot by the river to which the two scouts had come was, indeed, as they supposed — the general camping place of the Modoc and Sioux savages. AVithtn an hour after their arrival the banks of the stream were lined with camp-fires and wigwams, and the warpaint of the Indians and the general bustle and activity told that some movement of importance was meditated by the blood-thirsty hordes. It was destined that Ranger Ralph should soon learn all the plans pf the -•> Indians and their renegade white'al lies, ' and that ho should be plunged into active contest within a very short time. When bo so summarily sprang into the tree where Darrel had been compelled to leave him, he lost sight of his rom^^ion the excitement of the hour. Ho saw the Indians scour tho vicinity, secure tho horses, and lead them away; and then all became still in his im.iodiato neighborhood. “There's a perfect nest of them around here,” ho muttered, grimly. “It's going to bo no easy task to escape 1 wonder what has become of young Grey? He isn't any too familiar with this kind of work. Tho Indians scorn to bo starting •out on some kind of an expedition, and while I’m in tho corral of their camps I intend to find out what it is.” Ranger Ralph was a i expert scout, and was thoroughly familiar with frontier tactics of craft and warfare. Ho ■descended from the tree and began to reconnoiter his position. He made out that tho main camp of the Indians was directly a toss and down the stream a little distance. Making sure that ho was unobs tvo I, tho scout forded and swam the river, landed on the opposite bank and then gradually and stealthily began approach ing the camp of the Modocs. Ho t last gained a point of espionage most favorable to his plans, a small knoll of bushes and stunted trees enabling h m to completely survey tho camp and its inmates. “Shadow Snake's band,” ho muttered •concernedly, as his eyes swept the scene; “and in war-paint, too. It means trouble for tho settlements Ha! It is as I thought! Despard has come to his old friends. Then tho girl Inez must be here also. ” The scout's face darkened and he frowned ominously as he recognized, as Darrel had done, the form of Dyke Despard in the throng about th'e campfire. As he discerned the number of his oncm as and realized tho hazards of approaeing them any nearer, he reflected deeply. He was plunged deep in h s meditations, when the sound of a familiar voice -iear at hand startled him aid enchained ' hfr ii 11 nmit i i 11 “Pespard,” he murmured excitedly; “and Danton is with him.” It was indeed the outlaw leader and h's chief associate. They paused in a earoles; stroll from the camp and sat down on a log near the very spot where the scout was secreted. The latter thrilled with the keenest satisfaction at this opportunity of over hearing the plans of his enemies “You wanted to see me alone?” were Danton's first words. “Yes.” “What about?" ‘Our own affairs; we’ve got among I friends, but. 1 ain’t satisfied. ” “Why not?” “I’m uneasy. Tho old chief Shadow Snake is reckless and revengeful; and if he should suspect us ” “About the girl?” asked Towner. “White Fawn—yes.” “How car he?” “Should he meet any of the Nes Perces reservation Indian- he would learn of our treachery.” “How?” “They would toil him that tho girl never reached them.” _ “That’s true ” “So, whatever we do, we must act ■quickly.” “But we agreed to accompany Shadow Snake on the raid on the emigrant train. ” “No; I gave him th • information of its whereabouts—that is all.” “But ho expects us to go with him. ” “We will have to disappoint him. Here wo are safe from pursuit from the vigilantes. That is why I came hei;e ” “What do you propose to do?” “To remove the girl down the valley to-night.” ( “Alone?” “No. You and one of the others will take her away from her • about midnight. 1 I will remain with Vance and guide the Modocs across the country to the train, 1 and rejoin ’.oi later.” “And the rest of our band?” “Are at Damon's B -nd. I will send 1 them forward to meet you. Go to tho old rendezvous and wait for mo. You see, the Snake agrees to divide liberally for my share in the present venture. Once I get that, I will leave the •W’eamp, for h • will soon find out about White Fawn.” “And then?” queried Danton. “We will carry out cur plan to find the hermit who has Inez Tracey's fortune, secure it, and. leaving the boys to their own plans, go East and enjoy our ‘ wealth. ” The old scout loosed grim a* he overheard the p ans of the (onspirators I j He knew now how to act, if he could IWovade the savages and so low on the ; TlKail of Despard s men. The two men left the spot and returned to the camp, and Ranger Ralph | be ,r an to determine how he wou.d make a detour and reach a point down the valley where he might intercept Despard’s men, who would leave for the bandit rendezvous that night. He began to cautious.y work his way back to the river, believing escai e bv that avenue more easy than by the land He crept from thicket to thicket and from covert to covert, gradually nearing the stream, and meeting with none of his enemies. At last he came to a point where he paused in dismay. Since he had last ■been there a camplire had been built by a litt'e coterie of savages, directly in his ■course to the river.

, It ont off all safe escape In that diroc- , tion, and nothing but a bo'd dash across an open space, ora slow and perilous retreat by the way he had come would avail him. He resolved on the former course, even hoping that by a sudden run across the r place ho might gain the river unporcoived. With a spring he broke from tho thicket and started across the open space. A series of loud, alarmed yells from the fire told that he was discovered. Within ten feet of a thicket where the horses of tho Modocs wore grazing, Ranger Ralph's foot caught in a trailing ; rope. He fell heavily. Tho next moment a score of dusky warriors were upon him. Ranger Ralph was a prisoner in the hands of his most merci ess enemies. CHA ITER XI. THE ESCAIE. Ranger Ralph made a desperate resistance against his savage captors, but I struggled vainly in their iron grasp as j they bore him towards their camp-lire I with yells of triumph. Tho demonstration”soon drew a largo : throng to the spot, and the scout, se- I curely bound, was tied against a tree, the cynosure of many murderous eyes : and the object of the jeers and insults of i his victorious foes. A grim look came over the old ranger's ’ face as he saw tho Modoc chieftain. Shadow Snake, approach the spot. With him were Jiis renegade allies, ; Dyke Despard and Jim Danton. The outlaw leader starts I, and then I stared in mute wonderment at the man ho had endeavored to kill at Ton Spot | two nights previous. “Ranger Ralph!” ejaculated Danton, with a savage scowl. “Ho hours a charmed life.” The eyes of tho Modoc ch es kindled with satisfied hate as he recogn zed an enemy who had more than on e crossed his trail to his serious disadvantage “Tho Ranger is a spy,” he‘hissed “What brings him hero?'' Tho scout was silent. “Yes; he has been trying to incite tho palefaces to attack the tribes,” said Danton. “He is a dangerous enemy.” “Let him die before we leave here at another sun,” o;dared the Snake briefly to the Indians about him. The old scout did not speak. Into his ' mind came a memory of what, he had overhear I D‘spard and Danton say j about the daughter of the o'd chief. He resolved to bring this intelligence i to the knowledge of shadow Snake, but \ tho opportunity was not yet presented He formed a plan to sc<* tho chi d alone, when Despa:d and Dunton would not be near to deny his statements or silence him. For over an hour he remained secured to the tree watching the savages, who paid no further attention to him for the present. In some way they had secured a keg of liquor, and were intently engaged In disposing of it as rapidly as possible. Tho old scout knew from experience, that as soon as the Indians were fight ing drunk they would pay attention to him. He recalled Ids many batt'es with the tribe, and knew that they wore full of : animosity and hatred toward him To his surprise, h »we ar. when they ; had finished tho liquor the ma ority of them vamp, entirely Ignoring his . — Only a Lw s e ‘plug inebriates now , guarded the prisoner. The scout endeavored to free himse f, but was not able to break tho bonds that secured him. In a few minutes tho Tn Han* returned with a second keg of whisky, from the i direction of tho main camp They were all. or n i arly all of them, very mil'll intoxi ated. and straggling along with them were several other w-

ages from a different camp Ono of these attracted the ranger’s attention by Ils helpless and reeling condition. As the savages p ared the keg on the ground and began to drink from it. th s Indian stretched himself oil on th • green sward as if to sleep. His hand almost touched the form of the captive scout, and the latter lo >ke I somewhat startled as he ol s uv d that, unperceivea by his <omp nions he had drawn a knife which ho teld half concealed in his hand. The Indian appeared 'o bo drawing nearer and nearer to the scout, an I finally stealthily drew the keen bia lo of the knife ov. r the witdirs which secured Ranger Ralph to the tree. The next moment the lariat that held the ranger's form captive was also cut Ranger Ralph was relieved of his bands “Don’t move yeti” The scout started .as his strange friend utter© i the words in a low, cautious tone of voice. “Darrel Grey!” ho muttered, in amazement. “How did you come here?” “Never mind now, but act quickly. These Indians are so drunk they will not notice you. Make no suspicions move while I talk with you, and warn me if any of them seem to notice us or come this way. ” Darrel lay with his back turned to the Indians, who were perhaps ten feet distant. The old scout kept his eye upon them and listened intently as Darr 1 resumed i the conversation in cauttnis tones “Tin re is one way t • • a ape safely,” he said. “You must follow that.” “Wh«re?” “To the east. Once across the river, strike to the north and you are safe from ambush, for the savages are in tending to move south and are camped i in that direction ” “Huw did you come here —this disguise —w.?re you not afraid?” “I risked it, and luck lias favored m-. ” “Yon cannot long continue it,” re- ' marked the scout. “Why not?” “You cannot speak a word of the Mode ■ language. ” i “That is why I pretended to be intoxi--1 cated. ” “ You cannot keep up that pretense all ! niaht ” j “I don't expect to.” “Wnat then?” “To find the girl and escape with her.” “To-night?” “Vcs ” Ranger Ralph looked serious. The inexperience of his young friend, he feared, would lead him into trouble. So far, however, Darrel ha i outrivaled himself in his tactics of dealing with tli Indians. “I have marked out a course of action,” said Darrel, confidently, “and 1 expect to carry it out successfully. You know what the e red fiends meditate?” “The attack on the emigrant train?” “Yes. From what I have hoard, they Intend moving at once. The train should be warned. You can do that. ”

“How? I cannot reach them in time?" “You can with a horsx In a few minutes I will stagger to the corral and have a horse ready for you. Then you must ride as fast as possible to tho trail and give tho warning of tho proposed “I fear that I leave you in danger. ” “No; I am safe for the present, and I believe I shall succeed in rescuing Inez,” replied Darrel. The young scout arose to his feet and reeled toward the thicket where tho horses were kept, a minute later. Tho savages gathered around the camp lire were too much occupied in I drinking to notice his absence. Ranger Ralph wa.ted for some time, and then allowed the emt ropes to fall to tho ground. Then ho sto’o quiet'y to tho thicket. “Quick! Hero is the horse and there is a rille and small arms strapped to the saddle ” “Then it's one of Despard's horses?” “Probably. Lose no time. Cross tho i stream and keep to the north of sho camp ” Tho old scout sprang into tho saddle •'and a minute later Tho horso was crossing tho riyer. No one seemed to have noticed Ills escape, and he made a wide detour of ihe camp and then directed the steed toward the distant emigrant trail. He chos' a lonely road, evading what he believed wo ild bo the c tHiDqi*" pursued by tho Modocs. 'r" Twice he m-arly ie>, into a party of horsemen, and tho discovery ma n hiur--very anxious. "It cannot be possible that tho Ind ans have started on tho war trail already,” he mutt‘red, concernedly. Suddenly, an hour later, th* sound of shooting some distance ahead alarmed him. He hastened toward the spot. As ho emerged from the woods a sight met his vision that thrilled him to the keenest excitement. Ranger Ralph was too lato with his warning. The emigrant train had a’ready loon attacked by the allied Modotsand Sioux, i and the wagons were now th- scone of an animated contest The red ('emoiis were pilaging and burning and kid ng whde the shrieks of the unfortunate emigrants echoed on e\ory side. “Too late to warn and mv them!" ea ulatod Kan ger I alph, grimly; “but' n >t too late to help them against their murdered loos.” He direc.ed tho horse into th * ti.l ’k- : est of the ronli > i as he ^pnk * and. ritl® in baud, determin -d ‘oil his li;e dear- i ly in ppdcctmg the de*: i d projierty of the tin) eriled emigrant*. It was a brief and -anauinary battle. | The Modocs and Sioux and their r« no-j gade all 1 "* were super.or in numbers to the emigrants, who were surrounded, j driven back, and butchered m r dlessly. ■ Tho bravo o d scout saw the horse he j rode shot down and himself wounded; he dragged his form t > a covered w agon, , and crept into it for safety and < onceal- j mono. Then, ni tho bond oozed fr<>m a terrible wound in tho breast, Ranger Ralph sank inVo a h ank lethargy ot Insensibility. When he awoke it wa«bro?.d I’nylight. The wagon was moving, and he peered I cautiously forth from a pHo of I ay in I the bottom ot the vchhdo. He was weak and in pain, and almost, i helpless; but he made u t his -Uua lon hall a dozen men, doubtless another jx»r- I tion of l es ard s band. Driving the vehicle was Jim Danton, ! and tho scout double I not but that th *y wore proceeding to the outlaw n ndez- > vous at Lone l'anyon So far. evhli nt y. hi- j r -en e In ti e w agon had not b< en di-coveied. hekn w that he was in a position of great tw ril, ! and tiiat affair* wen fast assuming a shap l most favorable l » the plan* of

Dy ke Desp a rd. |n» m: msrisrcn. j ~ .. __ I rom O.vlby Heal'i. Recently a depuiat on of worn n wont 1 from Cradh y Heath. In Eng ami a pla e whore woi . n arc employed all heavy w rk in fojglng rhaii s to I on- [ don, to protest a aims! the passage by j Parham nit of an a t which । ro[ o < d to, p ohibit the us' by men of a heavy forging implem lit known as the | “oLver ” They ub e t dto the । assage ; of tiie bill on the ground that it would deprive them of employment At London they were questioned at length upon the manner of their em- . ployment by the Hom Secretary an Officer whose position in the British Government is much the same as th© Serre- ; tary of the Inter or id this country. | B tween Mr. Maith ws. ih ■ Secretary, and the cha n-woman the following dialogue took p ace: Mr. Matthew-—And what is the pre- 1 else nat ire of the employm nt in which i you are enga Cha n-woman (breaking In!—1 doan't want my work taken awaay from me! Mr. Matthews blanily.—-Pardon me, [ that is not quite the point on which I desire informa ion. If you will please explain to me the nature of the ope ation in ; which ( hain-wOman (firm though Austere', ■ ■ and determine 1 to get out what she had ; ' come a 1 the way to London to say)—lt I i never done me no harm, sir! Mr. Matthews —I ut. in* good woman, i ! if y<.n wi 1 si sp nd your observat ons I j long enough to communicat 1 some i ; idea < ham-woman- I lik s the 'eavy work, sir; an I says. Let each one do what they can! The interview preeh'd in this unsat- | isfaetory way until a qn stioner was i found who could talk to the chain- i women in their own language. I’r iver4 ior Ra! j. I have heard my father say that in I ' the days of h s early manhood, which dates I ack to more,than a century, in a season of protracted drought it was a 1 custom for the d.a ■< ns of the church : situated in the old town of East Wind- i sor to call together the members on a ; week day and put up petitions for rain, i 1 And he lias ass red me that these meet- i j ings were always followed by rain. He 1 failed to tell ms just how si n Among . j those always in attendance was a man ' : of the name of Potwino, one wonder- I 1 fully gifted in prater. My father .ailed I to mind some of the pit us man's earne t j expressions, such as “Send down th I I raia, O Lord! not in torrents but in eu- . I pious [sic] effusions.” On an occasion of extraordinary and prolonged drought he ■ , nut his petitions nearly in the form of a i demand. Rain they must have, ran i they would have, and they could'not do : ' without it Realizing that he had gone 1 too far in that direction, he qualified I ; his demands by saying, “O Lord! we do i i not wish to dictate, but only to advise.” ! —Hartford Times.

SUNDAY SCHOOL ,Nt e RE stinc and instruor -V. TIVE LESSON. K Who"lon I ° f 1-“” Blovatin » UharacterX the sL , for Study* J Christ Crucified. w« inthoditctory. history an o* 1 '!? 0 ? tho ‘^’’tral point of of profane l n g , lts of sacroc l s b» Y and Jesus .-aid- hnre ' " hen life jgas begun n, ‘ lshort ^^^ Father. 110l l 0 R * 1 , hls PWf to tl.e work which thou a la '° llnl shi d the this was Kavest me to do,” and indeed a’l t .uT’? 1 ! 0 ca P”heaf. Here No breach its finishing point, task ST t6achor '“is completed hi* cbarJft n ^ aS th® souls under his it re -i t t tO “ n apprehension of this tessonii?? SCt,On on th " cross? - ' rl ‘is Uvo nJTn 8 118 the opportunity; may God 10 aud wisdom to use it WIIAT THE LES«OX SAVS. And he^Tlschendorf begins the paragratddP^^l,*e .’«*ing words of the preJo u#l thoraor,. lion). Bearing his c oas. himself. See Variations. Tho word i Tl'fing (Bastazo) refers to laborious lifting, bearing a burden. Skull. Greek, Kranion, from which, cranium, our angli Led word. Crucified. Verbal form of the word cross in the proco ling verso (staurosl. Two. others with him The Gteek order would better be followed here to insure tho light emphas s: With him * two others, yeo Variations Title. 1 itorally, nn in-cribcd scroll. ! Lathi, tituhis Jesus of Na ar.“th. Greek, Jesus tho Nazariua (Bible Union.) Read. This word (anagignosco) originally meant to gather exact knowledge, hence, to con.— —To tho city Or, place of the city, I. 0., nigh at l and. But he proposition, egg us, near, u-od lucre, take&tho genitive, and the King James ■ translation may properly stand, in preieronct to the Margin । \ ar atinn* . Then said. Or, went to s u ing. Imporfeit tense Implying that they kept it up for aw hl o, and natu ally rno gh. lie said. '1 he prot oun is emphatic, and mioht be rendered. This one said. What I have written I have written. ' Genuine laconic in th:eo w ads Ho gographa gegrapha WH AT THE I l>*OX TE \< HE*. And ho bearing the cross went for*’ That twoss-b. ar ng < hrist has irone Lu h from befote the foundation* of tin earth. Back in Isaiah's dav, awa> back in Mo*es‘ time, and tn yond, wo descry tho outlines of a cros*, bone < n shoulder* of meekness Indeed, It has been the opener of all way* In discovery, in «ett emont. In lommerc ' even, tliecni** has gone bo for ■ Up* race, borne by a man It has been the sesame to open door* of i now knowledge, the harbinger of progress, so ular as well a* religions. Tho gey that Is to unlock the secrets of the next century Is cross shaped. Jesus in our midst. Ho male himself one w th ns In all our woe. not-hrink Ing from j arth ipation w ith the lowliest •bcieo alm’ll wjthyui »*i». Tbore-i c.» l« iHlTliar o!« Ts'nrGy dog. ssness w ill hold Itself aloof I from men vile eontm t. Bohol I J» sus 'ln the midst. Ue oateth with pelicans and sinner* This G a s n c—nes that I# Incorrut t and Incorruptiblo \nd at tho last there hung twu thieves ujx>n their cros-es. I Gmnl d>-n<'U moist But i it suits our Lord best to make hi* < e jarturo from the life of t osh, just as he I C«*me, linked with the wretch- e-t “and Jesus In tho nndsL” Now surely wo niay be ieve It; “I ndorneath are th ■ | evor'»*tlng arm* ” \* Spurgeon ha* said: “Sin may drag the ever *o low, but * hrlst's great atonement is still un- ; tier ail. “ The place where Jo ; us was cru ’ifled was nigh to thoeity City missions. It was over the city he w pt, t wa* fur the city ho died. 1c put himself in all his life and n his death nearest to im n. The cross stand* to day over against the city the cro** and the riven tomb. To the city, where men dwell, the one lifts its a jM-al an I the other it- < xhortat on. Nigh to the city, where life is at it* keenest- nigh to the city, where death is swiftest nigh t> the city, with its gayety and Its grief, its joys and sorrow*; nigh to tho city, and the city means need Oh, that the cro-s of ( hri-t were preached as it should be in ev • y metropolis of the land! The eitv slew him; now let him slay the city—and so save it What I have written I have written. | No, God had written VVe -peak of in- । splration a* a strange, dis'ant and ex- I ceptional thing. There is m >re ot it than, perhaps, we think, other pons; than tho e of prophets and pious men - have been moved by God's spiiit. And yet the hands were free Prophet and i protligate together might say. “Wha I j ha e written 1 have written.” and yet it was <od s writing. No, God ha ■ his ■ hand *till upon the pens and e en upon ; the presses of t' o world Much that j has been written seems indited of the •* “j gne But it is ultimately se’fdesu. “Surely the wrath of man । -halL-’i^ise thee; the remainder of. w athwalt thou restrain.” An .irorn that home that disciple took ! her to'jh s own home. Ihe latch-string I has been out ever since; the disciple < f ' o e ha* kept open house tor the need , and helplessness that comes in th ■ name of the Lord. It is the cross that has | made Chris ian hospitality. The Chris- i Han household starts forth from the I Calvary. Yes, and aims houses, hospit- j ais, asylums have been spoken into be- ■ : ing by t; at vole 3 on the tree. ‘ Behol 1 I thy mother,” said the Chri-t: and pres- ' ently weare reading of the portion fi r the widow. And it is tho past rof th ■ I ' him h at Jerusalem, hard i y, that called jure religion and undefiled that whi h ga e attendance to the fathe less and । widow* in their attic ion. Smely tLar । was a bhssed hour, all hours ha e sin- e been happier, brighter. Next Lesson—-“ Christ Risen.” John .0: 1-18. i Ax iron buoy belonging to the Un Cd ' States lighthouse establishment recently : drifted across the Atlantic and wa- ! P' c k pl j Up on the west coast of Ireland l Ino Itshthouse board, on being notified' ot the fad, presented the buoy to the I Irish light service and It was thankfully accepted. I . St < nixx. the Corcan Prince, w) I was recently killed in a railway a “c d ; 11 । !’ ns ylvania, loved the countr i w ' 1 1 refused to return to i T 1 ^’ s valuable estates in . I aZ: u a-transit-Agrlcultu t ai D( ,p artt „... oomh a I VK All

HAVOC AT THE CAPITAL terrible storm in eastern CITIES. Wnshington and Other Eastern Cities Almnst Isolated—Many Buildings Demolished and Persons Seriously Injured in the Track of the Storm. Worst for Years. । 1 he storm which has teen so remark- I able in Its varie I characteristics, so dis- ' astrous in its effects and far-reaching in the area of its sweep, will be re orded, especially in the log books of tho telegraph and telephone companies, as at once having equaled if not exceeded the utter paralysis wrought by the great b Izzard of 1888. In truth, the day was a storm king’s carnival, and, as ti e sequel may prove, in many instances the carnival of death Already from numerous points come rojorts of damage, destruction, and death, and when a cessation of the warring elements permits of a restoration of te egraphic communication with points at present inaccessible owing to the prostration of tho wires, the extent of the disaster will only bo fully known. Originating near Southern Georgia or Northern Florida, this resistless wave of dovustntion swept northward, entirely b.uirlnw down In Its path tho tllniHy wires, snapping off trees and telegraph poles 1 ke reeds, toppling over chimneys, tearing off roofs, and < rushing apparently substantial buildings like playhouses of cardtoard. Bounding over the Alleghenies, this awful destroyer, shrieking with fiendish glee, fell upon Baltimore, Richmond, Washington, and Philadelphia, scattering through highway B and byway mementoes of his tremendous power, as if in mocking derision of man’s power Tho cyclone struck Washington and lasted about ten minutes. It was accompanied by a driving rain, with vivid lightning flashes To add to tho confus on tiro bells were rung, occasioned by I uild.ngs in various parts of the city

being blown down. The worst of the storm visited the corner of F and Twelfth streets and wrecked the entire corner. A building in tho course of eroct on, and whi h had at tained a height of four stories, was blown In upon the rear of several adjoining buildings A number of people were employed in these buildings and upon the building in the course of ionsiruction a number of bricklayer* were at work. Tho workmen narrowly escaped death, but in an < xtenslon of one of the buildings crushed Mr \\ h to, a tailor, was instantly killed, being man.led almost beyond recognition. Several other employes In hi.* estal lishmont were seriously injured. At the White House about two tons of stone coping on the top of the mansion were blown down on the porch on the eas side of t!«* build ng, crushing it tn. A window in tho east room was aso blown in The flagstaff on top of the White House was snapped off as if it was glass At 1 altlmorn, the wind and ra n was of unusual nit ’n-ity It struck the city ' rom the southwest, blowing down signs and flag poles, and doing other damage. Ti t> roof of the oyster packing lion e of C. S Maltby was b!< wn off by the wind. A nnmbt r of p r*on- working in the lop story w re in ured, but none seriously. From ell r art* of I ittsburß and Allegheny come r<“port* of damage. Houses w r.' blown down or unroofed, trees snarped < ff short, signs broken from their fasten ngs, and telegraph poles t rn up and wires broken. In tho West End Dr nun's new three ? tory hotel, not yet fini hed, was b'own down, crushing a small dwelling adjoining. Tho occupant* all escaped l ut Mrs. Peebles, who wa* p: paring dinner in tho kitchen, she was buried in tho ruins, and fatally Injured '1 he storm -oomed to divide Itself Into two arms, I ranching from a center in North < arolina. one arm bearing down Ihe coast, the other bearing northward and veering north of Washington, deseriblng a tremendous circle. Bearing down northwest, it passed succe sively over Lakes < ntario and Erie, finally passed away to the north, disappearing in Baffin's Bay. From Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania reports, as yet meager, outline the destruction in every direction, accurate reports of which <an only be secured later. Suffice to say that all is chaos The damage will ne many thousand* of do lars in ev< ry section of the country visited by tho gr at storm. MINNEAPOLIS GETS IT. The Convention Captured by the Flour City on the Seventh Ballot. The next National Republican Convention will be held at Minneapo is. It was necessary for tho National Committee to take seven ballots to decide tho question 'lhe first informal ballot rosulted; • New York, 9; Chicago, 0; Omaha, 5, Minneapolis, 13; Cincinnati, 4; San Francisco, 8; Detroit, 1; Pittsburg, 2; I St. Louis, 1; Chattanooga. 4. First Ballot. —New York. 10; Chi- : < azo, 0; Omaha, 3: Minneapolis, 14; ■ ( incinnatl, 8; San Francisco, 5; Detroit, ' 1; Pittsburg, 1; Chattanooga, 4. Se •<>m> Ballot. —New York, 11; Omaha, 4: Minneapolis, 13; Cincinnati, 12; San Francisco, 2. Third Bai.lot.—Minneapolis 13; I New York, 10; Cincinnati, 13; Omaha, 4: San Francisco, 7. Fovhth Ballot. —New York, 7; Cinj cinnati, 15; Omaha, 4; Minneapolis, 13; i San Francisco, 8. Fifth Ballot.—New York, 7; Cin- ; cinnati, 15; Omaha, 3; Minneapoli.', 17; I San Francisco, 5. Sixth Ballot.—Omaha, 4: Minneap- | olis, 20; Cincinnati, 15; New York, 5; > Sau Francisco, 3. Minneapolis had twenty-nine votes on the seventh and last ballot and gets the ; convention. The lime set for the Republican convention is June 7, 1892. Minneapolis went wild with delight and cxcit intent over the announcement of the fact that she had secured the National Republi an Convention. 'I he news spread quickly throughout tho streets, and all over the town could be heard tho cheers and yells of the excited populace. On all sides nothing but words of praise could be heard for the noble work done by tho land of Minneapolis laborers at the national canitaL All classes, irrespective of politics, are enthusiastic. Ir is ev dent that some people think ’•e is still a fold for nrssion work in 'nited States. Mme. La Marechale a French salvation army leader, r to make a tour of the country. Hinos vlity fro n consumption is higher i\j\ ROOS fl ian ' n Ireland, and higher OROSO tlia:l ' u NHOO

MANGLED IN A WIIECK. DISASTROUS COLLISION ATTOLEDO. A Flint. & Pere Marquette Train Crashet Into the Rear of a Lake Shore ExpressSix Persons Killed and Twenty-tour Badly Maimed. । A Tale of Death. A passenger train on the Flint & Pero I Mar ,uette road crashed into the r ar of the Lake Shore express at Toledo, Ohio, causing the death or injury of a score of persons. The collision occurred about forty rods from tho Union Depot at 5 o clock in the evening, and by 11 s x dead and sixtee i terribly mangled and st a dod poop e had been taken from tho wreck. A babe, scalded until it was an unrecognizable mass, and so.oral women whese limbs and features were cooked beyond recognition added to the horrors. Ambulances and pitrol wagons contoyed the dead and wounded to St. Vincent s hospital and to different houses, and .t was with the greatest di.tlcultz that names could be <Y,tained. A list was furn shed by Superintendent Whittlesey, of the Lake Shore, supp ementeJ by tho co’oner. The following were ki'led: Mrs Mary Met oirn, Madison, Hl. An 8-yoar o’.d son amt an infant son off Nt 1-m. xn:Uona,\ I, of Kow Yortc. Ellen Meyer, ties ©land, Ohio Howard Vaughn, tan Fernandina, Cal. .James McQueen, Elkhart, Ind, The so iously inlured, < ared for at St. Vincent’s Hospital, are: Jose.h Anderson, Riverside, 111. Mr. and A rs. George James, of New York. John ( ampbell. New York. Rudolph Murphy, To i do. Mr and Mrs. McKenzie and daughters, Pearl and Maud. Bertha Dick, nurse girl to Mrs McDonald's children, New York. John ( on'y, Mil Lille, Mass. 1 at rick Taylor, Arthur, Nev. Mrs. John P. Ne son, of To edo, is tho

only < ne o.itsido of the hospital who is in a dangerous condition. Gthers, le.-s seriously injured are: .'o*. 1 udwig. Peoria. 11l Barren L. Potter, 'bttsburg, I’a. Conductor Hunt ‘i. larquctte train. Dolly I isher, Toledo. Mrs. J. O. McDonald, New York. Miss Anna Ma k, New York. D T West, Detroit, AJeh .Mrs. E. J. Galloway. Toleda Tho Pere Marjuetto train is duo in Toledo ‘ 1:53, and tho Lake Shore folNwsat 4 >5. I rom Air Line Junction the trains use tho same track. The Lake Shore was seven minutes late and the ere Marquette train nine minutes lato. Tito Lake Shore train pulled down Irom the junction ale a I of the Marquette, thou.h there was but little room I etween them. About forty rods from the union depot is a tunnei fifty feet long The Lake Shore had gone nearly through this with its seven heavy vest'buled ।ar or cars, and the day coa< on the rear, when a freight ahead made it pull up. The brakeman ran back to give tl e signal to the Fere Marquette engineer, but it was toolate. The trains woe too close. The engineer and fireman of the oncoming train laid down in their cab and crashed through the dimly lighted tunnnl into thn roar of the Boston and Chicago special. The day coach was split in twain: the engine p'owed through until the r?ar of the car made a cover for the engine e’ear up to the cab. The steam escaping in volumes hid the wreck from the view of the big crowd which had run out of the stores, sa oons and houses on tho high bank along which ran tho street above Miss Dolly Fisher, the daughter of Health Officer Fisher, maddened by tho pain of the s aid ng steam, leaped from the window and was cut and slightly bruised. Help can.e immediatly, and the wo :nd» od wre drawn out. One man, Warren L. Potter, himself slight y scalded, attempted to puli Mrs. McCoign from the car, and the flesh came off in great shtods from the woman’s arm. A 1 aby was scalded ti death and taken out of tl e smashed ear a cooked and blistered mas* of flesh, almost beyond recogniticn as a human form A ghastly hand was found after tho wreck had been cleared away and the wrecked < ar taken off, but no bi dy had been found without a hand, and another search commenced to find the body to which the hand belonged, w thout avail. There was no fire, and fi w were injured except by escaping steam. Mrs. McCoign occupied a seat near the rear of the coach and a babe was tedd.ing in the aisle when the accident occurred, according to one of the eye-wit-nesscs. Taking place as it did in tho city, an immense crowd assembled at the scene of the w eck. In four hours all tho debris had been cleared away, and the trains began to run as usual. No one was hurt on the Marquette train. An inves igation will bo made at once as to the can e of tho wreck, and the Lake Shore officials will see if it is possible t > make the 1 ere Marquette people 1 ay for the damage incurred. The engineer of the Marquette train was a new man on the run. When found the lever was almost perpendicular and not reversed Ihe brakeman and conri i ctor of the. Lake Shore had a narrow escape. They had gone to the rear to hang ou the red lights, when they saw the headlight of the rear train right upon them. It was a big jump in o the ditch, but they took it and escaped with a slight shaking up. L ’wis, the Flint it Pere Marquette engineer. w.H i ay bqt little concerning ihe wre k. The yard orders to engineers are that they are to keep their engines always under control, able to stop immediately. Th Lake Shore engineer, Boyle, an old-timer on the road, says he picked up the red light beyond the tunnel easily and Lewis of the F. A P. M. ought to have done the same It i * given as an excuse by Lewis that tho t' nnel was full of steam and smoke from the Lake shore engine and he did not see the red right in the way car until he was right upon it. A. B Milmino, one of tho first at the : cone of the wreck, -a.s that the F. A P. M. engine was not r■ver ed. Tho coroner will spare no effort t > find where the blame Jies. Collis <> i at Goshen. At Goshen. Ind., a freight train on tho ( in innati, Wabash A Michigan Road ran into the rear of a passenger train. The rear sleeper was wrecked and the single passenger in it ladly in* jured. Mis* Jlxme Chamrehlaix'. late of Cleveland, 0.. now Mrs. Naylor Ley and, lives in ‘a splendid palace at Albert Gato, London, whose marb o staircase and many priceless w rks of art” are sights. It isn't always the American girls who marry titles who have the bos* time abroad.