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AT WAR TOH HERSELF. The Story of a Woman's Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CHAPTER Xlll—Continued. The sun shining into her room awoke her. Her first thought was of Sir Bertram. The incidents of the day before seemed like a distant, half-be-wildered dream. Was it all true"? Ah, yes’ There were the daphnes, there, too, in her heart was the same strange, sweet music that bewildered while it delighted her. The world seemed so fair that morning; the sun was brighter than it had ever been. Lady Fanshawe looked in wonder at the lovely young face that greeted her with such a •kindly, happy smile. “Where are you going to-day, auntie?” she asked, as they sat down to the luxurious breakfast table. “Have you forgotten, Loonie? The carriage is ordered for two. We are going to Lady Seagrove’s fete at Chiswick.” Again the young Countess’ first thought was a wonder as to whether ^ir Bertram would be there. She would have liked to ask Lady Fanshawe if it was probable, but she could not utter his name.

“The Duchess is sure to be there," continued Lady Fanshawe, "and Lord Falcon, too. I should not be surprised, Loonie, if you were married in your first season. ” “I should,” she replied, with a gay little laugh. “Ah, auntie, when the world is so bright, why spoil it by speaking of such serious things?” “Young ladies do not generally consider that love and marriage spoil the beauty of the world,” observed Lady Fanshawe. “Now tell Florette that you must excel yourself to-day. Many girls look pretty in a ball-room who are not so pleasing in the daylight and sunshine. You look equallv well in both.” CHAPTER XIV. Lady Seagrove was the happy possessor of a grand old mansion at Chiswick. The grounds attached to it were extensive and beautiful; some of the finest trees in England were to be found there—stately oaks and spreading cedars, chestnut trees that were magnificent when in bloom, magnolias that filled the air around with perfumes, silver birches, aspens, copper beeches that looked like burnished gold in the sun. From the grounds there were some beautiful views of the river. Pretty seats and garden chairs had been placed under the trees. Once during every season Lady Seagrove gave a grand fete in the grounds, and it was eagerly anticipated and eni'oyed. After crowded theaters, heated >allrooms and their artificial atmosphere, it was refreshing to see nothing but green foliage and blooming flowers. Fair faces looked fairer in the sunlight, people were less artificial, less ceremonious there.

Lady Charnleigh was queen of the fete, as she had been queen of the ball. dress of rich Indian muslin, with its ■ ’ ^-frimmings of costly lace; a pretty little a * * , ’ *•>«« and cave a As soon as she appeared Lady Charn- ’ leigh was surrounded by a little i knot of courtiers; first and foremost ! was Lord J alcon, who watched her de- ' lighted face with a smile. "Is this the first fete you have at- ' leaded. Lady Charnleigh?” he a-kel. wren, after great maneuvering he had secured a seat by her side. “ Yes, ” she replied. “1 thought so; your face tells your' every thought as plainly as your lips ! speak them.' “Tnen I must train my face,” she said. “It is very inconvenient to have one’s thoughts guessed.” Lord Falcon sighed. vVhy do you sigh?” she asked, ; s’mply. "I was thinking that the fairer and more dainty the bloom, the more easily it is brushed from the flower. [ was wondering if a few seasons in town would make you as artificial and worldly as other girls.” I am worldly now.” she said, with a low rippling laugh; “that is, I love the world and everything in it.” “That is not being wordly, Lady Charnleigh,” he rejoined, half sadly; £hen he looked at her m wonder —a [beautiful light had come into those ;violet eyes, a sudden flush to the fair | face. The flush died away, leaving the face pale, with the least possible : iquiver. He had his own share of vanity, and believed that his words had moved her. (How could he guess that in the far dis- I tance, between the waving foliage, she had seen the grand Saxon head and fair, handsome face of Sir Bertram (Gordon? J All the serene and b.autiful calm was over. Her heart beat, her w r hole : soul was engrossed with one idea— I Would he learn that she was there? j

Wouid ho como to speak to hor? She ' jsaid to herself that Lord Falcon, the greatest match in England, was a most tiresome man. She wondered why he , persisted in sitting there talking nonisense and looking at her, while the young loi d from her silence began to nope that at last he was making - some Impression upon her. i “I would make her an offer at once,” jhe thought to himself, ‘’but that mv (toother so strongly advises mo to rwait.” : “I wish he would go away,” thought Lady Charnleigh; “then perhaps Sir Bertram might see me.” L She sat in silence some minutes [longer, and then silence and inactivity became a torture to her. What if he ■should leave the grounds without seeing her? What if he should go away [ and she should never see him again? * i “I wish to find Lady Fanshawe,” she isaid, rising: and Lord Falcon, to his annoyance, saw that the interview was ended. They found Lady Fanshawe < eep in conversation with the Duchess; from jthe well-pleased faces of both, the subject had evidently been satisfactory. [Then falco n left the heiress with a [bow, inwardly resolving that the time i [should be as short as possible before he ; made her his wife. Then, oh, then the sun grew brighter, a deeper, fuller beauty fell on flower and tree, for Sir LLrtram had seen her, and he was com.ng. Bright, sweet roses on her ^ace, welcomed him, smiles for which

some men would have bartered their ! life greeted him. “I have been looking for you,” he said, gently; and then it seemed to her ; that they went straight away into par- i adise. They left the Duchess and Lady j Fanshawe together; silently they went down a long avenue of blossoming lime [ trees, too happy for words. They did ! not need speech to reveal their happi- ! ness in being once more together. She asked him some commonplace ' question at last, and then they talked long and earnestly. How she hung ! upon each word that came from his ■ lips! It was “the very honey of elo- i quence,” she thought; everything ho : said struck her as being so true, so i original; the very foundation of his i character appeared to be truth. He j was describing some adventure that he i had met with years ago, when he hap- | pened to mention Captain Flemyng’s name; she looked up at him with a glance of wondering pleasure. “Do you mean my kinsman —if so distant a relation may bear the title? Is that the Paul Flemyng who would have had Crown Leighton but for me?” “Yes,” he said. “I had forgotten for ! the m 1 ment, Lady Charnleigh. I trust the mention of his name is not displeasing to you.” “Oh, no; why should it be? I should like to see him and know him.” “I knew him well before he went abroad,” said Sir Bertram.

“Tell me more of Paul Flemyng,” she said; “I should like to hear of him. I am entirely alone in the world, and he is like a relative, though he is only my fourth or fifth cousin.” “What can I tell you, Lady Charnleigh? It may interest you to hear that there is a rumor that his regiment is coming home:“ “I am so glad!” she cried. “Os course, I love Crown Leighton very dearly, but I always feel sorry for him that he has lost it. Was it a great trouble to him?” “I do not fancy that he would let it trouble him,” replied Sir Bertram. “You do not know him. Lady Charnleigh; he has a grand soul—a hero’s soul—as far above all envy, all greed, as the stars are above the earth. He realizes that one line of Tennyson's, ‘Truest friend an I noblest foe.’ ” She looked at him with wondering eyes. “Do you love him?” she asked. “Men do not u e that wordjwhen they speak of each other. Paul Flemyng was mv friend.” She walked on some minutes in silence; then she looked at him with tears in her eyes. “I wish Paul Flemyng would take half my fortune,” she said; “I feel as though I had wronged him; vet I could not help being ‘next of kin’— could I?” • “Certainly not. You are sure to have those feelings—you are generous an I sensitive; when you know Paul you will understand and feel sure that he would not purchase his prosperity at any risk of yours.” CHAPTER XV. There was an unusual stir in the

military world: fresh troops were sent to Canada, new regiments to India, and in the general movement it happened that Paul Fleming's regiment was summoned to England instead of proceeding to the East. It happened still ; . that their place of desi Sir Huntley Dae. e, who w.<- tho Ye-I ' happy owner of a very fine t >wn man- ! sion. made the same res-.lve. j "It will not be like parting. " said Ethel Dacre, when Paul came to bid I her adieu. “We shall meet again in ! London.” ! And Captain Flemyng. all unconscious |of the loving heart'so’ surely troubl 1 for him. went on his way to London , wondering what the difference would ; have bsen had Crown Leighton b en his. He received the wa-mest of wel- , c imes—all the warmer and more kindly । that people knew how calmly he had ; suffered a keen disappointment. His : only puzzle was which of the numerous invitations lavished upon him lie ’ should select: he decided at length upon an independent coarse, and took ! apartments near Piccadilh. In t..is ’ way he would please himself as to I whither he mi /ht go and what he 1 might do. One of the first invitations he accepted was to Lady Denham's garden pirty a species of entertainment quite new to him. It was arranged that Claude Denham, her ladyship'sson a: d heir, should drive him down. Ladv Denham had a beautiful house, surrounded by magnificent grounds on the banks of the Thames. “You will see some of the handsomest women in London at my mother’s garden party,” said the hopeful heir of the Denhams; “and for my part, I consider a really handsome woman the ’ finest work of creati n. What do you ! say, Captain Flemyng?” “I have the greatest reverence for • all women,” he replied, gravely, “but I the question of beauty isnot one that ! has hitherto interested me.” “I think all women ought to be goodlooking. I cannot see why they are

not. Thoy are,” asserted the young sfldier, m perfect good faith. “I have never yet seen a woman’s face that had not something beautiful and true in it.” Claude Denham laughed aloud. ‘‘For Utopian ideas commend to me a soldier who has been abroad. I will ! show you a face to-day, Captain Flemyng’, worth coming all the way from Malta to see. ” They made their way to Lady Denham, who professed herself delighted to see Captain Flemyng. iou will find many of your old friends here,” she said. “Sir Bertram Gordon has been inquiring anxiously as to when you were coming.” “Now for the face I told you of,” said i Claude to Paul. “I do not see the lady at present; but wherever you notice ■ two or three men looking as though ■ they were moon-struck, be sure shells ; not far off.” They passed through several alleys under long rows of branching limes, , and across a smooth greensward. “Surely she is come,” raid Claude. “I know that my mother relied on her as the g.eat attraction of the day. Ah'” 1 he continued, with a little cry of admiration, there she is! Now confess j that in all your travels you have ir ver i seen a picture so fair!” ’ Paul Flemyng L oked, and what he , saw remained engraved on his heart until his dying day. Before him was a f large white acacia-tree in full flower, < its white blossoms fulling where the j

! wind carried them; underneath its ■ l branches was a pretty rustic seat, with the golden sunlight falling on the loveliest face ever dream of artist imagi inod a face so bright, so fair, so ten- ' der, so radiantly lovely, so happy, that he was dazzled by it as a child who i looks rashly at the sun. He saw violet j eyes full of light, and golden hair that i seemed to have made the sunbeams ' captive. A shining mass of palest pink silk and white lace draped the perfect figure and fell in sweeping • folds: a little white lace bonnet a marvel of art, with one pale pink rose, ! crowned the golden head. The girl's i beautiful face was bent over some white i acacia blossoms that had been gath- । ered for her. ; "There, ” said Clan le Denham, trium- . phantly—“have you ever seen anything ! like that?” But Captain Flemyng made no answer. He did not know who sho was; she might be a royal princess, she m’ght be a singer, an actress, or a duchess, he did not care—she was his ideal woman foi nI at last. His life in that moment grow complete; it was as , though he had found something for which he h id looked long and anxiously; it was such a face, bright as the stars, an I lovely beyond comparison, as he had dreamed of, but had never seen. "Who is she?” he asked at length, w “I was waiting for the question. She is no less a personage than Leonie, Countess of Ciiarnle>gh, at this mo% ment assuredly the most popular and. eagerly courted 1 idy in the three Kingdoms. You wou d like an introduction to her?” “Not just yet.” he replied. He wanted time to collect himself, to drink in the marvelous loveliness of that face, to watch the graceful movements of the little white hands —time to still the rapid beating of his hi art, to quiet the thrill’ng of every nerve. Claude Denham gave a l en, sharp glance at his face, and then turned aside with a laugh. “Where there a"e lights there will b ■ moths; but 1 did n >t expect to see you so easily caught,” he said; but Capt. Fl «myng i.evt r even heard his words. His whole heart, his whole soul had g ne from him he stood th re, as i‘ weie, without life, so int jut, so earnest was his gaze. S ’, for a long period, did Paul Flemyng st :nd aloof, watching the beautiful girl whose smiles were so eagerly courted, and th, n Lady Denham passed, by. He went to her and spoke anxiously. “Os course I will,” replied her ladyship “come with me.” She led him through the little group of courtiers, and said: "Lady Cha nleigh, allow me to inti odue < to you ( apt. t’a il Fleming, who lias just ieturned from Malta.” Lady Charnligh looked up with a start of amazement, that did not escape those around her. The color on her exqui it • face pale 1, and a shadow came into her eyes as .-he repeated th® name. “Captain Flemyng,” she said, 'welcome non e.” She dropped the wli®p a a -i i b'os-om-. and b.e'd out h<T luiac . to him. She did not. notice aftcrwlW that iie picked up one of those flowers, as a miser does gold. “Y< u have tak<^ : me by surprise. I hoard that you coming home, but 1 did not know tfe.J^ it would be so soon." ™ pr.-e.l a’vaV inusmh/<; "V h n did yon return?^_jdjg|^j^^ seeing ’hat ho was d* eplv”agita^Sfe£, ; mistaking the cause. " F i i.as: v v ' ok. he copi ed. makingW great ehort to control himself. > Anil you have never l>een to so# m-: ■ she I- ntimm 1 “I shall scold vov. sha I we walk down t > the river?” 1 he gentleman who had been talking to her d ew b tek; Paul bowed 1 >w. ' id you give me your arm?” she said. “1 shall n’t allow yon to treit j me as a st anger.” : Sae laid her little hand, so oxquis- ; itely gloved, on hi- arm, and his heart ■ boa' a- it had never done before—so vi lently, indeed. that his face : flushed, ha ■ more bravely than he ; walked by the side of this young girl ! had ho stood before the guns of the enemy. [to be continued. | GERMAN ANNALS. JPd. Frederick 111. assumed the tiile of King of Prussia and crowned him elf. | 17”-*. The beginning of the war of the I Spanish succession; victories of Marl- ’ borough. LI s . Ihe empire increased bv con- • quests in the East; parts of Turkey an- i nexed. । ’vU 2? ? he Pra ffmatic Sanction pub- ! j hshed by Charles ILL, settling the I crown on Maria Theresa. I Theresa became Queen ' of Hungary; very threatening outlet^ I LIO. Accession of Frederick »he Groat, who made Prussia one of leading powers. li 41. Maria Theresa attacked .by L russia. I rance, Bavaria, and Saxony supported by Great Britain. X ’ 17 IS. Fi acc of Aix la Ohaxicll.Q; It 2bin jjrovnmo^ ceded to Spain. I<s!>. The seven years’ war b(A®n between Prussia and Austria and th air lisi. I-rede rick won the battles of Prague and Hosbach and was defeated • at Kolin. I d>3. Peace at Hubertsberg eloped the seven years’ war; Prussia gained Silesia. T

1766. Lorraine ceded to France as the result of the last war. 17i2. Prussia took part in the Erst partition of Poland. 17‘U. Joseph H. agreed to the Hismemuerment of Poland and so increased thejhn its of the empire. 1795. The second partition of Poland consented Io by Francis I.: accomplished. T 1797. The treaty of Campio Fork io; Lombardy given to France and Venetia to Austria. - 1801. The number of the imperial electors, formerly eight, increased to ten. T 1801. Treaty of Lunevillo; the Austrian Empire sustained great diminution. 1803. Ruinous concessions made to 1 ranco by the Emperor; great ditninu- ■ tion of territory. I^o4. Francis 11. assumed the title of Emperor of Austria. 1805. I kittle of Ulm; Austrian army surrounded and surrendered; Vienna capitulated to Napoleon; overthrow of Austrians and Russians at Austerlitz, «

। BI OWN INTO THE SEA. AV * FUL EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE ON A VESSEL. Spanlnh Town of Santander Wrecked '* the Disaster and Over 500 Persons Hied—Ship Carried Contraband Expio8 res—Murderer Stone Sentenced. Hundreds Are Dead. dispatches from Santander confirm wl 3 . ro P ort of the terrible disaster - ich wrecked the p >rt, de tr. yed ndreds of lives, and tent a thrill of ,pi rror throughout the whole of Spain, tt vessel which was blown up was < e Cabo Machicaco. She was disP arging 2,000 tons i f iron and many ' rrels of jKitrolepm and flour and sevC ^l wine casks. The Captain had dejfired only twenty eases < f dynamite, Iherwise he had not been allowed to fee the dock. The fire started at 3 nclock in the afternoon in the coalBunkers. The customs officers and po Mice hastened to remove t he twenty cases ff dynamite, which soon w6re landed Jt a safe distance from the ve sei. A lag was then chartered to tow the jabo Machicaco seaward. Aleanwhile * ■•asperate efforts had been made to I—-^nch the flames. The captain and Z te < iner Alfonzo NTT. 'T'jJßrded the burning vessel to help ght the flames. They worked Tor ah Xpur and a half without success. At ylie end of that time the fire reached the petroleum. Then ca ne a series of pwful explosions as the Hames went (from barrel to barrel of petroleum un;til they reached the contraband dyna,imite. The tug had just been moored 'alongside the vessel and many town—.peapie had gone aboard cither to mtlisfy their curiosity or to help to exitinguish the fire. Then came the explosion of the dynamite. Alton board the (’abo Machicaro and many on thedock were blown to atoms. The tug vanished. The quay, with its enormous crowd of spectators, rose slowly in the air. The people were scattered in every direction, into the sea. upon the land. Firebrands fell in showers over sea and land for a radius of a mile and a half. The Cabo Machicaeo's anchor was hurled 800 yards anil fell on the balcony of a house, which it completely wrecked. Houses ricked on their foundations and more than a hundred were set on fire by falling firebrands. The destructi >n in the harbor was equally appalling. The launch of the steamer Alphonzo XU. was lying alongside, and contained all the crew not aboard the Machicaco. It vanished with the others. The survivors ashore fled shrieking, leaving the promenade adjoining the quay strewn with dead and dying and mangled remnants of human bodit s. Wherever the I terrified fugitives turned they met only frightful destruction. Horror wa- ■ added t > horror in the wrecked and burning buildings, from which came piteous cries for help. Many of the । fugitives woe thrown down and trami pled upon Numbers are mid to have , lost their roa on. The people were too 1 panio—trioken to think of anything but mvin U .1,..;,. t ,wn or their’ rehi-ives' holp U> iov . o ; ,, | Ck . • ....ii ii..^ .u (n n.il a i... ■ 1

■tanuuicipal authoniies otnm < .oIf I.vorv avaiiubl 'surgeon was summoned I to tju; WAuu Uigut fell tue sky ^rttridlv^reflocfol ♦>. JibmTv. W3---.au Aent on unchecked throughout j the night. Block after blm-k were in J ruins. The people were torror-strick-len. Thousands abandoned their homes and fled to the fields or outlying villages. Others remain'd to search! ■frantically among the heaps of ruins ! and half-bared Indies for their los’ : friends or relatives banta’ider v a- la'ely among the most I prosperous town- in Spain, but it will i take years to repair the disa-ter which | has ov Ttaken it. The wh >le country I I is indignant at the criminal conduct of the qaptain and crew of the Cab > Machicaco. a- well as the criminalitv of those who -hire cd the c< ntral-aiM 4S(» cases of dynamite, the general opin- . ion being that the gover nment must | take imm diate steps t■> punish the I shippers. The death of the c; plain I and crew of the dynamite steamer is but poor compensatii n to the thousand victims. The expiosi n of the dynaI mite lifted the sea up into the air like ! a water spout, mingling enormous j quantities of mud and stones with the | wreckage and hurling them for a great j distance on every side. Reports differ : as to the number killed. The most conservative estimate places the nnmi ber at 500 while others say that fully LOO) have been killed and injured. The disaster is one of the most appalling that has occurred in Europe in a generation. ISSUE A SILVER ADDRESS. Populist Congressmen Urge the Public to Study tlie Financial Question. The Populist members of Congress,

including Senators and members of the xlousc. have issued an address appoalTTig tn t«kn up th a silver cause. The address begins with a statement of the aggregate debts of the world and of the gold and silver in existence, calls attention to the fact i that the arts require almost the total gold production, and says the decrease of the volume of this metal caused by hoarding has caused its raise in value 4o or 50 per cent.

The address continues: “The repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act destroys silver as money of ultimate redemption, and reduces that metal to credit money to float only bv redemption in gold. "The $1,100,006,009 of paper and silver now in circulation must rest upon less than $100,000,000 of gold in the treasury as available for redemption. The only reason for demonetizing silver was to enhance the value of gold and obligations payable in money. It i^ further prop; sod ; to sell bonds of the United States 1 ana buy gold to strengthen the reserves in the treasury. National banks will use the bonds for banking and issue tnetr notes, upon which the people must pay interest as well as on the bonds. The d, cument ends with an appeal to the people to study the question. Gen. A. .1. Warder, President of the American Bimetallic League, also issued an address. Four Lynched by a Mob. On the farm of Jack Daniels, near Lynchburg, Tenn., Ned Waggoner, hisj

son Will and daughter Mary, and his son-in-law Motlow, were found hanging to one tree. All are colored and the only cause at present assigned for their fate is that they were implicated in the numerous barn burnings which have taken place in Moore and Lincoln Counties recently. There is no clew to the lynchers. STONE SENTENCED TO HANG. Pleaded Guilty, and the Jury in a Short Time ICendered a Verdict. •James E. Stone, the confessed murderer of the Wiattan family, was brought into court at Washington, Ind.,

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swered in a low murmuring voice that could scarcely be heard: “I am guilty.” He was asked a few questions to determine whether he was sane. He answered in an intelligent and un-

concernod manner. His wife, Cecelia, was examined and she stated that he fell cn some ice last winter and hurt his head and at some pe-(t-ioils he seemed slightly off, but the last lui , nd State nor the defense argued the case’, and after Judge Hefron had carefully

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instructed the jury they were given the case at 10:42. At 11:00 the jury returned and handed the following verdict to the Judge: “We the jury, find tl e de-f fondant guilty of murder in the'first degree and a-sess

as his punishment that he shall suffer death.” Judge Heft on sentenced Stone to be hanged at Jeffersonville Feb. 10, 1K94. Stone said to the Court that he guessed the jury di 1 about as well as he expected. As he part'd from his wife and chi dren he 1 e-ought lit mi to promise to meet him in heaven. The persons implicated by Stone's confessions were re'eased < n their own recognizance- to ap; ear at the January term of court. Nearly every eircumstanc ■ >trength- | ens the belief that St -no proceeded to the Wratten horn > unaccompanied by any one and aione -low the entire family. There is no positive proof that robbery was the motive, although this thcori was advanced by the knowledge that the woman had considerable

mouuj - -i vouiil easily have been I secured. ALMOST FOUND SAFETY. । Nine Men Drowned in New York Bay Within 400 Feet of Shore. Nine lives wet - .- lost by the capsizing ; of a yawl in the lower bay of New York. Twenty-t io mechanics and laborers employed by the contractors who are working < n the new buildings on Hoffman is'and embarked in a thir-ty-foot yawl shortly after noon to re- . turn to their homes. The sea in the bay was running very high, but the; yawl, wit i a doub e-rebfed sail, suo-I'lysf-lly battled with the waves until wiriiin 4m) feet of the long dock at । South Bench, wh re the men were to I disembark. The sail had just been I lowered wln n a sudden squall struck : the boat. By quick work the yawl was kept from overturning, but 'the sea washed completely over the craft eeveveral times. For a few minutes they were successful in keeping the yawl afloat, but a large wave struck' the boat and filled her completely. The yawl sank, leaving the twenty-two men struggling in the water. The catastrophe was witnessed by people on the sho: e at South Beach. Small boats were hurriedly manned and sent out to rescue the workmen. Almost at the same time a naphtha launch was sent out from Hoffman ; Island on the same mission. Before ! the rescuers could reach the spot where ; the men were struggling in the water nine of the men had gone down for the last time. The other men were picked up by the small boats and the launch and were landed at South Beach.

DERAILED BY DESIGN. Illinois Central New Orleans Limited Wrecked at Ullin. Train robbers wrecked the Chicago i and New Orleans limited express on the Illinois Central Road at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning near Ullin, a little station about 325 miles south of Chicago and twenty miles north of Cairo. A stolen signal lamp and opened switch threw the train from the main track upon a “spur” or siding open at the end. Engine, tender and zgago car were ov rturned, while three coaches and the first truck of the head sleeper were derailed. 1 ircman Harmon jumped from the cab just as the engine struck the switch, but was caught bv the falling tender and crushed to death. Two tramps, one a negro, who I

were stealing a ride in front of the “blind baggage,” were buried beneath ■ the falling car and killed. Their ■ names are unknown. Just after the shock passengers and trainmen heard shots fired at a short distance from the train. The remains of Fireman ITnrmon were taken from under the wrecked tank and removed to Ullin. Ue h aves a wife and two children, who reside at that place. The wrecked tram carried one of the heaviest and most important express details on the road. A reward of $1,600 has been offered for the arrest and conviction or information leading to the capture of the person or persons who opened the I switch. I

REPEAL BILL A LAW; Voorhees Measure Signed by the President, FIGHT IS AT AN END. Closing Scenes in the House Were Quiet. House Concurs in the Senate Bill fer Unconditional Repeal by Vote of 193 to 94 President Cleveland Puts the Finishing Touch on the Measure That Has Been So Long Before Congress—Text of the Voorhees Substitute for the Wilson Bill as Enacted.

by Sheriff Leming at 8:30 the other morning. The prisoner seemed as unconcerned as il ■nothing was goimr on at all. When the in--dictment of murder in the first degree was read to him he an-

The unconditional repeal bill is now the law of the land. Since Aug. 7 Congress has been in extra session, and in. ail that time it had keen trying to pass the purchasing clause day it succeeacV: Wa'iiarintMiß « bill, which was substituted by the Senate for the House measure, is now a law. The measure which has engrossed the attention of Congress and the entire country for the last three months reached its last legislative stage early in the afternoon when the House of Representatives concurred in the Senate amendment by the decisive vote of 193 to 91. When the original bill passed the House Aug. 28 the vote s tood 201 to 100, so that, although the total vote on Wednesday was smaller, the proportion was practically the same. The final vote was taken at 2:50 p. m. The bill was engroseed immediately. and twenty minutes later, at 3:10, the formal announcement was made to the Senate that its amendment had been agreed to b, the House. The bill was hurriedly ere t iled by Chairman Pears: nos the < mmittee on Enrolled Bills, and at 3:30 was presented, to Speaker Crisp for his signature. A | fleet-footed messenger carried it to the I penate, whore it was signed two minutes later by Vice President Stevenson. Chairman Pearson, with the bill under his arm, entered a carriage waiting for him on the plaza in front of the Capit 1 and drove rapidly to the White Homo. Signed by the President. The President had been kept duly advised of the progress of events. Indeed, he manifested so much interest in the vote in the House that at his request a duplicate of the names of those who had voted for and against the concurrence was made soon after the rollcall was completed and this list was lying on his desk when Mr. Pearson arrived with the bill. SecretaryCarlisle, i Attorney General Olney and Private I Secretary Thurber were present, j After felicitating with each other for a J few moments the President took up

i the engrossed copy of the biH and read Ginary session convened the remedy I for the financial distress which Mr. i Cleveland demanded in his message 1 was applied, and the greatest parliai mentary struggle ever known waa ended. The bill as passed is as follows: That so much of the act approved July 14. 1890, entitled “An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and issue of Treasury notes thereon and for other purposes." and directing i the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase j from time to time silver bullion to ths aggregate amount of U.sov.ooo ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered in each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding fl for 371 25-100 grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for such purchases treasury notes of the United States, be and the same is hereby repealed. And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States tocontinue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of parity in value of coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts. And it is hereby further declared that the efforts of the Government should be steadily directed to the establishment of such a safe system of bimetallism as will maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined or issued by the United States in the markets and in the payment of debts. High Art. In a decorative age all sorts of things become decorative. The Detroit Free Press reports that a colored man went I into a grocery in that city not long ago, and asked the proprietor if he had any burlap lying about the shop. “Yes,” said the grocer, “I’ve got a few coffee sacks, but they are old and in pretty bad shape. ” “Dat's all de better, sah. I want ’bout four of 'em. ” j

The grocer brought them out, and the negro looked round the shop. "Has you any pieces of rope to i he n«ked. “I want about fifty feet.” ) A tangled lot of old cord and rope t was handed to him. : Going - to pack something for mov- । in^?” asked the grocer. No, sah. My wife was workin’ fer a lady on High street de odder day, an* she cotched on to a new idea. Shea’s gwine to use dis stuff, ’long wid a few suspender buckles an' shoe-strings, to make a pianer-kiver.” “Land! bat what a cover that will make!" “Dat’s what 1 done tole her, but she brung home all de perticklers in her mind, an’ she’s boun’ to turn one out. If you h'ar of anybody as wants a I twenty-five-dollar pianer-kiver, home-

, : made an’ chuck full of art, jes’ le’ me , ! know." , i Telegraphic Clicks. ■ The German-American Bank at St. , Paul has resumed business. Colorado coal miners in the Erie and Louisville district are on a strike. The will of Lucy Stone leaves her estate to her husband and daughter. Enoch Durgin was burned to death in his dwelling at East Alton. N. Y. Fire wiped out the business part of ! Dunbar, Pa., causing a loss of $40,000. i Miss Rebecca McDowell was ! found dead in a pile of lumber at AlUan£®i_Obio.