St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 36, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 March 1895 — Page 2

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T AR S OVRK L AN o e R )"-\?’"'; o - ¥y }}l 4 ¥ia) L N 2 OSSN _v. o o 4 ‘ 1.',/f): \‘, “a ‘(?\ .-S-{:‘\:./’ e ; i CHAPEER T. ] The time was the close of a bright, | warm day in June; the place a fittie pasJor in the most picturesque cottage to he ! found on the estate of Brynmar; the scone | a strange one, the fivst that lived in tiu-'l memory of Lady Flutton’s ward, and tie oune that influenced her whotle life. It was a strange scene. The parlor was bare and pootly furnished: no carper, no pictures, no beoks, nothing that toid of vomfort; stern, dread poverty was shown | fn the few articles of furniture; in a sniail l chair near the center of the room sat a lady magnificently dressed, costly velvets I and rich silks swept the cottage “*""'~! Bhe was in the very prime of life, a tall. | staiely, well-formed figure, a clear-cut, l enlm, patrician face, bearing the impress of many troubles. No one cver «;m--u! Lady Hutton beautiful, but in the ex-! quisite refinement of every featare, in the i expression of the clear eyes, and tlmi smiles that at rare intervals lighted her face, there was a charm deeper than that of vivid coloring or perfect form. Her dark-browp hair was plainly braided, her | dress, in its simple elegance, was perfection. She looked what she was, a thorough linglish gentlewoman, calm, elegant and refined. If any storms of passion had ever crossed her quiet face, theve was no , trace of it now: if scorn, or hate, or love hiad ever dwelt in that quict heart, tlu-y' were all dead. She seemed as one \vho! Jooks out upon the world, vet takes little | fnterest in 1t | Far differcut from the calm, passionless | Jady, was the beautiful woman who half | kuelt, half crouched upon the floor, and | eovered with hot, bitter tears, the whiie | soft fingers of a little child. A wu\'ingi mass of rich golden brown hair fell over! her shoulders in splendid coufusion and | disorder; the face, though deathly [mlef and stained with tears, was a most beantiful one. There was a supple grace in every line of her figure, n dignity even in her self-abasement, yet Magdalen Hursf! was but a simple villager, owing none of | her rare beauty to noble birth or high de- | scent. She had no thought of her beauty. | If ever woman's face looked as though | her heart were broken, Magdalen Hurst's i * Jooked so now. Passionately, wistfully.lshe Kissed the child's hands and buried| her face on the little head—kissed her os though she hungered and craved for love ] =kissed her with all the warmth of affec- I Siga and the passio =SI l H ":‘T‘"f?l-"" "t : . o ZCC : . W ‘;...‘ " & strong Tesemoance between mother and H ~ehild. Both had the same beautiful vio- | : det eyes, the mother’s hair was golden ‘;, brown, but the child’s pretty curls were of | ' pure pale gold; the same delicate, charm- | ‘ fng features, the same white brown and | arched red lips. The two gazed at each | ( other, the mother with difliculty refrain- | . fng from tears, the child swondering what l all this sorrow meant. “l am half sorry I came,” said Lady I: Hutton. “You will unfit yourself for' . your journcy, Magdaien.” i “I could not have left without seeing ‘ her,” said the woman, pleadingly. “Oh, : Lady Hutton, can you not tell what it is | to have your heart torn in two, as mine ] §s? I must give up my husband or my | . ehild. Ile iz in sorrow, in exile, and in l want. She will have a home and a moth- | er. I must go to him: he needs me most; |, yet death itself would be less bitter than | Jeaving my child.” : : *Still,” said Lady Hutton, *‘as you can- . nmot have both., I think you are acting| wisely. Hilda will have everything to I make her happy with me.” : “l know thatv, my lady,” sobbed ihe ] woman. “I know it, or I would not leave { her. Ido not fear for her, but my heart | aches for my little child. I shall feel the | elasp of her arms round my neck, I shall | feeli her warm, soft lips on my face, I ‘ shall hear her voice and listen for her footsteps. My life will be empty and dark without her.” “Choose for yourself,” said Lady Hut- | ton, quietly. *“lf you wish to alter our 1 ariangements, there is time to do so.” ] “Do not torture me, my lady,” cried the 5 poor mother. “You know I must go to |, him. In lives such as yours there comes | | no sorrow such as mine. Can you not : uunderstand what it is to look your last, t perhaps, in life upon your own child?”’ A quiver, as of sharp pain, crossed the ; lady’s calm face for one instant. “I can understand it,” she replied, zont-| © by; “and that is why I have brought lilda "‘! hoeve Believe me, Magdalen, T shall act . by her as though she were my ow N ; THe woman made no reply. With every \ : moment that passed her face seemed tof ' grow whiter and her sorrow deeper; .!a-.-‘;l clasped the child in her arms as though 1 nothing but death cculd part them. . “My own child!’ she murmured:; “my | own little child! I nursed her, loved her, | caved for her. I would have shielded her hx with my life, and I am looking at her for | the last time. Oh, my lady, change yvour plan. Say if I return T may win‘:m‘hm.:\ How can I live without her? How can I | die? What answer can I make the Great | Judge when ke asks me for my child ¥ ( “You are only doing what you dm-i‘lnl[l yourself was for the best,” said Ladyv Hutton. “I cannot change my 1»1:\11\7;‘ they are founded on common sense. if for fifteen or twenty years I educate your t daughter, and she becomes a retined and | delicate lady, you would not surely wish to drag her down again to your level, remembering what that level is%” ‘“No,” replied the woman, shuddm'i,:g’ as with deadly fear, “anything I'::th-:.r| than that.” “You are not the first,” continued Lady Hutton, in her cold, passionless voice, “whose life has been wrecked at its oltset; others have had the same trouble, | perhaps even greater. Life is ended { »r‘ you. 'T'he cloud that has fallen over it is so dark that no light can penetrate it. Let your child live and be happy, as she | mever could be with you. Do you think, | after fifteen years spent as my daughter, l

that it would be fair to ask her to retucn to such a home as yours? Would it not ’b(' cruel and unjust? Be brave for her sake, Magdalen! You have yoursell decided where your duty lies.” “I know,"” said the poor mother, plaintively: “one way or another, my heart must break,” | “You fancy so,” said Lady Hutton; “one can bear much, yet live on. Hilda ‘ will be happy and well cared for; if shei lives she will grow up a beautiful, accom- ‘ plished lady: she will marey well, and live | honored and esteemed. Yet yon would have her exchange all this for poverty and shame.” “But, my lady.” said the woman, “he. may alter, he may repent, and then—-" ‘ “Hush,” said Lady Hutton; “I believe it is ecasier to change the leopard's spots than to reform a really bad man. See, 1 ' have brought the money, Magdalen; novw, tell me, is there anything more I can Jo for you? Do not ask me to alter my con‘ditions. I cannot do so. If I take Hilda | now, it is for life; and I exaet from you a solemn promise that you will never seek her again, never ask for her, but rementber always, that for your own good you | have parted with her until you meet in; another world."” ! Magdalen Hurst clasped the little child still more tightly in*her arms. Her Jins ! lingered lovingly on the fair little face, the golden curls, and the sweet lips. | My darling will be a lady,” she said, a grand lady; she will have dresses and l vare jewels; she will be rich and honored; but my heart will be empty, and she will have no mother; she will never know me, never love me.” Lady Hutton took from her purse gold and bank notes, and laid them upon the table. ! “The sum we agreed upon is there, Magdalen,” said Lady Hutton. ‘lt is growing late; vou had better say good-hy to Hilda; we must leave you now; write | to me when you reach your journey's end. I can only hope your future may be happier than your past has been.” - A low moan came from the white lips still touching the child’s face. Then Magdalen Hurst rose and took from her finger a thick plain gold ring. “Lady Hutton,” she said, gently, “may I give this to Hilda? Will you let her wear it?”’ With her own hands Lady Hutton faastened the ring to a little chain the child wore, “I promise youn,” she said. “Hilda shall always wear it, I will put it on her finger when she is old enough.” It svas a plain ring, made in a peculiar way; the single word “Lidelity” was engraved upon it. "“Good-by, Magdalen,” said Lady Hutton. “I trust you will have a prosperous voyage. Never let a fear of Hilda’s welfare cross your mind; she will be to me as my own child. Bid her farewell. Ses, the sun is setting; we must go.” warst died as loving, suffering o die. ‘Death, when it came, held no pang | half so bitter as that which rent her heart | now. She covered the little wondering | face with passionate kisses; she pillowed | the golden head on her breast and bent in | untold agony over it. i “Hilda.” she whispered, “my own little | child, T shall never see you again. Say | ‘good-by." and ‘God bless you, mother.’ "’ f The child repeated the words, then | clasped her arms round her mother's | neck. “Let me stay with you,” she cried: *1 love you best.” In one moment it seemed as though (he mother’s soul must leave her. Then she ! clasped the child, murmuring words that | Lady Hutton never forgot. o the last her mournful eves followed the little figure, drinking in, as it were, every movement, every action. The child passed for- | ever from its mother's home, She gazed | after it, watched the sunbeams shining on the sweet face and golden hair, watched the stately lady take the little one in her arms and dry her tears, watched the child as it smiled, and then knew herself forgotten. With a cry that rang out in the clear summer air, start- | ling and shrill, Magdalen Hurst fell to the ground, and the sunbeams played upor her white, unconscious face: while the child from whom she had parted slept | softly and sweetly in Lady Hutton's arms. ; CHAPTER 111. .‘ Five years before the opening of our | story there was not a happier or more | beautiful girl in Scotland than Magdalen Burns. Her father was head gamekeep- | er to Sir Ralph Erskine; her mother had | been Lady Erskine's maid. They married, and lived in a pretty cotltage close to ! the woods of Brynmar; they had one lit- | tle daughter, called Magdalen, to suit | some fancy of her mother's. On the same ‘ lay that little Magdalen was born at the ! ottage, a daughter and heiress was born | it the Hall. Lady Erskine was, however, langerously ill, and her babe was nursed by Mrs. Burns As the heiress of Brvn mar grew up she retained a great affece tion for her toster-sister, Miss Krskine had made lovers, but she cared only for one, that was the young | careless debonair Lord lhlflnn_ the l”."'“' gal son of a prodigal race. He liked *liss Erskine, and his friends advised him to warry her; she would be rich, and he needod money. I.ord Hutton did not decide | all at once; he went frequently to the | Hall,and on one occasion took his favorite | | boon companion, Stephen Hurst, with | hiam., | . Stephen found his visit a very dull one; 'hl‘ did not care for the pomposities of | Sir Ralph, or the inanity of Lady Erskine, | Both bored him alike; and besides, there I\\'n~¢ no billard-table at the Hall. Lady | Erskine disapproved of gambling in even | its innocent branches; a game at billiards was something very terrible in her eyes, Miss Erskine never appeared to sce or notice any one except Lord Hutton, and ' the other guests were summed up by My, | Hurst in his amiable way, as “a mixture of bores and nobodies."” Having no mischief ready made to his hand, Stephen went out to seek it for himself: he sought and found it in the woods of Brynmar; he sauntered down a broad path to enjoy a cigar. The day was fine, and the cigar a good one. Stephen sat on | the trunk of a fallen tree, in order to en- | | joy both; and as he sat there a girl, bean- ‘ ' tiful as a fairy vision, came tripping down J ' the path.

[’ Stephen Hurst saw her with a thrill of delight; he had been idle and-listless; ko was something to do; here was a beau ful young face, pure, sweet, and happ he could teach it to blush and to glow Here was o pure, innocent young hear he could teach it to love. All that he sai to himself as the girl drew near. She di not perceive him until he, to attract he attention, spoke, then Magdalen Burn raised her eyes to his face, and in tha one leok met her fate. He asked somi idle question as to the nearest way to the | Hall, and she replied; then gradually . | drew from her her name and her sim@® little history. Nothing could be bet § i e said to himself. There was no ondlk. | ! interfere while he remained at this g é place; it would be a magnificent z’ [ to be able to meet this beautiful, sim " | &irl, out in the bonny woods of Brynn! 1 I He never ealenlated on Donald Bux ! | strength of arm or strength of will. & | Lord Hutton could not imagine hows : happened that Stephen Hurst, who u | to complain the whole day long of i dullness of the place and every one % suddenly grew attached to it, and afle. lutely. tried to persuade him to prolonghii | stay. ‘ Brynmar Woods could have toldEßim why. There was no day passed 3‘ Stephen Hurst did not meet Magdalen *uder the shade of their tall trees. b What need to tell the story? Hae ‘ as idle men do woo when they - other occupation, and she learned ‘*‘, ,‘ |as the young and happy love whei :‘. are so wooed. T Y ‘ ITow it would have ended no one §aU l tell; but one morning, while the dew Still | lay upon flower and leaf, Magdalen wjent out to meet her lover. They walkedjfor | some long time up and down the brpad | path, forgetting everything save th@m- | selves and their own happiness, whenf@l |at once the keeper, white with rage, sthgd | before them. 3 ( | “So,” said he, slowly, “this is it! TEEEe { always said that fatal beauty wostS | prove a curse, Go home, Magdalen; JGa¥e | your lover with me. Stay-—do not let j |be rash. Is he your lover? Does he filie ‘ i fess to love you?” / : l [ “He does love me,” said Magdalges { proudly: *“and I--oh, father, do notges | angry—l love him.” ‘s‘,” ‘ | She spoke bravely, althongh trembigs i with fear. 13 ‘ | “I am not angry, child,” said the keé@s | er, gently. “Go home—l will settle thise ‘ [ “You will not hurt him, father?"” plg@@s ed Magdalen. ] | I will not disturb even one of his J&H [ arranged curls,” said the keeper, gri . - “Leave him to me."” ke Magdalen hastened away, and thé %0 | men gazed fixedly at each other, St pien l | Hurst did not quite like the strong hé ds | that trembled with eagerness. He wg® @ f coward at heart, but thought in this g*s° | there was nothing much to fear. i | “Well, my friend,” he said, insoleflh’* | “don’t act the virtuous peasant. “ | seen that kind of thing so often o E stage that lam tired of it.”’ e & “] tell you what you never saw § g the stage,” said the keeper. “You n % saw a father who meant to lash his dage ™ | ter's lover like a whipped hound {he did justice to her.” 1 kS ; There was something in the hot, & \i ! eyes that glowed upon him, and in (I ""'-1:‘ | hissing voice, that shook Stephen HEE . § craven heart. al o | . ‘Demotdet us make ang error, b NPO e e ea [ e M & B ;' D . Donald Burns' face softened at pifse words. B | “Have you taught my child t love | vou?" he asked; “tell me in one word. I ! twill know the truth.” “She does love me,” replied Stephen, ! quietly. l “Then listen to me,” said the keeper, | “You are a fine gentleman, I suppose— ! one from the Hall; she is poor and almost l friendless, but you have taught her tug love you; and if you do not marry her and | make her happy, I will follow you—even ' | to the world's end—and slay you—you i hear me; I say it—l, who never broke my i word. Now please yourself.” | e turned away without one word more, | leaving Stephen IHurst looking vaecantly ! after him. | ‘A very pretty price certainly to pay for a summer's wanderings in these stupid woods,” he muttered. *“That ali comes | from having nothing to do. 1 must either ! marry the girl or run the risk of being | beaten to death by that energetic and ac- | tive keeper. Well, I have nothing to keep her upon; 1 cannot keep myself; but she is a beautiful girl; and 1 really like her & Letter than any one else in the world. Let | me toss up for it; head, I marry her: the reverse, I run away.” Then he carelessly threw up a few small silver coins. “Heads | win,” said he, with a smile. “I will wait | | upon the keeper to-morrow.” ! ' And that was the man Magdalen Huarst ’ idealized and loved. | What passed when Stephen Hurst call- | ed at the cottage, no one ever knew. ’ When Lord Hutton heard that his random | friend was to marry the loveliest girl in | N n!l;lll‘], he advised Miss El'h‘kil)@ to nse i Lher influence to prevent the sacrifice, ! “Let the girl marry some steady, h()ni‘-st | young man in her own station,” he sgid; ' “she will have a chance of happiness t§en. | If she marries Stephen Hurst, she wilg?” | wretched for life.” — W 8 | Miss Krskine tried her influence, s, | Sir Ralph and Lady l:]":iliilh' tried 3}{“ I; | but &il in vain; when did love ever ligh ! to reason? Before the summer end 5 | beautiful, simple Magdalen Burns ?v'“:l?le ‘ Stephen Hurst's wife (''o be continued.) | Chinese Boats Propelled by Tread- | mills, ' The stern-wheeled paddle-bhoats puz- é zied me greatly. I could see no funnel, | no smoke, nor any of the usual acces- | sories of a steamer, Yet the wheels re- : | volved as in a steamer. When one of '_ came close to me, however, the mystery i was made clear. Under the deck of the | boat—indeed, there were usually t\\'oi or three decks, and a vast number of | | passengers--near the stern were three ‘ t or four wooden drums runining the i whole width of the boat. The drums | had cams, 'f" steps, attached to them, ‘ and a row of men at each drum, holding : on to a handle above, stepped from | | cam to v;n‘n as their weight brought | : ?hum round, .'m.q. as if they were work- ! | ing a treadmill; the faster they stepped | | the faster the ship went. The genring { | from the drums to the paddle-wheel , | was of the most primitive description. | Occasionally, when the wind was fajyp f ‘ large sails were hoisted and sideboards 1 [ to prevent leeway were put down; but i { even then the men on the treadmili aid ; ' not cease working.—“ Scenes in Canton” : l in the Century. }

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T ———————————— T e T CARRIES HIS HALL WITH HIM. e lowa FEvangelist Constructs a Movae ble House for Religious Services, One of the most unique houses of worsh_np ever erected in lowa, or possibly in this country, stands at 1448 West ave- | nue, out on West Hill, says a Burlington dispatch. It is Missionary J. B. Crawford’s movable tabernacle, which was dedicated last Sunday with unique serke s eSI eT e o, ’.. d WAYY ¥/ /!)\%% ll \) X,/ BR\ E ."'/" !‘. “‘\;», BT T RN R S vivgi g~t ‘t. i,: LeR e B A {!"’!’"r”m—-“ T 4 % ' ,U‘mn i g efa] TR ! gt T~ T& R e 1 THE MOVABLE TABERNACLE. | vices. The strueture is made of iron and Wood on a steel frame. It is built in seetions, each section being hinged so as to ffl!tl into a small space. The outside of this unique edifice is of corrugated iron, and the interior is zed with hard pine. The walls and sides are erected on a steel frame, which can itself be taken apart and placed in a small compass. The interior of the building is lighted by windows, which slip into the lining of the scetions while being transported to prevent injury to the glass. The interior of “Pic building is bantad by two stoves, so arranged as to take im al the piping during transportation. The building has folding benches which will seat about 500 people. Fverything used in the ereetion of the building is turned to some | good account. Even the derrick, on which the f{rame and sides are raised, ]i\' afterward turned into a rostrum for the speaker. When the building is in pieces this derrick forms the wagon bed on which the sections are loaded for | tiransportation, ! Mr. Crawford, who invented and conI structer the building, has been in the missionary work in Des Moines County for five years, having graduoated from Moody's institute in Chicago, and came { directly to this field, and has been doing ! some excellent work since, He has found { in his travels through the county many ; piaces where the people wanted services, but had no hall or room large enough for { the purpose, and in many cases no room i at all. The idea of such a building as the ; one herein described oceurred to him, and [ he was not long in drawing up the plans { and putting them into execution. Mr. it'rn\\'l’nrd says this buailding will settle | & very perplexed question of evangelical | work in the poorer portions of the cities, | where rents are high. The building ecan | be transported to some vacant lot, set { up and the services held with very little expense, and he thinks his idea will be i adopted by other missionaries in a short [ time. The cost of the building was about i SO, ! i SOLON HAS NO HONOQR. i Sells Seeds Given Him for Distribu- ‘ tion and Will Be Exposed, | Necretary Morton's next annual report { will get out in detail, with names and accompanying particulars, the facts in a t!r:mszu-tiun which will make interesting reading. Some weeks ago Mr. Morton | wrote to the purchasing agent of the see ture informing him that members of Con- ’ gress hiad been charged with disposing of their seeds in away other than was con- } templated by law, and instructing him to | either verify or disprove these charges in | the most substantial way. ! In less than a week the agent brought ‘i to the Secretary the written order of a | member of the House of Represntatives l | for his entire quota of seeds, which h(‘i proposed to sell to the department’s agent i for $75. The purchase was directed to | be made, and, instead of cash, the agent 6 gave his check, which was properly in- | dorsed !n_\ the vender and the money was i withdrawn from bank. So it happens | that Necretary Morton now has the seeds ; issued to this member, turned over on his ’ written order, and also the check through i | which the money was paid. and bearing | the signature of the member who sold | H“» \'!'l"l\', I The department officials decline to men- | { tion the name of the Coungressman, or to | loeate him, but the assurance is ".Yi\'t‘fl‘i' | that the whole transaction, names nndi | all, will appear in the report as a strik- | ing example of the evil to which the See- | | retary has so frequently called the at- | | tention of Congress. i | The full quota of seeds furnished a | member of Congress iv_\' the d"[l:l!"(ll"nt _ | consists, on an average, of 1,400 packaces of flower seeds, 15,000 of vegetable, | [ and eighty-two quarts of field seeds, ’ grasses, cte. The total cost of this quota | to the depariment is between $225 and ‘ | $245. The department in this transac- | { tion got the whole lot back for $75. | The Necretary is making an effort to | | abolish the free distribution of seceds en- | | tirely, for the reason that it has grown into an evil that was never contemplated when the original law was enacted. = ) &)/ ”P /’_' Vof’//fi\g SONY c‘:}\\’ 3 o e P g EGC TLI 25 S | i i I'rancis M. Stanwood. the new cditor l | of the Bostoir Journal, is a nephew of | { James (3. Blaine. : [ Mrs. Dominis (Queen Lil) is finally suf- | sering from a complete tie-up and has | nothing to arbitrate. { Mrs. Lease was so confiedent of her | election ns Mayor of Wichita that it is | i said she had arranged to send Mr. Lease | 1o ('x-n)-.?!!'_;' ‘-Vi:'"'i again. lox-Congressman “Joe' Nibley, of Penn svivania, the Presidential candidate of { the Bimetallic League, is a millionaire | | bariker, who made his fortune in oil i wells, ! SRenator Elkins, it has been reported, will seek the Republican nomination for | the P’residency. The Wheeling Intelli- | cencer says: “This is a sea serpent | {Latory. : » Rider Hageard is going to the English : | Parlinment. Ile has been working in the | | fleld of the picturesque and the unreal i | so long that a contact with hard, cold | | facts will do him good. i | 3 | | - Mpr. Allen Jones, colored, of Brewer, | | (ia., is entitled to Government aid. Any 1 | man, white or black, whose wife bears ; ’s-i:hr children in three years is worthy | | of sympathy and support. ‘ | - David M. Stene, the venerable ex- | : editor of the New York Journal of Com- | | merce, told a reporter the other day that ? | he had been out of his pew at church !.\'nml:cy only three times in i\\'om_'r-t'.\'oi l years

ASR 0 B DTI ORSSTiSS AT RAT e e e———— ———————————— ettt WIPED OUT BY FIRES. i . . e ————————————— FLAMES CAUSE OVER $1,000,000 ) DAMAGE. Milwaukee's West Side Business Dise trict Scourged-Half a Dozen Mercantile Firms and the Plankinton Estate Losers -Loss in Chicago. The Cream City Ablaze. Lower Grand avenue, the heart of the west side, of Milwaukee, was the scene early Wednesday miorning of one of the most serious conflagrations in the history of the city. The fire is the most disastrous since the Third Ward conflagration of Oct. 28, 1892, and the pecuniary loss will exceed $1,000,000. It furnished a mag'}'h"""" spectacle for the thousands that filled the avenue and watched it from surI'(Hlllt“ll;{ l)lli‘(“ll;:s, There Were, h(,\\'e\'q-r, luckily, no fatalities. ”L(ms .to‘thc Plankinton Estate, I'he buildings owned by the Plankinton estate were the large brick structure covering half a block, occupied by Landaur & Co., wholesale dry goods dealers, and the Tanner Company. furniture, adjoin- | e_‘ Aandaur & Co. to the east, the build- | sin the rear of Landaur & Co., ocenpied by the Relinnee Stornge Company, and . | the library building at the northwest cor | ner of 4th street and Grand avenue, 'The f estate will sufifer @ loss of ahout $250,000 on the buildings occupied by Landaur & Co., Tanner & Co., and the Relianee Stopage Co., which were practically new. They were totally destroyed. The insurance on them is esiimated ar SO per cent., which would make the loss the insurance companies are to hear approximately $200,000 on that strueture alone Max Landaur, of Landaur & Co., said | the stock carried st present by his firm | was valued at 8400,000, and he usually ‘ carried about S 0 per cent. insurance, { which would make the actual loss of the ' firm $320,000. The Tanner Company's loss was said to be about $100,004), though no member of the company could be found to give any accurate estimate, . It was thought the furniture stock was insured for about | 7 per cent. of the value. Big Clothiers Burned Ont, The Davidson estate was the owner of the building at 213 and 315 Grand avenue, located between part of the Plankinton building that was occupied by the Tanner Company and the Mathews building, in which the retail house of Morgan & Co. is located. The only occupants of l the store-rooms in this building were Bar- | ling & Wambold, retail clothiers, but there were a few offices in the upper part ; of the two stories. The structure was one of frame, with a veneer of brick, so the fire underwriters say, and was worth $20.000 at the outside. The insurance was | said to foot up to about $15,000. 1 Barling & Wambold had just received | a large consignment of spring goods. and i the entire stock as well as the building | was lost. With the new goods the stock | was worth $O0.000) or more, so one connected with the firm in a responsible capacity said. The insurance was about | $70.00¢. Roebel & Reinhart, art goods and picture frames, were partially burned o1 ' o e aaaadan o o Men'= Christinn Associafon wilding on Hrh street was burned: loss, KTH.OOO. There are wany minor IQ'M stores and flats. " : THE BELL IN FLAMES. Big Clothing House in Chicago Suffers Its Secend Fire. Fire which imperiled many lives and caused 1 loss of $176.000 broke out in the basement of the Bell clothing store, State and Quiney streets. Chicago, at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The Bell Luilding’'s contents were ncarly all destroved. Total insurance is $106,000. '1'5;«: fire started near the furnace and shot up the rear stairways with great rapidity, spreading io each of the five floors. A panic ensued among the 100 employes. Many on the upper floors rushed to the windows and screamed ‘, for help. Charles H. Smith, a salesman | on the second floor, climbed out of a win- \' dow on the State street side, and in tryine to cateh hold of a projection to sup- | port himself lost his balance and fell to | the sidewalk, badly crushing both feet. ' Richard Burns, -a 17-year-old elevator | bov. displaved great presence of mind. When the alarm was given he ran his ele- | vator to the fourih floor and led Miss Mar- ! {ll, one of the bookkeepers. to the car | and brought her safely to the ground, | where she fainted. Miss Jennie Levy, | the cashier on the first floor, had her | dosk on a sort of platform from which a ! stair led to the second floor. She ran up | the stair and through Manager Curtin’s | office. crying “The store is on fire,” and | reached the elevator in time to cateh it |on its last trip down. Then the traps in the shaft, operated by electricity, fell, { and the elevator could be run no longer. A confideniial employe of the Bell (lothing Company said the value of the stock in the building was $200,000, and fromu what he could learn the damage was in the n¢ ignborhood of -,\'l-)“.”“”-He could zive no accurate figures con- | cerning insurance. but said he thought | the concern carried $75.000 to $90,000. i'l'hp shoe stock, he said, was not more | than half covered. { Jacob H. Cohn, the head of the firm, | left for New York Monday afternoon to | sinish buying the spring stock. He was | informed by teegraph of the fire and re- [ turned to Chicago at once. A serious fire { occurred in the same building Aug. 28 | last. The loss on the stock at that fire {was $93,000. The loss on the building was K 5.000, Told in a Few Lines. | i'he Commercial Bank of Moscow, Idaho, has suspended with liabilities of - $127,000 and assets of 367,000, What the Indiana Legislatare needs is an athletiec instructor rather than an enrolling and engrossing clerk. (rvov. Stone, of Missouri, has appealed to the people of the State for aid for the poor of Kansas and Nebraska. Steel-workers at the Carnegie plant, Homestead, have reorganized and begun to talk of higher wiages or a strike, Apnplication for a change of receivers of the Oregon Short Line and the Utah Northern Railroad was denied in Portland. A temporary injunction restrains the principal of the public schools at Waverly. P’a., from using the Bible in school (._\;‘.r,.l\‘ S, North Dakota’s Sapreme Court has ordered a new trial in the case of Wife Murderer Pancost, and the belief is he will escaps punishment.