St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 August 1896 — Page 2

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—‘ CHAPTER X. “But. Algernon ” “I will have it so, or else 1 -.11.. n.Ht to oliey the commonest rub's of pru leme to think exclusively of my own henlta a ' I to act accordingly. Os course y m can forward my wishes or thwart them, as you please. I have not lived so long in tae world without being keenly alive to the amount -the sickening amount of heartless selfishness that prevails. I have no right, of course, also, to expect, to hm an exception in your lady-hip s < as<. But "A Im •rnon. Alx*'rn<Hi “Hot I Live (he right, ant s> .J «n force it. to demand eon-: ler.it md merely for the wishes, but for the welfare of an tiding and suffering perhaps lying husband. I shall make arrangements for a protracted stay at Davos or at St. Morita, unless yon choose to exert j” it self, as duty dictates. My health has brought mo to Yorkshire, as. ' tore Jong it may probably take me to the I pl”'* Engadme or elsewhere. 1 hear good re ports of the Rocky Mountains, ami of wonderful cures effected among log cabins high up in Colorado, but, if 1 Consent to Btay here. I must protest against being moped to death." This last sp«>ch. emphatically enunci ated from amid the towny pillows and wadded wraps if his gouty chair by ’he Right Honorable the Earl of Thnrsdale, did strike his perturbed countess 1- ' jug supremely unjust v.id vexatious.y pro Yoking. Laly ITiorsdale. however, eon. I not afford to be provoked. Her br i ans in very truth a lord to >er He was a masterful invalid, but at any rate he be licved in himself, and in the ailments of which he comp! lined so querul m-ly Ixud Thorsdale role his present ,v boy veiv hard. His wife, C uistam. . bad ‘s en a daughter of the late Sir Richard M D main, and whs a -inter of the reigning Sir Richard. She had a hard time f • She w t.- handsome m. st of t : • Mort mains bad been hands im 1 am! frivolous, ami had still some pretensions to tak rank as a professional beauty in l. cil m drawing rooms. N>r was sie unfit hold her own. had she but an ordinary husband Io deal with. But she was quite incompetent to res;-’ the eporg- He will if her earl, who carried al! before him b dint of a fluent discourse, a re, date selfishness, and the magic .m's wand that ready money suppli - Only last, .bine he had hurried his wife 'iff to the Engs line for two mouths' residence am c;g ■’ snow showers. c.v sheds and g-m r.i. 1.eomforts of that enchanting region, loir ing little Lord Thirsk mid little Lady Flora at home. The yur before he hid chosen Io waft the entire family in his steam yacht, the '‘Hecla." first to L > land, and later to the glacial coast >f Greenland itself, and what the countess had endured from midges, the glare f the Arctic summer sun, solitude, and thterror of the Arctic icebergs, and ice dm s. even her lady correspondents only par tially knew. Now, at the end of .Jmcx this impetuous earl had abruptly ru-h I down to Thorndale, declaring 'hat no place was worse than London for his ' r nienting gout, and, once in Yorkshire, h 1 ' proclaimed that it was designed to k 11 him by mental depres- >n and p’ay- il isolation, because the big lonely mansion did not swarm with visitors. “But if y in will leave London s . early, you can't indeed you can't bring l.on «Liu along with you,” plea led the c intest., half crying as she spoke. “I don’t know that!" s:iap;»ed the ear! from among his cushions. “There are people to be had always wh ■ are k of the worry and racket of that precious reason whi h to you - -oms like । M --c 1 • . the Moslem. In my -l ite of health I must consider myself shamefully ■ g iecttsl as I am. Either this place m i-' be enlivened and you used to like that sort of thing -or “ine the s inner I send for Schultz the 'ourier, m l pack up for th-' Engadine, the better.” “Ah, well! I think I -an manage it." naid Lady i'horsdale t > herself; and then *he began to write. Her jien flew fast across the [lerfumed and coroneted paper. rresentiy, when the .pretty perfumed aotes lay strewed in heaps upon the jv ,r. table, the count ess conceived a bright idea. She had heard through the tattle of servants—for there was little of fraternal intercourse k<q»t up between herself and the baronet - that Sir Richard Mortmain was at Helatoo, hard by, and that he seemed disposed to stay there. Now, Lady Thor, bile whs not >n vw y in tiiiiali- terms with her '.rolhrr. I hon* ImA Ih-cu some inipli-iKuiu.i-s n th.' r father's lifetime th mt the m irringe tii’ii of th" ।.ounte-- o\;s.c’Mic. Ki.- ir l's uignature was req ttred for the raising of the necessary sum, and Richard would sign nothing without being handsomely paid for it And then his Inbious repute. and the pteer things that wen- whispered < oweri:• ng him md his issocia’es, hud caused i 'oldness to exist betwum the present master if Mortmain and h s Bister ennobled. Now, however she lie-

thought her it her brother, of his tact, of his social resources, and of what she had seen him do when ho ■•!n;s.> to make himself agreeable. So she penned him the sweetest of little sisterly notes, con ■ gratulaling herself on having him as a neighbor, warmly inviting him to Thorsdale, ami entreating him to bo charitable enough to do his best to brighten up th ■ old house, ind aid to enliven poor dear Algernon m the blues. And she signed herself his “ever affectionate sister, Constance Thorsdale,” and she sent off the fetter by a. mounted groom. Sir Richard Mortmain, when he read his sister’s charming little epistle, smiled as Mephistopheles or Talleyrand might have done. “Conny wants something!” he remarked, grimly, “ho do I. This will help me with the Woodburn Parsonage people better than she dreams of.” CHAPTER XL “It was a pity, tool” said the rector,

1 genuine sympathy in ms voice. A pity. ' । Don. my poor fellow! All your work, nil your peri! for nothing! 1 never arraign the Fates, but. it does seem to me as if, in yoar case, destiny had been a little overhard with you jet hunters.” “That, dear Mr. Langton," replied Don, ' i ciuvrfully, “is too classical, too pagan a standpoint, as my foster-father, Captain Jcdson, would sny, from which to regard our late mishap. I, for one, tmd no fault ‘ with fickle fortune bceausb our grand jet mine at Dutchman’s Bay has collapsed. Brittle, friable sandstone will break up. and 'props give way, ami a gradual land- . slip demolish what a sudden landslip first ' snggesti’d. Anyhow, we have eutm' out of it, if not much enriehitl, at any rate with- ’ out serious ii 'cident to life mid limb. ! “An.l flint, Mr I >Oll. U ehloHy due to your eounige mid y >ur unse!Hs!i readiness , to face any risk ami undertake any labor for your comrades’ sake,” interrupted Mrs. Ixmgton warmly. "Yes, Mr. Don, we hoard of what yon , did, and trembled for you, I am sure, before you had got clear of that dreadful underground place, with the two poor fellows who w.Te trnp(»ed there when the root gave way." exclaimed Violet Mowbray, with a sort of shy enthusiasm that brought tears to her ey-ss, and ca iesl the mantling blond to rise to her soft cheek. "And we worr 1” -n glad to hear f that no harm 'nm,- o f Jt." "Harm seldom come*, M -s Mowbray, I Isdieve, from merely doing one’s duty, ’ answered pon, gravely. lie was always serious, and ilmost bashful in manner, when he spoke to Violet, although his heart throblsM wildly ns his ear drank In the welcome words of prtli.se that fell j from her l.ps “At inv rate," he abb!, j “there is nn nd of jet huutc’g for the t moment. <O, Mr. I^iugt.m, I have von I tured up here, with my books, to cravo a ' lesson if you can kindly spare w the I i time for one. and are at leisure " “Os leisure, D»n, my hoy, I have >nly t ton much," nqilicd the Icrgyman, genial- I ly. "and :t is 1 p! isure *. me to re« ime | my old ’ isk of tuition with a pupil whom | n<>t eve 1 hero « >rship can spoil. S>, if i you I ke, we wnl adjourn to my study " It is strange by what invbih'e links our for* no- .m. b umd to th- >f one an j other A’ first sight it : ght have up | peanil is if n,, pmnss||t>»« 01 the part of ? Sir Richard Mor'mn a. ' M rtm. u Park, Co ill conee;v.ib’y in'l i" •’ f , ture wen] or woe of «, • imp tr it ire!j 1 humble a ;<er on as Obils ih’s a lopte! 1 son and the rector's favorite pupi: So. j at all oictcs. it would hove Ms-m,-! t , j the Iciro'c'i himself, as, 1 - pin k j horse, ’mt unattetid’sl by a c an, he 1 rode -lowly along, in tb.> ig it. whil-’. amid the well stored l’o,>k shelves at i Wo.wlliHrn Ptiraonngv, Dm and Mr j Langton were busy with the ! .re of a by j • gone diy Sir Ri bar !, it has ■ ) men ■ , tioned. was absorbed in thug ;', ns. wi’h ' ■ slack.' <-l reins ami |ownci«! < .es. ~ I rode on, so that when 1 .-arr; igwim ng 5 along nt a hr.-k ; i s', letn.. t ■ high bunk- that iimsi the r 1 id, -nd |. C*. ..1 r took him, he 1.1 nil he ir or h»'l the -mod of wlhs-Is. an! was n; r-.-p >f their approach when hi- hotw violently i startel nnd swerved, in a manlier that I would hav" ".ns. i'c ! many a ■ areb -. ri>lor Sir R. hard, howei.r. was practice! a horseman to le easily d a comp - > th it ho mor. Iy gnth. r,s! up his loosened rein*, and. recogtdalug the | occupants ..f the barouche, took off h:« . hat with n smile of amiable iusimx'rity "So g o II" he - li t. riding up to the <q>en carriage, the liveried driver of which had now pulled up his hor-"s at a word ■ from his noble mistress ihe equipage. ! indeed, was that of the C unless of Thor- , dale, and S-sid” her lady-hip louug.-i. wrap;--! In pl rds and shawls, the I -t !e-s f rm ..f the . ar' himself. “I did not ; hear your wheels. C r.i-t.-imv, until you ■ overtook mo," explaimsl the bur -m-:, j "our Yorkshire cris are solitary here i alsiu's Well, Thirsdab’, th;.- fine lay h is 'empted you out early. 1 -oe " "The more tool 1!" [h-eviably ret r’e! . Sir Richard's noi.lv hr >t ,er i:i law. ' 1 . - treacherous climate is worse, absolutely I worse, th n that of the Riviera itaelf, i with it.s di...t and its marrow piercing ink j tral. 1 foe! there is rain coming on humidity in the atm -sphero and it racks my gout and unstrings my nerves I hpve i • dd Sharpe, my secretary, to write for 1 details as to two places, one in the Car pathinns, the her in the R. ky Motin tains, of which I have heard good aei counts.” The isiunttsss made haste to express her wifely hopes that her ailing lord might yet Im* reconciled to Yorkshire and Eng- ■ bind, and to paint a rose-colored picture >f the forthcoming gayet'es nt Thorndale I’oi - ' X"*!, Iti- iurd. i oi" hitherto !»s>n 1 sa I iruarit," she so. 1. p'.ayfuHi shaking i he: .ve.l 1 Ui ger nt her brother. 'We 'naw been livre .1 wix'k in our exile, and haw -eon you but once at Ihorsdale. I i must insist now that you conic home with us. and stay to hincheen." "I'm sure it would be a charity on your part," chim.Nl in hi s lordship, more gra- ' ciously than usual.

“So ymi s-v, my dear Richard, that you have fallen into onr hands, ami thatwe " ; 'l take no denial,” said the countess, with nor prettiest manner and with her falsest smile. “Awfully kind of both of you; but. unfortunately, 1 have an appointment with a friend/' rejoined Sir Richard, almost dry.v. "Before long, de[>end upon it, 1 shall look yon up at Thorsdale, and so often that you will vote me a bore. But to-day my time is not my own.” There was a brief leave-taking, ami the carriage ■ rolled off. j on are always talking nonsense, mv i dear, and always making mountains out ।of mole hills!' growled the earl, as he | shifted uneasily among his downy cush- ; ions. Meanwhile, Sir Richard, turning j his head to ascertain by ocular evidence I that, the barouche, with its liveried servants and high-stepping grays, was out of sight, wheeled his own horse, rode back for a short distance, and then struck into a cart-tracK that, branched off from the macadamized road, and led into the

wfld and lonely moorland, “r^f. m he murmured, pulling out of the brcn»‘ pocket, of his eoat a scratch mnp, roughly penciled, ouch as hunting men often carry. "Yes, this must be the way ami presently some shepherd will be at hand to direct Die." The friend with whom, ns the veraciou® baronet had informed his titled sister, he had an appointment, certainly dkl live In a dreary and inaccessible part of the country, and it was not for a cunsideinb’e time that Sir Richard could congratulate himself on drawing near to his destination. "Robinson Crusoe's house, yen mean, monster? Yes. yes red-headed jet hunter chap—wo calls him Roblns^u’” bawled n lad from la’hind a loose >t»n^ nil, as he leaned upon his spnde. J "You call him Robinson, mylfchv because he lives all alone?” the baronet, reining in his horn*. J "Y.-s; and a main queer c^L mer he is, from foreign parts," replied.qi^ boy. "Anyhow, yon ho lives, dowgj^gthe hollow there. Yon're sure to hoa r the barking of his dogs once they nose ye!” For n moment the baronet iihig cr ed. The stony hill sides looked aiugtilariy barren and grim; th • hollow betwisjn precipitous banks, toward which the hi£h a j pointed with a grimy finger, anythijpbut a cheerful resort. Nor was wlmtlbe knew and what he hoard respecting whom he reassuring wsVTt’tr-'nur'r^^^... . sitive as boeomes a rustic. , to his .ligglns among the v- '-^Rhsls. nnd Ivas w histling shrilly as he debt fl, that Sir Richard was ashamed to qu ®ion him further. He therefore rode mi. The bridle track which led down tlie darkling holb.w was n steep 4nc. while here and there a bank of yellov flowered broom, or some great stone thi» had sl»p[s‘d down fnmi the,hill shie.Jseemed to l>ar 'he path. Alunv, the hawa* wheeled, soaring, nnd now nnd again there was a rustling amid the tnll bracken fwm, ns If a startled hare had brushed by, but of j human habitation there was for some I time no sign. A wilder or more desolate 1 spit than that -eelude’l hollow could not readily found, nnd Sir Richard, ns ho ■ carefully de-cendo 1 the st.ep nml rugged ; path, ts'gnn to doubt wlwther his Intent I informant had not willfully deceived him, i w hen at last the d< .q>, ho>ir«e barking of n d g ren.-h’ d his csrs Almost instantly i the warnis g note wan taken up by ani other canine voice, nnd yet another, a# I though C’TlH'riM. with liis triple head : ; and savage bay. were a;oused to guard j 'he shadowy frontiers >t Pluto’s sable ; r<‘Nltu Guided partly by the tierce bark - I: >id " 1 e in sight f .1 tv- ci hotel, c>m j p»r<-l with which the wigwam of a Taw I no-' or the kraal of a Zulu are types ”f v.- mmetr. >nl nr. hdoetur.Chained to the walls -f the hut. and t I sheltered ’ Pher by a fragment of shat > | u rod w s|« ok rb* m. mat -r nnr j i s.d of frowsx tarpaulin ptopjs-l by a rkk I ! e’y p ■>. w• >' no l«'*s than pmr b'W. 4«»gn, ad barking fnri<r;»*y in cho- j I FM* l JT''* fF*'**, fl* if to i'ltfi lor 11!:. ' dot 1 . V area' l I or two's blue w -"l sm : O ng slsvrr . ■ • ■... < ' nt J »«s m. ; ■ ■ - -kes I ih.it the propr ctor t this d.deetaMe villa ’ I n^'dem-” «n« to be fourd at h-me Fr I ■ a wine Str R nn-d I- s ■ DR then I ralb ing fits conrngv, he r»*de nearer to ’ h ’ nml d;sm <tW g hs M I »f a sturdy oM willow tm- "Nst stcol 1 j hard by As he approach’ ! the i -.r, the tn > ! g« ’hat rv’l -“t I tie ir chains and half ch Mng shemse.res । tetiing f lags With tb® button ! .f b s ‘ (To tw* ewn-iatj. 4 » VISIONS WHICH WARNED, Two Instances Wlur Breams of Horacs and > ire la<u« Tine. Dream*, like girls a-" queer." and dntuns wherein horse* figure largely । tnke rank among ti e ju— -• It la i usual to head lids column with a little ' fa.vnk’ talk n e rt of tmft to tempt the wary horseman In’ • the di- i;ss!<>nis of 1 minor subb- -- :r. I tl. s tm • I shall give a few dt» ams. not of fair wi> men." but of horses told one day lx--1 tumm heats In the year eighteen ninety something a gentleman eniertsl a prwiukslng pa- er for a ra •• to oxne , off -..me time dur!; g th. summer Ho | was tl.c Imm- -.n the la-t of the snow, nnd wrote to h’.s wife, who wa.- visiting in a distant town, that his prosiw-ets for a race horse wa re , rosy That night the lady, although i md ’-sp’s ially an ndmlrtr of horses, i dreamed that she was sitting In the s’nnd watching the fit :sh of the race w herein her husband's horse was to . I take part. Replying to the letter, she -aid that bls horse would win the ra 'C. J the last lea’ several 1< rgths ahead of 1 a gray horse, the only other one sho saw lu her dream, and that the judge asmouno’d the time 2:2<»Vs- The letter ’•atisod a good deal of amusement in the family during the mouths provb> s to the race, and Anally when the day came five horses started a rn/ug them being a dark gray. TtwTT!?"«ini came true In every respect, the being won In three !>• at*, nnd st th finish the gi " y was the only :i >t*fhe rest ! Ju-t coining into the str. t’T; time, I - -"C I be dream I can romqi for, as ■ 1 saw the lett. r weeks before the race 1 I took place. Another gentleman who wis sleep- । j ing at an inn beside the track where I us horses were stabled dreamed that I he saw the window of a stall contain- I mg a valuable young h orse belng stealthily opened from tlie ou t s jd e Then fire flashed and fen among tho straw, revealing the horses in a s(ate of terror, pawmg and snorting loudlv. Ilie, ream was so vivid that he awoke and fancied that he could in reality heai the horse striking the walls of his eel . He partially dressy and ran out, and not a moment too s^n Some miscreant bad thrown a doth burning and soaked with oil in through the window. 11ns had lg Ulte d the straw and In a few seconds more the horse must une perished, though fortunateTr of"'"' i\V' 1S ” nt injured. a rotter nnd Pocor. T! >e horn of the rhumceros does not glow from the bone, but i s a mere excresenee of the skin, H ke the " air and nal s. It can be separated from the skin by the use of a sharp knife.

SCENE OF THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD DISASTER. U ' ; r

FORTY-FOUR WERE KILLED. Terrible Resulto of the RaHrnad Din»»t’ r nt Atlantic tit v, N. J, Now th • 'he more or less ।■ > . „ -. ] jnred \ (im , X I ra ad acvidr.i?, utc definitely kt -o n. |'he d< id num! .'- ' :"i '.>ur. n I fo-’- 'hie.- w. re •erioualy » ; . u K -h h ut ■ > Ie t tk. a • . the bc»p tai ’’f !• >»«. in the h -p tai. twen

■d - ‘i ft 5 j'* — I 1111 xi A H u-r\ 1: mi.road horror. - it t l d • fr >m w st;-h Hi •fa d- v tch was turned »

♦ y •- gl>’ «• far r< ■ “vrred two day* ! thor d-abt/n' There .k- Mill 5 . p? i|,. , l( U..d •... “w IbnlnK \ • an I »hni the H ».!•; ; tram wn» g-m; nt , sm-h a h-i - tie rate of speed that it mold . w a » » Md<; b .... «u The M. ry that the Ho !1 .• ■: vt n r» ng nh- n the a.•• ; dent O' if ted ••wutinm-a I* repeated, but J • :.. .-. -1 aI. *. » t .-.I If two tra: s w< re .e- _• the <-v-mwrs were v iolat.ng e of th. „tr -. n.h-s -f tie r ’ roads a l ». ...U .- to instant if I * ti;s the other hand, a n a m i ■ I 1 who ne re n .a' * g No v r.?s •»r no. f the racing I■■•nva ! th. •« •;■■ - . n b ' -.i.md from the ' rntl- ’d I ■•;■ ■•• i- r , v «-oh.T refuse to • ... . ■ i,y -m:t ti - engineers |c, :M mm- - . .' Z X ever: heh’-b : people whodi. A .. th., two roads. assort that rac.-, nr f: •p:ca*iy <>n the level wvere the 'rr k- are parallel, : and I- 's among the p'". . g« r* would bo ; made over the -• -uh. I '.v of the wound- ‘ cd at the sat ? r im are in a verv serious j state. Th. -e n-e Mr-. i tnlinger, of Bridgeton w !.-g "'is '’Htod. and i the link:.own w.man with the fractured >k..H. Ti.- i. ,• r.-d conscimism ss i Saturd. y iron -ig, but could only talk . incoherently, giving no ex plana? ton -f j herself It ;s probable her skull xvill bo • trephim-l in ’he effort to save her life, i I’he terrible ev.-nt has east a gl >om over ■ the city and -ob. r.sl the gay throngs of { snmu-r pleasure seekers. B--M-S the death aid Huff..ring entailed by the e-1 I lision, it is lik.’y t<> seriously nff-t the business of the city for the rest of the । summer. The fear is expressed among . hotel men that the accident will make i people timid about traveling on the lightning expresses, trad as this has been a poor season so far. the outlook is viewed with anything but ehe. fill minds by business people. ALLISON ON SILVER. lowa Senator t avers Bimct a 11 s:n by Senat. ’ Will am B. Allison, in reply to a request for bis views touching bimetallism by intermitioiial agreement, has written a letter, which has been printed by ' the I ppor lies M. ities of Algona, la. | Mr. Allison was chairman of the United ; States delegation to the Brussels mono . tary conference in IS!*—, and studied the question exhaustively. He says in part: “As resiK'cts the prospect for an international agreement to fix a ratio between gold and silver, with a view to open mints with unlimited coinage by the agreeing j nations. I am still of the belief that such ■ nn agreement within a reasonable time is i probable. The silver countries cannot I abandon silver because of their situation, j nor can they procure gold to take the I place of .silver, even if they were inclined | to do so. Heatce the necessity of a com- I . mon ratio between the metals, embracing j t the leading commercial nations. France, i i Belgium, Holland, (Jermany and Spain j t have large amounts of silver in circulation i i full legal tender, coined at the old ratio I f

of 15C of silver to 1 of gold. To melt ! tnese coms, or sell them at their bullion ; value, would involve great loss, which vb- y cannot afford to bear. Ather eounn ■ - in EurotH- have, in the aggregate, a large amount of silver itt circulation and are in like situation. “In E if ml there is a growing sentiment for nternati.innl bimefnllism, embracing her political economists, her pro- j

fc’- - f universities, ns also her mantifnets rv'o. agti..*ultur:st«. ship owners enC >^-'l nt fore'gn trade, an I niAtty of her •id ng !> t ak. rs. mid tho-e e-p.- ’tally trad ' . g w th her di’pendeni'ics, chiefly with . I bo, ombrncing all elns-es. Those are! i’.-I into a formidable organization to j j : hi *0 i :m« :nllism. On the continent • c S at -of the Igitin union, except S'' • -I ■. | . are pnvticnHy uniti-l. There o n -rroog sentiment in Germany in the into dire, tion The international bi m- s's are thoroughly organized in ! - , Germany, Belgium and Holland. SENATOR ALLISON. “Tho Bt I'sol- confenence met at an ini opporlutie time and wili-uit sufficient j pr.-miration rind consultAtiou with governnionts imired to participate. Such’ a conference, when held, should l>e preceded by a carefully digested plan for dis- ■ cussion prepared in advance by tlie lead- i ing governments. Thus it was at Brits- I seis that Germany and Austria and some i 1 of the smaller States were not permitted ■ to act and vote in the coaterence, and j

THE NEW JERSEY RAILROAD HORROR. (Wreck of the second car from which not a passeng r escaped unhurt.)

therefore it was a failure as respects im- | mediate results, but it accomplished one j thing of great value, namely, a general i recognition of a serious evil that required ! a practical remedy. I

WED IN SPITE OF ALL. Miss Grace Wilson Becomes Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., and Miss Grace Wilson were married in New York at noon Monday at the Wilson residence, by tlie Rev. William 11. Bott, assistant ns-:or <»f St. Thomas's Church. The

MO MISS G. WILSOM.

wi-lding whs private. < Inly the members of the bride’s family were present. The bridegniom was the only one of the Nanderbilt family it the marriage. Probably n<> other wedding in years hits so aroa-’sl the interest and sympithy of Now Yorkers. From tlie time the eng igement wxis an-

nonnecd. i few montha ago, up to tho present -ho N'anderbilt family has made known its uu^mipronwsing disapproval >f the match. Tiie fact that the bride is i few yours older than the bridegroom has been the n. tin obstacle to their union, and even this has been as nothing in the f.uv >f their lev. ion to each other. Bv n: scrying the girl of his choice young Vanderbilt tuny forfeit a patrimony whi. a :< estimat.'d at $4(10,000,000. A -ingle carriage stood in front of the Wilson residence during the ceremony, in which ’he bridal couple wore conveyed to the riilway station. Uorno'ius Vanderbilt. Jr., is the oldest

living son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and a great-grandson of the celebrated Commodore Vanderbilt, who laid the foundation of the family's , great fortune. The young man is 22 years of age and was graduated last year at Yale. He . was the first memher of his family to at-

12C f C. V ANDERBII.T JR.

sin a university degree. Miss Grace Wilson is not a member of an old New York family. Both her father and mother ire Southerners, who settled in New York after the close of the civil war. Ricluird T. Wilson is a self-made man, and is supposed to be the [vossessor of $10,0«M, OtMl. RESULT IN ALABAMA. i Democrats Claim the Governor by 40,000 Majority. According to an Associated Press dispatch sent out on the night following the Alabama election, Johnston, the Democratic candidate, won with a majority of about 40,000. Elections in the State of Alabama are conducted on the Aus- ■ tralian plan, and no definite figures as to ; the result can be given until the official i count is completed. The Populists kept a close watch on the ; proceedings, one of the “spotters” placed | to count the number of voters who went I into the polls use.] peas, transferring them from one pocket to another. At another polling place the Populist “spotter” marked Democrats entering to vote by white peas and Populists by black beans. He contends hat several hundred more votes 4 are returned from the box than there were voters who went inside the ropes, and he says he had in his pockets many more beans than Goodwyn received votes. Timothy J. Dacy, one of the oldest and । most widely known residents of northern

I Illinois, whose life for the past thirty years has been devoted to the sale of agricultural implements in Woodstock, was I struck by a limited train and died a few I m-iuutes later.