The Syracuse Register, Volume 5, Number 29, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 May 1894 — Page 2

jFyrncusc Register. *=?>'. ' SYRACUSE, : : INDIANA - ■ ——HMM—■— ■———— iZ j? !”*~ ' ■/' ' J r Among the assignments announced is that of a dealer in rags. One would think that busineas was picking up. Mrs. Lemon, of Colorado; is reported to hare juarried thirteen husbands, bhe had (probably '“been Squeezed so often that she is not superstitious There are said to be twenty-three • thousand species of fishes, "of which about one-tenth inhabit fresh water, and it is the largest that always gets away. __ There are 65.040 post offices in the United States, and al*out 67,00ft0f them do riot pay their running expenses. The profit of the Ne-W York city post office is 94,000,0(50 a year,' Since the Fifty-Abird congress came into existence wareli 4; lb?;;. there have I'een six ctfanges in the United States senate and sixteeti in the house 4 of repi4sentat|itfcs from death and other cause*. ' ~ • It ha* come out in. the course of certain legal. proceedings: in New York * that ai woihan can keep a secret As this particular woman was paid five thousand dollars, perhaps the principle 1* not affected after all. hAijr year the fire insurance com-panies-wrote up 5579,5'4 worth of business Alaska and paid out 0n1y.411.125 I '•••• hi looses." A general immigration of | insurance men to the moist laud of the biwipdi i<! confidently expected. MMMM——— ——— KNmE-ANP is ‘ an- apoplectic nation. Keceiit statistic,* show that out of every . * lO.OOp. deaths 2TO are caus.ed by, apoplexy. I nis is h inpch larger propp'.sJ t: n'of deaths from this disease Lhau can l>c shown in any other A WARK-r.VEP man was kept for fifteen years in an unlightedi dungeon in ba : .z[>u/g, Austria During that time i he never saw a human face. W hen he | catne. forth into d.aylight jt was no- ; tired that his black, eyes bail become I'_ ' I | A [short time ago the girls of Win-j Chester. Ky.. organized a “matrimonial j ciub't and prop—c-i to pay Sod to the first girl w Ivo got married. Four inemV>ers are already jtngaged and hurrying ; up ’.}»• preyaratKWiS. and it is probable . that it. will Wreck ? thl»»c!ttb If they all | •' ' happaa to select t'heiaame.day and hour., j I’lidf Eltls. Os l.srsgow, haS beevrike conyfneed by'exp -and i observation that chloroform; taken in ; a leaslp'- t; dose a*. a gastric sedative, -j i* the. long lobked-fpr specific against l Seasick tie** Enterprising steanfthip I Companies Avili .'soon be advertising: I ••Passengers. chloroformed for the trip . gratia" • Tuk new', tunnel through the. Pal-1 i‘ij,4e.s in New Jersey, built by the Sn-»lr.channa A \ycstern railru,:u., cost- , ing. f oo.>,>sm. is completed and ready for coal traffic. The tunnel is nearly I two miles long Work wa» begun 6u [ , it about eighteen iqonthj ago and dur- i ing its cthistriietion,..twelve workmen j h st the;.- live* _ . There are -about i.two persons Hying I .!? in* foreign cou n tries who receive check* , from Washington ' quarterly in pay-ment-of -pension's There are 2,<XK)’in Who receive rUS.OW) ayyear; cw in Germany, revrivi ng fU-s/COv a j year, and q.'-d in Britain whose | oss aggregate >126.990 a y ear. One ! "man in the ;;i islands draw s 924 every ; three tn,oht|»*. and four times a year I lire sent to men who are living in Africa. ’ | ’ „ """’■ ' nr wrir.pg of books is note-as 4asy a ( matter as sjmeqieopte imagine” 'Great! labor is required in their preparation. , ‘especially, if they are of a sciejntific'l «;!<■■.»ra«-lcr." (The, late Prof.. Richie, the ; astronomer? w,»s engaged upon a.w . t for twcnty-itive rears and it was just rei iv b>:. p il.licatiou When death over- [ took l;;m. [lt- w ;;I be issued l>y his ! “ ‘ daughter, -a resident of Chigagix who f ■ cw .s.s gn' l ally'interested, and fre<pmntly ; . R.ss:st«sd in her father's, ibrestigations. . . . J It is expected that jx/wer frirm the { Niagara fails plant w U be delivered in Buffalo as early'aa the beginning of tietober. 'The electricity generated by the failing ! water is to be raised to a js>t<-nti;i; of about thiity thousand ‘ * volts,arid transmitted to Buffalo along | riadergronnd wires! The selling 'cosV’l t • is- al-mt tin- thirds that of sten-y. ' power for the same amount of work, viliich jbekan important saving'to ! manufacturers and for transportation ! purposes. [The Street railways are to < be oy*eratcd by a direct current. s' I A recent census bulletin treats of the ; . w«-althof the United Stages, ana shows.-, a total valuation of rial and; personall property Sriiotmtlug to fkv.QTd'.e'Jll.lUT. > Os this total. $hV.M4.544 ,333 represent* | the value vs! real estate with improve* | meats and the remainder, <25.- * 'S'ZJ.ypV, -•I. represent* the value of per-i' souab property, including railroads. [ - .mines; queries, livestbek. etc, al the ‘ > . close of the census year IS'JO. 'At . that ! time the total assessed value of’ real and personal property was 473,1*3,41S, of vthich tls.n.M,.NS<s,<j7N represented real estate with improvements.and git,51tt,51fi,743 personal property In New’burg, N. Y . the women for the first time voted in a taxpayers' election Rud defeated -adpropoaitiop to isAoe f'.o.ikX) in bonds for a new court- f h< use. I,his event lends a naughty Gotham newspaper to remark: '.How different it would hate been if on the eve of the election the bond advocates = had advertised: (,ireat reduction! Sat- : urday is bargain dav! .Marked dow n to jf4*J.9W.lri! lAist opportunity for a new courthouse at:that price!' Not a woman ’ would have stayed away from the polls i or voted against thy bonds. They would | hare walked five miles, if necessary, to get that courthouse for <49.9--O.UN. t Ax electr.c ventilator for supplying a Building with fresh air. either cold or , warmed, a* desire,!, is so arranged that the electric motor sets the ventilator revolving, which sucks cool air. in. It hen warln air is desired, a current is sent into a net fine wire possessing affiigh .rvsUtaincy. and through the network the air is to pass; the current heats sap vyirC - ami lii • air becomes heated. The movement of a commutator t* sufficient to change.the 1 charade;- of the a r supplied by the ventilator; This system us capable of < laaaiderable adaptation, and it» Mated I that the hygiesw rrirnit* are food. -ft

Epitome of the Week. 3_ INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Regular Session. Monday, May were presented in. the senate praying for the recognition ;of Lincoln's birthday as a national holiday. A bill was introduced making it a crime punishable by imprisonment from one year to twenty years to retard or obstruct the passage of any train carrying United Slates mail. The tariff bill was further considered. In the house the resignation of Representative Compton, of 'Maryland, was received. Several district of Columbia bills were passed. Tvksday, May 15.—1 n the senate Senator Allen (Neb.) called up his resolution to investigate the Industrial condition o.' the counjtry, but it went over for the day. A bill to place Dunbur Ransom bn th* retired list of the army as captain 'waa passed and the tariff measure .vas further considered. In the house the . naval appropriation bill- was passed and' the agricultural appropriation bill was discussed. The T-Omnuttee on pensions voted to report a bill increasing -the rates of all pensiiwers of thte Mexican war and Indian wsr* fr >m to 912 a month. May 15. — Tariff disetission <>Ciupi« the time of the senate. A resolution forMin investigation of the cl-arge that bribAy hail been attempted to defeat the tariff bill was offered. It. tiie house the joint resolution authorizing an investigation of the industrial depression was reported from the committee on labor. A bill was introduced' ■: for the erection of a national memorial home f.or aged colored people in Washington. . The- agricultural appropriation trill was considered. THt WiPAY. May 17.—A resolution for for an investigation of the charge that bribery had been attempted to defeat the tariff bi.l wan adbpteff in tile ! setijSte and a bill providing for the xditi.ission of Utah as a state was re ]>or:e<i. The tariff bill was diacussed In the house the agricul-I tural bill was passeib I Friday. May" Ift.--A. resolution callI lugm*?ri the attorney general for inj formation as to the existence of a sugar trust in violation of the law wax [adopted in the senate. The'tariff! ! bill was wiisidered- In the house the 1< ji-.at offk'exvcuUve an t judicial up- ' ' pr.pr at.lfti bill was discussed. At the , twet,.T:ir''Xs:,.n private bills were considered. Adjourned to the 21st. j - FROM WASHINGTON. The lieutli of Ex-Gov. A C. Hunt, of | <.'vriorad' >. occurred at his residence in j i .Tcnnallly town, hear M ashingtob. at : . the age of ris years! llßoiyrKS, bankers and investors re--1 port no improvement in the geri.eral j business situation and are correspond- ( -ugly, depressed. 4 . Lt was said that plans had been formUuiaUd whereby the Pacific railroads may liquidate their debt to the governmeat in fifty tears.■ t - I.x the United Statys thVre weye 220 businr-s fu:lurt> in the? seven days bnded on the 1-th. against 205 the week .. pr-yion- and 247 in the corresponding ; time nf 1803 . • i A l the leading {clearing houses in j the United States the exchanges during • ’he week enfiyd on- the. Lrilh aggregated i 7 >'.77,373.'. against 55KKf.725.545 the - previous w eek. The decrease,, .com*. | pared with the corresponding week in Jb93. was 27.5. , , THE EAST. Fot k Harvard coliege student*, E. S! Beach, AV C. Truesdell; J. F Brow ne .nut Franklm AVhithall, were drowped I in Boston harbor,, their sailboat capsizing. In. New: York Charles Sumsmuller, : aged 50, killed his mother, aged (W, and ; then took tis own life. l-Mverty was ; the cause. ‘ M Uli.t drunk Analton Hyatt, a well- : known, citizen of Waverly. N. ¥., : slabbed his Wife fatally mul then killed [himself. ' ' ' Fi amks swept away two schooners, j ,'M*. u<J») .tons of yoal and several buiidga ,m the rivey fr rat at I’an tucket. K: |I. Tin- h>s» Was ' 1 taut destroyed Jffaes' a p. j-.i---ar New |\ ;>rk rc-ort, with many sun i rounding. <lwellings,- the loss being [ • iver t3in>(XM. ' The republicans of the TwVnty-fifth ’T’enn-y!vania district nominated 1 ? W. I'tMll.ips for congress. ; Fl.amks that started .in the United States appraiser's office in Boston caused a loss to the government of 515,i.(h)4 a nu * other losae* amounted to I Ikw.oqo. . Et w IRK Idf.GHT. the- editor of the ' Ex hi.o er. a prominent Baptist tiewsj paper, died at his home in New York. I ;,.■<■.( -r. ■ ears." - ' '. .' f ' In a storm in New Jersey fourteen I houses were struck by Lightning in" Bridgeton, three in 'C-edurville. four at Nrii .ft. two at Imtch Nt•<•'<_ -even at ! Vim iand and several-rin Millville, j Li.' tenth annual convention of the i National E'litorial association will be? j held at A-burv Bark. N. J.. Julv 2 to i2fi; . ■ ' In Philadelphia application was ■; Iffiadc fora receiver for the Order of i | T.citi. . The liabilities were saki to j reach into the mfjHons. At Breeze cottsgv, Garden City. L. L, the anniversary of the establish-1 meat of the first post office iri AmericaJ vya- celebrated. j WEST ANO SOUTH. J. A. ‘1 H< -tv amiOzem Jacnson were ; ki led ami Wfloa n Hurst fatally in-jun-l by-tie- caving in of a tunnel on the Monon road at Owensburg.- Iriit ■ 'A IL Fen den's ! barn, near Marshall, Mina, was struck by lightning and ' first S'ycd, together w ith thirty-three I good horses and forty hogs a T n<i pigx A wind and rainstorm sveft over | {Mirtious of Minnesota and l\ -.scons n .avid severaU million dollars' n-Ortn of pp perty was destroyed.* al! the raiii i-*a is running through that section : cry »>:-"--e-.I and four per-on l * lostI their lives. lx c* n vent ion at Memphis Tennessee lan er.- passed resolutions .opposing 7 1 the repeal of the state bank, tax law. At the age Os 115 years Joseph Young i (colored) d <-d at Tuscola, HL ,He I served in the lute w-ar and was married a se.'jn.i time at the age of 104. •>, Is state convention al Kansas City the democrats of Miasbari nominated M. Black judge, W. T. Cv.rringi'in for superintendent of public instruction and J. 11. Finks for r.i'.lt'*;:.! commissioner. Trie platform <;.-elarcs. ••* favor *>f the tree and tinlimited c> . 'age Yif silver. ! its n..; .;s of the Bellair** (U ) Nail 1.1. w’era ehtsie t i »s»» > I a 7i-r t iged- coal »ud B? k• • softs were idle •T •. - ■ f -

At Monroe, Ind., poison, supposed to have been placed in the well by an ' enemy, killed two .children of Mart Adler, and' Adler and his wife would probably die. Ix the state convention the populists of Georgia nominated J. K. Hines, of Atlanta, for governor. At Austin, Tex, Gaudaur broke his own 3-mile record of 19:05 at the professional regatta, beating Peterson in 19:02^.-- . -•I: B Dvßtxu a- cyclone one-fourth of a mile west of Kunkle, 0., great damage to property was done and Daniel Barrett and .Lis wife and their two granddaughters, Myrta and Martha CastA and George Oxinger .Were killedond Charles Cole and his wife were fatally injured.! I Mrs. Cm.OB Gibson, aged 7S, and Nathaniel P. Crane, aged 54. were married at Belvidere, HL The officiating minister is 52 years of age. AT the annual encampment in Rockford H. H. McDowell, of Pontiac, Vas elected department commander of the Illinois G. A. it, and Mrs. M. R. M. Wallace, of Chicago, was elected president of the Woman’s Relief Corps. ? Three election commissioners. Keenan, Hutchins ajlid Schumer, were fined fl.ooo each for contempt by Judge Chetlalu, in Chicago, for refusing to turn over ballots to the grand jury., On the board of, trade w heat touched 53 a cents, the lowest price ever known in Chicago. IN Cleveland the conference of coal miners and operators came to an end, nothing havipg been accomplished towaid settling the strike Democrats renominated H. C. Snodgrass for congress in the. Third district of Tennessee. . In a sno»t and windstorm on the 'Sierra over 1'3,004 sheep perished. The authorities in Cincinnati forced food- dowti the throat of Father O'Grady, the murderer of Mollie Gilmartin. who Was starving himself. A terrific gale on i.aKe Michigan strewed thie ‘ beach from (Heneoe.to South Chicago with wreckage, and ; eight vessels came to grief and°at least ten lives vvere sacrificed. The financial loss .Was estimated at SIOO.OOO. The scene- off thy lake front was unparalleled in Chicago's history. During the sto'm the old cottonw;opd tree in Chicago. marking the Fort pearborn masj saere of 1512, :was blown dowijn. i Titr. execiitlon'of William ,‘MeKeill took place at Mobile, Ala../ for the murder of his w ife, whom he found to be unfaithful! to him. Lx state Convention at Oakland, Cal.; the proiljibitionists nominated a full state ticket, headed by Henry ! French, of Santa Clara, for governor. Siohms of wind and snow, .-w ept over Illinois, Wisconsin. Ohio. Joya an<l Indiana, doing [vast damage to Cripps and buildings and causing some deaths. ,By. the wrecking of the schooner M v J. Cummings,' at Milwaukee five men and a womati were drowned. 1.5 the Second district of Indiana the populists nominated E. A. Rigghns. of Davies county, for congress. Nebraska- j populistsSvill hold their state* Convention at Grand Island on August 15. ' j FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ' Thk president of Brazil has broken off diplomatic relations with Portugal because of" the latter granting asylum to insurgent refugee* EartbqvaKE* in the vicinity of Mioko and New Pomerania, N. S. W., destroyed almost all of the houses of the misMonaries and lx.Vienna an artist named Kellarz and his three unmarried sisters, all ovet 59 years of age. took their own lives with poison. Fear that they might, outliry one; another was thd cause. ' ' Brain fevdr caused the death of William 11. KdwardS; of Ohio, United Mates consiljl general at Berlin. government forces were defeated by insurgents hear Iguazu and 140 men were killed. In their official report the British! royal cpmin ssioners to the world's fair , pay a glowing tribute to the great en- , terprise. f i| lx 64 dais 11 hours and 20 minutes ! George tlrifi ths; of London, completed . a trip around the world Nellie Bly's record was "4 day* ’ | LATER NEWS. A hit.l was introduced in the United States,-enft eon the 19th to authorize j M-veral, American citizens to accept decorations, and- testimonials from the i Hawaiian government. Several bills of minor importance were passed. The j house W as. not in session. The latest estimate of the loss of'life ! off the haitbior of Chicago during tha recent stormiwas twenty-eight. Heavy rairis caused disastrous floods ; throughout.' J Pennsylvania At Williamsport tjlie boom which contained 91.000.000 worth of lumber gave way. Seven mcln were killed and a number I Injured in a collision between Chesa- ! l>.-.inr * Oh! ■ train- in Standing II - k tunnel near-Rrineeton. Ky. The republican state convention of • North Dakota will meet in Grand! i Forks July 11. [ While attempting to rescue the crew j ,of the waterlogged schooner William Shoupe four miljrs were drowned near P<»rt Huron. Mich ‘ Ex-Gt nEirai Master Workman T V! PowDKHt.vj A W Wright and P. IL J j Quinn v,.-ry expelled from the Knights •if Labor oh a charge of plotting the I order's destruction. : ! The Julius Schiel dry-' I goods st lure and L Dannenbaum's wholej sale millinery establishment in Philadelphia'were destroyed by fire, the loss lieing 9525,000. . ' , The Conemangh river at Johnstow-n, I*a., overflowed its banks and the streets wen*' covered with water to the depth of 2 fieet. At Cambridge, Mass.. James Wilson. 40 years *>Uf. murdered his wife by cutting her ithroat and then fatally .woundvil HimselfEumi nd H. Y ates, editor and proprie- ! tor 'of thie London World and the : author of 'many novels,.died suddenly, aged 92 yejars. Great damage was done by frosts to i growing cjropes over an extensive range pfterritory. The effect of the cold wave was 'felt from the northern line of Dakotaito the gulf, and it also went well toward the Atlantic, especially in the southern state*. A t Loi DBinsr southwest of Dunkirk. N Y., catised one of the .most disastrous floKls ’ known there in many '.year--. [ ■ i The percentages of the baseliall Club* in the national league for the week ended onj the 19th were: Cleveland. . *l9; Baltimore. .590.; Philadelphia. . isd; Pittsburgh. .667; Boston. .565; New York, .47N; Brooklyn. .47»: Uinciunati, ; .474; SL Ixrais. .4151; Louisville, .316; j ÜbhjagO; ;300; Washington* I*®- ’

THE CHIMES. •he enarter hour chimes, like some young life Whose tender melody Has just begun; Not till the hour Is done Can we know fully what the tune shall be. The half-hour sounds ; an added chord is played; Yet the tEeiedious tone. Though rich and sweet. Is still all incomplete—take infancy when but to boyhood grow* Three chimes play next: the time is wearing on. The air is muefi more dear. I now can see What the last note shall be, t As manhood ripe in goodness doth appear. Four chimes, the tune is done. Soft, sweet, and low Bounds forth the final chord. , \ I think I see - ? An old map patiently 8 Await the coming summons of his Lord. The hour strikes: to an eternal rest , The summons comes at last And every clime Has sounded In its time. And age itself TirtCvermore is past —Anna Temple, to S & Time* Th! WAR. iCvrYrigiit, USS, by A. X. Kellogg Newspaper CoJ CHAPTEB XXIL '> ’ THE GLADIATORS OT THE MISSISSIPPI The Cotton Queen was behind time at Donaldsonville, and the hours that we waited there were torturing one* What would have happened had pursuit overtaken tis before thej boat came ?s a matter of certainty with me! ! I fiad found an opportunity to arm myself. Le Fevre did the same. We ex- ! changed significant ?looks but no words. There was no need .of words, i AVe had already earned a term of kh- ! prisonment, and we and our -lair charge were not now to be captured Without bloodshed. Aboard!the Queen, and she rapidly putting riiilys of the wide and crooked river between us and : pursuit, our : spirits rose. We did not then know how narrow was our escape at that point. A|'e got *our breakfast with a crowd of passengers, cheered upCoralie and. bringing her again on? deck, ejijoyed with her the glorious panorama.* We passed Plaquimine without stopping. Le Fevre inquired of the captain. and learned that there was to be no stop until the boat reached Baton Rouge. • . ‘‘Do you stop there?" “Os course. AH the boats do.” ! This intelligence made us uneasy, and we were- con-ulting together about j •what’we should do to avoid the detention that we hi|d reason to fear had prepared by telegraph for ns, when the most unexpected chance favored us. ■ ; ' 1 stop at this point, to say that the ! occurrences narrated in this chapter came mainly under my own observation. The minor ones that I did not personally see and’ ; hear were after- : wants told.to me by those who did see I and hear them. The day wore <>ri; the boat was with- I in a mile of' A call from the pilot s brought the captain up into the pilot house, i ‘‘Whatisup. Potato?" “Look up the river,” said the pilot, I with both hands on the vvheeL i The captain shaded his eyes with his ! hand. an<| looked. -•‘lSeems to be a large steamboat put- ; ting out from Baton-Rouge.” “Take the glass, sir.” One Ibok through the glass and the captain threw it down, fairly jumping with excitement “The S. ?. Prentiss, by-—! Why, *he Ipft"New Orleans twelve hours! ahead of us.” • “Shje’s been waiting for ns," said the pilot, quietly. - ' “She has not waited for nothing, then. I've heard of their brags from St. i Louis down about what they'd do with ' thfeQheen when they had a chance. By : [ the .Lord Harry. we'U show ’em! : i Here’s almost a straight course to Port ! Hudson bluffs, and no chute* or side- ! cuts. ■ I'll beat 'egn or go to the bot- ■ tom!" He rang the engineer’s bell for more . ! steafii. Presently the black smoke began to pour from the lofty stacks in | clouds. The speaking-tube brought up the night-pilot, who was sleeping to his berth. The two men at the wbeiel kept their eyes fixed on the ! glass front of the pilot-house, ready to take any advantage offered by the ettri rent ok the curves of' the shore. The speed of the Queen, was visibly increased. The vibration of her powerful engines could be felt in every ! part of her. The puff of the pipes and the fierce churning of the paddles mingled in a steady sound. Baton Rouge was passed*, many pef>pie standing on the shore and waving i their hats and cheering. Some of the passengers clamored up to the captain ■ that they must get off here, and that they had freight aboard that was to be delivered here. ' ? ( [ “'Vou and your freight be d—d!” ' roared the captain, leaning out of the pilot-house. “Do you thiuji the Queen Is going to stop a race that we ve tried , for months to get to oblige you? Hundreds of other passengers i laughed, cheered and applauded. The : excitement of the contest had by thia : Gme spread all through the boat. The bows were so crowded that some of the boat’s, officers came and ordered j Half of the people back; that the boat might not settle too much by the head. Thousands of dollars were wagered on the length of time before the Queen would pass her rival. A few disloyal folks, who were willing to Jwt that she Would not pass at all. had the chance promptlv offered them to take ten to fine. Before the qoulest was determined the Baton Rohge men were as j ;razy with excitement as anyone. “We're gaining a little,” said the eaptato. ■ “Precious little." said Pilot Dobbin. Again the speaking-tube. 3 “How much steam is on?” “Hundred and fifty," came back in a Sepulchral tone. “Pile her on! Stick her up to seven- _ ty-five.” “She’ll stand that," said Doblin, sotta TC[C, as the four hands tnade half •■[ dozen rapid turns of the wheel..and the bows took an acute angle for the farther shore. ■ she U have to carry more than that before she catches that flyer ahead,” fcaid the ether. n To the feverish passengers who were watching the leading boat, the interI val between them seemed the same for } hour*, it was in fact ver- slowly closing 'I lie half-mile wa» reduced to a • tfuuror* At » spied effsiast the cur* ■>• - •

rent that caused the immense boat to tremble in every fiber, foot by foot, yard by yard, she gained on her rival. The mass of faces at her stern could be separated and almost counted with the naked eye. Then the Prentiss took a sudden spurt, and a cheer from her crowded decks showed that she was increasing her lead. The captain of the Queen raged round the pilot-house, and shook his fist at the other boat. “What steam?” he shouted down through the pipe. “Hundred and eighty—and everything redhot and groaning. Dunno how much more she'll btar.” “We've got to find out!” yelled blek the captain. “Keep the water buckets readj' to drown the furnace when we’ve passed her by a mile or so. and crack on the steam. File it up, I tell you!” Under the terrific impulse.of a head of steam which no man would have ordered but a lunatic or the captain of a Mississippi river steamer in a race, the Queen literally dashed at her rival. The loss in distance, was made up, was doubled. The captain, leaning far out in the effort to better observe the gain of his boat, heard again the hoarse murmur of the tube from the engine room. » “What is it?” "The pine is used up and the cypress don't burn well.” ■ “There’s a hundred hams and shoulders for'ard that belong to those Baton Rouge passengers. Tell the niggers to get ’em and, chuck 'em in. If the Boat won't pay. I will.” . Steadily the Queen pulled up on the Prentiss, her officers almost coming to blows with some of the passengers in the effort to keep more of them amid- ■ ships. The leading boat was quivering i and vibrating and her pipes belched i forth a palTof smoke so. black that it needed not the smell that earner from : it to show that' it catne from" burning turpentine. The Queen drew on. and } from her bow the officers of the j Pfentiss were seen driving sorpe of the i people from her stern. Both captains : frantically shouted for more steam, The bow of the pursuing boat was past the stern of the other. Foot by foot she gained. , Her bow reached the paddle box. A prolonged, exultant ■ cheer arose from her decks- Yells of defiance came from the Prentiss. Fists were shaken over the rails. A Babelof human voices arose. But these and all other sounds were swallowed by a roar that seemed to shake the heavens, mingled with a terrific and prolonged rush of escaping steam. The smoke pipes of the Queen tottered and fell with ayrash on the deck forv, ardrthe steafn flooded every- • thing to'the bows; a bright glare shot up (windships, and the poor rent, ruined,' ■ burning Queen-drifted , down with the current, her decks ringing with the ag'wifthnnff shrieks of dozens of victims, ' while,the river was black with others W ho leaped overboard. The Prentiss was put about, and ! every effort was made to save the passengers and crew of her luckless rival. Her boats picked up many of the wretches who struggled in the water; many, more were drowned. Bodies were found, floating-miles below, the next day; some with arms or legs bitten off by alligators. The Queen grounded on a point two miles down from the place of the explosion. Many of those Who were fbrtuhate enough to be aft of the engine escaped' to the shore; others were burned alive as j they lay mangled and scalded. Two ; hundred and thirty-nine beings killed or dreadfully hurt was the price paid for the effort to determine which of these boats was the faster.’ CHAPTER TVBXED BACK FRcM EDEX. While tfife steamboats were flying up the river, aud all aboard seemed to share in the madness.bf the time, the | cool head of Le Fevre kept its balance. I He took Coralie and me by the arms | and hurried us as far astern as possible, “We are rushing on to destruction.” \he .said. “I know something of this L boat; her boilers can never carry the I Steam that they are crowding them with. Remain here; this is the- safest place on board. I will go forward and warn them.” Brave, greattsouled being! We never saw him more. Even at this distance of time tears fill my eyes' as I write, at the thought of his courage and devotion. One of the survivors afterward told me that he saw him Z Hl re, ‘ / aWay ■ S ■■■ i M — / - < B QIF * 1 “ORE HVNDRED DOLLARS' TO PCT VS I ASHORE,” I SHOTTED. shouting ond gesticulating toward the i pilot-house, but that,. in the roar of .voices, his was not heeded. » Then came the catastrophe, and the curtain I falls forever on t-hat unselfish life. The tears that were denied us in the j frightful scenes that followed have since fallen to his memory. He saved us. but he eovld not save ! himself. His foresight as to the direction and effect of the .explosion had | placed usin comparative safety at the y stern, and we were among those wao I were able to escape to the shore where ‘ the drifting wreck grounded on the * point, stern foremost. One of the boats of the? Prentiss took u» aboard of that ! steamer, with aboyt two hundred who ‘ Were saved from more serious injury 1 than a wetting ip the Mississippi. Since the days of her who was "last ’ at the cross and earliest at the grave, ! woman has been known as a ministeri ing angel of mercy and comfort: and now Coral iy- unused by habit or experience to scenes of suffering, ini sisted or. going below and doing what She could for the unfortunates from the Queen. I took her to the large saloon; and While she and other women like her moved about that scene of horrors. striving to alleviate pain, strongmen grew sick with the sights and sounds, and fled again to the . deck, j The mattresses and sheets had been stripped from the berths and laid in j long rows upon the floor, and scores

of the victims warn there, having oil and cotton applied to their injuries. I saw and heard a little, and then went on deck, faint with the living misery of the scene- i. I The Prentiss was overcrowded and it was difficult to move about But ■ quickly my attention was arrested by , the fact that we were moving with the current. “How is this?” I asked of a man whose hair and eyebrows were singed. “We’re not going down stream?” “That’s what we are doing.” • My heaijt sank within me. “What's this for?” | "It’s all right. We’re much nearer to Baton Rouge than to Vicksburg, there’s only one doctor aboard, and no j opiates, and the captain of this boat decided that he must get those poor wretches below to a place where they can be cared for, as quickly as possible. I need the. doctor myself, and I got off pretty well, too. You was on the Queen, wasn't you?” I rushed along the decks, half-dis-tracted, demanding to see the captain. I He was overwhelmed with care and responsibility; but when I found him he did listen to me for an instant. “Captain, put us ashore—Coralie and myself,” I cried. “We can't go back I to Baton Rouge.” He stared at me. “One hundred dollars to put us ashore!” I shouted. “Take care of him,” said the captain, turning away. “He’s been crazed by the accident.” I wandered through the crowd, pleading with every man whose atI tension I could get that we might be landed quickly. Some looked compassionately: others avoided me. ' One of the officers told, me to keep quiet, or he would lock me up in his cabin. It was top cruel to believe, On the waj- to freedom and safety, just escaped from the jaws of death, at the last moment we were turned back to certain bondage. For me, the bonds of prison; for her, the bonds of a living death! I leaned - over the rail, restrained only by the thought of her from flinging" myself- into the dark, turbulent i waters. Was there no escape? No hiding on the boat? -I No. The quest would be as thorough as eager. We were doomed! : T ■ . ' A telegraph station near the rivei had sped the news of the dimeter and the return of the Prentiss with the victims and survivors. A thousand peo : pie were gathered at the Baton Rouge landing as we approached. Several officers took -possession of the gangway of the boat and permitted nobody to land. The! baptain- was called for; a ■ long telegram wa"W handed him, and a brief colloquy took place. “I know nothing of the Cotton Queen's passengers.” he said, “nor whether these I people were sated. You'll have to search for yourself. fc ’ J A faint hppe-sprung up in my breast that we might escape in.the crowd and the confusiofi. It quickly died. While the officers were keeping the clamoring passengers on board, and preventing any access to the shore, a small steam- , er came up the river and landed. I saw Conrad Bostock and his gang jump ashore and hail the officers on the Queen. They were allowed to come aboard, and Coralie and I were at once I arrested. , in her presence I was handcuffed. : She clung to ipe, and begged them not ; to separate us. | “You are to go before the magistrate.” said one of the officers. "Come; all these poor wretches in the saloon can’t be removed till you are gone.” j “Hold on!” said Bostock. “I must j find that cunning devil. Wash Le Fevre. He’s at the bottom of all this mischief.” _ From the dt-pth of my misery I raised my hand and cried: “He is beybnd your persecution. He bravely perished'in the wreck.” “It's just as well for him. It would have been better for you, my fine fellow, if you'd don? the same.” We were taken up to the magistrate's office. Coralie, unveiled and clinging to me. was stared a,t by the crowd. The news of the arrest for attempted I abduction of a slave-girl was hinted about, and public attention and curiosity were divided between us and the ’ victims of the accident, who were now T being brought ashore on stretchers from the hospital. Hundreds of met and boys followed us up the street, and • the magistrate'soffice. the passage and i the stairway were thronged. I saw threatening loojjs directed toward me and heard the words muttered: “Yankee,” and “slave-stealer.” [TO BE COXTIXCXD.] THE CANADIAN SYNOD. ifbw the Church of England In the Dominion H*a Jleen Reorganised. The English church in Canada has hitherto been a dependency of the Church of England, consisting of two provinces .under the nominal primacy of the archbishop of Canterbury. One of them was the province of Rupert's land and included eight dioceses, and the was the province of Canada, including nine dioceses. The bishops Os the English church in Canada recently held ! a conference in Toronto, during which they organized the general svnod of the Church of England in Canada and appointed two of the existing bishops as, metropolitans, or archbishops, for the two provinces. Dr. Machray, the metropolitan of Rupert's land, will be the archbishop of one province and Dr. Lewis, the metropolitan of Ontario, will be the archbishop of Canada. This action, says the Boston Herald, does, not mean any unfriendly spirit toward the existing Church of England. It simplv means that Canadian churchmen feel the necessity of putting themselves in a condition to act independently of the English church in matters which concern their oWn progress and development. The new synod is unlike the English system in the fact that it makes the general synod the supreme lawmaking body of the church. It meets once in three years, , like the general convention of the Episcopal church in th£ Uni ten States, and the bishops wiU sit in a separata house, like the bishops in this country. The Canadian church follows the • English method in regard to the division into provinces and the appoint l ment of metropolitans and the Ameri- ■ can system in regard to the arranget 1 meats for ecclesiastical legislation and - i the administering of ecclesiastical law. r It is undoubtedly a great gain ,|p the I English church in Canada to be organized in the form of a synod. It has i heretofore been ■ unable to act indei pendently and up to the standard of > • tto own intellig<*P«« Interest*. •

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