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HIGHLAND
vol. vi.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., JUNE 30, 1893.
NO. 31.
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IF MOTHER WOULD LISTEN.
If mother would listen to me. dears.
She would __*-._ the faded gowr,
She would sometimes take an hour's re**,
And sometimes b trip t^ town.
And it shouldn't be all for the. children.
The fun and the cheer end the play :
With the patient droop on the tired mc.^h.
And the "Mother has haU her day !"'
?flu?, mother has had her day. dears,
When yon were babies three,
Aid Bb. stepped about the farm and the
\> busy as ever a bee.
"When she rocked you all to sleep, dears,
And sent you all to school,
And wore herself out and did without,
And lived by \h? Gold.! "Rule.
And so your turn has come, dears.
Her hair is growing white.
And her eyes arc gaining the far-away look
That peers beyond the night.
One of these days in tbe r_oruin_
Mother will not be here ;
She will Cade away into sLence.
Thc mother so true aud dear.
Then what will voa do in the daylight, {
And what in the gloaming dim ,
And father, tired, lonesome, then,
fray, -what will you do for him.-'
ll you want to keep your mother.
Yon must ma_o her rest to-day;
Must give her a share in the frolic,
_n;l draw her into tho play.
An I, if mother would listen to rae, dear?,
She'd buy h*-r o gown ol silk.
With button, of royal velvet.
And ruffles as white as milk.
And she'd let you d,"> the trotting,
While she sat still in her chair ;
That mother should have it bard all through
It strikes mn tani fair.
- Staff-ret E. gangster, in thc Interior.
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Sunday in Lon
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In thc middle o
the week I ha
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me closely occupied till Saturda;
night. I was unacquainted with th
city beyond ihe Strand, Chancery Lan
and Arundel street, in the last of whic.
] lived?at Weldon's, a small privat
hotel.
On Sunday morning came one ol' th
thickest '"(,_.,(?-' the year. Misled b;
the darkness ut the midwinter mornin
I was lato for breakfast. "When I go
down to the dining-ror-'rn I found onl
one person, a young man of about rn
own age. at the table. He had arrive
very late tin- .light before, and wa
quite unknown tome. Hisappenrauc
and manner attracted my attention i
once. He was tall, dark, good-lool
ing, courteous. .Several times doria
the meal, at which he only drank a cu
oi coffee, he seemed on thc point i
i-peaking to me about something. I
was restless and overwrought. I fe
strangely drawn toward him. and e
perienced a feeling of relief when
lest he said:
"'My name is Victor Grame. T
landlord here knows me. Are yt
going to church this morning? T
rest of the people have set off already
We were alone.
"My name.'' 1 said, "is Marcus Fa
I had intended going to Newingto
bul 1 could no moro lind my way th?
than through thc* centre of the earth
Nev.- Zealand."
'?"There is." said he, "a part of Lc
don to which if I do not find my way
n couple of hours I shall be a dead in
before night." He groaned and dropp
his head into his hands.
No one could "list-ke his words, toi
ni finner.
"In that case," said ], "of cour
the fog will not hinder you.*'
'No, no," said he. raising his ff
from his hands. "Tlvj fog will r
hinder me. I could find my way i
were blind. It is the place where t
girl 1 am engaged to lives." He turn
his pale face to the window and stai
al it with eyes that did not see.
?She is not very ill, 1 hope?" said
"No; not ill; and yet she may be
the point of death. It* you havo 1
ished your breakfast, and can span
lew minutes will rou walk outsit
This plaoe suffocates me.'1
When we reacht:l the street thc
was so thick we could not see the ho
opposite.
"J am in a terri.de position!" t
young Grume. "I do not know a r
in London Vint Weldon, our landlo
<?nd he is too old for help. My gi
life is in danger?iu danger from ?
lenee.*'
"Good Heavens!" cried I. ",
aren't there the police?"
"The police !" ho whispered, wil
f wilt glance round and then a loo!
horror in his face. "Tho mere nu
of the police would bc fatal!- fa
Hoi life hangs on a thread." He lc
.".gainst an area railing and wrung
hands.
In n while he roused himself, d
his hat low over his brows, caught
arm, and turning toward the Stn
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"Mr. Foll, under ordinary circum?
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trouble you, a ..ranger, with ray af?
fairs. Rut the circumstances are not
ordinury ; they aro extraordinary be?
yond belief, beyond endurance. You
are young yourself. You can sympa?
thize with mc. If you permit me, 1
will tell you how I am situated."
"You may tell me with full assurance
of my sympathy and assistance," I said.
"For twelve months," he began, "I
have been engaged to Miss Folgate,
who is now twenty years of age, and
nn only child. Her father, a solicitor,
is dead. Her mother was glad to take
thc position of housekeeper at Sir Ar?
thur Pennyfather's town house in
Derby Square. Miss Folgate lives with
her mother, and now and then I come
up to Durham to see her. Mrs. Fol?
gate is only nineteen years older than
her daughter. She is a woman of re?
markably youthful appearance and
great personal attractions, romantic
and painfully anxious to marry again.
"For some time, a very stylish and
fascinating foreigner -a count, he says
?has been leading Mrs. Folgate to
think he wants to make her his wife.
Sir Arthur and his family are in the
Riviera. The Derby Square house has
been used by this foreigner as a postal
address. There have been meetings of
foreigners in it?meetings of men con?
nected with some illegal scheme. Yes?
terday J got this from Miss Folgate.
As he spoke he handed me a ragged
piece of paper covered with faint pen?
cil lines, crossed and recrossed.
"You can't make it out easily and
there isn't time to puzzle over it. Tho
substance is this : Miss Folgate has in
. J voluntarily overheard what passed at
, one of those meetings. The conspirators
j discovered her. and she is a prisoner
f j iu Derby Square. If she makes any
, I disturbance, they will kill her. If they
are betrayed they will kill her mother,
who is no longer in the house. To?
day between 1 and 3 o'clock there will
be no one in tho house but my dis
traded girl. I am going to try tc
snatch her from the knives of those
murderous ruffians."
"And I will go with you, if I may.'
He seized my hand and for a momeni
could thu speak.
"If you will help me to-day you maj
count on my devotion for life,"he saic
at length.
"Will you go armed'-''
' 'Armed ? No. If it comes to weap
ons we are lost--- we are dead men ; ant
she?but I will not think of her. J
would paralyzed rae, and the time fo:
action is almost at hand."
"How do you intend getting into th
house?"
r "I must break in. You now knov
r j how doubly dangerous is the enterprise
It is not too late for you to draw back.
"J. am with you heart and soul," sui
I, taking his arm.
He set a rapid pace west.
"My poor girl,"' he said, "is locke
in an upper room, no doubt. I intern
getting in through the fanlight. I ca
stand on your shoulders. Once in,
will open the front door. This fog i
all in our favor."
lt was: a long walk, during which h
never could see across the street. Ii
seemed to rind his way by instinct. H
never paused or hesitated.
At last he drew up. ' 'We are i
Derby Square," he whispered. "TI
house is on the south side, No. 37. W
will cross the roadway and stand wit
our backs against the railing of the ei
closure. We have twenty minutes i
wait."
"Now," whispered he, when he dre
up, "weare directly opposite the hous
I know the spot by this drooping a;
tree." He took off his hat and wip<
his forehead.
Those were the longest twenty mi
utes I ever endured. To him thi
must have been hours. During t.
j whole time he never said a word. I
? leaned motionless against the railing
! watch in hand, his eyes fixed upon t
I dial. We could not see even thc mi
i die of the roadway.
At five minutes to one I heard a do
open and shut softly, then rantin
footsteps stealing away. I louked
Grame. He didn't look at me. He tl
not move. He kept his eyes fixed
the dial like one hypnotized. I gaz
at tho watch myself ; 1 found 1 coi:
not now take my eyes off it. 1 saw t
hand pass the hour ; I saw it creep or
two, three minutes beyond the hoi
Had he forgotten, or was he rea
hypnotized by too intent thought a
gaze ?
When the hand touched the foul
minute, he put t_e wat cit in his p
nor j ket, and catching me by the shouh
tal! j moved across the roadway and up
Mat the door of 37.
his "How will you break the glass? V
? there not be a great noise?" 1 whispe
row i "No; the fanlight is stained glasj
my lead. Give me a back."
nd, I In an instant he was np, standing
j m\ shoulders aud working at the f
light. I could not see. but he mu...
havo wrenched out tho pieces wiij
amazing celerity and care, for in a lev.
mintos be whispered : "I am going te
hang on by my elbows. Take hold ol
ray feet and push me np.
1 seized his feet and pushed them up
with all my might. Tn another minute
he. had scrambled through and dropped
into the hall.
He opened the door. "Come inside.
Close the door and wait for me. Il
any of these men are here and I fall,
fly. All will then be lost. Save youl
own life."
He darted past me. For a few mo?
ments all w as silent, Then I heard n
crash, as though of a door burst in.
This was followed by the soft, joyful
cry of a woman, and presently two fig?
ures ran down the stairs. I opened the
door, and the three of ur darted out.
I. closed the door softly behind. Grame
led us across the road and we set offat
a quick pace through the fog in un
j broken silence.
When wo were clear of thc- square
j Grame stopped* took the girl in his
!; arms, and crying, "Thank God! my
Aggie!" burst into tears.
The instinct which had guided Grame
j infallibly earlier in the day now failed
j him, and we lost our way hopelessly ;
j but wo did not care. Et was 5 i .'clock
when the three of us got to Weldon's.
The lovers spent that evening in the
draw lng room, andi saw little of them.
The peril of Mrs. Folgate's position
made absolute secrecy si ill imperative.
Next morning I met Grame at break
fast. He said there was no use of try?
ing to thank me for himself or Miss
Folgate, whom Mrs. Weldou had for?
bidden to leave her room, as she was
suffering from nervous prostration, but
that he owed me a debt he could never
pays I was leaving by an early train
for the West, and he promised to write
to me as soon as newe had been heard
of Mrs. Folgate.
Four days later I got a letter saying
that Mrs. Folgate had been released
unharmed, and that there would bo
some reference to the affair in the
London papers that day or the day
after. Next morning the newspapers
had an account of the clever frustra?
tion by the Vienna police of a daring
and gigantic attempt to swindle the
banks of that city by a man calling
j himself Count Wolinski who, with a
half dozen accomplices, was arrested
just as they had brought their nefarious
' scheme to perfection and were about
^ j to put it in operation.
"The plot," said thc Vienna dis?
patch, "was one of the most daring
ever designed, and among other of the
means used by the swindlers to mislead
was the fact that letters for their basi*j
of operation, London, were addressed
to the mansion of a well-known rich
baronet, whose town house is in one ol
th. most select West End squares.*'
A few months after I received card*
" j and wedding cake, which assured mc
(hat all had gone well with the young
peop-le: but from that day to this 1
have not seen Grame. or Mrs. Grame,
who was Miss Folgate the firs. Sunday
I spent in London.?New York Ad
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Thought thc News Fresh.
Some of the newspapers in differen
parts of the country are entertaining
readers liv reprinting reports fron
re their own columns of events of iuteres
lj ! that have passed into history. For in
_. stance, a Philadelphia paper publish.)
,,, every day the despatches that it re
cawed from tho field during the war
an 1 a Boston journal revives the oe
onrrences of fifty years ago. Au annis
}*_ ing mistake growing out of this prac
tice happened in southwestern Orego:
recently. There a paper is publishin
a selection of items from its files r
thirty-eight years ago, the histories
past in that part of the country. Th
story of a terrible Indian massacre t
settlers oi thc Klainath River was ri
told in one of the issues. The "news
aroused th" sympathies and inflame
the imagination ol' a citizen of Gol
Beich, who took np his paper in t_
intervals of plowing and seeding, whe
his mind perhaps was too weary to ol
serve tbe date of sensations. Like
public-spirited man, he at once raise
e(-j ' the neighborhood, and found otho,
lld i <-'.U,,-M.Y behind tin- time, with himsel
Notices were posted, a public meetir
was called, and a company of volu:
teers was organized to take the fie
against the redskins. Finally, it o
nc| i curred to a cautions "volunteer"' th
lt might be well to communicate wi'
Portland and ascertain the exa
posture of affairs before embarking i
, the campaign. The result of his i
; qoirics has been a cause of more d
to I J
: comfort to the organizer of the exr
... dition than taking the field in gr
, earnest would have been.?New Yo
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The present population of Berlin
on , 1.62.,318, an increase over last ye
mi- j of -14,789, or 2,89 per cent.
THE NEWS.
A Chinese laundryman was murdered and
?remated by his rival in Brainard. Mian.
Mrs. Angelina do Murrin died nt Chippewa
Palls, Wis. She had proof in her possession
showing that sho was one hundred and seven
years old. and Thomas Randall, in his history
of tho Chippewa Valley, claims that Rho was
one hundred and twenty-one years old.
The plant of tho Kiukauni (Wis.) ..bar
Company was destroyed by lire. Loss ?30,
OOD.-A. G. Biker, editor of thi Bremen,
Int., (Standard, was wbippod by Mrs. Ci1.
Sinningor, wife of tho editor of the Enquirer.
-William Buckley, was assassinated by
whitecaps four miles north of Columbia, in
Marlon county. Miss., while on his way homo
from court, whore he was a witness against
some of tbe murderous whitecap gang. Ho
had been warned that he would be killed.
V. T. Day, former'y president of the Flankin
ton Bank in Milwaukee. my_teriou-ly disap?
peared.-E. J. Centes' dry goods store in
AU any, Texas, was destroyed by Uro. Lois
$75,001.-Miss Abby Graffam, ngoJ seventy
years, fell asleep in her chair at her home in
Auburn, Mo. By somo movement, a lamp
cIosj by was cverturnoJ, tho old lady's
clothes caught Ard and sho was burned to
death.-Isaac Lloyd, a Welshman, fifty
four years old, committed s'.iiei le in New
York by shooting himself in his shoeshop.
Before he fire 1 tao fatal shot he made his
will in the presence of a witne.3, one of his
workmen.
Tho American Lean aud Trcst B:mk was
appointed receiver for the General Engineer?
ing Company of Harvey, III.? Isaac Held.a
dry goods dealer of Richmond, assigned.
Liabilities 110,100.-James Gi bert, thc
dynamiter, recently discharged from an Eng
Tsh prison, arr.ved in Ntw York on the
steamer Chester. Ilia name appoirs on the
eeeond cabin passenger list as James Cun?
ningham. He was met at tho quarantine by
Mr. Kennedy and a pitty of friends, who inl?
ine liad-ly transferred him to a tugboat.
?Superintendent Anthony Chovet was arrested
in New York < n the charge of sxu.-g ing silt
looms.-Daniel Ferd, Jr. j of New York
while tsleep.walked through the fourth-storj
window and was killed-- Tho boiler of th*
llidgewood (N. J.) Stone-erush'ngWoris ex
ploded, killing !ho superintendent and injiir
ing other..-Thc business portoin of tin
town of Ti'iamuk, Ore., was bumed Seven
Eire.; was started simuitaneously, and it i
supposed to bo tho work of Incendiaries
The tot..' loss is $.00,000 : insurance half.
Prof. E. B. Craighead has been eleclei
Fits dent of ClemBen College. Columbia, ?
C. This ie the new agil.-ultural colieg
which will bo opened Jul. 1st. ('railhead i
considered one of the flnrst educators of th
.South.-The Facillc Bink of San Erancisc
slosed its doois.-Fu ly ono hundred me
in the employ of Campbell k Co.. < n tectio
eight of the drainage canal, * I ruck in L
mont. 111. They slain that their wages fe
past two months have not been paid their
The strikers aro behaving quietly, but de
ebro they will have their money before the
return to work-Ta elvo business house
and three dwelling houses in Leymrdsvil
Ky., about onc-th rd of the town, was wipe
out by fire. Loss, fr30,000 ; p-rti .Hy insurot
Those who defeated the proposition to bon
the town for $5,000 for water work? a vcr
ago w re th only ones who lost in the Ari
-Caleb Wright, a neg.o preacher In tL
chan gang, ro;nm:tted suicide by jumpin
into the liver ne r Rome, Ga. He was sci
j tenced 'or wife-beating, an I ha I pre .che
lo the convicts set -ral times, lt is lelieve
ho committed suicide on aec.uut of Jo.iruin
of his Wife's faithlessness.-Union Tacit
Bte.mer B. ll. Tb mpsou, which left Poi
land, Oregon, with large frieght and pa-sei
ger list, struck a snag, filled with wnter he
went to tho bottom.
Senator Leland St inford died at his hom
in Palo AltfJ.-Fhm_s Spies, vice cns
of Honduras, killed himself in New York.
At Wi'liamsport, Pa., Aro destroyed t
saw mill of Tayne, Cockran A Co. One
the boilers blew up, but no person was hui
the loS9 is estimated at about 4.5,OOO.?
B shop BoDncum, of Lincoln, Neb., is beii
tried by Mgr. S itolll for al'egod mal'easan
In of_ce.-At Madison, Wis., the homa
L. Vandusen was destroyed by fire, <"no chi
was cremated, another badly burned, and
domestic, Theresa Rink, so badly burn
that she ls cot expected lo live. The fire w
caused by the exp'oslon of kerosene-Lo.'
Dreyfus, a wealthy business man, of Lo
Branch, blew out his brains.-David Kc
dall and Frank Templeman wero overco.
by gas while working in a well, near Moi
head, Ky., and killed.-Dr. John Hood,
Aden, Tenn., killed Wm. Piper, his w'f
paramour, by throwing a burning coal
Ump at him. ?The Southern Callion
National Bank and the Los Angeles Nat oi
Bank of Los Angele,", Cal., suspended.
The Citizens' Savings Bank of Fortsmou
O., made an assignment. Liabilities $30
000;as8ets -.400.003.-lu a freight tn
wreck near Tres-rect, O.. on the Hoeki
Valley Railroad, three men wero kilied a
a number injured.
A VOLCANO IN UTAH,
Immense Volumes of Stnok-j and Fur/
of Sulphur Were Emitted,
An immense column ol smoko has been
Berved for several days riBing a few ml
north of Thompson's Spriugs Station, e
of Green River. Ptah, on the Rio Grai
Western Railway. C. H. Hallett, a W
known mining man, returned from that I
lion and reports that it is caused by a volo
that has just burst forth.
Owing to tho smoko tho party wns uun
to approach closer than a quarter of a rc
but powerful Held glasses showed u break
the formation through which the sulpl
ons fumes were pouring. A similar disti
anco took place near Crevasse, just nci
Ihe Colorado line four years ogo, when
threo weeks a volcano emitted smoko
fumes cf sulphur.
CANNOT SELL VAGRANT
Missouri's Inhuman Practice at 1
Declared Unconstitu' ional.
No more vagrants will bo sold off the I
'n Missouri, tho Supremo Court deciding
thc law was unconstitutional.
Vagrants have recently been 6old te
highest bidder at Mexico, Marshall, Faj
and other points.
Bv tho burning oi the Suburban Eic
plant, tho city ot E'lanbeth, New Jersey,
left in darkness.
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Philanthropist.
Apoplexy the Trouble That Lsd to
His Death.
United .ta'.es Senator T_el__d Stanford,
died Wednesday night at his residence in
Falo Alto, Cal.
Senator Stanford was In the best of spirits
the day before. Ho took a drive around bis
etockmrm, and seemed as well as ever. Ho
went to bed soon after 10 o'clock, and about
midnight his valet, going int) the Senator's
j bedroom, discovered that ho was dead.
It bas been long ovldent that Senator Stan
[ ford's death was a question of but a short
time. H's symptoms wera apoplectic, and
his weight w.is increasing alarmingly. The.)
j was a stiffness about his legs that made walk?
ing an exceedingly difficult task. He could
take only tho slightest exercise.
Six months ago he sent for Dr. Curtis, of
Ran Francisco. Tho doctor prescribed a
heroic treatment, but tho Senator was not
ready to undergo such methods for the re
dueti u of fl sh and tbe ref-toration of his
waning strength. His apoploctio symptoms
increased and his situation became such as
to create serious alarm. About six weeks
ago it was found necessary to imioso a se?
verely plain dift upon him, and since that
time his solo food has consisted of fried
hashed meat, with hot water as the only
liquid accompaniment.
Tho Senator rigidly adhered to tho severe
requirements of tho physician, and it seemed
for a time that its r suits were most bene?
ficial, and might p. ssibly effect a permanent
cure. He expres.-od himself ns much encour?
aged, and looked forward hopefully to tho
time when he could devote hm s-ill with re?
newed energy to public affairs and to thc
completion of certain cherished educational
i>nd benevolent enterpris-.s. But his strength
was not sufficiently great to re.-pond to the
demands upon it. His fundamental weak?
ness suddenly manifested itself, and ho poised
quietly away.
SENATOR K-V-O-J-l CAKKKH.
Leland Stanford was born in Waterville.N.
Y., on tho 9th of March, 1824, and waa
brought ap On a farm until ho was 20 years
bf age. when he began to study law.
In 1849 he waB admitted to the bar. arid
went to Port Washington, Wis., where he be?
gan to practice. Afire destroyed his law li?
brary and other property in 1852, and he
started for Cali.oinia, where he soon tecame
Interested in goll mining with his three
brothers. He settled In San Francisco in 1851:
and engaged in mercantile business.; Soo_
amassing a large fortune.
In 1860 he was a delegate to the Chicago
f-ouveullon that norn nnted Abraham Lincoln
aud attracted pul lie notice by his earnest ad?
vocacy df a Pacific railroad; When the Cen?
tral Pacific Company was organisted In 1801
ho was chosen president, and in the Same
year he was elected Governor of California,
serving through 1862 and 1863. He suped i.
tended the construction ol tbs Paean, toad
tho engeering difficulties of which wen
much mero formidable than the*- would bi
now, and succeeded in completing 5.0 mile!
in 293 days, driving the lust spike at Tronic ii
tory Po nt, Utah, on the 10th of May, 1-69.
Later on he became interested in other rail
roads on tho Pacific Slope, and displaye<
hiueh energy in the development of the agri
cultural and manufactur ng resourc ? o
California, constantly adding new millions t<
those which he had n'realy accumulated. Ii
1885 ho was elected to tho United State
ftenate. His name is Lest known to the pub
lie in con. ection with the university whicl
he founded at Palo Alto as a memorial of bi
son. He set aside 120100,000 for this instl
tution, at:d provided that all practioa
tranches of education, such as bookkeeping
farming, civil cnuineering and telegraphy
should be taught there as well as the regula
collegiate couir-.
Included in the trust fund for the maimer,
nnce of the univers ty is un .stale of 80,0(1
acres at Vina, t ala., which is said to bo th
largest vineyard in the world. Mr. Stanfor
was well-known also among sportsmen as
successful breeder ol horses upon a larg
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LAUNCH OF THE MAINE,
Another (heof U.iel. S_m'_ BigCruis
ers Afloat..
The big armored cruiser Maine, which hn
been building for nearly four years at th
Brooklyn Navy-yard, slid quietly and slowl
from the dry dock there Thurslay at 3.3
P. M.
Early in the afternoon a loree "of workme
arrived on tho scene and began knocking th
Mays from under tho heavy vessel. A fe'
were left to koop her in position. Then th
work of filling the dock with water was b<
gun. Tbe caisson was slowly taken from ii
placed at the mouth of tho dock and pulle
around to one side. The water rushed ii
an I the hugh marino monster was in lu
element.
The big navy-yard tug Karkeeta thc
came puffing up. Lines wero thrown ou
caught and made fast, nnd at a signal fro
Captain Theodore F. Kane, who was
charge, the tug gave an answering whist
and began to move slow ly ahead. The fou
inch hawser which connectod the two boa
became taut, and the big cruiser bogan
move slowly, but steadily forward. lu
iniuute she was clear of the dock, in whic
she had reste I for nearly a year, 'ihe ti
then pullod her down to the wharf at tl
foot of Main street.
The ship's engines, from theQuiutard In
Works, were completed some time ago, b
deluys in furnishing tho vessel's armor w
prevent her from having a nea trial for soc
time yot. That experiments with the e
gilles might bo had so that the buildf
might get their pay. Secretary Herbert c
dered tho Maine to be taken out of the do
and n .team trial made. It is expected
develop a speed of 17 knots
A RAINMAKER KILLED.
Cannon Used in tho Experiments E
plodes With Fatal Results.
At Minneapolis a twelve-pound cann
which was being used in a rain-making <
pcr'ineut exploded, and Captain S. B. If
mond was instantly killed. Two of his
sistants wore seriously injured.
Tho cannon was sent to Minneapolis
Adjutant General Arts several days ago, f
was in charge of Captain Kedmond, who >
in command of tho local military compai
Tho explosion was c-cused by failure
swab tho gun properly.
KILLED BY A BASEBALL.
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thai
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was
A Young _i_n at Altoona, Pa., Si
curabs to His Iojuri.s?
Max Mcindel, the young man who I
?truck on tho loft temple by a pitched bal
a game at Juniata Park Altoona. diet
his home on Seventeenth street, that city.
Tho physicians who attended lCek
stated Ins death was caused by a tractor
thc skull and a rupture of a bloodve6Se
tho head. Mel-del'* a. ther, who isa wid
take's her son's death very hard, and il
teared the may lose her mind. . _
CABLE SPARKS.
MrcH suffering has been caused in Prussia
by drought.
It is feaied the scarcity of fodder will be?
come a national calamity in Germany.
Dr. Miquel, Prussian minister of finance,
is sanguine of tho ultimate adoption of tho
German army bill.
Draixo a panh in n church in Ru?sia,
caused by thieves, 126 women and 10 men
were trampled to death.
Thom. F. Bayard, American aml>a.<-<-ador
to Great Britian. has presented his creden?
tials to Queen Victoria.
Bt the explosion of n quantity of bem-ine
in tho Brodzki Chemical Works, at Odessa,
Russia, sixteen men wero burned to death.
Hon. E. J. Phelps, of counsel for the
United t tat< s. addressed tho Be.ing Sea tii
bunal in behalf of the claims of the United
States.
Anarchist's and their friends created a
riot in Breslau. Prussia, aud wero attacked
by tho police and soldiers, wno wounded
many of th- in.
A serious epidemic of typhus fever exists
amonjc the soldiers of the garrison of Munich,
owing, .t is supposed to the bad quality of
tbe food supplied.
Soctai.T! ts who live in aud about Andri
chow, in Australian Gnlicia. took posses?
sion of tho town and despoiled the proprie?
tors of shops of their goods and money.
M. Millevoye started to read a do.uuient
i_ the French Chamber of Deputies, ulleged
to havo beeu stolen from the British emba sy
in Paris, in which M. Clemenceau was _c<
outed of be raying State secrets to Great
Britain, when a motion was adopted eon*
demni g the documents as spurious.
Baron of. Cocrcei., president of Bering
sea tribunal of irbl ration, in a sharp lone,
informed Sir Richard Webster, of counsel for
Great Brittan, that the tribunal knew its
duties and powers and could not allow him
make statements in bis speech leading to the
inference thal Great Britain would perhaps
not abide by tho decision of tho tribunal.
A n namite !'omb exploded, it i-j supposed
by anarchists, a few feet from the house, in
JIadrid, of Cauovos Del Cnstil 0, ex-premier
of Spaiu. resulting in the death of a man
who, it is be ie ve J. "arrled the bomb, ant
the fatal injury of two others, sons of nob e
nu'ii, who were trampled upon in a ciTCs-l
during u rush for thc exils.
The secretary of thc British embassy nt
Constantinople has presented to the Sultan
of Turkey a formal reques. for a detailed r -
port of the proeeedim*g and the evidence
given at the trial <-.t Angoria of Armenians
charged with seditious rioting which resulted
in the sentencing to death of seventeen oi
the accused forsons.
HVE WERE KILLED.
Terrific Explosion of Gas in a Wilkes
birre Coal Mine.
Five miDers wero killed and three injured
by a terrille explosion of gas in the No. 1
?haft of tho Susquehanna Coal Company at
Wilkesbam. Pa.
Tte men were working in one of the lower
gangways som? dittaao. from the other
workings, mid it is supposed that a door was
left open through the carelessness of some of
tho men, causing the air current to be shttt
off and gas to accumulate. It was probably
tired by tho naked lamp of ono of tho men.
The explosion was terrific and swept every?
thing before it: the tracks fe r somo distance
Were tom up and the iron twisted into every
imaginable shine, Huge props were blown
about like straws. Cars loaded with coal
were carriod down the ganaway like paper
lags, tearing down props and timbiring.imd
in tbe midst of the general devastation the
eight un ortunate men wi re hurled about,
crushed, torn and turned by the fierce force
nnd torrid flame of ihe explosion.
The blast was heard throughout the mine
and tho men in tho other workings, not
knowing the exte t of the accident, maae
a rush lor the main shaft and were drawn up
the OOO feet to the surface os quickly as thc
powerful engines could host them. At the
top of the shaft, out of dauger, order
was soon restored, aud the hardy workers
who, a few minutes berfore had rushed from
their chambers, volunteered as rescuers and
Were formed into relief parties of ten each.
John Weisgable, one of tue least severely
injured, was able to talk. He said he was
working in a breast hear the face of tbe
ganaway wh>n the explosion occurred. He
did not shots* what cati-ed it. but supposed
one of the five dead men, who were working
fome distance fur.her in. ignited the gas
with his naked lump. He did mt know bow
the gos collet tt d, t ut said bo believed ono of
the doors was left open and an air current
changed. All the injured will rec..er.
WORK AND WORKERS,
At the Enterprise Colliery, Shamokin, Pa.,
600 men struck for May wages.
Thirty-tv*.'! firemen and helpers employed
at the Brooklyn Sugar Refinery joined tho
striking firemen of the Havetneyer Refinery.
OwiKO to the falling off in iron ore ship?
ments from Michigan, it is announced, thu
Chicago and North.veslern Railway has laid
off several hundred employes, and more will
be dispensed with.
A. T. Havfmeyeii. in New York, refused to
arbitrate te disagreement lu tween the sugar
refinery firemen ami tim company, 6aying
that tue men struck on au hour s notice, and
that it was now too lute
The iron manufacturers of the Mahonin_
valley, a despatch from Youngstown, Ohio
says, have determined not to sikh thc *j*m
scale uutil July, and t at all the mills will
close down on the 30th iu*taut.
It is reported from Crystal Falls, Michi
gan. that al! the mines there except two han
stopped work, and one of tho two will dosi
in a few days. Both banks in the town hav*
suspended, ??and there is simply no moue*,
whatever in circulation."
For ten hour<- the street railway system
of St. Poul and Minneapolis. Minn., war
tied up, in consequence of an order by th
company requiring the 1.C00 employes to sig]
a contract or stop work. Mayor Eustis, c
Minneapolis, induced tho company l" with
draw tho order and tho men resumed work
Ar Cramps" ship yards, Philadelphia, thlr
teen vessels are under construction, seven c
which are for the United States Navy, liv
aro ocean racers for tho American Lino, nn
thc other is the yacht Colombia, for J. H
Laden, nf N'.nv york. At the ship yard
4.500 men are'employed. and their number i
to be increased to 6.000.
Tonawanda. N. Y., was placeo? under mai
Ital law by a proclamation taaued by Pres
dent George W. Stanley. The lumberme
h ld a secret meeting aud resolved to coi
tinue the strike. Agents of the Lumbermen
Exchange have been sent to New York, Phill
delpbia, Boston and Pittsburg to secure mt
to take the strikers' places.
BU?GLARTgOT $8000.
An Old Man Who Had More Confident
ia Himself Than the Banks.
J. Logan, an eccentric old bachelor livin
? few miles west of Greenville, Ta., wi
roDbed of $8000. He had sold his farm Ma
timo ago but was afraid to tru<-t Um bani
with the money. He carried it with hi
wherever he went.
Duriirj* tho night three masked men bro
Into his houso aud after a short straggle t
cured the money and made their < sea
This was all the properly that Mr. Log
hud and leaves him destitute.
N mjmi mi
ihief Justice Fuller Saya the
Congress Cannot Close lt.
x-Postmaster - General Wanamaker
Wants the Fair Closed on Sundays.
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, of the
upreme Court of the Unitod .States, sitting
ith Judges Bunn and Allen as the United
tates Court of Appeals, delivered an opinion
wersing the decision of tho United States
ircuit Court closing tho World's Fair on
unday. Tho Court of Appoals dec'ares that
ie United States government has no exolu
ive right or authority in tho control of the
forld's Columbian Exposition.
Chief Justice Fuller orally announced that,
i view of tho many questious involved, the
written opinions of himself und associates
Fould be deferred, and that, owing to the im
lortauce of the interests nt Issue und the
leeessity for a speedy deliverance from the
jeuch. a general decision would be then and
lhere rendered. Ho first devoted his atten
lon to the contention of counsel for tho gov?
ernment, that tho Court of Appeals had no
jurisdiction in tho premises, ani, after re?
viewing the arguments at some length, de?
clared the motion to dismiss the appeal over?
ruled.
Coming down to the main question the
court took the ground that tho appropriation
of .2.500.OOO in souvenir coins by tho Unit*d
States government could net possibly be con?
strued ns a charity or as a charitable bequest.
It was simply au appropriation forth* assist?
ance and benefit ol the local corporation for
the purpose of completing a work thal
affected tlie honor of the United States. As
to the right of tho United States to posses
si,, n and control of the grounds the court
held tbat the local corporation was in lawful
end actual possession, and that this fact had
boen recognized by acts of the national legis?
lature. The court repudiated the idea that
the United States had any exclusive rights or
authority in tho premises, and concluded
with tbe declaration that no tenable grounds
bad been shown for excepting the case under
hearing, ordinary rule, governing a court ol
chancery.
"therefore," concluded the Chief Justlcr*.
"the order of the c ircuit Court is reversed,
lind tho case is remanded for any further
proceedings not inconsistent with this rul?
ing."'
The deliverance of the Chief Justice had
been listened to with a silence that was al?
most painful in its intensity, but after irs
conclusion thero went up a great cheer from
the crowd in attendance, which caused the
Chief Justice to smile meaningly nt bis asso
cl .tes. The advocates of Sunday closing
were considerably cast down over tbe result,
but admitted inasmuch as the ruling was
a uuanimous O'.e, there was no alternative
but to meekly tow to the supreme authority
of the United States judiciary.
Rev. L. McLean, secretary of the American
Sabbath Union, while 6omew__i: disappoint?
ed by the decision of the court, was not at all
discouraged as to the ultimate success of the
attempts to close the Fair on Sundays.
"This decision clears thc way for the pros?
ecution of the suit begun in the United
Stati* Court here Ly John Wanamaker and
other stockholder- in the exposition to pre?
vent Sunday openiug. The point has been
made in this cane ju*, concluded that the
World's Fair directors wero willing to re
Innd to tho government the money obtained
Under the souvenir coin act in return for the
?rivi.ego of keeping open on Sunday. Mr.
Wanamaker and the Worlds Fair stock?
holders associated with him assert in their
bill that such return of this money would
cause them loss and impair the r pioperty
Interests as part owners of the ix position.
This suit will now be pushed rigorousl*,."
The World's Fair offleia's hardly hud time
to congratulate themselves on tho victory in
the United States Court of Appeals before a
notice of a motion for another injunction
was served upon 'b??u. in the Wanamaker
suit.
AEOUr NOTED PEOPLE.
Saratoga's new convention hall will seat
from 5,000 to 6,COO people. It cost $10,000.
A collection of the privately printed
booklets of tbe newly risen writer "of verse,
Norman Cale. i. already held at tho amuzing
price of IMA
The highest honor for oratory at the com*
roenoemeut of Trinity college. North Carolina
was carried efl by iitul.hlt.oded Choctaw In?
dian by the name of Joseph Maytubby.
W. E. Henley, tho poet, is one of the Eng?
lish admirers of walt Whitman, and is mani?
festing his admiration i y arranging and
editing an Fnglish edition of bis idol's works.
He will Lring out this edition in the autumn.
"Cousin Be. " Folsom, who has been hold?
ing things down as consul nt Sheffield. Eng.,
under two administration-*, but is now com?
ing home, says he hus saved enough to buy
a little newspaper. '?Cousin Ben's ' situation
was worth about .9,000 a year.
Rev. Dr. Frederick R. (.hayes, who wai
consecrated Protestant Episcopal Uahop ol
China, is the Hf,h American bishop to be
sent lo that < ouutry. He has been if_Mo_od
there since 1881. At the same time was con?
secrated a bishop to Japan. Heir. Dr. John
B-cKlm. He wan graduated at Nashotah. Ka
is the second bishop to Japan.
The Krag-Jorgeusen nlle.whi'-h Uncle Sam
i-* to kep the peace witb,weighs eight pounds,
can bo dismounted without tools, has a maga?
zine for livo car.ridgee, can moo: twenty
eight t.mes n minute, can cover a man at _.
300 yards, and can send a bullet through
twenty-nine one-inch planks at HO yards.
The Springfield aiaeniu wi 1 begin work on
tho gun Ju.y 1.
Ex-Mini ter William Waiter Fhelts,
back from Germany, says he does not thluk
a sentiment for disarmament exists in that
nation. The German people have been so
thoroughly drilled for co turies into having
the frontiers defended that they would uever
tavor doing away with annies. Tho Prussian
e.ement iu Germany, especially, would let
favor such a th ng.
MULDER AND SUICIDE.
A Bookkeeper Kills Eu Wife and Then
Himself.
Ambrose S. Arnold, head bookkeeper for
Benton Bros., grain commission merchants,
Leavenworth, Hun , shot and mortally
wounded his wife and then blew bis bruins
out.
The family had just finished their Sunday
dinner when Mr. Arnold in an excited man?
ner i emauledthat h.s wife accompany bim
to his room upstairs as ho wished to talk ti
her. Mrs. Arnold took alarm at her hus?
band's actions, but finally consented to ac?
company him to his mom. Ar iv d there,
Arnold accused her of infidelity. Mrs. Ar.
nold Indignantly alerted h r lanoeeaee,
but her husband raising a revolver thr at?
oned to shoot her. >*.i.oly folded tx-r
arms and dared him to carry out his threat.
Leveling the weapon Arnold fired two shot*
int) his wife's body, anti then b aw out his
brains wilh the aime weapon. I ra. Araold
ts mortally wounded and ina le an ante
mortem statement ol thc beti of tba tragedy.
She has always been highly regarded tn
tho community, anti no one be letta her hus?
band hail grounds for belief that abe was un?
faithful to him. Two gir.s, aged 5 years,
twins, will be left alone in the world as a re?
sult of the tragedy.
