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VOL. XXII.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA.. JANUARY 12, 1900.
NO. 3.
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CHA1TKB NX VIII.
It w?s a remarkable coincidence, but
r.t ihe very time ivlion Paxton was on
liir, way to visit Judith Krodge, in answer
to lier letter, Stanmore was also Betting
out to secretly call upon the janitor's
sister.
Stanmore was approaching Garrison'!
ofltoe from one direction, while Paxton
was coming toward it from an exactly
opposite way.
Tho former had almost arrived at iii?
destination, when he discovered the de?
tective, and believing that Paxton had
not seen him he crossed the street and
harried Ground the next corner. He
fancied that the detective would not ap?
prove of the pinn he had in mind, and
which prompted him to clandestinely
\isit Judith Kredge.
Peering around the corner of the
building, nt the streets' junction, which
ho had gained, Stanmore saw Paxton
enter Judith's abode, and he resolver]
to remain where he was until the de?
tective took his departure.
Tlie note which Paxton had received
from Judith Kredge stated that she had
just discovered a letter which Marion
Oakburn had left behind her, and that
rho wished him to see it at onee, as it
contained ? ter-ible disclosure.
When Paxton entered the Garrison
building he was admitted bf Judith, and
almost immediately the woman produced
a letter, which she declared she had just
found in Marion's room, where she
thought the detective must have over?
looked it when he searched the apart?
ment.
Paxton had previously obtained a
Specimen of Marion's handwriting, and
be saw that either Ihe letter given him
by Judith Kredge was a genuine docu?
ment or a clever forgery, such as on Iv
hu expert in chirography- Identification
could dete:t.
The substance of the letter signed by
Marion Oakburn, with her name in full,
was a terrible confession.
We will not reproduce the letter in
full; suffice it to say that it plainly
(tated that Marion murdered her father.
"When he had mastered tho contents
of this letter, Paxton rolleeted for soma
time in silence, and his goo 1 judgment
, ^whispered that it must be a forgery.
f "A criminal flying from justice nevei
yet ieft such a confession behind him,'
thought t.ie detective.
Judith watched tie detective's face as
he read the letter, as though she was
seeking to read his thoughts, but his face
was now as immovable as a mask, and it
told her nothing.
"If this letter is not a forgery, then
the secret of John Oakbuin's fate is re?
vealed. I shall find a way to decide
that question soon," said Paxton; and
taking the letter with him, he coon after
left Judith'8 abode.
Although h<* had not betrayed the
fact. Paxton saw Stanmore as he was
approaching the Garrison building, and
he saw the latter dodge across tho
fctreet to avoid him.
"There is something strange in Stan
niore's conduct," thought Paxton, glanc?
ing about a3 he came out of the Garrison
build'ng.
A moment later he saw Stanmore at
the corner, but he passed on as though
he had not seen him, and entered a
6hop.
Then Stanmore hastened to the door
of the Garrison building.
Through the shop window Paxton saw
Stanmore leave his post at the corner,
and the detective followed him, and saw
him enter the house which ho had him-'
Self just left.
. Wondering what Slanmore's business
with Judith Kredge could be, the detec?
tive left the viiinity, and took his way
homeward.
Ho passed the office of Pratt k Wee!<s,
and although all was darkness th re,
could he have seen within the private
office of the firm, he would have ob?
served Pratt and his partner going over
their a<connts, and striving to tinda
way out of the financial difficulties in
which they had become involved.
The railway stocks, Upsn the rise of
which all their hop^s depended, were
steadily declining in value, and the ras?
cally brokers felt that they were ruined,
unless they could use the mai ked
money.
? "1 will tell you, Weeks, there's no uso
of concealing it from ourselves any
longer. We're floored. Tho marked
mon jj must be used!" cried Pratt, dash?
ing down his pen savagely.
"It has about come to the worst, that
ls sure," assented Weeks.
Pratt paced the Poor, and said:
"I mean to take the risk, and attempt
to realize on the marked money. I'n
fortunately, all our attempts to remove
the marks to that they might not betray
us, have failed. They could not be ob?
literated without defacing tho -ote so as
to attract suspicion."
Put while Paxton passed onward by
thc swindling brokers' office, there woro
come startling reflections in his mind,
founded upon the discovery he had made
when he examined the locke*, belonging
to Marion, which Judith Kredge had
pawned, and also relating to his discov?
ery of Stanmoie's secret interviews with
Judith.
The discovery which the sight of the
portrait in the locket caused Paxton to
make, and the suspicions and theories
which the detective founded upon that
discovery, will presently be made cU'.ir
to tho render.
Put what ?'-?r.s. the motive for Stan -
more's visit to Judith Kredge?
He believed the woman knew where
Marion was, and he meant to bribe her
to save the cashier's daughter, to liber?
ate her.
The interview between Stanmore and
Judith need not be recorded in full, but
avo may as well state that the formei
assured the woman ihat he was con?
vinced she knew where Marion was, and j
he offered any price if she would accom?
plish her rescue.
But Judith still protested that she was
entirely innocent on the subject, and
Stanmore was obliged to leave without
accomplishing anything.
Tue following day a stranger called
upon Stanmore at his hotel, and placing
a letter in his hand hurried away with?
out n word.
Stanmore was astonished at the man's
conduct, but the sight of the hand?
writing on the envelope seemed to drive
ali thought of anything but the lotter
out of his mind
"It is from Marion!" he cried; and
tearing open the letter he devoured its
contents.
The letter was as follows:
Vn Stanmore: You told me to call upon
you for assistance, should the time ever
cone, when In dire extremity, I needed u
devoted friend.
That time has como now. I was abducted
from my home, and I am now a captive hy
those who are in league with persons who
are interested in concealing the real truth
of my father'* murder.
I know tho secret of my poor father's
terr,be fa o, and until to-day I had in my
|0 ?seaton a paper, which would provo tho
truth of thc explanation I had resolved to
make the next flay after my abduction, In
open court, in order to save Stuart Har
Ihii.l.
Without the parer, which 1 have lost, or
which DM boon stolen from me, to prove
my words. I know my statement will not
be credit cl. tot I am aware that Judith
Kredge can give the most terrihleand posl
i tl no evidence against me. If 1 am arrested
now, I am lost, and if I were to tell tho
whole truth of thc mystery, though I swear
to you by the memory of my dead mother,
and by all things sacred, that I am inno?
cent, and that I was prompted by a noble
purpose. I would not only defeat that pur?
pose for which I have suffered lo much but
sacrifice myself.
Of all things, I most, dread arro t I call
upon you to res-ue nie and shield me from
tho law. You will End me at No. 12 Baxter
street. I implore you not to reveal my
whereabout* to a living sou'. I have made
me friend among the confederates of my
f )cs. who has promised to deliver this letter
to you. Yours In doubt and danger,
Makion Oakboun
"I will save her," cried Stanmore.
"And while seeking to rescue her I must
try to prevent her discovery by Pax?
ton.-'
The course of events had so shaped
themselves that now Stanmore was se?
cretly arrayed against the detective, as
far as related to Marion Oakburn.
He could not think of revealing the
imprisoned girl's whereabouts to Paxton
now, since she had implored him not to
do so, even had there been no other mo?
tive for keeping the secret.
Stainton paced his room thinking
profoundly and striving to devise a plan
tor Marion's rescue and vindication.
The following morning he set out for
Paxton's office, alarmed lest the detec?
tive might discover Marion and arrest
her before he could accomplish her
rescuo. He wished to be informed re?
garding all of Paxton's discoveries.
As he approached the office he saw
one of Paxton's agents, whom he knew
very well, approaching, and he knew
from the expression of the man's face
that he had some important intelligence
lo communicate to'his principal.
When the agent entered the office
Stanmore stole to the door, placed his
ear to the keyhole, and listened.
In a moment he reeled back, white
and agitated.
"The fates are against her! Marion's
prison-place has been discovered. Tho
agent who just entered communicated
thc intelligence to Paxton," he mut?
tered.
Then, listening again, he heard Pax?
ton say:
"We will arrange to secure the girl to?
night. At least we may hope the de?
velopment of the great mystery is near
at hand."
"I must foil Faxton. Marion shall
not be arrested!" resolved Stanmore.'
As he was turning away he sawanoth
?r of Paxton's agents coming through
the passage leading from the street to
Ihe detective's office.
Stanmore feared that he was discov?
ered playing the part of a spy, but with
(Teat presence ot mind, he calmly stoop
Mi down and seemed to be engaged in
?ying up his shoe.
To the detective he said:
"Good morning.''
Then he passed on in an unconcerned
ray, as though he was just leaving the
)ffiee, while the agent entered it.
Stanmore hastened back to his hotel,
j 'eeling that he must work rapidly if he
vould defeat Paxton and prevent the
irrest of Marion Oakburn.
As he was about to enter the hostelry,
ie came face to face with the man who
tad brought him the letter from Marion
:>n the preceding night.
Thc fellow made Stanmore a signal to
follow him and he obeyed.
In a shop near by the man said:
"This morning, just before daylight,
'.hey removed the young lady to a new
prison place. You seo, they mistrusted
he house was 'spotted' by a detective,
ror a fellow was seen spying about it
last night."
"Describe the spy," said Stanmore,
eagerly.
The man did so.
"Ah, tho agent that brought Paxton
the news that he had located Marlon.
Thia is fortunate, Marion will not bo
found at the place to which tho agent
viii conduct Paxton to-night,* said
Stanmore.
The he asked:
"Do you know where tho lady now is?-'
"Yes, sir; and to-morrow night I'll
take you to her."
"Why not to-night?"
"I've got a job on hand. No matter
nrhat it is, it can't wait," said the fellow
resolutely.
With this Stanmore was obliged to rest
content.
It galled him to think that he was
^impelled Ihus to work in secret, and
'hat he dared not call upon the police
for assistance to rescue Marion.
That night Paxton and his men made
a descent upon the house where his
agent had located Marion Oakburn, but
of course they did not find her, and the
house where she had been a captivo was
descried.
Paxton and his agents were furious.
"Some traitor must have betrayed our
plans," cried Paxton.
His colaborers agreed with him.
Then the man who had encountered
Stanmore at the door of the office while
his associate was making his report of
the discovery of Marion, told of that
circum>tance.
"Stanmore had not entered the office.
He was playing the spy!" cried Paxton,
I CHAPTER XXIX.
[ Paxton did not appear to be as much
j PUrprieed to hear that Stanmore had as?
sumed the role of an eavesdropper aa
might have been anticipated.
To his men he 6ald:
"Not a word about this."
That same evening Paxton again vis?
ited the pawnbroker, and secured the
locket containing the picture of Donald
Wayburn which had belonged to Marion
Oakburn.
The next day when Stanmore dr ppcd
in at the detective's office as usual, the
latter slyly opened the locket in his
hand, and glanced frequently from the
portrait it contained to Stanmore's face,
as 1 hough he Avas comparing the two.
When Stanmore had gone, Paxton
said in monologue.
"I was not mistaken when I thought I
made a discovery when I first saw the
picture. The portrait in Marion Oak
burn's locket is that of Mr. Stanmore,
taken years ago, and though he has
since changed greatly he cannot chango
his eyes. The name of the original of
the portrait is written under it. That
name is Donald Way burn, and there?
fore I know that Richard Stanmore's
real name is Donald Wayburn. He is
the author of the threatening letter
which I found among John Oakburn's
correspondence. Here is a mystery. Has
the Chief of Police who sent this man
to me been deceived in him? Can it be
that this man whom I have trusted, and
who has employed me, is really guard?
ing the secret of the great crime I am
trying to unearth?"
Thus reflected Paxton, and he added:
"I believe I have the certitude that he
is Marion Oakburn's lover."
Paxton considered the startling and
enigmatical developments which were
now presented to his consideration, an 1
at length ho said, mentally:
"I will see the Chief of Police from
whom Stanmore brought his letter of
recommendation and introduction. The
thought has just occurred to me that it is
possible he may have* forged the letter."
The detective acted upon this resolu?
tion forthwith.
He repaired at once to the office of the
chief of the Metropolitan police force,
and he was closeted with thatgontleman
for more than an hour.
When at the expiration of that time
Paxton left the office of the chief, he
said to himself:
"I begin to comprehend tho matter at
last."
He must have obtained sonrn informa?
tion regarding the man who called him?
self Richard Stanmore.
*****
Meanwhile Marion, on the second
night following the day when Stanmore
received her letter, paced a narrow
apartment in a dilapidated building in
the suburbs of Harlem.
To this ulaee she had been removed
by her captors, after their suspicions
were aroused that a detective had dis?
covered her original prison place.
Marion's thoughts were troubled, for
she was reflecting upon the circum?
stances which had united to place h?r in
her present unprecedented situation of
peril and perplexity.
The reflection that the truth unsup?
ported by evidence would not be credited
distracted her.
Before her mind arose a vision of her
arrest, trial, and conviction of a crime
which she had not committed, and the
cheers of the public as they received her
explanation with cruel derision, rang in
her ears.
"No, no; my story will not be credited.
I must not be arrested, now that I have
lost the paper I took from the office on
that fatal night. That paper would have
proved my truth and innocence, but now
I am doomed if captured."
Then Marion knelt and breathed a
prayer which began with these words:
"Father in Heaven, Thou knowe9t I am
innocent."
Fervently she supplicated, humbly 6he
implored divine help to lead her out of
the fatal quicksands of danger and doubt
into which she had unwittingly strayed.
Little did Marion Oakburn suspect
that human ears heard her prayer, or
the soliloquy which preceded it: but
such was the fact.
Every word Marion uttered was heard
by Stuart Harland, who was at that
very moment a prisoner in the cellar
under the room in which Marion was a
captive.
An explanation as to how Harland
became a prisoner in tho power of the
wretches who were acting as Marion's
jailers must be given, and we will con?
sider thc events which led to his capture.
Stuart was not discouraged by his
railure to capture the mysterious man
tvho had exchanged coats with him. On
the contrary, he was encouraged by the
fact that he had sighted him once, and
lie believed he should sight him again.
Thus it Avas that after his encounter
with the unknown, where Levi Kredge
bad struck him down with a cowardly
bloAv, Stuart still continued his "still
hunt" for the man called "Garner" by
Pratt and Weeks.
On the evening when Marion's secret
friend had delivered her letter to Stan?
mere, Stuart Harland chanced to enter
a lodging house on West street.
While he was in the offico of this es
'ablishuK'nt, Stuart heard a clerk say to
the proprietor, as he took a valise from
under the counter:
"This traveling bag is in the way here
Deh'nd the counter. I hardly think the
man who left here will eA^cr call for it.
Wlia* shall I do with it?"
As he spoke, the clerk placed the trav
rling bag on the counter, and Stuart
read the namo "J. C. Garnar," which
was stamped on the side of the valise.
The young man started as ho read the
name of the supposed assassin, and step?
ping to the counter, he said.
"I think I know the party to whom
that bag belongs,"and speaking rapidly,
he described the man who had taken
his coat.
Of course Stuart knew that there
might be a large number of men by tho
name of "Garnar" in the city, but he
had a kind of presentiment that he had
found a clue to the supposed murderer.
"You certainly must know the man
who left the valise. You have told just
Iioav he looked to a dot," said the clerk.
"I thought so," answered Stuart, and
repressing his excitement he asked:
"When this valise was left here did
not the owner sny Avhen he would call
for it':"
"lt seems to mo he did, but I don't
recollect Avhat he did say," was the an
SAver returned.
Stuart remained in the lodging house
for some time, but he finally went out.
He was crossing the street, when
chancing to look back he saw a man
entering the lodging house. The man
had a full beard and long hair, and ho
was dressed like a farmer.
Stuart stopped on the opposite side of
the street, and as he stood considering
in Avhich direction he should Avander
next, the man who resembled a farmer
in appearance came out of the lodging
house carrying the valise with the name
"J. C. Garnar on it in his hand.
In an instant the thought traversed
thc mind of the young man that the man
In the garb of a farmer might really be
the supposed assassin in disguise, and
he proceeded to follow him aa he Avalked
rapidly away.
The man led Stuart a long distance.
Although he did not betray the fact,
subsequent results proved that the man
whom Stuart was folloAving discovered
that he was shadowed soon after Har?
land took his trail.
Finally he entered a building, which
was ostensibly a cheap restaurrnt, but
the rear of which was a Ioav gambling
den.
This was the very hou3e in which
Marion Oakburn was now held as a
captive. The proprietor of the place
was a friend of Levi Kredge, who had
been bribed to act as Marion's jailer.
Upon entering this place, the myster?
ious man who was the object of Stuart
Harland's pursuit, darted through the
little restaurant in front and entered the
gambling room in the rear.
He seemed to be well known to the
proprietor of the place, who, with a dozen
or more other men, was present, for the
latter greeted him in a familiar way.
"You look ecared. What's up?" he
asked.
In his interlocutor's ear the man whom
Stuart had followed, whispered:
"There's'a detective on my trail. A
hundred dollars for you if you trap him
and give me a chance to get off."
"Do you mean that fair and honest?"
asked the other.
"Yes. In proof, if you will give me
your word to do mo this good turn, I'll
pay you in advance. The detective will
venture into the restaurant, I am sure."
"Done. I'myOurman. Let's see the
color of your money."
The other handed the gambler a roll of
bank notes, and then ho sprang into a
closet and c'osed the door.
The man who had received the money
whispered to his companions for a mo?
ment, and then all became silence in the
gambling den as they heard some one
enter the restaurant.
The man whose entrance reached the
ears of the mon in the gambling den was
Stuart Harland.
He purchased a cigar, and presently,
when at a signal from the proprietor the
men in the rear room began to talk and
use the terms of the game, Stuart strode
to the door and entered, saying:
"I think I will buy a few chips and see
how luck runs to-day.'^
[TO BE CONT1NCED.]
TOMAHAWK OF TECUMSEH.
Famous Indian Carried In nattle of the
Thames In 1812.
Sarah L. Russell, who lives with her
daughter, Mrs. E. H. Bettis, at 1413
East Sixteenth street, Kansas City, has
the tomahawk carried hy Tecumseh,
when he was killed at the battle of the
Thames in October, 1812. Col. William
Russell, the founder of Russellville,
Ky., who commanded the Kentucky
contingent of that famous battle, waa
permitted hy Gen. Harrison to remove
the tomahawk from the dead body of
Tecumseh and retain it, and it has been
in the possession of the Russell family
ever since. It was made in England,
and presented to Tecumseh by the
British commander at Detroit. Sev?
eral hundred towahawks were made In
England and sent to the British com?
manders at Detroit for use among the
Indians whom the British endeavored
to induce to drive out the white set?
tlers of Kentucky, Indiana and Michi?
gan. With few exceptions these tom?
ahawks were made rather rudely of
iron, with the handles bound with
bands of the same metal, but the one
owned by Tecumseh was made of high?
ly polished steel, with silver bands en?
circling the handle. It can also b<
used as a pipe for smoking, the blun'
end of the blada being made like th<
bowl of a pipe and the handle answer?
ing the purpose of a stem. The Brit?
ish commander had several of them
made after the pattern, which he pre?
sented to Tecumseh, the rrophet (a
brother of Tecumseh), Ketopah and
Topanabee, celebrated Indian warrior
chiefs, who bore a conspicuous part Id
the battles of Tippecanoe, the siege of
Fort Harrison, the battle of the Raisin,
and other noted battles which took
place in Indiana and Michigan and
along Lake Michigan while the British
held possession of Detroit and were
using the Indians as their allies in the
endeavor to hold the west and north?
west country. The Tecumseh toma?
hawk is the only one known to have
been preserved. Mrs. Russell has had
many offers to part with it, but the
relic will probably remain with her
descendants for many years to come.
Mrs. Egbert Russell, soon after it came
into the possession of he> husband,
showed it to Blue Jacket, a well-known
Shawnee chief, who was then over 80
years old. The old chief went into
ecstasies when told that the relic, was
taken from the dead body of Tecumseh.
He kissed it and pressed it to his bosom
and told Mrs. Russell he was too young
to follow his grand chief, Tecumseh, in
the warpath, but he well remembered
how proud Tecumseh was1'with that
tomahawk belted about his waist.?
Kansas City Star.
Sea f5u!l? at Weather Forecasters.
Prince Krapotkin, in Nature, says
that on Aug. 26 while off Broadstairs,
he noticed several flocks of gulls flying
along the coast toward Dover. The
wind was then and had been through?
out August from the northeast, but an
old fisherman remarked that the gulls
were moving to the south coast to meet
a southwest wind, which was sure to
come. The change then predicted then
occurred the following day. Mr. Ing?
all strengthens this forecast by a
statement in his Weather Lore: "The
arrival of sea gulls from the Solway
Firth to Holywood, Dumfriesshire, is
generally followed hy a high wind and
heavy wind from the southwest."
Sterlingworth?I think people should
marry their opposites, don't you*
Throckmorton?Of course I do. A
self-made man should wed a tailor
made woman.?Judge.
THE NEWS.
Charles Tracy, confidential bookkeeper
for F. Ii. Bayley 4 Co., of Chicago, has been
missing for nearly a month.
The strike of the girls at the Allen & Gin
ter Tobacco Works in Richmond, Va., was
amicably arranged.
Major Taylor, surgeon in charge at Hono?
lulu, reported six deaths from bubonlo
plague up to December 15.
Governor Roosevelt pardoned Ch lara
Oignarale, who Avas serving a lifo sentence
for murdering her husband.
The rffecounts of ex-County Treasurer Her?
shey, of Lancaster, Pa., were found to be
?C5,< 00 short.
Peter Dunkle was arrested near Henpeck,
ind.. on the charge of murdering May Wol
wlg iu 1886.
F. Blanch! A Co., wholesale dealers In mil?
linery goods in New York, made an assign?
ment.
B. B. Wyatt, of Roanoke, Va., was ari ested
on a. charge of felonious assault ou Mrs.
Thomas \. Simpson, of Newport News, who
bad been kind to him when he was sorely In
need of food.
Edward Doyle, of Chicago, has sued John
Robson, a Board of Trade operator, for
1600,000 damages, several times the amount
of losses In speculation.
Howard Tryday and his v\if;?Inhaled illu?
minating gas in Philadelphia. The husband
is dead and the wife ia a critical condition.
Five Klondikers were found frozen to
death, two of them on the snmuiit of White
Pass,
Freeman D. Somerby, supreme president
of tho Iron Hall, died in Philadelphia.
W. Murray Crane was inaugurated as
governor of Massachusetts.
Governor Roosevelt's message to the New
York legislature was largely taken up with a
discussion of trusts. Ho advocated tho re?
pent of the Horton boxing law.
Tho United States tug Besolute was sunk
in Boston harbor by collision with the steel
ocean tug Swutara. All on board were saved
except the engineer.
North Carolina Republicans will contest
tho constitutionality of the suffrage amend?
ment to the constitution to be voted on next
August,
At the United States mint in Philadelphia
during 1899 there were 122.790.523 coins
made, representing a value of over ?65,
000.000.
George L. Price was sentenced to eighteen
months In the Easton penitentiary for lar?
ceny of photographic supplies in York, Pa.
Edward Cressinger, nineteen years old.
was hanged in Sunbury. Pa., for tho murder
of Daisy Smith, sixteen years old.
The Democratic caucus of tho Mississippi
legislature nominated Senator MeLnurin for
the long term.
The girls at the Allen &, Ginter Tobacco
Company works in Richmond, Va., went on
a strike.
Oscar I. Fleming, the Princess Anne coun?
ty magistrate who shot nud killed Clarence
L. Snyder, of Norfolk, a few weeks ago, was
indicted iu Princess Anne county. His bail
was increased from $1,000 to sJlO.OOO, and
his trial set for the first Monday In Feb?
ruary.
Fire in Richmond, A'a., destroyed n large
part of the C. A O. office building, records
and other papers, the damage being about
150.000.
Former Senator Blackburn was chosen for
United Stntes senator by the Democratic
members of the Kentucky Legislature.
The L. A. W. will try to get Congress to
vote five million dollars to construct good
roads all over the country.
Water was turned into the Chicago drain?
age canal. The canal cost thirty-three mil?
lion dollars.
Star Edwards, aged fifty-five, died in
York county, as the result of a stroko of
paralysis.
A baby's life was lost and nine people
were injured Ina fire in a tenement in New
York.
Junius Robinson, colored, was hanged in
Dinwiddie couutv, Va., for killing W. M.
Jolly.
?The wages of 25.000 men In Pittsburg Avere
advanced from five to ten per cent.
Charles J. Harrington, register of wills of
Kent county, Del., is dead.
George V. Metzel, founder of the Order of
Heptasophs, died suddenly at his home lu
SteAvartstown. Pa., aged seventy-five years.
On December 13 he celebrated his golden
wedding. He was a native of Baltimore.
The f ystera of pensioning old employes of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company on the
lines east of Pittsburg was started. Nine
hundred and fifty men Avere retired.
The executh-e committee of the National
Anti-Trust Conference issued an address de?
claring that the special privileges of the
trusts should be taken from them.
An explosion of acetylene gas set fire to
the Eden Baptist Church in Stromsberg.
Nob., while a watch meeting was in pro?
gress.
Captain W. W. Martha!!, formerly deputy
postmaster at Des Moines. Iowa, tried to
commit suicide. His death is expected.
During the week eight men of the Central
Phosphate Works at Lady's Island, 8. C.,
died under mysterious circumstances.
Ellen Labash wns accidentally killed at
Passaic, N. J., by the discharge of a pistol
in the hands of Michael Schwartz.
The stores of the McCorkle Dry Goods
Company, and W. J. Clary, in Greensboro,
N. C., wore destroyed by Ure.
Andrew Carnegie has given $1100,000 to
Cooper Union to found a day school similar
in scope to the night school.
The one hundred anniversary of the birth
ol Dr. Constantin Hering Avas celebrated In
Philadelphia.
E. R. Hershey, treasurer of Lnneaster
county, Pa., is a defaulter. He is supposed
to be in Canada.
Eugene Ii. Packard, of the Robinson In?
vestment and Security Company, of New
York, was sentenced to eighteen months' im?
prisonment in Sing Sing for unlaAvfully using
the mails.
Judge Sanborn, of the United States Cir?
cuit Court in St. Paul. Minn., discharged the
receivers of thc Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
The stock and plant of the Charles Heiser
Shoe Company, at llanover, Pa., was de?
stroyed by fire.
John T. Whitehead, a wealthy Virciuia
farmer, died at his home, near Bay View.
A strike of miners in tho bituminous coal
regions of Pennsylvania is threatened. Thc
men Avant a general Increase of thirty per
? int. In av ages.
' By the will of the late Daniel Sharp Ford,
cl the Youth's Companion, the Baptist Social
Union comes in for a large bequest.
Charles L. Pike, one of the original Free
boilers, died in fc't. Pani, Minn.
C. B. Turner was murdered at his home,
near Ferguson's Wharf, Va.
Comptroller of tho Currency Dawes says
the general financial condition of the country
is sound and stable, and there is nothing to
Indfcato a recurrence of the recent flurry.
SHOT AND MUTILATED.
Americans' HerrlMe Treatment by Iks
Insurants Filipino Sri onghold
Captured.
Manila, i By dante.)?Advices from Muga
luug. province of Pampauga. roport that
Captain Leonhauser, with three eompantes
of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, captured Um
Insurgent stronghold Gonunanehe, on Mount
Arnyat, Saturday.
Three Ameiieuus were wounded, but the
enemy's, loss is not known. Three members
of the Ninth and two of the Twelfth Regi?
ment, whom the insurgents held as prison?
ers, were shot and horribly mutilated. Three
of them ure dead, and the other two are re?
covering.
Captain Leonhauser set tire to the bur- j
racks and the town.
Washington, (Special. -Official confirma?
tion has como from both General Otis and
Admiral Watson of the first reports from
Manila of thc release of the American pris?
oners who have been held in the bunds of
the Filipinos for many months, and there
is no longer any doubt that Lieutenant Gill
more, of the Yorktown, ls among the num?
ber. General Otis despatch reads M fol?
lows:
'"Manila.-The prisoners now en route
from Vigan arrived, and a list of them will
be telegraphed. Captain Gillmore is among
the number.
[Signed, i "OTIS."
Admiral's Watson's advice ls as follows:
'"Manila.?Cols. Haro and Howze have re?
captured all of the American prisoners, in?
cluding Gillmore. now at Vigan.
[Kilned.] '"WATSON."
Tho sweeping statements made in the
desputches to the effect that all of the Amer?
ican prisoners Lave been released has
aroused a hope that in the Hst will appear
tho names of some of tho officers and pri?
vates of the ormy who are set down upon
the army rolls as missing. Prominent among
the missing army officers was Maj. ("naries
M. Rockefeller, of the Ninth Iufantry. This
officer advanced beyond the lines during the
fierce fighting early last summer. He dis?
appeared completely, and no truce of his
body was ever found.
It ls gathered from Gen. Otis' report that
the released men have been, sent by boat
across Lingayen Gulf to Dagupan. at tho
northern extremity of the railroad, and
about a day's journey from Manila.
A SAD DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
Phillp Hose Kills Hi* Father and Then
SJmots Himself.
New York. (Special.)?Philip W. Rose, a
young man. who two years ago spent some
time in an insane asylum at Jacksonville.
III., shot and killed his wife at her father's
home, in this city, tried to shoot her father,
and shot himself, inflicting what are be?
lieved to be mortal wounds.
Rose and his wife were second cousins,
anil they were married six years ago, when
Rose was prosperous. Some two years ago
Rose became Insane, and was confined in an
asylum in Jacksonville. After being released
from that institution, he found difficulty in
getting employment, and his wife came to
this city to live with her fathej-. The hus?
band came nere a Jv? <*g"< t><?* **>? *?????? ?**?*
not live together. It is said that she refus>d
to live with him. although he often urged
her to do so. He called on her, and his
father-in-law permitted him to seo his wife
Then he put three bullets Into her head. He
attempted to shoot the old man. but the pis?
tol missed fire. When the police arrived
they found young Rose lying in a pool of
blood, having shot himself through the head.
He was taken to a hospital, where lt is said
ho will die.
DEATH BY FLAMES.
Imploding Lamp Sets Hence on Fire and
Ike Smoke Stupefied Occupant*.
Uulontown, Pa.. (Special.) ? Charles,
Thomas and Allen Stott, sons of William
Stott, were burned to death in their home at
Coal Run, Somerset county, and the resi?
dence destroyed. Their parents were with
difficulty saved, and were severely burned
before they could get out. The young men.
aged nineteen, sixteen and fourteen years,
respectively, came home from their work ns
usual. They Avent to bed, leaving a light
burning, which exploded about four o'clock,
and set the building on fire.
Neighbors saw the flames, and hurried to
assist, and Avere horrified to discover that
none of the family had stirred. They broke
in tho door below, and discovered Stott ami
his wife sleeping ia a lower room Avith the
flames all around them. The dense smoke
had stupefied them.
SHOT BY HIS KKPHKW.
Charles White Killed l?y the Accidental
Discharge of a Omi.
Oakland. Md.. (Special.) --Charles White,
who resided in the Ryans Glade Settlement,
about five miles south of Oakland, was acci?
dentally shot and instantly killed by his
uephew, a boy about fourteen years of age.
The two were in the woods hunting rabbits,
aud had started on tho trail of one, the un?
fortunate man leading and the nephew fol?
lowing, when his gun was discharged ly the
trigger catching in a bush. The charge en
t ;red the small of the back, and came out at
the breast. He was a son of the late William
White, and was about twenty-seven years of
age. The young nephew is prostrated with
grief, and is brooding over the sad accident.
HAS *?.:?,OOO SHOKT.
A Demand to he >ludc on the Bondsmen
of Ex-Treasurer Hershey.
Lancaster, Ta.. (Special.')?The county
commissioners stated that they learned on
Saturday last that ex-County Treasurer
Hershey was *G5.000 short in his accounts
and immediately swore out a warrant
against him on the charge of misappropriat?
ing public funds. They decided to put an
expert on tho books at once. The county
hus three sources of revome- taxes, sale oi
b-mds and liquor license fees-and it is be?
lieved that the items of tho last two eau be
easily traced. As soon ns the work of the
expert ls completed ?"d tho exact amount of
tho defalcation ascertained the county com?
missioners will make a demand on the
bondsmen
THE SCHFEY HOHE FIND.
Elaborate Desi};" of (erttllcate Adopted
for Contributors.
Washington. (Specials?The Schley home
fund committee met and adopted a beauti?
ful and elaborate design for the certificate
to be issued to those contributing tl or more
to tho fund. AndreAv B. Graham, of thw
city, prepared the design. It was announced
that Mrs. McClellan. New York, had reported
the collection of $5,000 for the fund, with
the prospect of Increasing this sum to $2"y
OOO before July 1. The total amount col?
lected hero since the last meeting is t7]9 AR
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?BBa5SSHfHJHrHtHHHjH?HHHHtH?
THE 0L0 DOMINION.
LATEST NEYVS GLEANED FROM YAHI
OFS FARTS OF VIRGINIA.
A WHITE MAN LYNCHED,
W. W, Matts Shot to Dentil at Newport
Mews?Had Assaulted a Woman -Taken
From Ihe Lockup in the Early Morning
by a Number of Masked Men- Identified
By Bis Vletis?- Other State Happening*.
The death of William \V. Watts at the
hands of a mob, at Newport New?, signal?
izes the Initial execution of a white man for
felonious assault in Virginia, legally or
otherwise. Tho crime that invoked mob
vengeance was peculiarly astroeioue. The
victim was the benefactress of her assailant,
having fed him, although a stranger, when
he first appeared begging for charity three
weeks ago, after reaching Newport News
penniless from Lynchburg, where his father
is a policeman. Watts was 23 years old, un?
married, a professional gambler, and comes
of a respectable family with extensive rela?
tionship throughout the State. Ile visited
the house of Mrs. Thomas M. Simpson, who
had befriended him when he was in desti?
tute circumstance*!, telling her he was about
to leave the city and stating that he desired
to thank her before going away. Watts had
rando a "stake"' at his calling during his
sojourn, nnd Mrs. Simpson failed to recog?
nize iu the well-dressed man the mendicant
upon whom sho had bestowed alms three
weeks before. She conversed with him for
a lew minutes at the door, and then retired
into the hallway. He followed, seized her
hi the thront laeesn ber late th?, uittinp._
room and overpowered her after a desperate
struggle. Watts was captured on board the
special train of C. P. Huntington as it was
leaving Newport News for Richmond ard
lodged In jail. Three masked men entered
the ttationhouse at 4 o'clock and forced the
jailor at the point of pistols to surrender the
keys. Four compa'ions received Watts
when he was carried cut and hurried him
away, llrst to the horse of Mrs. Simpson,
who Identified him, and then to the outskirt
of the city, where a mob of several hundred
men was congregated. He was bound by
the waist to a sipling and his body riddled
with bullets. It had been intended to hang
him. but the only rope with which tho party
was provided proved too short to go over
any convenient limb. The rope with whick
thc body of the victim was bound was cut
up and distributed among the onlookers.
Tho culprit was executed in Warwick county.
The county authorities claimed that lt was
a city affair, and should ba cared for by the
city. Tho county coroner was sick in bed.
The remains of Watts hung Ump and sus?
pended by the arms to a tree until late In the
forenoon, when the city coroner summoned
a jury and viewed the body. The verdict
wa-: "W. W. Watts came to his death on the
5th day of January, 1900, from pistol shot
wounds in tho body, the pistol or pistols be?
ing in the hand orhauds of a person or per?
sons unknown to the jury."
Temperance Proposals.
Tbs while ministers of Suffolk, six in num?
ber, appeared before the Council and sought
to inaugurate a reform in liquor trnftV. The
spokesmen wore Rev. 8. J f. Love, Baptist,
and J. B. Dunn. L'piseopaliau. A petition
embodying six reform moves was presented
and argued, the measures being: To have
the saloon screens removed; To have saloons
and groceries separated; To have saloons
and billiard rooms separated; To keep the
saloon sidewalks clear; To more rigidly en?
force State laws, particularly regarding the
sale of liquor to minors and on Sunday; To
dost? every barroom at 10 P. M. Council?
man Pinner pleaded inadequacy of author?
ity for imraediato action, but declared a
move should be started looking to the en?
actment of charter amendments providing
for local liquor legislation. The Council
adopted nn anti-spitting ordinance.
A Nen- Lease of life,
A writ of error has been granted by Judgo
Dupuy, of the Circuit Court, of Bedford
City, in the case of Lula Smith, colored,
who was recently convicted by the county
court on tho charge of murdering her bus
band. Edward Smith, by administering
strychnine, and sentenced to be hanged on
Friday, Jauuary 12. She thus secures a
tusponsion of the sentence until the next
term of the Circuit Court, which will not
convene until May. when the Judge will de?
cide in regard to granting a new trial.
Fifth Workman to Meet Death.
Crushed almost beyond recognition and
with every boee in his hands and lowei
limbs broken and his forehead crushed ins
horrible manner, George Morgan Hes at his
home, In Norfolk, still alive. His physiaiau
does not believe he can live, but is surprised
nt his wonderful vitality. Morgan was
painting tho ceiling of the Southern Hail
way's great export shed at Pinners Point
and fell thirty feet, striking on his head.
Five lives have been lost there.
Ex-Councilman Recovers Damage*.
J. 1). Robinson, n former city councilman,
obtained judgment for ?1.500 against the elly
of Danville. Mr. Robinson suffered a sprain
of tho right leg in September, 1893, through
stepping on a rotten plank while crossing
Dan River bridge. He sued for $10.0 0. He
was n member of the city council at the {
limo of the accident, but resigned bf forw
bringing suit against the city. The case at?
tracted considerable interest.
