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STATE JOURNAL., TUESDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 7, 1896.
PRAIRIEJN FIRE.
Two Kansas Counties Being
Swept by the Flames.
Most Serious Conflagration is
in Kiowa.
VISIBLE AT PUEBLO.
Reflection Can be Seen for Hun
dreds of Miles.
Residents of St. John Are Panic
Stricken.
Wichita, Ran., Jan. 7. There are
probably two counties in Western
Kansas covered by fire. About 9
o'clock last night a lurid light was
seen in the sky, observable almost
simultaneously at Pueblo, Cot, and
Wichita, 600 miles apart. It being
impossible to see the reflection of the
same fire at both points, the supposi
tion is that there are two immense
prairie fires in Kansas, a distance of
about 150 miles apart.
The Eagle has reports from ten sta
tions which indicate that the largest
fire is in Kiown county, and that it is
of vast proportions. Haviland is the
nearest station to the fire that can be
reached, and the agent there says the
nearest fringe of the blaze is probably
fifteen miles away, but so powerful
that a newspaper can be read, almost,
by the light in the streets of his
town.
At St. John, Stafford county, the
people are panic stricken, as the fire
is sweeping in their direction before a
strong wind.
The probability is that the fire ex
tends over an area of country equal
to a county. Many of the farms have
been abandoned for years and the fire
is' feeding on the rank grass, sun
flowers and dead hedges.
St. John people think that the loss
of property and of lives of man and
beast will be appalling.
GOLD AND SILVER.
Estimates of the Outputs of the Various
States.
Washtwotok, Jan. 7. The director
of the mint has received approximate
estimates of the gold and silver pro
duct of the United States for 1895,
from the mint officers and other agents
employed to collect these statistics.
The value of the gold and the num
ber of fine ounces of silver produced
by the several States and territories is
estimated to ve been as follows:
Jold. Silver.
Source, Value. , Fine Ozs.
Alaska $ 1,300.000
Arizona 2,07.100 1,OJO.O0
falifornia 1R,6'J0,U)0 1-4.7X)
Colorado. 15.0)0,000 2.000.000
Idaho f 2,79,7JO 4,00.000
Michigan 40,000 3",OU0
Montana 4,39.-.7- 14,500,X)
Nevada 1,700.000 622. S 0
New Mexico 1,09,0 J 154.7) J
Oregon 2,200,000 7,700
South Appalachian
Statos 316,200 1,200
South Dakota 4,256,00 82,'.XD
Texas I0C.000
Utah 1,35 2 300 8,223,100
Washington 300'OTO 11,. 00
All others 25,000 500
Total 52.6H,900 51.000.00J
The director of the mint is of the
opinion that the estimate of the gold
product of Oregon is 8600,009 too high;
of Montana, 8250,000 too high; of South
Dakota, 8400.000 too high, and that
when the final figures are compiled,
the production of gold by the mines
of the United States in 1895 will be
found to have been from 846,000,000 to
N7,00O,OC0. and the silver product
about 46.000,000 fine ounces. The
product last year was 839.500,000 in
gold and 49,500,000 fine ounces of
silver.
POPULAR RESPONSE SLOW.
fhe People Are Mot Yet Clamorous for
the New Bonds.
Washington, Jan. 7. Up to the time
of closing the department yesterday
the treasury officials had received only
a few telegrams concerning the new
loan, and these were not of a character
to indicate how the announcement had
been received throughout the country.
Although the President was con
strained to make this a popular loan,
s far as possible, by soliciting indi
vidual subscriptions, it is understood
that neither he nor Mr. Carlisle place
any reliance in its success, except
through the aid of the syndicate.
Outsiders Not Wamted.
Washington, Jan. 7. The senate
committee on public lands has decided
to report favorably all the nomina
tions before it, except in cases where
a non-resident has been sent to an
other state or territory. Two nomi
nations of this kind are before the
committee, one being William H. An
derson of Shelby ville, Ky. , to be reg
ister of the land office at Enid. Ok.
Another nomination in Oklahoma is
oppesed by Delegate Flynn of Okla
homa, and was laid over until the
next meeting.
Oklahoma Statehood Convention.
PsRRi, Ok., Jan. 7. The biggest
statehood convention that ever met in
Oklahoma, will convene at Oklahoma
City Wednesday. It seems now that
the Democrats have captured the dele
gates, and that the convention will
pass resolutions favoring single state
hood only. There will be nearly &00
delegates present, and a hot fight be
tween single and double statehood is
anticipated.
Ad Inheritance Tax Bill.
Washington, Jan. 7. Among the
bills and resolutions introduced in the
House yesterday was one by Mr.
Tracey of Missouri, giving Congress
power to levy a graduated inheritance
tax on all inheritances and estates
whose value exceeds 8100,000.
Campos Criticised at Madrid.
Madrid, Jan. 7. The military au
thorities severely criticize Captain
General Campos for his conduct of the
campaign, but the government ap
pears determined to maintain him in
jsoinmand of the forces in the island.
VIEWS OF ROTHSCHILDS.
What They Think of the Latest United
States Bond Issue.
Nsw York, Jan. 7. In response to
the World's telegram for their views
on the bond issue, the Rothschilds re
plied as follows:
"Last year when there was a finan
cial crisis in the United States, we
made an offer for a 3 per cent gold
loan, and failing. Congress giving the
treasury no power to enable such an
issue to be made, we undertook with
others to place a certain amount ot 4
per cent coin bonds. As you now have
done us the honor of asking our opin
ion, we must tell you very frankly
that in our judgment the severe finan
cial situation at present is chiefly
caused by the political crisis, and
as soon as the American and English
governments have satisfactorily settled
the questions at issue the financial
strain will be considerably relaxed, if
it does not altogether disappear.
Until this boundary question is ar
ranged we do not believe either the
European public or capitalists will
take many American bonds for invest
ment, if any, and we believe that al
though a certain number of people on
this side of the Atlantic have signified
their intention of taking a share in a
syndicate to be formed in New York,
they have only done so in the belief
that at the present moment they
would obtain terms which would en
able them at once to resell the bonds
in America. When the political
horizon is quite clear and it is
finally established in the minds
of all men that the good feeling
and understanding which exists in the
hearts of the people of England and
America is beyond doubt, and is ac
knowledged and ratified by the two
governments, then will be the time
and opportunity for America to apply
to the British capitalists. We offer no
suggestions how this is to be accom
plished. It is for the governments to
decide between themselves. All we
can say is the good feeling exists
among our people on our side, and
you, sir, have proved by your patriotic
efforts, that it exists on the other side
of the Atlantic.
N. M. Rothschilds & Son."
HALL FOR FREE SILVER.
The MIssourian Does Not Believe in the
Principle, bnt His District Does.
Washington, Jan. 7. When the
Senate bill providing for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the rate
of 16 to 1 comes to the House, as is
now considered possible, Mr. Hall of
the Second district of Missouri will
vote for it. He said as much to-day.
"I was nominated on a 16 to 1 plat
form," he said, "and while I am
against the free coinage of silver and
have taken the stump in my district
against it, I know that the people
want it, but my duty to them compels
me to say that I shall vote for the
silver bill. Then I shall go home and
tell them it is wrong in principle.
While I would not accept another
nomination on a silver platform I am
sufficiently aware of my duty to my
constituents to vote for the free silver
bill when it comes from the Senate."
Colonel Jones' Case on Trial.
St. Louis, Jan. 7. The trial of the
case of Charles H. Jones against Jos
eph Pulitzer and the Pulitzer Publish
ing Company for the perpetuation of
the temporary injunction granted
by Judge M. Wood, restraining the
defendants from interfering with
plaintiff's conduct of the Post-Dispatch
was begun to-day. The case
involves issues important to corpora
tions and upon its outcome depends
the future policy of the only daily
paper in the city in line with the free
silver wing of the Democratic party.
Colonel Jones has been on the witness
stand all fotenoon.
Kansas Will Not Get Royse.
Guthrie, Ok! a., Jan. 7. Officers
here from Goodland, Kan., with a
requisition for Frank Royse for issu
ing spurious drafts on New York from
the imaginary bank of Jamaica, Iowa,
which were cashed by various ban Us,
have made a hard fight to get their
man, but the government has refused
to grant the requisition, as Royse has
just been convicted in Enid, Okla., for
embezzlement in connection with the
failure of his bank there, and sen
tenced to three yenrs in the pen.
A Shoe Company Quits the Penitentiary.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 7. The
Jefferson Shoe company, which has
been doing business id the penitentiary
owned by C. M. Henderson of Chicago,
will move all its machinery and plant
this week to Dixon, 111, where other
shoe factories owned by Mr. Hender
son are located. The factory has em
ployed 200 prisoners for which the
State has received tifty cents a day
each.
A Murderer Confesses.
Golden Citt, Mo., Jan. 7. Great
excitement prevails in South Green
field over the confession of one of
three men said to be responsible for
the murder of S. L. Purcell, a drug
gist of that place, last October. The
alleged confession was made to an
old farmer by the name of Morris. It
implicates very strongly three men
named French, Ragsdale and Farring
ton, respectively.
Tennessee Delegates for Reed.
Washington, Jan. 7. Hon. A. M.
Hughes returned from his home in
Tennessee yesterday. He thinks
Speaker Reed will have a large follow
ing in the Republican delegation from
Tennessee to the St. Louis convention.
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FIRE OOAVANA.
Insurgents at the Gates of the
Capital.
Hundreds of Suburban Families
Abandon Their Homes.
SPANISH HAVE HOPE.
Campos' M$n Claim Havana
Cannot be Taken.
Insurgents Destroy the Light
House at Cabannas.
New York, Jan. 7. A special to the
Journal from Havana says: The in
surgent armies are in sight of Havana,
and the firing of muskets and cannon
is plainly heard in the eastern suburbs.
The trains that can be gotten into the
city on the few railroads that have not
yet been destroyed by the patriots are
loaded with refugees from the sur
rounding cities and villages.
Hundreds of families in the suburbs
and in the city have abandoned their
'homes and are crowding the quay,
watching with blanched and eager
faces for steamers to take them from
the island. All sorts of craft are
utilized by the refugees, who offer
their last peseta, so long as the own
ers are willing to keep them from the
shore. The steamers which have
cleared to-day are crowded to their
utmost capacity with fleeing passen
gers. The forces of Gomez and Maceo
have practically surrounded Havana.
The avenues of communication out of
Havana have been cut off, and there
is little authentic information as to
the movements or intentions of the in
surgent commanders. Enough is re
ported from points in the province of
Piuar Del Rio, however, to show that
the insurgent columns have covered a
wide territory in that province and
are unceasingly destroying the sugar
cane and damaging tobacco crops.
Loud disclaimers arq being uttered
by the authorities that they have any
fear for the welfare of the city. It is
pointed out that the city is well forti
fied, being protected by the strong
Fortress Moro, and being garrisoned
by the Cubanas Principe, Alares, San
ta Clara and Reina troops, with
heavy artillery, and bv 20,000
volunteers, with 40,000 more loyal
citizens in the
take up arms,
at command the
city willing to
With these forces
authorities express
the opinion with great confidence that
it would be impossible for the insur
gents to capture the city unless they
were provided with siege artillery.
It is claimed only small bands of in
surgents are engaged in the operations
under Gomez, and that they are suc
cessful only in small towns.
At Cabannas, a seaport town of con
siderable importance on the nor'hern
coast, the insurgents have destroyed
the lighthouse. The destruction of
Guira Melena seems to have been com
plete. Guira Mclena is an important
village of '4,000 inhabitants, situated
in a fertile district. The report from
there said the insurgents plundered
the church, the business houses, the
stores and private residences, and then
destroyed them entirely. They are also
said to have killed the mayor and a
prominent merchant of the place.
Similar tales come from other towns
in the route of the insurgent march.
Guara. a small village east of Guira
Melena, and west of Guines, was also
burned. The zone included in the
country about the villages of Quivi
can, Durand and San Felippe, in the
southern part of the province of Ha
vana, has been swept clean by the de
structive torch of the insurgents, and
the plantations of Salvador, Julia,
San Augustin, Santa Teres, Merce
ditta, Mora and Mirosa have been
burned.
Incoming trains from the South are
bringing in vast throngs of refugees,
men, women and children, some of
whom have been burned out of house
and home. This large inrfusion of
panic-stricken people into the city's
population spreads a contagion of
alarm, and the force and proximity of
the insurrection becomes more real to
the mind of Havana every hour.
To Consider the Tariff Bill.
Washington. Jan. 7. A caucus of
Republican Senators will be held
to-day at the request of the Republic
an members of the committee on
finance, to consider the questions
which hfeve arisen in connection with
the house" tariff bill. The committee
is undecided between reporting the
bill without amendments and amend
ing it so as to make sure of the sup
port of certain Senators who have in
dicated a disposition to press very
strongly for increases.
Convict Murders a Convict.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 7. George
Murray, a Jackson county man, serv
ing a five year sentence in the peni
tentiary for burglary, died yesterday
from cuts received by him some days
ago at the hands of George Arnold, a
St. Louis convict. They were at work
in a shoe shop when the cutting oc
curred. Forty Horses and Mules Burned.
Clay Center, Kan., Jan. 7. At 2:45
yesterday morning fire was discov
ered in Beck fe McChesney's livery
stables, and was already under such
headway that very little was saved.
About forty head of mules and horses
were burned.
Coiean Will Plead Insanity.
Fort Scott. Kan., Jan. 7. In the
District court here J. R. Coiean, the
defaulting cashier of the State bank,
of this city, plead not guilty to one
charge of embezzlement and two
charges of receiving money when the
bank was insolvent. His defense will
be insanity.
The Tammany Ticket Wins.
New York., Jan. 7. The open pri
maries for the Aldermen ordered by
the general committee of Tammany
Hall, were held in all of the thirty
five districts in this city yesterday. A
large vote was polled and scarcely any
oppositition was shown to the regular
Tammany ticket.
SKETCHES BY M. QUAD
Speaking at Mr. Tompkins.
I bad come out of the Fifth Avennt
hotel and turned into Twenty-thirC
street when a well dressed middle agec
man overtook me and exclaimed:
"I beg yonr pardon, but how do yot
do, Mr. Tompkins ; how do yon do? i
just caught sight of your faoe as yot
turned the corner and wasn't quite snr
it was yon. And how are things it
Akron?" '
"Moving along all right, " I replied
as I shook hands with him.
"How long have you been in town?'
"Oh, a couple of days. "
"Here on business, of course? Tox
were always a busy man. How's mj
brother Dan? You know Dan, of course
president of tho First National bank?'
"Certainly. Dan is all right and ai
hearty as a buck. He said I would bt
apt to mn across yon in New York. ' '
"He did, eh?" queried the man, seem
ing to be quite surprised. "Are you go
ing to remain long?"
"Three or four days."
"I shall be glad to show yon around a
little. I don't think you exactly remem
ber me, do yon?"
"N-o, not exactly."
"I saw yon in Akron often for thret
or four years, and I made many pur
chases at your store. I think we were
introduced by my brother Dan. ' '
"No doubt. Your brother Dan is a
keen, sharp fellow, isn't he?"
"Yes, pretty sharp, " he replied in a
noncommittal way and looked at me
very sharply.
"Yes, he's a sharp one. The day I
left Akron I met him on the street, and
he said to me, 'Tompkins, if you meet
my brother Bunko down in New York,
tickle his chin for me. ' "
"He said Bunko, did he?" queried
the stranger as he began to draw off.
"That's what he said, sir. How is
business in your line?' "
"You thick yourself a cute one, don't
you?" he sneered as he looked me over.
"Well, Tompkins of Akron is no
spring chicken. Do yon make mistakes
of this sort often?"
"None of your business."
"No, of course not, bnt I just thought
I'd inquire, you know. I'll tell your
brother Dan I met yon, but that you
were off your feed. Good day, Bunko. "
I went back to the hotel and found,
sure enough, that Tompkins of Akron
was registered there. The bunko man
had gotten the two of us mixed.
He'll Top the Crowd.
He entered the car on which I was
seated on the Sixth avenue elevated,
and after a bit he leaned over and whis
pered in my ear :
"I'll be hanged if they Liav en 't done
it!"
"Done what?" I asked.
"Got my watch 1"
"Who?"
"Dnnno. Some f oiler picked it ont
of my pocket !"
"Well, that's too bad. You ought to
have been more careful. Are yon a
stranger in the city?"
"Yes, perfect stranger. Got here only
two hours ago. Say, it's immense, ain't
it?"
"I don't exactly understand."
"Don't you? Waal, I do. "
"Do you know what'll happen when I
git back home?"
"The folks will laugh at yon for los
ing your watch. "
"Will they? Not as I knows of. Yon
jest let me git down alongside the stove
in White's grocery and tell the crowd
that some feller down here in New
York picked that watch offen me and I
never felt a touch, and I'll be the biggest
man in town fur the next two weeks!"
"And if yon lost yonr wallet you'd
be a bigger man yet?" -
"You bet I would ! Here she is, stickin
right outer my pocket, and there's $9
in her, and if somebody'll sneak her out
and not let me feel 'em I kin go home
and knock the socks off 'n the feller who
was clubbed by a policeman and run
over by a cable car down here!"
Caused by a Boy.
The other afternoon a boy of 10 years
of age who was crossing Broadway at
Murray street fell down and hit his head
on the cobblestones. The result was a
trifling scalp wound, but the boy burst
into tears and sat down on the curb
stone. Inside of 60 seconds a crowd of
100 persons bad gathered. In another 60
the crowd blocked the street.
"What is it?" yelled one.
"Who's been run over now:"
"Has a call been sent in for the am
bulance?" "That's the third man killed right
here."
For five minutes the crowd held the
fort. The cable cars had to run slow,, the
mail wagons and trucks came to a dead
stop, and City Hall park was black
with people streaming across it to find
out what had occurred. I saw a dozen
men have their hats knocked off or their
heads punched while trying to crowd to
the f roijs, and I followed four policemen
into the mass, expecting to see nothing
less than the mangled remains of three
or four persons. When we reached the
boy, one of the officers demanded :
"Here, what's the matter with you?"
"Got hurt," blubbered the lad.
"How? Where?"
"Fell down and hurt my head."
"Is that all? Get along with yon !
Come, now, gentlemen, scatter. Away
you go ! Nothing but a boy got a tunk
on the cocoanut. "
"Oh! Ahi Dm!" exclaimed the
crowd, and the next minute Broadway
had resumed its normal condition. M.
Quad in Detroit Free Press.
Sold Again.
Mr. Keep Cash Did yon write that
man who advertises to show people how
to make desserts without milk and have
them richer?
Mrs. Cash Yes, and sent him the
dollar.
"What did he reply?"
"Use cream. "West Medford Windmill.
FOR FREEJILVER.
Senate Finance Committee's
Substitute for Bond BilL
Provides for the Coinage of the
Treasury Seigniorage.
THE MEASURE IN FULL.
Retirement of Bank Notes Under
$10 a Feature.
Substitute Adopted by a Vote
of Eight to Five.
Washington, Jan. 7. The senate
finance committee has decided to re
port as a substitute for the house bond
bill the measure agreed upon by the
silver majority. The substitute pro
vides for the free coinage of silver,
for the coining of the seigniorage in
the treasury to redeem greenbacks
and treasury notes in either gold or
silver. The bill will be reported to
the senate to-day.
The bill is, in full, as follows:
Section 1. That from and after the
passage of this act, the mints of the
United States shall be open to the
coinage of silver, and there shall be
coined dollars of the weight of il"3
grains troy, of a standard silver, nine
tenths fine, as provided by the act of
January 18, 1837, and upon the same
terms, and subject to the limitations
and provisions of law regulating the
coinage and legal tender quality of
gold, and whenever the said coins
herein provided for shail be received
into the treasury certificates may be
issued thereon in the manner now pro
vided by law.
Section 2. That the secretary of the
treasury shall coin into standard sil
ver dollars, as soon as practicable, ac
cording to the provisions of Section 1
of this act, from the silver bullion
purchased under authority of the act
of July 14, 1890, entitled, "An act di
recting the purchase of silver bullion
and the issue of treasury notes
thereon, and for other purposes," that
portion of said silver bullion which
represents the seigniorage or profit to
the government, to-wit, the difference
between the cost of the silver pur
chased under said act and its coinage
value, and said silver dollars, so
coined, shall be used in payment of
the current expenses of the govern
ment; and for the purpose of making
the said seigniorage immediately
available for use as money, the sec
retary of the treasury is hereby au
thorized and directed to issue silver
certificates against it, as if it were
already coined and in the treasury.
Section 3. That no national bank
note shall be hereafter issued for a
denomination less than $10, and all
notes of such banks now outstanding
of denominations less than that sum
shall be, as rapidly as practicable,
taken up, redeemed, and canceled, and
notes of S10 and larger denominations
shall be issued in their stead, under
the direction of the comptroller of the
currency.
Section 4. That the secretary of
the treasury shall redeem the United
States notes, commonly called green
backs, and also treasury notes issued
under the provisions of the act of July
14, 1890, when presented for redemp
tion, in standard silver dollars, or in
gold coin, using for redemption of said
notes either gold or silver coins, or
both, not at the option of the holder,
but exclusively at the option of the
government, and said notes, commonly
called greenbacks, when so redeemed,
shall be reissued as provided by the
act of May 31, 1878.
The substitute was adopted without
discussion, the vote being 8 to a.
Senator Walcott was absent but his
vote was counted with the bill. The
yeas were Voorhees. Harris, Jones of
Arkansas, "Vest, White, Walthall,
Democrats: Jones of Nevada, Populist
and Walcott, Republican. The nays:
Morrill, Sherman, Allison, Aidrich and
Piatt.
The Democrats indicated their will
ingness, after the bond bill was dis
posed of, to take up the tariff bill, but
the Republicans asked for further time
in order to submit the tariff to the Re
publican caucus.
AT JOHANNESBURG.
The Whole of the National Reform Com
mittee Thrown Into Prison.
Cape Town, Jan. 7. Piesident Kru
ger has stopped the food supplies into
Johannesberg. The whole of the na
tional reform committee has been ar
rested. Nobody is allowed to enter
the Transvaal territory without a
passport from Kruger.
It is stated that Dr. Leyds, the sec
retary of state for the Transvaal,
with a secret fund at his disposal, has
floated a German colonization company
to introduce 5,000 German military
settlers into the Transvaal.
Teacher Uses a Knife.
Skdalia, Mo., Jan. 7. Professor J.
! Li. Green, principal of the Broadway
1 school, and Deputy Constable R. W.
j Barnett had a personal encounter in
the school building yesterday fore-
noon, in which a knife and a revolver
played a prominent part. The consta
ble was wounded in the abdomen by a
knife which the professor used, and
the officer was compelled to draw his
gun and threaten to use it in order to
save his life. The trouble grew out
of Principal Green suspending Bar
nett's son for alleged cigarette smok
ing. Professor Green was arrested,
and gave bonds to answer for assault.
Breach of Promise Suit.
St. Joseph, Mo , Jan. 7. Miss Maud
Chase, of Severance, Ivans., has filed a
sensational breach of promise suit here
against Fred Davis, a wealthy young
man of this city. She claims that he
promised to marry her eight months
ago and places her damages at S . 00.
Miss Chase has refused to compromise
the suit.
BoUn's Shortage la S11S.O0O.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 7. The report of
the experts shows that the entire de
falcation of ex-City Treasurer Henry
Bollu amounts to more than $11,000,
NEW WOMAN'S 0FEER.
Kate Pelby was in her boudoir, and
With her was Lizzie Adams, a friend and
confidant. The girls had talked of drives,
operas and other occasions of amusement
and entertainment until the conversation
began to flag, when Lizzie chanced to call
to mind a piece of news which she thought
might interest her companion:
"By the way, Kate, have you heard that
Frank Ormsby is about to leave us?"
Kate was startled from a thoughtful
mood, and a slight catch was perceptible
In her breathing.
"Dr. Ormsby to leave usf" she said.
"Yes, but it does seem so odd to call
him doctor," resumed Lizzie, smiling,
"an old schoolmate and playfellow. It's
a pity he couldn't have more encourage
ment here."
"And Frank Dr. Ormsby Dr. Orms
by will leave usf"
"Yes. Ho is going out west. He says
ho will seek some resting place where he
can grow up with it."
"And I suppose he is quite happy in the
prospect of the change?"
"No, I should say not. On the contra
ry, he appears to me to be rather down
hearted. I think he finds it hard to sever
his connections with the old place."
Kate was an heiress, and she was good
and beautiful. Kate's own mother died
when Kate was only 5 years old, and aft
er that tho child was taken in ciiarge by a
sister of Captain Pelby who chanced to
be a woman of sound sense and judgment.
In time Captain Pelby married again.
But ho lived not long to bless his second
wife. When ho knew that he was dying,
he sent for his attorney and dictated his
will. He left everything to his daughter,
simply providing that his wife should re
ceive $1,000 a year during her life.
And so at the age of 18 Kate was left
the mistress of an ample fortune and mis
tress of herself as well, though she defer
red to hor stepmother. Mrs. Peter Pelby
was very wroth when she learned the na
ture of the will, but she did not openly
ravo. She resolved that she would mold
and fashion Kate after her own will.
And then Mrs. Peter had another plan
in view. She had a nephew. If she could
bring about a union between this nephew
and Kate, she would be mistress of the
situation. And to this end she worked.
Kate was now 20 and was not blind to
her stepmother's plans.
A society had been organized in Beach
haven for the promotion of woman's rights.
Of this society Miss Lipwellwas president,
and Mrs. Peter Pol by was vice president.
Great efforts had been made to induce
Kate to join and give it her influence.
What a glorious thing if they could gain a
portion of her wealth to the sustaining of
the cause! Her stepmother gave her no
peace. It had come at length that Kate
heard nothing at home but praises of the
thick skulled nephew and prayers and pe
titions in behalf of the Woman's Amelio
ration society.
But this was not the worst. While Kate
was wondering why Dr. Ormsby did not
call and see her before leaving town she
received from him a note in which he
wrote that he would have come to bid her
good by, but her stepmother had, in effect,
forbidden him the house.
On tho evening of that day the society
mot at Mrs. Peter Pelby's, and Kate could
not well refuse to be present. A great
deal was said and done in which she could
feel no sort of interest and not a little
disgusted her. At length the president
addressed tho meeting.
"Just look at it!" vociferated the spin
ster president. "Behold tho state of deg
radation to which woman is reduced! She
cannot even select her own husband. Like
a thing without judgment or sense like
a mere clock, without heart or feeling
she must remain in the corner and await
the lord of creation, who may come to se
lect her! She may love with all her heart,
but she must not tell of it. Who has given
to man this right of tyranny over the af
fections of woman? W'hy should woman
be deprived of tho right to tell her own
love and assert her claim to a roturning
love? If woman would assert her right in
this respect and dare to make proffer of
her hand whore she had given her heart,
there would not be so many ill assorted
marriages, so much misery, so much soul
scaring cruelty and Infidelity."
Vociferous applause followed this ap
peal. Thoy all seemed delighted. But
upon none had tho words made a deeper
impression than upon Kate.
Miss IJpwell had made a convert!
Ormsby, in tho midst of his arranging
and packing for the journey, had suspend
ed his labors aiTH taken a seat upon tho
sofa in his little office. Ho had como
across a morocco case, had opened it and
had found within a photograph of Kate.
Ho sat with the picture in his hands when
there came a gontle rap upon his door,
and ho said:
"Como in. "
Kate Pol by entered,
j "Miss Pelby!"
She saw how he trembled. She saw
the picture that he hold. If there had
been a thought of faltering in her purpose,
that thought was banished.'
"Frank," she said, with the mighty
strength of a pure heart and a mighty re
solve summoned to- her support, "you
must not speak. You must not interrupt
me. I have come to tell you something,
and I want you to sit down and listen."
The young doctor sat down, and Kate
took a seat near him.
"My dear Frank"
What in the world did she mean? He
looked the question.
"I have become a convert to tho doctrine
of woman's rights, and our society has de
cided that woman has as much right to
offer and ask for blessings as man has.
They tell me you are going away, and yet
you did not come to see me. You said
that my stepmother had forbidden you.
She is not my guardian, nor does she own
even a place in that house save such as I
give to her. Stay, Frank f Don't go!
Stay, and I'll offer to you all all"
Alas for the new convert ! Thus far in
this her first essay, and she broke down
entirely and burst into tears.
But Dr. Ormsby had heard enough. He
drew the weeping girl to his bosom.
Groat was the consternation of Mrs.
Peter when she learned that ber step
daughter was going to bring Frank Orms
by to be lord and master of her heart and
household, and great was the disappoint
ment of the leading members of the so
ciety. Mrs. Peter battled until she dis
covered that Kate was too strongly in
trenched, and then she went away to her
brother's homa
As for Dr. Ormsby, no sooner had he
found a homo and a proprietorship in the
Felby mansion than people began to dis
cover and acknowledge what an excellent
physician be was.
Kate blesses the hour in which she be
came a convert to the doctrine of woman's
right to secure to herself love and joy.
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