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,• PIONEER EXPRESS I Published E E I A O N I N AT PEMBINA, X. D. WARDWELL THOMPSON, PobUshew Subscription, $3 Per Annum,In Adrance tSrSfufc.""" hjyrcff'r, NEWS BREVITIES. The Latest TelegrapMc News Called from Associated .Press Dispatches. «n ir, WASHINGTON BRIEFS. Mrs. Hal ford, wife of the private Rerretary to tlie President, is dangerously ill with con sumption. Mrs. IlalfordV health Jins Itoen failing: for some years, and it ban been found advtaible to live in Florida eight months of every year. The president will probably not iB»ue tho proclamation opening the Sioux reservation to a settlement for about three months. There are two principal reasons for llii« de lay in declaring the 8,000,000 acres of land open to be tnkon up by net Here. The preni dent believes that the JcsKon of tho commis sioners' promises to the Indians should be curried out. They promised several things which are not specifically stated Id tho bill creating the commission, and tho prcsidont has signified that he will not issue liis proc lamation until he knows that congress will ratify these promises. Ho will, therefore, de fer action until the committees on Indian af fairs from both houses ol cnnjrross have ex amined the report and signified that tliny fa vor legislation which will be ihe fulfilment of the promises made the Indians before they signed last summer. PERSONAL GOSSIP. Robert Garret is in very poor health. At times he is very much depressed, and occas ionally becomes very exefted. He is still at his country home, "Uplands," nearCatons ville, Md. His friends have not been encour aged by reports from his physicians, especi ally as he has been unwell off and on for more than two years. The estate of the late Alfred Cowles, busi ness manager of the Chicago Tribune, is valued at from §1,200,000 to fl,400,000, and is left in its entirety to the threw chil dren, Alfred Cowles, Jr., the oldest son: SINFUL SIFTINGS. Paul Young, aged twenty years, son of Col. J. J. Young, president of the Bolton Steel company of Canton. Ohio, committed suicide while suffering from influenza. Mrs. Robert Stewart,the wii'etlieol'siip^Hn tendent of telegraph o! the New Jersey Central James Lens, a Chicago peddler, was mak ing active preparations to hang his wife, of ylnOrn he was very jealous, when an officer interfered, and after a fight with Lena and ithe bulldog, the would-be murderer was tak *en to jail. Johanna St. Clair was fatally stabbed by her husband, Christopher St. Clair in New York, and died at a hospital soon af terward. Immediately after the stabbing the husband gave himself up to the police. He is said to have been jealous of bis wiie, who, however, bore an excellent reputation among her neighbors. A private telegram gives amengcr account of a tripple killing which occurred at Bruz otiia. Texas. A man numcd Walker was re turning home, whtti he was fired upon by three men lying in Ambush. He immediate ly returned the fire and succeeded ip killing all three men. but in the conflict was severely wounded and is not expected to recover. Dr. W. R. Henderson of PuynesviJIe. Minn., was arrested and brought to St. Cloud on the charge of carelessly and feloniously using morphine. The doctor waived un examina tion and gave bonds in $500 for his appear ance at. tho June term of court. A two-year-J old child of Paul Haunch of Lake Henry was severely scalded and Henderson being called, gave it morphine. Sis hours afterward the child died and the coroner's jury hud Hendcr son arrested. I Two murders are reported from Darling ton county, S. C. On Dec. 23, Aleck A. Sier* ling, colored, while sitting iu his diniug room with his family, was shot dead through the open door. The assassin escaped. On Dec. 20 George Windham, aged eighteen years, white, and ltobert Gand.v, aged seventeen, colored, quarreled in a wagon in which they were returning from a neighboring town. Windham stabbed Gandy to the heart, drove borne, unhitched the horses and then itad, leaving the body iu the wagon, where it was found the nest day. Three masked men visited the house of A. Jones, a prominent business man of Ha cine, Wis., and with a loud rap brought Mr. Jones to the door, where he was covered with a revolver by one of the men and the others searched his pockets and secured a sumil sum of money, The robbers then went inside the house and got a valuable sealskin cloak, but missed Mr. Jones' coat, which contained £300. Tho men camd out, bade Mr. Jones good night and escaped in the dnrkness. The police were immediately notified, but have no clue to the robbers. James F. Woodward died in Atlanta, Ga., recently. Woodwurd. who is a well known business man. was walking out Marietta street, when somebody stepped in front him nod asked him ifhewasJim Woodward. He answered iu the affirmative, and the man pushed a pistol to Woodward's breast und tired. Woodward waikwl to his sister's house, a mile or more away, und told the story as here civen. Ho treated the matter lightly and it was thought he would pet well, but a relapse brought death. The police have kept the shooting quiet, hoping to catch the perpetrator. Sarah Kelly, aged eighty-ono. and Ann Kelly, aged seventy-nine, sisters, of Philadel phia. had their throats cut by some one un knowu to the police. The women wereliving in a little frame dwelling and were awakened by an intruder after they had gone to bed. The man demanded monev, which it was sup posed the old worsen hud concealed about the boose. He clutched them by the throat when they declared there was no money in the house and then slashed each of them across the throat. The women were removed later to a hospita.l and an examination of the wounds showed thut both women were dangerously hurt. The hasty marriage of Bertha Belle West brook. a well known society miss, now a member of Agnes Herndon's company, to Hal Iteid, the heavy villain of that company, at Kansas city, i^ot only overwhelmed her family with grief, but proved a genuine shock to the circle in which Miss West brook moved. Itcid has a bad record, beitigcharg cd amoug other things with a criminal as sault on a young lady in St. Paul, a member of a theatrical troupe with which he was con nected. He was sentenced to the penitentiary VOLUME XI. Sarah Frances Cowles and William Hutchinson Cowles, each to receive one-third of the estate. RECORD OF CASUALTIES. While four boys between the agesofsix nnd tight yearn were playing under the edge of a sntul bank the bank caved in, burying thelit tlefellowsunder about ten feet of sand Life was extinct before they could be got out. A frightful and fatal wreck occurred at Kokomo, Ind.,on the l»an Handle railway, one mile north of the depot. Train No. l.'l, north-bound, met Train No. 14-, south-hound running about fifty miles an hour. The two trains crashed together, totally demolishing the engines, and burning the baggage cur and coaches of the south-bound train, which tumbled on top of the er.gines. The injured were confined to the engine and express bag gage cars. A family named dross, consisting of the parents and eight children, with a visitor, wore consumed in a burning dwelling at Hurontowu Mich. Theodore Gross and wife returned from a dance near by at 2 o'clock. At 2:?10 a son, Theodore Jr., returned from the Huron stamp mills, where he is employed. He went into the house and to bed. Shortly after he was awakened by his brother Nicho las, who heard screams coining from an ad joining room occupied by their three sisters and three little brothers. They ran to the partition door and found the room a mass of flames. Smoke and fire were nsccmling the stairway, and the boys escaped by jump ing through a window. They attempted to enter the houso on the ground floor, where the father, mother and two children slept, but were driven back by the flames that en veloped tho building, it was impossible for the spectators, who quickly gathered, to save the inmates. Thfy wiro comr.ellcd to and after serving about a year and half of the sentence was pardoned by the governor* A startling revelation has been made at Illinois Station, a small town twenty-five mllet-from Talileqaah, I. T. On the evening of Dec. 37 "Mannie" Rogers, a colored gam bler .and whiskey peddler, was run over by a railway train and fatally injured. Before he died he made a statement regarding themur. der in 188G, in the Cherokee Natlo^ of J. M. Pyle and Mrs. William Kerr. The couple were foand murdered in their beds nt their respective houses one morning, their heads having been crushed in by some implement. John Stephenson, towards whom suspicion pointed, was arrested, tried bo'ore Judge Parks, at Fort Smith, Ark., convicted and hniiged. On his death bed Rogers confessed that he did the deed unaided. Heswore that he had been hired to do it by an enemy of his victims. Gabriel:© Oberhauser, a pretty and talent ed young crayon aitist, shot herself dead in New York in her apartments, where her brother Otto also lived. These two had be come alienated lrom other members of their family. Gabrielle had recently learneJ that William Brill, a wealthy glove manufacturer who had been paying her marked attention was about to marry another young woman. This made h*r despondent. When Otto re turned lrom a wulk he found his sister lying dead on a couch. She had left a letter, dated Christmas day, thanking him for his kiud ness to her ull his life and begging him to now become reconciled with his mother, and to tell all the family how she continued to love them. She also left a letter for Mr. Brill and asked Otto to deliver it. "He wilt perhaps be glud to know thntyouarenothis enemy she added. A peculiarly horrible death has occurred at Kokomo, Ind., which created a great sen sal ion. George Tykle, an eccentric cliarac tcr. has been running a bath house claiming a wonder.uf efficacy in his baths in the euro of all kiads of maladies. Amonir his patrons was John Clark, an old well-to-do farmer liv ing near town, who was afflicted with paraly sis. lie has been for some months taking one or two baths a week at Tykle's room, and Tykle put hint into a bath tub and left him to himself, while he engaged in revelry with some companions. Tykle finally went to bed and torgot his patient, whom 'hehad left in a hot bath with the gas burning be neath the hutli tub. He found Clark next, moruing dead, with the skin all |eclcd off his body, as well as portions of the fiesh. He was literally boiled to deuth, being powerless to help himself out of hisnwiul sitnatiou. He has a family of grown children and is about seventy years old. Tykle is iu jail await inir the result of the corner's inquest, which will be held in a few days. A bold burglary was committed in a pri vate house in thy central portion of Chicago, Mrs. J. W. Miller, who occupies the second lint 83 Sixteenth street, stepped out, leaving a.voung servant rl in charge of the Hat. The girl answered a ring or the door bell. Opening the door a man placed his ,ot so that the door conhl not he closed, lie then drew a dagger and ordered the girl to stand aside. Su pping inside he turned and bolted tho door. Then holding the blade of the dagger close to her breast he ordered her to Dan W. Bowmar, formerly proprietor of Oa Woodford (Ky.) Sun .md'la.,. a iT 'SlirW known hiiBinijHS man or Cl.icaso, wns found plunder the establishment, breaking own dead on the Motion road, 70 miles north of ... Louisville, Ky. He had fallen off the plat form of a sleeper in some way and wasei ushed to pieces, lie was preparing to commence the publication of u. paper in Chicago in a doors and securing $20 in cash and about £100 worth ol jewelry. He was finally frightened away by a knock at tlie door, making his escape by the rear staircase. Mrs. Shibley. the occupant of the upper fiat, few days. He was widely known throughout entrance mid cut the gag off the this state and throughout the South and servant head. The girl was almost suffo West. r~- cated and suilcrcd severely from nervous prostration. FOREIGN CULLINGS. Mr. Parnell.at a meeting of the Irish party to be held immediately before the opening of parliament, nil! fully deny O'Shea*« charges. Telegrams from San Salvador state that the revolutionists in the department of Cas catian are retreating be ore the government troops sent against them, and that the re volution is of no importance. A London paper says that the marriage between Miss Gwcndolin Caldwell of America and Prince Murat has li»"n again arranged, and that Prince Murat willaccept anv allow ance that Miss Caldwell may grant him. The illness of the ex-Empress of Brazil sud denly assumed an alarming phase at Lisbon. It had been the intention of the imperial family to visit France. The doctors forbade ... the journey for fear that tho excitement and stand by and beartheiragonizingcrie's. Inthe fatigue would precipitate crisis. The ein course of three hours a searching party went press was. however, a little better. During over the ruins and discovered tho charred re- the morning Dom Pedro went.oat for a mains of the eleven bodies, distinguishable only by the sizeof the bones. mg uoni reiirowentoutfora prom enade and visiled the museum of fine arts. He was found there by the Brazilian consul, who had teen dispatched to hasten his re» turn to the hotel, because the condition of the Kiupress had suddenly become critical. Before Dom Pedro arrived the Empress was dead. IN GENERAL. Gideon P. Brown, formerly senior member ... of the failed firm of Brown. Steele & Clink and Railroad company, committed suicide by treasurer of Uiverside and Oswego mills, has jumping overboard from a ferry boat hetvv»efi arrived in Boston from Canadu nnd will at ..«.i if--.,.tempt to straighten up his affairs. Jersey City and Brooklyn. The Kansas Farmers'alliance, state grange nnd Knights of Labor have formed an offen sive and defensive alliance, the object being to co-operate in Kansashusinessnnd polities. The combined alliances number iu their rauks over 125,000 members. The New York electric light companies will sue the city for damages sustained by the eul ting of their wires. The total amount do tnanded will be about f?i.000,00 ), part of which is for damago to property, and part lor loss of business. After an Insurance Swindler. Detectives are hunting for Dexter G. Turn er, who, according to thestntemcnts of State Auditor Taylor, who is now in Sioux Falls, looking up some of his doings, is one of the most accomplished insurance rusculs that has ever operated in this seetion of the coun try. "Turner." said the state auditor came to South Dukota June last, representing himself as the state uuent of South Dakota for the Citizen's Life Association of Cherokee, Iowa. He immediately proceeded to organ ize the state in a systematic manner to so licit, life insurance' for bis company, /•gents were appointed among the fanners and laboring classes. Tin* attractive lea- ture o? his plan was to ist-ue a conjoint policy overing both mast and wife, and in some in stances the entire family. Business came pouring iu at an enormous rate, notes or cash le ing talon for premiums from the pol icy holders, or anything that could be squeezed from their customers. Whe a note was token it was sold at whatever ligure the local bank was willing to pay for ir. The amount of business that has been done is enormous, while the amount of polieies writ ten will reaeh I beh'-ve over $100,000 worth of business was written in this city alone. It Turner can be caught he will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. THE MARKETS. More The Current Prices In the Prominent Markets. NEW YOKK. Wheat—No. 2 red. elevator, flO?4?fcS7c.: steamer No. 2 red, JWc. No. I nort hern, !)2:?i@:i«lr.:No.1hard.OOVir&OO 'ic. Corn—No. 2. 42' ^'.: elevator, 4'l:-'*c. afloat No. 2 white, 4tf"Hc. No. 3, :j0'ft&40c. Oats No. 2, •'flVac. mixed Western. 27#:}0c. whire do. *JO(&35c No. 2 Chicago 'JO Sl''()V^c. Kggg —Western 22V&@2Hc. ButUr—Klgin, 2JJc.. Western dairy, 0@18c. do factory, 7318c. CHICAGO. Cash quotations were as follows: Flout dull and unchanged: No. 2 spring wheat 77"ie.: No. '1 spring wheat. 07(a,0isi^c: No. 3 red, 77"kc No. 2 corn.a.'tc: No. 2 oars, 20:tic No. 2 rye. 45,/s»e No. 2 barley, 58(§i0c: No 1 flax seed. $l.''JW§ i..'P ,,£ prime timothy seed, 1.22: mess pork, per hbl, $8.75@!:25* lard.per 1 "Olbs.$5.87'/i. liutter—unchanged. L'ggs—20S21c. MINNKAI'OMS. Wheat—No. 1, hard &2c No. |, Northern. 78(Zt80c: No. 2. Northern. 72(®7Gc. Flour Patents, sacks to k'*al dealers. £4.75(^LS0: patents to ship, sacks, csr lots, f4.30^4.50: in barrels, ft.."O&l.70: delivered at New Knyland points, $r».30fi?5.40 New York points, £5.2018.5.30: delivered at Philadel phia and Haftimore.$5.15@5.25: bakers'here, $'4.25(&3.QO: superfine $I.70@2 25: red dog. sacks, £1.10(3)1.25: red doir, barrels, £1.35(& I.50. Corn—No. 3. 27,/uc: choice yellow: 2*Vic. Oats—!or sam pies. 10@2l V&c Barley —25@45c. Flax—£1.30',i Chicago $l.3Gli. ST. I»At:L. Price* on incoming trains only: Wheat No. 1 hard, 78@7i'« .: No. 1 Northern. 7o@ 77c No. 2 Northern. 73a 75c. Corn—No. 3. 2ft@29e. Oats—No. 2 mixed, 10Mm bid No. 2 white. 21M!&22V«c August, 21c bid January, 21,/ac bid: No. 3. 10@21e. Barley —No. 2, 45(fi50c bid: No. 3. 38(«/42c bid Rye—No. 2, 32c bid. Ground feed £l0.50(ffi II.50u£ked. Corn meal—l.'nbolted, £11.5(1 asked. Shorts—£7®7.75. Bran—bulk, £0 ('i 0.50, Hay—No. 1 upland prairie. £0.25® 7: No. 1. £5fii0. Dressed hogH—?3.755 asked. Kggs— Held at $5.7O@0 fresh, £0.30 (&0.00. Flax seed—No. I. $1.3014. Batter —Kxiracreamery. 20 extra dairy, 10 &'l0c medium. I0(il5c roll aud print fresh 12'v(§JM'»c oid,g@l2e packing stock,53Gc grensef3@5c. A BLOODY TRAGEDY A Cripple Kills One Man and Severely Wounds Two More at Merrill. Col. Wilbur F. Sanders is Elected United States Sen ator for Montana. Mep.mll, Wis., Special Telegram, —David Sarvis,a saloonkeeper, unci two policemen—Frank Hotz and Robert Truax —were shot early this morning by George Handler, a cripple, Sarvis dying a few mo ments later. Truax may die, but Hotz is thought to be out of danger. Handler was in Sarvis* saloon early Tuesday evening, Watching a game of cards. Imagining that one of the players, who was under the in fluence of liquor, was being Imposed upon, he made some remark that angered Sarvis, and, as Handier claims, Sarvis struck him in the lace, causing his nose to bleed, and followed the act with insulting remarks. Handler lett the saloon, and purchased a revolver at Fchland & C'o.'s hardware store. Early this morning lie went to the entrance of Board's opera house, where a firemen's ball was in progress, and asked Policeman Truax to ascertain if Sarvis was in the hall, explaining that be had had trouble with him a short tiuie previous. To pacify him Truax went in and made inquiries, but was told by Sarvis'wile that her husband was not there. Handler then went to the sa loon, where Sarvis was standing behind the bar. Two qltizuns bad just dropjicd in for a glass of beer, who, while drinking, heard the report of a revolver. They saw Sarvis stoop behind the bar and run toward the exit end of it. Another shot followed be fore those standing by could interfere,when Sarvis called out: "Hold him! 1 am shot!" and in a stooping position ran out of the saloon and to the rear of Waklin's drug store, nearly a block away, where he was found two hours afterward. I'Ol.ICKMEN TRUAX AND HOTZ wore coining down the opera house stairs when* notified that Sarvis wus shot. After shooting Sarvis, Handler flourished the revolver, clean ing out tho saloon, lie then rushed across the street to Hyinan Bros.' saloon, demanded a drink and said he would shoot the first man who laid bauds on him. Just then Hotz entered the door, when Handler shot him through the shoulder. Another shot penetrated the right ear and scalp, when llotz ran behind the bar. Handler then turned, firing at Truax, the ball lodg ing in the lelt lung. Truax exclaimed, "My God, I am shot!" when he rushed into the street, calling for a rille, saying: "I must arrest that man, for he is a murderer." Handler soon had sole possession ol the sa loon, and while peering through the win dow was fired at by Israel Shank with a Winchester rifle, the ball grazing Handler's hat. As Handler ran down the back stairs another shot was tired, barely missing him, when he fell, dropping the revolver, and was captured by the posse who surrounded the building. Cries of "Lynch him!" were heard in every direction. Handler was taken to jail by the mayor of the city and F. E. Mathews, followed by an infuriated mob. The prisoner was taken from the corridors in the jail twice before he could be secured in a cell. The excitement runs 1)igh, and threats of lynching are still being made. Crowds to-day are surrounding the scene of the murder and the jail. It is ru mored that friends of Sarvis arc coming from Wausau to-night to hang the murder er. The jail is considered safe, and the po lice force has been strengthened. The mayor has ordered all saloons closed. SOMK INHIim FACTS. From a gentleman in St. Paul who for merly resided iu Merrill, it is learned that George Handler, the murderer, formerly lived at Brownsville, Houston county, this state, where his parents now reside, but removed to Merrill some ten years ago. He is a brother-in-law of cx-Shcril! O'Con nor of Lincoln county and was jailer during part of O'Connor's term of otlice. Handler is a man of middle age, married and has a family of several children, lie is short man of powerful build, but has a dislocated hip. Sarvis' saloon at Merrill is a finely fitted up place, and there formerly was a gambling room over the saloon. He was a man of line appearance, very athletic, the owner of a fast horse and was consid ered as an all-round sporting man. He was about forty years old and was married dur ing the past year. Truax was formerly chief of police of Merrill, a man of great physical courage. While conveying a pris oner from Merrill to Wausau several years ago his charge made an attack upon him and injured him about the head seriously, the prisoner making his escape. Hotz is an old soldier and a O. A. It. man. The gen tleman says if a lynching is attempted the lynchers will meet with a warm reception, as Handler has many Iriemls in Merrill. IT IS SENATOR SANDERS. He Recelvesallthe Republican Votes of Both Houses In Joint Session. Helena, Mont., Special Telegram, —The first United States senator from Montana was elected to-day, and. as fore shadowed in the caucus, Col. Wilbur F. Sanders is the one so honored. At noon the Republican members of both branches of tho legislature went into joint session. There were thirty-eight members present— two more than a quorum. On the first for mal ballot Col. Sanders was elected by the unanimous vote ol the body. The lobby was crowded, and when the result was an nounced cheering and hurrahing nearly raised the roof. It was several minutes be fore order was restored. Col. Sanders was brought to the floor and made a short speech, accepting the oflice. His appear ance created great enthusiasm. A bal lot for second senator was then taken, with the following result: Lee Mantle of Butte, 31 Lieut. Gov. Rick ards, 11 K. D. Leavitt of Butte, 8 ./. C. Powers of Helena, 4 L. If. Hershiield of I Helena, 3 B. Piatt Carpenter of Helena, 1. The joint session then dissolved until to morrow without balloting again. The fight lor the second senatorship is still waging, Judge Knowles of Butte could be elected if he wanted it, but to-day he absolutely re fused to stand for senator. The most prominent West si .le candidate now is Lee Mantle and of the East side T. C. Powers. The vote given Jiickards and Leavitt is re garded only as complimentary. It is im possible to predict a result. The Demo crats of the legislature attempted to hold a joint session to-day, but could not get a I quorum. It is rumored that Hauser, who was defeated by Maginnis yesterday for the senatorship, is purposely preventing a quorum so as to keep Maginnis from being formally elected by the Democrats. I William Fisk Sanders was born in Cat taraugus county, New York, iu ls3l. In 1854 he began the study of law at Akron, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1850 and associated with his uncle,* cx-Gov. Edgerton. He married MisSlIarriet P. Fenn ofTalmadge, Ohio, in IMS. He entered the Union army on the breaking out of the Re bellion and served with bravery aud dis tinction until 1«0.'I, when he resigned, owing to ill health, and returned to Ohio. His former law partner having been appointed chief justice of Idaho. Col. Saunders was fic crsuadcd to start for that territory, which reached after many hardships. The party reached Bannack in September, 1503, where the}' stopped and the colonel engaged inthe practice of law. In the winter lie moved to VirginiaCitjr. Here he prosecuted and secured tlie conviction and execution of the notorious murderer, George Ives. In 1865-0 he visited Washington City to rep I resent the claims of the miners. In 1805 he removed to Helena, and was elected a com missioner to take such steps as were neces sary towards holding a constitutional con vention in 18*10. He was elected a member of the legislature in 1872,1874,1870 and 1878, and was nominated fov delegate to congress in 1801,1807,1880 and iS80. BURNED IN BED. Twenty-Six Boys, Inmates of a Pau per's School In London( Suffer a Horrible Death. Loxdojt, SpcciaL—The Vys' section ft ths ptupen'whetf, iu (j* district ol Forest Gate, in connection with the White chapel and Poplar unions, took fire last night while the inmates were asleep and was burned, with terrible results, twenty six of the boys who were in the upper stories being suffocated before they could be rescued. Fiity-eight other boys were safely taken from the burning building amid terrible excitement. Two of the matrons of the institution escaped In safety by sliding down the water pipes. Several of the boys escaped in the same way. Tlie superintendent of the school repeatedly rushed through the ilauics and brought out a number of inmates. There were 000 per sons in the institution. The bodies of those who were suffocated were carried to the main hall of .the building, which was still profusely decorated with Christmas gifts. The fire was caused by an overheated stove. The female department, in which were 250 girls, was not touched. The boys retired last evening in the highest of spirits, having beeii promised presents and aNew Year's fete to-day. HEROISM DISPLAYED. Thousands of persons, impelled by curi osity, liave visited the scene of the fire to day, and the police and attendants wore kept busy in their endeavors to retain suffi cient clear space wherein necessary work might be done. The school was filled with boys who had been committed to its care because of their incorrigible habits, and altogeter the inmates were of a char actor from which little discipline or obedience might be expected in moments when both were imperiously demanded. As a rule, however, the hoys yielded readily to the directions of their superiors, and to this filet is due the safety of scores who otherwise would have perished. Of the twenty-six who lost their lives only two were burned to death, tho others having been suffocated in their beds. Many of the latter were aroused with the rest," but be came stupefied and crawled back to their cots to die. The hero of the occasiou was a boy who actcd in the capacity of monitor in the fatal ward, himself a bov whoso vicious habits had made him an inmate of the institution. Through his efforts many boys were literally driven from the build ing, and he ceased his work of rescuing his fellows only when he was himself driven out by the flames. Several of his compan ions he dragged, unconscious, out of the windows, while others he carried into the air in his arms. INTEREST RENEWED. A St. Loulsan Kidnaps His Two Children From HisDIvorced Wife. Sr. Lotris, Special.—Interest in the sensational divorce suit of Coates vs. Coatc.* was renewed to-day when Mrs. K. II. Coates received a letter from Dr. Coates, her former husband, announcing that he bad left for parts unknown, taking with him their two children, Kmum, aged seven, and Mamie aged five years. When Mrs. Coates was granted a divorce it was stipu lated that the father should have the chil dren with him at certain intervals. Dr. Coates came to St. Louis from Montgomery, Mo., shortly before Christmas, and sent f«»r children. This morning the mother re ceived a letter from Coates stating that he and the children were hundreds of miles away and that she would not see them again for for four and one-half years. Mrs. Coates is prostrated with grief. Dr. K. II. Coates shot and killed Dr. Keith in St. Louis a couple of years ago. He claimed that the shooting was provoked by Keith's attention to his wife. Keith was a man of nearly seventy years of age, and Coates' assertions were not credited by the friends aud acquaintances ofthe old doctor and Mrs. Coates. Coates Was captured alter the shooting and put in jail on a charge of murder in the first de gree. When his trial came up his defense was insanity. The plea was sustained by the jury and Coates acquitted, but sent to the insane asylum. Alter remaining in the asylum for about three months he was set free on the grounds that he was thor oughly restored. The police were mtifu«l of tin* nb.loetioii to-day and furnished with accurate descriptions of the children ami father so as to telegraph all over tho country to have them intercepted. Kmma, the eldest child, is a blonde with sharp feat ures, blue eyes and of spare build. She Is slightly under size and has a peculiar walk, dragging her feet. The younger, Mamie, is also a blonde, with blue eyes. Ilcr features are lull and she is considered pretty. VIEWS OF BURNS. England's'Labor Leader Addresses the Workmen In America. London, Special—In response to a reque-t for his views and wishes at the be ginning of the new year, James Bums ca bled a New York paper as follows: To Fricr.ds ami Fellow Workmen in America: Tho year that has passed away has been the mo.-t momentous for labor in Kngland since I.sis. Kvi rywhere the work ers have shown an enthuiam fororganiza tion truly extraordinary in its effects. In London alone 300trades have hecured short er hours or better wages, and demanded suc cessfully from their present masters better conditions. This means that more men and women in London have been add ed to the ranks of organized labor. The gas stokers in eight months have made 5o.oiX members and reduced their hours--at better wages—from twelve to eight per day. The baker, who formerly worked ninety and one hundred hours per week, now works, through his union, only sixty hours and for better pay. Inthe port of* London every dock laborer, stevedore, lighterman ami carman is and' must be a member of the trades union. The working women are fol lowing the example of the men and pressing forward for better times. All this should be encouraging to Ameri cans, who have often been pioneers. In America I trust that workers arc imbued with the responsibility of their iiositiou in the universal labor movement that Ameri can citizenship bestows upon them. Thcv are citizens of a republic that will be the central force and influence of the Anglo Saxon race throughout the world ami which may become a power for universal good, in the new year that is coming Knglish and Americau sons of labor will have an opportunity of showing their sen timents toward each other by practical ef forts to secure internationally the eight hours per day. Certain it is that to keep their relative position with other countries Americans have in the new year work be fore them. Believing that they would per form it and regretting my inability through pressure of work to hclp'thcm by accepting their invitation to lecture through the United States, we send them from the old country our best wishes for their success and heartiest greetings for the new year. AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL. The Provisional Government Having a Hard Time of it. New Yohic, Special.—The steamer Strabo, arrived from Rio Janeiro, reports the situation is not very satisfactory from the standpoint of a believer in popular self government. The people seemed overawed by the police aud military. The soldiers ri'd« about the streets constantly calling out "All is well," and notifying the populace that any one who attempts to raise a dis turbance will be shot. C'apt. Mathesen says the people are unac countably apathetic. If a citizen can be in duced to express an opinion, he will admit lack of faith in thcstabilityofthc provisional junta, but will hold up his hands in horror at the idea of doing anything himself to alter the situation. Everybody is wait ing for some one else to do some thing. Probably the initiative in the movement to establish a legitimate government will bciaken in some province and the revolt will then bccome general. Then it will be found that the present government has absolutely nothing behind it. The genuine republicans se cretly look to Silvera Martins asthchopc of their party. The first act ofthe provisional government was to clap this able aud patri otic man into prison, and it is feared he will die there. The provisional government manufactures cablegrams purporting to show that all the nations in the world and all the great bankers have recognized thejunta. By posting and circulating these, and keep ing strict censorship over the cables, it keeps the people misinformed as to the real situation. Tho captain of tho Brazilian war ship Amazon remained loyal to the empire and refused to haul down his flag until all the guns of the fleet had been turned on his vessel. The Amazon was the training ship. Two of the cadets took the revolt sft much to hsart that they committed 0Qie£ft£ PEMBINA, PEMBINA COUNTY, NOSTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JAN. 1(1, 18SI0 THE CONTRACT BINDING. Attorney Gwnsrlil Clapp Holds the Merrill Law Valid. Following ^fhe r^?onsp/of Attorney General Clapp to a question by State Super intendent Kiehle as.to what course his de partment should adopt with reference to carrying out the provisions of the school text-book law: Dear Sir: You Inquire what course your department should adopt with reference to carrying out the provisions of the school text book law, commonly known as the Merrill text book law. A lull considera tion of your inquiry involves two questions: First, Is there valid contract existing be tween the State of Minnesota and Mr. Mer rill? Second, What is the legal method bv which the contract shall be carried out anl the districts subject to the law supplied with books? As tho latter question lias been fully answered in a prior communica tion, 1 shall address myself to the consider ation of the first question, making reference to the second only so far as may bo neces sary in explanation of some discussion that has arisen relative to the validity of the contract. In 1877 tlurlcgislature passed an act known as chapter 75 of the General l4tws of 1877 this act authorized and di rected certain officers of the state to enter into a contract with Mr. Merrill. Bv chap ter two (2), General Laws of 1878/ it was provided tlmt the qn^tion of the continu ance of the act of 1877 should be submitted to the legal voters of the state at the general election to be held in 1880. The provision referred to was in these terms. "And if, at such election, a majority of the electors present and voting at such elec tion shall vote against the further continu taucejn force ofthe sai^ac&hvthe manner in this section provided, then, and in that ease, the said act shall cease to bo of further force and eifect from and utter the declara tion ofthe result of such vote.1' The validity ofthe contract with Mr. Mer rill depends upon this provision, and the vole taken pursuant thereto. It appears by the canvass made by the canvassing board, that at the general election in isso there were east against continuing the law fortv live thousand four hundred and sixty-five (15,105) votes, and there were cast in favor of continuing the law fortv-fbur thousand seven hundred and thirtv-nine (41,730) vote -t and there Were cast iii the districts entitled to vote upou the question one hun dred and twenty thousand six hundred and thirty (120,080) votes. It appears, thcrel'oic, that while more votes were east against the law than in favor of it, yet a majority of all the votes cast at such election were not east against the law, or in other words, a major ity ofthe voters present and voting at such election did not vole againstcontinuing tlie act in force. I do not know that the con tract has ever been assailed upon any other ground, audit only becomes necessary to consider^ the effect ol tlie language em ployed in the act of 1878, submitting the mailer to a vote, and the language em ployed is very plain: "And if, at such election, a majority of the electors present and voting at such elec tion shall vote against the continuance ol* the act," in other words, the act was to re main in force unless a majority of those present and voting voted against it. Where subjects are submitted to a popular vote they are usually submitted under a law which provides tor the determination bv a majority of those voting upon such par ticular subject in fact the law ol 1878 pro vided for another submission to a popular vote to be determined by a two-thinls ma jority ot those voting upon such particular question but the provision under considera tion is entirely different here the act was to continue in force unless a majority, not oft hose voting upon thequcstion, but those voting at the election, should vote against it, and no other meaning can be given to the language employed. Taylor vs. Taylor, loth Minn. 107, and Dayton vs. St. Paul, 22d Minn. loo. It follows* therefore, that, inus much as a majority ofthe votes cast at the general (.lection in 1880 were not cast against continuing the act of 1877 in force, the lat ter act remains in full force,and the contract between the state ami Mr. Merrill is a valid aud subsi.-ting contract, ami should be so rccognizcd by your department, and bv tlie various otliccrs who arc charged with the duty of carrying it into etl'ect. NVhile there Is no escape from this eon elision, it might be proper to add that the *tatc board of canvassers, consisting of two justices of the supreme court and two dis trict judges, considered this to be the effect of the law, as plainly appears bv the form of their returns of the vote, ami such has been the construction placed upon it by tin* legislature, and also by this office by my predecessor. 1 have gone intothis mat ter lo some length for ilie reason that a recent communication from this office has been corif||ud against the validity of the contract,'W1 pcrha|« the language ofthe tter, which was hastily written, wanants such construction, but the letter referred to was based upon a decision of the district court of Hennepin county. It appears that in 188.'!,"the legislature at tempted to amend the law relating to the di.-lribution of books, but the bill as finally -it-ncd did not contain an enacting clause. In Iss5 the legislature attempted to suppiy the defect by an attempted amendment to the act of 1883, and iu an action brought in Hennepin county it was held that the law of 18S3 was void this being the decision re lerred to in the letter just mentioned. An examination of the records shows that this decision only involved the validity of the law of 1883, relating to the method of the distribution of books, and in no manuerin volved or affcctcd the validity of the act of 1877. Not only does this appear from the records, hut it also appears ny a statement made by the judge who tried the cape, from which statement it further appears that while the question was not involved iu any manner, that in the opinion of the judge the act ol 1877 was not defeated by the vote of l.s0. As above stated, tlie objection to the validity of the contract being based upon the vote of 1*80, and no other objec tion heiug made, the objection is untenable and the contract remains in force, binding alike upon your department and other offi cers. 1 am, very truly yours, Moses 10. Ci.Ai'i\ Attorney General. St. Paul, Minn., Dcc. 28.1880. A Hit of Colored Philosophy. Detroit News: "This is the white man's kentry, an' no mistake," said the philoso pher of the whitewash brigade on the market yesterday. "When 1 see a higga polishing I jest luff*. The idee of an higga thinkiu' that any white man is not a re special) ofcotoh air an unquivakel mistake. White men, gentlemen, doan't respee' your opining* on polytieks or civil govm't any mouh than ban* writin'on a wood shed. They ue yer votes and that's where der civil attentions coins in. They loves you at a distance an' poak fun at your ign'ranee when yer back is turned. "The eddycatcd nigga is one step ahead of us, and yet he ain't recognized at res taurants and hoatels. I've overheerd white men say dat no nigga can ever be eddycatcd 'hough ter use big words in the right'place, an' dat our wives and daughters wear velvet dresses with torn shoes an' no hlackin' on em. i)c nigga is prejudicial again-1 blackin because de Lord shilied him up so much when he put him in stock, but da whites doan* consider dal. "Dey forget, too, dat our wives kaint get null' money ter dress fine all through like de white women. A velvet dress is 'bout all dey can pay for 'ihout gettiu' de shoes, de bonnet, de ncckti$ahd silk hose. Dey forget dat dcijigga takes more vacations dan de white man ter keep up de African tradi tions oh his tribe. Ye can't white man-izc yerselves in one generation. Ye'd better stay niggers an' command respect as seeh. Yer nigga politikel clubs makers me weary in the scrrybrum an' de serrybellum." America. America: America is the land of free dom for everybody but the Americans. It is likewise the borne of the brave, particu larly for the brave Irishmen who come here lorthewortliypurpo.se of dying for their native land, which desirable proceeding iliey might accomplish much better at home. America is noted for its free insti tutions, chief among which are free man ners, live theater tickets and free lunch. Foreigners lind America a very convenient country to have around, for when their several" governments get tired of supporting them they run come here and be aulermeu and policemen. America is also very con venient for bank cashiers, as it is so near 'anada. It was to accommodate these gen tlemen'that America was built where it now stands. America is a very desirable neighborhood forGcrmaus, Irishmen, Poles Hungarians and Scandinavians. Most Americans, however, prefer to live abroad, A Pastier. Merchant Traveler: Farmer Bcgosh had been standing oil the corner studying the tetter box some minutes. Finally ho re marked to the policeman who was jossing: "Great invention." "Yes." "But I can't make it out/* "It's very simple." "I suppose so but how much must you drop Into the slot, and what is the blamed thing supposed to do?" An Unfailing Happly. Tcrre Haute Express:. Wickars—Thomp kina is going to make ajot of money this year, he tolls me. 1 wfrider were lie got hisi.-apital? ickars—Oil, he ludK^. making a draft rUi» imagination, FOILED BY CHANCE. Three years ago I was s. eirl of six teen, UDemancipated from the school room. My father wan—ami is—banker at Siston. The town lies in a valley and by a great many people is thoucht unhealthy. Having a kinsman whom he can thoroughly trust as actin!j manager, papa theso many years since has abandoned tin red house in Siston Broadway, and resided at the Manor, Walnsey. This is, however twelve miles from his place of business —eight by rail added to four by road. The Manor lias one drawback—it stands in a very isolated situation. Our nearest neighbors are our name sakes, the Escotts of Walnsey Cross and Valentia Lodge, the country scat of Capt. Milne Escott, lies westward across the wilderness we rail the Heath a good three miles. The month when my story opens was that of February Fill-dike, and and it was justifying its name. Oi Btorms we seemed to have a ceaseless succession. Heavy rains and high Winds had been for several weeks the prevailing meteorological condition. Alice—my younger sister—and I wero prisoners within doors and we should have found time drag mora heavily than it did but for the presence of Val. An only brother is always a girl's hero, and Val was ours. In ago he came be tween us, and his proper place at this period of the year was nt liii^'by. But he had met with an -accidcut at Christmas, and was only just n valescent. Hence his holidays had already lasted in excess a full fort night of the working term. As per haps Val may read this. I will bo candid, and add that there wero sea sons when, owing to his leasing, wo heartily wished him back in tho Mid lands. Tho Tuesday on which papa announced bis uigi-nt summons to Ferris court was. however, not one of those occasions, lloreas was doing his best to bring tho house about our ears. Wo could not pos sibly go out in tho tempest. We were not ultra enthusiastic readers, and fancy work was ever Alice's bete noirj therefore we must have settled into tame subjection to ennui but lor Val. It was his business, as he put it, to make things lively, and ho did. I had ventured to demur to papa's going. Surely it was my place to care for him as mamma would have done had she lived, and his health had troubled me of late, thoughtless as too frequently w/is. "It is a dreadfully rough day, papa," I said. "Cannot .Sir Hit'io Ferris wait? It is such a distance too, to Fsrris Court and all across country. You can't reach the place readily by rail." "No I wish that I could," papa an swered. "But the journey is quite im perative. Sir Hugo is one of our best patrons. Ho telegraphs that his de parture for Algiers is fixed definitely for Thursday—an alteration of a week in his arrangements and I have ur gent matters to discuss '.villi him. lie insists—toolishly, but, I cannot help it—on negotiating with the principal he will have none of Mr. Bellows." I suppose my face was visibly lengthen ing, for before I could reply, papa add ed: "Don't look so gitim about it, Muggie. You'll be quite safe hero in charge of Mrs. Climber, our new house keeper. I am convinced hat, alter many changes and mishaps, we have secured a treasure, say this be cause it is uncertain if I shall return to-night. "Not return tonight!" I echoed helplessly. "No," he said. "I have decided (o take the horses I In? whole way and as tho roads are in a bad state, Spenee will put the cattle up iu the next village ami then drive me hack the next morning. 1 shall be sure ot' comfortable quarters at, Ferris Court." "Is it quite—safe?" I asked. "Kor me to do you mean?'' "No-o, for us. This house is so lonely, and it is known that there are mamma's jewels—and tlio pictures— and the plate." I'apa scoffed at my fears. "We jito too far from the track of the light fingered prowler to receive Ins atten tions," he answered. But it was an error. Ever since that uay I have had lurking belief in presentiments. I know very well that tho confession will cause soniasuperior persons, forti fied in the lines ot a sane common sense, to smile with pity at my uiriish weakness. I am somewhat disposed to smile with them and yet it is not more certain that a plot exist ed to riflo the manor, than that hour by hour after papa had pone I grew more and more vaguely but genuinely uneasy. I said nothing to either Val or Alice. What, was there to say? Nor to Mts. Climber. Boinehow I had not taken to lie fresh arrival so warmly as tho others. 1 did not dispute that Iter recommen dations were first-class, that' her de meanor to each of us was precisely what it should be—neither ovcidefer cntial nor too familiar—t hat she was a skillful house mistress.md a paragon of order. Dusk thickened at last, and we had the approval of our consciences in closing blinds anil drawing curtains to, and shutting out by every recog nized expedient the driving cloud rack the desolate landscape, and the con stant drip, drip of the conuilaidijig trees. And then Val accepted a stray challenge—mine or Alice's, 1 cannot now besure tho point is immaterial and proceeded, with a tlow oi boyi-di eloquence which promised well for liis intended future at the bar, to vindi cate his latest hobby, the science of graphiology. He had a notable little collection of autographs and speci mens of caligraphy which ho riiinniac ed out of his hoard of treasures ar.d upon these he descanted with all the dogmatism of the professor and all the fervor ol the disciple. As he was pointing out to half skeptical critics and listeners an alleged resemblance between traits iu the historical char acter of the Duke of Welling: on and features in the great warrior's hand writing, he was intonupted. To the surprise of each ol us wo heard ho rumble of approaching wheels on the soaked avenue without. "Can papa be bnck alter all, and as early as this?" Alico cried. "Not he. That isn't our carriage. It's a brougham certainly but Spence isn't driving it—therattleisdill'erent," Val answered, at the end ot a short pause. "Then who can it lie?" I said with wonder and a recritdescene of anxiety. Val crossed to tho window mid caught question and reply of visitor and coachman. "Is this the place?" inquired the former. "Yes this be Mr. Escott's o' t' Manor, Walnsey," returned tlio latter. Clang we it the hall bell: and in another half minute Josephs, our butler, looking anything but pleased at the interference with his session of enjoyment it. the kitchen, opened our door and ponderously anuounced: "Mr. Lidlaw." The name was entirely unknown to me, as also the purport and occasion of the call. I debated for a second whether 1 should sand Alico in search of Mra. CHaiber—who was, I believed writing in her own room—or whether 1 should myself assume the responsi bility of confronting the stranger. hiR question was decided for me. On the heels of thedomesticadvanced Mr. Lidaw he, at least, appeared to have uo doubt as to the course to follow. Under sized, middle aged, clean shaven, gray—this is the best and fullest description which I could have given at the moment of the «asy going in trader, and it will suflico tor my narrative. "All, three of you!" he said. "My old friends's daughters and con, I presume. I wasn't aware he was so favored." The human voice is a wonderful instrument. In one case it shall of itselt convey suspicion in another, reassurance. It was the latter here. A tyrannical imagination had painted before my mental vision with swilt brush the portrait ot a dangerous conspirator. The living enigma spoke, and however puzzling and mysterious his prosencD continued to be my courage revived. The circumstance is as I state the explanation I leave to others. "My name is Escott this is my brother—and my sister," I stammer ingly answered. "But who—to what do we owe" I was a pitifully poor inquisitor. Before I had framed my query I was slopped. "Who am 1?" the cheery stranger said. "Well, I suppose one can't claim universal fame but it certainly strikes me as curious that you should have to ask. As to my errand, that is just pleasure and the resuscitation of old memories. Your fat her and I used to be stanch friends. You're not very like him, young gen tleman." The latter sentence was, of of course, addressed to my brother Valeiit inc. "Indeed," the boy said laconically. The stranger'B glance had fallen up on the strange medley that decorated our center table. ".Some one here is a collector of autographs, I see." he went on gayly. "May I inspect them? Thank you. It is a pursuit of great interest to me I sometimes have to study—alieni—in a professional ca pacity contrast and likeness in pen mans-hip." He bent over Val's speci mens, among which were included examples of the hand of nearly all the boy's acquaintances, for Val played havoc very impartially with charac ters ancient and modern, great and small, billions or obsoiirn. And liy and by I noticed a queer little start, seemingly of recognition. Mr. Lidlaw looked up. "Who wrote this?" lie said. It was a couple of lines—anno tation from Tennyson—and, beneath, the signature of Mrs. Climber. It was Alico who replied. "That's the writing of our housekeeper," said she, wonderingly. "Do you know Mrs. Climber? She came to us from Leeds. I like her hand, it is so neat and pret ty." "And it bespeaks a strong will, de cision, and perhaps finesse," said Val, scntentiously, quite in the Style of the lecturer. But I felt it was time to know more oft lie visitor who seemed to bet ak ing his footing in our midst so much for granted. I broke in with a direct demand. "I have never heard papa speak of you. so far as I can recollect, Mr. I.idlaw, and he is not at home. Dili he expect you to night?" Mr. I.idlaw awoke as from a reverie. "Capt. Escott not at home!" he re peated. "Expect me! I am here in response to his pressing invitation." Val and I had the clew to the riddle simultaneously. "You are wanting Valentia Lodge Walnsey Cross," I said. "It is Mr. John Escott who lives hero there's been a mistake," cried Val. Mr. Lidlaw stood as though paralyz ed by the revelation of his blunder then a shadow oi intense vexation passed over his features and this in tnrn yielded to a smile at his own ex pi-nse. "Whew! This comes of not bo- I ing sufficiently precise in investigation a iesson I hardly ought to need to le,am,after all tlieso years," he grimly soliloquized. Then he bowed depre catingly to us, and proceeded: "Tho s'.oi was raging so iiercely that I was content in the station yard with little delay and few words. I asked the coachman who was handiest if lie could drive me to ('apt. Escott's, Walnsey, and he said 'Yes.' I sup pose he did not catch more than tho surname and I was ignorant that Walnsey and Walnsey Cross are not identical places." "They are three miles apart," said Val. Mr. Lidlaw carefully inquired his way, and announced that he should walk. Ho asked, too—very oddly,as I thought, with anew twinkle of doubt, —the nearest route back to Daleiord villaLO. Val's directions were clear and. full, and if the stranger obeyed them he could not possibly go ast-ay in either direction. It seemed inhospit- Suddenly, a chill shot through my veins I sat up among the pillows, rigid, and, 1 doubt not, blanched al most to their own whiteness. I listen ed iu a very agony of attention. From tlie depths below there had echoed distinctly upward—or my faculties were playing me false—the sound of a sullen yielding of a bolt. My apart ment was immediately over the plate closet, and adjacent 10 the partition which closed in the second flight of stairs. This accounted for the trans mission of the noise. But the noise was an ominous disclosure. In the dead of night, it was surely illegiti mate and spoko of crime. 1 pressed my throbbing temples hard aguiust the wainscot, and found that the wood was a faithful conductor of souiui. A rumbling and grating that could have 110 honest and satisfac tory cause, jarred upon my highly strung nerves. 1 was not the victim of delusion. Assured of this, I began to dress, with quaking, fumbling fingers and in tho dark. I'lan I had none as yet, and my actuating purpose was merely to reach and alarm the rest of the household. It was just blind in stinct, for I did not pause to ask what effectual resistance to a gang of robbegs'could be offered by a pack ot vt*- if ,\!i V&t ^j&utfieys NUMBER 25. scared women, an invalid boy ana one tottering old man. I thought first of Miss Turpin, our governess, nnd Miss Climber, and in this order. They both occupied rooms on the same floor as myself, but Iu in the rear of the building. It was an ugly venture to get to them. Aa I was debating, I remembered roy moth* er's jewels. These were deposited in a dressine case locked into a ward rode strong box in papa's room. Had they escaped the thieves? Would they es cape? By almost a mechanical im pulse I unfastened and opened my door, and stepped lightly the five or six paces to that of the vast cavern like chamber in which, the lable goes, a queen once slept. There was a light withi.i.oilmrthan tlmt of the wan younu moon, which glimmered feebly through loxuuge shaped panes in a window hi^h over iny head. I sucked in my breath with a well nigh audible gflsp nnd shivered but it was as though subtle fascination drew me neam* in spito of tho peril. I crept to the tolb talo crack through which tho penciled line of light fell. A single jicep and I knew the wotst we were Motrnyed. Kneeling before the recep* taclu ot my mother's tumiiy heirlooms was a woman holding a lamp for the Guidance of a mate confederate, who busied himKelf with a tile at the ward* rotiu lock. They seemed equally absorbed in their nefarious task. The man I hud never before B*en, the woman was Mrs. Climber. I believe I was nii»htfr to swooning than on any previous or subsequent occasion Luckly, with a supreme effort 1 was able to recDver the self possession wrested from me by the double shock. 1 dare not think what might have been the denouement in tlie contrary Vent. How papa had been deceived! and all of us, for, though 1 had vaguely disliked the newcomer, no suspicion other fidelity had entered my mind, yet my eyes had testified that she was an nenmipltno in a sinister plot. ery possibly she was its orignator. It gave me intense anxiety to de cide upon my next step. A daring L'ire.stion Hew to my brain, but 1 dismissed it, not so much as imprac* ticable as useless. It was to lock the two thieves in. This was possible, i! managed with adroitnes-j, for the key cast a shadow on the polished floor. Mrs. Climoer had locked the door of papa's room with hypocritical care as we retired that ni^ht, saying that housemaids were curious and had been known to walk in their sleep, and that it was not well to trust them to excess. And now the adven* tnresR had left the key on the outside. Hut what would the countermove avail? There were villains below making away with the plate I had heard them they would come to the rescue, and I had no means of sue* cessfuly following up the temporary advantage. Yet my lingers itched to drat to that door and imprison my foes. Clang! clatter! all our bells seemed to be ringing at once, and Mrs. Clim ber's precious confederates would not have L'iven the alarm, it must mean for them interruption and discomfit* ure. Ami in a trice I had acted on my wild idea. The great oak door was fast—fast! 1 bad the key, and with it I lied to my room. There 1 cowered as children do under thfc bedclothes, ami suffered paroxysm after paroxysm of helpless,abjert terror. Kvery vest ige of bravery, deliberate or fottuitous, had forsaken me. JJut 1 was not mo« tested. What happened on the other side ot my fortress can be simply and suc cinct ly related in the words with which on the morrow our friend and benefactor, Mr. hindlaw, enlightened papa, It will be needful to resume from the point of his recognition of Mrs. Climber's handwriting when chattini! in our drawing room. ou see, I am an expert in these matters," lie said. Probably you may have seen my name in the news papers in connect ion with some trial, civil or criminal, in which the identi fication of handwriting has formed a leading feature in the proceedings?" have," pap/i answered. KxatUy. And two months ago I had to make a professional study of various documents and signatures in a north country -a.se of systematic and long continued fraud* I am pre pared to swear that the specimen of Mis. t'ijmber's alias Mrs Clegj's hand shown me by your son is the fac simile of a largo number of those forg* ed papers. The writer is tho same. And now that I have seen her—*she hail a most valid reason for keeping the background yesterday evening I recognize the woman too. She only escaped a long term of penal servitude through tho plea that she was her husband's tool. And another thing in i'le me startled and suspi. eious. It was this: at Daleforda man left the samn train whom 1 identified in spit of his wrappings as the broth* er ot the condemned Long Firm swin dler, who stood iu h'j dock with Mrs. Cicgg. He'll soon follow him into a convict cell. He was involved iu the Manchester case, though there was a Haw in the evidence, und he eluded the grasp of justice." 1 able to permit liim to turn out linat tended in the night but I could per ceive 110 alternative,anil I have reason to think that ho would have overruled any and every objection. Mrs. Climber had not appeared. This struck us afterward as strange. However busy she might be with her correspondence, it was curious that sue should have heard nothing of tho arrival, or that, hearing, she should I have kept away. .Some twenty mm lites after I.idlaw had lelt she entered the drawing room and listened to our joint narrative of what had happen ed. I fancied that she was preoccupi ed to the visitor's inspection of her handwriting, and that then her man nor changed, and she listened with moro interest—even anxiety—than she cared for 11s to observe. From this fact—if such it were—I was, how ever, at a loss to draw any particular deduction. 1 pass over tho hours that elapsed between this episode and midnight. We had retired early, and the house ought to have been as dark and still as if unhabitcd. Older friends tell nio that it is the privilege of healthy girl hood to sleep soundly and with ease, I douotooubt that t',:ey are right, but on this occaion 1 continued obstinate 'y awake. :"l»ut Mrs. Climber's testimonials— they were most excellent," murmured papa. "l'orged, my dear sir: Ientertain no doubt of it," replied Mr. Lidlaw. "These people saw your advertise ment, and application nnd references Were all parts of a rat herclevcr 'plant.' Hut the female trickster carried her daring a step too lar, and will pay the penalty. When I was confronted with that couplet, in the hand I had so mien reason to Kuow, 1 got an inkling of the game that was on foot. And instead of going on to Walnsey Cro.js I returned to Ialeford and intervied a sergeant of polica. It seemed tiiat he was in possession of an ollicial warning that tended in the like direction of watchfulness. We both had a suspicion that you might have been lured out of the way by a bogus messai'e." "N ht re was no stratagem there," put in my fulhtr. "Thi e\ ents conspired so far with tin* gang of rogues. Well, we came un to tin.' manor to make sure that all was right, and we found an open win dow aud moving lights. We were live in number and armed. Tho ser geant and two of his men entered by thes.-iine ro'id as the burglars, and at a signal f»om the officer 1 aroiiM'd the housvhold. One thief was taken in the act of selecting the choicest specimens ot your old fashioned silver, and to our infinite bewilderment we discovered later that your clever housekeeper and a second confederate were caujit like rats in a trap. That was the work ot Miss Maggie here. As soon as we learned this we applied to the young lady, got the key anil entered. We were only iust in time to thwart an attempt to escape by the window. Hut for the height and the awkwardness of thd decent, the man at least would have escaped. Hut the three are in 6Uton jail." "And I have to thank you,M said papa, "for the protection ol my prop ter)*, Mr. Lidlaw I am sincerely grate ful". "And I am glad to have been of ser vice," answered our friend.—Cham* bers' Journal. Little girl (returning lrom fishing with a thread und crooked pin): 1 got it iiiaina: I got it.—Mother: 1 don't see any fisli. Little Angler: I got it, Nut it unbit and div. JOB DEPARTMENT. THE PIONEER EXPRESS JOB DBPABTMBHT oompWu, ud mU npplM with Mat */tm "n* "r iiIiiii«nn lnim«n ra» •lrtrat wltk tocltlmate butaMa. stock of Mia SSHSs W. knp oa kaad MI Ha. of but 1 Wife Kissing in Various Cltls*v Kansas City is all torn question whether a-arinT may Ua liis wife in public, and, if so, just that a ud* what circumstances. Itappeanr prominent physician city kissed his of such an example, had him taken out of the building by policeman, says The Philadelphia Inquirer. Russia Unhealthiest of rands II St. Petersburg is the most insul ubriou- of European capitals, liussia altogether is the nnhealthicst coun try in the civilized world. The lat est statistics ol the medicnl depart ment for 1XN7 show 1 1,-ss satisfac tory state ot the public health than those ol the in mediately preceding years. The eases of inlectious dis eases, although tar lrom having been all chronicled, wero much more nu merous in pronortion to the popula tion than in Kiiglaml. Holland, Italy, Kelgiuiii. or Prussia leprosy was lound in sixty-live disl ricts ami (515 fresh victims were registered during tho year there were 21 blind to every 10,')00 inhabitants—a. greater proportion than anywliereclsconthe continent—and -7,1"7 persons pois oned themselves. Kvery year IT, more persons in every l.oiio'd'ie in Itussin tlmn in Kngland, which, according to the Novoe Vreinya, makes nn un necessary loss ol 1I,.'1(111 persons annually sacriiiced through inade quate medical assistance. An ex ample of this hitter ilelieincy is given in the I nuensus, where there is only one hospital Ibrevery."Itiit,1(10 inhab itants and one hospital bed Ibrevery 12,1 St. I Vtcrsburg Correspond ence London Times. An Old Custom. A traditional usan'ool Portugal was carried out at Lisbon some days after the funeral of the late king. At three principal places in the city platlorins were erected, 1 vcred wit li black cloth and a procession passed from ono place tot he ot her. The chief munici pal officers of the city nnd the ehiel jiersonages ot the late royal house hold, all clad iu deep mourning, formed the procession, which was preceded and lollowed by cavalry in mourning, the colors draped with black. Hands accompanied the march. Pour shields, on which wero borne aloft on long staves. At tho platform all the principal persons took up their places upon it, and one of the shield liearers advancing to the front, proclaimed in a charting tone "Weep, O Portuguese for your King, Dom Luis 1., is dead." He then dashed the shield to the ground with such violence that it was shat tered. The ceremony was repeated at the other platforms. Then the Eunto rocession moved to the church of Antonia da Se, whereasolemD requiem service was held. During the entire ceremony all the bells oi the city tolled. Luck in the Plunk ofthe Banjo "There's a prevalent idea in the profession," said Lem Woolcott, the enterprising advertiser lor the Jacobs houses, "tli.it a lellow who stricks to a banjo never goes broke. That's why 1 keep nn old banjo always at my room, or in theden at the theater, to plunk away at in leisure moments. I'm a victim to the general supersti yion."—Buffalo Courier. •,, of that wife at the theater, and' the management, fearing the influence As a result the whole subject has come up as one of vital importance, and there is great uncertainty as to the decision. Public opinion in Kansas City seems to vindicate the manager ol the theater in his action, but insists that it must not be carried too fur. It is held thut there are certuin circumstances under which a man may properly kiss his wife in public, but the line hns not yet been drawn. The subject has excited tho attention of other cities, which freely offer Kan sas City advice its to the proper limit. Chiciiironns think man tnny kiss his wile in railway-ear without overstepping the proprieties, but should not kiss her when parting at putting her on street cnr. In Den ver this is considered very narrow limitation, although it is ngreeed that it must not be done in the thea ter. In thut city public sentiment sustains a man in kissing his wile anywhere except nt church, the thea ter or in a store. There is no limit placed on the exercise of this conju gal practice on the street. .St Paul, however, looks unkindly on the whole matter. It objects to man kissing his wife nn.vwhere in public, with the possible exception of tlie front doorstep if it is growing dusk. In Strang contrast to this is the censensus of opinion in Itismark, now putting on airs as state capi tal, that a mini can kiss his wife whenever lie pleases, so lon as lie doesn kiss any other man's wife. This is the limit ol liberalism, and shows the freedom from convention nl restraints that abounds on the far western prairies. So farns l'hilndolphin is conscerned, this is not likely to become a burn ing issue, riiiladelphians nro not overgiven to kissing their wives under any circumst ances, nnd lew instances of it in public are ever witnessed. man may kisB his wife whenever he wants to and she will let him, but he •i» not likely to do so under circum stances which will be embarrassing to either party or distressing to the public. Spaniards and Mexicans. At the open nir soirees in the Ala meda on a bright Sunday no -ning may lie seen lie best examples of the beauty of Mexico. The national types are then out in full force and one can see i'aei of all colors, from tawny rose or olive to white, and then descending in the scale, from rose to a deep nut brown. The la dies of higher caste, that is to say, of pure Spanish blood are white, ami removed lrom this white, by one de gree vou see a tintod face and so 011 until it reaches the dark brown ofthe pure Indian, in whose veins flows not a drop of Spanish blood, a tact to which they point with 11 great deal of pride. It may not be geni rally known, but it is truetliata Spaniard is held in greater coutcnipt by a Mexican than is any other foreigner. To call a Mexican Spanish into in sult liim, andinspiteol his accii: to ti ed courtesy he will tell you if r. To call a Spaniard Mexican is commit an unpardonable breach 01 good manners. While it is the desire nnd purpose to every Mexican woman to hi- as white lis possible, yet- there is no color line drawn here. A wom an may be as dark as bronze and yet enjoy the sainesoi iety privilegesthut are granted to her' more favored Spanish sister.—Cor. Kansas City Times. •a