Scio weekly press., October 15, 1896, Image 2

shade 'iff'thd olir’iecny Stateiinesfe. Eil-
POPULIST PLATFORM.
road companies have, through the con-
dreth
said only, ‘ ‘Thank you ’ '
nivance
of the interior department,
Three-fourths of the city of Guaya-
I
LI
Five minutes later Black Patsey was Adopted by the National Convention robbed multitudes of bona-fide settlers
qiul, Ecuador, has been reduced to
crying
out:
“
De
lawsy,
Miss
Dare,
yo
’
Held at St. Louis.
of their homes and miners of their
ashes by a fire which raged for twenty-
des done foun yo’slf des too late, Miss
four hours, sweeping everything in its By MARTHA M’OULLOOH WILLIAMS.
Following is the Populist platform, claims, and we demand legislation by
Mel,
she
des
d^ue
got
ma
’
rid
ter
dat
congress which will enforce the exemp­
path. Some estimate the financial loss
er crank mouf Mr. Hawkins an drib as agreed upon by the committee on tion of mineral land from 'such grants
OREGON I at upwards of $50,000,000. Many
SCIO
resolutions
and
adopted
by
the
St.
Louis
[Copyright. 1894, by American Press Associa­
’way lickety split wid libery stable
tion.)
after, as well as before, patenting.
lives were lost in the fire, and 35,000
horses—say de got ter ketch de train. But convention:
Third—We demand that bona fide
people are homeless. Two thousand
The People’s Party, assembled in na­
A thunderous knocking fell on the
she know somehow yo’ wus comin, comin
settlers on all publio lands be granted
houses, including every bank in the door. Mr. Hildreth’s voice called:
hyer, tole me git breakfast ready, an tional convention, reaffirms its allegi­ free
homes, as provided in the national
city, of which there are five, were
“MajorOverton! MajorOverton! Can
hab it good, an gib her love, an say she ance to the principles declared by the homestead
law, and that no exception
burned. It is * impossible from the you open the door?”
founders
of
the
republic,
and
also
to
wish yo’ well, an she gwine write ef
be
made
in
the case of Indian reserva­
present food supply there to feed all
the
fundamental
principles
of
just
gov
­
As it swung wide Royal Cleve smiled
she cain’t wait ter see yo’. De preacher,
Comprehensive Review of tile Import­ the victims, and the suffering will un­
softly and said in gasps:
he’s in de parlor room yet, an how come ernment as enunciated in the platform tions when opened for settlement, and
ant Happenings of the Past Week doubtedly be great.
“Dare! Now I am dead—and you—
it yo’ got sech er many gentlemens ter | of the party in 1892. We reoognize that all lands not now patented come
Culled From the Telegraph Columns,
that, through the connivance of the under this demand.
safe—you won’t takeback your forgive­
fine an fetch yo’ outen dat dar coalin’s present and preceding administrations,
Chicago Day Celebrated«
ness?”
Direct Legislation.
place?”
Chioago day, the anniversary of the
Returns from the Florida eleotion
the country has reached a crisis in its
His soul went out with the last word.
We
favor
a system of direct legisla-
“
I
’
ll
tell
you,
Patsey.
There
’
s
another
give Bloxham, Democratic candidate great fire twenty-five years ago, was
national life, as predicted in our dec­
wedding on hand, ” Vance said, his eyes I laration four years ago, and that iton through the initiative and referen­
for governor, a plurality of 25,000. A celebrated in that city chiefly as a po­
CHAPTER XXIL
twinkling; then as he got down from his prompt and patriotic action is the su­ dum, under proper constitutional safe­
Republicans and
constitutional amendment abolishing litical holiday.
“This caps the climax of villainy, but
horse:
“Let me help you a bit, major. | preme duty of the hour. We realize guards.
Democrats
celebrated
separatey,
each
October elections was ratified.
I see Hawkins in it all,” Mr. Hildreth
I
think
you will be the better for break­ that, while we have political independ­
General Propositions.
The tetlegraphers’ strike on the Can­ party having its own big street parade, said when a few minutes’ rapid speech
fast and six hours of rest. ’ ’ Major Over- ence, our financial and industrial in­
First—We demand the election of
adian Pacific has been deolared off. A as well as monster gathering indoors. had made him master, of the facts.
ton
waved
him
back
,a
trifle
impatiently
|
dependence is yet to be obtained by re- president, vice-president and United
“How did you happen to come thus in
settlement was arrived at through a Praotically every factory and store in
and made to dismount in the old alert I : storing to our country the constitution- States senators by direct vote of the
board of oonoiliation. The company the city was closed, also the board of the nick of time?’ ’ Major Overton ask­
fashion. But even as he swung himself ! | al control and exercise of the functions people.
agrees that all men will be taken back trade and banks. From ealry morn­ ed. Dare-had risen, but stood with eyes
from stirrup a pallor overspread his face. I | necessary to a people’s government,
Second—We tender to the patriotic
except those guilty of destroying prop­ ing the streets were jammed with still fast on the dead man’s face.
He tottered and hung limp across the which functions have been basely sur- people of Cuba our deepest sympathy
“Ask those two, ” Hildreth said, with
erty. It also agrees to recognize the cheering thousands, struggling to gain
saddle.
I rendered by our publio servants to cor­ in their struggle for political freedom
a shrug, pointing to Vance and Alien
Order of Railway Telegraphers and its some point of vantage.
Kind hands lifted him reverently porate monopolies. The influence of and independence, and we believe the
Fauntleroy.'
“
All
I
know
is
that
they
members.
An Overzealous Parson,
thence, bore him inside and laid him in European money changers has been time has come when the United States,
came upon me like a whirlwind about
i Seven men started in a skiff to cross
the wide dim hall. Dare knelt at his i more potent in shaping legislation than the great republic of the world, should
The Rev. Lang, an evangelist, who
the river from Canton, Mo.,where they had been holding a revival at Seward, dark, had me sworn a special deputy, had
side, chafing the nervous, veiny hands the voice, of the American people] recognize that Cuba is, and of right
had been attending a political meet­ O. T., during one of his sermons de­ a posse all ready for me and then rode
that were learning thus late in life Executive power and patronage have ought to be, a free and independent
either
side
of
me,
telling
me:
‘
Go
fast!
ing. About fifty feet from the Illinois olared “that all women who dance are
what it was to tremble.
Go
fast
1
’
We
went
first
to
Ridgeley.
It
I been used to corrupt our legislatures
side the boat upset. John Reed, George immoral.” A storm broke 'at once,
“Drink this- You are overspent,” and defeat the will of the people, «nd state.
Third—We favor home rule in, the
Withrow and John Simms were and Lang was chased to the Santa Fe seems they had got an inkling of what
was. There we found our- | that is. mint'. the woman , to whom it Hildreth said, holding to the old man’s plutocracy has thereby been enthroned territories ^nd the jDistript .of Colnm-
drowned. All were in the government I station by fifty enraged church mem- your:danger
lips a draft of milk and.brandy. - MajprJ, u’nôWfWc- 'ruinT7iT**cfemocracyT'~ ToreW nia, and *tlïë early aciiSiîôsïbâ. ’<5r ffié ’ter-
selv.es
.
three-hours
—
to
o
.l
at
e,
but
wit
fa.i
a»
rivBT BPTvim
---------- ,
to,— “BefB. ”“A"t the station ne was beaten af
'
I do not say,' Overton drained it; then, as his face |
plain frail to follow, which, thank God,
I store the government intended by the ritorles as states.
In a fog at Argentine, Kan., five I most to a jelly by two farmers and a we did not lose. But I tell you it was 'Take care of t>em. ’ Your conduct for grew less gray, beckoned to Vance and fathers of the country, for the welfare
Fourth—All public salaries should
the
last
month
moves
to
me
that
you
east-bound Santa Fe trains were mixed | number of women. Subsequently he rough experience, pushing through these
half whispered:
i and prosperity of this and future gen- be made to correspond to the price of
could
do
nothing
q
se
.
”
“I know what it means, thebeginning I i erations, we demand the establishment labor and its products.
up. in a re ir-end collision just outside I was rescued from a coat of tar and hills, this tangle, and never knowing
Allen drew Dari to him and led her
the railway yards, the trains following feathers by a train crew.
Fifth—In times of great industrial
but the next hollow might lead you into, out into the fresh dripping morning. of the end. I must live a few hours long- I of an economic and financial system
eaj«h other closely. Several cars and
ambush. Our beasts are so blown that, As they crossed tie threshold where er though. Dare—Allen —she must which shall make us masters of our depression, idle labor should be em­
Crime of a Madman.
two of the. engines were wrecked, but
not
”
—
—
■ own affairs and independent of Eu­ ployed on public works as far as prac­
Albert Bray, aged 89, of Noblesville, little as I like the place, I think .-we their faite had so strangely culminated
miraciflously enough no one was killee.
“What is it that you wish, major? We | ropean control by the adoption of the ticable.
must stay here till morning. Luckily he said, looking over his shoulder at the
Ind.,
a
farmer
and
a
very
religious
Four persons were slightly injured.
will do it or hang, but never think of following declaration of principles:
Sixth—Thu arbitrary course of the
cut the throats of his wife, 9- that is not far off. It must be 2 o’clock rigid figure they left behind:
dying. You are good for years yet,”
A dispatch from Lowell observatory, man,
’
now."
court in assuming to imprison citizens
year-old
son,
Carl,
2-year-old
daughter,
“Dare, darling, I to not envy him Vance said, trying to speak in his old
Finance«
Flagstaff, Ariz., announces that the :
“Later, ” said Vance. “But, Fauntle­ any more. Poor fellow! He loved and
for indirect contempt and ruling them
and himself. The wife and chil­
First—We demand a national money, by injunction should be prevented by
astronomers of the observatory have Edna,
'
roy, why don’t you speak? Major,it is lost you! And though he died for your cheery voice. Major Overton’s lips
dren
died
without
a
struggle.
Bray,
moved,
but
hardly
a
sound
came
from
safe
and
sound,
issued
by
the
general
discovered that the planets Mercury '
a gaping wound in his throat all his doing. He has been watching life, it is my privilege to live for your them. Allen, hurrying to his side, government only, without the interven­ proper legislation.
and Venus each turns once on its axis with
.
Seventh—We favor just pensions for
lived
for
some hours without regaining your enemies, and as soon as they were happiness.”
caught the old man’s eyes of appeal tion of banks of issue, to be a full legal
during one revolution of the sun, mak­
disabled Union soldier.
ready for this grand coup he was ready
Dare said, “I love you, Allen,” but Kneeling, he took Dare’s hands within tender for all debts, publio and private; •every
ing the day. just equal to the year on consciousness. Bray crushed the skulls with checkmate for it. ”
Eighth—Believing that the eleotion
of
his
viotims
with
an
ax
after
he
had
she,
too,
.looked
back
at
the
dead,
and
his
own,
then
laid
the
two
clasped
across
a
just,
equitable
and
efficient
means
of
these planets. They find further-that '
“I thank him deeply,’’the old man her sigh was half a sob.
their throats.
the other nerveless palm. Instantly Ma­ distribution direct to the people and franchise and untrammeled ballot are
Venus is not cloud covered, as has been out
'
said, with his stateliest courtesy. Dare
jor Overton’s eyes brightened. He whis­ through the lawful disbursements of essential to a government of, for and
reported, but has about it a thick at­
She Fought a Burglar.
by the people, the People’s party con­
went impulsively forward, saying, with
pered painfully, “Yes, take her—now.” the government.
CHAPTER XXIIL
mosphere, while Mercury has none.
Miss Ella Emerson, 16 years old, of quivering lips:
demns the wholesale system of disfran­
Dare
laid
her
cheek
softly
to
the
with
­
Second
—
We
demand
the
free
and
“
We
must
bring
him
here
and
at
It has been semi-officially announced Fruitvale, Cal., battled with a burglar
chisement adopted in some of the states
“Oh, Mr; Fauntleroy! I hope you will
ered
one
on
the
pillow
a®d
said,
sobbing:
unrestricted
coinage
of
silver
and
gold
in Constantinople that the Turkish gov­ who tried to chloroform, gag and bind never know how it feels to be snatched once It is the only thing to do, ” Vance “Oh, grandfather, surely you do not
as unrepublican and undemocratic, and
at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, we declare it to be the duty of the sev­
said to Major Overton as the struggling
ernment, after weighing the matter her, and after a desperate struggle, she from the very jaws of death. ”
want
to
be
rid
of
me.
Let
everything
go
and without waiting for the consent of eral state legislatures to take such ao-
and consulting certain advisors; came succeeded in making her esoape by
“I did nothing, ” Allen said. Thenin daylight fell full on the tall, dead man,' until you are well again. ”
foreign nations.
to a decision not to admit the United leaping through an open window and a low whisper: “.Dare, I envy that dead so straight and stock and still The old
tion as will secure a full and free and
“1—am-—well—now. Life has—been
Third—We demand that the vol­
States warship Bancroft through the dropping to the ground, a distance of man. Whatever his sins, he truly died man nodded, saying:
—a fever,” the old man said in a ume of circulating medium be speedily fair ballot and an honest count.
“
Yes.
It
will
take
half
a
day
to
get
Dardanelles, and therefore she will not twelve feet.
Ninth—While the foregoing proposi­
for you. ”
out of this wilderness, Besides we oould strange, husky whisper. Hildreth touch­ increased to an amount sufficient to tions constitute the platform which- our
be able to act as the guardship of the
“Hear the wind, the thunder! This never
Du Maurier is Dead.
ed
Allen
’
s
arm.
carry him, and to come back”—
meet the demands of the business and
United States legation in these waters;
“I have sent a swift messenger for a the population of this country, and to party stands upon and for the vindica­
George Du Maurier, artist, novelist, is a storm to remember, ” Vance said, he stopped with a half shudder—“is im­
The porte, it is said, also decided not and
tion of its organization will be main­
with
a
shiver.
“
Suppose
we
were
out
in
'license,
”
he
said
half
under
his
breath.
author of “Trilby,” died in Lon­
possible and impolitic, ” Vance finished.
restore the just level of prices and la - tained, we recognize that the great and
to admit the guardships of Greece and
it on those black hills again!”
“In two hours it will be here. You bor production.
don.
His
end
was
painless.
He
Even
as
they
spoke
came
a
noise
of
pick
Holland.
pressing issue of the pending campaign
Nobody answered him. The room, lit
must marry Dare at once. It is what the
away surrounded by his friends.
Fourth—We denounce the sale of upon which the presidential election
The British ship Kilburn, .'which has passed
here and there by a smoky glimmer of and shovel outside. Dozens of rusty tools major wishes and the only thing to do.
For
days
he
has
been
hovering
between
just arrived in San Francisco, reports |
lanterns, was weirdly spectral. In their lay under the rotting sheds about, and Poor old fellow! He has lived on his bonds and the increase of the public will turn, is the financial question,
the loss of two of her crew oh the voy- I life and death, at instervals conversing light the dead man’s face seemed'to mop willing hands were plying them to put hope and courage this 40 years or more. interest-bearing debt, made by the and upon this great and specific issue
age from Newcastle. She was only with friends regarding his work. Upon and mow as though the soul had come out of sighfthe poor, reckless creature, Now that the strain is ended, no wonder present administration, as unnecessary between the parties we cordially invite
and without authority of law, and we the aid and co-operation of all organi­
nine days out when she ran into a one oooasion a friend at the dying back and sat there mocking its fellows. who had paid the fullest penalty of his he has broken down. ”
sins. By time the sun was above the
demand that no more bonds be issued zations and citizens agreeing with us
storm. The two men were sent aloft man’s bedside referred to the success of
“I am more than ready to do as he except- by specific action of congress.
tree tops a long grave had been scooped
to stow away the topsail, and while “Trilby” as a book and a play, where­
upon this vital question.
wishes,
”
Allen
said
in
the
same
hushed
in the little glade back of the old house.
Fifth—We demand such legislation
they were so engaged a violent luroh upon Du Maurier replied: “Yes, it
voice. 1 ‘But Dare—can she bear further as will prevent the demonetizing of the
has
been
successful,
but
popularity
has
Dare
at
thgspringside,
her
face,
her
caused John Anderson, a Swede, to
KING OF BELLS.
hands, refreshed-and spotless, turned to excitement after all she has undergone?’ ’ lawful money of the United States by
loose his hold, and falling he struck killed me at last.” The immediate
“ Ask her, ” Hildreth said, stepping to private contract.
Allen,
sayimsoftly:
cause
of
his
death
is
given
as
heart
Monstrous Mass of Metal Which Wei»
against John Harvey, an American,
“Ask them, please, grandfather and the bedside. There he took Major Over-
Sixth—We demand that the govern­
comed the Czar to Moscow.
knocking him off the yardarm and to­ trouble.
Mr. Hildreth, if we may line the grave ton’s hand in his and said aloud: “Now, ment, in payment of its obligations,
The great bell whose booming thun­
gether they fell. Anderson was thrown
For the Good of the Cow.
major,
all
is
as
you
would
have
it.
The
with boughsand put others above him. ”
shall use its option as to the kind of der announced the opening of the cor­
into the sea and drowned and Harvey
Instructor Winterhalter, of the agri­
is here; the license soon will lawful
“ Surely •wjinay, ” Allen said, pressing minister
money in which they are to be onation festivities in Moscow is the
struck on the deck, but died in a few cultural college at the university of
be. You must drink sòme more brandy
thepresen^nd
hours.
California, is making a, comprehensive^
the we hU!"1 '""" lr.r lr"'"f"r
is in the Cathedral of the Assumption,
g r anl t H e p b urn, ma r* ,L3ai2YYeporE—’w6iclVwTn*^over^^aotio-'
that, despitefiilly use you. We will
this option to the holders of where the coronation took place. It
“Yes,” said Vance as the old man al­ dering
of Congressman Hepburn, at Chester, ally the entire state The work is be­
make-¡together, for our enemy a green
government obligation securities.
rests at the base of the great Ivan
Ark., is now attributed to a political ing done under the supervision of Pro­
bed and give him a pillow of flowers. ” most smiled, “but first let me tell you i Seventh—We demand a graduated tower, 325 feet in height, and is called
conspiracy- The first report stated fessor E. W. Hil'gard, who is advocat­
Hand in hand - they went about the that Miss Dare is even more an heiress income tax, to the end that aggregate the “King of Bells.” It resembles a ■
that a duel was fought.
ing the uss of the Babcook tester to dis­
wood plucking sheaves of goldenrod, than we thought. Our friend, the par- | wealth shall bear its just proportion of huge tent of bronze when It is ap­
Lee Ah Mee, a waiter, was shot and cover disease in cows. Professor Hil-
stalks of cardinal flower, of iron weed son, has just put into my hands a deed I taxation, and we regard the recent de­ proached. Its weight is 444,000 pounds.
and early asters. Allen had spoken a lit­ of gift to. Exeter and all it contains, ex­ cision of the supreme court, relative to Within this bell, whose walls are two
instantly killed by unknown assassins gard says the report will show the
tle apart with the gravediggers.’ Al­ ecuted by Mrs. Hawkins within five the income-tax law, as a misinterpreta­ feet thick, forty people can assemble
in San Francisco, as a result of a high­ value of such tests and suggest methods
ready they had; tom flat, leafy boughs minutes of her marriage. It may not be tion of the constitution, an invasion of
binder war. Another shooting affair of recompensing the dairymen for the
from the thicket and covered with their quite valid, but I think it will stand. ” the rightful powers of congress on the
occurred the same evening, but no one loss of cattle.
‘ ‘No. I fear-we have lost Hawkins for
green all the dank cold clay. Across the
was killed.
Freight Thieves Captured«
subjeot of taxation.
western end of the narrow yawning pit good and always,” Hildreth said as
Three dead bodies have been taken
Seoret service agents of the Chicago
Eighth—We demand that postal sav­
Major
Overton
’
s
eyelids
fell
in
sleep.
Allen laid the flower sheaves fresh from
from the Chicago river, and men are & Northwestern railway have arrested
Two hours later, robed all in white, | ings banks be established by the gov­
Dare
’
s
hand.
And
down
in
that
cool
and
at work dragging the stream for more; in Chicago the members and stopped
ernment for the safe deposit of the sav­
flowery darkness, they laid Royal Cleve, with a white, rose in her hair and an- | ings of the people and to facilitate ex­
The remains are those of infants and the operations‘of the most skillful as
other
at
her
breast,
Dare
gave
her
hand
|
his two hands folded peacefully under
had been in the water for some time, - well as successful gang of freight-oar
change.
more green leaves, to await the summons to Allen Fauntleroy, standing just where i
The doctors assert that they 'had all pilferers with whom the railroad de­
her
mother
had
made
her
bridal
vows.
Transportation.
at which all life must answer for the
been drowned, and it is thought that tectives of that city have had to deal
They had flung wide door and windows.
First—Transportation being a means
deeds done in the body.
they have been the viotims of a baby- with in many years. It is known thus
Outside
the
summer
sun
fell
golden;
the
of exchange and a publio necessity,,the
Then, as though a weight had been
farmer.
far that five railroads have suffered
lifted from all soils, the cavalcade made summer winds laughed softly through government should own and operate the
A fatal collision occurred on the through the operations of the gang,
Allen drew Dare to him.
its way out of the.wilderness. Major the leaves. Within the heavy tarnished railroads in the interest of the people
Southern Pacific railway, half a mile and it is believed not less than $10,000
Vance
laid
a
handkerchief
over
it
and
Overton’s horse had been left behind,'so splendors kept still their note of gloom, on a nonpartisan basis, to the end that
south of Green’s station, Oregon, -re­ worth of property has been stolen with­
motioned
to
two
of
the
posse
standing
precipitate was the flight of his captors. though Patsey had done her faithful all may be accorded the same treatment
sulting in the death of John McGon- in the last six months.
huddled
about
the
door
to
lift
the
corpse
Dare rode upoii an improvised pillion best to brighten them with feathery as­ in transportation, and that the tyranny
igie, of Portland, fireman, and A. N,
to
the
long
table
at
one
side.
behind her lover when the steep hill paragus, sprays of scarlet trumpet vine of political power, now exercised by
An
Flection
Lynching.
Toy, a brakeman. Five others were
One came forward readily enough. road did not make it necessary for both and white August lilies.
the great railroad corporations, which
The state election oaused a murder
seriously injured. The collision was
Stretched helpless upon a rich faded result in the impairment, if not the
to dismount.’ They said little, those two.
due to a conductor’s carelessness in and lynching at Mount Junction, Ga. The other hung back, whispering:
couch,
Major
Overton
looked
through
“Wait, wait! 'Don’t ye know light­ The silence of overful hearts iay between
destruction of the political rights and
Gus Williams, Populist (negro), struck
mislaying his papers and orders.
ning’ll strike ye if ye try to move a dead them. But Major Overton talked and tears at the last of his line, given thus personal liberty of the citizen may be
Cases of poisoning from eating a ticket out of a Democratic negro man while it’s thunderin this way?”
smiled with his-friendly lawyers in a at his own wish into the keeping of her destroyed. Such ownership is to be
THE ‘KING OF BELLS.
smoked whitefish continue to be re} voter’s hand. The Democratic negro
I hereditary enemy. But they were not accomplished gradually in a manner
Truly the rush and roar of wind, rain, fashion none had ever seen before.
struck
Williams
for
his
insolence,
and
ported from Wisconsin. At Merrill;
I
bitter
tears.
Though
Dare
’
s
eyes
were
thunder,
were
appalling.
The
windows
“Oh, for an hour of Hawkins now!”
at one time. In fact, its cavity has
in* that state, Albert Radloff and an­ Williams fired at his assailant, but of heaven seemed to be open, the eternal Hildreth said to Vance as they found modestly downcast, happy blushes chased consistent With sound publio policy.
Second—The interest of the United been used as a chapel, It was cast as
other man died of-poisoning. Twenty- missed his aim and Bhot and instantly hills to be cracking about their ears! themselves nearly at the outer edge of one the other eloquently over her face.
long ago as 1730, and the great gap
five cases in all are reported from that killed Engineer Middleton, of the Cen­ Still Vance bent above the dead man, the iron land.
I Allen’s countenance said even more States in the public highways built in its side was made soon after the
with
public
moneys
and
the
proceeds
tral
railway,
who
was
an
onlooker.
town. Twenty additional cases are re­
looking almost in pity at the face, so
“You will hardly ever enjoy it, I plainly that he had come through storm of extensive grants of land to the Pa­ mass of metal cooled, This fracture
ported from Brotherton, on the east Bystanders took Williams and lynched white, so stir less,, so goodly. Two or
to his heart’s dear desire.
was due to a flaw made, it is believed,
fear,
” Vance returned. “Plague on that and “I stress
him
and
riddled
his
body
with
bullets.
shore of Lake Winnebago,.' some of
pronounce you man and wife.' cific railroads should never have been by the jewelry, coin and precious metal
three'others came forward and made to storm! But for it I meant to try to
alienated, mortgaged or sold, but
whom cannot recover. Milwaukee has
|
What
God
hath
joined
together,
let
no
lift the poor clay from the floor, where get at him before lie learned the miscar­
Wheat is Advancing«
thrown into the liquid by the ladies
also received her share, and fifty peo­
man put asunder, ” the minister said guarded and protected for the general of the city. The piece which fell out
Manitoba wheat is advancing daily. it lay so inert.
riage
of
his
scheme.
As
it
is,
he
has
no
welfare
as
provided
by
the
laws
organ
ple have been poisoned in Oshkosh. At some points where competition is
sonorously. And with one thought the
Slowly, slowly they raised it, laid it
The news is causing a panic' among unusually keen as high as 67 oents has fair and straight. Before a hand fell to doubt heard it in time to quit the coun­ I wedded pair turned from him to kneel izing such railroads. The foreclosure weighed eleven tons, and this accident
try.
”
fish eaters and dealers.
in front of Major Overton and bow their of existing liens of the United States practically ruined the work. Through
been paid to the farmer, while 60 oents the side there came straight overhead
“Do you think so?” Hildreth asked, I heads for his blessing.
on these roads should at once follow the aperture thus left a tall man may
For the third time in six months the is now the general prioe for No. 1 hard ah appalling flash,' a deafening noise. with an odd smile. “Man alive, there
without stooping. In the tower
He had seemed' past speech and mo- default in the payment thereof by the pass
The old house shook and quivered, groan­ is no think about it. Hawkins is as far
Sonora stage has been held up, near throughout the province.
near
it hang not less than thirty-six
debtor
companies,
and
at
the
fore
­
ing through all its timbers as its big. from being a^gg? as from being an hon­ i tion, but with a last flash of the will closure sales of said roads the govern- ■ bells, two of which are silver; -The
Cloudman, Cal. Two masked men
I that had never quailed he half raised
Ten Were Drowned.
stone chimney toppled half to earth.
suddenly appeared on either side of the
est man.
—why,- it’s a hang­ I himself, laid his hand on Dare’s head ment should purohase the same, if it largest in the tower weighs 130,000'
“Tkuowed it.
I told ye; but ye' ing matter with the proofs we have. ’ ’
tn a collisra^^etweerwtnevteSners
road and covering with shotguns the
and said, with clear distinctness, “God I becomes necessry, to protect its inter- pounds.
driver, ordered him to ‘ ‘hold up. ’ ’ He Alexander and Emden, on the Ham­ didn’t believe it, ’ ’ said the man who had
“No doubt, if we don’t use them,”
was then ordered to throw out the mail burg, near Hull, the former sank, shrunk from laying hands on the dead Hildreth said. “You forget he had a I bless my children and keep their hearts | ests, or if they can be purchased at a
a Germantown barber, had just fin­
i reasonable price, and the government
man. The rest stood silent, in awed ex­ partner in all this—one, too, who will full of love.”
sacks and told to drive on. The mail drowning ten of the crew.
“Amen!” said the minister, and every shall operate said railroads as public ished lathering his best customer’s face
pectance of they knew not what. It make it possible for him to go scot
saoks were rifled of registered letters
listener only echoed it. Then a solemn highways for the benefit of the whole the other day when the door gently
A Lightship Founders.
might be even a deadlier flash. But the free. ”
and left on the road where they were
hush fell on them all, for the old face; people, and not in the interest of the opened and a mild looking man with
subsequently-found by the postmaster
It is reported in Queenstown that the storm king had done his worst. Very
“Do you mean—it cannot be Mrs.
few, under suitable provisions for pro­ pink whiskers entered the shop. “My
of Cloudman. The amount secured by Daunt’s rock lightship, having on shortly the wind sobbed itself out;, the Townley?
” Vance said.
tection of life and property, giving to friend, ” he inquired, “do you use gas?”
the robbers is unsown, but is believed board a crew of eight men, has foun­ rain ceased; the thunder drew away to
Major Overton leaned from his saddle
all the transportation interests equal Naturally inferring that the question
the river valley. As the east reddened
to have been large.
dered.
to say very low:
privileges and equal rates for fares and implied' a doubt as-to his ability to re­
for
dawn,
stars
were
peeping
in
the
sky
There has been a run on the society
“Gentlemen, good friends,, please for­
move the hirsute adornment of the face
The Borland’s Crew.
freights.
through veils of lacy mist
known as the Cnida Economica in Rio
Third—We denounce the present in­ without recourse to anaesthetics, the
“Thank God and my friends for day­ get that—that you have spoken. What­
Captain Anderson and 20 other un­
de Janneiro. The funds of the society
ever we may know, Dare has no suspi­
famous sohemes for refunding the said barber arose in his wrath and smote the
are guaranteed by the government, but fortunate men, composing the orew of light! I never thought to see it again,” cion of the treachery of her own blood.
debts, and demand that the laws now stranger sore. When finally separated,
Major
Overton
said
fervently,
his
hand
the
ill-fated
bark
James
A.
Borland,
numerous persons withdrew their de­
■Pray do not make it necessary that she
applicable
thereto be executed and ad­ the man with the pink whiskers emerged
on
Dare
’
s
shoulder.
Suddenly
Vance
posits. Coffee producers and export­ arrived in San Franciso on the Alaska
■should be saddened with such knowl­
ministered
according to their true in­ from .the fray with a battered face, and
gave
a
sharp,
low
cry.
He
stood
at
the
ers are greatly alarmed at the falling Packers’ Association steamer Afnogak,
edge”
the floor was strewn with gas burners.
tent and spirit.
prices in Europe. The agricultural which came in from Port Townsend. room’s end, critically contemplating the
“Agreed, on bhe condition, major—
Fourth—The telegraph, like the post­ “You didn’t give me a chance to fin­
congress in San Paulo proposed the The Borland went on the rooks while lightning’s work. As the rest turned to that you; let us settle with Hawkins. He
office system, being a necessity for the ish,” he sadly remarked as he wiped
foundation of »bank for the needs of trying to make the harbor at Tugidek look he darted across the wide hearth, is not the man a gentleman can touch.
caught
something
that
lay
amid
the
transaction of news, should be owned his face with a bandanna handkerchief.
island,
Alaska,
September
10.
The
the rural depositors. Foreign capital,
I know you want to shoot him, but that
masses
of
loosened
rock,
waved
it
in
and operated by the government in the “Iam introducing a new gas burner on
it is said, can be procured to open vessel and cargo, consisting of 30,000 front of them, crying out:
would result in some awkward explana­
the market, with a patent tip, and I
interest of the people.
such an institution, and immediate oases of salmon, were a total loss, but
“The record, the record! Major, no tions,” Vance said, laying a hand on “God bless my children and keep their
thought perhaps you would like to try
all the members of the orew escaped.
steps will be taken to start it.
Land.
matter who saved your life, I have as Major Overton’s arm. Still Hildreth
some. ” In his contriteness of spirit, the
hearts fullof love."
smiled queerly, Looking a little over his the old eyes,, were radiant; a smile lay
Secretary Herbert has awarded the
good as found your fortune. ”
First—The true policy demands that barber bought two dozen.—Philadelphia
A
Terrible
Fire.
contract for building one of the 30-knot
There indeed was the missing volume, shoulder to where Allen and Dare walk­ about the parted lips, through whioh the national and state legislation shall Record.
torpedo-boats (the largest, of 250 tons),
Information from Guayaquil, Ecua­ released by the lightning stroke from ed in blissful company. At last he said: came the swiftly shortening breath. be such as will ultimately enable
It Fooled the Dog.
“Major, here we are at the back side Outside a thrush began singing loud and every prudent and industrious citizen
to the Union iorn works, San Francis­ dor, states that it is estimated 20,000 , its 50 years’ entombment.
“Open it quick, quick,” Major Over- of Exeter. I move that we go in and dear. The wind dropped. A vagrant to secure a home, and therefore the
In a New York restaurant, where an
co, and the contract for two smaller people are deprived of their homes by
30-knot boats, upon the plans projected destructive fires, which occurred there. ton almost shouted. Vance hurriedly breakfast with Mrs. Townley, or without sun ray slipped into the room. It fell land should not be monopolized for orchestra plays during the evening din­
by the French builder, Normand, to The losses to foreign companies are turned leaf after leaf, then silently held her.” ;\
on Dare’s head as she stood too rapt for speculative purposes. All lands now ner hour, one of the numbers recently
Major Overton sat up very straight, tears, her eyes full upon the dying face; held by railways and other corporations was accompanied by a novel imitation
the Bath iron works, of Maine, as rec­ placed at over $2,000,000. The custom­ the book before the oíd man’s eyes.
Then a fine hubbub broke out, for saying: ‘ ‘Excuse me, sir. I cannot break Before it mounted to the wall the gasp­ in excess of their actual needs should, of a feline Romeo serenading his Juliet.
ommended originally by the heads of house and its oontents were destroyed,
bureaus of construction andj steam en­ among other buildings. It is estimated there, plain to view, undisputed, indis­ bread there The sight of that wom­ ing breath was done. Francis Overton by lawful means, be reclaimed by the This so excited the feelings of the pro­
gineering.
the amount of the loss will reach as putable, the Overton claim was fully an”——
slept with his fathers. He had won a government and held for actual settlers prietor’s fox terrier, which was tied in
“Major, I ask itas a personal favor,” lifelong fight, and the hour that brought only, and private land monopoly, as the cellar, that it set up a terrific bark­
A nickel-in-the-slot maohine, which high as £6,000,000. The insurance confirmed upon those yellow pages.
“How on earth did it ever get here?” Hildreth interrupted. Vance looked at viotory found also death.
takes an X-ray photograph of any ob­ amounts to £500,000.
Thousands of
well as alien ownership, should be pro­ ing and could not be quieted for an
hour. The musician who imitated the
him hard.
ject you ohoose, for the modest sum of persons are left homeless by the confla­ asked Hildreth.
hibited.
THE END.
Major Overton thought a minute, then
five cents, has been invented by a resi­ gration. The fire is believed to have
“In that case I have no choice after
Second—We condemn the frauds by cat was vastly pleased, and all the cus­
•aiielowlxt
-
- - . - - - -
R«tmight.’.’ Major Overton said, with a
dent of Hartford, Conn.
been incendiary.
which the land grants to Paoific rail- tomers seemed greatly amused.
Scio Weekly Press.
Thousands Are Homeless.
n
"1 remember now. They were build­
ing this chimney when the first hint
came that- our* title was in dispute.
Bruce Stirling.n£> doubt-stole the book
and gave it to old Ike to hide for him.
Ike as a conjure inan easily terrified the
black chimney builders into putting it
here. No doubt it was in a sort of niche,
where, if need were, it could have been
reclaimed. Dare was right. That ac­
counts for the pith. Jincey knew and
all these years has come here to gloat
over her secret!1
“She repented at last. See what she
gave me,” Daresaid, laying in the law­
yer’s hands the papers from the bottom
of the chest After one glance he said:
“The day ofimiracles is not past, ma­
jor. With the deeds, the record, our case
is won. You, Miss Dare, are the greatest
heiress in .the state. ”
Allen Fauntleroy came forward, hold­
ing out a hand to the- major and to his
granddaughter? Both were eagerly
clasped, though Dare drew her hand
quickly-away, noting that it bore yet the
stain of RoyalyUeve’s blood.
“Heaven only knows how glad I am
that this wrong is righted at last; that
after so many,? many years you are to
come into your own, ” Allen said, look­
ing full into theold man’s humid eyes.
Major Overtofifhalf turned away his
head, saying: 4
“Sir, in the presence of death we for­
get much, very much. I am an old, old
man; you just upon the threshold. Into
I your hands I commit both the fortune