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BETRAYED
A. DARK MARRIAGE
MORN.
A Romance of Love, Intrigue and
Crime.
BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON.
CHAPTER XXIV—(ContinuedA
Re thought it bad tasto in Clara not to
have maintained longer the high ideal his
lanocence had created for her.
Nevertheless, when he approached her
house, nnd had tho presentiment of her
approving pres.nee, he was troubled,
llonbt and unxiety nasaiied bim.
When he saw throngh tho trees the
win ’ow of herreom hia heart throbbed so
violently that ho h d to sit down'on tho
root of a tree for a moment.
"I love her like a madman!" he mur
mured. Then, leaping up suddenly, he
exclaimed: “But she is only' a woman
after all. I shall go on.”
For tho fir t lime Clara received him
in hor own apnitment. She was sitting
in an arm-chair, and, contrary to her
custom, had no work in her hands.
She appeared calm, though two livid
circl. s surrounded her eyes. She hud
evidently suffered mu-li, and wept much.
On seeing this dear faco worn aud hag
gard with grief, Leland forgot the neat
yhta-es he had prepared for his entrance.
He forgot all except that he really adored
) er.
He advanced hastily toward her, seized
iu his two hands those of the young lady,
and without spoaking intenogated her
eye < with tenderness aud profound pity.
“It is nothin?,” she said, withdrawing
her haul and bonding her pcle face
gently; “I am better; X may even be
happy, if yon wish it.”
There was iu the smile, tho look and
tho accent of Clara Denton something
indefinable, which froze the 'blood of
Leland.
He felt confusedly that f he loved him,
an 1 yet was lost to him; that he had be
fore him a species of being ho did not
understand, and that this woman, sad
dened, broken, and lost by love, yet loved
something else in th s world bolter oven
than that love.
She maclo him a slight sign which he
obeyed like a child, and he sat down be
side her.
“Mr. Leland,” she said, in a voice trem-
u'oue at first, but which grew stronger as
she proceeded, “I hear 1 you last higlit—
perha) s with a little too much patience.
I shall now, in return, ask from you tho
same kindness. You havo told me that
you love me; and I nvow frankly that X
entertain a warm affection for you. Such
being the ca-o, we must either separato
forever, or unite ourselvos by the only tie
worthy of us Loth. To part would affect
me much, nnd I also believe it Would oc
casion grief to you. To unite ourselves
—for my own part I would be willing to
give you my life; but I cannot do it, I
cannot wed you without mauifest folly.
You are joimge. thair I am, I think."
Then hurriedly:
“But there is another reason. I do not
belong to myself. I belong to my daugh
ter, to my family, to my past. In giving
np my name for yours I would wound—X
would cruelly wound all the friends who
surround me, and, I believe, sorao who
exist no longer.
“Well, sir," she continued, after a mo
ment’s hesitation, “X have discovered a
way by which wo may avoid breaking off
su intimacy so pleasant and sweet to
both of us—in fact, to make it closer, if
anything. My propoa l may surprise
you, but have tho k ndness to think over
it, and do not say no at once."
She glanced at him, and was terrified
at the pallor which overspread his faoo.
She gent'y took his hand and said:
“Listen pationtly. ”
“Speak on,"he muttered, hoarsely.
“Mr. Leland," she continued, with hei
angelic smile, “you havo seen and nd-
m red my heart’s darling—my friend and
companion, Mildred Lester. You know
how much she is to me. Since she fir-t
camo to us I have learned to lovehorwith
all my heart. She is more than a friend
— more than a sister to me. Having
watched ovi r he: n long aud constantly,
I havo all a mother’s feeling nnd affec
tion for her. She is, sho must ever Le
the same to mo as my own child. ,S’he is
beautiful—far more Deautiful than I am,
and since she has wholly recovered her
physical health, her mind lias developed
with marvelous rapidity; and although a
portion of her life is yet a blank, in edu
cation and refinement she is the peer of
any lady in tho land. Warren Leland, I
desire you to make Mildred I.ester your
wife!”
Iceland started abruptly to bis feet and
seized the woman be the wiist; casting a
searching look into her eyes. Then, as
he realized the full purport of her words,
he sank back ns one thunderstruck.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE LINES DRAWING NEARER.
Clara Denton regarded her companion
anxiously for a moment, and then said:
“1 swear to you that I shall be very
happy if you only tell me you will con
sent to what I have proposed.”
S* His answer, when it came, was an im
patient exclamation of irony and anger.
Then ho said:
“Ygn will pardon me, madam, if so
sudden a change in my sentiments can
not Re as prompt as you wish.”
Bhe blushed slightly.
"l’os,” sho said, with a faiut smile, “I
can understsn 1 hoW yon feel alout it at
this moment; but try to familiarize your
self with the idea, try to look upon me
as her elder sister—her ir.o hor, if you
will, and all may yet come right, and—
*ud wo miv be very happy soon.”
The sonl of Leland was a perverted,
not a base one, and was suddenly touched
at this woman’s heroism. He rendered
itthe greatest homage he could pay, foi
his eyes suddenly filled with tears.
She observed it, for she wa'ched with
an anxious eye the slightest impression
ahe produced upon him. So she con
tinued more cheerfully:
• “And Wei Mr. Lei and. how this will set-
t’o eve!" -jug. In this way we can con-
’’a n “ ' _6 each other without danger,
J • will be *U
" vm sentiments will
in ^Snaony with our new
'IlYepcWoui future prospects,
also be mine, will
r fewer obstacles, because I
K ash them more openly, without re-
!ing to my f .ther w hat ought to remain
secret between ns two.
“He thinks the world of Mildred, and 1
can let him suspect my hopes, and that
till enlist him in your service. Above
Ijj. I repeat to yon that this will insure
» hnppines8. Will you thus accept the
Blali.ir affection I offer?”
inland, by a powerful effort of will,
h&ttecovered his self-control.
*j»rdon me, Mrs. Denton,” he said,
with a faint smile, “hut this is all se sntL
Jen and strange.” Then abrnptly:
"But who is Mildred Lester? You have
oever told mo, and once you promised to
io so.”
“She is an orphan, of good parentage,
and has but one relative in the world, a
brother, who is now traveling. To all in
puts and purposes, my father is he:
guardian and protector.”'
“She came to you under peculiar cir.
nnmstances, I believe?”
“Yes, she was traveling with her broth
er, and was seriously injured in the great
railway accident at Cos Cob. He brought
her here, and hired the little cottage be
longing to ns on the lower road, but soon
consented to her being taken into om
own family.”
“Her injuries affected her mind to s
certain extent?”
“They nffected her memory. For a long
time al ter the fever left her, all her past
! life was a blank; but by 1 ttle and little
certain things havo come hack to her,
and aga'u, other thincs have rushed upon
her memoiy like a great awakening, as,
for instance, her mnsical and other ac
complishments. Still, she cannot recall
her parents, nor any dear friends, not
even her brother, and there is yet a wide
gap in her past life.”
“It is very singular,” mused Leland.
“And yet not without a parallel," s .id
Clara. “I have been informing myself on
the subject, and havo found many cases
quite similar.”
“Generally speaking, her mind seems
very bright,” remarked the gentleman.
“Unusually so; she has a thirst for
knowledge, and seems to comprehend, as
by intuition, everything she hears and
reads. ”
“And now you have told me all you
know about her?”
“Yes, except what you already know,
that she is the dearest, the best girl iu all
tho world.”
“And, seriously, you wish me to marry
her?”
“Y'es, it is the one great wish of my
heart. ”
“But pardon me, dear madam. .What
is it you ask of me? Do you yourself
fully comprehend? Have you reflected
well oath s? Can either of us contract,
without impmdeuco, an engagement of
such a delicate nature?”
“I dem nd no positive engagement of
you at this time,’’ she replied, “for I feel
that would be unreasonable. You must
be fully satisfied abo.it Mildred first, of
course. But if you give me any encour
agement at all, this is what I propose:
You shall secure us respectable quarters
in New York, convenient to some great
physician—a specialist, and we will re-
iuovo there with the least possible delay;
ami whatever can be done to restore her
completely to hor former self shall be
done.
“I believe—I almost know she loves
you already, and if you marry her I am
convinced she will make you an excellent
wife. Th nk—do think, Mr. Leland; she
is so much to me, I love her better than
a sister, I regard her—I love her as though
she were my own child.”
Still Leland did not speak.
“ Well, take time to think over it,” she
went on, “and return to give me your de
cision, should it be favorable. If not,
must bid eac.'.i other adieu.”
s. Denton,” said Leland, rising and
standing before her, “I will promise
never to address a word to you which a
dear brother might not utter to a sister,
or a son to his mother. Is it not this
which you demand?”
Clara Denton fixed upon him for an in
stant her beautiful eyes, full of joy and
gratitude, then suddenly covered her
faco with her two hands.
“Thinks,” she murmured; “you are so
good! I am very happy?”
She extended her hand, wet with her
tears, which he took and pressed to his
lips, bowed low, and left the room.
If there ever was a moment in his fatal
career when tho young man was worthy
of admiration, it was this.
His love for Clar i Denton, however un
worthy of her it might he, wa3, neverthe
less, great. It was the only true passion
Ik had ever felt.
At the moment when he saw this love,
the triumph of which he thought certain,
escape him forever, he was not only
wounded in his pride but was crushed in
his heart. Yet he took the stroke like a
gen'loman.
His agony was well borne. His first
bitter words, checked at once, alone be
trayed what he suffered.
He was us pitiless for his own sorrows
as he sought to be for those of others.
He indulged in none of the common in
justice hatitual to discarded lovers.
He recognized the decision of Mrs. Den
ton as true anil final, and was not tempt
ed for a moment to mistake it for one of
those equivocal arrangements by which
women sometimes deceive themselves,
and of which men always take advan
tage.
He saw that the sacred refuge he had
sought was inviolable.
He neither argued nor protested against
her resolve, lie submitted to it, and
nobly kissed the hand wbich. smote him.
As to the miracle of courage, chastity,
aud faith by which Clara Denton had
transformed and purified her love, fie
cared not to dwell upon it.
This example, which opened to his view
ft divae sonl naked, so to speak, destroy
ed hit, theories.
One word which escaped him, while
passing to his own house, proved the
judgment which he passed upon it from
his own point of view.
“Very childish,” he muttered, “but sub
lime!”
On returning home, Leland found a
letter from his father notifying him of
his sister’s marriage with Eugene Cleve
land, which was to take place in a few
da - s, and requesting him to come to Now
Y’ork without delay.
The marriage was to be strictly private,
with only the family to assist at it.
Leland did not regret this hasty sum.
mens, as it gav? him tue excuse ior some
diversion in his thoughts, of which he
felt the need.
He was greatly tempted to leave at once,
to diminish his sufferings, but conquered'
this weakness.
The next evening he passed at Nathan
Metcalf's, and, though his heart was
bleeding, piqued himself on presenting
an unclouded brow and an inscrutable
smile to Clara.
He announced his speedy departure,
»nd explained the reason.
“You will present my best wishes to
your family,” said Mr. Metcalf, "and es
pecially to’ your sister; I hope she may
be happy.”
Thanks, sir; I shall bear your good
wishes with pleasure.”
As for Clara, to tell of all tho delicate
attentions and exquisite delicacies that
the tender female spirit knows so well
how to apply to heal the wounds it has
inflicted, how gracefully she glided into
her maternal and sisterly relations with
Leland—to tell all this would require a
pen wielded by her own soft hands.
At parting, and while for a moment
they were alone together in the hall, she
reminded him that he was to secure
quarters for herself aud Mildred in New
York.
He assured her that he would not for
get, and then, with a gentle pressure oi
the hand, departed.
The *ext day he left Boxbury fir the
great city. „
Ono week later, Clara Denton end Mil
dred Lester were estibl shed in comfort
able quarters ou Madison avenue, only
one block away from the palutiai man
sion which sheltered the guilty kead
Cora Elliston.
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CHAPTER XXVI. '%sa-
THE EEflttE MOVES.
The Hoa. Sherwood Elliston remained
in New 1'ork for some days. At the
formal request of his nephew, he called
upon his old friend Sidney Leland, and
demanded for Eugene his daughter'
hand, at the same_ time assuring the
banker that he charged himself with the
future of the ? oung couple.
In secret, Floral Leland had long ad
mired, and of late had learned to love,
Eugene Cleveland. Her happiness, then,
when she heard her father's announce
ment after dinner that day, mRy be im
agined, but can hardly be described.
Indeed, it would be painful to dwell on
the joy she felt, and her only regret was
that Eugene had not come to her in per
son to press bis suit.
But Eugene had not the heart to do so,
He remained at his counting-room all
the morning, and only called at the Le
lands’ when he had learned that his over
turn was accepted.
Once having resolved on this monstrous
notions, the worst part of which he did
not himself know, ne was determined to
carry it through in tne most correct man
ner, and by thii time he was master of all
those arts.
After he had withdrawn, Flora flew to
her mother, wlo, believing in Cleveland
shared her happiness, and they sat to
gether a longtime, hand.clasped in hand
looking out upon the garden, dimly seen
by the soft light of the stars, the daughter
blessing her mother, her friends, every
body, aud tne mother thanking God; both
mingling their hearts, their dreams, their
kis-os, aud their tears—happier, pool
women, than iB permitted long to human
beings under the heavens.
Tho marriage took place the ensure
month. Senator Elliston was present, and
when he returned to Washington this
time he was accompanied by his wife.
At the earnest request of his bride
parents, Eugene took up his residence
with them, aud Warren Lelaml still had
o suite of apartments in the same stately
aud commodious manion.
His political campaignhad now opened,
aud he was very busy, visiting Boxbury
or some other town iu the Congressional
district every day; but in order to be
near Mrs. Denton, and particularly Mi
dred Lester, iu whom—must we confess it?
—he was beginniug to feel a rapidly grow
ing interest, he spout most of his nights
in New York.
Finding presently that he could not at
tend to all his correspondence alone, he
beg in to look about him for a private sec
retary, aud soou one presented himseli
and was promptly engaged.
It was— Osc ir Slyme!
The extraordinary session of CongTess
that commanded the presence of Senator
Elliston in Washington was still drag
ging its weary length along.
Cora endured it for somo time, and
then, informing her husband that it was
necessary for her to visit New York,
promptly returned to that city.
A few days later Oscar Slyme threw up
his situation and followed hor.
Tho next day after his arrival he was
installed as Warren Leland’s private sec
retary.
He lived in the same house with them
He came early in tho morning, aftei
breakfast, passed the day in Warren’:
private room, and often dined with them,
if he had work to finish in the evening.
Instinctively, Flora disliked him from
the firs;.
“His name is a bad one to begin with,
she said.
“Y r es,” rejoined her mother; “but the
man himself is a good enough creature,
except that I somewhat dislike his cat
like style of looking at one. ’’
“I don’t like him,” reiterated Flora.
“He has such a peculiar pride, or perhaps
I should say insufferable vanity. Bnt his
great f-iult, in my eyes, is tho scoffing
tone be adopts when the subject is reli;
ion or morals.”
Eugene entered the room in time to
catch his wifo’s 1 ist remark. lie said
nothing at the time; but that day. while
they wero dining, Slyme allowed himself
to indulge iu a rather violent tirade 'of
this description. It was doubtless con
trary to all good taste.
“My de ir Slyme,” said Eugene, quietly
and yet ironcally. “to me, and perhaps
Mr. Ireland, these pleasantries of jours
are indifferent; but pray remember that
While you are a strong-minded man, my
wife is a weak-minded woman; and
strength, you know, should respect weak-
Oscar Slyme firet grew white, then red
and finally green. He arose, bowed
awkardlv, and immediately afterward left
the table.
The moment he was gone, Flora said
to her brother.
You may think me indiscreet, but
pray let me ask you a question. How can
you confide all your affairs and all youi
secrets to a man who professes to have no
principles?”
Warren laughed.
“Oh, he talks thus out c£ bTaVSuo.” h«
answered. “He thinks to make himself
more interesting in your eyes by these
Mephistophelean airs. At bottom he is a
good fellow.
But,” objected Flora, “he has faith in
nothing."
Not iu much, I believe. Yet he would
not deceive me. He is an honorable
man. ”
Flora opened her eyes wide at this.
“Well,” said her brother, with an amused
look, “what is the matter. Flo?”
“What is this honor you speak of?”
"Let me ask you, sis,” he replied.
“Great heavens!” she cried, blushing
deeply, “I know but little of it, but it
seems to me that honor separated from
morality is no great thin:;; and morality
without religion is nothing. They all
constitute a chain. Honor hangs to th«
last link, like a flower; but if the chain
be broken, honor falls with the rest.”
Her husband, who heretofore had re
mained silent, looked at her with strange
eyes, as though he were not only con
founded but disquieted by her philoso
phy. Then he gave a deep sigh, and ris
ing, said:
“Very neat, that definition—very neat.
“Y’es, by Jove!” exclaimed her brother,
"I didn’t know Flo had so much in her!”
That night, at the opera, Eugene was
very attent ve to his wife. Cora accom
panied them; and at parting, Flora begged
her to call for her next day in passing to
Broadway and Twenty-third street, on a
shopping expedition, for this magnifi
cent woman was her idol, and she loved
to be with her.
On their return home Eugene remained
silent, contrary to h is custom.
Suddenly he said, brusquely:
“Flora, are you going out shopping
with Mrs. Elliston to-morrow?” •
“Y'es."
“But you see her often, it seems to me
—morning and evening. Y'ou are always
with her.
“Heavens! I do it to be agreeable to you.
Is not Mrs. Elliston a good associate?”
"Excellent; only in general I do not
alvertise
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admf,'i female ftfend»Mfs, Bfit I 4iJ
wrong to speak to you on this subject.
You h ive wit and d scretion enough to
prese.ve the proper limits.”
For some time after her marriage
Flora was quite happy, but gradually she
became lees so; for the first enthnsiasm
and first illusions of marriage could not
for long deceive a spirit as quick and
acute as hers.
A young girl who marries is easily de
ceived by the show of an affection of
which she is the object.
It is rare that she dees not adore her
husband, and believa she is adored by
him, simply because he has married her.
The young heart opens spontaneously
and diffuses its delicate perfume of love
and its soft songs of tenderness; and
enveloped in this heavenly cloud all
around it is love.
But little by little it frees itself, and,
too often, recognizes that this delicious
harmony and intoxicating atmosphere
which charmed it came only from itself.
Thus was it here; as far as the pen can
render the shadows of a female soul.
Such were tho impre sions which, day
after day, penetrated tho very soul of
poor little Flo.
It was nothing more than this, but this
was everything to her.
The idea of being betrayed by her bus-
band, and that, too. with cruel’ premedi
tation, had never risen to torture her soul.
But, beyond certain delicate attentions,
she felt herself disdained anl slu-hted.
Marriage had not changed Eugene's
habits; he dined at home, instead of at a
restaurant or hotel, that was all.
She believed herself loved, however,
b t with a lightness that was almost
offensive.
Yet, though she was sometimes sad and
nearly in tears, you could see that she
did not despair, and that this valiant lit
tle heart attached it6elf with intrepid
confidence to all the happy chances the
future might havo in store ror it.
Eugene continued very indifferent, as
one may readily comprehend, to the agi
tation which tormeuted this young heart,
bnt which never occurred to him for a
moment.
For himself, strange as it may appear,
he was happy enough.
This marriage had been a painful step
to take; bnt once confirmed in his sin, he
became reconciled to it.
But his conscience, seared as it was,
had soma living fibers in it; anil he
would not have failed in the duty he
thought he owed to his wife.
These sentiments were composed of a
sort of in difference blended with pity.
He was vaguely sorry for ihe poor girl,
whose existence wa3 absorbed and de
stroyed between those of two beings of
nature superior to her own, and the fate
to which she was condemned.
He resolved never to neglect anything
that might extenuate its rigor; bnt he be
longed. nevertlieless, more than ever sole
ly to the passion which was the supreme
rime of his life.
For his intrigue with Cora Elliston,
constantly excited by mystery and danger
and conducted with profound address by
a woman whose cunning was equal to her
beauty, con'iuued as strong, after months
of enjoyment, r-s at first.
The gracious courtesy of Eugene, on
which he piqued himself, as regarded his
wife, had its limits, as Flora perceivod
whenever she attempted to abuse it.
Thus, ou sever.il occasions, she de
clined receiving company, on the ground
of indisposition, hoping her husband
would not abandon her to her soLtude.
She was in error.
Eugene gave her, in reality, under these
circumstances, n tete-a-teto of a few mo
ments after dinner; but later he would
leave her with perfect tranquil] ty.
Perhaps iu an hour she would receive
a packet of bonbons, or a pretty basket
of choice fruit, that would permit her to
pass the evening as best she might.
These little gifts she sometimes shared
wilh her mother, sometimes with Slyme,
her brother’s secretary.
Slyine, for whom she had at first con
ceived an aversion, was gradually gett uj
into her good i races.
In the absence of Eugene, she always
found him at h nd, and referred to him
for many little details, such as addresses,
invitations, the selection of books, and
the purchase of pictures
From this came a certain familiarity;
Bhe began to call him Slyme, or friend
Slyme, while he zealously performed all
her little commissions.
lie manifested for her a great deal of
respectful attention, and even refrained
from indulging in the skeptical sneers
which he knew displeased hor.
Happy to witness this reform and to
testify her gratitude, she invited him to
remain on two or three evenings when ho
came to her rooms to take his leave, acd
talked with him of books an l the thea
ters.
Being indisposed for somo little time,
Eugene passed the fir.-t two even ngs with
her until nine o’clock. But this effort
fatigued him, and the poor woman who
had nlre >dy erec-ed au edifico for the fu
ture on this frail basis had the mortifica
tion of observing that on the ihird even
ing he hail resumed his bachelor habits.
This was a great blow to her, and her
Badness became greater than it had been
up to that time—so much so. in fact, that
solitude was almost unbearable.
Unfortunately, her father and mother
were away, and in the intervals she adopt
ed the habit of ret lining Slyme, or even
sending for him. Eugene bin self, three-
fourths of the time, would bring him in
before going out in the evenin'/.
I bring you Slyme, my dear,” he would
say, “aud a good author. Y'ou can read
him together."
But Slyme, whenever he looked at her,
wore such a sympathetic air and seemed
so mortified when she did not iuv.te him
to stay, that, even when wearied of him,
she frequently did so.
About the end of the month Slyme wag
alone with Flora about ten o’clock in the
evening. They were reading “Faust,
which she had never before heard. This
reading seemed to interest the lady more
than usual, and with her eyes fixed on the
reading, she li-terred with rapt attention.
. She was not alone fascinated by the
work, bnt, as is frequently the case, she
traced her own history across the grand
fiction of the poet.
We all know with what strange clair
voyance a mind possessed with a fixed
idea discovers resemblances and allusions
in accidental description. Flora per
ceived without doubt some remote con
nection between her hnsband and Faust
■between herself and Marguerite—for
she could not help showing that she was
strongly agitated.
When Marguerite in prison cries out in
her agony and madness, a blending of
confused sentiments, of powerful sym
pathies, of vague apprehension, suddenly
sized on her breast. One can scarcely
imagine their force—to the verge of dis-
iracting her.
Stro tfarned on the lounge and closed
her beautiful eyes, as if to keep back the
ears which rolled under the fringe of
her beautiful lashes.
At this moment Slyme cased to read.
Jropped his book, sighed profoundly, and
tared for a moment.
Then be threw himself at Flora's feet,
:ook her hrnd, and said with a tragic
sigh:
"Poor angel!”
[TO SS CONTINUED.]
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS
The House aid Senate Called to Order
in Regular Session.
Daily Summary of Routine Business iu
th$ Two Houses.
WHOLESALE MURDER.
3Iau Kills His Family of Seven to
Keep Them from Freezing.
A dispatch from Oklahoma, O. T. r
says that seven persons were found
dead in a house there. It is reported
that their throats were cut and that
the father of the victims left a note
saying that he had murdered hisfamily
to keep them from freezing to death,
adding that he would commit suioide.
The dispatch says that twenty persona
had frozen to death in Oklahoma,
THE DOUSE.
Fbiday, Feb, 9.—The tangle grow
ing out of the error in. an important
roll-call, by which the house Thursday
went into committee of the whole on
the Bland bill, opened the proceedings
in the house Friday morning. Mr.
Babcock, of Wisconsin, explained that"
he had not voted upon that • roll-call,
and Mr. Tracy and Mr. Reed attempt
ed to make the point that this broke
the quorum and that the subsequent
proceedings of yesterday were, there
fore vitiated. It was discovered, how
ever, that Mr. Marshall, of Virginia,
and Mr. Shell of South Carolina, were
recorded as not voting, and as their
votes would complete the quorum, no
further objection to the approval of
the journal was made. At 12:2
o’clock Mr. Bland moved that the
house go into committee of the whol
to consider the silver seigniorage bill,
and it was agreed to without a divison.
Saturday, Feb. 10.—After the dis
charge of some routine business in the
house Saturday morning, Mr. Loud
asked unanimous consent that the
special order setting aside the after
noon session for eulogies on the lat:
Senator Stanford, of California, be va
eated and that Monday at 3 o’clock be
given to that purpose. The order was
made. Mr. Outhwaite briefly an
nounced the death of Representative
Houk and submitted resolutions ex
pressing the grief of the house at the
loss which congress had sustained
Tho resolutions were agreed to and the
speaker appointed the following com
mittee: Messrs. Hare, of Ohio; Sprin
ger, of Illinois; McKaig, of Maryland:
Hulick, of Ohio, and Ellis, of Oregon.
The house then, at 12:07, o’clock, ad
journed. The Houk funeral party left
Washington Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock by way of the Pennsylvania
railroad. The vice president, at Sena
tor Sherman’s instance, appointed the
following committee ou part of the
senate: Messrs. Brice, Sherman, Du-
Bois, Hunton and Martin.
Monday, Feb. 12.—In the house,
Monday morning, Mr. Breckenridge,
of Kentucky, called up the urgent de
ficiency bill. It made an appropria
tion of #50,000 for the enforcement of
the Chinese exclusion act and various
nmouuts for the payment of United
States witnesses. As there was a dis
position to debate the bill, Mr. Breck
enridge withdrew it and Mr. Heard
proceeded with District of Columbia
business, which was the' special order.
At tho request of Mr. Tucker, Mr. S.
S. Turner, the newly elected member
from the 7th Virgiuia district (to suc
ceed Governor O’Farrell) was sworn
aud took his seat.
Tuusday, Feb. 13.—The debate on
the Bland silver seignorage bill was
resumed iu the house Tuesday. Some
routine busiucss preceded it. The
speaker laid before the house the
Hawaiian message of the president,
transmitted Monday. At the request
of Mr. Burrows the eorrespondence
accompanying the message was read.
The message and correspondence were
-referred to the foreign affairs commit
tee. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, and Mr.
Bell spoke iu favor of the seignorage
bill. Mr. Bell believed that the ex
travagance of the last administration
was responsible for the financial dis
tress of the present one. Mr. Johnson,
of North Dakota, said that the bill, in
its effect, would not only destroy the
parity between gold and silver but be
tween different issues of paper money.
Wednesday, Feb. 14.—Messrs.
Quigg aud Straus, the members elect
from New York city to succeed Fellows
and Fitch, were sworn iu Wednesday
morning, although their credentials
had not- arrived. A letter from Braw-
ley was read, stating that his resigna
tion as a member of the house of rep-
resentat-ies had been forwarded to the
governor of South Carolina. Mr.
Island made au effort to limit the time
for general debate on the seignorage
bill, to reduce the time allowed
each speaker from one hour to twenty
minutes, but without success. The
bill was then taken up, and Mr. Stone
of Kentucky spoke in favor of it. Mr.
Walker, of Massachusetts, followed
Mr. Stone aud opposed the bill.
■»: “-vh» ' AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
at \V ednesday s session considered the
house bill, requiring railroad com
panies in territories to maintain sta
tions at towns established by the in
terior department.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL.
Condensed from Our Most Important
TelegrapMc Adyices
And Presented in Pointed and Reada
ble Paragraphs.
THE SENATE.
No sessions of the senate were held
Friday or Sat urday, During the breath
ing spell the senate finance committee
is rapidly perfecting the tariff bill. It
will come from the committee in a
shape in which it can pass the senate
without doubt.
Monday, Feb. 12.—Iu the senato
Monday morning, Mr. Cullom, of Illi
nois, presented a large number of pe
titions against the placing of wool on
the free list. He said that they were
signed by 30,000 wool growers owning
0,000,000 sheep, or one-seventh of all
the sheep of the United States.
Among the petitioners, he said, was
the Navajo Indian tribe, owning 1,300,-
000 sheep, on which those Indians were
substantially getting a living and be
coming independent citizens. He ex
pressed tho hope that the finance com
mittee would give the matter due at
tention. Petitions from West Virginia
against putting coal aud lumber on
the free list were presented by Mr.
Faulkner, of West Virginia. 3Ir.
Cockrell, of Missouri, presented a
memorial of the St. Louis Merchant's
exchange declaring that the present
stagnation in business is due to the
uncertainty of congressional action on
the tariff bill and praying that the
question may be settled as speedily as
possible, and he expressed his satis
faction at finding that the exchange
had recognized the egregious blunder
which had been made in putting all
of the distress last summer on the
Sherman silver purchase act.
Tuesday, Feb. 13.—A bill was re
ported by Senator Coke and passed the
senate Tuesday continuing in force the
act for the protection of fish in the
Potomac river. The senate bill making
labor day, the first Monday in Sep
tember, a legal holiday, was reported
by Mr. Kyle, from the committee on
education, and placed on file. Then
at 12:30 Senator Gray resumed argu-
inept op, the Hswaiian i’Holutioa.
Hans Ton Bulow, the distinguished
German pianist, is dead.
The full force of the storm was felt
in the New York harbor Monday
morning, where Ihe gale had full scope
for its wild rush. Incoming steamers
are doubtless getting their full share
of it off the coast.
About 220 Wearers in Wamsutta
Mill No. 6 at New Bedford, Mass., left
work Tuesday morning when notified
of a reduction in wages, to go into ef
fect Monday. The mill was to have
run on increased time.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: The
Public Ledger appeared Monday morn
ing with the name of George W.
Childs Drexel at tho head of its edito
rial columns as editor and publisher,
iu place of that of George W. Childs.
Ex-Attoruey General Charles M.
Gwinu died at Baltimore Sunday, after
a ten days’ illness. Mr. Gwinn has.
for a great many years, been the po
litical adviser of Senator Gorman and
stood closer to him thau probably any
other man.
Representatives of tho leading news
papers and news associations of the
east met in New York City Monday
and formally resolved to perfect an or
ganization for the collection of the
news of the world and its distribution
among themselves and their clients,
east, west, north and south.
Advices from London state that
though there was an uncertain tone in
the bar silver market Monday the price
made an advance of % d per ounce. At
the close of the market Saturday the
price was 29] d. Early in the morning
tho market showed a disposition to
advance and at the close the price had
reached 30id.
The southern ice exchange met at
Knoxville, Tenn., Tuesday in annual
session, but only about one hundred
and fifty members were present. Ow
ing to the large niimber cf absentees,
the exchange adjourned to April 11th,
when a meeting will be held in At
lanta. Tho officers of the exchange
will then be elected.
A cable dispatch of Tuesday from
London says: Professor Tyndall, the
expert in hypnotism, who has recently
returned from the United States, has
addressed a ietter to the home secreta
ry, Mr. Henry Asquith, asking for an
interview with Mrs.. May brick in her
prison, in order that he may try to in
duce her to consent to be hypnotized
and thus, if possible, establish her in
noeence.
The worst snowstorm in years raged
all over Kansas and Missouri Sunday
aud Sunday night, and Monday not a
single train in the two states was on
time. The snow averaged from a foot
to two feet on tho level. High winds
accompanied it and at some points in
cuts it is twenty or thirty feet deep.
At many places the schools are closed.
The snow was dry rend the telegraph
service was not injured.
The excitement occasioned by the
bomb explosion at the cafe of the Hotel
Terminus, at the St. Lazare railway
station, Paris, Monday night, has not
abated, and the outrage is the subject
of discussion in all public places. It
has been ascertained definitely that at
least twenty-four persons were hurt.
The name of the bomb-thrower is
Leon Breton, Tne police believe that
he is a member of an anarchist group
who have headquarters at Neuilly-Sur-
Seine.
The board of trade building at Du
luth, Minn., in which were located
the offices of the board, the North
American and Western Union Tele
graph Companies, the American
Steel Barge Company, the Lake Su
perior Union Improvement and Du
luth Elevator Companies and the of
fices of nearly all tho city grain and
vessel firms, was entirely destroyed by
fire at noon Sunday. The board of
trade building was built in 1885 and
cost 873,000. The total loss by
fire is #94,000, with an insurance of
#80,000
Advices of Monday from Calcutta,
India, state that the India Currency
Association has entered a strong pro
test, which has. been addressed to the
government in regard to the disorgani
zation of trade in consequence of the
changes in the silver policy. The pro
test says that the present state of af
fairs shows that the closure of the
mints did not do any harm, though its
advantages were temporary and were
suspended by the abnormal importa
tions of silver, of piece goods and
through other causes.
A New l'ork special of Monday says:
The modifications of the Richmond
Terminal plan of reorganization that
have been substantially agreed upon
arc a reduction of the assessment on
the common stock from #125 to #10
per share, and for the assessment ft
percentage of new bonds and preferred
stock will be given, as well as common
stock, on the basks originally contem
plated. In consequence of this change
the underwriting syndicate will be re
duced 25 per cent, that is, from
§15,003,000.
A special o£ Sunday from the City
of Mexico says: A syndicate of Mex
ican and American capitalists has been
organized for the purpose of construc
ting a pan-American telegraph line to
extend along the Pacific coast from
Victoria, British Columbia, to Santiago,
Chili, passing through the United
States, Mexico, the Central American
states and the Pacific coast countries
of South America. The promoters of
the enterprise have applied to the
Mexican government for a concession
for the proposed line through this
country and it will probably he grant
ed.
SOUTHERN MS.
Ci
Affairs ol Gnerueit ail Hits it
Use Departments DinnL
Jietw of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
The day of St. Y'aleutiue in Con
gress was one of exceeding dreariness.
There were probably fifty eongres*-
men present, and they gave bnt scant
interest to the tedious speeches being
delivered on the Bland bill.
Secretary Herbert received a dis
patch Monday from the Panama Rail
road company, stating that the city of
Para arrived at Colon with Admiral
Stanton and the officers and crew of
the Kearsage. All were safe and well.
The senate has confirmed the nomi
nations of George D. Bryan to be col
lector of customs at Charleston, S. C.
Postmasters—Alabama, O. W. Monroe,
Eutaw, Tennessee, L. W. Bates, St.
Elmo; D. C. Morris, Morristown.
The executive committee of the
National Association of Democratic
Clubs, organized July 4, 1888, for the
purpose of aiding in the promotion of
party success, met in Washington at
noon Thursday. The sessions were
private.
The senate committee on judiciary
Monday decided to report the Peckham
nomination to the senate without rec
ommendation. Senator Hoar was ab
sent and the committee decided evenly
in its vote, Messrs. George, Vilas,
Lindsay, Platt and Mitchell voting for
confirmation, and Messrs. Pnglr, Coke,
Hill, Teller aud Wilson against.
Thomas R. Jernigau, who has been
appointed consul general at Shanghai,
was consul at Osaka, Japan, under
Cleveland’s first administration, and
the records of the state department
show that his grade ran the highest
known in the foreign service. He is a
good lawyer. He was unanimously
indorsed by the democrats of North
Carolina.
The regular treasury statement is
sued Tuesday shows that the receipts
from customs dues at New York for
the first ten days of this month aggre
gated #2,051,373, as against #4,321,-
475 in February, 1892, Of this 16.1
per cent, was paid in gold and 60.3 in
silver certificates, the balance being
divided up among other classes of
money. With the sale of bonds the
treasury is not only gaining gold, but
also gold certificates, having now on
hand of the latter $497,950.
The senate has confirmed the fol
lowing nominations; Thomas B. Fer
guson, of Maryland, envoy extraordi
nary and minister plenipotentiary to
Sweden; John Barrett, of Oregon,
minister resident and consul general
to Siam; ThomasR. Jernigau, of North
Caroline, consul general to Shanghai,
China ; Delaware Kemper, of Virginia,
consul to Auoy, China; Joun Malcolm
Johnstone, of South Carolina, consul
at Pernambuco, Brazil. Collectors of
customs—Marion M. Hutson, district
of Beaufort, S. C.; William R. Kee
nan, district of Wilmington, N. O.
The president Monday sent to the
senate the -following nominations :
John Barrett, of Oregon, minister
resident and consul general of the
United States at Siam; Thomas R.
Jernigan, of North Carolina, United
States corf .1 general at Shanghai,
China ;jUnited States consuls—Adolph
Bilihard, of Ohio, at Moscow, Russia;
Arthur Decima, of California, at Ma-
zatlan; John Malcolm Johnston, of S.
C., at Pernambuco, Brazil; Daniel C.
Kennedy, of Missouri, at Malta; Del
aware Kemper, of Virginia, at Amoy,
China; E. G. Mitchell, of Arkansas, at
Newcastle, New South Wales; George
W. Nichols, of New York, at Clifton,
Ontario; Marshall H. Williams, asso
ciate justice of the supreme court of
Arizona: John L. McAtee, associate
justice of the supreme court of Okla
homa; United States attorney, Lytton
Taylor, of Tennessee, district of
Alaska.
Na Work, No Pay.
Mr. Boatner, of Louisiana, has in
troduced an amendment to the rules of
the house which he thinks if adopted
will prevent a repetition of the filibus
tering proceedings of the past few days.
The house had found it difficult to act
on account of a large number of its
members declining to vote and thus
breaking a quorum. Mr. Boatner’s
amendment to the rules provides tjiat
the clerk of the house shall make a
note of each member present and not
voting and said member when refusii%,
to vote and being present shall have
one day’6 salary deducted. Mr. Boat
ner’s amendment further provides that
the speaker shall entertain no motion
to excuse a member from voting or to
refund a flue when the elerk has im
posed it. Mr. Boatner thinks when a
member’s salary is effected by this not
voting he will always vote. The reso
lution has been referred to the com-
Taittee on rules.
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perity Briefly MkaUe}
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Happenings of Interest Py w y or ^
Pithy Paragraph*.
’ZEDS
FIRE AT THE FAIR.
A statistician estimates that Ameri
cans expend $400,000 a day fpj asttujr
rnentf
Agricultural Building aud Machinery
Hail Threatened with Destruction.
Fire broke out Wednesday morning
on the eolonade between the agricult
ural building and machinery hall in
the world’s fair grounds. The flames
gained rapid headway and tho second
and third calls were sent cud, kut be
fore additional engines reached the
burning structure its destruction and
that of the large buildings adjacent on
either side was threatened. The fire
was finally gotten under control. The
loss is nominal. The origin is sup
posed to have been incendiary.
Camp Hardee Wants Information.
The following order was issued at
Birmingham, Ada.,Friday afternoon by
Camp Hardee, Confederate Veterans:
“To United Confederate Veterans:
Camp Hardee, of Birmingham, will bo
pleased to bear from each camp in the
United States as to the number of del
egates that will be present at the re
union in April. Cam]} Hardee wants
to hear from each camp so that prepa-
tions may be made for each delegate
who will attend.”
V
'L,
“If sheep had entered more largely
Into our agriculture daring the last
quarts? of* century,“ ms>mpina the
New York World, f'ther
'Sew bj
A lire at Colliersville, Tf
day destroyed the bank of (E
and the dry goods stores cv
A Wadley and P. H. Humj^
The total loss is #30,000.
A cyclone passed within
of Beauregard, Miss., on the
Central railroad Sunday night ’i
much damage to property, it v
ported that a number of lives .ha
lost, but inquiry at Hazlehurst i
that the report lacked confirmutioU'
to 1 o'clock Monday. The w ireslf
down.
Eight hours’ snow fell at San An
lo, Texas, Snnday, accompanied^
by a cold north wind, which has i
siderably alarmed stockmen, y/
storm continues for any length \ '
the death percentage of stock :
large, as they are in many.
barely alive, with nothing ti' eat!
the range. 4r
A Birmingham, Ala., special
Tuesday says: The grand confederal
reunion to be held in this city on til
25th, 26th and 27th of April, promiii|
to be a huge affair. Times arti 1
throughout the south, buteuco\ j(j
letters continue to pour into the hand
of the management here from all oij
the southern states, and if indicati<y
arc not misleading, there wiL
enormous gathering of t he old cj
Dispatches from Meridian,
are to the effect that tho sectil
country west and northwest fit'
city was visited Sunday night by n
terrific rain and wind storm. No very
material damage on account of the.
wind, beyond tho uprooting of timber V'
and the demolition of fences has been V
reported, but the almost unprecedent- ,
ed rainfall wrought considerable dam
age to freshly plowed lands.
A gpectal from Dallas, Texas, states
that the themometer was 22 degrees, J
above Tuesday morning. Paasengviy
from Kansas, Oklahoma, the Chf
strip and the Indian Territory f ri *
the most terrible blizzard rocordv >
history. A great many livos
been lost and the suffering from coIa- -
is intense. The greatest loss has been (
among the stripers who aro poorly
provided with houses, food nnd cloth
ing.
A Knoxville, Teun., special: says
The case of James Berry, reported to
the police Saturday night as suspicious,
was, on Sunday, pronbunced by half -i-
a dozen physicians to be a genuine cast
of small-pox. Perry lives in the hean_
of Cripple Creek, the slums of Knex-^-*
villo. Twenty-five negroes have been
in contact with him since he became
ill. The police and board of health
are takiDg strict precaution, and the
house is now guarded.
A Savannah dispatch says: Messrs.
Frank H. Miller aud A. O. Bacon, aL
torneys for the Southwestern railroad. \
made a request of Receiver Comer
Tuesday that he turn over to that road
the money belonging to it now in the
Central’s treasury. Mr. Comer replied
that he would be very glad- to do so,
but would first have to obtain an or
der of court to that effect. There is
about $242,000 in tho Central’s treas
ury belonging to the Southwestern.
At the meeting of the Tennessee
Historical Society at Nashville, Tues
day night, there was a letter read from
W. E. McElwee, of Rockwood, Tenn.,
describing a coin found in au In
dian mound iu that county. It bears
an urn burning incense on one side,
■with the inscription in Hebrew, “shekel
of Israel.” On the other is sfigor
olive branch, and the words in He
brew, “Jerusalem, the holy land.” A
similar coin was exhibited, but how
the coin got into the mound is a matter
of mystery. -
The effort to inaugurate a tri-stale .
fair in Chattanooga this fall is a suc
cess. The organization is now com
plete and the work is in charge of ft
board of nine dirctors, of whom Wil
liam Hepburn Russell, late manager of
the East Tennessee Land Company,
which company built and owns the
town of Harriman, was Saturday elect
ed president. About $12,000 has been
subscribed in $25 shares, nnd §50,000
of the $100,000 capitalized stock must
be raised before the enterprise is got
ten underway.
A case involving#300,000 was settled
by Jndge Key, of the United States
court at Knoxville, Teno., Saturday
afternoon. It was a suit to recover
money due on account of the construc
tion of the Knoxville Southern, now
the Marietta and North Georgia rail
road. The Central Trust company,'of
New York, was a party to the suit.
The complainants were Knoxville con
tractors, who had never been paid for
their work in building the road, many
of whom would have been ruined if the
case had gone against them.
A SUIT OF THE SAINTS.
Monuous Appeal to the Courts for Pos
session of Consecrated Ground.
The long delayed equity suit of th#
reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints against the Church
of Christ of Independence, to deter
mine the title to the famous Mormon
temple lot in Independence, Mo., has
been taken up for trial in the United
States cireuit court at Kansas City, Mo.
The suit is a contest between two fac
tions of the Mormon church to deter
mine the ownership of a piece orf
ground in the city of Independence,
en which some day the Mormons ex
pect to erect a temple, which shall be
the most magnificent ever reared by
the hands of man, and from which, on
the last day of the world, it is be
lieved, all good and faithful followers
of Joseph Smith will ascend direct to
heaven.
Female Suffragists Meet.
The Twenty-sixth annual convention
of the National American Women’s
Suffrage Association began at Wash
ington Thursday morning Tvitb - lar " e
»JftvtoA rlolrto'ntph rCDTCSGIltilliAf
attendance of delegates representing
all parts of the country. ’
Ths Hartford Joi/ at expresses the
Calc
Mcult to convince