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returned , the , depot whence . he
Tie to
had come, and the very next, train car
tried him back to New York city.
He thought of the ex> lnui,:e or o\ <r
eoats which he had made «nii Ids tra\
cling acquaintance, and muttered: keys and the
“By Jupiter! I left the
wax impressions in my coat pocket. I
hope they will not be the means of get¬
ting the young fellow with whom I ex¬
changed coats into trouble.’’
When Stuart, Harland alighted from
the railway ti-o-n the officers who were
on the watch when the stranger whom
wo have followed, leaped upon the plat¬
form, were still at their post.
Harland had not taken five steps,
when a heavy hand fell upon his shoul¬
der, and as the light of the policeman's
lantern was reflected full in his face,
the officer said, in a stern voice, as ho
grasped the young man's arm:
“T(ou are my prisoner! I arrest you
on the charge of being a fugitive from
justice!”
These two police officers were watch
leg for Stuart Harland, for to them I’o
Iiee Sergeant Smith hal wired they ung
man's description, a d when they stop¬
ped the man who had taken Harlami's
overcoat, they were on the alert for the
latter.
Bulart, Harland’s surprise was un¬
bounded, and In- was Indignant, as well.
“What is the meaning of this outrage?
there is certainly some mistake!" ho ex
claimed.
In it few words the police officers ac¬
quainted Dim with the fact of John Oak
burn’s wurih'r, of which SergeantBmith’s
dispatch had the informed added’ them.
One of officers
“My Instructions are simply to arrest
you ami return you to New York City all
OIlCO."
“I suppose I must submit, hut if you
w ill only permit me to visit, the house of
a fri* ml for a few moments, I shall bo
under obligations to you," said Htuart.
"Impossible; the return train will
leave in ten Minutes,"replied tho officer.
Htuart groaned.
”1 have had my journey for naught,"
he muttered.
’I lien he thought of Marlon Oakburu
and tho singular circumstance that she
was in the broker’s office at midnight,
lie recalled her frightened manner, and
his mind was troubled.
The reflect ion astohow the public might
construe ids sudden nigiu departure
made him in iv us and appi'tilton'-iv
He was not skilled in the ar na
ji b? , — mu x— u m L. Uu- 1 iw'.u
Wlis pii&HUiK lO Mi* Utlli'i.
The officers who accompanied him
watched Idm closely, ami they said be¬
tween themselves:
“1 Ids business troubles him. llo looks
us though lie were guilty.”
Htuart never tin.tight of examining
the stranger’s overcoat, which hud cuma
into Ids posse* '.ion as wo have seen.
His surprise and cons’ornntion wore,
therefor*', quite g nnine win n (lie skele¬
ton keys and wax ln:pre,- -ions were
taken from his pocket wfi. u ho was
brought before the coroner.
In a few words after (ids discovery,
while the t\loner inuti ned to th - man
who had last entered the broker's office
to no silent, Htuart explained lew the.
exchange of overcoats came about, us
wo have rein • *1 it.
But Htewni t’s story was greeted with
n murmur of incredulity, and it was clear
that it was not gen* rally credited.
Harland id s*i veil this, and lie turned
to tho young clerk who had been one of
Ids co-laborers in the broker's office,
and said;
“I am sure no one of you would wish
to impugn my icim-ity. u.i I ;t k you to
say if you reco ;th coat as mine.
If you do not -<' • tiui! it we. never made
for me—tli&t it is i.t least three sizes loo
large.* *
The broker’s clerks replied affirma¬
tively, and exptv- .1 th ir conviction
that Stuart's word was not to bo
doubted. This was eeriaii 'y a e, ntirina
tiou of Harland’s '
The Coroner t otv r nit * >d the man
who had last enter* d.
Ti nt liidh ideal was Mi Tratt, of the
firm of Tratt A Weeks, who had ruined
Jason Garrison.
Tratt was a portiv, ;t\ mklng man.
with a black gotti, , which owed its
color to dye, as did i. o U:s scanty hair.
Ho was bald, but t; evidence of ago
was partially conceit d by a skillful
arrangement of the i mnants of his
colored locks, lib U at > wore heavy
amt sensual, but lie had a smooth, in
sinuattng manner, ai d .dwuys dressed
in the height of fashion. But he wore
too much jew ir*, and his garments
were inclined to b > loud.
... lou wish , to offer .. some evidence, , sir? .
said the coroner
Yes. sir; as 1 informed the officer at
the door, who thereupon immediately
proclaimed the fa. , much to my sur
P r ] ‘f\ ratt was sworn mu! , lie , sa
Having rect- YOU at
my office that youi i.rhind was under
arrest, charged with the murder of John
Oakburu. 1 deemed it my duty to appeal
here to give certain t. -timony which i
st'ems to me will establish the faet. that
he was actuated by a powerful motive
when he committed the crime, has
murder, no doubt, was but an unforeseen
incident of th* 1 robbery of the safe.”
He paused, and ut tins juncture th«
stately old gentleman w! ■■ had left th*
office after hearihg the banker’s com¬
munication about the marked money,
re-entered, but he was unobserved, toi
Pratt was now the central figure of the
assemblage.
“Thc fact is, gentlemen, Stuart Hnr
land has been indulging in speculations
far beyond his means, and, as he do
ceived us regarding his financial status,
he has become our debtor to the sum of
ten thousand dollars. We were Uni tc
suppose he could control that amount
the fortune which it is uuderstoo
will inherit \Yo hold Jlr. Hi
note for the ame>u t of his
ness, which is uow several dins u\er-
Hue. Here is the note, sir,” continued
Pratt, as he placed the papier in th*
coroner’s hands.
“The day preceding the murder, thai
is, the day before yesterday, wo seni
him a note, informing him that unless Vi«
settled with us, we would apply to life
wealthy aunt, whose heir he is said tc
be. He replied that if we did so ho Was
ruined; that Ids aunt was particular^
opposed to stock speculating, and thai
p | 10 had often warned him against it,
Bn yi n g her money should never be
risked in that way. In fact, Harland
stated that he feared his aunt would dis
him if she found him out.
"It was my wish to give the young
man time, for I pitied him, but my
partner is a hard man and he was inox
oral.le. Mr. Harland had mortally of
fended him in some way, and he vowed he
would have his money or ho would make
"Harland declared that he had no way
to pay the money, but he obtained my
partner’s promise not to move in the
matter until to-day. Now, it seems to
ne almost certain that his motive for the
murder and the robbery was to obtain
Ihe money to pay us, and thus save him
seif from the loss of his aunt’s fortune,
Thus Tratt concluded.
Harland had listened in silence, but
hi b pycH and hiw rage was be
trayed in Ids face.
“ You are a liar and a scoundrel, Dan
1’iatt!” lie exclaimed. "You are con
Tiring to ruin me. You hold my note
tor a thousand dollars. If it purports to
beformoro.it Moreover, lias been tampered with,
t ho note I can moot to that
amount, as I have the money on deposit
In bank and meant to send you ' a cheque
to-day,*
“Poor young man. Ho is plunging
Into the depths of falsehood and docop
Lion,” said Pratt, in a mournful tone.
“We have found out his motive. The
rase Is dear now,” muttered the polic#
sergeant.
rllAITEK VIII.
The faces f the audience, who had
listened to Pratt’s evidence, betrayed
the impression lie had made.
that Htuart was regarded in such believed a mannei
ho was sure Pratt was by
the majority.
True, none of tho stolen money had
been found in Htuart Harlnnd’s posses¬
sion, but this could not be regarded ae
an evidence of ids innocence, sineo lie
had ample time to secreto the proceeds
of the robbery.
Thus reflected tho jurors.
There was little further ovidenco tc
hear, and presently Hie Coroner sub¬
mitted the matter to the jury, whe
thereupon rendered a Verdict without j I
leaving their seats, that “John OWkburn
t ana to his death at the hands of soi *
• I'U. whose ifttS positive -TtvTiiTm.yivtff identity was suT u
:TT5 tTO H T Tlm
lo llisten a strong suspicion up* *
Htuart Harland."
Thereupon, the Coroner directed thai
Htuart lie held a prisoner to await fur¬
ther developments. Ids admir¬
Htuart retained composure
ably, as ho listened to the verdict ol
the coroner’s jury, and heard the ordet
which condemn d him to detention it
p rison.
The officers were about to conduct th*
unfortunate young man from the office,
when Jason Garrison came forward mid
grasped his hand in a warm greeting.
“You will tell Ulna, that I am falselj
accused,’' said Htuart.
" Yes, yes. She will never doubt you,’
answ er, d the broker.
Harland was moving to the door, be¬
tween the two officers, when Marion
Oakburn gained Ids aid*', and said to him
in a tone of the most positive conviction;
“Take with you the assurance that yov
will b saved.”
Htuart was conducted to Ludlow street
jail forthwith, and his mind was in t
* ondition of doubt and trouble most
harassing. Ho many circumstances ol
a surprising nature had crowded them¬
selves into iiis life within the last few
hours, that he was dazed and confused
In the midst of the contusion in ids
mind, he saw constantly, however, lik«i
a portrait which had been stamped in¬
delibly upon the camera of memory, th*
horror-stricken face of Marion Oakburr
ns he had seen her when she left th*
office in which her father had been mur
dered. Her face haunted him like *
ghost that would not be laid, and as In
reflected ho thought:
"When she came out of the office het
father must have been dead. Before,
saw her steal out of that apartment th*
murdeiffiiad been done.
“\\ here was she when the awful erinn
was consummated?”
There was a horrible doubt in Stuar
Harland’s mind th. n.
"But, no, no; such a thing is so on
tirely inconsistent with Marion’s char¬
acter that the monstrous thought th;v
she may be implicated in the ‘murder ot
her own father cannot find a lodgment
in tnv f mind. And vet what was site do
4 n Uu , onw at that hour, ami whj
wn* she in such a state of terror whci
g(u ‘ , | ilf(
r h . se unanswerable questions natur
suggested themselves to Stuart'*
mind.
then he reeoilc tod how- ho had been
awakened by the hunt noise, which it*
could not account tor, ai d he thought
now that it must have been the detona
lioJ of the pteto , shot that had kilUc
John Oakburn that he had Hoard,
He did not know that Paxton advance*;
the theory that the assassin’s weapor
was an air-pistol. Hut he had caught
enough of the police sergeant’s mutter
ings to learn that the t f the tuur
der had been fixed at twenty minutes ol
one, an*! so he knew that John Oakburn
must have been dead whet Marion left
the office.
Despite all his suspicious and * onjec
turee, Harkind had not mentioned the
incident of his having seen Marion leav
; n g the office, for . >' a ■ <L enter
tained the most exa! !*\i ~ iiOI ’t of her
character, and he had reus’, ned
"There i
Marion Oakburn
nni x'liovo her £
fcxjOiuiiitk»!t which
wiU clear up &':i i nd I
le t a:
reel suspicion from hum tut;
z&s^ 22 Xirs£ m
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no clue to guide his suspicions, by some
mental process which he could scarcely
have explained himself, his thoughts re
verted to Levi Kredge, the janitor. •
Perhaps the vague suspicions of this
man, which entered his mind unbidden,
;;;;r'L;:”5y“™s
was a spy and a sneak.
Stuart had twice caught the fellow
with bis ear at the. key-hole of Jason
Harrison’s private office when confiden
lial transactions were taking place them
The second time Stuart’s anger gaiheo
the ascendency, and he kicked Xrodgl
out of Hi'; office.
The young man had not forgotten that
hiui flmhfld unon him a look ot
ferocious hate as he slunk away withoul
resenting the assault.
’Die fellow had not uttered a word,
but, Stuart had read murder in the here*
burning light of his eyes, and from thai
moment he knew that the seemingly in
offensive, and servile cripple was a dan, 1
? The K man thought now occurred to StiJ
that it might have been the fellow’s pud
pose In listening at key-holes and In spy
ng about the office to obtain knowledge
which would enable him to commit a rob
Dery when there was money in the safe.
So deeply impressed did Stuart be
»ith th. «*•
joncerned in tnc murder that he detect
mined to mention the matter to mentioned, Mr. Gar c
risen, to whom ho had never
Kredge’s eavesdropping, simply
ae despised anything like tale-bearing,
As for himself, Stuart was
by the consciousness of innocence.
Meanwhile, when Daniel Pratt
who had entered the office just behind
him seemed strangely excited. His
hands were clinched, his Jips com*
pressed themselves into a rigid line, and
ois beautiful, luminous dark eyes blazed
with a dangerous light.
Despite this evidence of his . more than
passing interest in the proceedings be
tore the coroner’s jury, ho was, as we
have stated, an entire stranger to all.
present. hold secret knowledge ol
Did ho some
the actors in this life-drama which
saused his emotion?
When he hastily left the office after
he overheard the banker inform the
coroner regarding the mark on the
money wiiieli iia«l been stolen from
Jason Garrison’s safe, lie hurried di
redly to the office of Messrs. Pratt and
Weeks.
The office of f his firm of brokers was
arranged something after the manner of
i bank, and at the moment when the
stately old gentloman entered it Mr.
Weeks, Pratt’s partner, was behind the
screen-mounted counter engaged in
counting ft package of money.
Producing a one-hundred-dollar note
from ids poeketbook, the old gentleman
whom we have followed strode forward,
and presenting the note at a little wicket
In the screen, he asked:
“Will you please accommodate me
with change?”
“In one moment, sir,” replied Wocks,
and he continued counting tho money,
while the old gentleman remained
ete.nding bes!d ‘V n-wotk *reea.
From t-h.if* pufliU an ft
’rf i j
Was* .*ib ••nga red, and homo-.- .
love.ry. plainly that each in the
He saw note
package of money which Weeks was
counting was marked distinctly with a
“V" in the upper left-hand corner of the
back of the same.
It seems that the stranger must have
acted upon ) roviously acquired knowl¬
edge when he hurried straight to the of¬
fice of Pratt, »fe Weeks, tho moment lie
acquired the knowledge that the stolen
money was all privately marked.
“It is the money John Oakburn’s mur¬
derer stole from Jason Garrison’s safe,"
■aid the aged stranger mentally, and he
thought: *
“Now, if ho only gives mo the marked
money in change, 1 shall have the evi¬
dence that the stolen money has found
its way into the possession of these vul¬
tures. Are these birds of prey tho as¬
sassin's accomplices?”
In a moment or so Woek* had counted
the marked money, ami then he picked
up th ■ one hundred dollar note wfaiob
the stranger had placed upon the coun¬
ter.
“How will you have it?” he asked.
“In two fifties, please,” replied the
other, who had seen notes of that de¬
nomination in tho package of marked
money. repressed the
The stranger excitement
tie felt at this moment of suspense, aq
Weeks turned to the package of marker
money. I hat lie meant to give him two*
notes from that package in exchange foi
the one hundred dollar note was plain,
for he began to run over the notes in
search of the denominations required.
In a moment he found them.
With the t w ■ marked fifty dollar notea
in his hand, ite was coming to the wicket
to hand them to the stranger, when the
door of the private department of the
office, which was behind the counter,
was dashed open and Tratt rushed in.
Springing to his partner’s side, h«
seized his arm. nnd hissed in a whispei
some communication which lie did not
hear.
Weeks uttered an oath and dropped
the two marked fifty dollar notes hack
among the balance of the marked money.
Then he unlocked the money drawer,
and, taking out two other unmarked
notes, he spitefully threw them at th<
aged stranger. secured and turned
The latter them tc
the door.
Glancing back over his shoulder, h*
saw Tratt and Weeks hastily gathering
up the marked money.
“Tratt was just in time to foil my plan
to obtain some of the marked money
They know the secret now. That scoun¬
drel'Kredge must have brought them the
information," muttered the stranger.
There was a telegraphic “stock indi¬
cator” near the door, and the aged gen¬
tleman paused to consult the “tape.”
He read “C. A. 4(>t>; 225 s. 60.”
“Ah! Four hundred shares of the Chi¬
cago and Alton Railroad stock at two
hundred and twenty-five dollars to be
delivered at sailer’s option, at any
time within sixty days,” muttered the
old gentleman: and the readiness with
which he translated the legend on the
’indicator take” told that he vas no
novice in the stock market.
Leaving the establishme nt of Messrs.
Tratt A Weeks, he returned to the
nfflee. where the inquest was still in
'ivgress. passed along
Ys he the sid« of the
i.ding occupied i-y .he firm of Pratt A
lit’ w Levi Kredge emerge from
•utranee to the office.
tie therefore possessed the positive
&e
rarssraxsi*. «*-™
mysterious. Kredge must haie ki.mn
that the stolen money was in the poa
session of Prati. and V> eeks. He is
th«irspy, that is clear he thought
When he arrived at Garrison s office,
again, he did not immediately enter the
to the office. He then entered himself,
as stated.
At the conclusion of .... the inquest, , ,. the
mysterious old gentleman, who was Be¬
cretly interesting himself in the case of
John Oak burn s murder, walked to
Broadway and took the omnibus to the
Astor House or at this date Jacob
Astor had not made his successful inno
vation, and there were no horse cars on
the great business thoroughfare of the
great city.
Some weeks previoustotheoecurrcnce
of the incidents thus far recorded, the
old gentleman hiid arrived at the hotel,
registered the name, Richard Stan
more.
Mr. Stan more seemed ... to be a stran
ger in the city, but to have a great deal
business with V. all street business
m ®“-
1 articularly intimate were his com
mercial relations with the firm or Messrs.
Marks & aecommoua ion ian
brokers who , had , established themselves
with Jucison, turk nrSKRr d, hon, aaouier an
street firm largely interested in various
mining and railway speculations.
There was another firm not on Wall
street, with whom Mr. btanmore wts
evuL nt iy on the best of business terms.
The firm m question was that oi iten
junta J
operator had been glad to come for final,
cial aid when themarket took* long run
wr ^ rl 8
Almost every*vening a representative
of each of the firms m ntioned was clos
sted with Air. Slaumoro in his apart
merits in the hotel.
Surprising as it, may seem, however,
in view of the fact we have mentioned,
Mr. Stanmore was entirely unknown
personally on Wall street, ami he never
vibited the offices of the business firms
we have mentioned.
All of this smacked of mystery, and
there was much more in the doings of
Mr. Stanmore that seemed to be inex
pile Very able. much to Mr. Garrison’s surprise,
the day following the night of the mur
der and robbery drew to a close, and no
one from Pratt & Weeks called upon him
to demand the money he owed them.
In view of the fact that Mr Pratt had
insisted that the $*8,000 must positively
be paid that morning at an early hour,
(f the debtor wished to avoid unpleasant
consequences, Mr. Garrison thought it
was remarkable that he had not heard
trom him.
Pratt had hurried away from the
broker’s office without exchanging a
word with Mr. Garrison.
Edna had been informed by her father
ot Stuart’s imprisonment, and the de¬
voted girl received the evil news bravely,
(or she was sustained by the belief that
nnocence would triumph.
Jason Garrison was in a state of in
*^1
though Vi 4
'fSiy .vely, as ho wa s in &,
expectation of the occurrence oi
some terrible calamity.
At nightfall, as he was looking over
the evening paper, he suddenly leaped
to his feet, and exclaimed, excitedly:
“Can this bo true! Can this bo truel"
fro BE CONTINUED. |
Five Months More.
General Arioas, at Havana, has said
that Spain cannot carry on war in Cu¬
ba boyond July, and if by that time
Cuba is not pacified Spai i will be ob
[iged to ab ndon it for lack of funds.
He also expresses the belief that Senor
Hagasta, the Premier, and the Minister
of Colonies intend to abandon the is¬
land by July next.
Forty Below Zero.
Be'ated reports from remote places
in northern New England show that
the temperature was ilie lowest known
in many years. In Lancaster, N. H.,
the mercury broke all records of the
past twenty-five years. Forty below
zero was reported from a number of
places in Maine, Now Hampshire and
Vermont.
Lumbf'nnan Kille l iu Collision.
At Estel!, Miss., an extra and a reg¬
ular freight train on tho Yazoo & Mis¬
sissippi Vailev railroad collided. As
a result Jack YY. Aldrich, a lumber¬
man, was killed and Fireman Williams
u-.s koiJoilsIv injured
After a hot debate Thursday morn
day morning the lower house of the
Kentucky Iegidature adopted a sub¬
stitute resolution offered by Repre¬
sentative Nelson, of Harding, for the
one previously introduced, calling
upon United States Senator William
Lindsay to resign if he cannot support
the Chicago pdatforiu.
The Gold Reserve.
The gold reservo Friday reached
$163,670,000, the highest point in
about seven years.
Patrick J. Gibson was shot through
the ,, heart , , by , an unknown , assassin . at
Houston, Texas, last Friday. Young 1
Gibscn was bidding Miss Mary Burke,
to whom he was engaged, good-nig t.
and started to take an electric ear to
his home. Miss Burke had just entere
her residence, when a shot rang out.
Alarmed, she ran out in time to se
the form of a man disappear down a
dark side street. Running toward the
corner, she fell over her lover’s dead
body.
A Ready Reply.
"I see you have had your las: winter s
sealskin made over.
•Yes. It cost me more than a new
one. you know.” — Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Fortune no longer knocks at a man’s
door, You must have an electric but
ton if you want to be in the push,
The stronger the butter is ;u the tub
the weaker it is in the market.
nr review or tm I
Stormy Weather the Past Week Checks
the Movement of Merchandise.
slight impboiemeit hi cotton goods,
The Movement in Wheat and Corn Con¬
tinues Enormous—-Wool Is Strong.
Print Cloths Higher— Fall¬
ing Off in Failures.
Favorable conditions .... in the trad*
situation continue to far outweigh those
0 f an opposite character. Stormy
weather throughout a large section of
the country this week has checked the
movement of merchandise into con¬
sumption, but a perceptible increase in
the demand for seasonable goods is re
ported already resulting. The a.
week, of the month closes with in
creased activity in many lines, a num
t )er 0 f p,. lce a( i V ances, heavily m
crease d banking * clearings, b as compar
ed with enoth.’r Qne at nearly a n
cities, con,Merabi. drop
ik the n number nm .,hi>r nf oi f.ilnr« failures reported, r P nnrt«l i large ar „o
exports of cereals, particularly wheat,
corn and flour, and perceptible confi¬
deuce in nearly all branches of trade
as regards the outlook for spring busi
n098 Anotiier f aV0 rable feature of
week is the slight but distinct im
tion, in which speculative activity is
awakening
I rmt cloths are higher and from
makes of gray and medium weight cot
tons are more firmly held.
Dig iron is reflecting the effect of the
present i unprecedented ^ production, and
., R ..
V “ “? pneos
corded at points, ,
eas.ern
Boots and shoes hold the late ad
vance and manufacturers of heavy
weights will not take orders for fall
delivery at present prices.
Wool is strong on large fa sales and
„ • ,
m p ices aurouu.
Collections are generally reported
fair, those indicating backwardness
coming most generally from theSouth.
Cereal exports are again heavy, to
tal shipments of wheat including flour,
for the week amouuting to 5,110,624
, bua , ? els , against . d,02b,UUU bushels la last „ t
week and L,olo,000 last year,
Corn, 4,962,000 bushels this week
agaiust 3,486,000 bushels last woek
and 3,011,000 bushels last year.
Business failures tor the week are
the smallest reported in the fourth
week of January for the past five years,
numbering only 288 against 309 last
week, 326 last year, 393 in 1896, 312
in 1895 and 340 in 1894.
Of the failures reported, 251, or 87
per cent were of concerns having less
& » n *20,000 capital. Canadian fail
ures number 48 against 46 last week
'anuTfr
WATER IS PLACE OF WHI8KX
Miss Bradley Will Christen the Battle¬
ship Kentucky Next Month.
A special from Frankfort, Kv., says:
< i When next month the battleship
Kentucky glides from the ways at New¬
port News tier decks will riot be bathed
in champagne or goo 1 whisky. The
fair sponsor, Miss Christine Bradley,
will uncork a beautifully embellished
vessel full of pure water.
“On the farm in LaRue county,
where Abraham Lincoln was born,
there is an unfailing spring of cold,
srystal water where, in his “boyhood,
the great emancipator was wont lo slake
his thirst, using a gourd or oak leaf
dipper.
“The idea is to have a committee
formally visit the spring, till a silver
vessel with sparkling wa er and seal it
with appropriate ceremonies. Then
t e vessel will be give a to Miss Brad¬
ley. who will guard it as a sacred thing
until the time for breaking the seal on
board the Kentucky.”
A Fabrication.
A special from Havana says: The
Spanish account of the victory of Gen¬
eral Castelanos and the capture of the
headquarters of the rebel government
In the town of Esperanza, has now
proved to be a fabrication. There is
no such town as Esperanza near Cubi¬
ts. The name of the town founded
md occupied as the capital by the
rebel government is Agramonte.
The Spanish troops were unable to
jet near this place, being repulsed in
the mountains and forced to retire with
heavy loss.
Spain Thorough! • Satisfied.
A semi-official note just issued at
Madrid in relation to the visit of the
United States battleship Maine to On
ba says :
Tnis necessitates Captain General
Blanco sending a battleship, as well as
the cruiser Vizcaya, to visit American
ports. The visit will be made theoe
casion of festivities in honor of the
Spanish sailors and the different naval
commanders will exchange visits. The
forthcoming festivities are regarded
aere as well as in Washington as a
pacific demonstration calculated to be
satisfactory to both countries.”
To Settle iu Alabama.
N. E. Thompson, who is in th*
north as the agent of Alabama com
uierciai organizations, has written that
100 Pennsylvania Dutch famiiies are
making anaugemeats tocome to south¬
ern Alabama to take up their homes.
He says that if to se families are
pleased, with thei- i cation, hundred*
of oth rs will come.
Anti-F.irti»x Bill Killed,
T feature iu the Y
assembly Thursday v-.
•tie MeOune anti-fiiri;ng i .1.
TERSELY TOLD TELEGRAMS.
President Dole, of the Hawaiian
republic, is now in Washington.
di^Srie"'awor^in'the^itS!^
C., district.
A heavy earthquake was felt at He¬
lena, Ark., the past week. No serious
w was done.
Twelve distinct shocks from an
earthquake were felt at Tehuantepec,
Mexico, Friday morning.
Spain has decided to send the first
class cruiser, Infanta Maria Teresa, to
America instead of the Vizcaya.
According to official reports at Bom¬
bay, India, there have been 643 deaths
from the bubonic plague during the
past week.
Trouble has broken out again be¬
tween the blacks and whites of Lonoke
county, Arkansas, and a race war is
threatened.
Chicago parties will erect a school
at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., for the
education of the people of the moun¬
tain district.
United States officers will arrest
many people charged with helping to
buru tlie two Seminole Indians in Ok¬
lahoma territory.
It is announced in a special dis¬
patch from Shanghai that four Ger¬
man sailors have been murdered by
the Chinese. This will give Emperor
William a chance to seize another
Chinese port.
The bodies of Mrs. Jane Corbett
and Stephen Bennett, snatched from
the Eagleville, Tenn., cemetery, were
recovered at Burlington, Vt., and
brought back. One arrest was made,
Dr. Hiemack.
A can of kerosene oil exploded in
the boiler house of the Beenville Ce¬
ment company’s mill at Rosendale,
Pa., setting fire to the mill and storage
house. Both were totally destroyed.
L^ss, $100,000; fully covered by in¬
surance.
Herman Brestz and Henry Goettel
were arrested in St. Augustine, Fla.,
suspected of train wrecking and at¬
tempting to rob the East Coast pay
train, also of burning the fcan Marco
hotel at St. Augustine some weeks
ago.
At London a majority of the en¬
gineers have voted in favor of accept¬
ing the terms of the employers. The
exact figures have net yet been di¬
vulged, but the proportion is said to
bo about 25,000 in favor ®f acceptance
to 11,000 against it.
It is said that the United States
minister to Hayti, Win. F. Powell,
has been recalled at the request of the
German government on account of his
o nuection with the Lueders incident,
which resulted in Germany sending
warships to Ilayti to collect indemnity. 1
At St. J *eph, Mich., the steamer
City of Duluth, which struck the bar
outside too i-.-y • vupt »-«ni
pounding l/u -i. consisting 111 V of ^.
saved the crew, about
twenty-five, and the few passengers
aboard.
BIG COTTON MILL FOB GEORGIA.
A Northern Company Will Build a Largo
Mill in hi Sou h.
A decision has been reached by the
New York Cotton Mills Company *1
Utica to practically move its colassal
plants to Georgia. In Utica, N. Y.,
there are four large cotton mill com¬
panies, the Mohawk Valley, Utica
Steam Cotton, the Capron and the New
York mills. Together their series of
mills are Utica’s principal industry
and more than 5,000 persons are em¬
ployed there.
The New York Mills Company has
decided to meet the southern competi¬
tion by establishing an immense mill
in Georgia. The company’s plans have
not been entirely made public, though
an announcement to that effect has
beeu given out, but the exact location
is withheld. The capitalization will
be $1,090,000.
Mysteriously Murdere!.
William H. Mann, night clerk at the
Arlington hotel in Pulaski, Tenn.,
aud about 62 years of age, met his
death in the passageway of the hotel
Saturday morning under very myste¬
rious circumstances. He was in the
dining-room ten minutes before he
was found lying on his face dead.
From tho nature of his wounds on the
head there are strong suspicions that
he was murdered. Mann formerly
lived in Birmingham, Ala.
Receiver Asked For.
In the chancerv court at Mobile
Hunioseo Austill filed a bill praying
for a receiver for tho Mobile, Jackson
»n d Kansas City railroad, alleging
that the road is insolvent and not able
to pay its debts. He claims that he is
a stockholder to the amount of $12,
gyjp alu ] t^ a t tlie road is otherwise in
debted to him for services rendered as
president in the sum of $25,000.
Demands XVevlet’s Imprisonment.
The public prosecutor of Spain de¬
mands a sentence upon Lieutenant
General Weyler of two months’ im¬
prisonment.
Battle Between Miners.
The situation at the Straight Greek
mines is growing more serious each
day. There are hourly conflicts be¬
tween the union and the non-union
miners, and serious trouble is feared
if the d Inferences are not adjusted. A
general battle was fought Thursday
night near the mines between union
and non-union miners, in which
seventy-five shots were exchanged.
W- Me re and John and Andy Set
reported anion men, were bad:y injured.,
* -* that the. non-union men
shot from ambush.
