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> 'W " r . 7 . V-1 > ... ADealiWildtanfc Filtt for tte Musselshell Millions. BY LEON LEWIS. CHAPTER VII.?(Continued.) She (danced at Elfio and Wynans gain, noting their seeming inattention to all she and Jerry were saying and doing, and then continuea: ?r /in Knno Vio'e 9 vounz man. this Per* ry Wynans, who has so suddenly turned op as the owner of the Musselshell mines. But whatever ho may be, pa, we must Invite him to our house and make a great deal of him. I'll do all I can to hook on to him. I'd marry him, J pa, if he were as old as 'Thuselah.' " "How kind,* whispered Wynans to Elfie. "That's a caid to play, of course," returned Jerry, with a gloomy air. "But I'm doubtful about winning the game with it Even if Wynans is not already married, a thousand other things may Knock all our schemes in tbe head. Considering how quietly this man has operated; how he has owned these mines tor years without putting his deeds on record; and how he has evidently posted himself about affairs in Montany, without showing up thero?it's only reasonable to foresee that we are going to find him a very difficult man to manage. He may get to Lewistown and put his deeds on record before we discover his presence, and that act would knock us out tn the very first round, as it wouJd show everybody who is the real owner, and range all the officials of the county on his side!""Thanks for tho suggestion," whispered Wynans to Elfie, again exchanging glanoes of gratification with her. "Ten to one," pursued Jerry, "the man will show himself to everybody else in Kafnufl V?c? t.n no TTa TT1Q.V iuvuvaujr WV.1V4 U *iw uvvu WV usm w ev^n appear in some disguise, or he may come with such an army at his heels that we shall have no other course then to 'get ud and get' as soon as he gives us his orders." Never, pa!" declared Daisy Skidder, flushing excidedly. "We'll never be driven out of those mines!" That's the right spirit, Daisy," said Jerry, "but we shall have to bow to the Inevitable, like every one else. When Wynan8 has placed his deeds on record, 3?e will of course be recognized as the legitimate owner of the property, and as ^uch the Sheriff, and even the Governor, Will be obliged to come to his aid, in case we or any one else should attempt to prevent him from takine possession. But there is one thing he can't do," added Jerry with a grim chuckle, slapping his breast "He can't make us disgorge the very handsome sum we have Already .captured. The boodle we have Is hand is beyond his reach." i "And so is all the rest, pa," declared Daisy, with a scheming light in hereyi?a. As soon as we get home I'll have a good tolk with Sam Gaddler. You know how long Sam has been trying to court me, and how much he thinks of me. I believe he'd be willing to do or endure almost anything for the sake of securing toy hand in marriage." Yes, he would," said Jerry, with the sir of taking the suggestion into consideration. That name of Sam Gaddler Is a good one to remember," whispered Wynans to Hfle, as he wrote it carefully on his pocket tablets. And not only Is Sam Mead gone' on toe," continued Daisy, "but he is already receiving a princely salary as the superintendent of our mining operations. Personally, too, ho's just the man we irant at our elbows at this moment?a riant In size, a dead shot, a natural leader of the wild spirits around him, nd a man who has no scruples of any kind to stand in the way of his interests. You seo, therefore, that we can give wynans some upniu worn iu uu n uo ihould make war upon us!" "We can, indeed," exclalrfied Jerry, Inspirited by his daughter's suggestions. Let me drill one point into you," continued Daisy, with an earnestness which rendered her a little incautious. You've had the use of these lands ten years. As far as the county records how. they belong to you and your brother-in-law. You've already given out that you have bought the lands, and Cn are generally regarded by our neighrs as the owner." All very true," confirmed Jerry. And these facts being so," continued Daisy, a look of sinister energy flashini?|ng from her bold, black eyes, "we have only to suppress Perry Wynans to re*>atn in possession of the mines Indefinitely. Get him oat of the way, pa, and the machine will run on forever Just as ft Is now running. If fair means fail to cover our interests, we must not hesitate a moment to use violence. Those Alnes must and shall remain ours." CHAPTEB VIII. GRAND TABLEAU! It was easy for Perry to see by Elfie's that everv word of Dalsv's murder cub programme had reachc-d her hearing M well as his own. Her swaying figure tu already tremulous with terror and apprehension. "I agree with you, Daisy, that there 19 . Still a chance for us, If we are active tad watchful," returned Jeremiah, after t * brief silence, during which a gleam of desperate vigor appeared in his eyes. Hiram told me that Wynans will start for Montana to-day. He may take the tame train as we do, and so may Hiram and his family. We must not only get off by tho first train but we must keep a harp lookout upon our fellow travelers. At what hour must we leave this hotel?" "I shall have to inquire, pa," replied Daisy. "Perhaps these people can tell as." and she glanced anew at Elfie and JSinans, who were looking into the street and gesticulating, as if giving all tholr attention in that direction. Til ee." She crossed the floor, nodding^to Elfie with a smile meant to be pleasant, aud asked: Ctu you toll me, /miss, when we can start for Montany? l'a Has b&a Daa loci:, and we're going home." "What! arc you going to Montana?" returned Wynans, with a pretended start of srrprw. "How singular! My sister I ?.re goiug to Montana." To-day. sir?" queried Daisy, with a flash of joy. By the very next train, miss," replied Wynana. arising. ( "io what part or -Montany?" demanded Jerry Skidder, gaining his feet and approaching with a nod of salutation. "To Lewistown, Fergus County." "Uood," mattered Jerry. "You will, of course, go to Billings, and thence via Ubet by stace?" Wynans assented. "Well, we go to Custer, which Is just fifty-three miles this side of Billings." sizing up his new acquaintance by a rapid glance: "so why shouldn't we art travel together?" "Thanks for the suggestion, sir," said Wynans, handing Jerry a card he had neatly written a few minutes before. "We'll travel in your company with *?i?ja3ure-rand doubtless with profit," ? "This Is who they are, 'Dr. Dolliger and sister,' " said Jerry, reading from the card and then passing it to Daisy, who had already shaken hands with both Wynans and Ellie. "Delighted to know you. We're Jeremiah Skidder and daughter, of Musselshell. Montany. I'm a rancher aud miner, Dr. Dolliger. What are.you?= - "Merely a mine owner," replied Wynans witn a smile. "We're going out there to se3 what chance there is to secure certain lands and mines." "Bravo! You have fallen In with the very man you wanted to see, Doctor," assured Jerry, ofering hi9 band. "What I dcn't know about lands and mines in Montany isn't worth knowing. r? e can talk business on the way out, while the girls get acquainted. Capital! delighted!" A step on the stairs just without the I nnolna. IVvnftnc a Bt.art.. Should ivi jj,a?c it j uuud w wvv*. ? the newcomer prove to be Mrs. Long, tho landlady, she would address him by name and so betray his identity to the Skidders. This must be prevented. Ho stepped toward tho door, but was relieved to see that the footsteps he had heard were those of a truest ascending to the next floor. He faced about, taking note of the time. "As matters stand, Mr. Skidder." he said, "we'll all go to the station together. But first we'll have a good dinner in a private parlor, and start off on the [ right basis." The proposition was eatrerly accepted. "While we are. being served, Miss Skidder," pursued Wynans, turning to Daisy, "you will have time to make a few purchases, If such is your desire." "You think so?" returned Daisy, with almost childish delight "You can have half an hour, and that will be ample," assured Wynana. "You have only to go a block or two, and you'll find all sorts of stores. My sister will gj with you, If you would iike her company." The suggestion wa3 gratefully accepted. and the young ladies vanished, Jerry pressing a large roll of bills into his daughter's hands, with instructions to buy "anything on earth" she wanted. "Come up to my room, Mr. Skidder, j and have a glass of champagne," then invited wynans. -n wm givw /uu *u appetite." Jerry was nothing loath.and in another .minute he was making himself comfortable in the private parlor of ' his entertainer. "Excu o :ne a moment," pursued Wynans, "and I will order our dinner as well as a couple bottles of wine. I shall merely step to the office." He was gone scarcely three mfnutes, but in this short interval bo had taken several measures calculated to preserve his secret, settled his bill and that of the Skidders, feed the waiters, and even taken leave of the landlady. "We shall be served here in Just twenty-five minutes, Mr. Skidder," he announced as he came back to tbe parlor. "Meanwhile, I think you and I can readily dispose of a glass of Cliquot to our better acquaintance." Jerry smiled his approval, becoming animated. A waiter soon appeared with the wine, uncorking tbe bottle and serving the first two glasses, and then vanished. The heat and vexation of the day bad made Skidder very thirsty, and he was outside of the largest half of the champagne almost before be knew it Then the couple talked until the re- : turn of El fie and Daisy?the latter fon<frling one or two choice purchases, and followed by a porter who was loaded with parcels. "Well, yoo look as if you had bad a j good lime, gins," saiu otuuuer, assuming his most genial air, as the porter vanished. "Yon Just bet we have," replied Daisy, emphatically. "Oh, such a place! We 11 come here again, pa, as soon as we've attended to business at home, and stay a whole week. "You almost need a trunk for your purchases, Daisy," said her father. "No, pa, I c^n stow away everything in the two we've brought with us? everything except that hat and cloak, which are just too lovely for anything, and which I'm going to wear!" "Well, you must be prompt about It," suggested Jerry, the rattling of dishes reaching his hearing from the stairway, "for here comes our dinner." We need not pause upon what followed. A sumptnous dinner was served the quartette by the attentive waiters, and an hour passed to the Skidders like a dream, so greatly were they pleased to find themselves provided with such pleasant traveling companions. "About time to be off, isn't it, friend Dolliger?" at length asked Jerry Skidder. who had become mellow with the rich cheer thrust upon him. "Almost," replied Wynans, consulting his watch, and dismissing tho waiters by a gesture. "Have no fear, sir. We'll start on timo, I assure you!" MI think we had better settle the bill now," pursued Jerry, who could not quite divest himself of his nervous uneasiness. "Oh, it's all paid?everything, even to our ride to the station," said Wynans. "I took the liberty of making this my treat. Besides, as we're all going away away together, there was no use making two bites of a cherry." "All right," returned Jerry, "but it will be my turn next time. I hope we may soon have the pleasure of entertaining you and your charming sister at our house in Montany." At this moment a servant appeared, usherine In a formidable-looking stranger. "A gentleman to see you on Important business, Mr. Skidder," announced the servant, who had doubtless been well paid for this service. "Mr. Grimshaw, detective." Jerry aro?e uneasily, changing color and staring at the newcomer, who waved the servant out of the room imperatively and closed the door. "Sorry, Mr. Skidder, to trouble yon," said Grimshaw, bowinz gravely. "But I believe you are a brother of a wellknown merchant of this city?" # Yes, of Hiram Skidder. the biggest fraud on earth!" answered Jerry, with blazing eyes ana reatnres, as also with a sincerity, not to say wrath and disgust, about which there could be no question. "You have just had a little financial deal with your brother, I believe?" continued Grimshaw, after a moment of hesitation. "I should think a9 much," acknowledged Jerry, leaping to the conclusion that Grimshaw had recovered his money. "I came here from Montany to buy certain lands which I supposed to belong to him, but which in reality he sold three years ago. We agreed upon the price? $200,000?and I gave him the money." "You?gave " The detective paled at the hjnt thus given him of his being on the wrong scent "And he put the money in the desk," added Jerry, with a groan. "Have you recovered it, Mr. Grimshaw?" "Certainly not, sir. The fact is, your brother says you have a large sum of money belonging to him, and he *eut me here to recover it " "Pardon me, Mr. Grimshaw," said Perry, for the first time taking voice.' "I be.ieve you know who I am?" "Perfectly. Mr. W " "Exactly sir, and you will credit what I tell you?" The detective assented. "The facts, then, are just as this gentleman has stated them," explained Wyuaus. "ilis brother has really rob. J bed him of the sam named In the most 1 fraudulent fashion. Our friend here has been working a gold mine in Montana which belonps to Perry Wynans!" "Ah, indeed!" and the eyes of the detective flashed with due comprehension. "Our friend, therefore, came down here?with how much cash, Mr. Skidder?" "About four hundred and twenty thousand dollars." "Exactly," said Wynans again, "so that you now have on your person two hundred and twenty thousand dollars? Jerry assented. "All of which really belongs to Perry Wynans?" Jerry nodded again. "Will you Jet us see It, to convince this gentlemanly detective of the truth of all I am saying?" "Certainly."! Jerry hastened to do s<>, and Wynans took the money, running it over carelessly under the eyes of the detective, and then securing it on his own person. "You see, therefore, Mr. Grimshaw," continued Wynans, taking him by the j* t- i-- A 1 iL ~ arm ana conducting mm wwu.ru nun door, "that your Interests lie In the direction of Hiram Skidder's safe. I'll give you twenty per cent*. of every dollar you can recover of that two hundred thousand." "Enough said; Tm off!" and the de* tective vanished. Tve carried the point!" cried Wynans with a jubilant smile, to Jerry, as he closed the door and retraced his steps. "We're rid of him!" * "Capital!" commented Skidder. "How good of youl You knew the chap, then?" "Oh, yes!" "And he knew yon, It seems! I thought I heard you sending him to Hiram's safe?" "Quite Yight, sir. I promised him-20 per cent, of all the cash he could recover!" "Bravo!" The door opened at this moment, and a servant announced: "Mrs. Rankle!" "Ah, here yon are, Mr. WynansI" cried the lady, as she hastily entered. CHAPTER IX. THE OUTCOME OF THE ILASQUEBADB. The truth was out! Perry Wynans stood revealed to his enemies. Possibly something might have yet been done to gloss over the sitoation, if the newcomer had been alive to the signals and warnings Perry gave her, but it was not to be. Her gaze had encountered El fie Tower, to whom she advanced swiftly, exclaiming: "And Elfie, too; what joy!" Sue caught the girl tp her heart, caressing her and kissing her, continuing: "I knew you had seldom been in town before, and was afraid you might have missed your way, or bad some other trouble. How thankful I am that my fears were all in vain.* By the time the good woman had thus given, expression to her sentiments she becam conscious of the constraint of Elfie, and even of something peculiar in the aspect of Perry, and at once connected these peculiarities with the presence of the strangers, upon whom she now turned a questioning gaze. Wynans and Elfie! These names had given Jerry and his daughter a hint of the truth. After exchanging startled glances, they turned a keen look of Inquiry upon Elfie. I (nvQnM? JorftTi "My cousin!" cried Daisy. "Strange I didn't notice the fatally likeness before,* pursued Skidder. "She's the very Image of her mother?my sister Mary?at the same a?e. Turning to Mrs. Rankle, he demanded, indicating Perry witn an index finger: "Who is this man?" The new-comer repeated the query wtth mingled terror and wonder. She was a motherly looking woman of about forty-five years, with a pleasant, chubby face, and wholly winsome and sympathetic manners. "You?you of course know who you are dealing with?" she answered, with a wondering air, when Daisy had angrily repeated her father's question. "Well, we thought we did," avowed Jerry, livid with hate and consternation, "but it seems we were mistaken. I noticed that detective would have pronounced the name of Wynans if he hadn't beyn interrupted. Who is this man, Mrs. Rankle, if that's your name?" The new-comer looked inquiringly at Perry who gave her a smiling nod. whereupon she answerd: "He's Perry Wynans." Despite all bis fears had foretold him, T ?U'k1M KT, ucrry omuuki was via.ui/ ^juicmiuuvu uj this announcement. It was several seconds before he could recover his selfcontrol sufficiently to ask: "And this girl?" "She's El fie Tower." "Of Ingleheim?" "She left there this morning.n "Daughter of the late Charles and Mary Tower?" "The same!" "And she is no wi9e related to thi! man?" "No more than I am!" "Well, I thought there was no famllj likeness between them. The couple are not named Dolliger?" "No more than you are!" declared Mrs. Kaukle, rather en oying the confusion of the stranger, and seeing readilyby the smiling content of her friends! ithat they were in no wlss the dupes of victims 01 tne evident mystincatlon la which they were figuring. "What ldyuts we've been!" groaned Jerry. "We ought to have keepersl" The words, with the air accompanying them, produced a hearty burst of laughter from Perry and Elfie, and even from staid Mrs. Rankle. "It seems I have unwillingly broken up a little masquerade in which you and Elfie were figuring, Mr. Wynans," said the latter, "Yes, but no harm Is done," replied Perry. "I received your tolegram in due course, and intended to forestall this accident, but the truth would have come out-at the best a few minutes later. You Lave come prepared to go with ua, I hope?" "I have, sir. As you suggested, I left mrr t*?nr?L* <it. thn Qtat.inn n "Give me your check, pieasa" Mrs. Rankle compiled. "I will see to checking your baggage to its destination, or as lar I can," He explained, securing the check in his pocket. "We are ready to start, and shall be off in a few minutes. Have you had dinner?" -A bite simply." "Then sit down here and make yourself at home," invited Perry, leading to the table. "We've been having a sort of BHshazzar feast, and there's enough left to dine a dozen hearty men " Mrs. lfaukle smilingly complied with the invitation, as entirely at her ease as if the Skidders had been a thousand miles distant, and El tie sat down near her, losing herself readily in the many pleasant queries and anticipations crowding upon her. "And so?yon avow yourself to be Mr. Wynans?" growled SKidder, turning his bloodshot eyes anew upon Perry; "tho owner of the Musselshell mine?" A smiling nod answered him. "How very singular it ail is!" "Very." said Wynans. "I never heard of a more extraordinary encounter," pursued Jerry. ",,J\or did L_" .. ... ..I "Ana you Knew all the while who I was?" "Certainly. Your daughter had mentioned your name and identity Dofore your arrival." "What a pltv! Afid?and you've sat there with ray niece and listened to every word Daisy and I were saying?" "We couldn't do loss, sir. Wo were simply charmed by the very extraordinary views, facts and intentions you were so rash as to thrust upon us." "To think of our being such fools, pa!" exclaimed Daisy, with an aspect and voice suggestive of hysterics. "The mean things!" "Do you suppose we know enough, pa, to get back to Montany?" pursued Daisy. in a tone of deep vexation. "If so, let's order a carriage and start for the station." "Not without my money!" ejaculated Jerry, a deep pallor suddenly replacing the lividity of his features. "You seem to have forgotten that little point, Mr. Wynans." "What little point, please?" asked ferry, racing aDout in ms cuair. "My money. ?ou put my money in your pocket, you'll remember?" "Your money?" emphasized Wynans. "Exactly. My two hundred and twenty thousand dollars." "Nonsense, Mr. Skidder! Didn't yon avow to Detective Grimshaw that yon had taken this money from my mine3 and that it really belongs to me?" "Instead of having any of your money, Mr. Skidder," pursued Wynans, quietly, with a smile, "it looks to mo as !f I had merely recovered a portion of the sum you have stolen fro?i me! "Stolen?" blustered Jerry. "As you have yourself affirmed In yonr conversation with your daughter." "What! you don't intend to give that money back to roe?" cried Skidder. springing to his fo?.t, as the full extent of his disaster suddenly flashed upon him. "Not a cent of " "Then I'll take It," threatened Jerry, advancing menacingly. "See here, old man," warned Wynans, perfectly unmoved in manner and voicor "if you should be so foolish as to ba guilty of the laast violence, even in language. I will call a policeman and send you to the calaboose. Do I look like a man likely to stand any violence or aggression from a rascal of your description?" Jerry wilted as abruptly aa II the point of a sword had touched him. "If the Involuntary paymont yen have just made me lias left you snort or funds," pursued Wynans, "I can mako you a small loan?enough to take you back to Montana." . . "You are very kind sir," sneered Daisy with scornful fierceness of voice and manner, "but wo can get along without you." "I am glad to hear It," returned Perry. "Your present mood suits me better than the one you displayed a few minutes ago, when you were talking of 'hooking on' to me!" The eyes and cheeks of the rustic beauty blazed furiously. "If I ever do 'hook on' to you," sha , declared sternly, "it will be with a hook you will not like. You seem to have scored one on this.occasion?I'm frank enough to avow it. But it's a long road that knows no turn, they say, and we'll try to get square with you later in Montana." "I overheard you speaking of that to your father," retorted Perry. "Rest assured that I shall not be easily eramated." It cost Jerry Skidder the biRKest pang of his life to tear himself away from all thought or hope of recovering the involuntary payment he had made, but Daisy had him by the arm. and was whispering all sorts of dire vengeance in his ear, and he finally acceded to the impulse she was giving his steps toward the door. But. at tne aoor ne caitoa, jacmg about, bis eyes gleaming. "We shall see you asrain in due course," be growled, shaking his. clenched hand at Perry, "and when we do " He drew his finger horizontally across his throat, and worked his forefinger severa times in rapid succession, as if pulling the trigger of a revolver. "Good riddance," was Perry's comment, when the footstep; of Daisy and her father had died out of the stairway. "Nothing could bo more tim *ly ttian this separation. The old man has told us about all he knows, and given us an excellent insight into his intentions and projects. What else we could get out of hira would hardly pay us for going to Montana in his company." Looking at his watch again, he rang for a servant and ordered a carriage, briefly stating the modifications of his original programme which had become necessary. The conveyance was quickly in waiting, and in a minute thereafter, our travelers, joyous and eaaer, were rolling rapidly toward the station. [TO BE CONTINUED.) TEMPERANCE. THE ITtLK CCBE. The Lewiston (Me.) Journal says: A new kind of cure for drinking habits is having a run in Knox County, and is reported very effective. The cure Is milk, which those in the habit of 'latin' sunthin'" drink whenever they feel a cravingjfor something stronger. We are quite prepared to endorse and commend tlie "milk cure." Provided the patient will meanwhile let whisky and beer severely alone, we have no doubt that It will prove altogether effective and reliable. ?Temperanoe Advocate. luvTntrvL, um,~K'ABDS. One painful revelation which accounts for intemperance in the oountry deserves special mention, says Archbishop Ireland. Intemperance, we have tv learn, has invaded the ranks of youth and has not paused even in the presence of womanhood. What will the future be if minors?boys and girls?are taught to bo drunkards, and women in whose keeping the purity and the happiness of our homes must ever remain, begin to love the poisoned draught? Seven thousand youths under the age of twenty 6ome even under ten. annually arrested in Chicago, tne very great majority of cases being for drunkenness or for offenses in which they indulge after getting drunk. A number of those are young girls. Among the arrests for drunkenness ill cities women are sometimes as miiLry as one-flfth of the total number. The homo saloons, too, furnisti their female drunkards, and the3e are seldom arrested. Ar.COEOL A3 A MEDICINE. My own expyrience of thirty-four years in tile practice of my profession has taught mo that in nearly all cases and kinds of disease the medical use of aicohol is unnecessary, and in a large nunV er of instances is prejudieal and even dangerous. H iving given an intoxicant, in strictly definite aud guurJe.l doses. probably on the whole only about once in three thousand cases ^t hen usually when nothiug els;) was available in au emergence*). an 1 having had mo*t varieties of diseases to contend with, my death-rate and duration of illness have b-vn >|Uit-' as low as my n<-i?hbors\ Tim experience of tin.* Loudon Temp -ranee Hospital an 1 other similar institutions, the current reports of that hospital being now reliable scientilb records, amply support this experience. The chief peril of narcotic drurrs has always appeared to me to lie in their disguis ingthe real state of the patient from himself as well as from his doctor and his friends. If there is any serious ailment, such as cho!cra or fever, the sufferer may seem to be and may feel better. He is not better . he is actually worse?made worse by the alcohol, and not unsildom alter the evanescent alcoholic disguise and deceptive improvement hits fadeJ, It is Sound that the malady itself has been progressing, unseen an 1 ansu1:pected from the delusive aspect of '.he alcohol. steadily toward a fatal determination, which mignt. in many cases, have been averted but lor the true state of the patient having been completely au&Ji.?dL?J?ariaan Kerr, 21. IX CONGRESS ABJOUEKED. THE END OF THE FiFTYTHIED SESSION. The Closing; Scenes in Both the Senate and the House of Representatives Were Uneventful and Brief ? No Quorum Was Present in Either Body. The second session of tbo Fifty-third Congress ended promptly at 2 p. m., on the day fixed for final adjournment. The scenes on the floors of both houses were uninteresting, and the occasion was only saved from tedious dullness by the presence of an extraordinary throne: in the galleries, most of whom wo:e the uniform or colors of the Knights ot Pythias. It was a visiting audience almost exclusively. It was in the Senate chamber that the la3t act in the great legislative spectacle that has attracted the attention of the whole country for the last nine months was performed and It was the least interesting and most commonplace performance that ever closed a loni? session in that body. Although there were only two hours assigned to it, three recesses were taken within that time as a resource against the weariness and dreariness of the occasion ; and when the Vice-President made his farewell speech and declared the Senate adjourned without day, the speech and the declaration were heard by only twenty Senators. All the rest had vanished, either to their homes, to watering places, or to distant countries. As to tho fate of the Tariff bill, which had absorbed and almost monopolizsd public attention throughout the long session, there was not a word officially communicated to the Senate. Tnere was no message from the President or from the House of Representatives in relation to the matter, and there was no allusion to it. . The final adjournment of the Senate took place at a minute before 2 o'clock. The House, in accordance with the terms of the joint resolution, was adjourned at 2 p. m. for the second session of the Fifty-third Congress without day. The announcement was maae by 8peaker Crisp with no ceremnnt* rrrh nf ftrtnti nn/1 i'4" inf r\t a -1 fVin IUUUJ UUOIOYCI, nu'i it micnu^ioa luotwauIng clerk as he was making his way through the text of the Hoar Anti-lottery bill, consideration of which had been askod for by Mr. Terry just two minutes before th? hour ilxed for adjournment.. This last act in the session had been preceded by the usual wearisome wait for the return of the committee appointed to wait upon the President, notify him that Congress was ready to adjourn, and ask him if he had any further communication to make. The wait, however, wag partly occupied In taking a vote by tellers upon the passage of tho resolution reportod authorizing the printing of sixty thousand copies of the rates of tho Tariff' bill with those of Erovlous bills. The point of no quorum had een made by Mr. Johnson, wao was opposed to the passage of the resolution, and, failing to get a modification so as to enable Chairman Wilson to add anything he desired in the way of explanation to the comparison, he insisted upon his point. This force J a withdrawal of the resolution. Several efforts were made to secure the accomplishment of desired legislation, but the only proposition which met unanimous approval was that to print 2600 copies of the digest and rules for the second session. Messrs. Maddox, Brookahlre, Piggott, Daniels and IJpdegrall were appointed members on the part of the House of tho Commission to investigate and' report upon the liability of the Government, if any, for the dlsast er at Ford's Theatre la9t year, by which twenty-ono clerks in the War Department lost their lives. The resignation of W. C. Oates, Governor-elect of Alabama, as a Representative from that State, to takeeffeot November 5, was announced in a letter to the Speaker. GOVERNOR WAITE ARRESTED Taken Into Custody for Retaining a Police Matron's Letter. A warrant was issued at Denver, Col., for the arrest of Governor David H. Walte on the serious charge of opening and retaining a letter addressed to Mrs. Llk9ns, formerly matron at Police Headquarters. ^ A ?? TT? 1 TKr ftT> i nA UU V r.U.\Uil IT .U1 ?., UI iuhviuuw The warrant was issued by United States Commissioner Hinsdale, who also issue! warrants for the arrest of President Dennis Mullins, of the Police Board; Hamilton Armstrong, Chief of Police, anl Kate Dwyer, matron at Police Headquarters. The charge is opening the mail and also for conspinicj-, under statues No?. 5692 and 5140, the penalty for which is a fine of not over $10,000 or two years' imprisonment, or both. The complaint was made by Mrs. Likens, and was Investigated by Pootofflce Inspector McMechan." Mr. McMechan latd the matter before United States District Attorney Johnson. and a formal complaint was drawn up against the four persons mentioned. Shortly after the warrants were served all the parties named were arrested and taken before Commissioner Hinsdale. Governor Waite created quite a sensation In the commissioner's room. He was highly Indignant, and when Deputy United States District Attorney Rtiodes stepped toward him with extended hands, the Governor met him with a cold stare. Governor Waite pleaded -'Not guilty," claiming he had not opened the letter, but that its contents had been read to him. The hearing of the case was set for a future date, and when it was suggested that bail be fixed at 85000 the prisoner sprang from his chair, paced the floor in front of the commissioner and exclaimed "I am the Governor of this State, and these proceedings are held to interfere with me in the administration of my office. I wil. not give bail. You may send me to jail, bu> I will not give bail." Finally the commissioner accepted Gov ernor AVaite's personal recognizance to ap Dear for trial in the ?um of '3100. KILLED HIS OWN CHILD. Wounderl It by Accident and Could Not Bear to See It Suffer. Dr. Anderson O'Malley. it New York phy- I i BicJan who has boon in San Antonio. Texas, | | for three weak?, shot iais threc-year-olt? j child accidentally. and thvn killed it to en<? | its misery. The Doctor and his wife* have boen very nervous about Inirelars, and, hearing a door creak, the father prt up. and with cocked revolver went into the children's j room, but saw uo one. Ho poked his lit* | tie nephew andson with the pistol to cause ) them to turu over. Then the woapoa ; went oft' accidentally, an.l the ball en! tered the child's side. Tho father then put J the pistol to the woun led child's head and I pulled the trigger. He said the wound was mortal and he | could not bear to see the little one suffer. He is under arrest and almost, if not quite, ! Insane. ^ Mbs. Mary Ao>*es ~olfe died in New York City of a broken heart from priof over her mother's death. The Eoari of Health has corroborated this declaration in the certificate of her doctor. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Db. Edson, of the New York Board of Health, announced the discovery of a lymph by Dr. Koch that is an infallible remedy for diphtheria. Ex-Alderman "W. C. Eland, of Johnstown, Penn., a victim of drink, ended his life by taking cyanide of pota33ium. A succEssm, test of the two flftoen-inch nitro-gelatine guns was made at the GovernI ment proving grounds. Sandy Hook. N. J. The battery passed the tests and will be purchased by the United States for 8162,000. Abe Buzzard, the outlaw evangelist, was convicted at Lancaster, Penn.. of receiving stolen goois. Philadelphia philanthropists still have faith in his reformation. The American Line steamer New York beat the westward record from Southampton to New York by one hour, making the trip in six days, eight hours and thirty-eight minutes. Sheriff TxaatPf, of Buffalo,' N. Y.. captn fori P/Minf T> r?o. .ttt3 H'a Pataw OFmr ftftAP n V/VIAUV 1?^U< MTOIXi 9 Itl-iiJ ??k^* ? short fight, In which eight of his men were sent to hospitals. William D. Day, the well-known athlete, committed suicide by hanging himself at Bergen Point, N. J. It is supposed because of despondinar over his recent arrest for alleged embezzlement. Aw unknown man jumped from the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Bridge and was instantly killed. Ay explosion in a colliery at Gilberton, Penn.. caused the death of ono miner and the injury of eight others. A cAJfOE containing Robert Thomas, aged thirty-five; Benjamin Karshaw, aged thirtyeight, and the latter's sou. John Kershaw, eight years old, was capsized in the river at Waltham, Mass., and all three were drowned. Ex-Speaker Reed opened the campaign In Maine by a Bpeech at Old Orchard on the Tariff bill. Over twenty-five thousand persons saw Butterflies win the great Futurity at the Sheepshead Bay track, near N-iw York City. Brandy wine was second and Agitator third. Gideon <fc Daly's Ally took the priza over six teen competitors in 1.11, the fastest time in the history ot the race. The purse was $49,200. William Cars, a young man "while bflthinpr in the surt at Atlantic City, N. J., was killed by lightning. South and West. General Ajjtonio Ezeta and his associates from Salvador were taken from the United States gunboat Bennington on extradition warrants at San Francisco and ire now prisoners in that city. South Dakota Republicans declared for free silver and renominated tho Governor and other officers. Colokel J. M. Winstead, President ot two banks in Greensboro, N. C., jumped from the tower of the new City Hall, in Richmond, Va. A. S. Tucker, a Chicago Board of Trade broker who had met with reverses, shot himself through the head. John R. Rathbohn, Lieutenant of a company of the United States soldiers located near Perry, Oklahoma, committed suicide by shooting himselt wlttt a pistol. The California Democratic State Convention nominated ex-Congressman James H. Budd, of Stockton, lor Governor on the third unuui. Nebraska Populists selected a ticket, headed by Judge Holcotnb, from a list furnished by Democrats. This probably means fusion. Two train robbers near Chicago shot two detectives, gave the police a six hours' chase and fought a desperate battle until they fell wounded. George M. Pullman testified before the National Labor Commission in Chicago. Congressman Shaw, of the Seventh Wisconsin District, is dead. Washington. The Civil Service Commission recommends the removal of District Recorder of Deeds Taylor for making political assessments. The Government's seigniorage on silvej coinage forthe past two months was 8300,000. The President approved the General Deficiency Appropriation bill. The President sent to the Senate the following .nominations John W. Beekman, United States Attorney'for the District of New Jersey 5 Samuel Puleston, United States Marshal for the Northern District of Florida* George W. Hanson,.Collector of Customs for the District of Passamaquoddy. Maine; James Daujherty, Surveyor of Customs at Peoria. III. Secretary Carlisle discussed with the President the disputed points in the Tariff bill. The Administration decided to recognize the sovereignty of Nicaragua over the Mosquito Reservation. The National Convention of the Enights of Pythias was formally opened in Washington with a speech by Vice-President Stevenson. Schixichiro Kcriso, the new Japanese Minister, arrived in Washington. Foreizn. The attempt of China to float a loan of 1,000,000 taels has failed; the Japanese Minister at Seoul is reported to have been assassinated. England. Spain and Italy have sent warships to Morocco to protect their subjects. Tar native population of Hawaii are not coming forward to restorer their votes under the new laws of the republic. The British Parliament was prorogued. A statue of Joan of Aro has been unveiled at Domremy, France, her native place. The ceremonies were witnessed by over 20,900 mlflrrims. The Dutch expedition against the island of Lombok, East Indies, has been defeated bj the natives. JAPAN'S PRIME MINISTER, He is a Civilian and Not a Warrior Like Li Hung Chang. llprsf cor>*t nincBon ito. Count Hirobu:ni Ito is tlio Premier ?[ the Japanese Cabinet, whic'a consists of eight Ministers of State. Fro n his youth Ito lias had tho reputation of being clever an I bright. After G?neral T. Saigo dmnp?nre 1 from the ar^ni of polities at tho olosj of the rebellion of 1S77. an 1 after the sudden death of Ofcubo In the ioilowim; year.Ccunt Ito and other younger men cams to the front. Ito's most important work beforo this was the building of the first railroad in Japan, in 1874, when he was Under Secretary of tho Department of Public Works. Dunkirk. 5. l'.. is wna over rno report that an oil well which is beins,' drilled on a fnrmsix miles south of the city ha3turned out to be a "gusher,'" yielding 100 barrels of oil per day. The finding of oil at that point, it is believed, opens up a valuable oil territory. The system of crofters' colonization in I Scotland has up to the present time proved i a failure. Of tee sum of $37.5JO voted as a j grant in aid. the Scotch office was able to J spend lust year only a trifle over r 1000. i ' : - ?^? ??? K THE TARIFF BILL A LAW. THE PRESIDENT NEITHER SIGNED NOR VETOED IT. In a Private Letter to Representative Catchings. of Mississippi, He Explained Why He Did Not Approve the Gorman Compromise Measure, Substituted for the Wilson Bill. At 12 o'clock, midnight, the Gorman Tariff bill. pas3ed by the House of Representatives on February 1 and by the Senate on July 3, became a law without the signature of President Cleveland and with only his qualified approval, expressed in a private letter to Representative Catching*, of Mississippi. As intimated in that letter, the President was disposed to let the bill become the law without any comment whatever from him. The Speaker. Mr. Catching.?, Sir. Clarke,of Alabama,and other tariff reformers of the House urged the President to sign, in the belief that his approval, even if it were qualified by a memorandum setting forth his views of the bill's imperfections, would have a salutary effect in modifying Drejudice against it. alriil in stimulating the Democrats of the country to renewed efforts to advance the work Hepun by the present session of Congress. The letter to Mr. Catchings was the outcome of the conversations the President had with the men of the House who had advocated the Wilson bill. The President's letter follows Executive Mansion*, ? Washington. August 27, 1894. f Hon. T. C. Catchings Mr Dear Sir?Since th9 conversation I hai with you and Mr. Clarke, of Alabama, a few days ago. in regard to my action upon the Tariff bill now before me, I have given the subject further and more serious consideration. The result is I am more settled than ever in the determination to alldw the bill to become a law without my signature. When the formation ot legislation which it was hoped would embody Democratia ideas of tariff reform was lately entered upon by the Congress, nothing was further from my anticipation than a result which I could not promptly and enthusiastically endorse. It is therefore with a feeling of the utmost disappointment that I submit to a denial of this privilege. I do not claim to be better than the masses of my party, nor do I wish to avoid any responsibility which, on account of the passage of this law, I ought to bear as a member of the Democratic organization. Neither will I permit myself to be separated frou, mv nartv to snph an extent as might be im piled by my veto of tnriff legislation, which, though disappointing, is still chargeable to Democratic effort. But there are provisions in this bill which are not in lino with honest tariff reform, and it contains inconsistencies and crudities which ought not to appear in tariff law3 or laws of any kind. Besides there were, as you and I well know, incidents accompanying the passage of the bill through the Congress which made every, sincere tariff reformer unhappy, while Influences surrounded it in its latter stages and interferred with Its final construction, which ought not to be recognized or tolerated in Democratic tariff reform counsels. And yet, notwithstanding all Its vicissitudes and all t1:? bad treatment it recjived at the hand/, ot pretended friends. It presents a vast improvement to existing conditions. It will certainlv lighten many tariff burdens that now rest heavily upon the people. It is not only a barrier against the return of mad protection, but it furnishes a vantage ground from which must be waged further aggressive operations against protected monoDOlv and Governmental favoritism I take my place with the rank and file of the Democratic party who believe in tariff reform and who know what it is, who refuse to accept the results of this bill as tho close of the war, who are not blinded to the fact that the livery of Democratic tariff reform has been stolen and worn in the service of Republican protection, and who have marked the places where the deadly blight of treason has blasted the counsels of the brave in their hour of might. The trusts and combinations?the communism of Delf?whose machinations have prevented us from reaching the success wa deserved, should not be forgotten nor forgiven. We shall recover from oar astonishment at their exhibition of power, and if then the question is forced upon us whetner they shall submit to the free legislative trill of the people's representatives or shall dictate tne law3 which the people must obey, we will accept and settle that issue as one involving the integrity and safety of American institutions. X love the principles of true Democracy, because they are founded in patriotism and upon justice and fairness toward all interests. I am proul of my party organization, because it is conservatively sturdy and psrsistent in the enforcement of its principles. Therefore. I do not despair of the efforts made by the House of Representatives to supplement the bill already passod by further legislation, an 1 to have engrafted upon it such modifications as will more nearly meet Democratic hopes and aspirations. I cannot be mistaken as to the necessity of free raw materials as the foundation of logtcal and sensible tariff reform. The ex-? . . . *- ? 1 J i_ tent to which tais is recoyaizeu ia us _ lation already secured is one of its encoar- I aging and redeeming features; but it is vexa tiousto recall that, while free coal and iron have been denied us, a recent letter of tha I Secretary of the Treasury discloses the fact I that both might hava baea made free by the I annual surrender of only about $7J3,003 of I unnecessary revenue. fl I am sure that there is a common habit of I underestimating the importance of free raw I materials in tariff legislation, and of regard- I ing them as only related to concessions to I be made to our manufacturers The truth I is, their influence is so far-reaching that, if I disregarded, a complete and beneficent I scheme of tariff cannot be successfully in ausurated. I When we give to our manufacturers free I raw materials, wo unshackle American en terprise and ingenuity, and these will open B the doors of foreign markets to the reception I of our wares and give opportunity for the I continuous and remunerative employment of American labor. I With materials cheapened by their free- I dom from tariff charges, the cost of their D product must be correspondingly cheap ened. Thereupon justice and fairness to I the consumer would demand that the manu- I facturers be obliged to submit to such a re- I adjustment and modification of the tariff upon their finished goods as would secure to thepeople the benefit of the redurei cost of their manufacture,and shield the coasamer I against the exaction of inordinate profits. I It will thus be seen that free raw miterl- I als and a just an i fearless regulation aalre- H duction of the tariff ro meet thecaangei conditions would c:trry to every humole I home in the land the blessings of incraasei I comiort and cheaper living. I The millions of our countrymen who have H fought bravely au I well for tariff reform, R should be exhorte 1 to coctimt j the strijgia, H boldly challenging to open warfare au I ua- H stantly guarding against tli > treachery and I half-heaK'edneS'iin taeir ci:np. H Tariff reform will not be settled until it Is H honestly an i fa:rly w-trled in the^ interest ? and to the U.'iiiHt o. .a ptflout ana loa-j-su..fering people, i'oars very truly. (juovbb Cleveland. BATTLE WITH PEASANTS. Four of the Count's Servants and Six of Their Opponents Killed. Count Ty-zfceewicz, whose estates aro n?ar j Krottiagea, in the Gov?rnr,n>ut of TVilna, I Russia, has been on bal t^rnis with his tcn! ailts for several months. Several tenants refused to pay rent. The Count seized thirty head of their cat. tie as security. The peasants were intensely ' pxcited by the appoar.inoe of the Count's officers and let th>> oat tie go only after having been driven with clubs from the sheJs.' Early in the moraine about 100 of them,' armed with old muskets, seyth?s and pitchforks, marched to the Count's castle. They demanded the cattle back. Some twenty servants and foremen ordered them to leavs the neighborhood. In the fight which followed four of the I Count's employes and six of the peasants' were kliled and many others were wounded. The peasants remained near the park all th? morning, but did not rencv,' tho attack.. They ihioatened to burn the castle. , J