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I THE WEEKLY tfft DII0I TIMES SN-. ^ ^*?* i^ ii * i ... .. ... i . i ., ,.^,. i i .. .? i i i i . "?' ii ? . ? '? ., ~ ? .. .?i . . ^ ^ Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, Politics and the Current News of the Day. XX.-NEW SERIES. ~"~- UNION-C. . .( - ~ NUMBER 34. - >V. ' ' "" ' '*"" " T1 v ^ I 1 TT h . I It seemed to her, in that (lrsperatc I been something terrible in her life,] Mr. Bancker had r>rrwlnf^ - I T,,n "r"*"" l | moment, thst her lot in life was too I I HTM WAIF. A Story of Abrbing Interest By BERNARD HERBERT. CIIArTER V. a mother's warning. t It was a memorable morning in the V\ annals of shippii g when the queen of tho North German Lloyd Steamship Company, the good ship Fulda, plowed her way up Now York Bay, freighted with tho c utaways of tho lost Oregon, tIt was a destitute, frightened, gratef f "I, llW1*1,xL - lM)ktgrWga#-hud^^ |BNNR**,^jT^*wTioUt thO' ilHtinHNBMiw, recoiving the hospitality of the onen BK- hearted German offioers with eager bunds. And while they ate and drank to keep life and warmth in their chilled bodies, the anxious query passed from lip to i lip?"How many have been lost?" To which was returned the comforting re- i ply?"Not a soul 1" Not a soul had been lost! How fjw that d?y understood the tragic significance of those pregnant i words! how few guessed in their joy at 1 their dcliveranco that one at least in t heir midst, the child with the fair face, the gold-bronze hair, und eyes liko the \ morning star, had jr.iy?d to die, had 1 fought against life, and had b?en cared l for against her will. 1 Upon a ooil of cordago sho sat apart., her small, white hands clasped tightly in her lap, her great, tearless eyes fixed upon the rapidly vanishing spot where <j the waters had forevor closed al?ovo the i great ship which had borne her bock ] ^ from a strange world to tho land of her birth. i The land of her birth, and yet no j home! < "While sho sat there, a shadow in tho 1 sickly sunlight 'ell athwart her, and a rich, manly voice said: 1 "Hero, uracie, drink this; you will i foel better." Sho raised licr eyes and saw tho handsome face of Rupert Arnim, the man i who had Bavcd her life, landing above tier while lie offered her a tin cup of i steaming coffee. < "You must drink it," he urged, as she faintly shook her head; "I am respon- j sible for your still being in this world, < and it is my duty to caro for you. Hoo how you shiver; drink the coffeo wliilo it is warm." She took the cup with the simple 1 h . obedience of a child, and drained its ' 'contents 'llifrgtily. Inuftediutely a i feeble tinge of color crept into her cheeks, and some of tho far-away look i forsook her eyes. Thon tho young man sat dea n before her uiid took her cold hands in his. i "Gracie," he Baid gently, "is it true ] that you wanted to die ?" For the first time sinco the awful ca- ; tastrophe two great tears crept out from lietween the fringed eyelids of her i down-east eyes and fell ujion his hands. "Do you filame mc that I saved your life ?" ho asked. "No." slio faltered "But you do not thank mo ?" "I cannot, for I have nothing left to live for!" "Nothing!" he exclaimed, in n pained way; "you have no family, no friends?" Not one in all this wide world." "You havo my mother and me!" Sho heaved a deep sigh and drew her hands out of his clasp. "I shall only be a burden to you," she faltered; "the hand of Fate is set against mo, and I shall only bring misfortune to all whom " "Hush!" ho interrupted. "I cannot let 4^ you talk like that! you ore excited and ill now. After you have rested, and have known how kind my mother can be, you will forget the misery of the past, whatever it may be." At mention of the past?that past so bitter and cruel?the poor child lost all control of herself. She rose to her foet, and turned from her protector in an attitude of desperation. "No, no," she cried, "let me go my way. You have saved my life, and I suppose I ought to lie grateful to yon, since God gave it mo and I must live it nut tn thn And TTrtfr fmm Cm vw* ?.av v?x?> ?*W?U VUU JUVUIOUII thai we land, lei that be the end of all between us. I can take care of myself." "Gracie," he said firmly, rising and eoming to her side, "you must ezouse me, but I will not leave you. Tonight, at least, you shall pass with my mother. You have lost everything, and ^ are not fit to go out into the world Alone and penniless. Besides, if you choose to Cell my mother your story, perhaps she can advise you how to act." The kindly intentioned words acted like the lighted fuse to the waiting powder. The girl's eyes flashed, ancl ga the pallor deepenod upon her lips. 8he |B drew back a step, and faced the young artist with the very daring of despair. ' "Mr. Arnim," she said, and the sweet voico was low and tense, "if I am to meet your motner, it must bo on condition that no questions are to lie asked me concerning my past. Whatever happens, I mean to keep that secret between myself and my God." A suspicions moisture glistened in the flno, honest eyea as Rupert A mini repliod r i "When you know us better, I think you will have no fault to find with us - . for wishing to tiry into tho secret ol your life. Wo shall rospect that as we shall respect you." The " proud words, so gently expressed, proved too much for little Oracle's overwrought nerves. 8he made an attemnt to irivs the 1im?? f?l. low her hands in silent token of her gratitude, the flood-gates of her tears " were loosened, and she fell forward, "only, however, into his strong nrms, and It was his gentle voice that soothed her. It was the handsome, sitnnio face of Max Iloydeii, seen under sttch trying oircumstances, and in the uncertain twilight of the early morning, that had 90 disturbed our littfo heroine. iinrd 10 near, if, having done all she could to shield her father from the consequences of his crime, by assum ing the accusation herself, the evil spirit who had prompted all tho misery had hunt-, d her down, and was about to balk her in tho hardships of the new life which she hod to face singlehanded and alono. But after Rupert's kindness to her, after she had wept to her heart's content, a senso of blessed relief settled upon her troubled snirifc nn<i ?' ? *? ft .?m o.iu ur^uii to wonder whether it were, indeed, the mocking face of Mux Boyden sho had seen glaring up at her from out the jaws of denth. In that brief moment of rcspito sho seemed to Ioko Bight of tho fact that sho had lain ill among Btrongers in England for a week prior to her sotting out for Amcriea, and consequently wonde^d how Boyden could have arrived Hfro oven WOTIt w w> raimr her excited imagination hod played her Bomo trick, and it was not at all the faee of Mox Boyden that sho had seen. In this partially relieved frame of mind Bhe e agerly roanned every faeo Bho mot on tho ship, and as that of hor tormentor did not again meot hor gaze, bIio concluded that either sho must have been cruelly tortured to no purposo, or that, if it were Boj'den, ho must have perished upon the ill-starred craft that had caused the fatal disaster to the Oregon. Therefore, littlo dreaming of tho bitter consequences of everv step sho took, little Oracie Garland allowed herself to be led on shore and far uptown into the Harlem district to a humble littlo houso, where an anxious woman waited. One had but to look into tho faco of Mrs. Dorothea Arnim to lie assured of her goodness. She was a Hue specimen nf womanhood, a truo mother. A widow for many years, she doted upon her l>oy, Bupert. in a VAT tlml nmnnnlMl , ^ ..M.vaiivo** IV Idolatry. Ho was her joy, her hopo, her stay in life, and naturally she welcomed him homo to lier lioarth and ItenTt with an affectionate effusion which hlinded her for tho timo being to tho proaence of tho little downcast stranger vho stood with tearful oyes watching tho glad reunion. It was Itupert who bethought himself tlrst, and breaking away from tho fond embrace, turned tho po.nl woman about so that sho realized tho prcsenco of a stranger for the tlrst time. " Whom have wo here bIio exclaimed in astonishment, as her oyes rested upon the sweot, upturned faeo of little Qracie. "A guest, mother," wns tho reply. Never for an instant questioning her boy's action in the matter, Mrs. Arnim went to the girl and took her in her motherly arms and kissed her. "You are welcome, my dear child," she said; "what is your name V" "Grace Garland," was the low reply. '"We will call her GfOcie, little Grunie, mother," Rupert snid; "and wo will love her and care for her, since she is a waif from the lost Oregon, and sho has no frinnrla " His wish was his mother's law, and as Mrs. Arnim led Gracio up to a neat little chamber upon the second floor of tho house, the poor child felt that for the time being, at least, alio had found rest and protection. It was with a thankful heart that sho fell asleep that night and prayed God to bo good to those who had been good to her. Below stairs, in the pretty room which for tho present served Doth as sitting-room and studio, mother and son sat facing each other in the dim radiance of the sliuded lamp. For some moments silence had fallen between them, and it was Mrs. Arnim who was the first, to break it. They hud been tulking of the advantages gained by the voung artist in his brief journey abroad, and it was all the more startling when sho suddenly broke off to inquire: "Rupert, who is she?" No need to mention names; ho knew that she referred to the stranger who slept beneath their roof. "I know nothing aliout her, mother," i he replied, "beyond the fact that she is lovely, and as good as she is lovely. llf- 1- -? * ? ? v?e uui.il cmmea in me steerage 01 uio Oregon. 8ho lost what little alio hail, and as she has told you, she has no friends." "What would she have done, had sho not met you?" "The^jood Lord only knows! I daro not think of it." "Kupert, you are in love with the ohildl" "Yes, mother, I am, as you will be when you know her." A shadow flitted across the kindly face of the woman as shojrejoined: "How can I know her when you do not?" "You will win her confidence. Women [ become acquainted easily. She has j some terrible secret upon lier soul, has escaped from Rome awful experience which has nearly wrocked her reason." The shadow upon Mrs. Amim's face deepened. "Ah! You admit that something has occurred, something that might ex{dain her forlorn, destitute condition in ife?" 4 "Ofconrsc! Havo you not already soen it for yourself ?" "Yes." "Mother!" ho exclaimed, starting ' suddenly to his feet, as for the first he noted the peculiar expression upon his mother's face, "you certainly do not suspect so innocent a child of any personal wrong?" "I suspect nothing." "She has bcon cruelly wronged in some way." "Then lot her place herself upon a fair footing with us by explaining her position." "No! the only way in which I cbuld induce her to come to us was by promising that we would not pry into her secret. Having given her my promise, 1 will not, and you must not. You will j not, will yon ?" "No; I promise too," Mrs. Arnim said, rising as she spoke, and placing i her hands upon her bov's shoulders; "but Rupert, beware I?Mind, I do not suspect the young girl of any wrong in herself. Bo far ar we can so?, sh? eoeiaa good and pure; but there has ( V-. -5 vi innnni pcrnaps, from which she has fled. It mn^ hunt hci down and find Iter out, and it may not; God only knows. Therefore, remember this?whatever may happen, you cannot afford, in nioro ways than one, to l?e mixed up in it. When you ok older, and know more of the ways ol tlio world, you will understand hcttci , what I mean." i Rupert Arnim stooped and kissed the placid brow upturned to his. 1 "You nro anxious, rmwl < , * mother," he said; "butrestnssurcd that | I .shall get into no trouhlo on account 1 of our charge. We can shield her hern with us from all shadow of harm. Only, should danger find her out, I stand i prepared to defend her with tho last drop of my blood 1" .. "You are a bravo boy," tho mother rejoined; jjand all I can say Is, that I disappointments until they come,'" he cried with a buoyant laugh; "there is ft too much to l>e enjoyed in life to bor- n row troublo! Why, just look at it! Here I wont all over Europe to find a ( fresh face for niv new Madonna, and I c only find one when I turn my face j, homewards. I sketched littlo Gracie y on the steamer. Sho has promised to j] sit for me hero, and tho picture will bo c done in time for tho May Exhibition, f, for I shall work at it with nil my heart y and soul, with nil my might and main." Mrs. Arnim cast a quick, apprehensive glance about tho apartment, as y tllOllcrli in fonr r?f 1 -d*- - ? *'?? dvuiv ?? aiVllllll g somo listening car, as she said, ear- B neatly: p "Rupert, do not paint that picture for tlie next exhibition, or at least for some c tiroel" B "Why not?" ho asked in amazement. c "I scarcely know, my boy." t, "I shall nover havo another such a model." j] "Then paint her, but let no eye ro3t upon her face until the mystery of her e life is cleared up." j "Oh, but you nrn making a mountain y out of a mole-hill!" 8] "Something tells me that I am not. Were you to exhibit her face, you might ^ get yourself into trouble, besides bringing down upon her those whom she fears." g Rupert Arnim was silent and thoughtful as lie wont with his mother e to the door and kissed her goo.l-niglit. "Perhaps you aro right, mother," ho murmured; "I will think of what you n have said, Good-niglit." ? For hours he laid awake that ni^lit, thinking over tho strange suspicions j which his mother had placed unon him but at last, he fell asleep to dream of a beautiful face, the faco of his Madonna, T an<V?f in fch? iorthoomiiig i exhibition. While this quiet Bccnn urns being en- c netted in the little home in llarlem, the Brevoort Hov.fo clown town in ! avenue, was all ablaze with light and B agog with guests arriving and depart- e ing- la Among the persons who sauntered up the spacious, gas-lit steps and entered a tlio offloo of the hotel was a middle- o aged man of indifferent appearance, but blessed with a pair of keen, ferret-like 1 eyes that flashed about from ]>oint to 1: point, apparently taking in the bustling t scene at a glance. To the clerk at the desk ho said: r "You have a gentleman in your house ny me name 01 uoyuen. i uolievo, Air. I Max Boyden." And upon receiving I tlie evidently expected reply he added, ii ".Tust l>e good enough to send up my t <j ird to him." t Thereupon on a slip of cardboard he wrote, in a bold, business-like hand, ? the name?"Bancker." g Five minutes later he was requested a to take the elevator to a certain auite i of rooms on the third floor of the houso. j Wrapped in a dressing-gown of sorao ] richly embroidered stuff, and reclining 1 at ensu in the depths of a comfortable g arm-chair, sat Mr. Max Boyden, of unsavory m< mory, with his sharp, black eyes Axed intently upon the partially opened door that led into the hall. The instant a rap Hounded upon the doorBovden rose, and in a tirm, clear voice said: "Come in." Tho personage with the ferret-liko eyes promptly obeyed the summons and put in an api?enraneo. "Mr. Bancker?" began Boyden, interrogatively. "Yes, sir. sAt your request. I come from " "From " "Piukerton's Detective Agenoyr, sir." CHAPTER VI. r ~ '] DETECTIVE >CKE1U **You are the man I am expecting," ^ num uuyuen, who ovincni suusiacMon, . as he resumed his sent; and, pointing to a chair on tho opposite side of the table, he continued, "please l?e seated." f Mr. Banekcr accepted the proffered ' chair, placing his hat beneath it, and then proceeded to attach his koen vision upon the faco before him. "Mr. Baneker," began Boyden, twist- * ing round and round the third finger of his left hand an elegant snake ring, 4 embellished with diamonds, as he * spoke, "for the first time in my life I find myself obliged to employ a person 4 of your profession." * As Mr. Banckor did not utter a word, scarcely w inked an eyelid, Boyden was ' obliged to proceed. 4 "Are von prepared to undertake the j responsibilities of a murder case?" in- j quired he. 1 "Quite prepared, sir," was the laconic I "rv "Then I will give you the ciromn- , stances of the case in a nut-shell. My uncle, Mr. Orrin Clifford, of Boston, went abroad eighteen months ago in search of health. He took with him 1 his trusted body-servant, one Nioholas 1 Garland, and Garland's daughter, a < pert, forward minx, anywhoro from flf- ' teen to eighteen years of age," ( "What office did tho girl fill, sir?" < inquired the detective. "Merely baggage; but her father was > afraid to leavobcr at home for fear ahe ^ might get into trouble, so my undo, 1 Mr. Clifford, very kindly consented to take her along." 1 "Thank you, sir." - W uw#0" book, and wan rapidly taking notes in short-hand, tlio first of whioh was pertincnt and ran as follows: "Clifford mnrd<r. Nephew's" pronounced dislike for the body-sertant's daughter." \ "Finding that his health was rapidly failing," continued Boy don, "ana, not during to attempt the voyage home,:my < undo hired a place in Devonalijre, England, near Torquay, and went dqwn I to reside. Three weeks ago to-mordv* I night, Mr. Clifford's nurse was dragged, and he strangled to death in lis , tied." ] , "By whom, sir?" i "By Orace Garland, the body-ear- i rant'? " mivp uau^iibcr. "For what motive, air?" "Kobbery." , / 1 j "Indeed? Were you present? 1 "Present. I I -was .miles ai?ay, up in J sked whether lie was present on the ight of the murder." 1 "The circumstantial evidence against 1 Irace Garland, all of which I need not ' nter into, as it docs not concern your ' art of the work, was so overs-helming hut it left no doubt in the minds of 1 lie witnesses that tlio girl was the d riminnl. In fact, when, nccnscd, she t signed a swoon and cscapod daring ; lie night." ? "Where did she go?" n "Ten days later it wfts discovered ^ hat she llA/1 irnno I" 1 1 1 uuu unu n nilcd by the ill-fatecl Oregon, the u tenmcr which followed mine to this . ort." ; "What was your haste to leave En- n land?" " "As my uncle died intestate, I be- 0 ame his heir, and was obliged to re- h urn at ouce to settle his ewiaA." G "Nephew in hot haste to settle up v he estate," jotted down Mr. Bancker. "It was her father who cabled mo ^ oncerning the girl's sailing," observed toyden, "and my object in engaging " ou is to ascertain her whereabouts ince her arrival." 1 "Which could only have occurred to- " ay, sir." ^ "Yes; I am informed that the Fulda 1 rought up tho passengers by the Ore- 1 on this afternoon." t "Very sorry you did not notify mo " arlier." t "Why so?" 1 "I might havo been at the pier and n abbed the young women then and t here." "Oh?er?yes! very true," replied t toyden, stammering for the first time e u his hitherto straight story; "the a rouble was I was out of town?or?in j teuton. _an<l only returned to-day to < ia? M>o aAIs^sm OWiatJBia^iiey- - \ "But our agency received orders to ^ all upon you yesterday." r I #nnt. tint orrlor Trom Hnntnn " I .... - ' . . i r ueiore you reoeiveu ?nc caoiegram, . ir?" inquired Mr. Bancker, slightly levating his eyebrows, but otherwise * >et raying no surprise. "Yes," replied Boyden, boldly, with i darkening frown, "I wished to consult ] ne of you.in the matter," ( "Ah! But the order borw the New 1 "ork post-mark of the first morning do- ' ivery; not the Boston post-mark of f he evening before, iir." Livid to the lips with suppressed age, Boyden replied: "I consider your remarks irrelevant, ifr. Bancker 1 We are wasting time, sent the order from Boston to a friend n Now York to mail, having forgotten o do so before I left, and not knowing he address of your agency." "Thank yon, sir. Yon will pardon ny impertinence, if yon will have the goodness to remember that-even the lightest detsils may bo of paramount m porta nee in so delicate a case." This being a long speech for Mr. lancker, he relapsed into his note i- u:i - 1. _ x . -i. ? i - juuk, wiiue jjuyuun whir ih:oaaion 10 ' prowl: "I can't see liow vxy goings and comRgo have any bearing whatever in tho :aac!" As a lost entry Mr. Bnnckor noted lown: "Nephew much oonfused oh to dates ind localities on tho morning of the 1 Oregon disaster. Significant." I Had Mr. Boncker been able to rood ] >etween the lines of his note-book , jntries, he wonld have had the true , date of the story in a nutshell. But then, even a Tlinkerton detectivo is not J )mniscient^|^ Havina^^Hy bestowed his poneils in <u|H^^^Apcket of his vest, and HJKolny Jo 'pjMcxt forty-eiglTt hours at the orrn^Moq um shall hear from me, Mr. Boydon^vats 1 "Very w^ r assented that gentle- ' nan; "l>o sl.i you secure the murIcrcss, and I shall not mind giving you t handsome Gfoutmtr." < "I Deg pardon r 1 "A douceur?a present?er?some- 1 ihing for yourself." "Oh, I ftccl Thank you, sir. I do my luty and am properly paid for doing it. 3ood evening, sir." Whon the door had olosod upon the letective, Max Boyden sprang from lis chair in a spasm of impotent rage. "The insolent puppy!" he exclaimed; 'it would look as if he suspected me >f murdering the old man. 6nt there! ihey're all alike. They must let off lust so much guff to keep up a show of mportance. Bo long as he gets the girl I don't mind what ho says to me, lince I have nothing to teeLL* Upon reaching the street Mr. Bnncker broke into a broad, goodlatnred smile. "I had rather talk with that rare rascal than eat a good dinner," he renarked to himself; "by jo*? I?if I wore sailed upon to pipe the Oregon mystery, "tnrksv MO tf T M/AM tuiaMM leiil* iltol inii|3 ? *' > m. ifvwMiw w mm viinv inmn Mr. Max Boydon! He's quite mpable of anything from killing his incle to sinking a ahip. A douceur ndeed! Dash me, but 1 reckon it vonld take many a douceur to sweeten lis soore P And with an antnte smilo Mr. Bftpli<?<qr trudged along up-tewn. [to as covtimvko. j . - inc. ntwb. The Augusta Orphan Asylum, at August) Oi., was destroyed by fire. Loss #100,001 Uoorgo Christian was convicto-l of mui der and sentenced to prison for lift1, at llui tin. ton, W. Va. He set fire to tbo jail i which be and Frank Brown were conflnec and Brown was burnod to death. Walt* McK*y fell from a throe story window t his residence,Washington, and was instantl killed. Robert Snyder, a saloon-keeper c Eldorado, Kansas, shot Ids wife and mothei in-law. A mother and her daughter wcr sutragod and murdered in McDowell count; W. Va. An express train on the Kocl island Railroad collided with a freight train ind one trainman fros killed and several in lured. George H. Hammond & Co,'s larg sacking bouse at Hammond, Ind., w.u de itroyed by Ore. Loss J3J0.000. PreD&ra BlnJliiffmmniY"iifii veterahs at the m et ng 6f the Army of tho Cuoib-Hand at Chat inoogn, Toon., Hoptomber 19. William Joudermann, a brick manufacturer of lias ing*, Minn., bas disco to rod gold in the snn< ised for making bricks in bis yard. Jns 1 linger, a deputy Unite 1 States marshal ros shot from atnbuah and fatally woundei n Wyoming county, \V. Va. Patrick Cal loun, general counsel for the West Poin Terminal road, nod J. D. Williamson, presi lout of tbo Chattanooga, Homo and Carroll on ro id, fought a duel at Hoke's BlufT, ot be Coosa rlvor, Go., in which Calhour rounded Williamson. Mrs. N. Promai tid her twelvo-yoir-old daughter were killer >y lightning at Pifer City, 111., but a sevenaonths-old babe in tbo mother's arm wn: nhtirt. The night express for Ninghri palls, on tho Home, Wntertownand Ogdens mrg Hail road, ran Into a Rochester trai n oar Forest Lawn, N. Y., telescoping foui ars, killing one (lorsou and injuring eight there. A dozen old men claim that they uve been rejuvenated and feel youngagair iy tne Drown-n, <p> ,ra Hfo dtxir treatment, rith which the Indianapolis physicians arc xperimentiug. Johu Prootor, who mur lered Wado Purcell, at Mount Vernon, Ky. d tempted to kill lid it or W. R. Cross, of the l/ounfriiu Signal, at Mount Vernon, for do louncing him in tho paper. Uobert l'ur ;er was assassiuatcd near Hickory, N. C. Lsbor Haggerty struck Edward Hogget t on he jugular vein, killing him instantly, a: freehold, N. J. Heavy losses of mail mat er belonging to merchants of Reading, Pa., .re being investigated by the postal authori les. Charles Sweeny, a Frenchman al Turner's Falls, Mas*., shot his wife and t!i ;r attempted suicide. Despondency due to ill lenlth was the cause. Thomas F. Piuuketr, former president ol lie Hartford Silk Manufacturing Cnmpiny, ind who disappeared a defaulter a year ago md was sutiecqusntly reported dead in M-x co, is now declaretl to be living in nflbienct: n the city of Mexico.??A, G. D.ivids. superntendeus of an electrio railway, at Steubenrillo, O., received and survived the full sliocK ?f a nine-hundred-volt current. Thousands >r i;hin<MARra smuggling ciicir wnv Into tht Jnited States by way of Mexico. I)r. Rob>rt Longfellow, of tlio Cincinnati College o( Uedicine and Surgery, made interesting, and t is claimed, successful experiments with the Brown-Scquafd elixir of life. William jlunen was killed and Mark Christman fatal y injured by the cabooso car in which thej were asleep, at South Bethlehem, Fa., hemp itruck by a locomotive and domolDhod. Eleven one-armed switchmen on the Chicagc ?nd Northwestern ltailroad are on strike.foi in advance in wagos. Collapse of tin Prosser motor scheme has ciused the fuilur< of Colouel J. Hans Davidson, of St. Paul Minn'., with liabilities of $l(K),tiOO. Police man Fryer, of Chicago, was shot and killei in a street tight-. Colonel James Curry U. 8. A., retired, diod suddenly at Fort Mon roe. George Duncan Bryson was hange< at Boulder, Montana, for the inurdor of An me .Lriiiuatrotn. mere wore ji>? ousiues failures la the United Htates and 37 in Cana la tho past week. The coal miners at Ala baraa are organ zing to fight the convict la bor system. Walter Creus, a fifteen-year >ld boy, of Jacksonville, Fla., was whirlec iround a shaft in a saw mill and nearly torr limb from limb, Henry Schmit's twelve ^ear-old daughter while running from tlx House to the barn, at Lacrosse, Wis., wai itruclc by lightning. Astriel Brothers milliners, of Lanoastor, Pa., bavo failed foi >50,000. By tho breaking of an air-brak< In a p issonger train rounding a curvo on tlx Pittsburg aud Western Railroad, the can turned over and many of the passengers wen njured. Several prisoners in the jail a Lumber t>n, Robeson county, N. C., kuocko< the jailira down and escaped. llungariai coke workers, at Morewood, Pa., not under standing that the strike had been settled, pre Deeded to destroy property and attack th bosses. By a natural gas explosion ru Pitts burg two persons were instantly killed am fifteen injured. Henry Kusol, treasurer of tbe village of Numesta Luke, Minn., ba disappeared taking with him $1,000 of tb town's moner. Philip Dougherty, an engineer at nechteli fille, Pa., was caught in a belting and draw through two rollers, crushing his body inl pulp. Tho Union National Bank of Wi mington, Del., has refused to cash the city check for $120,000, thus taking tho city funds out of that bank, tho question invob ing an act of the last legislature, about tt legality of which there is doubt. By tt reoont election in Bolt Lake City the gentih will control the municipal government. ? In a quarrel among farmers at Prinoetoi Ky.,John Hutchins shot and fatally roumlf George and Albert Lewis, brothers . young daughter of F. M. Boehiler, of Eil hart, IixL, has been the victim of a remarki hlA fiAM rtf mannndaH anlma?l/>w Q. prisoners osdaped from Jail at Imports, Ind by tunneling under the wall. The est mated average corn yield of Illinois will I seventeen bushels per acre. Andrew Wi llama, of Ensley city, Ala., found his wifo I a room with Wm. McCutoheon and shot ar killed them both.??Because Miss Bad Atboy declined to marry William Johnsoi of Madison, Ind., he shot her and thoo cor mttted suicide.?-The Topeka sugar worl at Topoka, Kansas, were destroyed by flr Loss 970,000. The government is trying I recover a pension paid one of two widows < a soldier at Hackettstown, N. J. Uichai Tate, Kentucky's defaulting treasurer, hi been arrested at Boottsboro', Ala. Grant was tho youngest President i bis toft inauguration. STATE OF TRADE. i, ] An Increased Volume of Busii ness and Improved Crop " Prospects. ?r >f Favorable Reports from tho Cotton y Fields? Money Kasy on Call and Firm on Time?I^rge Iucreaso in Itallroad Famines. Special Telegrams to Briulstrcct's report a ^ somewhat larger volume of trade at Phila| delpbia, Pittsburg, Louisville, Cincinnati( ' Kansas City, Chicago and Oilvoston, and at Dthiir nninia 1 u k * I i??uo iwkuut ior uio Auiomn trade is bright. Anthraoite coal and lum" ber at tho Bast remain quiet, and raw wool ures among manufacture!*. * lun nan rfinw sd general trad > in some degree at Boston* Kentucky's tobacco acroage is reported at 7da75 per oent. Prioes are advancing on prospective short crop and renewed purchases* Hog products are stronger, notably Western team lard. At San Francisc > 200,00J bush' sis of wh^at have been chartered for Bras.* and 37,000 shipped to Australia. Although narrow, stock spoculntion is strong, and prices advanca on the increasing zrain movement at the West. Interest womi to be growing, and unusual confidence is expressed in the probability of more active movement in speculation anu investment. Bonds are strong, with increasing deinan I. Money at Now York is oasy on call nud firm on time. Call loans, 3a4 p<r cent. Tirno money Is five per cent. Foreign exchange is dull, but firmer on the advance of rutos nt London. Gross earnings of 121 railroads for eight months of this year amount to $201,iTO,264, against $188,331,1UI during tho corresponding period of 18(18. Tho mileage u|ton which those H;ures are based is 73,140, against 70,183 inilos last year. In July, 1880, only twenty-ono com panics showed decreases, as compared with July, 18S8, whilo in June, 1880, returns from lorty-seven campsoiw ww u wMkUer Misn In June, 18SS. There is an increased activity in dry goods jobbing lines at Now York, but notablv in cotton unci wool dress good*. Southern and Southwestern Jobbers nr? tho chief buyers. ' Commission m*n roport trade moderate. J Prices aro as a whole stea ly, tho only notable exception being in print cloth futures, which ore weaker. The export demands for cottons is less active. Woolen goods are In inolerate sale at recont advances ('-!) ? \7\^ 1 per cent). ltaw wool is ensier, but not , quotaabiy lower, on loss active deuiind. Haw cotton is in fairly good demand at unchanged quotations. Near now ' crop futures aro uigher on less favorable crop reporta. Prices of raw sugar are shaded, with contiued restricted takings by refiners and only a moderate decrease in arrivals, thus iucreas ing stocks at four ports 10,315 tons. The world's visible supply of sugnr is given at r 510,0! 6 tons, rgair.it 575,165, tons lost week aud 816,433 tons a year ago. Keflnel sugar ? has been in moderate request, although 1 marked down )^c on Friday. Coffee h -s been variable witb the result on the week of a ( moderate advance, 10 to 3J points. In distributive lines the movement has lieen fairly pend upon tho Bras linn crop. Should that crop equal 6,000,01)0 bags, lower prices are 1 likely to rule, but if the total is only about * 4, .">?,000 bags, higher prices will bo ill pros. poet. > Tho week has brought a reaction in breadstuffs, caused by improved home and 1 foreign crop reports, moderate export dei mau<r and stronger ocean freight rates. , Flour declined 5al5c oil free offerings of new product, wheat j^'al^'c, Indian corn, oil free offerings, %c, and oats, with very favorable f crop reports, % *\%c. r The business laiiuresoccurring throughout ' tho country during tho last seven day3 number, for the United Stoto-i, 101, and lor Can1 ada, 37, or a total ot 201 failures, uscomparr ed with a total of 210 last week, and 216 tho 9 week previous to the last. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were ? 233, representing 205 failures in the United , States and 28 in the Dominion of Cubada. ! AUGUST CROP REPORT. i Tho Accounts Generally Favorably? I No IXarm fro nil Wot Weather, a The August crop report of tho Department >- of Agriculture says corn has midoan im provoinent during the post month ot - points, ana is now less than one point lower - than at tlio saino date last year. The August I return of condition has not stood more than i one |>oint higher during the past nine years, * and the present return has beon equalled but J three times during that period. The im? provemont is quite gonerally distributed , throughout the country, following favorable r growing weather and sulTlcient rainfall. Spring wheat has suffered a further falling * off during the month, the docline amounting ? to nearly three points. Condition is now h nearly three points higher than IW7, and one nbove that of ISSli. With these exceptions, it is the lowest since the very small crop of t 18SI. Minnesota records some improvement i s nee last report, but in Dakota ther i is a n further decline from the same causes notod last month Dakota is now the largest spring " wheat State, and the very low condition t- there reduces the genoral average. Ia the 0 rest of the spriug wheat district condition is gonerally good. h The quality of the crop will be better than 1 usual. The August crop report makes the condition ' of c )ttonS9.:i,anndvuiiceof nearly twopo nts. Improvement is noted in five Suit's, while ? Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi shows lower averages Ilains have been frequent and general except in portions 3* of Texas. Damage is attributed to excess of n moisture. o North Carolina ha* had too much rain, de laying cultivation. Iu 8011th Carolina con, ilition has lieen improve.!, though Home # damage from rain. Alabama returns show ' tho crop promising. Mississippi reports conf. ilition lower on account of exceesivo rain. Louisiana had rains rather too mach for t>ot. '0 torn lands. Tha crop in Texas, with a few te days of dry weather, will be all right. In .g Arkansas the plant is in vigorous condition and improving rapidly. Tonnessee has excess of moisture, l. The averages of condition by States are: id Virginia, 03; North Carolina, 80; Hwth Car? olina.lK); Georgia, 01: Florida, !* >; Alaluiinn, W; Mississippi, 88; Louisiana, 93; Texas, 01; Arkansas, 03; Tennossoo, 73. ?si " 1 " EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP. ?e p Two Men Fatally Injured In a Mine Near Wllkea-Ilarre. id An explosiou of fire-damp took place at ie Haddock's mine, at Luxerne Borough, three n milM frnm WllkM-R?rp. P? ?kli.h?n..,u^i it- io the fatal injuring of two men and the cs sorioue burning of a third. The three men r. were Mlohael McNamee, J ernes Deary and to Iliobnrd Murray, who were on their way out of of the mine. In coming from their ehambei d in a distant psrt of the colliery they under^ took to paw through torn* abandoned workM Inge, 'l hey bad naked light* on their hati and ooining acroea a considerable body of gmi a violent oxploaion followed. All three men ^ were terrible burned. McNamee waa noteo badly hurt and waa taken to hla home near the colliery. ? ? DISASTERS AND CAStfALTffiS. '~*S William liOgan, of Milton, was struck and killed by a train at WatsontowD, Penna. William Dervish, aged IIS yoars, was killed in Prospect Colliery, at Wilkes barre, by an explosion of gas. Paul Cloder.aged 11 yeorr, was drowned n the Mystic river, near Modford, Mass., by tho capsizing of a sailboat. Charles Kemmer and Henrr Arnett wera d row nod In Braxton county, W. Vo., wbil) attempting to cross a flooded stream. Russell Armstrong, a well-known resident of Kansas City, fell between the cars on the elevated railro id, and bad both legs cut olT. A dog, supposed to be mad, ran amuck in Ilobokou, New Jersey, and bit four persons, a borso and another ?! ??? "" " killed. "" lUr" Jackson Graves, n well-known resident of Ithaca. New York, is lying at the point of death, as a result of being stung by a swarm of bees. two men and three boys were killed, being torn lo shreds. Whilo Horatio Frazer, his wife and two children were boating on the l'awtucket riser, near Providence, K. I., the IkmU capsized and the two children, aged 2}^ and 4 years, were drowned. Reports have boen received at Chicago to tho effect that Texas fever has broken out smong the cattle In the Indian Territory,and that hundreds of cattle were dying in Oklahoma from tho effect of the climate. William Schick and Mr*. Hannah Becker were killed and Henry P. Kestner was probably fatally injured in Louisville, Ky., by being struck by a train while trying to cross the Ixmisville Southern Railroad tracks in a wagon. The steam barge W. II. Haskell broke through three gates of the canal lock at St. Catherines, Ontario. The water washed in from the upper level causing serious damage to the canal bank and flooding tbe country In the immediate vicinity. Nino persons were poisoned In Burlington, Wisconsin, by eating dried beof shipped to local dealers by a Chicago firm. Two of the poisoned are In a precarious condition, liia ? said that "cats and dogs which were given the meet -would not eat It." A bad wreck occured on the New York and N?w England Railroad, about one mile west of New Britinn, Conn., by reason of a collision between a freight train and a delayed passenger train. Five persons were injured, but there was no loss or life. Mrs. Snodgrass and her two childern, aged 9 and 0 re-pectively, were drowned in White river nt Rock ford. Ark., while attempting to cross the stream in a wagon. Tho wagon was caught in the current and carried down the river. Th? driver out tim horses loose and escajiod with them. Michael Ryan, being insane, jumped from a car window on a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Huntingdon, Pouna.. and was dan: gerously, if not fatally, injured. He said "the I/onl prompted liim to the act." lie fave New IxHidon as Ills place of residence, n bis pockets wero a ticket from Cincinnati and several hundred dollars in money. While Ole Krickson, a Chicago butchoi, was trying to hitch his horse to n wagon, the animal bit him on the leg and then dashed off, "foaming at the mouth ami evidently mad." It bit eight horses, inn over a little child, bit a piece from the hand of O. W. Dully, who tried to stop hiiu, and was iinally killed bv a policeman. Henry Beavers, nuu IHB3 nwia ivuvnu^u, - (la., left homo on Mondny night, leaving a loaded shotgun with his wife, with the injunction that she was to "shoot anybody who bothered her." He returned at 10 o'clock, ami, thinking to have some fun, refused to'tell Mrs. Ueuvers who he was. Hho shot him in the neck, and he will probably die. V " - ' A south-bound passenger train on th? Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad collided with n north-bound passenger tram at Lawton, twelve miles south of Alexandria, The engineer of the south-hound train, Jerry Desmoud, was killed, and Conductor Newman, of the north-bound train, was Ixtdly injured. Conductor Howell, of the southbound train, uud a lady passenger were slightly hurt. LOST HIS ALL AT JOHNSTOWN. A.G. West'sHInd Falls Under the IiUas of Home, Kin anil Fortune. A pathetic story of individual destitution and inls>ry resulting from tiie Johnstown flood was developed nt the office of the Depar! raont of Charities, at Pittsburg, Pa. A. G. West, well-known on the day of the flood as the largest oarp.'t dealer of Johnstown, is a pbysicial and mental wreck as a sequel to the disaster. He is houseless, homeless, and a wanderer on the fucj of the earth. ' Not blessed with a single cent the formerly well-to-do merchant is an object of pity. Although a loser to the extent of $"J0,0U0 at least hy the flood, ho has not received a single copper from the Relief Committee. After partially recovering bis health, shattered by the loss of his family and expo.-ur.*, ho was shipped oil to Pittsburg with the magnificent sum of $1 in his pocket. Mr. Weston the day of the flood was more fortunate than any of his relatives. His wife, three children, father, mother, two sisters mid a brother were swept away bv the angry torrents. He, in company witu Mr. Coleman and liis throo exit from the windows, standing on a Ho tting organ They were in tho wnt?r thirtysix hours, and when seecued wore barely alive. West is almost six feet high, and previous to the accident was vigorous and muscular. The immersion and mental shock caused by the loss of bis people completely unmanned him, aud he was iu the hospit il for some time. It*1 and was only re eased I ecause it was feared that he would become violently insane if kept in continoment. He went to tho l.ouso of a friend, II. M. Lynn. The sight of Mr. Lynn's children completely unnerved him, however, and he cannot rom tin in an apartment with tbom. The name of Johnstown rifects him powerfully. He starts at the word and trembles as if aflLctcd with Dilsy. PROGRESS AT JOHNSTOWN. Relief Work Still Active?nualncsa CJood?Another ltotly Recovered. Tho Hoard of Inquiry at Johnstown, Pa., has been in every ward in tho devastated district, and yet over flvo hundred orders bare not b~>en called for. There aro ovor a thou Sana cases yei mm iinvu nut wen ritu'u, ana night sessions will .too held until they can he classified. In the meantime clerks are preparing tabulated statements from which the Htate Commission will draw deductions to make a basis (or the final distribution. Business is good and thus> merchants who hare an established trade aro bard worked. , Mr. John Thomas says thoir firm did the biggest month's business in July ever known in ' ? * ? l- 'fha n>A*>ytkanfa Kaea li it (fa all lurir mnvui j, *?iw iuvivuhik* ?w.v wi?*v mm ? ri'O'lvcd much encouragement from thosj i with whom tliey dealt, nnd It is largely dun I to the generous treatment tliey bare received that many of them are now in buainese. A -meeting of business men was held to ' take steps toward determining the liabilities i of the South Fork Fishing Club for the disaster. Committees were appointed and funds i will be raised to help make the suit of John I Thomas & Sons against the club a test one. The body of a fl:t*n-jrear-old girl was i found near the business part of Maiii street. It was covered with ground and remarkably wall preserved.