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Devoted to Aflriculture^ Ho^culture, ^ Po<^cs and the Current News of the Day. ^ ? ? ^?* ">?1'1 niolllflr was - Liny to ? | ? . A Story of Absorbing Interest * t ? ? By BERNARD HERBERT. CHAPTER VIII. yui.turkand dovit. "Oh, good evening, Graeo,~ Hoyden aid in a perfectly (Mtlito yet multer-offaet way, km though it were no HiirpriHH to hifti to find the girl in ho out-of tho way a place; "low Mr. Arnim mturned ?" i mi SlIPtHdileHa with upproheuniou atiU r -S "rtno Wfta <?DIY Al>te Had a visitant from the grave denly appeared before her she could not been more tori iliod. Sho liml concluded, and with reason, that if the face of thodrowning man she had aoen from tho dcok of the doomed "On gon" wore in truth tho fueo of Ma* lloydcn, and no hallucination of her excited lrrain, her arch-enemy must l?o at tho bottom of the sea. Bho had studied" overv foeo on Iwurd tho stennicr "Fulda,'*?overy fiwo that uniuo within the range of her vision. Alas, poor child, her sense of security was fallacious. Tho viciously handRome face of ltoydcii was Hiuoiig tho rescued aboard the "Folds," though she saw it not. lie hud Imioii picked up with tho rabble of llui cast-a-wuys, and no one had naked ipieationa us to his preeenco there. And why should u question be asked? There were no passonger-liats iu all that hubbub to commits Yet Max Hoyden had stood on the deck of the mysterious schooner! Whether he liml been saved the commission of or commit led a crime on that fatal morning is s mutter of which, for the present, must rest in the hands of Clod and justice. When she did not answei him, only stood staring at him in a baleful fascination, he continued suavely: "If Mr. Arniin is not in, perhaps L may have the pleasure of seeing his good mother?" At that little flrnein Hiifllcient courage t.o say : "I cannot nee what it matters to you whether Mrs. Arnim is in or out. Klin is not iu, however." JJoydon's dark eyes burned with u iiiystic, lurid lire for an instant as lie gasted fixedly ut the girl. "Dear me!" ho exclaimed, " how oluingod you uro! Not ut all the wellbehaved, pontic, little girl who waited ho faithfully upon my poor uncle in Ktigland. I SCJItfcCly rnrogulEnYon've grown a woman sinco wo lust met, and a beautiful one, too!" Oraoie'a flower-like face flushed crimson at the insult uinl her small white hands clenched into hard knots. "Leave tho house!" alio commanded. "I beg pardon?" lie asked, mockingly. "Leave the house, Mr. Hoyden," she repeated Isildly, "or I will go into the street and call the police!" "You'll liavo to pass mo in order to do that, my dear girl; and even if I suffered yon to Iki so foolish, pray what complaint have you to enter II (Vninot mo') t um u ? " ?> * " I""""' " j)""' frienil, Mr. Arnim. 1 have written lum ? note, which he does not appear o have received, changing onr (iliuw of meeting for this evening from my hotel to his houHo. I expect him every moment. I do uot think ho will he inclined to turn mo out of doom when ho comos, do you?" <* "He would if J toM hin? alt I Know about yon," was the plucky retort. "Indeed ? And what ooul J you tell him?" . "That yon were the instigator of Mr. Clifford's murder!" Max Boyden smiled blandly. "I fear you are meddling with edgetools," ho said, "tho use of which you do not understand. If yon go too far, you may cut your own fingers. In othor words, when yon see fit to arouse a man of instigating a murder, yon must lie well arm?Hl with the proofs to back your statements. Have yon any?" Slio was ailont, and the flush died out of her face, leaving jt ashen gray. "You have done nobly in shielding Jrour unfortunate father from the galows," he continued, "and I would not advise you to do anything now to jeopardize his safety." Once again n at ran go light flamed in her eyes. "I might speak hero, if I choose," she said, "since ho is safe in England!" "Who is safe in England ?" "My father." "On tho contrary, Nicholas Gar land arrived in Now York hy tho 'Alaska' only yesterday." "It is false!" "I ask your pardon; I have scon him and can take you to his place of refuge within thirty minutes." Iloro was a poser indeed, Iler fathor Nv.it, anu wiimn nan nn nonr 01 hiding-place! to was hard upon her! Tho 1 followed her in verj truth I minuto or two the poor child lero spellbound with horror, straight Iwfore her, with the I of tho giui falling all about rl J toy do n watched her as a boast watches its prey, yet i admiration ore it seeks to dei was first to break the oppressive ailetioe. . "Well," she said, and her low tense tono betrayed the desperate frame of her mind, "I may as well give up; it is no use struggling; I am doomed. What ^ do you want of me?" , "Of yon?" h yom a# ma yam /in ma* wan* wam* portrait painted; von {pre no more for the man who has befriended me than von do for tbo wind that blow*. Yon are after me. Bo any what you have to and lot mo know the worst. "We cannot stand here talking," ho saidi foome into this room." , He led the way into the atndio and flie followed him mechanically. He it. us PvIUShuIIIh^hWI^Bb3^h wvku uiu uuur into ine DM crossed the room and Btood before he From bantering bin manner changed I eager, savage earnest. "(3race Garland," ho said, "you ai in my power; body and soul yon ni mine! Do you agroe to that. "I agree to nothing," was the hal audible response, "until I know win you moan to do." '.'I mean to havo you go away wit me." "When?" "To-night." "Where?" "To 8uoli place as I sco fit to carr you." "I refuse to go with you!" "You refuse!". "Yes, I refuse. You aro free to d your worst!" Eye to eyo, the unequal combatant were measuring their strength. i Vf -a * * wotbi is 10 icii the man yon lov< Wkd rtf'KwiuDlii' WV1 oitb, mil. ine snftl ntruck home. For u moment nh wavered, but in the next she mnstcrc* herself sufficiently to retort: "Tell him ^wliat yon please. I lta< rather l?e despised even by him than b myself." "Yondefy mo then?-* "If my wisli to preserve my Boll respect is defiance, I defy yon." Maddened, yet fascinated, by her eel! command, lloyden cried : "Is it to bo war between u?? Hav< a euro how von answer 1110!" "It must be war," (Sraciu said atcadi ly, "sineo thorn can Ikj no jmaen " lie took a step nearer her a: breathed: "What if I were t<? tell you that 1 loved you ?" 1 "I should not believe yon." "Hiit if I promised you marriage?" "Tlio very thought is an insultl" Ho drew back, white with rage. "Ho bo it!" ho hissed; "I give yov twenty four hours to reconsider whai you Inivo said. If at the expiration ol t hat timo you do not agree to my terms I shall lodge you in t he Tombs for tin murder of Orrin t'lill'ord!" Ho went to thu door, and laid hi: baud ii|ton the knob. "Hear iu mind," ho said, "that if yoi attempt, to eseu)to, you will all tin sooner full into iny hands I" And wit I) these words lis left tin loom and the lions '. While this scene between venture urn dare was iu progress, Mis. Aruim lux returned unexpectedly, and had let her self into the house with a latch key without attracting tlx* attention of tlx pair in the studio. Hearing thoir voices, she fancied that Rui>ert must have returned during her absonco. so she went to the kitclier to attend to certain matters l>efore re tiring. Tlx* sharp closing of the streel door soon caught her listening car, am! upon going into the ball to aacnrrati tl\e miHl'.ltnat lias lii'i S'ltttnlBW to ttTi? the par sago desert oil, which was a' once - I >v ......i>* I. burning gas. With some curiosity she ' opc.i the door of tlio studio and minted in Tho lump shed its soft rudiauoo every wliero, Grade's work lay on the ehaii wlioro'sho had left it, but the room, lik< tho hall, was tcnnntless. "Strange," murmured the goo? woman, pausing upon the threshold "it is rather lute for them to go t< walk." Scarcely were tho words oil her lip when a key graced in the lutch, tin door swung open, and her son stom before hor. He did not greet her u was his wont, hut came in, elosed tin door and double locked it. So quid wero his movements that slio failed U note how blsnehed was his face, hov dilated wero his eyra. "Rupert I" slie exclaimed in surprise "what nave you dono with flmo'o?" "Nothing, mother," came the low re aponso. "Did she not go out with you?" "No." "Why, where in the child?" He was hanging up his coat and hat and so managed to krop his faci averted. "She is probably in tier room," h aid, presently; "will you be goo? enough to step up and see, and if sh is there ask her to conic down to me fo a moment before she retires." Ho passed on into tho studio, am Mrs. Arniin dutifully mounted th stuirs and rappod at Grucie's doer. "Gracio, are you there?" culled th good woman. "Yes, Mrs. Arniin," oatno tho low swoci votco. "Have jou retired ?" "Not yet." "Are yon still dressod?H "Yes/' "Will yon como down to the studio Rupert wants to boo you." For answer, the door opened, urn Grocie came forth npon tlio landing Thero was no light up theVo on th socopd floor, or Mi-s. Arnim woul have tieen terrified at the change thn had taken place in the girl, for, as sli slowly descended the stairs, laying far hold of the rail, and met the radianc of the gas in the lower hall, she showe a face so wan, so haggard uud po trifle with snffering, us to 1k? scarcely reeog nfzable. Upon reaching the foot of the stain she crossed the hall and entered th studio, pausing just within the ope door, in the nttitudo of a criminti awaiting sentence. Rupert Arnim stood l>oforo the Arc 1>lace with liis arms tightly foldod upo lis breast. He was as pallid us sin and his oyes looked dark and fathom less. "Will you kindly close the door?" h began. 8ho obeyed, mechanically, and stoo waiting, still. "You wuth to seo me?" olio asked. "Yes. Mr. Boyden has l>ecn hei during my absence, has he not?" She started at the mention of thi hated naiue, and a slight tremor passe over her from head to foot. "Yon know that?" she faltered. "I saw him leave tha house as I entei od the street." "He said he had written yon to me< him here, instead of at the hotel." "1 do not believo it; at nil events, received no such notice. You receive kin then 1" \ ? fltifll: 4 J. not at home.'*' r< Ilia arms H omc.1 to tigliton upon bis to breast and his eyos to rivet thcinsolves upon her, as though he would re;ul her m very soul. ro "Gra^b," he said, stornly, (or tho first time in their brief, happy acquaintance( ship, "let there be no prevarication t>o*t tween us. Have you ever been that man before?" h "Yes, ltupcrt." "Do you know him?well?" "Yrs." "Is there anything betweon you? Do you lovo him, or docs he love you?" y "No!" "Thou tell mo what yon know about him." . "I can tell you nothing." o Ho recoiled as though stricken a cruel blow. s "Grace," ho cried, in anguish, "my God! Can you expect me to lovo you >. with the mystery oflM? man hanging! t ~ " You said ^ou would accept mo with 0 tho secret of my past unexplained, and il never ask a question," slio retorted stonily. 1 "I must have been mad when 1 said y it!" ho cried: "you ask too much! No man in his senses would agroo to such a bargain." | "And I agree with you," alio ruurI mured, staccrorino' to tti? ? - chair for siipjMirt.. Tlioro was something bo pluintivo, ho pitiful in tier 0 drooping attitudo- and then, just lieuv011! no loved her bo!?tlint ho sprung to hor aide, tlio shackles of Iilb forced roserve shuttered us thin gluus is shuttcr3 ed by a blow. "Grac-io! my love, my darling!" ho [ criod; "heaven is my judge that I bo* liovo yon innocent of the faintest tinge of wrong! Oh, spoak! Break down this unholy barrier, this unnuturul restraint between us, and tell mo till!" But she Rhrunk from hint, yet keep1 ing her eyes fixed upon his as if under t a spell, while she murmured, ! "Ruporfc, I can tell yon nothing, noth, ing ?nothing!" 3 "This is your last word?" "My lust word." ? "So bo it!" And, liko a man^drnnken with wine, i ho staggerod out of the room and left ) her standing there alone. Long sho did not remain. Liko one t iu a trance, she, too, went out, up the nurrow stairs and into the darkness of I her little chandler. Hero she knelt boI Hide the bed sho never again was destined to press, and in tho agony of her , houI she prayed. t "Oh, Lord?Father in heaven, havo mercy upon us. 8avo, protect these I I love and load me home to Thy protectI ing arms iu Thine own good time, for 1 i am heurt sick and weary." Them alio arose, took her hat and b sluiwl from tire peg, went to the door I and listened. " , --TU8 llgnis 4t<?-uini aw-am I was si lent. t Like a phantom she glided over the ,* stairs, stealthily opened the street door, and was gono! CHAPTER IX. A DEKD Or DAHKNE8R. r Meanwhile, and in blissful ignorance rj of tho passing espionage of Rupert A rnim, Mr. Max Boyden mado his way \ over to tho extreme east sido of the city. Having more than an hour to spare l?ofore his appointment with Nicholas Garland, ho proceeded to saunter loisII vol V /Iniu*i kioo/tiTil ovanun ?-*-? 0 of tho spursc-ly settled thoroughfare in 1 that district according agreeably with s his present frame of mind and affording d him uninterrupted opportunity for t thought. J "All goes well!" he said to himself, r- with a smile so complacent yet mirthless that the grintness of his viciously , handsome face was increased a hundredfold f "in my wildest dreums I never - thought to light upon the girl so suddenly. Of course she's a deuced whito elephant on my hands, but still she must be disposed of in sonio way, now that I have her. While she is at largo t, she is an obstacle in my pathway.'* 0 He paused beneath a lamp|>oat, produced a cigar, and struck a light. Then, u leaving the odor of fragrant smoke in 1 his wake, he walked on. 0 "The very existence of tlio girl is a r menace at my future wolfare," he continued in thought; "but how to he rid 1 of her?that's the question! I don't o want to soil my hands with her blood j she's a harmless hint enough, ami I o care no moro for her death than I ?1o for her lifo. Vool! if sho knew what was good for herself, sho would marry mo and nut herself out of danger. Lord knows I would novor trouble her. Well, she has either got to consent to become Mrs. Max bovden, or get out of the way for good and all. I'll talk ? the matter over with Garland and see what ho has to propeao. He's u sharpd witted rascal." [. Sunken in intent thought, he scarcely o heeded a distant hell that tolled tho d half-hour and ten. Indeed he was only >t made mindful of liia proximity to tho e place of rendezvous by lieing recalled it from his reverie by the grating of foote steps upon the side-walk of one of the d cross-streets loading into the avomie. d Hoyden glanced up casually and aaw the tiguro of a man w hom ho did not recognize; what he did not see, howi, ever, was that this samo man paused e sharply at siaht of hiin. and then n quickly slipped into Iho shadow of a d troo-truDk, to watch. From that instant Boyden lx-oamo a I- marked .ntan; though utterly unconn scions of the significant fact, he was ), shadowed by the stranger, whose figure t* flitted after him with tne silent persistence of his own shade, e , At the appointed corner, Boyden descried the ungainly figure of Nicholas d Garland awaiting him. The man was leaning against the wall of. the great tenement that marks this comer of the e avenue, with the most innocent air imaginable, and nulling away at a little it black atnb of a pipe, d As Boyden approached, Garland touched his slouched hat, moro from force of habit than from any amount r- of respect felt for his visitor, as ho remarked : ?? " ion re aneau 01 time.' "I know it," replied lloyden, "but as I you are hero, it makes no difference, d does it ?" "Not the slightest. Follow we." '...v. o?iitvniiyvji UIIU uio gimnn ui ?i adjoining st roei, the tiro confreres ben their stops /in the direction of tli rirer, the iiiystoriousf shadow ftittinj after them, ever anil anon pausing ii dark spots, and again following with i pertinacious spirit. /" Far down among Che lonely lots moaned about by the wind that in un impeded courso sweeps over from low lying Long Island, stood an old bricl building. How this sad remnant of an ediilci hail escaped the march of improve ment was a mystery; possibly Batai himself had leaded the property am scared honest folk away, since tin house had a bad name and was shunuot l>y reputable people. Some avcrret that it was haunted?at the very ieus by rats; certain it is that its massivi roof of Blatea and 4ts heavy woodei shutters, over forbiddingly closed, toh .Ho tales. ' _ J Ji'imrn rou" ^rhrtpg-tfrw produced a huge ko?rod unlocked tin I ponderous nodloek. "Just close the dupr und slip the bolt," l?o said to his visitor, wlicu the} stood within tlm darkened portals "while I run upstairs and strike a light.' For precautionary reasons Boydei closed tho door, but omitted to shool the l>olt, being sullhriently u coward U foci tlmt he would bo more secure willi some rapid inodo of egress at his com mand than without it. Then ho paused and listened to the oppressive silence that was alums! nudiblo by contrast with tho nightsounds of tho outer world, white hi inhaled tho musty, tomb-like odor ol his unexplored surroundings. Presently a faint shimmer of pale yollow light bocamo visible above, which increased until a rough flight ol oakon stairs, surrounded by bare plastered walls, sbapefl themselves out ol tho darkness, and tho voice of Garland was heard saying r "Can you sec? Follow tlic light and come up l" i ' Thus guided, Bdyilcn mounted the stairs and shortly found himself in an upper chamber as baro and uncompromising as the entrance. A common deal table, a couple ol chairs, an iron-bound keg, and a bottle, which served as a sconce for tho lighted candle, were all the fnrnituro that the room boasted. Garland stood near the heavily barred window, and as Boydcn appeared ho asked: "Did you bolt tho lower door?" "Yes," was the reply; then, with n glance about tho gloomy den, lie asked, "do you mean to tell me that you live here?" ? Y - ? ? # a irtwitu my menus nerc; yon mind, I told you that ii was no sort ol a place for the lih^j m to coma to." two wooden^^M^CT|B|BBSs5>^ the an99pHHHPQIMHj? the last words <3ftrKfl?f^ffiovea the candle <iuickly, the letter to git a look at the face of his vis-i-vis. "What business?" ho asked with interest. "Why, gottiug the girl, Oracie, out of my way. 1 have been talking with her this evening, (knd I find her as i? tractablo as a youtig colt in harness." "She's a chip of the old block!" observed Garland, with a knowing smile, at which sally they both laughed. "Well," be added, "what do you want done with her?" "I don't know, and care less, so long as slio never tronblci me." "Why should ahetronbleyou? What does she know?" "She knows nothing, thank God 1" "And haven't yon come into youi uncle's property, as no will was evei fonnd?" - y ' j . Perhaps something in the words, pos sibly something in the mqn'a tone, nr rested Boyden's attention. "By the way, Carl and," ho said, unexpectedly, "what did you do with the will?" "Oh, 1 put it safely ont of the way,' was the nonchalant reply. "You destroyed It, of course?" "I toll you I put it safely out of th? way." "But how? Did you bum it?"' "No." "What did you do with it, then?" "I put it away, where no living sou but myself can ever unearth it." "You put it awav!" cried Boydon "you put it away when I paid you you: price to destroy it? You did not do stroy it?" "Certainly not." "Why not?" "Would you have nio fly in the fnc< of my fortune, destroy iny only stocl in trade, my only chunco to secure i living ?" " k- .. ' "For QckI's safcttpwhat do you mean ? "I mean a time will come when ! shall bo in want of a little money, an< when that time comes all I have to d< is to produoe the will, and you'll liav< to dance to my tune." He winked viciously, as he nindo th daring avowal. Livid with rage, Max Hoyden strucl the table a blow with his flat tha threatened to shiver it to atoms, am sprang to his feet. "You're a knave am a liar 1" he shrieked, scarcely able t contain himself. "Gently, gently, n?y lx?y," was th mocking reply; "if von treat my poo furniture so roughly, 1 shall have t send yon in a bill for " "Hand over the will, or I'll have you lifer " You said yon wanted to talk bnsi nesa; I'm agreeable: so sit down am Beit Boyd en kicked tho cliair froi ueuina mm. Ilaf"""" over me unu "Nick Owfimar* ha hissed, and hi dark eyes h?a f)ie look oi a famish in wolf in their Fttrid depths, "ucderstnn me; I want that will. "And I want money for it." "I have paid you all that ? propos to pay." "You paid ma to destroy it; if, no* you want il baek again, that's a no1 deal." *} "Qiv? me the tvittl "When you giro me fifty thouann dollar*" pQ M OOMTlMUSn J 1 THE NEWS. e ^ Daniel P. Bhenftflilcr, brick manufacturer II in Rrailiiig, Pit., lias failed.?During a A drunken brawl iu New York, John Lynch, a cobbler shot his wife. Frank H. Blaine, i, assistant editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, r Is dead. Alinor HoiTumn, a railroad em* '* ployo in Chicago, killed his wife and then It, committed suicide. Tho Attornoy Oenerol of California has recomm-n ied the dismis- i 9 sal of the charge against Justice Field. , A storm blew down tho side of the tent l wliilo llobinsons cirqus wns thowing in 1 Toledo, O., causing a panic. Many persons ? wero bruis"d.? John flrndy assaulted his J landlord, John J. Elwnrds, in Philadelphia, and inflicted injuries that may prove fatal. 6 At iSoracrs-'t, Ky., D. J. Sharp was 0 I >lj>l>k?4 .??>? " " . .u ucam Ifjr IlUliry ItOOUni'lll, WDOS6 I | sister lie bad struck for calling biin a liar. * pool rapids at Niagara in a barrel, and ] osc iped with n few bruises. Edward , Aznann, of Cincinnati, cut tbo throat of i f Bertha Ii IT in Indi mapolU, and then attempted su'cide. James and Henry Miles, > brothers, waylaid and shot, instantly killing l William Miller, at Brunswick, Mo., whS had b a year ago killed their brother for paying > attentions to his wife. M. T. Low man, I of JefTersonviUe, Ind., died of heart diseaso while bathing atTylmk Beach, Ua. Goo. Lynch is dying at Braxton C. H., \V.t Va., > from a copperhead snake's hfto on his left ? obeek. A reservoir near Fiskvillc, It. I., burst drowing three persons, und doing con' siderublo damage to property. Fir? d.d $150,000 damage to Bwift & Co's packing house in lytnsas City. Postinistcr C. E. 1 Lyberger, Millwood, Knox* county, Ohio, ahot at his daught er, hut missing her, fatally wounded his wifo Ho then committed suii clde. The ooke operatives have decided to advance the price of coke. The Ban Francisco Chamber of Commerce committee fuTors the laying of an ocean telegraph cable from San Francisco to New Zealand. In the village of Moccow, lad., there is an epidemic of diphtheria. F. P. Nichols, of Woburn,* Mass., while delirious from typhoid fever, idiot hia nurso dead. Faul ' Halmont is held for extradition in New York, on the charge of being implicated in n bank robbery in France. The Pacitio , Mail steamship City of Fara caught (ire while discharging her cargo at AspinwnlL After much labor the flames were extinguished. Four big ocean steamers, the Teutonic, City of New York, the Saalo, and City of Rome, sailed from New York, nil bout on ir/inn u< neai mi previous sailing records. Colonel Adolph Brandt, a lawyer, of Atlanta, Qa., while debating a resolution in r th'_ Grind I/odgo of Oddfellowaf in irs3'oa at Rome, Ga.t droppod dead from ap plczv H. It. Kenyon, a wealthy young tanker In oposition to bis parents' wishes, commit, ted suicide.Tho Colobrookdale Creamery Association, of Roadinr. I'a .'lias fnllo.1 In a freiglit i train wreck on tiie Reading Railroad, near i Sbnnokiii, i'a.,'tbe locomotive and twenty cars were wrecked, and several trainmen 1 injure I. Alexander Boyd, a milkman, near Wilmington, Del., was shot and severely wounded by horso thieves, Tho first train to go over the new Kuoxville, Cum- | ' berlund (lap and IxmDvillo Railroad was wrecked near Kuoxville, Tonn., and three ' prominent men killed and many injured . A lover's quarrel led to Eiward Kuowles fatally shooting shooting Muud Bortel, near Oneida, N. Y. Chemists of tho California , University have discovered a preparation . wuicu win ruuuer icuiocr impervious to water. L. Gardner, ot Chicago has been nrrested at Cheyenne,\Vy.,for using tlio malls to do.roud the public. Wbilo bunting, L. F. Wisner, of Marsbalttown, Iowa, was accidentally shot and killed by his son. I A free trade picnic was bekl at Plattsburg, Iu., at which a letter on the tariff from ex' President Cleveland was rend. Christopher \V. Luca, n store-keeper of Brooklyn, N. Y., bad a band-to-hand bloody encouuter > with thieves, in which he was killed. A fire in Colfax, III, destroyed property to the value of I75.00J. The New England tobacco outlook indicnt >s a fair yield and a good average quilit/. The Pennsylvania ' crop will bo fully up lo the standard. By n explosion of tire damp in a colliery of the iieiawuro unu nuusuii v/anui Lumpanj, near r Scranton, Pa., five men werj seriously burned. The town of Durham, Me., which was Incorporated as Royalsboro, for Col. Royal, of Medford, Mxs., and which takes 3 ita present name from Durham county, Engt land, whero Col. Royal was born, celebrated i the one huudredth anniversary of its incorporation. Emanuel Brook?, of tthawnee|> towu, III., shot and fatally wounded his wife, [ then shot himself twice in the head, ran one ] hundred yardi and leaped into the Ohio a riser.??The state treasurer of New Hnrnpo shire has received for redemption a certificate tor $150,000, the last outstanding war o obligations of that ?tate. It was announced at tho florists'convention at Buffalo It N. Y., that Mrs. Harrison would give a t prize at the coming national chrysanthemum exhibition. A collision is feared between L' some Ute Indians who have left their reser? ration and the whites. A counterfeit two dollar Uuited States silver certificate is uiak" iruc the rounds. r KILLED THE BURGLAR. A Richmond Junk I>caler Who Filled " a Thief Full of Shot. K*-City Bargesnt Jauee U. Hmith, o( n Hicbmond, Vx, whoa* junk sh^p hat b>en j*B robbed aereral tlm;e recently, accreted himin the building with a double-barreled abotS pw. A i) t- I.. 4V * * Auuut ? w uiw* iu uiu uiurning lie oiwrvod a negro man coining down the steps insid i tlia building, wlien h? fired, wounding the robbar, who ran off and hid himself. Smith called to the negro to come out, which he did Bmitb allege* that be thought the negro hat a weapon' in bis hand, ami b * Hred the sec.mi w barrel of tie shot guu into him, with fatal effect. The wounded man wai taken to tbe almshouse, wu?re be died ill a few hours. 15 nilh J surrendered bimsdf to the authorities. A coroner's J iry met and returned in a verdicl of justifiable homicide, HANGED IN THE TOMB! Four Murderers Whose ViQtim Were Women. Twice the Terrible Drop Foil?, an Two are Handed Eacli Time?One Dies Willi Cur sen tin His Lips. Tho four murderers of women?1'atrlc Puckenhatii, Jack Lewis, (colored) Jatni j Nolan and Kerninaiid Carolin?were liaiige in tbe ynrti of tbe Tombs, New York City prison. There were two scaffolds and t? I worn lion.To.1 ? ? ? l- n 1 * ...,u ..? ? amu^vu V/II CUUII. 1 UCTKOll 11(1 It) All Nolan wete lirst executed on the scafTol which had b.i-n erected on tho Frunkli street Bido of I ho prison. Tho drop fell s 0.55 o'clock. Eight miuutes later Lewis an Carotin were bunged from the sea Hold o , lt>J finny ad ilwl ?iil? i < ) Sheriff Hack and under Sheriff Sexton n I at 0.35 o clock. They were followed b \ twenty deputy sheriffs. all in bluck clothe and wearing bilk bats. Each otlicial wore hi I Iwdgo of ofllco and curried a stair. The m.irchod through the corridor Into tbo cour yard. Ton of them went to the Leonard | street side and tho other took their places a tho Krauklin street wall. At 0.4.?o'clock tb first jury of twelve men, all hum snipers re| readmitives were given tho signal to cute the prison yard, and two minutes later th second set of jurors llled out and marched t their places. Simultaneous with tho marching out of th second jury I'nckenbain and Nolan wer taken into a c -l. 1 i ihj new prison. At 0 4 Carotin and 1 jewis wore removed to the boy; jail, on the Leonard st reet side. Tlia Inst rite of tho Caurch were then administered, th ceremonies occupying eight minutes. At 0.5 two of the condemned men, l'uckcphain an Nolan, efhergei from the jail, accompanies by the pViost. Father 1'rendergast supporte* I'.ickenliam, and Father (Iclsnas wuiko alongside of Nolan. Tl.o procts-iou brougl np with Father Van ltense a r. From the prison door to too place of oxe cutiou it is just forty-two pacts. jt ?? ? thirLy u ooieU for \li? oumlnnnwl to rrtic1 the spot where they wore to die. Nolan tool his place under the rope hanging nearest t h Franklin-street wall. Puckeuliam was fou feet away from his companion and next th prison. Both men turned and grasp-d th prirs shy the hands, wringing then fervently Then hangman Atkinson *too;iod down an tied u white cord about the logs of Nolan just above tho a-iklcs. His assistant did like s rvico for old l'uckeniiam. In u twink ling the blnck caps were adjusted and Atku son rapp d tlir.-e tinu s in rapid succession o the side of tho box wherein u third assistun stood with a hatchet. The third rap ha har dy been given when the bodies of th murderers were jerked into tho air. At tho expiration of four minutes tlier was a mighty throe alm< st together in th suspended murderers. l'uckcnham's puis had eone uu to 00. and then ??nL- r..ni.li? M bcntsa minute. Nolan's pulse at the fourtl minute was bounding at 70, but it, too, be came weaker ail i weaker, ami at the expire turn of live minutes was no longer pereepti ble. At 7.10 o'clock bob men wore pre nounc d dead, but were permitted to liaiif ill teen minutes longer. While this scene was being onaclo I prop arutions were l>eiiiK made for what piove< to be tlie most slu eking speet iclo that ha ever taken place within the wulls of th __The banging of Carol in am The two murdeirrs at 0.40 o'clock receive the last spiritual consolation. At t?o nun utosafU r7 o'clock Carol In and L?s wis, with th prios's cam through the door, Ljwis tvnlkc unsteadily the first dczm p cos, but qu.ckl recovered himself, lie was smiling, and u lie caught sight of a deputy who had beoi s|>ecialiv kind to biin he walked over am seized his hands. Then lie shook hands wit two more. Fulh r Uelinas gently urge liiiu toward the rop? that was to strangl him. lie smiled and looked fearless around him. Curoliu had the butt of a cignr bet wee his lips and was pufllng vigorously, bluwui . grent clouds of smoke into the faces of tli attending priests. His face was as pule ? the face of the dead, and the scowl upon I almost demoniacal, lie glared at the priest as he turned around and felt the rope toue bis shoulder. Hpitling the cigar stump froi his iu< uth be broke out into idusphemy Ilu horrified 'bo sm-ctotors. Atkinson had j r pinioned bis legs when be *|*>kf. Lookui sullenly at the priests,ho suddenly exclnime "Idiuan innocent man. U? d? it, I di-iu' do this thing." lf>wi8 who una then been pinioned, hn turned his head and addressing bis couip n ion said: "What's the matter with yoi anyway 1 Wtiy don't you diu like n man?" "I will die a man;" thi hiked Citrohn, h face turning perfectly livid* " I will dieiil a man? an innocent man." The words were scarcely out of bis mou before Atkinson bad t-lap|>cd tho Muck c. over bis face. The assistant bailsman co ercd ijewis's face at the same movent. A kinsou gave the signal und the weight fol Instead of liounding up, as l'iickeubuin ni Nolan had done, tho miserable wretches wo into the air with so little force that the was scarcely any rebound at all. J.-twis it mediately began to struggle in tho nu sickening manner. lie throw his legs a bo so violently as to kick off his slippers. Tin holu'gan to gurgio and choke. The raspin wheezy sound came from under that horril black cop for fuily ten seconds. His hoc turned and swayed, and the contortio were so painful that half a dozen tnen turn away their h-ads. Tho poor criature w slowly strangled. Caiolin'a body was violently contort also, but- It < utlered no sound. The weig fell at 7.011 o'clock, and at 7.10 both im were dea l. Tho four bodies hung for half an hot and wero then cut down and placed in pit) colliiis. AM four were strangled. tub chimks and criminai.o. Patrick i'uckentmm, the eldest of tho ft mni-rlur*. r*a urnu nhrtnf. bitKu onnpu *\f n Ho killed his wife by cutting her thro March US, of Inst your, because sho refui to givo nicuy to hiiu with which to li I quor. At olio t itte he was a policsiunn Now Orleans. Of Into years ho had bt idle and his wife had to to suppirt him. frequently boat and abussl her and his cl dren, and thrcatenod her life and thei He was drunk when hi killed her. He v a quiet prisoner and gave little troublo af his conviction. Jack l/owis, tho colored murder killed Alice Jucksoii, a mulatto, on Ji 17, 1888, be cause she would no longer I with him. lie attempted to murder I several months before ho succeeded, lired several shots at her at that time, n thought that he hid kille I her. He M When he found that she was still alive he turned to this city and wanted her to 1 with him again. Ulie refused and he k< bothering her after that up t> tho mornl that he murdered her. He called on I that day at the house where Alice Jack* was einoloved as cook. Ho forced his w > iii amt went straight to tho kitchen, fc ordered him em of the house, and bo si her in the breast and abdomen. Hheoccui him of 1 he crimo before witnesses just f ious to her death, and when he was arr< ed ho acknowledged it. "And I meant do it too, he added. Ferdinand Caro'in was a German. , murdered his wife at their rooms, 47 S: ton Street. His wifowasan Irish woni He was seen committing tho murder b; woman who lived in the same house vi them. She looked in at a window and i Carotin chopping his wife in tho face v a hatchet, lie was holding her head twoen Ids knees. He chopi>ed at it ag and again, and when sho was found by police she was disfigured almost bey I recogniiion. Carolln stiyel in the r< With iho murdefed woruau until the pc arrested him. He made no resistance and J did not try to deny th? crime. Ait that be ), said eras tbat the woman was not really his wife. They were very poor, and a number of pawn tickets were found upon bim. J lines Nolan murdered Etuma Buob, who S deserted ber hutband. Hbe bad met Nolan and lived with liiiu for a while, but tinnlly told bnnto leave hor. He threatened her when she wanted to rid herself of bim. ,1 Blie locked bun out the next night. The next day lie called to see ber. As she oama down the stairs be pulled out a pistol aud tired at her. Sbe was within three feet of k bun w hen bo tired, and four bulleta entered >s hor abdomen. In ber ante-mortum statement to the Coroner Emma said tbat sbe " bud supported Nolan ever since she had lived 's with bim. Ho had frequently abused her. o He quarreled with her the night before she , locked Iiiiii out. When lie pulled the pistol slio screamed: "por (jy.tv sike don't touch d n?e." His only responsi w?3 to shoot her. it TERRIFIC OIL EXPLOSION. d n Thousands of Barrels of (lie Fluid *W?n-*>'?nw>l>auM Ktrt. ?*11 .s llaut glare spread over the lower section of is the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg. It y was followed by a dull, heavy boom. For a moment darkness once more covered thesky, t and then 11 imes and smoke shot up in vast ? volumes from the Allegheny side of the Ohio ^ ' rivor. Lieutenant Holmes, of the Allegheny o police force, who was on H aver avenue at o the tiuie, at once realized that an explosion of great magnitude had occured, and h? o quickly sounded tho olarm. Ilo then hurried o to tho location of the (lamrs, and an instant's 5 glance was sufficient to show that the large i' oil refinery of A. D. Miller was doomed to s destruction. o When Lieutenant Holmes arrived on the 4 scene he found Perry Houck, the night watchd man of the roflnory, lying in an injured and a dazed condition on Washington nvenu?. il Houck could tell nothing of tho explosion or d how ho escaped. Thornton Miller, the engit n^erof tho eitablishment, was missing, and it is thought be por-.shed In th? ftnin.-s. In - I t'u8 tneai>tijTt?^1_y|e tl^vnty^jyg elemant was r mi uuiur? iv. ocarving vr9nr?'*" n gasoline still, which was the cause of th? k pinion, tbo fltmos spread in all direction*o The tank of water-whlto oil vrns the fir?! to r ignite, but was soon followed by a large rc? c'Ptabloof tbo ordinary I ran i, and 25,000 barrels wi re ablnz? at once. Alarm after alarm wos s >nt out, from tiro headquarters 't ami hoi n everj* engine in the city was at t','? scene, an I strooins of wntcr were pouring '? a from nil directions, but tho greedy Aatnc* '* foonicd to accept the water merely as fresh '* fuel, and it npp arei but to aid on the work " of destruction. 'J Near tbo corner of Preble avenue and 11 Adams street, stood a cooper shop, a long, 0 low, brick building, stored with ompty barrels, nnd with rows of them standing on tbo 0 outside. These latter were soon on lire, ond " it seamed to l*? but a question of a few min? utes when those of tuo insido must follow. J1 Within Afteen minutes tbo entire square, ex1 cept a narrow strip along Preble avenue, was one mors of tl-iroes. The roofs of the neighboring residence were smoking, and the occupauts?many of them '' half clnd?were standing around half stupe* lied with fear that their homos were to l.o devoured. In a short time nearly all tho I residents of lower Allegheny were on the 8 scone, pressing as close to tjie grand sight as rt tho Int nso heat would permit 1 Quito a sensat ion was created among thorn, , ^reWeTVeipiue?r the flf*,, wan stored 1,90tf barrel* of be'jftine. y The result of this rlnrm xrnn ft general so%z- " s3 ter foH* Abort time; tait the crowd soon opiln Riirroundod tbo.dangerous spot. . While hnri p.t wqeIl Firemen MuWehioI, * of tlio Kuroka Engine Company, hud his foot badly cHusbe?, and taken home in a paJ trol wngoq. Tbo plaint was valued at ono J DISEASE'AMONG HORSES. y ' M A Mysterious Distemper Among tlie - Animals in' Kent County, M(l. o llorsemeu in Kont county, Md , aro puzzloJ over tho app -arnnco of a fatal anil pecus liar disease among horses. The animals, ti while apparently well, droop, ami in some u otti '8 are dead almost instantly. A horse be'' longing to Josiuh Mnssey, a farmer living ,jr near Chestertdwn, while being bridled n few d days ago for the purpose of being used on the I farm fell dead, and so did another belonging t > Mi . Henry .M issoy. II Tiio latter horse was quietly grazing in the "* pasture, when Mr. Mussoy passed near him u> and waved his hand to make him move. The animal rais- d his head and stariod to walk 18 oil, and fell dea l in his tracks. A third one, 40 belonging to llradloy Thompson, which had b en put out to pasture, was found dead in the held lying near a stream of water. A 'P fourth, belonging to T. If. Ciioper, die I sudv~ denly without a momonl's warning, never having drooped or r .-fused its food. ' The appetite o? the auimals is good up to 1(1 the last moment, and in some cases they liave l!t died with food iu their uiouihs. In the throe eases lirst rnentionod the horses were apparn* ently well up to the moment of death, eating heartily and showing no signs of sickness. ut Whether or not the disease is contagious it is impossible to say, as all investigation has [" failed to furnish any s itisfactory knowledge jy of the nature of tlio trouble. 3 THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST. as d Vict Imsofthe Floods and Fart liquakes ht in China and Japan. 0U Tho steamer Ocoauic arrival at San Fran,r cisco from Hong Kong and Yokohama, bringilu ing advices to August 10th of further details of tho bursting of the Yellow river embankments, in tho province of Shantung, July 22, state that the destruction is widespread. The breach in tho river is over 2,000 feetinlength, at', and a swift current swept through, flooding s<vl to a depth of twelve feet, a largo extent of J tho country lying aojaccnt. many nouses 1,1 wero woshe I o ?ay, nnd a dispatch from (Jbeh" fooBtates that the numberof persons drowned i is too groat to l.o counted. Ten districts are already submerged, and it is toured many lrs" more in the low lying country south will suf,ftS fer a similar fate. Tho latest advices conto' c? ruing the earthquake at Kumnmotn, July 2S, place tho number of killed at eighteen, ,m'(i the wounded at nineteen. Filty-two uly dwellings wero doinollshod. A telegram on ivo the 30th of July states that fifty-throe shocks her had beon experienced, and that they couHe tiuued to be felt. J1 MET DEATH IN A TUNNEL. reive ept Workmen Blown to Pieces by an Exj"K plosion of (lianl Powder. ^ A territile accident is reported from Buek. ay ley's Mills, Russell county, Va. A railroad (ho tunnel is being carried through a big hill that point and n large numbers of men are employed. A blast containing eighty pounds Mt- ?' Riant powder was fired, but the charge Aj2| to failed to explode. A gang of men wont back to the blast and started to drill the tamping He out, in order to insert a new fuse. While an- thus engage I the charge exploded and an an. eighteen-foot drill was hurled through the r a skul; of one of tbemm, killing him Instantly* '! rith The dead arc: ?aw Michael Dance, head blown off; Joseph irith lioore, right side and shoulder toru away by l?e- rock. ;ni? Tbo injured, two of whom are likely to die, the are: ond William Kunz, terribly lacerated by flying ram rocka; Andrew Martin; ln< blowo off at the lice Wuue; JoUu Haunwy. los(, both t*%udfc