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f\- The Strange Mjstsry SiirroiJiBE ]
Its Disappearance.
A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST.
BT FRANK BARRETT. .
CHAPTER HI.
Van
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HI jit baronetheard
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dV to the dining- !
xmC rootn.and had
UB s o r v e d
with the boat
^HBnja^B|^9 i ^ ho oould giro.
By^amnScSMUgtfU It was a reP^st
to recV
.. sNDHBSt^^B omponso a 8 ,
Y for long .
pr i v a 11 o n b,
and for a time
we famished
wretohes for -
got our treaa.
| . uro 1 n t h e <
keen animal pleasure of satisfying tho craving
of hunger. Sir Edmund sat at the table :
with us. directing the servants, who surely
had never before waited upon such strange
company. One could see that it wus a real {
delight to this large-hearted man to sco us ,
eat and drink. Miss Lnscelles herself wait- ,
ed upon Van Iioock, attending to his wants
with fimiuine tact and dcllcacyt his afflic- ,
tlon appealed to her womanly sympathy.
She was a tall and graceful girl, with her
fother*s fair complexion, bright, mirthful j
oyos, that added to the happv expression of l
y ~-.hwj.facft.and beautiful, soft brown hair, ' I
( v llWl Tiif T 'J n i ' il i ?nvt nhad? ' j
ows in its undulation. ?ho looked you in <
the faco with a fearlessness'only possible j <
We loft the kid (here, leaning agatnsl
V ********* J I
to thoBa who *r? perfectly healthy and per- i
foetly honest* To the charm of physical 1
beauty was added a faultless manner?the <
complete self-command and unfailing grace <
inseparable "from a ludy of birth and euuca- t
tlon. She was as courteous to us, who t
must have scorned the veriost outcasts of 1
society, as though we were her equal. A 1
true lady can novor be ungracious. 1
Her presence bml an indosoribablo effect >
upon my senses?the effect of lino music (
after discord. I was conscious of a return i
from savagery to civilization. Hut it was f
not. until mw rtrnoo i
... j ptvoo (tjrwuilio U no DQIIDimU
that I became susceptible to the new dek.
light.
w The baronet spoke not one word about
* the diamond during dinner, but when it was
all over ho eaid: ,
"Well, now wo will go back to the library,
and you shall eome with us, Edith, If our
cigars will uot be disagreeable to you. for
we have a marvelous matter to talk about,"
In the library. Miss Lascolles seated herself
beside her father, whiio we three men
sat facing them on the other side of a small
round table, on whioh I placed the diamond.
At a little cUstance from us there
was a Hon skin on the floor, and on this the
Sid threw herself, and as she lay there
looking toward us. with hor chin resting in
the palms of her hands and her elbows
planted io the fur. we saw scarcely anything
of her but her great, lustrous eyes, beoause
onthe shadow thrown by the lamp-shade.
"Now. lot us understand the position of
MiiiiKR iu ijr'iiili" ??'" J'' "fiffiSiiiii
taking a cigar. after handing the box to "?
"This will explain a good deal, aald I.
patting in his hand the copy of our agreement.
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He held It AO that hi* daughter might read i
K'lt with him. and having come to the end.
"Marl aah whleh la tho Judge?" t
That's me." said Braoe. with some pride
?"WPplated^ by the Long Pike Vigilance 4
' "You are an American ?* s
"Located a* auch for twenty years; born a
te"Ahd JanVan.Hoeok?" I
k . "That's tarael. responded the Judge, in
dleaiing Tag Kwk; 'and darkness fell upon a
em.* he added, exptanatlvely.* In
During a short space of his eventful ca- <11
re or Brace had earnod a precarious exist- uf
)nce aa a traveling preacher. a
"Then you are Bernard Thome.* the bar- yc
onet said to me. "and Lola is-~?'* ce
"The Kid." said Brace: "her mother was a
rroasor?t Mexican." he explained to Miss th
Lascelle*. The dinner had warmed his spirits
and loosened his tonguo. and he eon- wj
tlnued: "We were draWed together at Cape th
Town by an advertisement in the paper. ?t,
Our afflicted brother wanted to stako his Qf
little pile upon a mining venture. Be hod
studied the thing solentlflo'lly: he had laid th
out a kinder churt In his head. pricked down <pi
whore the great tlnds hed been mode, sorter kc
reasoned out the cause thereof, end sot hlB cc
mind Arm as a big And was to bo made In a
certain spot known only unto himself. We VG
conversed, and he perceived without much 0(J
difficulty as ho hed found tho right sorter uc
partner in me. end he kinder left It with me
to And n third party to jine in tho venture. af
I spotted out Gentloman Thome here among
a dozen. 1 liked tho shape of his ciiost unu A]
shoulders; I liked the look of his faco: I see ki
that, though he was outer luck, ho was a w,
gentloman, every inch of htm; and 1 tell u,
you. miss." he said, addressing Miss Las- fG
celles. "that though I ain't no mjuUBin? Br
myself, I back blood and broedln ag'lu all Bt.
creation. A man like Gentloman Thome. ct
who hus been kep' clean in his infancy, led 0l
wholesome, trained up in a public school. |ti
and been learnt to respect hissclf and God ;a
Almighty, ban better temoer. moro endur- I ?i
anee, mure pluck and flglitin' power to over- w
come and Win. than ti dozen of the muckers p,
that bounce about bein" workln' men," He n,
FBaused a moment to lot his words make due
Impression, and then conttnuod: "Gentle- c,
man Thorno had no experience, but he had m
a hunderd pound to put Inter ther ooncern, m
and that fetohed Israel jest as much as his
looks fetohed mo. Israol had three hunderd.
I hod nothing In the shape of dollars, but I Ul
threw in the Kid. which, being a female, was v|
cnlo'lnted to be useful untcr Us in the nat'ral a(
order of things. What wo hed we lumpt in.
and by written agreement, drawed up mu- 8,
tual. we undertook to play it out to the bot- ^
torn dollar and the p'int of starvation. Wo
worked, sir, through thick and thin, through pj
the measliost streak of luck mortal man *
over struck. jj'
"I rael was first to funk it. My calc'lations
are wrong; it's a hopeless venture, la
let us chuck It,'ne says; to which Gentleman
Thorns replies: 'No.' he says, "we'll
slick to OUr eotorn Kid A^ht it out. says he;
end he did his level best to cheer us on. rou
j
? oiiiKui dvuksi urnwin us ai
?ut of ourselves. Had mukln' a plennant joke
>ut of our bad luck. Ast the Kid down s(
horo who was her best friend In that
rouble. Hhe'll tell you it was Qontleman
I'horne, not her father. 8he had a bit of a
ever?It was him made up a bed for her.
milt a screen to keep tho sun off,
walked fifteen mile in tho night to J*1
ret things from the store, set up night
liter night to givo her water, end used ?l
or to sing out about the sleepin' beauty and ,e
Dineralla. while he was pogg.n" away at the a*
lurned stones. I will allow, miss, I were
ishamed to let him see I was losin" heart, c>
md when I felt Uko blasphemln' at things In or
ren'al, I used to take a short walk ana let lx
>ff all my swourln' whore he couldn't hear w
ne. Well, It did look aa of we hnd hooked N
>n to the evorlastin'flsh-klttle. Then Israel of
'unked it a second timo. 'We hev still a few h<
pounds left.' he says to Gentlemen Thorne, pi
let's throw up the oards,' which they might ot
iiev done without going from our written
word, they two formin' a majority. But th
Qentleman Thorne wouldn't agree to it. It ja,
wouldn't bo fair to the Judge, ho said, and Wl
then he promised that if we failed in the 0 J
>nd he'd stick by Israel, and keep him llko uc
lia Atwn 4,1 u * * * "
unu noon uaiu WIUUU UDIII flB 1011110 1116 ^|j
means of kooping hlsself, which was more V(1
than I'd hev promised him, I will allow. _t
Well, we played on till the lost oent was ^
spent In stores, and the etoroshad got down u.
to half a tin of beef, and u screw of shag.
,thuu 1 lighted on a two-carat stoub.
Fhe very next day Oontleinan Thome found
the Great Hesper. We couldn't allow it woe or
real, yet we sorter thought it was. Any"jow,
wo didn't sleep till wo got to Natal aud ce
nad it tested. We sold the littler stone, nnd Ul
scraped enough together to pay our passngo
to (Southampton by the next boat. In com- be
xiitteo we agreed to go to a bank and raise qr
money on the dlumond as soon's we landed, tr
t>ut no one wouldn't take us on. end if the sl<
[K>lloe hadn't put us on this track I'm durned st
I I know what partlc'lor 'ole we should hov nr
>een stickln' in at the present moment." Vi
During this rooital, which I huvo abhre- h?
dated considerably. Van Hoeek, who bi
Icsplsed the Judge nnd abominated all he he
laid, sat with his eves closely shut, his
lostrils pinched, ana his black brows W1
rroasod together, so that they almost met- {1<
Miss Lascellos listened with intense inter- so
st. her pretty lips just parted, and I ?r
.bought she looked more kindly upon me ^
or the glowing eulogium?of which I have tQ
emitted a great part?paid to mo by Brace. tjJ
The Kid changed her position, seeming ^
c catch some of her father's enthusiasm,
?ira biiuiir upon ner neei* with her hands
tlaepod before hor, turned her flashing eyes
lomctlmen upon me, bat more ofton upon
Kiss Lascelles. ns if to wateh the efTeot of
his narrative.
"One thing is obvious." said flir Edmund yc
heerfully; *you won't want to leave me tolight."
"Neeryone on us. sir, you botl" replied
he Judge, white Van Hoeok and I expressed so
he same sentiments in other words.
The baronet spoke in a low tone to his th
laughter, who rose and left the room.
"The next thing to conalder la." he then ,
aid. "how ean I be of service to you in this "c
.flfair. To purohase your treasure Is of
ours* altogether out of the question. But ;u
should like to bny a small?-a vary, very '
mall?share in it, paying down a esrtatn "r
on for yoor present convenience, and tak- T\
m
g It back whon the diamond is ultimately
Booeod of. with a reason ablo percentage
ton the outlay. 1 make thin suggestion aa
matter of business, that you may feel
turselvee free from any restraint In aepting
my offer."
It took us but a few momonts to ogreo to
is proposal.
"In that case," he proceeded. "I should
Ish to have a voioe in the management of
is business, and tha first suggestion I
lotild make ts. that the finest artist in work
this kind be engaged to cut the diamond
tder this roof, and that during the opera>n
you should take up your residence nore.
lis precaution is necessary for the safeicplDg
of Iho treasure, and for our own
iminon security."
This arrangement wa.i too obviously adintngoous
to us to inquire argument; we
'iisuTted together, and quickly agreed to
icopt the condition.
Bir Edmund road the agreement through
;uin, and then said:
"Wo must consult a lawyer with regard to
legal form of agreement. Here thoro Is a
nd of tontlno arrangement by which one
ould receive an enormous udvantngo by
e death ^^>1* partners. It is an uncomrtabje
atQ^^^pnd I do not soo the neces
nnces wnlch called for Its being ma5?$^l?e
tanged. A luwyor may provide for our seirity
wlthdfct exposing us lo uglv poaalbttios.
That, bowaver. can all bo nettled
tor on. Thero is no hurry. It will bo
mo enough to make the lezul arrangement
hon wo have ascertained the value of the
oporty to be arranged, und thnt wo can
Jt know before the stone is cut. We will
lestlon the best firms In London with reird
to a lapidary, and* take our time,
oanwhile, I will supply you with what
onoy you want upon your I O U. and tlio
amond shall remain in your keeping,
alk it over among yourselves at your lelsre.
and any modification you may think adsablo
I have no douht 1 shull be able to
scept." .
Miss Lnscelles returned to the room and
>oke to her futhor. Then she went to Lola,
ho had curled herself up on the skin, and
aelt beside her. 'J he girl was not asleep;
10 started up into a sitting attitude as Miss
asculles approached, and flung off tho
and that was laid tenderly on her arm.
"You don't dislike mo, Lola?" tho young
idv asked, smiling.
"Yes. I do," tho girl rep'led. savagely.
"But I want to be your friend."
"Wo shan't never bo friends."
I lost Miss Lasoolles' response, for a sor
;ing around her in sullen curiosity.
wt entered the. room And Sir Edmund ade.'
ead us:
"Your rooms Are ready." ho said: "John?n
will show you (o them if you feel you
ould like to turn in."
The prospect of sleeping once moro in a
>od bed brought us to our feet at once.
Miss Loscelles. undaunted by the first roilT.
hud got Lola's hand in herfl. And was
Iking in a low. ondenring tone to her. The
Id snatched hor hand away, started to her
et. and came to my sido, seeing we were
tout to go.
"A little ouss," said tho Judge; "you must
;ouse her. miss. Her mother was agrcasor,
id she's never hod any kindness shown
)r, except by Oentlcraon Thorno. A lick
ith the strap is what sho understands best,
o, miss." he added, whon Miss I.nscellos
fored to take Lola to her room; "leave
>r to me. There ain't nothing but disapntment
and voxntion of spirit to be got
iter the ongrateful little varmint."
The room given to the Kid was the pretsst
imaginable, with hangings of white
ce over blue silk, and everywhere tho eye
us pleased with some pretty evidence of
ire and taste. The bed was suggestive of
ixiness and frosh virgin purity at the same
no. I might have taxed tny ingenuity in
tin to have invented such a room In the
orles I have told to Lola. We loft the
Id there, leaning agAinst the bureau, her
ifuthomable eyes looking around her In
illen enriosity.
In the morning tho room was found
npty, the bed untouched, the floor coved
with shreds of the clothing Miss Laslies
had laid out for Lola's use, which,
idoubtodly, tho little savage had torn up.
Toor little Lola! Sho and I had always
ten the best of friends, oxcept when a
testion of cooking or washing occurred to
oublo us. Sho would yield to my porauaon
when nothing else would bond her
ubbnrn spirits. Phe fenrcd my silent reooch
moro than tho scathing sarcasm
in Hoeok treated her with, or the heavy
ind of her father. She respected no one
it me. probably because I alono respected
>r feelings.
Had I foreseen that night the course she
is about to take, I might, with a little pa?nt
persuasion, have brought hor to rean.
My spirit is weighed down with rent
when I think how perhaps a dozen
>rds from mo at that time would have
rncd aside the fearful consequences of
at act?an act so Blight, yet followed by
rrpr upon terror, by crime upon orlme.
[TO BB CONTINUBD.]
A Bitter Experience.
W1M /? - ~
vr ne ^*o nusoanaj?"What makes
m look so stupid ?"
(Husband makes no reply.]
Wife?"I asked what made you look
' ntttpid ?"
Husband ?"I have just passed I
rough o bitter experience."
Wife?"Not financial trouble, I
>pe?"
Husband?"Worse than that. I have
st road a collection of 'aneodotes* in
i Eastern magazine,.drfcansato
raveler, ;i
THE NEWSA
The dead bolics of a man nnmeA Holmes,
"his wife end two ehillren, were fotnd near
Shawueo, L T., and it is supposed tns whole
(family were rour lerod by the outlaws that
Safest that locality.??Fran* McGewan,
who rekeJ his life in the interest of science
*o find a rare llh.r of bamboo in South
'America for Elisor), his disappearel from
"his homo in Orange, N. J. ?pWhitec ips
whipped threo womon and twf> mon near
Krw-k intrhftm N f! l'raalHnnf (!h?iinnav
Dspew, of the New York Central Railroad,
denies tho report that hs will resign his pos'tion,
in riewof his possible uotiluation by
the Republicans for the presidency. The
Whittier memorial building, on the Hampton
Normal School grounds, Fort Monroe,
Va., was burned.?The rubber *ice manufaclurers'
combine propose to udtance the
price ll'te.-n po* c^jLr'^The lo>*^f life by
tut? uiuakmg of tft^tTwXem '-"fl* '
Arizona, is not so greeted first repotted. In
ell thirty-nine bodiee LaVe been recovered. 1
Frank Formenicb, manager, and W. S.
Smith, superintendent of tbe Formenioh
01ucus3 Work*, near Marshalltowo, Iowa,
buvo been indicted for po'.uting the Iowa
river and maintaining a nu ranee. Fire at
Kensingt)!), 111., destroyed the hotel and a
number of bui'.dln a Lose, $10.000.??'Tho
Kanawha and Western Railroad Company
bus hoen incorporated at Colnmbus, Ohio, to
conduct u lino uinoty miles from London,O.,
on tho little Miami, into the Hocking Valley
cod holds, connecting with tho Kanawha
and Ohio near Athens. Kx-Mayor Carter
Harrison, of Chicago, has distinguished
himself by capturing a burglar. James J.
liro lchair, of Schenectady, N.^Y., was suffocated
lu trying to save some property in his
burning bouse.?-A combination of th>
metal rooHng and smelting companies of the
United States has b en formed, with headquarters
at Denver.??K*-Govornor James
IS Iward EnUsh.Hrf^Codaectlcut, died at
New Haven, ' "fenVy eight years.
Sam Meson, a notorious Plttsbarg gambler*
attempted suicide on a railroad train.
Gill & Forrest's roller mills at Hillsboro,
Mino.,w;re burned. Loss, $500,030. First '
heavy frost of the season in Southern Florida
a id frees ng weather la Savannah.?A man
supposed to be K*v. Peter Herbert Feron,
of Baltimore, died in a Philadelphia bospitil
under suspicious circumstances.??August
Grotb, of Stillwater, Minn , murdered h i
wife and then committed suicide, 1 aving a
nolo stating that bis wife bad confessed to
him that she bad l>.'en seduced by a policeman
in Germany in 1883. Miss Lillian
Moore was shot three times In the street
in Washington by flurry Franklin, who, it
is s. 11, was a rejected lover. Noyes, Norman
& Co.'a wholesale boot and shoe houie
at 8r. Joseph, Mo, was burned. Loss $158,t
A blizzard prevailediu Kansas and Missouri,
inmiw^U^V^gfldthwatii? a Chicago i
'hre'iutmd^Wbpe.? AlfcllMftgtu; Jifc
negro who murdered policeman Lowell,in
Jacksonville, Fla., bag been captured.
The Mississippi and Ohio rivers are still rising,
and in many plaocshave ovei fl >wed their
banks. Win. H. Furstman, charged with
committing forgery to the extent of $200,OvO,
wee arrested in New Orleans.?-The
freestone contractors of Boston bare determined
to lock ont their cutters. Thomas
O'Brien, the murderer of Betlie Sbea, was
hanged in Lsxington, Ky.?? Uncle Joe
Johnson is the last victim of the HatOelda.
He was shot down before his house. The
towns of Ingalis and Cimarron, in Gray
county, Ksi, are against war.?The rubber
goods manufacturers have decided to ad'
vanoe the prices of rubber boots, shoes and
goods ten per cent.?Robert A. Smith, a
New Market, Out., merchant, was murdered
(n his house by unknown parties. The,
steamer Enterprise, bearing Mr. George H,
Pendleton's body, has arr.ved in New York.
?The Governoisot ibwa in bis message
advocated a license law governing the liquor
law in that 8tate. ? The Massachusetts
legislative committee reported against a
straight prohibitory law, and in favor of
maintaining a high license. Abram Montgomery
was arrestod in Martinsburg, W.
Va., charged with having two wives. la
Njw York Mrs. Margaret Bienenstien was
terribly mutilated by her husband, Jacob,
who poured carbolic acid over her face.??
Au unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck
the limited express on the B. & O. nearInde
pendence, O. Mark A. Baron, a Chicago I
gambler, was shot and dangerously wounded
'by Charles Hatfield, of Henderson, Ky.,
whom he was fleeoing In a "skin" game of
poker.
It is th? opinion of loading lawyers in
Congress that a bill can be pasted which will
nullify tho r.-didriotinj^awi pntsod by the
Maryland and Ohio legislatures. Senator
lilulr objec s greatly I ecnuse his speeches
are not more fully ifffWrt <1 In the newspap
re. Ex Congressman Taulbee was
dangerously wounded by Charles Klncaid, a
Kentucky journalist. D.ok Ilawes was
hanged at Birmingham, Ala , for the murder .
vi mo who (inti cnwtireri.??nrown tvashington,
colored, was lynched at Atlanta, Oa.,
(or the outrage and murder of a nine-yearold
white girl ?Dr. E. A. Kilbourne, an
exi?rt on the treatment of insanity Jisoases,
died at Elgin Ills. Malcolm Cumpaton,
aged fivo years, while playing with a pistol
at his home, in Chicago, accidentally shot
aud kiled his three-year-old brother.?-Miss
Lizzie Cowan, aged twenty years, a school
teacher of Middieburg, Ct., was murderously
assaulted by Daniel Webiter.?H. J. Boy.
Ian, Jr., observer at the United States S gnal
titatlon, tit Vincent, Minn., has left lor
parts unknown, leaving many creditors.?
wonderful stream of oil is spouting on the
farm of Andrew Toothuisn, near tba littla 1
Kanawha r.ver, in West Virginia.?There J
were S&7 Lusines?d^up;s in the Uuitod 1
titates, and 44 lu fKiadJi the post week.?
Bishop Woavejf^a the United Brethren Conference
at Chamborsbnrg, l'a., stated that In
luu-arvucn unu?r bis Ulf'CtlOn UMTI I
wtro forty-two thousand members, and that 1
bat fifteen preacher j and two handrail members
had seceded. Heery enow falls In i
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. ? Daring ? 1
shooting match on llobert Stewart's farm, J
near JUooreetowo, N. J., Joseph Kimble was
Locidenlally shot and fatally wounded by
William DUpliam.??A report from 1'ortland,
Ore., siatei that bilcott, the defaulting
cashier of tWo\ Sergeant at-arms of the
House of Represent^ w, t?as I ten
nsar ?aooma. I
A
"dick hawes hanged.
Killed His Wife and Children *
for Another Woman.
HI* Coitf.'siioii on the (inllowi-History
of n Soluble Crime and lie li
Iorrlli c llrmr.U.
Dick Hawes was banged ut Birmingham, 0
Ala , for tko murder of his wife and two t
children. d
Tho drop fell at 12.47 o'clock. His neck
waa broken an 1 death was j?nsy. The liitlo t
j ill-yard was packed tosuffocatio a and many *
who hod tickets failed to get in.
B.-fore tho black cap was ndjudel Hawes ^
spoke hrii'lly. He called a newipapjr man, I *
shook i( inds with hira and forgave him for | ,
an inise statements azninnt him. lla then I '
banded an Aje Ilemld man a written con- 1
Cession and asked that it bo published. He I
Sm ;
gainst following in bis roowwps.
Dr. Parser, offero 1 a prayer. The drop ]
fell and ail was over.
The oriine for wbioh Richard A. Hawea
paid the penalty with his life, was the murder
of his wife and two children, May and .
Irene. Q.? Tuesday morning, December 4, !
1888, the l>ody of May was found floating in
an nrtificiil lake at ? ist Lake, a pleasure re- 1
sort six miles from Birmingham. It was not
identiti-) I until the next day. The discovery i
led to'still furtnor investigation an I th i res- |
ideuc > of II iw? w.is visited by several per- ?
sons, who found the plaoe deserted and ev.dence.
that a horrible crime had be^n com- (
mitted. There were blood stain* on the 11 >or (
au l wall*, an 1 In a corner of o o of the .
rooms a bloody c ub was foun 1. O.i the same I
day It was Isnrucd that ILawes h id been .
marrl.'d to Miss May Storey at Columbia, I ,
Miss. Hi was arristed the same ni^ht while J
passing through liiruiing.iam on his way to
ti -orgia, to spend his honeymoon. Hi identified
the loly of hi6 chi.d, but s ated tbut <
ba had been divorced from bis wife and sho 1
had gone away. The children, he said, l.a 1 1
liean placed in the convent at Mob le, nnd
he was at a loss to understand how Mny's I
body came to be found where it was. 1 he t
imlpablo improbability of such a story oon ; i
vincad those who heard his stat-inent t.mt
he had murdered the rest of the family. By
direction of the coroner the lake was drained
and the holies of Mrs. Hnwes and little
Irene, heivily weighted with railrml Iron,
were found ott tbe bottom. Tnefiuiin; of
Mrs. H we?' corpse mllunui the public
mind to n freazv. All eltjrb of tha press
of ihd city and the county authorities to
allay tha excitement were futile. The jiil
wan etormed by ten thousand persons d.-terminei
to lynch the murderer, The sheriff
ordered th.-in to halt, but the mo!) replied
with cries of derision, aud presioJ forward.
The order was given to the gutrd to lire, I
end a volley resulted in t to killing of ten I
5arsons and the wounding of many more. I
he spirit of tae mob was brokou, and it
never returned to the attaox, contrary to |
the expectation of the au .boriti s, who had ,
In the mean time telegraphed to the gov- |
srnor for military assistance. Tin tilalof ,
liawes begau on April 28, and lasted eleven
days. The jury returned a verdict of guilty,
with tbe death peualty, aCter two hours' doliberation.
A Kentucky Wile Martloror flange.
Thomos O'Brien was exacted at noou in
ut?e he was declared dead. His ncok was'
dislocatod by the fall.
The orime for which Thomas O'Brien, Jr.,,
was hanged was tbe inurdsr of his wifo and',
herun^^ babe on the night of March 31, i
1839. OBr,.n was 28 years of age, and for'
several year\his chief occupation bad been
gambling. Ooe night while in this business
he shot and killed young Henry Metcalf,
but for that killing he was ucquitted. 8horl-'
ly after being adjudge.i frce ue met Bettio
Shea, a beautiful girl a:.nut twenty-three'
years old. 8he was employed n? a domestic) 1
in tbe family of Mr. Jobn 8. WoOf.'nlk. Uej
peisuaded ttie girl to marry huti eland**.' '
tiucly. Tbey went to C ncuinati and were)
inorr.ed under assumed names. lie contin-; <
ued to Visit her as usual after their return j ]
to Lexington. In the meantime O'Brien was, i
engaged to marry Miss Matlie Lougblin, who' I
lived in Kichlund, Iud., uud at the same time;
was intimate with a laden woman nam di
Lizzie Adams, with whom ha spent mucin (
time. During March it b -caino evident to, ,
Bettio 8uea, that tho time was fast ai>pi oaoh-' (
ing when her marriage must be made puplic.1
Bhe besought O'Brien time and time again,
to acknowledge her us his wifo before the
world, but he put ber off on same pretext or 1
other. The time he had set to murry Miss 1
Loughlin was drawing near. He was also. 1
deeply altaohe 1 to the Adams wo uan. Oa!
the inorolngof April 1 last, tne body ot Bat-,
tie Shea, clad in her night-clothes, was die-1 ]
covered lying in her room by Mr. Woolfolk'si ]
old oolored cook. She ha 1 b -eu beaten to' <
death with a heavy'piece of lead, which was' i
afterward found aL the house of Lizzie Adums
where O'Brien was arrested. Alt turoujh I
ins trial O'Brien maintained a stolid ind.t-j (
f< reiico. The circumstances pointed to turn (
sostrongly that neither the Court of Appall j
uor the United States Supreme Court would ]
grant a writ of error.
WOMEN AS HIGHWAYMEN.
<
A MrrUa of Knbberirs Traced to ttio J
Wlvm of Two Farmers. ,
A series of sensational highway robberies ]
have lately been oommitted In a remote part
of Jackson oounty, VV. Va. Tbo other night '
A. B. Mitchell, o well-to-do farmer, was j
stopped on the roid near his home by two <
masked men, who presented revolvers and t
demanded bis money. ,
While the robbers were searching Mitchell <
a party of friends arrived nr?rrv,?...n- --j
_ virvuijf, aim i
the highway man did. Tuey were pursued,
and took reiug? In * house, but s/nre finally
captured. J
The pursuers were amazed to flud when tho
masks were torn from their faces that they
were two woiueo, the wires of eetimible termers
in the ooramuoity named Mitchell and f
Jones. The women brokedown and confeeeed
to a large number of bold robberies.
MARKETS. i
Baltimore?Flour?City Mills,extra,$4.aa <
aM.d7. Wheat? Southern Kultz. blat'd; |
Corn?{Southern Whtto, t ie, Yellow ,
3(ki:n^s. Uate?Uouthern uud Pennsylvania \
U7ndUcu?.; llye?Maryland At Pennsylvania j
55a57cv?., Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania
l'd50a#13 &'J;litrt?w-Wheat,7.50a#b.50;Butter, i
Eastern Creamery, .'oa^Oc., uear-by reooipte <
lla!3cte; Cheese?Eastern Fancy Cream. II <
allW eta.?Western, D^alU cts; Kxgs?13
aUBa; Tobacco Leaf?inferior, LsU.Ul, brood
ilvminsD, 8 OOtfl U|), Middling, f 5a7.UO blood
to line red,8o<tf; Fancy, ldatltt.
New York?Flour?{Southern Common to i
lair extra, rJ.30afri.35: Wheat-No 1 White '
bOU*?tVK; itye-State. t?7atf0. Uorn-Southern
?eilow,Jt5\*u6^. Oate?White, State 2d>20
eta iintter?State, t?al7J^ cts. Cheese?State, ,
?XalOX cte; Eggs? 14M4& cte.
Philadelphia ? Flour ? Pennsylvania 1
C inoy, 4 U3t4 75; Wheat?Pennsylvania an l i
Southern Ue?l, 85ab6; Kye? Pennsylvania
W iOOc; Corn?Southern Yellow, 8l>fLJ5 cte.
Data?illVS?yj ole; butter -State, a>iili cte.;
Uheeee?N. Y. Factory, U*U>{ cte. Eggs? <
State, 14a14){ ote. 1
CATTLE.
Ralticouc?Heef, 4 50a4 75; Sheep?43 00
a4 74, Hogs?fri 75*5 00. <
MW YORS?Beef?#5OOe? 00;8heep-#4 75 <
bC 'Hi-, Hogs?9&80h4 40. t
East Liberty?beet?*4 35a4 00; Sheep? 1
|4 6O*?30; 4oge-fr4?0a4aa ,
? ~ f
?T" * ? ?
CABLE SPARKS.
Otto of Bavara la in tho last stages of
eneral paralysis.
Ccunt Napoleon Daru, tho French statesvin,
died at Paris.
Many lives were loot by an explosion in a
olliery near Deciz', Franc.
Tho Law Courts building at Alkmaar, Hoi- i
?nd, has been destroyed by fire.
Italy will s-nd representatives to the labor :
ouferenco to be held at Berne.
The Sultan's government has determined
o construct shipyards and arsenals at Jedlah
in Tripoli.
Luxemburg has appointed delegates to atend
the labor coaference tobeh-ldat Berne,
iwitzorland.
Advices from tho Cape are that thoTrans-aal
government has forbidden tho Boer exii<
lit urn iuto Mashonaland.
One hundred and twenty tenants on the
3oi.sJnby estate in Ireland will be summoned
0 surrender possession of their holdings. . I
The King of Portugal has signed an am- !
testy decree such as it is customary for a ,
^wruitr to
Hon. Joseph Oillis Blggnr.Jbs well-known !
some rule member of the HoutA of Commons. I
1 ed suiden-y at Ciaphain, n suburb of LonIon.
An order has been issued at Berln prohib- I
Iting tho circulation in Ciermany of the '
Vb ks-Anwalt, a paper published in Cinoin- [
nati, Ohio.
The Congo Free Stite I.as empowored tho |
Eli usse s Anti-Slavery Society to send an ex- J
ndition to Africa to aid in suppressing the
ilave trade.
Russia has demande^hof the government i
>f Bulgaria the payment of 3,000,000 roubles
imart of money due on "rrount of theRusiiau
occupation during 1878 and 1879.
A flee broke cut in tho Communal Theatre
in Amsterdam, Holland, mid before the ,
Haines could ho extinguished the interior of |
ldo nuuuiug was completely destroyed.
The French cabinet counc 1 decided to set 1
iside the senterc? o( two years pissed upon i
.be Duke ot Or lean*, but subsequently voted i
Lo postpone his release for the present.
Threo roeinUrt of the Cretan council havo I
lieen sentenced to seven years imprisonment
?ach for resigning their posts under threats
made by the Cretan committee at Athens.
The Paris Matin eays that M. T\ m?t?r, \
minister of finance, will ask the Chuinber of
Deputies for a vote of 700,000,000 frnocs for
the purpose of bringing about a balance in
the t u Iger.
Tho polico of Prague have seizod an issuo j
of the newspaper Nnrodni Listy, containing j
a manifesto ot the you.ig Cz cos against the I
understanding ogrevd upon with the tier- j
mans.
The United States squadron of evolution !
was handsomoiy entertained at Toulon, I
France, hut tho officers were hurried through i
the French arsenals ami warships so that i
they could see little of French progress in !
naval warfare.
Mr. Kvans, liberal, tfas elected withoutoppo-ition
to the vacancy in the iiritisli House
jt Commons caused by toe death of Mr. Talbot,
liberal, who represented the middle
divUiou of Glamorganshire.
The elections for members of the Portuguese
Chamber ot D.'puties have been llxod
for March i?7. Major berpa Pinto and other J
Poitu.uese African explorers are favorite ,
candidates of the progressist party.
Tuo list of tbe persons summoned to take !
part iu the council to consi(|e^d(ie condition 1
nf^iw !
isher, a director of iron wrorks, an owner of !
a factory, and lleir ilitze, a member ol the
Reichstag.
DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES.!
The dwelling of Hunt Head, in Augusta,,
Georgia, was burned a low days ago, and hisi
three children, aged, six, four and two years,;
perished in the Rimes.
It is reporu-d^fcpm Wood River, 0.e;on,'
that cattle nnil iroriis are dying In large)
niinihpr* in t.hnf. uo/*Ha?? -?* ?K~?
?v?.vu, hiiu uiinb iuany5
Imnds Will be wiped out entirely unless a
thaw comes,"
Martin Starrow j mimed a bar into a holo
wniuiiinig a riyuainito cnrtfi.igj at the
Lrickawu.onn Iron (Company's ktouu qunrryi
?l Sjrantou, Fa. lie was t-iotrn high iulO'
the air and decaprnrod.
During a runaway accident, near Niwirki
New Jeney, Miss Mary E. 'J'vlur was kllhd<
sud Lottie Tyler, her sister, was injured in*
Lerna ly. Two other women who w#.'s in the,
carriage were slightly injured. ' <
Stockdale Jackson, a wealthy residont of !
Bust Liverpool, O no, while suffering froin j
iui attack of la grippe, took a large nose of
corrosive suhliuiate in mistake for his medicine.
He died in a short time.
A despatch from Prescott, Arizona, siys
that tbe death list has grown until new it is
known that no less than 150 persons lo?t their
lives in the dam disasters. Wickenburg was
destroyed, every building falling boiore the
iiwful assault. 8-ymour, 12 miles further on,
was also wrecked.
Chnrles Henley and William Dodson were i
isphyxiated in a street crossing watch box
>f tbe Vandaiia Railroad, in 'iVrro Haut>, |
Indiana. Hanley was dead when fouul.and '
Hudson is thought to be beyond recovery, i
They entered the watch box during a heavy :
rain.
A train on the Evansville andTerre Hants I
Railroad went through a bri> go at Kelso j
;reek, near Vinoenues, Indiani a. Engineer :
Lyons and flrem in Louis i o vden are
missing, and are supposed to Le under tho
ngine, which was totally wrecked. Siveral j
passengers wore injured, hut not fatally.
Michael McDonougb, aged 50 years, ills:overed
that a railroad rail had been placed
icross a track just outside Akron, Ohio. A j
train being iu sight, he had only timo to take !
jne end ot tbe obstruction and drag it from !
the track when the engine struck the other !
snd and the rail was dashed a^air his bead, I
srusning nil skuii like un egg shel..~ The eu
jine ami cars did not leave the track.
Oeorge Doweil set a shot gun trap for a.
ibiet in his barn in Spring Hiii, Missouri.
The trap was ao aet that the gun would be
discharged when the barn door was opened.
Mrs. Doweil did not know the trap had b.'en
let and when abe went to the barn-and opan>d
the door the trap was sprung and she received
the whole charge lull in the breast.
She died instantly. Mr. and Mrs. O jwell bad
been married only two months.
Mail advloes from Hong Kong and Yokobams,
received in Han Francisco, report that
the storm along the Baahu coast on January I
24th was very disastrous. About 1 HW fishing !
boats, with between 2'>00 and 3000 fl*hermcu,
drifted out to sea. Nine hundred of thnte
boats, with all the men aboard, were lost.
Host of the bodies drlited upon the beach.
The same day 11 boats were wrecked in tha
>ea off Tobisbatn. and 50 fishermen were
Irowned. On January 25lb S3 flsh rmen wars
Irowned on tha ooaat of Masch is a.
KANSAS TOWNS AT WAR.
Cimarron and Iitgnlls Again atOitili
Over Nngnr Mill Boti?la.
The towns of Ingalls and Cimarron, in
Dray County, Kansas, late rivals in a county
uat war, are again fighting. Bonds for a
inpur mill wore recently rotodlo the county.
As In<nU* is t> derive all the benefit, an inj.-netiou
against the Issuing of the bonds wnt
jbtained by Cimarron, represented by Cbea.
Brogory. Gregory was in Ingalls, and wai
roreed by threats against bis lite to withdraw
ibosutt. r h?- 1
A party of Cimarron men attacked boom
>t tuo leaders of tha mob that bulldozed
Srovory, an'* Vl*ru huntadVout oi
OWN, two of tk^PRbber being wdUuie**
3otb sides are rJflKa, and au outbrsd* ik
>ected-atfanj*??*. ? [
'F3W-FIRST C0H6Risgr*^9
Kenate ItrmloM.
4oTR Day.?The resolution offered by Mr.
Chandler lemifrinj Mr. Cell for Interpolate
lug in the olUciul report of the prooeedlugs
of the Senate a paragraph that bad not been
spoken, au<l that was unparliamentary and
jiersonally offensive, was taken up anil referred
to the Committee 011 Privileges and
Elections. The Biair Elucational bill was
taken up ns "uofluisheti l?usiue?,M and Mr.
Coke addrossed the Senate lu opposition to
it. Mr. Stanford a ldressed the Senate in
advocacy of tho hill. O.t motion of Mr.
W ilson of low*,the amendments of tho House
to the Senate bul to amend the act for a
bridge across the Mississippi river at Clinton,
Iowa, were concurred in. After a brief executive
session the Senate adjourned.
40TH Day. ? Mr. Chandler presented a
petition I roin Union county .Arkansas, alleging
a r dgn of terror there at tho Stale oleo
I on ill 18-s8. After a tilt between Mr. Chandler,
and Messrs. Harris and Berry, tbe Arkunsas
Senators, tbe resolution was referred.
Mr. Everts called'up tbe resolution declaring
tbe competency ot tbe Seriate to elect a FreekJ^n^ro
tempore* who^^^ioniogloemMl.^^^
(rent over*. The crodrbtfafsoTtfaMtMMSZwWtaE
Wilson of Maryland, w re presented and
fl ed. Tbe Biuir E lucatlonal bill was discus.eJ.
After an executive session tbe Senate
ml jourood.
47th Day ?A bill was pa'eed for the ercotion,
at lite Western entrance to the Capitol,
In Washington, of a bronz Btatueof Curis'Opher
Co umbus, and the 10 nov il of the Naval
Monuni -lit to a newsiie. Tin? bill appropriates
*75,001). A bill was also passed making
the sal try of the Surgeon G-ueral of tbo
Marine Hospital Service per annum.
Tbe At.ti-Trust bill was dtscu shJ, Mr. S ieriniiii
saying he bad been instructed by the
Committee on Finance to move to strike out
tho third coction, which Imjiosea penalties
for the ollonse of entering into trusts or
combinations. The bid Went over without
actio i. After on ?x.cutlve session the Senate
ml join n <).
4Stii Day ?Mr. Blair called the attention
of the Sou-no once more to tho derel.ction
of the press of the country in uot giving sutlie
cnt atteiitiou to proceedings iu the Seuate,
und particularly to the important facts
spread by him before tbe Senate, in bis
ejNV cli ou tho E I lie itional bil. He charged
particularly that tno Associated Press and
the reporter faded to perform their duties in
tho matter. The Bonnie then proceeded to
the consideration of the bill reported from
tho Committee on Pensions ou lb) 15th of
January, grinding pens.one to ex-soldiers
and s.niors who arc incapacitated tor tho
performance of manual labor, and providing
lor po. ein s to dependent relatives of deceased
ko.iI ors aud sailors. Tno bid went over
without action. Alter un executive tossiou,
the senate, at 4.55, adjourned till Mondoy.
Dome ScbHlona.
40th Day.?The House, in committee of
tho wuole, nsumed the consideration of the
Oiilnbo.na bill. All*. Hook, r, of Mississippi,
moved to strike out the tirst section of the
House bi.l, wbicb is a substitute to the Beanie
bid, fixing tbe boundaries ot tbe new territory
so as to incluie the Cherokee Outlet.
Alter a long discus-Jon a voto was takon
on the motion, and resuted?15 to 52. Mr.
Barnes of Georgia, raised the point of no
quorum, and tue chairman (Mr. Payson of
Illinois) counted the committee, out could
find only uinety 3)veil members present?
three less than a quorum. A call of the com
uiiic.ee was uireotoj una disclosed tbe presence
of 211 members, wh ch fact was for-,
maljly t^imouiioed J.o tho^ HouseA and tbe,
er\s tudliion vrr.s then dtftawl--dt' *meat' Pending
further actitKJ, tbe liiusj thiaad'
journcd. s| 1
I , 5jtu Day.?The entire session of the
I House was occupied with debate on tbe con:
tested case of Atkinson vs. Pendleton, from
j jthe First District of West Virginia. Pondi
iug discussion the House adjourned.
I 51st Day.?The contested election cos? of
[Atkinson vs. Pendleton, from West Virginia,
[was considered, and the minority report declaring
Pendloton elected was rejected?
yeas, 142; nays, 159?by a strict party vote.
The question recurred on the majority re!port,
gating Atkinson, and tlio Democrats
'refrained from voting. The vote resulted?
103 yeas, to 0 nays, and the Speaker counted
a quorum. Mr. O'Ferrail raised the poinO
of no quorum, but the sp eaker ignored him,
end Atkinson was sworn in. The Democrats
refrained from voting in order thut the question
of the right of the Sp -aker to couut a
quorum may bo taken before tbe courts.
Ponding consideration of the Urgent Deficiency
bill the House adjourned.
52nd Day.?After tbe reading or the journal,
Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, moved that the
House go into committee of the whole on the
0Vj;ent Deilciom y Appropriation bill. The .
vote resulted Uo to 31. Mr. Bland, of Missouri,
ruis -uJvtho point, of no quorum. The
1 Kpouker could cUipnt but 155 members pros|
out, and a rail or*J.Ut^ llouie was ordered.
| Two hundred and thirtj'-oi^ht members responded
to liie.r names, anifJiVta Mr. llon,
dersou's motion was agreed to. tbreo
I hours and a half consumed in the disch^iou
' of points of order, the committee rose, alftd
the bill was passed. It appropriat s $23 g50,-Nv
' 000?the largest item beiu^ an aimrnnri inm,
of $~l,tii*),000 for the payment oV pensioners
of the War of 181- and ibo Mexican war.
53rd Dat.?Afler the passiga of a few
private pension bilis Mr. Cutcbeoii, of Michigan,
called up the Henato biil providing for
an Assistint Secretary of War. i'ussea?yeas
12(1, nays 100. Mr. llouk culled up the contested
election cam of Featherstone vs. Gate
from the first district of Arkansas. The
opening speech in favor of thj claims of the
contestant was made by Mr. LLiugcn. At
the conclusion of Mr. llaagenV speech Mr.
Outhwaite, of Ohio, took tbe flaor, bat in
view of the small attendance of member-,
moved an adjournment, which motion was
agreed to?yeas 111, nays 107.
ANOTHER HATFIELD VICTIM.
The Nnn lVlio I'rrv. nfed Hie Clang's
Escape Mn ilcreil In iotil lllooil.
"Uncle" Joe Johnson, an inoffensive old
man, was sIk t down at bis bouie a mile
East of Pikevilic, Ivy. Tbe law abiding
citizens of tb.s community hoped that the
death of tbe luomber of tbe Hattiold outlaw
baud on lbs scaffold would have the rtT.-m
of preventing further outrages from this
source, but it appoar* already to have lost its
lutiiui Jaiing influence.
Murder bad been threatened, and frionds
of ti.o gray-haired victim b id warned him of
bis danger, but true to the instincts of tiie
nvi r.tgo mountain nr of thieoountry, "Unola
Joe" bail refused to louve b.s Isolated farm
11 ud wkI safety among bis frionds of PikeTitle.
Btiorily after supper?jo tbo wife informed
the authorities?here husband was summoned
to the stile in front of the bouse by a man's
voice. He hesitate i to respond, but thought
be recognized the voice wbica bailed biin as
that ot a neighbor. As a matter of precaution
be picked up a double barret slot gun,
as he steppod front the house. A man was
sitting usirtde a borso in the road near tbo
bouse. fSuddeuly tbo wife beard the report
of n heavy gu t and saw her husband fall
forward ou bis face. The horsetnau dashed
off at a furious rate of sneed. Th?
and fnth r was osrrisd m <? thn houw, but
en oue glarej at tha terrible wound iu bin
side inilicatod ttmt medical aid was useles*.
Deatb was ii stantaneou*.
When tbo news of the dastardly crime \'V
was reoeivsd in Pikovllle, luU hu ail rod m *n
were i -ndy in an buur to take up tbs bunt
for the assassin. Sheriff Msynsrd bonded
the band of ar.-ngrrs, and tbs oitiseos
a reward of $Add for tbo capture of .
" Jnole Jon's" murderer. Tbs men are de?
Mgh^iit-d to follow the nssavsin, ovon if the
MmTeade into tbe eonflaea of West Virginia
and the lair 0* tbe (aurdaroub Hat Holds.
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