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THE SPLENDID SPUR* TIE ADVENTURES OF JACK MARVEL If ARTHUR T. qUILLER COUCH.* [ CHAPTER Y. L I (Continued.) \j There was a minute during which r the two parties could hear each other's [' breathing. Sir Deakln set down the P .nutmeg, wiped his thin fingers on a s*^?pkln, and addressed the Captain I ?weetlyj Hi "Before asking your business, sir, f would beg you and your company |to taste of this liquor, which, in the ; (court of France"? the old gentleman ' (took a sip from the mixing ladle? ? fhas bad the extreme honor to be pronounced divine." He smacked his , lips and, rising to bis feet, let his right band rest on the silver foot of the I amp as he bowed to the Captain, i V Captain Settle's bravado was plainly boxing away before this polite audac ity, and seeing Sir Deakln taste the jpuncb, be pulled off his cap In a shamefaced manner and sat down by the table with a word of thanks. * "Come in, sirs ? come In!" called the Old gentleman, "and follow your friend's example. 'Twill be a compli ant to make me mix another bowl ;when thin is flnlshod." He stepped around the table to welcome them, still resting his band on the lamp as If for steadiness. I saw bis eye twinkle as they shuffled in and stood around the chnir where the Captain jvas seated. * "Jacques, bring glasses from the <Cifp board yonder! And, Delia, fetch jjp some chairs for our guests? no. ?lrs. pray do not move!" > He bad waved his hand lightly to the door as he turned to us; and in an instant the intention as well as the Wight success of thi9 comedy flashed *>on me. There was now no one be tween us and the stairs, and as for Sir Rpnkln himself, he had alreudy taken the step of putting the table's yridth between' him and his guests, i I touched the girl's arm, and we made as If to fetch a couple of chairs that stood agninst'the wainscot by the dopr. As we did so. Sir Deakin pushed toe punch bowl under the Captain's nose. I "Smell, sir," be cried airily, "and report to jour friends on tho fore taste." * Hettlc's nose hunff over the steam ing compound. With a swift pass of the band the old gentleman caught up th4 lamp and had shaken a drop of burning oil into the bowl. A great iblaze leaped to tbe celling. There was a howl? a scream of pain, nnd as I pushed Mistress Delia through the doorway nnd out to the head of the ?tairs, I caught a backward glimpse of Sir Dealcin rushing after us. with one Of the stoutest among the robbers at Ills heels. "Downstairs, for your life!" I whis kered to the girl, nnd turning, ns lior finher tumbled pnst mo, let his pur suer run on my sword, ns on n spit. At the same instant, another blade pass'd through his fellow transversely, ?ml Jacqties stood beside me, with his %ack to the lintel. i'As we pull'd our swords out and tbe man dropp'd. I had u brief view into the room, where now the blazing liquid ran olT the tablo in a stream. SetUe, stamping with agony, had his palms press'd against his scorched ?yellds. Tbe fat landlord. In trying to bent out the flames, had increased them by upsetting two bottles of aqua Tltae, and was dancing about with tjhroo finger* in his month. The rest vlftod for the most part dumbfound er'd ; but Black Dick had his pistol Sifted. Jacques nnd I sprang out for the landing nnd round the doorway. Be tween the flash and the report I felt It sudden scrape, as of a red-hot wire, ?cross my left thigh nnd just above the knee. "Teuez. onmnrnde." sold Jacques' Wolce In my ear; "a mol la porte? a^vous le maltre. la-has;" and he pointed down the staircase, where, by the glare of the conflagration tlint beat pnst us. I saw the figures of Sir Dea kin nnd his daughter stnndlng. "But how can you keep tlio door ?gniust n dozen?" The Frenchman shrugged his shoul der with n smile. "Mnls? com me cn!" Iv>r nt this moment came n rush of footsteps within the room. I snw ? fit paunch thrusting pnst us. n quiet pass of steel, and the landlord was ?Tallowing on his face across the Kharshold. Jacques's teeth snapp'd to gethcr as he stood ready for another pMctlm; and as the fellows within the ?oom tumbled back, he inotlon'd me to leave him. ? I sprung from his side, nnd catch ing the rail of the staircase, reach'd the foot In a couple of liounds. "Hurry!" I cried, and caught the old ?>nct by the band. His daughter ok the other, nnd between us we lurried him ncross tho passage for the Itchen door. t't Within, the chambermaid wno on knopx by the nettle, her fnce and ?pron of the mmp hue. I wiw she waa Inenpat.io of helping, nnd haaten'd ftcrow the atone floor, and oat toward back entmnce. V; A stream of ley wind blew In onr Jheea aa we atcpp'd over the threah* jW. The grtrl and I bent our heada to WL and atambllng, tripping and pnnt* M. pulled Sir Deakln with us out Into ?to coM air. 1 Th? nr4 m? * and by this 'twas very evident the room was on fire. Indeed, the csrtnlns had caught, and aa we ran, a pennon of flame ahot over our heads, licking the thatch. In the glare of It the out building* and the yard gate atood clearly out from the night. I hoard the trampling of feet, the sound ol Settle's voice shouting an order, and then a dismal yell and clash of stee) as we flung open the gate. "Jacques!" screamed the old gentle man; "my poor Jacques! Those dogs will mangle him with their cut and thrust " 'Twas very singular and sad, but at If in answer to Sir Deakln's cry. we heard the brave fellow's voice; and a famoua about it must have been to reach as over the roaring of the flames: "Mon maitre? mon maltre!" he call'd twice, and then "Sauve tol!" In a fainter voice, yet cleat. And after that only a racket of shouts and out cries reach'd us. Without doubt the villains had overpower'd and slain this brave servant. In spite of our peril (for they would be after us at once), 'twas all we could do to drag the old mau from the gate and up the road; and as he went he wept like a child. * We found a hiding place in the woods where we remained all nigh$. but the great exertion and the ex posure to the cold was too much for the old gentleman. When morning 1 broke Sr Deukiu had breathed bis last. I delved his grave in the frosty earth, close by the spot where he lay. Somehow, I shiver' d all the while, and had a cruel shooting puin in my wound that was like to have mustered me before the task wan ended. But I managed to lower the body softly into the hole and to cover it rever ently from sight; and afterward 'stood leaning on my spade and feeling rcry light in the head, while the girl knelt and pray'd for her father's soul. And the picture of her as she knelt is tho last I remember till I open'd my eyes, and was amazed to find my self on my back, and staring up at darkness. "What has happen'd?" "I think you are very 111," said a voice; "can you lean on me. and reach the hut yonder?" "Why, yes; that is, I think so. Why is everything dark?" "The sun lias been down for hours. You have been in a swoon first, and then talk'd? oh, such nonsense! Shame on me. to let you catch this chill!" She help'd me to my feet and stead led me; and how we reach'd the hut I cannot tell you. It took more than one weary hour, as I now know; but at tho time hours and miuutcs were one to me. In that hut 1 lay four nightc nnd four days, between ague lit and fever. And that is all the account 1 con give of the time, save that, on the second day, the girl left me alone in the hut and descended to the plain, where, after asking at many cottages for a physician, she was forced to be con tent with on old woman reputed to be amazingly well skill'd in herbs and medicines; whom, after n day's trlol, she turned out of doors. On the fourth day, fearing for my life, she made another descent, and, coining to a wayside tavern, purclias'd a pint of aqua vitoe, carried it back oiul mlx'd a potion that threw me Into a profuse sweat. The same evening I sat up, a sound mon. Indeed, bo thoroughly war I ro cover'd that, waking enrly next morn ing nnd (hiding my sweet nurse n sleep from sheer weariness in n corner of the hut, I stagger'd up from my bed of dried bracken nnd out Into the puro nir. Rare it wns to stand nnd drink it in like wine. A footstep nrous'd me. 'Twns Mistress Delia; and, turn ing. I held out my hand. "Now this is famous," said she; "a day or two will see you as good u man as ever." "A day or two? To-morrow, at least, I shall make trial to start." I noted a sudden change on her face, and added: "Indeed you must hoar my reasons before sotting me down for an ingrnte," and told her of tho King's letter that I carrlcd. "I hoped that for a while our ways might lie to gether." said I; and broke off. for she wns looking me earnestly In tho face. "Sir, as j on know, my brother An thony wns to have met me? nay, for pity's sake, turn not your face away; I have guess'd? the sword you carry? I mnrk'd it. Sir, bo merciful, and tell me!" I led her n little aside to the foot of a tall pine; and there, tho* It wrung my heart, told her all; and left her to wrestlo with this flnnl sorrow. She was so tender a thing to be stricken tlins that I who had dealt the blow crept book to the hut, covering my eyes. In an hour's time I look'd out. She was gone. At nightfall she return'd, white with grief and fatigue; yet I was glad to see her eyes red and nwol'u with weep ing. Throughout our supper she kept silence; but when 'twas over look'd up and spoke In a steady tone. "Sir, I have a favor to ask, and must risk being held importunate " "From you to me." I put In, "all talk of favors had besf be rtropp'd." "No? listen. If ever It befell you to lose father or mother or dearly loved friend, you will kuow how, the a a ptih stuns? Ob, sir! to-day the m seemed fallen oat of heaven, and I a blind creature left groping in the toM. Indeed, air, tie no woste; I bsd a father, brother and sarrant ready to die for me? three hearta to lore and lean on; and to-day they are gone." I .would hare spoken, but she held op a hand. "Now, .when yon spoke of Anthony ?a dear lad!? I lay for some time dazed with grief. By little and little, aa the truth grew plainer, the pain grew alao pa at bearing. I stood up and ataggered into the wooda to es cape It. I went fast and straight* heeding nothing, for at first my aenses were all confused; but in a while the walking cleared my wits, and I could think; and thinking, I could weep; and baring wept, could fortify my heart. Here is the upshot, sli>-though lis held Immodest for a maid to ask even far 'less of a man. We are both bound for Cornwall? you on an honor* able mission, I for my father's estate of Gleys, wherefrom (as your tale proves) some unseen hands are thrust ing me. Alike we carry our Uvea In our hands. You mnnt go forward; I may not go back. For from a King who cannot right his own affairs there is little hope; and In Cornwall I have surer friends than he. Therefore, take me. sir? take me for a comrade! Am I aad? Do you fear a weary Jour- 1 ney? I will smile ? laugh? sing? put Borrow behind me. I will contrive a thousand ways to cheat the mile atones. At the first hint of tears dis i card me and go your way with no prick of conscience, Only try me? ob. the shame of speaking thus!" Her voice had grown more rapid toward the close; and now, breaking off, she put both hands to cover her face that was hot with blushes. 1 went over and took them in mine. "You have made me the blithest man alive," said I. She drew back a pace with a fright ened look, and would have pulled her hands away. "Because," I went on quickly, "you have paid me this high compliment to trust me. Proud was I to listen to you; and merrily will the miles pass with you for comrade. And so I say ?Mistress Kiiligrcw, take me for your servant." To my extreme discomposure, as I dropped her hands, her eyes were twinkling with laughter. "Dear now! I see a dull prospect ahead if we use these long titles!" "But " "Indeed, sir, please yourself. Only as I Intend to call you 'Jack;' perhaps 'Delia' will bo more of a piece than 'Mistress Kllllgrew.' " She dropped me a mock curtsey. "And now. Jack, be a good boy, and bitch me this quilt across the hut. I bought it yesterday at a cottage below here " She ended the aentence with the prettiest blush Imaginable; and so, having fixed her screen, we shook hands on our comradeship and wished each other good night. CHAPTER VI. I Lose the King's Letter; Am Carried to Bristol, and Escape. Almost before daylight we were afoot, mid the tlrst ray of cold sun shine found us stepping from the woods into the plain, where now the snow was vanlsh'd ami a glistening eoat of rime spread over all things. On the far skip of the valley we entered a wood, thinking by this to shorten our way, for the road here took a long bend to eastward. Now. at first this wood seemed or no con siderable size. but thickened and spread as we advanced. 'Twas only, however, after passing the ridge, nnd when daylight began to fall u . that I became alarmed. For the wood grew denser, with a tangle of paths cris rrossing amid the undergrowth. And Just then came the low mutter of can non shaking the earth. We began to run forward, tripping In the gloom over brambles and stumbling into holes. For a mile or so thin lasted, nnd then, without warning, I heard a sound behind me. and looked back, to Qnd Delia sunk upon the ground. "Jack, ljere's a to-do!" ?'What's amiss?" "Why, I am going to swoon!" The words were senree out. when there sounded a crackling and snap ping of twigs ahead, and two figures came rushing toward us? a man nnd a womnn. The man carried an infant in his arms, and though I called on them to stop, the pair ran by us with no more notice than If we l ad been stones. Only the woman cried, "Dear IiOrd, save us!" and wrung her bands as she passed out of sight. "This Is strange conduct." thought I: but peering down saw that Delia's face wns white and motionless. She had swooned Indeed from weariness and hunger. So I took her In my arm* nnd stumbled forward, hoping to find the end of the wood soon. For now the rattle of artillery came louder and Incessant, through t lie trees -and ming ling with it a multitude of dull shouts and outcries. At first 1 was minded to run after the man and woman, but on second thought resolved to see tho danger before hiding from It. The trees In a short whllr? rrrew sparser, and between the stems I marked a ruddy light glowing. And then 1 came out upon an open space upon the hillside, with a dip of earth In front and beyond a long rhlge of pines standing up black because of a red glare behind them, and saw that this came, not from any scttlig sun, but was the light of a conflagration. Tho glare danced nnd quivered In the sky as I crossed the hollow. It made even Delia's white cheek seem rosy. Up amid the pines I clambered nnd along the rldgo to where it broko off In a steep declivity. And lo! In a minute I looked down, as 'twere. Into the Infernal pit. (To be continued.) iONOt OF M?THPAV Natal Day af fiaaijt Wpfchftaa Wat Fittkvtr *Jh* .1%. GOOD SKECI II III niSINNT ftoprMenUtivta off IMM World Row ara Participate lit tfco Baarclsaa ait tha Univaraity off PV^Mylvania, and Praaidant RooaavalV German Emparor and Ambaaaa dor Ware Amodf Tl^oO Honorad With tha Doctoral*' off L?m Wt?d SIn0thtllree WOrM >?'nr> Partlcl S TJ" Th. d?n'tfi?ExecuUve ?* tb* nation 'prew ??wMuor to tnis country, who ut?ri .. i^wfrn00111 ^Preventative of Empe? 2nd Sir Henry MorUmer JSSSl; the Brltl"h ???? do? ? he occasion was marked by one of the witt^i d*no?l?t*ntlona ever SSSftSL ?,i ^AcAd*tny of Muslc. ]?!?? ? exercises were held. Preai dS T"? <**?' of the of Washington*" be'n* "Som<! M"ln" The degree of doctor of liw> ... man?2^d UP?Q the rodent, the Ge" ZrS^'o?6 ,BrtUrtl ambassador, wear Admiral Charles EL; Clark United States navy; United States Senator Philander C. Knox, and David T Wat Jon a distinguished U#eVof g?? D^f'anrt 1,a,,ey Aldrich. the poet and author, received the deerea WoUiw^A and upon Simpson Woodward, president of the Cnrneeie Institute, was conferred the degree of SSUL?1 science. Baron Von'S*? Sternberg received the dttree for Em peror William. ^ ?tS^JW' ?M>6are<l on the .. ^andt Played "Hail to the Chief, and the entire ass^mbttKm SEI6 ch<!ered for n??rly five |SBJ thl n I mWB# a *P,endM ovation and SSrtaThff' -8mJ,6d M appreciation, conclusion. at Its DrA a WM Presented by wL.^rJ2^ ?Uf?eH forthe de*re?. h? 1EJEXHS ? students with lusty u? college cries. During his address the President was repeat k*?" ?J; !*??"? >? th. J7 JS ,he addressed directly to Clark, who sat on his left srouaed great enthusiasm. ' The pres ^5 apoke In part mm Jallowa* ? PRHSIDENT'JfcpEBCH. ** have had our full ^ men- hut the two men i SenSIS*111 nt greatness who, aa the mUniilU^0 ?n* wl11 "n'ely loom above Sn 5 7',.? Washington and Un thi?; particularly fitting that eyely S?OU,d ^ celebrated liv^ hmnrht i? meaning of their nves brought home close to us. No other city in the country Is so closely identified with Washington's liTmK",,Ph.',!ade>hla' He f Ho iU J Continental Congress at thi8 nere 88 commander of the army tini !,^e of the hattle of Brandy he?? thftf J.WKtOWIl: Bnd R WM De&r nere tnat with that army he faced th? desolate winter at Valley Form th? winter which marked the turning point of the Revolutionary war Here hn ventlo^M h? ,pre8,dent of the con IS! ch framed the constitution o? * then as President of the United or^hf' and flnal,y 88 lieutenant general teVJereffic"ter he h,d rellred *?? One hundred and eight years age ,J"8.f h? left the presidency, he it? i I farewell address, and In it he laid down certain principles whlrh ? .mIT'' K^ou.ld X"d?2? Of this republic for all time to come JfLTSi .WOrd8 heing, "which appear or ?Z?VS!X'rtmt to lhe PwowScy ? ^ r, felicity as a people." nFton' though ln some ways an have 'TTn i ?Sn than L,nco,n. did not nave Lincoln a wonderful Kift of ex fa^'inftpph g,ft whlch makee cer n !n! j" of tho ""ail-splitter from Illinois read like the Inspired utter ? great Hebrew seers and souS romBl,t h? had a11 01 L,ncoIn'a sound common sense, far-sightedness and devotion to a lofty Ideal. Uk? Lincoln, he sought after them by ther otighly practical methods. These two theab^tlmon,Ca?S ?an fa,r,y b? worirt g 5he great men o' the world, and greatest among the ?>od ,hc.,worlrt' Eoch g.how,rS f.n L Practice his capacity to secure ?lr the priceless union stronLVh ,,l'crtjr w,th governmental J'.u h was 88 freo fr?m the \lcos of tho tyrant as from the vices fnnm de#n,alf?*"e- To each tho empty futility of tho mere doctrinaire was aa nllen as tho baseness of the merelJ Bolf-seeking politician. Each was ln n# ?f tho wickedness which ?n!l of thoT ?.f arinB to wronK others thlh VnHa ? 8 cr,mina> weakness aeainot t nil Provldo effectively against being wronged by others. Among VVashington's maxims which the two^foM it0 hl" coi,ntrymen wero jo. two following; "Observe pood faith and justice toward all nations." and offiLV prepared for war is the most Tho'ni ? means to promote peace." J.h?f , [wo Principles taken together StlTn rfm e ba8'8 of our whole for by itse f?y' ne!ther 8,,mc">nt taken .iron 1 L ? 11 ,8 not merely an idle in ?Tii? .u m08t mischievous dream t? believe that mere refraining from wrongdoing will Insure us a?alnst being mhH Yet' on the ?,her hand a nation prepared for war Is a menace to Eftt? th? nat,0na' Purpose jsrsjssr ,,"lon? wi,h tood , FROM DR- HOHBNZQLLERN. ro,? ^harles c. Harrison. Provost of adelphiaVeT * Pbilad<,,Ph,a- Ph? ba.Mn.ir2!7 *la<l tho University PresM?n? V 8amo 11 me with thnJ ln. HrSr?U the academic honor that once clothed Oeorge Washington rn *cc* pt w,th my thanks fishes for the continued ffjowth and prosperity of the Unlver. WILHBLM, L a KTAIU $f TIE MINE MINI rhlrt^MIn* MIh Han BMn TAm From the Virginia Mine and No Htfpt l? Hal# Out That A try of the lit Man Remaining A?* Alive. Birmingham. IhL, 8peclil. ? Am a re ndt of the moat horrible mine disaster In tke history of Alabama. M blacken ed. bruised and twisted human bodies have been recovered from the Virginia mines at a late hour and Iftld eut for identl Station by heart-broken motheis, wives, slaters, and sweethearts. It is now stated positively that 16* men were in the mlae at the time ef the dual explosion and not the slightest hope Is b?M out to sorrowing loved ones that a man of them will live to tell of the horrible disaster. With the first ominous rumble of the soaring catastrophe, by common im pulse. every one In the village rushed to the mouth of the main slope, fear struggling against hope for the safety of loved ones. The sccnes at the mines this afternoon were the moBt gruesome and harrowing that have ever beea witnessed in the mining section of Ala bama. Corpses were frightfully man tled and disfigured and identification Is almost Impossible. Many of the bodies are so bruised, twisted and dis colored that negroes cannot be told from white men. All day long at the mouth of the mine were waiting and moaning women and children whose relatives were among the unfortunates. One hundred families and 300 children are left des titute and without means of support by the calamity. As the bodies of the vic tims, which In many cases have been gathered together a piece at a time, are brought to the surface they are placed in rows on a rough Improvised plat form. LAte Tuesday ambulances began the removal of those so far recovered to Bessemer. Since the list of dead will probably go to 160, the local undertakers have wired to adjoining cities for coffins, as It was found thero were not enough suitable coffins in the district to bury the victims. Out of the 50 bodies re covered one was found about 4 o'clock this afternoon, which was barely alive. The body was carefully taken from the mine and heroic methods resorted to to bring the man to consciousness. He Is still alive, but scant hope is held out for his recovery. President Flynn, of the Alabama United Mine Workers, said to the As sociated Press: MI shall be surprised If a single person escapes alive from that mine. Ventilation ia very difficult and If the men were not killed by the ex plosion they have certainly been suffo cated by the gases. The bodies so far reached were In the main slope and it will be several days before we can get to the rooms which branch off trot?, the main slope." President Flynn worked all Tues day night with a pick and shovel at the mine and other mine officials were among the leaders in the rescue work. Conspicuous among these was W. R. Farley, member of the national execu tive board of the United Mine Workers from Alaska. To Prevent Pool Selling. Jefferson City, Mo., Special. ? The lower house of tho Legislature passed a bill releasing the "old breeders' law." Pool selling on horse races in certain enclosures was legalized by the breeders' law, but the olll which passed tho House today not only re-, peals the old law, but prohibits the selling in any part of Missouri of pools on horse races, whether the races are run with or without the boundaries of the State. The bill will now go to the Senate where It is expected a de termined fight will be made by per sons interested In tho several race tracks of the State. Died at Age of 101. Trlmbelle, Wis., Special. ? Anthony Huddleson, aged 101, the first white settler In Pierce county. Is dead at the home of his grandson, near here. Mr. Huddleson was born In Virginia and was a direct descendant of the family of which Daniel Boone was a member. His youngest child is 52 years old, and his oldest 80. Inquiries to Be Mad*. Chicago, Special. ? United fliaies offi cials commenced one of the most ex haustive Inquiries ever started under the Sherman anti-trust act by Issuing subpoenas for 185 witnesses, calling for a Federal grand Jury to sit March 20 and making full arrangements for producing tho operations of the pack ers in Chicago and other packing cen ters. Blfw His Head Off. Raleigh, N. C., Special. ? Late Tues day afternoon, Edward Yarborough, aged about 45. committed suicide at his home here. He placed a shot-gun in a rocking chair, with Its muzzle at his throat, holding It there with hie left hand, while with his right he pressed a stick against the trigger, while he was lying on tho bed. Death was Instantaneous, and his hend wat partially blown away. He was a mem ber of a prominent county family. Hit grandfather built and owned the Yas borough House. A relative of th? same name committed suicide in a hotel here 12 years ago by taking poia on. $1,000,000 Dock Fire. Boston, Special. ? A loss estimated at $1,000,000 was caused by a fire al the Hoosae Tunnell docks at Charles town, early Tuesday. Two of the lar gest pieces were burned, tho Wilson Ixjyland-Furness .line steamer Phlla delphtan was seriously damaged, and a large quantity of merchandise, botb on the docks and In the hold of th< Phlladelphlan was runted or destroyed Five persona sustained Injuries. JWO CAPITAL CASES Milt# Mwr on Trial Far Muntor at Spartanburg. BptrOflbur.l, Special.? The Court of Seneral Sessio ?ns, Judge R. OL Watta, presiding^ convened Monday morning. Mlcltor hue waa on hand and handed MC a nuafeer of indictments. The praad and petit J.'irors were all present, rfclich la worthy cf mention on account ?f the had esndlti'on of the roada and he fact that a na tnber of them came i Ion* way f ran pcluU in the country. A ante bill waa found agaiaat Polk Mam, who shot ant1 killed H. H. Hem* tree. The defendant was arraigned and interetf the plea of not guilty. Hid artal haa been set for Thursday. He la ^presented by <X P. Slam. Arthur Leister,, who shot and" killed leorge McAllistev at Arlington Mills, ra December 28, will be tried on Wed issday. Be Is represents by Stan rarne Wilson, while Solicitor 9sase will be assisted in< the conduct of the prosecution by J. B. Atkinson. Late Saturday afternoon Acting Cor nier Holt held an inqueet over the re naina of Corrle Mammontil who was run over and killed by the GicnP* Springs train. The tragedy occurred ou he ahort trestle between the Southern lepot and tike C. A W. C. station. The soman waa walking the track and cont inued her way across the trrntle, d? Mtlte the fact that the train waa ap* jroachlng. When it neared her sh? nade an effort to outrun it, but Ml audi sefore the engineer could bring his* .rain to a atop, she had been crushed to? loath beneath the wheels of the en gine. Her face was mutilated beyond recognition. INTERSTATE Y. M. C. A? CONVEN* TION. k Highly Interesting Meeting to Be Held at Asheville In March. The Second Annual International Convention of the Young Men's Chris tian Association will meet In Asheville, N. C., March 11-14, 1905. The pro gramme will b? a very attractive one. Including some of the leading reli gious speakers of the country. Ad dresses on topics of the work will be made by S. D. Gordon, Cleveland, O.; E. L. Shuey, Dayton, O.. (expected);. Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, Newberry, S. C.: A. G. Knebel, New York; W. D. Weath erford, New York; Dr. Geo. J. Fisher, Now York; C. L. Gates, Atlanta, Ga.; R. H. King, Charleston, 3. C ; H. J. Knebel, Charlotte, N. C. Topics ? "Advance Steps'* will be tho general theme. Studies will be made of the various departments. Religious, Educational, Physical, Social. Boys'* and "Advance Steps" will be suggested. Special Features ? The "Quiet Talks," by 8. D. Gordon, of Cleveland, O. Mr. Gordon has few equals in giv ing helpful messages to the Christian! life. The iMen's Meeting at the Great Au ditorium. Platform meetings. The Qoys' Meeting in the Assoclar tion Auditorium. The Reception to Delegates and Lo cal Membership on Saturday evening. The Presentation of Educational. Work, by E. L. Shuey, of Dayton, Ok Addresses by Dr. J. A. B. Scherer. Each delegate or visitor must b? supplied with credentials. The meet ing will be a very profitable one and a largo attendance from both Statoe is expected and desired. A 8HOOTINQ NEAR DARLINGTON. Mr. Mack James Dangerously Shot by West 8kipper While Acting as Peacemaker. Darlington, Fob. 10. ? Mr. Mack James, who lives about six miles from here on the Tlmmonsviilo road, was fchot in the abdomen on Friday nfgh4 at his homo by West Skipper. Mr. James had given an entertainment at his home. Two of the men present became Involved In a dispute. They went out of tho house. Mr. James, wishing to "pour oil on the troubled waters," appeared on tho scene. He was received with o bullet, which en tered the left side. Tho wounded mac was brought to town. Dr. Q. B. Ed wards probed for tho bullet but failed to locate same. The intestines wer* not penetrated and the wound is nol necessarily dangerous, as It Is thougfci that the bullet lodged in the hip. Live Itemc of News. Negroes are taking the places ol foreigner in South Chicago steo^ plants. William Breedlorve was killed In ? quarrel with Patton Willard In Dick enson county. Mrs. Kate Edwards, who, ^vlth Sam Mel Oreason. a negro. Is to be banged at Reading. Pa., for the murder of Mrs Edwards' husband, has given up hop< ana is in a statu of collupse. billed on a Trestle. Spartanburg, Special. ? Carrie Ham mond, a colored woman, while walk ing on tlie trestle between tbr Charles ton and tho Western Carolina depor and tho Southern station, was struck I by Iho locomotive of the (Jlenr ! Springs train and killed. The body of the woman was tossed to the em bankmcnt on tho left ?Me of th? track. 8ho had almost walked acro38 tho trestle, when the engine Rtrtick her, and it Is probablo that she sJipped j botween the crosstl^s. Englneei Cummlngs tried his best to stop th? train, which was pulling out slowly. I Her face and breast wero crushed | nnd death must bavo been Instantan cous. Struck by a Train. Barnwell, Spoclal.? Barney B. Eas terllng, while on his way homo from his farm Friday evening, was struck by the northbound Palm Limited train at the crossing nlwre the oil mill. Hie horse was In3tantly killed, his rubber tired buggy ground to pieces, while he, It Is fcarod, Is seriously Injured Ho was takon to Columbia on the same train that Injured him, where an examination was made by physl clans. i j: SHE WOULDN'T TALK Mrs. Ctadwkk Decliaed to Mvalft Ail She Kmws KEFEKE SCOLDED BEI IN VAIN Supported by Her Counsel, the Female Financier Refuses Even to Give Her Name In Bankruptcy Proceeding* Which She Declare* Clossly Allied te the Criminal Procoedings Against Her ? Consented to t< Sworn- With Reluctsnce ? Will TeetWy at a Hear ing March 13, if Criminal Case Ha? Then Been Concluded. Cleveland. O., Special. ? Urs. Chad wick, when placed oi? the stand in tho bankruptcy proceedings against her before Referee Remington, she re* fused at flrst to be smrn. Alter con siitation with he* attorneys sh* finally consented to take the rath. Hbe was then askei to state her name; She refused to reply ta this or any other questions tMat followed. Mrs.. Cha lwick s-wght refuge fta her prlvilefcs a* an aceused person, and she refused to an.?wer most of th? questions on the ground that what Bhe said mijiht tend to aft! the prosecution of her ariminnl casts. Referee Rem ington Sound In her* favor;, although he Insisted, against hv. counters wish as, in making her glvo a quasi-expla nation of her refusal, "My financial affair* are so closely allied with. the ease in the Federal Court that: anything' affecting, tho one* must necessarily affect the other," said Mrs. Chadwick, and "toe rt fereo. de clared that that explanation) of her position was iu admit ably expressed n?i it could U<\. "What th?y <rant is to get posses sion 'of our Information;" stoutly de clared Attorney Daw ley, on behalf of Mrs. Chadwick. Despite Daw ley's obj< rtions and his irate declarations that Mrs. Chadwick was being uniustly and improperly Im posed on Mr*. Chadwick waff forced ta take tho atand and Ik* sworn. This she did very gracefully, smiling pleas antly and cheerfully, a*, the refereo administered the oath. But Hb? refus ed to say that sho was Mrs. (Tassle L*. Chadwick. anrd smilingly persisted in' that course. Referee Remington vain ly appealed to her, explained to her. cooled her, and almost threatened her. Mrs. Chadwick was an interested lis tener to all he bad to say, but his conversation moved her nut a Jot. Fin ally Remington grew a little exasper ated at her cheerful indifference. ? Is this by your advicw?*' he stern ly Inquired of Dawley. "I refuse to answer," was Dawley'B reply. "Counsel can take- eare of him self." he said significantly. "I am not ander obligations to disclose to any one, not even the court., the nature of my professional advice it> my client." Theentlre examination was a series of wrangles and disputes: Mrs. Chad* wick answered a few <fuestlons but her answers were remarkably free from information. Finally the court and counsel agreed to resume tho hear ing March 13, with the- understanding that Mrs. Cliadwick woufd testify free ly on that date If the criminal cases against her had been disposed of- by that time. I Virginia Cadet in Trouble. Annapolis, Md., Special. ? For leav ing the Academy enclosure and going to Baltimore, where ho sncnt. Thurs day night without notifying or asking permission of the aurhorities at tho Naval Academy, Midshipman Bradloy S. Johnson Is conflwd aboard tho prison ship Santee. a wailing the De partment's action in his case. Young Johnson, who is from Richmond; Va., Is a member of next year's graduating ehiss. He is a grandson of the late General Bradley T. Johnson, tho noted Confederate officer, and a son of Col. Bradley S. Johnson, of tho famous Maryland TJne, <jf the Confederate Army. Midshipman Johnson's offense is a serious one, which places him in danger of beln? expelled from. Lh? Academy. Gen. Mile* to Retain Full Play. Washington, Special.? The confer ees obi the army api?ropriatlcn bill perfected an agreement which covers all points of difference. Tho agree ment regarded as most Important Is that, affecting the p:?y of retired offi cers and Involving the pay of (lenerol Miles, who. at present Is tho recipient of the full pay of o. lieutenant general. The effect of the agreement as to. General Miles is to give him his full retired pay, without, reference to any compensation he may receive for ser-? vice on the staff of tl\e Governor of Massachusetts. Poaition Very Strong. T?chinado<?a, Manchuritv By Cable ? A tour along the right Hank gives a correspondent of the Associated Press reason to believe that *ho main line of the Japanese fortifications V* Homo what in the rear of Sandepii/*. this vil lage being held as a mask and occu pied by several batteries of artillery. Tho positions of tho J? panose are very strong, fortified village ^ connected h> fortified roads rendering the re-en forcomcnt of threatened points aaf? and strong. No Filibustering. Mobile, Ala., Special. ? In an Inter view Mr. IX M. Moraques, consul for Nlcarauga, and also an extensive ship owner whose vessels touch at all Cen tral and South American ports and also in Mexico, stated that nothing In the way of filibustering is going on In Mobile. Ho is in a position to know becauso he has close communication with all vessels touching nt Mol'ilo. There is no gathering of laborers fop tny foreign country there.