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obstacle between himself and . rich
estate, by the crime of murder. This
crime he protested he had not COM
mitted; but instead had seized and over
powered the man he had undertaken to
assassinate, whom, after robbing him.
he had afterwards dragged to place OF
secret confinement, from which he had
purposed releasing his prisoner as soon
as he had secured the promised reward
from his employer, by convincing the
latter that he had performed his agree
ment
But when asked to reconcile this &C
count with the discovery of the body,
Labor could say nothing; and search
of the place in which he alleged he had
concealed his victim, revealed nothing
to corroborate his incredible statement.
As for the part of it duplicating Han
lev, that was set down to sheer de-
pravity.
John Labor was tried, found guilty
and sentenced to be hanged. Every
body said he would confess at the last
moment; and Richard Hanley, whose
presence poor Sylvia was forced to
tolerate occasionally through stress of
parental authority, was waiting to draw
. sigh of relief as soon as the drop fell.
One day Mr.. Melroth's door-bell rang.
OF the servant who came to answer it,
handsome young man, who stood on
the threshold, inquired for Miss Mel
roth.
He was invited to enter, and asked
what name should be announced.
"None," was the answer, ''but tell
her a gentleman wishes to see her"
When Sylvia Melroth appeared and
her eyes fell on the comedy visitor,
with an exclamation of mingled sur
prise and terror, she staggered back
and would have fallen but for the ready
arm which came to her support.
The next moment, as she looked up,
all fear had departed from her eyes,
which were filed, instead, with tears
of Joy and love.
20! Mark, I believed you dead, and
it almost broke my hearth she MUIR
INJURED.
II hope to live many days after such
one as this!r he said, earnestly, seal
ing the declaration in due form.
IL turneu OUT tndt JOHN LdlOT StoTy
was literally true. Mark had been
kept many days a prisoner, bound hand
and foot, but finally managed to escape
on the day of Lalor's capture. Then
he kept himself concealed till that
rascal had suffered all the terrors of
the law but the very last, and till the
state of Sylvia's heart had been
thoroughly tested; for, through trusty
friend, Mark had kept himself advised
of all that passed.
OF course Lalor escaped the gallows;
but both he and Richard Hanley under
went the highest penalty allowed for
conspiracy.
''But about the finding of the body?''
the reader will ask.
That was another of Hanley's tricks.
As before explained, Mark Penning-
toms brother had died not long before
his own disappearance. The two were
singularly alike; and by secretly ex-
huming the body of the dead brother,
and disfguring it with wounds, Richard
Hanley was enabled not only to furnish
the evidence needed to perfect his own
succession, but to complete the case
against John Lalor, of whom it was his
purpose to be rid.-N> Y. Ledger.
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Although the sill of the front door
of house near Bridgeport, Conn.,, is
several feet from the ground, the house
has no front stoop. The owner, being
offered large price for the stone steps
ut the time the house was built, sold
them, and they were carried away.
Rather than go to the expense Of put
ting up another stoop, he has since used
the back door of his house exclusively.
~ 7. Sun
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One of the three Misses Cation, Of
Maryland, who became the Duchess of
Leeds. the Marchioness of Wellesley.
and Lady Stafford, was dining at the
palace, when gentleman asked her if
she came from that part of America
where they calculate The King in
terrupted him at once by saying: "She
comes from that part of America where
they fascinate," which was very neat
for King.
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king Humbert, of Italy. offers IN
island for sale in the Mediterranean,
east of Sardinia, for $3.50, 900, which In
cludes the privilege Of assuming The
title of King.
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The fact thss only three Of the
1866 couples whom Rev. DIR. Miner, Of
Boston, has married have been parted
by divorce, leads him to think that
.sthe state of mind which brings people
to q Universalist clergyman for union
is that which will enable them to live
happily together "--Boston Herald.
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Last nights Denver & Rio Grande
train brought three men who had just
passed through an ordeal that is terrible
TO contemplate, and their many wounds
go to show that the story they tell Is
but too true and horrible in its details.
The men are K. w. Smith and George
H. White, Jr., of Pueblo, and Thomas
McGough, of Colorado Springs. They
detail the account of their adventure
about as follows. Nine miles from the
mouth of Cottonwood Greek, up the
stream, is barren wilderness OF
scrubby underground, and powders
and rocks and stones. To stand on the
verdant shore of this sea of waste land
one would naturally conclude that they
were that many miles away from mo-
where, and, for ought they knew, were
the first to discover this blank sea OF
waste, barren. worthless fyspeck on
the shirt-front of creation. The men
were ON fishing expedition and started
Wednesday morning from the mouth Of
the Minnehaha stream to wend and
wade their way toward its source, when
they reached the spot above mentioned.
Here night overreached them, and hav-
ing lunch, they built fire and made
themselves as comfortable as possible
on the surface of scraggy messed
rock. Being tired and footsore, as soon
as their scanty repast was eagerly de-
voured they were soon revelling in
dreams that, perhaps, are more or less
pleasant to the mind while fitting IN
the realms of such fancies. One of the
party had not been tangled with Nor
pheus long until he was awakened by
something checking him, and, feeling,
found his strange collar was cold and
Shiny. 1t was a very fine specimen OF
the black species, which was girding
his throttle in its anything but loving
embrace. The monster was soon dis
patched, and the party were about to
lie down again after Kidding themselves
of his snakeship, when they found by
the aid of the dying enbers and the
assistance afforded by the quarter
moon that they were literally sur
rounded by the venom-tonguedt railers.
Two of the party proposed to decamp
for more congenial cline, but when
about to leave the rock they found them
selves trampling on living sea of ser
penis. The kissing and rafting became
more audible. and it was but a few min
utes until it was as loud as ordinary
toned voices. The men, finding they
were thus surrounded, broke branches
from the stubby underground OF pines
and commenced flashing the writing
sea of darling, kissing snakes. Real
izing that they had an all-night job,
they added fuel to the fire and secured
the largest sticks obtainable, and COM
menced the killing IN eaInest. Inc
hgnt ana noise seemed 70 AWAKEN tne
whole barren waste INTO q tempest OF
kissing anu rafting. Eacn began the
slaughter with redoubled vigor' vainly
trying to night their way to the stream,
some hundred yards away. down a slant
ing hill: Iney would gam q Few PAGES
OF the distance, only % oe driven PACK
again 10 the rock. Inc rattilng ana
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America. The questions to be consid-
cred to which we have alluded were
chosen by them. 1t it not difficult to see
they have made mistake. If they had
included among the objects of the con-
yention an inquiry into the reasons why
negroes do not more generally become
proprietors; why they almost universally
continue when in contact with the whites
to seek mental pursuits: why, initiative
as they conspicuously are, they do not
imbibe stricter regard for marital
rights and honor; why they do not
develop some independence and indi-
viduality in politics; why the universal
maxims of integrity find SO uncertain
Judgment among them; why they
remain the merest creatures Of inn
pulse and superstition in religionP-if
these matters were to divide the atten-
ton of leading and educated negroes,
there would be much reason to hope for
some substantial good from the meeting
and deliberations in September These
leaders might aid to solve the problem
whether the defects in the negro char
acter are inherent and ineradicable, and
whether he can ever become worthy of
the citizenship in free country which
has been thrust upon him, and Of which
be seems SO far to wholly lack apprecia-
ton. Instead of finding fault with 9TH
ers and continuing the wall of depend
ence and appealing to the Government
for support, leading negroes need to look
in themselves for means of regenera-
ton and growth, if these be possible to
their race.-Erchange.
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BASE BALL.
BASEBALL.
Irons,tes W. Atlantics OF Rr.okIyu-A Very
i.OOr Game.

Irons,des W. Atlantics OF RruokIyu-A Very
fOOr Gamo.
The poorest exhibition of baseball, it it
can b. called by that name, was given yes
terday afternoon by the IrOnsides and
Atlantics, of Brooklyn, on the grounds OF
The former and before good sized
audience. 1t was game of errors on the
part of both mines and the best way of as
certaining who made them is to refer to
the score. 1t is sufficient to say that tie
home team had the largest number, al
though they did not have near SO many
balls to run after Nearly all the runs
made by the visitors we're through errors
of the IrOnsides, who were unable to stop
many of the balls, while the principal
mistakes were made by wild throwing.
Jones played poor game behind the bat,
and was unable to back HOfford up. He
had large number of passed balls, and
they were always at times when third base
had a runner, who had no difficulty in
scoring. The man seems to be stiftened up
and did not move after the balls, some OF
which he could have had. At the bat the
home team did their fine playing, and
hammered both Brady and McGrath all
over the field. In the seventh inning they
secured seven runs, the batting being very
heavy. Hofford made two bagger, and
Schiller, after q base hit, had no trouble
scoring on the errors of the visitors. The
whole score follows:
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COmMON PLEAS COURT.
Oases Up for Consideration In the Ffrs'
Week.

Oases Up for Oonslderatisn In the fifst
Week.
BEFORE JUDGE LIVINGSTON.
In the case of Henry Sheibley vs.. David
B. Myers, after the testimony was all IN
the defense stated that there could be no
recovery in this action as transfer TO
Abraham Sheibley was not shown. Inc
plaintiff asked for and was granted leave
to amend their caption. The defense did
not plead surprise and the case was given
to tho Jury. The jury retired this morn
iup. aud soon after they had gone out one
of the number, Philip Miller. OF New
Providence, was taken SO sick that he had
to be discharged. This afternoon when
court met the counsel for plaintiff
asked that the jury be discharged. as in
the absence of his client he did not desire
verdict from eleven. The court therefore
sent for the other members OF the jury
aud discharged them from any further
consideration of the case.
J. Shuman Kline and Mary X. Kline,
his wife, in right Of said Mary K. Kline
formerly Mary KissiDger, and Harry kls'
singer, By his mother, Mary T. kline'
This is tho next case ready, but as two
iuries are out and one for this could not be
obtained before noon, court adjourned to
81 o'clock.
BEFORE JUDGE PATTERSON.
In the case of Urban & Burger VS.: Bar
bara Martin and Benjamin F. Martin
owners, and Samuel Bennar, contractor,
the Jury returned verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $281.84.
Abraham Shaffner VS.. John s. Henry
This was an action brought by plaintiff
| who is q painter, to recover pay for labor
The defense was that the plaintiff was to
have taken an organ, for which defendant
is an agent in Mannheim, in part payment
for his work. He never came for tht
organ, which defendant has always beer
willing to furnish, but now wants cash
The Jury rendered q verdict in favor OF
the plaintiff for $50 II.
| Admitted to tho Bar.
VIM. N. Apple was this morning ad
mitted to the bar on motion of A. G
Reinoehl. Mr.. Apple is a son OF Kew
Thomas G.. Apple aud graduate Q
Franklin and Marshall college. He passed
a fine examination, and will, no doubt
make his mark in the profession.
Jurors to be Drawn.
The Jurors for October courts will o
drawn on Friday afternoon at :3O O'CLOCK
instead of Saturday as before announce
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VIM. Kahl, six 2story brick dwellings,

VIM. Kahl, six 2story brick dwellinRs,
West James street. .,
Henry Martin, ten story brick dweh
ings, North Mary street.
Caroline Kenebare, ono story orick
dwelling, South Queen street.
Charles F. Miller, ono 2.story frsme
chemical works, Hazel street.
Henry G. Harner, six story brick dwell
ings, Marietta avenue.
Frederick Hoefel four Q story brick
dwellings on Frederick street and two D.
story brick dwellings on North Duke near
Frederick.
Fisher & Bro. two 2 story brick dwell
inas on East Chestnut between Shippen
and Plum.
Joseph S. Zook seventeen Q story and
mansard brick dwelling houses ON East
New street.
George Steinman one 2-story brick
dwelling on West Orange between Water
and Mulberry.
ing on West Lemon street.
8. II. Reynolds one brick stable on
Cherry alley.
warehouses on North Charlotte between
James and Harrisburg pike.
A, w. Russell two Q story brick dwell
ings on East Frederick street.
St. Johns Reformed church one story
brick parsonage on North Mulberry street
above Orange.
Mrs. Ann C. Stamm two 2-story brick
dwellings on Low street.
BENJAMIN Ruth two story brick dwell.
ings on North Christian street above
James.
NJ. Wenger ono 2-story brick dwelling
on East Orange street between Ann and
Marshall.
Mark Smith one 2-story brick dwelling
on South Plum nsar East King.
Charles Eshbach two 2 story brick
dwellings on East New street.
w. G.. Rapp, back building, corner
Church and Lime.
w. w. Hensel, back building, East
Orange, opposite county prison.
The above list includes 133 dwelling
houses, several of them having storerooms
attached two fine market houses. two
large tobacco warehouses, two factories, 9
a fine postofice building, aud number o.
shops, stables, back buildings, &c.
There are besides many minor building
improvements going on in the city, which
requise no permit to sanction them.
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SECOND EDITION.
WEDNESDAY, 1vRJINo. AUG. 2e 1898.
CABLE CHAT.
WHAT Ii DOING IN EUkOPE.
Fayiog Respooss 70 the Dead Count ds
Uhsmbord-Tho UholefAi in AlexAn.
dria-TWoivo Deaths

Psyisg Respects 70 the Dead Count Dc
Uhsmbord-Ths Uholera in Aiexan.
dris-Tvsivs Deaths
VIENNA, Aug. 29.-The Count de Paris,
with his sons and the Duo de NemOurs,
the Duo d'Alencon and the Prince de
Soinyille, visited tho ehdpells 0rdente Of
the Count de Chambord today, and
prsyed over the body and sprinkled it with
holy water. The Countesse de Cham
bord il 10 prostrated with grief that she
was unable to receive the princes.
MGR. Vaunutelli, the papal nuncio here,
will OfRciate ut the burial. 1t is expected
that 1000 Frenchmen will attend the oere-
mony.
Ths Result OF the Attacks ON the Jews.
Although order has been restored at
Egerzeg, Hungary, the scene Of the late
attack upon the Jews, oil the shops in the
place are still closed. The Jewish FAM
lies have fed from the town, aud trade and
traffic are suspended. l.
Airsr the 4reas Volcanic EruptionsN
BATAVIA, August 29.-Since noon
yesterday everything has been quiet.
The sky is clear and communication
with Serang has been restored. The
temperature fell ten degrees on Monday,
but it is now at normal height. The town
is covered with thin layer of ashes,
which was so hot when falling that
it killed the birds. Telegraph line
men report that while they were
at work repairing line near
Angler early Monday morning they
saw q high column of the sea
approaching with . roaring noise. They
fled immediately without learning the fate
of the inhabitants. The quarries at Merak
have disappeared and all the people of the
place perished. The floating dock at the
island of Ourust near Batavia is adrift
and is badly damaged.
Tn Cholera.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 29.-Twelve deaths
from cholera occurred here yesterday.
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Auaueemonts.

The MajiHons.-Thisp popular company whicn
has for some time been in Europe doing big
husfness. has returned to the United States
and wili appear in Fulton opera house. this
city. on Friday evening. The entertainment
is a delightfully."- comical one all through. The
talent engaged-which includes the eminent
irish comedian, Mr.. Thomas Lisbourne-is OF
the first order, and {" The Frolics Of Day"
which is the name Of their musical, farcical
absurdity, will certainly be well-worth liberal
patronage.
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THE LEGISLATURE.
Tho House Passes Amermsn's Resolution

Tho House Passes Amerman's Resolution.
HARRISBURG, Aug. 29.-In the House,
to day, the Amerman resolution to sub
NIT the formation of apportiOnment bills
to an arbitration committee was passed by
a vote of s3 yeas and Ga nays. Jamison's
legislative appOrtiOnmeut was also passed.
In the Senate the Sill resolution, which
has been pending for several days, was
passed. A resolution providing for the
appointment of committee of four, two
senators and two members of the House.
to frame q congressional apportionment
bill was defeated by vote of IL to 18.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 29.-The
losses by the fire last night are consider
ably over estimated. The total amount
will reach $140, 900. Perry Davis, the
porter who received injuries. died last
night, and Schneitz and Loaf, two other
victims, are in q precarious condition.
The others who were injured are now out
of danger.
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I..no.ster lsoys In tho Show Business.

Tommy Mack writes to friends In this
city. that he Joined Hi Heuny's minstrels
at Gov auda, New York, this week. Frank
Keueagy, formerly Of this city, who has
been living in Chicago for some years,
goes with the same party.
Tom Daily and George Goodhart are
vet with the Barnum show. The former
was severely injured recently by falling
from ladder, but is now able to be about.
They will return to this city in about six
weeks.
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A FRAUDULENT LAWYER.
He Deals Extensively IN Crooked PENSION
Proceedings.

a0 Deals Extensively IN Crooked fension
Proceedings.
PHILADELPHIA Aug. 29.-John o GRADY,
the lawyer who was acquitted several
months ago of defrauding the American
Legion of. Honor of 81, 900, and who sub
sequently caused the arrest of lawyer
and detective for conspiracy to injure
and Improperly indict him, was
arrested this afternoon upon charge OF
receiving pension fees in excess of the
legal allowance. He was held by United
States Commissioner Bell in $500
for hearing tomorrow. The complaint
against O'Grady also charges that in a
number of instances forgery was
committed. 1t is alleged that he has filed
with the pension bureau fully dozen
af1idavits, purporting to have been signed
by and sworn to before John 8. Mckinley,
q member of the bar and notary public.
Mr.. Mckinley denies having signed any Of
them.
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Reading C.uststter verein.

The Canstatter Volksfrest Vereln. OF
Reading, will hold the parade and festival
on the oath and 25th of September, ana
many societies from distance WI %
present, delegations being expected from
Philadelphia, Allentown, Wilmington,
Del, this city, and other places: AT q
meeting of the Reading Canstatter held on
Monday evening, an invitation to extend
the festival to be held by the Canstattor
of this city, on the third and fourth days
of September vas out nsIt ao''0n
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A Big Import OF Stock.

CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 29.-Two hundred
head of Jersey cattle and number o.
ponies, sheep and hogs, valued at e75,OW
and consigned to A. NJ. Herkness q Co.,
Philadelphia, were landed here to-day
from the steamer Otranto from Hull. The
animals will be placed in quarantine.
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A Rochosrer Democrat sues tba New York
ssT1me0n fOH Libel.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, August 29.-
Thomas Brown, jr., member of
the Democratic state committee, has
directed his attorneys to bring suit
against the New York Times for libel for
the publication of false statements in ref
erence to his attendance at q meeting OF
the committee. He lays his damage at
$50, 900.
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wEAraER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-For tho Mid
die Atlantic states, partly cloudy weather
and local rains, followed BY clearing
weather, northwesterly winds backing to
northerly, falling followed by rising bar
ometer, stationary or slight fall in tenn
perature.
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Live Stock Prices.

EAST LIBERTY-Cattlo-Rece l.237 head !;
market active prices Lc on from yesterday.
HOgs-Receipts, 2lS5 head market drm ;
Pkiladelphias, 8 1905 60; Workers, o 6006 30.
Sneep-Keceipts, 800 head market nm at
yesterdays prices.