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and that the certificate had been obtained in
some way by trickery.
But the object of the plot did not come to
him at once.
1t had simply given him his wife's fortune.
for the will had been proved. the death and
burial certificate and tho. evidence OF Tom
Wesley accepted, and the doctor had been al
lowed to enter into possession of the dead
woman's property.
This had all been done, but why
The exclamation came from Tom Wesley,
who lost no time in giving II. He waited ON
the doctor aud demanded at once n legal sur
render of the property.
The doctor took the bull by the horns. He
declined. He declared that his wife was
dead, that the death had been proved and that
he had inherited under her will. She had
legally ceased to exist, and he commended that
she was dead.
Then Tom Wesley was frank for the first
time. He told the doctor that IL was only
after his wife went to nurse Clara he learned
from her what was really going on.
The doctor had told him that he wanted 10
keep strangers away, AZ he feared his wife
might make another will secretly. and he
wanted her watched in his interest that moth
ing of the sort might be done. But as soon
as Tom found his sister WAS not dying of dis
ease, but being murdered, he joined with his
wife In the plot to- prevent It. IL was Clara's
idea to pretend she was dead. She had formed
a belief that nothing but her death would sat
isfy her husband, and that in some way he
would accomplish his end. 1t was a fixed
idea-a mania with her.
While at Naples the fever broke out and a
panic ensued. An Epgikh lady, q hiendless
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Markham, the doctor announced TO Tom that
he was about to be married-it was to be O
quiet wedding, and for the present no one
would Know anything about Il. The doctor
had sold his own practice, intending to live
In the country. The property of his first
wife rendered him independent of his pro-
fesslon.
A few days before the wedding Tom called
on his brother In -law. and in the course of q
pleasant little compensation informed him
that he had Just developed q magnificent
scheme and required 10000 to carry 1t out.
The doctor smiled.
my poor Tom" he said, II am be-
ginning 10 find your magnificent schemes
out. Idon't want any more of them"
"You refuse 2"
Absolutely"
Come, Markham, I did you q good turn
once. But for me, instead Of having Clara's
money now. you might be lying in the place
where they bury murderers."
The doctors face went crimson with rage.
Don't try that game on. Tom Wesley, " he
said. ~ have had nothing TO do with Clara's
death, and you know it."
Tom shrugged his shoulders.
Pm very sorry / ever went out of my way
! to help your ~blAckguardly scheme" he said.
you've got my sisters ~money-you forced
her 10 make q will and then you tried TO get
her out of the way because you wanted to
marry Kate and live on poor Olara's fortune.
IL would go hard with you even now II l told
my story. / think you had better shut my
mouth II you want q pleasant honeymoon"
I you'll keep your mouth shut for your
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own sake" replied the doctor, angrily. Pm
not going to be blackmailed any more, and
SO good morning"
IAN right, my fine fellow" muttered Tom
70 himself. as he left the house. II think
you will wish you had been Q little more civil
to me before we meet again"
On the day arranged for the marriage. the
doctor went quietly to the Registrars Office,
where he and Kate were to be married. He
was TO meet her at the door. To HIS surprise
he saw Tom walking up and down in front of
the ofie. and 1t gave HIM rather q turn. He
imagined he might be going TO renew his
threats.
But Tom was very pleasant. He nodded
and stepped forward. Come along, Mark
ham, {" he said. you're late. My sisters in
side already and waiting for YOU"
The doctor followed Tom without q word,
Tom pushed open the door of the Reglstrar's
room, and the doctor entered. A lady was
seated there already.
The doctor looked at her, then gave a wild
cry of horror.
Toms s ster was waiting for him, but that
sister was not Kate. but CLARA.
DIR. Markham o. his marriage morning
stood face to face with his dead Wife
Two minutes after he got out into the
street, into which he had rushed almost mad
with terror at the aprarition of the woman
he believed 20 have been in the grave for
twelve months. DR.. Markham recovered his
composure. and the truth gradually dRwned
| upon him. do saw now that he had been
tricked by Tom Wesley and his wife-that
the story Of Ciaraia death MAS " inyenion,
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His wife's death could never be laid at his
door now. That long spell of anxiety was at
an end.
On the following day he received from Tom
Wesley the certificate, and wrote at onoe to
the English doctor for particulars of his
wife's last illness. He was anxious that every
thing should be lone in proper form. He
might have ascertained all he wanted TO know
from Jane Wesley, but the subject was not
one upon which he cared to converse with his
brother-in-law's wife.
In o week the doctors answer was received.
He had been called in to the lady too late to
save her. "
She had died Of o fever which was very
prevalent in Naples and very rapid In Its de-
yelopment. Armed with the certificate and
the letter, the doctor went at once to the
bank and gave due notice of his wife's death
and asked q few particulars as to the state OF
her account. He ascertained that from the
time his wife left London she had drawn ont
the sum of e., 900. and he wondered what she
could have wanted with 30 much money and
what she had done with 1t. Possibly Toms
wife knew, but he was not anxious to cross
examine her on the subject.
The only course to take was the legal one
with regard to his wife's property and the
will by which IL became his and her sisters.
He went down to Brighton and saw Miss
Wesley, and advised her to remain there, FOL
the present, which she readily agreed to do.
Tom Wesley was not In any great way bene
| flied by the death of his sister, but his re,
quest for q loan Of $500. as things were hare
with him, was readily granted By the Doctor
! Twelve months after the death Of N .
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ton that cannot be sneezed at, you and I
must bow to its dominion. SO to Mr.. Car
lyle we will simply say Pshaw! aud to Mr..
A~ddison'-in order that he NAV not think
himself slighted-Humphi
The front rows OF our theatres are filled
with gtddy. old men when any pretty girl
p%irouettes before the public. They will not
hear her artistic worth valued. There are the
limb and the form to lntoxlcate their senses.
Therefore, criticism of q pretty woman is
often comparatively lethargic. Why should
not the same condition of things exist with
regard TO the pretty man. Letthe Adonis be
Judged by the woman Just the same as the
Venus 10 by. the man. That would be
criticise an acknowledged feminine beauty
and expect an impartial Judgment And 1
have heard IL said. dear boy (though of
course l do not believe it), that we ourselves
are not above petty jealousies.
SO, my dear old chappie, as ! value the
advice Of the girl who accompanied me to the
theatre last night, / will abstain from To ling
you point-blank what I think of your dra-
matte powers. You may have an idea ON the
subject, CLEANED from the conversation which
/ have reproduced above.
Why are you so maddeningly, so outrage
ously, 30 disastrously beautiful, Herbert 2
Hundreds who have been asked to ~criticise
you will sympathize with me. To be sure,
admirers. / should thus run the risk of being
mobbed and perhaps hanged to q telegraph
pole on Broadway. l cannot run this risk
even for the sake Of aiding you dear boy.
Life yet has q charm OF two for me the
| world has not become absolutely uninterest.
ing. and l am still young and attractive.
ALAN DALE.
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prove in O court of law that the will had been
obtained by undue influence.
Then he gave way and parted with the for
tune he had risked 90 much to gain.
Mrs. Markham, under an assumed name,
lives at the present time in q pretty little cot.
taRe in a quiet Devonshire watering place.
Tom, having received the f10.000 for once
in his life brought of a genuine coup with
the borrowed capital, and pays his eldest SIS
ter the interest on her fortune with the ut
most regularity. DR.. Markham went abroad
and set up in practice in q foreign town ire
quented by the English, but his evil reputa-
ton has followed him, and he only just man"
ages to exist.
Kate Wesley died soon after her SISTERS re-
turn to life by IN overdose OF chloral. She
had TO fly to that terrible drug for relief from
the remorse and terror to which she fell .
prey.
Truth is stranger than fiction. The name
of Clara Markham may be seen to-day by the
Tourist in the Naples cemetery, and Clara
Markham is still alive, though in the eyes Of
the law she has long since been dead.
She died to save her life, and, being dead.
recovered her fortune from the man who
tried to kill her in order to get IL.
Her story Is known only to her relatives
and to one other ~person-the famous ond
lawyer who prepared the deed OF gift. and
who was placed in possession of all the faota
bv Mrs. Markham and her brother. II the
boxes and pigeon-holes of that famous firm
Of - Son could speak, the histories they
could tell would startle the world far moro
thsn the pen OF the most imaginative fiction
W. could ever hope " do
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NOW FIRST PUBLISHED In AMERICA ]

lConciuded.l
he was very excited, and impaired his
wonderful news at once. Jane had come
pack as mysteriously as she had Departed
.ne mad come back with the intelligence that
Tue DOCTORS wife was dead and buried. She
Anu Jane had gone to Dover, where they had
stayed Until Mrs. Markham's health had i'm
proved From Dover they had crossed the
Suanhel and made their way to the south OF
rance, and thence they had gone to Naples.
Naples Mrs. Markham had been attacked
Tl'I lever and had died In a few days. An
nsnsn doctor had attended her, and had
tsshnea the cause of death, and in -four and
s"e.y hours according to ths custom of the
rest. ~ ~ noi
Inc doctor could hardly realize The fac.s 4,
hass,S, 9ut as the truth dawnod upon him, hs
-"'ea . Sigh Of Internal relief.
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New York Markets.

WHEAT The market opened quiet. December
options were quoted at 81. 12Is-l point Upland
May at 81. 1885,. During the morning December
declined to 81. laH and May 10 81. 1874, but al noon
NAV advanced to 81. 10. Market very dun. Chicago
dull. Liverpool arm.
COTTON. Futures opened steady at | to 2 points
advance. Nov. o. go; Dec. %. II; Jan. q "a; Feb ,
q o.; Marcn, 10. 06; April, 10 II; May. 10 70; June,
10. "a; July, TO- 10. Liverpool steady.
COFFEE Market opened barely steady at
points decline. Nov; ID 80; Dec IL 80; I'm . ;
Hamburg steady. Havre dull.
PETROLEUM. Pipeline certificates opened
point up, at S5hc-, and after selling down u
AXc. advancing TO s6'lc. Market dull.
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THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER o, 1888.
PROTECTION WITH A BIG T.
HiEains's Men Marched in the Republican
Parade, and Now They Are Discharged.


Parade, and Now They Are Discharged.
Notices have been posted in the extensive carpet
mills OF K Il Higgins 4 Co, at West Forty
third street and Eleventh avenue, Of
q reduction of the present working force
of o%ne-hslt, from and after Monday
next, which means that coo hands, male and
female, will be thrown out Of work at least TOR
some time. About eleven hundred hands In all
will be out
Three hundred OF Higgins's employees marched
In the Republican parade on Saturday under a pro-
"Tne machinery for manufacturing carpets in
the United States is largely In. excess
Of the demand for the product" Supt.
John Higgins said today. "Business
mas been slack since last March. We shut
down June % last, and remained 30 for sevo n
weeks, when we started with two-thirds Of our
force Of l, 700 hands, Of whom 800 are males and
$40 females
"In the ingram department We laid on one-hali
Of our regular force, or about nifty hands. We
have been running as we have been able to sell
our Roods. Trade has been very Gull In ingram
carpets. The tariff discussion has had 0 very de-
pressing effect on the carpet trade.
''The carpet manufacturers have adopted q plar
whereby they can make goods an thsy can sell
them. Prices have been very low. Election hal
nothing to do with the removals"
Asked II the plan adopted was akin to o trust
Mr.. Higgins said 1t was not.
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FoG ON the River nnd ON the "L.n

Fog on tho River and on the L."
During the early hours this morning trains on
the Elevated roads were considerably delayed by
the thick fog. Men were out with signals all along
the line to keep the engineers posted as 70 their
distances from trains preceding them.
A worse condition Of affairs prevailed at the
ferry slips, and much delay resulted. Towards Z
O'Clock the fog began TO disperse, but enough OF II
remained to make travelling unpleasant.
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GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

In spite OF the moisture last night Dockntader's
Theatre was very comfortably nlled, and evidently
the mipstrels appreciated this attendance under
difficulties, for they were on their best behavior,
and the performance was one OF the best ever given
in the house. The frst part OF the programme was
devoted TO the usual songs, not necessarily for de-
location but a. q guarantee OF good faith. George
Marion sang Q ditty called s'Woman," 7. q. Davis
1.-THE Beggar Millionaire" Barry Maxwel "Day-
light Am q BREAKING" Docntader 81 Guess
Not" J. Jose Rosenfelds WORLD published
song With All Her Faults 1 Love Her
.stiIl;' sweatnam 'sForever. !" and John Il. MoWade
''The Lost Chord" Dockstader, in his ''Topics
of the Day, " furnished the most enjoyable part Of
the entertainment. His comic songs were inimit-
tably given, and MIR. Lew has rarely appeared to
better advantage. The teacher song was q thor
oughly artistic piece Of work, and artistic pieces
Of work are not too plentiful, a. . rule, in minstrel
performances. Messrs. Baker, Jones, Manning
and Davis appeared in q decidedly eccentric SONG
and dance, called ''silver Bella" The silver
bells sounded very much like I'M Other
bells which shall be namelesA. The new
burlesque on Gilbert and Sullivan's latest opera,
which Dockstader calls "De Young Men Of DE-
Black Guard, is not q particularly exhilarainl
affair, but the audience, who had just been put In
q good TEN per by Dockstaders comic songs,
laughed at It. It contained little that was funny.
tn Merryman's Song " was pretty badly copied.
Sir Arthur Sullivan's. clever music protects itself.
Howe yer, the burlesque was short and-in tn,
language of the programme-in one consecutive
act.
"a singed Cat " Is said TO be the startling till,
of Charles H. Hoyts next.
Spectacle will be largely In vogue next ssa
son. Henderson, Of Chicago. is going 70 out
spectacle The Crystal slipper;" Bolossy Kiralf.
will make three spectacular productions, Jane
Carson is going to set up an opposition spectacle,
to Henderson's In Chicago. and New York viii
probebly get them all. An indigestion Of spectscl,
Is threatened.
Booth and Barrett will repeat "othelo " at tn,
Fifth Avenue Theatre Tuesday night, and produo,
7 Merchant OF Venice Wednesday.
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PACKENHAMs FATE IN TIE BALANCE.

BIr. RiszgsraIa Makes tho Closing Speech
In the Wife-NIurder Trial.
Assistant District Attorney Fitzgerald made his
argument for the prosecution in the Packenham
murder trial this morning. He claimed that when
the prisoner returned from the island, where he
had served an imprisonment OF four months, he
was q perfectly sane man.
He commended that the defense OF insanity would
not hold, but that the murder was the act Of Q zane
man who wished TO have revenge on the woman
who had him sent to the island.
Recorder Smyth charged the Jury and they re-
tired to consider their verdict.
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AUGUsTIN COsTELLOs TROUBLE.
Held on n Charge OF TnmperinG with
Letters Mt the Police station.

Augustin h. Costello, author Of the book. "our
Firemen," was a prisoner at the Tombs
Police Court this morning. Two of his
agents, Thomas Reeves and Patrick Ryan,
displayed letters alleged to have
been written by Fire Commissioners Croker and
Purroy to the effect that q portion Of the proceeds
Of the sale was to 90 into the pension fund Of the
Fire Departments.
The agents did quite q brisk business until one
OF the purchasers claimed that the alleged letters
were forgeries. Capt. Mclaughlin thereupon
were behind bars Costello visited the station
house. He was acquainted with the Captain, and
the latter charges that while his back was turned
Costello tore on . ny Leaf on which appeared the
names OF subscribers, and also tore part Of the
alleged forged letters.
Justice White held the three prisoners for exam
nation,
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CONsPIRED 10 ESCAPE.

Three Boy Prisoners Detected In a Plot Mt
RundnIps Island.
william Wall, aged seventeen years; Charles
Cisco, colored, aged sixteen years, and Thomas
o'Connor, aged sixteen years, were brought down
from the House OF Refuge on Randall's Island to-
day and sent TO the City Prison for six months.
They had been detected in q conspir acy to
knock n keeper senseless and effect their escape.
Wall had n piece OF iron pipe concealed on his
person, TO be used ~ q weapon.
The boys will be returned to the Island after the
half year in prison.
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MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY PERHAPS.

Foreman Ash's Mysterious Death Bnmes
the New Jersey Police.
The New jersey police are trying TO clear mp the
mystery surrounding the death OF Matthew Ash,
foreman in the Dolphin Jute Mill, whose body was
found In the Passaic River yesterday morning.
Mr.. Ash was known to have over $500 In his
pocket when he left his home, but IL is missing.
He was also negotiating for the purchase OF SIS, 900
worth Of property.
There are ugly wounds on the old mans head,
ana It Ia believed he was Knocked down, robbed
and thrown into the river. The Coroner will
begin the inquest this evening.
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HOW WILL RICHARDSON PAY THE BETp

He Agreed 10 Shoot Himself u tno hepup-
licans Wcre Successful.
ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING WORLD,
BRIDaEPoRT, Conn, Nov. o 7 most novel
election bet made during the last campaign was
between William Richardson and Edward Howe.
The bet was on the general result. The terms
were that the loser must shoot himself with a
revolver.
MIR. Richardson bet on Cleveland, and Mr.. Howe
on Harrison,
Nj. Richardson Ia therefore bound TO shoot him.
self. His friends are railying AROUND him AMI diff
ferent suggestions are advanced as to how no can
shoot himself without committing suicide.
He will doubtless be saved.
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A, Miner. Theatre, Newark.

Fanny Davenport, in ala Tosca," 10 playing to
large houses. made up Of the fashion and beauty
Of Newark, Orange, Elizabeth and the surround
ing towns. The scenery and properties. furnished
for tLa Tosca" by Mr.. Miner are exceedingly
good. The Davenport engagement will exceed all
others thus far the present season, at Mr.. Miners
Newark house, for dnanoial and artistic success.
The evening world., 1888-11-09
BEDELL's WEARY PENANCE.

OrouB-ExumIutu ny INC Iu"yeFb "utiO
Waiting 10 BE Sent TO Sing sing.
The examination of James 4. Bedeli. which was
continued to-day in the supreme Court Chambers,
was confined principally to reviewing the ground
already gone over In the previous nearing. MI.
Root conducted the examina ton In the interest of
Bedell's former employers
Bedell stated very emphatically that The late
Cashier Dodge had nothing whatever to do with
his swindliDg transactions, and was entirely limo.
cent Of the frauds perpeira;ed. He simply signed
the bogus checks % he did all others thinking them
to be all right. The examinations will 90 on again
late this afternoon.
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Thrown On a Cable Car.

DR.. Nathan N. Douohue, residing at ae47 Eighth
avenue, boarded q Tenth avenue cable car at One
Hundred and Thirty seventh street at midnight
last night The car. which was going down a
heavy grade, suddenly came to q stop and the
doctor was thrown out receiving severe Injuries
on hts side and knees. He was taken nome in an
ambulance.
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In such cases q weak and nervous condition OF the system
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Do not duotD druggists to persuade you BY false
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Price 81 per Bottle.
~ All who use this remedy can consult DR.. Greene,
who prepares II, free of charge, at his ONCE, 80 West
18th st.. Now York. peraonaly OF By letter.
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More New Sergeants Coming.
The Police Commissioner will meet this AFTER
noon and may select. three sergeants to MI vacan-
cies. Albertson and Aitken are sure Of being Sc
lected, with 4 strong chance for McRenna for the
third place.
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CLARA MARKHAM.
BY
GEORGE r, SIMS.

Aufhor or Ro0ues n Vdoaoonds." Tire
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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-30
A RARE OPPORTUNITY
The Finest and Most Conven.
lent Place on Wood River
For Sale.

A RANCH, situated just above Deer Creek
which Is rs fine piece of property ~ there is on
Wood River, is offered for sale at great sacrifice
10 acres natural meadow yielding two tons to the
acre. 20 acres of choice upland, and 10 acres of
rich bottom land under cultivation. There is also
fine two-acre TROUT POND fed by a natural
spring which never overiows and never freezes
over. Good WATER privileges, more than ample
for the whole ranch, go with it. The river forms
the western boundary, and good, lawful FENCES
enclose the whole ranch.
Also, 40 HENS with good chicken house;
Also. II head of STOCK CATFLE-(4 COWS, :
two year olds, yearlings, and . calves3
Also, a good pair of BOB-SLEDS made thi.
winter, WAGON. PLOw, HARROW, SHOVEL
PLOW-in fact all the TOOLS required for such
4 ranch;
Also, two COOK STOVES and one HEATING
STOVE, and all the FURNITURE and HOUSE
HOLD GOODS, excepting clothing. in the house
Also, the story and s-half 1Gx24-foot hewn LOG
HOUSE. Log STABLES with plenty of stable
room). and GOOD CORRAL:
Also, a MINING CLAIM situated about ~
miles east of tire ranch showing a big ledge aliv
with galena and carbonates;
Also, new DWELLING HOUSE of four rooms
with stable room for six head of horses, and 10
| 30Xl2O, fenced Warranty deed;
Also, 20 cords WOOD.
For further particulars, apply at
TIMES OFFICE.
HALEY, Idaho.