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Then she said, "HC is not fit to die"
understand, fool, that he is worth 5
crowns? And listen! 1t is too late now.
They are here!'
A blow fell on the door as he spoke,
and he stepped toward it. But at that
despair moved her, and she threw her
self upon him and for moment wres-
tied with him. At last, with an effort,
he flung her Off, and brandishing his
weapon in her face kept her at bay.
"You vixenp' ne cried savagely, re-
treating to the door, with pale cheek
and his eyes still ON her, for he was an
arrant coward. "You deserve to go to
prison with him, you jadeI will have
you in the stocks for thisP
She leaned against the wall where
she had fallen, her white, despairing
face seeming almost to shine in the
darkness of the wretched room. Mean
while the continuous murmur of mems
voices outside could now be heard, min
gled with the ring of weapons, and the
summons for admission wasl again and
again repeated, as if those without had
no mind to be kept waiting.
Patience, patience am opening"
he cried. StilI keeping his face to her,
he unlocked the door and called on the
men to enter. "He is in the straw, M.
le MayorW he cried in tone of tri-
umph, his eyes still on his wife. "He
will give you no trouble, will answer
for it'll But first give me my crowns,
mayor. Ny crownsp'
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SHOOK but she answered simply, riff
you please, Michel. "
"Well, the Girondins have been beat
en-, my girl, and are flying all over the
country That is the news. Master
Pierre is among them, do not doubt, if
he has not been killed already. 1 wish
he would come this way"
"Why?" she asked suddenly, looking
up at last, flash of light i'll her gray
eyes.
"Why?" he repeated, grinning across
the table at her "Bec a e he would be
worth crowns to n.o. There is 5
crowns, I am told, on tho head of every
Girondin who has been in arms, my
girl"
The French revolution, it will be I'M
derstood, was at its height. The more
moderate and constitutional Republic
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"Give me the KEY" she painted
"Give me the key, say!" She had ris
en- and was standing before him, her
figure drawn to its full height. He rose
hastily and retreatC,d behind the table,
still retaining tho Ratchet in his grasp.
"Stand back" he said sullenly. you
may awaken him, if you please, my
girl. 1t will not avail him. Do you not
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Before taking the
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have four or five bad
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day and would cough
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white froth, and before
l took one bottle it
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with the pain in my
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and / could sleep well at
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since taken the Golden
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
VIGNAUD'S BELIEF.
REASONS WHY GREAT BRITAIN
WILL RECEDE.
Sir Charles Dixie Does Not See
How it is Possible to Accept Ar
bitration NOw-Much War Talk.

PARIS, Dec. 20-The secretary of the
United States embassy here, Mr.. Henry
Vign.aud, in an interview published in
Gil Bias today is quoted as saying:
1.-THE United States cannot permit any
nation to forcibly annex any American
territory. In this respect, the doctrine
of President Cleveland is more moder-
ate than the opinion of the immense
majority of Americans. Our only fear
is that men of prudent minds. like Mr.
Cleveland, will be overwhelmed 1t is
certain that the United States will yield
nothing and Great Britain, who has
everything to lose in case of war, will
recede, for war means that Canada
will enter the federation of the United
States, and that English trade will be
destroyed within a month after the out
break of hostilities. A few shells
England dear. 1t would be the ruin
of her colonial empire.
Enthusiastically France will take adj
vantage of the occasion to settle the
questions of Egypt and Siam, and
Russia, will advance her interests in
the direction of India. Those are the
reasons why Great Britain will re-
cede. The United States cannot yield
a point of the principles of the mes
sage"
Sir Charles Dixie, who is now in this
city, in an interview today is quoted
as saying that he approves of the at
titude of the Marquis of Salisbury on
the Venezuelan question and considers
that arbitration is impossible He is
said, however, to have stated, that an
outbreak of hostilities would be- too
deplorable to consider. and added that
while the conquest of Canada by the
United States was possible, it would be
at the cost Of sacrifices similar to thoss
of the war of secession.
Mr.. Frances de Lionele, the anti
English member of the chamber of
deputies, in an interview in the Matin
declares that the United States has the
law on her side and that compulsory
arbitration between Europe and Amer
lea is an excellent idea.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 2O.-A
special to the American from Chat
tanooga says:
At least twenty-nine miners lost their
lives today in the Nelson mine at entry
No. 10, by an explosion of fire damp.
l. The explosion was succeeded by a
terrific crash, which indicated that the
roof of the passage through which
they had entered had fallen in. No
avenue of escape was left. The mine
is located three miles from the town of
Dayton. The victims are both white
and colored, including several boys.
They entered the mine to go to work
at o'clock this morning, but nothing
Of the awful catastrophe was known
until II o'clock, when the drivers at
No. 10 found their way blocked by a
solid wall of coal and slate The entry
where the unfortunate miners are en-
tombed ran back more than two miles
from the mouth of the mine.
The mine is of the kind common in
southern coal fields, known as drift or
levelveined mines, worked In the direc-
ton of the vein, straight into the face
of the mountain, but before the entry
is reached a long slope extends to
level several hundred feet below, at an
angle of about twenty degrees. The
coal is hauled to the foot of the slope,
in tram cars drawn by mules and to
the outside with cable which hauls the
coal up with remarkable rapidity-R
Rescuers at Work.
Rescuing parties worked all day
like grim death, trying to force an
opening through the wall of the fallen
roofing which was made safe as they
proceeded. At the drift mouth hun
dreds of women and children soon
gathered and the picture of their grief
and despair was heart-rending.
Mothers wringing their hands, weep
ing daughters. sWeethearts and gray
headed GRANDPARENTS were all in the
greatest distress. for they had been
told that there was no hope. The
mine is ventilated by air shafts so the
caving in of the wall in the entry cut
off the draft. and death was certain to
those who breathed the poisoned air.
A o'clock a way had been broken
through the debris in passage No. 10.
and the blackened corpses of the dead
miners were carried to the outside.
where the work of Identification be-
gan.
The number Of victims, first reported
at 70. has reached 20. Life had long
been extinct in all the poor remains
of humanity stretched at the mouth
of the tunnel.
Later reports say gas was first ig-
nIted in No. by Tom Hawkins, gas
inspector. on his morning round of
the mines
The flames were communicated to
entry No. 10 by means of the air pas
sage All the men at work in No. 9
escaped. except Hawkins. In No. 10.
which forms an angle on the banks
and connects with the outside world
at the foot of the lower slope. the
deadly gas drifted and congested. do
ing it's work so well that not one of
the men at work in the rooms of the
cross passage is alive to tell the story.
Orrin Hawkins. one of the first men
TO get out of No. g. will also die. MAX
ing the thirtieth life sacrificed. I,eech
and Westf1eld megroes) were found
just outside the entry, having fallen
dead
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-This was a
day of excitement on Wall street and
matters for a time bore the resem-
blance of a panic. But this condition
OF affairs had not been unexpected and
In a measure the dealers had prepared
themselves.
Before the opening Of business on
the stock exchange it was announced
that SS,4OO,OO0 in gold would be sent
OUT OF the country, and later in the day
the export of 100000 was announced.
This. together with the cable advices
from London announcing extensive
sales of American securities and the
tenor of the war news from all quar-
tiers, was responsible for the general
feeling of uneasiness that prevailed.
even early in the day. The spirit of
the market was to sell, and in the big
exchanges this was done to an extent
rarely before surpassed.
In the stock exchange the sales for
the day were 775, 100 shares. New York
Central, st. Paul, L. & N, Wabash.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas pfd., Read
Ing, Atchison, Illinois Central and
Canadian Pacific were the principal
sufferers by their international listing.
the failure of a number of firms was
announced on the exchange, as follows:
Nicholas, Fotheringham e. Co., Samuel
Sands e Co., D. Neufville & Co. and
A Feldman & B. FELTON,.
With the fall in prices. the banks
called IN all their loans, thus adding to
the complications of the situation.
Much money was loaned at very high
interest to carry stocks and in many
Instances rPn6VUalC would no 1a,1o
der no conditions whatever. AS 1.-THE
selling movement continued right I'D to
the closing hour. with slight and but
momentary- reactions, the effect was de-
moralizing in the extreme. Money was
loaned on call late in the afternoon at
as high as so per- cent and most loans
were marked up to 10 per cent by the
banks
Frederick D. Tappan. president of
the Gallatin national bank, chairman
of the clearing house loan committee
during the last panic, said today that
at the present time the New York
banks are all right and are ready to
face any emergency that may arise. He
added that the surplus reserve amount
ed to $20000,000 and that, therefore,
there was no cause for alarm on the
score of money. Mr.. Tappan pointed
out. however. that while these cond1-
lions now prevail, the situation is still
a serious one. though likely to be al
layed soon. The rumor that the United
States is endeavoring to secure loan
of $50, 900, 900 on the continent is ridi-
cuIed generally.
Addison Cammack. the veteran oper-
ator, said today: 1.-THE stock market
seems to indicate a bad state of af-
fairs and the situation is the warrant
for every man taking care of his aold-
ings."
Isaac Seligman. of the banking firm
of j. & w. Seligman, said: "Our gold
reserve is low and the heavy withdraw
ais may necessitate the issue of new
bonds'
He said further that he did not be-
lieve that any concerted action was be-
ing taken by foreign capitalists to
withdraw credits
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SEA AND SAIL.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-A dispatch to the
World from London says:
There is no more general comment in
London over the Venezuelan controversy
than upon its possible effect ON Lord
Dunraven's reception in New York. He
has been seriously advised by friends not
to personal ill treatment from excited
New York patriots, but lest his sus-
tanned accusation of fraud against the
international complications-mig in
deed, serve as a spark to the finder blazing
into actual warfare. Nevertheless, the
Worlds Queenstown correspondent tele-
graphs that his lordshop, Arthur Glennie,
and Joe Asquith sailed by the Teutonic
in good spirits.
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such methods are possible is reason
why America should pause"
The Sun also states:

such methods are possible is reason
why America should pause"
The Sun also states:
The southern states must be reck-
oned with. Yankee is yet a term OF
reproach in the south. and the tat
tered war flags of tho capital (Rich-
mon6 are revered and sacred relics
The name of Jefferson Davis is
greater one to coniure with than
Cleveland. There are men yet living
in the south who dream that the stars
and bars will one day wave above
the stars and stripes"
The comments on President Cleve-
lands Venezuelan message by the
leading British weeklies appearing to-
morrow. are confined to denunciations
of President Cleveland and to express
sions of confidence in what they de-
scribe as the good sense of the Amer
lean people"
The National Observer Is a notable
exception to this. in that it INDUCES
in very direct language as to it's sem
timents towards Americans generally.
1t says:
The message ought in the main to
be not unwelcome in this country. Its
menacing Tone it's outrageous preten-
sicns and the general approval of it
amount to a demonstration of what
has often been denied. but is none the
less the truth. that outside of a very
select circle of millionaires and mug
wumpS, Americans are profoundly hos
tile to England. They may like the
Individual Englishman, but for the
British government they have moth
ing but detestation and pleasure in
seeing it crossed and Inundated. Those
who have been living in a FOOLS para
disc made I'D of maudlin sentiment
about kindred communities and blood
being thicker than water, may ex-
perience a. disagreealble shock when
the unsymDathetic reality is forced
upon their attention. Now that Pres
tdent Cleveland comes forward and
with a firm hand strips all cant aside,
amid the great applause of Americans.
we know where we stand.
After dealing with the hollowness
of President Cleveland's claim the
National Observer proceeds:
diplomatic good manners has
made it impossible for Lord Salisbury
to say what we do not scruple to
write-that nothing more impudentIy
provocative ever came from the pen.
even from an American secretary Of
state. playing the patriot with a view
of a coming presidential election.
President Cleveland has taken the
most effective measures to commit his
country to a pretension from which
it cannot recede without discredft and
to which we cannot submit without
danger to our interest and honor. I'm
less this is disavowed by the American
people. which is eminently unlikely.
there is no satisfactory issue to the
dilemma. If the worst happens, the
fault is not ours. If the United
States wishes to fasten a quarrel upon
US the responsibility must be left with
it. 1t is idle to hope for peace with a.
persistent bully.
The National Observer is Unionist
in politics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
DID HAYWARD LIE?


Nobody Ever Heard About the Pasa-
dena Murder.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 2O.-The
story told by Harry Hayward recently
executed at Minneapolis for the murder
of Miss Cling, regarding the murder of
a Pasadena woman five years ago by
him, is thought to be entirely false
Old citizens here fail to recall any
mysterious disappearance, or suspicious
circumstances surrounding the depar-
ture of any Pasadena girl from the city
at any time and think that Hayward
deliberately falsified. There are those
who declare that it is barely possible
that such murder might have been
committed. and its victim have been a
winter tourist here. but investigation
fails to unearth even a suspicious cir
cunnstance that would connect Hay
ward with a murder here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
CLEVELAND.
RoUNDLY CONDEMNED BY THE
BRITISH PRESS.
One of the Writers Believe That
Americans Generally Are Pro-
foundIy Hostile to England.

LONDON. Dec 2O-A dispatch to
the Standard from Peris dwells upon
the fact that French opinion is valued
in the United States more than that
of any other country, and adds:
1.-THE French people entertain the
most friendly feelings for the United
States, yet their opinion unanimously
condemns President Cleveland"
Mr.. T. B. O'Connor's Sun is a. nota-
BILE exception to the general tone. 1t
says:
most without exception, honest, it is
Incredible that statesmen should be
prepared to bring misery and death
to thousands for the transient glories
Of Office. That to President Cleveland
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
DEALS IN MEXICO.
Several Million Dollars Invested and
More Will Be Put In.

Several Million Dollars Invested and
More Will BE Put In.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2O.-The most
important deals which have been made
in Mexico for many years are being
made. A. c. Butler, of South Africa,
arrived a few days ago with a letter
of credit to the amount of SIS, OO0, 900
from Barney Barnato, Cecil Rhodes
and the Rothschilds. He was given a
cordial reception by President Diaz
and the result of his visit is the invest
ment OF several million dollars in the
drainage tunnel, which lie govern
ment has under way and in the city
waterworks. Mr.. Butler has also taken
an option upon the street railway sys-
tenn for $7,0O0O0O. This includes the
entire street car service, not only of the
city, but of the federal district The
same parties are attempting to buy up
the copper properties in the country,
and it is expected before the deal is
closed there will ba several millions
more of ''Kaffir" money invested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
WoRsT THEy EyER saw.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-The unprece-
denied rainfall of the past few days
has filled to overlooking all the creeks
streams tributary to the Missouri have
added to the heighth of that river,
which in turn has swelled the Missis-
sippi. From Thursday morning until
this morning the Missouri river, which
had been very low, rose 101a feet and
by o'clock this evening the guage
shows a rise of 16 feet. According to
weather bureau reports the water adj
vances at the rate of one foot an hour.
Rivermen say that in forty years ex-
perience this was the biggest sudden
rise they ever saw at this season Of
the year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
MISSOURI FLOODS.
Rain Causes Many of the Creeks to
Overflow and Great Damage is
Done.

MONTGOMERY, Mo, Dec. 20.-Rain
has been falling for forty-eight hours
and creeks are overlooking bottom
lands. Much damage has been done
to corn in shocks. w. H and James
w. Harvey, who We're in camp in Luz
tire bottom, five miles west of here,
where they are running a saw mill,
were aroused from slumber by a flood
of water in their tent They started
for their horses, but before reaching
them were engulfed in three feet of
water. They clambered to the roof of
the stable, where they perched until
rescued. Parties here from Spring
River report having rescued five men,
one woman and two children who were
water bound. The men were in tree
tops and the woman and children were
on top of shanty. They had been in
that condition twelve hours and had
suffered greatly from the cold rains.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
THE STANDARDS VIEWS.

LONDON. Dec. 2O-The Standards
financial article says: 1t is rumored that
the Rothschilds have decided to i'm
mediately withdraw f5,OOO,OOO from
America Whether this is true or not.
the gravity of the situation is undis-
puted. Nobody fears war, but it is
questioned whether the United States
will be able to maintain the gold stand
ard. and whether the silver party will
not become supreme and gold be driven
to heavy premium. President Cleve-
lands action has shattered all faith in
the financial future of America.
The Daily News financial article gives
as its opinion that a European loan to
replenish the United States treasury is
an impOSSibility at the present time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
EXCITEMENT
AND SURPRISE.
Public Men in Washington
Worn Out by the
Tension.
EVENTS MOVED RAPIDLY
Two Cabinet Sessions Held in
One Day.
EVENTS MOVED RAPIDLY.

Financial Situation Was the Prin-
cipa1 Topic of Consideration, and
the Result of the Meetings Re-
veaied in the Message Sent to the
Senate Late in the Afternoon
HawIey Says Cleveland is in n
Bull Run Panic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
THE RING.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Joe yendig today
deposited with R. K. Fox a. check for
s., 900 which he received from Dan Stu
art as a guarantee that Bob FitZsimmons
would meet Peter Maher at FL Paso,
Texas, Febufay IA.
John j. Quinn, managersf for Maher,
sends word that he will arrive in this city
next Thursday morning with $1,000 to post
for Maher. Many bets are being made
on the fight at the uptown hotels. Ma
her is a slight favorite.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
Against the Funding Bill.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2O-The citi-
zens committee of fifty to organize the
fight against the funding bill met to-
day in the office of Mayor Sutro. In an
address the mayor said $4,000 would be
needed to prevent the passage of the
Dill. The money would be expended to
defray the personal expenses of the lob
byists who would go to Washington.
twenty-five hundred dollars was i'm
mediately subscribed in the committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
Many Names Suggested.

Interstate Commerce Commission.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-The annual
report of the interstate commerce
commission was transmitted to Con-
gress today.
1t gives a short history of the traffic
agreements among railroads and says
that two of these recently formed as
sociations had been held unlawfully by
the commission which under statutory
authority has taken steps to prosecute
by requesting the district attorney of
the proper district to institute regular
legal proceedings to punish the Of
tenders.
The recent trunk line association
agreement is referred to as being in
complete or not having been ratified.
The former recommendations as to
pooling was repeated, Congress being
asked to provide necessary safeguards
to prevent the abuse of the pooling
privilege if it is to be legalized.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
Boston Goes to Sen.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2o.-The United
States cruiser Boston which has been
undergoing repairs at the Mare Island
navy yard for the past four months went
to sea today on a trial trip. The Boston
IS the Oldest of the new white squadron
one hundred thousand dollars has been
spent on her repairs. Her battery has
oeen reawanged, upper works strength
ened, her protection deck newly sheath
ed and her engines overhauled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-21
A Great Decision.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 20.-Judge Nelson has
decided the case of Hartman against
Warren, the Bishop Iron company and
others in favor of the latter, sustaining
the demurrers interposed by defendants
and Diminishing the bill. The litigation is
over the famous section 3O'' in the
Vermillion range, one of the most valu-
able tracts In the country and often
made the subject of actions at law.