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COLONEL r. K. A. cRoFToN.

through intimations to the friends or
Colonel Crofton that his retirement
would be granted If applied for, and
this falling, through that law which
obliges an officer to retire IL found
physically unfit for service by medi-
cal board. This last course was adopt
ed about nine months ago. but also
without success, the officer finding that
the officer was in good condition physic-
ally. Finally, recourse has been had
to the law which permits the president
to retire an officer arbitrarily when he
shall have reached 62 years of age.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
Unusual Proceeding.

Colonel Crofton passed this milestone
last month, and the law has been ap-
piled i'm his case. This is most un-
usual proceeding, the last instance OF
a forced retirement being in the case
of General Carr, who was forced out
in order to permit the promotion OF
officers below him in rank. Colonel
Crofton was in command of the Fiji
teenth infantry. while the organization
was stationed at Fort Sheridan. near
Chicago, and was. with or without just
ground. held responsible for the many
incidents in the history of the occupa-
ton of the post that furnished matter
for the courts. Colonel Crofton had
good war record. He was not a ma
tive American, being born In Ireland.
He was brevetted major and colonel
for gallant services at Shiloh and
Chickamauga. He became colonel OF
the Fifteenth infantry in october, 1886,
and is now stationed at Fort Bayard,
N. NJ, whence that command was re-
[ moved when the last change in stations
| of troops was made.
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tOL. CROFTON IS OUT.
Arbitrarily Relieved Of Command
by the President.
PROCEEDING Is AN UNUSUAL ONE.

The War Department Had Been After the
Colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment for
Two Years, but He Refused to Resign
Little Chance for the Ratification of the
Arbitration Treaty at This Session oil
Congress-Lamoreux Tired of ONCE.
Washington, Feb. 5.-Colonel Robert
L. Crofton of the Fifteenth infantry
was arbitrarily relieved Thursday by
order of the president. 1t rs been the
desire Of the war department that this
officer should leave the active service
and efforts have been made during the
past two years to obtain this end, first
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
Nm CrItcises Busybodies.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The senate
Thursday had lively debate over an
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05

Consisting of Thirty-Five Members,
Twenty-One of Whom viii BE Elected
by the Cubans-Power of the Governor
General Extended-what General Sick
les Would DO for the Insurgents.
Madrid, Feb. 5.-The cabinet has
finally agreed upon a scheme for Gu
ban reforms, which will be submitted
to the queen regent for sigrv.ure. The
text will probably be gaZetted Satur-
day. The council of state will examine
the programme for reforms after pub
lication. The date upon which the re-
forms will be carried into effect will
depend upon the progress of the mill
tary operations in Cuba. The proposed
scheme for reforms contains a large
number of elaborate DEGREES, which
will occupy several pages of The Ga
zette. A copy of the proposed pro-
gramme for reforms is not obtainable,
but ii is understood that the most inn
portant changes consist in the creation
of an assembly to be called the council
of administration, to be composed of
thirty-five members.
Cubans VIII Elect Twenty-One.
Twenty-one of these members will be
elected by the people of Cuba; six by
the different corporations and the re-
mainder will be selected. one a magis-
trate, one a university professor, one an
archbishop and five former senator's or
deputies.
This council will be empowered, first
| ly, to prepare the budget; secondly, to
examine into the fitness of officials ap-
| pointed; thirdly, to make tariff SUBJ
ject to the condition that Spanish i'm
| ports are to have an advantage over
the imports of other countries. The
governor general will represent the
Spanish government, and will have the
! right to nominate officials who should
be Cubans, or Spaniards who have re-
sided two years III Cuba. Neverthe-
{ less, the men filling the offices of gov
ernor general may exercise a wise dis
I cretion in the nomination of high func
tionaries. such as magistrates and pre-
| fectS.
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PROPOSED REFORMS
For the Government of the Island
of Cuba.
ELABORATE DEGREES IN SCHEME.

Council of Admins tration To lie Created
Consisting of Thirty-Five Members,
Twenty-One of Whom viii BE Elected
by the Cubans-Power of the Governor
General Extended--what General Sick
les Would Do for the Insurgents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-23

/ met Won Dunkelheim, to the moment
when l awoke and found myself mon
arch. He agreed with me as to the per-
nicious effects of allowing the story of
the kings absence to become public,
and, furthermore, pledged himself to
aid me, with heart and hand, in my at
tempt, that night, to free his majesty
from the power of the too affectionate
Cunigunde.
Herr Perkins," said he, 'you are a
good fellow, and an honest man. You
are stranger; but you are accomplish
ing prodigies in the kings behalf. If
all his subjects We're like you, his king
dom would be a unique one. There
would be nothing at all like ii upon the
face of the earth. Believe me, when |
say that l am sorry, from the bottom
of my heart, that you are not really and
indeed the king. You have a peculiar
genius for the business, a genius which
is lacking with most of the crowned
heads of Europe"
We were passing, just at that mo-
ment, the church of st. Johannes. |
glanced at the building across the way.
and saw that there was but one house,
which could be said to be perfectly op-
posite the church. 1t was, without
doubt, the castle of the redoubtable
amazon. 1t was an ancient brick edi-
flee, all of the front windows of which
Were closed with heavy wooden shut
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hugely. My thoughts now, however,
We're of nothing but Valeska
When it still lacked two minutesTof
the half hour we overhauled an equip
age which seemed to answer Frau
Reinhold's description. 1t was getting
quite dark, but there was still light
enough to see that it was aheavy, close
covered barouche, that one horse was
white and the other bay and that the
driver wore the yellow handkerchief
around his neck. This threefold COM
Dlnation made me quite sure of my
ground. Diminishing the speed of my
coupe, | came up close behind the bar
ouche, relinquished the lever to Muller
and clambered up over the top of the
abductor's carriage. | seized the coach
man by the collar, plunged myself down
by his side and held Muller's large
meerschaum pipe against his head.
IF YOU speak" said I, Il will blow
the top of your head off,
He spoke not. Otherwise, / would
have been placed in quite a predica-
ment I took the reins from him and
brought the horses to a standstill.
Get down." l commanded, 'and
make yourself scarce. The further you
go the better you will find the air.
He leaDed down to the ground with
alacrity and in a twinkling disappeared
over the hedge at the side of the road
The carriage door opened and large,
soldierly. middle-aged man got out.
was on the ground to meet him as he
came forth.
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FLORi ia.
OLD POINT COMFORT TOURS
RETURNING DIRECT OR VIA
RICHMOND and WASHINGTON,

will leave New York and Philadelphia
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In this street there was quite crowd
of people who We're watching the
marching of a body of troops. I did
not know what they We're doing at first,
but, Miller remarking something about
the fine appearance of the royal guard,
it occurred to me that it was the very
procession which l myself had set in
motion and that the operation of
emptying the great tun of Munich beer
had been begun. 1t was now about five
o'clock, and the soldiers who
Were now passing us had made
about four rounds, and had
consequently swallowed about two
liters or quarts to the man. They
certainly looked it. They came on with
joyous and eager swinging step, and
now and then l heard the shout among
them: Long live the king"
The house of Naleske's aunt was in
the Ludwig suburb, outside of the Send
linger gate. The natural approach to
it, of course, was by the Sendlingel
strasse. l was glad of this, because it
would take us past the house of Cuni-
gunde Won Dunkelheim. / wished to
reconnoiter this house while it was yet
daylight, for | intended to make an
assault upon it that very night, and to
liberate, if it lay within my power
from durance vile and from the own
ers unbearable attentions his Chris
tan majesty, Ernest Wilhelm, the
First
| was determined now to unbosom
myself to Muller. There was nothing
to be gained by longer keeping up the
imposture, and l wished to enlist him
heart and soul, in my enterprise. When
we had entered that long and delight
full avenue and We're gliding along at
q ten-mile pace over the smooth as
phalt L turned to the secretary and
said:
Herr Muller, | have a secret to com
municate to you. Prepare for one OF
the greatest surprises of your life.
am not the king"
Il thought that you We're not" said
he, without betraying the least aston
ishment.
"Since when, did you come to that
conclusion" / asked.
N"From the beginning" he answered.
l looked at him curiously. Here was
a man whom l could never understand
He did not manifest the least interest
or emotion about the matter. 1t was
evidently all the same to him, whether
l was StuyVesant Perkins, esquire, or
his majesty, Ernest Wilhelm.
L now swore him, by the most binding
oaths, to secrecy; and then narrated tC
him, in as few words as possible, the
whole course Of events, from the time
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ters. 1t had the look, truly, of a prison.
and it's melancholy and well-fortified
appearance, while boding i'll for our
enterprise, made us more anxious to be-
gin it without delay.
few minutes afterward we passed
through the Sendlinger gates and ar
rived a. our destination in the Ludwigs s
suburb. My parting with Valeska was
hard to bear. | had become, in that
short space of time, monstrously fond
of her. and, from the nature of things
l could, of course, never expect to see
her more.
Your majesty will surely take tea
with us?" said she, with pleading look
upon her mournful and charming face
Another time. Fraulein Won Engle-
hard | replied; though / knew that |
was lying. "Au revoir, and may Heaven
protect YOU"
/ raised her soft hand and kissed it
reverently. In "a moment more l felt
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having to usa such heroic measures
with the Lords annointed. But what
could / do? My business was to rescue
him, and | had done 1t in spite of him
self. Muller had done nothing but laugh
from the very commencement of the
melee. Even when we arrived at the
palace he was still so conVulsed with
inward merriment that | could get alb
solutely nothing out of him in the way
of counsel 1t was really quite aggra l.
waiting, and | was much annoyed by it.
l had Muller get down and enter the
palace, by the front and main partico,
as l wished him to see TO it that every
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wide with fright. When she saw me,
she gave a contented little sigh, and
sank into my arms.
Under the influence of my consolng
and reassuring words, she quickly re-
covered her strength and spirits. l now
found how buoyant and elastic was her
nature as / saw her, in a few moments
pass from state of frantic despair, to
one of cheerful and mischievous gayety.
She even insisted upon riding with me
upon the box of the coupe; and | was
in a quandary as to how | should dis
pose of Muller; until found that it was
all one with him. whether he rode upon
the box or upon the inside, with the old
lady He was truly an accommodating
person, and l would hav. liked to ad-
vance him in some way, If l had known
how to do SO.
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arms, into the carriage; which was at
once driven furiously away The whole
thing had been done so quickly and
neatly that the few pedestrians within
the street had not noticed it. She, her
self, had been SO utterly surprised that
when it occurred to her to cry out the
vehicle was already long distance
away. 1t had gone down the Sendlinger
country road, which takes a southeast
erly direction, from the city OF the
equipage itself, she recolected no dis
tinctive features, save that one of the
horses was white and then other bay
and that the coachman had yellow
handkerchief wound round his neck.
These We're meager clews to follow.
but ] bundled the old lady into the
coupe, and we started in pursuit of
the barouche at a breakneck rate of
speed. 1t was a quarter of seven when
the unfortunate girl had been stolen,
and it was now quarter past the hour.
They could not very well travel at a
greater rate than eight miles an hour,
consequently they had four miles the
start of us. BY half past seven they
would have travelled two miles further,
or six miles in all. At that point |
would certainly overtake them, as
had pulled the lever around to it's full
est extent, and we We're plunging along
at the rate of twenty-five miles an
hour.
1t was a fine macadamized road, and
all the conditions were favorable for
! the greatest amount of speed. We had
| however, to cross several bridges and
| to dodge quite a number of vehicles
| The result being that many times we
rode upon two wheels only, and twice
| or thrice we richochetted along for
| some distance upon one wheel alone;
| our seat being at an angle of forty-tiv
| degrees with the road. 1t was very
| exhilirating and, under ordinary cir
J cumstances, | would have enjoyed ii
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return. The crowd and the tumult out
side We're increasing.
There was no help for it, l at once
put into execution the famous tackle,
for which | was so renowned when |
played in our eleven at college. l
squeezed the breath out of his body,
doubled him up, flung him over my
shoulder, made a rush for the street,
and flung him, almost senseless into
the depths of the vehicle.
To slam The door shut, mount the box
and turn the lever was the work of a
moment. 1t was none to soon. Sew
eral of the bystanders caught hold OF
the wheels. Two or three of them
turned complete somersaults by doing
so and the coupe passed on, like the
car Of Juggernaut.
OF course, / regretted exceedingly
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PART VI

What is the matter?" he beloved
Are you General Won Rabensten? 2"
/ asked.
Yes | am" he replied.
You were,' said l, as l gave him a
terrible bloW with my whole weight
back of it.
He dropped to the earth and lay there
very peacefully, and in the most COM
portable position. | went to the door
OF the generals carriage, and met VAL
eska inst stepping out. She was eX-
tremely pale, and her blue eyes were
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have to give it to you without the ask
ing"
Saying this, he arose and pushed back
the porteres from a doorway at one
side of the chamber, and led into the
room Valeska Won Englehard, and
placed her hand in mine. winning
smile was upon her lips and tender
light in her eyes. ana | knew that she
was nothing 10th.
Take her. Herr Perkins" said his
majesty, and may you both live long
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For detailed itineraries and other in
formation, apply at ticket agencies, or ad-
dress George W. Boyd assistant general
passenger agent Broad Street station,
Philadelphia.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-13
A FRIEND IN NEED

Here is the good story from the Rec
elections Of Aubrey de Vere." A young
man who was tried for murder, having
killed member of a rival faction in a
faction fight. The Judge, reluctant to
sentence him to death on account Of his
youth, turned 10 him and said: as there
any one in ourt who could speak as to
your character?" The youth looked
round the court, and then said sadly:
There is no man here my lord, that
know" At that my grandfather chanced
to walk into the grand jury gallery. He
saw at once now matters stood. He call
ed out: You are a queer boy that don't
know friend when you see him!''
The boy was quick-wltted; ne answer
ed: 'Oh, then, ii is myself that isproud
20 see your honor here this day"
WELL" said the Judge, Sir We're, since
you know that rooy, will you tell us what
you know OF him?" II will, my La,
said my grand father, ''and what / can
tell you is this-that from the very day
that 1 ever saw him TO this minute l
never knew anything of [nim that was
not good" The old tenant ended his
tale by striking his hands together and
exclaiming: And he had never clappei
mis- eye upon the boy till this mlnute,"
The boy escaped being hanged.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-13

imitation OF cream white Honiton. The
isation, 40 cents.
Narrow jet passementeries are very
pretty with yellow Honiton braid and
black pailettes.
Double width veilings are out Of style,
and are consequently greatly reduced
in price. 1t is not considered the thing
20 wear the veil full under the chin.
Dainty designs in corset covers are
now obtainable at underwear sales.
There seems to be quite demand for
heecy slipper soles and "thre ounces OF
zephyr" The purchasers are undouot-
edly planning TO make bedroom slippers
for holiday gifts.
Very pretty sachets for inning bureau
drawers can be made with covering OF
delicately-tinted cheesecloth.
et and silver combined form some
striking new ornaments for black vel
vet hats and toques.
Carriers OF silk rubber with strass
buckles, done up in a pretty box, make
an attractive article among the holiday
goods.
1t is worth while taking look at the
novelties in crepe paper for they are
exceedingly pretty and very cheap.
Couch covers in a variety OF styles,
sofa cushions, curtain goods ana fix
lures and Oriental draperies are among
the things sold TO fair shoppers who are
putting the home in readiness for the
win
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-13
Told in Fewest Words

Mrs. John Culinary Shea, widow of
the famous Catholic historic, is dead
at 0er home in Elizabeth, n. j., aged
65 years.
Seven persons perished Thursday IN
a fire Which broke out among the wood
work Of the shaft OF a mine near An
Sonienhuette, Silesia.
Colonel Henry Street, a veteran New
ork's Seventh regiment and former ad-
5utantY general of Louisiana, died yes
ferday in New Orleans.
By an explosion OF gasoline in the
basement Of the Alcott building at Fos-
toria, Ohio. yesterday, the entire build
ing was destroyed. The loss will reach
$780, 900.
Joseph f. Kelley. one Of the Great
Falls, y. Y, bank robbers, and self
confessed murderer of Cashier Stickney,
has been sentenced to thirty years i'm
prisonnent
Alexander Pelky. the father-in-law Of
the bogus Lord Beresford, dropped dead
Thursday evening. BY Mr.. Pelky's
death BeresSords wife becomes possess
ed OF s175.00O. which the dead man s
will leaves TO her. his sole heir.
Before adjourning. the Southern Sur
Eical and genealogical association at
St Louis installed the officers elected
Thursday. Memphis was chosen as he
place to hold the next annual meeting,
on the second Thursday of November,
1898.
Wnile watching Pawnee Bills COM
panw load their stock at Girardsville,
Pa, Thursday night. Enoch Davis
aged 19 years; Henry Jones, aged q
years; Edward Davis. aged - years, and
Frank Grady, aged q. were struck by
an engine. Davis and Jones were kill
ed. The last cwo we're seriously injure:.
The Missouri Paper company. at St
LHris. has assigned for the benefit Of
creditors. Previous 70 the assignment.
a chattel deed OF trust was fled con-
veying the property owned by the COM
pany to a trustee for the National Bank
o. Commerce, whose claim is SIS the
Texas Paper company sic. .2S6: Elias
Harman $1,000. ana Ben Adler $500. The
essets are valued at $4,000
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-13

OF the victim with a purr like that OF
steel gliding over velvet. Again the
cleaning and dripping blade flashed in
air, again it descended in murderous
sweep; yet again and again, five times
in all until the very air reeked with the
odor of blood. Three times did the wor-
shippers on the floor raise and abase
themselves, and then as quickly as a
flash the minor priests seized the life
less corpse and held it in air. For a
moment it silhouetted against the ftful
glare OF the fire in a long, ghastiy sra-
dow, and flames leaped forward to re-
ceive their prey.
With hardly a moments internassion
the next victim was hurried forward.
He was either possessed Of the full
amount Of native stoicisn or else re-
duced TO knowing stupor, for without
a tremor or the faintest attempt at
struggling he was stretched on the sac
rificial altar, stabbed to the heart and
tossed to the flames. The third. fourth
and fifth victims were finally disposed
OF.
The last scene Of the bloody drama
had arrived. The young girl stepped
forward without invitation or assistance
Of any kind from the priests. The whole
assenblage seemed spellbound. For a
brief space OF time the fraH body lay
prostrate on the floor before the gro
tesque and inpassive stony form above.
In an instance there was a flash Of dark
ness and before we could realize she had
jumped into the seerhing furnace. One
long, despairing Shrek, and all was over.