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rsan ran the length CT the vessels
deck. then second man appeared. and AZ
Mary. exertfng her last 81. OF strength.
drove the dory within reach. = rope vas
thrown 10 her. which she caaeh. and
fastened 10 the painter
The man drew the dory alongside. and
lifted out tne children God bsesS us
ny Mary cried ore Of them
And Mary. her trembling arms tight
around lis neck, convussavely sohced. .-Oh,
daddy"
The children were Put 70 hexs i'm hunks
and doscd with hot tea There was a toy
Ike stove in the cabfa-a .ssogse" John
Bethel called it-oefore which their cloth
ing quickly dried But they did net 70.
qufre II for many hours With dawn next
morning. however came a gentle breeze
that parted the fog ard waited them
swiftly homeward
Never was ship more welcome than wes
that little fishing schooner when il cane
20 anchor again in the cove
Mr.. Ilerton was too overcome at n-ss
70 do more than wiring John Beshers har.
hands
Mrs. Eie-ton. after her first transco-.
OK JOY, drew Capt. Mary close and kissed
her freckled face again and again
You shall want for nothing. dear" shs
said, so long az ever We i've. How couls
you have had such courage
-Twarn't no fool job said Nary, .shu,
I'm mighty glad I done it."-Ralph Ora
ham Taber in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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her: Annie. yorr mother w1l BE saved.
don't be afraid But Of course I c1rtfnt
DO So FOR nigh. be doing wrong. Payne
had sad to ne. after having sent for me.
that hs had s0Dething On his mind for
long tine. ~ aad two lives ne sasc.
I would gfve one cs them "a save Ass~
Sarra.t-' He then told me that she was
rot guilty. and that IL Was only because
Re had been captured n her house that
sse was arrested I tod Assss-zn. Sscre
tary % War Ma. Ecker1 Of Payne's con
versatAon, and I WAS requested 70 susne-
dsateiy write Il oct ard send II up 70 the
department THIS ! did But all efforts
were in vain Mrs surrast's counsel. not
knowing o. the inclination 20 save his ci-
eut, made foolish move on the day OF
the execution. He swore out . warrant
sor the arrest ot Gen Hancock on the
charge Of having possession OF Mrs. Sar-
ratts body, and the secretary OF war was
detained by the justice before whom the
warrant was brought. OF course as mar
tisl iaw prevailed. ali that had 10 be done
was 10 send down 10 the war department
ard detachment OF soldiers was sent up.
The secretary was released. bat this was
the cause OF his delay in coming TO the
execution
Payne Was the BPavest.
Payne was the piuckiess OF all the pris-
liked him first rate. He was q man OF Won
dertui .ortitude. Right after his arrest
he made attempt 10 dash his brains
OCT agains. the side OF his cel. After
that we put hoods on them all. great.
thick, quilt ike arrangements which COW
cred their heads and came down over their
faces below the shoulders. II was hot
weather and the prisoners suffered a good
deaf. but Payne never uttered a complaint.
He had been a Confederate soldier. and II
was found that his name was not Payne
at all This was ascertatned when he was
confronted with his old negro nurse who
had brought him up. She threw her arms
around him and called him by his name.
but he never flnched and pretended not TO
know her. He probably did not want to
bring his family name into disrepute.
When all was ready for the execution and
the nooses were around the prisoners
necks / stepped UP 10 Payne and frightened
the knot OF his a little. telling him thar
II would be over the more speedily.
You know best. captain. said he
These were the last words OF a man who
was worthy os a better cause
at was two years later tina. Mrs Sur
rats son. who had made good his escape.
was heard from In Italy. He had gone
10 Quebec and from there TO Italy. where
he enlisted In the pope's army. Thinking
that all had blown over. he one day told
his chum what part he had taken Ia the
plot 10 Kill Lincoln The pope at once had
him imprisoned and he was brought 10 this
country. Bur he vas tried BY civil au-
thority ana acquitted
A few DAYS ago. when the Grand Army
Of the Republic had its meeting In Wash
ingtou, some OF the old soldiers from Capt.
Raih's city noticed that all the buildings
were decorated with fags except the one
across from their hotel. On inquiry they
found that this was a cigar store kept
BY Mrs. Surratt's sister. who had said time
and again that one OF those Michigan fel-
lows had hanged her sister.
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In Germany the continental custom, n-e-
walls that wives should give their hus
bands wedding ring at the nupsial SER
vice In return for the one they receive
from the man they have accepted Mar
rfed women being generally suKers,itfo,,s
as to the removal OF their own wedding
rings. it viii surprise NOBODY To learn
that Teuton danes are very touchy as
regards the respect paid by their scouses
to the token OF bondage they have accent
ed IL IL be removed from the wedding
finger and carried about In the waistroat
pocket or purse-as. under certain ctr
cumstances, Ii is-woe be to the husband
should he De unfortunate enough to be
discovered. The inference is invariably
drawn that he has been guilty OF an
act OF infidelity Of some kind. A steady
going butcher OF MeiSsen fwhere So
called Dresden" china Is manufacturessp
unwittingly discovered himself recently in
this predicament
You wicked. faithless monster" said
the furious wife. What siisgraeeful con-
duct have you been u 20. You must
have slipped IL OF one day into your
waistcoat pocket and II fell out and was
lost"
Denials OF the most solemn kind were
OF no avail. and for some days the domes-
tic peace OF that home seemed to have
been destroyed. Threats OF q divorce
were muttered. and the hapless butcher
was beside himself as to how he could
prove his innocence. Patience in this case
however, brought its own reward and q
few days ago Mr.. Bones. the falsely ac-
cused butcher, was able to vindicate his
guiltlessness in q most brialiant manner
His wife was receiving the money 1t
the till, jealously casting furtive giances
at her hard-working lord and master.
when a female customer from the coun-
try walked into the shop.
Have you lost your wedding rtngr'
said the stranger to the butcher.
The latter fearing an outburst from his
wife, but fortified by the sense Of his In
nocence anent the latters insinuAtionS.
boldly replied In the affirmative
Well she said with a knowing smile
on her lips, here it is. I bought sausage
here the other day and whilst was cut
ting IL up for supper my knife came upon
this ring l presume IL fell or your finger
whilst you were making sausages."
The barwny butcher was on the point
of falling on his deliverer's neck and en-
hracing her. hut his wife interviewed just
In the nick Of time.
NO" she said II viii let you kiss me
again now. but take care you don't let
the ring fail or again This time l will
believe YOU
Mr.. Bones insisted however. on pre-
senting the finder OF his treasure with
very bulky sausage OF the same quality
as a sign OF his profound gratitude. and
as soon as he could find time 10 walk cut
proceeded 10 a jewelers., TO have the ring
made a size smaller
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ms asterwars how ne had ses.. ffs did 10.
know that iae military law required the
reading OF the sentence os death 10 the
accused. and so wfsn he heard tne prison
ers Payne, Harold. Atzerct and Mrs Sur
rats being taken cut he said 70 himself
This Is the trxt batch An liz the sec-
ondr And he listened 10 the sounds from
the prisen yard. the moving about and the
eonaanotion. then the dsaraIy Stiffness and
finally the horrible lurchlrg 0. the prison
srA 10 death. Spang.er feId me tina. be
lived year In that one hour and long
year a; thai. for every minute he Eel, tha,
the door u his cell might swing open and
the guards appear TO accompany hin cut
10 the scaffoia. X was when / took him
out OF the prison TO be sent 30 the Dry Tor
tagas that he looked up at The gaIiows and
5sanched terribly at the thought of what
had gone through his mind aid then he
told me all about II. The most acute
agony could scarcely be worse than tina.
dreadful! waiting, waiting, with just the
aalf-csrtainty that death would be his lot
before many minutes were gone He was
the only one OF the lot that was rot guilty.
The others never denied their guilt dispGt-
ing sometimes little questions Of dates and
places. But their whole bearing and the
conversation when they came together in
the prison yard confirmed their guilt
The execution OF the four was delayed
considerably by the hardness of Gen
Hancock, secretary OF the war department.
IL was to have taken psaea al O'Clock In
the afternoon. but we had orders not to
proceed without the general. Two o'clock
came ard went. then ala and sim Gen
Hancock dd not appear. Finally he came
painting little and seeming To me to be
a little excited. He went with me into
the prison and said: Go ahead
Her. too-all four OF them, generas- I
asked.
Yes. ali four OF them
sympathy for Mrs. Sarratt.
And so We went ahead. The reason
asked that question and got that answer
was that there had been some efTor. made
TO save Airs Surratt. When Gen, Han
cock told me To get ready for the exeeu-
ton Of Mrs. Surratt he said that / could
get ready to execute four Of them. but
might not have to execute more than three
OF course ! knew that meant an effort
was being made TO save Mrs Surrati. And
50 sure was that this would be done tina.
In. very morning Of the execution when
Mrs. Surratrs little daughter came to the
door Of the room where / was lying down
and looked frightened al the sight OF the
aoosez lying on the floor Ionged TO say 10
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'REc0LLEcH0Ms 0J
GIN EXECU77O9yER.
What Captain Rah Remembers of the Ere
cution Of Lincoln Consprators.

~APT. c. RATH. Of Jackson, Mieh..
who xaw more Of the Lincoln cen
~ sp!-atorE during their confinement
thar any other mar, and who was
detailed hy the war department. a.
lte exscutioner OF those who were con-
ARMED TO death. il nov an ernpioye OF
&c pos;offee department. being q clerk
k the railway mail service.
At the outbreak Of the war he enlisted in
The Seventeenth Michigan infantry. with
shs rank OF second lieutenant. and saw
ecfige service un.ii the close Of the war.
Es was given the position OF aide on the
SAT Of Gen. Hartranff. AID was serving in
ssis capacity when the general was hastily
ermmoned 10 Washington cary In April.
- Although the general and his staff
started Immediately for the capital. /. Was
10: until the news had spread throughout
fse army that the president had fallen tn 3.
frr the bullet 1f an ASSASSIN. Then these
e the staff understood the reason for their
eping. II VAS In some way connected wssa
the punishment of the criminals On hts
arrival al Washington. which took place
sfter the killing OF Booth and the !fnpria-
onment OF some of the couxplratots, be
was ssnt down 10 tho arsenal TO have
charge OF the prison. IN thls way Capt.
kata came 10 nave q part In tina execu-
ten. lie is modest and rather sauns pub
betty. but the other day he ted some OF
biz Impressions gained In the performances
Of his duty IL will be remembered that
four Of the coagplrators were hanged,
Booth himself having been shot and killed
BY the soldiers in their parsait The four
were: Harold. Payne. Afzerot and Ma.
Gurratt. Arnold. Audd and Mclaughlin
were sentenced 10 ilss Imprisonment and
Spangler got six years a. the Dry Turtu-
gas. Regarding the last named Capt. Rata
said:
Recollection of the Prisoaers.
"Spangser was empioged al the theater
where Lincoln was shot. being the house
carpenter. He was Tootil's tseksy. and Sd
though he had eyidcDtiy been used by the
consp.ratcr. yet 1t II my firm belief that he
Was entirely Innocent OF any Intentional
part In the crime. II was arranged that he
should be at the rear door OF tho theater
on the night OF the assassination TO let
Booth out and yet ] know from his action
and conversation af.erward, as welt as
from others. that he did not know what
be was doing 1t for. or course tile Whole
city MRS under martial law. and proceed
tngs were not the same as they would have
been II the civil authority bad been in
eway. / remember the day OF the execu-
ton Spaneler was pretty nervous. lie told
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~ cabin. and stationing herself by the
window. watched the schooner fade into
the distance
Presently. down the hillside came her
acqnaiutanees Of the morning, dressed in
white and blue boating SUITS She euvied
them their pretty rowboat, aud turned
glance OF contempt upon her fathers lum-
bering dors. she enyied them their dainty
gowns. and. despite what she SO recently
had suffered. more than all else she en-
We'd them their aristocratic mother.
Shes II real lady. she is she unused
with vague Idea, however. OF what con
sfitutes real lady.
With heavy heart she turned from the
window and proceeded TO darn her own
and her fathers clothing: for the little
maid since her mothers death. performed
all the duties os housewife.
Time passed UNDECIDED, until the sun
light was suddenly dimmed She glanced
out. the sky Was overcast. with hiacker
clouds to the southwark. while beyond
the cove danced small boat--coud Il
be that OF the two girls? What could
have tempted them to venture so far?
There came an impatient Knocking and
Mary opened the door. Before her stood
Mrs. I1lerton-nos the naughty woman of
n few hours before but a mother. with a
drawn. scared face.
My giris' SHE gasped. Where Is your
father
'To the fshin'- banks."
~ thought his boat there"
Mary shook her head father uses that
FOR near-nshin'."
'Is there no oner" pleaded Mrs. Eller-
ton.
There's no man about; hut. ! dunno"
Mary said. obviously. ~ reckon | snssht
roy The dary fha; fur. bat I'm 'fraid
ceulda't bring both hoats back: the tide
is runnin' oGt now
'oh. could soa--could you row cut 70
them
'tIwould be tug. | rs,igAt have 10 let
the aogy eo~na aan't know waat faith
eytld say"
Don't mind the heat-~i'il pay fer tha.
Bat. Oh. hasry-do. DO hurry
Tho dark clouds were rapidly rolling
nv. and far away lay black ribbon OF
water. showing that wind vas coming.
''I'ii go. mum" Ma~y said quietly
Il viii 40 with you. tfemulozs!y TX
claimed Mrs. Elierton.
''Not lezs'm yum kin row" Mary answer
Cd Reckon I'll have ny hands foil. 'shout
any extra ballast" And with the art-
tnteI Mrs E,slsr,on's broken words ~
shAnks ringing in her ears sAe bent -
the oars
Tire ;isie carried the aory along AZ n
rata which quickly overSa9lezs the tru
anita But the wind was swgfter than .hs
tide II came in long fierce ruEs. With
short intervals ~ Calna between The
black rim ~ the ocean hroa5ened Ana
the fiShernan's daughter fe mil3ar with
the sea felt that Il would fe = hart race
"A Mary nea~ea the cedar beat she saw
shat the two ctrAs were frightened 10 the
verge az tears
1--WE irssg an oar" Rat exrisla1st and
the tide Is running a~ay wita as"
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SHERWIN WILLIAMS special door
paint Try H. Gus;ave Muhl Paint Co.
2is Pike street
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EYEGLASS repairing. Mss WilzInski.
op,tcisn. IL Cherry.
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Captain Mary
The Story of Brace Little Girl
Who Ro1ped Otsf Into the Storm, TO
Rescue THO Other Ldtie Girls.

CTHt' exclaimed Mrs Fllar-
- ten. at that small. wtnSome
- body noisIiy entered, how
often must | remind you
that such behavior distresses
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started mighty cheer which
passed down the avenue and was
taken up for blocks. The head of the
civic parade which had been arranged
in honor of the admiral began to pass
in review before him shortly after s
o'clock. There were many novel and
interesting features relieving the same
ness of the ordinary civic parade. Al
ter the parade the admiral was taken
to the home Of his hostess, Mrs. Nc
Lean, who welcomed him and turned
over the house to him, for his use dur
ing his stay in Washington. Luncheon
was served and at $50 the admiral re-
tired
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Kruger Addresses Troops.
FIRST RACE TODAY.
Great International Yacht Test to Oc-
cur at II O'Clock

New York, Oct. 3.-The first race of
the international series between the
American yacht Columbia and the Brit
ISL challenger Shamrock will be sailed
today weather permitting, over a
course of fifteen miles to Windward or
leeward and return off Sandy Hook,
The start will be made at II o'clock
from Sandy Hook One of the great
est surprises for yachtssnen was the
announcement officially made Monday
that the Columbia would have to allow
the Shamrock 31-100 seconds on
the thirty-mile course 1t was gener-
ally supposed by yachtsmen that the
Shamrock, by reason of her greater
sail spread and apparently larger hull.
would have to give Columbia some
thing like a minutes time allowance
over the thirty-mile course. It ap-
pears, however, that Designer Fife,
while giving the Shamrock a larger
sail plan than the Columbia, has at the
same time constructed her hull so as to
give her great freeboard and less dis
placement, consequently a shorter wa
ter line by almost two feet.
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HUNDREDS PERISH
EARTHQUAKE WORKS GREAT
HAVOC IN ASIA MINOR.
WHOLE VILLAGES RUINED
Daily Shocks Experienced Since Sept.
20 and Terrified Populace Encamped
in the Open-Thousands of Sheep
Drowned by Uprushing Waters
Level of the Country Subsidies.

Constantinople, Oct. st is estimat-
ed 1900 persons persisted in the earth
quake in Aisa Minor, around Aidin.
The first shock occurred Sept. 20 and
lasted forty seconds. Whole villages
were completely destroyed. The earth
quake was felt as far as Scio, Mitylene
and Symrna Latest -advices from the
stricken region show that men, wo-
men and children were buried in the
ruins Of their dwelling places before
they realized their danger. Numbers
of bodies still lie beneath the debris
About 500 persons were killed at Sara
keni and 500 at DeniZliV where three
fourths of the buildings fell. There
was proportionate loss of life in many
smaller villages. The disturbance has
not yet subsidized, although it's strength
appears to be spent. Shocks continue
almost daily, but with no great VIC
lence The population is encamped il
the open. One consequence OF the
earthquake is the subsistence of the
level of Adm district by two yards
Sulphurous springs burst out in the
valley of the Noander and the country
became full of crevices out of which
rushed black, muddy water, with sucf
volume as to wash away thousands @
sheen
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SITUATION UNCHANGED.
Otis Rejects Letter From Visiting Fill
ipino ENJOYS.

Manila, Oct. 3.-Filipino ENJOYS
called on Maj Gen. Otis Monday and
discussed matters with no results,
Gen. Alejandrino said that he had no
instructions except to deliver a letter
which was rejected. He will return to
Tarlac. An expedition composed OF
an armOred f1atbOat, armed with two
Founders, with the gunbOats He
lena and Petrol escoting it, proceeded
yesterday to OrenO for the purpose OF
bOmbarding that place and landing two
hundred marines and blue Jackets for
raising the wrecked gunboat Urdaneta
The gunboats will approach to about
2,700 yards from Ireno and f1atbOats
will then enter the river. Insurgents
attacked linus, on the BacoOr road yes
terday. The last advices were that the
Americans had driven off the enemy
with five casualties. The insurgent
loss is estimated to be large.
The fourth infantry regiment, Maj
Price commanding, has had a series o.
encounters with the insurgents about
linus, and made a general attack upor
the American line from linus to Bacoor
A captain and corporal of the Ameri
can forces were killed and eight mer
wounded. A Filipino colonel is known
to have been killed.
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DEATH LIST OF ELEVEN.
Total Of Lives Lost in tt. '-r-~snar
Wreck.

Montreal, Sept. 30.-The revised lis
Of those drowned in the wrecking OF
the steamship Scotsman shows thai
eleven lives were lost. The fate oil
Miss Shelton, reported lost, is in doubt
but nothing definite can be ascertained
relative to her -are. The revised list
follows:
Mrs. A. Robertson, Toronto; Miss
Robertson, Toronto; Mrs. Childs, wife
of the stage manager Of the Sign OF
the Cross company; Miss Street,
Montreal; Mrs. Dickinson, Windsor,
Ont; Miss r. Weaver, London; Mrs.
Scott Darnet, London; Mrs. Watkins,
Buffalo; Mrs. Harrison and the infant
child Of Mrs. Roberts, Montreal.
Quebec, Oct. Under orders from
Capt Skrimshire, 80 members of the
crew of the Inflated Scotsman, brought
up by the steamer Grecian, have been
held until they can be searched. The
same steamer brought II of the Scots
mans passengers. The people saved
are in the most destitute circum-
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ELOPES WITH NEGRO GIRL.
Waukesha White Man Deserts Pretty
Wife for Colored Woman.

Waukesha, Wis, Sept. 29.-The peo-
pie Of Waukesha were greatly sur
prised Thursday by the announcement
that Charles Fuller, a married man,
had eloped with a colored girl named
BERTHE Reese. Fuller, who was a
teamster in the employ of the
omnibus transfer company, quit
his job Saturday night, saying
that he was going to Milwaukee
to work. Mrs. Fuller is a winsome
little blonde and between her sobs
she said that her husband had gone to
Milwaukee Tuesday, saying that he
had got work in that city and was 60
ing in TO see about renting a house.
Mrs. Fuller received a letter from him
saying that he ran off with a Wauke-
sha girl because he loved her." and
that they had been married at Mil
waukee the previous afternoon. BERTHE
Reese is the 1S-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Green Reese, respectable
colored people. Her father has been
janitOr Of the high school and Baptist
church for years. She is of a very
light complexion and very good look
ing. She, in company with her sister
Gertrude, have conducted hairdress-
ing establishment in the city for sew
eral years. Fuller was married seven
years ago in Pennsylvania, and the
wife whom he has now deserted ran
away from her home to marry him
Fuller is brother of William Fuller
of this city, who, about two years ago
was sentenced to a life term at Wau-
pun for the murder Of an aged couple
at Black Earth. Fuller and his col
ored companion have gone to the
northern part of the state.