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which had discovered on the previous
night. The further result Of our search
made 1t evident that a number Of persons
had been entlced there, ingeniously done
to death, their clothing being burned in
the furnace of the kitchen copper and their
ner.
How I escaped being killed outright by
the pair is accounted for by the fact that
early in the morning Of Boxing day they
called a four-wheeled cab and placed a
number of trunks upon It, preparatory to
escaping, something having alarmed them.
A constable CHANGED to be In the road at
the time. and his attention being attracted
by the unusual amount of luggage he
spoke to the cabman. This seemed to
have caused them uneasiness. and they
escaped hurriedly without completing their
preparations for departure, which, of
course, would have included my premature
interment in the cellar.
My scarfpin was found next day, pawned
at Hackney, and recovered by the police,
while a week later 1t was discovered
that the fair haired girl who had
fallen a victim was the daughter
of wealthy city man living in Granville
park, Blackheath. 1t was known that
while on her way to neighbours to dine
q couple of evenings before Christmas, she
discovered o child, having been seen with
her on Elicit hill by laboring man. and
it was now apparent that she had taken
Cissie home, afterward being done to
death. having her jewelry torn from her
and her fingers hacked Off to obtain her
rings.
Thus far has Scotland Yard been sue
cessful. They have not yet. however, suc-
ceeded In tracing Mrs. Matheson, Mr..
PAUL or the precocious golden-haired Cis-
sic, whose lisping righteousness and per-
sonal charm rendered her such an inter-
esting and successful decoy. No effort is
now being spared, and their descriptions
have been circulated throughout Europe.
for it is only too plain that during the
three years that the trio lived in Clifton
road good many people shared :. similar
fate to the unfortunate girl whose dead
finger gave me clew to the terrible
truth,
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edge of surgery was sufficient to tell me
that the finger had found had been cut
off before DEATH The reflection caused me
to shudder.
I sank again in the armchair and was
puzzing to devise a way out of the hor-
rible situation, when, of sudden, with
out warning and quick as lightning, a
crushing blow was dealt me right on the
top of thes skull. For single instant I
saw sparks Of light dancing before my
eyes, and felt myself falling like a log to
the ground Then the blackness of uncon-
seriousness fell upon me. and I knew ne
more.
How long remained in that condition
1t is impossible to tell. When, however,
/ struggled slowly back to consciousness
found myself lying In a pool of blood and
suffering from a frightful wound in the
head. staggered with difficulty to my
feet, dazed and weak, and saw, to my de-
light some faint rays of daylight showing
through cracks in the shutters. In an In
slant / recolected my scarfpin, watch and
money and discoveed that they were gone
I went to the dressing table and raised
the drapings to make sure my grewsome
discovery was reality. But the body was
no longer there, although there still lay
upon the floor the hideous evidence, the
severed finger.
I carefully examined the chair in which
had sat- and found that by cunningly
contrived device, worked by an electric
wire somewhere outside the room, small
steel ak, with spiked head, emerged from
the high back OF the chair and descended
with crushing force upon the head of any
unfortunate person sitting there-a truly
devilish continuance.
First arming myself with heavy iron
bar as lever soon wrenched 1t open.
The hour, afterwards found. was 3
o'clock in the afternoon. The house was
in silence.
The interesting widow and her brother
had flown.
On gaining the street I wandered about
the new eminently respectable roads until
in the Lewisham high road found po-
lceman, who directed me to the station.
where detailed my experiences to the in
spector on duty. At first he seemed in
credulous and inclined to believe my
wound attributable to Christmas festivi-
ties; but when he accompanied me to the
house and / showed him the dead finger
and the mechanical device for the COM
initial of murder-which we found was
worked from an adjoining room. where
there was a small hole for observation,
the electric current releasing very strong
spring in the head of the chair-he quickly
became Interested and took down my
story in minute detail. Half an hour later,
with couple of detectives. assisted to
search the place from garnet to cellar. and
in the latter place we discovered undoubt-
ed traces of more than one terrible crime.
Beneath the fiagstones, buried in quick
lime, we found quantity Of bones, as
Tsn as 'As baax Of re fair haired girl
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The child's manner was piquant and
amusing. A bachelor can be very lonely
In London. l possessed few friends. and
had intended to spend Christians alone, as
usual; but there. at my table. was a
merry, laughing little person who seemed
to bring q Christmas gladness to that
dingy, smoke-be9rimed room, which for
twelve years had been my home. She ate
with keen appetite, chatting on as chill
dren win chatter, with quaint inquisi-
tiveness and blunt expression Of opinion.
Her eyes were, think. the finest I had
ever seen. even in z child. and her hair
fell about her face like golden sheen.
Later that morning. when was sitting
alone, Mrs. Soames, to whom the mystery
. OF the child was intense. entered and tri-
umphantly cried:
1--WE found the young lady's address.
sir. Look here"
And she handed to me piece Of crum-
pied white buckram, evidently part OF
an address-label. which she had found
sewn inside tho child's gown. In ink
was written In an educated feminine hand
the words: "Cissie Matheson. es Clifton
road"
we've found out where you live." 1 said
enthusiastically to the child as she enter
ed the room at that moment. IT'S In
Clifton road
"Oh. yes," she laughed "of course
that's the name. How stupid am"
do you know what part Of London It
is?''
ooh. long way from here" she an
swered. but In response to further Ques-
tbs 1t was plain that she did not know
the whereabouts OF the thoroughfare.
Eagerly took down my little red atlas
OF the county OF London, and turning up
the index. discovered to my dismay that
there were no fewer than six Clifton
roads, situated far away from one an
other: namely, at Old Kent road. Brock
ley, Camden town. Mazda Vale, New Cross
road and Wimbledon. Then another sug-
gestion occurred to me. and / went along
to the Royal Oak and looked at the Lon
don directory: but although carefully
searched the list Of householders In each
thoroughfare could discover no such
name as Matheson.
I turned and took counsel with Mrs.
forth at once with the founding and visit
all the Clifton roads. In order to restore
Miss Cissie to her mother, who was no
doubt beside herself with grief. The
young lady curisd In my big leather arm
chair before the IRE had. however, made
herself thoroughly at home. and seemed
disinclined to stir out into the raw cold
afternoon.
Mrs Soames presently unearthed an old
cape which had belonged many years ago
to one OF her own children, and smelt
strongly Of camphor. and attired In this.
with a warm shawl tied about her head.
Cissic accompanied me out in search OF her
home. It was nearly 3 O'Clock. and al
ready the yellow light was fading when we
entered hanson In Westbourne grove and
drove through the deserted streets up to
Clifton road, Mazda Vale, only to find no
such name as Matheson known at num-
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Mrs. Housewife--And so you have fully
decided to be married, Bridget. Have
you considered that marriage Is a very
serious thing?
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-12
only an Army Doctor.

1t is very plain that the man who is
faithful and efficient in small trusts is
worthy to be put in charge of larger
ones. 1t is also clear that the counsel
of the man of experience and proved
ability ought to be accepted with
greater respect than the mere opinion
of an Inexperienced man, even though
the latter may technically outrank the
former. Especially should this rule hold
good when the issue at stake is an un-
familiar enterprise Of great difficulty
and some risk, concerning which the
experienced man, although n subordin-
ate, testifes with expert authority.
If it is true, as the newspapers al
lege, that a difference has arisen be-
tween Major General Wood, command.
ing the province Of Santiago. and
Major General Brooke. commanding
the island of Cuba, touching methods
and policy of administration so far as
relates to the province of Santiago. il
would appear from the records that
General Wood is the man who should
be sustained He has proved his abil-
ity and fitness while his technical
superior has not. His work is already
a source of national pride and glory
serving as a model for other executors
of military trusts in the dependencies
taken over from Spain. General Brooke,
on the other hand, may he AN admin
istrator of equal ability but he has not
yet shown it and the Indications are
not as yet calculated to lead 10 the
belief that he is soon likely TO show it,
Military discipline and subordinatiOu
Is a necessary and good thing, hut in
the peculiar conditions now confront.
ing this nation in Cuba it must not he
pushed so far in the extreme as tC
sacrifice the object Of our Intervention
I'm that island. The tit man must not
be rendered powerless by the unfit ol
ignorant man simply because the lat.
ter enjoys temporarily little superior
authority. Regular army circles ar,
unified" al the sudden promotion OF
General Wood, whom they were won
to look down upon as "only an army
doctor: but inasmuch as Genera
Wood has grandlv justified that cX,
preston Of executive confidence anC
has won the admiration and respect ot
the whole country he should bu upheld
and sustained 20 the limit,
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For the Peonle to Saw.

For reasons which have been repeat
edly stated In these columns The Trib-
unc did not favor the Crawford county
system of primary elections, but now
that this system is party law we hope
that it will prove a success. Under ii
the voters have no excuse for not taxi
ing part in the party nominations. III
the progressive. taX-paying elements
who recognize the need of better city
government and are convinced Of the
necessity of choosing as the nominee
for mayor man ready to give his
whole time and energy to the office,
man without factional, corporation or
other pledges or special obligations, will
unite on such q man and get the vote
out for him on Saturday next that kind
Uf man will be nominated and elect
ed, the Crawford county system Will
be vindicatcd and the welfare Of the
city will be- advanced immeasurably.
ON the other hand, if the Intelligent.
luw-abiding and reputable element in
the community divide their ballots
among three or four men and the rag
tag element go on masse, as they some-
times do go. to one man: or worse yet,
If a considerable number Of the sub
stantial citizens. oboying long-estab-
lished custom, stay away from the pri-
mlrics, virtually ahdicating in favor OF
the irresponsible percentage of the pop
uation, the Crawford county system
will doubtless give us as the Republic
can candidate for mayor nominee
who cannot be and who should not be
elected. The responsibility this year is
not on any boss" 1t IS directly on
the people themselves. They have
asked for this chance to sec what they
can do in making nominations by the
direct ballot system and they must eN-
ercisc the right undcrstandinCly or be
more than ever responsible for the con-
sequences.
We wish t. emphasize the necessity
of CenterinE the strength of the best
element upon one man if the crisis now
confronting the municipality is TO be
solved acceptably by the Republican,
party. The people, after the three hu-
initiating years which they have en-
dured under Democratic mayor, nat
urally look To the Republicans for re-
lief; but they will look in vain nm
less the Republicans shall nominate a
clean, upright determined and repre-
sentative man, and above all a man
who has not mOrtEagcd himself in ad-
vance to any faction, clique or gang
Such man will be elected by a whirl'
wind majority: but IL is doubtful if a
mere factionist could come within sight
Of an election.
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and the true American ruler will re-
cognize the opportunity and prepare
the way. The trade OF the Orient Is
the coming prize of commerce. The
fate of war has given us a command
ing opening, with a commercial base
and distributing point at the very
front of the Orient, and, looking to the
growth and needs of the future, what
national blindness and faulty to throw
IL away"
Finally, mark well this peroration:
"I do not pause to dwell upon the re-
nex influence of the new questions on
our own people--upon the wider hor-
izon, the enlarged view, the higher
aspirations and the loftier patriotism
of which we are already conscious,
and which will grow as we lift our
selves above narrow and partisan is
sues to larger conceptions of world in
terests. | do not even dwell upon the
obligations which, as one of the great
powers, we owe to mankind. But, inn
passive as some Of us may be to the
mighty pulsatlons of the worlds cur
rents, we cannot be altogether blind to
the movements of history. The Anglo
| Saxon race is plainly destined to be the
master force in future civilization, and
! 1t Is repeating only what is recognized
on the other side of the sea TO say that
| the most progressive and puissant ele-
ment of the race will be the American
element. The Anglo Saxon race rules
today more than one-third of the
earths surface and more than one
| fourth of its people. 1t has the gen.
! ius and the energy of the sceptre. Its
| actual domain may or may not be ex-
| tended, but the expansive force Of its
| intelligence, its commerce and its civ
| ilization Is unlimited. Its dominant
| type will be in the United States and
| from that nerve center will radiate
abe financial and commercial intlu-
| ences which will girdle the globe. The
| American nation has not sought remote
expansion; it is not inspired with any
new territorial ambition; but 1t has
ever met new demands as they have
developed themselves in its marvellous
growth, and has ever shown the mas
terry of new occasions. 1t has no APP
| parent reason for seeking further eX-
| pansion beyond the continent, but the
triumphs of the war have given it COM
mand of the commercial future in CIV
ing it the key to the gulf and of the
| gateway of the two oceans, as well as
the successive piers in the span of the
Pacific, and it is for the American peo'
pie to go forward and fulfill the meas
ure Of that providential opportunity
with courage, conscience and conf
dence."
The mastery Of new occasions! There
is the vast subject reduced to its es
sence in five words.
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A PROPHECY FOR FRANCE.

From the Chicago Tribune.
'It is absolutely impossible for re-
public long TO endure il 1t becomes either
corrupt or cowardly," said Governor
Roosevelt i'm his Inauguration address
The utterance sounds like a prophecy
for France, whose government in the
last two years has exhibited an incredi-
BILE combination of corruption and cow
ardice in dealing with the Dreyfus ques-
tion. No wonder the Bonapartists and
Orleanists are busy with their plots.
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1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
ON The National Advertiser,

From the National Advertiser
An Iowa girl advertised for husband
and got him. The advertisement and
wedding fixtures cost So, Within year
he enlisted and was killed at Santiago,
leaving his wife $1,000 insurance. This
wife will in addition TO this be drawing
Il widows pension in a short time,
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Paris Is excited do not arouse much an
xlety elsewhere. Paris becomes eNcit-
ed so easily that her spasms have
ceased 10 affect the outside world.
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The report that Germany has been
helping AguinaldO needs to be proved.
But if it should be. the best reply
would be for the senate to ratify the
peace treaty unanimously. Let us not
show divisions at home over a matter
affecting the honor OF the nation
abroad.
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SCRANTON, JANUARY II, 1899.

The bargain-counter press is now be-
ginning to dragoon Speaker Farr. He
is about to pay in detractiCn the price
of eminenCe.
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Mr.. Wanamaker modestly declines to
be a senatorial candidate at this time,
saying he may be one later. At a guess
we should say considerably later.
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NEWS IND COMMENT

The United States is now producing al
most enough gold to give every man,
woman and child one gold dollar Here
are the estimates of the director Of the
mint for 1891 ana 1898:
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Investigation regarding the war beef
is beginning to demonstrate that the
trouble was caused by the fact that the
meat was not sufficiently embelmed.
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We have not heard so much talk
about the Constitution as at present
since the palmy days of the late Presi-
dent Andy Johnson.
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A GLIMPSE OF HISTORY

From the Globe-Democrat.
In April the Spanish called an Ameri-
can pig" and I'm December IAN up
start conqueror." The epithets are not
polite. but they Give a glimpse Of history.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-12

Sagasta denies that there is cab
met crisis and as an expert on the
crisis question his word should 60.
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For man whom they declare is
practically defunCt Matthew Stanley
Quay appears to keep his opponents in
a strange state Of uneasiness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-12

1t would be a good plan for the anti
eXpansionsts to get together and de-
eide what they really desire.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-12

General Julio Sanguilly is said to be
looking for trouble in Havana There
Is probably no locality on earth where
the object of his search can be more
easily obtained.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-12

Enslishmen profess TO BE- greatly 3
pleased at the designation Of Joseph H..
Great Britain, and nasmuch as the
choice is equally popular at homo Mr..
Choate ought 10 sail 10 his new post
rejoicing,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-01-12

The carrying Of letters is not a sine
cure in China. The other day in Nan
king, according to W. Il. Curtis, one Of
the mandarins ordered the postman who
served the district in which he lived TO
be bambooed and cangued, two of the
most cruel methods OF punishment known
to the heather. Upon inquiry by the
English superintendent OF the postal
service as to the reason for such arbi-
trary conduct it was found that the post
man had delivered at the house of his ac-
cused a sealed anonymous letter which
contained bits of singing sarcasm con-
cerning his avarice, eXtortion,' ignorance,
etc. Under the Chinese code of justice
the carrier who brought the letter was
responsible for it's contents although IL
was sealed. 1t has always been the rule
I'm China. 10 punish the bearer of bad
news and reward the bearer Of good
news, and the mandarin proposed To apply
Il to the modern postal service introduced
by the foreign devils" but the Eng
lishman who has charge OF the postal
service finally convinced the mandarin
that the postman was In no way re-
sponsible for the insult and secured his
release,
The committee appointed by the county
council OF London TO investigate the hous-
ing Of the poor has made some astonish-
ing discoveries which account In a large
measure for the increase of crime, vice
and poverty in that great city. In Lam
beth parish, just across the Thames from
Westminster abbey and the housesof pa
Lament, under the very shadow of the
palace Of the archbishop Of Canterbury,
from whose towers every roof In the
parish can In seen, Is found a condition
Of life more deplorable than exists any
where else i'm the world. The census Of
the tenement houses shows that in Lam
beth parish ll,759 persons live three to a
room. The figures show 2.409 persons live
on an average over three and under four
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Perhaps the Sultan of Sulu Nigh,
furnish a supply of campaign amuni-
ton for the "antis."
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The race is not always for the slow,
but the gold bugs appear to have got
entirely out of reach OF Colonel Bryan,
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The startling headlines that appear
In the newspapers announcing that
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