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..Ften II Hos Chilli

Ee Ta5 been informed that Inspector
Davidson was coming over from Dub
lin 20 take hmm IN charge sor removal
10 ireland, and he had expressed
wish 10 see that officer on his arrival
Il fancy" said the doctor that he
wants to extract some information
from YOU. He's a sly old d'g-but
there's no shlmming about his heart
I wouldn't give twopence for his
chance of Hfe-even if he's guilty. he'll
never see The scafold."
Then E- offered TO take Sergeant
Dayi6sn. upstairs, and at the door or
the sick room warned him once more
against giving the sick man any sud
den shock
Now then, AR Keene," he said.
'eadlng Davidson into the room,
here's the gentleman you wished to
see-coWe 10 have a quiet little talk
with you.''
Nr Eilner lay slightly propped up in
bed. II was plain 70 the Inspector that
his prisoner was very lU indeed, and
he could not help feeling very sorry
for him. He went up 20 the bedside
with a soft footsteIt and a sympathetic
voice.
Wet, Mr.. Klner" he said. I'm
very sorry 90 find YOU like this"
Mr. Kilners large countensHec be
trayed traces Of emotion.
''t never Thought MT. Davidson. that
yoU ana mc, as was such friends in
Dublin, would meet under such cir
cumstances as this" he replied I'm a
wUebegonc voice. ITS q cruel. hard
world, Is this. hope as you've had
naUEht 90 do with the charge against
IUr ar DavidsCn~''
The doctor hal left the room. aus
the Inspector tool, a chair az the bed
eide
Pm very sorry TO have been obliged
TO have TO do with #. Mr. Knner.F he
said. "bTt duty, sou know. IS duty.
II you're an inOcent man. all you've
got TO DO is 10 clear yourself OF the
charge"
Innocence Is often accused falsely.
Mr.. Davidson" remarked the sick
man. ITS none so easy. as you know.
10 answer charges like that Fancy
charging a honest. respectable man
like me-. as was TO he a church war
den. with he crime Of MURDER It's
s-8udalous.''
Well, Mr.. Silner,' answered David
son, eff YOU feel and know yourself TO
he innocent. you must refute the
chnrge-that's all
Mr.. ECi'neTs dnpers plucked uerv-
0usiy az the ccvcrlet of his ample bed
He locked at his visitor out Of his eve
corners.
90. would Ike 20 know" he said,
",ehat the charge against me is. Mr..
Davidson, What is It that's been set
up 10 my discredit9"
Tile charge. NJ kilner, is that yo,,
murdered the two men, Niniaa RaXen-
dale ana James Creighton. alias Rich
ard CIaye. at your house. in Lower
Abbey street. fn Dublin" replied Da-
wilson land that YOU by that means
became possessed Of the diamond
necklace which they had stolen from
Miss LrlseoIl."
"Hark at that now. exclaimed
Mr.. Kilner. Everybody, you in
cluded. AIT. Davidson. knows that
I left Dublin because OF this
affection of the heart. and
with as coed and honest a character
IS could be given To any man what
should I have 20 do with thieves ana
such riff-ran."
"Ar. Kilner, said Davidson. ''th.
bodies If these two men-or. rather.
fneir skeletous-wera found iu the Gel
lar OF the house lasJ night Saw
them myself"
Mr.. kilncT betrayed mo- conf lsiou
DE had been prepared Tor this
II don't see what that matters. NT.
Davidson. he answered after a brief
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Mrs. DriscoH. Spinster.

Allr conclusion OF tHs- speech was
the signal for wild and enthusiastic
cheers. after which Miss DriscoIt per-
s7Haily handed ro each creditor
check on the Bank II ireland for the
SUM due 10 him
She then withdrew. amid further
temonst ratious Of great enthusiasm,
but her guests remained dr'nIyf.e her
health for some time before they sep
arated 10 spread Tire news all over
the city AMI count rysfde
Miss D~iscoU became something OF
heroine ard character. Within q
week of her frs and generous action
she had eceived two offers 81 mar
T1Fe. 0ne from q h7lf-psv officer. who
told her that he had been seeking
such a noble woman for over forty
wears. The other from a fox-hu7ting
squire. who was 6eenIv dfo0ad n
every direction and had decided that
woman must naturally be much more
Inclined TO Day her husbands debts
than her fathers
To these tisinfereSted oHers Miss
briseo1 returned polite refusal She
knew that she would have others and
others duly came-cane with such
..-'-' 81" h.-1t she TOOK alFnI q
matter Of course and paid little heed
90 them. To haIf-pay officers. can
tains who Cheri-red a secret convic-
Hon that they would here ger another
sep ajors who felt that IL was time
they we're settling dowu-t0 an these
gentlemen. who preferred money and
maturity 10 youth and beauty. Miss
Drisroil presented vast fascinati0ns.
But she seemed somewhat fndlsposed
TO marriage, and az the end OF two
years AMI six months she was stUl
Miss Drisc0II
Ig was at this time that the great
event OF Miss Dris-0lI S life entered in
its first stages. MSS DriscoIl with
her chosen companion. Miss Francis
OLeary. lady>whn was about her own
age. was spending a few weeks Of sum-
mer at the Royal Marine Hotel. Kings
ton. and was. thoroughly enjoying her
holiday.
It may be that she enjoyed IL an the
more because there was also staviav
in the house "a certain Sir Octavius
Burke. X ~. 3. who some years. pre-
viousiy had been a British commits
sioner In HiHdustan. and who in coase-
queHce had a poorIsh liver, but pref
tv fortune.
Apart from an 0cc8 sj0uaI testiuess OF
temper, caused by The vagaries OF his
liver, Sir Octavlus was a very pleas
ant-mannered gentleman Of sixty, OF
distinguished appearance. aristocratic
features, and pretty parted hair. He
made himself very agreeable 10 Miss
Driscol, and IN a lesser sense 10 Miss
OLeary, accompanying them in yarl-
Gus little excursions sitting with them
IN the garden Of the hotel. walking
with them on the breakwatev, and
chatting with them at and after din
ner.
Miss DriscOil began to think Sir Oc-
tavius a decidedly nice man. Sir Octa-
Wins had long since decided that Miss
DriscoU was a fine woman for her
age (she had cOn1ded the exact truth
as 10 that little matter 20 him ia a
confidential moment wherein Miss
O'Leary had gone in search OF Miss
DriseolTs ueedIewoTk) as a woman
possibly could be.
The other folk staying IN the hotel
indeed, were beginning 90 think that
there was what women somewhat
mysteriously call something in f. Tt
was then that the great event began to
have its beginning
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period Of thought. IAN that might
have happened after I left the house
you can't say TO a month. ncr yet 20
q year. how long a skelingtoT has laid
there Why should J be miyeo up with
such disgr8ceful afair2'
Davidson could not help smiling ia
his prisoners face ar. EGlner red
dened
I'm surprised a. you, Mr. David
son. he AtaL a laughing al me iE
such p serious affair as this-one that
affects INV name ana credit I asked
YOU friendly like to tell me what was
ret forth against me-"
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The Gems Clean Amin.

one fine morning Miss Driscon and
Miss O'Leary, having breakfasted. re-
paired 20 the garden Of the hotel with
their sUnshades, their fancy work. and
newspapers Miss OIeary. who was
somewhat sentimental, forgot fancy
work and newspaper for the beauti-
full bay that stretched before her and
the brilliant sunshine that shone upon
II. She folded her hands and INDUCED
in day dreams. Miss DriscoH. who was
OF a much more practical turn of
mind. open ed the Irish Times and read
the news. And at the sweetest mo-
ment Of Miss OIeary's meditations
Miss Driscoii uttered nothing less than
IL scream and let the paper drop on the
graveled walk
Mercy Upon m,. she groaned
.'Fanny O'Leary-,He diamonds"
Miss O'Leary GENE back TO earth
from the heaven i'm which she was sail
ing
The diamonds she exclaimed.
Teresa. HOt-not the diamonds You
were robbed of in Dublin
Miss DriscOll glanced out OF the tail
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4 Letter to the Bank.

I'm sorry / snuled," said Davidson.
"WeH, Mr. Eilner, you seem nicely
able 90 t,2iIIss, so I'll i-II YOU. We know
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torial election, as indicative Of the
probability Of his carrying New York
and of attracting the independent
vote. secured him the Democratic
nomination for the presidency in 1884.
In the November election the popular
vote cast for Mr.. Cleveland was 4,911,-
OH, as against 4,S48,334 cast for MIR.
Blaine.
Cleveland's first administration was
marked by general prosperity; by the
admission of four new states (wasll-
ington, Montana, North Dakota and
South Dakota) to the Union, and by
freer use of the veto power than
had generally been exercised by other
presidents. On the meeting Of con-
gress, in December, 1887, he devoted
his annual message mainly to the adj
vocacy OF reduction in tariff .11-ies
in order to prevent the further ir-
crease Of the surplus in the United
States treasury. This message occa-
stoned prolonged discussion of the
principles of protection and furnished
the issue in the national political cam
paign in 1888, when Mr.. Cleveland
was renominated by the Democrats
and Benjamin Harrison was chosen
as the Republican candidate. All.
though the former received popular
majority larger than he had in 1884,
the latter had the greater number Of
electoral votes, and accordingly on
March 4, 1889, Mr.. Cleveland left
Washington and removed to New
York to engage in the practice of law.
Continued Same Policy.
Cleveland's second administration
was simply a continuation of the pol.
icy that ruled him during his first
term. New questions arose of the
greatest Importance, but he met them
all from precisely the same stand.
point, and with the same purposes
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that always distinguished him in his
public career.
His attitude in the Venezuelan af-
fair won him general praise as did
also his promptness and firmness IN
suppressing the disorders growing
out Of the great railroad strike that
centered in Chicago.
When Mr.. Mckinley succeeded him
in the presidency Mr.. Cleveland re-
tired to Princeton to spend the re-
mainder of his days in the quiet o:
the university town.
Mr.. Cleveland was the only presi-
dent married in the White House,
where, on June 2, 1886, Frances Fol-
som, the daughter Of his old friend
and partner at the Buffalo bar. be.
came his wife.
lands body lies buried in the Cleye-
land plot in Princeton cemetery.
At 6 o'clock, just as the sun was
sinking in the west, distinguished
company silently watched as the body
was lowered into the grave. Then
the simple burial service of the Pres.
byterian church was read and before
the last of the carriages in the cor
tege had driven up to the path lead
ing to the burial place the benedic-
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ton room, followed by Mrs. Cleveland
and the children, Esther and Richard.
AS they appeared upon the landing,
accompanied by DR.. Joseph D. Bryant,
the whole company rose and remain.
ed standing throughout the services.
The house services were concluded
at $3.50, and five minutes later the
casket had been tenderly carried to
the hearse and the procession started
on its way to the cemetery. Along
the streets from the house to the
cemetery guardsmen, mounted and on
foot, policed the way.
Stand With Barred Heads.
The silent crowd stood with barred
heads and the procession passed along
into Vandeventer avenue and the bell
In the tower of Old Nassau hall tolled
mournfully.
The cemetery was reached few
minutes before o'clock. The sery-
Ices at the grave lasted less than five
minutes.
Soon after the grave was filed the
cemetery was opened to the public.
and the crowds which up to that time
had been denied admittance sureed
into the grounds to view the grave
and floral display. =5.t
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DEATH CLAIMS EX-PRESlDENT
Grover Cleveland Passes Away Suddenly at His
Princeton Home-End of Notable Career
Sorrow Is Universal.
Funeral Services Are Marked by Simplicity, Without
Eulogy or Sermon President and Other Dis
tinguished Men Attend.

Princeton, NJ. j., June Is. - Grover
Cleveland, twice president Of the
United States, died at $40 o'clock
yesterday morning at his home, "West
Land" in this quiet college town,
where he had lived since his retire.
ment as the nations chief executive,
almost twelve years ag.
When death came, which was sud
den, there were in the death cham
Der Mrs. Cleveland, DR.. Joseph d.
Bryant of New York, Mr.. Cleveland's
family physician and personal friend;
DR.. George r. Lockwood of New York
and DR.. John M. Carnochan of Prince
ton.
An official statement, given out and
signed by the three physicians, gave
heart trouble, superinduced by stom-
ach and kidney ailments of long stand
ing, as the cause of death
Death Is Unexpected.
While Mr.. Cleveland had been in
poor health for the last two years and
had lost a hundred pounds in weight,
his death came Unexpectedly.
The news of Mr.. Cleveland's death
came as sudden shock to the peo-
pie Of Princeton, as it did to the peo-
pie Of the rest of the world.
1t was not until late in the day
that messages of coincidence began to
come in from all parts of the world
to Mrs. Cleveland. One of the first
was from Mr.. Roosevelt.
So suddenly did Mr. Cleveland's
death occur that not one of his four
children were at home. The children
are at the Cleveland summer home at
Tamworth, New Hampshire, under the
care of Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's
mother. Word was sent to them of
their fathers death, and they will
start at once for Princeton. The chill
dren are: Esther, aged fourteen; Ma.
rion, aged twelve; Richard, aged ten,
and Francis Grover, aged five.
The kilograms of coincidence came
In by the hundreds from all parts of
the United States and other countries
during the day, and they continued to
pour into the telegraph Office here far
into the night Besides President
Roosevelts telegram, messages of
coincidence came from government
officials, governors, legislators, promi-
nuent educators and citizens OF vari-
GUS walks of life.
President Roosevelt issued a proc
lamation to the people of the country
eulogizing the dead statesman, order
ing all government flags half-masted
for thirty days and directing that mill
tary and naval honors be accorded the
late president on the day of the funer-
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McGreg0r, Iowa, Threatened
With Serious Epidemic
Typhoid Breaks Out.
ST. PAUL IS NOW MfNACfD
River Is Rising and Another Foot Of
Water Will Cause Considerable
Damage.

McGregor, Iowa, June 80. - At a
mass meeting in McGregor it was de-
cided to ask for outside aid. The town
is in serious condition as the result
Of the devastating food which caused
loss of over 100000.
The unsanitary condition of the
town makes imminent the danger of a
plague. The city is without funds to
clean the streets, which are absolutely
oiled with debris.
Every cellar is full of water and
much sickness is sure to follow unless
immediate steps are taken to improve
the sanitary conditions.
Hot weather has added to the dis.
tress during the last week and several
cases of typhoid fever are reported.
st. Paul Is Menaced.
st. Paul, June 30.-The Mississippi
river this morning was due to reach
the height of seventeen feet above the
low water mark, or three feet above
the danger line, which is the highest
point since the food of 1899, when the
river attained a height of eighteen
feet. Another foot rise and there is
grave danger that considerable dam
age will be done.
The southeast end of the South st.
Paul stock yards, where the sheep are
located, was flooded with backwater
yesterday, and there was considerable
apprehension over conditions to-day.
One more foot Of water, it was said,
would seriously affect the operation of
the plant. The houses on the flats will
be in danger with another foot rise.
There was considerable danger of
them being torn from their moorines
yesterday.
Carver in Grip Of Flood.
Carver, Mimi, June 30-The Min
nesota river is two miles wide. extend
ing from bluff to bluff, at this town.
All the celery and sugar beet fields on
the lowlands have been flooded, and
the damage will run into many thou
sands of dollars. The water is the
highest since the memorable flood of
1881. A half dozen or more homes in
the outskirts are surrounded. The
business part of the town is not in
danger.
Railroads Seek Relief,
Birds Point, Mo-, June 80. = The
flooded Mississippi is rapidly cutting
away the banks here and the railroads
are confronted by grave situation.
The Iron Mountain railroad tracks
have been undermined and torn up,
and the water is nearly up to the Cot
ton Belt right of way. The Cotton
Belt roundhouse has been DESTROYED
by the food Officials of both roads
will hold conference next Tuesday
IN an effort to get relief from the gov
eminent.
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People Talked About.

Col. R. H. Hunt, quartermaster Of
the national soldiers home at Leaven.
worth, Kan, and formerly mayor Of
Kansas City, is dead.
Miss Jessie Shay, the pianist, who
toured the country with Kubelik, the
violinist, and also with the Boston
Symphony orchestra, died in New
York
James w. Milliken, a member of the
state senate of Michigan, was stricken
with apoplexy and died on New
York Central train en- route to New
York city.
Willis G. Vanauken. prominent
lumbern1an of Saginaw, Mich, with
extensive lumber interests in the
West and South, died suddenly at
Tawas. Mich.
Pay Inspector Eugene D. Ryan, pay
master of the Pacific fleet, has been
acquitted by court-martial of the
charge Of drunkenness on duty and
has been restored to duty.
Rabbi Joseph komisarsky, seventy.
Jews in the West, and head of the or
thodox church in Chicago, died in a
hospital where he had undergone an
operation.
Maj. H. o. Bissett of the United
States marine corps, now on duty at
the marine barracks in New York,
has been placed on the retired list.
Maj Bissett was appointed from
Maryland in February, 1899.
Everett Mills, in his day one of the
best ball players in the country, died
at his home at Newark. N. J. Mills
made his reputation as first baseman
with the Eurekas and the Red Stock
ings in the los.
Andrew Carnegie has consented to
act as one of the judges to award the
Chester Pugsley prize of $50 offered by
the Lake Mohonk conference on inter-
national arbitration for the best essay
on International arbitration by an
American college student
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FOUR LIVES LOST IN FLAMES,
Milwaukee Family Is Almost Wiped
Out.

Wh"oONSS VdHtlIy Is ALMOST wiped
Out,
Milwaukee, Wis, June 3O.-The fam
lily of Julius Kruger, a laborer, was
practically wiped out early yesterday
morning by fire, which brought death
to the mother and three children, the
father and one son escaping, but being
so badly burned that they may not re-
cover. The two who survived were
rescued by Waterman, Henry Hagan,
being carried out of the building I'M
conscious.
Kruger was laborer in the roof
ing plant of Jeger & Gozelechap, and
lived in two small rooms in one end
of the plant. The fire started in that
end of the building and by the time
the firemen arrived four of the family
were dead. The father and son were
sleeping on the first floor and the 9TH
er four became confused in the smoke
and were apparently unable to find
the exit. The father and son who es-
capped were overcome in the hallway
at the door, which was broken down
by Hagan.
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ton mad been pronounced and the
members of the family, President
Roosevelt and others who had gather
ed about the grave, were leaving the
cemetery.
Services Were Simple.
Many Of the personal friends Of the
dead statesman fingered about the
spot which was to mark his last rest
ing place, and each in turn was per-
mitted to cast a shovelful Of earth into
the grave.
Agreeably to the wishes Of Mrs
Cleveland, the services, both at the
house and at the cemetery, were Of
the simplest character. An invoca.
tion, Scriptural reading, a brief prayer
and the reading Of William Words.
worth's poem, Character of the Hap
py Warrior" constituted the services
at the house, while the reading of the
burial service at the grave was briet
and impressive.
Distinguished Men Present.
Although the funeral was Of strict.
ly private nature, those in attendance
numbered many distinguished citi-
zens, including President Roosevelt,
Gov. Fort Of New Jersey, Gov. Hughes
of New York, Gov. Hoke Smith Of
Georgia. former members Of President
Cleveland's cabinet, officials of the
Equitable Life Assurance society,
members of the Princeton university
faculty and friends and neighbors.
Mr.. Cleveland was buried with all
the simplicity and privacy that he
himself might have wished, as a pri-
vate citizen rather than as the former
chief executive of the nation. There
was nothing that savored of the off,
cial, and the military element was in.
jected solely as measure Of precau-
ton in protecting President Roose.
welt.
President Offers Sympathy.
The president arrived at 4:3s p. m.
and was met at the station by Gov.
Fort. The president, Gov. Fort and
Secretary Loeb were driven at once
to Westland. Upon his arrival at the
house the president went to Mrs.
Cleveland, offering his sympathy and
expressing keen regret at Mr.. Cleve.
lands death.
The president then returned to the
reception room, where the body had
been removed in the afternoon from
the room on the second floor in which
Mr.. Cleveland died.
Services at the House..
A few minutes later the four clergy.
men who oflciated came down the
stairs to the hall leading to the recep.
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Accidental Happenings.

BY an explosion at Coax Creek mine
at Fernie. Man., three miners were
killed.
The plant Of the Tamaqua Manufac-
turing company at Tamaqua, Pa, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000.
Fire destroyed several business
houses and dwellings in the village of
Fulton. Mich, causing loss of $780,.
OGO.
The Victor Rubber company plant
at Snyderville, Ohio. was struck by
lightning and practically destroyed.
The loss is $125,OO0.
The power plant of the Portland
Railway, Light and Power company at
Cazadero, Or, was almost completely
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The naked and mangled body Of
an unidentified man was found in the
Hudson rives near One Hundred and
Fifteenth street, New York. It is not
known whether the man was murder.
ed or the body was mangled by pass
ing tugs
Three young men, apparently work
men, who were stealing ride in a
west-hound steel train, were caught
between the ends Of load of steel
rails and the car in the yards at Bill.
ings. Mont, and so badly crushed and
mangled that at least one Of them viii
die.
Frederick Jeffrey and John Crowley
were instantly killed by premature
explosion in the Lock-L imond water
4 works tunnel a. Fort William, Ont,
where the city has . large force q
work. William Jock vas fatally IN.
tured. u &.