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in less than half an hour. He sent ev- erybody away except her and me, and when I had done all that was possible I went as far off as I could into the corner of the room. l came back at | call from her just before he died. The man was looking extraordinarily hap py, Dunstanbury."
 "They were married?'
 "Oh, yes. It's all right, I suppose not that it seems to matter much now, does it? Put on your coat and come to the window. You'll see a sight you'll remember, I think"
 Together they went to the window. The sun had risen from behind the mountains and flooded the city with light The morning air was crisp and fragrant. The market place was throng- ed with people-men in line in front, women, girls and boys in a mass be- hind. They were all absolutely quiet and silent. Opposite where they were was raised platform of wood, reached by steps from the ground. It was a rostrum for the use of those who sold goods by auction in the market. A board on trestles had been laid on this, and on the board was stretched the body of the king. At his feet stood Lukovitch. Behind were Max von Hollbrandt, Zerkovitch and Marie. At the kings head stood Sophy, and Peter vassip knelt on the ground beside her. She stood like statue, white and still, but Dunstanbury could see the red star glowing.
 Lukovitch seemed to have been speak ing, although the sound of his voice had not reached them through the closed window of the topmost room in the inn. He spoke again now-not loud ly. but in very clear voice.
 "The king lies dead through treach- ery," he said. Tn Slavna the German woman rules and her son and the men who killed the king. Will you have them to rule over you. men of Vol. seni?''
 A shout of "Nov' rang out, followed agaln by absolute silence. LukoVltcn drew the curved sword that he wore and raised it in the air. All the armed men followed his example. The rest, with the women and young people, raised their right hands. It was their custom in calling Heaven to witness.
 God hears us" said Lukovitch, and all the people repeated the words after him.
 Dunstanbury whispered to Basil, "Do they mean to fight?" An eagerness stirred in his voice.
 "Listen. He's speaking again."
 "Whom. then, will you have for your king, men of volseni?" asked Luko- witch. There is one on whose finger the king has put the silver ring of the bailiffs of Volseni With his own hand he set it there before he died-he set it there when he made her his queen, as you have heard. Will you have the bailiff of Volseni for your king?"
 A great shout of "Yesr' answered him.
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 "w1H you have Sophia for your king?"
 Sophia for our kingr' they cried.
 Lukovitch raised his sword again. All raised swords or hands. The sol emn words God hears us!' were spo- ken from every mouth. Lukovitch turn ed to Sophy and handed his drawn sword to her. She took it. Then she knelt down and kissed the kings lips. Rising to her feet again. she stood for a moment silent looking over the thronged market square. Yet she seem- cd hardly to see. Her eyes were vacant At last she raised the sword to her lips. kissed it. and then held it high in the air.
 ''It was monseigneur's wish. Let us avenge him. God hears me.''
 God hears you." came all the voices The ceremony was finished. Six men took up the board on which the king lay. carried it down from the rostrum and along the street to the guardhouse. Sophy followed. and her friends walk ed after her still she seemed as though iI q dream. Her voice had sounded absent. almost unconscious. She was pale as death save for the red star.
 Following her dead. she passed out of sight. Immediately the crowd be- gan to disperse. though most of the men with arms gathered around Lslko- witch and seemed to await his orders.
 Basil Williamson moved away from the window. with a heavy sigh and a gesture of deieCf.on.
 'T wish we could get her safe out of it." he said. Isn't 1t wonderful, her being hereT"
 "Yes. but I'd forgotten that" Dun stanbury vss stiil by the window. He had been thinking that his service now would not be t1 nonseiTeur. Yet no doubt Basil had mentioned the wisest form of service. sophy's own few wor1s-ths words for which she cited Heavens ziiness-hinfed at another.
 But Basil had recalled his mind fo the marvel Moved as he had been by his talk with S0phy and even more hy the scene which had just beea enacted before his eyes. his face lit up with q smile as be looked across 10 Basil
 ~Yes. cd feIlov-vOnderful Sophy GruEch. Queen of KravonIa. If beats Macheth h1flov-
 @Ifs pretty ne1rsy as dre=Fy.- said Basil. win Cisoonfe1ted grunt-
 T End 1t prptsr nearly az excitinG" DuzstsztuTT said. -anl ! hope for happier ending NeanvhDer-he b9c- Red the leather belt vhich heid his Fs-
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rested as one of the assasslns.

rested as one of the assassIns.
 The murderers succeeded in making of with several thousand dollars worth of valuables. The original mo tive, according to thes police, would seem to be robbery. as itNhad been the intention of the Steinheih family to make trip into the country.
 Aside from the brutality of the crime feature of the affair is the almost in conceivable audacity with which it was perpetrated. The artists house is situ- ated close to large printing works, where work is proceeding all night. A night watchman and q timekeeper are employed there, and an almost con stant stream of workmen are coming and going all the time.
 The discovery was made by Stein. heil's manservant, who arose to pre- pare breakfast. Hearing groans con- ing from Mime. Steinheils sleeping apartment, he entered and found her lying bound hand and foot on the bed. A gag of cotton wool which she had succeeded by superhuman efforts in ejecting from her mouth lay on the floor A thin cordt was around her throat.
 In the passage he found the painter dead. He was resting on his knees, and the body was bent backward. He had been strangled by aswhipcord sim liar to that around his wife's neck. His features were ,blackened, and his limbs were already stiff.
 In another bedroom was the dead body of Mme. SteinheiPs mother, Mime, Japy. She also had been strangled and the body was fastened toNthe bed
 Wife Tells Story of Tragedy.
 The servant at once gave the alarm, and Chief Detective Hamard and po- lice officials were soon on the spot To them the wife, who had so,miraculous- ly escaped death, related in broken ac- cents what she recollected of the trag- edy.
 She declared that at about l o'clock in the morning she had been awakened by the entrance of three men and a woman who sprang upon her like wild beasts and tied her to the ped. Eyi- dently they had mistaken her for her sixteen-year-old daughter, who was ab-
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Slavna chose him willingly or be- cause it must at the bidding of the soldiers, but Volseni was of another mind. They would not have the Ger man woman's son to reign over them. Into that faithful city the wounded king threw himself, with all his friends.
 The body of Mistitch lay all day and all night by the wayside. Next morn ing at dawn the kings grooms came back from Volseni und buried it under clump of trees by the side of the lane running down to Lake Talti. Their curses were the only words spoken ovei the grave. and they fiattened the earth level with the ground again that none might know where the man rested who had lifted his hand against their master
 The king was carried to Volseni sore stricken They did not know whether he would live or die. He had a dan gerous wound in the lungs. and, to make matters worse. the surgical skill available at Volseni was very primi- tive.
 But in that regard fortune brought aid and brought also to Sophy a strange conjecture of the new life with the old. The landlord of the inn sent word to Lukovitch that two foreign gentlemen had arrived at his house that after noon and that the passport of one of them described him as a surgeon. The landlord had told him how things stood, and he was anxious to render help
 It was Basil Williamson. Dunstan- bury and he, accompanied by Henry Brown, Dunstanbury's servant, had reached Volseni that day on their re- turn from a tour in the Crimea and around the shores of the sea of Azof.
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THOSE SUDDEN TWlNGEs.

to give relief, if taken in time. M cures the kidneys. and thus cures backache. lame back. headache, dizzX spells, urinary troubles. rheumatie pain. gravel, dropsy svellings. ner- vousness. languor. sciatica, and all other symptoms of kidney troubles.
 Fifty thousand people have testi- fed to the worth of Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's home case.
 WATERBURY PROOF.
 Mrs William Messick of 5s6 Highs land avenue. Waterbury. Conn, says:i Both my husband and myself have used Doan's Kidney Pills and can rec- ommend them. For myself. never found any other remedy that would bring such relief. had been suffer ing with my back for long time and the pain vas almost constant. Doc toring did not help lt much and hav- ing heard of Doan's Kidney Pills [ sent 10 the IT. w. Lake Drug com pany for a box Relief came very quickly and at length the trouble dis appeared entirely. My experience led Mir Messick io use the remedy. Neith- CT one of us have had any trace of the trouble since. and it gives us both pleasure to recommend Doanis Kte ney PiIl8"
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sent in the country, as one Of the men said: Your father had an exhibition sale of pictures. Tell us where the money is."
 She pointed to drawer in the bu. reau, and meanwhile the woman ut tered: "Kill her quick. Why are you sparing her:'
 Mime. Steinheil. struck by the voice, looked at the woman and seemed to recognize her as one of her husbands models.
 Beyond this statement the police have no clew to the murderers. They be- lieve that the murderers entered the house by means of false keys.
 Heard Her Mothers Cries.
 Mime. Steinheil distinctly heard the cries and struggles of her mother while lying bound and helpless. She states that the assassins got $1,oOO in money and jewels valued at about $3,500. The manservant. who slept in room at the top of the house, declares that he heard nothing during the night.
 Adolphe Steinheil was the son of the celebrated portrait painter, Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil, who died in Paris in 1885. The younger Steinheil was about fifty years of age and was born in Paris. He was a grandnephew of Meissonier.
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stranelcd With Whipcords.

volver around his waist-"I'm for some breakfast. and then shall go and ask that tall fellow who did all the talking if there's anything I can do for King Sophia. By love. wouldn't Cousin Meg open her eyes?'
 You'll end by getting yourself stuck up against the wall and shot," Basil grumbled.
 ''If I do I'm quite sure of one thing old fellow-and that is that your wood en old mug will be next in the line or thereabouts."
 q say, Dunstanbury, wish I could have saved him"
 "So do I. Did you notice her face?"
 Williamson gave scornful toss of his head.
 "Well, yes, I was an ass to ask that" Dunstanbury admitted candidly. It would certainly not have been easy to avoid noticing Sophy's face.
 At G o'clock that morning Max von Hollbrandt took horse for Slavna. His diplomatic character at once made 1t proper for him to rejoin his legation and enabled him to act as a messenger with safety to himself. He carried the tidings of the death of the king and of the proclamation-of Sophy. There was no concealment. yolsenis defiance to Slavna was open and avowed. Volseni held that there was no true Stefano- witch left and cited the will of the last of the royal house as warrant for its choice. The gauntlet was thrown down with a royal air.
 It was well for Max to get back to his post. The diplomatists in Slavna and their chiefs at home were soon to be busy with the affairs of Kravonia. Mistitch had struck at the life of even more than his king-that was to be- come evident before many days had passed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-01
MURDER IN 4 STUDIO.
Artist and His Mother-in-laW
 Found StrangIed.
WIFE GAGGED AND BOUND.
Compelled, Tied and Helpless, to Listen to Mothers Strugsles-Rosbery the Motive of Brutal Assault on Well Known Parisian Painter.

Paris, June IA double murder was committed here that for absolute bru. tality would be hard to parallel in the annals of the crimes of Paris. Adolphe Steinheil, noted painter, son of Louis Charles Auguste Steinheil, one of the most celebrated of French art. ists and grand-nephew of Meissonier. and his wife's mother, Mme. Japy, were strangled to death in the artists home in the Rue de Vaugirard. His wife was gagged and bound to a bed and heard her mothers dying struggles as she fought for life with the murder CTS.
 Mme. Steinheil, suffering from great nervous shock, told the police that three men and woman-the latter she thought she recognized as one of her husbands models--forcibly entered the house and sprang upon her like wild beasts, tying her to the bed. They mis- took her for her sixteen-year-old daugh- ter, who was absent in the country, and one of the men demanded to know where the money received from sale of pictures had been placed. The wo- man with the men urged them to kill her, but they left Mme. Steinheil help less and proceeded to other parts of the house, where they strangled NJ. Stein hell and his mother-in-law. The wholt house was ransacked, and it was ins possible to say how fierce the deat struggle was.
 Stranglcd With Whipcords.
 The police seem totally at loss | account for the atrocity of the murde. whipcords drawn tight around til, necks of the man and woman showins the manner of their taking off. It Wal reported that an Italian had been ar
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-01
Methodists consecrate New Bishops.

Methodists Consecrate New Bishops.
 Baltimore. June 1.-Perhaps the most impressive moment of the current gen. eral conference of the Methodist Epis- copal church came when Bishop Henry W. Warren. placing his hands upon the head of Rev. Dr. William F. Anderson of New York, pronounced the solemn words that made the Sneeling minister a bishop of the church. The remain. ing seven new bishops were also con. secrated,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-01
Quake Shakes Allentown.

Allentown, Pa, June 1.-All Allens town was thrown into state of excite ment by what is believed to have been an earthquake shock. The shock waa severe enough to rock buildings, rattle windows, chatter crockery, tumble down two or three shaky chimneys and upset small children.
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TT was late at night, and quiet reign
 ed in volseni-the quiet not of SC
 curity. but of ordered vigilance. A
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-01
A PRETTY SUMMER BROCK.

For q girl of ten years of age will be required 4x yards of material 24, 5x yards B or 3 yards A inches wiie with 1 x yards of'band- Ing and 2;s yards of edging.
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that is curious!" he added. "So- ply Grouc h :! And you are Baroness S Do brava ?"
 There's noth- in g m u c h in that" said So- phy. "I'll tell you all about that soon if we have time. To- n h t I an think of noth- ing but mon seigneur. MT. Williamson has
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with the Baroness Dobrava was among the last with which he would have credited himself or perhaps, to speak his true thoughts, charged his reputa- ton.
 MT. Williamson knew me almost di- rectly-the moment reminded him of my mark She touched her cheek Dunstanbury looked more closely at her, vague recollection stirring in him. Sophy's face was very sad, yet she smiled just little as she added T remember you so well-and your dog Lorenzo I'm Sophy Crouch of Morpingham, and became Lady Meg's companion. Now do you remember"
 He stepped quickly up to her, peered into her eyes and saw the red star.
 Good heavens"' he said, smiling at her in an almost helpless way. Well,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
REpAYs WHIPPING BY TEACHER
Boy Of 25 Years Ago Keeps Promise
and Beata Aged Pedagogue.

Twenty-Five years ago. Robert Gamble.
now prosperous farmer living near
Greensboro. Ind. received severe punish
ment at the hands of william Baldwin.
teacher Of the county school which Gam
bic attended. Gamble then told Baldwin
that II opportunity ever offered after he
had become Il man he would return and
whip him with interest. The opportu.
nifty came the other day and Gamble. not
the least softcned by the lapse Of n quar-
ter OF a century. attacked Baldwin and
beat him severely. The two met on the
streets Of Greensboro. Gamble stopped
Baldwin. whom he had not seen for years.
and asked II he were not the teacher OF
long ago. Baldwin admitted as much and
Gamble then administered the punish.
ment. The case was reported TO the
Richmond authorities and Gamble was
placed under arrest. Baldwin Is now Z?
years old.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
ELECTION FIGURES GIVEN OUT.
Totalr or Vote for Presiden. in Sew
eral States Arc Compiled.

The Official vote for President in Wis
consin was announced Monday as fol.
lows: bryan. IG6.1OI: Chain. 1l.51D:
Taft. 2lSGI3: Dcbs. 2S.1i6. Taft's plu.
rality is : .9G6. The popular vote for
President In Indiana was ns follows:
Taft. 3iSm3; Bryan. 3:,S.2i2: Chain,
1S.Ol5; Watson. 1.193: Dcbs. 13.lI6:
Preston. G3; Ilisgen. "a. The plural
ity for Taft il 1881. The Secretary OF
State has given out the official vote of the
state Of Louisiana as follows: Bryan.
G3.hiS: Taft. SOS: Dcbs. 2.53S: Ills.
gen. 13. The total vote cast In Kansas
for President was 3I3.9SJ. rs follows:
Taft. 107.165: Bryan. 1G1 200: Debs. H.
40: Chain. 6.0t2: scattering. ~. Tafts
plurality II 3i.057. The official vote In
the presidential election In South Caro-.
lima was: Bryan. G2.2s0; Taft. 3.S47;
Dcbs. IOl lIisgen. 43. In 1904 the vote
for President was: Parker, ~, 1853;
Roosevelt. 2,OJ4.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
80 MEN BURIED IN WRECK.
Work Train Is Smashed in Collision
and Those Aboart. Suffer.

Three men were seriously hurt. but
twenty.scven escaped severe injury In the
collision Of a Baltimore ard Ohio freight
train with work train near Glcnshaw,
Pa. The three cars Of tlr, work train
were demolished and the thirty men sleep.
Ing In them were caught In the wrccknge,
which Immediately took fire. Many work.
men awoke to find themselves pinned.
with flames creeping toward them. by
prompt work all were cxtricatcd. The
work train was transferring the laborers
from Connellsvillc to Eilwood City. Az
II neared Glcnshaw the steam suddenly
decreased In pressure and the train had
TO stop. The freight train that was fol.
lowing ran into II In thick fog.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
A Weekly Digest Of the Most important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.
SENTENCED FOR LAND FRAUD.
J. H. Edmisten Must Serve Four
Months and Pay 1000 Fine.

Despite the earnest pleas of his law
yers for clemency in view Of the long
public service of the defendant. James
Harvey Edmistcn. former populist State
chairman and State oil inspector under
Governor llolcomb. was sentenced in
Omaha to fine of $1,000 and four
months in Lincoln county Jail on the
charge of conspiracy to defraud the gov
| eminent out Of large tracts Of public
land. Edmisten was first Indicted In
June. 1905. In February Of last year
his bond was declared forfeited on his
failure to appear for trial. This order
was later set aside. however. on proper
showing that Illness prevented his pres
ence in court. In behalf Of Edmisten 1t
was contcnded that there had been no
| thatoehnd thcrrmvosceI.ra Omthe "A
violation Of the law. and that not an
, acre Of land had been secured under the
fraudulent entries. Elmistcn pleaded
guilty to the charge of conspiracy. 9th.
or charges of perjury. subornation Of per.
jury and forgery were dismissed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
SAMPSON NEPHEW MuRDEREDP
Authorities Order His Widow Placed
Under Arrest.

Mrs. Gcorgianna Sampson. widow Of
Harry Sampson of Palmyra. \. y. who
died on Nov. as the result of u gun
shot wound. was the other day arrested
for the murder Of her husband. Samp-
son was a nephew of the late Admiral
Sampson. who commanded the American
fleet NJ the battle Of Santiago. II was
NJ first believed Harry Sampson took his
own life, but following his death stories
were circulated which discrcditcd that
theory. II came out nj the inquest that
Sampson on the Saturday before his
death had discovered letter written 10
his wife by n man who had been the
cause Of bitter quarrel.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
Mills to Run Full Time,

Announcement was made the other day
that the Union rolling mills In Cleveland
At once will put on its full force and run
seven days In the week instead of four.
The American Steel and Wire Company
will also put on many additional men this
week. The Empire rolling mills. which
employ about l,iOo men. have been run
ming full blast the last week for the first
time since last fall.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
Railway Employees Organize.

The new railway employees department
of the American Federation of Labor held
brief session in Denver, completing it's
organization, and then adjourned to meet
In Chicago the second Monday in .lanu.
AIRY. II. Is. Perham, president of the Or
der Of Railway Photographers, was made
permanent president.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
Auto Takes River Plunge.

A plunge into the Calumet river, caus.
ing the death of man and n woman,
brought to an end early the other morn
ing an automobile ride of party of
Chicago merry-makers. Six other men
and women. the remainder of the group,
had narrow escape, being rescued from
the Icy waters by four witnesses of tho
accident.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
Oklahoma Prohibition Legal.

The State Supreme Court IN Guthrie,
Okla. issued n writ Of mandamus order
ing County Judge Hooker of Oklahoma
county to take judicial knowledge OF the
State prohibtory law. Judge Hooker
had held the law to be void and uncon-
siitutonal. The Supreme Court row
holds ii to be constitutional in every re-
Snnrl.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
Night Rider Leader Dead.

Tom Wilson, charged In Frank Fer
rlner's confession with being the hang.
man Of Captain Quentin Rankin at Wal
nut Log, Reelfoot Lake, died at the city
hospital in Nashville. Tenn. Congestive
chills caused his death. lie was one of
the nine alleged night riders in Jail who
are seeking release by hnbeas corpus. Will
son was an Obion county farmer and
leaves n widow and five children.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
Rich Man WEEDS Adopted Child.

George i. ID. Paine, an aged million.
airc, head of the Paine Furniture Com.
pany, is now aboard ship with his bride
of two weeks, bound for Ceylon. Mr.
Paine's first wife died last September,
demcntcd, In the Wavcrlcy Retreat.
where she had been confined for several
years. The woman who IL now his bride
was until Nov. . last his daughter by
adoption.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
New Senator and Governor.

4. u. Cummins was elected United
States Senator by the Iowa Legislature
Tuesday TO fill the uneypircd term of
W. Il. Allison, and Lieutenant Governor
Warren Garst was inauguratcd as his
slICCcssOr.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-11-28
Man Dropn Dead as He Prays,

While praying before the shrine of the
Virgin In ST. Francis Nnvicr's church, in
New York, Augustus liyland dropped
dead. His last prayer was q petition in
behalf of his wife, who was injured in a
street car accident few days ngo.