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CHAPTER UL. (Continued.) “We have the U, A. on his left arm to do duty for that,” insisted the in- spector. “I faney sailors more often tattoo themselves with their sweetheart’s in- {tials than their own,” I remarked, “and I have alw: understood that they use the anchor as an emblem of Hope in connection with their chosi fair ones. However, it is quite pos ble that you are right, and, in any the initials furnish a very strong clue, Why dont your people offer a re- w “They are about to do so,” he re- folined. “That is to say, the Home Office has sanctioned the offer of £100 for information leading to conviction. ft am absolutely certain there are no ‘pals’ to be bribed in this ¢ The offer of £100 tor preof of the identity of the murdered man might, sult in something; but thi ts hopelessly out o ord with all of eial precedent. And red tape does not stretch much, Mr. Weston.” “No, I suppose not,” L made answer. «The description will, however, be cir- lated, 1 suppose % the ordinary v the police force, and I daresay the Press will help with here and there ap graph; but I can’t vy I feel hopeful as to results. Anyhow, I’ve fone my best.” “And no one can do more,” I added, cheerfully. “Besides, you ignore the actor of all in the solution of the Chapter of Acci- And my words were soon des- se jents, tined to be verified. CHAPTER Iv. Mr. O'Flynn, of Dubli * f soon found an opportunity of car- my intention to visit Dor- chester, or rather the suburb of Dor- chester, of which Madge’s father was perpetual curate; and it is from that I date my first really determined to, solve the ange » of memoirs form a tying out effort which uarrative. I went down, prepared to find Madge at grief and tribulation, but I nly did not anticipate the very unjust and harsh treatment I rece ninds. 1 could not have believed ble that she, ordinarily so even- onable, should have view of my action respect to her brother. I can account for it, even now, upon the mption that when a woman's mind is deeply stirred about anyone very dear to her, she ceases to be guided by ordinary feelings of fair play and kind- ness towards others. And, of course, I felt the sting of her conduct the more keenly, inasmuch as I was almost her affianced lover. { went over the whole story of Tou disappearance again, with every detail since discovered, and [ prefaced it by gently-worded a reference T could frame to his gradual but fatal lapse j into habits of intemperance. Madge had scarce patience to hear me to the end. “Tom went to Lendoen,” she said, with nervous emphasis, “under your advice, and, as we all understood here at home, very much under your guid- ance. You promised me over and over again to do your utmost for him.” “So I did,” 1 put in, eagerly. “Had he been my own brother, I could not have done more for him, I introduced him to many men of influence in liter- ary and pr sireles, and I rej-iced in the success at at first rewarded his efforts. Then, when I saw that he was beginning to fall under the influence of the demon, Drink, I used every species of argument and advice I could think | of to win him back to a steadier life. Sometimes, for a day or two, my argu- ments would seem to pre but only to be once more swept away by his satiable ying for alcohol. And so the deadly mischief went on; I hoping almost against hope, for reformation on his part, and he sinking steadily decper and deeper into the mire.” “Yes; and all this time you left us in almost entire ignorance of the change for the worse that had come over him,” she rejoined, bitter; “An occasional hint that he was not so steady in his habits as formerly was all that we were told of poor Tom's miserable downfall.” “There L confess I was, perhaps, to blame,” I acknowledged; “but 1 could see nothing to be gained, and a great deal of pain to be inflicted, by telling you the full, bitter truth. Moreover, he purposely kept out of my way, and made it plain, whenever we did meet, that he had a strong distaste for my company.” “You should have ignored that,” per- sisted Madge. nowing that the poor fellow’s judgment was utterly warped by drin “Impossible, Madge!” I retorted, with sowe warmth. “One may advise, help, save a man. but only on condition that he allows himself to be adyised, helped, sayed. You cannot rescue him, as you would a drowning child, by simply plunging in after him and dragging him ashore.” “Can't you?” that w: tierce. these tempered and r taken so unfair s with she echoed, in a tone apidly exhausting my pa- “Perhaps not. It needed a hero to do work like that; and my mistake lias lain in supposing that you had aught ef heroic in your composition.” “Have you any more unpleasant ay?’ I asked, with forced ve this much to say, Ralph Weston,” was her answer. “Whatever aruth there may be in your assertion that you fulfilled your self-imposed task of watching over my brother to the best of your ability, the fact still remains that you allowed him to leave your rooms during a blinding, dangez- EE Tet AYES tans a7 The Arnewood Mystery : BY MAURICE &. HERVEY. Author of “Dead Man's Court,’’ “‘Somerville’s Crime,’’ ‘‘Dartmoor,” ‘*Maravin’s Money,” etc.,"etc. back. Do you moind that. now?". “Certainly,” I asserted, briskly.“Can you give me the date and postmark of his last letter?” “I belave I can,” he replied, produc- ing a greasy-looking memorandum book. Yes; “here we have it. ‘Royal Hotel, Cooktown, rthern Queens- ) ous fog, and when he was in no fit con- dition to be trusted in the streets alone. As a result, he now lies (if indeed, he still ives) under the ban of a terrible 1, for one, do not hold you Give me back my brother, or never lock me crime; and to be guiltless of his undoing. in the fact again!” “This may be very high-tened,” I retorted, stung past e durance, “but it is a monstrously w just and heartless challenge. borne, and still bear, you. mind easy upon this one point; that energy and fixity of purpose can unra el the my: which sd mystery urance satis! Good-bye—Mis Webb.” Watson,” ent. “Good-bye—Mr. joined, striving hard to suppress th tremor that would creep into her voice. she ke good your brave words, and will one day ask knees for ha while, poor stand between us lik only pray that you m: She held out her ronged you. shadow seems succeed.” nd as she spol j and after a momentary struggle with my pride, I took it in both mine. “If I don’t it shall not be my fault I said. It was late in the evening when reached town, and I called at our place | as a matter of routin of busin more s in request. L was som surprised, therefore, to find yaiting me from Mr. Haw what men:bered) his private house without delay. knew him to be the last man in th world to make such a request without And so, postponing my overdue dinner, I jumped into xd reason. ab and hastened to Wobur re Mr. Hawkins resided. I found him in his study, and with him an odd-looking old man whom b introduced as chief clerk to Mess O’Brien & Grudgery, the eminent Dub- queried Mr. Hawkins, in his:abrupt yet kindly lin solicitors. “Dined yet?” way message twenty minutes ago.” “All righ he said, “Then you'll have to put up with sandwich and a glass of sherry for th present and take it out in supper later dramatic and Never- theless, I accept it-for the love I have Make your at present enyel- appearance, that | will be unravelled. Let fy you for the pres- re- your pardon on my Mean- | 1 pall, and [ can | | | | | king me to follow him to No, sir,” was my reply. “I got your land,’ and the date July 7th.” “Did he say by what route he pro- posed to return?’ I asked. “No; not definitely. He proposed to visit Sydney, but had not made up his mind whether he would travel from there by the P. & O. line, or by way of New Zealand and South America.” One question more, Mr. O'Flynn. Did you remit him funds for the voyage?” “You may well ask that,” he replied, drily, “seeing its the first thing most men would have clamored for. But not he. He had, he wrote, ample funds on hand. Australia must be a wonder- ful place, entoirely when an Arnewood can save money in it.” This was about all Mr. O'Flynn could tell me regarding the movements of the missing man. But, on the way to Eus- ton Square he favored me with a full explanation of his previous references to the Arnewood family; and, as they proved to have a very important bear- ing upon the case, it is essential to place them upon record in this nar- iy They will accordingly be found ! in their proper place, in the following memorandum (drawn up by me at Mr. | Hawkins’ request and by his guidance) | of our previous relations with Messrs. | O’Prien & Grudgery, xespecting the | missing heir of Arnewood. TI sheuld premise that the facts, espe- cially those regarding the family his- tory, did not come to my knowledge chronologically, as I have set them down. What I aimed at was to place Mr. Hawkins (and with him, incident- ally, any other reader) in possession of every single detail of the Arnewood case known to me at the hour of Mr. O’Flynn’s departure for Dublin. n- n- if v- he I to e, CHAPTER V. I The Heir of Arnewood. And so, for a time, we parted. st | The Arnewoods of Arnewood Hall, e- | good position, were descended from a | trooper enriched by Cromwell at the expense of some unfortunate adherent of the Stuart cause. No title had sub- sequently fallen to them, as to dozens of families of similar genesis, but they had always held a_ foremost place among the squirearchy of the County mn | Kildare. True, his descendants did not | emulate the austere virtue of the Crom- wWellian soldier; indeed, they were he | known, throughout the somewhat dis- s. | solute Georgian epoch, as among the | wildest and most spendthrift frequent- vers of Dublin gambling saloons and night clubs. But fortune, aided by a few heiress brides, always seemed to faver them; and when the then head of the family, Basil Arnewood, died in I 1e approvingly. | 18—, he left an unencumbered estate a | worth nearly £4,000 a year, and he | £27,000 in hard cash. | Now, many years before, he had on. Mr. Flynn, here, has to catch the | quarreled seriously (and, as it turned 8: 25 take a note of certain instructions h people are favoring us with. They are of an inquir the sequel, case in Aus most entire charge of early this when I was laid up. Remember i “Oh! ness,” I replied. I thought that was settled; the mis: ing heir found and everybody satisfied arent yen I felt rather proud of our success in that case, sir. “Bedad, and well you might,” put in | O'Flynn, dividing what was doubt- | Mr. Te: meant as a complimentary smi between Mr. Hawkins and myself. “I never remember a job more nately and | quickly put through, as far as it went And that’s why I’ve been sint over here to beshpake your hilp again; | ‘e no nearer thin. for, if you'll belave it, we'’r the ind than when we started.” “What!” I exclaimed, “did the wrong man turn up after a bit?” “Sorra a bit of him turning up, right was the quaint reply, “and or wrong that’s g us intirel, Sure there’s not an Arnewood in Oir land, from Capt. Richard himself (wh barrin’ Mr. Luke, is heir by .entail) down to old Mrs. George Arnewood of ‘larmoring for a share of Tralee, bu the estate. I had previously produced my not book and was taking down every word the cld fellow uttered. But I had not the vaguest idea what he was talking “Captain Richard” I had never even heard, and who “ould Mrs. George Arnewood of Tralee,” might be about. Of I could not even conjecture. “Upon my word. Mr. O’F lynn, I don’t quite follow you,” I confessed. “Maybe not.” he replied, with a dry chuckle. “And small blame to yor either, seeing the fog we're all in our- Then, too, there are the trust- sely ees. “Pardon me, sir,” I interrupted, “but T must ask you to be precise in any i structions you may have to give, the | more especially as Mr. Hawkins knows | but very little of the affair we put through for you nearly a year ago.” “That’s exactly why I sent for yor Weston,” put in Mr. Hawkins, with rom Euston, and I want you to which you had al- The Arnewood, or Arnott busi- “Of course, I do, But out, irreyoeably) with his eldest son, is | George. Reports differed as to the | cause of the quarrel. The son was ry | known to be recklessly extrayagant, | and the general belief was that, in or- 1. | der to meet some exceptionally heavy | losses upon the turf, he had forged his | father’s signature to a bill. Be that as | it might, the estrangement proved com- s- | plete. The young man disappeared, | and the story given out was that he | had emigrated to Australia, taking with him a circus girl (whom he had privately married) and their infant son, There remained to Basil Arnewooa le | one other son, Richard, and it was gen- | erally supposed that he would profit by the new act to bar the entail in the younger son’s favor. Richard, howev- er, also turned out to be a scamp, mar- ried beneath him, and died young, leaving behind him a motherless boy, also named Richard. This child the old Squire took charge of, avowedly only because he could not help doing so. He had him well educated, and, in due course, young Richard passed into | a line regiment, and with a very scanty allowance to supplement his pay. 0. Whatever the Sauire’s ultimate in- tentions may have been with respect to the disposal of his property, he died practically intestate. A will was cer- tainly found, disposing of his personal e- | estate among a number of more or less distaut kinsmen, with some minor leg- acies to servants and charities. But he had omitted te sign this document, which was, therefore, legally worth- less. Nor had he taken any steps what- ever to interfere with the entail. Con- sequently, every acre and every shill- | ing passed to the eldest exiled son, | George, or his heirs. | This was a very nice: little windfall, | of course, for Messrs. O’Brien & Grudg- ery, the family solicitors; and equally, of course, they made the most of it. They were obliged, however, to take steps to discover the whereabouts of n- | the absent heir, and finally decided on placing the work of inquiry in our hands. 1t so happened (as already stated) that Mr. Hawkins was very ill at the time, and the case. therefore, u, | came entirely into my hands, as: man- a | aging clerk. y. ul. trace of irritation in his voice. “I nat- At the risk of appearing to advertise urally thought you would recollect the | the firm of which I am now a partner, details of an affair which passed | I will verture to say that our agencies through you hands so recently.” “So I do, sir,’ I protested, “and have abundant memoranda to fall back upon even should my memory prove de- | But Mr. O'Flynn spoke just | now of people and trustees I never fective. heard of before. So far as my work concerned, it ended with the discovery of the missing heir, Mr. Lake Arne- and placing Messrs. O’Brien & Grudgery in com- I understand, from what Mr. O’Flynn has said, that Mr. Luke Arnewood has not yet re- wood, in Queensland, munication with him. turned to this country- “Thrue for you!” broke in the Irish | afford us very exceptional advantages I | for inquiries in the Colonies. These are, in fact, our specialty, and it was a knowledge of this fact which doubtless induced the Dublin solicitors to place the affair in our hands. I had, there- is | fere, very little doubt that if Mr. George Arnewood were still above ground, our agents would find him. In addition to notifying them, I had the following advertisement inserted in the principal Australian weekly journals: George Arnewood, of Kildare, Ire- land, who emigrated to Melbourne in 18+, is earnestly requested to commu- nicate at once with the undersigned. emiss ny. “And that’s just what's | Wather dead, intestate. Information bothering us all. He wrote, more than | respecting whereabouts. of above- four months ‘ago, to tell us he was on | named liberally rewarded. Address his way back} but sofra word have we had of him since, and, as I’m telling you. the family’s raising ructions.” “Then I presume you have come oy here to ask us to find the missing man for you, a second time?’ I suggested. “Av coorse!” was the instant reply. “Shure, isn’t that what Uve been aft telling you sll the time? And, what's more, the 1@<t time you find him you gre to sexd some one to bring him Hawkins’ & Co, 89 Exeter Street, Strand, Lordon. ‘ Somewhat to my surprise, our first information came not through our agents, but as a direct reply to this ad- vertisement, and from the son of the missing heir. It was not a lengthy communication, but was very much to the purpose: é Miners' Arms, Cooktown, Queensland, March 9th, 1893, er er iy expectation of finding | like many other old Trish families of | Messrs. Hawkins. & Co.—George Arnewood died three years ago in Gul- gong, N. 8. W. I am his only son, and have ample documentary evidence as to his identity, marriage, etc., and my own birth. My grandfather, Mr. Basil Arnewood, having (as you state) died intestate, I infer that I am heir to at least a portion of his property, though the entail was, I believe, barred years ago. Kindly inform me on this point. I can sail for England at once, if neces- sary. Yours truly, —Luke Arnewood. P. S.—My father, for his own rea- sons, preferred to be known out here as George Arnott, and that is the name I, too, at present go under, So, when you write, address to Mr. Luke Arnott, as above. ‘To this letter I replied, stating that we were merely acting as inquiry agents for the family solicitors, from whom he would learn full particulars in due course.I forwarded his letter to Messrs. O’Brien & Grudgery, and there my task, for the time, ended. ‘The correspondence that ensued be- tween them and Luke Arnewood proved to be entirely satisfactory as to the validity of the latter’s claim. He sent a quantity of papers and letters left by his father, the certificate of his mother’s marriage at Deptford, and of his own birth in Kensington, portraits of his father taken at intervals during his career (and, of course, easily recog- nizable by those who. had formerly known him), and a variety of other documents sufficient to satisfy a dozen family lawyers. He even sent his own photograph, duly autographed, in order to facilitate their recognition of him upon his return, And, finally, declin- ing all monetary assistance as uneces- sary, he wrote to announce his forth- coming departure for England. So far, all seemed plain enough. But the voyage home, even by the longest | route, ought not to take more than six or seven weeks; and as more than four months had elapsed since the date of the proposed departure, the solicitors were becoming anxious and the other claimants to the eState were pricking up their ears, Failing Luke Arnewood, | the heir would be his cousin, Richard, then stationed, with his regiment, | Dover; while after Richard, a distant | kinsman, Philip Blake by name, stodd next in succession. Captain Richara Arnewood’s interest in his overdue cousin’s fate was easily understood; and, indeed, even the more distant | kinsfolk would naturally have their | eyes open to possible contingencies. The written instructions brought over by Mr. O'Flynn authorized me to prosecute our inquiries with the ut- most dispatch, and without any spe- cial reyird to economy in expenses. Jonseqéently, instead of contenting ourselves with the postal service, as upon the former occasion, we made feirliy free use of the cable, And this time our Australian agents proved in- valuable. They traced Mr. Luke Ar- nott to Brisbane. Thence the same in- dividual traveled to Sydney as Mr. Luke Arnewood, crossed over to New | ealand, and, after a leisurely tour in | that colony, finally booked his passage to England by the N. Z S. N. Co.’s mail steamer Wairoa upon September 30th. The Wairoa (whose route was via Cape Horn) duly arrived upon No- vember 18th, and an examination of her passenger list showed the name of L. Arnott among the saloon passen- gers. For some reason or other the | wanderer had reverted to the fictitious name for this voyage. But no trace could be found of his movements after he had quitted the ship in dock. To set the question of identity at rest, Mr. O'Flynn was sent over with ‘alled upon us to say that several of the officers and stewards of the ship | had at once recognized in it their late | passenger. | “May L’see it?” I asked. ” he answered, handing “To be sure: it to me. I fairly jumped from my seat in amazement. For, despite the disfigure- ment caused by a violent death, the face of the man I had seen lying on the sofa in Tom Webb's room was, unmis- takably, the original of the photo- graph! CHAPTER VI. | Inspector Traill Steals a March on | O'Flynn. Some surprises are absolutely stag- | gering in their unexpectedness. For fully half a minute I stood staring at the portrait, unable as yet to realize the full importance of the discovery I had just made. Then a doubt arose in my mind as to whether I might not, after all, be mistaken. “Well?” queried O'Flynn, “Do you recognize the face?” “Yes,” I answered; “or, at least, 1 am almost certain that I do. And, if my suspicions prove to be correct, our search for Luke Arnewood is at an end.” “How so? Where is he?” “Dead,” I replied, laconically. “He was murdered, here in London, some weeks ago!” Mr. O’Flynn’s jaw dropped, and a look of the utmost horror came over his withered old face. “Dead?” he repeated. “Murdered ?— Arrah, thin, and who in the world would want to murder the poor gintle- man, and he only just landed from for- eign parts? Shure, it's draming you are!” “I devoutly hope I am mistaken,” I said, gravely; but I fear I’m not. However, if you'll lend me this photo- graph for an hour or so, I'll soon veri- fy or disprove my opinion. Come with me if you like.” The old clerk assented, and we pro- ceeded together to Great Scotland Yard, where we were fortunate in finding Inspector Traill. With just a brief nod of salutation, I silently hand- ed him the portrait. He studied it at- tentively for some moments; but, clearly, its resemblance to the mur- dered man did not strike him so quick- ly as it had me. “Don’t you recognize it?” I asked, a little impatiently, after a pause. “Not to swear by,” he answered, still continuing his serutiny; “though it’s certainly like him—allowing for what happened. Wait a moment.” (Te Be Continued.) eagerly. ‘The United States manufactures ex- tensively perfumes from wintergreen, sassafras and several other woods ard herbs. hes = JACKSON DAY The Minneapolis Banquet to Have a Grand Maes Meeting Accompaniment. Mr. Bryan's Attendance Assured for Both Banquet and Exposition—Party Committeemen and Reform Prass Pub- Ushers Also to Gather—Virtual auguration of the State Democratic 10—The National Campaign on Jan. Committee Will age ton’s Birthday—St. Paul's Carnival for Meet on Wa: February—Resume of State and Na- tional Politics for the Week. Reform Press Bureau. Sr. Paut, Dec. 25, 1899. Christmas greeting of the Anglo- American alliance “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men,” —except those of brown skins in Luzon, and those of Dutch extraction who have builded republics in South Africa! i Preparations for the great annual Day are in progress at Minneapolis by united Democrats and Allies, and Jan, 10, 1900, ‘bids fair to be set down asa the greatest of the political demonstra- tions. The occasion may be thus sum- marized. Jackson’s Day proper, anni- versary of the victory over Great Brit- ; ain at New Orleans, falling on Jan. 8, our observance is made the 10th to ac- commodate Mr. Bryan, who speaks elsewhere on the 8th. Exposition mass meeting, ranged so that the banqueters can enjoy both. For both general invitations are extended to all members of the new Democracy, and to ment. h be gramme for speeches, William Baldwin, Esq., West Hotel. will receive tickets from Canfield, secretary of the Reform Press association, through whom the invita- tion to editors is extended. Chairman L. A. Rosing of the Demo- cratig state central committee has called the committee to meet on that day, and also called all county chair- men to be present. The attendance is also requested of all party workers and friends of the cause. The members of the Peoples party committees are also invited. Headquarters for all meetings of the occasion and for the Refor.n Press will be the West hotel. And, for gatherings, the Twin Cities Following the Minneapolis political programme on, set for Feb. 3 to 12. The Democratic National committee its Allies, and the Reforin Press of the | state are especially invited, and are to} be the guests of the banquet manage- | But no personal invitations will | ued, beyond those on the pro-/ then made you aro clear, Banquet tickets | cost $1.50 each, and are obtainable of | est confider but the members of the Reform Press | George S. | | are to be strictly in it this winter. jean congress affairs, St. Paul will have her carnival | The more the merrier. i has been called to meet at Washington | on Feb, 22, Washington’s birthday, a | My Lord Roberts is misin’ and his cause have not the ‘in sympathy of the American only the interest and sympathy present administration of the Au people. Not one true American sympathizes with the Boers, and mot’ ten people in a hundred. take them as you find them, are with Englan Hurrah for the Boers, Lord Gen Roberts! - And Canada, too, sympathizes the liberty fighters. so much so thi serions schism is said to be on foot in Canadian government, anda rising tid@ of opposition to sending any more troops! to South Africa. Glad to know it. Sedat In London concert halls the taking thing is the waving of the American and English flags. while singing God’ save the Queen,” in recognition of the ; jobs in which both countries are en- gaged, of killing out the spirit of' liberty. True to their colors, the Jeaders of the Silver Republican organization,. Towne, Teller, Pettigrew, Cannon, Wilson, Hartman, Shafroth and Da Bois, embracing those who departed’ from the St. Louis convention, are out inan address denouncing the Repub- lican party for its open espousal of gold political refreshing period of Jackson’s | and the surrender’ to the banking mon- opoly in the financial bill. Events ave justified, the address shows, every posi-) tion taken by the silver men. The reference date when was held one of | dangers they forecast have been real- ized. The hypocrisy of international bi- metallism is fully shown, and all the wickedness of the pending bill exposed,. which would destroy the greenbacks,, perpetrate a national gold debt, and erect & great money trust more power- ful than all the rest, which are even The banquet | now overshadowing the republic: ‘The feature is to have the addition of an | address thus concludes: both — ar- | “Thus, fellow citizens;. Mie: scheme: we, | denounced in 1896 is nearing consumma- (tiop The policy that was denied by the Republican pa n that campaign stinds’ now confes:ed. Millions of you who vot- ed the F uolicwn ticket in 1896 wor'd nob have done so had you believed you r-part7 i was destined so soon to be the agent of the forces that now dominateit. Millions of you were bimetalli ts i 18% an, re- main so today. Now that the: promis: on to hays neere; now that, nseqence ption pra -:tices upon vorr hon- your country is about te | be handed to the owner hiv and control ‘ of the great speculative tanks and their asscciated trusts and combinations; may |W? not appeal t» von to come to theresene | of the liberties of th: ;eople and the rim- riled institutions? In the spring of | '897 the undersigned took the stens lerd— ing to the organization of the Silver Re- | publican party. Aguinst the betrayers of ' the Repudlicanismof Abrahim Linealn {thet parcv resolved to wage urendin > iwar. ‘Te dav the necessity for its wi rk is ' more evident than ever. Come with us ,and help us. We believe that the highest devotion to the Republicanism you once | venerated demands that you oppose to the uttermost the present tendencies of the | party which still weors the nage, butlias | forsaken the principles of its heroic days.” gon ins ‘of the d Was it the glowing prospect of Dem- ocratic success in the presidential cam- | paign in, 1900, or was it the passage of the gold standard bill by the Republi- which shook the -eonfi--— dence of the investing public to snch an extent as to cause the panic in Wall street? Twin City bankers, discussing the panic, ‘‘gave the whole snap away: as when President Riymond of the Mir— neapolis Northwestern said that the most fitting day, to decide on the time | trouble was largely due to the South y, and place of the Democratic conven- tion. be the place, and the time immediately following the Republican convention. A Chicago convention would best re- affirm the Chicago platform and shape | The desertion of | the issues for victory. the West and Northwest by the Repub- licans in going to Philadelphia, will go along ways toward giving us the state of Illinois. And appropriately, too, since the principles of Lincoln are so prominent on the Democratic and Re- form banners of 1900. long list of brave soldiers who have fallen in the Philippines—and in what a cause! The cause isso bad, that in all the utterances from officials upon Lawton’s death, from McKinley down, not one could make a reference to the princi- ples for which he gave up his noble life. sible to refer to our fallen soldiers, as having given their lives for liberty and ‘| human freedom? ‘ Hanna’s call is out for the G. O. P. convention for June 19 at Philadelphia. The proposition to reduce southern rep- resentation was shelved by Mr. McKin- ley, on account of the large colored vote in Ohio and Indiana. Imperialism, as shown in the Philip- pines, and English infamy as shown in the South African war, are twin bed- fellows, and deserve, as they will re- ceive, the condemnation of the libeaty loving people of the United States. —— , Judge Collins takes his Hanna-Mer- riam medicine with many a grimace and squirm, but there are a great host of state Republicans who won't have it! We have a letter from Captain Pat- rick O’Farrell, Washington, the brave Trish soldier of the Union, the only blemish on whom, and _he admits it, is the fact that he stumped five states for McKinley, in 1896, in which he says: “I have no doubt of our ability to defeat McKinley in the presidential election. We must haye faith in the consciences of the common people of America. McKin- ley, Pauncefote and Chamberlain, cannot fool all the people all the time. McKin- ley could not play the part of x Tory any better if he had a seat in Salisbury’s cab- inet.” Rey. Riley’s prayer is still troubling the goppites. What do the said goppites know about prayers anyhow? They are themselves past praying for. Before departing for South Africa, General Reberts, the new commander- in-chief, issued an address thanking the American people ‘‘for their interest and sympathy in the British cause.” The outlook is that Chicago will | Lawton, Logan, Diggles, and the} Whenever before was it not pos- i | African war, for, said he: | “The financial interests of the United | States are so closely allied with the Eng- | lish that whatever affe-ts the markets on_ ‘one side inzvitably affects those om the other.”’ And also Banker Foss of the Nicolet National, admitting the same thing, that “Now comes the heavy demand from | Europe for money. London money has i been tightening and ke ping gold at | home, and now they are coming over here , and paying a premium for ours.” Thus the British financial system which we follow, and its gold standard, j are at the bottom of it. And our lower | house of congress rushes through the gold bill, and the bill placing full con- | trol in the banks, and the senate: fixes an early date for consummating the in-~ j iquity—all by the Republican panty, an command of the gold power!! ot | Secretary Gouge remarks, in apology for forcing the gold standardi legisla tion, that many of our citizens, “have long had the desire for restoration of the double standard.” Right you are, Mr. Gouge, and they still have the !same desire, and now know how to ‘ realize on it. Well put ani timely were the re- ; marks of Hon. S. M. Owen, B.S. Corser ‘and Senator S. A. Stockwell, in connec- tion with the bankers” interviews. If, said Mr. Owen, this. condition follows ‘the greatest gold productiom the world | has ever seen, from the mere st } of $70,000.000 of South Africam gold, | what disasters may we not have ‘ pected from continued loss of one-k of our primary momey (silver) during, that time? The-zeduction of gold. large | { | | as it is, cannot keep pace with our in- creasing activities. The world’s dis- | tressing conditions wonld not exist if, silver were supplementing the world’s: trade as basic money, says Mr. Owen | The struggle for gold is the primary | cause of the troubles and conditions, Mr, Corser added the point that our, | supposed improved conditions ae | largely overestimated, and that | only will the further fixing of the g standard upor us be injurious, bi | proposed surrender of government. | ereignty over its money to the will make financial panics certi occurrence, and unspeakably hu: | Mr, Stockwell gave as the cau the panic, the combinations built ! under laws for special privileg 8 i ferred on private individuals j porations which control the fi world, The completion of these m olies and powers for evil is sec ; the Republican financial bill | tablishing the gold standard, su ers the issue of paper mone; banking monopoly, ae | Good stuff. s ‘