COMMITTEES of congress
ThP Wavs and Means for Springer
-Mills Not In It
nt TeM“ H®“d* Inter,t**® »“d Foreign
Commerce -Sion* City’s Interest In
Cralrle Sclioonera Recognised
by tlie rpeaker.
Washington, Deo. 83.—The follow,
i a is the list of the hotise committees
as arranged by Speaker Crisp:
t D. B. Culbertson, chairman;
juau*» . n Ti. o
WC Oates, W'. D. Bynum. F. B. Stock!
dale. S. H. Goodnight, J. J. Boatner, J,
A Buchanan, Virginia; A. C. Chapin, F.
C Layton, S. P. Wolverton, E. B. Taylor,
Ohio' James Buchanan, hew Jersey; G.
IV Kay, H. H. Powers, Case Broderick.
interstate nnd Foreign Commerce—R
o Mills, chairman; O. D. Wise, Andrew
Price Isadore Raynor, G. S. Brickner, T.
t Clearv (i. W. Houk, Ohio; S. R. Mal
,orv Jo'shia Patterson. J. J. O’Neill, Mis
souri- Charles O'Neill, Pennsylvania;
John Lind. C. S. Randall, Bellamy Storer,
j H Ketchum. j
Banking and Currency—Henry Bacon, \
chairman: Scott YVilce, W. H. Crain, W.
H Cate. W. W. Dickerson, Louis Sperry,
M K Gantz, N. N. Cox, Tennessee; S. W.
i’obl), Missouri: K. H. Walker, Massachu
setts; M. Brosius, Hosea Townsend, T. J.
Henderson, Illinois. „ !
Coinage, Weights and Measures—R. P.
Bland, chairman: Charles Tracy. J. R.
Williams, C. B. Kilger, S. M. Robinson,
liice Pierce, J. E. Epps, G. F. Williams,
Massachusetts; W. A. McKeighan, H. H
Bartine. Abner Taylor, Illinois; T. W.
Stone, Pennsylvania; M. N. Johnson,
North Dakota.
Kivers mm llttll/Uia-a*. xJUMinumi,
chairman;'!'. C C&tchings, Charles Stew-|
art. B. F. Lester, Georgia; R. H. Clarke, j
Alabama; A. E. Haynes, T. A. L. Wea
jcek, W. A. Jones, Charles H. Paige, I
Samuel Byrnes, T. J. Henderson, Illinois; |
Binger Hermann, S. M. Stephehson, W. A. j
Stone, Pennsylvania; J. A. Quackenbush.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries—Sam- \
uel Fowler, chairman; M. W. Fithian, L. j
\V. Moore, A. G. Caruth, J. A. Buchanan, .
Kobcrt E. Deforest, T. F. Manner, Her-1
jaan Stump, II. H. Wheeler, Michigan; A. I
J. Hopkins, Illinois: L. E. Atkinson, J. H. j
Wilson, Kentucky; Geo. D. Perkins, Iowa.
Elections—Charles T.O’Ferrall. Virginia. j
chairman: L. W. Moore, Texas; J. E. j
Cobb, Alabama; T. R. Pavnter,Kentucky; j
Jason B. Brown, Indiana; D. N. Lock
wood, Now York; L. G. Lawson, Georgia:
N. P. Gillispie, Pennsylvania; George
Johnston. South Carolina; Nels Haugen.
Wisconsin: A A. Taylor. Tennessee; li.
E Doan, Ohio; II. N. Johnson, Indiana;
John E. Revburn, Pennsylvania; C. D.
Clark, Wyoming.
Ways and Means—Wm. M. Springer,
chairman; Benton McMillan, H. G.
Turner, Georgia; W. L Wilson, West Vir
ginia; A. B. Montgomery, Kentucky; J.
R. Whiting, Michigan; B. F. Shively, In
diana; W. Bourlce Cockrnn, New York; M.
F. Stevens, Massachusetts; W. J. Bryan,
Nebraska;T.B,Reed. Maine; J.C.Burrows.
Michigan; Joseph McKenna, California:
8. E. Payne, New York; John B. Lazell,
Pennsylvania.
Appropriations—W. S. Holman, Chair
man; W. H. Forney, J. D. Sayres, W. C.
Breckinridge, A. M. Dockery, Wm.
Mutchlcr, C. R. Breckinridge, Barnes
Compton, J. R. O’Neill, J. N. Livingston,
1). B. Henderson, Wm. Cogswell, H. H.
Bingham, Nelson Dingley, W. W. Grout.
Agriculture-W. H. Hatch, chairman;
Clarke Lewis, S. E. Alexander, H. M.
Youmans, G. W. Shell, W. S. Foreman, F.
E. White, Anthony Caminetti, Charles L.
Moses, J. F. Long, E. H. Funston, E. II.
Wilson, Kentucky; J. L. Jolley, Dauiel
Waugh, II. P. Cheatham.
Foreign Affairs—J. H. Blount, chair
man; J. B. McCreary, C. E. Hooker, L. E.
Chapman, A. P. Fitch, J. F. Andrews, E.
T. Cable, Isadore Raynor, T. J. Geary, R.
R. Hitt, A. C. Hnrmer, James O’Donnell.
John Sanford.
PostofTiees and Postroads—John S. Hen
derson, chairman; J. H. Blount, A. Enloe,
R. P. C. Wilson. E. J. Dunphy, J. D. Alder
son, E. V. Brookshire, J. C. Kyle, J. M.
Pattison, Ohio: J. C. Crosbv, A. J. Hop
kins. J. A. Caldwell, J. L. Wilson. Wash
ington; C. A. Bergen, E. F. Loud, John
T. Caine.
Public Lands—T. C. McRae, chairman:
J. A. Pendleton, S. G. Tacker, L. Amer
man. J. W. Bailey, D. A. Dearmond; J. J,
heerley, D. D. Hare, B. G. Stout. Jno. A
Pickier, Hosea Townsend, Willie Sweet
C. D. Clarke, Wyo.
t ^V^nn Affairs—S. W. Peel, chairman
?• Allen, L. A. Turpin, H. Y. Rockwell
W; H. Brawley, Thomas Lynch, T. D. En
glish, B. H. Glover. O. M. Kemp, J. L
Wilson, Washington, Joseph McKenna
Hooker, New York; A. S. Hopkins,
Pennsylvania: D. A. Harvey, Oklahoma
Territories—J. E. Washington, chair
nun; C. B. Kilgore, C. H. Mansur, T. J
Campbell. W. F. Barrett, W.A V. Branch,
n . I. Ferry, Jerry Simpson, D. D. Dono
Jan, J. W. Rife, G. W. Smith, Illinois;
eo. D. Perkins, Jas. O’Donell, Antonie
Joseph.
Military Affairs—J. H. Outhwaite, chair
man; Joseph Wheeler, W. S. Newberry
Patton, H. H. Rockwell. J. L. Mitch
eu, Oscar Lapham, E. F. McDonald. J. C,
Crosby H. H. Bingham, C. E. Belknap
Bowers.
Naval Affairs—H. A. Herbert, chair
“an; William Elliott, A. ,T. Cummings, J
M,.. •v;^Iiheiner' w- F- Daniels, Adolpi
Lawson, Vermont; Willianr
McAlccr, Henry Pape, C. A. Boutelle. H
worth Be’ J' P' Dolliver’ E- w- Wads
Radways and Canals-T. C. Catching
Ca“rHanvl^G fe8t?,r-Vir'finia; W' J
ti Bentley, F. E. Beltzhoover, ,
• Causey, S. W. Cobb, K. Holvoresei
tv ~ >v • '-•odd, K. Holvoresei
rAnJa,7s;1c-S. Kandaii, C. X. Bergc,
E F'.Loud.
^ r • i^oua.
r V Tr T-C.tures—C. H. Page, chairmar
M. D. Laffan, J. D. Wi
u-iV,, ‘ ~ Bcernan, Sherman Hoar, A.
Wniio ' ^eeman» bherman Hoar, A. I
miams.Vorth Carolina; M. D. Hurte
vhn/aylor' 0W°; E- A- Morse, J. J
Kevin
Ban hi , uVdlnBS find Grounds-.!. H.
t '!llirmani J- Abbott. Clark.'
W V,;,.- )■ iamsoy, .T. W. Warwick. M.
^ ■ ■Ithaifr W. C. Newberry, J. D. War
«r B I! V : ‘'™Mrry. J. u- " ar
G.'or“e w V,lUlams- N- C. S. L.; Milliken,
6'wct S' b “OU'• VVl H‘ Euoi;hH. Willis
n»Pn °‘s’-..KTnr?a(,s-J- B- Kiley, chair
Broun \v n'ahia.In’ Edward Lane, J. B.
a?^ ^niPr.ovomcHt of Mississippi
StockEobinson, chairman; T. K.
T—K,<*« Bierce, JR. Norton; W. L. i
ie*rv l? ... ' A M-rce, it. isorton; w. Li.
lialfnL n Everett, M. D. Harter, S R.
d it ^o-tton, J. C. Burrow, Ed-;
ward sV.i n V . aitcm« J. G. Burrow, Ed
^ Iliinoh U WiUon» Kentucky, P. S.
?.^ Canu’!°n''nV'd' Ila3*cs' chairman; A.
vj. _ • *' cs, cnairman , a.
J. L Bt ?* Brunner, D. D. Donovan,
5' Wr f' T1J-W. Everett, U. F. Grady, F.
I filli,T .. ■ » v»is»m, a-m. tr . vj!tuu> , i •
oil o. ».u’ p- lie,'man, J. D. Taylor.
AiHifL'i. Cheatham, .lohu Sanford,
rt" ** uart. Pennsylvania.
; C Tarnscy, chairman; W. F.
ri," W. Dickson, L. E. McGann,
Cano>,„rt "G- L. Bunting, James
l»Peh»M T E. Bunting, James
Fchn,,.,' Causey, John Davis, Jas
Cj 5’ New Jersey; M. Brosius, N. P.
‘ ?on' Washington.
5'inclisr i ,,, E°ne. chairman; N. C.
J-StsckV,!’ "• Stone. W. J. Coombs, L.
b0l» Ste J*' Wheeler, Michigan;
?*Uon T ,rl,JUlnoU:a M- Hall, T E
GnUi,,l n.- HenUermon. Illinois; J. T.
Enochs. W. R Griswold.
I U«.rs ”, a Tillman, chairman; J.
«, EottU Turpin, H. S. Grccnlcaf,
b«“aEdwa® ScBheul|'inaPl ^ A QUack*“
atZ Mining-W. H. Cowles
r“'™"' ?nW'LoiP'I'l S. W. Peel, T. J
Campbell, J. O. Pcnpleton, A. Camlnettl
Marshall Arnold, Thos. Bowman. L. M
Mlllen H°aea Townsend, S. M. Stevenson
PTa G- F- M. A. Smith.
Invalid Pensions—A. N. Martin, Indi
*na, chairman; L. F. McKinuov, R W
Sy“n: Geo- W- ' an Horn, H. VV. Snow, C
£ vib\',' J- P-erson, W. H. Harries
E. E. McDonald, \V. H. Butler, ,T. I>
rlnck, A. A. Taylor, Tennessee; N. M
Curtis, J. J. Jolley, J. B. Robinson
Pensions—R. P. c. Wilson, Missouri
chairman ; ,Tno. S. Hendernon, J H. Bank
head, E. Y. Norton, W. F. Parrott, Charlet
Barwlg, W. A. Jones, C. L. Moses, Louii
Stewart, Edw. Schull, Daniel Waugh, J
C-,H°u?h. Tennessee; W. W. Powers.
”ttr Claims—F. E. Belt/.hoovcr, chair
™a"i J Stone' Kentucky; B. A. Enloe
J. M. Clancy, S.W. Cobb, T. F.Wlnn.O.M.
Scott C. W. Schull, J. P. Dolliver, J. A
Pickier, J. C. Honk, J. W. Rife.
Private Land Claims—A. P. Fitch.chair
Alderson, D. B. Brunner, C
Babbitt, C. Vanllorn, T. E. Winn, M. Ar
nold. \\. Crawford, A. R. Bushnell, H. H
Bingham, John Lind, B. Storer, I. G. Otis,
M. A. Smith.
Claims—B. H. Bunn, Chairman; C. H.
Mansur. W. G. Stahlneckcr, Robt. Bullock,
Samuel Byrnes, M. M. Cox, Tennessee;
L. K McGann, L N. Cox. New York; J.
W. Kendall. C. H. Page, J. E. Rcyburn,
C- E. Atkinson, G. W. Smith, E. E. Loud
•T. M ri ran
a E/?p?“d*,ure® *“ Navy Department—a
A. U. McClellan, chairman; A. M. Dock
cry, J. Abbott, George Johnstone, J, W.
Bay, S. K. Millikcn, H. F. Bartine.
Expenditures in Interior Department—
W-On-ens, chairman; F. K. White, B.
F. Gray, J. C. Kyle, W. W. Grout, A. C
Hopkins, W. W. Bowers.
District of Columbia—J. J. Hemphill,
chairman; J. T. Heard, ,T. D. Richardson
W. Rusk, J. E. Cobb, J. R Fellows,
Thomas L, Johnson, E. A. Meredith, C. A,
Cadmus, S. T. Bussey, A. C Warmer, P S
Post, Wbl Cogswell, C. A. Russell, J. J
Bclden.
Revision of Laws—W. T. Ellis, chair
man; J. H. Outhwaite, Robert Bullock, P
F. Edmunds, R. H. Horton, T. F. Magner
E. Z. Brookfhire, L. Amerman, J. Patter
son, C. Br(Werick, J. B. Robinson, W. A.
Taylor, D. Waugh.
Expenditures—E. F. Lester, chairman;
W. C. P. (Breckinridge, S. B. Alexander,
AV. H. Butler, John Sanford, C. W. Stone,
J. M Weaver.
Expenditures in Treasury Department—
B A. Montgomery, chairman ; B. H. Bunn,
W. F. Daniels, I. Dangan, R. R. Hitt, G.
W. Shenk, W. B. Hooker.
Expenditures in PostofHce 'Department
—W. C. Oats, chairman ; T. H. Payuter,
E. II. Gillespie, J. S. Gorman, J. J.Belden,
Andrew Stewart, J. C. Houk.
Expenditures in Department of Justice
—J. M. Allen, chairman ; W. H. Cowles,
G. D. Wise, T. G. Lawson, Ezra B. Taylor;
Nelson Dingley, S. L. Pavnc.
Expenditures in Agricultural Depart
ment—P. C. Edmunds, chairman; T. L.
Buuting, J. Capehart, E. T. Stackhouse, K.
Halvorson, O. M. Kem, N. W. Curtis
Expenditures in Public Buildings—F.M.
Youraans. chairman rH. S. Greenleaf, J.T.
Hamilton, W. A. B. Branch, J.B.Ketcham,
Abner Taylor, Illinois; H. P. Cheatham.
Columbian Exposition—A. C. Durborow,
chairman; J. B. McCreary, J. B. Reilly,
G. W. Hoak, # Joseph Wheeler, W. D.
Lagan, J. J. Little, Wm. Cogswell, Nelson
Dingley, J. Kennett, J. P. Dolliver.
Select Committees—Reform in Civil
Service—J F. Andrew, chairman; C. J.
Boatner, Scott Wike, Wm. Brawley, J. M.
Patterson. Lewis S. Perry, E.E Meredith,
W. J. Coombs, W. P. Harris, H. A. Hop
kins, C. A. Russell, M. Brosius, Johu
Raines.
TOPEKA IN MOURNING.
Thousands Gathering to the Funeral of the
Late Senator Plumb.
Topeka, Kas., Dec. 23.—A bright,
beautiful morning dawns upon the
capital city of Kansas where the
funeral obsequies of the late Senatoi
Plumb are soon to be celebrated with
all the pomp and grandeur, military
and civil, that the great state of Kan
sas can command. The city is draped
in mourning, while Kansas avenue,
one of the broadest and finest
thoroughfares in the United States, is
a dense mass of funeral emblems.
All night long special trains on all
the roads have been arriving in town
with thousands of visitors, while every
thoroughfare leading to the city is
now, and has been since daylight, a
solid moving procession of vehicles of
every description. The streets and
public squares of the city along which
the funeral cortege is to move are
thronged with people eager to pay
their last tribute of respect to the
illustrious dead.
Arrlv il of the Kemnln«.
Topkka, Kan., Dec. 23.—The remains
of Senator Plumb arrived at 10 o’clock
this morning' and were escorted from
the depot to the capitol with all proper
ceremony. In the procession from the
depot were the commanding members
of the Eleventh Kansas, Colonel
Plumb’s regiment; a squad of police,
sergeant-at-arms of the United
States senate, senators and members oi
congress and the family and relatives
of the dead senator, several Grand
Army posts, the governor, of Kansas,
judges and comissioners of the supreme
court, members of the state
senate, city officials, members of the
board of education and other organ
izations.
The public schools were adjourned
immediately after the opening of the
exercises out of respect to the memory
of Senator Plumb. The president's
desk in the senate chamber, where the
remains are lying in state, is the apex
of a vast pyramid of tropical plants
flowers and ferns
LOST THc. MATCH.
A Youth “Hacked” to Marry an Heiress
Sume.ioity Told.
San Francisco, Dec. 23.—It was re
ported today that Florence lllytlie, the
successful claimant in the lower courts
to old Blythe's four millions, was en
gaged to J. W. Keyes, a young notary
of "Frisco. Young Florence came of
age last Friday, (she denied today the
engagement with Keyes. She ad
mitted that there had been an engage
ment, but it was broken some time
ago. There is an amusing story in
connection with this engagement.
Young Keyes was backed by a local
speculator named Sexton, who put up
several hundred dollars for dinners
and other entertainments to the
heiress. Sexton expected to get big
returns from his investment when
Keyes married. It is probable that
Florence Blythe learned of this bar
gain and broke off the match. She is
the natural daughter of Millionaire
Blythe by Julia Perry, whom he picked
up one day in London and who went
to his lodgings and lived with him for
several weeks. The appeal of the
other Blythe heirs is before the su
preme court, and on Its decision rests
Florence's chance to handle millions.
FELL INTO A COFFIN.
Peculiar Accident to a Workman at
Springfield. O.
Sprisopieu), O., Deo. 86.—Webb &
£a, of this city, undertakers, have lust
aovod into a new office in a building
which is being completed. There is a
•hylight in the building and directly be
neath the skylight was a pile of coffins.
A day or so ago the elerk was attracted
by a terriffic orash from the direction
at the skylight, lie rushed to sec
what was the matter. When he
reached the pile of coffins he saw a
man lying in a coffin, llis hands and
face were bleeding and he was evi
dently badly hurt. The sight of the
bloody man in the coffin dazed the
clerk for n minute. Then he took in
the situation. The man was one of
the workmen and he had tumbled di
rectly through the skylight into n
coffin, his weight smashing the glass
lid. The man proved to be John
Yeager, who stated that his fall had
been caused by trying a new firo
escape. He thought he was only
llightly injured and walked home with
out aid. His injuries proved fatal,
however, as he died today in great
sgony.
TOOK THE REVOLVER ROUTE.
The Bon of a Wealthy Contractor Com
mit! Suicide In a Hardware Store.
Cincinnati, Deo. 26. — About 8:30
o'clock this morning a handsome
young man, wearing a Bilk hat and
dressed in the latest style, entered
Bodes’ hardware store on Main street
and purchased a 38-calibre revolver.
He requested the clerk to load it,
which was done and returned to the
purchaser. The visitor then deliber
ately pointed it toward his right tem
ple and pulled the trigger. Ho pitched
forward and fell dead at the feet oi
the horrifie'd clerk. A photograph of a
woman of wonderful beauty was found
in one of his pockets It was taken by
“Cyrlao,” Newport, Ky. The body was
taken to the morgue. He has been
identified as Iiobert Mooie, aged 24,
son of a wealthy contractor who lives
in the suburb of Fairmount. No cause
has been assigned for the rash act
BOB SIMS CAPTURED.
A'Six-Found Cannuu Itruught the Outlun
to Terms.
Mobile, Ala., Dee. 26.—A telegram
from Desota says that Bob Sims, the
notorious outlaw, surrendered to the
sheriff and posse at an early hour this
morning. When Sims saw the sheriff
training a six-pDund cannon on the
cabin in which he was hid he walked
out and throwing down his gun gave
himself up.
I u irtrede of Presents for Cled«tone.
New York, Dec. 26.—A London dis
patch says that the Continental Ex
press company has already received
several hundred packages, supposed tc
contain birthday presents, for trans
mission to Mr. Gladstone. He will be
82 next week.
PACKING TO DATE.
Western Packing Shows a Good Increase
Over Last Year.
Cincinnati, Dec. 26.—The Price Current
says that the week’s packing in the west
has been approximately 570,000 hogs,
against 625,000 the preceding week and
475.000 last year, making a total of 3.965,
000 since November, against 3,640,000 last
year. Indications are that the maximum
movement has been reached, but good
supplies are still in sight. The leading
places compared as follows:
cities 1890.
Chicago.1,570,000
Kansas City. 505,000
Omaha. 238.000
St. Louis. 170.000
Indianapolis. 200.000
Milwaukee. 183,000
Cincinnati. 165.000
Cedar Rapids. 112,000
Sioux City. 77.000
Wichita. 43,000
Nebraska City. 45,000
All othera. 615,000
THE MARKETS.
1891.
1,250,000
470.000
263.000
180,OOC
182.000
151.000
162.000
131.000
135.000
18,000
53,000
695.000
Live Stock.
Sioux Citt, Dec. 26
Hogs—Light. 83.15(33.55,- mixed, 83.55(3
8.60; heavy, 3.6033.65.
Cattle—Steers, 1,100 to 1,800 pounds,
83.0034.00; feeders, 82.8033.00; Stockers,
82.403&60; cows, common to good, 81.003
2.00; yearlings, 82.00@2.45; bulla, 81-503
2.00; veal calves, 82.5u33.50l
Chicaoo, Dec. 28.
Hogs—Light, 83.4033.75; mixed. 83.503
8.85; heavy, 83-5033.90.
Cattle— Extra and native beeves,
84.0036.40; Stockers and feeders, 8L753
8.40; mixed cows and bulls, $1,003
8.25; Texans, 82.2033.60.
Sheep—Natives, $4.2035.20; westerns,
$3.7534.90; Texans, 83.7534.Ta
South Omaha, Dec. 28.
Cattle—Choice beeves, $3.2534.50: cows,
$1.2532.40; feeders, $2.2532.75; bulls,
$1.2032.1ft
Hogs—Light, $3.4033.50; mixed, $8,503
8.55; heavy, 88.6033.6A
Kansas Citt, Dec. 28
Cattle—Westerns, steady; eowe, strong;
natives, $4.8535.80; cows, $3.5033.70;
stockers and feeders, $2.3533.90
Hogs—All grades, $3.503373
Produce and Provisions.
Chicago, Dec. 28.
Flour—Spring patents, fl.50Q5.00; win
ter patents, ft.bUQ4.tiOL
Wheat—Cash, W0>$o; January, Ole;
May, S/t>%e.
Corn—Cash. 40c; December, •JOJ'c ; Jan
uary, 41)f>c; May, 4i^ic bid. <
Oats—Cash, Bk^c; January, 0134c; May,
32%a
li y o—863c.
Barley—58c.
Flax—04)4c.
Timothy—f 1.24.
WhisKy—$1.18
Pork—Cash, ; January, $10.25®
10.-7;.,; May. $10.82)1,® 10.85.
Lard—Cash, $j.07>aQu.OO; January, $0.00
May, f 0. •‘15.
Short Bibs—Cash, fo. 10.
Shoulders—$4. (Tfi-i. 50; short clear,
$585.®5.45.
Butter—Creamery, 20®27c; dairy, 10®
20c.
Cheese — Full cream Cheddars, 11®
1134c; flats, llQllJic; Young Americas,
12® lac.
Eggs—Fresh 23Q24C.
Hides—Heavy aud light green salted,
2c: salted bull, green
salted calf, 6@634e; dry flint, 8c; dry
salted hides, 6Q7c; dry calf, 8@0c;
deacons, each, 25c.
Tallow—No. 1 solid, 4c; packed, 2®
2J4d cake, «Xc.
Mixkiapolis, Dee. 28.
Vbtst—Closing: No. 1 Northern, De
cember, 8534c; May, 91e; on track. No,
1 hard, 88c; No. 1 northern, 87Me; Net 2
northern, 81Q84&
THE EXILES.
A RUSSIAN STORY.
The ohiof of police, having brought lib
own horse with him, was not escorted by
the guide furnished at each relay station.
Yegor had every interest in not letting
this man, in whom he saw an irreconcilubto
foe, outwit him; tho contrary would expose
him to boing stoppod. He, therefore, invit
ed him to profit by his guide as far as tho
nearest relay station and to accompany him
to Aldanskol.
This proposition somowhat astonished
Yermao, but he affected to accept it with
genuine pleasure. He thanked tho exile and
added:
“Who would hove thought, when we
were at the bottom of the Oukboul pliaft,
that we would again encounter Such other,
on a fine September morning, among the
marshes of the country of tho Yakoutes I"
“Do not talk of the mine,” said the exile.
“It recalls, to my great confusion, facts
that I have bitterly regretted, boliove mu,
Mogsleur!”
“We will drop it, then,” he f aid, dryly,
and he colored.
The exile noticed that ho uttered not a
word that could open the way to a reconcili
ation.
“I believed this road uttorly unavailable
for carriages," said Yermao. And he point
ed to the traces of tho wheels of M. Lafieur'a
little cart, attentively watching the exilo as
he did so.
"I thought the same, ho replied. “I
was told so, but I soe my informant was
mistaken. We have Just breakfasted,” con
tinued he, “on the spoils of tho chase. You
see—teal killed in the neighboring pond. I
am going to shoot another brace or two; they
will be better for our next meal than dry
bisouit.”
“I will wait for you here,” said Yermao.
“You do not hunt! Why then do you carry
agunt”
The chief of police vaguely caught a
glimpse of a hidden design in Yegor Some
noil’s words and the invitation they convey
ed ; but bo shrunk from seeming afraid and
replied, resolutely:
“Now 1 think of It, why should I not
participate in the umusoinonti 1 am your
man."
Yegor ordered tho guide to go in advance
and asked Nadego to got into the saddle.
He motioned to his dog Wab to follow tho
latter. The Yaltouto, on foot nnd singing an
improvisation, led by tho bridles tho horses
of Yegor and the chief of polico.
Nadege, before departing, oast upon her
lover a supplicating look, which sho strove
to render persuasive. He understood its
generous signification.
The two hunters, full of distrust for each
other, passed along the edgo of a pond over
ground covered with a profusion of dwarf
cedars. Nadege heard them discharge
their weapons several times. From afur,
she even saw a number of largo birds fall,
stricken by their shot. This only partially
reassured her.
If she could have seen Yegor closor, and
noticed his fierce eyes, compressod lips and
clenched hands, she would have feared
some violence on his part. Tho young man,
dismayed and overwhelmed, no longer hes
itated at the thought of crime. Ho loadod
his gun with bullets, and, without further
delay, when Yermao took aim at a fen
duck, which had Just risen, covorod him and
fired.
The chief of police heard whistle about
his ears not small hunting shot, but a ball,
which shattered the face of his cap. Ho no
longer doubted tho intentions of the escaped
convict, for, in his view, Yogor was nothing
else. He thought of replying in kind, ns he
was also furnished with like munitions, but
that would bring on a duel, and tho rigid
functionary immediately discarded the idoa
as an egregious weakness, an effect of fear.
It was not his business to disombarrass
himself of his adversary, no matter how
criminal he might bo. His strict duty for
bade that, except as a last resort. It was
alive, with his huids tied behind his back
that he should return him to the seat of
government.
But he had noe, nowever, sufficient hero
ism to await the second shot that was in
tended for him. He allowed himself to fall
among the leafy bushes, Just as the second
report was heard. Once on the ground,
Yermac slung his gun across his back and
crawled upon his hands and knees, gliding
through the clumps of dwarf cedars. In
this way, ho succeeded in getting altogether
out of range.
The fact is tnat Yegor, after having re
loaded his weapon, advanced cautiously, his
finger upon the trigger, in the direction
where the chief of police had concealed him
self from his sight. He feared a trap, a
surprise, a sudden attack, but found no one
on the spot where he supposed the chief
was in ambush. He scoured the surround
ing thickets, still maintaining his caution,
and, at last, lost an exact idea of tho re
spective positions they had occupied at tho
moment he assailed the too zealous agent of
the law.
Finally, he found himself again on the
edge of the path which, in the distance,
Nadege was following. His face was livid,
his eyes wild and his logs bent beneath
him.
i uuve, pernaps, aiuoa mm,” murmured
he, “or wounded him—which amounts to
the same thing in such a place as this,
without help I But he brought it on him
self!”
He hastened to rejoin Nadoge. Ho heard
the noise mado by the horses os they trump
ed over stony ground. Ten minutes after
wards, Nadege saw him arrive alone, with a
disturbed expression on his face. She
swooned and slipped from her animal. He
caught her in his arms.
“Ah, Yegor! what have you done,” mur
mured she, on opening her eyes. And she
gently repulsed the young man.
“It was for you!” cried Yegor. “For you
and your brother—two lives! If I only hud
been involved, I should have hesitated—yes,
I swear it!”
•‘What are we going to do?” demanded
Nadege, after a silence painful for both.
“First, remount vour horse,” lie answered.
And he aided his companion to regain her
saddle.
Then ho unfastened from his leather
belt a teal and a fen-duck suspended by tho
legs, and, calling the guide, who had gone
on before:
“Take these fowls,” said he. “And now
let us be going!”
"But this horse?” said tho guide, point
ing to tho animal of the traveler left behind.
“Tho horse? Set it free. It will not stray,
and its master will rejoin us presently.
Forward 1”
The little party started. The guide re
sumed his interrupted chant, and Yermac’s
horse, abandoned upon the path, after hav
ing lifted his nostrils to snuff the wind, be
fan to neigh.
“Poor beasti” Yegor could not help ex
ilatming.
••Poor mail—and wretched Yegor I" added
hla oompunjpn.
cuy^nn vit.—tu» MURnrnons nor is.
“Wlicro is tho next relay station I" askod
Yogfor of tho guide.
/'At Mloure,” answered the latter; “but,
before reaching it, wo will And a yaurto in
which to pass the uljrht."
“Very good," said Yegor.
Tho road grow loss and loss marked. Tho
travelers were compelled to go around num
ber* of miniature lakes bordered with larch
troos which covered tholr sloop banks.
Yogor listened from time to time to assure
klmself that tlioy woro not pursued by tho
chief of police. Nadego no longer fonrod
the latter whom she believed dead; but
tho rnannor of bis death caused her to
imagine „ thousand duugovs In every direc
tion.,
“Art wo very far from Aldanskoli” sho
asked, from hour to hour.
"Courngo, dourest," replied tho young
man. “Tho guide assures rao that wo will
soe t';e Alduu and tho town upon it to-mor
row."
Tho fugitives passod tho night In tho
yourte designated by tho guide. While
they slopt, wrapped in the coverings they
had brought with them, the guldo kopt up
a fire which had been kindled In the uoutro
of this rude habitation of nomads.
A yourte is a hut in tho form of a trun
cated pyramid; it consists of a slight frume
ooverod with dry grass and bits of turf. In
that occupied by tho travelers wero two
small windows closod.ln lieu of glass, by
transparent strips of Ash bladder. Tho
floor of tho yourte was throe feet below tho
surrounding ground. Wide benches, wbieti
might servo as beds, stretched along tho
walls. Tho Inhabitants of tho yourte had,
doubtless, temporarily abandoned it to live
beneath a tent
very early m mo morning, toe travelers
reaohod Miouro. It is a basin sevoral square
miles in extent, a dried up ancient lako full
of excellent pasture Holds and yet contain
ing a number of ponds well stockod with
flsh. They encountered tboro a large vil
lage formed of yourtos, ovor which towered
the Itelfrys of two churches. It possessed
animation und life, which contrasted strong
ly with the sllonce of the solitudes traversed
by the fugitives. In the village streots run
vurious droves of horses. The inhabitant
devote thomsolvos to Kittle raising und
trading in furs. The rolay station wus ut
Miouro.
The fugitives took tresh nursos and a now
guide. A sort of soup wus prepared for
them composod of flsh, milk, fat, a few
pinches of flour und a grout deal of larch
hark gratod line, and, after having done
honor to this altogether local dish, they re
sumed tholr Journey. Yegor wus In hasto
to roach Aldunskoi; thoro only, on again
seeing the Parisian and Nadcgo’s brother,
he could recover u littlo quletudo and that
confidence, now so necessary, which alroady
hod begun to abandon him.
Tho roads wore wretched, and it was of
ten requisite to shun dangerous marshes.
At last they arrived at Aldanskoi, and the
first thing they saw on tho outskirts of tho
littlo town was M. Latlcur's cart. Ladislus
was watching it. The child ran joyously to
them.
“And M. Laflour?" askod Nadogo, anx
iously, after having warmly clasped Ladis
lus against her heart.
“Do you not hoari” said Ladislas.
In a neighboring yourto, tho sounds of a
littlo violin were filling with joy and motion
a half dozon young people of tho district
lads and lnsscs. M. Laficur soon appoared
upon the threshold, continuing to play on
his instrument. Between two moasuros, ho
grasped Yegor’s hand and gallantly kissed
the tips of Nudego's fingers.
Tho company to whom he was giving
such delight did not wish to part with him
at oneo.
“We are pursued,” Yegor whlsporod in
his ear. “There is not a moment to lose.”
The people of the yourto finally camo out,
attracted by the preseneo of tho travelers.
Nadege, in her riding-dress, caused much i
astonishment. Yegor selected tills moment !
to tell M. Luflcur how ho hud been reduced
to tho cruel extremity of disembarrassing
himself of tho chief of police.
"But,” added he, “the chief of police
might have boon followed atashortdistuuco
by several Cossacks, and tho momont our
flight is discovered wo have everything to
tear."
“You are right,” said tho Parisian. “We
must make haste.”
“M. Labour,” said Yri or, “your devotion
has boon put to a complete enough proof.
Leave us here, and, whatover may happen,
believe me that I will never forget what you
have done.”
“No,” replied the excellent M. Lalleur;
“I will quit you only when you have crossed
the Verkho-Yansk chuin of mountains.
Besides, I will take advantage of the op
portunity to enrich my herbal—the herbal
of the collection intended for my family’s
town, Chateau-Thiorry. J will tell you
about it.”
JNadege Joined her entreaties to those of
Yegor, but they could not induce the danc
ing-master to reconsider his determination.
An instant afterwards, the Yakoutc, to
who.u M. Liifleur had given rendezvous at
Aldanskoi, was presented by him to Yegor.
His name was Tekcl, and he was to accom
pany the fugitives as long as they might
need his services. He was a man of about
thirty, of short stature, but solid and well
built, with a countenance denoting subtle
cunning and good nature.
He it was who, tho fugitives cnco hidden
In the forest of Ostrovoye, which commences
at the bottom of the Vcrkho-Yansk Moun
tains, was to goon foot to Zaohivcrsk, dis
tant two hundred and fifty miles from that
forest., to bring back at tho tlrst heavy frosts
a sledge-—a narta—with a strong team of
reindeer.
M. Lafleur had bought the day beforo, on
reaching Aldanskoi, a horse for Yegor, and
a smaller one for Nadcge, os well as a shuit
horse for the cart to be driven by Tekcl and
in which Ladislas was to ride.
The relay horses and the guide, who was
liberally paid, were sent back.
After resting for uu hour, tho party set
out.
In his careful foresight, Yegor hail count
ed upon tho heavy frosts of September,
which alone wore capable of solidifying tlio
softened ground, which, two weeks sooner,
would oiler insurmountable obstacles.
Tho country presented a succession of
pronounced undulations. Tall trees, among
which the larch predominated, covered the
heights. The lower portions were hollowed
out by the action of the rains.
It was requisite, in order to cross the Al
dan, to procure a flat boat and have recourse
to the assistance of tho natives, for the
river is not loss than sixteen hundred yards
broad. This stream crossed, tho travelers
erected, for the first time, a square tent
made of reindeer skin and callod in the lan
guage of the country a pologue. M. Laf
leur had purchased it at Aldanskoi. It
was to be transported at first rolled up in
I the bottom of the cart, and afterwards in the
I sledge.
Some provisions were taken from the
sacks, and the Improvised repast only need*
ed a little gayot-y to rendor it charming, but
even M. Luflour, despite all his efforts ta
animate his friends, could not inspire it,
The horses, set at liberty, pastured in •
neighboring meadow.
Yogor and Nndogo had good reason fb*
being full of care.
The chief of polleo, as wo havo soon, had
escaped from Yegor, at the sumo time ao>
qulrlng convincing proof that the- trip to*
Aldanslcol wuu but the first stop in uu os*
capo across Siberia, Besides, tbe shuttered
face of Ids eap was evidence sulHclonti ta
ooovlncc-Uio most incredulous thut a crim
inal attempt bad boen made, for why should
the governor’s secretary have tried to take
the llfo of tho chief of police If his prosenca
had not boon nn obstacle to his plans! Tbs
shots tired by the exile dourly established
what bo wns about.
As seen as ho could safely quit his hiding*
place, Yormac searched for his horse. He ''
beard It neighing frequently and cotnpre*
bonded that the animal had been abandoned.
Ho llnnlly saw It in tho distance, wandering
at will. Now It approached him, and then
It tore madly away os if under tho lutluonott
of fo?.r.
Ho sirovo to overtuko It, but hls strongtls
failed him. On leaving Yakoutsk, he had
brought with him only a few pounds of bis
cuit, but evon this slight supply of provis
ions was In tho valise fastened to the horse's
saddlo. The recovery of tho unlmal was,
therefore, an Imperative necessity,
Happily, the horse evontually recognized
its muster and ran to him. But the fugl- ,
tivos hud now moro thun three hours' star!
of him. Howevor, the chief of polleo re
solved to continue hls pursuit of them. One*
at Aldanslcol, he would procure, thought h%
a reliable mossonger to Inform tho govornot
of the exile's oscape, and emit fur a squad ol
Cossacks. .—
Lot us return to too fugitives nnd tho
bravo man who was aiding thorn.
After a fow hours’ rest* they resumed!
their travels. Tboy found only murahes'
beforo thorn; green grass and hills bocama
rare. Tho sky cloudod; snow foil—tho first
of tho autumn—and tho thormomotor sank
to two dog-roes bolow zero. Whon they
again erected their tent, they wore forced to
light a fire. Afar off. In the narrow volley*
of tho Vorkho-Ynnsk Mountains, thoy hoard
a torrent roaring. The next day tboy ford
ed it.
Tills operation was not offoctod without
considerable fatigue; tho banks of tho tor
rent wore encumbered with up-rootod tree*
und enormous blocks of stona precipitated
from tho neighboring heights. But, at lasV
they were out of the marshes and wore up.
prouchiug the Vorkho-Yausk chain. One*'
there, thoy would bo safol
As thoy odvancod, tho forests, nn at.
first, were more frequently mot. In then*
the poplar trees grow to an enormous size,,
and upon tho dry lands dwarf codars min
gled with bln-lies and firs. In the last- ;{■
mentioned forosts, houth-cocks abounded,
and M. Laflour and llttlo Ludlslus, who
was a capital shot, hunted thorn with suae
ooss.
At length, the passage of the formidable
chnln of mountains was begun. The wind
blew, that day, with violence and increased
the difficulties of the undertaking.
The cart mude its way tollsomoly among
tho fragments of rock which strowod tho- i; \ ’
nurrow road. Tho ascent of tho ruggedi ’ I
slopes wus dangerous in tho oxtrome. Tho
travelers wound about onormous masses of
black rock entirely bare, the Bummlts of
Which sloped at uu elovation of soforal hun
dred foot. Thoy paasod along tho edgos of , s
deep abysses.
They pushod slowly through a gloomy do
file in which tho wind raged. On emerging
from it. M. Labour advised Yegor to put the
cart in an elbow formed by the rocks, which
would ciittblo Nodcgo and little Ladislaa to- *
rest for a fow Instants sheltered from tho
blast and to gather a fresh supply of’ ;l-<
sti-ongth. This advice was adopted and thw ’J.
party halted. Tho borsos wore tiod to huge " -
trees.
While tho young girl and O.cr brother took
some provisions from the sacks, Yogor, M.
Laflour, and the Yakouto Tokcl scalod th*
sides of the mountain to make observations.
Stones loosened by their foot rolled down,
behind them.
They roochod a narrow platform which
the whistling wind swept over. Behind!
them, the side of the mountain Inclined'
menacingly. Thick clouds floated abovo>
thoir heads and u torrent, the noiso of which
was brought to them at intervals by that
blast, roared near at band. 4
From this culminating point, thoy saw, aa
it were behind a suddenly raised curtain,
tho imposing chain of mountains strotching
as far os the eye could ro-ooh, its axis run
ning towards its frozen polo, amid vast soli
tui.js that could readily be Imagined. It
was as if the gigantic waves of an ocean
lashed by a tempest had boon suddenly
petrified and the vertigo of a troubled
gaze had all at once put them again In mo
tion.
The aspect of those massive portions of a
tremendous frame, black with northern
trees, with their lofty summits loaded down
with snow, their crystal glaciers packed be
tween high slopes, thoir sombre defiles
often torn by the lightning, and their steep,
inaccessible walls—all this saddened the
heart, frozo tho senses and troubled the
mind.
And beneath the dark sky stretching to
infinity, the parallel chains and their lateral
extensions with their few grassy plains, the
ramifications of desolate valleys dimly seen
through narrow gorges, tho unfathomable
ravines, tho gaps from which ascended ia
bluish vupor tho foam of waterfalls, the im
measurable circular basins, the blanched
elevations and tho sharp peaks.
The spot was lugubrious, desolate and
sad—more than sad—sinister. It seemed
chosen for tho accomplishment of a crime.
Suddenly, from this post of observation,
the Yakouto discovered, upon the western,
side of the mountain over which the travel
ers had passed, a man on horseback, ad
vancing with difficulty and struggling obsti
nately against tho wind which poured fur
iously from the ravine. He described hint
to the two Europeans.
“Mon Dieu!” cried M. LaCour. “It is the
chief of police!”
“Thank heaven!" Yegor could not help
exclaiming, for ho felt himself released
from a heavy load.
“Thank heaven! eh! That's very charit
able !” muttered M. Lnflour. “But lie is go
ing straight towards Mile. DavidofT. Per
hap3, he has even seen us. What does the
man want!”
“Alas! the wretch has not been touched
by our adversity: ho feels no pity for oui
misery!” murmured Yegor. "Ho wants
my life and those of the poor children II
am striving to save from oppression and iiir
fumy!”
• The chief of police was constrained by the
force of the wind to continue his journey on
foot. He drew his gray horse along by the
bridle.
“What are you going to do, my poo*
friend I” asked the Parisian.
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