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CHAPTER XVH —fCoSTisuiD.^
To go to Edinburgh would, take her
too far from her beloved dead, while
the thought of living with Miss Heth
erington at Annandale Castle positively
appalled her. She said ‘‘No.”
The lady of the Castle received the
refusal kindly, saying, that although
Marjorie could not take up her resi
dence at the Castle, she must not alto
gether avoid it.
“Come when you wish, my bairn,”
concluded the old lady. “You’ll aye be
welcome. We are both lonely women
now, and must comfort one another.”
During the first few days, however,
Marjorie did not go. She sat at home
during the day, and in ;tho dusk of the
evening, when she believed no one
would see her, she went forth to visit
the churchyard and cry beside her fos
ter-father’s grave. At length, how
ever, she remembered the old lady’s
kindly words, and putting on her bon
net and a thick veil, she one morning
set out on a visit to Annandale Cas
tle.
Marjorie had not seen Miss Hether
Ington since that day she came down to
the funeral; when, therefore, she was
shown into the lady’s presence, she al
most uttered a frightened cry. There
sat the grim mistress of the Castle in
state, but looking as worn and faded
ns her faded surroundings. Her face
was pinched and worn, as if with heart
eating grief or mortal disease. She
received the girl fondly, yet with some
thing of her old imperious manner, and
during the interview she renewed the
offer of protection.
But Marjorie, after looking at the
dreary room and its strange mistress,
gave a most decided negative.
She remained with Miss Hethering
ton only a short time, and when she
left the Castle, her mind was so full of
solicitude that she walked along ut
terly oblivious to everything about her.
Suddenly she started and uttered a glad
cry of surprise. A man had touched
her on the shoulder, and, lifting her
eyes, she beheld her lover.
The Frenchman was dressed as she
had last seen him, ,in plain black; his
face was pale and troubled. Marjorie,
feeling that new sense of desolation
upon her,'drew near to his side.
"Ah, monsieur,” she said, “you have
come—at last.”
Caussldiere did not embrace her, but
held her hands and patted them fondly,
while Marjorie, feeling comforted by
his very presence, allowed her tears to
flow unrestrainedly. He let her cry for
a time, then he placed her hand upon
his arm and walked with her slowly in
the direction of the manse.
“My Marjorie,” he said, “my own
dear love! this has been a sore trial to
you, but you have borne it bravely.
I have seen you suffer, and I have suf
fered, too.”
“You have seen, monsieur?”
“Yes, Marjorie. Did you think be
cause I was silent I had forgotten? Ah,
no, my love. 1 have watched over you
always. I have seen you go forth at
night and cry as if your little heart
would break. But I have said noth
ing, because I thought ‘Such grief is
sacred. I must watch and wait,’ and
I have waited.”
“Ye3, monsieur.”
"But today, Marjorie, when I saw you
come,from the Castle with your face
all troubled—ah, so troubled, my Mar
jorie!—I thought, ‘I can wait no longer;
my little one needs me; she will tell'
me her grief, and now In her hour of
need I will help her.’ So I have come,
Marjorie, and my little one will con
fide all her sorrows to me.”
Then the child in her helplessness
clung to him; for he loved her and
sympathized with her; and she told
him the full extent of her own desola
tion.
The Frenchman listened atten
tively while she spoke. When she
ceased he clasped her hands more fer
vently than before, and said:
“Marjorie, come to my home!”
She started add drew her hands
away. She knew what more he would
say, and it seemed to her sacrilege,
when the clergyman had been so re
cently laid to his grave. The French
man, gathering from her face the state
of her mind, continued prosaically
“I know It is not a time to talk of
love, Majorie; but it is a time to talk
of marriage! When you were in
Edinburgh, you gave me your promise,
and you said you loved me. I ask you
now, fulfill your promise; let us be
come man and wife!”
"You wish me to marry you now,
monsieur?”
“Ah, yes, Marjorie.”
“Although I-am a penniless, friend
less, homeless lass?”
“What is that to me, my dear? I
love you, and I wish you to be my
wife!”
“You are very good.”
“Marjorie?"
“Yes.”
“Tell me, when will you make me the
happiest man alive?”
Marjorie looked at her black dress,
and her eyes filled with tears.
“I do not know—I can not tell,” she
aaid. “Not yet.”
“En bien!—but It must not be long
delayed. The decrees of destiny hurry
us onward. You will soon be thrust
from the manse, as you say, while I
must return to France.”
“You are going away!” _
"Most assuredly I must soon go. Mj
future Is brightening before me, and
I am glad—thank heaven!—there are
few dark clouds looming ahead to sad
den our existence, my child. The ty
rant who desecrates France will one
day fall; meantime his advisers have
persuaded him to pardon many politi
cal offenders, myself amongst them.
So I shall see France again! God is
good! When He restores me to my
country he will give me also my wife.
Put your little hand in mine and say,
‘Leon, I trust you with all my heart.’
Say it, my child, and, believe me, your
faith shall not be misplaced.”
He held forth his hand to her, and
Marjorie, tremblingly raising her ayes
to his face, said In broken accents, “I
do trust you.” So a second time the
troth was plighted, and whether for
good or ill, Marjorie’s fate was sealed.
f H* PTEK XVIII.
HE day following
her final promise to
Caussidiere, Marjo
rie received intima
tion that the new
minister was com
ing without delay
to take possession
of the living. Her
informant was Sol
omon Muckleback
tt, whose funereal
despair was tempered with a certain
lofty scorn. „
On the following Saturday arrived
the new minister, prepared to ofllciate
for the first time in the parish. He
was a youngish man, with red hair
and beard, and very pink complexion;
but. hi3 manners were unassuming and
good natured. His wife and family, he
explained, were about to follow him in
about ten days; and in the meantime
his furniture and other chattels were
coming on by train. Shown over the
manse by Solomon, he expressed no
little astoiishment at finding only two
or three rooms furnished, and those
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“Mr. Lorraine never married?” he in
quired, as they passed from room to
room.
“The meenister was a wise man,” re
plied Solomon, ambiguously. “He lived
and he dee’d in single sanctity, ac
cording to the holy commandments of
the Apostle Paul.”
“Just so,” said Mr. Freeland, with a
smile. “Well, I shall find the manse
small enough for my belongings. Mis
tress Freeland has been used to a large
house, and we shall 'need every room.
The chamber facing the river, up stairs,
will make an excellent nursery.”
“My ain bedroom!” muttered Solo
mon. “Weel, weel, I’m better out of the
house.”
At the service on the following day
there was a large attendance to wel
come the new minister. Solomon occu
pied his usual place as precentor, and
his face, as Mr. Freeland officiated
above him, was a study in its expres
sion of mingled scorn, humiliation and
despair. But the minister had a reso
nant voice, and a manner of thumping
the cushion which carried conviction to
the hearts of all unprejudiced observ
ers. The general verdict upon him,
when the service was'over, was that
he was the right man in the right
place, and “a grand preacher.”
The congregation slowly cleared
away, while Majorie, lingering behind,
walked sadly to the grave of her old
foster-father, and stood looking upon
it through fastly-falling tears. So rapt
was she in her own sorrow that she
did not hear a footstep behind her, and
not till Caussidiere had come up and
taken her by the hand was she aware
of his presence.
“So the change has come at last, my
Marjorie,” he said; “was I not right?
This place is no longer a home for
you.”
“Monsieur!”
“Call me Leon. Shall we not be man
But Marjorie only sobbed.
“He was so good. He was my first,
my only friend!"
“Peace be with him,” returned the
Frenchman, tenderly. “He loved you
dearly, mlgnonne, and I knew his only
wish would be to see you happy. Look
what I hold in my hand. A charm—a
talisman—parbleu, it is like the won
derful lamp of Aladdin, which will car
ry us, as soon as you will, hundreds of
miles away.”
As he spoke he drew forth a folded
paper and smilingly held it before her.
“What is it, monsieur?” she asked,
perplexed.
“No; you must call me Leon—then I
will tell you.”
“What is it—Leon?”
“The special hcsnse, Marjorie, which
permits us to marry when and where
we will.”
Marjorie started and trembled, then
she looked wildly at the grave.
“Not yet,” she murmured. “Do not
ask me yet.”
He glanced round—no one was near—
so with a quick movement he drew her
to him, and kissed her fondly on the
lips.
“You have no home now,” he cried;
“strangers come to displace you, to
trrn you out into the cold world. But
y u have one who loves you a thou
Sfc id times better for your sorrow and
yc'tr poverty—ah. yes, I know you are
po r!—and who will be your loving
protector till the end.”
She looked at him In wander. Ah,
ho*' good and kind he was! Knowing
her miserable birth, seeing her friend
less and almost cast away, he would
still >e beside her, to comfort and cher
ish 1. sr with his deep affection. If she
had »ver doubted his sincerity, could
she dcubt it now?
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Hair an hour later Caussidiere was
walking rapidly in the direction of
Annandile Castle He looked supreme
ly self-ratisfled and happy, and humm
ed a ligvt French air sb he went.
Arriving at the door, he knocked,
and the serving-woman appeared in an
swer to the summons.
“Miss Hetherlngton, if you please.”
“You canna see her,” was the sharp
reply. "What’s your business?”
“Give her this card, if you please,
and tell her I must see her without
delay.”
After some hesitation the woman har
ried the card away, first shutting the
door unceremoniously in the visitor’s
face. Presently the door opened again,
and the woman beckoned him in.
He followed her along the gloomy
lobbies, and up stairs, till they reached
the desolate boudoir which he had en
tered on a former occasion.
The woman knocked.
‘ Come in,” said the voice of her mis
tress. >
Caussidiere entered the chamber,
and found Miss Hetherlngton, wrapped
in an old-fashioned morning gown,
seated in an arm-chair at her escri
toire. Parchments, loose papers and
packets of old letters lay scattered be
fore her. She wheeled her chair sharp
ly round as he entered, and fixed her
eyes upon the Frenchman’s face. She
looked inexpressibly wild and ghastly,
but her features wore an expression of
indomitable resolution.
Caussidiere bowed politely, then,
turning softly, he closed the door.
“What brings you here?” demanded
the lady of the Castle.
“X wish to see you, my lady,” he re
turned. “First, let me trust that you
are better, and apologize for having
disturbed you on such a day.”
Miss Hetherlngton knitted her brows
and pointed with trembling forefinger
to a chair.
“Sit down” she said.
Caussidiere obeyed her, and sat
down, hat in hand. There was a pause,
broken at last by the lady’s querulous
voice.
“Weel, speak! Have you lost your
tongue, man? What’s your will with
Caussidiere replied with extreme
suavity:
“I am anxious, my lady, that all mis
understanding should cease between
us. To prove my sincerity, I will give
you a piece of news. I have asked Miss
Annan to marry me, and with your
consent she is quite willing.”
“What!” cried Miss Hetherlngton,
half rising from her chair, and then
sinking back with a gasp and a moan.
“Have ye dared?”
Caussidiere gently Inclined his head.
“And Marjorie—she has dared to ac
cept ye, without warning me?”
“Pardon me, she is not aware that
you have any right to be consulted. I,
however, who acknowledge your right,
have come in her name to solicit your
kind approbation.”
“And what do you threaten, man, if
I say ‘no no—a hundred times no?’ ”
Caussidiere shrugged his shouldersi
“Parbleu, I threaten nothing; I am a
gentleman, as I have told you.' But
should you put obstacles in my way, it
may be unpleasant for all concerned.-”
Miss Hetherlngton rose to her feet,
livid with rage, and shook her extend
ed hands in her tormentor’s face.
“It’s weel for you I’m no a man! If
I were a man, ye would never pass that
door again living! I defy ye—I scorn
ye! Ye coward, to come here and mo
lest a sick woman!”
She tottered as she spoke, and fell
back into her chair.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
A PRETTY SCREEN.
One Which Can Be Eaatlj and Inez
pensively Slade at Home.
Soft pine wood panels of the desired
size are cut by a carpenter and are
then covered by stretching velours,
denim or any plain colored, durable
material tightly across one side, tack
ed into place, and the reverse side cov
ered with any good lining for the part
of the screen not intended to show,
says the Philadelphia Times. The next
step In the process is to cut stiff brown
paper panels the size of the wooden
ones, and on them draw in charcoal a
simple outline, conventional pattern.
If one is not original enough to do
this alone, ask some friend to draw
one, or copy some good design from an
art magazine. The center panel should
be the most prominent, while the side
ones each have the same design, re
versed to suit the branches of the
screen and in its main features har
monizing with the center one. When
this is done, lay the paper on the panel,
tack it in place and along each line of
the pattern tack in gently upholstery
nails, arranged carefully at equal dis
tances.
These should be indicated by pencil
marks if one has not a correct eye.
When this Is done the paper is torn
out from beneath the nails, consequent
ly too tough paper should not be used,
and each nail is then carefully driven
home with a hammer until it sinks in
to the body of the material itself, giv
ing a very rich metallic effect,’ for
slight cost and little ingenuity. This
style of screen is particularly well suit
ed to dining rooms or halls, and may
be made almost as effective without
a framework, using the plain wooden
panels hinged together after the work
on them is completed.
Artificial habits are born tyrants.
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ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.
Something About the War In Which
They Are Slade.
The ancient Egyptians made artificial
flowers of horn shavings, stained in
various colors, and leaves of painted
linen have been found in tombs at
Thebes. From a remote period the
Chinese have used the pith of a cer
tain kind of bamboo for making flow
ers. Crassus, one of the Roman tri
umvirs, was the first in Rome to have
them made of gold and silver. During!
.the middle ages flowers made of metal]
satin, silk, wax and paper were usees
in the Roman Catholic Church with!
symbolical significations; on festal oc-j
casions they were worn merely for or-(
nament. In 1782 Seguin, a botanist?
and chemist, began the manufacture ot
flowers in Paris, employing parchmeni}
for the flowers and bristles for the
stems. His work was so perfect and
artistic that the Jealousy of some oij
the leading painters was aroused. From
that time the manufacture of artificial
flowers steadily grew and developed in
France, and to-day the French excel in
.them. The art was Introduced into
England during the French revolution
by refugees who made use of it as a
means of subsistence. It has been suc
cessfully naturalized in the United
States. Knives of various sizes and
shapes, stamps, goffering-irons of dif
ferent kinds, moulds called velners,
and agate or glass burnishers, are the
chief tools made use of in the manu
facture. The leaves and the petals are
usually made of silk or cambric, the
material to be shaped is folded several
times, laid upon a leaden table, and a,
stamp is driven through it. Goffering
irons are made use of to hollow the
petals; veiners, as the name implies,
are used to vein the leaves, and the
burnishers are employed to give th^
petals a polished appearance. Thq
stamens and pistils are formed of wire
covered with silk; the stalk is made o$
wire coated with a green material, and;
is llxed to the stems and pistils,
around which are attached the petals
and, lastly, the calyx. Buds are made'
of cotton or glass balls covered wlth(
silk or cambric. The florists’ fingers,
guided by skill and taste, have much
to do with the beauty of the flowers
produced; great ingenuity to often dis
played even in a cheap sprig consist
ing of several materials well put to-'
gether and arranged. French whole
sale houses engaged in the manufacture
of artificial flowers have each some
special branch: thus, one makes only
roses, another wild flowers, a third
leaves, etc. The best and most expen
sive flowers are hand-painted.
Dftuger of Another Famine;*
The provisioning of thoBe Russian
provinces which have been most af
fected by this year’s mad harvest is
becoming a question of Increasing dif
ficulty. The assembles or aemstvos are
now deliberating on the special and
urgent measures to be taken for saving
the population of the threatened dis
tricts from a repetition of the terrible
sufferings which they underwent in
the last famine. There is general
agreement as to the necessity of lend
ing the peasants corn bought with the
special funds at the disposal of each
of the provinces affected, but as the
needs of the peasants greatly exceed
these resources the assemblies have all
decided to ask the government for
very large loans of monefr.
Bulcldallj Minded Animal*.
Herring and other fishes have
sought death by rushing ashore in my
riads, regiments of ants by deliberate
ly walking into streams, swarms of
rats by migrating in the face of their
deadly foes, and even butterflies by
flying in immense clouds straight out
to sea. It would be Interesting to
learn the causes of this apparent
wholesale and deliberate self-destruc
tion.
NEW THINGS.
A bottle-washing machine recently
patented has a rotary brush mounted
on the end of a hollow shaft with per
forations through which water flows
to cleanse the bottle as the brush re
volves and loosens the dirt.
Clotheslines which need no pins to
fasten the clothes are being made of
wire links with the ends of the wire
lying parallel with the side of the link
to form spring clamps Into which the
cloth is forced to hold It fast.
A Washington man has patented a
boat which has the rear end submerged
with the seat overhanging an open
well, the front of the boat being raised
above the water line, the advantage
being that the boat is not easily rock
ed.
A new combined spring pedal and toe
clip consists of a steel plate riveted to;
the pedal shaft with teeth at the rear,
edge to grip a cleat in the shoe sole
and the front portion elongated and
curved over at the end to form a toe
clip.
To Indicate that the contents have
been tempered with or that it has been
refilled a new bottle has a double neck
forming a chamber, in which is placed
a paper or other material which will
change color as soon as the liquid
touches it.
A New York man has patented a
reversible street car, in which a turn
table is mounted on the truck to sup
port the car, which is turned by a
crank on the front platform geared to
a circular toothed track inside the
turntable.
Two Pennsylvanians have patented
a fruit picker, consisting of a pole
with a steel loop at the top, having the
upper edge sharpened and bent inward
to cut the fruit from the limb. A loose
ly woven tube made of cords is attach
ed to the under side of the loop and
extends down to the lower end of the
pole to break the fall of the fruit
THE IOWA MURDERER
NOVAK IS CONVICTED IN THE
SECOND DECREE.
The Man Who Wa» Followed Thousand*
of Mile*, Being Arrested In Alaska. •»
(nuvloted of Mardor—Compromise
Verdlet Agreed’Upon After Long Oe
llberntlon.
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Hie Sin round Him Oat.
VINTON, la., Nqv. 24.—At 11 o'clock
last night the jury in the Novak trial,
after having been out nearly twelve
hours, returned a verdict of guilty of
murder in the second degree and rec
ommended that the penalty be ten
years at hard labor in the state peni
tentiary.
The defendant showed no emotion
when he heard the verdict and said:
"I will have to stand it, but I am in
nocent of the things charged against
me."
Novak's counsel stated that on ap
Novak’s counsel stated that an ap
peal would be taken to the supreme
court for the reason that the record
was full of errors. They stated, how
ever, that they considered it a victory.
It is understood that the verdict Is a
compromise one, that the two men
stood out for acquittal, and that it
must either be the verdict rendered or
none, and so it was decided to return
the one they did.
Nothing outside of a death chamber
was as solemn as the little court
room this morning during the clos
ing hours of the trial of Frank A,
Novak. Interest was intense. It was
shortly after 9 o'clock when the.day’s
proceeding opened in the usual man
ner. The prisoner was in his place.
His wife sat near. The court room
was crowded. The Jury took its place
and Mr. Boies resumed the closing
argument. Perhaps few men are bet
ter equipped by nature to Impress
their fellows as being absolutely in
earnest, absolutely fair, than he. That
he believes the defendant guilty has
been evident from the first. The Jury
was puzzled, and while it paid the
strictest attention to every word
spoken, it was impossible to read the
thoughts of any.
The prisoner sat almoBt directly in
front of the Jury. He was wejl dress
ed. His linen was Immaculate; he was
clean shaven and had almost perfect
control of his will. For the first live
minutes he seemed somewhat nervous.
The deliberate but terrible arraign
ment of the attorney had its effect.
His face flushed and he trembled. But
it was but for a moment or two, and
then he regained perfect mastery. He
met the impassioned gaze of the
lawyer without flinching.
When the argument was commenc
ed Mrs. Novak looked at her husband,
and there was love and pity in her
glance. She, too, nerved herself for the
ordeal and after the few first mo
ments she apepared to be no more
interested than others in the room.
It was almost 10:30 when Mr. Boles
closed his argument—a masterly one.
There was no delay. Judge Burnham
at once began the instructions to the
Jury. The instructions were fair and
comprehensive. At 11:10 the reading
of the instructions were finished and
the Jury retired to its room to delib
erate upon a verdict.
XfW Plan of llrmn M«»n,
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—The Post’s
Washington special says: From mem
bers of the democratic national com
mittee who are now in the city, it is
learned that a plan is on foot to in
augurate a new departure next time in
the methods of nominating a candi
date for the presidency. The scheme
Is briefly this: The democratic state
conventions will be held as usual in
1900 for tho purpose of electing dele
gates to the national convention and
doing the usual part toward keeping
up the machinery of the party. The
convention will order the delegates to
meet at once, and Instruct the national
committee to re-adopt the Chicago
.platform In Its entirety and without
changing it in the minutest particular.
The delegates will further be instructed
to direct the national committee to
cast the votes of the state delegations
for Mr. Bryan and to authorize that
gentleman to name his own running
mate.
Unanimous assent to this scheme is
not expected, but an overwhelming
majority is anticipated, and the result
will be that there will be no national
democratic convention. This proceed
ing is yet three years distant and
many things may happen, but there is
no question about the intention of the
Bryanites to force the re-nomination
of the Nebraskan in the manner that
has been outlined above.
Fix Value of Kama* Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—E. Ellery
Anderson of New York and Oliver W.
Mink of Boston, receivers of the Union
Pacific railway, had a two-hour con
sultation with Attorney General Mc
Kenna today. They came at the Invi
tation of the attorney general to give
him such Information as they po
sessed bearing on the value of the
Kansas Pacific road, which is to be
sold December 15. He questioned them
at length on the value and equipment
of the road, Us earnings and income
and they gave him all the data which
they had. This Information will be
used by the attorney general in ar
riving at a definite conclusion as to
the value of the property with a view
to the protection of the government’s
Interests.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Taul
road advanced Its freight rates from
Iowa points to Minneapolis and St.
Paul.
Slajrrr of an Kdltor Kxhoneratcd.
WACO, Tex., Nov. 24.—At the hear
ing in the case of Colonel G. B. Cer
ald, who was wounded and who shot
and killed the Harris brothers—one an
editor—In a controversy arising out of
the Brann-Baylor trouble, it was
shown that Colonel Gerald did not
draw his weapon until he himself was
under »ross-flre from the Harris broth
ers, and that the shooting was In self
defense. He was exonerated by the
court.
The Omaha commercial club will
make an effort ta double Its member
ship.
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FRIENDS OF CUBA.
Alien and Co- Worker* leads an AddrMV
to th«* I’nblle.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—-The follow
Ing address from the Cuban league of
the United States has been given to
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the press:
To the members of the Cuban league
of the United States: The Cuban prob
lem, which so Ions has rested as a
blight upon the consciences of our peo
ple, approaches its solution. Inde
pendence for the suffering patriots
now within our timely action, rounds
out their years of trial, with deserved
recompense. This great consumma
tion the American people should
forthwith demand from their political
representatives. The cowardice of
wealth seducing our officials to inac
tion white murder has been done, the
insincerity of rulers inventing Special
pleas to cover their treachery to na
tional duty, the open and unnecessary
Interference with the legal commerce
of the country aa an set of grace to
brutal Spain and making us her ally
against those following our hlstorle
teaching, have all run their course to
the wounding of national pride, and
to oar utterly exhausted patience.
But time, and the Cuban sword, have
brought the crisis which foreruns a.
final cure In Cuban Independence. This
Is the hour of American opportunity.
Effective work can be done, which, If
well done .will go far to excuse our
past neglect. Congress is the objective
ipolnt. Cuba should be put on equal
terms with Spain regarding supplies
from out burdened magazines. Flour,
cattle, horses and' arms from American
soil, by night and day, go in a steady
rush to the Cuban shores far the Sup*
port of the forces of monarchist Spain?
none of these can go hence to feed the
starving patriots of republican Cuba.
The soldiers we have thds fed use the
life we give them to erase from the
earth an entire population by deeds of
horror whose recitals freeze the heart
of the civilized world. Unmoved we
have so far heard the wall of the vic
tims or have furnished new blades for
Spanish hands to Insure the work of
Cuban decimation.
Belligerent rights to Cuba will
quickly change this brutal panorama.
The senate has already ordered its ver
dict for such rights, and the lower
house should respond before the new
year comes In.
The Cuban league of the United
States now calls upon its entire family
of five hundred branches to unite as
one voice In a demand upon their
congressional representatives to vote
this way. All other organized friends
and also Individuals, of whom there
are hundreds of thousands sympathis
ing with Cuba, are urged to the same
activity. Following belligerent rights,
independence Is assured. Be not de
ceived by the ignorance or the hypoc
risy of those who argue against this
remedy. There are other cures, but
belligerent rights la now the most
available and the moat effective. This
will enable Cuba to draw support from
us, as Spain has done and on equal
terms. Our neutrality laws cover bel
ligerents with the same shield. Cun
ning sympathizers with Spanish bar
barity affect to see danger to Cuba It*
this, but the facts and the laws ex
pose their insincerity. With the grant
of belligerency from ns, American gen
erosity and patriotism would croVfd
Cuba with hillocks of munitions of
war for the patriots and for the otter
destruction of her oppressors.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Senator
Burrows of Michigan expresses the
opinion that there will be a protracted
discussion of the currency question
during the approaching session of con-'
gress and that in all probability con
gress will be in session until August.
“In addition to the routine business
of congress, appropriations, etc,” he
said, “the Hawaiian question will be
disposed of and consideration will be
given to the currency question, Immi
gration and a few other things. As to
the Cuban question, the situation 1b
very peculiar. There appears to he a
great deal of confusion with relation
to the adoption of a new policy by
Spain, and I don't think congress ought
to act until an opportunity Is given
to see what will result from Blanco’s
undertaking.
"I think,” he added, "that the most
perplexing thing that confronts us fa
llow to handle the currency question.
It 1b obvious that this question is go
ing to come up for discussion and ft is
equally obvious that it will lead to a
protracted debate. I am very uncer
tain what It will result In.”
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. M—Ex
Governor Crittenden of Missouri, who
was consul-general to Mexico under ,
the last Cleveland administration, an
nounces that he will leave the city
next week for San Antonio, Tex., where
he will be Joined by Hon. William J.
Bryan and Mrs. Bryan and the three
will depart from San Antonio on a
four weeks’ tour of Mexico. They ex
pect to spend a greater part of their
time In the City of Mexico, where Mr.
Bryan will be presented to the heads
of the various departments of the govs
eminent by Mr. Crittenden, so that he,
aided by the ex-consul's knowledge of
the country and the people, will have
an excellent chance to study the finan
cial system of the country and see the
results of free silver.
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DES MOINES, la., Nov. 24.—A Klon
dike company has been incorporated
here with Auditor of State McCarthy
and National Republican Committee
man Cummins among the incorpora
tors. It is said the company has a
plan for securing valuable concessions
from the Canadian government.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—The eab
inet held a very short meeting yester
day,as the president and several of its
members attended the wedding of Mr.
Harlan, son of Justice Harlan, and
Miss Noble. The time of the meeting
was taken up with matters from the
several departments. President Mc
Kinley informed the cabinet that h|»
message was practically completed,
but he did not read any portion of it
to them. It ia probable that the mes
sage will be considered at tfeft nett
meeting. *
