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PhFTT P. I F Y P.lnr.l MM fTfTfii. f. P.Q-.LtD ICopyrlght, 1993, toy the Author. Footsore and weary, one autumn evening', an old man, a lad, and a dog arrived in Wokingham, where they put tip at a common lodging-house. They constituted a traveling show, and, after performing all day in the streets of Readiug, they bad walked over here a distance of ten or twelve miles. The old man seemed broken in health, and suffered from a severe cough; but on this particular evening lie was worse than usual, for he had rot a chill, and was glad to lay down his weary bones in bed, soon after his arrival. He complained of feeling very cold and thirsty, and the lad procured him some tea. which thev both enjoyed. "Grimmy" -or to give hiin his full tiame, Grimwald, the dog, was not for gotten, for the trio were inseparable, and s'xm ufterwards they all retired to rest. During the night the old man be came vvry feverish, coughed incessant ly, uni complained of a pain in his chest, out Jimmy, the lad. did all he could for him. and sat up most of the night with him. In the morning, poor old "Spangles a name dear to many children throughout England was no better, and when the doctor was summoned, and had examined him, he told the landlady that he was very ill, suffering from an attack of inflammation of the lungs, and that he feared it would go hard with him. "Spangles" recognized his own dan ger, und calling the lad to him, said: "Jimmy, my boy, you've been a good lad to me, and I fear the show will Boon be closed forever! Sit thee down beside me. lad, as I have something to tell thee." When the lad had sat down, "Spangles'" proceeded: "The great Mr. Shakespeare says: A man. during his lue, plays many parts," and that's the truth; for in my time I hive played many parts, and under many and divers names; bat I will be gin at the beginning. "My father died when I was only a "boy, and my mother married asrain t.ome time afterwards, my stepfather being an ill-natured, cruel man, who hated and ill-treated me; and, unable to bear his cruelty any longer, I ran away from home and joined a traveling circus. "But I soon found I had gone 'from "tne frying-pan into the fire,' for the new task-master to whom 1 had been bound had no compassion, and during the earlier part of my appren ticeship used to .treat me shamefully If I was clumsy or made inis- ORIMWT BAT takes when learning the acrobatic business. "In a few years, however, I became Alva, the Flying Wonder;' then a member of 'The Illustrious Schmidt Family,' then an -acrobatic clown, and hnally a ring-master, during which lat ter period I became devotedly attached to "Wile. Annette, the Daring Eques trienne, and we ultimately got mar ried and left the circus business al to gether. "My happiness, however, was shortr lived, for my poor young wife who had wavered in her affections between me and Sig. Lupino, the Matchless Bareback Rider,' although she finally consented to become mine - deserted me one morning and left a note be hind, saying: 'Dear Jim you are too good to me. I have gone to him! God biers you.' And I only saw her once ince. "1 didn't blame the poor wench, for she was little better than a child, but I felt her absence cruelly, and I don't think 1 have ever been the same since, although 1 have tried to do my duty. "The greater part of my life was af terwards spent in traveling shows, of one port or another, all over England, and for some years I was with a stroll ing company of actors who did the reg'lar drama but it was just about twelve or thiru-en years afro, when I aK ubout fift, and my poor wife was about thirty-, re, that she sent me a letter, begginr; me to come to her, as fche was ill; p ad L. thinking of nothing but of seeiivf her again, went at once, but only to find that he had been killed by :i horse three months ago, and tbat he was djing after giving birth to a feabj boy." JmMmw mmmlm Here the old man seemed exhausted from a fit of coughing, but he rallied somewhat after a dose of his medicine, and be resumed his story. "J immy, my lad," said he, thatbaby was you! 1 promised my darling .An nette that I would be both father and mother to you, and I have tried hard to do the lest I could for you." "Oh, dear, dear master," sobbed the poor lad, "you are not going to leave me and Griinmy? Whatever shall we do? You have always been so good and kind to ns both, and a dear, kind, good father tome." Grimmy, hearing his name men tioned, came to the bedside, and sat up begging, with his shaggy head on one side, as if trying to say: "I know there's something wrong. Can't I do anything?" "Poor Grimmy!" said "Spangle. " 'You'll be good to him when I'm gone, Jimmy, and never part with him while he lives??" Grimmy jumped on the bed, and licked the old man's hands and face, and it was as much as Jimmy could do to remove him. "1 will, indeed, be good to him, and never part with him, dear master," Baid Jimmy, "but, oh! what are we to do when you are gone?" And the poor lad sobbed piteously. "Be a brave lad. Jimmy, and He who i cares for the sparrows will not forget either you or Grimmy. Be always truthful and honest, however you may be tempted to do otherwise, and whatever you find to do, do it with all your might. Bear in mind that your mother is an angel. Jimmy, and 1 am going to join her at last- In God's good time you, too, will join us; think how happy we shall all be there; and when tempted to do wrong, just think that if you do it you may be prevented from ever coming to us, and God will help you to do right. You and I and poor Grimmy have played through many towns, and tramped for many miles together; yet we never had an angry word, whilst we sought to earn an honest living. Poor old 'Spangles is going to leave you, but life is before you yet, my lad; and although 1 have not been able to save much, yet you will find enough in my bag to bury me and to give you a start-" He then sank back exhausted, and while the lad sobbed as if his heart would break Grimmy howled piteous ly, and sat up begging in all directions. During the succeeding night the old man rested more quietly, but had sev eral severe paroxysms of cough ng, which thoroughly exhausted him; be was also, at times, delirious, when his mind seemed to be dwelling among earlier memories and bygone scenes in which the name of Annette was fre quently and fondly mingled. On the following morning, when the doctor called again, he was deepl moved by the intense and unrestrained grief of the poor lad, who held his dy ing master's hand in his own. whils TTP BEGGING. the lips of the poor old man were feebly moved in blessing. " Even the faithful dog seemed to feel that he was losing a dear friend, for he was restless and uneasy, sat up beg ging all over the room, and had refused to eat since his master's illness. The doctor, however, spoke kindly to the lad. and when the weeping youth said: "My dear master was the only friend I had in the 'world," he cheered him up by saying that he must not gire way. as the future was before him, and as he had - been a good boy God would not forsake him. "In fact," he added, "a friend of my own is seeking such a youth as yon, and I shall not fail to recommend you to him.' '"Oh! thank you, 6ir," srid Jimmy, "yon are very kind, but I due not be parted from dear Grimmy, as I have promised master he shall never leave me, and I have known and loved him all my life." "Never mind, my lad," said the doc tor, "we must find some place for yon where the doggie can go too; ao don't grieve." Poor old "Spangles" was fast passing away, and could now scarcely be said to be conscious: but it was affecting to hear him, as in his delirium he imagined he was going through his performance with Jimmy and his dog. "Houp-la! Uoup-la!" he muttered. "Over! over !! over!!! Well done, sir! Good lad! Now Mr. Grimaldi! steady, old boy! Show the ladies and gentle men what you can do! Good dog!" And even as the doc'or, the lad and Grimmy stood round him, be stretched himself out and appeared to have fall en asleep; but the soul of poor "Span gles' had vaulted into Heavenl VnILLIS to dole. The Hawaiian President Asked to Surrender. Informed That Thin Action I Requested by President Cleveland Promised j Amnesty tijr the Ouwo If the 1 Kestored. IKJLE'S KEPI.T SOT YET K.NOWI1. Washington. Jan. C. The United ! States gov rnment has just been in- i ! formed that its wishes in regard to the j government of Hawaii have been con- veyed to the provisional government j of the islands, and that while President j Dole has promised a reply soon it is I hardly expec-Ud that this will be favor- j able to the queen. j ! The message received was cabled j from Auckland, to which city it was conveyed by the steamer Alameda, which sailed from Honolulu December 22. The information is that the reply j of President Dole and bis colleagues will be delayed until the case can be pone into thoroughly and the conten tion of the provisional government will ; be fully set forth in answer to the de- ! ruand of the United States. All this is news to the president and : the cabinet, but it was not unexpected. ' as it is now said tbat the Corwin bore positive instructions to Min ister Willis that he should make his demand for the queen's restora tion at once and use every means to carry it to a successful termination. ' The only obstacle was the decision of ! the deposed monarch that she would j not accept the throne on the plan pro- ; posed by President Cleveland but would insist upon support after she , was placed there. J To encompass this difficulty the in- ' formation now received is the queen has informed the minister who trans mitted the conditions to the provisional : government that she will grant am nesty to all those who took ' part in the revolution and in sub sequent acts of the government; ' will carry out all contracts since en- 1 tered into, and will take care of all the business on the basis of which it is now conducted. She agrees, further, to govern strictly under the constitution and will be guided by men whose char- ; actor will be a guarantee of their cor- rect course in public matters. ! i Minister Willis, it is said here, takes a hopeful view of the matter, but dees j not seem to be sanguine of the success j of his mission, especially at this time. ' The government has oaly informed him ' that it will submit a reply in due time ; and is now getting it in shape. I The Commercial Advertiser of Hono lulu in an article supporting the gov- I ernment declared that the United I States congress has taken the matter out of President Cleveland's hands by I calling for the papers in the Hawaiian correspondence, and asserts that the provisional government will not retire i from power unless compelled to by i force, and sa3's that this is not likely to ! be employed. In the same connection it is stated one who knows of the message received j that the condition of affairs on the isl ! and is daily growing moie complicat ; ed. The government, since its unoili I cial information of the intention ! of the United States government j by the newspapers and Minister j Thurston's messages, has been ; to all intents strengthening its ; forces. The members of the regular 1 police force have been notified of the i probable conflict and their number i greatly augmented. The arms are all : at hand, and the most resolute of I the Americans are at the head of tnis force. The number of men who will fight for the provisional government is ; placed at from S.030 to 4,000, as it is j stated that many of the supporters of Dole from other islands are gathering ! at Honolulu to take part in any de- fensive action made necessary. The i provisional government continues firm, ! and there seems no feeling on any , hand other tban that a return to the 1 old order would mean a step backward which must not be taken. HOWARD SENTENCED. The Swindler to Serve Nine Years in Prison and Pined SI, SOU. Jackson, Tenn., Jan. 6. Howard, the foreign claim swindler and clerical deceiver, was sentenced by Judge Hammond to nine years and one month in the Columbus (O.) peniten tiary, (1.200 fine and the costs of the two trials, which foot up in the neigh borhood of 120,000. A greater part of the day was consumed by the defendant and his associate counsel in arguing the motion .for a new trial. The court 1' overruled the motion in an address in which the prisoner was most merciless ly scored. Sentence was then passed, Howard manifesting no emotion. The coursaid inasmuch as the defendant was an attorney he would be stricken from tlte roll of the bar. A LEGISLATOR SHOT. Prominent Alabaman Killed on 11 Is Farm. Birmingham. Ala., Jan. 6. James Ilaff man, a member of the state legis lature, was shot from ambush while going through a field on his farm near Bessemer Thursday about dusk. It was a rifle bullet and went straight to bis heart. Suspicion poioted to a farm hand Huffman had had arrested a few days ago on a charge of hog stealing. Sheriff Morrow with a posse and dogs started at once to look for him, but a posse of citizens got ahead of hiin and a lynching is expected if the suspect is captured. NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. Twenty- Fourth Annual Session to Open at YVaHhinctou January 23. Washington. Jan. 6. The national board of trade, composed of delegates from various commercial organizations of the country, will begin its twenty fourth annual session in Washington on the 23d inst.- The sessions of this body are devoted to discussions of mat ters relating to the financial, commercial and transportation systems of the country, with a view to influenc ing the action of congress thereon by communicating to it the recommenda tions of the board. A HARD WINTER. Mnch Suffering and Many Persons Frosen to Death In Europe. Pakis, Jan. c The weather is be coming colder. The river Seine is cov ered with thick iee. The railway trains arriving in the city are hours be hind time, the delay being caused by the water freezing in the feed-pipes of the engine. Many deaths have been caused by the ex tremely cold weather. A number of old and poor people have been frozen to death in their miserable lodgings. Others, despairing of finding other re lief from their sufferings, have killed themselves and several destitute per sons have been picked up lifeless in the streets. An old couple occupying a flat in the Boulevard riichy were found dead in one of their rooms. They had ignited a brazier of charcoal and the fumes had killed them. Many of the suicides have used this means of killing themselves. In Toulon it grows colder. In I'ari gueux, among the mildest of winter re sorts, everything is snowed up. Heavy j snowstorms are reported from Corsica, j In Antwerp the cocks are incumbered with ice and it is feared mauy vessels will be caught fast. j London, Jan. C. A blizzard prevails almost everywhere in England. In j London the meroury stands at 24 and shows no signs of rising. At Poking, j near which place the duchess of Marl-! borough has leased an estate, and in the vicinity of the town there is good sleighing. There is also plenty of snow in all southern counties. Dispatches from North sea and Bal tic ports report a furious storm is rag ing. The indications are that the whole of northern Europe is affected. A large fleet of vessels is lying wcathcr-bouad at the mouth of the Thames. Berlin. Jan. 0. At a o'clock a. m. the thermometer registered 7 degrees above zero, Fahrenheit. In the sur rounding country it is hardly above zero. In Munich it is 4 de grees below zero. In Brcslau and Chemnitz 3 degrees below. Four per sons have been found frozen to death in Berlin. Manj' deaths from the cold have occurred elsewhere. The public and private refuges in Berlin are over crowded. The number of applicants exceeds by hundreds the number of leds. Those without beds arc glad to lie in the straw. The electric lights in Nuremberg are out, as the river, which provides the generating power, is frozen. There is no snow in most parts of the empire and the crops will suffer severely. Emperor Francis Jo seph and his suite returned from Murzsteg, where the cold was so in tense (4 degrees below zero) they were compelled to give up their shooting ex pedition. Vienna. Jan. fi. The weather in Austria and Hungary is bitterly cold. In the city Wednesday night the mer cury registered IS degrees below freez ing point. The suffering among the poor is terrible. The Danube is frozen over from Vienna to Belgrade, Servia. At Trieste the cold is intensified by a 'hurricane that is blowing from the north. So fierce is the wind vessels are unable to leave or enter the port. Traffic of all kinds is stopped and the stretts are almost deserted. The tradesmen, seeing no prospect of doing business in such weather. have put the shutters upon tbtur store windows and given the clerks a holiday. The theaters were closed WednesJay night owing to the ' cold and it is probable they will not open until the weather moderates. The j police returns show fifteen persons ! have been injured. The cold is grow ing more intense. Many persons have been frozen to death. The absence of ' snow deprives the poor of one of the j usual sources of relief. The wind raises a choking dust. Maikii. Jan. 6. The thermometer registers 5 degrees below zeroT Centi grade, here. Ebewhere it is 12 degrees below zero. Many persons have been frozen to death in the provinces ot Burgos and Asturias. Heavy snow storms are reported throughout the north of Sprin. BATTLE IN HONDURAS. City of Cholutecra Taken by Storm One Hundred and Fifty Men Killed. Managua, Nicaragua, Jan. 0. The town of Choluteca has been taken by 6torm. Gen. Villela made a heroic de fense. The loss in killed is said to have been 150 men. Gen. Williams and several other officers were taken pris oners in the engagement and many men were wounded. Villela retreated , on Rancherias, where battle was begun with the van guard of the invaders, who hourly ex pected reinforcements. Gen. Ortiz, commanding the Nicaraguan forces, has been ordered to await a Uonduran attack, and if made immediately U in vade their country. The government has levied a forced loan of &3S0,0iHJ on merchants. MAY COST SIX LIVES. Wet Powder Carelessly Thrown Into a Store at Kprlug Creek, Mo. West 1lains, Mo.. Jan. 6. Sol Col lins, of Spring Creek, nat by an open fireplace with a -keg of blasting powder beside him. He threw some of the powder into the fire, thinking it too damp to burn. An explosion followed, teariag the roof from the house and burning eight persons. Some 6aved their lives by jumpiDg into a creek which runs close to the house. The doctors think Collins, his wile and four children will die. JUDGE LONG'S PENSION. Commissioner Locbrrn Derides That lie t aimot Wit hold It Longer. .Washington, Jan. 0. The commis sioner of pensions has decided, in view of the passage of the act of December 21, IStrj, declaring pensions a vested right, that he no longer has the right to withold the pension of Judge Long, of Michigan, and has accordingly ordered that the suspension of his pen sion be removed Accident to Jurist. McGregob. la., Jan. 6. Judge Hatch cf this city, fell from a bridge an' broke both legs above the knees. SAW BIG DAN. Now and Important Witness .Against Coughlin. lie Will Testiry 'that by the Aid or m Flash Light lie Saw the E-Ietect-ive on the Wagon Contain ing Cronin'a liody. ANOTHER SENSATION. Chicago, Jan. 8. The greatest sen sation of the Coughlin trial was caused Friday when the attorneys for the state announced that they would pro duce a reputable witness who would swear that he had seen Daniel Cough lin, in company with two other men, riding on a wagon in which was a trunk at 1:40 o'clock on the morning of May 5, 1SS9. This announcement was made at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, when court convened for the after-din-uer f.esoion. Counsel on both sides and the court retired to Judge Tuthill's. private room, where Frank Bardeen. who is connected with the Bardeen paper works of Ot sego, Mich., was waiting. An ominous silence pervaded the courtroom. For an hour the spectators and jurors awaited the return of the lawyers. At 3:31) o'clock Judge Tulhill returned to the court-room and announced that the secret examination of the new wit ness would probably require the entire afternoon. The jury was dismissed and court was adjourned until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. After three hours and a half spent in the examina tion of Mr. Bardeen the lawyers emerged from Judge Tuthiil's private room. In March, 1S90, two months after Dan Coughlin, Martin Burke and Pat rick O'Sullivan were taken to Joliet, Capt- Schuettler learned of the exist ence of a Wittess who could testify that he had seen Coughlin, whom he knew quite welL in Edgewater on the night of the Liurder in company with two men. The name of this witness was Frank Bardeen. At that time the dis covery was not considered important and was not pursued. When Coughlin applied for a new trial, however, Capt. Schuettler saw the value of Bardeen's story and began an active search for him. It was in a roundabout way that Bar deen's knovledge came to the ears of the police. He was traveling on a Pullman sleeper between St. Louis and Chicago in February, 1800. On the car with him was William McLaughlin, who lives in this city, a dealer in Cath olic books. At that time the whole country was talking about the Cronin trial, and McLaughlin had a conversa tion on the common topic. "I would have been a valuable wit ness for the state," said Mr. Bardeen. The assertion aroused the curiosity of Mr. McLaughlin. When questioned Mr. Bardeen said that he was at the Edgewater electric light plant at about 2 o'clock on the night of the murder. He continued: 'I was silting on the steps when I heard a wagon coming down the street In the moon light I saw the dimly outlined forms ot three men on a wagon. They were coming in the di rection of the place where I was sitting. When they came close to me I turned on the thirty two Bundle-power lamp which was placed over the doorway. Its rays shone directly on the horse, and seemed to frighten him, as he stopped suddenly. In the wagon wbs a box that I thought was a tool chest. A man sat oa this as he drove the horse. "Just as the Hirht shone full upon the men two of them jumped out of the wagon. One of these I recognized us Dan Coughlin. He ran around on the other side of the wagon so that I only saw him for a moment I knew Coughlin. For nearly two years I lived within two doors of the Fast Chicago avenue union, where Coughlin was stationed. Tue men went on down the street following the wagon. "Son e time after the murder I read in the papers the account of Coughlin's supposed connection with the crime and the circum stance of the truntt and the disposition the murderers had made of the body. 1 was con vinced that it was the murderers I had seen. I told my wife about it but it made her very nervous and she beeged me Dot to say anything about it I promised her I wouldn't, and then I did not wish the notoriety which I knew in evitably would come. So I did not tesiify at the trial." At this time Mr. Bardeen thought that the celebrated Cronin case had passed out of the courts and had ended with the confinement of the convicted men in prison. When Mr. McLaughlin arrived in Chicago he told a friend the singular circumstance related in Mr. Bardeen's story. This friend told it to Capt. Schuettler. So when it came time to prepare for a new trial for Coughlin the search for Mr. Bardeen was begun. Clew after clew was run down, only to find that the wrong man had been traced. Capt. Schuettler did not give up, - but obstinately stuck to the search. The utmost secrecy veiled every step in the hunt for Bardeen. It was thought that the defense knew nothing of such a witness. One day last month there came a rumor to the ears of Attorney Bottum that a much wanted Frank Bardeen was a brother of Circuit Judge C T. Bardeen, of Wausau. Wis The clew was fol lowed out; the web was untangled, and Frank Bardeen was found at Otsego, Mich. Ue was working at that place as . chief engineer of the Bardeen paper works, which are owned by a relative of his. " He has full charge of two mills. Capt. Schuettler left for Otsego, Mich., a week ago. De met Mr. Bardeen at fiis residence, and after much persuasion prevailed upon him to come to Chicago and testify. Joseph McLaughlin, brother of Airs. Andrew Foy, will be a witness against Dan Coughlin for the murder of Dr. Cronin. He sailed from Glasgow De cember SO. KILLED BY DYNAMITE. fatal Explosion on the Illinois Drainage Canal. Lemont, I1L, Jan. 8. Friday morn ing there was an exposion c-f dyna mite on section 10 of the drainage canal, on which E. D. Smith & Co. are the contractors. The explosion took place in a little house where labor ers heat dynamite. It is not known how the explosion occurred, as no one was near the house. Foreman J. L. Miller was killed and Engineer Bn Bich was seriously injured. These two were in the engine house about 20 feet from the heating hut THE CORWIN IS BACK. Ehe Brines News from Hawaii. But It la Kept sv Secret. San Fkancisco, Jan. 8. The United States revenue cutter Corwin, which left for Honolulu early in December with important instructions for Min-" ister Willis and which has been ex pected here for a week past, was sights ed 8 miles outside the heads at; 10:30 o'clock Friday morning-l The exact date upon which the Corwin left Honolulu is not known yet, but unless there were special efforts to make a fast run it is probable she has been at least twelve days on the voy age, which would make the date of her departure December 24, only two day later than the advices received from Auckland Thursday night. The rejrular messenger of the Mer chants' Exchange, who had put off in a small boat as soon as the cutter was sighted, made an attempt to board her at the entrance to the harbor. Capt. Munger, of the Corwin, shouted to him roughly from the bridge, and not only refused to give him any information but also refused to permit his boat to tie alongside the cutter, leaving the messenger to return against a strong tide. The small revenue tug Hartley started after the Corwin as soon as she entered the harbor and went alongside the cutter and offered her services. Capt, Munger informed the commander o the Hartley that there was no serv ice he could perform for him, and re fused to allow anyone aboard. The Corwin avoided the San Francis co side of the bay, and at 1:15 o'clock was off Sausalito on her way to Mare island nary yard, SO miles away. An officer, presumably having govern mental dispatches, was landed in a small boat near Presidio military res ervation, west of San Francisco, It is believed here that the Corwin. brought the answer of the provisional jrovernment to Minister Willis' demand for surrender. The reply is undoubt edly already in the hands of the state department at Washington. Washington, Jan. 8. Cipher dis patches have been xeceived by Secre tary Greshara from the Corwin. He will not reveal their contents. Tbe belief in Washington is that the vessel brought information that the status quo was still maintained, but the great est interest is to learn how the queen received the news that the Cleveland administration had done all it could for her restoration and was under the necessity of turning her case over to congress. The state department was not in clined to credit the statements as to Minister Willis' actions at Honolulu contained in the cable dispatches f runs. Auckland received by the Associated Press Thursday. Such action, it was said, was totally contrary to the in structions sent to Mr. Willis by the Corwin and received by him December 11. That he could have writ ten to the provisional government after he received those instructions re questing that they surrender office was denied with strong emphasis at the state department, and the expression j in the president's message in this con nection were pointed to us refuting the statement. The setting afloat of snch ! a renort in Honolulu was attriDutea to- a malign purpose to impugn the good faith of the presiden t. BRITISH SOLDIERS SLAIN. A Captain and Twenty-Six Men Killetf by French Troops in Africa. London, Jan. S. Military and po litical circles are excited by a sensa tional report which reached here from Sierra Leone, Senegambia, the British colonial settlement of west Africa. i According to the reports Capt. ! E. A. W. Landy, inspector gen ' eral of the frontier police, and twenty '. six men and several officers of the j First battalion of a West Indian regi- ment, who were engaged in an expedi i tion against the Sofas, have been killed,. and it is added that they were shot by French troops. It is also reported that a French officer engaged in the attack was captured, and that, this confirms the story that the British force waa destroyed by the French troops. The affair has caused the greatest excite ment: no further details have as yet. been recei. ed. The expedition started, a few weeks ago to chastise the Sofas, who have been giving much trouble to the British traders on the coast near the French territory. RIOTS IN SICILY. Thirty Men Killed In One City and Teo lao Another. . Home, Jan. 8. A dispatch has reached. Naples from the correspondent of sv Neapolitan paper at Palermo anrjennc ing a most serious riot at Marino, II miles southeast of Palermo, a town having 9,000 inhabitants. The dis patch says that a body of riot ers who were demanding the ab olition of the octroi duties in the manner now familiar through the dis turbances in Sicily made an attack on. the town hall which resulted in thirty of the rioters being killed and fiftj wounded by the troops, which were called upon by the municipal authori ties to quell the disturbance. A dispatch from Caltinesette sayw. that there was a demonstration tbere under the auspices of the Fasci del Lavpratori, which wound up in a con flict between the troops and the peas ants. One of the soldiers was wonrtdetT by a peasant, and when this was learned the troops fired a volley into the crowd of rioters and killed teo and wounded several others. CHEROKEE STRIP BONDS SOLD' The Astor Family Buys the Entire lassw In Chicago for S0.74O.OOO. Chicago, Jan. 8. R. T. Wilson & Co., of New York city, as agents for the Astor family, have brought, through J. C McElroy & Co. .of Chicago,, the entire issue of United States bonds known as the Cherokee strip bonds. The bonds only bear 4 per cent rnter est, and all of them mature inside of five years. The amount of the issue is $6. 620.000, and the Astora take thens oi a bid of SO, 740, 000.