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MERLE'S CRUSADE.
T BOM XAUCIIFTTE CACKT.
Author n"Birh)ira Ifeallroif'r Tri 'l'
'iueenlB W'kimf'Tttr Sr.tnk
of Uatil l.yH'lhurtt."
f HAf'TKU XII. (.AT I ltKI:lToS.
I win afraid Mm Markham did not on
rtrn(nd rlilldrt-n. Kutbiug ouM in
duce Krgilf lo lH her kiss liim; he beat
lit-roIT Id bU usual fn-li'ou, with a milky
"(jo, go," aud lilcl his f.tceou my shoulder.
I cuiild tee thla v-xeil her immensely, for
tir bad praised iii beauty in ml ex
travagaut trnn.
Joice listened with a perplexed expres
sion oil hr face.
"Hare jrou ever an angel, Aunt
Addar" till being ber riiiidUh abbrevia
tion of Adelaide.
"Dear me, nurse, how badly the child
speaks! She ia more than six 5 ems old,
you say? Why, my liolf la only seven,
aud speaks beautifully! What did you
say. Joyce!1" very sharply "seen au au
grl What unhealthy nonsense to put
into a rblld'a head! This come of new
fttUK'led ideaa on your mother's part''
with a glance In my direction. "No,
chilil! of course Dot. No one litis seen un
an gel."
Joyce looked so allocked at this tli.it I
hastened to interpret Mrs. Markham's
speech.
"No oue sees anjjeU now, Joyce; not as
the good people in the Bible nsed to see
them: perhaps we are not good riioui(li.
Hut what put angels Into your bead, my
dear?"
"Only Auut Adda said Itetrxie was like
au angel, aud I thought ahe had seen oue.
What i a cherub, nurse ileal ? fxmietliing
good to eatf"
1 saw a smile horerlng on Mrs. Mark
ham's thin lips. Kviileutly aha found
Joyce aniualng, but jut then a loud
peevish Voice was distinctly audible In
the paasage.
"Mother, mother, I say! fio away, ,Tud
1 v. I tell you. Yon are a nasty disagree
able old cat and I will go to mother:"
this accompanied by ominous kicks.
I signed to Hannah to take the children
into the adjoining room. Jt was Reggie's
bed time, and Joyce was tired with her
Journey. The door was scarcely closed
upon them before the same violent kick
ing was beard against the nursery door.
"It Is only Kolf. I am afraid he is very
cross," observed Mrs. Mnrkhnin, placidly,
shivering a little, after the faahlou of peo
ple who lived in India, as she moved away
from the open window, and drew a lace
scarf round her. "Judsou Is such a bad
manager. She never does contrive to
amuse him or keep him quiet."
"He will frighten Ki-ggle," I remon
strated, for she did not ofTer to slop the
noise, aud I went quickly to the door.
There was a regular set idle going ou in
the passage. A little boy iu Highland
dress was endeavoring to escape from a
young woman, who was holding him back
from the door with some diiliculty.
"Master Kolf master Kolf, what will
your mamma sayf You will make her
head ache, and then you will be sorry."
"I sha'n't be a bit sorry, .luddy, I tell
yont I will go In, and " Here he stop
ped aud stared np in tny face. He was a
pale, sickly looking child, rather plain, as
Miss Cheriton had said, but he had beau
tiful gray eyes, only they were sparkling
with anger. The youug woman who held
him by the arm had a thlu, care-worn
face probably her post was a harassing
one, with an exacting mistress aud that,
spoiled boy.
'Who are your" demanded the boy,
rudely.
"1 am Miss Fen ton, the nurse," I re
turned. "Your little cousins are jnstgolng
to bed, and t cannot have that noise to
disturb them."
"I shall kick again, unless you let me
come In and see them."
"For shame, Master Rolf! Whatever
makes you so naughty to-night?"
"I mean to be naughty. Hold your
stupid old tongue, Juddy. You are a silly
woman. That Is what mother calls you.
I am a gentleman, and shall be naughty
if I like. Now then, Mrs. Nurse, may I
come in!"
"Not to-night, Master Kolf. To-morrow,
If you are good."
"Nnrse," Interrupted Mrs. M.irklium's
voice behind me, "I do not kuow what
right yon have to exclude my boy. Iet
him come In aud bid good uight to his
cousins. You will behave prettily, Kolf,
will you not?"
Oue look at the surly face before ma
made ma Incredulous of auy pretty be
havior on Kolfs part. I knew Joyce was
nervous child, and easily frightened,
aud already the loud voices were upnt
tiug Keggle. I could hear him crying, In
pite of Hannah's coaxing. I fell 1 must
be firm. The nursery was mv private do
main. I was determined Kolf should not
cross i1 threshold lo-uight.
"Excuse me, Mrs. Markhniu," I return
ed, quickly, "I caunot have the children
disturbed nt bed time; it is against Mrs.
Morton's rules. Master Kolf may pay us
a visit to-morrow, If he ls good"- laying
stress on yood "but I cauiiotadmlt blm
to-night."
She looked at me with haughty Incre
dulity. "I consider this very imerf Inent." she
muttered, half to herself. Hut Jtulson
must have heard her.
"Come with me. Kolf darling. Never
mind alKiut vour cousins. I dare say we
shall And something nice down stairs;"
aud she lyld out her hand to him, but be
pushed It away.
"Bring him to the drawing room, Jud
son." she said, coolly, not at nil dlscom
nosed bv his rudeness: but I could see my
firmness had offended her. She would not
soon forgive my excluding Kolf.
Rolf waited till she was out of sight
and then he recommenced his kicks. 1
exchanged a stance with Judson; hrr
harauuMl fara seemed to UMieill to 1119 for
helD.
"Mauler Holf." I said, Indignantly, "you
eall vnnraelf a o-entleman. but you arc
antlnsUke an Ill-tempered baby,' and I
ball treat you like one;" and to bis in-
MinlMhmnt I lifted 111 in off the
rronnd. and. being pretty strong, man
aged to carry him, In spite of his kicks
and pinches, down to tin nau, iouow
bv Judann. Probably he nau never own
o summarily dealt with, for bis kicks
diminished as we descended the stairs;
04 I left him on the hall mat, looking
. rlhr anhdnsd and ashamed of lllmsell.
I had gained uir polut, but I felt out of
heart aa I went back to ine nursery.
bad entered the bouse prejudiced against
Mrs Markham. and onr nrst Interview
bad eaded badly; my conscience Justified
ma la my refmsi to admit Rolf; but, all
the lame, I felt I bad made Mrs. Mark
baa mr euemf . Her cold eves had meas
ured me iii-rrilloimiy from the first mo
mcnt. Very probably she disproved of
my appenrau e. With women of this cal
iler cold, critical, aud domineering poor
geul lewomen would have s 1 Iisqcs of be-
ng sent to :be wall.
When tun children were asleep I scaled
tnywlf miner disconsolately by the low
utirwry window. JUuuab had been sum
moned to the housekeeper's room to kee
ner sister Molly, and bad left me alone.
I felt too tired aud dispirited to settle lo
my work or book; besides. It win a shame
oshut out the moonlight. The garden
seemed transformed into a fairy weue. A
broad silvery path-way st retched across
he park, curious shallows lurked under
the elms: an indescribable stillness and
peace seemed to pervade everything; the
Bowers and birds were asleep; nothing
stirred but a uight moth, st retelling its
dusky wings iu the scented air. aud in the
lihtatice the rt wash of waves against
the shore.
I laid my head against the wiud'v
lame, and let the summer breeze blow
over my face, and isiu forgot my worries
u a long, delicious day dream. Were my
thoughts ftsilish, I wouder mere cob
webs of girls' fancies woven together w ith
monnlieams and rose seem
"A girl's imagination," as Auut Aga-
ha once said, "resembles an unbroken
Cohl, thai uiuM. be disciplined and trained,
or it will run away with her." 1 have a
notlou that my Pegasus soured pretty
high and far that night. I imagined my
self an old woman with wrinkles and
gray hair, aid cap border that seemed to
touch my face, aud I was sitting alone by
a lire reviewing my past life "It lias not
been so long, after all," 1 thought; "with
lie day's work came the day's strength.
The manna pot was uever empty, and
never overflowed. Who Is It said, 'I.lfa
Is just a patchwork.'' I have read it some
where. I like that Idea. 'How badly the
children sew iu their little hils a square
here and a star there. We work better
as we go ou. 1 es, that queer comparison
Is true. The lieauly and Intricacy of
the pattern seem lo engross our Inter
est as the years go on. When rest time
comes we fold up our work. Well doua
or badly done, there will lie no time for
unpicking false stitches then. Shall I he
satisfied with lny life's work, 1 wonder?
Will death lie to me only the merciful
nurse that calls us to rest?''
"Why, Miss Kenton, are you asleep?
I have knocked ami knocked until I was
lred."
I started up In some confusion. Had I
fallen asleep, I wonder? for there was
Miss (,'heritoti standing near me, with an
oddly shaped Koman lump in her baud,
and there wus a glenm of fun In her ees,
as though she were pleased to catch me
napping.
011 must have men tireu, sue sum,
smiling. "The room bsiked quite eerie as
I entered it, with slrenks of moonlight
everywhere. Dinner is just over, and 1
slipped away to see if you are comforta
ble. I am afraid you nre rather dull."
Hut I would not allow that, for what
mslness has a nurse to lie subject to
moods, like idle oeoule! Hut I could not
deny that it was very pleasant to see Miss
Cberlton. She was certainly very pretty
a good type of 11 fresh, healthy, happy
Kngiish girl, and there is nothing In the
world to equal that. The creamy Indian
muslin gown suited her perfectly, and so
did the knot of crimson roses aud maiden
hair against the full white throat; and the
small head, with its coll of dark shiny
hair, was almost classical in itsslinpllcity.
A curious idea came to mc as I looked at
her. She reminded nie of a picture I hod
seen of one of the ten virgins ready or
unready, I wonder which I The bright
speaking face, the festive gtirb.tho quaint
lamp, recalled to me the figure in the
foreground, but in a momcut the vague
Image faded away.
How I wonder what you do with your
self, in the evening, when the children
are asleep!" observed Gay, glancing at me
curiously. Then, as 1 looked surprised at
that, she continued, sittiug down beside
me in the window-scat, In the most friend
ly way Imaginable:
'Oh, Violet has told me all about you.
I am nuite Interested. I assure you. I
know you are not just an ordinary nurse,
but have taken up the work from terribly
good motives. Now I like that; it Inter
ests me dreadfully to see people in earn
est, aud yet I am never iu earnest my
self "
I shall find it difficult to believe that,
Miss Chcriton."
'Oh. please dou't call me Miss Cheriton
I am Miss (jay to every oue. People never
think me quite grown-up, In spite of my
nineteen years. Adelaide treats me like a
child, and father makes a pet of me. Hy
the bve. you have contrived to offend
Adelaide. Now. don't look shocked I
think yon were quite Tight. Kolf is In
sufferable; but you see no one has mas
tered him before."
'I was very sorry lo contradict Mrs.
Markham, but I am obliged to be so care
ful of Joyce she Is so nervous and excit
able: I should not have liked her to see
Kolf in that passion."
'Of course you were quite right; 1 am
glad you acted as you did; but you see
Kolf is his mother s idol her 'golden Un
age,' aud she expects us all to bow down
to him. Kolf can be a nice little ieiiow
when he is not In his tantrums; but he Is
fearfully mismanaged, aud so he is more
of a plague than a pleasure to us."
"What a pity l" 1 ouserveu; out ony
broke Into a laugh at my grave face.
"Yes, hut It cannot be helped, and his
mother will have to answer for It. He
will be a horribly disagreeable man
when he grows up, as I tell Adelaide
when I want to make her cross. Don't
trouble yourself about Kolf, Miss Feu ton
we shall all forgive you if you do box his
'""lint I should not forgive myself," t re
turned, smiling; "the blow would do Itolf
more harm than good." Hut she shrug
ged her shoulders and changed the sub
ject, chattering to me a mite wnne aooui
flie house and garnen, anil ner several
pets, treating me just as though she felt
was a girl of her own age.
"It Is nice to have someoue in the house
to whom one can talk," she said nt last,
verv frankly; "Adelaide is so much older,
and our tastesdo not agree. Now, though
you are so dreadfully sensible and matter-of-facl,
I like what I have heard of you
from Violet, aud I mean to come and talk
to vou very often. I told Adelaide that It
was an awfully plucky thing of you to do;
for of course we can see In a moment
have not been used to this sort of
thing."
"All dependent positions hare their pe
culiar trials," I replied. "I am beginning
to think that in some ways my lot la su
perior to any governess', Perhaps I am
more Isolated, but I gain largely In Inde
pendence. I live alone, perhaps, but then
no oue Interferes with me."
"Don't lie too sure of that when Adtlaid
Is In the, hoi... "
I
The woik is full of interest," I rouiia
ned, arming to my subjea-t, as (isy's face
wore an expression of iutelligent curiosit y
and sympathy. "The children grow, and
one's love grows also. It is beautiful to
watch the baby natures developing, like
seedlings in the early summer: it is not
ouly niiuisteriug to their physical wants;
a nurse has higher work than that. For- 1
give ma if I am wearying you." breaking
off from my subject with manifest effort;
"oue must not ride a bobby to death, and
this is my hobby."
"You are a strange girl," she said slow
ly, lookiug at me with large, puzzled
eyes. "I did not know bedare that girls
could be so dreadffilly iu earnest, but I
like to listeu to you. I am afraid my life
will shock you. Miss Feu ton: not that I do
any harm oh, no harm at all ouly I am
always amusing myself. Life is such a
delicious thing, you see, aud we cannot !e
young forever."
"Surely it is not wrong to amuse your
self." "Nut wrong, perhaps." with a tittle
laugh; "but I lead a bullerrty exisieme,
ml jet 1 am always busy, too. How is
ue to hud time for reading aud improv-
ig one's self or working for the poor.
w lieu there are all my pets to feed, aud
the flower-vases to till, and the bees and
lir garden? And In the afternoon I ride
with father; and there Is tennis, or arch-
ry, or boating: and In the eveulug if I
did uot sing to him well, he would be so
dull, for Adelaide always reads to her
self, aud if I do not sing I talk to him, or
play at chess; and then there is no time
for anything: and so the days go on."
"Miss Cay, I do uot consider you are
leading a perfectly useless life," I observ
ed, when she had finished.
"Not useless; but look at Violet's life
beside mine."
"In lay opinion your sister works too
much; she is using up health and energy
most recklessly. Perhaps you might do
more wilh your time, but It cannot be a
useless life If you are your father's com
panion. Hy your own account yon ride
with him, sing to him, and talk to him.
This may be your work as much as being
nurse is mine."
"You nre very merciful iu your judg
ment," she said, with a crisp laugh, as
she rose from the window-seat. "What a
strange conversation we have had! What
would Adelaide have thought of It? She
is always scolding me for being irrespons
Me and wasting time, and eveu father
calls me Ins 'humming-bird.' You have
comforted me a little, though I must con
fess my conscience indorses their opinion
Uoivl-night, Miss Fentou. Violet culls
you Merle, does she not? and it Is such a
pretty name. The other sounds dreadful
ly stiff." And she took up her lamp and
left the room, humming a Scotch ballad I
as she went, leaving me to take up my
neglected work, and ponder over our con
versation.
Were tbey right In condemning her as
a frivolous idler?" 1 wondered; but I knew
too little of Oay Cheriton to answer that
juestion. Only In creation oue sees beau
tiful butterflies and humming birds ns
well as working bees. All are not called
upou to labor. A happy tew live in the
sunshine, like gauzy-wiuged insects In
the ambient air. Surely to cultivate
cheerfulness; to be happy with iouocent
happiness; to love and minister to those
we love, may be wort of any grade. We
must, be careful not to point out our own
narrow groove as the general foot-way.
The All-Father has diversity of work for
us to do, aud nil Is uot of the same pat
tern. (To be Continued.)
The .Monopoly Reaching out.
San Fraxcisoo, March 17.--A large
tract recently purchased at Point Pinole,
thirty miles above this city on the shore
of the bay, for the establishment of a
meat cannery, is said to have been
bought in the interest of Armour and a
syndicate at packers that will trv to con -Uol
the beef market on'the coast. The
synplca will build extensive abbatoirs
near Point Pinole, where they will have
stock yards and packing houses. The
fresh beef will be sold from refrigerator
depots at San Francisco, and, perhaps,
Oakland, Sacramento, Stocton and other
points. In this way it is hoped to con
trol the price for live stock and make a
market for meat. The company will
have its own refrigerotor cars and man
age trnnsporoation, while the cannery
will utilize all unsaleable parts. Retail
butchers are uneasy over the seheme, as
they fenr higher prices. The bigwhole-
salers will fight Armour if he attempts
to run the coast market.
Another C'ollllon.
Mot-NT Cakuoi.t, Iix., Mnrch 17.
About 2 o'clock yesterday morning a fust
freight going west on the Chicago, Mil
waukee it St. Paul ran into an east-
bound extra train. The engineers and
ffremen on both trains jumped, and
thereby saved their lives. The engines
were both bailly wrecked. The cars of
the east bound train were sinned back
down grade by the shock, and soon ac
quired a speed of eighteen or twenty
nilos nn hour and about forty rods
'rom the depot ran into a second east
bound train. Twenty-one cars and
three loitomotives were completely
wrecked by the double collision. The
damage will amount to 100,000 or ?100,
000. The track was not cleared of the
wrecked cars until noon.
Nettle ilceion the Hollar.
Nf.w Yokk, March 1C Holders of !
per cent of the indebtedness of Henry S
Ives Si Co. have consented to settle for
5 cents on the dollar. It is expected
that the consent of the remaining 5 per
cent. will soon be secured. Judge An
drews, in the supreme court to-day,
granted a motion to reduce the bail of
Ives and Stainer from $25,000 to 15,000
each in the civil action brought against
them by the Cincinnati, Hamilton A
Dayton Railroad company. They will
probably be released from Ludlow street
jail soon. A citation haa been granted
requiring the creditors to appear May 1
and ahow cause why the settlement
should not be confirmed by the court
Mr. Cromwell, assignee of the Hrm, aayi
that 8.000.000 out ot the 1181)00.000 in
.1-1.1 k. -.!. JV .-A i
u ivw., uu.i un vuuu muiiiiiuu in vivw
of the intangible and oomblloatad char
acter of the remainder of the creditors
consented to the settlement on a par
mknt. luikia.
1
WASHINGTON NEWS.
- Tb tloUM.
Washisotos, March 20. In the house
a protest from the president of the
colored industrial fair association of Ar
kansas against the proposition to tax
cotton el oil as presented aud re
ferred. Couger of lows presented a
resolution of the Iowa general assembly
in favor of the bill requiring prod jeers
of compound lard to labwl the article.
lieerred.
A resolution flits adopted calling 011
the secretary of war and the secretary of
the interior for information as to whether
a saving in liw public expenditures
could be uiude by transferring the bu
reau of pensions from the interior ile
partmei.t to the wur department.
A resolution was adopted calling upon
the secretary of the interior for data
relutive to the payment of penbious urn!
for an estimate, an to the miiouiit of
money which will be required for the
payimml of arrearage in case the lituitn
tion of arrears act is realcJ.
A bill was passed authorizing altijuvilu
aud deMniilions uuder the public land
laws to 1m) made before commissioners of
United States courts, or lefore the clerk
of a court of record in which the hind is
situated.
l'uvson of Illinois culled up the bill to
repeal the timber culture laws, pending
action on which the morning hour ex
pi red and the houue went into committee
of the whole, on the pension appropria
tion bill.
Morrow' in churgo of the bill, which
appropriates $!i8,127,4t;i, explained its
provisions in detail, and in reference to
the general subject of pensions said it
might safely be unsullied that the num
ber of pensioners would reai-li its ninxi
mun about July 1, MM, when the ex
penditure would be 1 12,000,1 On
that date, under the existing law, the
numlier of pensioners on the rolls would
lie 750,000,
Snyers discussed the pension system
as affected by both tho nets of congress
and the administration of the service.
He cited statistics to show that from
July 1,1800, to January 1,1 S!M, the ex
penditures of the government of pen
sions were $l,10Tv!2C,017; that the expen
diture for pensions for the past Hscnl
year was S80,131,I)tW; that the expendi
ture for pensions from March 4, 1780, to
June 1, 18C1 throughout a period of
seventy-tw3 nnd one half years, were
180,738,327, nnd Unit the excess of pen
sion disbursements for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1889, over the pensions
from 1788 to 18(51, 11 period of seventy
two and one-half years, was $8,393,011.
He severely criticized the administra
tion of the pension office nnd cited many
instances where he claimed the decis
ions of the pension bureau were incor
rect and improper. He wished to call
attention to the manner in which the
pension system ii being administered
He thought there should be a thorough
investigation of the system, in order thai
complete justice might be done to the
men who had fought for their country
and the bounty jumpers stricken from
the roll.
Peters said that for the first time in
the history of the country the house
had Ijefore it o careful and concise es
timato of what the expenditures of the
pension bureau would be during the
next fiscal year. He defended the ad
ministration of the bureau. While he
did not defend all the acts of Commis
sioner Tanner, he could only say that,
that officer had followed in the wake of
his predecessor, General Black.
Pending further debntethe coinniitl.ee
rose arid the house adjourned.
Nebraska..
Seward county boasts a full fledged
farmers' alliance.
Iiroken Bow will have a new hotel be
fore the warm summer months.
County division and a new ruilrond
line are leading topics in Custer county,
Nelson proposes lo have a uew school
I, nose and will vote bonds to aid in its
construction.
The fire bell tower at lied Cloud is be
ing built higher, so that all citizens may
bear the alarm.
Superior is one of the twelve cities of
the state to be v- ritten up in the world's
fair edition of the Chicago Time.
Citizens of Monroe are import lining
the Union Pacific officials to establish a
station and build a depot in the village.
Shooting wolves by the light of the
moon is oneof the sports indulged in by
Greeley county farmers and sportsmen
Managers of the different ball teams in
the state are called to meet in Fremont
on the 25th to assist in organizing
league.
Mrs. Mary McVay, an old resident of
Nebraska City, died at that place yes
terday at the advanced age of ninety-
two yeoas.
North Bend is working for a hemp fac
tory in addition to the proposed flouring
mill. The former will le a branch of
the Fremont factory.
The tendency among the farmers of
the state is toward a greater diversity
of crops. The plan of raising so much
corn and bo little wheat, flax, etc.,is be
ing abandoned in many localities and
more attention to thesnmll grnins,sugar
beets, eta.will be given.
A somewhat noted crook, bearing the
name of Charles N.Walker with a tiunv
bar of aliases, haa been systematically
defrauding the hotels of Nebraska City.
A telegram from Kansas City requesting
TO SHARPEN
improve digestion, purify and enrich
the system and build up the flesh,
health, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Do you feel dull, languid, low-spir
ited ; experience a sense of fullness or
bloating after eating, tongnic coated,
bitter or bad taste hi mouth, irregular
appetite, dizziness, frequent headaches,
nervous prostration or exhaustion, hot
Hushes, alternating with chilly sensa
tions, sharp, biting, transient pains here
and there, cold feet, drowsiness after
meals, wakefulness, or disturbed and
unrefreshing sleep, constant, indescrib
able feeling of dread, or of impending
calamity ?
Jt vou have any considerable number
of these symptoms, you are suffering
from Hi I ions Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liv
er, associated with Dyspepsia, or Indi
gestion. The more complicated your
disease, the greater tho number and
diversity of the gymptoms. No matter
what stage it has reached, Dr. 1'icrce s
(Jolden Medical Discovery will subdue
it, if taken according to directions, for
a reasonable length of time.
" Golden Medical Discovery " acts
powerfully upon the Liver, aud
through that great blood -purifying
$500
REWARD
Sage's Remedy cures the worst cases, no matter
his arrest for a similar offence arrived
too lute, as he had skipped across the
river to Iowa.
The aid of the sheriff of Greeley
county was invoked to keep at a proper
distance, an over-infatuated young man
of Loup City, who troubled with his at
tentions one of the fair ones living near
Scotia.When convinced that his suit was
hopeless he left, but assured those pres
ent that his dead body might soon be
found in the raging Loup.
Annual (i. A. II. Encampment
Milwaukee, Wis., March 20. The an
nual dedartment encampment of the G.
A. R. convened in this city this morn
ing. The morning session was wnouy
taken up with business. After the cre
dentials ot the delegates were presented
and approved nnd an organization was
elliected, Department Commander Fer
guson read his annual address and Col
onel Gray fave his report ns assistant
adjutant general. Both were referred
to special committees. At the evening
session Commander-in-Chief llussell A.
Alger made a speech in which he said
that on a visit to Washington recently
he discovered that the congressmen and
senators were irrevocably opposod lo
the service pension bill, which will call
for 1150,000,000 additional appropriation
each year. The dependent bill, whieh
calls for about KW.OOO.OOO annually ad
ditional, he was confident would bej
passed in a few weeks. He favored the
veterans taking what they could get, in
stead of asking something that was im
possible. On the condition of the or
ganization hesaid:"Iwill have attended
twenty-three department meetings by
the time I get through, April 30, besides
many other Grand Army gatherings. I
have found the organization to be in
excellent condition all over the country.'
At to-morrow evening's meeting the ex
union prisoners of the war will hold a
reunion in the superior court room.
The meeting will take steps toward se
curing a recognition from congress for
ex-prisoners.
Clrnt Exrltaincut.
Inihanai'omh, Maroh 20. Part of the
root or the Bowen-Merrill company 'b
building, which burned recently, fell at
1 o'clock today burying a number of
men in the ruins. It is Relieved that
from fifteen to twenty-five persons were
killed or injured. Great excitement pre
vails. Tne reports of eye witnesses are very
conflicting as to the number supposed to
be in the wreck. It is probable that
most ot those near the falling wall es
caped when the roof fell in. Police
Captian Campbell and officers Manning
ind Lefler were standing on the main
floor, while directly beneath the project
ing roof were Peter Albin and William
Mendows onrponlers. The officers es
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were buried beneath the moss of timbers.
Both were extricated in a few minutes,
the latter being badly hurt. It is im
possible to clear away the wrejk at this
time as the iron is cracking badly and
may topple over at any'nioment. Im
mediately after the fall of the roof the
last wall ot the building occupied by
Bicknell's store fell with a crash. It
is Btated but not authenticated, that all
the customers and clerks escaped.
Fourty-five men working under the
supervision of the commissioner narrow
ly escaped.
Later investigations proved that only
Women were hurt, though many had
narrow escapes. The flames broke out
again in the ruins and are still burning
tonight. It is feared that the two-story
building adjoining the wreckage has
been damaged by the crash and is likely
to succumb.
JnGraat Danger.
Washington March 20. The secretary
of war to-day sent to the house an on
swer to the resolution adopted March 15,
asking if there is reason to apprehend
unusual danger to human life by the
present flood in the Mississippi river.The
cheif signal officer, to whom the matter
was refered, reports that the following
parishes and counties are in imminent
danger of extensive if not complete over
flow to such a depth as to render loss ot
life probable,unless the greater part of
these sections is now being or has been
vacated by the inhabitants. In Ark
ansas: Chicol,population 10,11 ".In the
slate of Louisiana:The parishes of Mad
ison, population 13,000; Tensas, popula
tion 17,815; Concordia,population 14,914;
Avovelle, 10,717; Points Coupee, 17,785.
The signal office gave a warning on
March 1 that by March 15 the high wat
er at Vicksburg would approximate the
great and destructive flood of 1892. On
the morning March 12,special dispatches
were sent to Cairo.Memphis, Vicksburg
and New Orleane,and also given to the
press associations, setting forth the im
minent danger and advising that steps
be taken to remove all stock and other
movable property to points above ' the
highest flood line.These warnings were
reiterated on March 11, with notifica
tions that the flood conditions were un
diminished and that even higher water
could be expected than during the fa
mous flood of 1882. The cheif engineer
feels obliged by existing conditions aa
well as by further contingent rise in
the stage of the water to expreaa his
opinion that more or less danger tohum
nn life is threatened in the counties and
parishes named unless the inhabitants
vacate their property and retreat to
places of safety. The signal officers haa
no definite knowledge as to the action
the inhabitants of these parishes have
taken, except through the press.
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