ANOTHER CUBAN BOM BARDMENT. SILENCED DY THE TERROR B7*f«7 Pn*nlaru»t BT*clil»« Al«» Took » Hand — hhof« From th* Mhor« lint* terlft Provoked Attack t>7 t.’io War V••••!* _ New York, April V) — A dir,patch printed by a Wall street news agency says that tho monitor Terror ami the gunboat Manillas bombarded Cardenas killing many Spaniards, but after ari hour's firing the batteries of lire enemy were silenced. A New York Evening Post dispatch , from Key West to-day says: "I’eports received here from the blockading F fleet this morning were to the effect that the bombarJinent at M a tan 7. us on Wednesday was followed up yes ! terday by a bombardment of Cardo nas, east of M atari/.as, on the north coast of Cuba.” At that station were the monitor i Terror and tho gunboat Mueliias. Shots from tho shore batteries pro voked them to lire back. For two hours, the report says, Cardenas with stood the bombardment. Then the ancient guns, which did no damage to i the ships, suddenly grew silent. Captain Harrington of the Puritan heard nothing of the bring upon Car denas, where two Spanish gunboats were hid in the inlet. He says it is impossible to get nearer than six miles to the town, which is not forti fied. WAR REVENUE BILL. Republican Mombiri Decide (Jpoo Fifty A mend men**. Washington, April 30.—The Repub lican in. in be r» of the ways and means committee held a meeting yesterday at which fifty amendments to the war revenue bdl were agreed to. Many of them are mere verbal amendments, but some are of considerable import ance, One of these exempts mutual and co-operative life insurance companies from taxation. The tax on insurance companies is transferred from the policies to the premiums. In this the amendment conforms to the law of 180(1. Tho tax on marine, in land and fire insurance policies is ex tended to cover employers’ liability associations.title insurance companies, glass and all other special insurance companies, of which many classes have grown lip in the past few years. Railroad telegraphic messages and all other leased wire messages are ex empted by an amendment limiting the tax to messages "on which the com panies' charges are to be paid or to be collected.’ Tho tax on chewing gum is reduced from 1 eant oa a 5-cent package to )« cent The tax on beer is extended to includo beer "stored.” The araeudment was deemed necessary to cover beer in storage. The license of dealers in leaf tobacco is reduced from 8’.’4 to 812 on those whose sales do not exceed 810.00) per annum, and from 818 to 8'4 on dealers whose sales exceed that amount The most important amendment was one which levies a tax of 1 cent upon ail pay telephone messages cost ing below 25 cents. The original pro vision exempted messages for a dis tance below thirty miles Mr. Tawney of Minnesota estimates that this amendment, which will cover all city and suburban business, will raise 8 5,000, MMX To l’r|« Salai* to Hsllil Hai.t I.as*, t’tah, April (I — A letter from the first president of the Mormon church to tlovernor Welts on the tub Jei-t of eulistiueuts has caused some thing of a sensation The president said that the fact that the Apostle Ungham Young, in a discourse >t the tabernacle Sunday, counseled tha suml» to r.malu at horn*, and that the recruiting o fit re in this city th» often* tag d.ty secured only furlpmita ml unteiTs was rI'd it a rvlleetl >n it|c>n the pitr.utlsiH of the people and that the preside no? of the eliil/ 1 i would ergo the salats to most. Gtosss AilstSt to u« Wttn ills Irss.i tin HI IS, April li- I eeteuaut tussl \ vs tsott tiis tie#to so not.*,ary at* IsrM >1 Mashing loo. who is now its this city, has less ordered to return to the t’nlted Itrlst slid sssowijusjf th« Isa u of lh» I oiled ht*te* which wut operate In t ub* Tuts Way Hu to . •also* Tonostiv ttstsiis Ynrd ») Sssar Pvdo .emitted serene* tone topher .* bs« trout Madfol test night, the out| lufst*matte*. ho«*e..r, last eould bo .■biased * a* that hi a resell of owe <§f the rebio* the uMwtste. might at aey rweureet here to start tor 1 endue SEIZED SPANISH MAIL. Letter* From Itlaoeo and Report* of *plM Are In the (lovernment'e Hand* Wasitixotox, April CO—The clerk* in the dead letter office at the Post* office department have been busy all ! day examining the cantnred Spanish j mail, the first batch of which has | been received in Washington from the I postoflice at New York. By ttn order J issued by the Postmaster General, all ! postmasters throughout the country ! are instructed to forward to the de 1 partmeut at Washington all letters j and packages addressed to persons in Spain. Some of the letters were of werj great importance to the military and ! naval authorities of 'be United States, i Soma of them are reports mado by General Blanco and other Spanish of ficials In Cuba to their superiors in Madrid, and relate to the condition of afi’airs and plan* for the defonse of the island. Others were written by i Spanish spies in this country, and most of them arc unimportant. Several letters will he turned over to the | secret service division of the Treasury 1 department, as they contain clews that may bo useful hereafter. No one enri remember when the government of the United States has held up and opened private corre spondence before. Certainly never since the war of 111?, although during the rebellion letters were frequently intercepted by orders of the war de partment or the department of justice, when it was suspected that they con tained official information. TRAITOR ON THE PURITAN Death Sentence to a Spanish Seaman on the American Slonltor. Kkv Wkst, fla., April 30.—It is as serted in an authoritative quarter that a Spaniard whose name is Charles Vg'asta* was discovered tampering with the largest maga/.ine on the monitor Puritan last Sunday after noon. The Spaniard was engaged in drill ing holes in Die bulkhead of the 10 loch magaziuo when discovered, lie was Immediately placed under arrest, lie lias been six years in this rmvy and rates as a storekeeper. He was sev eral years on the Minneapolis and the time of his present enlistment would have expired in a few weeks. He is now In double irons in the brig of the Puritan. * A court of inquiry has found him guilty and recommends court-martial. A thorough examination of the man and his suspicious actions during the last few weeks, when recalled by his detection, have convinced Captain Harrington, commander of the Puri tan. that the man harbored an insane notion that, as his country demanded it, he was willing to make himself a sacrifice and destroy the monitor by igniting the contents of the largest magazine on board. When searched the man was found to have about his person cotton waste saturated with turpentine. This, it is believed, was to have been used as a fuse. Papers in the case are in the hands of Hear Admiral Sampson. Great ex citement is said to exist among tho men on the war ships in consequence of the discovery. - ■ ■ INSOLVENT BANK RULING. Comptroller of Currency Hawes Benders nn Important Decision. W ashixoton, April 30.—An Import ant ruling has been mad* by Charles G. Dawes, comptroller of the currency, relating to the practice of the comp troller's office in regard to tho collec tion of tho assessments against the stockholders of insolvent nutional bunks, and the distribution of the proceeds of such assessments. Under this .•tiling, whenever it be comes necessary In adjusting the rights of treditorsand stockholders of insolvent banks, to either levy a sec ond assessment upon stockholders for the be no lit of Ilia creditors, or to re turn au excessive asses-,meut to stock holders, the comptroller will review the original assessment for tho purpose of waking such an adjust ment, contrary to the practice of the office heretofore, which has been to regard an asso-smeut based on the tir»l estimate of deficiency In the hank's assets as tlnnl, trre*|ieellve of whether that estimate was, as a mat tor of fact, too large or too small. The ruling is of great importance as it relates to assessment* already toned throughout tho country, as woll as those hereafter to ter levied upon stuckbolilors of insolvent national tranks * hose affairs are trot entirely Jltosovi Srsisi ttty Ilf* hrssvs tin, Ms, April XB — Tho 'rr. I •« t Mi u %4r. U *«» W VUW4J*! bv ** ** r IImi 4 mmmmM+m **l feiMl 4 | 41 I *, || |A . Ap*it lw •I \i%*t«t 14 |l U lb# lb# i> | I U# iwimittilMMi ■•*<■*•» I - I i* * * 4M4M4 •### *♦#" ... „ . _._* INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. v.iinr i r,n ai.— n ,uu uuiicu. i "Mi. Harris will walk with me,” faltered Dorothy, shrinking back. "By what right?” demanded David, in a hitter undertone. "By the right of Miss Strode’s wish, clr," put in Dick, Icily, "and in some measure by the right of having been , the last person to whom Miss Dirns dale spoke In this world, and In some measure by the right of having been one of the three persons who saw her die,” It was all over In a minute or two, and only those standing very near tr. them heard a word at all. Dick took hold of Dorothy's hand and drew her out of fthe room, and the rest of the company followed as they would— David Stevenson among them, his j head well up In the air, but his eyes j gleaming with anger, and bia face as white as chalk. However, It was useless to show an ger about such a matter, and the In cident passed by. And when the last sad oSlce was over, the large company separated, only the lawyer from Col chester returning to the llall to make the usual explanations and to read the will to Dorothy. "And are you going to remain here tor the present?” he asked the girl kindly. "Oh, no, I am going away at once," she answered. "But may I ask where?” he Inquired. "Yes; we are going away, Barbara and I, for a change—I must get away; It Is dreadful here. I hope I shall nev er come back again.” "Yon will feel differently after a time,” said the lawyer, kindly; he knew how things were with David Stevenson, though not what Dorothy's feelings towards him were. The three were alone then, Dick Ayl mer having purposely abstained from J appearing at the house after their re turn from the churchyard; he was. In deed, at that very moment, sitting by the lire in Barbara a little room at tnc buck of the house. "Yes, perhaps, after a time,” she anewered feverishly. "But, Mr. Marks, 1 wanted to ask you a question—Mr. Stevenson told me that I should have about a thousand pouuds?” "About that, I should think; but we eannot tell exactly until Miss Dimu dale’s affairs are settled.” "But will you get them settled at •nee? I want to have everything set tled,” she said anxiously. "You see, 1 eannot arrange anything for myself until I know just how 1 stand, and i should like to know just what I shall bn able to do as soon as possible.” "Very well, we will hurry everything on m much as possible,” said.' Mr. Marks to David; “Miss Dlmsdale's af fairs were In perfect order.” “Oh! yes. it will be easy enough," ■aid David; then as the lawyer was gathering his papers together, he said. In an undertone to her: "You are very anxious to shake the dust of Grave leigh ofT your feet. Dorothy." The great tears welled into her 1 eyee, and for a moment she could not j ■peak. "I don’t think you give me much encouragement to do anything else, David,” she said, reproachfully. “1 am very anxious to go away, be cause It is dreadful living in this house without Auntie- dreadful; and 1 am very unhappy, David, and I don’t think It is very kind of you to be so— ■o—” but there the sobs choked her and she stopped. “1 never thought yoc would be unkind to me,” she said under her breath. “I'm a brute,” he answered. “There, don’t cry, Dorothy. You shall have everything as you want It.” The result of all this was that, two days later, Dorothy and Barbara went j off to Bournemouth, accompanied by ! Lome Doone In a big basket, and there | they remained, quietly and gradually : recovering from the great shock of | Miss Dlmsdale's death. If they were j not very happy In their simple lodg- . Ings they were very peaceful, and once Dick came and stayed at the hotel near ' :i ' ' 't-', J RtmiU) oi t or rm: room lu * Wk^lv « I • ak*l Ufa IKifuiby •»» in* kaw* l/.4a*4 !>nife« iki* tint# ik«tr kaaiu »*»« MWklwl Ik VM ul Ik* * km> k»» at Ru«trk*»uaik ul al*» Ik k l«wl«i tbunb Ik U* *anak ®f *kl*b l*uk • k r«xHk a«4 |*tii tkaratk a»-«*« a* b*a hal*k|ta#» au aa l« Mala klaa •klf a aia*4tafl Ik Ika y *«a Rttl Im k «aa uki? at n-urka».> »tk fm* UMMk mm 4aj» a»4 \mw* *l>« Uk«l4 mmm *m U Dahimii *k i>aaik»ka ka , uj inrt-T null W1C »LI not a little to hia relief. Ami Mr. Marks meantime worked away, and. for a lawyer, really hurried things up in a wonderful way. so that by the time Dorothy's twenty-first birthday came everything was settled, and he waa ready to hand over to her the money to which she was entitled under her aunt’s will. Mr. Marks therefore wrote to her, telling her that he wag ready to hand over to Barbara the sum of one hundred pounds; to her, Dorothy, a sum of thirteen hundred and forty-five pounds, the sum left over and above after all expenses had been paid. Ho asked her also when sho and Barbara would be able to meet him and Mr. Stevenson, the executor of Miss Dlmsdale's will. Dorothy replied at once that she would be In London two days later, and If it suited th wished. “You will put that check Into a proper bank,” said Mr. Marks to Dorothy. "Yes,” Dorothy answered. "It will so to the hank before three o’clock.” "Am,’ remember, If at any time there Is any little matter that I can oo for you or any advice I can give you, you can write to me as a friend, and i will always do my heat for you,” the old lawyer said. "Thank you so much," cried Doro thy, pressing bis hand affectionately. The old man blinked his eyes a lit tle, patted her shoulder and coughed, and then took himself rather noisily away, with, a kindly hand-shake to Barbara. Then It was David'* turn to say goodbyt. “I wanted to tell you, Dorothy,” he said, huskily, “that 1 bought the old cobs, as you wished, and they will have an easy berlh in my stables as long as they I've. And 1 wanted lo tell you, too, that 1 meant every word of what I said to you the day after Miss Dlmsdale died: If ever you want me you have only to suy a single word and 1 shall come.” "You are very good, David,” said she, with trembling lips. "I don't know what you are going t* do, or what your plans are,” he went on, “but I hope you will he happy, and that God will bless you, wherever you are and whatever you do;” and then he bent down and kissed her little, slender hands, and, without, looking at her again, rushed1 cut of the room. CH APTER XII. COR Dorothy fell sobbing into Dar in ra’s arms. "Oh! Barbara, it is all so dreadful; It is all so dreadful; It brings it all bar.- again,” she walled. "Nay, nay, my dearie, think of whats going to be tomorrow,” Barbari. murmured, tenderly. "Don’t grieve like this, my dearie; don’t, now.” “But I can’t help grieving a little, Barbara.” Dorothy cried, impatiently. “You forget what they have been all my life to me until Just now. And Auntie wanted ine to marry David almost to the last, and though I couldn't do that, he has been very kind and generous to me, and I hute not to be friends with him, after all. And then I meant to tell hiu a little about Elsie Carrington, and t ien each timn I'a tiAAii him I hnvn f»»lr ... miserable and bo guilty, liurbrra, that I could have cried ot shame, res, in deed, I could.” "Well, but, my dearie. It'B over now. and David Stevenson would no: have been satisfied to have you friends with him. Men never are when they waut love. And, after all, It wasn’t your fault that you never liked Duvd; 1 never could abide him myself, nut I'm sure, Miss Dorothy, fur, that yot. de tested him long enough before you ever set eye* on Mr. Harris." "But, Auntie ," Dorothy sobbed. "I'm sure the dear mistreat was >he lust on# In all D.e world to h ive know ingly made you miserable about Doetd Stevenson or any other gtaHemtn en earth,” It rbara a.n • red. imllhfll}. Hut wha: did >, i want to i'll me • bout Miss CarrlUK on, dearie"* "Kl»l» always liked hint,” l Kir o' by began, w h* . ib* old servant Interrupl ad her "Nsy, o isr Mias Dorothy, take my ad tire and don't yon be meddling be tween Daitd Stsvenmn and Mias far* rtngtwn. They wouldn't stiker of tbew thank you tor t! if they knew It. •’id If you wae to wreniton her name •ten U would eat M» David agwinat ear fore ter Surer urn trouble your head about hint be a is worse uf than he'a always been be lev, In fart to# he ta rithev now than Mrns the Mall fall In him I dare *»» he it teal had a leant you fa# a htt hot rema«at*er, Mina lioreiby mat it a harder to loan ••si yww have than what ym haven t gat and nave# had * "Perhaps you are right, Barbara," said Dorothy, a little comforted. "Ay, I am right there." said Barbara* wisely. Well, the next day Diok Aylmer came up from Colchester with all the deight of a long leave before him, and. In the wildest and most Joyous spirits, so that Dorothy was fairly infected by hb gayety. That evening he took her and Barbara to dine at Simpson's, and then to a theater to finish up the even ing. And the morning following that, Dorothy, dressed In a quiet gray, gown, with her silver belt around her waist, got into a cab with the old servant and drove to the church where their banns had been “cried,” and there they met Dirk, and the two were made man and wife. It was a very quiet and saiemn wed ding In the gloomy, empty church, with Its dark, frowning galleries and Its long, echoing aisles, down which their voices seemed to travel as into the ages of eternity. And then when the short rerpmony was over and oh! what a lifetime of mischief a clergyman can do In twen ty minutes Dick kissed his wife and then Dorothy kissed Barbara, and they all went In to sign the registers. "You'll have your lines, Miss Doio thy.” urged Barbara. "No. they an* safe enough here,” Dorothy replied. "But I would have them, my dear," Barbara entreated in a whisper. “Yes, we will have our lines," said Dick; lie would agreed to have carried the church along If It would have given them pleasure, he was so happy. Just then. And then they went off to Dick's hotel, where they had n champagne* lunch In u private room, and Dlcit drank to bU bride’s health and Doro thy drank to his, and Barbara drank to them both, and then insisted that the wine had got into her head. And after that they parted for a short time, Dorothy and Barbara going off to Morley's to fetch their luggage and pay their bill, and meeting Dick again with bis belongings at Victoria Station, where they parted In earnest from Barbara, who wag going to spend the two months with various friends* and relations In or around London. "And Barbara, this will keep you,go ing till we get. back,” said Dick, slip ping twenty pounds Into her hand. "But, Mr. Harris,” cried Barbara feeling that there were four notes, "it's too much;.I shan't need it."' “Take it while you can get It, Bar bara," he laughed; "1 dare Bay wo shall be desperately hard up by the time we get back again;” and then the train began to move, and he pushed her hand back. "Good-bye, you have the address; Mrs, Harris will write every week;" and then the train had slipped away beyond speaking distance. “Poor old Barbara!" she cried. Dick caught hold of her hand. "My darling, L have got you all to myself at last,” he murmured passionately. They were soon away from London and oft Dover, for Dick had foreign leave, nnd they had agreed to spend the nest two months by the sunny shores of the Mediterranean. (To be Continued.) ABOUT SAFFHON. Hu High 1’rlee Has U>l to • Pecellar Fwm of ASullmllaa. Saffron would strike an ordinary ob sour us decidedly expensive at 5ti shillings per pounds, until told that it is composed of the central small por tions only of the dowers of a species of crocus, 7U.U0U of which It takes to yield the material for one pound.says ('ham tiers' Journal. The wouder theu be ■ nines tbst tt Is to cheap, that It ran pay to grow and gather It at the price. As s matter of fact, It has failed to pay the RnglUb grower by this re taining. In tb« name of hla lawn of HuRron-Walden, but n hint of former Importance In this particular direction, french and Spanish soils being more suitable to the full growth of the flow ers. and foreign labor rheaper In the work of picking. Its use In medicine has practically died out, bar. perhaps, Ike popular belief that, steeped In hot milk at cider. |t helps the eruption if measles to fully appear. As a dye In t creaming curtains and to give n rich ■ appe«r«at-e to cake It la still, however, in general demand, for which purpose I it is welt s illed in being loth harmless and sarong one grain, i<;mpoaed nf lb* j'yle and s. lames ef nine Rowers, being islh lent tn Rt«e n distinct yellow lint to ten gallons of water, fva hah p i e by the way, baa led in a pm ui*r to.1 m of adulteration, fuc. apart Imn IM crute and rommonpiaee nog f du.tina with a heavy powder snail «a gypsum, la give weight, the eimitaf pwavtona nf other a«d commoner Raw ern have been ipicUHt dyed and • elbed th-roughy In *«fc*ag Iha gen ( ann nus Experience Arid Not Experiments, Should be Your Aim In Buying Nlodicino. Let others experiment; you should be guided by experience. Experiments are uncertain in result; experience is aure. F.xperimente may do you harm; experi ence proves that Hood’* Sarsaparilla will do yoa wonderf ul good. Thousands gladly toll what Hood’s has done for them. They want you to know and they urge you to try it. That b* what is meant by the vast mini tier of testimonials written in behalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla. They give the re sultant experience end provethat HOOd’S Sparin"a lei Aiimrfu*'* Modfeine. Sold by all druggltU. $l;»l*f<*$. (J cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP COL 8AM FRANCISCO, CAL. iOmVIUA. RY. NtWHM.lt. PIMPLES “Jlj wife bad |>laaaba Ml bar rare, bat •ha liar been Ukln< C&Sa'AKKTM and they hare all dUappearvd. t had been troubled with cooatipatloB for auaar tune but after tak ing ibo drat ('arearat 1 hare had no truubla with tbla aliment. We eaaeot aia-ak ton high ly of ibatareta ” rttau W rKtutM. Mb (iermauiuBta dva. Philadelphia. Pv tinadTMerer Mjefea Wear.-, >■« I K»' a, a* ... 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