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ietSHtt THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. DR, FALCONER'S TEMPTATIONS (Continue "No, no; you nro quite mistaken, doc tor," exclaimed tho man, all IiIh wlld neaa of aspect returning and hie eyes gleaming with a mnd terror and sus plcion. "There's nothing in it noth ing at nil, except whnt llttlo money I have, and a few curion I picked up In my travels. Let me have It at once, pleaEO at onco, without a single mo ment's delay!" "Don't bo in a hurry," Eald Richard. "It is qutto safe, I nsouro you. It it bo of bo little value as you say, why cx clto yourself about it? How much might thcro bo in it, then? It Bcomcd to mo pretty heavy." "Oh, very little: hut ns It Is nil I havo in tho world, you needn't wonder that I am anxious about It. I must ask you to givo it to mo at once; it will make my mind easier." "Don't bo uneasy; I give you my word It's qulto safe. Look here, I'm rather a fancier of curios myself; I don't mind giving you ten poumlu on epec for tho belt just ns It stands. It you tell mo It Is worth more, I will glvo it to you." "I wouldn't take ton pounds; not that it 1b really worth more, but there nro things in it that havo a special value for me. I shouldn't think of selling it on any forms, and I must again ask you to let me havo it In my own posnea eion." "I will glvo you a hundred," said Richard mischievously, "and I will let you retain anything In it that you wish specially to keep." "I tell you I am not going to sell It on any terms whatever," rejoined tho other testily, "so wo had better drop tho subject. And I beg you will glvo It to mo now without any further delay." "Yet I should think a hundred pounds would be something of a con sideration to a man who has 'parted with tho very last rag and stick ho can spare" said Richard. "Come, my friend, you may not meet such a chance again; what do you say to five hundred pounds?" "Dr. Falconer," replied the mnn cx- cltodly, "either this is a very bad Joko or you must have lost your senses. For the last tlmo I ask you to restoro my property. If you do not, I will at once walk out of your housoand put the matter In tho hands of thc'pollce. Give me what belongs to me and let me go." "Very well," said Richard, "you shall have it nt once." He left tho room and returned in a minute with tho belt and pistol In his hands. He found his pa tient already half dressed. With fren zied haste he mado a grasp for tho belt, but Tlichard caught him by tho wrlnt and held him as it in a vice, while ho eald Btornly "Listen to me, madman! You act as If you think I wnnt to rob you. Why. you idot, If that had been my design I need lot havo so much as lifted a finger; I had nothing to do but to sit till, nnd you would havo been dead by this time, and nobody to ask a single question about you. Instead of that, I havo brought you to my house, I havo restored you to life and you repay me with Insult and abuse. Even yet, It I 'wanted to possess myself of this pre cious belt, I should only havo to go to too nearest magistrate- and certify you Insane, to have you shut up In a lunatic asylum for tho rest of your days. Much attention thcro would be paid to your ravings about being robbed of gold and jewels! That is what I could do if I were tho villain you think mo. Tako your belt and bo ashamed of yourself, you ungrateful wretch!" and be flung It with a crash upon tho floor. Ono of tho pouches burst open and tho guineas rolled out in a golden stream. With a shriek tho owner flung himself upon his knees to clutch them, when his new-found strength failed him all at onco and he rolled upon his face In a dead faint. Richard knelt down, turned him upon his back, and sprinkled n few drops from tho water-Jug upon his face. Aa bo did- so ho was startled to hear a knock at tho door of the room. Going hastily to open It, ho found Mary, in a dressing-gown, a paper in her hand, her eyes wldo open with anxious sus pense, "Oh, Richard! I haven't been able to sloop all night,", she cried, "and just now I heard loud voices and a scream. What has happened? Is anything wrong?" "Don't bo frightened, darling," said Richard. "You have como Just In tlmo to help mo" In restoring this man, who baa fainted. Is thcro any brandy la Uio ccllarctto?" "Yes, just a little. Shall I go and etch It?" "Pleaso-do so." Sho turned to go dowu-atalra, and Richard closed tho door and made hatUo to pick up tho A oln3 wn'cn vcr scattered over tho Ttoor. "Bttt che a. ould not seo them," -Jfye said to himself ns ho returned them to tho poncb! and fastened tho belt so curely round tho patient's waist "Come lir.Marj," In answer to another knock. ".! you havo tho brandy, Stop I not that way," ns Bho was put ting n wlno-glass to his lips; "ho won't be able to swallow. Just hand mo my hypodermic case; you'll find It in my teat-pocket, hanging at too back of tho door." With practiced quickness ho prepared jUie ajrrlage and Injectod a few drop3 i VC A SHORT STORY Into his patlont'd arm. To his sur prise Mary was not nl his side to holp him, and when ho turned to look for her she was standing near the lamp, gazing with fixed eyes nnd p.irtcf lips on something which she held cloo to tho light. "Richard, Richard, look here!" sho exclaimed excitedly. Richard looked. It was the llttlo dnguorreotypo ho had picked tip In the man's room nnd slipped Into his pocket almost without looking at It. "Oh, that's only a likeness of some body that I found in his room as wo wero leaving, and thought I had better tako with mo. Put It on tho mantlo- pleco; he may want to havo it again." "Hut, Richard, do you mean to say thnt you don't rocognlzo it? Why, good heavens! don't you seo It's n like ness of mother?" "Of your mother?" ho exclaimed, snatching It from her hand. Ho held it close to tho lamp1, nnd had to tmn It at several different angles beforo ho could catch the fueled tints on tho ehlnlng Bllvcr plato from which they eoemed obliterated, and whon ho did eo he could not loprcss a loud exclamation of astonishment. "It Is she, suro enough! No ono could over forget thoso long curls! And I've seen her In Just such a bonnet all round hur faco I'm Burc a hun dred times! How extraordinary! How on earth can he havo come to have it?" "Why, Richard, how can you bo so stupid? don't you seo It's Jack! our lost Jack, whom wo havo bcllcvod dead so many years! Oh, Jnck, Jack, Is this tho way wo Ilnd you again? Poor, poor fellow, what miseries you mu3t havo passed through! Hut wo will try nnd make it better for you now. Open your eyes, dear Jack! it Is I, your llt tlo Molly, and wo shall bo so happy to gether again. Oh, Richard, ranko him como to; do your best now it you never did before." She wns down on her knees beside him, trying to raise his head on her breast, chafing his hands and covering his unconscious faco with kisses. "Seo the air Is reviving him already," said Richard. "Now, Mary, control yourself; don't speak to him till I tell you; I havo something to say to him first. Put out tho lamp and sit down in that chair, away from the window. Como now," turning to the patient, who had just opened his eyes with two or threo deep sighs. "Sit up, Sergeant Wcntworth!" "Yes, Colonol!" ciled the sergeant, raising himself mcchnnlcally, and lift ing his hand in n milltnry salute. Sud denly his dozed eye cleared and he looked round with keen, suspicious glance. "Why. It's tho doctor! How do you know my I mean," he stam mered, suddenly conscious of having committed himself, "my nnme's In gram, not Wentworth." "Come, come, Jack Wentworth, don't turn away your best friends. I know all about you, and hero Is your little sister Molly, Just waiting to spring into your arms. Don't tell her you 'don't remember her; sho has been talk ing about you ever since we wero mar ried, and even after sho had a boy of her own, whom sho would Insist on naming after you." "Oh, Jack, Jack!" cried Mary, run ning Into his embrace; "how do you think I could ever forget you? Don't toll mo you havo forgotten me! Oh, Jack! what dreadful times you must havo had I Dut we'll make you forget all your sorrows now." "Molly, Molly, It Is really you?" cried tho hardened Boldlor, actually bursting into tears. "Forget you, my llttlo pet? Why, you were tho ono memory that kept mo from blowing out my brains a dozen tlmoa! And tho ono thing that mado mo save my plun der and scrape and starve In the midst of plenty for I am rich, Molly, though I don't look It was the hope of being able to find you ono day&nd sharo my winnings with you. Whon I made my wny home to. tho old placo In York shire and found all tho family wero gono, and tho only thing I could hear of you was that you had married a doc tor and wero living no ono could toll mo whero, I Just started off In search ot you, and for threo weary years I havo tramped nenrly every road In England looking for you. It's not like ly that I'm going to say now I don't remember you, my llttlo Molly." Ho turned to Richard with out stretched hand. "I hope you'll forgive mo for what I Bald Just now. You havo treated mo with tho greatest kindness I over received from any one, and I re paid you with insult But I was really not sano whero that belt was con cerned. You wero qulto right about It I got tho Jowols at Burroah; Lord, what a do it was! I will tell you tho story ono of theso days. I don't know yet myself what they are worth, but It Is something fabulous. Tho possession ot them mado a regular miser of me, hut I was thinking of Molly all tho tlmo. Now I havo found her, nnd tho halt of them aro hers, aud as for the rest, why, If you can put up with tho humors of a crotchety, testy old brot'i-er-ln-Iaw, I think I'll end my wander ings hero and play tho rich bachelor undo with my nephews and nieces and a lot inoro of them there will bo, I hope; oh, Molly?" "Why, Jack' cried Mary, Quit uca- iVA blc to understand, "how on earth can you play the rich undo? And what la thla belt you aro talking about?" "Hero It Is," nald Jack, suddenly slipping It oft his own waist and buck ling It around hers. "Feel tho weight of that! You Just keep It for me, and whenever I want anything out of it ! will como and ask you for it." THE END. COW AND BEAR. A man who was brought up on form In Cherryfleld, Matno, recently told a reporter for the New York Sun several stories Illuatratlvo of tho cour ugo of animals In defending their young. Ono of the best of tho stories has to do with a tlmo when tho boy was twelve years old. If his youthfulncss Is taken Into tho account, tho adventure will bo seen to hnve been a protty live ly ono. One of our cows had hidden her calf, and I had set out to find him. I heard the cow lowing In the woods nnd wont to where sho was, in n clearing grown up with ferns nnd raspberry bushes. Above tho bushes I saw hor back and honiB, and could tell that she was fight ing with something thnt I could not seo. Sho wns standing her ground, facing about so as to keep her enemy, what ever it was, always under her eye. I thought ot nothing bigger than a dog or fox, and was pressing forward to got n look at It, when a bear sud denly roso up on his haunches, stand ing head and shoulders nbovo the hushes. At that tho cow made a rush for him, with horns lowered. Tho bear struck nt her with his paw, and thon grappled her with both fore paws by tho head. The cow, under full headway, was too much for him to stand up against. She knocked him over, breaking his hold, and tho way sho horned him and butted him about among tho bushes was a caution to bears. Tho sight was too much for my nerves, and I went up a tree. It was needless, so for ns danger from tho bear was concerned, for tho cow had him whipped In tho first round, nnd ho got away ns soon ns ho could, whimper ing nnd biting at his sides in tho places whero the cow's hornB had pricked him. From the tree I could see the calf where ho wns hidden. Ho was what I had come for, but I did not feel llko getting down until I was suro the cow had got quiet But sho knew her friends, and whon I went to tho calf and set him on his feet, he was hid ing, like a fawn, close to tho ground, she made no objection, hut went quiet ly back to the pasture, with the col' following. Who I Doing- What. Thcro aro nearly twenty-threo mil lion ot people In the United State! that aro doing something. Ot the whole number of working people the females form 17.22 per cent Divided by classes tho working peoplo of tin country are as follows: Agriculture, fisheries and mining, 9,013,336; profes sional, 044,333; domestic and personal servlco, 4.3C0.577; trndo and transport ation, 3,326,122; manufacturing and mechanical Industries, 6,091,293. Con siderably more than four-fifths of tu lllltcrato male population of the coun try and over one-fourth of tho illiterate female population are working. Ovei G3 per cent of tho worklngmcn art married, over 27 per cent Blngle, ovei 3 per cent widowed, and onc-quartci cf one per cent divorced. In manu factures and mechanics tho carpentert and joiners, numbering 611,482, make np tho greatest element, with dress makers and milliners following with 499,690. There nro a llttlo ovor 1,000, 000 bookkeepers, clerks and salesmen, 690,658 merchants and dealers, 5,281, C57 farmers, planters and overseers, and 3,004,001 agricultural laborers, 349,592 miners, and only a llttlo ovei 60,000 fishermen and oystermen. Pro fessors and teachers, aggregating 347, 344, form tho most numerous of the professional classes. Physician and surgeons, 104,805, como next; then' lawyers, 89,630; clergymen, 88,203, government officials, 79,604; musicians etc., 62,155; engineers nnd surveyors, 43,239; nrtlsta and art teachers, 22,496; Journalists, 21,849; and actors, 9,728- Tom Falno'a nrldgo. A plcco of cable recently found in n historic dwelling at tho Falls of Schuylkill recalls tho first suspension brldgo of a single arch ever attempted In this country. The idea originated with Thomas Paine, "tho great com moner of mankind," whllo ho was spending tho summer ot 1786 at tho hotel near tho falls ot Schuyklll Tho Idea was suggested to him oy the mechanism ot a spider web, and ho be gan to work upon plans for an Iron brldgo to span tho river at that point. To lay his model beforo tho French Academy of Science, "Paine went to Franco in 1787, hut that country was already on tho road to revolution, and had no tlmo for tho study of bridge-, In England Paine forgot his scientific mission and became absorbed in polit ical affairs, which ended with his im prisonment and gave to tho world "The Rights ot Man," but lost to It for many years advanced scientific bridge-building. Pulladolpbln Record. The Old, Old Story. Mrs. Jaggs (tho next morning) Do you know what tlmo you got homo last night? Mr. Jaggs It must havo been pretty lato, but an Important business transaction detained me at the ofllec and by toe way, dear, did you eee anything of my shoes? Mrs. Jaggs Yes; you'll And them hanging on the hnt rack In the hall, Just whero you left them. READY TO MOBILIZE. ENGLAND'S NAVAL PREPAR ATIONS CONTINUE. t.orit SalUburj'a .Sutvrar to franc In Hi Ulna nook l'lutiti 111 , KnglUh l'rtit rira Against Allowing A 11 j Ultcntiton or tha Nile's t'ottcitlnu. Loxpox, Oct. SO. The KnglUh pa pers aro full of particulars of naval nown, but tho only fresh development is an order received nt Portsmouth to prepare all tho ships ot the fleet and the reserve for Inuucdlnto mobiliza tion. Eight additional war ships there, In consequence, began coaling this morning, nnd working parties were immediately sunt on board tho other reserve war vefc'els ut Ports mouth. All Interest to-day Is centered In the Marquis of Salisbury's addition .to tho Faslioda correspondence, contained In tho publication of tho British blue book on that subject Tho conservative newspapers dcclnro that the book dispels tho Idea spread by tho dispatch hero of tho French am bassador, Duron do Courocl, that tho British premier, was willing to nego tiate on tho whole- question. Tho Lib eral and Kndlcal organs still consider that tho Marquis of Salisbury's atti tude admits of negotiations promising n friendly arrangement Tho entire press however, scouts tho Idea of tho possession of tho Faslioda coming within the sphere of tho discussion. 6t James' Gazutto says: "We nro prepared to negotiate tho question of tho western frontier of tho Bahr-cl-Ghazol district. But wo must control tho Nile, both banks nnd water sheds, from its source to tho sen." The London (Hobo thinks tho Mar quis of Salisbury has inndc it clear that Major Mnrohand must quit Faslio da without conditions. "Until that Is done," tho Globa says, "thcro can bo no discussion of tho French claims In Africa." Tho Globe points out thcr.lg nlficanb announcement in General Kitchener's report that ho sent gun boats south from Sebat, towards Mesh-raor-Rek, tho principal trading center of tho Bahr-cl-Ghazel region, with In structions to establish necessary out posts and that before he loft Scbat ho completed arrangements for the main tenance of those stations. The Pall Mall Gaetta concludes, from tho publication of the blue book, that tho French government has been given to understand that, wholly apart from the Faslioda question, lis title to the territory abutting upon tho left bank of the Kile is "rejected as utterly untenable, nnd Franco must accept the position or take the consequences." The Westminster Gazette suggests as tho solution that the French bo granted "way lcavo" and "enelavo" for commercial purposes In tho llu.hr- el-Ghazel district "Wny leave" is tho right of way ovor another's ground; "enclave" Is a territory enclosed with in tho territories of another power. Tho French papers to-day are more hopeful and believo that a pacific solu tion of the dispute will bo found. Tho Paris correspondent of tho Lon don Daily Chroniclo claims to havo au thority to say a decision has already been taken by tho French government speedily to evacuate Faslioda, and that M. Dclcassc, tho French foreign min ister, will do his utmost to facilitate a pacific- solution. Halifax, Nova Ecolln, Oct .&. Tho British wur ships Pallas and Talbot arrived to-day from Bermuda. Gen oral Lord William Seymour, com mander of the troops in British North America, will return from Ottawa at once, his visit having been cut short by the unusual activity in military and naval circles at this station. ViCToniA, B. 0., Oct. 25. The prep arations at Ksqulmault, tho naval depot of tho Northern Paclfla squad ron, continue unabated. Tho Amphion, which it was understood would go into dry dock until after another steamer already booked had been dealt with, received instructions to-day from tho almiral of tho fleet to begin tho neces sary work immediately, and sho en tered tho dry dock. Tho officers do not deny that tho preparations now going on aro duo to tho strained rela tions of Franco and hnglanu. ' SAIL UNDER AMERICA'S FLAG, Pint of tho Northern, l'aclfla Bteaniers Traniforred from nrltUh Iteglitry. Tacoua, Wash., Oct SO. -Theotcam-flhlp Tacoma of tho Northern Pacific Steamship company was formally transferred from British to American registry yesterday. Flvo thousand peoplo on tho ocean dock listened to the speeches on tho occasion, All tho other vcssola of the lino aro to bo transferred. Permission to assume American reg ister was granted by Congress last July, but tho English government for bade the transfer as it might bo con strued as a breach of neutrality. With tho signing of tho protocol all objec tion ceased. It la believed in shipping circles that tho Northern Pacific Steamship company is preparing Its vessels for the Manila trade whon the Philippine islands shall be annexed. Troop Slowly Ceavlng Coba for Spain. Havana, Oct. 2C Honor Glrautu, secretary ot tho Spanish evacuation commission, delivered two notes to the Uultcd States evacuation commission yesterday. One gavo the number of Spanish troops who left Nenvltaa by tho steamer Miguel Callart, tho othor tho number of those who left Glbara by tho steamer' MonLserrut. Tho total from both ports exceeded 2,000. all of whom were from tlw Ilolguin division. The French mail steamer Cherlbon sailed thin afternoon for Spain with 000 troops and seventy-one officers aud ho families of the latter. ANOTHER j-RENCH CRISIS, llrU.on I.nir III Tlilnt MtnUtrr of Wnl Within Kl Montln. Pam, Out 90. General Chanolne, minister of war, resigned to-day in tho tribune of the chamber ot deputies. Strong bodies of pollco wero sta tioned in tho neighborhood of Palais Bourbon and tho Place de la Concordo to-day to prevent tho projected demon strations at tho opening ot tho cham ber of deputies. The French cabinet met this morn ing and tho minister of marine, M. Locltroy, announced that ho would shortly introduce a hohemo for the ad ministration and financial reorganiza tion of tho navy. A meeting of Progressives and Re publicans decided not to support tho government's Internal policy, but to uphold to tho fullest extent its foreign policy. TJiere wns considerable disorder about tho approaches of tho Pulnls Bourbon when M. Deroulode, M. MUlc vole and other deputies arrlvod, accom panied by a crowd of supporters. Members' of thn League ot Patriots who were crossing tho Place de la Con corde shouted, "Vivo l'armeo'and the Republican guard wero obliged to clear a passavro. A conflict with tho police ensued. A band of antl-Scmltoa at tacked and injured a commissary of police. Tho rlngloador, M. Guerin, president ot tho antl-Semltio league, was arrested. When M. Drumont, tho autl-Somltlo leader, arrived thcro were further disturbances, with cries of "Down with tho .Tews," and cheering for Franco. A detachment ot cuiras siers charged and dispurscd tho mob. Several arrests were mode. Tho session of tho chamber of depu ties had no sooner opened than M. Deroulcdo mado n violent attack upon tho minister of war, Goucrol Cha nolne, whereupon tho mlnioter aroso and explained the conditions under which ho accepted tho portfolio In bo doing ho declared that he was of tho same opinion as his predecessors about tho opening of tho Dreyfus case, a re mark which was greeted with cheers and' protests, tho uproar lasting flvo minutes, When General Chauolno was able to resume speaking he asserted that ho was tiio guurdlan of tho honor of tho army and concluded with saying an grily: "I placo in your hands tho trust I received and I tender my resig nation la this tribune." Tho announcement was received with loud cheers. General Chanolno then left tho Chamber of Deputies aud the premier, M. Brisson, ascendod the tribune. Thcro ho was greeted with shouts of "Resign," while tho LcftUts cheered him lustily. General Chanolne is tho third of Mr. Brlsson'a war ministers to resign within six weeks. Ills predecessors were M. Cavalgnao and General Zur llnden. The Dreyfus case caused their downfall. This latest minister not only inherited tho Dreyfus cast from his predecessor, but also has had to handle tho Fashoda affair's military sldo. Tho prospect for his successor lv not pleasing. DARE NOT ARREST AMERICANS, Culun Police Da Not VFnnt to Underlukt the Job nt Any Trice. Santiago de Cuua, Oct 20. General Wood, military governor ot tho de partment of Santiago, though satisfied with the workings of tho Cuban com mittee of fifty rccommcudlng appoint ments and offering suggestions for as slstnnco In the work of civil adminis tration, has decided to simplify this feature by appointing eight of tho most prominent incinberh of tho com mittee as a permanent council to the governor. This council will meet Gen eral Wood thrlco a week to consult as to improvements in tho province, and tho other members may go to different points to consider local applications for ofuce. Tho members of tho council will rccclvo salaries, though tho amount has not yet been decided upon. Otic of tho first matters to bo con sidered by General Wood and tho advisory council will probably bo tho reorganization ot tho pollco force of tbo province, General Wood intending to cnlurgo it Ills idea is to make tho entire pollco forco ono semi-military organization, in command of an in spector general, with tho rank ot lieutenant colonel, having hcadquar- 1 tcra at Santiago. P nu ...in i.- i i i ...i.t. -iiiuru win us luur uispeciurj, Willi the rank of major, with headquarters at Santiago, Guantnnamo, Manzanlllo and Ilolguin, aud sub-Inspectors, with the rank of captain, at important places, b'mullor places will havo lieu tenants. Tho wholo servlco will be thoroughly drilled, Tho mounted po llco will bo armed with carbines and revolvers, and foot constabulary with machetes and revolvers. General Wood believes that in less than six months ho will havo a complete and well drilled body of mon. Thcro will bo reduotion In the number of police at Santiago, but General Wood contem plates adding twelvo American patrol men for districts specially frequented by soldiers, teamsters and Americana generally. Apparently no men of the present forco daro to arrest an Ameri can, even when the poltco outnumber tho offenders seven to one. UUsonrl Girl Killed. SriaxoPuiM), Mo., Oct 0. Miss Kiedla Duffner, 10 yoant of age, was shot aud instantly klllel last Saturday at her home in Dallas county, near tho Dido county lino, by a hired man named Powell. The family wore away at tho tlmo, aud Powell olaims that he picked up a revolver fiom a table and tho weapon accidentally discharged, striking tho girl in tho head, passing through her brain. Sho was the daughter of Charhts Duffner, thu farmer who was murdered by robbers flvo weeks ngo la hU yard after he had killed one of tho men. FIERCE NOR'WESTER STORM. Haiti, Know nnd IIIrIi Minds Make New October Itrcord. Kansas Cjtv, Oat JO. A storm of great energy la central to-day botweeu St. Louln, Mo., and Davenport, In,, Rain is falling In the Mississippi val ley and snow in Iowa and Missouri. Freezing tempcraturo prevails in Kan sas, Nebraska, tho Northwest and tha Central Rocky mountain region. TorxiCA, Oct 23. Kansas was visited by tho second snow storm of this sea son this morning. Telegraph facilities aro arlppled west of here, but no ser ioun damage has been reported. At Garden City a very heavy snow was re ported. It was wet and hoavy, cling ing to tho telegraph lines and making communication difficult East of Gar den City and west of Newton thcro Is only n llttlo now, but heavy winds pro val I. Be tween Topoha and Emporia tha snow fall was heavy, but tho weather was bo warm that it has nearly all dis appeared. Along tho lino of tho Rock Island railroad thora wan only a small fall of khow, except east and north ot Topcka. Between Phllllpsburg and Fairbury, Nub., ou tho northern line, tho storm is severe At Holton and Ilorton tho snow Is heavy, Wost of Phllllpsburg no snow has boon report ed. Tho telegraph lines along tho Rock Island, both east aud wost nt To pcka, nro working badly. Tho weather was much colder nnd tho snow had ceased nt 10 o'clock. A strong icy wind la blowing from tho west. Florence, Kan., Oct. 23. Tho first snow of tho season fell hero last night. It began last evening with a light rain, turning to snow soon after mid night There is a cold tiorthwost wind this morning. Tho bad weather will interfcro with tho Republican r.illy at Marlon to-day, which is intended to bo tho biggest of tho campaign. W. E. Stanley, J. M. Miller and I. E. Lam bcrt ara to speak. Rbauimo, Kan., Oct CO. A florco storm of snow Is driving from tho northwest this morning. Tho mercury registers below tho freezing point. Thin Is the socoud nnow storm within ten days, breaking nil previous records for October In tho recollection ot tho oldest sottlcrs. La-YUirhox, Kan., Oct. 20. A hoavy rain lost night wus followed by snow early this morning. Tho snow con tinued falling in tho forenoon, accom panied by a high north wind. Wioiuta, Kan., Oct. SO. A light mow foil hero last night, but molted in a fow hours. It is very cold bore to-day. St. Johns, Kan., Oct. 20. It has boon snowing hero slnco 7 30 o'clock thin morning. Tonr Scott, Kan., Oct M. Tho second snow storm of this month has prevailed horo nlnco 4 o'clock thla morning. It came after a rain, and Is accompanied by a strong and very cold northwest wind. The thermometer has fallen 80 degrees. Tha snow is molting. Shdai.ia, Mo., Oct 20. Tho heaviest snow storm known hero for tho month of October began this morning. Tho snow is wet nnd heavy, affecting tho telephono and telegraph servlco. Tho weather is growing colder. JorMN, Mo., Oct. 2(. A nnow storm blowing from tho northwest has boou raging all forenoon. Nkvaba, Mo., Oct. 20, Heavy snow has been falling hero sinoo morning. It Is accompanied by a cold south wind. reft Nothing- to Charily. Nnw Yohk, Oct 50 Tho will of tha ato Dr, John Hall, pastor of tho Fifth Aveuuo Presbyterian church, bo qucaths nothing to charity. A number of small bequests aro mado to rela tives. All his real cstato in Kaunas goes to his son, Robert Wllllum; all his real estate in Chicago to his son, Thomas C. Tho rest of thn ostato ! divided among tho flvo children and tho widow. Tho will discriminates against ono of the sons, Bolton Hall, who is a So cialist and has interested himself ex tensively In labor matters. Ho in to recclVo only as a life interest tho in come from a certain part ot tho per sonal property utter tho death of tha testator's widow. Bolton Hall in ro putcd to bo wealthy, having married rich woman. NEWS IN BRIEF. Havana.-Tho Cuban general, Joso Martcl, has issued u proclamation ad dressed to tho people of Cuba demand ing "Cuba for the Cubans." Tho pro clamation ends by urging all Cubans to resist tho landiug of American troops by force. It is a highly Inflam matory document, but tlnds fow to justify it Springfield, III. Tho Torronco land titlo act is upheld in a decision ren dered by tho Illinois supremo court. Tho case decided Is that of the Peoplo va Simons. Bozeman, Mont. Snow fell to depth ot eight inches within tho last twenty-four hours, delaying threshing for somo time. It Is tho first heavy enow storm of tho asasun. Lincoln, Neb. Snow is falling nearly all ovor Nebraska. In Central and Western Nebraska It fa growing very cold, tho tempcraturo boiug tho lowest thus far this fall. Nine Gold Beekara Drowned. Seattle, Wash., Oct 80. A' Post Intelligencer special from Sunrise C;ty, Alaska, confirms tho report of tho loss of n small sloop and tho drowning of ulno men near Cook's in lot laat Sep tember. London. A dispatch. tho Kx- chango Telegraph Parla savs the American f kssloa- cm t Friday's joint, Lv nueiy insist upon tno Philippine islrj of H ivVn ( WAti . tii l,tM rn 'W 1 1 I i i ,:n !ffP ' a . 1 'y a Vi jk Ali-jirv ,1 lififiL i,