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TOTAL LOSS OF 525,000 NTAILID Th Merctmnl I'ltrlly I'rolccUd by In- uranro A Murrain County Farmer MnU m Violent lUath Other Nawi of Important Nature. Fire broke out last TliurBdnj' In the Hansom b'ock, lit Fairmont totally, dcHtroylriff the building and most of thednitf stock of (). E. Miller A. Ck).,' the hardware store of It. (). Hall, and (lamnglnfr the stock of Mrs. M. L.'. (Jarcynnd W. h. StIleB, Mr Oarey, .!. V. Horner, dentist, and I). F. N. Ash-' y occupied the upper story, the for mer as a dwelling and the latter two as ofilct'R. They lost everything. The. total lo&s will reach 82.',(KK), 913,000 on building, which was I bsu red for S5,0OO.' R. G: Hall, 95,000; InsuUu'ce, fOOO;, Mr. Oarey, insurance 9500 Jlorney, 91,; 000, Insured; Miller &, Co., 94,500, in-' sured, Dr. Ash by only carried abouti 9500. Mr. Stiles has ample insurance! to cover his lossf Two buildings north of the brick block were torn down by the falling'walla. ' THROWN 'UNDER WHEELS Farmer In llaffalo t'onntjr Meet Violent , Death. Partlculnra have been received re garding the sudden death of Henry, Hoflf, a farmer living four and & half miles nortHWst of I'leasantOn, Neb. Mr. Huff had been 'to town with a load. of hogs. It eeeius he had driven to the pasture on his return home and, hud got out to close the gate, first throwing the brake on the hind wheels and neglecting to throw it off was thrown from the wagon aftor going some distance uud was caught by the hind wheels and dragged to death. Mr. HofT was about tlfty years old and leaves a wife and adopted daughter. Axed Couple Dlei Together. The funeral of Samuel Overcash and wife was held at Crete, Neb. They were both very old and had expressed the desire to die at the same time and their wish was fulfilled, lloth died the surne day from the Infirmities of, age ond were burled in the same grave and coflln. They were the father and mother of 8. F. Overcash of Crete, one of the founders of the Crete Democrat. , Mft-htnlnK NUrU Fire. During a thunder storm at Western, Neb., lightning struck Ralph liousull'a barn and it burned tothe ground with its contents, three tons of hay, over fonr hundred bushels of grain, a I'Hfflfy. three sets of harness, and three or four valuable horses. There was no insurance. The loss is esti mated at 91,200. -j-i- Ntrut'k by Nnownllile. A terrible accident is just reported to have occurred on the Colorado .t Northwestern rond near ltoulder, Col. Two big engines attached to a pas senger train coming from Ward to lloulder were struck by a Urge snow slide and hurried into tho chasm bc low. Four trainmen were killed. Foremen Soli Nltaatlons. A strike was begun at the factory of the Hood Rubber company at East Watertown, Mass. Home of the em ployes say that nearly 1,000 went out. There was no trouble. The strike is over grievances, chief of which is the alleged practice of foremen lu selling situations, mostly to Armenians. IHicover lied nf Iron. A new manganese iron ore field has been found south of Little (irand, Utah, on the Rio Grande Western. The report is that E. T. Wolverton, a veteran prrospector. while searching for copper stumbled upon an extinct crater from which hod overflowed vast quantities of manganese iron. Child Fall on Thenn. The fourtcen-nionths-ohl child of (leorge Rice, living southwest of Hil dreth, Neb., fell with its face on the open points of a pair of scissors. The blades penetrated the brain, between the eyes, killing the child instantly. The accident occurred while the moth er was at work ut thu sewing machino llaron Fava Officially Retired. King Victor Emmanuel has 6igiicd the royal decrees placing llaron Fava, late Italian ambassador to the United States, on the retired list ntid ap pointing Marquis Carbonara dt Mulas plul his successor at Washington. NEWS IN BRIEF The slx-year.old son of Hurt Hrady of Itelmont, Nob., fell from a horse and fractured a leg. J. K. Lamsley of Lowell, O., drowned himself in the waters of the Muskin gnm river near .anesvllle. It is re ported he was short in his accounts. The five largest stationery engine manufacturing companies in the Unit ed States are to be consolidated into one big combine with a capital of 925, 000,000. Andrew Miller, a rich farmer living near Minerva, O., was shot from be hind while climbing the stairs to the hayloft in his burn. Ills ussallant is unknown. At Chicago Charles Sweeney, local agent for the Worth tobacco company of Lexington, Ky., killed" his wife and then took his own life. The couple had been separated for some time. ENGINES CRASH TOGETHER llead-Knd Collision on the Florence Cripple Creek Road. A head-end collision between a pas senger train and a light engine oc curred ou the Florence St Cripple Creek road near Florence, Col. Six persons were injured. They are: Hugh Conway, fireman on passenger, left foot crushed. James' McLaren, engineer bn passcn- gcr, severely cut about ncad, neck and bhouldors. Engineer Mason, cut about face. John llrown, conductor of passenger train, back badly wrenched. F. W. Terry, Denver, chest crushed. Charles L. Spraguci, newspaper man, Atlanta, On., nose broken and cut about head. The accident occurred on a sharp curve. A light engine was coming from Cripple Creek and was trying to make tho siding at Oro 'Junction. Iloth engines were entirely demolished. FAVORS A NEW ROAD. Omaha (Jlvet Kneouragement to I'ropoted F.mporla Air I.lne. At a mnss meeting af the citizens of Omaha, Neb., the proposition of the KaniM Southern o'ffldiala for'an Omaha Emporia Air Line was accepted. The promoters made the desired concessions that the name Omaha be nlnopd flrat In the title of the road, and that the anops and headquarters be located in Omaho, In return It is advised bv tin. citizens to vote 9250,000 in bonds to be delivered when tho rood is completed. William Allen White and other speak ers Pointed OUt thnt in pnnnirtlnir nlth the Santa Fe and MUsouri, Kansas & J.exas at htnporia a new gateway to the gulf would be opened. HEAVY SNOW IN KENTUCKY Follow! Rain of Two Dnyt and Con. sequent FreiheU. A Mlddlesboro, Ky., dispatch says: A heavy snow storm visited eastern Kentucky on the mth. Two .!.. licavyrain preceded the snow storm nnu Drought on freshets in Towell's valley which rendered twenty families homeless in that section. Tho mri. crop probably will be killed. WANT PRESIDENT TO COME Dubuque Urand Army Kncampment Ki tend Invitation. The committee on invitation and Senator Alllhnn nml fiiud... 11 1-- - "I'vuinji ueuuer Bon have asked President McKinley to visit the Orond Army of the Republio encamnment thu ii ,). i 1 At is believed he will accept.! TORNADO STRIKES HAMLET Several Homei Dematlihed and One Man Fatally Injured. The hamlet of lili.,.iv., 1.-1. atruck by a tornado and several houses were demolished. Jahn Peters was fatallvinjared.andVilUamook seri-ously-tiurl. Peters' house was com plctuly demolished. Fuuther Talk of I'eaee. London Sun. confirming i,u The report that the peace negotiations be tween Lord Kitchener and the Roer general have been renewed, suggests that something is likely to be effected during Sir Alfred Milner's absence. The paper also says that the govern ment Is divided as to who will flU sir Alfred's place. Hotha is again actlne as a go-between. Concede! All Demand!. The Chicago'Orcat Western railroad baa conceded all the demands made by the international machinists' asso ciation, thus ending the possibility of a strike. The demands included a 0 hour day, a minimum wage scale of 29 cent an hour and several concessions in connection with apprentice regula tions. Under the old system the min imum scale varies from 20 to 27 cents. One Grievance Removed. At & meeting of the Irish cattle trad ers association in Dublin the secre tary annqunccd that he had ascertain ed on good authority that the war of fice had decided that in future, troops stationed in Ireland should be supplied with Irish meat only, instead of for eign, thus removing a substantial Irish grlevauce. Coal Company Iluys Ijknd. The deal by which the Empire Coal Mining company comes into possession of 80,000 acres of coal land in Belmont county, O., was consummated at Wheel ing, W. V. The aggregate Bum paid is given as 91,250,000. Killing Follow! old Feud. Owen Hrodley, a prominent trainer and owner of famous race horses, was shot and killed by William Nicholas at Lexington, Ky. Roth are of prom inent families. The cause was an old fued. Killed In m Snowsllde. At Telluride, Cal., & snowslido car ried away the bunk and boarding house of the Alta mine. Richard Prendergast, the cook, lost his life. NEWS IN BRIEF. John Pruyn of Grand Rapids, Mich,, who lost 940,000 in the Nllcs bank failure has become insane. David II. Creech, a Jackson, Mich,, capitalist, aged seventy years, shot his wife on the street, firing four bullets into her head, neck and mouth. Mrs. Creech was forty years old and was married to Creech about twelve years ugo. Previously she had been his housekeeper. They had lived unhap pily. The Bhooting waB the result of divorce secured by Mrs. Creech. immmmilsifimx Mildred & A Z5reH)anion K Y THE CHAPTER VliL (Continued.) Just then the door opened and Mil dred entered. She came In swiftly, and advanced so rapidly toward the chlmncy-plece that, until she was with in a foot of him, she was not aware of his presence there, and acknowledged her surprise by n sudden start and ex lamatlon of alarm. "I beg your pardon," he said; "I did not mean to frighten you." Even (in he spoke a wild determina tion to know the worst from her own lips without loss of time seized upon him. "I camo for n book," explained Mil dred, hurriedly. "Ah, here It Is! In confusion I hardly remembered whero I had left It." "Can you spare mo n few minutes?" asked Denzll, without giving himself liberty to think further. "Certainly," answered Mildred, in a tono of marked surprise. "Out do you not think that another time would be more convenient? You Bee" glancing at tho clock "how late It Is? Tho ball will commence In less than half an hour, and we shall not be ready." "I will not detain you long," he said two or three minutes at the furthest. Indeed, a few words will comprise all that I have to say. You must have seen" desperately "you must know for yourself " "Stay," cried Mildred, faintly "do not go -on! You have said enough believe me ' "It Is too late now to stop me," In terrupted Denxll, pnBslonately. "I must go on and tell you tho one thought that occupies me day and night. Reject me despise me, If you will, only hear me." To this, although he waited as If In expectation, she made no answer. Per hups, had she then once more forbid den him, he might forever have held his peace. But she kept complete alienee. They formed a curious picture, stondlng there In the old-fashioned dresses they had not had time to re move; Denzll in white satin hreeches and rich ruffles and carefully-powdered hair, Miss Trovnnlon as "La Valllere." with her trailing embroidered satin robe, her fair hnlr oIbo thinly pow dered, and her soft white arms half bared. Encouraged by her speechlessness, Denzll spoke again "I love yon." he said, simply. "I am only telling you what yon have known all along am I not? And yet, even to myself, whon put Into language, It seems qulto different tho words sound so poor and cold. Is it altogether hope less, Mildred? Is there any chance for me?" She had moved a few steps backward as he began speaking, and now stood supporting herself by one hand, resting on the tnhle. Sho had lowered her eycH and fixed them on the ground, and ap peared calm enough though he made no response to his Inst appeal, "Olve me my answer," ho said. "You should not have gone on," sho observed nt length, her tono ,low but nngry. "I forbade you to do so. It was unfair to compel me to listen whon you knew I wished neither to hear nor to understand. " "Give me my answer." he said ngaln. "Whnt answer can I give?" she asked, with n slight Impatient move ment of the hand near him. "Better would It be to nsk for none. I warned you before. Be satisfied now, and leave me." "Give me my answer," he said for the third time, sternly. "I will take it from your own lips now." "Then, as you will havo It," she rrled, losing all moderation, "take from my own lips 'No.' " There waB a long pause. Denzll'B tnro wnft us whltf as death. Miss Tr.-- ranlon's scarcely less so; while the hand thnt lay upon the table appeared bloodless from the Intensity with which she leaned upon it. "Do you say that because my father earned his money by trade?" asked Denzll, slowly. "It cannot matter now," she an swered, roldly. "Yea, It does," he went on, excitedly; "and I believe, from my heart, thnt that Is the reason. I believe that, lov ing you as 1 do, 1 could In time havo mado you return my love hnd not your wretched pride stepped In to prevent It. Or enn It he true what I hnvo heard said that you would at any risk, willingly sell yourself to gain a tlUe? If I could bring myself to think tnat of you If that were possible Tell mo, Mildred Is It the truth?" "I do not understand you," said Mil dred, haughtily. "I will listen to no more of your questioning, sir. Let me puss." "It Is true, then!" he exclaimed, pas- slonatoly, seizing her hand to detain her. "You do not deny It! And you will sacrifice yourself to obtain pos session of n mere position? I Imagined you Incapable of such a thing; but see how mistaken wo all are tn tho Idols we Bet up! I am thankful I was dis illusioned In time, I am glad yes, glad you have refused me; a'a wom an who could so barter away her heart Is not worthy to he the wife of any honest man." Mildred was trembling with anger. "That will do." she said. "You need not say another word. It you were to think forever, you could never Bay Anything worse than that " Indignantly she drew away her fin- J DVCHESS. M. gera from his clasp as she spoke, and with the action a small turquols brace let fell to the ground. Involuntarily Denzll Rtoopcd to pick it up, and, aa sho held out her hand to repossess her self of It, he slipped It round her arm and fastened It thero once more. Then, a reckless feeling coming over him, and the small white hand he loved with such hopeless fondness being ho well within his reach, he bent his head, and pressed a tender, despairing, lin gering kiss upon It, after which he almost flung It from him and walked away. Whnt a snd, final farewell It seemed to him! As for Mildred, she made no further sign, but left the room as noiselessly as she had entered It. In the hall she encountered Mabel, radiant and white-robed, who said: "Whut not yet dressod. Mildred 7" And Mildred answered, "I shall bo down presently," qulto calmly, and then went on to her room. But, when the door woa closed, and securely fastened, an awful sense of desolation fell upon her. For the first time In her llfo sho felt what It wai to be alone. What had she done? What was It she had thrown away forevor and ever? She sunk upon her knees by her bed, and, burying her head in the clothes, cried as If her heart would break. e e e e When Mildred came downstairs, the ball was at its height. Denzll was there, as rnlm ns ever, and apparently in excellent spirits, at the end of the room, conversing with her mother and old Blount. He was laughing, but his mirth was not overstrained, neither was his manner In any wise different from what It usually was; and, In deed, only one Intimately acquainted with him would have noticed a certain bright gleam and glitter In hlB eyes which betokened fevcrlshness. Ho did not look toward the door, or In any way falter In his conversation when Mildred entered. Lady Caroline saw her, however. "Ah, there is Mildred nt last!" she snld. "Whnt n time tho child hns taken to dress; and how white she looks! I hope she has not been over exciting herself." "Tableaux are about the moRt fa tiguing things I know," said Donzll, quietly, looking, not where Mildred stood, while Bomebody was inscribing his name upon her card, but straight Into Iatly Caroline's eyes. "So they are," returned her ladyship to Denzll, In all good faith; "and Mil dred Is not too strong. Now that I see Mildred," she went on a little later, "I bpgan to wonder where Mabel can be. I have not noticed her amongst the dancers since first she came in." Here she elevated her glasses to take nn anxious maternal survey of the room. Mabel was nowhere tn Hlght. "Where can sho have gone to?" ex claimed her mother; and Just at that moment her glance fell on the cur tains thnt draped the window at the lower end of the aparatment. They wore slightly parted, and through tho opening could be seen the balcony be yond, and on the balcony a glimpso of a white dress. "That must be Mabel," decided her ladyship Impatiently. "How extreme ly foolish of her thus to expose her self In a thin light dress to tho win tery air! Who is with her?" "My nephew, I fancy," said old Blount. "Mubel Is behaving most Imprudent ly," observed Lady Caroline with as much austerity In her tone as sho was capable of. "She will have half tho county tnlklng of her presently; and thero Is old Lady Atherlelgh at this very Instant with her spectacles on, peering in their direction. Mr. Younge, will you go and tell Mabel that I want to speak to her directly." "My dear Iidy Caroline," returned Denzll, "It goes to my heart to refuse you anything, even the smallest trifle; but Just consider what you have asked mo to do. Were I to Interfere as you wish me, I should call down bo many secret bad wishes and Indignant looks upon my head that I have no doubt In the world the consequences would be Intnl." He laughed pleasantly as he spoke; but old Blount, who had been listening, did not laugh at nil, keeping prema turely grave. "My denr mndam." he said, "why In terfere at all? The lad Is a good lad nnd n handsome lad, and will come In for all I have when I am gone. Let them alone." So Mabel and Roy were let alone to follow their own devices, and conse quently enjoyed their evening to the utmost. Miss Sylverton, having danced seven times consecutively with Charles Tre vanlon, was feeling perfectly content ed and at peace with herself and all the rest of tho world: while Mildred, pale and beautiful, with a disturbed heart and restless mind, danced and laughed half the night with Lord Lyn don only to return to her room, when tho ball had terminated, dissatisfied, weary aud unsettled. CHAPTER IX. A week later, and the Youngcs, hav ing bidden their adieus, had gone on their way homeward to the North all except Denzll, who had consented, at the urgent request of Charles and Hddle Trevanlon, to remain four day longer, in consideration of a hunt de clared to be coming off within thnt period at somo particularly affected "meat." It had come off, and It was now In deed Dentil's last night at King's Ab bott for somo time to come. Ho had been shooting steadily all the morning, with the rigorous intention of warding off all cares and vexations that might arise to harass and disturb his mind; but as tho night drew on, and tho hour of departure appronched more closely, his self-imposed sternness gave way, and he began painfully to understand how bitterly ho should miss tho sight of the cold, exquisite face of Mildred Trevanlon during tho two months that must elapse beforo ho could avail himself of the pressing Invitation he had received from Sir George and Lady Caroline, to come and stay with them again as soon as ever Christmas should bo over their heads. "So you are really about to leave us to-morrow?" said Frances Sylverton. "I can scarcoly bring mysolf to believe It, You have made yourself so com pletely one of us that I do not know how we arq to got on until we see you again." "Is that from your heart?" asked Denxll, lightly, but with an under stratum of extreme earnestness. "When I Am far away I shall llko to believe it was." Then, changing his tone to one somewhat lower, ho added, "For myself f CAnnot bearo think.- of this time to-morrow evening; all will be so changed, so different." "And so you have actually made up your mind to go by the early train, Mr. Younge?" called, out Miss Doverlll. from an opposite sofa. "Yes," answered Denzll; "I must start early, whether I like It or not, a I have particular business to transact in London to-morrow, and havo let it run to the very last day." "Well, the best of such decisions Is," went on Miss Deverlll, "one gets over one's last speeches and adleuB the night before, and so enn commence the jour ney In the morning free and unfet tered." "I should call that the worst of It, not tho best," said Miss Sylverton, softly. "I could not bear to leave a house with no one ready to bid me 'good-by,' or to wish me a pleasant Journey." "There are two sides to every ques tion," answered Denzll, somewhafsad ly. "Taking Miss Deverlll's view of the matter, you see you escape bidding final adieus, that might perhaps In many cases wring the heart." "But still, as final farewells must be said one time or the other, I think I should prefer them at the vory last mo ment," said Frances. "Confess now, that you would always like somo one to give you your breakfast, and say a kindly word to 'you before starting." "Well, yes, I confess I should like it," responded Denzll; "but, when one chooses to get up at such An uncon scionable hour as half-past six, one must suffer the attendant penalties." "I will give you your breakfast to morrow morning, Mr. Younge, if you wish it," broke in Mildred's voice, calm and sweet. Denzll started an expression of In tense doubting astonishment passed over his face. Ho raised his eyes, and gazed steadfastly nt her. Mildred herself appeared perfectly unmoved, hor features being as com posed as though no such unexpected words had fallen from her lips. Her fingers steadily unpicked the stitch that had somehow gone wrong In her woolwork, and did not even tremble in tho act. Denzll tried hard to find somo suit able words in which to clothe his ap preciation of her unwonted graclous ness, and to beg that, for his sake, sho would not put herself to such An incon venience but in vain; his brain seemed in confusion, and he could only mutter "Thank you" In a hurried, un natural manner, quite foreign to bis usual courteous self. (To be continued.) E ATI NO AND BODILY HEALTH. Two French Medical Investigators Be lieve We Eat to Die. Doubt as to whether we eat to Hvo or eat to die has been dispelled by cer tain French medical Investigators, who have proved to their own satisfaction that we eat to die. One of these scien tists recently read a paper before the Academy of Medicine, In which he ad vanced tho theory that appendicitis In often the result of Intestinal poisoning caused by influenza. Another investi gator in discussing tho same subject declared that tho disease is cauBed by worms or other parasites that aro swallowed with raw fruits and vege tables and In impure water. Two oth er French Investigators have discov ered by test that rabbits which have been compelled to fast for a week ara proof against tho attacks of bacilli In jected Into their systems, while ra)blt thst hAve received their regular ratlonB quickly succumb to dlsuaso. This Is probably explained by the theory that the digestive agents of the body whon not employed In the assimilation of nourishment from food will bo In fight ing trim for the task of "doing up" any microbes that may enter their bailiwicks. Prophylactic action In lino with this theory would destroy the business of the butchers, grocers and bakers durlug times of epldemlr, but It would also destroy tho tasters In the course of time, and thus prove the converse of the dictum that wo eat to die, There is no doubt as to the ill effects of over-eating; nni opinion is goneral that humanity is inclined to eat too much. Tho investigations of the French scientists have neither re moved doubt as to the real cause of appendicitis nor made It clear that humanity cab escape the omnipresent microbe by habitual fasting, Milwau kee Wisconsin. 4! i n