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MITCHELL IS FOUND GUILTY.
4ury Brings In "Verdict After Being
Out Eight Hours.
Portland, Ore., July 5. Tho Jury In
tho enso of tho United States against
Senator John H. Mitchell returned a.
verdict of guilty as charged.
Tho charge was that Senator Mitch
ell whilo occupying lils public position
nccopted a pecuniary compensation
for practicing before tho federal de
pat tnients at Washington, which, un
der the statutes, constitutes n crime.
A row minutes before 11 o'clock
the bailiff was summoned to tho Jury
room. A moment later he reappeared
and communicated to those In waiting
the news that tho jury had ngreed.
Judge Dollaven, tho attorneys and tho
ngod senator, whoso last days were to
lie crowned with disgrace, were sum
moned and (pilcltly nppearod. Judgo
Dollaven ascended the bench without
removing his overcoat and directed
that the Jury bo brought In.
Captain Slayden, clerk of tho court,
received the verdict from the fore
man and read It amid the crash and
rattle of fireworks exploding In tho
fit roots on all four sides of tho court
house. Slayden spoke low, mid he
cause of tho din without only two sen
tences of tho verdict were audible:
"Guilty an charged," and "recom
mended to tho mercy of tho court."
Senator Mitchell received the ver
dict with fortitude. Severe nnd evi
dently unexpected ns It was. lie
fihowod by no outward signs save tho
ghastly pallor of his face nnd tho
nervous stroking of his beard that ho
felt tho blow.
Judge Bennett arose and on the pnrt
of Senator Mitchell moved a new trial.
Judge Delia ven directed that the mo
tion bo continued until next Monday
nnd declared court adjourned.
DEVLIN'S BANK IS CLOSED.
First National of Topeka in Hands of
Comptroller of Currency.
Topeka, Kan., July 5. No deflnlto
statement was obtainable regarding
tho con'dltlon of the First National
Imnk, controlled by Chnrles J. Devlin,
the big coal mine owner, which closed
its doors.
Colonel W. II. Ilosslngton, vice
president of the bnnk, locked the In
stitution's books In the vault to await
tho arrival of J. T. Bradley, tho na
tional bank examiner, whom the comp
troller had appointed receiver of the
failed bank, and he would only say:
"The hank's trouble has not been
.caused by dishonesty on the part of
.nnyone, hut by lending too lnrgely to
one borrower. There has been no
stealing."
This borrower Is, of course, Mr. Dev
lin, and the bnnk Is said to hold tho
capitalist's paper to the amount of
$1,000,000. Mr. Devlin, whoso sudden
Illness brought about the tangle In
the big conl mining nnd railroad prop
erties, valued, It was estimated, at
close to $7,000,000, Is still under tho
enre of a physician and no statement
could be secured from him.
Tires Supporting Wife; Kills Her.
Cleveland, July 3. That he had be
come tired of supporting his old wife,
who had become an invalid, was tho
excuse for killing her which August
Otto, a slxty-elght-year-old German,
gave the police when ho confessed
committing tho crime. Otto walked
into an undertaker's shop, requesting
that proper attention be given the
body of his wife, who, he said, had
fallen down stairs and killed herself.
The woman's head was almost hacked
to pieces and blood stains led to a
hatchet found in the barn.
Loomls Arrives In Paris,
rails, July 3. Francis H. Loomls,
assistant secretary of state and spe
cial nmbassndor to take over the body
of Admiral John Paul Jones from the
senior special ambassador, General
Horace Porter, arrived here. Ho was
mot at tho depot by a number of offi
cials, French and Amor lean, who ac
companied him to the hotel, whero
Hear Admiral Sigsbee and the officers
of tho American squadron are already
quartered.
STRANGE ACCIDENTS.
A Ill'OktMl NtM'k UN tilt ltl'NIllt of till"
Turn of ii Foot,
"The man who fell out of bed and
broke his neck will scarcely attract
more than passing notice," said a
thought fill man, "for there have been
many cases equally remarkable. I re
call one case where a man's neck was
broken by a very slight turn of his
foot. He attempted to 'catch himself
that Is, to preserve his balance and
the effort was of such violence that he
broke his neck. Many men have bro
ken their necks by a sudden stumble
and a full on tho sidewalk or by being
knocked down by some hurrying pedes
trian, or by a street car or a vehicle of
some sort.
"It Is not at all uncommon for a po
liceman, with no Intention of doing
more than subdue an unruly member,
o break an offender's neck by rapping
him over tho head with his club. Some
times the fall which follows and some
times the bbw breaks the neck of the
offender. S iniotlnios n smith u, vlolcii
motion of the he:nl, n quick Jerking
motion, (lie kind we make when dodg
ing, will break the neck.
"1 recall n case where a mini threw
tils neck out of Joint without breaking
It by throwing his head to one side In
an effort to dodge a bullet tired at
him at short range The bullet passed
through the rim of his bat. liven after
that he carried his head tilted over the
right shoulder and was never able to
straighten It." New Orleans-Times
Democrat. '
DUST OF THE DESERT.
It In tin Aflllftlon. 1iu Ii In Not
Im-
pure I.lUc City DtiHt.
A traveler in Kgypt writes: "With nil
Its heat and dust the desert has Its
chimin. True, the desert dust Is an
allllctlon. for when certain evil winds
blow the desert Is shrouded In dust
vast swirling clouds through which no
eye can see. Hut when the dust storm"
have blown over and the desert Is
aim again you forget the dust, for
the desert dust Is dusty dust, but not
dirty dust. Compared with the aw
ful organic dust of New York. Lon
don or Paris it Is Inorganic and pure.
"On those strips of the Libyan nnd
Arabian deserts which lie along the
Nile the desert dust Is largely made
up of shredded royalty, of withered
Ptolemies, of faded Pharaohs, for the
tombs of queens and kings are count
ed here by the hundreds and of their
royal progeny and their royal retain
ers by the llmlisiinds. These desiccat
ed dynasties have been drying so long
that they are now quite antiseptic.
"Dust of these dead and gone kings
makes extraordinarily fertile soil for
vegetable gardens when irrigated with
the rich waters of the Nile. Their
mummies are also said to make excel
lent pigments for the brush. IJameses
nnd Setos, Cleopatra and Ilatasu- all
these great ones dead and turned to
clay when properly ground make a
rich umber paint highly popular with
artists."
The Stuart KIiikn.
The family name of tho Stuarts was
originally, as Mr. ltayley observes,
Fltzalan. The original Walter Fit
ithni, brother of the ancestor of the
1tllSL.t rxt VsiltflV 1IMIU 1ti1 Itlirll UtitYl1
ard of Scotland.' and from this dl,
cumstance his branch of the family
appears to have adopted the name of
Stewart. When the chnuge began Is
not certain, but It was probably not
later than the time of Alexander, the
great-grandson of Walter Fltzalan. for
both his sons-James, the grandfather
of Kobert II. and all the Scottish Stew
art kings, and John, the ancestor of
Lord I Hirnley appear to have borne
the name of Stewart. Notes and
Queries.
A IH'nIkiiIiiic Doctor.
The Sydney Bulletin tells of a mo
toring doctor who ran Into and cap
sized a pedestrian. lie looked behind
him and, seeing the man still prone,
made a circuit and ran back, Intending
to stop beside and help him. Put the
motor shot a yard or two beyond the
mark and hit the man again Just as he
was getting up. The doctor turned his
car once more and was cautiously
stealing near to the prostrate sufferer
when an excited spectator rushed from
the sidewalk and, shaking the victim,
exclaimed: "Look out! He's coming
at you again!" Whereupon the man
scrambled up and started to run.
Ilntc All Around.
The famous Kngllsh Chief Justice
Holt and his wife hated each other to
the limit, and when she fell dangerous
ly 111 he was so delighted that he be
came disgracefully tipsy. Put his wife
was equal to the emergency and sent
for the great Dr. Hadcllfl'e, who hated
Holt, and therefore out of spite when
tiie ease was presented to him came
with great promptness and saved her
life. London ( 'lironlcle.
Ilorrllilc Kuinilo.
"Maw, what Is a horrible example?"
asked the youngest boy, looking up
from his newspaper.
The eldest boy stopped his figuring
long enough to say, "Walt till yon get
Into algebra, and you'll find any
amount of 'em."
Tin Itojuil llonil to I.curiiliiir.
Freddie- What's an honorary degree,
dad? Johnson That's a title a college
confers on a man who would never bo
able to get It If he had to pass an ex
amination. Tom Watson's Magazine.
A tiniuv of ('linnet.
Mny You have never taken part In
a game of chance, have you? Ethel
No, but I am going to be mnrrled next
week.
Tilt- I.lulitnlnir Cure.
"Here's a story of a man who was
cured of rheumatism by being struck
by lightning."
"I'll risk tie rheumatism every time,"
said Brother Dickey. "I don't want no
doctor what's ez quick ?. tint!" Atlan
In Constitution.
IIIn Job.
"What's Stevens doing now?"
"Nothing."
"But I was told ho was holding a
t'overnniout position."
"lie Is." Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wings of the Morning.
(Uonliniit-d from Pago i'hne )
land. With the slow speed advised
by the Uor.iau philosopher the back
sight and fore sight of the rllle came
Into Hue with the breast of the coarse
brute clutching the girl's face.
Then something bit him above the
heart and simultaneously tore half of
his back into fragments. He fell, with
n queer sob, and the others turned to
face this unexpected danger.
Iris, knowing only that she was free
from that hateful grasp, wrenched her
Belf free from the chief's hold and ran
with all her might along the beach to
Jenlcs and safety.
Again and yet again the rifles gave
its short, sharp snarl, and two more
Dyaks collapsed on tho sand. Six were
left, their leader being still uncon
sciously preserved from death by the
figure of the Hying girl.
A fourth Dyak dropped.
The survivors, cruel savages, but not
cowards, unsluiig their guns. The sail
or, white faced, grim, with an unpleas
ant gleam In his deep set eyes and a
lower Jaw protruding, noticed their
preparations.
"To the left!" he shouted. "Run to
ward the trees!"
Iris hoard him and strove to obey,
but her strength was falling her, and
she staggered blindly. After a few de
spairing efforts she lurched feeb' to
her knees and tumbled face downward
on the broken coral that had tripped
her faltering footsteps.
Joules was watching her, watching
the remaining Dyaks, from whom a
spluttering volley came, picking out
his quarry with the murderous ease of
a terrier In a rat pit. Something like a
bee in a violent hurry hummed past
Ills ear, and a rock near his right foot
was struck a tremendous blow by an
unseen agency. He liked this. It would
bo a battle, not a battue.
The llfth Dyak crumpled Into the
distortion of death, and then their
leader took deliberate aim at the kneel
ing marksman who threatened to wipe
him and his baud out of existence.
Put his deliberation, though skillful,
was too profound. Tho sailor tired first
and was professionally astonished to
see the gaudily attired Individual
tossed violently backward for many
yard. tlnally idtchlng headlong to the
earth. Had he been charged by a bull
In full career he could not have been
more utterly discomfited. The Incident
was sensational, but Inexplicable.
Yet another member of the band was
prostrated ere the two as yet unscath
ed thought fit to beat a retreat. This
they now did with celerity, but they
dragged their chief with tliem. It was
no part of .leaks' programme to allow
them to escape. He alined again at
the man nearest the trees. There was
a sharp click and nothing more. Tho
cartridge was a mlsllre. He hastily
Bought to eject It, and the rltle Jammed.
Springing to his feet, with a yell, he
ran forward. The Hying men caught a
idiinpse of him and accelerated their
movements. Just as he reached Iris
Hiey vanished among the trees.
Slinging the rltle over his shouldor,
h puked up the girl in his arms. She
'.va.3 conscious, but breathless.
"You are not hurt?" he gasped, his
yes blazing Into her face with an In
tensity that alio afterward remembered
as appalling.
"No," she whispered.,
"Listen," he continued In labored
jerks. "Try and obey me- exactly. 1
will carry you to the cave. Stop thero.
Shoot any one you see till I come."
She heard him wondeiingly. Y as he
going to leave her, now that he had
her safely clasped to his breast? Im
possible! Ah, she understood. Those
men must have landed In a boat. He
intended to attack them again. He
was going to light them single handed,
nnd she would not know what happen
ed to him until It was all over. Until
ually her vitality returned. She almost
smiled at the fantastic conceit that she
would desert him.
Jenks placed her on her feet at the
entrance to tho cave.
"You understand," he cried, and with
out waiting for an answer ran to the
house for another rltle. This time, to
her amazement, lie darted back through
Prospect p'M'lf toward the sut1 beach.
The sailor knew that the Dyiks had
landed at the sandy bay iris had cluis
toned Smugglers' cove. They were ac
oualnted with the passage through tho
I reef and came from the distant Islands.
Now they would endeavor to escape
by the same channel. They must be
prevented at all costs.
Ho was right. As they came out into
the open he saw three men, not two,
pushing otf a large sampan. One of
them was the chief. Then Jenks un
derstood that his bullet had hit the
lock of the Dyak's uplifted weapon,
with the result already described. By
a miracle he had escaped.
He coolly prepared to slay the three
of them with the same calm purpose
that distinguished the opening phase
of this singularly one sided, contllqt.
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The distance was much greater, per
haps 800 yards from the point whero
the boat came Into view. I jo knelt and
tired. He Judged that the missile struck
the craft between the trio.
"I didn't allow for the sun on the
side of the fore sight," he said, "or per
haps I am a bit shaky after the run. In
any event they can't go far."
A hurrying stop on the coral behind
him caught his ear. Instantly ho
sprang up and faced about to see Iris.
"They are escaping," she said.
"No fear of that," he replied, turning
away from her.
"Where are the others?"
"Dead!"
"Do you mean that you killed nenrly
all those men?"
"Six of them. There were nine in
all."
He knelt again, lifting the rltle. Iris
threw herself on her knees by his side.
There was something awful to her In
this chill and businesslike declaration
of a tlxed purpose.
"Mr. Jenks," she said, clasping her
hands In an agony of entreaty, "do not
kill more men for my sake!"
"For my own sake, then," he growl
ed, annoyed at the Interruption, as the
sampan was atloat.
"Then I ask you for God's sake not
to take another life. What you have al
ready done was unavoidable, perhaps
light. This Is murder!"
He lowered his weapon nnd looked at
her.
"If those men get away they will
bring back a host to avenge their com
rades and secure you," he added.
"It may be the will of Providence for
such a thing to happen. Yet I implore
you to spare them."
He placed the rltle on the sand and
raised her tenderly, for she had yield
ed to a paroxysm of tears. Not another
word did either of them speak in that
hour. The large triangular sail of the
sampan was now bellying out In the
south wind. A figure stood up In the
stern of the boat and shook a menacing
'arm at the couple on the beach.
It was the Malay chief, cursing them
with tho rude eloquence of his barba
rous tongue. And Jenks well knew
what he was saying.
to be continued.
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