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me hit Captives WMWWpM-kwM-i “Your s‘nOc is untied slowly, as ix‘ Summing an duty, and with quitn- an gloom. "Is it? What a, worry thcso shoe-< are!" says Gria-lda, standing still tO'casL a rcproachx‘u! glann- at tho ribbons of this troublesome. if Charming shoe. "1 never come out. I neVer indeed have them on for five minutes without bring made absoâ€" lutely wretrhod in them." “Oh, don’t think it. so easy t0 :mke you wretched." says he hitter LV. his eyes fixed on the mnancipatcd ribbon that. is fluttering in the soil. breeze. “Well. you see you are wrong." sharply. And than more sharply still. “Aren't you going to tie it?" “I really hardly thought. you Would allow me." says he. and with an ex~ tremelv in grace he drops upon his knees before her and proceeds to re- duce the fluttering ribbons to order. Apparently simple as iL .9me it‘ takes an enormous time to do this. The tying of an ordinary bow knot. one Would imagino. being an act of everyday occurrence. could not oc- cupy the better part of five minutes in the doing of it, yet so it. is. All ye who are ignorant of the matter learn now this Wondrous fad. that it. took Mr. l‘evtcn. who was bv no means a dunduhezzd. quite the tWL-lf'h part of an hour to brin" the Vounger Miss Dvsm‘ts shoe strings into a proper frame of mind It is not carciessncss either that. has rendered. his- movmants slow To the most inatt nthc o‘;smver it must be plain that he has thrown his whole soul into his task. yet it seems difficult of comulwion. "Don t Vou think it, would be Wise to call in assista1ncc2'swr-rests she swaetly after a bit. “It seems a little too much for you." Something in her tune kills with- in him all animnsity. He lau'rhs. “Griselda,” says he. still kneeling and {coking up at her “ith implor- ing 0; cs. “toil Inc 3011 dimx' t mean what you said to me. ’ "About that string getting the better 0! you? I‘m sorry," with a regrotful shake. of her head. "But, how am I to go back oi it Yo: must see for Voursch that itis truo Why. vou hav’en t conquered it \etI “Nonsense" Sou Know I l(1"m mean that. Butâ€" I say. misclda. if you only knew what a kind little lovdy hue you have got you wouldn't hulic it. Do 50.} ym didn i mean what you said when m.- parted xh. 1hr: be? are yc-stcrday! ”1- cm! heaven ns!" savs Grisdda. “you nught as We" say the day he- tore you Were born and be done with it. How am 1 to remamocr so I‘m back as tha t'?’ ' "Yet you do remember,” persists he. “and if you don't I'll remind you. It--â€"" “Oh. no don't'” hastily, with de- termination “If I stayed fiche until ttymormw's daWnâ€"il‘ I staycd here for ever, I shouldn't do that." returns she hotly. “I wouidn't be silly ii I Were you,” says sho. trying t0 move the foot. in prison withothcsult, and grow- ing a trifle uneasy. “f course he doesn‘t mean it, but, stillâ€" "Mr. Peyton," with a sudden touch of hautenr. "lat mg go at once!" She stamps rather angrily with the unfettered foot upun the ground and threatens him with a. pair of lovely indignantl‘ycs. that flash all ""Xn right. I'm perfccUy willing to stay hero innm'er." Iv . V... ..... sorts of rebrisals: but. Pmton. who is slncly brave above his fellows. re- turns her glance unmoved and holds "I haVe you now..at all events." he says grimly. giflbg the rihbon he is holding a littlcw'icious pull just for the satisfaction of showing her how completely she is-in his power. How can she run away without- her foot? Alas. for his hopes! and oh. for the ingenuity of the foeblor, thy woâ€" mn's mind. “ “Have you. indeed!" cries she, im- p-tuous anger in her tone. and then there is a little swift movement on her part. a tinv wrigglc of her whole pretty; S‘i‘olto body. as it worm and lo? in u mnnn-nt “she is many yards away :z'mu him. whilst he still kneels ii: the dust of hmniliation. " at something in his hand. It. in. the husk, the empty oiiitzruanluliy to'ihe otl'lt‘l"â€"."hc cap- tured 70°" It is rather an absurd position. no doubt. but theâ€"situation has its compensations: it leaves him at least. as be family behaves. master of the field. and he clings to ittâ€"thc tomâ€"with a Spartan fervor not. to M shaken. VOL. 16. N0. 34. ,uci MILLBBOOK A CHAPTER XIX OR“'. ., THE SECRET CABINET E 3 '1" -m4~:+++w+x~m~z~4«z~r-W MW- lwll' cries she triumphaz ’ he says unph-asant access of $1 per annum. ~PH4~Â¥44WPM W All her ill-humor has gone from her in a flush. Her gayest, merriest, must. provoking, and therefore must, attrartive mood. is on her. "Who sings small now. eh? Who calls me raptivo‘? Pom‘, a Hg; for your masâ€" terful ways! I'm not conquered yet!" She dances with absolute glee in the centre or that lucklcssly open bit of sxvurd. forgetful of the high- road beyond. The Warm. sweet sun-- beams (lam'c with her as if overjoyed at her bounty and youth, and tho music or the birds in the glade be hind sunns to innke one deficious sound with her men-y laughter. “Oh..hnft do that?’ cfies Pey- ton anxiously. springing to his in“ height. “Think of your font with- out itx shoe. 'Phcrc nnay be stones about. It "my get hurt. See. here is your shoe; I give in: I givu it. up Let me put it on for you." ‘ “I thank you; no." }"\\'h;n! trust. you again." '5 “Vim might," says he. 5 “1"}! trust you never again.” ’(kw urvs she. rrthing as he adâ€" vanux. ”Tfirow nn31ny shoe: I can put it on for myself very easily. Thom are not \many maids nt Grey- cmwtto:uumd(m me! Unde(kr gory-â€"" says she. 'i‘hi- word fi'oet’cs on her lips. Had' she invoked that dread old man! A sound that they had been madly ob-: livinus 01' up to this now strikes like: thunder on their ears. as. his senses! sharpened by Irisolzia's look of tap? ror, Peyton turns his eyes towards: the road. There. semi-(l in the old‘ barouchu that jingics as it guns, and; holds togethci' my man knuws bonny is m. Dysart! his white comsc-iiko‘ face shnwing cioar against the mas-‘ siw foliage behind. his brilliant eyesi fixed on Griso‘nia. There is :1 strctch 'of road {whimi him open 'to where ’thoy stand. so that he must have seen man‘; things of which they“ “would willinglv have left. him in ig-: ‘norance. He must indeed have soon] Peyton as he knelt at Uriseldu's; foot. ‘ ! ”Well. and what then?" says she, srcgarding him with growing sur- ;prisc. Is he in earnest? Has he no Iconception of what sort of person :hcr Uncle Gregory is? “What Will {you say to him? What good can you -or anyone do? Oh. what. a soul-ding VI shall get! What on earth shall I do?" Her eyes, lovely eyes that. should know only happiness, are till- Iing with tears. It is all over presently. A turn of the road takes him out of View, but the mischief is accomplished, and the bad dccds that they have done will surely live to be heard Considâ€" crably more about later on. "He saw me. I noticed the gli'tor in his horrid eyes,” says Griselda. fuarfully. the tears gathering in her own. “Oh, what shall I do?" “Blind! He'd see through a stone Wall. He’d see through you," says the younger Miss Dysart, miserably: and then, as if in afterâ€"choxxght. “that Would not. be hardfor him." "uook hero, never mind him; I’ll go back with you and explain all. You shan't be made unhappv by any- one.” saws Peyton, stuutly to whose honest heart it is agony to think of his Well-beloved being in this Suro strait. “Say to him?" cries Mr. Peyton, forcibly. “I'll just. say that I love you. that ’you are no man's slave to be scolded or abused. andâ€"if ‘you’ll only come. darlingâ€"that, I'll take you aWay and marry you. Where will the scoluing come in then?” radiantly. ' f "Vera. what is it? What has: hap- fpcm-d?" cries sh", catching inc-r sis- {tor's arm and regarding her with :cagor anxmus eyes. “H'appvnud?” $2153 \‘-:'a. so abâ€" scntiy. yet with such misurahlc eyes, {that Griselda grows doubly fearful. Griselda. regards him for a. little while with unspeakable astonish- ment. "0h." says she at last, “What a pity it is that you were not born with even one spark of sense!" Hurrying homo. and gaining it without “lusting anybodyâ€"a mercy she Iu-Iiqud would have been denied hnrâ€"(Irisolda rushes up to the bed- room that is hnrs and Vcra's, only to find that its \vvlcomc shelter is debarrerl hvr. The door is locked. (hm-â€"twiu-~shc somv hmumcrs (hm-â€"twiu-~shc softly hammers} with her knucklvs on the panel of it. ! withnut answer of any kind. Then} she calls aloud, though in a sub-3 dued tone. 0n Vera. Almost im- mediatvly the char is unlocked from insidv. and eru hwsdf stands on i \ tho threshold. { But such a changed V'emâ€"â€"a Vera as White. so terribly ahcroxl. that GriSohia's aln-ady frightened spirit now dies within her. “Oh. What is it? Do speak. dar- ling!" sho entreats with such an agony of apprehension in her tone that Vera shakes 06' her depression so far as to be able to give her a satisfactory answer. "It is really nothing," she says bitterly. “A more trifle. It only mvans that they are going to marry me. whether I like it or not. toâ€"to Seaton!” Something in her manner that is wild and vory unhappy touches Gri- selda. even more than this extraord- dinm-y: announcement. Drawing her down on the sofa near hm- s‘ne en- circlés 1101' with her arms. ‘ heard consid-i “You in ti'1r11h‘10.tuo!” she says. 1‘ on Iiouking: 111- \1ith interest in her eym; 0d the gli'tm' "1111i p1139ntiVâ€"â€"(21isvlda being- only savs Griseldaltoo glad to 11111111111011 masonâ€"she is boring in her in full possvssion 01' all the facts 01 I do?" (.risdda s late-st cscapadn. 1‘: short-s1ghf-i “\Hmt “ill be the c1111 (15 11?" 115115 with a feeble Grischm. “)I1111ic1“? Suicide? Will at goes 111. ihe km 1111 or shall I kill him, or {shall I make aw..y with 111Vsclf? I ough a stone‘; feel that would be the most consid- 1 you,” SaYSmrate 111111;.011 when I think 01 “Surely you exaggerate?" she says. ““hv, for one thing, let them make what axranguments tlwv will there is no law that. an m'my thvm out. And as for us, darling. “by. “0 can go away, you and I, and fend for ourselves one Way or another; or chn if We stuv. why, there is no pon‘ on earth thz- t can compo] any- one to say Yes. at the altar, so long as they have breath left them to shout at good sensible No. So you keep up hcart and mmcmber I'm horn," “Uh. (h'isdda, oh, if you had heard him. “’ She begins to trombio tsoftly like an aspvn leaf and then s-udmmy 5h? (hugs her arms around ;(-r:5c1das mck and bursts into a ‘passion of toms. I “That's right! That will make you 11-1-1 better. What. an old 1wrctc11 he is! There 110w. darling, poor darlinn‘! Them now, there!" ‘1 It, is plainly part of (Irisclda's faith that soft 111b11111gs and tender patti1145 5 111‘ the buck minnlcd with kisses. 1110 full 01‘ 1101111134 power, be- cause 5110 a111111nistc1's all these with a liberal 11111111. by degreos and 1th1'o11g11 many sobs, Veraâ€"helped fout, 110 (1011M, 11y Griselda's mvdic- final courseâ€"reveals to 1101‘ 1111 that .had taken place in the afternoon. “sv . .V V "Well. I am surprised about Soa- ton," says Grisdda. presently. “But are you sure you are not misâ€" taken? He may have been led into it by that wily old father of his. I would not. condemn him auugct‘ner. if I Were you. until I had heard something more of it." - - v something more of it." "I want to hear nothing more: I know. Did I not always tell you there was mason for my strange (lis- like to him 1’ Whenever I saw him I felt. as; if I Were shrinking into myself. I felt. do you soo. that I should sum-i- indignity at his hands. I was right: such strong presenti- xm-nts must. bem‘ ruinâ€"bitter fruit. in this instance.” “StilL Suntanâ€"31' it had been any- one elm." says Eriseldn, in a 11117.- zlcd tone. "He scnms s11 unlike that sort of thinv." At this V0 1 10803 patience. “11 1011 me going to (It-11111.1 111111 she sms, with :1. touch of .131101‘itxx "I 1111'1 fur ‘athm .Vull wont away and loft mo to myself." "1 can't," says Grisrhm. rememâ€" bering; how she 1'113111-(1 along the cor- ridur to «scape unticc. and how hero in this room is her one chance of safety. Up to this. 111<t in astonish- e11 comcrn 1‘01 1101' sistm‘. she had 1n1‘st 11119011191111 1":tht-r own 110111119 1301111111 110231111! now it look; out at her with rcdwnfltu. stxon 11th “11‘ [1011 an» 1111111111113: so am I TIonostlv lVera. I (10111. k1 «11v “hat on earth iI Shall do!" 10 .-.. fDairy it). rolls. choice good |' 1171: to 180 1 (10 large 111115 10c 101711 ll (10 1111-11i11111 141: to 1m: 1 Chvacâ€"Lzu‘we are quoted at 11w aml twi us at 1‘. c in job lots more. ‘. 132435â€"1110 11111rkct11as a steady tone 111111 is owtcd unchanged at “111: 1.111‘ 1111/4311 for fresh and 201: for 11:11011. , . 3 Poultryâ€" Turkeys, 120. to 15¢; ‘1111clxs, lie to 1221': geese 10ct011c; ‘chickens. choicv, 191'. to 11c; 0111, Se to 106. I 1311101! Hayâ€"Tho. murkut retains 11 I111111 tone at $7.30 to "8 per ton for No 1 timothy 11111] $6.25 to $6.50 ifur No. 2 and mixed clchr, all on track hcro. 1 Balm] Strawâ€"1106011115 [somewhat light and 0111 market a... nâ€" «11,. -n contimu is All thc consolation nlm could have offered would not have done Vera as much good as this hint. It rousos hm‘ Uncle (uh-gorys {an}, I [M as if I Should like to have a had few: that would confine me to my room for six weeks. He is SO old that I am I) sure ho is afraid of infection. "He must have gone our, driving shoxtiy a; tcr 1 11ft him. After all Gris‘uldn. he is so taken up “jth this pxccious scheme of his that, perhaps he will fmgot about unu. ' "Does he ever forget? Don‘t, try to (IL-luau yourself. or me oithcr. my good child. I shall fortify myself with a. capital dinner. thanks to Saltonâ€"that. abominable Scaton, I mean,” Warned by her sister‘s eye, “and wait with as good a. grace as 1 can for the explosion that is sure to come.” 25,500,000 Bushels Passed the Ofo ficials Last Year. A dcspatch from Winnipeg says: Twenty-1W0 million five hundred thousand bushels of grain were in- spected at Winnipeg during the n The Joint High Commission May Meet in Autumn. A Washington special says" '100 11111111 (rudoncn should not be put 11‘11 the 1111111111. publishml in New York that. thv negotiations for the was- ‘ 51111111111111 01 tho Joint Hi11h Com- mission 1111\‘11.1‘11H1-11 1111101111111. C011- respundvncc is am in pronwss heâ€" ’thcn N1. Fuiihunks‘ and Sir Wilâ€" inid Lauricr. and hope has not been gabaudoncd to discuss Canadian reci- p1 oc1tv and other quL-stions.‘1\hilc isomo hitch mav have occ11r1c-d to Igive rise to the present 1cpoxt, your :cmiesponrlunt is 1111111111137 informed {that tnc xeport of a. signal failure "‘13 inaccurate” and from another .sourw that “the story may be disâ€" Ecreditcd." "r'"v~ period beginning Sept. 1 and closing Dec. 3lst of last year. The previâ€" ous year Hie figures were 23,500,000 bushels. or an increase in favor of the present year of 2,000,000 bush- cls Reports to American Health Asso- ciation Satisfactory. 'A (lcspauh from Havana. says: Repm'is Lo Line ’l’nlwrculosis Com- mittee of the Aim-rival: Public Health Assuciution now in session. show that consumption is Doing; placed under municipal Cuntl‘Ol after the murmur of smallpox. Plans for a worldwide campaign against, the dis- ease were discussed. Mr. Fairbanks, following his cus- tom, refused to comment on the re- port. The beliei is still entertained that the Vimâ€"Px-osidentoclect and the Canadian Premier will soon meet. in New York or Boston to arrange for the commission's sessions. TO DISCUSS RECIPROCITY. TO CHECK CONSUMPTION. WHEAT INSPE CTED. Durham and Victoria Standard (To be Continued.) MILLBROOK LEADING MARKETS. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Jan. 17.â€"â€"~thaUâ€"-Ontari0 â€"~Dclivcrios continue light. and WW” millcrs hesitate ()Vcl‘ buying at pl'es‘ out prices, $1.03 to $1.04 is bid and $105 asked for red and whitq; spring, 950 to mac; goose, 8130. Manitoba, easier, $5.40 to $5.60 for first put- ents, $5 to $5.30 for second patents, and $5 to $5.20 for bakcrs’. The Ruling Prices In Live Stock and Breadstufis. Milll'ccdâ€"Easmr; $14 for bran 1n bulk, $16 to $16.50 for shorts, cast and West. Manitoba easier, $19 {0? shorts, $18 for bran, exports. Barleyâ€"35c for No. 3, 43c for ex- tm. and 41c for No. 3 running, out- side, Toronto freights. Rye-76:: for No. 2. Cornâ€"~Easicr; new Canadian frcl' 10W, 4113c; mixml, 41c, f.o.b., Cha- tham Heights; new American, No. 3 .VOHUW, 51.36: mixed, file, on track, Toronto. ONT.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19. 191:5. Oatsâ€"33c to 33,“: for No. 1 white, 7 cast. low heights; Nu. 2, £32.36. 10W3 Heights, and 32c north and West. * Rolled Dutyâ€"$1 for cars of bags and $12.3 1'01 barn-ls on Mack To- ronto, 2' )c mote for broken lots hem- and MM tor broi.en lots outside. Peasâ€"(370 for No. 2 west and cast. Buckwheatâ€"52c to 536, east and west. CUU NTR'Y PRDDU CE. Butterâ€"Receipts of good stocks are light. Creamery, prints 22c to 2-1c do solids . ..... 22c to 2230 (lo tubs .............. 19c to 20¢ Dairy tubs, good to choice ...... . 16¢ to 17c do medium 140 to 156 do im‘vrioi' grades ..... . 120 to 13c Dairy it). rolls. good to choice ............. . ,1 To to 18c do largo rolls ..... 1M1 10 17-56 do xiii-(Hum ..... . ...... 14c to 15¢ i ‘l Chi-vsiyâ€"Lurge are quoted at, 11in Sand twins at lie in jdb lots more. of (1 000 M 5114.18 of N44 3 \[unitoba 'white cans made at 38;c pm‘ bushel. .Txack and mack lots of Ontario rc- gjccted, sold at. 38c ox-stoxc while 1,464.- was bid for sound lots of No. {2 white cxâ€"storo and refused. and 'hBldu-ts in the West me asking 41:34: afloat \lav dolixcry A sale of 5,- 000 bushels of N0. 2 nm'thcm was made at $1. 01 per bushel, middling, luhich is an advance of one cent per Ebushcl 0\'4~r previous sales. It \[mnna], Jan. 17.â€"(:ruinâ€"-â€"A sale. choice ‘17cm 18c do lul‘g‘c rolls “i6 U) 171:0 do mudium 14c to 15¢ Chvvs‘vâ€"Lm‘ge are quoted at, INC and twins aL 12c in jub lots more. 1‘32IgSâ€"Jl‘ho murkct has a steady tone and is» quoted unchanged at 21c pvr dun-n for fresh and :20(: for lie-AMI. , ‘ l’oultry- Turkeys, 120. to 15c; ducks, 11c to 128: gorse. 100 to 11c; chickens, (110160, 121: to 14c; 01d, Sc to 10¢. Balm} Strawm'ROCmpts continua,- sumowhat light and the market is firm in tone at $6.25 to $6 50 per ton for car lots on track here. I’lourâ€"Mumtoba spring wheat pat.â€" cnts, $5.60; strong bakers’, $5.30; winter whvat bran in bulk; $17 to $18; shorts. $19 to $20; mouillc, $24 to $28 per ton as to quality. Mealâ€"Tone of market for rolled oats remains stcwdy, but, volume of business passing: is small at $2.075 to $2.12.; per bag. Cornmeal is unâ€" changed at $1.35 to $1.45) per bag. Hu;:-â€"-.\'o. ‘l clover, $9 m $9.50; No. 2, $8.25 (0 $8.75: clover mixed, $7 to $7.50, and pure clover, $6.- 50 to $6.75 pvr ton in car lots. P1 oxisionsâ€"Hcavy Canadian short cut pork $1650 to $17. 50; light short, cut $16 50 to $17; American clvm- fat hacks 52.»; compound lard 64c to 7c; Canadian lard, file to 7120; kettle rem-(lured, 8.3.1: to Sac ac- cording to quality; hams, 12c to 13¢; {rush killed abattoir hogs S7 - 50: heavy fat. hogs, $4. 75 to $5; mixed lots, 85 to $5.15; select, $5.â€" 75 of!" cars. Butterâ€"Finest grades. 21:0 to 21gc; ordinary finest, at 206 to 210; medium grades, 19§c to 20k; west- orn dairy, 175C to lTéc. I‘EggSâ€"Straight cold storage stock, 180 to 20c: No. 2, lfiéc to 1750; Montreal )imod. 190. ' ”Cfi’coswu-Ontmio fall white, 10§c to 10;c: colored, 102C to loge; Quebec. 10c to lOic. Toronto, Jun. 17.-â€"Tho run an cattle was heavy, and the demand not so brisk, the result being that in all lines prices showed an easier tendency, without any quotable change. u’xport (Tattle-There not. many cattle «,‘ITox-ing, and those on the market. were of rather inferior grade. For this reason there was nothing sold at, top quotations, and the figures for choice cattle are nominal. Quotations all round are unchangml. Choice are quoted at. $4.50 to $33, grand to medium at $4.25 to $1.50, ‘good cows at $3.- There were few good cattle offering and there was no price oV'cr $41 -5. For cattle of better ”fade than this (inure warrants quotations (11c nom- 111111. All p: 10.5. are quoted 1'11- changvd (loud to choice butchers' me (vuotad at. $11- to $1. 50,111.11 to good at $3.~0 Lo $4zm1xod lots -:1ium, at $5.“. to 35.1. 50: common at, $1." .5 :0 $2 :‘10,cows at $31.0 "‘ .40 and hulls at F2 to $1.. 75. 1 Stockers 111111 I‘ccdchâ€"J‘rzu‘m in this line continues steady and very quiet, as "‘W cattle me coming f(râ€" wa rd and 1110 demand 19 light. Quo- tations are unchanged. Fee-11015 are 2.“) to $1. Butchers’ Cattleâ€"4A fairlv heavy run of conmmn 1n mmlium cutth- was offering. but, Um demand not. being as brisk as it “as on Tues-day, the tone of trading Was less active, al- though prices were about. steady. IJVE STD OK M ‘\ R'K FITS MO N‘ TREAL M /\ R'K HTS .. 0~gni90 n. L\Iv 14c grades 20 HS. good to 17:; mils 1m: 1... 1‘16 166 to 14¢ to 20 to 'quotud at $2 50 to S? 80. am] stock- crs at $1. an to $3.40. (‘alvoSâ€"I‘ew worn offering and trade was briSR wiLh priu‘s higher. QuoLat: (ms .m- 31. c to (EC nor 1!). and $2 to $10 ouch. Milvh Cowsâ€"There is u fa‘r demand for good cm s The market is quot- od unchanged at a range of $3!) to $60 each. fiheup and Lambqâ€"Tho demand for sheep and lambs continues brisk, and the fairlv heavy run ()"Rwin: to- day was 501d early. Prices ware \w-H mnintuivod and quotations are unchanged. Export. sheep are quot.- ed at $1,.25 to $4.75, butchcrs' 31100.1) at. $3.50 to $4. and lambs at $550 to $6.25. Mugsâ€"'I‘he market is steady and (muted unchanged at. $-lr.‘JO‘ per cwt. for selects and $4.65 for lights and fat 8 A dospatch from Vancouver, [5. 0., says: The Sydney, Nu“! South Wales, courts have just demonstrated the inmortmicc of 11m lingerâ€"print sys- tum us a means; of identifying L1 criminal. A young man chargml with Lmrglary has bm-n found guilty in a case win-n: the Crown rolicd snluly upun the evidence of fingerâ€" prints. Thu hu:'.-;‘lar, in gaining ‘entry to the building, hrokn tho glass of a window and left the imâ€" pression of his. hand in the dust. )This wasq-hotug-rai-hvd arid the exâ€" hibit was produu-ri in court. The ‘jury rofurm-d a verdict in a few minâ€" ;utos of guilty. Impression Left By a Burglar Con- victed Him. This \vne the first cans of the kind in tho ('o'nnumwvalth. Int it was quickly followed by anothvr. The m‘cusrd. “ho is ('hm‘v‘m} with break- ing and omnring. h-i‘t the impr(\.<~sion cf his hand on a nnwbiâ€"pnintml door. This was phutogmphod. and found {0 CO!‘1‘«~R!«HH1 with an imprcsc of the hwm! or the prismu-r. In this race aka a \‘m-dict or guilty was quivkiv rum-hell, Honim- Sergeant. (‘11ihi's. the officer in chm'x‘c m‘ the fingur-print dopam- ment at Fyrhlu)’. 911w ho r‘nnsidors the systom Mnmst ini‘nllihlv. The cases mm \vmrhvd wirh (J10 grantâ€" (‘Sf intm'os't "V 1’10 11013115 jail and justice dog-Hat". mont officials . Two Thousand Skulls Found 111 One “Ju-ju" House. The. London Daily Mail published thu [OUO'NingZâ€"NIHVS has been re- caivod from “but, Africa 03' tho de- struction by the ‘U'itish in Southern Nigeria 01' two Juâ€"ju houses belong- ing to the Andoni tribe. in which ghastly utmvilivs Were reported to have takun plum. 'l‘he first 01‘ \hosv p: gun temples Was found to 1).,» u vm‘ituhlc "(lolgo- Lha," ox'm' 2,000 skulls being: countâ€" ed. neatly arranged mu! fixed to the walls and posts ul‘ tho. house. After an inspection the place was set on fire. Snmo (lays IaYm‘ a chief, a Ju-ju pricxt, am! a principal man of the town ‘ “were. who were found to be cunncutud \vilh a, “bus-h ju-ju," were nrrnswl. This sowml shrine was rvavhml after a (‘amw juurncy up a tenuous ('n-elx’. Finally. the Brit- ish party arrived at :1 small hut, completely closml in with vegetation. the interim' beingr so (lurk that. it a tenuous ('n-ek. Finally. the Brit- ish Party arrived at :1 small hut, completely closml in with vegetation. the interim' being so (lurk that. it was nou-ssary to tour down tho walls lwl‘oro it, was possible to 300 What the place cuntained. Among the objects found was a largo moral hon, inscribed “Otto Bakkcr, Rottardaxmm, 1172'" used at. thv Ju-ju fl‘stivzfls to can the in- habitants of 1110 n-fighlmring towns toncthcr, and also during sacrifice. She Was a Noted Figure in the French Commune. A dospatch h'um Marseilles, says: Louisa Michvl. the noted communism. is dead. Louisa Mivhcl was born in 1830. She became a teacher in 1853, and ultimately taught in Paris am! Moutmartrc. She took an ac- tive part in the. revoluth‘mary com- mune in Paris, and was made a pris- onor in 1970. She \‘as sentenced to tranmiortation for life. but was. rc- loasvd, and raturnml to ‘uriw in 1880. She was again imprisoned in 1883 and 1886. She wrote many books attacking the social system). and 01‘ late yours she was classed as an Anarchist. Four Men Killed by Breaking of a Cable. A (lospatch {mm lloughton, Mich., says: Four men lune been instantly killed and um) others injured at a. shaft which is being sunk at Rock- laml by the Victoria Mining Comâ€" pany for a hydraulic pchr plant. The clcadzâ€"W-illlam Pcnmse and two Austrians and one Finlander; names could not he learned. The accident was due to the breaking; of a cable while six men were coming to the IsurfaCe in a skip at, the noon hour. TOLD BY A FINGER PRINT. Engineer and Fireman Killed in Station Yard. A despatch 'rom Cleveland, Ohio. sayszâ€"The boiler of a locomotive at- tached to the eastbound fast ex- press train on the Erie road blew up while standing at the Creston, Ohio, station on Wednesday, killing the engineer and fireman instantly, and badly injuring another man who was riding in the engine cab. The (harkâ€"Frederick Keller. engineer, Gallon, 0., and Fireman IIalIick, (:alion. The cause of the explorsion is not known. The train curried express cars oniy. Aside from the engine, which was comyldely demolâ€" ished, none of the equipment was damaged. ’J‘x‘umc was blocked for four hours iollo'xvlllg the accident. DEATH OF LOUISA MICHEL. DESTROY PAGAN SHRINES . FELL DOWN MINE SHAFT. BOILER EXPLODED. r demand UGSSACKS MAKE A BAH] Expected to Capture Seige Guns En Route From Port Arthur to She River. A despatch from Tokio sayszâ€"A detachment, of Cossacks planned a dash on the railroad for the purpose of intercepting Gen. NOgi's heavy sicgeguns on route from Port, Ar- thur to the Sha River. They tore up and damaged the line between Anshanticu and Haichung, and sub- sequently attacked Newâ€"(Jhwang and drove the Japanese garrison out. The latter recaptured the place later. In military circles here it is not anticipated that there will be any further difficulty with we raiders. It. is believed that, the raiding troops probably were limited to those which attacked New-Chwang and Niuchaitun. There is no evidence to indicate that, the Cossacks were strongly supported. “0n chncs lav at ten in the morn- mg a, Jajranesc cavalrv detachment cntountcrcd {our companhs of Rus- sian cavalxy “est of Tangmasas. south-west of Liamâ€"Yang and lien-01v engaged them. At 2.305131 the after- noon the Russians “are repulsed with heavy losses. Subsequently they were re-cm’orm-d by several compan- ies of cavalry and eight gmns. The Japanese drew the RUSSians to Liuorhapac and engaged and pursued them. On \\‘cdm-sda_\: night a small body of Russian cavah'y reached the railroad fine and tore up the tracks botxxcvn A):.»~l1:\h£icn and Haichang and 'i‘a‘chckiao and \‘iukow. They wore immediately repaired and the line was rcupcned to traffic. A nun » N... w, ., “0n chm-Sday afternoon 2,000 Rllssian cavalry with guns attacked Newâ€"Chwang. The Japanese were forle to retire temporarily but Were re-onforcod, attacked the Rusâ€" sians and are still pursuing them. "The Russians also attuEktvd Niuâ€"i chi.â€".tun but, were repulsed." ' A report from the Japanese army! 1 z headquarters on the Ilium-'l‘ung Pen- insuln retelved on Friday. says:â€" “.\ body of Russians. evidently from Gen. Mistehenko's cavalry brir gmle, with the Sea-0nd Infantry lieâ€"3 giment, railroad gnards and guns,‘; recently surrounded the Japanese} post at Niuclmtun, north of Yinkow. on the line of cennnunientions. anrl assaulted it from the direction ofj Siantx/intyu. The Russians Were re-‘ pulsed, losing at least 80 men. ‘ ”u h, CEREMON l A L ENTRY . A despatclx from 'J‘okio saysiâ€"The ceremonial entry of the Japanese into Port Arthur took place on Fri- day. A column consisting (f a com- pauy each of cavalry, infantry, artil- lery, engineers, medical corxzs. and coxnmissary corps entered from the north, headed by the colors and a bugle band. The column marched through the old and new towns. A dcspatch from 'l‘okio SGNSZ The Japanese achievenwm at Port. Ar- thur is more rmnarkable in the light of further investigations. The ori- ginal Russian strength is now esti- mated to have been almost 50,000 mvn. It is announced at the army hvadq'uartcrs that, in addition to the prisoners already reported. about 13,000 wounded combatants will eventually be brought to Japan. ion. Nogi's hca-(iq-uartcrs'stnfl af Port Arthur are at pros-cut devoting their cnorgios to dispatching the prisoners to Japan. placing the Wounded in hospitals and clearing the way for a thorough investiga- tion of the spoils of war. ... u ., A‘- bluu nu tug 01-.....” N. Confused reports reach 'l‘okio oi the condition of the city buildings. it was said on 'l‘hursday that Gen. Nogi will return to Tokio at pre- sent. ...,, Jk Dvlln. Sixteen survivors of the third de- tachment; of Japanese who attempt.â€" ed to block the entrance of Port Ar- thur by sinking stone-mam steamâ€" ers in the channel are expected to 31'1”ch at Sascho on Thursday. The fate of their‘7'0 companions is un- knOWn. A despatch from London says: Tm- 1 egrams from ‘To‘kio add to the list of spoils taken at Port Arthur, as given out, by the Japanese Legation, 2,225,000 rounds of small arm amâ€" munition, 60 torpedoes. 1.588 ex- plosive charges. 960 ammunition wagons and carts. 149 sets of tole- ‘graph and telephone apparatus. 14 ‘Isem'chlights, and quantities of ’swords, pistols, and cntrcnching .tools. It is remarked that the cap- tures (lisprox'e tnc idea that a short- ,nge of ammunition contributed to {the surrender of the fortress. REMA 11K ABLE AC I {IEVEMFIN A ocspatch from Nagasaki, Japan, says: The steamers Kaga and Sunu- ki have arriwd here with 1,600 Rus- sian prisoners of war and fifty om- cers. All the prisoners haVo been ‘quurtered at Innsa, a village nearl'fi". where has also been prepared a lodg- ing for Con. Stoossel, who win ar- rive next, Saturday. . . , ‘ 'J'hc Russian (miccrs much lihvrty within th( the towu.‘ but they are escort. CUMUA [4 Gen. Stoessel and staff will sail from here for Europe on 0. French mail steamer Jab. 16. Those RUS- sian prisoners are unfeignedly pleas- ed at the end of the hardships of the siege and the considerate treat- ment of their victors. A despatch from St. Petershux'p; says: Russia has sent a circular to the foreign Governments, enumeratâ€" Mg 5. series of alleged Chincso viola‘ tions of neutrality during the war. the efforts“ of the powers having failed to preveng them. The circular BUS SIANS REPULSED. SPOILS OF' PORT ARTHUR PRISONERS REACH JAPAN. RUSSIA PRO' ‘ES'I‘S MIRROR J. W RICHARDS, Publisher uni Proprietor 's are alluwod the bounds of “‘0 under police «predicts that the violations will icontinuu, as China is unable to ful- ‘fil her obligations. In these circum- stances Russia reserves the xight to ‘act in her own interests respecting ‘China s neutrality. The circular ‘concurrently calls the attention of the powm's 10 the anti-European agi- ,tation in Ohina which, it. says, has :crcated a. serious situation. * PRISONl-ZRS LOOK WELL FED. i 9 A despatch from Tokio says: All the prisonms from Port, Arthur ar- riving at Nagasaki. look well fed ‘and happy. Col. Hcljakofl, of the ‘Russian army, said the enemy's wel- ‘comc was entirely unexpected. It jmadc him feel as though he had rc- 'tumcd to his own country. He :hoped the war Would boon cease and :a mutum~ understanding follow. If 1this occurred the present. plight of ithe prisoners would be more useful ’to Russia than continued resistance l § at Port Arthur. 'I‘Wcmy-six paroled Russian officers were weicomed by M. Arakawa, Governor of Nagasaki, municipal de- legates and leading citizens. Col. 'l‘richadon’ thanked them on behalf of his comrades. He said their treatment shox\ed that Japan held the human ethical position among the nation He bolicvmi that after the war Russia and Japan would beâ€" come l'ast‘x‘riends‘. A dcsputch from 'I‘okio savs: Com- mandm Tanaka, of the Janancse naxy, who is mvcstigatinr the sunkâ€" cn Russ: an “arships at. Port Arâ€" thur, has discovvred that. the cruisâ€" ers Dji'dit Rasbovmk, :mti'Zabiaca, “hick had hitherto been unaccounted for, Were all sunk. the Rashoynik ap- parcmiy 3‘: the Russians themselves, and tho other two by Japanese shells. Commandm- 'I‘an'ak9. has also located five torpcdo-bozjxt de- stx'oyors and two gummvuts that were destroyed. ' A deupatch from St. Petersi11}rg says: The Admiralty has not, givel the slightest official confirmation of the xeport of the recall of Vice-Ad- mim] Rojestvcnsky s squadron. 011 the contrary. the officials point calmly to the prr‘pmations being made to reinforce 111. squadron with a division of the third Pacific squadron as sufficient exidencc that Ixojestwnsky will not return to European Waters. The Russian ice- bleakcr Ermak at Lihau has been .ot‘demd to keep the channel clear ifor the ships which are being made Iready for sea. A dwspatch from Paris says: Vice- Adlmil‘al Imubussoii, Hie Russian mcmhm' of the Nm'ih So.) Commis- sion. is quoted ‘nv 11m Echu dc I’avis as haVing; stated in an mun-view that. hp had suinniticti to Emperor Nichulus a progrmximc for a man‘- gnnizaxiun of '* which is ab- suiutcly ' the War will he Admiral smth to Sk}"s sq unhvsita sidcrozl shortly ing Pnr which Sh mmmwhiic, propm'o an ture effort, A (105 Mail fr par-Lure. for the fixed 1‘01 ponad u surprise, his oificel did nr ‘Scc act. A dcsp TWO nati frontier and the war with has begun Chicf of You from t ish movable co“. the scene of tram. opun \ho lines 02‘ (nth Chm'ai. and possibly chief of Dir. British ‘A despatch from Madrid says: The perpetuation of an old Spanish cuS- tom on Thursday resulting in the death of the, hangman during an execution at IMchitc, Amgon. This old custmfi ‘ig mat the hangman, beâ€" fore placing the black cap ov'cr tho victim, apolugizos to the latter. The conldanmed mun usually fnrgivos him. and in token of his forgiveness, mn- braces the r-xocutioncr. This custom WatS'S'One tln'oug‘h with at thn mmâ€" cution of Lewis (:mm-z. at, Belchitc, on Thursday. The hang-man ”[1010- gich, and Hmncz embraced him, but “'hntj. Ginsu-min: his hangntnn, Um Prisoner strangled the I‘nttcr. (Tun-d- ‘m‘mcs' immunliutcly shut Goxm-z. RECALL OI“ BALTIC FLEI‘I' Condemned Man Kills Hangman on Spanish Scaffold. MA NY SU NKEN BOATS. WANT INVINCIBLE FLE.‘ SIGNI hiA-rg IN EMBRACE ul 1tioncr This custom Igh “i111 at thn oxe- (:onwl. at Buhhitc, The hangman ”[mlo-