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Show MINISTER E. ri. CONGER (New 'tfork Letter.) WheaTJaihes W. Moyle, Tor Baldwin, llearst and Jones, and to years with Italy and Clark and okuer mining kings. Then years ago h waa accounted several times a but his wealth all slipped through his fingers. In the west every le was his friend, for the reason that be dealt honestly with all men. H waa respected by all classes, thieves and honest men being alike willing to trust him. Nerve he possessed in plenty, nnl, thougn of small stature, he had a feputatii! of being a" bkd man in a'quarret In the 'days of the old stage coaches Moyle, with a number wf other, was- making a trip across the plains, when brigands railed a halt and demanded the valuables of all of the passengers. Moyle was seated back in a dark corner of the coach and when called upon to give up announced that he had 810,000 worth of gold dust which be calculated to keep or to die. The leader of the stage robbers recognised his voice, and quickly announced that no thief on the road waa mean enough to rob Jimmy On more Moyle. He kept his gold. than-onoccasion Moyle went abroad to dispose of mining properties. In London and Paris be became known as the one mining broker In whose word absolute confidence could lx placed. Mr. Moyle left a wife and two daughters, both of the children Mrs having husbands of wealth. Moyle lives in Buena Vista avenue, San Francisco. She has been notified of the death of her husband. Hi daughters, Mrs. Bond and Mrs. also live in San Francisco. I) is thought that Mr. Moyle must have been Insane when he committed suicide. He could. It was said, have borrowed, thousands of dollars with no other security than his word. Two days before he disappeared he wrote a number of personal letters, the tone ot each indicating anything but despondency. One written to a favorite granddaughter, who Is going to school in Massachusetts, was particularly cheerful. Mrs. Moyle is said to have an Independent fortune In her own name. The Montana mining properties which have so recently developed value will sell for at least 250,000. Mr. Moyle also owned some mines In Colombia, whither he would have gone this spring had not a revolution suddenly developed there. lie first time la hi Ions and eventful lift, found himself unable to meet a bill which was presented to him for payment, be became despondent, and, in moment of insanity committed suicide by throwing himself into the 'North river. That was six seeks ago. His body was recovered a day or two ago. Had- - Hoyle breasted tbs tide of .., ad versify a few days longer he would - have found himself again a man of wealth. Mining claims In Montana, purchased "Tong ago,' have 'just "b&eb found to be of great value. They are now being worked, and are producing ores rich with copper, gold and silver deposits. Apparently, there Is no foundation for the report which was circulated that Mr. Moyle was the victim of an assassin. When the body was found floating In the river by a fisherman, he knotted a rope around the neck and towed it to the Jersey ahore. Others, seeing the rope and noticing that it had worn away the tender skin, concluded that a murder had " pie. k hose names sbal be Edwin Hurd Conger, Catted States minister at Pskln, under whose direction A mericah marines were landed for the protection of American interests against the Boxers, was born in Knox county, Ili,, March 7.' 1843. Mr. Cougar is a man full of wilt and nerve. He waa educated at Lombard university, graduating in the class' of 1862.' He turned from the school room to military service in the Union army, eniistenlng as a private in the One Hundred and Second Illinois Volunteer t h tT regi inUatry.. . He .. served ment until the tiose of the war, rising to the rank of captain and receiving from the president the brevet of ma n Jbr'Torgariatttattd merttorioua He began the study duct in the field. of law at the close of the war and graduated from the. Albany Law school the kidtorlc roll ot Methodisms British irmy.' The fund la to he raised by the end of this year. It is the purpose rk, of who is one of the most radical Methodists 'of Great Britain, that tl.000.000 of the fund shall go into the educational training of preachers. For chapels, schools and mission halls 11.350.000 j to be expended. The fund is of such magnitude that even the great Thanksgiving fund of tLe Wesley ana (8 l.ooo.otM)) In I860 sinks into insignlficsnce truth, every indication points to suicide. For years James W. Moyle had spent much of bis time In New York, and when in the city always made his home at the HofTman house. It only would have been necessaiy for him to have asked for an extension of credit and he might have lived at the hotel until his affairs were In better condition. He was too sensitive to make known his trouble, and so on April 10. A Ratlnwd Urccker. Mr. Moyle foufid in bis letter boz a In the June installment ot his Cen bill for his room and board for the month of March, and in his pocket no ifciry serial, Dr. North and HU Dr. Weir Mitchell thus defunds with which to pay. That day nlend8 a railroad wrecker: The scribes great he disappeared, and though his friends bunted the city over for him, and plac- next day I saw Xerxes. Three years of the life of what he at first called ed the case in the hands of the detective agency, no trace of the metropolis, and the vigoj- an-or him could be found. Cablegrams were reacquired health, together with sent to London and Paris, where he other influence, had wrought notable changes in the outer ways, dress. and war-welknown. but the eearch-walanguage of the gfearfanrbad 'wreck-- ' . fruitless until six weeks had elapsed. The body was taken to the Jtersey City er, He still had the look of animal The ursine appearance of morgue, and the friends of the dead power. man in New York were nodded. EL H. awkward strength was still present; the hands, the strong, promiClark, one Of " the trustees of the nent huge muscles of the Jaws, like those o( Hearst estate, gave Instructions that rolling walk ot the body should be prepared for ship- the Bonapartes, the were aa before. all the plantigrade, ment to San Francisco, where intermust ment will take place. Mr. Clark also Vincent remarked later that he varied a person of have been always Intimated that any debts which were and nnexpectable capabilities; and left by Mr. Moyle would be immediateevgn of undeveloped tastes. Courageof. care taken ly In action, outspoken rather than James W, Moyle passed through the ous at career of an adventurous speculator. frank, lavish rather than generous, he was, times impulsive, amazingly accumuhe It Is said that four times wild beast of the Jun lated an Immense fortune, and four beneath all, the of finance, strong,- - adroit and times he descended to poverty. Then, gles rare travesty upon human fate, a fifth merciless. time did riches pile up for him, but Exhematloe of Gemhette. ' ' too late for him to give them heed. When Gambetto died the French At the time of his death he was sixty-eighdesired that hia body a old. a of When government boy4 slip years be Joined the argonauts of 49, and, should be plr.ced In the pantheon. with pick and shovel, worked In the Qambettas father, however, objected, California gold fields. Success was and so the Interment took place at with him st first, and before he had Nice. After the death of Gambetta arrived at manhoods estate his Jack pere his sister agreed to the transfer had become a proverb, and his wealth of the remains to the pantheon. The of the body and Ite regreat He was the associate of FUfbd exhumation and OBrien, Mackey and Fain He was moval to Paris- will take place next on terms of Intimacy with Walker, January. -- TWO Rsr New-com- - . l s . t ( v v jrJ. ; ;v 04 04 ;! r,i JhJJt ft ii 04 0 kV kV kty ;;; vt 0 v 0K kV kA ;? ;? ; ky 7 04 kV kV ;? Ati VV V ww " : M MU ij? V LI HUNG CHANG. A 04S ktrf .... 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It was written by men who lived all the year round among tne wild animals ot the Highlands, and learned to love them aa only the familiar can. One ot the most beautiful descriptions of these abundant nature-note- s is that of a doe, whhh was seen for several mornings, "rebtK-s-s aud anxious, listening and erart-hinthe wind, trotting up and down, picking a leaf here and a leaf there." After her short and unsettled meal she would take a frisk round, leap into the air, dart Into her secret bow er, and appear no more until twilight. One day 1 stole down the brae among the birches. In the middle of the thicket there was a group of young trees growing out of a carpet of mosa which yielded like a down pillow. The prints of the doe's slender, forked feet were thickly traced about and In the center there wai a velvety bed, which seemed a little higher than the rest, but to natural that It would not hat been noticed by any unaccustomed eye. 1 carefully lifted the green cushion,, nnd . under Its veil, rolled close together, the head of each resting on the flank of the other, nestled two beautiful little kids, their large velvet ears laid smooth on their dappled necks, their spotted sides sleek and shining as satin, and their Httle delicate legs, as slender a hazel wands, shod with tiny shoes as smooth and aa black as ebony, while their large, dark eyes, looked at me with a fun, mild, quiet gaze, wheh had not yet learned to fear the band of man. Still they had a nameless doubt which followed every motion of mine. Their little limbs shrank from my touch, and their velvet fur rose and fell qnlrkly; but as I was about to replace ,the moss, one turned Its bead, lifted its sleek ears toward me, and licked my hand a I laid their aoft mantle over them. I often caw them afterward, when they grew strong and came abroad upon the brae. ,ind frequently I called off old Dreadnaught when he crossed their warm track, - WOMEN IN PROTEST. Object to a Natty and frovalaat Habit or Men. Five ladles lunched together at a n restaurant yesterday, gays the Chicago 'Chronicle, and ' while seated at the table they resolved themselves Into a committee on protest and declared that the nuisance had to Tse ahatcarWharthey'imoise- - to n Eihllate la the practice some alleged gentlemen have of espeetorattng upon the floor onstreet and elevated cars. One of the ladles exhibited the hem of her underskirt to show bow It had been bedrabbleij in tobacco Juice on her way down. They were furious, all ot them, and they parted avowing that they would meet again in a iew daya and adopt a definite plan of action. It is not laws or new regulations gov ernlng the matter, but they do and will; Insist In v a pretty positive way, they declare, to have existing laws and regulations enforced to - the letter. They said point blank that the con, ductora would not obey orders In the premises unless the car companies made examples of some of them. It would seem that these five, women believe that certain men passengers have a political or some other kind of a pull," --which make the conductors afraid to have them arrested or eject them from the car, and that they let their hogg(sbnesa and impoliteness have full scope. Just how these five women are going to remedy the evil remains to be teen, but in the language of the street gamin, they certainly had blood In their eyes, and the nces are that their organization in numerical will grow rapidly strength and In enthusiasm. Of course, every one knows that they have abundant reason to complain of the filthy condition of the floors of aome cars. down-tow- Youth s Companion. n .... WHAT. KAISER CAN DO. - l,n Trtdflt wltW Jark-of-A- LADY NAYLOR - LEYLAND. Very numerous and beautiful have been the American women who have married into English nobility, but none more brilliant or more beautiful and accomplished than Lady Naylor-Ley-lanwho waa Jennie Chamberlain of Cleveland, 0.. and who waa the most superb beanty In the Prince of Wales very exclusive set tor several years. MUs Chamberlain was taken up by the smart aet when she married the prlncea mosf Intimate friend, Blr Huand at the wedbert Naylor-Leylanding thera were far more royal personages than commoners. She became one of the two great leaders In London society .ife and her town mansion. Hyde Park house has been the scene d, d, ll Caoser. surer of Jbe kaiser Is the most many-side- d sovereigs who ever sat on s throna. 1 at-we- -- . DAUNT HER . ht "Thera sjs f iiow Uvtni' VuC swvc-- ti i men who were delegates to the Phl.a-delph- la convention ot June 18, 1836, which resulted in- - the birth of the republican party and the nomination of Johq C. Fremont for president. Every effort waa -- recently, made, forty-foyears later, to have aa many as possithese survivors sttenj as honble. ored guests tbs republican national convention. Among those who would have liked to accept the Invitation, but whose feeble health finally compelled him to decline, U John Howard Bryant of Princeton, I1L, the oldest of the survivors ot the convention of 1856. John Howard Bryant la the last survivor of th Dr. Peter Bryant family. Of Cummlngton, Mass., and Is a brother of the poet, William Cullen Bryant h baa now Mr. Bryant although ur jf - k ( m) ae-tl- re ' T T Wfilllb : A decision of ,the Kentucky supreme court gives to a city the full arqount 4. MRS. SUSAN WORDEN 1890. tv. won v. franchise that o we K w.u tnun , to the city existence. The Frankfort Water company hat a pumping station and reservoirs outside the city valued at 358,400, while within the city there are mains and other property valued at f 16.520. The constitution o) Kentucky provide that every corporation exercising ahy pedal or exclusive privilege or franchise shall, in addition to other taxes Imposed on It by law, annually pay a tax oa Its fran chlse to the state and a local tax thereon to the city town, or tax district where the franchise may he exercised. The state hoard of assessment fixed the gsjue of the Frankfort water franchise st 379,891, and apportioned this sum between the eity and the taxing district outside tta limits la proportion to the property owned Inside and outside the city limits The city objected and brought suit, claim- -' Ing that It should have all of the taxation on the franchise, as tbs privileges under th companys charter apply solely to the district within the city limits. The supreme court ha upheld the citys contention. The fact that It has thus been decided that a franchise is worth 379,891 for t&xlnr purposes In addition to the 374,820 that Is the actual value of the property la now being advanced by aome quarters as an argument In favor ot requiring payment for franchises when a city purchases a public aervlce company. In Kentucky, for Instance, It would have peculiar fores s . . r Om Cb of Short Cr p, "The Iowa crop report contain a suggestion that may be partly responsible for ths short crop of wheat It Indicates a considerable gain In acreage of .corn and a falling off fci the acreage of wheat and other crops, with Improved conditions of live stock. This is an Indication that tbs tendency la mors and mors each year to devote the farm to corn for stock feeding purposes and to give up ths raising of small grab! for market With ths usual prices of grain and stock this is good policy, and It la advised by moet of tb agricultural papers, which urge It as ths beat plan for small farmers. Tbs shipping of feed when ths stock might be fattened os the farm la wasteful. .. - JOHN HOWARD BRYANT. . reached the advanced nge of 92 years. Is still possessed-n- f tellect tnat baa been pronounced in him during his life. His memory Is congood. In speaking of the free toll vention In Pittsburg, which led up to the one in Philadelphia, be said there was one Incident that took place there that ha always left ft marked impression on him.; During one of the sessions there came a call for a speech from Owen Lovejoy, who resided In Princeton and that year was elected to congress, Horae Greeley, he said, rose and remarked that be did not understand that this convention rwaa to be turned Into a abolition meeting. After that calls came from all parti of th house for Mr. Lovejoy, and th latter advanced to the stage, and, Mr. Bryant aaya, made bus of the strongest abolition speeches he ever heard. Mr. Bryant, during tbs war and for a number of yqgrs afterward, was hi party matters, and held a number of Important positions. In 1871 hsrbecams a supportgiLQf Horars Grae-le- y, and since that time has been Identified with the democratic party. - , .u Naylor-Leyland- J. HOWARD BRYANT : AGE DOES of London societys most brilliant funo-.IonThera the Prince of Wales spends a great deal of hia Urns, and tha Princess of Wales has been long 'a moat ardent Lady friend. A year ago Sir Hubert died, and now It la announced that Lady Naylor-Leylan- d Is engaged to Lieut Reginald Ward, fourth son of tbs earl of Dudley, who is. a member of the Royal Horse guards sod Is now In South Africa.: Lieut Ward la 27 years old and his flance 31. Her lata husband left her an Immense fortune, and bealdes her town bouae the haa a magnificent country house st Colchester. She has ons son, who was horn is V'V Ws are told that ha has written s public prayer and conducted S choir. He can cook as be can sat. 11 can play chess, paint pictures or draw caricatures. He has learned engineering and studied electricity. Though be can only- - use, one arm. - he can shoot game for hour at the rate of two a minute. He has over 109 titles, aud is an admiral In three of the largest navies. In 25 years be has shot 23.090 bead of game. He changes Bis dress a dozen times s day, has a dozen valets and a wardrobe worth 100,000. He works every day from 5 a. re. till 7 p ra. He can writs a song as well as be win ting It, can manege a yacht as well as he can ride a horse. He can Conduct a religious service as well as a bishop, He can command a fleet as well as an army, a ship as well as a regiment He is a king, emperor, author.' musician, dramatist, traveler, choir conductor, sportsman, alnger,and there Is nothing, from rocking a cradle to ruling an empire, of which be Is not a master. He Is the with the pride of an emperor and the power of a Caesar. He Is the modern William the Conqneror. Before "he had been on the throne two he had dismissed the foremost years, Fnad, Tha MUlloa Gain statesman on (he continent of Europe. ot member Robert William Perk, parliament for the Louth division of Handling Goods on Shrirso. Lancashire, England, la the founder of In n new apparatus for handling the 1,000,000 guinea" fund tor the cause of Methodism. Subscriptions are goods arranged on ghelvea the upper limited to Methodists of England. Scot- half6f the sSeTving ts "sutpended by land and Wales, and the fund after means of pulleys and ropes to slide np with being raised, will be expended in that and down In movable guldeways, reto clutches basic of the the Idea for pulleys securing territory alone. The of one volving shafts to raise or lower the fund la that contributions guinea shall be made by 1,000,000 peo- shelves. wv itgkVWVr ete-e , ft ae tt ft i eee ft ft w listed between the' two has always been an enigma to the friends, of Gordon and can be accounted for only by Gordon's deep religiousness and his desire to forgive. On a more recent occasion Ll HUng Chang's life was attempted In Shimonoseki during the progress of the peace negotiations between China and Japan In ,1895. - Hen he waa attacked by a fanatical Jap, A woman of 82 has Just started for who discharged a revolver point-blan- k San the gold .fields of Cape Nome from la the viceroys face. The bullet has seek to sex of her oldest the never been extracted. Though he bad Francisco, her fortune In that bleak and Inhosmanyfaulta, Li Hung Chang has also pitable region. She la Mrs. Susan Wormany redeeming qualities. He la vegr she is active fond of home life, and takes a deep den, and despite her years She also went to and enterprising. Interest 4n the progress ot hia family rout forty-figTo strangers he, like all hia race, It California by the Panama husband her With ago. years . most courteous, provide they do no) into the placer son went she and attempt to ram unpalatable truth) downia throat He is extremely hpg mines. pitable, and almost embarrasses th Tout Market Thera, visitor by his solicitude. He la too old CoL Wsrd discourages the, hops of tcr iB8tttute Dy departure 4a Chinese national life, and much cannot tx Californians that they may find a marexpected of him In his new' poet as ket tor their light wines in the PhilipMinister of Commerce. . Many aa hla pines. The Filipinos, he esys, are wedshortcomings have been, he has left ded to vino, a concoction ot anise a deep impress upon his day and gen- and fusel olL No light wine will appeal to a vino rppetlte. eration. New York Journal." 'jL'0 e e,(vt LI Hung Chang has had aome narrow escapes from - death. His assailant in- the first place was none other than General Gordon, and every lover of fair play would have applauded Gordons act had he been able to wise. carry It out. It occurred In this "When the head of the Talping rebellion had been practically broken aid makthe chiefs of the rebel army were of In the city ing a final stand General Gordon got 14 Hung the leaders Chang to consent to pardon on condition that the city would surThe terms render . unconditionally,' -were namedrthe"cliy capitulated but : Gordons surprise to find on what1 4the following 'morning that LI Hung to his Chang had invited the leaders of were while partaking they and tent, mas- had barbarously this hospitality, sacred them. Oordona fury knew no 'bounds. .The deceived geqtfril folio d LI Hung Chang with a loaded revolver. along, the city wylla, and the being Chinese commander-escap- ed of ,ahot by taking shelter In the house a friend. The subsequent friendshipauh(twenty years afterward) wh'ch V V kV velvet babies. Book -- Tkf WlLtAVEDTA BRITISH SOLDIER pt ft ft sfft ris ft j4 ft fi ft ft' t ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft mft fta ft ejs ft ft Mr.-Pe- Has-broo- THE LATE JAMES W. MOYLE. wen committed by a strangler. Thus the rumor of foul play started. In IZtertttfi n h - la the rwtpH at SS. ' r Although 58 yeats of age, the Rsr. R. C. Chapman continues to preach years ago h regularly. Seventy-eiggave up a lucrative practice at a solicitor in London and started religlous work in connection with th, Plymouth brethren at Barnstaple. Bine then h has preached regularly, sad old age has In no way diminished his rigor. London Express, ht |