TWO TIGHT CORNERS. EXCITING CHAPTERS IN THE LIFE OF A POLICE CAPTAIN. A Hard Strnssle For Life Willi a Stalwart Murderer timl a Narrow Enonpe From Death at the IlandN ot an Armed Munlac. "Yes, we have to deal with some queer people jllul some dangerous peo ple," said a ponce captain, "and I must say, hut not boastfully, that we now and then have to use judgment that Is at once quick and reliable. I re member several years ago we had a highwayman in the station house who had shot a man and robbed him. He was a dangerous criminal and a mighty powerful man, and he was in a good position to go down for life or be executed, for his victim was at the point of death. One night he asked that Ibe sent to his cell. I had arrest ed him and had tried to get a confes sion from him, but all my efforts had been vain. He had taken a violent dislike to me, and he had laughed at all my endeavors. The deduction I made when I heard he wished to see me was that he had changed his mind and intended to confess, so I went to the eellroom and talked with him. "'Captain,' said he in a confiding way, 'I want you to come in here and sit down. Thjs secret Is making a wreck of me, and I want to tell you everything.' "He seemed quite penitent, and with out any hesitation I opened the cell door and sat down on the bench beside him. " 'ls Mr. going to die?' was his first question. " 'The doctor says he cannot live,' I replied. " 'Then the chances for my going to the chair are better than good?' asked "I replied that they wore. The pris oner lapsed apparently into deep medi tation, and while the spell was upon him he paced up and down the cell. Suddenly he slammed the door of the cell, placed himself before me and said in a rather fearsome voice: " 'l've finished one, and if I do two I can get. nothing worse than the chair.' "Saying which, ho leaped at me, lead ing out a powerful blow as he did so. I was, of course, up and ready for him and hud a billy in my baud. He had nothing but his big fists, feet and teeth, any of which he was ready and anxious to use, hut he was twice a match for me even up. I don't know how I did It. If he had got the best of me just for a second, I would have been, pounded to death; there is nd doubt of that. I rapped him on the head time and time again with my billy, felt bis blood flying over me, hoard liiin snarl and also felt the im print of liis powerful fists. It took me five minutes to lay him out, and I must say that 1 never spent five busier minutes in my life. Ob, lie's in prison now. He's doing 20 years. "I remember another little experi ence I had tlint is not easy to forget. I was sitting in my private office one afternoon when a well built, stylishly clad young man entered, bowed pleas antly abd sat down on the edge of the sofa. "'I never was down in this part of the city before,' he .said, 'and, being here, I thought I'd stop in and visit with you.' " 'That's right,' I rejoined. 'l'm al ways glad to receive callers.' "I looked closely at the man. 1 couldn't place him at all. It seemed that I had seen him some place too. He was about 30 years old, was stal wart. and lind an attractive face that bore slight traces of dissipation. " 'Beg pardon, my friend,' said I, 'but I really can't just place you. I know we've met, but where?' "'No, we haven't met before. I never saw you before today in my life, I'm from Baltimore. I've heard of you a lot of times.' * "The dialogue lagged for a few mo ments, and in that time I scrutinized the stranger. He mystified me in a small degree, and I was interested in him. He broke the silence: " 'Say, captain, I've got something very important to see you about. I'll just close this door, and it's just as well that no one,knows what we do or say. Now, I wish first to impress you with the importance of this meeting. It is the most momentous occasion of my life, and on its success or failure de pends my future. Captain (the stran ger leaned over and whispered in my ear), I'm going to cut your throat!' "I was sitting with my profile to the stranger, and he was leaning toward me. Casting my eyes sidewise, I saw that he held an .opened razor in his right hand. 1 did not move immedi ately. " 'So you're going to cut my throat?' I said, quietly turning part way around. " 'Yes, captain. I have been com manded by God to do so. I'm sorry, but it must be done. Get ready.' " 'That's fill right, my friend. I'm perfectly willing you shall carry out your mission; but, to tell the truth, I liate to got blood all over iny furniture here. It wouldn't be nice to dirty up the of lice, would it? Suppose we go in the back room?' " 'That'll do. Come on,' rejoined the maniac quickly. "I got up. The maniac's back was toward me. With one bound I had my arms about his waist and bis arms pinned to ids side. I then called for help, and two officers rushed into my office. It took four big men to put that maniac in a cell. He's in an asylum now."—Buffalo Express. A wedding ring should lit the finger. If It Is too large, It Is a sign of shal lowness of purpose; If too tight, it suggests that the union pinches some how. A perfect fitting ring is sym bolic of a perfect, harmonious union. THE LIMIT PASSED. One Scheme Whlrli the Girl's Stera Parent Wan 11 \ot Sanction. "Please, mamma, please!" "Fapa, I beg of you do not refuse!" Cordelia I'asdetout clung wildly about her fond but obdurate mother's neck and rained kisses upon her cheeks, while Anastasia, her sister, did like wise to her father. Hut their seemed of no avail. The elder l'asdetouts shook their gray heads firmly in negation, though it was evident that the neces sity of refusing their daughters' re quest pained them beyond measure. Gently, but with decision, as one shakes a hard shelled crab from out a scalp net, the parents disentangled their daughters' arms from their shoul ders; then, mastering his emotions, the father said: "No, Anastasia and Cordelia, what you ask of us is too much! Never be fore have we refused a request of yours. We have moved from city to city, from state to state, to the injury of my business and the destruction of your mother's health, in order to de ceive people* as to your ages. For the last ten years it has been nothing but move on for us, for every time the peo ple of one place would begin to suspect your true ages you have insisted on us packing up and going elsewhere, that you might start anew at 22 and 23, re spectively. We have submitted to this nomadic life for our love of you, but your most recent demand Is too much. We absolutely refuse!" The daughters sobbed like anything. In fact, they sobbed like everything. But their linn parent remained firm. "No," continued Mr. I'asdetout; "we will not, absolutely will not, celebrate our silver wedding again in order to prove to people that you two cannot be over 24 at the outside! The idea!"— Harper's Bazar. TAKE WATER FOR MEDICINE. A Health Producer Which IN Avail able Everywhere. There Is no doubt that we do not drink enough. Our bodies consist largely of water, and the average man needs to drink from four to six pints of water daily in order to maintain health. This is the amount of water eliminated from the body by means of :li© kidneys, the skin and lungs. It is evident that a fresh supply is constant ly needed to supply this lost aid in the process of digestion and carry away waste matter. If the amount of water imbibed is not sulHeiont for all this, the health must suffer. Air, water and food are the essentials of life in the order given. A person eau fast a long time—ex periments have proved this—but that same person could not get along with out water for that length of time. As a usual thing women are the ones who suffer the most from an Insuffi ciency of water. Mothers should see to it that their children have plenty of water to drink. There is a diversity of opinion re garding drinking at meals. Some as sert that the practice is injurious, as it dilutes the gastric juice. Others again claim that a glassful of pure drinking water taken during tihe process of mas tication is healthful. On one point, however, all authorities agree—namely, that ice water is injurious. Generally speaking, the theory advo cated by the best physicians nowadays is to driuk often and much. It cleanses the system, increases circulation and helps to make a clear complexion. Therefore, ye men- and women, the lat ter driuk. Take clear, pure, sterilized water and be thankful so simple a remedy of nature is near at hand.—Table Talk. Fireproof Snfon. "For city use in modern buildings," said a safe manufacturer, "safes are nowadays made thinner walled than formerly, thus giving them more room inside in proportion to the space the safe occupies. The modern building is fireproof, or substantially so, and in ease of lire the safe does not fall down through the burned floors into a mass of burning debris in the cellar, but it stays where it has been placed, sup ported by the steel floor beams of the room and, with less around it to burn, subjected to comparatively less heat. "Under suchconditions the thin wall ed safe is as fireproof as the thick wall ed safe would be under the conditions in which it is used In the old style buildings, for use in which the thick walled safe is still commonly sold."— New York Sun. JiiHt Like a Man. Biggs (to cabman)— What will you charge to take me and my wife to Blank's hotel? Cabman—One dollar, sir. Biggs—And how much for taking me alone? Cabnqjn—The same—one dollar. Biggs (to his wife)— There, my dear, you see how much you are valued at.— Chicago News. I and My. The pronouns "1" and "my" are greatly to be avoided in general con versation. "I" do this or that; "my" children are so ami so; "my" cook, "my" house, "my" equipages—such Iteration sets terribly on the nerves of the listener, besides being in very bad form.—New York Tribune. Handy. "Tills innn," sni(l the keeper softly, "llimuliies lie lins millions." "Isn't that nice?" answered the vis itor. "Whenever he needs money all he has to do is to draw on Ills Imagina tion."—Kansas City Times. A Drifting Wpt'ok. "What is a skeptic, pa?" "Well, the most hopeless kind of skeptic is a woman who lias lost her faith In doctors."—lndianapolis Jour nal. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. "Well met, Spurlus Lartius," cried young Lucretius as they clasped lmuds beneath the three headed dug on the signboard of the Charou Shades. "Oh, Lucretius, how ls't with thee?" "Passing well, my Spury. Will you join me?"' Aud they pushed their way through the swinging green baize doors. "What's this I hear," continued the young Lucretius, "concerning uu unfor tunate affair in the arena?" "Bah, it is nothing," said Spurlus in differently as he sipped his honey of Ilyblns. "But I heard you violated the emper or's orders in the new Olympian games by neglecting to respect his turned down thumb when he signaled to you to let your opponent live." "I was justified iu my action, good Lucretius." "By what, Spurlus?" "If you had seen my opponent's en trance Into the arena you would appre ciate the justice of my act. I slew him only because lie deserved It!" "And what about bis entry Into the arena, Spurlus? How did he come on?" "He came on—gods, think of it! He came on doing the cake walk prance to rug timer' "You did well, Spurlus. Have anoth er with me."—Cleveland Plain Healer. Misunderstood Him. "I don't see how any sane man can want more than one wife," he said as he finished reading the news from Tur key. "Yes; one Is quite enough, Isn't It, dear?" she returned. "The lmman heart is not large enough for more than one, and then polygamy always seems to me to so cheapen women too." "X wasn't thinking of that," he an swered. "What bothers me is how any man can go to work deliberately to ac cumulate troubles—to make a collec tion, us you might say."—Chicago I'osL A Mould Kiss. Miss White--Mlstah Jackson, if yo' wants to be Borneo, put yo' mouth to dab rain spout en Ah'll send yo' down a kiss. Misa White —But befo' yo' reeebes do kiss lieah am some lee watali to cool yo' lips. A Warning: to Artists. Illcks -What is the matter with Gray? He doesn't go to Mcllone's har bor shop any more. Wicks—lt came about in this way; He went lit there a few days ago and said, "I want my hair cut." Mcllone's something of a joker, you know, and when he got Gray Into the chair lie looked at Gray's head In a sort of un decided way and asked Gray, "Which one did you wish to have cut, sir?" This was too much for Gray. He is awfully sensitive about what little hair he has left—Boston Transcript. Not Superstitions. Wicks—Poor fellow! He's In a had way. The doctor says his voice is gone completely. Waclcs—l suppose he'll have to use the deaf and dumb language when he wants to talk to anybody. Wicks—No; that's the worst of it. He claims lie can't do that consistently be cause he always declared he didn't be lieve in signs—Philadelphia Press. Maligning a. Rooster. "That rooster of yours," complained the irascible neighbor, "woke me a dozen times last night. I don't think people living in a crowded community ought to keep chickens." - "We don't keep chickens," retorted the man 011 the other side of the back yard fence, equally angry. "It was the baby."—Chicago Tribune. Keening It Safe. Miss Jane Jones—No, sir; I'll not tell you my age. Census Taker—lt will he n perfectly confidential matter, Miss Jones. Miss Jane Jones—No, it won't; I know your wife, and 1 know she'll worm it out of you.—lndianapolis Jour nal. A Mntter of Spelling. "If the world were stationary," be gan the great professor. "If the world wore stationary," the Impertinent youth Interrupted, "I would never have to spend a cent for writing paper."—Phil adelphia Record. In Ilonton, of Courne. "Have you decided where you will go for your vacation ?" "No; not yet. I'm trying to find out where the Boston girls are most nu merous."—Chicago Post. How About Ice Cream Sodat "Is that a good summer novel, Flos sie ?" "Yes. In nearly every chapter the heroine gets a boat ride."—Chicago Record. $25,000 EXPRESS ROBBERY. Diiriiiu Tln ft of Money I'ncknße From n C., 11. uiiil Q. Car. Chicago, Aug. 20.—The mystery of a $25,000 express robbery is perplexing officials of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad company, the Commer cial National bank of Chicago and the Adams Express company. The $25,000, which was in hills of large denomination, was shipped Friday morning by the lmnk through the express company over the Burlington road. Its destination was Burlington, la., and it was drawn to the account of the rail road company on the order of J. <\ Peas ley, the vice president and treasurer. Somewhere between Chicago and Bur lington the package containing the mon ey was opened, the currency abstracted, some folds of brown paper substituted and the parcel restored to its former ap pearance. When the huge theft was discovered, there was consternation. So few per sons had known of the withdrawal from thi' and the ensuing removal to the express car that the officials hoped at first that it would be an easy matter to trace the crime home. But up to last night little progress had been made by the score or more detectives detailed on the case. They found that the men on the run to Burlington were long and trusted employees, and suspicion was re moved from the messenger at once. This has only made the affair more compli cated. BASEBALL SCORES. Results of Yesterday's (iamcs In the Different Leuuues. NATIONAL LEAGUE. At St. Louis— R. H. E. S(. Louis 1000 0 002 2 5 11 3 Cincinnati... 0 I 2 1 0 1 0 0— 8 12 1 11a It cries—l'owcll and ltobinson; Scott and Peitr.. At Chicago— R. H. E Chicago 1 0010000 *— 2 8 1 New York.... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0— 1 0 2 batteries—Garvin and Chance; C'arrick and Grady. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. W. L. P.O. W. L. P.C. Brooklyn... 67 36 .020 Boston 47 48 .408 Pittsburg... 64 43 .667 Cincinnati. 44 61 .403 IMiiladel'u.. 47 4(1 .605 St. Louis... 42 50 .457 Chicago.... 48 48 .500 New York.. 30 54 .400 AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Kansas City—Kansas City, 3; Minneapolis, 8. Second game- Kansas City, 11; Minneapolis, 4. At Buffalo—Buffalo, 14; Indianapolis, 0. Second game-Buffalo, 4; Indianapolis, 8. At Chicago—Chicago, 2; Milwaukee, 3. Second game—Chicago, 0; Milwaukee, 1. At Detroit—Detroit, 3; Cleveland, 1. EASTERN LEAGUE. At SyrncuH?—Syracuse, I; Rochester, 4. At Providence—Providence, 3; Toronto, 2. Labor Ynioim to Leave K. of L. New York, Aug. 20.—Three of the lar gest local assemblies in this city are about to leave the Knights of Labor and attach themselves to the American Fed eration of Labor. The three arc those of the letter carriers, stationary engineers and firemen. The letter carriers' local body has notified the national union of its intention, but will defer its applica tion for a charter from the federation until the national hoily holds its annual convention, which will take place in De troit on Labor day. The locals of the en gineers and firemen have already made application to the national uuions of their respective trades, which are affiliated with the federation, for a charter. The three organizations have a membership of 2.500 to "#,OOO. Protests have been made against the granting of the char ters of the engineers and fin irti n's organ izations by the local assemblies id' the same trades which are already in the feneration. Hurled Mlni'rV Bodies Found. Mahanoy City, Pa., Aug. 20.—After many hours of desperate hatlling with deadly white damp one of the successive rescuing parties succeeded in locating the bodies of George and William Thomp kiss and Charles Iritis, who were en tombed in the burning Primrose colliery. The bodies were found near the middle of the tunnel. They were lying in a heap. The (10 mules which were in the mine when it was discovered on fire are also dead and have been raised to the surface. The fire is still burning fiercely, and the mine officials arc bending every effort to extinguish the flames. Cornish to Quit Atliletlea, New York. Aug. 20. —The Journal says that Ilarry Cornish has written his resig nation as physical director of the Knick erbocker Athcltie club. A prominent member <>{ the organization says that the resignation of Cornish will be accept ed at the next meeting of the board of governors. Cornish will not only retire as physical director of the Knickerbock er Athletic club, but will sever bis con nection with athletics altogether. It is understood by those close to him that he has another business iu view, although he has refused to tell what it Is. Tlio AIIPKIMI Anarchist Plot. London. Aug. 20.—The Rome corre spondent of The Daily Mail says: "The arrest of .Marisen and Guida iu New York arose out of some letters received at Bresci's lodging subsequent to the as sassination of King Humbert. Due of these, dated New York, July 25, and signed 'Mabor,' urged Hreset to* commit the crime, urging that Maresea and Guida would do their duty toward Pres ident MeKinley. Maresea Is known to the Italian police as a most fanatical au archist." Severe Drought In KIIIIMIIM. Kansas City, Aug. 20.—Two-thirds of Kansas west of the three easternmost tiers of counties is experiencing one of the most severe draughts in the history of the state, and the general opinion is that the Kansas corn crop will be the smallest iu proportion to its requirements for feeding that has been raised iu inany years. BRIEF NEWS NOTES. Former President Ignaeio Andrade of Venezuela, who was deposed from the presidency and succeeded by Cipriano Castro, the present incumbent, is dead. Attorney General Da vies has dismiss ed the charges preferred against Mayor James K. McGuire of Syracuse, chair man of the executive committee of the Democratic state committee, by Attorney Francis Gill. The jury in the case of ox-Secretary of State Caleb Powers, charged with being an accessory before the fact to the mur der of William Goebel, returned a verdict of guilty, having been out only 55 min utes. The vote in favor of a life sentence was unanimous. When the jury retired, the belief was general that its members would fail to agree, and in this opinion the defendant himself was firmly con vinced, 1 GILBERT GATES ALIVE? New Development In the Jester Murder Case. OLEEGYMAN TELLS ODD STOEY. lii 1H7(I, Five Yearn After the Sni lioNcd Crime, lie Saw a Gilbert Gll ten on the Way to Texna—Tliinki lie WUH John W.'M llrother. St. Louis, Aug. 20. —Since the dramat ic trial and acquittal of uj?od Alexander Jester in New London, Mo., for the al leged murder of Gilbert Gates in 1871 the Rev. C. A. Emmons of Mount Ver non, this state, has come forward and told of meeting a man named Gilbert j Gates in 1870, live years after the crime for which Jester was acquitted is alleg* I ed to have been committed. Alexander Jester and young Gates, who was or is a- brother of John W. Gates of steel and wire fame, traveled westward together in 1871. Gates dis appeared, while Jester afterward was found with Gates' team and a part of his clothing. He said he hail purchased them from Gates, who had given up the trip in disgust. He was arrested and managed to escape from jail. Less than a year ago Jester, white haired and bent, was arrested in the In dian Territory, where he was living with his wife, and was brought back to Mis souri to stand trial for the alleged crime. Witnesses from all parts of the coun ! try were brought together by the prose , cutibn. After a trial lasting six weeks j the jury acquitted him. The prosecution ! was uuable to prove that Gates was dead, as his body never was found. The 1 contention was that Gates' body had : been thrown into the Mississippi river by ! Jester. I A few days after the close of the trial a letter was received in New London by Sheriff Richard Jones asking about the ! case. It was from the clergyman in Mount Vernon. ! The sheriff gave to Dr. Emmons the information he desired, and on Friday j another letter from I)r. Emmons was received. In this Dr. Emmons says that in the spring of 1870, with his brother-in-law and his family, he was traveling from Callaway county, Mo., to Texas, and at about Fort Smith, Ark., he fell in with a man about 25 years old who was driv ing a four mule team. The man had with him a woman about 18 years old who was introduced as his wife. They had a little boy with them about 2 years old, and there was also a young man who was known as Sam, who was 18 years old. Dr. Emmons in his letter says: "The man told me his name was Gates, and I heard his wife call him Gilbert 50 times while we traveled together. They were bound for western Texas, and we parted after two weeks near Clarksville, Red River county, I going on to visit my brother, and he told me he was bound for Brown county, on the Colorado river." The clergyman also gives a good de scription of Gilbert Gates, saying the man had large, expressive brown eyes, as did the brother of John W. Gates. He adds other details which would seem to indicate that Gilbert Gates was alive in 187(5. He says that all through the trial He kept trying to recollect where lie had heard the name Gilbert Gates and that it was only the day before the verdict was reached that he was able to recollect it, and then it all came back to him like a flash. Dr. Emmons is a member of the Meth odist conference of Missouri and is well known in the state. Sheriff Jones hag sent the letter to John W. Gates, with the suggestion that he cause an invoßtifcetion to be made in Brown county, Tex. l'orto It lean Strike. New York, Aug. 20.—The Social Dem ocratic party has received a letter from Alwin lluschler, secretary of the Fed eration Libre, a central labor body of San Juan, l'orto Rico, asking for aid on behalf of a number of strike leaders who were arrested. The letter stated that the cigarmakers, painters, carpenters and bricklayers were on strike in San Juan, aud the strike was beginning to spread over the whole island. In all 20 strike leaders had been arrested, including San tiago Yglesias and Eduardo Conde, the delegate from the Socialist Labor party of l'orto Rico who came here about nine months ago and returned after a short stay in this country. Small Cotton Crop TIIIM Year, Atlanta, Aug. 20,—Commissioner O. B. Stevens of the Georgia department of ag riculture has compiled statistics indicat ing that the cotton crop of Georgia for 1JK)0 will he from 50,000 to 200,000 bales shorter than in 1800. Commissioner Ste vens, who, as president of the Cotton States Commissioners' association, re ceived reports from commissioners of the different states, is to the that the south as a whole is short. Indications on the Ist of August Were that every state in tin* cotton belt would be behind on the staple with the exception of Texas, reported to be 2 per cent ahead of the av erage crop of the last five years. Claims the Kl