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The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

LOUIS DAVID RIEL was hanged at
Regina, Northwest Territory, at sag
O'Clock on Monday morning. He met
his fate like stout-hearted man, speak
ing calmly and gently to those about
him at the extreme moment, and man
ifesting neither bravado nor desire to
pose as martyr. He was informed at
9 O'Clock on Sunday evening that the
special messenger bearing his death
warrant had arrived, and he manifested
relief at the announcement. He spent
almost the entire night in prayer.
When summoned to the scaffold his
step was firm and his features were
composed. He spoke frequently to
the sheriff and the priest with occasion
ally quaint picturesqueness of express
sion, breaking into French when his
feelings were most stirred. 1t was
1earec that an attempt at rescue might
be made, and pickets were posted as
far away as a mile from the barracks
where the execution took place. But
up to the last moment his friends ap-
parently entertained hopes of a reprieve,
and the news of his death, though it
was known long before that the warrant
of execution was on the way, seems to
have come to the French people of the
Dominion like an unexpected shock.
The excitement, especially in the prov
ince of Quebec, is intense, but has so
far led to no breach of the peace.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
unredeemcd powers.

Mknfs.AED justice turned out to be
rather everything else but justice at
Annapolis on Thursday LAST @:Een Thos.
Hancc was pronounced guiltles OF mIs-
der. Lawyer Voorhees,, it will be found
after while. is a greater detriment to
the free dispensatioI Of law and justice
rather than its aid and abettof, He
is beyond doubt a man of sterling elo-
quence and powerful p!eader before
a Jury, but he also possesses The dan
gerous faculty of impressing them as
he chooses by sympathetic appeals to
their feelings and persuasive claims upon
them to favor his client, whoever it may
be. In the case of Hance an attempt
was made to prove clear case of in
sanity. Though successful, it was not
clear enough for us to see whereby he
should have been acquitted. He muir
daraQ his wife because he disliked her
and hpngareA f3r revenge upon her,
and of course al tho time the deed was
committed, clearly understood it and
its future consequences. But lawyer
Voorhees, pretty words and viyidly im-
agined sentences were too much for the
sympathetic jury, and they subordi
mated the rigors of the law to the
promptings of a too sensitive humanity.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
KING MILAN BEATEN.
The nu1garians Drive the Ssrvians Back
After BattIing-PrinGo Alexander In the

The nulgarians Drive the ssrvians Back
After Battling-PrinGo Alexander In the
Field.
The Servians on Wednc sday last suf-
fered a bloody defeat at Slivnitza, south
of the Dragoman Pass. Prince AlexaG-
der commanded the Bulgarians in per-
son. The Servians were routed with
heavy losses. The action was fought
between the Bulgarians who had fallen
back on Slivnitza after their defeat by
the Servians heavily reinforced by the
fresh troops from Sofia, led by the
Prince himself, and the victorious Ser
vians strengthen, q by detachments from
the Drina. The Bulgarians occupied
lines Of entrenchmeuts and works and
the BorgianS had en:renched themelves,
awaiting further feinfGrcemeEts before
delivering their assault. The superiority
of Bulgarians in numbers on the arrival
of Prince y Alexander's reinfnrcements en-
aIlei the Prince to make IA dash in over
whelnins fQrc" on tie enemy's position.
The ScrSians fought gtubborhly but
eventually broke aud fed, leaving sew
era! hYnfred dead. wounded and pris-
oners Gu the grolnd The Servians were
not pursued, and have nov rallied. Gen
erals Henecky and Michkovitch have ef
feeCed and supported by the advancing
Morayo division from Trn, will again
march on Slivnitza. The reports of the
lighting are exclusively from Bulgarian
sources. The Servian dispatches have
vet to be received.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
HUIDEKOPER GOES OUT.
William F. Harrity Appointed Postmaster
of Philadelphia.

John NJ. Campbell Named for Surveyor of
Customs and william ID. Kentrick for
Shipping Commissioner.
The President rased up the Pennsylva-
mia pressure Tuesday last by the appoint
ment Of William +. Harrty as Postmas-
ter of the city of Philadelph a, John NJ.
Campbell to be Surveyor of Customs for
the Port of Philadelphia, Richard II.
Arbuckle to be Collector of Customs for
the Erie district and William ID. Ken
drick to be Shipping Commissioner at
Philadelphia. This settlement takes
load from the shoulders of the Congress-
ional delegation, which has been in
Washington several days trying to get
the offices adjusted, and in fact has been
there off and on all summer. Mr.. Ran
dali left the city Tuesday morning salts
fed that things were in excellent shape,
and Mr.. Sowden followed in the after
noon, happy in the belief of having laid
the successful train to reach his own
great desire-the E lstern marshalship.
William F. Harrity is native of Will
mington, Del, and is thirty-five years of
age. His parents were Irish. He grad
uated from Ii Sale College in 1870 and
afterwards for year was tutor in Latin
and mathematics. He studied law with
Pierce Archer and Lewis c. Cassidy, aud
was admitted to practice in December,
nTnN !, IL 30, 4.
the beginning of 1880, when he gave his
whole attention to his own business. He
has always been identified with the
Democratic party. and in 1882, when the
city organ cation had been divided into
hostile factions for some years, he was
called upon to harmoniZe the discordant
elements He accepted the position of
Chairman OF the City Executive Com
mittee and it was largely due to his skill
ful manage gement that Controller Pattison
was eItcted Governor, along with the rest
of the Democrat State ticket. lie re-
tired from 'fficial connection with the
committee at the close of the campaign.
He has since retained his membership Of
the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee, to which he has always been
chosen by practically unanimous vote
Last Year he was elected a delegate-at-
large to the Democratic n ,tional Con-
vention at Chicago. Mr.. Harrity has
taken an active part in all church mat
ters. He numbers among his personal
friends leading Catholic clergy of the
city and is a leading spirit in many be-
nevoleIt t and social organizations. He 8
director in the Catholic club and
member of the Young Mems Democratic
Association, Americus Club and other
political organizations.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
A BAD POLICY.

1t is seldom that the newspapers
make so bad blunder as they have
lately in their mode Of treating the cir
cumstances of the conviction and i'm
prisonment of Ferdinand Ward and
Editor Stead. Every criticism has been
unkindly, every line of description re-
lative to their cases has savored Of rid
icule, and the innocent reader might
be impressed with the belief that they
are traitors, assasins, and reprobates of
as desperate a character as the Jameses,
the Maguires, or the COW boy element
of the west, when in fact one of them
is thief simply, the other patient
martyr in truly noble cause. And we
do not see why the former should not
be let to peacefully continue his prison
duties free from continual newspaper
thrusts and the stale witticisms of para
graphists. The latter also certainly de-
serves either absolute silence, or some
thing more kindly than satirical COM
ment and criticism. 1t is the despica-
Bile old, old thing again of long suffer-
ing public being palled upon too much
of one kind of food. Newspapers read
ers of the general class don't want any
more Ferdinand Ward and Editor
Stead. They know the facts in their
cases, know the natures of their crimes,
their sentences, and their servtude,
and they can forget them now with
perfect willingness. 1t is passing strange
that the newspapers of to-day should
aim in such impolitic ways at superhulty
and verbosity. They imagined they
had secured an excellent thing when
they struck the vein of ridicule IN theiR
treatment of Ward and Stead, just as
they have wonderfully imagined thous-
and other circumstances. We say
thousand, but it is, entirely too close a
limit in fact the cases that have oc-
CURED since the advent of the "mod-
ern" newspaper are innumerable. There
are gentlemanly newspapers, and then
again a large number of journals that
do not recognize that trait as Il supreme
virtue. 1t is the former class that have
ceased to mention the Ward and Stead
cases, the latter species still take pecu
liar delight in informing the satiatied
public just how many movements Ward
makes IN day, just how many words
Mr.. Stead utters between dawn and
twilight, and in the cases of both of
them finds daily subject matter sufti-
cient to pain the wearied ears of their
readers and nauseate mind in reach
of delighting and instructive reading.
These men, if they have been the dire
criminals justice and the law have stig-
matized as such, do not deserve such
prominence in the public print. The
work of the modern newspaper is to
state facts, utter impartial judgments
and discreet criticism, and move with
the times, not to pause in pickering
superauity over an event until its point
is worn threadbare by too frequent re-
countal.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
DAVID SCOTT.

"Hop lord, ho'r hoaOr'd once, ardiLs thee nof
10 chOm reIdtcd, or By whom begot;
4 heap Of dust alone remains Of thee
lis oil thou art, and all the best shall be-
1t is not fulsome eulogy of the dead
to say of him whose name heads this
column, that he was in every sense a
man.
The truth but aggravates the sorrow
of his demIse.
1t is no less the fact that this county
has rarely produced brighter intellect,
and seldom mourned the loss of a citi-
zen who possessed in higher degree
the elements of true nobility of char
acter.
David Scott was an exceptional man
in many respects.
Nature had endowed him with sim
gularly active and inquiring mind, which
found qualification in almost every field
of science, mechanics and philosophy.
He was systematic and laborious stu
dent, of political and domestic econ,
omy, his mind grasping with facility
abstruce questions and which he was
capable of demonstrating with logical
force and accuracy. Few men equaled
him as debater or writer on the tariff
question. He was intensely American
in his feelings, and firm supporter OF
the doctrine of Protection Of American
Industries. He were, indeed, a we'll
equipped antagonist who offered him
odds in debate on this and kindred
questions. He had assiluously cult
waited a naturally powerful memory, by
study and reading, until his mind had
become a well-flled store house of in
formation, facts and figures.
Not only was he ready writer and
a forcible debator, but he was also en-
dowed by nature with fine imagina
ton. He was familiar with all the great
poets, and was himself no mean por
trayer of the emotions of the human
heart through verses at once cultivated
and refined.
In all the social, domestic end bust
ness relations of life, he was genial,
kindly gentleman. Affahle in manner
and unobtrusive in address, he shared
the universal esteem by the uniform
courtesy of his daily life, while the rec
objection of his generous qualities will
long survive the evidences of his NOR
talitv.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
ELKToN, NOVEMBER 81, 1885.

THE Washington Critic comments
thusly upon peculiar member of the
newspaper craft. The reporter who is
very ignorant always begins his articles,
eve are well informed" When the
reporter relies on mere rumor he
writes, eve learn from perfectly re-
liable source" When he is uncertain
he writes, GAS is well known" If he
has written all that can be written on a
subject, he adds, Owe might continue
this subject for columns. If he does
not hear anything at all he writes, cit
has come to our ears Ifhe does not
know how an affair started he writes,
GAS all our readers are well aware" If
nobody has said word to him on a
subject he writes, We have just been
assured
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

THE defeat of the Servians on
Tuesday and Wednesday last was
no more than could nave been cx-
pected when the circumstances of
the present war are looked squarely
in the face. The hopeful Of heart in
Europe suggested that owling to
their superior military skill and rare
intelligence of diplomatic matters the
Servians would quickly ovcrpower
and rout the Bulgarians. But they
at the same time failed to consider
the fact that the Bulgarians are a
people deeply endowed with rev
erent love for their rights, keen
loyalty fo. any cause in which they
fight, and though undrilIed and un-
trained in the art of warfare, that
little heart of fire that beats in every
Bulgarian bosom is sure to urge
every Bulgarian on to the conflict,
zealou; to conquer and eager for vic
tory. He sees no use for art and
technique in such embattlcmcnt.
The enemy is to be slain, and all the
brutal savagry in the Bulgarian ma
ture is aroused to strengthen the
sinews and harden the nerves for
what may have to be born. There
fore, with all the art the Servians
have acquired in the use Of arms
and disciplined military manouvers
they have several times been de
feated, and we are inclined to be
lieve will; unless dishonorabIv aided
by friendly powers, be eventually
conquered by their enemies. Mum
bers generally has a great deal to do
with the issues of wal, but in the
case of the Servians and Bul9arians
he side Of right and justice will
doubtless defeat the side of the great
majority. No foreign ~ar of late
years has been watched with so alucii
interest as this contest between two
unredeemcd powers.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

In view of President Cleveland's
Civil Service Reform professions, his
removal of General Huidekoper post
master at Philadelphia, andthe appoint,
ment in his stead of a gentleman whose
sole recommendation seems to be his
efficiency as local Democratic politi-
clan, is the most stultifying act of Mr..
Cleveland's Administration. The Pres
ident has over and over again, expressed
his determination not to remove any
capable public officer in Difference to
mere political clamor. If he had ex-
pressed no such determination. If he
had not SO frequently committed him
self as an opponent of the spoils sys-
TEN. If he had not taken a position
above his party on the subject of politi-
cal removals, this act would not have
excited public surprise. But in spite of
the Presidents recognized attitude on
the question of administrative reform.
In spite OF the excellent official record
of the Philadelphia postmaster, and his
universal endorsement by the business
men of that city, President Cleveland
has listened to the partisan advice of
Mr.. Randall, and displaced compe-
tent public officer whose commission
had not expired, simply to crafty the
partisan demands of the local Demo
cratic manager of Philadelphia. In
what light does this act disclose the
President to those who supported his
election upon high grounds, and who
made him President upon the record
of his own acts as a friend of Ciyil Ser
vice Reform, and the opponent of the
corrupting spoils system? Certainly
in no favorable light, as to the
sincerity of his professions, or
the honesty of his determination to
stand by his professions. Outside of
the claims of General Huidekoper's
friends upon the President, based upon
the Presidents own professions, there
was every argument in favor of the re-
tention of this gentleman until the ex-
piration of his commission. Had his
commission expired, and had the Pres
ident succeeded him by an equally
competent Democrat, the act could
not have been open to fair criticism.
AS it is, the reverse is the case, and Of
which fact, there is no doubt, the Sen
ate will in due time take proper notice
Of.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

The conditions surrounding the hang
ing of rebel Louis Riel at Regina, on
Monday last, are such as will reflect
severe comment upon the English gov
eminent and its Canadian representa-
tive, Sir John Macdonald. Much as
the life of the man may have been due
to the crown for its misdemeanors, it
should not have been played with by
the great Sir John as kitten teases d
mouse. Riel had the cause of his peo-
pie at heart when he led them to insur-
rection, and in life and death, and the
process of death, SHOULD have been ten
dered the courtesys due warrior from
an enemy with whom he wages open
battle and is defeated. He is dead now,
but his memory will long survive in the
hearts of his fellows, perhaps to the
future disadvantage of his executioners.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
WAR ON JUDGE ENDICOTT.
The Angry Massachusetts Democrats Hold
him Alone Responsible for SantOnstalI.

The Angry Massachusetts Democrats Hold
him Alone Responsible for SantonstalI.
All the indications in Boston point to
the beginning of a fierce war on the New
England member of the Cabinet, Secre.
tary Endicott. The hostilities that are
to be opened an him may not result IN
his being driven from the Cabinet. That
is more than the Secretary's opponents
dare to hope for just at present, and the
fight will not be undertaken with that
special purpose in view. 1t will be
fought in order to demonstrate that Sec
retary Eadico't not only does not repre-
sent the New England Democracy, but
that he openly and detiantly misrepre-
sents it.and that by his overzealousne ,sin
some matters, aud his utter Indifference
i'll others, he has given his party at home
reasons for bitter resentment, which
ought to find expression. This feeling
as regards Mr.. Endicott has obtained
among the rank and file of the party
ever since his appointment to IA Cabinet
portfolio, but it has grown in intensity
and bitternt SIS since Saltonstall was
made Collector of the Port in opposition
to the wishes Of all the leading Demo-
Gratis of New England. This appoint
meut is wei understood to have
been practically dictated by Secretary
Entic.,tt.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
A Clear Head and a Strong Heart,

If you muddle your brains with any of
the whskey compounds which are sold un-
der the name of 'bitters." and which topers
delight in for stimulants, you do your sys-
TEN irreproachable mischief. Browns Iron
Bitters is not one of these. 1t promotes
healthy action OF heart, liveo and stomach.
1t cleanses and enricheI the blood, and fits
the brain for The best mental work. The
bes: phsi. .ians prescribe it and it is well
worthy of u trial liy a..
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

P,eeminently rGluGLIe for its Local as ceH as GEN
eral Intelligence; Netrs Communications are respect
fully solicited from all sections Of the County, in
addition to the lceekiy contributions Of lis regular
corps Of correspondents. anonymous cOmmunicd-
tlonS lciH receire no attention, the name Of the
priter being required in all eases as guarantee Of
good faith
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

their fortunes. Some families saved
good deal of furniture, others barely es-
capped with their clothes, so confident
were they that the fire would not reach
them. The loss in personal apparel and
household property cannot be estimated
and is not included in the previous esti
mate
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
HEzEGSe
Earper's Bazar.
ILLUS USTRATED.

HARPER's BAZAAR is The only pa,,cr in the yorId
mat combines the choicest literature and the fin
est art illustrations with the latest fashions and
methods OF household adOrnmcnt. Its weekly ile
iUStrations and descriptions of the newest Paris
ami New York styles, with its useful pattern
Shett supplements ami cut patterns. by enabling
ladies' TO be their own dressmakcrS, save many
times the cost of subscription. Its papers on
cooking, the management of servants and house
keeping in its various details are emincntly prac-
teal. hluch attention is given to the interesting
topic OF social etiquette aud its illustrations of
art needle-work are acknowledged to be unequal
led. Its literary merit is of the highest excel
lence, and the unique character Of its humorous
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
She Often Saw George Washington.

Mrs. Martha Smith died last Tuesday
evening in the l09d year of her aye.
She came to this country from England
in li'I anh often saw George Washing
ton,
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

Dr. Ii. II. Mitchell, the Druggist, who is
always looking after the interest of his Gus.
toners has now secured the sale of DR..
Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup, a rem
rdy that never fails to cure Coughs. Colds,
Pains i'll the Chest and all Lung Affections.
Price 80 cents and 81. Samples free. 5,
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

The druggist who hesitates now is lost for
the winter. He should sling together some
sweet oil and liquorice and bring out his
cough syrup at once. DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup does not pay him enough profit.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
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From the pastnr OF the Olivet baptist Church,
Philadelphia, Pa; was so troubled with catarrh
II seriously affected my voice. One bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm did the work My voice is
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The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
DEAD.

Alexander Banks. aged 45 years
burned to death while making repairs
under the tank that exploded. Harry
Marshall, aged IA. crushed and burned
under the ruins. The body was recov-
cred after three hours search. James
Robinsion, aged 3S. blown hundred
yards. He was terribly burned about
the body, and died after being taken to
the Pennsylvania Hospital.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21

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The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
THE INJURED.

Arthur Grueber, employed at the
works; blown over the feEce, scalp torn,
one arm and one leg broken. Fatally
injured. Charles Mclean, blown over a
fence; skull fractured and ribs broken.
Pat. Boyle, blown 100 yards; arm broken
and scalp torn. There is slight hope for
his recovery. Joshua Haines, aged 40
years, employed by Goldener, badly
burned about face and body; taken to
the University Hospital.
The explosion took place in small
still. Its capacity was 200 barrels and it
contained about $50 barrels of refined
oil. Two days ago the fire was drawn
from under the still and the oil was
cooled. The boiler was air tight except
at the connection of the worm, and
there was probably an accumulation of
gas in the space between the oil and the
cap. The explosion is attributed to the
spontaneous combustion of this gas.
The noise was heard and the concussion
felt ior half a mile around. The top of
the still was blown fifty feet into The
air and tremedous volume of flame and
thick black smoke burst forth. The
burning oil ran out the still.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-11-21
For Sale or Rent,

The Cottage Dwelling House In which l now
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Streets in the town OF Elkton. 1t is n new build
ing containing seven rooms and an attic with a
summer Kitchen covered pump with shed and
necessary outbuildngs. For terms &c., apply To
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