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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
BAGGING RABBITS.
Rare Sporting in an Ancient Corner OF
Pennsylvania.

LANCASTER, Pa, November 6.--The
opening day of the rabbit season in
Lancaster, Chester, and Delaware
counties is an event looked forward to
by the sportsmen of those counties
with expectancy as eager as is the
opening of the grouse season in Eng
land. The season opened on November
i, but the day falling on Sunday this
year, and the game laws of Pennsyl-
vania strictly prohibiting hunting on
that day, Monday witnessed the an
nual focking of enthusiastic sportsmen
afeld. More than 800 guns and twice
as many dogs went from Lancaster
city alone to the rabbit covers on open
ing day, and conservative estimate
places the number of rabbits bagged
by that contingent of hunters at not
less than 10000. A Chester county
sportsman is responsible for the state
ment that there were $4,000 rabbits
less in the covers of that county Mon
day night than there were Monday
morning.
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not overwhelm and hide them. The
first one is that the Government at
Washington, while not departing from
Its original demands regarding the out
rage at Valparaiso, is reasonably fair
in conceding proper time for the in
vestigation being made by the Junta
in Chill, and the second, that the
CHILEAN Government is awake to the
Importance, from the standpoint of
CHILEAN interests, Of conciliating the
Government at Washington, with due
regard to equity and its own self-re-
spect and dignity. Senior Pedro Montt,
CHILEAN Minister to the United States,
of whom we give likeness, has made
an excellent impression by his pru-
dence and moderation.
He is now in New Orleans, it is be-
lieved, to meet the messenger of the
Junta who is bringing to this country
his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary. Time
will thus be saved and the clearing up
of the difficulty between the United
States and Gillian Governments, which
is now confidently anticipated, made
practicable at an earlier date than it
would have been had Senior Montt
awaited the messengers arrival at
Washington. Communications from
the Minister to his Government can be
made more promptly from New Or
leans than from the capital.
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PRIESTS HIS VICTIM.
A Shrewd Scoundrel And Forger Arrested
At Wheeling.

WHEELING, W. VA, November o.
Further evidence developed to-day in
the case of l. J. Porter, who was ar
rested here last night at the episcopal
residence of Right Rev. Bishop Kaine,
while trying to Pass forged check on
the Bishop, which goes to show that
Porter or McGrain, as he called himself,
is one of the most dangerous and notori-
Gus forgers in the country, and that he
is wantedin at least score ofcities and
towns.
When arrested large number of
forged checks on a dozen different
banks were found on his person.
These ranged in amounts from 5000 to
$1,000. It seems that Catholic priests
and schools are his principle victims.
Father Mauritus, of st. Alphonsus'
Church, and formerly of st. Augustine
Church, Pittsburg, to-day identified
him as the man who had given him a
forged check on Harrisburg bank
about a year ago.. Among the things
found on the prisoner by Chief of Po-
lice Delbruge was bunch Of twelve or
fifteen old-fashioned quill pens and
small bottle of carmine ink.
He had forty or sixty dollars in cash,
and check for two hundred dollars
and one for fifty dollars and another
for sixty dollars. Besides, he had
blank checks on about twenty banks
in all parts of the country, duly certified
across the face in red ink McGrain
IS rather MISUNDERSTANDING man,
his beard and mustache being white,
and has general appearance OF
well-to-do gentleman. But for the
fact that Bishop Kahn had compared
the bogus signatures with genuine
one, the fellow might have worked his
game successfully here.
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CAPTAIN sCHLEY's DISPATCH.
mo hostility Manifested Towards the
Baltimore Men.


WASHINGTON, November I0.-A
rcablegram received by Secretary Tracy
from Captain Schley, dated Valparaiso,
Chill, yesterday, states that there are
no indications of any feeling Of hostili-
ty toward the Baltimore's men at Val
paraiso.
The Navy Department announced
this morning, in issuing this cablegram
for publication, that it was not sent
by Captain Schley in response to any
inquiry from here. TWAS probablyin-
spired by the receipt at Valparaiso of
cablegrams from friends Of the officers
of the ship asking about the truth IF
the rumor that was abroad here a
couple of days ago that the Baltimore
had been blown up by the Chilians.
Captain Schley, it is thought, undoubt-
-edly considered that if such rumol
was in circulation at home he had bet
ter deny it officially. His remark
about the lack of hostility towards his
men is taken to mean that thereare nc
open signs of antagonism just now,
whatever may have been the state of
public feeling nearly a month ago,
when the attack was made on the crew
in the city.
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Rather Than Face Disgrace Fa.s
and Son Commit Suicide

BERLIN, November "a sens..;o-
was caused in financial and social ~
Giles here Saturday by the collapse Of H.
banking institution of Friedlaender {.
Sommerfeld. The usual scenes az ~
cltement among depositors anxious -
secure their money, and among tbaso
holding the notes and drafts of the ~
stitution, occurred around the ofs;aaa
of the firm, ard the effect mon 49,
creditors may be imagined, when II
was announced that the leading mart
ner IN the concern, together with his
son. had committed suicide.
The failure is associated with tha -
cent suspension of the bankers-Hirseb
field q Wolf. The fact that Friedlaon
der q Sommerfeld were financially on,
barassed, and that they would find
difficulty in meeting their obligations
We're known to some of the operators
on the Bourse here early in the dav
Large forced sales were made. and tb;s
action was vaguely attributed TO loca1
financial troubles. These sales canseJ
a general and heavy fall in prices bn4
the business of the day was over he
fore the tragic incidents, closing the
career of the bankers, became general.
ly known
As the facts in the case deyelonad
it appeared that father and son met IN
their Office in the bank early tbiS
morning and discussed the crisis in
their affairs. After talking over tho
matter pro and con, they concluded
that as they were hopelessly embarrassed
they would die. tits understood thatthis
resolution to take their own lives was
due in a great measure to the fact that
their arrest was impending, as Felix
Sommerfield, the son, had become in
volved in speculations, which were
more than likely to lead to his arrest
on a criminal charge.
Having arrived at the decision that
death was preferable to arrest and dis
grace, both father and son shot them
selves in the head, using revolyers.
When the clerks in the office, alarmed
at the reports of the pistols, ran to the
private Office, they found father and
son still alive. They were conveyed
to the hospital in a dying condition.
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ANOTHER DORY RACE.
Captains Andrews and LawlOr will Cross
the Atlantic in Small Boats.

Captains Andrews and LaWIOr Will Cross
the Atlantic in Small Boats.
New YORK, November Captain
William A. Andrews and Captain
Lawlor, both of Boston, and both re-
nowned as lone ocean voyagers, are in
this city preparing for another race
across the Atlantic in their little dories.
Both will sailin vessels threefeet smaller
than the microscopic crafts in which
they sailed last summer. In addition,
Captain Andrews will attempt to beat
the transatlantic dory record estab-
lished this year by Capt. Lawlor.
Capt. Andrews new boat will be
called the Flying Dutchman. The Mer-
maid, III which the captain sailed last
Summer, was fifteen feet long. The
new boat will be but twelve. The Mer-
maid was Of wood. The Flying Dutch
man will be canvas and of itself will
not weigh over fifty pounds. 1t is Capt.
Andrews's intent to sail from the Bat
terry about the first of next June. He
will go to st. Johns, N. B. Thence he
will strike across the ocean for Queens
town.
When Capt Andrews and Capt.
Lawlor sailed from Boston last Sum-
mer Lawlor had by far the better boat.
The result was that Lawlor and his Sea
made the run before Andrews was two
thirds over. LawlorreachedC overack,
in the English Channel, in forty days
Andrews was picked up when 1,6OO
miles out. Then he learned that Law
loa had completed the trip, so he gave
up.
Capt. LawlorA will also have new
boat this year. He will call it the
Christopher Columbus. 1t will be the
same length as Capt. Andrews's Fly
ing Dutchman, II feet, IA inches deep
and AZ inches wide. it will also be OF
canvas and of exceedingly light weight.
1t is Capt. Lawlor's plan to sail from
Newfoundland for Spain. He will
carry kodak and try to secure inter-
esting views Of his trip. He will sail
in June, and hopes to be back and in
Chicago by October 10, 1892, to par
ticipate in the grand pageant which
will open the Worlds Fair.
Capt. Lawlor has already arranged
to exhibit the Christopher Columbus at
the Fair in case she makes her voyage
IN good shape. Capt. Andrews is
in correspondence with the Worlds
FAR people on the same subject.
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HE FOLLOWS A SYSTEM.
An EngIishman Who Has Won $500, 900
at Monte Carlo.


MONTE CARLO, Nov. 10.-Mr. Wells,
the lucky Englishman whose punting
has been such a feature here, closed
his campaign against the gaming ta-
bles last night and left for England
having won $40, 600 This, added to
the Sl60,000 he won in July, makes a
total Of $500, 900. On Friday last he
cleared no less sum than $50, 900, and
broke the bark five times during the
evening, so that at one time he had
before him pile of thousand-franc
notes foot and half high, but I'M
like most other players he never lost
his head and afterward slept soundly
with his winnings under his pillow in
his room in the Hotel de Paris, over
looking the Place du Casino.
The Press correspondent had Il long
talk with Mr.. Wells last night when he
arose from the gaming table. f" The
secret of my success" he said, sis the
result of a system of my own which |
have been working out for years. Dur
ing that time | have been patiently
watching the running of the tables and
now in putting it into actual practice |
think its value has been fully tested
during the trails Of the past week and
in July last"
" If this system is infallible why not
go in and clear out the bank"
Because" replied Mr.. Wells, e'the
physical strain is beyond my strength.
I have been at it without break, and
! am worn out, but have decided to
come again shortly. | have implicit
faith in my system, and am perfectly
sure | can win again. Players have
watched me during the trial and they
might do what have done were it not
that the great majority of them have
not pluck enough to follow me even
when they see me winning"
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try, established for the treatment Of
inebriates and persons similarly dis
eased. The treatment followed remains
a secret with DR.. Kelley. It is known
as the bichloride of gold cure and is
applied by means Of hypodermic in
jections and draughts. Great public
interest, one need not say, is mani
tested in DR.. Kelley and his opera
tons, rendering an excellent portrait
and sketch of the man most welcome.
The doctor is of Irish extraction
His early years were spent in St. Law
renee County, New York. He is a
well-educated man and a graduate in
medicine. In the war he was an army
surgeon, and was interestedin the study
of inebriety, which he became con-
WINGED was physical disease and ac-
cordingly to be treated as such. AT
the close of his experience In the army
he settled at Dwight, ILL.,, where he
continued experiments, resulting in the
announcement that, after twenty years
of laborious application to the task he
had set himself to accomplish he had
discovered cure for drunkenness.
DR.. Kelley is well-built man, over
six feet high. He is courteous and
affable person, but his appearance and
manner suggest the strong decision
and endurance which one acquainted
with his career would naturally expect
to see in him.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT.
Charles Wolford, q b. e. o. Freight Con
ductor, Los es His Life.

-
Charles B. Wolford, resident Of
this city and a conductor on the B. q
O. Railway, received injuries yester-
nay afternoon near Harper's Ferry
which terminated in his death between
s and 9 o'clock last night.
The facts as we can ascertain them
are about as follows Mr.. Wollford
was putting on break when it slip
ped and threw him between the cars
which passed over him and cut OFT the
right arm and leg. He was taken 10
the pulp mill near Harper's Ferry ana
medical assistance summoned. 1t was
found that his injuries were OF very
serious character and concluded tnat
it was advisable to send for his wife
1t was well that they did for she only
reached his side short time pe10fe'
his death. His children were at the
depot awaiting train that would take
them to their father, but they received
notice of his death before they started.
The unfortunate conductor leaves
wife and six children to mourn his u,l.
timely end. The remains were brougn1
to this city and taken charge OF by !ne
Order of Railway Conductors OF winch
the deceased was member.
Mr.. Woolford had about completed
a house at Brunswick and conten !.
plated moving there as soon as ~
was finished. Calvert Woltord; a
brother of the deceased, was killed ..
Cumberland less than year ago W
being crushed between two cars.
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ONLY A BRAKEMAS.


Awful the shock when the engines met;
All was terror-confusion
None VINO saw will ever forget
The picture that twilight usher'd in.
Shattered fragments of iron and steel,
splintered wood and battered brass
Mingled with broken rod and wheel
And someone's blood stained the waysids
grass.
Someone's body all crushed and torn,
Covered with wounds, bereft Of breath,
Was found meath the wreck, and the jacket
worn
Told that brakeman had met his death
The president read the news and said
"A wonder no other Ewes were lost
We're lucky-only brakeman dead
great deal more It might have cost
Little he knew that il might have been
Far worse but for the man who died,
Promotion comes slow; his comes when
He reports on the other side
Someone wept when the news was borne,
Someone mourned DER the mangled dead
In line of duty from someone torn
Yet :" only brakeman the papers said.
Sadly they buried him meath the sod;
Then took the Grape from the cottage door
over grave the roses nod
Only brakeman, your run Is DER.
-WM II. T. SHADE, in the NeD York Ctipper.
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GEORGE KEssAs ENDORSED.
An Escaped Siberian Prisoner Says that
He spoke the Truth.

/ SAN Francisco. November 100.
| NJ. FIVE, Of the Karluk Packing Com
oany, Kodiak Island, Alaska, who has
arrived here on the steamer Karluk,
reports the sensational suicide of a
noted Russian refugee at that place,
Edward Pollykofski. He hasfed from
Siberia to this country by way of Chi
ma, and in March last went to Kodiak
with Nicholas Terderofski, teacher in
the schools there. He had been exiled
to Northern Russia, where for three or
four years he toiled increasingly in the
mines. During his transportation over
the SHOWS from 81. Petersburg with
other exiles they were not given suf-
ficient to eat, and several died ON the
way. Pollyskoffski effected his escape
TO the coast and got away on schoon-
err They were wrecked near the coast
of China. He and his companions
drifted to sea in an open boat, and for
seven days were without food except a
few crackers, which they had in their
pockets on starting.
Pollykoffski at length managed to
reach China, and at Shanghai got steer-
age passage to San Francisco. Teder-
offski, teacher and his wife, had been
an old friend of Pollykofski in the little
Russian town in which they lived.
They persuaded him to go north with
them while he labored on a book de-
failing the awful hardships of political
prisoners in Russia. The book endors-
ed all that George KEENAN, has told,
and included much new. and important
matter. 1t was to comprise about five
hundred pages, and was almost com
pleted at the time Of his death. The
escaped exile constantly brooded over
his troubles. About three months ago
he went aboard the bark Corryphene,
at Karluk, and shot himself through
the brain. Tederofski intends to have
the book published.
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TWO LITTLE HEROINES.
They Stop a Passenger Train and Avert
an Accident.


PITTsBURG, November 9.-Two little
heroines live near Pittsburg who are
likely to receive testimonial from a
grateful railroad company. Tuesday
evening serious accident was averted
by their thoughtfulness and prompt
action.
As passenger train No. 279, of the
Pittsburg, CHARTERS and Youghioghe-
ny Railroad, due here at 2:55, was
nearing Patterson, the engineer saw a
lantern rapidly swung across the track
a few rods ahead of the rushing train.
The whistle sounded "down breaks
and the train stopped.
Slipping down from the cab the en-
gineer was surprised to see two little
girls apparently ten and twelve years
old. Upon questioning them as to wha,
they meant by swinging the lantern
across the track they replied that there
was a telegraph pole down further or
and they thought it might wreck the
train. Walking short distance tue
engineer found that telegraph pols
had in fact fallen obliquely across tn,
track, one end being held by the wire
The remainder of the crew was call
ed, the obstruction removed and tn,
train passed on.
The little girls are sisters, Mani
aro Katie Kunz. They were tn
heroines Of the hour. A purse wa
made up for them by the passengers
and the matter has been called to tn
attention of the higher officials of th
road.
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A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.

LEBANON, November William
West went with several friends for a
stroll in the country yesterday. While
walking through the fields West saw a
rabbit sittingin the grass, and, drawing
an old horse pistol from his pocket
attempted to shoot it.
The rusty weapon missed fire. and,
becoming angry, West threw it at the
rabbit, when it struck the ground and
exploded, twelve shot entering Vests
neck and penetrating the larynx. His
injuries, although not necessarily fatal,
are serious.
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WANTED $1,000 BAD.
Miss Winnie Davis's Name Forged To A
Letter,

NASHVILLE, Tenn, November TO-
Several days ago leading merchant
of this city received letter from Jer-
sey city, N. j., signed Winnie Davis,
and asking the immediate loan of a
thousand dollars until she could repay
1T from the receipts of her mothers
book. He handed the letter to man
familiar with Miss Davis handwriting
and he at once pronounced it forgery.
The letter was, however, inclosed to
Miss Davis at Richmond and a tele-
graphic answer received on its receipt
denouncing it as a forgery.
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Governor Pattison will issue pro-
clamation in the interests of the
Worlds Fair, asking Pennsyivanians
to come to the front and show the re-
sources of the State in their best light
at the Chicago Exhibition. The Gov
ernor will refer to the fact that when
the Centennial Exhibition was held in
Philadelphia, all of the States in the
Union responded literally, helping to
make it a success, and insist that it is
the duty of all Pennsylvanians to re-
ciprocate at Chicago.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13

There is tradition for the saying tn a.
if the trees retain their foliage uh'n
Martimas-which falls on Wednesuaaa
next-there will be cold winter an II.
that if the goose slip on the ice az at
Martimas she will stick. in the mua a 90
Christmas. There has been little m .ho
than a skim of ice anywhere IN 'p'
country thus far,
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
THE GOLD CUBE NAN.
DIR. Leslie e. KeeIey and His Interesting
Secret.

Few men have the same degree of
newspaper notice as DR.. Leslie E. Kee-
ley, of Dwight, Ill. He is the head Of
company running about twenty in
stitutions in various parts Of the coun-
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13

An official statement published in
OTTAWA states that Canada's public debt
amounts tie 1926. 000.O0
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THE UNITED STATES AND CHILL.
Pedro MONT, CHILEAN Minister at wash
ington.

Two things are evident in inc mat
ter of negotiations between the United
States and the Gillian Governments,
and even the great flood of gossip by
irresponsible newspaper writers does
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
Correspondence.
FROM WINDSOR.

PreacHers- AcctdeM- Ere Co1ored alliance.
The Rev. 4. 7. Harrison held a
series Of meetings at the Methodist
church last week.
Ihe Rev J. S. Speight, formerly
pastor of the Baptist church spent
several days in town last week, and
while here held services in the Baptist
church, Mr.. S?elght was here in the
interest Of the Bib!icW Recodrcr,
and We learn that be added quite s
number to his subscription list
Mr.. I, ". Morris, one Of Mr. A.
5. Roscoe's statesmen, hurt hirnself
very severely few days ago while
Uo9ing box Of meat. He was laid
up several days, hut is now up, abe
10 attend to bis duties.
Mr.. Lewis Ward, a young man
who lives a few miles in the ecu ntry
died last week from complication
of diseases caused by an attact OF
La-Gripre.
The young ladies Of Prof Borgs
school competed for the Denorest
silver medal last Friday night. All
Of wohm acquitted them elves well,
but the prlze was given to Miss Mel.
lie Bond as she was considered nv
the judges to have acquitted herself
best.
The farmers have done 2 great
deal OF work this season, ond will
devote more Of their tis1e and land
to peanuts than Heretofore
A colore3 farmers alIi,nc was
organized hare last Saturday.
The fishermen are catching good
many fish and behring's are very
plentiful IL town. But few Of the
soina fishermen have put their seiDes
/ Ia yet, bat waa5 have are more than
satisfied with their catch.
Cat fish, grinnels. carp and mule;
are very pltatItui and have almos,
become y drug upon the market sine
the hlrrings have come.
Oar people continue to snt'a- with
La Grippe, and more become vic
Tins To l. every day,
Mrs. DR.. z 4. Smlth, st Colerai1
had her h0A=o AMI al Of her hous,
lid furniture burned up last week
ant Il AS Only by miracle cha
she escaped with her life.
| March 9th HUGH.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-12
SENATORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

SENATOR JOSEPH NJ. CAREY, OF the
new State of Wyoming, is physically
the largest man in the United States
Senate.
SENATOR DAVIS, of Minnesota, used
to be telegraph operator, and was one
of the first four men to read telegraphy
by sound.
GEORGE GRAHAM VEST is the first Sen
ator in Missouri, since the days of
Thomas Benton, to be honOred with a
third term.
SENATOR SQUIRE, Of Washington, is
rich enough to spend $3.50 day and
sensible enough to be content with a
dollar dinner.
SENATOR GORMAN was once base
| ballist and knew how to howl at an UNI
pire in ry-and-French-roofcd
| style Of gentle reminder.
II is said Of Senator Teller that he Is
! a man Of such careless and Indifferent
appetite that he doesn't care whether
he has ive-course and remove dinner
or free lunch Of picked tFipe,
| SENATOR PIERCE, Of North Dakota
was once a newspaper man, and was
connected with the Chicago News. In
those days he was accounted a good
story teller and a connoisscur in din
ncrs.
SENATOR PLUMB is fond Of mince pie,
| I,at he doesn't like to eat it with fork.
lis way of dispatching it is to take a
wedge Of it up in one hand while he
employs the other toying with his
Watch-chain.