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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03
ON GErI'YSBURG'S FIELD
The Monument to New York's Un-
known Heroes Dedicated.
MILITARY oHIEFTAINs PRESENT.

General sickies and General siocum
Unite with tho Veterans in Doing
Honor to General Greene, tho Oldest
Survivor of tho Great Battle.
GETTYsDuRG, Pa, July 3.-With bright
sunlight aB6@e and the feld on which Get
tysburg's decisive battle was fought
stretching out below, New York states
handsome monument to the heroes who
fell in the fight was dedicated yesterday
with impressive ceremonies. 1t was the
great day of the celebration Of the thir.
tieth anniversary of the three days fight.
Seven thousand New York veterans, the
governor Of two states, the surviving gen.
erals Of the battle and thousands of veto
rams and visitors from other states were
present to lend impressiveness and mo.
ment to the scene, and the day will 60
down In history as one Of the greatest at
Gettysburg since its wheat fields ran red
with the blood of Confederate and Union
dead.
The first feature of the day was the re.
csption to Major General George S. Greene
by his brigade on Culp's Hill. A platform
had been erected among the trees where
Greene's men held the most important
point on the right Of the line Of battle of
the second days fight. Within view Of a
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

CHICAGO, July 3.-Direotor General Davis
has submitted a plan to the council of adj
ministration to dismiss the l,5O0 Column
bian Guards employed at the Worlds fair
and substitute for them LOCO city police
men. 1t is understood that Mayor Harri.
son is also in favor Of city police at the
park. Yesterdays attendance at the ex-
position was very light, the paid admis-
sions being only 47,754. As on previous
Sundays, the crowds were to be found
mainly in the Krupp pavilion, the Convent
of La Rabida and the Midway Plaisanee.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

BERLIN, July st is understood here
that the United States legations in Europe
have been instructed to study antl-' re port
on existing systems of taxation in order
that the Washington government may se-
lect the least oppressive and offensive 10
cover the deficit which will result from
: the reform OF the tariff. The member of
the Berlin legation who is examining the
Prussian system IL inclined TO favor the
adoption of tax similar to the direct
property tax recently approved by the
landtag The rich men in America, he
thinks, would resist stubbornly the intro
duction of the tax.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

DENVER, July 3.-A mass meeting of the
people of Colorado has been called for Sat
urday next to consider the silver crisis 1t
is the intention to start large prospect
ing party throughout the south and east
to get the people to instruct their repre-
sentatives in congress to vote for the re-
habilitation of silver There will be n
general conference in st. Louis July II to
complete the preparation for the silver
evangelical tour and all commercial bodies
of the trans-Mississippi states are re-
quested to send representatives
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 3-The schooner
Matte Collins, of Ragged Island, was lost
Saturday night on Harbor oderin. A boat
was lowered Immediately after the vessel
struck, but was Immediately dashed to
pieces. The crew managed to get on the
rock but the sea was making clear break
over it. They secured ropes and lashed
themselves to the rock, and as each wave
passed over them they took breath for the
next. Thus they spent the night. Their
position was discovered in the morning
and their rescue effected,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Hon. Robert P.
Porter, superintendent of the census, has
resigned, to take effect Immediately. He
goes with New York enterprise. His re-
muneration in the new field, it is said, will
be double that which he received as the
head OF the census bureau, namely, $1,000.
The bureau will be in charge Of Chief Clerk
Warlle, who is mentioned as Mr.. Porter's
probable successor Representative
Wilcox, of Connecticut, chairman of the
census committee of the last house, is also
mentioned for the place
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

''If you want to make the average Jail
prisoner happy" remarked one OF the
guards In the big brown Stone structure
out near the Eastern branch, 'just present
him with small calendar In nearly every
cell you will find one of these useful articles
hanging on the wall. The men pore over
them every few hours, anxiously counting
the number Of days they will still have to
serve and marking out the days as they
slowly pass by.
ut is q terrible thing, this serving time
in the solitude Of narrow little cell, and It
is no wonder the prisoners study their cal
endars SO long an( 'rnestly and almost
wear them out by hhA ing Washington
News
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03
THR FALCON.

join the ship. st. Johns, N. F., will be
called at for coal and supplies, and more
dogs will be taken on at Labrador God
haab, in southern Greenland, aud Uper-
navik, in northern Greenland, will be the
next points visited, and then the Falcon
will steam direct to Mccormick bay and
Whale sound, where the flannel lined
house will be put ashore and set up, and
all the cargo connected with the lengthy
sojourn among the foes win be nnloaded
large number of persons visited the ves-
sci during the day.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

NEW YORK. July 3.-Fire destroyed the
handsome house OF the Rockaway Hunt
club, at Cedarhurst, l.. I. Walter Trim
BILE, H. Phelps Case and p, Stuyvesant
Pilot, club members; Charles A. Hallock,
the steward, his wife and mother, and
number of servants were in the building
when the flames started, some of them be-
ing asleep. All got out. Mr.. Case had a
rather narrow escape from suffocation, be-
ing rescued by Mr.. Pilot. Steward Hal
lock had to carry his mother down stairs.
The loss to the club will be great, as the
rooms were richly furnished.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

READING. July 3.-..The report Of the ply
sicians who examined the brain of Pietro
Buccieri. who was hanged here last Thurs
day for the murder of Sister Hildebcrta, is
made public. The brain weighed 5515
ounces The skull-was unusually thin,
and many parts Of the brain were found in
a disordered condition, While their report
is for the most part technical, yet it is a
virtual admission that Buccieri was not in
his right mind, and was suffering from
brain affection. The body of the murderer
was buried in the Catholic cemetery with
out amy public religious ceremony.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

New YoRK, July s..The Realization
stakes, worth $35, 600 to the winner, con-
tested for at the course of the Coney Island
Jockey club, at Sheepshead bay on Satur-
day afternoon, was won by Brown g. Rog.
ers' unnamed colt by Troubadour, out of
Sunbeam. Boundless, the western crack
and winner of the American Derby, was
badly beaten, finishing next to last aud
ten lengths back.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

LAMBERTyILLE, N. j., July 3.-Harry
oblinger, boy living here, was probably
fatally injured by falling on an iron hook.
He was climbing IN awning post and
missed his hold and fell As he shot to
ward the ground an iron hook, which was
used TO hang clothing, caught in his breast
and penetrated to the bone and tore a
Jagged wound from above the stomach
almost to the neck. The lad hung until
two men succeeded in lifting him from
the hook and is now in critical condition.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

BALTIMORE, July 3-Forty-one young
ladics took the white veil yesterday in the
Order of the Sisters of Notre Dame They
are from the communities of the order in
the eastern province of America, and this
is their first step in connecting themselves
with the order, which requires novices to
be 80 years old and eleven years on proba-
tion before they are allowed to make pro-
fessions as permanent sisters.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

NEW York, July "A dispatch from
Paris reports the death in Africa of the
young Due D'Uzes, who was making an
exploration through the basin of the
Congo. Deceased was the eldest son of
the wealthy Duchess D'Uzes, who placed
her purse aud influence ut the disposal of
Boulanner
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

NIAGARA FALLS, July 3-Several thous-
and people watched Clifford Calverly make
his daring walk across the Niagara gorge
on 94-inch wire cable. Calverly not only
crossed successfully, but performed some
daring feats in the centre of the gorge
One was wheeling cooking range out
and there lighting fire in it and cooking
several dishes of food, which he ate
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

BALTIMORE, July 3.-The employees Of
the Baltimore and Lehigh railroad will
enter. suit this week to recover wages
amounting in ehe aggregate to $11 600
They say that the receivers are paying for
work done since they took charge, but re-
fuse to pay the workmen's previous claims
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

PnILADEtPHIA, July B.-Three lads were
drowned in the Delaware river while bath
ing yesterday afternoon. The victims are
Jerry Triddle, aged 10; Milton Hammel
of the same age, and Arthur Cent?, aged
a. The latter two were together. All
were diving from boats and were seized
with cramps. Gentz's body has not been
recovered
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

CHICAGO, July 3.-The eighth convention
of the Socialist Labor party of the United
States was begun in Rochester hall yester-
day. Delegates from various portions of
the United States are present. The con-
yention will last five days.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

JERSEY CITY, July 3.-Thomas Smith, q
New York and New Jersey Telephone line.
man, was killed while stretching a wire at
Grove and Tenth streets, the wire becom-
ing crossed with live wire and sending a
shock through him that caused instant
death. Smiths home was at Little Falls,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

san FRANCISCO, July s.-Georgia Drew
Barrymore, the well known actress, died
suddenly at Santa Barbara yesterday She
had been ailing for q long time.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

BERLIN, July 3.-The government is CON
sidering plan to cover with a tax on rail-
way tickets part Of the expenditure re-
quired by the army bill
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

DALLAS, Tex, July st. ]. Wood, late
cashier of the Ninth National bank of
Dallas, was arrested on indictment found
by the United States grand jury charging
him with embezzling sa99.0O0.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

NEW YORK, July 3.-Fifteen thousand
persons witnessed the Harvard Yale ball
game at the Polo grounds on Saturday
afternoon. in which Harvard defeated Yale
by score of 9 to L. thus winning the
college championship Tor 1898.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03
LIEUTENANT PEARY OFF.

Tho Falcon Starts on Her Trip to tho
Arctic Regions.
NEW YORK, July s-!The Falcon, the
ship of Lieutenant Peary, the Arctic exs
plorer sailed from her wharf in Brooklyn
at o'clock last evening. The first calling
point is Boston, and after two days in that
port the Falcon will proceed to Portland,
Me-, where she Is due next Friday, and
where Lieutenant Peary, his wife ana
Mrs, Cross, of Brooklyn, her maid, will
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

NUGGETS NEWS.

Generally fair; warmer; southw sterl
winds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03
PRICE ONE GENE
l774--PATAPSCO FLOUR--I893

PATAPsCO asnmong THE FIRST NOTED
MILL BRAND; in AMERICA, and HAS HAD
NO EQUAL AS A LEADER or CHOICE
/ LOUh Throughout Its History.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-03

AT JoLnstown-Johnstown. 70; Danyille, !.
Al Eork-lork, L.; Enston, 3. At Scranton
Allentown, Is: Scranton, IA. At Alotona- Al
toona, 10; Harrisburg, 4.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-28
CLEANED AT GAINESVILLE.
The Younger Everett Under Arrest.
Crops Helped by Rain.

/ The Younger Everett Under Arrest.
Crops Helped by Rain.
| GAINESVILLE, FLA, Feb 27-The
| younger Everett who helped his father in
/ the death-dealiDg assault on Fletcher Till
man near CampvIlle, has been caught
| There was an inch Of rainfall here last
1 night and the prospects are good for an inch
more to-day, which makes the planters on
the wet lands very gloomy. The cabbage
and lettuce have both in places suffered
already from too much water.
FLORIDA nov fully deserves the eppellation
"Lani u Flowers" for such a wealth
OF bloom was never known be-
fore he flowers are the largest
and most perfect for years,
every shrub, every clump Of palmetto,
every patch Of briar and thorn bush is
covered with the yellow jessamine RlintIng
like golden domes i'll the sunlight and filing
the air with perfume so dense as to be TO
some lungs painful On pear, peach, plum
and orange trees the like Of bloom was never
seen before, and the case is the same with
blackberry, dewbsrrY and early strawberry
vines, while the white ash, the maple and
the laurel enliven the forest at top, the
sWard beneath is beautifully variegated
with violets and daisies.
II. E. Day has resigned his Office of dea.
con in the Presbyterian church on account
OF press Of other business and at an cleo
ton held yesterday TO fiji this and other
vacancies WIN Wilson. J. NJ Memo, J.
DAwkins and L. Teuch were chosen. Mr..
Tenoh is only "a years old and the youngest
officer In the church.
1t is said that ) 800 has been subscribed
20 build a Methodist parsonage and that the
contract for a g., 900 house will be made at
once.
The Leader has quit business and parties
who did work for IL and filed liens for the
same after Pratt's death have been cited to
appear in Ocala on March to answer a bill
OF complaint made by Agnew, who claims
ownership under a chattel mortgage given
on the material while at Ocals, and then
and there known as the Ocala Publishing
Company. II the mortgage takes priority
the young mon who worked for the Leader
will lose all their labor.
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FOUND DEAD IN HER BED.

Miss Johanna Lassiter of Abbeville
Passes Away Unexp ectedly.
ABBEvILLE, GA. Feb. 27.-This COM
mupity was shocked this morning by the
announcement Of the sudden death Of Miss
Johanna Lassiter When she failed TO appear
at breakfast at Z o'clock she was sought in
her bedroom. where she was found cold in
death. Two nieces, Miss Doodle Lassiter,
IA years old, and Nettie May Lassiter, a
child years old slept in bed with her and
arose at the usual hour, unconscious of the
fact that their aunt had expired during
the night Miss Lassiter was a
maiden lady aud sister 10 s. P.
and J. W. Lassitsr Of the
firm OF Lassiter Ham q Co. of this place
She was woman Of many virtues amiable
and a member OF the Methodist church.
The remains will be carried TO Vienna,
Dooly county, and inferred In the old fam
lily burying ground tomorrow.
The securities on the bond Of J. L. Boyn-
ton, postmaster at Rochelle, took possession
Of the office yesterday and placed Judge
Peter Coffee in temporary control on ac-
count Of an alleged shortage or discrepancy
in Boynton's accounts. This was done 10
consequence of steps taken by government
postofice inspector.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-28
KNOWLEDGE

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bends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical beiDg, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to it's presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
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dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weaken.
ing them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co, only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will moi
accept any substitute if offered.
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GENTRY In AN UGLY MOOD
FIGHTs WITH OTHER PRISONERS
OF DAILY OCCURRENCE.

he Disturbs the Sleep OF the Other
Inmates by Picking at the Lock and
Rafting the Door of His Ceu-Deter-
mined to Escape-He Also Swesrs
That he VIII Kill the Sheriff and
Bis Cellmate.
CARRoLLToN, GA, Feb. 2L-George
Gentry brother Of the noted outlaw, Asbury
Gentry, is causing Sheriff Jim Hewitt Of
this county much trouble. George is CON
fined In jail accused Of horse stealing and he
has been chained Of late on account Of his
frequent attempts 20 escape. be stands at
his cell door all day and nearly all night
and picks at the lock and rattles the cell
door. The other prisoners demonstrate
with George for making so much russ and
then regular old fashion fist and skull
fight occurs. Pandemonium reigns IN the
Carroll county jail all the time. George
Gays be is going 10 get out Of jail before
April court or die in the attempt. he Is
very mad at Bill Hill big, burly white
man, confined for murder, because ne will
not assist him In getting out and they have
many fights every day and night. Hill is
abe best man in a rough and tumble fight,
bat George uses anything be can lay his
hands on TO fight, and Hill says none of the
prisoners can rest in peace. George says be
will kill Sheriff Hewitt and Bill
Hill, and as Bill IS compelled 70
stay in the same cell with George
he cannot sleep for fear of George putting
his threat into execution. Hill and Gentry
have fights night ana day and sheriff Hewitt
says he is compelled to go up and stop the
war. Mr.. Hewitt says be has handled
thousands Of men since he has been sheriff
and jailer, but he has never had Georges
equal
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moral would come nearer describing the
truth. Mrs. Cleveland IS an admirable
woman and I like her, but l never could
understand how she happened 70 come TO
our church. We're not fashionable end we
don't want to be. We are mostly old peo-
pie, who have worshiped God together for
go to church to do.
But. Of course, everybody hocks after
the President and his wife whether It's TO
the theater or to church, and when Mrs.
Cleveland attended our church the mob
followed as they always do, and the result
was the worship of God was turned into
natural administration society, and divine
service into a sort Of 5 o'clock tea affair.
Then the good example a Presidents
wife sets going TO church amounts to moth
ingp
We'll, perhaps it does count a little in
the collection box"
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THE BOOMERS ULT1MATUM.

Congress Must Open the Cherokee
Strip in March or see 1t Invaded.
ARKANSAS CITY, Feb. GA large num-
Der of home seekers assembled in conference
on the line of the Cherokee strip at noon
Friday. Some were there With teams, plows
and camp equipAge, with the view Of lin
vading the long coveted land; others we're
there for the purpose, if possible, to prevent
a raid until congress has 5een given the ex-
treme limit OF time to pass the pending bill
providing for the opening Of the land to
settlement.
After heated discussion, in which the
disputants came near resortinR TO blows,
resolutions were adopted favoring the In
vasion of the Cherokee strip March 6, at 10
O'Clock, providing, OF course, that congress
adjourns without taking action in the mat
ter. The board extends an invitation to all
home seekers TO assemble here and be ready
for grand rush on the day named.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-28
SHOES.

TO-DAY, the great three day
convention of the National Elec-
.ric Light Association opens at
st. Louis, Mo.
All the great railroads have
extended special rates to, at
tending delegates, and the spe-
cial train from New York to
St. Louis is one of the most
elaborate ever seen in this
country. Vast interests are rep
resented, as electricity is grad
uallya7 upplanting horses, steam,
and 1as.
We are supplanting all rivals
with our sales Of Mems French
Calf Lace Shoes, which are. in.
deed, something choice and
elegant. Give us a chance Of
trying a pair on you; it will nav
you. BYCK Bros, II Whita.
ker street.
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GEN. YOuNG,s STATE.

c Ulcers From Mississippi and Florida
Who VIII Ride With Him.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The following
named gentlemen from the state Of Missis.
sippi have been appointed to serve on the
staff OF Gen. Young, on Saturday next to
ride in the presidential procession: Gen.
William Henry, adjutant general, OF
Jackson, Miss Gen. William Martin of
Natchez, Miss; Gen. S. W. Ferguson of
Greenville, Miss; Capt. C. L. Searles Of
Vicks5urg, Miss. Mai A. D. Banks OF
Meridian, Miss
The following gentlemen from the state
OF Florida have beea appointed to serve on
Gen. YOung's staff: Jefferson B. Browne,
J. f. Alexander, J. S. Leonard, Dr. J. n.
Harris. j. J. Wellie and w. b. Lamar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-28
WHOLESALERS FLgEozD.

Two Men Buy Big Stock on Credit
and Convert it Into Cash.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Feb, 2z-About
six weeks ago the firm Of Baker. Peterson
& Co., Wholesale grocers and commission
merchants, started in business at "A South
Peters street. The members OF the
firm known to the trade were
Edward Baker sand George Peterson.
They bought largely III this city and So
llcited consignmeuts as well. They
sold out for the best cash prices
obtaluable, realizing about $50, -
900, and last Saturday closed their
store up and the pair took passage on the
Louisville aud Nashville road. They were
arrested yesterday In Montgomery, Ala.
and will be brought back to face their &c
Cusers.
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a Fight OVER A RAILROAD.

a Permanent Receiver Wanted for
the Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus.
ROME, Ga, Feb. 27.-Au important case
is being argued tonight at Calhoun. A
permanent receiver is asked in the superior
court for the Chattanooga, Rome and Co
lumbus Railroad Company. Another
prayer of the bill, which interests many
citizens Of Rome. is that it seeks 20 recover
large sum from stockholders, and there
are number who reside in Rome. Dean
q Smith and w. G. Ham represent the
petitioners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-28
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

COTCHETT.-T friends and acquaintance
Of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. CoTCHETr and Of Mrs
NJ. Steckels and Mr.. and Mrs W. H. Sauls are
respectfully invited TO attend the funeral of the
former. from his late residence, No. 81 Berrien
street, THIS AFTERNOON at $50 O'Clock.
SIMPSON.-The relatives and friends of Miss
CATHERINE SIMPSON and NJ. J. Solomons are
inyitedto attend the funeral of the former
from No. l29 Charlton street at 10 o'clock TO-
DAY.
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Nothing Can be Worse

For the stomach than strong
purgatives and aperients. The
genuine Carlsbad Sprudel Salt
is a natural, pleasant aperient,
laxative and diuretic. Be
sure and secure only the gen
uine.