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The herald., 1894-09-30

DR. WONG HIM, who has praotlced medi:
IL cine in Los Angeles for 10 years, and
treat by medicine all diseases of women. men
and children The doctor claims that he has
remedies that are superior to all others as q
specific for troubles of women and men.
trial alone will convince the sick that Dr.
Wong Hin's remedies are mor eihc clous thau
can be prescribed. DI. wong Vim Is a Chineso
phyncian OF prominence and a gentleman OF
responsibility. His reputation l. more Than
we'll established, and a.I persona neeoing h,s
services can rely on his skill and ABILITY.
cure is guaranteed in every case IN which re-
coyery Is possible. Herb medicines 10. sale.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

isiature nad authorized the governor to
raise and equip troops for the defense OF
the Union, and had appropriated half q
million dollars to pay the bills.
When Lincoln called for $4,000 mon, the
soldiers of Pennsylvania were the first
state volunteers to reach the national capi.
tai. Then Governor Curtin asked and OBJ
tanned from the legislature power to raise
reserve of not less than fifteen nor more
than thirty regiments to serve for three
years or till the close of the war, the forces
to be transferred to the general govern.
ment II necessary. g'hese troops preserved
their identity intact until the close of the
war.
The conference Of the governors at AL
toona Sept. "a. 1872, was the result of COR
respondence between Curtin and Gov.
ernor Andrew. of Massachusetts,. Its out
come was the famous address indorsing
Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
Throughout the war Governor Curtin
supported Mr.. Lincoln's policy unswerv.
ingly. He left the gubernatorial chair In
1867 and was shortly afterward mentioned
for United States senator, but was de-
feated by Simon Cameron. He was also
named for vice president in the conven.
tion of 1865 but Colfax secured the nom.
ination.
Mr.. Curtin worked earnestly for the
election of Grant and ColfaI that year,
and was made minister to Russia by the
president. In 1881 he was elected to con.
gress as Democrat. serving six years.
At the close of the Forty ninth congress
he retired to his Bellefonte home.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
BRITISH TROOPS FOR CHINA
Sixty -four Thousand Soldiers to be Seat
from India.

Sixty four Thousand Soldiers to be ssnt
from India.
LONDON, Oct. IA dispatch to The
Times from Shanghai says: Four Japan
ese werships have been sighted between
Ning-Po and Chusan. News received from
Tientsin denies that the Chinese have
evacuated Corea. 1t also denies that the
Japanese forces are near Yalu, or that
they are occupying Thornton Haven
Chinese transports are said to be moving
freely in the Gulf of Pe-Chi-L.
The Chinese warships at Port Arthur,
with the exception Of the Lai Yuen, will
soon be reiltted for sea. The Lni Yuen
was found on her arrival there to have
been almost entirely destroyed by fire as a
result OF her participation in the battle off
the Yalu.
The British consuls at Hankow and
Ming Po sent alarming dispatches to the
government on Tuesday and Wednesday,
reporting disturbances in those places
and stating that the European residents
were in peril.
The Exchange Telegraph company says
that "a 900 troops will be sent from India
to protect the treaty ports in China.
The Evening News publishes q sensa-
tional statement to the effect that cab.
met council was called to consider dis
patch received from Minister O'Connor at
Pekin, in which 1t was stated that Russia
was intriguing to assist China against
Japan in return for tho cession to Russia
Of certain ports of Corea. There is no
confirmation Of this statement from other
aources
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

their own blunders nave caused, ana
after it ia all over come home to tell
you they did the best they could; they
were sold out by their friends; they
couldn't do any better, but they will
next time.
Voters Of Henry county. remember the
fall of 1892. when Mr. de Almond asked
you for your votes; reoolleot the price
you got for your wheat; remember tho
demand for labor the busy workshops
furnaces and factories, the hum of busi-
ness on every hand, the prosperity Of
the whole country. Then think Of wheat
now; think of the millions of honest
workers out Of employment, the suffer-
ing Of thousands who are without bread.
the condition OF financial affairs, and
when he tells you all this was caused
by the Republican party and will bo
changed when you give him another
chance ask him for God q sake how long
1t will take. Ask him what has been
dore during the year he has had o
chance. Demand of him to point to Q
thing he has done to benefit the people
of Henry county. Ask for the time and
place where he has raised his voice in
the interest Of his constituents. De.
mand the measure he has Endorsed, er-
cept the reduction OF pensions; that has
saved the nation dollar; that has res
duoed the price of an article you purS
chase or has advanced the price Of q
thing you sell.
Gather around your representative
you men of Henry county. Give him Y
hearty welcome. He needs it, PRAISE
him for the many blessings no and hfs
party have bestowed upon you, for tho
'dishonored" congress Of which he is o
member; help him open his campaign
for reelection with whoop and hurrah,
and then go home and try to looh
your l0.year- boy in the face with
out q blush Of shame and disappoint-
ment Try to find single excuse, q
single reason, why you should fnrther
trust a man who has been paid 80, 600
for tho work of tho past year.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
THE 0RAYToN DIVORCE SUIT.
Mrs. Drayton win Enter Q General De
NAL of Her Husbands Charges.

Mrs. Drayton WIN Enter Q General De-
NAL of Her Husbands Charges.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Mrs. j. Coleman
Drayton yesterday made her first public
statement regarding the divorce suit
against her through her counsel, Herbert
A. Shipman.
Mrs. Drayton will certainly file reply
to her husbands suit" said Mr.. Shipman.
There has never for moment been any
doubt about that. The question of when
her reply will be entered has been left en-
tirely to the Judgment Of her counsel. All
the reports that the time had expired or
would expire, that she would allow judg-
ment to be taken by default and that she
would not defend the suit, have been and
are wickedly untrue. Mrs. Drayton's re-
ply will be q full aud absolute denial of
each and every allegation of he husbands 5
complaint"
Mr.. Drayton Is living quietly at Ber-
nardsville. N. j.. with his children, after
having spent the summer at Bar Harbor
Mrs. Drayton is supposed to be in Paris
The Astor family Is scattered about at
various fall resorts.
Firm determination to fight the case
has now been expressed by both sides, and
a complete airing of the whole affair will
probably occur soon in the courts at
Trenton
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY
While Attempting to Rescue the Ui
fortunate Another Man Meets Death


fortunate Another Man Meets Death.
Boston, Oct. 5-A horrible case of eleo-
trocutiop was witnessed on Congress
street by hundreds of people. Charles ID.
Day, lamp trimmer in the employ Of the
Boston Electric Light company was clean
ing lamp and hand hitched himself to
the top Of the pole, when attention was
called to him by faint cry.
Day was then seen to be helpless and
unconscious. In few seconds he was
limp, and IA blue flame was emitting from
his eyes, nose. mouth aud ears.
Several Of the onlookers tried to get up
the pole, and one young man succeeded in
touching the body when he dropped to
the ground, receiving painful injuries.
After a considerable delay two men APP
peared on the soene with an mbulance.
One of them, A. J. Numes. started up
the pole and reached Days body, when
suddenly he received a shock Aud fell
thirty feet to the ground, striking on hts
head and fracturing his skull. He died
shortly afterwards.
IL was more than an hour before Days
body, now terribly burned. was lowered
and taken to the morgue. The accident is
said to have been due to a dsnd wire com.
ing in contact with some Of the wires,
thus diYerting the current
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
NUGGETS OF NEWS

Fire at Buchanan, W. Va, early this
morning, cleaned out the business section
The cricket game between Lord Hawke 4
team and the Toronto club. at Toronto,
resulted in draw.
Captain Philip Price, United States en-.
gineer corps, died at Fortress Monroe last
night very suddenly of ndema of the
lungs.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union, of Chicago, has entered upon a
crusade against Objectionable bill boards
and Giving pictures"
The entire postofllce force at Mystic,
Conn, left the office yesterday with the
retiring postmaster, leaving Postmaster
Dennison without help.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

ATLANTA. Oct. 6.-The Constitution
publishes returns compiled by It's corre-
spondents in all the 1877 counties of
Georgia placing the Democratic majority
at 10000, but the official county CONSOLE
datious reduces it to 10000. which is ac-
cepted by conservative Democrats. The
Populist claim that the country counties,
which will be last heard from, will reduce
this majority to 10000. OF 175 members
of the house elected about sixty are Pop
ulists. and Of the forty-four senators
seven are Populists and one Republican.
Several Of the strongest Democratic coun-
ties in the state have been carried by the
Populists, and nearly every county shows
Populist gains. Speaker Crisp's district
gives the largest Democratic majority.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
To Protect Our Citizepy,

WASHINGTON, Oct 5-Secretary Her
bert has been forehanded in taking steps
for the protection Of the lives and prop
erty Of American residents In China, be-
lieved now to be endangered by rebellious
and unrestrained troops. The cable ad-
vices stating that the European powers
are moving in that direction were shown
to the secretary. who said that about
three weeks ago he had suggested to Ad-
miral Carpenter to confer with the COM
manders of foreign ships In Chinese
waters and arrange to cooperate with
them il possible Tho plan was to have
one or two ships at each of the treaty
ports and other coast towns where for.
eigners reside.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

NEW York. Oct. 5.-Hon. j. s. Clark.
son, of the Republican national commit.
tee, who has just returned from the west,
is enthusiastic when he speaks of the sit
uation in that section. He declares that
the Wilson bill will rebound to the ad.
vantage OF the Repu blican party, princl.
pally for the reason that the westerners
cannot stand free wool. For New Jersey,
Committeeman Hobart prophesies that
the Republicans will elect five OF the eigh,
congressman to be voted for this fall.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

YOUNGSTOWN, o., Oct. 5.-Mr. Burton.
general manager Of the Daniels Steel Tie
company. who has Just returned from
Terre Haute, reports that in converse
ton with Russell Harrison the latter said,
replying to a question whether his father
would enter the list for the presidential
nominations: "As an active candidate,
think not, but should there be an express
sion from the people that father is their
choice it is not probable he would decline
the candidacy and nomination"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
A MURDERER's CONFESSION.
Killed His Victim at the Command oi
Her Father,

Her Father.
RALEIGH, N. c.. Oct. 5.-George Mills,
who has been on trial for the seduction
and murder of his niece, confessed the
crime last evening. He told a story full
OF the most horrible details. How, at the
instance of the girls father who had said
to him. Take lana away and never bring
her back here alive" He had induced her
to accompany him to an old. unooeupisd
house. Here he told her to take the con-
tents Of a bottle and it would produce an
abortion, the girl having been betrayed.
The drug was laudanum
Mills then struck her seven times with
club. She screamed and pleaded, but
no one could hear her. He returned with
the tale that some body had murdered
'Iana" and threatened to kill him. The
girl lived ten days. but never regained
consciousness. Mills Ia almost an idiot.
His trial will continue. notwithstanding
his confession.
Jack Wimbesly was Jailed last evening.
He was the principal witness against
Mills. Now Mills will be the principal
witness against him. /,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
HOWGATE AT WASHINGTON


WASHINGTON, Oct. s. Captain How
gate, the defaulting ex-chief of the signal
service, was brought back TO Washing
ton yesterday after an absence of thirteen
years. He arrived at 4:3o o'clock in
charge OF u United States marshal and
ex-Chief Drummond, Of the secret service,
who effected his capture. He showed
little concern, chatting and smiling with
the officers as he passed along. He was
poorly dressed and his face looked hag-
gard.
The party drove to the Office Of the
United States marshal for the District of
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

WASHINGTON, Oct. b.-After years of
litigation before the bureau Assistant At
torney General Reynold has finally al.
lowed tho pension claim of Captain
Charles Alfred De Arnaud, best known as
Count De Arnaud. De Arnaud, who is a
Russian. claims to have served General
Grant as spy during the rebellion, and
to have furnished the information which
led to the capture of Paducah. Ky.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

sHANoKIN, Pa, Oct. 5-Rev. j. W.
Boyer, the Bowman Esherite pastor OF
this Evangelical circuit, has demande d
possession of the church properties in
Shamokin, Sudbury, Herndon, Treverton,
Mt. Carmel and Seven Points, but his re-
quest was refused. He will now apply for
an injunction restraining the Dubbsites
from holding services in the properties in
question. The Dubbsites are in a large
majority at all OF these places, aud will
organize independent congregations.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

DENVER Oct, 5.-In his October pastoral
Bishop NStta SAYS the church IN Colorado
is passing through an appalling crisis.
1T is, he saws, "sectarian bigotrywhich,
led on by set Of fanatics, bids fair to
outdo the followers Of Cromwell and the
maRacs of he Ere lGh commune 1t IS a
fact which has called forth the amazement
OF the most remarkable men of our time
that an age like ours and country over
which floats the American flag should
have fostered this A. p. Ar
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

LANCASTER, Pa. Oct. 5.-Last evening
Oliver McFadden. a middle aged man liv.
ing at Marietta, this county, while lying
on the electric railway track, was struck
by trolley car near Millersville. few
miles east of this city. His skull wa,
fractured, his cheek bone mashed and
portions of his body badly mangled He
was brought to this city and taken to a
hospital, where the doctors say he will
probably die.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

KEY WEST, Fla. Oct. 5.-The report
that fifty bodies were washed ashore here
from the wrecks of the recent storms is
untrue. Those known to be lost are four
teen of the crew of the British bark Bran
don, and all but two of the crew of the
British bark Wandering Chief. Three
other vessels are reported bottom up. but
no vessels are reported as having been
washed ashore, either here or on the ada
cent Islands
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

TAYLOR, Tex, Oct 6-The Oklahoma
hotel, two story frame structure, and it's
contents were burned yesterday. After
the flames had been subdued the firemen
discovered In the debris the remains of a
man burned to crisp. They proved to
be those Of Henry MARI, a iourneyman
house and sign painter. Richard Schultz,
a carpenter, was nearly suffocated and in
leaping from a second story window broke
an arm and dislocated shoulder. 1t is
doubtful whether he will recover.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

ARCADIA. Cal, Oct. 5-Mrs. McCurdy,
wife of wealthy farmer, has eloped with
Samuel Douglas. an ex.convict -Four
years ago, when a girl of IA years, she
eloped with Douglas and was married at
sea. After living in San francisco some
months she deserted her hus band, secured
a divorce and married Samuel McCurdy
Douglas was released from prison, where
he served two years for larceny, a few
weeks ago, and the second elopement fol.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05


Columbia, where a deputy and Miss Ida
Howgate. daughter Of the prisoner, were
awaiting. He greeted his daughter af
fectionately, but quietly, and without
dramatic demonstration. Mrs. Howgate,
who lives here. was not present. When
the formal papers had been arranged Cap
tain Howgate was put in the prison van
and driven to the Jail. He was assigned
to cell No. in murderers' row. which is
the cell once occupied by Guiteau. The
prisoner will not be arraigned for several
days. He said he had no statement to
make to the public at present.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

LITTLE ROCK, Oct. 5.-There are no ad-
ditions to the cyclone fatalities. The
thirty-seyen injured victims are improv-
ing with the exception of Convict Tom
Mitcasll, whose condition is critical In
the damaged districts armies of men con-
tinued the work of clearing away the de-
bris preparatory to rebuilding. Over 500
men are thus engaged.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
Highest Of all in Leavenng Powe-Latest s. Govt Report
N|H!aI a! BskiI2g Bskasg':
ABSOLUTELY PURE


PITTsBuRG, Oct. 5.-Ebenezer NJ. Byers.
the wealthy iron merchant, of Plttsburg
was yesterday declared a lunatic. His wife
who has spent the last two years search
ing for and trying to regain possession OF
her husband. who, she alleged, was being
kept from her by his brother. A NJ Byers.
will now go into court and ask to be made
trustee of her husbands person and prop
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

CINCINNATI, Oct. 5,-Jasper T. White, of
Sycamore township, recently sold farm
for sl20 He hid the money, cash and
notes, in an unused chimney. not telling
his wife of the hiding place. The other
day she had n spare number of visitors
and made fire in the bedroom where the
money was hidden. The whole amount
was burned up. The couple have another
farrn laft
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

CHICAGO. Oct. Sit Is announced that
Judge Lyman Trumbull is in sympathy
with the Populist party, and will deliver
an address at one of its mass meetings In
Central Music hall tomorrow night. He
will address the Populists on "the rights
of man as affected by accumulated wealth
and favored monopolies." Judge Trum-
bull has long been regarded as a stsunch
Democrat.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. g. Secretary OF
State Allen handed down his opinion in
the Democratic contest yesterday. 1t
knocks the bolters' ticket out of the field,
and the names on that document can only
be placed on the regular ballot by pet:-
tion and under some other heading than
Democratic. Judge Shilling gave notice
of an appeal on behalf of the administra-
tion people
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

ROCHESTER, N. Y. Oct 5.-Susan B
Anthony will leave next Sunday for Kan
sas, where she is to take an active part in
the fall campaign there. The Populist
party have put into their platform this
year wonan's suffrage plank, and Miss
Anthony's purpose in visiting the west Is
to speak in favor of that particular fea
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

LONDON, Oct. 5.-The Standards corres-
pondent at st. Petersburg suggests that
the czar may ultimately go to Algiers. He
says the emeror's symptoms point to can
Ger of the kidneys. and adds that public
rumor ascribes his illness to excessive
blood letting which he has undergone at
the hands of DR., Zacharrln. Another dis
patch states that the czar's condition Is so
bad that the end may be expected In few
yapka
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

ALTOONA. Pa, Oct. 5. - Alexander
Vaughn. a stationary engineer, was killed
in the middle division Pennsylvania rail-
road roundhouse in this city last night
He was attempting to replace belt on
rapidly moving pulley wheel when the
iron bar which he was using for the pur-
pose was hurled against his head. He was
20 years old.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

ITHACA, N. Y. Oct. 5.-Yesterday the
body of Clarence D. Goodnow, the Cor
nell freshman from Brooklyn who was
drowned last Wednesday In Cayuga lake
with another student, was discovered on
the east shore of the lake eight miles
down from Ithaca. The body of johnson,
the other missing man, has not been re-
coyered
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

LONDON, Oct. 5.-The correspondent of
The Times at Paris says: The British
charge d'affaires, Mr.. e. Phipps, told me
yesterday that his weekly official visit to
M. Hanotaux, the foreign minister, was
very cordial. Mr.. Phipps said there were
no difficulties between the two countries
but what could be easily arranged.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

GETTYsBURe, Pa, Oct 5.-Yesterday a
monument was unveiled on the Gettys-
burg battlefield to the first man killed in
that great fight. He was George W. San
doe, of this town, and member of the
Twenty-first Pennsylvania regiment,
which erected the monument.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

Goldfish are of Chinese origin. They
were originally found in large lake
near Mount Tsientsing and were first
brought to Europe in the seventeenth
century. The first In France came as a
present to Mme de Pompadour.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

BERLIN, Oct. 5.-Ths Vossische Zeitung
regards the Corean war as a forerunning
Of great Anglo Russian collision, which
the conflicting interests Of those powers
are certain sooner or later to bring about
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05
A. G. CURTIN DYING.
Pennsylvania War Governor at
Deaths Door.
DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICES.

coins Nomination and Eieotiou--Ap.
pointed Minister to Russia by President
Grant-Aftsrward Served in Congress.
BELLEroNTE, Pa, Oct. 5.-Ex- Governor
Andrew g. Curtin, who has been seriously
all for some time, has suffered a relapse,
and it is stated that his death is but a
question of few hours.
Andrew Gregg Curtin was the chief ex-
,ecutive of thu Keystone state during the
civil war, and because his services to his
country were so great then he is chiefly
known as Pennsylvania's war governor. !"
But his public services, aside from those
he rendered during the great contest, were
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

HARRISBURG, Oct. Ex-Governor Patti
son has granted pardons to Benjamin r.
Mitchell, of Mifflintown, and Jacob willis
Darr, of Gettysburg He has fixed Dec.
as the date for the execution OF Antonio
Rizyuto at Pottsville.H
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

BALTIMORE, Oct. 5,-Mrs. Hasson, aged
80, wife Of William j. Hasson, was found
with her throat cut in a room of her home,
170s Maryland avenue. after quarreling
with her husband last night. The police
leave the house in a hurry.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-05

READING, Pa, Oct. 5.-James Boone, of
Carlisle, was knocked down and trampled
upon by runaway horse during the races
at the fair grounds yesterday. He may
die. William Stufflet. jockey. was
thrown and had his collar bone broken.