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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

He stood on the steps at midnight,
With wibbledy wabbledy knee,
And wondered and wondered and wondered
Where the blamed keyhole could be.
Buffalo Courier.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

saw back downward in kerf in the
timber on which he was working, and
proceeded to file his saw as though it
were held in the most approved man
ner.-Scientiflc American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02
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One who drew
Aside life's curtain and looked through"
Joaquin Miller.
"But my dear fellow, am as conf
dent of what | assert as 1 am that my
name is what it isl and James Benyon
darted keen questioning look at his
friend.
REALLY, Jimmy, you have got hold
OF most unaccountable fad now
Whatever suggested such an idea I
cannot make out. You are usually so
full of prosaic common-sense. won
der what Gwen would say if she could
listen to your scientific diatribe"
Snow, Tom, all joking aside, just
listen to me for a few moments, and l
will try and convince you of the truth of
what have said. 1t is my firm convic-
tlon that the power of electro magnet
ism in such case as | have stated is
absolutely almighty, and that, prop
erly applied, and due precautions be-
ing taken, 1t is possible to hold con-
verse with those who have 'shuffled off
this mortal coil, as you put it, and,
mark you, not only hold converse, but,
providing the vital tissues are not i'm
paired by disease or old age-bring
them back from the gates of death,
and place them once more among tn
living, breathing multitude"
81 should be rather chary of at
tempting the experiment, old man, un-
less / was sure of my subject" said
Tom Wrayton, rather nervously.
why, Tom, what possible danger
could there be? There might be cer-
tain distaste, in the case of a relative
or dear friend, that would be mini
missed, take our own friendship for in
stance; what objection could you have
to holding chat with me after l had
left you?'
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

Miss Sears-I have come to believe
that marriage is failure.
Ethel Knox-Aren't you thankful to
have escaped such fate.-N. Y. World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

Little Boy-Papa, won't you get me
nice round stick to roll hoop with?
Papn-Of course,
"And won't you buy me hoop to
roll?"
Yes"
THAT will be lovely. Then you will
have to buy me bicycle so that l can
keep up with the hoop. Good News
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02
Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children
DR.. G. G. OseooD,
Lowell, Mass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

Il was seven days on the water"
"Seven days? Why, when my brother
went across it took him eight days"
Probably your brother went over in
the steerdge. was first cabin passen-
ger" she replied, proudly.-Tammany
Times
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02
A CONFESSION OF FAITH.

Miss Frank-I believe in woman's
rights.
Jack Cleverton-Then you think
every woman should have vote?
Miss Frank-No; but ] think every
woman should have a voter.-Scribner's
Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02
DRAPERY FOR PIANO.
1t Hides the Ugly Wooden Back of the
Instrument Completely.

The drapery on the cottage piano is
quite new invention, giving an unu-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

"How long did it take you to cross
the ocean?" asked Gus De Smith of a
very aristocratic young lady from Eu-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02
Castoria.

Castoria is so we'll adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
Fl. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
iii So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert.
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIspENsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN c. SAITH, Pres,
array Street, New York City.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

Equine Susceptibility to Cold.
Horses succumb to cold quicker than
any other animal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-08-02

Tho Centaur Murray York CITY.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
FOUND GUILTY.
Coxey, Browne and Jones on the
First Count.
Released on $500 Bail Pending . Motto.
For q New Triai-Gen. Randall Enters
Laporte, Ind. Contrary to Police
Orders and L. Arrested.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-At $40 Tues
day afternoon the jury returned into
court and reported that IL had found
Coxey, Browne and Jones guilty on the
first count of the information of carry
ing banners in the capitol grounds con-
trary TO law, and Coxey and Browne
guilty and Christopher Columbus Jones
not guilty on the second count of tres
passing on the grass Pending n mo-
ton for new trial the defendants
were released on $500 bonds.
Representative Hudson. OF Kansas,
who was Coxey's counsel before the
police court, authorizes the statement
that Coxey proposes leaving Washing
ton with his followers as soon as he Sc
cures n hearing from one of the two
houses of congress.
Mr. Hudson says that Coxey has no
utilization with the other commonweal
forces that are now journeying to
Washington. He has had no CORE
spondence with them, and does no.
know them or their purposes. He will
not attempt again to speak from the
capitol steps of the capitol, nor will he
attempt in any way to eontravene the
laws
II Coxey's case in the supreme court
is settled so that he will be at leisure
Wednesday hearing will be given him
by the house committee on labor. Cox
ey desires TO present his bill to the
committee in person, and speak upon
it If the opportunity be not given
him Wednesday he will probably be
heard by the committee on Thursday.
VALPARAISO, Ind, May 9-Gen. Ran
dalrs army and the rebels under Gen.
Sullivan were met at the city limits of
Laporte at noon Tuesday by the sheriff
and twenty-five deputies and n large
number of special police, all heavily
armed. They succeeded in diverting
the Sullivan army, driving it south of
the city. The Randall wing insisted
upon entering the city in the face of
the policemen's clubs and pistols
Randall was furious, and not until
he and his staff were arrested and
lodged in Jail was anything like order
restored. The army, minus the Off
GERS, was driven out of the city, where
it went into camp Food for the
armies was furnished by citizens The
leaders were taken before Mayor Scott
Tuesday afternoon and bound over to
the circuit court, and their case set for
hearing Wednesday morning. The gen.
eral feeling is to let the men go If they
viii leave the city and continue their
march.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
A KANSAS MOB.
Two Men Who Caused the Murder of An
other Lynched.

Two wen VINO caused the Murder OF An
other Lynched.
TOPEKA, Kan, May 1O.-Two of the
murderers of III. s. Corley, of Wallace
county, Kan, We're lynched by the cit
liens of Sharon Springs on Monday
night Corley was killed on April 80,
with garden hoe. Fred Mckinley
made full confession of the crime,
and implicated his father William Nc
Kinley, and his elder brother, Louis
Mckinley, who planned the murder,
leaving the execution of il to Fred, the
younger brother.
The three men We're arraigned in
court on Monday, where Fred pleaded
guilty, but his father and brother de-
MED all knowledge of the crime. Will
liam and Louis Mckinley were placed
in Jail ut Sharon Springs, from which
they were forcibly taken at late hour
on Monday night and hanged to rail-
road bridge near the town. Fred Nc
Kinley had previously been removed
from the Jail and pla ced under special
guard or he would probably have
shared the fate of the others.
The murdered man had recently mar
ried daughter of Mckinley. and it is
stated that he agreed to pay the father
5000 for his consent After the mar
riage he declined to make the paw
ment, and the relatives prevailed upon
Fred. who is only II years old, to kill
him
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ON coxEYA
What Senator sherman Saysf of the Cs an-
monwcaler-HasS No sympathy with Him
Premeditated Law Breakdr.

What Senator sherman saysf OF the Csni
monwesler-HasN No sympathy with Him.
n Premeditated Law Breakdr.
WAsHISGToS, May lO.-Mt. Allen. In
supporting his resolution for investi-
eating the police assault on doxey. said
he had expected that the senator from
Ohio mr.. Shermau) would have intro
duced n resolution looking to the inves-
tigation of that Outrage" Bot as the
senator from Ohio had taken mo such
step he (Mr. Allen had been moved 10
do so. Mr.. Allen said he had not the
siightest sympathy with the Coxey
movement, and was Lot his attorney.
The rough hands, said Mr. Allen.
that had been laid upon Coxey had
been laid on the rights of seventy mill
ions OF American citizens The police
mems clubs which had been aimed at
the devoted heads of these three men
had been aimed at the head of, every
American who saw fit to raise hiS voice
in defense of his constitutional right.
The blow aimed at them was n blow
at free speech. at the right of free as
semblages, and it was for thos(, great
rights that he stood.
Mr.. Sherman said the Coxey affair
was mere sham and pretense, Without
n shadow of foundation. Coxey knew
that any member of the senate or of
the house would present his petition
leading citizen of Ohio hati called
upon him (Mr. Sherman) and asked
him IL he would present Coxey's nett
ton, and he had promptly answered.
YES, il couched in proper language"
lie had also offered to introduce any of
CoNey's bills, although he did not be-
lieve in one word of them. That mes
sage had been carried to Mr. Coxev.
and he had replied that he did not de-
sire TO have his petition presented in
that way, but that he intended TO pre-
sent 1T on the steps of the capitol
lie (Nr. Sherman) believed that
CoXey was, on the whole, a kind, good
tempered man in many respects. but he
thought that he was n little fiivhtv
Laughter. He had come to tho capt.
tai with the deliberate and determined
purpose to violate the law which has
been so wisely framed by the exlsena-
tor from Vermont, Mr.. Edmundso He
had the purpose, acknowledged and de-
clared, to come here and violate this
law, and he brought with him some
three of eight hundred men who sym-
pathized with him.
hope that Coxey will go home to
Ohio and take care of his wife and fam
lily, and that if others with him came
from that state, they will also go home,
and rather suffer the ills they have
than seek the ills that may come from
other sources.
Those people who say that they speak
for seventy millions of people will find
that they do not speak for half mill
ion. They will find that the majority
of our people are sound and strolg in
favor of law and lawful ends; and all
this passage and excitement viii die
away with the general appreciation and
action OF the mass of our people
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
A MTERspOUT
Weakens a Bridge on the ST. Louis
and Hannibal Road.
The Engine Passed Over In Safety. But the
Tender az Il ON bination baggage and
Mall Cor Went Through-A Dozen
Persons More or Less Injured.

HANNIBAL Mo-, May 1L-Passenger
train No. 1 on the St Louis 81 Hannibal
road, which left here Thursday morn
ing, went through bridge over PEN
non creek, about two and a half miles
south of Frankford. There was
waterspout in that locality Thursday
night and one end of the bridge was
undermined
The bridge looked as usual TO Engi-
neer Powrie, and he went over it at n
speed not exceeding ten miles an hour.
The engine passed over in safety, but
the tender and combination baggage
and mail car went through. The coach
remained on the track. No one was
killed, but T. w Cobb, the express
agent, is in precarious condition, and
DR.. Prewitt has been summoned from
St Louis
General Manager Jordan and chief
surgeon went to the scene of the wreck
by special train at once, and brought
the injured TO this city. The list of in
jured is as follows:
X. w. Cobb, express messenger, Han
nibal, skull fractured, cut on forehead
and bruised. 1t is impossible TO say
what will be the result of his injuries
until he has reacted from the shock.
c. III. Harris, postal clerk, Hannibal,
cut on head, rib broken, hand burned
and body bruised in many places viii
recover.
j. a. Lane, Quincy, Ill, commercial
traveller, leg hurt cut on head and
bruises.
+. Cartright, Liberty. Mo-, CONNER
cial traveller arm and face bruised and
one tooth knocked out
Dan Hafner, of the Elliott-Dulaney
Co, Hannibal; slightly bruised.
ID. Welch, Hannibal; left wrist and
leg bruised.
Ed Toner, fireman; leg injured.
John Garland, brakeman; bruised.
Mrs S. NJ. Hartsook and two chill
dren; bruised. The lady is the wife of
the agent at New London.
An trains on the road were aban-
doned Thursday.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
BLOOD FLOWS.
A ScufTle For a Train Precipitaies
Skirmish-
The Coxeyitcs Retrcated. breaking
switch and PiIinG Rocks on the Track,
But Afterwards Removing Them
VIVID Times In Washington State.

TACOMA, Wash, May 1I-A fight
took place at North Yakima Wednes-
day evening between marshals and
industrials- Deputy Marshal Chichester
and Jollick of Tacoma were shot, the
first named in the leg and the latter
through the bowels Twenty shots
were fired in the melee. Savage, Wea-
yer and McAdee. all Seattle citizens,
received flesh wounds from revolver
shots Buck" Seattle Coxeyite, who
is the leader of the crowd, had two
fingers broken with a club.
Great excitement reigns at Yakima.
The fight was u result of the determi-
nation on the part of the Coxeyites to
not leave a train, which had been held
there since 10 o'clock. The deputies
determined to take the train. The in
dustrials swarmed over the train and
outnumbered the marshals- The lat
ter gave up, after two attempts TO
GUST the army, and steamed back
TO Yakima, two miles from the
scene of the scuffle, and side
tracked The deputies from Top
penish responded to Chidester's de-
mands for re-enforcements, and 25
more went from Ellensburg At
o'clock Wednesday evening the train
backed TO the bridge over the Yakima
river. n mile from the town. Half the
population followed. The Coxeyites
boarded the train to the number of
$50, and one of them attempted to un-
set u brake. n deputy ordered him TO
stop On his refusal the deputy pro-
ceeded to pull him away. The Cox
eyites began clubbing the deputy, and
then the shooting commenced The
CoXeyites retreated, breaking n switch
and piling rocks on the tracks, but aft
erwards removing them. AS soon as
the fight was begun stones were thrown
at the engineer and firemen in an at
tempt to dislodge them. The train
backed into Selah station after the
fight, where it is now. Surgeon
Hill has gone from Yakima to
attend the wounded. Adjt Fit
ting of Seattle, went to Yakima
from Ellensburg, Wednesday evening,
and demanded food and shelter for
the army The city council granted
leave to sleep in the city hall Wednes-
day night and food will probably be
given them. Marshal FralSe left here
Wednesday night at IL o'clock for the
scene. All along the line the army is in
an ugly mood. Thirty industrials left
Ellensburg Wednesday night to walk
over the mountains to Wenatcho, on
the Great Northern, where they hope
to get transportation to Spokane and
possibly to st. Paul
SPOKANE, Wash, May 11.-Judge
Hanford has issued an injunction re-,
straining all persons from interfering
with or trespassing upon property of
the Great Northern. Any one so doing
will be guilty of contempt of court and
liable to immediate arrest.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
COxEY IN COMMITTEn
he Has His Little Talk on the Nc Gan,
Resolution

WASHINGTON, May l0.-There was
an unusually large attendance of MEM
bers of the house committee on labor
Mt its meeting Wednesday. drawn
there largely on the expectation
that Cen" Coxey probably would
be in attendance TO speak on
Representative McGann's resolution
for the appointment of joint
committee of the senate and house to
Investigate the cause of the prevailing
industrial depression. The general was
early ut the capitol in company of Col
A. f. Redstone of Washington. Mr..
Coxey presented petition from the
commorwcal army that he and Carl
Browne be permitted to address the
committee in behalf of Coxeys bills
for construction of good roads and for
the issue of non-interest- bearing
bonds.
Coxey supplemented the reading OF
the petition with n brief statement,
and then answered questions put to him
by members of the committee There
are, he said, billions of dollars worth
OF improvements throughout the coun-
try to be made, and there are millions
of men TO make them There is but
one thing standing in the way, and
that is money. The passage of his two
bills would solve the industrial dep-es-
sion and set all men at work
|. He asked for 90 per cent of the peo-
pie the same privileges as were enjoyed
by one per cent national banking
class, who alone are represented, in
congress- Mr.. Ryan ID, of \. W
pressed Mr. Coxey for proof of this as
sertion.
Have you my showing to make my
proofs to offer. that you represent 90
per cent of the people?" asked Mr.
Ryan.
NO" said Coxey, after thinking q
moment II don't claim that"
This closed Coxey's hearing and the
general retired
|. h. Dean, n member of the execu-
tive committee of the Farmers Alli-
ance, followed with recital of the de-
pressed condition of labor.
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No Chinese ~ Merohanta.

SAN fFRANcIsco, May lin the
United States circuit court Judge Nor.
row has rendered a decision that not
only sustoins the ruling OF Atty-Gen.
Olney TO the effect that no Chinese can
be allowed TO land as merchants under
the McCreary act whose name does not
appear in that of the FIRST co.partner-
ship OF which he claims 20 be mem
Der, but which goes "a great deal fur.
ther than the attorney general went
Judge Morrow holds that the same re-
strictions apply in the case of all Chin
csc meTchants, whether they departed
from the United states prior TO Novem.
Der 3, 1898
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
A SOUL IN COURT.
Curious VIII Case Awaiting Decision IN
Buffalo.

Surious VIII Shsc awaiting DeCIsiOn
Buffalo.
BUFFALO, n. V, May 1.-THE surro-
gate of Erie county will be compelled
to pass upon the question of the inn
mortality of the soul, by reason of
a will contest just brought in his
court TIE circumstances are that
one day last January, Mrs Catharine
BaclSus n resident of the east side, died
leaving 81, 900 in the bank and several
adult children. In her will she be-
queathed the whole sum IN trust to
Nicholas Dashman to be used by him
TO pay for masses for the benefit of the
soul of the deceased and her husband
The children contested the will, the
attorney raising the point that the soul
of Mrs. Backus can not receive any BEN
eft from masses; that even if it could
a soul has no standing in a temporal
court and the trust is illegal because
it is not for the benefit of any living
human being. That the existence of a
soul is not subject TO proof and that
any trust for the benefit of something
which may not even exist is not war
ranted by law. That in any event the
money would not actually go to the
soul, but to some church, thus giving
the trustee too much discretionary
power.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-05-16
RAILROAD RECB1vERSH1Ps.
Bill to BE introduced. to Restrict Courts
Therein.

WASHINGTON, May o-Representa-
tive Terry, of Arkansas, who with Rep
resentatives Boatner and w. A. Stone.
have been investigating Judge Jenkins
anti-strike injunction, has prepared a
bill designed to reform the practice
by which federal courts are prac-
tically engaging in the railroad
business through the appointment
of receivers Most of the subsidy
roads of the west are in the
hands of receivers appointed by federal
courts. The courts thus secure abso-
lutte authority over railroads and as the
receiverships run from year to year the
courts succeed the railroad officials in
conducting the business of the road.
Mr.. Terry's bill will attempt to put a
limit to these railroad receiver.
ships, in order to avoid the charge
that the courts are going into the
railroad business 1t Is said that not
only is the time of the federal
courts consumed and their functions
diverted by this practice, but
many incidental abuses have sprung
up. One of these Is the practice of cut
ting off all current debts for supptiex,
repairs, labor, etc, in order that the
receivers may pay all the income of
/ the road to the first mortgage bond
holders. The latter usually apply for
the appointment of receivers, and
when the latter are appointed they
cut off all debts save those to the
bondholders Judge Caldwell, of the
United States circuit bench, has
recognized this abuse, and in APP
pointing a receiver for railroad at.
tached the condition that the receiver
should pay debts due from the railroad
for work, labor, materials machinery,
fixtures and supplies of every kind, in.
Guiding damages'to person or property,
which accrued after the execution of
the rportgage under which the re-
ceiver was appointed. Mr.. Terry's bill
Will seek TO incorporate Judge Cald-
wells ruling into permanent statute
Lao
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MONUMENT TO MARY.
Long Delayed Honor to the Mother of the
Father of His Country.

rather of His Country.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, May 1.-THE
nation does honor Thursday to the
memory of the mother of the Father
Of His Country" In the presence of the
chief magistrate of the country. sur
rounded by his constitutional advisers,
by the justices of the supreme court.
by many senator's and members of the
house of Representatives, and by the
patriotic men and women from many
states, and amid the booming of can
non and patriotic cheers from thou
sands of threats, the monumenterected
to the memory of Mary, mother OF
George Washington, was dedicated and
unveiled Thursday. The little town
was gorgeously decorated in honor of
the occasion, and nature smiled her
benediction.
The monument unveiled Thursday is
plain monolith of granite, fifty feet
high and stands upon a base eleven
feet square. The base bears this sim
pie inscription: MARY, the Mother of
Washington 1t has been paid for by
contributions from almost every state
in the union, and stands at the head of
her hitherto neglected grave, a quarter
OF mile beyond the city limits. The
event of the day a the elimination of
the efforts of Mrs. Margaret Hetzel, of
Virginia, and Mrs Amelia c. Waite,
widow of the late chief justice of the
United States. These brought into ex-
isteuee the Mary Washington Memoir
ial association. They received. the coop
Grafton of many patriotic northern and
southern women. 1t is five years since
the first subscription was received. Sfx.
ty years ago Cyrus Burrows, a patriotic
citizen OF New York, offered to bear
the whole expense of the monument.
The cornerstone was laid in Nav.
1888, by President Andrew jackson. in
the presence of his cabinet, the su.
preme court and an immense concourse
of spectators. A sudden reverse in the
fortunes of the New Yorker how.
ever, prevented him completing his
voluntary task. and the cornerstone
has long since disappeared before
the invasion of vandals and relic hunt.
ers.
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ImmirratInn

WAsmNGToN. May 10. Representative
McGann, chairman Of the labor COM
mittee. predicts that asturn in the tide
Of immigration is not far off. and when
IL comes will offer the solution 90 the
depressed condition Of American labor
now existing. The tide of immigration
has been steadily toward the United
states for years" said Mr.. McGann,
until the labor market Of Europe is
being so drained that the commercial
classes are awake 20 the necessity OF
keeping their labor at home"