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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19
An Interesting Relic.

General Fitzhugh Lee brought down
10 his office the other day. for the pur-
pose Of having il framed, the old Confei-
crate BATH. flag. which waved over MS
Headquarters, and Haunted IN the din OF
battle from the day that General Lee vas
made a general officer. Where once It's
colors were blue and red, II Is now OF q
nondescript shade that would be hard
20 designate. The stars that ran through
the centre OF the bars have all but van
ished and like the memory OF the war.
the old Nag has become dim and faded,
but. wlthal. suggestive OF times and deeds.
OF which historians write and poets sing.
The folds OF the flag are Scared with
many "A bullet hole and with rents or shot
and shell: but. through tattered and torn
II IS of priceless value and contains a
world OF precious meaning
Wherever. In battle or in camp. Tag or
this description was seen waving. II was
an evidence OF the presence OF general
officer. The flag was usually fastened be-
hind the man In saddle, and In the din
OF battle. told where general officer
could be found .-Lynchburg News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

In the Iiarpoot Disturbance Missionaries
and NJ. Terrell In Communication.


CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. Fit is
known that not a single Turk was III
iured I'm the disturbance at fIarpoot.
nor dld any Christian fire a shot. the lat
ter having been shot and cut down with
out resistance. Rev. Royal NJ. Cole has
made journey from Moosn TO Bills In
safety. The American Missionaries have
decided TO remain at their present posts.
their feeling Of security having been re-
stored
LONDON, Dec. l1-Further kilograms
from Constantinople say. that United
States Minister Terrell is In uninterrupt-
ed Geographic communication with every
missionary i'm Asia Minor. The minister
received telegram yesterday, saying
that the missionaries az kaarazana and
Kadan was abundantly safegurded.
The Captains Of the foreign guardships
at Constantinople had a conference yes
terday for the purpose OF arranging
concert OF measures for safety in case OF
need
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19
BILLS PASSED.

The following Senate bills were passed:
To allow NJ. H. Accltnue 10 register IS
pharmacist. Ia e..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

climb a tree He reached the top In a
remarkably quick time. and then began
his work. Having 10 hold the bucket and
to handle the brush, he naturally could
not use his hands In holding on. and con-
sequcntly this part Of the work was left
TO mis- legs.
He did his painting with as much ease
apparently as II he hal been sitting IN ~
rocking chair. and when his task was
completed. could have painted several
telegraph poles and such like without \
b~sathing spell. Two wonderfully deve-
loood muscles on The inside OF his legs.
act As clamp and hold him TO h pole
with n power that would he difirult to
overcome.
Mr. Paul Is thirty-eight years I'D, ana
has travelled all o. er the world. Twenty
seven hundred feet Is the highest pant
on which he has climbed a staff. lie IN
a native OF Seattle. Washington. Lynch
burg News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

DIR. Thomas w. Simmons. OF Marthis-
vile. Va. was complainant In York.
Vile Court yesterday against Cornelius
Mccarthy. seventeen years old. OF No.
go East Twenty-hrst street. who had tho
Doctors watch. According to the to-
timony. the Virginia man arrived IN town
Sunday. and scrapcd an accquaintance
with the boy Monday. while intoxicated.
The two went to the physicians apart
where the Doctor says he fell asleep AnQ
was robbed Of US watch and $1te. No
Carthy. however. declares that he vas
assaulted by his host and threatened -
alarm the house. The watch and uope1
werc thrust upon him 70 pscjfy him. Ine
prisoner was held for ts1ai.-New Yovk
World. ~,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

A certain prominent lawyer. attorney
for railroad. told reporter to-day q
remarkable incident OF law. At least
n seems remarkable and out OF joint with
the common citizen LEA OF justice.
Some time ago a man was killed By
a railroad train. When his body was ex-
amined a letter was found In which the
dead man stated that he put himself on
the track deliberately and with the inten-
ton OF committing suicide
Now the queer fact VI the story Is that
the executor brought suit against tho
road for damages. At first blush ono
would think lightly Of the executors
keenness OF perception. But under tho
decisions OF the Supreme Court OF North
Carolina. the railroad knew II would have
10 pay. So the attorney compromised the
suit.
The mortal is: II you must suicide
squat before an engine.-Raieish Press
Visitor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

The flag stafr OF the Custom House has
been painted. and the task was accom-
piished in rather peculiar manner.
There was no scaffolding or anything of
the kind. and the man that did IL didn't
have any pole climbers fastened to his
feet. The feat was performed BY Mr.,
Frederick Paul. whose lies history would
make interesting reading. Formerly q
sailor In the United States Navy. he II
now an itinerant weilder OF the brush.
Agreeing to paint the stan, he clisabed
out on the roof OF the big building. and
with bucket and brush In hand. "scrubb-
ed up the pole - youngsters usually
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

Extending time 10 River Front Es.'oad
Company.
Amending the Code in reference to H.
censing attorneys at law.
Authorizing the Governor to idrnieh
small arms TO the Newport %c"s M
tary Academy.
At 2:lO the Senate adjourned Until to-
dag at - o'clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

Senator stubbs spoke al length on tho
resolution. saying that he had no objec-
ton 10 make 10 Il. but he did not wish
the agents Of Virginia who had been at
work for years on this question and
had accumulated a great deal OF In
formation to be ignored.
Senator Wickham replied that there
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-19

Captain Charles r. Taylor u again ~
tending to business. after hsviHe oeeQ
confined to his room BY nlneeo ses ~
days.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
THE MYSTERY OF A WILL.
Crawford Heirs Tired Of Holding tho Bag
and Want 10 Know II They arc
Foot or Horseback.

There has been an undercurreut OF
rumor going the rounds for the past few
months that the heirs OF the Crawford
estate, both in the east and the west,
especially those in this city, were anx
ious for a settlement OF the estate and a
statement Of the disposition OF the funds
received by the executors OF tho estate
during the last five years.
According TO tho will Of the late
George A. Crawford tho executors Of the
estate, Monroe l.. Allison, Charles b.
kich and Judge A. r. KING, OF Delta,
were given the period OF ten years to
make the final settlement OF the estate,
but tho heirs, knowing that Judge King
has about disposed OF his part of the OK.
ecutorship. are anxious TO have settle.
ment OF the entire estate at the earliest
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
What All Bows Should Know.

Don't be satisfied with your boys
education or allow him to handle Latin
or Greek book until you are sure that
he can
Write good legible hand.
Spell all the words he knows how to
use.
Speak and write good English.
Write good social letter.
Add column Of figures rapidly.
Make out an ordinary account
Deduct l6l5 per cent from the face Of
it.
Receipt it when paid.
Write an ordinary receipt.
Write an advertisement for the local
paper.
Write an ordinary promissory note.
Reckon the interest or discount on it
for ten days, months, or years.
Draw an ordinary bank check,
Take it to the proper place in bank to
get the cash.
Make neat and correct entries in day
book and ledger.
Tell the number OF yards OF carpet re-
9uired for your parlor.
Measure pile of lumber in your shed.
Tell the number OF bushels Of wheat
in your largest bin, and the value at
current rates.
. Tell something about the great authors
and statesmen Of the present day.
II he can do all this, and more, it is
likely he has sufficient education to make
his own way in the world. II you have
more time and money to spend upon him.
all well and good-give him higher
English, give him literature, give him
mathematics, give him science, and il
he is very anxious about it give him
Latin and Greek, or whatever the course
he intends pursuing in life demands
School Supplement.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
STATE AND GENERAL.

Thomas Simpson. the negro convict
who escaped from the penitentiary on
the -, was captured at Pueblo on the
IS.
The republican caucus in the House
has selected the following officers:
Thomas B. Reed, Of Maine, speaker; Mr..
Grosvenor, OF Ohio. chairman, and Ellis,
OF Oregon. secretary Of caucus; Alexan-
der Mcdowell. OF Pennsylvania, clerk;
Benjamin F. Russell. OF Missouri. ser
gcant-at-arms; William j. Glenn, OF New
York. doorSeepcr; Joseph c. McElroy.
of Ohio. postmaster; Rev. n. II. Condor,
OF Michigan, chaplain.
Receiver Jeffcry OF the Rio Grande
Southern railway, in company with his
attorney. appeared before Judge Allen
in the district court Saturday and made
application for permission to turn over
all the property OF the road to the
The court at once granted the applica-
tion, and the little road among the
clouds is once more out Of leading
strings. AS Mr.. Jetfery has been elected
president OF the road the change will
not be felt in any way by the employees
or by shippers.
The Denver & Rio Graude is one OF
the few railroads OF this country that
has the 9uod circuit in operation over
its telegraph lines. Before this system
was introduced dispatches could not be
sent from one end OF the line to the 9th
or without relays. In other words. a
message from Denver for Salt Lake had
to be repeated at Salida and Grand
Junction, and only one message could
be sent over single wire at a time,
The new system dispenses with relays
and brings the second and third divis-
ions in direct communication with the
office OF Chief Parker OF the Denver 4
Rio Grande at Denver. Instead OF send
ing one message on wire, four opera
tors can work simultaneously on any one
wire. The system has been entirely sat.
isfactory, and other railroads will prob
ably adopt it in the future.
Platt Rogers, president OF the board OF
directors Of the Mountain and Plain
Festival, has finally named the members
OF the directorate, which he was author
lied to appoint. The new board met at
the Brown Palace hotol Tuesday evening.
Dec. 3, at s o'clock. to organize. elect
officers and to consider plans for 1896.
The full roster is as follows: Robert w.
Speer, ID. II. MotIat, NJ. j. McNamara.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
possible moment.


1t is known as positive fact that the
heirs have within the last week or ten
days sent a communication to the execu-
tors asking them certain questions which
were to be answered at once. or some
joint action would be taken by them to
have the questions answered in court.
Last Tuesday evening Judge A. r.
King, of Delta, arrived in this city and
during that evening meeting of the
heirs, resident of this city, was held, and
the heirs was had at some place within
the city. 1t is said that Judge King IA
vors division of the property according
to the amounts bequeathed 10 the vari-
Gus heirs and that he stands with the
heirs on the question Of the early settle
ment of the entire estate, in advance Of
the expiration OF the ten years limit
given to the executors.
A number Of public bequests were
made in the will of the late Governor
Crawford, which have as yet been un-
filled, and it was known that it was his
earnest desire to have these public ben
etits given the people as soon as the ex-
ccutors could find the funds to carry
them into effect.
A reporter Of The Sentinel called on
Jacob Huff to day, whose wife, formerly
Miss Lottie Crawford, was named as an
heir to the estate, and asked him If it
u1 that fha hairc caalrrry
final settlement in the Crawford estate.
MIR. HUFF replied that he was pledged to
answer no questions and could give no
information upon the subject. He did
say in answer to the reporters question
that there had been meeting with the
executors, but he would say nothing
further upon the question of the estate.
The reporter also called on 7. B. Craw-
ford and was met with the same refusal
to answer any Of the questions asked Of
him regarding the Crawford estate. He
incidentally said that there had been a
meeting and probably the public would
be enlightened within the next few
weeks.
The public have certain interest in
the settlement OF the Crawford estate as
it was the expressed will OF the late
Governor Crawford that his m emory
should be perpetuatod in this city OF his
founding by the erection OF public
library building. AS nothing toward
that end has as yet been done, the public
believe that if all the executors agree
that the estate shall be divided that the
public building will be placed upon a
footing that will see it completed
Grand Junction Sentinel
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
For the Silver Cause.

The secretary OF the Delta County
Silver League will furnish, post paid
CONS FINANCIAL SCHOOL at the low
price of % cents per copy. Leave or
send your order and money at once, read
the book and send it to friend or rela-
tive in the East, where it will do the
most good.
H. H. WoLBERr. Secretary.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
Our service to
st. Louis

has been considered i'm :
proved of late. Four
sleepers. fresh from the
Pullman Co.'S. shops have
been turned over to us.
A new dining car has
been placed in service
The time has been quick
ened. In short. our ia
cilities for reaching St.
Joseph. Kansas City and
St. Louis are now equal
in every respect to those
TO Omaha and Chicago.
Every traveller knows
how good they are.
The local ticket agent
will ticket you via the
Burlington, if you tell
him to do so.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11

G. W. VALLERY, General Agent, Denver.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
In Memory orRay Beach.

ritten for The lSpEPESpEST by Cora Hole
beck.
Sad are we al your departure
Bright and winsome little Ray,
But We know the shining angels
Cam0And beckoncd you away
From this world OF sin and SORROW
To the land OF bliss above,
wherc you'll dwell forever
In the Savior's arms OF love.
Jesus said of little children
Suffer them to come TO me-
And he took YOU home TO heaven
Where you'll be forever free,
From the care and strife and burdens
ofthis weary earth below,
Sickness. SORROW, paia and suffering
Their you never more shall know.
Berc tved friends and stricken parents,
Look ye upward to the skies;
For the Son of Righteou.nesS
With healing in His wings shall rise.
Ger the grave He gained the victory,
Took the sting away from death;
Trust in Him, He'll heal your sorrow
And will give you peace and rcst.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11

Don't be satisfied with your boys
education or allow him to handle Latin
or Greek book until you are sure that
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11

Rodney Curtis, E. Monash, Platt Rogers,
T. S. McMurray. Earl B. Coe, H. J.
Mayham. c. L. Mcintosh. S. K. Hooper,
]. II. Jordan, William n. Byers. l. n.
Stevens, C. NJ. Hill, c. F. Wilson, E. NJ
Ashley, B. L. Winchell, George Ady, "
B. Root, J. R. Schermmerhorn. Charles
II. Reynolds. R. F. Hunter, J. A. Vickers,
S. NJ. Allen, NJ. c. Wheeler, ". II. Bush
P. Feldhauser, WI. Parkinson, j. X.
Choate.
The Delta independent., 1895-12-11
Mountain View School

Special Correspondence.
December I, 1895.
j. P. Huntley has been down from
Gunnison visiting his family.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs Jacks little
daughter.
Mr.. Garrison's father age e6 has died
at his home in Minnesota.
The roads on California mesa are very
muddy.
George Royer has moved to California
mesa.
Mr.. Calvin and wife and Mr.. States. Of
Surface creek. have been visiting Charles
Lees and wife,
Mr.. Calvin and Roy Lees have gouo to
Surface creek to hunt.
------
Although an experienced fisherman, it
is not likely President Cleveland will
catch any suckers with his message.
-NewYork Press.
We violate no confidence when We say
that tho fleets which will assemble before
Constantinople will keep one eye on the
Sultan and one on each other.-Philadel.
phia Inquirer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

A coursship by mail is about as satisfac-
tory as a perusal of the bill of fare in place
of dinner.-Puck.
Statisticians are now trying to compute
Z the damage done by ongress.-Pittsburg
Observation-Disclosures
Grover might start a cuckoo subscription
fund to pay Queen Lips 5000 fine.-Phila-
delphia North American
Heretofore women of Mrs. Dominis's cali
Der have not often gone above the s. and
five days linlit.--Wa shington Post.
1t would be relief if the President would
fill few big Offices with material not Sc
lected from the debris.-Detroit Tribune.
We sincerely hope that Countess De Cas-
gowns to last until she reaches Paris.-Chi-
cago Post.
Since the fair sex took to wearing mans
apparel the average brother and sister are
bound together by good many ties--Buf-
falo Courier.
We are not inclined to be censorious, but
we draw the line at woman's right to speak
Of Martha Washington's Observation-Disclosures
natl Tribune.
The great question is. did Russell Sage
wear his ten~doiar suit of clothes to the
nuptials of his late friends daughter Phil
adelphia Press.
If the President doesn't pay Lis 5000
fine she will write him down in her diary.
and with reason, too, as real mean.'-Phil-
adelphia Press.
There is one thing for which the congress
sional Record Is to be commended. 1t is
wasting no SPACE. on the Gould wedding
Washington Post.
Willie, do you know what the Easter
season is especially noted for?' .sYesm;
it's the only season of the year when the
hens lays colored ggs."-Brooklyn Life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

There will be total eclipse of the moon
next Sunday night, visible in every part of
the United States which takes the precau-
ton to provide itself with a clear sky.
New Jersey has passed a law for the ben
eft of trolley and street-car employees None
and the days work is fixed at eleven hours,
with forty-five minutes off for lunch.
The Wells-Fargo Express Company orders
that any employee who is seen taking glass
of liquor while duty or during business
hours shall be cautioned at once, and on re-
peating the offense be Immediately dis
charged.
The widow of one of the passengers on
board the Elbe has given the 100000 marks
for which his life was insured toward the
fund being raised for the widows and or
phans of the drowned passengers and crew.
Her name is Schulz, and her husband took
out the policy in Cologne just before sailing.
when I first went on the stage said
Mrs. d. p. Bowers, the veteran actress,
the average actresses wardrobe consisted
of three gowns-one elaborate costume for
dowager roles, a handsome gown for the
sympathetic parts, and a simple little frock
for the ingenue," only. added Mrs. Bowers,
them ingenues. We called them chamber
maids
The sword that Byron used in his brief
campaign for the independence of Greece
now hangs in a Chicago dining room. 1t
was brought home from Greece by Colonel
Miller, of Montpelier, VT. 1t is an interest
ing souvenir of warfare, but it is doubtful
If it shed as much blood as the lancet with
which the doctors tapped the veins of the
unlucky fever-Stricken poet few hours be-
fore he died.
DR.. d. H. Mann, the grand chief templar
of the world, who is lecturing in South Car
oina, said recently he was thoroughly sat
isfied after investigation that the dispen-
sary system tends to increase the consump-
ton of liquor and will increase the number
lieved to he worse than the high-license
system, because of the partnership OF the
State in the traffic.
One of the bills passed during the last
hours of Congress and signed by the Presi-
dent when he was on the gallop was the
Covert copyright bill, which reduces the
penalties imposed upon newspapers for
printing copyrighted photographs, and so
on. One New York newspaper has been
sued for $4,000 for violation of the exist
ing law in printing copyrighted photo
amount that can be recovered in any case
will be $4,000.
The recent death of Rev. r. S. Harrison.
proprietor of the Chicago Advance has been
followed by change of ownership in that
paper and the consequent retirement from
the editorship of Rev. DR.. Simeon S. Gill
bert after service of twenty-four years
This draws out the statement from the
Northwestern Advocate that the Presbyter-
Congre gationalist Advance, the Protestant
Episcopal Living Church and the Methodist
Northwestern have, until this change, been
edited by men WHO entered those off1ceS at
markable showing in these days OF frequent
business changes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08

sul-general at Havana will not tend to
increase American sympathy for Span
ish rule and methods in Cuba. All ac-
counts agree that the consul-general is
very efficient officer, and the fact that
he has been connected with the Office
twenty years and consul-general ten
years indicates that he is held in high
regard by the State Department. 1t
will undoubtedly appear that his recall
has been requested either because of
his alleged sympathy with the revolu-
tionists or his too vigorous protection of
American citizens in Cuba; in other
words. because he is too good an Ameri-
can to suit the petty despots who rep
resent the Spanish government in Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-08
vERY STALE sENsATIoNIsM.

One of the professional purveyors of
sensation who serves one of the Chicago
papers telegraphed, Wednesday night.
that banker said that 100000 in checks
was in the Senate that day to influence
legislation. The legislation referred to
was either the building and loan associa-
ton bill or the fee and salary bill, pre-
sumably the former. The readers of
that paper, who will not take time to
see that the statement is absurd to
idiocy. will come to the conclusion that
hundreds of thousands of dollars are
expended to influence legislation in In
diana every year the Legislature meets.
He, therefore, assumes that it is rot SO
bad thing to accept brides. which is
an assumption which will lead men to
dishonest deeds in other methods.
The more sensible people will take
time to consider the statement that
.'$l0o, 900 in checks went to the Senate
Yesterday" That would mean a $1,000
check for each Senator. If fifty Senators
should deposit checks payable to them
or order in the banks of the State, pay
able by a certain bank. the matter
would be known in week from one end
of the State to the Other. Surprising
the money in checks were paid to ten
Senators. each would have a check of
$40, 900. If several Senators should offer
such checks, drawn upon man con-
nected with State building and loan as
sociations. or with the officers of the
County Officers Association. it would be
the topic of general comment because
the fact would get out.
If these misunderstanding correspond
ents would but acquire a little knowl-
edge upon this matter they would know
that brides have never been known to
be made by checks, but with hard cash.
When such attempts have been exposed,
the bills rendered have beer presented