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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-15
UNITED STATES COURT.
Cases Disposed Of Mt saturdays Session 8
Pnrkersburc.

Cases Disposed of Mt saturdays Session at
ParknrsburG.
SPECIAL Dispatch 10 u. Megig>aeer.
PARK EHsBuEG, ". Va, Jan. H.
Judge Jackson, in the United States
court, bound over Policeman Bob Dyke
to answer an indictment for arres,ing
George Damron, OF Logan county, a
United States guard in charge OF some
prisoners. The hearing attracted n
good deal OF attention. Dyke is one OF
the most faithful and efficient policemen
that ever served ou the Parkorsburg
force, and when no arrested Damron he
doubtless thought he was doing his
duty.
Tho following criminal cases wero dis.
posed OF Saturday In tho United States
court, most OF them being for violations
OF tho internal revenue laws:
United States vs. Aleck Stafford, yer.
dict not guilty.
United States Va. David Cline, plea OF
guilty, fined 800, and recognized in $500
to appear at the next term for further
judgment.
United States vs.. Dock Parsons, plea
OF guilty. same sentence.
United States vs.. Doko Fairboc, vcr.
dict OF guilty. sentenced to seventy
davs in jail and fined 500.
United States va. George Thompson,
verdict OF guilty, fined 500 and thirty
DAYS in the Cabell county jail.
United States vs. W. ii. Brown, yer.
dict not guilty.
United States vs.. Price Parsons, plea
of guilty, linod 500 aud S5 days in tho
jackson county jail.
United States IS. Ed. Buckley, plea
OF guilty, fined 500 and IS daya in
Cahell county jail.
United States vs.. y. D. MCkown, plea
OF guilty. same sentence.
United Statcs Va. +. Canah, plea Of
guilty, fined 500 and so days in jHil.
United States vs.. G. L. Oilut, plea OF
guilty, fined 500 and 80 days in Juck.
son county Jail.
United States Va. William Brookor,
plea Of guilty. fined 500 and costs aud
forty days in jail.
United Stalos va. Sam lIolmick, plea
Of guilty, fined 500 and forty days. in
Jail.
United States W. William Nybort,
vordic, guilty, fined 500 and thirty
days in jail.
Tho motion for permanent receiver
OF tho Roaring Creek railroad was mr.
gliod yesterday by about dozen prom
mont lawyers from New York, PhiIadol-
phia and this state. ~
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-15
Tho Raleigh County Contest De-
clded In tho Legislature.
THE MAJORITY REPORT ADOPTED
AS Presented by tho Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES

Snmcd-Tho Fori.Prlnco Contest
From Raleigh County Occupied tho
limo or tho iIouse-A Majority and
Minority Report OF tho Elections
Committee Ncported, but tho ala.
iorlty Report Amended by Mr.. Nor.
ris Was Ador,Gd-Scw Hills Intro.
duccd In tho Two Houses.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-15

SDecin! D,pntch 10 he IniePNcIctr
PARKER'nunG, Jan. H.-In the United
States court to-day tho following busi.
moss was transacted: I. B. Phillips was
appointed joint receiver with Cassius
l.. Dixon, OF tho Roaring Crock rail.
rond.
United States va. Harrison Runnin,
guilty, 500 and costs.
United States vs.. Philip Dixon,
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Special 2tsDd,ch 10 The ln,ciiCencer.
WASHINGTON, D. g.. Jan. In. NJ.
Wagner, OF West Virginia. has been
promoted from clorkship n: Sl,4O0 to
$1,000 position in tho treasury dc.
partment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04

on this point, my friends, for I would
not have you think that I was acting
dishonorably or ungrateful to the
man who had helped me away from the
brigands You must remember that of
all duties the strongest Is that which a
commanding officer owes to his men.
You must also bear In mind that war is
a game which is played under fixed
rules, and when these rules are broken
one must at once claim the forfeit. If,
for example, i had given parole, then
/ should have been an Infamous wretch
had dreamed of escaping. But no
parole had been asked of me. Out OF
overconfidence and the chance Of the
lame horse dropping behind, the Bart
had permitted me to get upon equal
terms with him. Had it been I who
had taken him / should have used him
as courteously as he had me, but at the
same time / should have respected his
enterprise SO far as to have deprived
him of his sword, and seen that had
at least one guard besides myself. I
refined UP my horse and explained this
to him. asking him at the same whether
he saw any breach of honor In my leav-
ing him.
He thought about 1t, and several
times repeated that which the English
say when they mean IN on Dleu." "You
would give me the slip. would your
said he.
"If you can give no reason against
It,"
THE only reason that I can think
of" said the Bart, 'is that should in
stantly cut your head off II you should
attempt it,"
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES
5|i|;jII||'|I|III'I||4||Ill

Nov. Is. 1894.
Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphia
and New York via d. & H. r. 4. at 7.!6
am, 1205, 2.38 and II 80 p.m., via p. l.. d
w. r. r., 900. sos, II. 30 am. and !. 80 Pm.
Leave Scranton for Pittston and Wilkes s.
am. S50, s.07, $50 pm.
Leave Scranton for White Haven, Ha-
zleton, Pottsville and all points on the
Beaver Meadow and POttsville branches.
via r. & w. W II. r., $40 q. m, via d. & n.
z. r. at 7.46 am. 1906, 2.38. 400 PM. via
D., l.. & w. r. r.. 800 sos, 11.20 am. ISo,
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem. Ea.ton.
points via D. & H. r. r.. 7.45 an, H;0s.
2sS. 100, 11.Ss p.m., via p. L. 4 w. r. r..
600 sos l1.20 am, $50 pm.
Leave Scranton for Tunkhannock., To;
wanda, Elmira, Ithaca, Geneva and all
intermediate points via d. 4 II. r; Il: 80
am. 1206 and II IS pm. via D., l.. q w.
r: R., sos. s.65 am. 1.S0 pm.
>, Leave Scranton for Rocnsster sn1a%l1i Sun %
points west Via 5. 4 II. r. r., ay an.
1870 9.16. lis y. m.,. via D., L = W. X: Z.
SO SO D. i M. Via 3. 4 WV r. r., 81 pm.
For Elmira and tho west via Salamanca.
via d. 4 H. r. r., 846 am, 1905, SOS pm,
via q. L. & w. r. r.. sos. s.U am. l.So.
Pullman parler and sleeping or L. Y.
Junction or Wilkes Barre and New York,
Philadelphia. Buffalo. and Suspension
RoLLIN H. WILBUR, Gen. supt.
CHAs. 8. LEE Gen: Pass: Agt. Phila.. Pa.
A, w. NONNEMACHER, Asst Gen.
Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem. Pa.
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Del. Lack. and Western.

Trains leave Scranton a. follows: Ex-
press for New York and all points East,
L4o $50. 6.l6. 500 and s.6s am.: 1855 and $50
pm.
Express for Easton. Trenton, Philadel-
phia and the south, SIS. 500 and 9.56 AM.
1856 and $50 pm.
Washington and way stations, 3.55 pm.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 6.10 pm:
Express for Binghamton, OswegO, Ell
mira, Corning Bath, Dansville. Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 1910. 2.35 am and LA
pm, making close connections at Buf-
falo to all points In the West Northwest
and Southwest
Bath accommodation, 9 am.
Binghamton and way stations. Il. 81 pm.
Nicholson accommodation, at 5.15 pm.
Binghamton and Elmira Express. sos
pm.
Express for Cortland, Syracuse, Oswego
Utica and Richfeld Springs. 2.S5 am. and
l.2 pm.
Ithaca, 2.35 and Bath 9 a. m. and 1.24 p. IN.
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth. Bloomsbury and Dam
Vile, making close connections at North
umberland for Williamsport, Harrisburg.
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate sta
tions. 600. 9.65 am. and 1.30 and 6.07 pm.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations,
sos and 11.20 am. Plymouth and inter-
mediate stations, $50 and $50 pm.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains
For detailed information, pocket time
tables, etc, apply to NJ. L. Smith, city
ticket office. 328 Lackawanna avenue. or
depot ticket office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04

'Nor I, but / have cards"
Cards let 1t be-" said /.
And the game?"
81 leave 1t to you"
"Ecarte, then-the best of three"
l could not help smiling as l agreed
for / do not suppose that there were
three men in France who were my mas
ters at the game. l told the Bart as
much as we dismounted. He smiled
also as he listened.
II was counted the best player at
Walters" said he. with even luck
you deserve to get off if you beat me-"
So We tethered our two horses and
sat down, one on either side of the
great fiat rock. The Bart took pack
Of cards out of his tunic and had only
to see him shuttle them to convince me
that l had no novice to deal with. We
cut and the deal fell to him.
My faith, 1t was stake worth play
ing for. He wished to add a hundred
gold pieces a game, but what was
money when the fate Of Colonel Etienne
Gerard hung upon the cards? / felt as
though all those who had reason to be
interested In the game. my mother, my
hussars, the Sixth corps d'armee. Ney,
Messena, even the emperor himself.
were forming ring around us In that
desolate valley. Heavens, what blow
to one and all OF them should the cards
go against me. But l was confident,
for my ecarte play was as famous as
my swordsmanship, and, save old
Bouvet, of the hussars. who won sew
enty-six out of $50 games off me, have
always had the best of a series.
ITO Be Continued
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04

suddenly We Heard Great volIey Of
Muskctry.
would see more than me, twenty-five
francs star, and 1t was only when I
explained that my purse was in the
hands Of the brigands that he would
give over the idea.
Well, we chatted away in this very
amiable fashion until the day began to
break, when suddenly we heard a great
volley of musketry from somewhere in
the front of US. 1t was very rocky and
broken ground, and I thought, al
though could see nothing, that q gen.
eral engagement had broken out. The
Bart laughed at my idea. however, and
explained that the sound came from
the English camp. where every man
emptied his piece each morning SO as
to make sure of having dry printing.
I'm another mile we shall be up with
the outposts," said he.
] glanced around at this and I per-
ceived that we had trotted along at so
good a pace during the time that we
were Keeping up our pleasant chat that
the dragon with the lame horse was
altogether out of sight. I looked on
every side, but in the whole of that
vast rocky valley there was no one save
only the Bart and I-both of us armed,
you understand, and both OF us well
mounted. / began to ask myself
whether after all 1t was quite neces-
sary that should ride that mile which
would bring me to the British out
posts.
Now wish to be clear with you.
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own against the best blade in the six
light cavalry brigades."
His answer was a cut at my head. l
parried and shore off half of his white
plume. He thrust at my breast.
turned his point and cut away the other
half Of his cockade.
Course your monkey tricks! he cried
as I wheeled my horse away from him.
why should you strike at me-" said
I. You see that l will not strike
back"
That's all very WE'LL" said he. But
you've got to come with me to the
camp"
81 shall never see the camp" said l.
"Pll lay you nine to four you do" he
cried. as he made at me, sword in hand.
But those words Of his put something
new into my head. Could we not de-
eide the matter In some better way than
by fighting? The Bart was placing me
in such q position that should have to
hurt him, or he would certainly hurt
me. 1 avoided his rush, though his
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04

12.45,. 3.O5. 500 Except Phiiadeiphia) pm.
Sunday. 2.l5 pm.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, ETC., at
$40 am, 12.45 pm.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg.
via Allentown. $40 am, l245, 500 pm.
Sunday, 2.15 pm.
For Pottsvllle, $50 q. m, 12. As pm.
Returning. leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street, North river, at $40 (express)
am. 1.10. 1.30. 40 express with Buffet
parlor carr pm. Sunday, 4.30 am.
800 am. 200 and 43O pm. Sunday SGT
am.
Through tickets TO all points at lowest
rates may be had on application in ad-
H. p. BALDWIN.
Gen. Pass. Agent
J. H. OLHAUSEN. Gen. Supt.
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1.-TWO can play at that game, my dear

1.-TWO can play at that game, my dear
Bart" said l.
Then We'll see who can play it
best" he cried, pulling out his sword.
/ had drawn mine also, but l was
quite determined not to hurt this ad
mirable young man who had been my
benefactor.
"Consider!' said l. you say that /
am your prisoner. l might with equal
reason say that you are mine. We are
alone here, and though I have no doubt
that you are an excellent swordsman,
you would hardly hope to hold your
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04
CHAPTER V,

Finally he began to speak of what
the English call sport. and he told
such stories of the money which he had
lost over which of two cocks could kill
the other, or which of two men could
strike the other the most in fight for
a prize, that I was filled with astonish-
bent He was ready to bet upon any
thing in the most wonderful manner,
and when l CHANGED to see a shooting
star he was anxious to bet that he
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04
Central Railroad of New Jersey.

Gehigh and usquehanna Divisionl
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur.
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT MARCH S,
1896.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston.
Wilkes Barre, etc., at $50, 0.l6. IL. 80 a.m.s
12.45, 200, 3O5, 500, TBS p. m. Sundays 9.N
q. M, 100. 215, 7.10 p. m.
For Atlantic City, $50 am.
For New York, Newark and ENxabeth.
s.2o !expressl am; 12t5 Sexprsss with Sm,. a,,n
day, 2.15 pm. -..e
For Mauch Chunk, Allentown. Bethle-
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Gilm0ye'S aromatic Wine

"A tonic for ladies. If you
are suffering from weakness;
and feel exhausted and ner-
vous; are getting thin and all
run down; Gilmore's Aro-
matte Wine will bring roses
to your cheeks and restore
you to flesh and plumpness.
Mothers, use it for your
daughters. 1t is the best
regulator and corrector for
ailments peculiar to woman
hood. > 1t promotes digestion,
.enriches the blood and gives
lasting strength. Sold byi
Matthews Bros, Scranton. 4
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

Trains leave Scranton for New York
and intermediate points on the Erie rail-
road at e.6 an. and ~ pm. Also for
Honesdale. Hawley and local points ct
6.35. o.6 am, and aA pm.
All the above are through trains to and
from Honesdale.
Trains leave for wilkss-Barre at 60 q.
m. and Sal pm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04

ton station for Carbondaie and in.
termediate points at $50, 5.45. TO-, SIS and
ian am. l2ea. IN. &1. SIS. s.ib, 7.1. sN
and u.O pm.
ct TO- ans and fe10 an. .12ec. 40 and 6.lS
For Albany. Saratoga. the .Adirondacka
and MontreN At sU am. and 40 pm;
,ints 1t 1i6, o.N, 80 and To- am, 12.06y
In, IN t.0Q ia lo6. S.N and LIS pm.
TrAias will arrive at Scranton station
at Ia Ile. 90 and 100 am, u.oo. li7.2,s1
AZ. Ca 6.SS. ~, III and ii.n pm.
Trom Henesdale, Waymart and Far3
vtew at ~ an, 0.so LIT. ~. k6 and
1.lS Pm.
From Montreal Saratoga, Albany. etn.
at "A and u. - pm.
From Wllkss-Bar and intermediate
zix S3s, Gi0. Go. ~. AeS and us pm.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-04
DELAWARE AND
HUDSON RAIL
ROAD.

Commencing Monday.
day, July 80, all trains
will arrive atnew Lack
awanna avenue station
Is follows:
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-16
WEATHER SHARP MOORE.

His Wonderful Record In Predicting
storms That Arrived as Advertised.
When it comes to taking snap shots at
the weather of the future, Professor
Willis L. Moore, Uncle Sans new head
weather sharp, can PUNK the bullseye
nearly every time. He can scent cy-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-16
AN uNLuckv SPARK.
The Greatest Explosion of Gunpowder the
world Has Ever known.

The Greatest Explosion Of Gunpowder the
world Has Ever known.
The greatest explosion of gunpowder
the world has ever known took place at
the Du Points works on the eth Of Octo-
Der, 1890. With their usual cautious
policy the Dn Points have never stated
just how great a quantity Of powder ex-
ploded at this time, but it is certain
that three magazines and three mills in
the upper yard were blown up, one after
another. and safe estimate will put
the quantity of powder exploded at loo
tons In this explosion ID men and
woman were instantly killed. while 20
men and o women were injured, some
fatally.
The explosion occurred little after 3
o'clock in the afternoon. 1t began in the
magazine for hexagonal powder, the
kind used III large guns. and the most
dangerous, being made not in grains,
but in reddish, six sided cakes about an
inch and half in diameter, and an inch
thick, with a small hole running through
the center. These cakes look like moth
ing so much as the nuts ON wagon
wheel. At the time of the explosion
cakes of powder were being packed into
large wooden boxes lined with tin, each
box being about feet square. The tin
Innings projected above the tops of the
boxes about two inches, and when box
was packed were folded down over tin
cover fitted closely upon the cakes OF
powder 1t was the dnty of one of the
workmen, William Green, 20 solder
these tin edges down upon the tin cover,
a hot iron being used for this purpose.
On the day in question what he had
feared came to pass. A fellow work.
man, William McGaryey, was bringing
him the hot irons from charcoal brazier
about % yards distant. Green stood az
the door of the open magazine, and all
around him were uncovered boxes filed
with the hexagonal powder ready to be
sealed and slowed away. There were
also dozens of boxes that had been
sealed Just what happened will never
be known, for neither Green nor Nc
Carney was left to tell the story, But
the probability is one of the soldering
irons was little too hot, and by touch
ing a particle of dirt on the tin cover
produced the deadly spark. Cleveland
Moffett in McClure's Magazine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-16
pogrRYs AuBaEY sEARDsLEv.

Stephen Crane aHd isis Queer Book 81
whEtmanesquc Verses
Stephen Crane, tho Aubrey Boards
Icy Of Poetry whose queer book, The
Black Riders and Other Lines. is the
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-16

STEPHEN CRANE. III manner. ne
PLAYS a first class game Of poker and
chops his poetical lines into varying
lengths with literary Ratchet. He
scorns the Limitation of rhyme and me-
ter aud seems 10 be disciple of Walt
Whitman There are people who think
he is q genius and rising light In lit
erature, and There are others " The
latter class think his verses are barren
of talent.
Crane is % years Of age ard has been
writing for the press since lie was 10.
Three or four years ago he published n
novel called "Maagie, Girl of the
Streets" under the pen name OF john
son Smith, but the book was SO uncon-
yentional and so daring in its treatment
of the Stun life il described that tie
publishers dared not place their imprint
npoD il. Hamlin Garland, who was APP
parently much impressed by tho genius
of the young author, wrote, with such
technique already in command, with
life mainly before him, Stephen CRIME
is to be henceforth rockaned with. Mr..
Garland's interest led ham 10 look mp the
young novelist and introduce him to
William Dcan Howells, who, it is said,
looks upon Crane m n very promising
young devotee Of the muses..
For about year Crane has been doing
syndicate writing, and q second novel,
"The Red Badge of Courage, describ-
ing the adventures of recruit under
fire in the civil war, was published in
serial form and proved very successful.
1t is said that all tho stanzas in his lit
tie volume S'The Black Riders" were
written in a sudden fit of inspiration i'll
three days The following is sample
Of the young poets Illness
Should the wide world roll away,
Leaving black terror
Limitless night,
Nor God nor man nor place to stand
Would be to me essential,
II thou and thy white arms were there,
And the fall TO doom q long way,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-16

Whether sweet peas can be success
fully planted in autumn depends largely
ON the latitude, says Garden and For
est. In the southern states fall plant
ing is a necessity, for this is the only
way to give the plants a cool soil in
which to make strong, early root
growth. Coming farther north, fall
planting is safe up to perhaps the lati-
tude of Washington, where the chances
are about equal between planting in late
autumn and in February. In southern
California peas must be brought into
bloom as early as February, although
the nights are so cool there that they
may be planted during any month in
the year. The rule observed by the
large seed growers is to plant just ahead
of the rainy season. Indeed they have
acres of volunteer sweet peas-that is,
from seed which were scattered ON the
ground during the haryest-and DO
miles south of San Francisco these vol
unteer plants are in bloom by the lst Of
May and often early in April
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-16
coNous or The NoRTHwesr.


Ii WAS Acquired from the Isrllish By
Force Of Arms.
In 1776, when independence was de-
clared. tho United States included only
the IL original states ON the seaboard.
With the exception Of few hunters.
there were no white men west of the
Allegheny mountains, and there was
not even an American hunter in the
great country out of which we have
since made the states of Illinois, Indi-
ana, Ohio. Michigan and Wisconsin. All
this region north of the Ohio river then
formed a part of the province Of Quebec.
1t was a wilderness of forests and
prairies, teelniug with game and inhab-
tied by many warlilSe tribes of Indians
Here and there through il were dot
ted quaint little towns of French creoles,
the most important being Detroit, Vim
cennes, ON the Wabash, and kaskaskia
and Kahokia, ON tho Illinois These
French villages were ruled by British
officers commanding small bodies of reg
ular soldiers or Tory rangers and creole
partisans. The towns were completely
in the power of the British government
None Of tho American states had actual
possession of foot Of property in the
Northwestern territory.
The northwest was acquired at the
time of the Revolution only by armed
conquest, and if it had not been so nc
quired ii would have remained a part of
the British Dominion of Canada
The man to whom this conquest was
due was famous backwoods leader, n
mighty hunter, noted Indian fighter
George Rogers Clark. He was a very
strong man, with light hair and hlue
eyes, of good Virginian family, who,
early in his youth, embarked on the nd
venturous careero Of a baokwoods survey
or. exactly ms Washington aud so many
other young Virginialis of spirit did at
that period He travelled ont to Ken
lucky soon after il was opened up by
Boone and lived there for a year, either
at the stations or camping by himself in
the woods, surveying, hunting and max
Ing war against the Indians like any
other settler But all the timo his mind
was bent on vaster schemes than Were
dreamed of by the men around him He
had his spies out in the Northwestern
territory and became convinced that
with q small force of resolute back
woodsmen he could conquer it for the
United States When he went back to
Virginia, Governor Patrick Henry en-
tered heartily into CLARK 3 schemes and
gave him authority to fit out force for
his purpose. Theodore Roosevelt in st
Nicholas.