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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

NA~cHEsTER. MO Aug. 5i.-John
Wrelcv "A negro, who has Just completed
a 0ve.v-ar term in the pcnitcn;lary f'r
an attempted criminal ass tllt upon
Girl nade another unsuc essf II attempt
,.tc,i,, v,as Mrs. sOsalic MArm.On, an
agod widow Of Manchester A posse with
"a rope has been searching for "a. negro
since midnight. and II captured he VIII
IL. . rlIIU m.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
THE CISTTNE TiHiTiJL dFFiih'
Captain Lavoi-at's Punishment Mos,
Serions One 60 Him.

WASHINGTON. y. c.. Aug. 3l.-As a
SEQUEL TO the Castine-Tamatdye incident
concerning the landing Of the oheers
and men. Information has just reached
Washington that the French autholltles'
tencel Captain Layoisot because Of MS
corduct i'm that ancir 10 twenty days
sontary confinement in the military Jail
there. 1t is nnd ar5tood, lutt 'I.iloI ~. y,
that he returns 10 France with entire
less of ali promotion. that rs. he remains
stationary on the army LIST. which makes
his punishment TO him personally a very
serious one. ,,,
he seen that the French authorities at
Tamatave showed a just and proper
conception OF the AFFAIR.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

DENVER, COL, Aag. 3l.-Henry Ty-
SON seven years ago murdered John
King i'm this city. lie has spent three
years in solitary ''uhnement ~ Canoa
city, has been sentenced 20 death three
times. and was only within two days
of execution.
To-day ne was declared free On a legal
tcclnicallty and walked out Of prison.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3i.-Baron Faya.
italian ambassador, Informs the state
Department that prize shooting con-
test. IN which the Italian Government
desires American marksmcn 10 iartlci-
nate will take place In Rome. September
9oth i'm connection with the festivities
commemorating the union OF that city
with the kingdom OF Italy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

BOSTON, MASS, Aug. I.-Ths morn
ing at II o'clock "A delegation representing
the citizens Of Minneapolis. MINI, made
the formal presentation 10 the cruiser
Minneapolis OF a testimonial in the shape
OF a handsome solid silver service, Of
eight pieces. elegantly and suitably en-
bossed ard engraved. and a fine up
right pif 40.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

WASHINGTON, Aug. M.-Secretary
Herbert resumed his duties AT the Navy
Department to-day. on Monday, Mr..
McAdoo. the Assistant Secretary. who
has been acting during the Sccretary's S
absence, viii leave for iifteeI. days
trip 10 the Adlrondacks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
THE CJBfN TILIBgSTERER
Action Taken by United States Officers.
Rebels Conceded "A ictory In Cuba.

Rebels Conceded a ictory in Cuba.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3l.-The first in
formation the United States Government
had Of the Wilmington hl.bustering expe-
dition to Cuba came TO the State Depart
ment here I'm a telegram from the Span
sh consul at Philadelphia. II was at
once transmitted 10 the Secretary or the
Treasury by. Acting Secretary OF State
Adee as follow:
"Thc Spanish consul at Philadelphia
is about 10 make complaint under oath
az Wilmington on knowledge and be-
lief that an armed expedition ieit that
port at midnight last night on the tug
'raurus TO be transferred TO n steamer
for hostile purposes against the peace Of
spain In violation Of the neutrality sta
tutes OF the United States. The name Of
the steamer to which the expedition was
TO be transferred has not ~ far been
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

CAIRO. ILL. August Sl.--While Jacob
Klein an extensive brick manufacturer
was walking through the yard this morn
ing kiln containing half a million bricks
fell burying him beneath thousands OF
bricks heated to a molten state. The
flesh was burned from the bones. He
was g. years OF age.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
A.. r,.,oc, Visiting nj, Mother.

WASHINGTON. Aug. N.-Secretary
Lamont left Washington for New YORK
Io,dsy to-, ,Syr 20 ne sp.' IS expected to return by
,r,,asiay next.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01

do,co before the committee is that Mrs:
Nrrincton's character Is good, ana una. Una,
Ai..t.e az her divorce suit was served
,.,',n .oe. ,y II Arlington. Of Nash county,
her husband.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
4 Nnfed Cnlnrch Il0r.eman Dead.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3i.-Andrew Thomp-
son the most noted horseman on the
continent. died at McLean's Hotel. Brook
lvn. this morning, OF pneumonia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
JOHN B. MINORS SUCCESSOR
The Rise 10 Distinction Of Hon. Walter
D. Dabney.
PROFESSOR RALEIGH C. MINOR.
A Gifted Son of the Distinguished Edu-
Gator. VIII Ably FIJI the ONCE OF
Adjunct Professor OF Common
and Statute Law at the
University.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, Aus si
crecfal-The appointment or the nun
Walter ID. Dabney, Third Assistant
retary of State, TO succeed ine Vii'-
liant and lamented John B. Minor as
Professor of Common and Statute Law III
the univeroity OF Virginia, has met WIN
a commentator wholly deserved ~
the fitness Of the selection. ne p1'iu p u
of Visitors had before it task that wac
delicate and difficult when IL came ~
choose a successor to the greltest rt.s".
eNpounder of law. but IL mas P'C'
a teacher with training, culture, ana ''"'-
Tor,rnent which fit him for lis exalted
lTst -,..,o,,
To his fine abilities should be assisneu
tho great measure Of success which mas
attended him, though the thoushtes9
sometimes sleak Of Prof. Daoney as
lucky. After an honorable career OF SIX
wears i'm the House OF Delegates OF VIZ
etnia. he was selected by Judge Cooley as
a member OF the legal staf of the IN
terstate Commerce Commission, when
that body was organized in 1870
WROTE A VALUABLE BOOK.
There was nothing OF chance or luck IN
this appointment. Mr.. Dabney, Whle
chairman OF the Committee on Railroads
and Internal Improvements OF the House
OF Delegates, mad written work upon
the subject OF the control of railways Dy
the state This book attracted the favor
able notice OF Judge Cooley, who was con-
WINGED that the ability and special kno"I-
edge OF the author fitted him peculiarly
20 advise legally a commission constituted
to deal especially with the railway prob
lem.
IL was as such special counsel that Mr..
Dabrey appeared in behalf of th@goy-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
RANGE or THERMOMETER.

Following was the range OF the Their
nometer al Tho Times oilice Yesterday:
q NJ II: ~ NJ. 81: y. NJ. -. v
p. H.. s. . T.. ~. %, midnight. ~
Average. II l-u
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
PROF.. wALTER D. DABNEY

ernment before Judge Gresham or the
tinted states Circuit Court. when Judge
Gresham was called to the high Office OF
Secretary of State he offered Mr. Dabney
the post OF Third Assistant. The special
dutv of this officer Is To be the confden-
tial legal adviser OF the Secretary or
state i'm the important questions OF inter
rational law arising i'm the department
which has control OF the government :
foreign relations. Thus it is seen that
these two high positions OF trust came
to him unsolicited. He justified all eN-
pectatlone. dscharging his important ana
often delicate duties with SURPRISING aDil-
itv
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-01
BRITISH FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
France and China Chiefly Engage the
Attention Of Tho Cabinet.
DISSATISFIED With CONSERVATIVES.
They Have DIsiilusioned Cotton Manu-
facturers Independent Action Against
the Porte Regarding hrmehia
Abandoned-The Trades
Union Congress.

LONDON, Aug. 3l.-Since hurriedly-
convened Cabinet council was held IN
the room OF the Right Honorable A. -
Balfour. First Lord OF the Treasury on
Wednesday night sensational runoiS
have sent q British fleet to Bcsika Bay,
created demonstrations in the BosphO-
rus. and attributed TO Russia ana France
"A variety of treacherous plottings al
Constanunoplc.
semi-ofiicial information has partly con-
frmed the Marquis OF Salisburys briet
statement yesterday In the House OF
Lords that IL was France and emma tnat
had engaged chiefly tie attention OF tho
Cabinet.
The question Of the Mekong river, TO
which the Prime Minister referred, has
no special urgency, but the active a.
tention of Russia. supported by france
and favored at Pckin. 10 oust sir ROBERT
Hart from the control OF the Chihtse
customs. and replace him by the RUSSIAN
ana French officials demanded the imne-
diste consideration Of the Foreign once.
The Government had been warned ny
privato non-Oicial adWces from fehih
and Shanghai that Sir Robert uisii.iS-
sal was imminent. Dispatches from lle
British Minister at Pckin confirmed lhe
fact that inimical measures, giving rus
sia control Of the customs, were threat
ened. 1t is understood that the Oaoi-
net has decided to interposc IN the mat
ter.
Nothing authentic has transpired CON
cerning the relations between England
and Turkey except that the Marquis
of Salisbury continues a show OF con-
Germ with Russia and Franco. If the
Prime Minister suspects that those pow
ers are secretly inspiring their agents
covertly TO intrigue against Great Brit
ain. no known instructions 10 Sir fhllhp
Currie, the British ambassador TO Iur-
key, indicate that he is conscious there
Of.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
GOULDS VAST WEALTH.
I.Is Appraised Al Over Eighty. Two
Millions OF Dollars.

Surrogate Fitzgerald has returned
to David Mcclure, appraiser of the
Jay Gould estate, his report on its
value in order that the collateral in.
heritance tax may be levied. The re-
port values the personal property of
the estate at $780, and the real
estate at $4,000, 900. The residuary
estate amounts to $7s,aa4s4.
The appraiser is ordered to com.
pute the commissions of the executors
and trustees and to deduct the full
amount from the whole estate before
giving the residuary estate among
the children. Howard A. Taylor was
appointed special guardian for the
Countess de Castellane and Frank J.
Gould. Hugh A. McTernan was
made special guardian of the children
of George and Edwin Gould.
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A Great Offer.

The "Twice- a-Week" edition of the
New York World formerly the Week
ly) has proved phenomenal success.
1t is a Semi-Weekly of six pages,
mailed Tuesdays and Fridays; eight
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fully half a week ahead of any weekly
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and other features which made the
Weekly World SO popular. Yet the
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Arrangements have been made by
which we can furnish this paper and
the Twice a-Week New York World
all for $I.75 year. Take advantage
of this offer and get your own local
paper and the Twice-a a-Week World
at this special rate. If.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
DUFFY WAS A TERROR.
He Tolls How He Slew tho Dos.
porado Of Gray's Peak.
Trigger Jim Was After the Old Man, But
Aftcr Emptying His Revolver Was
Carved Into Mince Meat by Ills
Agile Opponent.

The greatest liar In the whole Rocky
mountain region, SO asserts the Denver
Field and Farm, is old man Duffy, a
celebrated character around Denver for
thirty years or more. lie wears a tile
OF the vintage of 1s47, and his general
pastime Is to entertain one-lunged ten
derfeet who lounge about the apart
ment hotels. He is an antiquated Ana
Mas run to seed, whose wife runs a
boarding house on Champa street and
doesn't allow him around in the day.
time. A lifelong application to whisky
of all kinds has given his face the
color of tainted beefsteak. and his
eyes would disgrace dissipated mud
turtle. His voice is coarse and husky,
conveying the impression that its
owner has spent many years down n
well. This old character poses as a
one-time desperate and the hero OF
countless imaginary experiences to
these gaping, wondering sons of the
effete east who give him all he can
drink to hear him talk, and who be-
lieve implicitly every word he utters.
Old Ananias was sitting the other day
W IL JdDlS WIFI TWO COHVulbSCentS, VINO
were listening to him with open mouths
and close attention. Ibid you ever
hear tell of Jim BloodsoeP They called
him Trigger jim He was one OF the
worst men ever IN this country His
range was from Gray's Peak to Denver,
and he run that country to suit his own
self. l was bowling coyote myself in
them days. l heard of Jim. / sent him
word to Central City was coming up
to tame him; that 1 wouldn't bring no
gun, as l didn't need it to tame such q
lamb as he was. l run considera bic
chances in this business. for l went
right up and took nothing but my
bowie. You know how Central City's
built, don't you? There's big street
running from Black Hawk up hill for
mile. l looked for Jim all up this hill,
everywhere, and didn't find him. l be-
gun to think he wasn't around, when
way up on the hill run slap onto him
before l knew it. He was laying for
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charge as far as Halsted street. There
they turned, and at Matteson street
dozen OF them lowered their heads and
made straight for a south-bound cleo
trio car. The car was full of people re-
turning from the downtown parades.
They saw the steers coming, but didn't
await their arrival They escaped
from the car rs fast as they could and
broke for the nearest houses.
With the spirit of anarchy rioting in
their veins, the whole herd then
charged the police station. The blue
coats saw them coming and scattered.
Disdaining to pursue II foe that would
not stand up and fight, the steers
turned and galloped on. Then the po-
lice became pursuers.
Lieuts Keleher and Fitzpatrick, with
several officers, armed themselves with
Winchester rifles and started after the
steers in the patrol wagon. At Union
and Forty-seventh streets big yellow
steer had stopped and was having
things its own way. The streets were
empty, but from safe positions in win
dows and on housetops the residents
were watching the big steer tear up
soil by the peckful. Lieut.. Keleher
rested his rifle on the side of the patrol
wagon and fired. The steer only shook
its head and seemed to laugh. The lieu
tenant fred again, but not until four bull
lets had entered the steers body did it
fall. At the fourth shot it leaped into
the air and dropped dead. The officers
then started after the rest Of the herd.
They were found at Fiftieth street and
Union avenue, but their long run
seemed to have exhausted them, and
they were driven back to the packing
house without any further trouble.
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The fat frog picked out the one he
thought juiciest, dived after him, swal-
lowed him at gulp and took his accus-
toned place, sunny spot on the edge
of the pond.
"He looked very comfortable at first, "
said the manager, but soon l noticed
the old fellow was getting nervous. He
shifted about on his seat, blinked his
eyes very hard, scratched his head
with his toe and looked surprised.
Then he opened his big mouth and
retched and retched, but with no re-
suits. left him making heroic effort
to look pleasant.
"Next day the big frog was still more
restless. He kept growing worse and
worse, got morose, took to believing
until people in the house would run to
the windows in the court to see what
the trouble was.
~ saw the old fellow was going to
die, so l killed him. ripped him open,
and out wriggled the crawfsh, clipper
as you please. The frogs carcass was
hollow. All his works were inside the
craYflsh 4"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
A OATSKILL HOTEL MAN.
(From Catskill N. Y, Recorder.)

Mr.. Joseph McGiffet, one of our
prominent hotel proprietors, has rea-
son to extol the merits of DIR. David
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. In
speaking of it he said 81 was all
run down from kidney and liver trou-
Bile, three physicians treated me but l
grew worse. A friend said to me.
Why don't you take DR.. Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy 1t cured me- So
l began its use the result was l gained
daily, and in little while l was
sound and we'll again. l suppose 1
have recommended it to a hundred or
more of my summer boarders, and in
every instance it has ne them good"
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me, and had me covered with q six
shooter before could get a knife.
II started to run and figured to dot
when he shot. AS he cracked loose I
jumped way up in the air and did q
split just like what those show gals
does, only mine wasn't on the ground
by six foot The bullet went under
me. knew he had five more cartridges,
so hit the ground running, and squat
ted low down when his gun barlSed the
second time. That bullet took off my
hat and sent 1t spinning forty feet from
me. l was to 1t in a second, and as
stopped the third shot come. 1t hit me
just on top the lowest end of my spinal
column, and plowed up a streak of meat
clear to the nape of my neck. I was
running like the devil right down the
middle of the main street, and him
right after me.
There wasn't soul in sight; every
body run in his hole at the first begin
ming of things. l never lost track Of
the number of shots though, and had
my fingers on the bowie. Next fire I
jumped sidewise and the bullet hit my
hind pocket and scattered deck Of
monte cards all over creation. At the
fifth crack l mnde cat-a-cornered
whirligig sort of jump and got hole
in my coattail. Only one more shot
left. Just in time 1 took another
straight-up jump, only forgot to do
the split this time, and the bullet took
away three Of my toes. l turned while
up in the air and was on TO him before
he could stop himself. The coroner
found forty-two cuts in him, all done in
forty-seven seconds.
MY best record, gentlemen. 1 had
a hat, coat and pair of boots ruined and
had lost deck of cards and three toes.
was mad, and / took and pried out
his eyeballs, put 'em in my pocket and
departed. 1 had them stuck into a
stuffed mountain lion that had cholsed
to death one day, and, with them eyes,
he was the savagest looking beast you
ever saw. Had sort of human canni-
bal look about him. l just want to
show you my foot, so you see for your
selves, gentlemen" And Ananias took
off his shoe and put his naked foot up
ON top of the table as a verification Of
his statements. Sure enough, three
toes were missing. This wasa clincher.
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the inspection might be completed be-
fore the wharf was reached.
The work was being prosecuted in
the cabin of the vessel when rustling
was heard under the table, followed by
n horrid scampering, and several big
rats were seen to run through the door.
At the same time Mr.. Lynn jumped to
his feet and grasped his trousers leg.
He struggled for several moments,
finally pulling forward large white
rat. 1t was dead when he brought 1t
out, but had only been killed after a
big effort, and after 1t had fastened its
teeth in the boarding officers leg. The
rat, which was as large as IN ordinary
kitten Of good size, was said by the sea-
men to be native of Russia. The ro-
dent had evidently made the trip from
its far distant home in the Rotherfield,
which was over month on the water.
The cargo of ore did not offer much
that was digestible, even for rats, and
the savage attack this one made on the
custom-house officer showed that 1t was
most desperate and ready to fight hard
for it's life or Il chance to secure food.
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and going through other actions that
led the passengers to conclude that he
had suddenly lost his reason. Some Of
the women passengers became alarmed
and screamed. They were certain the
man was crazy, but the stage drivers
knew otherwise, for they had recog-
nized him as DIR. c. +. II. Boedeclxer, a
well-known summer resident,
= Before the numbering vehicles could
catch up to the doctor he had taken
several rolls in the dusty roadway and
had danced first on one foot and then
on the other, never stopping, but all
the while brushing his head and face
with his hands.
When the stages reached the prauc-
ing physician the passengers learned
the cause of his strange actions. They
had not noticed that the doctor had de-
serted his wheel under big tree
Neither had they learned, much to
their own comfort, that the tree shell
tered very large nest of active
hornets that had been made still more
active by shower of stones thrown at
them by some boys.
The doctor arrived under the tree
Just In time to receive the full wrath of
the swarm, and his strange actions on
the public highway We're fully justified
by the number of stings he had re-
ceived.
The hornets remained SO active that
1t was found necessary to station a
man near the tree to warn passers-by.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
A Remarkable Duck Story.

An elder duck was recently shot on
the Norwegian coast. When picked up
by the lucky hunter it was found that
the bird carried ring about its neck,
upon which was engraved the words:
"Godthab, Greenland, 1870" Twenty
years is considerable age for a bird,
but what is more wonderful is the fact
that this duck must have crossed the
Atlantic ocean and travelled at least
three thousand five hundred miles from
the place where it was first caught 10
the spot where it was shot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
EE21E:ADVN(1
IA \ RAILROAD SYSTEM
In encct May, l2, 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE BLOOMSBURY

TRAINS LEAVE BLOOMSBURY
For New York, Philadelphia. Reading Potts.
VIE, Tamaqua, weekdays II. .55 q. m.
FOR Nuliamsport, weekdays, T.35 q. m, 3.25 ..
m.
For Danville and Milton, weekdays, 7.35 q. M,
3.lo.
For CataWlSsa weekdays 7.36, II .55 a. m, 12 90
500, 633, p. IN.
For Rupert weekdays 1885, II ,55 q, m, 1920 3. .25
800, 6:S3, p. m.
B. o. X. r., through trains leave Reading Ter
mlnal, Philadelphia, 800, 7.65, 11.26 a. M, 3.46
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
CRAWFISH IN A FROG.
Case of Jonah and the Whale In Which
the Whale Got the Worst.

the Whale Got the Worst.
"There was bad case of cruelty at
our house recently" said the manager
of one of the largest apartment houses
in the city to New York World re-
porter the other day.
! The manager has fad for pets from
the sea. He keeps his pets in small
fish pond in the court of the house. He
came across some large bullfrogs in the
market one day and took them to the
fish pond. One old fellow thrived there.
He got so that he would sit on the edge
and catch in his great mouth pieces of
beef tossed to him.
This old frog was big and fat and
comfortable when a few young craw-
fish made their advent in the pond.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
TUSSIE WITH A RAT.
Customs Officer Discovers New Danger
in the Service.

Boarding Officer Theodore Lynn, of
the United States customs service at
Philadelphia, discovered a new element
of danger in the service the other day,
and In doing so experienced sensation
that he does not care to have repeated.
In company with other custom-house
officers, he boarded the British steam
ship Rotherfeld, on her way up the
Delaware from Poti, with cargo of
manganese ore for shipment to Pitts
burgh. The ship was boarded some
distance down the river in order that
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
Queer Natural Phenomena.

Near the middle of white oak log
three feet in diameter which was sawed
the other day at Manchester, o., were
the figures 1880. 1t is supposed they
were carved when the tree was young
and that the wood grew over them
without effacing the carved indenta-
ltions
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-10-11
Society at Cedar Point, Kan.

Following is society item from
Cedar Point, Kan. "Maude Hastings
was pretty busy while here last week.
She broke John Sayre's colt to ride,
ralsed alfalfa, pitched wheat, and killed
q snake. Come again, Maudie."