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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-10

Excellent Eight Day Clocks will
be sold for the next few days for SO
each. Regular price S5. Watches,
Clocks, and Jewelry reduced in the
same proportion.
III. III. LRITzEL.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-10

CLOSING OUT
@SAIE9
OF OUR
Furniture Department.
Our Entire Stock of Furni-
ture and Bedding will be
closed out in the following
months at
Prices Never Heard Of Before.
Chamber Suits, 8 Pieces, marked
down from $1,000 to S25.OO.
Parlor Suits marked down from
$40 to $50.
Sidcboards marked down from Sc
to SIS.
Couches marked down from S5 to
$40.
Lounges marked down from 50 to sS.
! Fine Upholstered Rockers marked
. down from SO to SIS.
Bedsteads marked down from 81
to SO.
Cane and Wood Seated Chairs
marked down from 81 to So.
Hall Rockers marked down from
81 10 $40.
Ladies' Parlor Desks marked down
from SO to SO.
Parlor Tables marked down from
81 to So.
Looking Glasses, Easels, Pictures
and Picture Frames, Statuary, Has
socks, Rattan, Cane Seat and Back
and Wood Seat Rockers, Extension
Tables, ,Cupboards, Umbrella Stands,
Tea Tables, Commodes, Chifioniers,
Bureaus, Doughtrays, Wardrobes,
Stands, Mattresses, Bed Springs,
DC. Our stock of Carpets, Rugs,
Art Squares, Mating and Cocoa
Door Mats is the largest of any
house in the county, and all price
on these goods are marked down in
plain figures, and will be sold at a
big reduction during the Closing
Out Furniture Sale. l am deter
mined to close out the Furniture
Department of my business, and
terms on the above goods are prices
named will be cash or note with ap-
proved security.
w. II. FEi
Lewistown, Pa.
p. S.-All goods packed and de-
livcred in good order +. o. b.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
The Condemned Celestial Walks
Firmly Up the Gallows
Stairway.
THE FATE OF A HIGHBINDER.
he Had Killed a Fellow. .Mongol Who
Incurred the Displeasure of
the Tongs.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec. 1S.-Chin
Hane. notorious Sacramento highbinder,
ended his life on the gallows within the
grim walls of the State prison at Folsom
at 10 o'clock this morning. Hane was
convicted of the murder of Lee Gong on
the night of May 81, 1892 Gong having in
Cured the enmity OF the Blng Hing Gong
organization of highbinders by protecting
Chinaman they were prosecuting. The
condemned man met his fate with the ut
most calmness, going to his death with
smile.
The gallows was erected in the solitary
cell addition of the prison, and was built
almost on a level with the iron railing
that guards the narrow corridor before the
cells occupied by other unfortunates who
are condemned to a similar end for the
unlawful spilling of human blood. A
couple of wooden steps led up from the
floor of the corridor to the level of the iron
rail, and when the prisoner stepped from
the cell he walked calmly up the steps and
took his stand upon the trap without aid
from the officials in charge. AS he faced
the spectators he recognized Sheriff john
son and smilingly called out: "Hello,
Frank, how you do?"
Hane also spoke to District Attorney
Ryan, who was present. AS the black cap
was drawn over his head he shouted:
"Good-by, all fends," and in another
minute the trap fell and his body was
quivering at the end of the rope.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
HONORED At STANFORD,
Fickert Elected Captain Of the
University's go Football
Team.
No Settlement of the Difficulty Be.
tween Glee Club and Associated
Students.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, Dec.
13-At the election of football captain
for Stanford's next years eleven Charles
M. Fickert '97 was tonight unanimously
selected by the players, Cotton magnani-
mously Withdrawing when it looked as
though tie might result.
The Stanford students have been invited
to take day in the San Jose festival and
have accepted. One feature of the day will
doubtless be athletic events, which are al
ready being talked of here.
The Mandolin Club, which by the
students was yesterday voted oown in a
proposition to go on q tour with the
Berkeley Glee Club, may make the trip,
the mem bers of the organization can 60 as
private individuals. but, being under
control of the Associated Students, they
cannot advertise themselves as the STAN
ford Mandolin Club. The controversy
yesterday displayed considerable feeling
on both sides, and the student body senri-
ment is one of regret that the organize
tion cannot reach some satisfactory agree
ment.
This evening the freshmen inaugurated
a precedent here in the form of glee.
The affair was great success, as the
freshmen had all taken hold of it with a
will.
President Jordan will spend part of the
coming holiday vacation in the southern
part of the State. He will leave next week
for San Diego, where he is to deliver a
series of lectures. Mrs. Jordan is to accom-
pany him.
Professor Powers will probably deliver
lectures In Chico during the recess.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
MARIN COUNTY SCHOOL WAR.
Supervisors Denounced at a Mass Meet
ing for Not Increasing the
Assessment

Null VALLEY, CAL, Dec. 13.-The
first gun of the political campaign in
Marin County has been fired, and as re-
suit the present Board of Supervisors has
been warmly toasted. The main issue of
the next campaign will be the school ques-
tion-not from religious point of view.
but from an educational point. The ma
jority of the present Board of Supervisors
has refused to raise the school appropria-
ton to sufficient amount to keep the
school open for eleven months in the year
instead of nine, as is the case now.
AT mass-meeting held in Mill Valley
the Board of Supervisors of Marin County
was roundly scored by Superintendent of
Public Schools Robert Furlong.
Mr.. Furlong said that the only way the
people could expect to get the appropria-
ton raised would be by retiring the mem
bers of the board and electing in their
stead men favoring the raising of the
schoo! fund. The sum of $6 was allowed
for each child. Three members of the
board wanted this reduced to 81, but a
compromise was effected at Sc per child.
Mr. Furlong was frequently interrupted
during his speech by applause and cheers.
He said that two of the board were willing
to raise the amount, but the majority was
not. AS the three men who had blocked
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
Bills for the Transportation Of
Prisoners for Resentence
Allowed.
CRAWFORD MAY BE 0UsTED.
The Act Creating the State Mineralo.
gist's Office Annulled by a
Later One.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec. 13.-At the
meeting of the Board Of Examiners this
afternoon the claim Of A. M. CowelI. in
the sum of $2419 80 for repairing the old
building of the Stockton Insane Asylum,
was first to come under discussion, and
the secretary of the board was directed to
inform the Board of Directors of the
asylum that the claim would not be
allowed until the contracts had been filed
with the State Controller.
Mr.. Vanderbilt of the State Dairy Bureau
appeared in behalf of that commission,
asking that the board allow the expenses
of visit to the various creameries through
out the State to collect statistics.
The petition was referred to the Attor-
General and will probably be allowed.
incidentally the members of the bureau
will also inquire into the state of nealth
of the animals used in procuring the milk
supply, and Mr.. Vanderbilt was referred
to the pure food act for authority upon
which to act, it being so binding, the Gov
man could lawfully sell cocktail under its
provisions.
The claim of Mr.. Rodger for analyzing a
cheese supposed 10 nave caused the deatn
of family in Oakland was rejected, it not
being authorized by the Dairy Bureau.
The Sheriff's claims for transportation
of prisoners for resentence, which have
been pending for a long time, were al
lowed, and the Department District Attor-
ney stated that it had been suggested by
Judge Beatty that in the future, when
there was any chance OF appeals in crimi-
nal cases, the Judges throughout the State
should make out a certificate OF probable
cause in order to stop the expenses of
transportation OF prisoners to State prison
pending decision.
The salary bill of the State Mineral
ogist's office employees was referred to the
Attorney-General, and the matter was
brought up incidentally that ]. J. Craw-
ford was not legally entitled to the Office,
and might without difficulty be removed,
as his appointment was made one month
prior to the final passage of the present
act, which annuls the former act creating
the office.
1t was suggested that all counties having
bonds for sale should offer them to the
Board of Examiners first, as they could be
disposed of more advantageously to the
board than to private individuals.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
A SANTA CRUZ WAR.
Mrs. Mason Finds Girl Baby in q
Sack at the Door of Her
Residence

SANTA CRUZ, CAL. Dec. 13.-Mrs.
William H. Mason and her daughter, Miss
Nellie Mason, left their home early last
evening, returning an hour or two later.
They went around to the rear door OF their
residence and found lying before the door
an ordinary gunny-sack-and dirty one
at that-which Mrs. Mason was about to
kick from the door, when she heard q
plaintive wall coming from the sack. 1t
was found that this puny protest came
from girl baby, few hours old, nearly
naked and blue with cold.
The waif was hurriedIy taken into the
house and given lavish supply of warm
milk, and everything possible was done
to make it warm and cozy. 1t soon fell
asleep before the fire, and slept soundly
all through the night, and to-day it has
been putting in its time alternately dining
and sleeping.
Attached to the sack was q note wordeo
as follows: "Be kind to the waif, and you
will find clothes and money for the little
thing"
The parents of the child are unknown,
and the matter is in the hands of the
police. If the parents are not discovered
in all probability the Masons Will take the
child, which will insure to it good home
with kind-hearted people.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14

this morning prints a statement, made on
oath, by an Armenian named Aslanian,
who had been sent to New York by the
Anglo-Armenian Association.
Aslanian says he lived in America for
merly and left New York in the beginning
of September to join his wife. On arriving
in Constantinople he was thrown into
prison, although he had regular pass
port. He was there during the recent dis
turbances, and saw, he declares, hundreds
of Armenians taken into the prison and
deliberately killed.
The prisoners were wounded with rife
butts and bayonets by the soldiers. under
the orders of the officers. This continued
forty-elght hours. He believes 300 people
were killed and 500 wounded in that time.
Women weeping at the gates and i'm
ploring permission to see their husbands
and sons were roughly repulscd by the
soldiers.
Aslanian was put in irons the next day
and catechised regarding his supposed as
sociates who had come from America for
revolutionary purposes. Upon pleading
ignorance of this, he was beaten with a
truncheon upon the shoulders, thighs and
legs, causing great agony. This was re-
peated on eleven different occasions. He
was placed in solitary confinement for a
fortnight. Other prisoners were similarly
treated.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
SANTA ROSA'S TREASURE,
Grand Army Veterans Presented
With Relics of Colonel
Ellsworth.
Priceless Mementoes of the First Union
Officer Killed in the Civil
War.

SANTA ROSA, CAL, Dec. 13.-Ells-
worth Post, G. A. R., OF Santa Rosa, is the
recipient of a number of valuable relics
of Colonel Ellsworth. for whom the local
post was named. These relics consist of
small ponpon he wore on his cap, a brass
shoulder ornament, presumably an epau-
lette, and visor. These were all worn by
Ellsworth during his National Guard
career before the outbreak of the Civil
War
In addition to these articles is small
box in which is bunch of hair taken from
the tail of the horse rode by Ellsworth at
the time of his tragic death at Alexandria,
This horse, after his masters death, was
returned to Colonel Ellsworth's parents
and lived to nearly 35 years of age, his
death occurring some TWO years ago. The
horse was regarded by Ellsworth's parents
as a sacred thing, and was cared for in the
kindest manner possible. The relics have
been for years the property of ]. L. Spear
of San Francisco, who, it is reported, re-
ceived them from relatives of the dead
hero.
Years ago, when the loyal old veterans
decided to organize a G.. A. R. post in
Santa Rosa, the question of a name came
up. Ever since the conception of the
Grand Army it has been the custom to
name most posts after some hero of the
Civil War and Ellsworth was the name de-
cided upon by the local post. Mr.. Spear,
with fine feeling of delicate sentiment,
has surrendered these almost priceless
relics to the post so appropriately named
to care for the touching memeutos of the
man who was the first Union officer to be
killed IN the war. These keepsakes will be
turned over to the post at its next regular
meeting by Hon. ]. D. Barnett, who now
has possession of them.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
absent from worship on Sunday if able to
be about. The funeral will take place on
Sundau
KILLED At VALLEJO.
Richard j. Ragle's Fatal Plunge From
Third Story Window to tho
EroUnd

VALLEJO, CAL, Dec. 13.-Richard j.
Nagle, q weiI-known all-around athlete
and prominent in boating and pugilistic
circles, who has been the bartender IN
Harry Wilson's saloon for the past three
years, either jumped or fell from third
story window early this morning. HIS
neck was broken.
Nage's body was found at O'Clock TINS
morning. Beside it was an alarm CLOCK,
stopped at 4:10. it is supposed ne opened
a window to hold the clock out SO the
light would shine upon it to enable him to
see what time it was. Other clrcum.
stances, however, give rise to a theory OF
suicide. 1t was necessary for Nagle to re-
move a screen on the outside of the WIN
dow, so some are of the opinion that he
must have jumped out. looking glass
in his room had been shattered, and the
door was locked and bolted or the INSIDE,
with a chair against the knob. =,
Nagle roomed in the upper story OF the
McCarty building, and for the past day or
two had not been feeling well. He came
here from Denver three years ago, when
he trained several pugilists for the ring:
He was native of Nova Scotia and had
two sisters residing at st. Johns, New
foundland.
Samoset Tribe No. % of Red Men has
taken charge of the body.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
FEARFUL STATE OF UNREST.

Ornfn0us RsImors Fly Thick aud Fast at
COnstantinople.
Correspondence Of The United Press.I
CONSTANTINOPLE,T TURKEY, Nov. 29.-
Constantinople is in a fearful state of
unrest. The place gives a stranger the
idea that the inhabitants are sitting over a
volcano. Something is going to happen.
II is in the air. One breathes it and one
feels it constantly.
Fresh stories of massacres come IN every
morning, and the European inhabitants
greet each other with the inquiry: 'Well,
what is new?" "What have you heard p"
"Has anything been done?" ibid you
hear what happened at the palace last
night?"
Ministers are in constant attendance at
the Yildiz upon the Sultan and ominous
rumors of all kinds are flying thick and
fast. There is no repose or rest for any
one. In the hotels and public cafes if a
waiter lets fall pile of dishes, or some
unusual clatter is made. every one starts
with alarm. One does not really feel in
fear of bloodshed or massacres in Con-
stantinople, but 1t is nameless dread. 1t
is fear of something indefinite that seems
to arouse ones keenest susceptlbilities.
People are asking how long this condition
of things will continue. Every Armenian
with whom you talk sneers at the I'M
potence of the powers, and asks If they
are waiting for all the Armenians to be
killed before interfering with the unlim-
tied and despotic power of the Sultan. AL
most every European resident thinks that
something will happen on the morrow
Surely this condition of things can last no
longer.
Surely" they say, 1--WE will hear some
thing decisive tomorrow, ana next Fri
days Selamlika will be the last that
Abdul Hamid will see." This constant
tension is very wearying. 1t affects the
temper and the spirits of every one, and
what little gayety there is in the city is
dampened and meets with no response.
The city water works are run by a
foreign company, while the carrying trade
of the empire is almost entirely in the
hands of foreigners, Great Britain having
the major portion. The local carrying
trade is chiefly managed by Greeks, and
the only railway running to Constantine.
pie was built by Baron Hirsch. 1t is owned
chiefly in Vienna and Paris.
The Turks who have the pride of Turkey
at heart point to all this, and say that it is
the result of the weak policy of the Sultan
in allowing the country to be run by out
siders. They consider it lowering OF
Turkish dignity, and almost every Turk
who feels this believes that were the pres
ent Sultan deposed matters would change,
and with proper kind of man at the pal
ace Turkey would again resume her one
time power and Importance. This is the
animus of the Young Turkey party.
OF course, those who understand the
matter know that no change of Sultan and
no change of Ministry would affect this
question. They know that Turkey is a
doomed country as far as Europe is con-
cerned, and that she is simply dying
slowly. These feelings, however, may
carry the militant Turks into combina-
ton of forces either with Armenian or
Russian cliques, which may cause a great
deal of trouble in Stamboul.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
LOS ANGELES CONVICT.
Influential Men Working to Secure the Re-
lease of Clifton Mayne on
DBL

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 13.-Colonel
Copeland of San Diego and w. ]. Murphy
were in Judge Smiths court this morning,
interesting themselves in trying to secure
an order for the release of Clifton E.
Mayne Oh bail. pending an appeal of his
case to the Supreme Court. Atfidavits by
counsel, by Mayne and by the physicians
who recently examined him were read, to
the effect that Mayne was suffering from
tuberculosis of the lungs and would not
live to serve his twenty-five years sentence
unless he was removed from his present
surroundings to place where he could get
fresh air and sunshine.
M. Holton of the District Attorneys s
Office said he wanted time to prepare
counter affidavits. showing that while
Mayne has had hemorrhages.. he was get
ting better. Judge Smith said that the
court could admit the defendant to bail :;
it was in his discretion. The matter was
finally continued until Monday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
Habitual Drunkenness Given as
the Cause for Her Action
in Court.
END OF A QUEER LOVE AFFAIR.
The Defendant in the Suit Claims That
His Wife Yielded to Her
Relatives.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 1S.-Nine years
Captain John Irving, one of Portland s
wealthiest pioneers and later well-known
steamboat man and resident of Victoria,
B. c., ostracized herself from high life,
society and her relations by marrying her
deceased hucband's former hostler and
stable boy. Jack Ryan. The marriage
caused no end of talk. Mrs. Ryan was
worth $500, 600, her husband nothing. She
was nearly 60 and Ryan was not yet 40
years of age.
1t has just leaked out that the pair have
separated. The families of both have been
trying to amicably adjust the affair, but
seemingly to no purpose. A few days ago
Mrs. Ryan left on visit to Victoria, B. c.,
where her daughter lives. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ryan were on the best of terms when they
parted, and Mrs. Ryan expected to be gone
but few days.
Five days after his wife's departure,
Ryan was dumfounded at being presented
with a copy of a complaint for divorce,
which was filed in the Circuit Court. The
com mplaint charged gross habitual drunk
enness and abuse and declared that the
habit had grown on the defendant so that
life was burdensome to the woman, who is
twenty years Ryan's senior.
The Ryans have no children, but Mrs.
Irving-Ryan has several grown sons and
daughters now living here and in Victoria
Never one word has been said by Mrs.
Ryan as to her life with her second hus
band. She seemed contented with her lot
and her family in time recovered from the
shock of her marrying hostler, and re.
ceiyed her again. Ryan managed hi:
wealthy wife's valuable estates, and hel
fortunes did not suffer. Mrs. Ryan drove
one of the ''swellest' turnouts in Portland
and upon every occasion she flaunted hel
wealth before those who had cut her &C
quaintance when she saw 1T to marry
poor man. The separation is the talk ot
the city.
Ryan has secured prominent legal firm
TO fight his case, and great contest viii
probably be brought in the courts 1t i:
said by Mrs. Ryan's friends that undue
influence has been brought to bear upon
her to leave Ryan, and little credence is
given to charges as to Ryan's misconduct.
1t is claimed that the wealthy widow, on
sttem Dting to make will disposing of her
great realty holdings, which include Port
lands most valuable waterfront property
-Irvington Park and Irvington addition
found that she could not devise it to her
children until Ryan was dead, as the law
gives her husband life interest before the
children can receive their share, where eal
estate is involved. A sister of Mrs. Ryan
declares it is conspiracy, and some strange
and curious details are promised if the case
is not settled out of court. Ryan says he
does not propose to be euchred out of a
husbands interest in $6O0,0 estate by
his misled wife's relatives.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-14
OVERDUE At SEATTLE.
The Coast Steamship Transit Not Yet
Heard From-7he Search for the
,Sfrnfhneyis

SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. 13.-There is
still no word from the Puget Sound and
Central American Steamship Company's s
steamer Transit, which was enormously
reported as having passed Tatoosh week
ago. The vessel is now six days overdue,
but at the Offices of the company in this
city no anxiety for its safety is apparent.
The Transit sailed from San Jose, Guata-
mala, on the return trip on November 25
having left this port on its first trip on
September "a, expecting 10 make the
voyage in seven weeks.
There are now five vessels searching the
sea for the Northern Pacific liner Strath-
nevis and reports received In this city
from Victoria say that III. M. S. Royal
Arthur will join the searching fleet to-
morrow. The Royal Arthur is to-day TAX
ing on coal and making every preparation
for a long voyage. The vessels now known
to be seeking the disabled Strathnevis are
the steamship Danube, the collier Costa
the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of
China and the tug Mischief.
Captain Jones, master OF the sealing
schooner Allie 1. Agar, who regards Cap
tain f.. +. Wyman as too daring a navi-
gator, considering his experience as sea-
man, does not feel very hopeful for the
missing schooner Elwood and its crew.
When, early in September, Captain
Wyman suggested returning to Alaska he
was urged, owing to the lateness of the
season, by Captain l.. M. Garrison and
other experienced seamen not to make
the trip. He was also advised to procure
a new set of sails and ropes for the Elwood,
but declined to take such precaution.
Last summer when in Alaska Captain
Wyman came near losing the Elwooo,
having tied the schooner to an iceberg,
which toppled over, jerking the craft high
out of the water and violently shaking up
the crew and cargo.