Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-08-19
West u Democra 5.

W68t Va OemOCfA 6s
At Wheeling on the 18th. the Demo-
Gratis of West Virginia concluded their
State convention after completing
for the State ticket. The
full ticket is as follows: For Governor,
General G. G. Watts. Of Charleston,
Kanawha county; Auditor, William d.
Boggs, of Pendleton county; Treasurer,
James W. Tucker, of Writ county; At
torneyGeneral, Thomas 8. Riley, OF
Wheeling. Ohio county; Superintend-
ent of Free Schools, Prof. Virgil A.
Lewis, of Mason county; Supreme
Court Judge, j ohm II. Holt, of Cabell.
THE most spirited fight was over that
of Supreme Court Judge. The Chicago
platform was fully endorsed and
coalition with the populists provided
for.
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.-The failures OF
three large firms, having Intimate
financial relations, occurred to day
involving liabilities aggregating $3SO,-
600. The concerns are George Oberne
& Co., leather dealers; Henry M.
Kosick, one of the best known and
oldest wool dealers in the city, and the
Chicago and Western Soap Works.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.-The Presi-
dent has placed the stamp OF his dis
approval upon the practice OF hazlng
at West Point. and in SO doing holds
out warning to all offenders that
they can expect nothing less than dis
lnissal FROM the army. For seyeral
years hazing had been almost entirely
abandoned at West Point and Anna
polls, but within the past month there
have been two cases at the Military
Academy. The offenders were MEM
beers of the third class.
Tuesday of last week, two young
men. Samuel Cassel and John Clever
were working In Mr.. Cassers field
about one mile from Wytheville. A
storm came up, and Young Clever
unhitched the horses with which he
was blowing. and started to the house.
i He went over a small hill IN front OF
Cassel. and when Cassel came to the
ton of the hill he found Clever and the
two horses dead, having been killed
by lightning.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Lord Charles
i RUSSELL, chief justice of England, &C
Icomparied by Lady Russell. Miss Rus
sell. Sir Frances Lockwood. Queens
i counselor and member of Parliament;
Mrs. Lockwood and Miss Lockwood,
and Montague Crackanthrope arrived
here yesterday.
i Lord Russell's personality is most in
II teresting His talents had won renown
for him when, as solicitor general, he
visited here in 1883 with Lord Coleridge.
Since then he has become one OF the
most famous men in England. He is
paradox in British public life. No
Irishman ever became lord chief Justice
of England. He is a Catholic, the first
!, of that faith to hold that exalted place
!, since the reformation. Although an
l Ulster man, he is home ruler. Els
teemed as a just judge, he was his rep
: utatiou as the most impassioned plead
ell er of the English bar. His associates
at the bar have called him the best
cross examiner in the world In illus
tration of the versatility, it is said thai
!, he is equally at home in the House Of
v Commons, in the courts, on the bench
J. at social function or with the young
# sters of play.
NEW YORK, August 12.-Ex- Mayo
II Frank A. Mcgowan and j. Henry Dur
l. rah. 4of Trenton, N. J., after many
2, months, succeeded in organizing syn
', dictate among New York and Phlladel
phia capitalists.to construct an eiectrls
railway from New York TO Phliadei
g phia. The company will be known q
le the New York and Philadelphia Trac
lsftion Company, and Joseph Candy, Q
e. Phjladelphia, will be at the head OF tn
enterprise.
Work will be begun near New bruns
" wick at once, and power house. T.
2, cost 500, 600, will be erected at Boun
n Brook.
,e.I OrrUMwA, IA, August 12-Complet
fusion was effected by the popullst'
democrats and silver republicans to tn
IS democratic convention held here K
es- day. The state ticket was divided an
on terms of division in congressional OIL
d. tricts were also agreed upon. For cor
he gress. the democrats get ni'le, populls'
,er one free silver republicans one.
Died, at his home in B lth count.
mt the father of John Roake. OF Mariii
res ton. His home is q well known polI
- ongBack Creek Mountain, and is mel
TONED by Amelia Rives Chandler
90 her book "Tanis. the Sang Digger. !"
oo Pocahontas Times.
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I'D v1RGIN, A SUPREME COURT.-Ecket
to Administratrix vs.. N. & w. r. r. FRO
. a the Hastings Court Of Roanoke. a
firmed. Opinion by Buchanan. Jndg
Held. The conductor of sh1.tlI
lin crew on the yard of the defendant col
nd. nanv who was ordered by the va
master to shift certain cars from G.
track to another cannot recover again
ing the company where of his own motis
re- he took a brakeman's place, went IN
ed. a Mace of danger where his duty d
not call him and suffered injury the
al nv plaintiff cannot 'aHege q
N. ground Of negligence in his decfaratl
per and recover upon another.
, as The failure of the Murray Hill bal
the in New York, and of several otner
~ tional banks in different parts OF t
country, is attributed by the polte
a who, by the by, are doing the mo eo;1
ont the Mckinley fighting, to the s as
ept. craze" These men are IKE cnnu -
d to playing with edged tools: Il me F.
eys. pie once get it into their neaus =.
the resumption of silver coinage
initiate against the natlonai pan
for which they already seem 10 IN
the an antipathy, that resumption VIII
and assured, and the day OF such panAs
to gone forever.-AIeC, Gazette.
ION -'
.Public office is public trust"
Icordino to President Cleveland, as
once was. but that it is not, as he n
MI, is has long since been plain. and
- now proved by the fact that republic
~ electioneering documents are pei