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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15

WICHITA, KAN. August Mrs.
Loase commissioned her so1 10 go 70 Tho
ponulist Convcntion yesterday and OH
cialiy declare there thar the political
compact heretofore ovistiug between tho
I.D.t,- and Iewollinr families had heen
declared OF young Lease seconded the
nomination Of cy-Gournor Lcwelling FOR
state sorafOr. md rhe convention went
wild i'm IT'S demonstrations OF Joy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15

OTTAWA. ONT. Aug. H.-It is un-
as~s,ood that the Hon. Wilfred Laurier
has decided TO settle the Manitoba school
question by the appointment OF a special
Commission to hear Arguments In the
matter.
There will be.a representative OF the
pominion and Manitoba governments
named and these two Will choose third
comaissialer from the bench.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15

ST. LOUIS. August "a THE Democratic
state Central Committee yesterday au-
thorzed % subcommittee 90 confer with
thc Populist state Committee to aecor-
tain if 10 was possible 90 reach au aeroc-
meut whereby buf one electoral ticket
uoud he nut m He fcif
The Poprlsfs of the state have taken
poo sf.r toward fr7'on hui if is known
that they are anxious FOR conference.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15

G Ereaks Her own and All Previous
l..rnrdn From southampton


l,.rnrdr Troa southampton
' SCW YOhK. Aug. 1.-THE American
Tirc steamer ST. Paul. Captain Jameson
arr. eu from southampton this moiu.nr
inter another record breaking passage OF
s't days ana thirty one minutes Tins
lctR lcT former record by nvc hours
slu oAc miuDtc. ANA that OF her sister
ghiu. the ST Louis. ly oue '..r and
Nfty- three minutes. The ST. Paul. just
oQ tho dry-dock. ieft Southampton las,
Saturday ~ 20 minutes past noon. pass
,ne thu noodles at l.ii l. NJ. She
reached the Sandy Hook lght-ship at
e.i5 this morning. covering Il total dis
lance OF S.o46l knots In six days ana
tlirtv-one minutes. thus eclipsing an pre-
yIous records Her average speed was
2is knots per hour.
The 81 Paul experienced unc weather
,,ifh smooth seasons, throughout the
nassagc. She brought 43s cabin and 2ll
steerage passengers
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15
rHr srApoARD AND SOUTHERN.
An Attempt to Prevent HosiiIities Between
The Two I.Inns.

the Two Lines.
BALTIMORE. MD. Aug Alt Is un-
derstood that negotiations for tho settle
mrnt of the southern rate war have made
considerable progress. This is not officially
admitted but interests outside Of the
Seab0ard Air Line and the Southern rail-
way are striving 10 bring about an un-
Gcrstanlirg which viii prevent a renewal
of hostiliiics after the hearing before
Judge SimOnton tomorrow.
10 e. reasonably certain II an agree
ment Us not reached the ScabOarg Air
Line will find ways and means OF cutting
into the revenue OK the Southern railway,
and this in turn viii be felt by other
roads.
The Pennsylvania is understood to have
taken q hand Ia the effort t0 get a set
tlement. and iJs influence with both lines
is necessarily considerable, As matters
Row stand there is deadlock In hostiii-
ties fhe breaking OF which may De fun
OF significance, and is waited with much
concern.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15
One Among Hany.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE Presi-
dent has appointed George &. Seibels as
sstant paymaster in the navy. subject
10 examination. Scibels Is from Ala
bama. There were more than one hun
dred and nfty applicants for the place.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15
THE VIRGINI1 DENTISTS.
Mr. Vanderbilt Arrives on His Yacht with
Friends.

FORT MONROE. VA. Aug. 1.-THE
Virginia Dental Association held its anal
session this morning. Or. Lee, OF Lynch
burg. read u paper On crown and bridge
work. which was discussed for an hour.
followed by the installation OF officers.
The cgnycntOn recommended four Of
its members 70 the Governor for appoint
utent on the Examining Board. and ad-
iourned 70 meet hero next year.
The American and Southern Associa-
lions will also meet here August It'll
The yacht Alva. with William IL. Van
Gerblt and friends. arrived here to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15
RANGE or THERMOMETERS.

Tho following was tho range Of tho
thermometer a, The Times Office yes-
a. NJ. 70: u NJ. s.; ; p NJ. S. 9
p. NJ. 81: 3 +. NJ, "; nudpighk =.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15
The Treasnry RescrNe.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE Treas
my gold reserve al the close OF busi
ness to-day stood az 500. .Vt3sl6
Yo-dsys' withdrawals WS1e s-DZ,v9vs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-15
RaILROAD CoNDUCTOK KILLED.
His Head Ground on by the Wheels of IFS
Train.

BRISTOL. TENN. Aug. li-Special.-
Edward Harlow. q freight conductor on
the Louisville and Nashville road was
killed AT Bigstone Gap. Va. to-day while
looking between cars for tramps.
His head was ground OF under the
wheels. Ills homo was at Coroin, Ky.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
THE LAST SALUTE.
Guns of the 'Confederates Exploded
at Apponiattox Surrender.

81. Louis Globe DeiaocTdt
After Gen Grant had received Gen. Lees
terms Of surrender at AppomattoN, and ic-
cepted them, SOME one-nvt Gen. Grant -
ordered the firing OF a salute of 100 guns
in token of victory This salute Gen. Grant
quickly stopped, as he wished that every
means should be taken to spare the sell
sihilitics Of the brave men who had sur
rendered.
The proceedings went on quietly and the
surrender had been c mplcted. All WAS
over, and peace had sue ceeded war. when a
strange and irregular fusilade Of musketry
was heard Fl IN the fil!d of battle. More
than that. the air about the field was filled
with flying bullets.
What had caused this reupening of hos
dlitles? Simply this: The muskets of the
Confederate soldiers had been aIlo We'd to
remain stocked on the field. So suddenly
had the firing ceased on the morning of
April 8 that thousands of pieces were left
loaded.
field caught fire. and the blaze ran among
the stacked guns. They were heated to
the point of explosion, and soon the fusilade
began. Most of the pieces Were pointed up
ward. aud the bullets rose until their force
was spent and then came down to the
ground. Others were pointed to an angle,
and sent their balls far.
On that spot the ground is to this day
.strewn with bullets, and any one may pick
them up who Will.
This is the only salute which acconpanied
the surrender of Lee.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
SNN\\~~~ ~N~
) Widow
: Hebron's
Thanksgiving. :

Susan Hebron was not widow twhen
She started for the gold regions one spring
morning back in the seventies. She left
Missouri with her husband, a pair of mules,
COW and two small boys.
Hebron was man who was always
nursing Il cold and asking fatuous Questions
ON the way 10 the Promised Land as the
Black Hills country used to be called, he
acquired Il fata! habit OF sitting with his
feet TO the roaring camp fire and his back
Ia the drafty tent flap.
After the mules Were sold to pay the
funeral expenses, the widow bowed her
head, reflected, and subsequently gathered
together the COW the boys, her little re-
maining cash, and kept pluckily on towards
the Mecca for which she had left the
Missouri farm. She made many long visits
at various ranches, en- route, where she
cooked and served for her board; and final
ly, late in November, the mule train with
which she was travelling went into camp
just at the edge of Palmer's Gulcb.
Faro Jim," the best hand at a deal
in ali the Northwest, was postmaster for
the week at Palner's GulclI: that is to say,
IL Was Jim's week 10 saddle Jenny and
hustle down to meet each of the passing
mule trains, which constituted the Black
Hills mail service in those da Us.
When on this duh November day Jim
dashed up to the wagon, designated by one
OF the train drivers as the mail bag" and
hastily pulled aside a turkey red curtain,
he was greeted with shrill shrek, and
bis eyes met, not n rusty old mail bag,
but the charming widow in the act OF comb
ing mass of shining brown hair and blush
Ing furiously at the intrusion.
Seeing the confusion of the bronze giant,
who seemed too stricken to even drop the
red wagon flap, the little woman laugh
ingly bade him wait and she would passout
the bag, and warned him in the future to
ring the bell instead of attempting to crawl
through the window.
Faro jim" was not clever at repartee
The morning times., 1896-11-22

BnliaI Savariu in 4 burst of greedy ad-
miration, eulogizes the turkey as the most
beautiful present the new world has ever
made To the old. Charming to the vision,
flattering to the smell. delicious to the
taste" he pronounces our native fowl.
Quite unknown to Europe were these
charms till the Spanish Jesuits in Mexico
smacked their lips over the new roast fowl
in 1918, and promptly sent the appeuzing
turkey to Spain. thence To England, where
for three centuries have the glories of tie
turkey never wancd. l hazard wide sur
mise, as Sir Thomas Brown would say
that sharp-eyed Sebastian Cabot also car
ried them across seas long ere that
AT any rate, by 1875 the turkey was
we'll l-known and highly appreciated in the
old world.
Whence came our birds stupid name of
turkey? Never, firmly believe, because
his cry Of gobble sounds like turk-e, turk-e,
though so We are told. Dr.. Samuel johnson
wrote with fatuous ignorance as late as
1865, in his amusing poInpous and blank
dictionary, this definition: - large do
mestick fowl, supposed to be brought from
Turkey"
The French name, poule dTndc, and de-
rvatively dindon, and similar German,
Spanish and Italian names, are much more
Intelligent because their intent was honest;
for the New World was then supposed to
be India.
Hariot found ..turkie cookies and turkie
henns'' OH Roanoke Island in 1855, and
wrote of them in his account of the new
found land of verginia." From Hariot ever
after, no matter where the adventures
and explorers landed. they found the tur-
key-from Canada to Panama, says Charles
Lucien Bonaparte in his Ornithology.
The wild turkey as seen SO often during
the first exploration of the Powhatan that
its name was given to one island and the
rivera name it still bears. On this island
q great store ofturkey egg swasfound, which
proved its loneliness and seclusion, as the
turkey is most cautious and timd In pre-
pairing its nest.
Williams says in bis Vergenia, 1850,
There are iniinities OF wild turkies."
Flocks of forty Were noted in Jamestown,
and Evelyn slys that flocks of four hundred
We're seen in the upper Chesapeake. A
Virginia turkey weighing forty pounds was
| not uncommon. Evelyumentionso one weigh
| ing sixty-four pounds. Seventy pounds is
| the alleged weight of one Of these wild
| turkies of colonial Virginiai
The Earl of strafford's letters and dis
| patches, telling of the "Commodities of
] Island and called Maniti ore Long Ilewch
| is In the Continent of Firgenia," confirms
| all these reports and even tells of 'fayrs
| Turkees far greater than here, five hun
The morning times., 1896-11-22
TURKEY LORE.
ALICE MORSE EARLE.

dred in 1ockc'-which must have proved
a noble sight.
Josselyn's report of the speedy thin
ming out of the wild turkeys was true. Gov
John Winthrop, OF Connecticut, had great
difficulty in obtaining two to breed froIu
in 1888, and by 1890 it was very unusual
to kill a wild turkey in New England. These
beautiful great golden and purple birds
had flown away from white mans civili-
zation and guns.
An official report made in 1924 in Mas
sachusetts asserted that near Mount Hol-
yoke few wild turkeys had occasionally
been seen at the beginning of this century
Contrary to the usual law of nature. the
turkey has not leen improved OF developed
/ by dOmestication, the largest and finest
being still found in the wild state.
The turkey is a true cosmopolite, like
many another good American; he has
emigrated to every corner OF the world
just as, In turn, every Corner OF the earth
has poured in emigrants upon US. Varying
climates, soils, conditions and food do not
disturb him; everywhere is he savory,
everywhere is he beloved, but all epicures
agree that the American bird is the best
that is, all foreign epicures.
In America we make fine distinctions;
tastes differ with locality In some North
ern States no turkey is deemed perfect un-
less he is stuffed with chestnuts-I mean
as daily food; in Louisiana he must have
gorged on pecan-nuts; in South Carolina
raw rice is your only prime turkey fool.
while in Virginia q few wild persimmonS
give the turkey tang that paints the hly
Our President, whoever he may have
been, has for many years past feasted at
the White House on Thanksgiving Day
on great turkey fatted in youth on Ri Ode
Island grasshoppers, and l approve the
Presidents taste. In any case, may you,
my reader, have which ever kind of turkey
youlike hest for your Thanksgiving dinner.
/ and plenty OF it.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
NO USE FOR LEATHER APRONS.
Samantha Mann Declines to Trade
Jelly Cake for Cold Buckwheats.
Chicago Chronicle.

Chicago Chronicle.
When the children used to go to Possum
Walk schoolhouse the dinner hour was u
time when they gathered together and COM
pared the contents of their dinner baskets
and traded with each other. Two dough-
nuts for piece of pie, one ookie for red
apple, etc. Some of the scholars were chill
dren of the poorer class OF tenant farmers
and their baskets were not filled with any
thing like So appetizing an outfit as the
baskets Of the others. Mary Jane Squirting,
for instance. used to come to school with
buckwheat axes for dinner. They were of
the large kind, about sixteen inches round
and a quarter of au inch thick. They had
The morning times., 1896-11-22

been buttered thinly while hot, hut the but
ter would melt quickly and the cakes woul d
be as cold as tombstones by the noon hour.
Still, they were the best that Mary Jane
had, and as the spirit Of barter beat In her
humble breast she essayed to exchange a
couple OF these pieces de resistance to Sa-
mantha Mann for a slice Of Jelly cake. Sa-
higher and said In scornful tone:
"Oh, yes: now, Mary Jane Spurlin', you
don't git me to trade any o. my nice jelly
cake fur one O. your ole luther aprons.''
And Mary Jane Squirting never smiled
again.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
What Did He Mean?

"Do you know" remarked the author,
"that look upon my work as extremely
valuable?"
why sop
"A burglar was in the house the other
night and stole 81 Al, about $50 worth OF
night and stole 81 AT, about $50 worth of
jewelry and the manuscript OF my latest
story. I fear 1 shall never get the last
back, but will have Justice on that bur
Ciar, if we ever catch him."
my dear sir, no jury would ever con-
vict him.
"why not"
..He would be regarded as public beue
factor"
And the author has been trying to figure
out the others meaning ever since.-Ostroiu
Free Press.
The morning times., 1896-11-22
Not DRAMATIC Enough.

I'm afraid the battlefield Of the
future Will have few heroes.''
Why"
Just ina gine how tame a dispatch would
read: Col. Globesight had two bicycles
shot from under him during the engage
ment. Chicago Tribune.
The morning times., 1896-11-22

and his only answer was to seize the bag
and flee precipitately In search of the
aforesaid driver, whom he only absolved
from the ''dandiest kind of q licking'' on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
Cable Notes.
A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE.
Some Doubt to the Name of Our
Greatest POetess.
Chicago Post.

The London Echo chronicles the arrival
of Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton in Eng
land, and adds the interesting fnforma ton
that she is 1.-The greatest of American poet
esses" We do not attempt to dispute the
accuracy of this information, and we are
glad that English authority has settled so
delicate and puzZling question We recall
that the subject was up before the Amalga-
mated Association of Literary Workers of
Indiana. and that while no positive decision
was reached 1t was the local impression
that the laurel wreath of supremacy in the
domain of female poesy should be awarded
to a talented daughter of Indiana whose
name we have most unhapply forgotten
Here in Chicago. aside from Mrs Lydia
Avery Coonley, we have no woman to enter
the lists against Mrs. Moulton, for Miss
Harriet Monroe seems to have abandoned
the field of poetry for discursive and more
overlook the claims of Miss Quincy, Mrs
Sangster Mrs. Wilcox, Minna Irving and a
dozen other ladies of poetical sensibiities
and rhythmical dexterity. We read the
other day that Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
derives more from the proceeds of her pen
than any other person in America" with
the very probable exception of our wealthy
and philanthropic fellow-citizen p D. Ar
mour. Yet this would not argue that Mrs
wilcox is the greatest of our sweet singers
Mr. Buntline reaped a fortune from his
tales OF adventure, and we should hesitate
10 class him the. greatset of our native
novelists. We believe that great occasions
produce great poets and it is not strange
that in this practical age when women are
discussing boomers, the right of voting IL
you happen to feel like it and other prac-
teal reforms the spirit of poesy should lie
dormant. For our part we do not recall
any American woman who is worthy TO 60
into class A so far as poetry is concerned
though we rejoice in the possession OF many
women of respectable poetical talents Mrs
Moulton has enlivened contemporaneous
literature with some CHEEKY contributions,
and we congratulate her on the good opin-
ion of our English friends. But as for the
solution of the problem of supremacy we
a o an On II without murmur to the Chi
cago Woman's Club committee on poetry
and ventilation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. Sire late asst
night destroyed the immense fve-story
brick plow foundry and implement factory
of 5. r. White & Brother No
ZIG Water street, the Union stock
yards, on the east side of Nebraska street
and number of dwelling houses One
hundred families, white and colored resld-
ing in the fire district, have been made
homeless. Twenty-Five houses were de-
stroyed in all and the total loss was $500, Co.,
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept 2.-For the
Opera House, the leading theater of this
city, was badly damaged by fire at 2
o'clock this morning The flames were
discovered. Loss, $4,000; insurance. S5O. 600
ELMIRA, N. Y. Sept. Fire tonight
destroyed j. w. Carrolrs and the f. T.
carroll Company's clothing stores and
other buildings. The fire was caused by a
gas explosion in the Carroll Block and the
total loss will reach s125.0 900 Three fire.
men were injured, none fatally.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04

NEW YORK Sept. 3.-Arrived: werkendam
from Rotterdam. Sailed; Normannia, for Ham
burg Schiedam, for Amsterdam.
QUEENSTOWN Sept. arrived: I.ucania
from New York, for Liverpool (and proceeded1
Sailed: Britannia, for New York
BREMERHAVEN, Sept. 3.-Arrived: Spree
from New York. via Southampton
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 3.-Arrived: Belgenland
from Philadelphia.
PLYMOUTH, Sept. ARRIVED: Columbia
from New York.
LONDON, Sept. s-Arrived Manitoba, from
New York. ~
NAPLES. Sept. s.-Arrived: FuIda, from New
York. ~"
GENOA. Sept. s.-sailed: werra for New
York. -"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
Wisconsin Democratic Ticket

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 3.-The Demo-
cratic State convention reconvened at 10 80
this morning to complete the State ticket
A sensational incident of the meeting was
the displacement of Rublee A. Cole (sil-
Verite), who had been chosen by the con-
vention for Lieutenant Governor in obedi-
ence to the fusion committee plan, and the
substitution of Horatio II. Heard for the
place. William +. Pierstoff, of Middle
town. was named for State Treasurer: c.
M. Butt, of Viroqua, for Secretary of State,
and II. L. Weed, of Oshkosh, for Attorney
general. G. F. +. Calk. of Barron. was
nominated for Railroad Commissioner and
Francis Cleary, of Waukesha, for Superin-
tendent of Public instruction. This COM
pleted the ticket.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
The Proper Thing to Do.
CHICAGO Pos

The proud father fairly beamed.
My boy shows an inclination to write
poetry, he said. What do you think Id
better do with hm?'
The friend of the family looked serious
Let me understand the matter perfect
ly.' he said. Am 1 TO understand that
you suspect him OF being prodigy"
I'm. well; yes" answered the proud
father. Il do feel that his genius rather
puts him in advance Of"
1T is very difficult to give advice off,
hand in SUCH a case" Interrupted the
friend of the family. Furthermore / am
inclined to be very mild myself and would
hesitate to sanction some of the harsher
measures advocated by scientists at pres
emit L don't think I'd kill him. If / were
you, but you might break an arm and dis
able him that way"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
Not Labeled American Beef.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2-Accordinr IN
United States Consul Johnson, at Antwerp
there is no truth in the story which So
excited American meat packers TO the ef
feet that broken down English Omnibus
horses are killed and packed at Antwern
as canned beef under American labels
The consul reports to the State Depart
ment that he has made most careful in
curry and finds that while the English
omnibus hacks do come to Antwerp I'm
large numbers they are slaughtered and
sold for fresh meat and are not packed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
Wheels in France.
Washington Post.

Bicycles are even more popular in
France than in this country" said Mr. J
Favre. of Paris. at the Normandie THE
local manufacturers are not able 10 supply
the demand and nearly all of them are
tor carriages are also coming into popular
favor some of which are operated with
petroleum and some by electricity. Con-
slant improvements are being made. and
think that ere many years the horseless
carriages will be in general use. with
those now on the market IL is possible to
make an average speed of twenty miles
an hour on country roads"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
Ruling as to veteran bounty.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Acting Control
Ter Bowers in a decision rendered to-day
holds that transfer from the voIunteSr
service to the regular army although In
the form OF a new enlistment for the re-
malnder OF the unexpired volunteer term
of enlistment, is not such an enlistment as
to entitle the soldier transferred to VET
eran bounty. The service in the two
tinuous seryics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-04
The Laurada Not wrecked.

KINGSTON. jamaica Sent. 3-The
American steamship Laurada. said 10 be
Cuban filibuster and enormously reported
wrecked by treachery, cleared from Port
Antonio for Philadelphia last night II now
transpires that the Laurada transferred
twenty-five men and a quantity of arms
and ammunition TO the tug Dauntless off
Navasa island, which vessel sailed then for
Cuba.