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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18

During the reign Of Queen Victoria,
according 10 a London journal. s3s
peers have been created. Of whom 2i5
were radicals and IFS conservatives
on the ga members Of the upper house
IT'S formerly sat In the commons. aSs
had served In the army. navy or re-
serve forces. q were distinguished
lawyers and q had been IN the diplo.
matte service. OF SO past prime min
is.ers 90 were from the lords and u
from the commons; a out Of 90 foreign
secretaries. Il out Of 65 frst lords OF
the admiralty and 90 out Of 80 secre.
lariel Of war were also hereditary leg
lslators.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18

John Carter. a wealthy farmer. aged
"a. went TO Peru, Ind. recently and
asked TO have commission OF lunacy
appointed Tor hir'soli as he feared he
ives going crazy. on account OF his IN
health. Il was no, done however. and
few days after he ended his life by
shooting himself through the neck.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18

4 new warehouse In Paris has been
built with glass floors, The initial cost
rs considerable. but In view Of the fact
that toughened glass Is so much longer
lived than wood the experiment ls
likely TO prove cheaper In the long run.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18
Mrs nYER,s HOrSE-

twherc the Battles We're Killed.
important TO say that apparently all
her victims were treated In the same
way. am assured that the rumors
that several bodies Of babies found
drowned In the Thames In or around
London will be traced 10 Mrs. Dyer are
Incorrect In every case she appears
TO have weighted the parcels with
bricks. so that they sank Immediately.
and the bodies found near London are
not known 10 have been treated In this
say In any single instance.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18
HOW INDlANSGAMBLE
rHS PUYALLuPs AND NIsoUAL-
NEs PLAY "sLA-HAEL."
rhslr Squaws Chant lamentations - Homes
Aad "Dsans" Important FACTORS The
Stakes Coa.lst Of Ponies. Cows and
PiEs

HE social event OF
the reason for the
Puyallup. the Ms
qualify and a few
White River In
dians has just
passed. says the
Tacoma Ledger I,
waa the annual
gambling a n d
hOrae-racing OF the
tribes. which took
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18

jump. and when you catch your breath
lei out a yell. In ending the affair the
queen Of queens calls her maids and
everyday departs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18

a new government tax Of l mark ON
each eat hep, rs a house, pc, has hecn
imposed In Dresden. Thousands Of
animals have been destroyed by owners
DESTROYS Of ayoidlrg the "cat tax"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18

- NAAN - ANN
prettlest reaches OF
the Thames a
place much sought
by Americans on
account OF its
beauty the police
are dragging the
water for the bod
les Of the rest Of
the baby victims OF
the woman nend
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18
LIVELY PARIS EVENT.
THE SELECTION OF THE QUEEN
or wAsHERwoMEN.

q = Yearly Fsstlviiy Ia FsFis-Qalis
IN Hoaer and Il Hueh Desired ~
tAs Asplraau-ooaeludss with GF.nd
nal
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18
ParIs LAtterl

VI Va AAN AAN@N -
teresting events In
the Partisan world
h the election Of
the queen OF wash
erwomen. Such an
AFFAIR Occurred
about two weeks
ago In Paris and
was a noteworthy
event. To be chosen
queen OF washer
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18

Mount Desert, Mc,. has q school
ma'Am whose name Is Daisy Pfaah
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-18
MURDER FOR MONEY.
FIENDisH work OF MRS. DYER
THE HAsi TRANolER
Julian Ralph ~ the Eeses az DER
Maaifold CFimss-Polics Continue 20
UasaFth ohAstly Evldsaeo Agalnss Her
a Portrait
Qondon letter.

~ n one Of the very
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25

James H rosccker Jr., has begun suit
at Washington against Lewe,.yn 9 Estes,
Lewollyn " Estes. Julia W Estes, Mah4on
A. Winter and the American Fert!.iz!Lg 9
Company, wac have been doing Business
In the Bliss bU.lding at Washington D..
W. Classic Ia his attorney,
Mr. Ho5cyker In his h..l says that L. G.
Estes 0we5 h!m a balance Of S4.!j on a
Loan {. 5000, made several years ago ana
IS hiding his property to avoid payment oi
II.
He wants a discovery of the ownership
of lie bus!le here and the financial re.
lat!1H between Mr.. Estes and his wifo, son
and daughter, who are among the other
defendants to the suit.
Mr.. Nctferkcr says that Mr. Estes repre-
sentei himself when borrowing the 5000
as a man OF large property, md pFodGcod
proofs that convinced him, He now wants
to know whether Mr., Estes Is not the
owner Of coo shares of Western Union
stock, 40 shares of Hooking Valley Rail.
road Company stock, large interest in
the Fischer estate, an interest In !7S,0O
acres of land In West Virginia, an Interest
In the Terro.l Company Of London, aad
various other properties.
He also asks whether Mr.. Estes Is cot
the owner of the Portland Flats.
Finally Mr.. Hotfecker asserts that Mr.,
Estes Is taking in about So q day by his
business at the Bliss bull ling, but Ia pre-
pairing to remove his property from the
district He therefore asks that q re-
ce!ver be appointed for the several com
pan!es under the names Of which Nj.
Estes has been doing business, and that
this defendants be restrained from d!spu5'
ing Of their property.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Lightning struck the life saving station
at North Beach. Ind, injuring three of tho
crew.
A dispatch from Havre announces that
M. Ribot, ex.premier Of France, has sailed
for America
The funeral Of John Chamberlain, the
Washington hotel proprietor. took place
in New York today.
Tho Republican congressional conven.
ton for the Twenty first New York dis.
trlct, nominated David Forest WILDER for
congress,
The son and daughter Of Martha McCul.
Tough, living near Calvert, Tex, were as.
sassinnted by some unknown party Satur.
day evening
Henry j. Winner, a newspaper worker,
and appointed consul at SAKE Coburg by
President Grant and serving twelve years,
Is dead at Newark, N. J.
The United States treasury yesterday
lost 1921 600 in gold coin and sl0,800 In
bars, which leaves the true amount of the
gold reserve sl0a $40 ,a69
Three additional suits were brought at
Lancaster against the Pennsylvania Trao-
tion company for damages growing out Of
tho Chickies trolley disaster.
Congress has authorized the Peruvian
government commission to draft bill
for the purpose Of restraining the drunken.
hess throughout the republic
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25

James Vernon and vile, Of Whining
ton, Del, are spending visit with his
brother, William @ Vernon. of this vii
lage.
Miss Mamie Williams is spending q Wis.
1t Of several weeks In Harrisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Phoebe Hardwick and four chill
dren, Of Baltimore, and Mrs. John Brit
well and her son Clarence, paid visit to
their brothers, Joseph II. and A. s. Ottey.
Charles Graft, Jr, moved his household
goods to Oak Lane, above Philadelphia,
ON Wednesday last He will make it his
home hereafter.
David Barlow, OF Aston Mills, visited
his niece, Mrs A. s. Ottey, and his daugh-
ter Miss Ahhie Barlow He is carrying
his age well for man who is over 70 years
Of age. Miss Amy Casey, daughter Of
Mrs. Blanche Casey, when she saw him,
saw her greatgreat atuncle.
John Porter has q pumpkin that meas
ures VA inches one way, and 58A the
other. Who can beat itr
Eben N Baldwin and A. S. Ottey at
tended camp meeting near Marshallton,
Del The Professor had charge Of the
children's meeting at l.3D, and MY- Bald.
win preached al so clock. p NJ.
Mrs Peter Stringer Of EdgnUnt avenue
and Mrs. Agnes Wyatt of Upland are tho
only two who gave a correct answer TO
Prof. Ambrose S, Ottey's Bible questions
given in the Times. Lie will make 1t
known through this paper when and
where the prizes can be secured The two
above answers came at the same time. A
more careful search Is necessary by him
first, as he is worry busy now
1t is remarkable how many persons
come to ClaymoDt to fish
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
Mr. Lemon on the ConyentiOn.

Mr.. EpIToR;-The Democratic conven.
tion was held on the 18th inst at Dover,
which was one OF the many farces that
have been exhibited In the past. It's the
old, old story, not IS to but 2 to /, since
this old cursed, antiquated constitution
was adopted when the great commoner,
John NJ. Clayton, with his associates
signed 1t. These down-country one.sided
pitsrers have no more idea of free govern.
Inent than have Of making perpetual
motion. It's all one.sided, like the handle
Of jug. Mr.. Edward Martin gave it out
they had equal rights down there in BIRTH
In land and IN capital, which consider is
very dear 10 them; but, sir,we have rights
also that We L0id are AS dear to us as they
do ws have the federal constitution The
Magma charter If our country, which dis.
ttuGtIY says Majority shall rule in tho
Interest If good, sound Republican form
OF government" which they construe to
Inean they have two counties TO our one,
hch gives them twice the number Of
legislators TO make tbs laws, while we
outnumber .hs,n in populaJisn more than
two to one, while they retain all the
Offices, not only In the State but in this
c,y of any uote, and they call that Demo
cratic
Now Mr., Edward Martin, that may
have done in the past, but by the eternal
1t won 7 work in thh future, a,l | hereby
give you warning that If you old Demo
cratic fossils do not let go OF our peoples
throats in New Castle county we VIII put
you in such a minority that you won't
have q corporal's guard left to carry out
your internal schemes We consider the
way y9u manage affairs down there that
you PEOPLE In Kent and Sussex counties
arc only pensioners on the people hero In
New Castle county. We are determined
by voice and vote or any other legal means
to have equal rights in representation,
according u population The tyrannical
rule and oppression that we have been
living under, enforced by Salisbury, will
not be submitted to any longer by a FREQ
peopls.
We know our rights and We dare mh'n-
tain them at all hazards John + Sanls-
bury abridged ths rights of the minority
report at the convention, while the Dover
beauty, Willard tho Second, made tlimsy
speech In favor of Peter J. Ford for Gov
ernor, which any schoolboy of talent
could have equalel and not half tried
He gave Peter tady to the amount OF ono
barrel of candy as a Christmas present to
the frienuless children. l will applaud
that sweet speech by saying "shoo lily,
don't bother mol"
1t was the Salsbuys that caused all
our large majorities to dwindle dcwn to
loosing the state and put the Republicans
made II possible for the votes Of our people
to be bought and sold like sheep in the
shambes and until you change the laws,
which can't be done until you pu! the sal,
isburys out and put others in who VII
give US IA new constitution in the Interest
of the masses and not tho SalsbuFys.
D. LEMON.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
Special Party For St. Paul.

The Grand Army of the Republic Of
Delaware has arranged with the Ba!ti-
moro 4 Ohio railroad Company for special
accommodations TO st, Paul on the occa.
sion of the meeting OF the National En-.
campmcnt Tickets will be sold to the
public alta rate Of s25 for the round trip,
good to return until SepteElber 80. A
special sleeper will be attached to the ax.
press leaving Delaware avcnue station l. 50
p. m, August Goth, running through to
St Paul without change The cost for
berth has been fixed at the low rate of
$3.50. Diagrams of the sleeper can be seen
as the Custom House, Wilmington, or at
the Delaware avenue B s. 0, Railroad
Applications for space should be made as
early as possible to Peter b. Ayars,
Custom House, or II A. Miller Passenger
Agent Delaware avenue station, Whining.
ton. This Is the cheapest rate that has
ever been made to St Panl and the public
sho1id ava.! themselves Of " TO make
visit to the great Northwest.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
League Of Republican Clubs.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 25,-Milwaukes Is
filled with distinguished Republicans from
every state from Maine to California,
brought here by the national convention
of tho National League of Republican
clubs This morning tho convention
opened in Exposition building, and there
will be two sessions each day until the
work of the league is completed. The two
contests in the convention will be over the
presidency and tho place of holding tho
next meeting. Charles U. Gordon of Chi
cago, John L. Webster Of Omaha and d.
y. Woodmansee of Ohio are the candi-
dates for the presidency, and it looks as If
there will be very spirited contest Cen
eral McAlpin and Mr.. Gordon nre the lead
ing candidates The cities that are striv-
ing to get the next convention are Boston,
Detroit, New Orleans, Omaha, Portland
and Chattanooga.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25

The Yellowstone Park s one Of the
most wonderfully attractive regions Of the
world. Its beauties OF scenery, the wild
grandeur Of It's mountains and canons,
compel the admiration of every visitor,
while It's phenomenal gcysors and curious
mlneralogiCal formations make it rich
field for the Investigation Of tho scientist
Universal interest attaches to 1t, and in
order that the natural desire to visit 1t
may be accomplished in the most sht,sfac
tory manner the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has arranged for tour cover-
ing II period of sixteen DAYS leaving New
York and Philadelphia, Thursday, Aug
9th.
AS the tour will be run under the per-
tourist system inaug-
nratcd BY the abCre.named company. it Is
hardly necessary to give the assuranc ce that
1t will be arranged in the most cou;,lete
manner, 1t might be we'll to state, how.
ever, thht no other means of seeing the
park thoroughly is comparable to that af
forded by a wcll-ordered personally. con.
Quoted tour
A special train, consisting of a dining,
Pullman vestibule drawing. room sleep
ing, compartment and observation Gals,
which VIII be the best that can be secured,
will be provided, in which passengers will
live eli route, ard whenever the Journey Is
broken tLe chUlcest rooms In the .eaQlng
hotels will be reserved for tho use Of the
tourists, for which regular rates are PAID
so that the guests, although members of a
party, enjoy all the privileges of iudivid-
uals who have made their own seleo
tions
The party will be conducted throughout
by tourist agent especially selected for
his ability and experience, with chap.
eron to look after the comfort of lady pas.
seEgers.
The rate, covering every necessary ex'
pcnse, will be $!l0 from Boston, and $500
from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington and Harrisburg; proportion.
atc rates from other points.
Detailed itinerary will be sent on appli.
CATION To Tourist Agent, 205 Washington
street. Boston, 1853 Broadway New York
So Fulton street. Brooklyn, or Room iii
Broad Street station, Philadelphia.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
BASE BALL DOTS

Two games Tomorrow for ono admis-
siun. Play begins at 30 clock Ladies
free.
McCafferty pitched his first game for
Paterson yesterday and beat the Newarks,
who got but eight hits of m.
Manager Longs after another pitcher,
but will not say who he Is
The Atlantic League race is u beaut. At
present the first four tenEs are right to.
gcther and the last two are not very far
behind.
Cargo and Wiscbecker will he in the
game before the week Is past, They are
improving quite fast.
Rain did the Athieticsa a good turn yes
ter'lay.
kinsella should be played behind the bat
regularly
Boys, I again admonish you to keep
away from the bridge.
We've got enough Youngsters now, Give
us good old stager who knows the game
and can play it.
Shortstop is an import rlant position, as
also Is second base. The two form the key.
stone Of the team.
How many of tho players who began
tho present season with the locals will be
with us next season.
IA player who doesn't use tobacco in
any form will retain his kcenness of vision
longer than one WHO Uses the weed and
will prove stoadior and more consistent
batter" says AL Solbach. Tobacco af
focts the nerves, and as the eye is bunch
of nerves 1t stands to reason that the
sight Is impaired by the use of the weed.
| have heard players complain they wero
In tough luck as regards their batting, and
found IN nine cases out of ten the cause
was tobacco
The Delaware County base ball club will
leave tomorrow morning on the steamer
Thomas Clyde for Woodland Beach, from
whence The team will take the stage for
Smyrna, and play in tho afternoon. On
the following day they have IL game ar.
ranged with the Dover and on Friday
afternoon they will tackle the Saulisbary,
Md, team. Manager Dougherty will take
Il strong team with him on the trip.
The White SJar Jrs defeated the White
Stars by the score of l5 to H. Batteries
Layshun and Kane; Lea and Gerord.
Tho Browntown Grays defeated tho
Newports at Newport by the score of Is to
j. The feature Of the game was the bat
ting of tho Grays, Score.
Grnvs. ......l 0 3 1 1 7 0 O-1G
Newport. ....0 0 0 0 0 2-5
Battcrles-Frcdcrck, Green and Booth;
Finn4tAorc, Stewart and Lyman
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAS.
Report Of Chancellor Ritchis to the su-
pYeme Lodge and Encampment.

pReme Lodge and EnCampment.
CLEVELAND, Aug rs. - Hundreds of
Knights OF Pythias marched into town
yesterday to attend the eighteenth ben-
nial session of the supreme lodge and the
national encamplnent of the organization.
In his report Supreme Chancellor Ritchio
says in part: 1--WE have lost some member
ship by reason of legislation on the Ser
man question. The Catholic question has,
In some of the domains, materially affected
US We have lost some for mother rea-
sons. The receipts fer the year ending Dec.
81, 1884, were "A, ,0s0,2sb and for the year
ending Dec. 81, 1908, s,03a, sos, making
a total for the two years of e. 053, 900. This
shows net gain in cash receipts of the
subordinate lodges of $9S, ,4g5.
"Ihe number of subordinate lodges on
Dec. 81, 1893, was 5,99s, and Dec. 81, 1895.
6,494, all increase in the two years Of 496
Tho number of members Dec 81, 1893 was
4438l5 Dec 81, 1894, 464 $50, making a net
gain Of 2O,09l.
"Tho statement was made that our order
was opposed to foreigners. This l resented
with all the force at my command Our
order Is American; 1T stands for country
and for order, but believes in loyalty to
flag and tongue. 1t welcomes those who
come to us from foreign shores, desiring
to be Americans, knowing our language,
observing our laws and aiding in the pros
pcrity of our country"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REPUBLICAN,
NEW CASTLE August 25


The heavy rain yesterday wa, u two
fold blessing to New Castle, as it damp
ened the dust, cleaned tho cutters and
will make the hydrant water considerably
better.
CITY tax collector George T. Tohin Is
hust!ng among the taxpayers in order to
give them chance to reap the benefit of
The pcr cent. off on all taxes paid during
this month
There was an interesting debate on
frog farm improvement between H. 81.
NIiliams, the Single tax orator from
Ohio, and W..ilan. K. Simpson. The de-
bate took pace opposite the post office last
evening In the presence OF about 10 per-
sUhs
Ths authorities Of Burlington slept on
their oars until o clock on Sunday even.
Ing and allowed the brutal murderers Of
john Henke to escape
John Kodak, the butcher, yesterday
morning went TO D0bbinsviliG to collec! a
bill from three Hungarans. They gather
Ell Few articles of wearing apparel and
started to the depot to c1tch the llV7
train When at ths Washington svenle
crossing the train came laundering aiUng
at ia!rty miles an hour speed and one Of
the men attempted to catch the hand rail
aEh gst aboard.
But 1t Is only ons man out Of hundred
who can successfully jump train when
" Is running ut the above mentioned
speed. ] be Hungarian was stunned tor
! ne BY receiving blow on the shoulder
- other two men reached the depot in
tinr 10 yet aboard the train and 50 the
hu'thcf has u few more bills which he can
ai " his profit and loss account
tu.Y 500 persons from all parts Of the
city gathered ut the Battery Park last
evening to see the balloon ascension by a
l~tnter Of Sparks circus, which exhibited
tcr2 last evoning.
lac circus left tLis morning for Della
ware City and from there will 90 to Mid
d.4.Dwn
Tbs crossties for the electric railway
hove made their appearance and work will
begin at once.
For sale, cheap easy terms, or exchange,
iot OF new and second hand bicycles John
l.. Stoops.
Mis- Mary White of Wilmington Is the
guest OF New Castle friends
The tug Laura b arrived here this morn
Ing with large party from Wilmington
aboard. They were taken from here to
Cotleld Beach in small boats, where the
day was spent pleasantly.
Tho members of the local lodge Of tho
Ancient Order of United Wurkmen will
celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of their
lodge tomorrow evening at CUlield Beach.
The program arranged Is an Interesting
one ana the members and their lady
Trends are sure to have an enjoyable
tine
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25
Insurgents Killed in Cuba.

HAVANA, Aug. 25.-Dispatches received
here from Holguin, province of Santiago
do Cuba, announce that force of 1000 in
surgents under Cnlixto Garcia has nt-
tackled the forts of Banes, town situated
near tho coast in tho northern part of Hol-
guin district. The insurgents, it isadded,
have twice called upon the garrisons of tho
forts to surrender, but tho latter have re-
fused to do So The troops, however, were
unable to prevent the insurgents from
burning the villages of Carbonico and
Lama, in that vicinity Official reports
confirm the statement that tho insurgent
leader Chongo Rivero and forty-siE insur-
gents wore killed in the recent engagement
with the troops at Cayames.