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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-08-28

once Of THE PIONEER PRESS COMPANY. ow. HoRNIcE. supt.
d Pau MIMI Sedt7 1894
DearhM s-I have beena tobaccon edt Tor many years. nd during the patt W years have
smoked hftent tewnty csan regulMHy every day My whole nervous system became
tried the soceiEd "Keey Cure" hNoToB ae" and various other remedis%Ss but
without success until accdenthy learned by nj "shaoo Three weeks ago today
appTeoines bas eonphteIyi left me. Consider YOU "BnooCuro" simply wondeTfItS d
cal fully reeomm0ndtt Iours very truly CIV. HohEN0K
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-08-28
NA/oman's
wv ork

Is never done, and It is especially wearing
and wearisome to those whose blood is
impure and unfit properly to tone, sus-
tain, and renew the wasting OF nerve,
this condition of the blood that women
are run down,
Tired, Weak, Nervous,
Than because Of the work itself. Every
physician says SO, and that the only rem
edy is In building up by taking a good
nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalizer
like Hoods Sarsaparilla. For the troubles
Peculiar to Women at change of season,
climate or life, or resulting from hard
work, nervousness, and impure blood,
thousands have found relief and cure in
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10
A Remarkable Mineral Wart.

Readers Of this paper win find the ad-
vertisernent calling attention TO Ypsi-
lanti Specific, natural mineral water.
The powers and virtues claimed for this
water are remarkable, bur the Ypsilanti
Specific Co., Of 104 Broad Street, Boston,
il prepared to furnish evidence at any time
to enyone Of the truth Of every claim
made. Dealers throughout New--England
have this water for sale In one-half gal
lon bottles, or 1t can be had by sending
an order to tie company. The price OF
Yysilanti Specific is the same as that of
other medicinal waters, viz, 6Cc. per half
gallon bottle, 1915 per case CT IL bottles,
with rebate of 75c. on return of the
case and empty bottles, making the net
price, $500 per case. George l.. Clsfiin q
Co., Providence, r. L., Distributing
Agents.
George l.. Clsffiin q Co., Providence,
X. l., distributing agents.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10
p. P. P. SAVES HIS LEG.

{" Jacksonville, Fla, July /, 1s95.-
Two years ago had the worst ulcer
on my leg l ever saw. IL had eaten
down to the bone, and my whole leg
below my knee, and my foot was
swollen and inhamed. The bone was
swollen and painful, aud discharged n
most offensive matter. My physicians
said i had necrosis OF the bono, and
my leg would have to come OF. AT
this stage i commenced 10 take Z. T.. L.
and 10 battle my leg with hot CASTLE
soap suds. 1t began TO improve at
once and hea.ed rapidly, and is to-day
sound and useful leg.
81 think y. y. p, Lipprnon's Great
Remedy. is all mau could ask for as
a blood purifier, as have known IL to
cure so mctcrriblc eases of blood poi
soning in remarkably short time.
aAGA AN MONS
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10

"It looks even more SO to-day than
Yesterday. / heard some news in YER
nonyille which points to the trip being
an accomplished fact. Tell me, will
you assist me with my plan2"
His voice, the warm pressure of his
arm, sent q thrill through the girl, yet
even then n certain feminine perversity
kept her from uttering the words she
felt impelled to say.
"I will help you, If you win the handi'
cap at the race meet" she replied.
Scott's eyes flashed. "Do you mean
that?" he cried. "I'll win that race il
it's the last thing ! ever do"
AS Josephine was whirled over to the
trolley she speculated vaguely on her
promise.
Continued Tomorrow.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10
THE RACE-MEET OF THE
ATLANTIS WHEELMEN.


portant prospective changes in your
plans--what are they?"
The young fellow drew himself TO
his full height ana loomed up in the
gloom of the dingy hall until the
athletic outlines of his figure seemed
to challenge the girls admiring gaze.
For full moment he stood thus, look
ing intently at her, as though engaged
in some inward speculation. Some
thing of his mood seemed TO communi-
cate itself to her. She drew her gloves
nervously through her hands.
"You have not heard the news, thenT
There is talk of taking team OF first
class racing men to Australia. If 'hey
go. shall 60"
Miss Gordon suddenly leaned against
the wall. Scott looked at her keenly.
"To Australia" she said, rather
weakly.
"Yes; Australia's one of the greatest
countries on the earth FOR all kinds Of
sports and athletics, you know, am AZ
we take a team of our best mer out
there we will show them thing or two.
! II is thought that the affair will be a
big success. I've wanted to get out
there myself for some time. and 4 L
60 with the team il viii be exactly the
chance have been looking for"
Miss Gordon had recovered some OF
her usual manner.
"But why do you wish to go TO Aus
tralia?" she asked.
simply because 1t will be TO my in
terest to do so, but wish very much to
10 talk to you about some arrange
ments i should like TO make before
go. / shall tell you all about it to-mor-
row afternoon when we come home to-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10

gether. BY the way, think / heard
you say you wished something would
happen. May / inquire il you would
consider my going to Australia in the
.. light of something happening?"
Miss Gordon's face changed some
what in the dim light.
"But you may not 60" she said.
son the contrary, the chances are that
shall go; and want you to help me
lay my plans"
The girl looked at him with humor-
Gus suspicion in her eyes.
"Do ycu mean 10 say that you actual
ly expect me TO help you to lay plans TO
go to Australian" she asked.
"Why not?"
She was silent.
"Tell me-" he insisted, "will you ne.r
me to lay plans to go?"
"That depends"
swell. If you are unwilling to DO
that. will you help me to lay plan that
will make it worth while to come
back?"
"I'll have to think about IL. I'll see
YOU tomorrow afternoon. and well
| talk il over. shall have TO be satisfied
first that you are really going. Some
how it doesn't sound like one OF The
things that really happen"
at will after l tell you about 1T. Au
revoir, then. I'll meet you soon after
three o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
| rnrJop xroo cninninO
along the famous Kings county road
the next day. as charming a picture
of glowing health and physically per-
feet womanhood as one could find in a
days journey.
But. for once, her reflections were
not of her usual happy and optimistic
turn. All the life aud beauty and ex-
auisite serene repose of the day were
borne in upon her and reacted upon
her physical sense with their never
failing charm. but mentally she felt
strange depression. Something
haunted the undercurTent OF her
thoughts that she could not shake of,
and as she rode she involuntarily re-
called the strange dream she had had
the night before. On her return TO her
home she had picked up one OF the
popular magazines, and the first article
that met her eye WAS n long and I'M
tcre sting one on the rapidly disappear
ing forms of life IN Australia and those
already extinct With an exclamation
OF surprise, and an unuitered wondei
whether everyone were suddenly in
tcrcsted in Australia. she began tC
read. The article was fascinating, and
IL was late when she closed the booh
and prepared 20 retire. Her lass wax
ing thoughts were still fixed ON this
curious and comparatively unknown
continent with It's weird lfe forms
and zen at last her speculation
ceased, and she fell asleep, she dreamed
and in her dreams she searched will
oil the nrdor OF a savant for an animal
curious and extinct. with a formidable
name. She rode through strange an'
grotesquc forests on her wheel. no
, thought IL odd that IL was an improvc'
, | pattern that rode eusily over th
trunks of gigantic trees fallen IN he
I path. She heard the long lost onima
I crashing through the growth in ih
! forest just ahead Of her. and felt tha
, SOON she would discover the form tina
. had tor centuries been lost 10 the work.
II will look all over Australia" sh
, said. firmly. "but I'll find it," AT ths
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10

Sold BY an druggists
LIPPMAN BROS. Apothecsries, Sole prsp'n.
Aipvuas's Block. ssvssssh. o.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10

looking the entries over and ] sec ell
the men are in my class except one or
TWO l don't know much about. anil I'm
going upstairs now to ask Boyd about
them. II is "a fair prize, and as the Ma
tionnl Circuit closes soon, it's about my
last chance. SO l shall enter"
II hope you'll lead at the tape and
come H. far ahead Of the field" said
Miss Gordon. Il shall have TO go oown
and look on and see that the race is
properly run
'come down and be my mascot. will
vou?" said Scott. eagerly. "Say that
you'll be there. and III secure yo'i q
box In front OF me judges stand. "a
that you can see everything perfectly.
VIII you cone?"
certainly. tAsnk you. And The I'm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10
TERRIBLE BLOOD POISON.

The body covered with sorcs--tvo
bottles of r. +. y. made n positive and
permanent cure. This is only one OF
many thousand similar cases.
Catarrh yields at once TO y. i. l.
That smothered feeling at night, that
heavy feeling Ia the day --c7-n and
should be removed Z. l.. 4. vii. Go IT
IL you only give IL n chunce.
Indigestion and constipation 70 ha,1
i'm hand Headaches and total loss cf
appetite are tho. results. Regulate
yourself and tone up ycur stomach
with 4. Z. J..
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-10
p. p. r., Lippman's Great Remedy, Saves
aMan From Becoming Cripple.

Mr.-Asa Anmons. a well known
citizen of Jacksonville. Florida, was
afflicted by terrible ulcer. Medical
skill seemed unavailing in stopping the
ravapcs of the terrible disease. The
leg was swollen and intensely painful,
as the ulcer had eaten its way down
to the very bone. Ala medicines and
treatments having failed TO effect a
cure, the doctors said the leg must
come off. Just when it seemed that
Mr.. Ammons would become a disabled
and a crippled man, he tried i. i. p. u,
Lippman's Great Remedy, and the re-
suit was wonderful.
The morning times., 1896-03-19

l.eved that the love was at one time re
ciprocated
Miss Gerrudc Phillips was then ushcred
into the courtroom. She is a very pretty
girl, of rather stately appearance She
was dressed in black, with a long black
coat fitting her trim figure. A black hat
crowned her dark hair, that cornbed
straight back from IL high forehead, and
black silk veil covered her face.
II was with difficulty that she sup
pressed her feelings while describing the
incidents so often described by the wit
ncsses before her, and her sister finally
moved her chair over beside her and re-
mained there during the trying ordes%
Where did you first meet Mr. Mill
ken?'' asked Judge Goode
'At No. 1912 Twelfth street, the house
of friend"
Did he live there?''
He took his meals there"
The history OF the early acquaintance
was related in reply to questions.
How long was il before he profeSsed a
regard for you?"
between a month and two months"
Did he become i'll love with you:"
He did"
Were you in love with hinl?'
Yes. at one time
Did you ever select necktie for
hini?n
Yes; / have
Miss Phillips you would not have gone
to Cabin John Bridge with young man
unless he was an accepted lover. would
you?"
No; don't think 1 wouid."
what was in the package lie sent UP
stairs to you ON that Fourth of July even
ing?''
"A pair Of opera glasses had given
him.
You knew he was going to call that
night?'
Yes
Now. in spite of the quarreIs tween
YOU, didn't you regard him as youraccepted
lover?''
Wei. yes; ] suppose So
Miss Gertrude retired frun the courtroom
on the completion of her testimony.
HE HEARD THE SCREAMS.
Frederick b. McKenney. Judge Phil
lips law partner. succeeded the young lady
The morning times., 1896-03-19
TAEEH 70 TASK By VEST
Con;inaad from First Page.

Cur spires n.cy not 20 as near 90 heaven
Is those in Eastern cities; we may DO, have
organs that roll doiorous ZONES along fret
ted aisles. bul we nave people who fear God
ana obsesTel4sc g Ia " ana heconinldGd-neuts.
DROPPED INTO POETRY.
In connection with humble but real lrclig-
son 4 am ;ClUled 10 quotc these beautiful
lines Of tie Scotch poet:
=. Compared with ihis how poor Telg lon 5
pride.
In ali the ranp of method and Of art;
When men display 10 congregations wide
Devotion 'seyeryEracc. c.cNccpstheLeart-'
This. Mr. President i, whaj we have
come to at last-uhaJ the President Of
the United States iu las official capacity
says 10 the people OF the Whole world.
that in one portion OF this country tie
surrounding are such that missions home
missions are necessary in order 10 briag
the people 10 iha proper knowledge uf viat
is right AMI true"
Al this p0Wi Iae Vice President a ked Mr.
Vest 10 suspend his speech until a message
should be received from the President
OF the Cn.lei States.
Mr. Vest stopped. ana the mess ge was
delivered general laughter being excited
at the incident. ana being continued when
Mr. Yest remarked. with assumed gravity.
that he wOali BE- glad IL the presiding Of
ncer would examine the mess -Ec and see
If it was in response 10 anything which had
occurred IN Tie Senate today
The morning times., 1896-03-19
BOGUS GAS MAN AGAIN.
He Tried His Game on a Lone Woman
Who Was His Match.

He Tried His Game on Lone Woman
Who Was His Match.
The bogus gas inspectors who operated
throughout the city some weeks past have
again begun their operations in the north
west. The first place visited in their
second series OF rounds was the clothing
store Of &. SelinSer of No. 1424 seventh
street north west.
About O'Clock last night a well dressed
man. attired in dark suit OF clothes and
an Overcoat, ,enteredthe store and announced
that he was an empIoye OF the Washington
Gaslight Company and had been sent to
place new tips on all the gas lets in the
building.
Mr. SeIinger was not home. but Mrs
Selinger stated that the work was not
tips adjusted then and would not pay for the
work if il was done. The young man re-
piled smoothly and politely and said that it
would not cost her cent. as they would be
put on free OF charge. He said hisname was
O'Connor.
O'COnnOr started to go Up stairs when he
was pulled back by Mrs Selinger. The lat
ter signaIed to one Of the little boys in the
place 20 go for q policeman. O'ConnOr
seeing that his scheme would not work.
made q few courteous farewell remarks
and quietly and quickly slipped out al the
front door and hurried down the street.
Policeman Wander walker of the Second
precinct responded 70 the boys call but
when he arrived at the store the crook had
escaped.
The morning times., 1896-03-19

ing Times of yesterday. The old gentle
man, whose hair is whitened by the frosts
of more than seventy winters, was visibly
affected by the testimony he was called
upon to give, and more than once was
compelled to pause and suppress a sigh
as he went through with the details OF
his story.
He told of. the warm evening ard how
the family had stayed up until quite late
Finally Miss Gertrude went to bed. She
slept in the front roem of the third floor,
and Judge Phillips room was Immediately
beneath. He was awakened later by her
screams and ran upstairs, She had seen
mans hand before her face and had
jumped up and ran into her sisters room.
She thought she detected the odor of
chloroform. Judge Phillips entered her
room. The closet door latch clicked, and
then the door opened and a man ran out
and through the window onto the roof
that covered the back portion of the house.
The rest of the story is known to every
reader of the newspapers.
The colored servant and then Miss Phil
lips, the elder sister of Miss Gertrude,
each testified. When cross-examined by
Judge tioode, they both said that Mr.
Miliken had been in love with Miss Ger
trude. They said, also that they be.
The morning times., 1896-03-19
DRUNKENNESS THE PLEA
MilIiken's Lawyers Indicate
Their Line of Defense.
MISS PHILLIPS ON THE STAND
She and Her Sister Testified Regard
Ing Their Relations With the De-
fendsni-Story of Ills Capture In
the Room Described by the Par
ticipants.


The case of Benjamin F. MGiikcn, private
secretary OF Senator Harris ana clerk of
the Congressional commission appointed 10
assess damages for the surviving victims
oil The forl's Thcaler disaster, and who is
charged with breaking into IN" house OF
Judge Samuel f. Ihillips, on Rhode Island
avenue with intent 20 commit an assault
on the lauer's daughter Miss Gertrude
Phillips, was btgun before Judge Cole, of
criminal court part No. i, yesterday
morning.
The famous old criminal COURTROOM at
the cast END of the city han, where most
of the important cases that have been
tiled before the Districts Judiciary in the
last thirty years, was the scene of the
trial. The young defendant was repre-
sentei by Judge John Goode, of Virginia,
ana ID. L. Anthony, wel-known attorney
The morning times., 1896-03-19

on the stand. He lives at No. 1923 Rhode
Island avenue, two doors from his part
ner's house.
The witness heard screams after midnight
on the date in question. He ran to the
window. Then Judge Phillips servant
came running toward his house and told
him that the judge had burglar upstairs
Witness grabbed his revolver and ran.
He found Judge Phillips in back room up
stairs.
" There's burglar on the roof back of
this room, the judge said as entered the
room,' testified the witness.
:" We'll, keep him there and get an Off
GER said /. When thu officer came we
turned out the gas and e officer, who had
mean while come in, am myself went out
on the roof and Caug', the supposed bur
glar behind the chimney"
When AHllikcn was taken to the patrol
box the witness said he wanted him to
take note to Judge Phillips, but he
refused to do it.
Some hours later the witness went back
to the house of Judge Phillips and found
handkerchief and broken vial on the
ground in a direct line with the chimney.
HANDKERCHIEF AND VIAL.
The handkerchief was a white linen
one, gentlemans size. He put the broken
pieces together and read on the label,
"Spirits OF Camphor." The cork of
bottle had a pungent odor. The hand
kerchief and pieces of the bottle had no
odor. Witness could not say there was
any chlOroform about the objects
when was it that Mr. Milliken asked
you to take message to Judge Phillips?''
asked Mr.. Anthony, who oss-examined
him.
AT the patrol box, where we waited
for wagon, when the policeman and
myself took the prisoner there
'What did you do with the pieces Of the
bottle after you found them?''
within half an hour after ] picked
them up took them to druggist and
let him smell the cork. He came to an
immediate conclus ion.''
"Well, you need not state what that
conclusion was interposed Mr.. An
thony.
The next and last witness was Special
Policeman Caldwell. the officer who fig
ured so prominently in the case. Herected
In direct examination the story OF the
capture Of Milliken. The cross examina-
ton was brief and unimportant.
AT this point Mr.. Brney announced
that he would probably have another
witness to examine and asked that the
case go over until today. His request
was granted and the court adjourned
until 10 O'Clock this morning.
The morning times., 1896-03-19
Bayardthat the people OF fAmericaar often
time violent.
? 7CHALLENGED.

Bayardthat the people OfAmericaa are often
time 5 violent.
PRECEDENT CHALLEN
"A hundred years OF free Government
in America Challenges the history of the
world for corresponding century OF pa
Jience, morality and progress"
Proceeding then 10 Alr. Bayard's speech
at Edinburgh. Mr.. Cousins characterized it
as false. extrayagant and shameful"
In conclusion Mr.. Cousins said
when we ask our history for such On
example il gives US back no ans wer. We
look in vain for such ignobIe precedent
1t was reserved, in the fulDess of time.
for this period Of caIamities.
NO citizen OF the United States, cIGlm-
ing the protection Of the American flag
and enjoying the distingui shed honor
OF representing this nation al a foreign
court, can be excused for publicly condemn
ing either the principles or the honest
follow OF Abraham Lincoln, and he
who does il should either he recalled for
his imbecility r cenSUred for his impru-
dent conduct
Nearly half a century ago, when the
Hon. Richard Ru sn, a n emOcrat, was
our representative in Paris, his party IN
America, through BENJAMIN F. Hauett.
chairman Of the national committee, re-
quested him 10 lay before the national as
sembIy and the executive government Of
France resolutions OF congratulations on
the change Of government in France.
He declined TO Go it, on the ground
that be was in France only as the repre-
sentative Of the whole United States, and
that it was not for him to exhibit the
political parties into which the people
were divided
While censuTing with regret our am
baSSadOr at London, let Us commend hiIR
to an earnest contemplation Of this great
example, TO a wider tolerance Of his
fellow citizens at home, ard 10 the patriot
ism that becomes an American"
Mr.. Dinsmore opposed the resolutions,
saying that no good ground for the pro-
posed action had been stated, but il was
based alone upon partisan prejudice and
cIamor.
The resolutions will be the subject OF
consideration tomorrow, and vote upon
them VIII not he reached until the eIOss
of the session, and very possibly not
until Friday.
The morning times., 1896-03-19

of the New York bar. District Attorney
Arthur a. Birney and his assistant, Tracy
l.. Jeffords, conducted Tie prosecution.
The expected fl!rige crowd was absent
wien the trial began shortly after II
O'Clock But il rtmaincl away only
snort time. The news spread rapidly over
the courthouse, ana long before The first
witness was called, every seat in the court
room was flled With an audience that
contained many Of the most prominent
members of the local bar
MILLIKEN' s ARRANGEMENT
Mr.. MiIlikef was accompanied by his
brother when ,he entered he room, shortly
after his lawSers0had taken their seats.
He was dressed ini'a dark gray suit aud
carried a heavy walking stick. the head
OF which he was prone to thrust near his
mouth, while he watched with intense in
terest every step or the proceedings
He had never yetbeen formally arraigned,
and that was ene of the first duties OF
Clerk Smith shortly after the crier had
called the court to order His plea was
Not guilty" given in so feeble voice
that the clerk had to ask him to repeat it
before it was understood.
y july was sNf'ttlll S@NulNNAs Ht4NilNA
side desiring 10 offer a challenge TO any
member Of the panel.
Then the dist riot attorney made his open
ing statement TO the jury. He rectcd the
history of the events OF the evening OF
July last. when AIR. Miliken wandered
into Miss Gertrude Phillips room between
the hours OF > and l O'clock. as was fully
told in The Times at the time of the &C.
currence.
Judge Gocde outlined the defense. He
said they would prove that Mr.. MilIiken
was very drunk on the night in question
and that he had gone to the hcme OF Miss
Phillips about O'Clock. a quarrel had
occurred between the young people before
that and Miss Gertrude refused to see him.
Then he wandered into the drawing-room,
Judge GoOde said. and went to sleep. He
woke up several hours later, and In his
drunken stupor thought he was at home
and went upstairs with the intention of
going to bed. 1t was then that he stumbled
into Miss Gertrude'S room.
JUDGE PHILLIPS TESTIMONY.
After the explanations of the attorneys
the girls father, Judge Phillips. was
called to the stand as the first witness.
His testimony and that OF the succeeding
witnesses was minutely told in The Even
The morning times., 1896-03-19
BOUGHT THE PAWN TICKET.

William Hall Released From the
Charge Of Notwithstanding.
william Han, who was arrested az New
York on suspicion of being the man who
robbed Robert Drinkard OF a watch and
chain, was discharged yesterday.
Hall is q New York hotel man. He
sent q pawn ticket TO Washington and the
money TO redeem the stolen watch A
dummy package was sent him and he was
arrested. He proved that be had bought
the pawn ticket in good faith from guest
at his hotel