Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-08

All OrgaQlZaCl on mas Deen perfected
and the money pledged to erect a
monument to Thomas Jefferson in
New York city.
Ed. Gould was arrested in Norfolk
and remanded to Jail on charge of
having sent obscene matter through
the mails.
Rev. E. b. Pollard has resigned the
pastorate of the First Baptist Church,
Roanoke, to- accept professorship in
Columbian University, Washington,
D. G.
A case to test the constitutionality
of the Maupin anti-gambling act will
be heard before the Virginia Court of
Appeals in Richmond. April 9.
1t is believed th at less than 800, 900
of Virginia's old ia x-receivable coupons
will remain unfuuded when the matter
is wound up, with the probability that
quite large percentage of these are
lost and will never be presented.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company will not avail itself of the op
portunity offered by a recent decision
OF the Supreme Court of Appeals to
avoid the payment of taxes levied by
county boards of supervisors for dis
trict scho oil purposes.
Senator Daniel is reported as favor
ing conservative course on the silver
question by the Virginia democratic
State convention.
Another new bank, with capital of
$4,000. will begin business at Wood
stock, Shenandoa'h county, April Is.
The Turkish N mister of foreign at
fairs at Cons tantincple authorizes
the Turkish II mister at Washington
TO deny officially that he trad been re-
called.
thirty thou sand barrels of whiskey
were burned n two warehouses of the
Pleasure Ridge Park Distillery Com
pany at Louisville, KY, Saturday week,
Inc total loss is estimated at $425, GOO.
The refusal of the House to follow
ehe order OF business l,ed by the
speaker is regarded as a significant
revolt against his authority !
Hon. VIM. L. Wilson has written a
letter in which ne vindicates. the action
OF Secretary Carlisle in come ,ction with
che recent sale of bonds.
Virginia populists will not hold their
State convention until after their IA.
tlonal convention and the conventions
OF the old parties in the Stat E.
Clarence W. Garnett, la wyer and
prominent populist politician. was shot
and probably fatally wounded Satur-
lay by f. s. Williams. clerk cf the Cir
quit Court. in Carthage, Ten1.es see.
The joint debates between Secretary
doke Smith and Congress Charles F.
jrlsp in Georgia have been POSITION ed
'wlng to Mr.. Crisp's sore throat. i
There is great alarm felt at Mafekinoy
1t the Matabele uprising, and settlers
re locking into the town, a Though it.
$40 miles from MatabeleIand. L
The elections in Cuba for do npt;as
Viii take place on April 10, and a lreadvt
list has been prep .red in Hayx m of
PERSONS likely to be elected.
Fighting rs begun in the Nile VAL n
sy. dervisil outpost being ,sfss cked
nd driven in by II force of srf. naIyf
-ra5'. The italian forces are Ina VIM
reat trouble. with the dervisI, go. and | j
'st a hundred men in recen, ia tile
Emanuel Ringer, for sevente. N ' ,ars I
nown to the secret service me n q MIR 6
Jim the Penman," becaus all Of
is work OF counterfeiting $50, $40 and. .
~ notes was done with the en-, ha 8 a
zen captured in New York. Merely u
lth pen, ink and paper he b as mad g
of United States bills Of
rye denominations SO excel. mt In ex-i
'ution as almost to defy dete ction OK :, b
|pt by an s1por.., q