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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-13

Any prediction made now with reference to
the time when Congress will adjourn must be
taken with several degrees Of allowance. There
has been so much talk about the matter and the
date of adjournment has been more or less def
nltely fixed so many times that the country is
IN a mood to believe that the session will close
when the end has actually taken place. The
Senate has been the obstacle to an early ad-
journment and continues to play that role. The
latest date suggested for the wind-up is June 8,
which may mean that Congress will be out OF
the way by the time the st. Louis Convention
meets, and may not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-13

The Yale oarsmen who are going to Henley
have done well to decline the courteous invita-
ton they received to enter the Hamburg re-
gatta. Public sentiment in this country would
not have approved their racing Sunday.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Hot SPRINGS PeOnle Protest.

Hot Springs, Ark, Dec. 16.-A mass
meeting of business men was held here
Tuesday to protest against closing the
United States army and navy hospital,
as recommended in the report of Secre-
tary of War Lamont. 1t was decided
to send a committee to Washington.
Mrs. John A. Logan, Senator Voorhees,
and others are expected to take inter
est in the matter. The hospital has
treated over one thousand officers and
privates of the regular army and has
cured 80 per cent The annual expense
q maintenance is less than $4,000.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
State Notes.

Samuel Carpenter, an 1S-year-old Ith-
ica, Mich, youth, is dead from excess
sive cigarette smoking.
Owing to Governor-Elect Pingree's
dislike for notoriety, the proposed pub
lie Inauguration Of the new Michigan
state officials Jan. has been aban-
doned.
Farmers living east of Niles, Mich,
are considerably excited over the dis
covery of iron ore on William Gamer
on's farm. Specimens have been sent
awy for examination, and real estate
has taken a boom.
1t is said that because he did not un-
derstand how to mark his ballot prop
erly a saloon keeper of Milan, Mich,
voted a Prohibition ticket.
The Michigan crop report states that
the average condition of wheat Dec. 1
was 81 per cent. of the condition in av-
erage years.
A movement is on foot in Michigan
for the repeal of an obsolete statute
making it unlawful to own and run
either a billiard hall or a ten pin alley.
Eli Jones, Cassopolis, Mich, farmer,
was instantly killed by the fall of
tree.
Grand RAPIDS, Mlcn., people are
getting free telephone service as the
result of a war between the Bell and
Citizens companies.
Rev. Sam Bettes, the cowboy evan
gelist," injected so much free silver
talk into his revival services at Oxford,
Mich, that he was hanged in effigy by
the townspeople.
One of the deer licenses issued in
Kalkaska county, Mich, this year, was
taken out by a woman, Mrs. George
Helsel. Although well along in years,
she camps out every fall with her hus-
band during the deer hunting season,
and is as handy with a gun, as we'll
as the fishrod, as most men are.
Auditor General-Elect Dix, of Lam
sing. Mich, has served notice of dis
missal to thirty of the present office
force.
Citizens of Grand Rapids have de-
clared war against a city ordinance
compelling property owners to cause
the snow to be removed from their
walks before a. m.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
LED INTO AMBUSH BY zERTUCHA.
And Upon Refusing to Surrender Shot to
Death by the Spaniards.

And Upon Refusing to Surrender Shot to
Death by the Spaniards.
con the I'd of December Maceo sent
| four men to reconnoiter the trocha on
the north side. They exchanged shots
with the sentinels and by this the Span
| ish knew the proximity of the insur-
gent leader. Then orders were given by
| the Spanish commander not to resist.
| On the Sd Maceo sent some more scouts,
who came back and assured him that
| the trocha was not well defended on
| that side. He passed the trocEa on
the night of the 4th without resistance
after leaving General Ruiz Rivera in
| command OF the Cuban forces in the
province of Pinar Gel Rio.
ION the 9Th, in the morning, he sent
a commissioner to the junta in Havana.
| On the 9Th, while marching with six
men, among them Miro, the son of
Gomez, and Zertucha, the latter adj
vised him to take a route through a
cane field which he knew. They did
SO, and fell into an ambush of 500 Span
iards, commanded by Major Clrujeda.
eff you surrender said voice, we
| offer you your life and an honorable
treaty
"'Viva, Cuba librep answered Maceo,
and then the butchery began. Gomez
was wounded and fell before Maceo, but
Miro escaped.
"At this moment, said the Cuban COM
missioner to the junta in Havana.
band of rebels who were going to join
Maceo at the Havana side. of Mariel.
approached and were informed by Miro
of the ambush. The Spaniards had al
ready taken Maceo, who was pierced with
bullets, and Gomez. who killed himself
with the last bullet of his revolver.
They had searched the bodies, and four
men were carrying them when the Gu
bans came up. A terrible fight ensued.
and the Cubans recovered the bodies
Of the two leaders, pursuing the Span
lsh with their machetes clear to Punta
Rraya
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
STARTED IN A SHOW WINDOW.
Fire Causes a Loss of About 100000 at
Altoona, Pa.

Altoona, Pa, Dec. Invaluable prop
erty in the heart of the business Sec
ton Of this city was destroyed by fire
Monday night, entailing a loss Of $780,
600. A boy playing Santa Claus in one
of the windows of +. M. Morrow's dry
goods store, at the corner of Eleventh
avenue and Twelfth street, dropped a
lamp, and in trying to extinguish 1t set
fire to some cotton about his neck. He
pulled the cotton garment hastily off
and threw it down upon some decora-
lions in the window. Instantly the
window was ablaze and few minutes
later the fire was sweeping through the
store, driving the clerks out. The flames
extended to Odd Fellows hall, three
story brick building, in which the city
postoffice is located and on the other
side to the Simon building, a three
story structure, owned by Blumenthal
Bros. Of Lancaster. The walls of these
buildings checked the further progress
of the fire. There was a rumor that two
girls were burned in Morrow's store,
but IL could not be verified.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
For Your College Friends.

Pillows and cushions are always ac.
ceptable. A pillow in the form of foot
ball made a boys college colors will
please him. Another design is to sew
two handkerchiefs together to within
about three inches of each corner. Hav-
ing put the cushion in, tie the corners
securely, leaving the edges 60 loose.
Again, make two small, fiat cushions
and taking two handkerchiefs fasten the
cushions together by tying the corners
Of one handkerchief to the corners Of the
other in knota
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
No New Developments.

Constantinople.. Dec. 16.--It is stated
on good authority that there are no
new developments in the eastern ques-
ton. The powers for months past have
been discussing the different plans to
bring about the better administration
of the Turkish empire. A number of
notes on the subject have been present.
ed to the porte The Russian ambassa-
dor. M. Me Nelidoff, on his return here
from st. Petersburg will make another
presentation of the demands of the
powers and the sultan is expected to
agree to them In due course of time.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Harper'S Bazaar
IN 1907

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dren's clothing. Sandoz, Baude and Chapuis
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The serials for 1897 will be: The Red Bridge
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Their Quinnallion, by Octave Thanet. Short stor-
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Prescott Spofford, Marion Harland, Ruth Nc
Emery Stuart, Viola Roseboro, and Margaret
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What Women are Doing In various parts of the
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Answers to Correspondents This column is
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Art The BAzAR is a notable picture gallery
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Womb Troubles

womb troubles, flooding, nervous pros
tration, headache, general debility,
etc. Symptoms of
Womb Troubles
are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi-
tude, " don't care" and want to be
left ale ne" feelings, excitability, irri-
liability, nervousness, sleeplessness,
flatueilcy, melancholy, or the ''blues,"
and taclache. Lydia e. Pinkhams
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wonderful for kiancy Complaints in
either sex.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Liver pills
work in unison with the compound,
and are q sure cure for constipation
and sick headache. Mrs. pipl1ham's
Sanative Wash is frequently found of
great value for local application. Cor
respondence is freely solicited by the
Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, and the strictest confidence as
sured All druggists sell the PinlSham
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in three rms,--Liquid, Pills and Loz-
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
HISTORY OF A WEEK,
Thnrsday. Dec. 10.


The tobacco manufacturing plant of
the Brown Bros Tobacco company at
Winston. N. c., was destroyed by fire,
entailing loss of $4,000, with $S5.000
insurance.
j. l.. Murphy, of Chicago, was thrown
from his horse on to the Calumet Elec-
trio railway trackS and stunned. While
unconscious a car ran over him and he
Is not expected to recover.
Fancis M. Coe and his wife, Julia c..
Coe, of Chicago, ask Uncle Sam for a
trifie of sos, 100000. They claim certain
slices of the United States and a few
chunks of South America and Mexico,
basing the claim on a patent said to
have been granted by King George I.
Obituary: At Milwaukee, w. w.
Watkins. At Jackson, Mich, Banker
r. II. Emerson, 60. At Wabash, Ind,
David Pence, 90.
Dewitt e. West, wanted in Chicago
on charge of embezzlement, has been
arrested at San Antonio. Tex.
Father ]. j. Harry, OF st. Louis, is be-
ing urged for Roman Catholic bishop Of
Mobile.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
MiracuIou. Escape OF n1m.,s.

Houghton, Mich, Dec l6.-The Tama-
rack mine, the shafts of which are over
1000 feet deep, has had to replace two wire
hosting cables in the past ten days, one at
No. . shaft and one at No. 8. In the latter
the engineer hoisted the empty cage
through the top of the shaft house while
IL was full. The car went to the bottom
at terrible speed with three miners, who
escaped without injury.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Horrible Scare mt n Funeral.

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 16.-During
the funeral services over the body of
j. Frank Williams, q prominent citi-
zen of Seaford, at that place, the floor
Of the room gave away and precipi-
tated the entire party a distance of
eight feet into the cellar The casket
was broken open and the corpse rolled
out. Several women tainted and great
excitement ensued, but no one was seri-
OuSlY hurt.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18

London. Dec. 14.-In view of the be-
lief that Rev. George f. Pentecost, the
American evangelist. will probably ac-
cept the call to New York, his success
sor is being discussed here, and 1t Is
generally thought that Rev. DR.. John
Watson clan MacLaren') will fill the
vacancy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Friday, Dec. IL.

DR.. A. w. McAlister, of Columbia.
Mo-, dean of the medical department
of the State University and member of
the state board of health, says that DR..
Powell, who claims to have discovered
a cure-all, is not doctor that he knows
of, but a jeweler in small way.
The United States cotton crop this
year amounts to 7,161,094 bales, which
is Is per cent. more than in 1895.
Investigation of charges against the
management Of the Leavenworth
(Kan.) Soldiers Home is in progress at
Washington.
A colliery has been flooded at Aber-
nant, in the south of Wales, and 1870
men who were in the mine had race
for their lives. Six of them were
drowned.
The Venezuela cabinet has accepted
the agreement between Salisbury and
Olney, subject to ratification by con-
CESS.
Alfred Noble, the inventor Of nitro
glycerine, died Wednesday evening at
San Reno, Italy.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Terrlhle MIND Aocldent.

Los Angeles Dec. ia special dis
patch from Yuma says that news has
reached there from Hedges. fifteen miles
distant in San Diego county. of a ter
rible disaster in the Queen mine at that
place, owned by the Gold Cross Mining
company. Some time during the night
a cavern occurred in the main shaft.
and as a result. several miners have
lost their lives and more are injured.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18

ington, C.,says;
/ was for a long
time under treat
ment of two OF
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood POISON,
but my col Iition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Destroyed His own Life.

Rock Island, Ills, Dec. 16.-Hugh
Boyles, aged "a years, son of Alexander
Boyles, one of the wealthy farmers Of
this section, killed himself with a re-
volver.
Doormats should be always as wide az
the door and deep enough to stand good
deal of treading on. If this is not the
case, the edges are constantly rubbed with
dirty boots and the carpets suffer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Blood Poison.

Contagious Blood Poison has been ap
propriately called the curse of mankind.
It is the one disease that physicians can
not cure; their mercurial aud potash
remedies only bottle up the poison in
the system, to surely break forth in a
more virulent form, resulting in a total
wreck of the system.
Mr.. Frank B. Martin, a prominent
ieweler at o26 Pennsylvania Ave, Wash
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18

filled with eating sores; my tongue was
almost eaten away, so that for three
months was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly.
and was in horrible fix. had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when friend recommended
SIS. After had taken four bottles, l
began to get better, and when / had
finished eighteen bottles, was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without a
blemish, and have had no return OF
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from life
of misery" SIS. guaranteed purely
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Learn Photography

With the Larbet, the only camera with full
instructions aud material for making pic
lures. for S1.O0. Genero and local agents
wanted. NJ q. ELLIOTT.
IL Norway Ave-, Hillsdale, Mich.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
The Six-Day Bicycle Race.

New York. Dec. 16.-It is said that the
net receipts of the six-day bicycle race
in Madison Square garden were $4,000.
Edward Hale, the winner, will prob
ably make $4,000 by his weeks work.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Palmer pid Not Vote for President.

Washington, ID C. l2.-Referring to Il
report that he and his son must have
voted for Mckinley because no votes were
cast for Palmer and Bucknei in his O.
cinct in Springfield, Ills, Senator Palmer
says he did not vote any electoral ticket at
all last November
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18

Women who trim their own hats should
keep on hand the needles that are used for
millinery. The sizes most frequently need
ed in these long needles are the severv AID
mines.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Fell Dead in a Barber shop.

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. ia special
from Albany says that State Railroad
Commissioner Richards fell dead In q
barber shop there Saturday.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
A CRY FOR HELP
FROM THOUSANDS THAT ARE SUF-
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DIR. HANDY's PILE CURE sooTHEs AND
HEALS BLIND, BLEEDING OR ITCHING
HPLEs, AND PROMPTLY DIsPERsEs ALL
PILE TUMoRs OR MONEY REFUNDED.

fused in connection with HILLS CELERY
TEA, an internal remedy that cures con-
stipated bowels and bad blood, which are
the exciting cause accompanying this dis
tressing disease, no one need suffer twen-
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vanish as II by magic, and the worst cases
are speedily cured or money refunded.
It is put up in soft metal tube with a
hard rubber nozzle which enables patient
to apply the ointment directly to the seat
of disease.
SOLD NO CURE NO PAY.
SEND FOR BOOKLET.
The W. II. HILL Co., Detroit, Mich.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Tuesday, Dec. Is.

The vote of California for presidential
electors has been tabulated and shows
tie following totals: Republicans, 1885,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
Saturday. Dec. II.

William Steinway left his estate, vail
ued at $4,000, 900, to his children.
Obituary: At New Orlenas, Thomas
Cage. At Richmond, Ind, Everett A.
Richey, 46 At Jackson, Mich, Benja-
min j. Wood. At Breese, Ills, Clemens
Coers, rs.
Miss Helen Beers, of Bridgeport,
Conn, born blind 40 years ago, has had
her sight restored by the removal of a
cataract from each eye.
The investigation of the National
Soldiers Home at Leavenworth, Kas.,
shows that the number of dishonorable
discharges have been extraordinary
large.
The New York Union League club
has started a movement to boom Jo-
seph H. Choate for the United States
senate.
A prisoner named Onhart,, held at
Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, under
eighteen months sentence, escaped and
for several hours eluded those searching
for him by burying himself in the sand
near the government pier.
Monday, Dec. Ia.
The Kentucky supreme court has de-
cided that Alonzo Walling must hang
for his share in the murder of Pearl
Bryan. An 'enterprising" reporter
acted the eavesdropper and heard the
Justices come to decision. He then
published his scoop. He is now in Jail
for thirty days besides a fine. 1t was
the other papers who 'scooped' him.
The annual meeting of the National
League of Commissioner Merchants of
the United States win be held in the
Revere House, Boston, Jan. 10. II and
Is, 1897.
The late DIR. Caroline Brown Wins
low, of Washington, left will
bequeathing her body to How
ard university to be carefully
dissected by a woman medical student
for the purpose of advancing her
knowledge of anatomy. Her skeleton
is then to be wired and used for educa-
tional purposes.
The vote in Washington is officially
reported as follows: Bryan, 81, SAC; Nc
Kinley, 1851; lowering, 96S; Palmer,
14S
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18
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