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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-09

Six thousand people gathered in the
large tabernacle building of Atlanta,
Ga, Thursday and listened to a joint
debate upon the financial question
by Secretary of the Interior Hoko
Smith and ex-Speaker Charles H. Crisp.
The latter championed the cause of free
silver coinage, while the former favored
the gold standard. The result, how.
ever, was not altogether satisfactory.
Secretary Smith, in concluding, accord
ing to the press reports of tho debate,
declared that Mr.. Crisp had dodgod the
proposition that tho country could not
have a bimetallic currency without
having the legal ratio the same as tho
commercial ratio. He was willing to
rest the whole case on that proposition.
Instead Of answering the point, MIR.
Crisp indugnd in small talk and dema-
gogical appeals to prejudice against tho
Rothschilds and Wall street. HIe was
sorry the gentleman had cast his candi-
dacy for the Senate on 80 low plane.
Tho Sccrctary's rejoinder was inter-
ruptcd by frequent outbursts Of ap.
plause, which in each case aroused op-
posing cheors for Crisp, interspersed
with hisses and catcalls. 1t ia a mat
ter of regret that the debate could not
have been continued throughout in a
calm and dignified manner
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-09

A number Of steel manufacturers met
in New York City Thursday, and
formed large combine. And one of
its first acts, it is said, was to put up
the price of steel billets from SIT to 800
PER Ton. This stout raise will doubt
less place a handsome profit in the
combines pockets,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-09

Il is conce.ia. os worry many Demo.
Gratis in this a " the country that
the Democra .a ls,ional convention
could not do .,.Jor piece of work
than nominato Governor William h.
Russell OF Massachusetts for President,
on sound monoy Platform.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-09

1t is announced on behalf Of Speaker
Reed that ." If he is not nominated for
President" he viii retire from public
life at the end of tho present year and
practice law in Nav York City. If
only the contingency Of his nomination
is to Interfere with bis retirement, it
may be accepted as an assured fact,
right now.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-09

Tho utter hypocrisy of tho demand
of the Republican papers for greater
freedom of opportunity in qualifying
for suffrage, and their denunciation of
the Levy Courts of the state for refus
ing to ASSESS few applicants whose
qualifications were of doubtful charac.
ter, is surprising. Republicans who
are fortunate enough to he qualified to
vote, " says the Morning News, should
therefore consider that they have been
especially favored. On the face Of tho
law equal opportunities are afforded to
both Democrats and Republicans, but
as a matter of fact the operation of the
law is against the Republicans, the
Democrats having charge of the ma.
chipery." And yet one Republican
assesssor in Wilmington assessed moro
negro poll taxablas in his district COM
prising only three wards, than can be
found in tho entire city. \ Republi-
can assessor Of East Dover hundred is
said to have assessed negroes from
Brandywine TO Delmar Tho Lovy
Courts, at thGir recent sessions, denied
assessment to very fow applicants
eleven in Kent county is said to bo tho
highest number-and there is scarcely
doubt that there was ample reason
for the refusal in these cases. But what
justification can there be for assessors
who will assess in such ilagrantly un-
just manner rs Assessor Whann and
other Republican officials have donef
Surely, If there is any lack Of "elual
opportunities" under systom that
affords such outrages upon suffrage,
Democratic must be tho sufferers. In
stead of making provisions to enlarge
the suffrage beyond the almost un-
limited bounds shown by tho work of
Assessor Whann, for which tho Repub.
lican papers have no words Of rebuke
TO offer, tho change should be in the
direction of restricting it to tho basis oi
bona fide citizens who have an interest
and au undoubted residence in the
State Such citizens may safely be on,
trusted with full opportunity to qualify
and vote. A government by voters i'm
ported from tho surrounding Statel
would not be conducive to tho welfare
of the substantial citizons of Delaware
regardless of their political beliefs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
NOT MOCK MARRIAGE.
Young Woman Who Was Welded Dur
ing a Play on the Stage.

Young Woman Who Was Welded Dur.
ing a Play on the Stage.
There is a charming little woman in
town who doesn't know whether she
is Miss Inez Mercer or Mrs. R. B. Wes-
colt, and the uncertainty has grown
so intolerable that she has asked the
Superior court to put an end to 1t by
adjudging that e she is Mrs. r. B.
Wescott she never meant 10 be, and
that she shall be no longer, says the
San Francisco Examiner. In May she
took hand in amateur theatricals In
Portland, and so did gay young
swain named Wescott. AS the play
wright had it there were two lovers IN
the drama, and as the advance agent
mapped out the case he and Miss Mer-
GER were these two lovers. According
to the play the lovers had the usual
stormy time of it, but in the last act
everything turned out beautifully and
the villain was completely foiled. The
hero and heroine tripped along to the
strains of wedding march in the last
act, the parson appeared and the
friends offered the customary congratu-
lations. Then the curtain went down.
Everybody laughed and pronounced the
show excellent Wescott left Portland
a few days later and the lady in the
case dismissed the play from mind and
went along with her painting and her
music But one afternoon she heard
that she had been led into a trap by
the lover of the play and that the mar
riage ceremony had not been sham.
1t transpires that prior to DOMINIC his
wig and stage clothes Wescott procured
a marriage license and arranged to
have an ordained clergyman officiate
at the altar. The person actually at
tended and went through the marriage
ceremony in due form, she and Wescott
making the usual responses. The
young woman aScertained Wescott s
whereab bouts and wrote to him in ref
erence to the matter. A few days later,
she declares, she received letter from
him in which he addressed her as his
dear wife" Shortly after receiving
this letter Miss Mercer-or Mrs. Wes-
cott-removed to this city, where she
has since resided. Now she wants the
court to investigate the whole middle,
to learn for certain whether the cere-
mony was OF was not licensed and
whether an ordained clergyman per-
formed the ceremony. If her informa-
ton as to the situation is found to be
correct, then she wishes decree adj
judging the marriage invalid 1t Is
said that she expects soon to be par
ticipant in genuine nuptials with a
gentleman of this city, and that this
is one reason why she is eager to have
the uncertainty as to her name and
status cleared away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
zeitoun still Holding Out.

LONDON, Feb "a dispatch from
Constantinople to the Daily News
says: Reports from Turkish sources
believed to be fairly accurate state
that it is believed the Zeitounlis are
still holding out. The Turks have
made several different attacks upon
the town, but all have failed, and
their losses are reported to amount to
10000. 1t is alleged that so, 600 troops
will be needed to capture Zeitoun. It
is believed that the Zeltounlis number
from $4,000 to 10000, we'll armed and
provisioned for year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Two Million Dollars Worth of Property
Destroyed.

Two Million Dollars Worth of Property
Destroyed.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.-Chestnut
street above Broad was visited early
yesterday morning by one of the
fiercest fires this city has known for
years. The big seven story building
of Charles Il. Hazeltine, 1416 and 1418
Chestnut street, and the adjoining five
story structure of the Baptist Publica-
ton society and the American Baptist
Historical society, 1920, were destroyed.
The buildings damaged by fire and
water and falling walls were the four
story dry goods house of Homer, Lee
boutill .er & Co., 14l2 and 1414, the
dwelling house at 1922, owned by the
Wistar estate, and the Hotel Lafay ette
at Broad and Samson streets.
On either side of the main entrances
of the Hazeltine building were the
piano warerooms of Hallet & Davis,
at 14I6, and of Steinway & Co., at
14lS. The two Baptist societies lost
large and valuable collections of
paintings, books and curios. The de-
tailed losses have not yet been made
up, but conservative estimate places
the aggregate at close to So, 900, 900.
It is thought that this is almost fully
covered by insurance.
Among the guests of the Lafayette
hotel were olga Nethersole and her
dramatic company and the mayor of
Atlanta and the committee that
brought the liberty bell back from the
exposition. They were all safely
transferred to other hotels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
ReDented His Sin.

Christian Fox, a well-known citizen
of Wichita, Kansas, went to the police
station and asked to be locked up for
sfxty-two days. He had a slip of paper
in his hand which stated that he had
stolen seven windows and two doors
from a vacant house and sold them to
a Cherokee strip boomer three years
ago. Their value was $31 and he want
ed to serve a jail sentence at the rate
of so cents a day. Mr.. Fox has been
attending a free Methodist camp meet
ing and embraced religion. He wanted
sanctifcation and could not find it, and
an alleged angel appeared to him and
reminded him of the theft of the win
dows and doors. This is what brought
him to the police station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
FOR THE SOUTH POLE.
Intentions of Borchgrevinl. the Norwe-
Gian ExDlorer.

Intentions of BOrchgrevinlz, the Norwe-
gian Explorer.
NEW YORK, Feb. &C. Egbert
Borchgrevink, the Norwegian ex-
plorer, arrived here on the Umbrla
yesterday. Borchgrevink has taught
the world pretty much all it knows
about the great continent which lies
in Southern Polar seas, and if his
plans as now arranged are carried out,
he will be able to tell much more after
he gets back from an expedition which
he is to undertake next winter.
THE most difficult part of the mat
ter has already been accomplished.
That is the raising of the money. A
in England for the purpose of whaling
ana getting cargoes of guano from the
Antartic regions. This company has
agreed to send out an expedition next
September. Eleven scientists are to
go with the expedition. We have
chartered the auxiliary steamer Jason,
the whaler which took DIR. Hansen
into the Arctic regions. We will sail
right for Cape Adare, which is on the
New Continent. We expect to get
there by November l. We will have
another seventy-four ton steamer and
naptha launch with us. The two
steamers will leave US and return to
Melbourne after whaling for time.
with three Norwegian friends, all
experts with snow shoes, l will start
inland from Cape Adare and traverse
a country that was never entered by
a human being, as far as we know
We will go from Cape Adare to Coul-
man Island, d distance of over sixty
miles, over the snow, and from there
we contemplate a two and a half
months journey in over the mainland,
travelling across the plateau of ice and
snow on sledges. We want to locate
the South magnetic pole On my pre-
viOus expedition 1 reached IA degrees
and 10 minutes south latitude, but we
shall get much further south this trip,
unless l am very much mistaken If
the expedition succeeds, the results to
science will be the most important in
many years"
DO you think there is a great con-
tinent there or merely an island?'
Mr.. Borchgrevink was asked
II am quite sure it is continent,
and one probably three times as large
as all Europe" he answered very pos
itively. ''Rock specimens which
brought up have satisfied scientists
that it is a continent and not an
island"
ITO whom does it belong?"
''Well, England claims it," replied
Hr. Borchgrevink. when Captain
Sir James Clark Ross landed on Pos
of the new land, more than half a
century ago, from her majesty's ships,
Erebus and Terror, he took possession
of the mainland, which he never
stepped upon, in the name of the
Oueen'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
TO DIE IN HOUSE.
Free Silver Bill Can Not Pass
That Gauntlet.
Overwhelming Majority of Gold
bugs to Rend 1t.
TO CENSURE BAYARD.
That Will Also Be an Import
ant Question.
It Will Cause an Exciting De-
bate, and Will Pass.
TO CENSURE BAYARD.

WASHINGTON, Feb 3.-The impor-
tant features of the weeks proceed
ings in the House will be in connec-
ton with the resolution to censure
Ambassador Bavard, adopted by the
foreign affairs committee and the SEN
ate free coinage substitute for the
House bond bill
The resolution censuring Mr. Bay
ard will probably precipitate an ex-
citing contest on the floor, but will
ooubtless be adopted when it reaches
a vote. When the free coinage sub
stitute for the House bond bill is re-
turned to the House to-day, an effort
will be made by the silver men to con-
cur in the substitute. Such an
attempt would. of course, be de-
feaucd, as the majority against
silver in the lower branch
of Congress is overwhelming, but it
might be made in order to put the
members on record. The bill, accord
ing to the present program, will be
Immediately referred to the ways and
means committee and reported back,
with a recommendation that the SEN
ate substitute be not concurred in,
which, in parliamentary language,
upon its own bill. 1t will then remain
its bill, to request a conference. It is
there that some of the members at
each end of the Capitol hope to effect
compromise, but the prevailing
opinion is that the bill will die in
conference
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
Sighted a BURNING Vessel.

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 3.-The bark
entine Modoc arrived yesterday, and
reports having sighted vessel burn
ing a sea on January %, about eleven
miles west of Cape Flattery. The yes
sci is supposed to be the
Ninevah, which sailed January
10 from Vancouver for the British
South colonies. When sighted the
vessels stern was all on fire and the
1nizzen mast was gone, so that it could
not be ascertained whether she was a
bark or ship. The Modoc stayed near
for twentyfour hours, but as there
were no signs of the crew, and as the
fire had passed the mizzen mast, it
was decided that the crew must have
deserted the vessel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
NEWS In BRIEF.

Judge Cole sentenced Broker Chap
man to pay fine of 500 and go to jail
for 80 days for refusing to answer the
Senate Sugar Trust Investigating Com
mittee.
Mrs. Celeste Carleton, the mother Of
viii Carleton, the poet, is dead.
The census of Mexico has been COM
pleted. The population is IL, 542, 057
Disbarment proceedings have been
brought at Wichita against Assistant
Attorney General Campbell.
passenger and freight train were
in collision on the Wabash at Oakley,
Ill. The freight conductor has fed.
Indiana grave robbers were caught
attempting to steal a corpse and
forced to replace it at the point of q
pistol.
The body of a young woman was
found near Fort Thomas, Ky. She
had been beheaded and the head was
missing.
Fx-Senators Gear, Iden and Abbott
of Ohio, have been indicted on charges
of bribery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
ACCOMMODATIONS SCARCE.
Large Warehouses Packed With Baggage
of Every Description.


CRIPPLE CREEK, Feb. Sc. W. Hull
of the SMELL Hull Transfer company OF
Cripple Creek arrived in Denver this
morning and registered at one of the
down town hotels. Mr.. Hull used to be
contracting freight agent for the Santa
Fe in Denver, and four years ago re-
signed to go to the new camp to engage
in the transfer business. He Is thorough h.
" familiar with the camp and its prog
ress and conveys interesting information
regarding the rapid advance of the
great gold center.
Last Saturday" said Mr. Hull. 1--WE
added bus line to our business and
transferred thirty two passengers. You
may obtain an idea of the increase of
travel into the camp when l tell you
that our line handled sixty eight people
yesterday Outsiders W ould be interest
ed to see the people that come to the camp
and stand around with hands loaded with
baggage, not knowing where to &C, I'M
determined what to do Accommodations
are very scarce. and there is a large
warehouse just packed with unclaiIned
baggage, trunks, and every description
of baggage
aside from the amount of bagga age
that l have mentioned stored in the
warehouses, l should say our company
handles about 40 pieces of baggage in a
day, and there seems to be no let up. l
believe this rush will keep up for year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
Latest News From the Great
Gold Fields.
The Consolidated Mining Stock
Exchange Being Built.
SUBSTANTIAL HOMES.
The Death Rate Prevented by
Wearing Heavier Clothing.
Accommodations Scarce-Bag
gage Piled Up Everywhere.

CRIPPLE CKEEK, Feb. 3.-Ground will
be broken next Monday for the new
building of the Consolidated Mining
Stock exchange. This structure. which
is to be one of the finest in the city, will
be located at the corner of Myers avenue
and Second street, diagonalIy across from
the Portland hotel. 1t is to be so feet
frontage. full depth and three stories
high. Brick and stone will be used in
the construction. The first floor is given
up entirely to stores. On the second
floor the exchange is located, with offices
adjoining, and the third floor will contain
nothing but offices. The building will
be ready for occupancy in about 60 days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
MADE FAST TIME
How the Runner Travelled Faster Than
the Express Train.

the Express Train
From the New York Press: 'I used
to be a pretty swift runner in my
young days. said the atrocious liar
the other night, back in the pharmacy,
sprinted fifty feet or SO and went fast
er than the fastest New York Central
rain-level ground, too"
The atrocious liar did not make this
statement without a sort of gulp. His
eyes sparkled, and he trembled little.
The others looked at him pityingly.
No you DON'T said the tall friend
with the long hair, removing the whis-
ky bottle from his grasp. you've had
enough"
I'm not drunk. It's a positive
fact. I did run for fifty feet, and COW
cred the ground in less time than the
train did,
That's all right said the man who
chews gum, you will be better in a
minute. Let me call a cab for you"
you think I'm lying?"
mo we don't We think you are
crazy. If you should want to kill any
of US, you would get off easily after
what you have said. You don't hold
any grudge against anybody here, do
your This was from the tall friend
with long hair.
LET me tell you how I did it. Here,
here, I'm all right. Let me tell you
But they all went away, and he
never got "a chance to explain that he
was on the train and ran through the
car, so went faster than the empire
state express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
Disflgured by Seeing a Cruel Act.

A scene of terrible distress is re-
ported in the family of Farmer Outlet,
north of Melvin, Ill. 1t appears that
a neighbor crushed cat in the pres
ence of Mr.. Outlets little 5-year-old
daughter The horror and freight
threw the child into spasms, from
which she was aroused with difficulty,
and was stupid, with the face drawn
to one side and the legs practically use
less Eminent physicians were called,
but nothing could be done for the little
child, and she suffered until death came
to her relief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
MRS. MAVERICKS CASE
Next Attempt to Secure Release win BE
Made by Masons and Catholics.

Next Attempt to Secure Release viii BE
Made by MasOns and Catholics.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Andrew II.
II. Dawson of New York, who is
greatly interested in securing the re-
lease of Mrs. May lex, confined in an
English prison on the charge of muir
dering her husband, is in the city
He says the next attempt to secure
the woman's release will be made by
the Masons and Roman Catholics. and
that the effort will be made along the
same lines as those followed in the
past. The same evidence will be
used, but certain additional facts
favorab bic to the woman that have been
ascertained will be produced. Mr..
Dawson makes grave charges against
some of the British officials, which he
will embOdy in book to be issued in
Mrs. May bricks behalf He is OBJ
tanning funds necessary for the publ
cation while here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
Another Cunarder in the Mud.

New YORK, Feb. 3.-For an hour and
a half last night the Cunard steamship
Umbria was prisoner in the mud of
the North river. The vessel had
reached her pier and was being warped
into the slip. The tide was lower than
usual, owing to the strong westerly
wind, and for that reason, when the
Umbria had been headed in, she was
caught in the soft mud. The vessels
engines were reversed, but she refused
to bulge. After four tugs had hauled
away for an hour, the steamer slipped
into her berth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
LAW FOR THE PEOPLE.

Why ShOuldn't the Attorney General
Ee Legal In formation Bureau.
The attorney general this morning re-
ceived a letter from a Downs, Kansas
man who wanted legal opinion.
This man asked if there was law to
prevent one man selling another COW
with the big jaw or big head for mich
cow without notifying the purchaser of
the disease. He wants to know if this
case won't come under the law prohibit
ing the sale of unwholesome food and
drinks.
The attorney generals opinion has not
yet been written.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
A DOUBLE MURDER.
Two French Brothers Aged 60 and rs
Hung and Shot.


PERRY, Ok, Feb. ga horrible
murder has come to light southwest
of here, near Wewoka. Two French
men, aged 60 and IS years, were found
dead in their homes on a farm Thurs
day morning. The men, John and
Jacob Mauntz, have never been mar
ried.- They have a fine tract of land
and live in an ordinary house. 1t is
said that they had great wealth, and
the theory is that they were murdered
for their money. John E. Ezen was
passing the Mauntz homestead and
saw the elder Mauntz lying in the
yard, and was astonished to find him
dead. The old man was hanged up by
a rope, piece of which was also
around his neck, and was also shot.
Further investigation showed that the
other brother was dead in the house
with several bullet holes through HIM.
Officers are making an investigation.
The theory is that robbers hung the
men and then took their wealth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
KANSAS CITY EXCHANGE.
The Advance Guard at Cripple Gre Elk
Fifty to Follow.

The Advance Guard at Cripple Creek
Fifty to Follow.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Feb. 3.-W. D. Charde,
secretary of the Kansas City board OF
trade and also secretary of the Kansas
City mining and stock exchange, arrived
yesterday. He is here to look after prop
critics to list on the Kansas City exchange
and to make arrangements for the recep-
ton of about fifty brokers who are COM
ing here from Kansas City
THE Kansas City exchange" said Mr.
Charde, sis all in shape TO open for an
afternoon call on the 18th day of next
month. Although the Kansas City min
ing and stock exchange is four years old,
it has been practically idle two-thirds of
that time. When the white metal de-
preciated in value we were unable to sus-
tain any interest among the members in
mining stocks. But the boom in Colora-
do has interested US and it has had the
effect of again reviving the exchange.