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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
GEN. WEYLER
To Issue a Decree to the Citi-
zens of Cuba,
Ordering Every Able Bodied Man on
the Island to Join the Army.
This News Causes Many Young Men to
Join the Insurgents-Outsid Havana
Famine is Beginning to Spread
Many Are Dying From Hunger.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Sun Sunday
morning prints the following: The
Spaniards here say that General Wey-
Ter intends to issue a decree ordering
every ablc-bodied man from IS years to
60 to enlist in the army, and to take
the field against the insurgents.
This news has created such an excite
ment among Cuban families that the
number of young men who have joined
the insurgent forces within the past
few days is greater than at any time
since the beginning of the war. A cir
cular has been quietly issued to the
Cubans, which says: mo man of
honor can doubt which side he must
take if placed by the tyranny of the
Spanish government in the position of
choosing between Spain and Cuba
libre.
Ell Pueblo says: Gen. Weyler's duty
is to issue that decree. We ought to
know here who is a Spaniard and who
is a conspirator. Havana is full of
Spain's enemies masquerading under
the guise of Spaniards. Let us know
who is friend and who is enemy. Masks
off"
But the real motive of Weyler with
regard to this decree has not been
mentioned above. 1t is fact that the
$4,000 soldiers recently sent by Spain
are not enough to cover all the, losses
of the Spanish army within the past
few weeks. More than that, it is said
that high military authorities here are
concealing from Spain the knowledge
of more than half of the army's losses
for the purpose of continuing to draw
from the treasury the wages and al
lowances of the dead men. 1t is esti-
mated that from April 1895, to last No
vember more than 100000 have
been stolen from the Spanish treasury
in this way. The number of soldiers
in the field is less than the central
government believes, and is not suf-
ticient for Weyler's plan of campaign,
which is simply to march against
the insurgents in heavy bodies.
Outside of Havana famine is begin
ming to spread. In Brematas, province
of Pinar del Rio, more than 10, 900 per-
sons are dying of hunger. In Cardenas
poverty is SO great that families who
were wealthy before the war are now
begging in the streets. In Cienfuegos,
an opulcnt city until 1895, the misery
is also great, and here in Havana fam
inc is expected soon, as a consequence
of Weyler's methods of warfare and
his destruction of all the provisions in
the country districts.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
North Dakot4's Omcial Returns.

BISMARCK, n. D., Dec. 7.-The Of.
fetal returns for North Dakota, long
delayed by the storms of the past two
weeks, have finally all arrived at the
state capitol and are in the hands of
the secretary of state. The official
canvass will be made on Tuesday.
The total vote of the state was 1881,
of which Mckinley received 2G,9S6,
Bryan 30, $50 and Levering 1856. There
were no Palmer or Matchctt electors
in North Dakota. McKinlcy's plural
ity is 5,G47. Johnson, rep, for con-
gress, was elected by a, ,16G.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
HER HOME MoRTCACEo AWAY.
Mrs. irvine, of Belpre, Deceived by a
Worthless Son.

Mrs. irvine, of BeIpre, Deceived by n
Worthless Son.
A despicable piece of work and one
which shows the infidelity of worth
less son has just come to light by the
foreclosure of a mortgage on the home
of Mrs. Esther Irvine, of Belpre.
Several years ago while visiting her
son at Marietta, Mrs. Irvine, who is an
aged and ignorant colored woman,
placed her mark to document at the
solicitation of her son and thereby
signed away her little home which
she had toiled so many years to pay for.
Some time later the son got in trouble
and mortgaged the property he had
falsely gotten from his mother, for all
it was worth to get money to defend
himself. He was however convicted of
the crime with which he was charged
and was sent to the Columbus peniten-
tiary for Il term OF years.
In this position he has been, of
course, unable to make any money to-
ward paying off the mortgage and the
result is that his mother was informed
Saturday to move out of her home.
This was the first knowledge she had
ever had of the affair which makes it
all the harder for her. Being of an
age when she is no longer able to work
and having no one to take care OF her
she will now 90 to the County Iniirm-
ary to end her days. s.-Parllcrs burg
Journal
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
The six-Days' Bicycle Race.

New York, Dec. THE siX-day
bicycle race at Madison Square Garden
was started shortly after midnight
Sunday night in the presence of big
crowd OF spectators. Much interest is
taken in the event; owing to the inter-
national character lent by the pres
ence of the long-distance British and
French riders, of whom Tom Linton,
the WEIGH champion, Charley Chapple,
the English long-distance crack, and
Jules Dubois, Of Paris-Bordeaux race
fame, are the stars.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
Did HoL! Ever

Try Electric Bit,ors as Il remedy for
your troubles? III not, get bottle
now and get relief. This medicine has
been found to be- perfectly adapted to
the relief and cure oil All Female Com.
plants, eNerting wonderful direct in.
tluencc in giving strength aud tone to
the Organs. Ii you have Loss of Appe.
tjte, Constipation, Iicadache Painting
Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, EX-
cta Ole. Melancholy or troubled with
Dizzy Spells, Electric Bltters IS tho
medicine YOU need. Health and
Strength are guaranteed by its use.
Fifty cents and s1.OO at w. II. Styer's
Drug Store
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
A NUMBER or BCYS
Confined in the Nebraska Industrial
School Escape-Au But Fifteen Recap

Confined in the Nebraska Industrial
School Escape-Al But Fifteen Ee-Cap-
tured.
KEARNEY, Ncb., Dec. 7.-Twenty-
eight of the larger boys confined in
the state industrial school near here,
escaped Saturday night. The break
was made from the dining-room and
many of them carried the knives
used at the table. The plan has
been brewing some time, over hun
dred being implicated and all would
have escaped had not an attendant
drew his revolver and threatened to
shoot the first boy that started. Sun
day all but IS were recaptured. Those
still out are the most desperate and
are believed to be headed for Kansas.
kid" Thrasher, the leader, was cap
tured about midnight, but his main as
sistant, one Yates, of Omaha, is still
at large. Some of the boys are armed
with butcher knives and sugar beet
knives, and will resist arrest if the
opportunity offers
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
RAILWAY WRECK.
A Conductors Forg etfulncss Cost Three
Lives aud the Injury of Several People.

A Conductors Forg etfulncss Cost Three
Lives aud the Injury of Several People. -
CINCINNATI, Dec. '7.--At 7:30 Monday
morning special train bearing the of.
licials of the B. &c o. e. b. & o. s. w. roads
left the Grand Central on a five days
inspection trip of the road. The train
was in charge of Engineer John Price,
Fireman Homer Dixon, Conductor Sam
Elswicls and Brakemen Charles Chap
man and Robert McNealy. Aboard
the special was General Superintendent
Rawn, General Traffic Manager RAN
lolph, General Passenger Agent Ches-
brough, Coal Traffic Manager w. w.
Peabody, jr., Chief Engineer Carroth-
ers, Supel intendent McMahony, of the
Mississippi division, Train Master Mills,
superintendent of Telegraph Horace
Johnson, Press Agent James III. Maddy
and dozen more minor officials and
passenger and freight agents. The
conductor and engineer of the special
had orders to run 80 minutes behind
the regular westbound passenger train
and to sidetrack at Storrs' station to
allow the Cochran accommodation, due
in this city at eight o'clock, to pass by.
How they happened to forget their
orders is not known, but forget they
did. When the special reached Storrs
station, just below Sedamsville, En-
gineer Price stopped a moment.
Then he started off again. Some one
aboard the special who knew the Or
ders and realized that a mistake was
being made, grabbed for the bell
rope
just at this instant the engine of the
special sped by Prices home on Mt.
Hope road. Mrs. Price was standing
in the door and as the train sped by
her husband waved her a good-by. She
threw him n kiss just as the whistle of
the incoming Cochran special blew for
the stop at Storrs station. The crash
which crushed out the lives of three
men came within sight of Mrs. Price,
whose husband was crushed in his own
engine. lie died moment after being
taken out,
The engines came together with
crash that was heard mile away and
both were telescoped, as were the ten
ders and first cars of both trains.
There were SO passengers on the in
coming train, but only one was killed
outright.
He was L. Zeperwicls, civil engi-
neer, who has been III the employ of
the b. &5 o. s. w. railroad for the past
two years. Homer Dixon, fireman,
was also killed in the awful crash.
Seriously injured are: General Traffic
Manager Randolph, General Passenger
Agent Chesbrough, Chief Engineer Car
rothers, Engineer Tom Jones, Fireman
John Kennedy, Baggage Master lLar-
vey, Chas e. Whiting, passenger Fred
Moore, passenger
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

AN interesting fight for supremacy
in the iron and steel business of Amer
lea will soon be on between Andrew
Carnegie and John d. Rockefeller, the
Standard Oil King. The latter gentle
man has just completed the purchase
of large tract of land in South Chica-
go, on the shore of Lake Michigan, and
he will erect upon the premises steel
and iron plant to cost from ten to
twenty millions of dollars.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
our coAar GgFeweEs.
Governor Bushnell appoints Delegates to
Convention.

Governor BuSEneil appoints Delegates to
Il Convention.
The governor has appointed 7. Ew-
ing Miller OF this city, David II. Moore,
of Athens, and Perry WiIes, of Zanes-
vile, as delegates to convention at
Tampa, Florida, January 90 to con-
slider some means of defense of the
southern harbors and sea coasts. These
gentlemen spend the winters in Florida
each year. and can serve on the com
mission without inconvenience to them
selves. The convention is u national
one, and those who have conceived the
scheme have hopes of securing recog-
milton Of each state in the union. Co
lumbus Dispatch.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

ONE of the society debutantes in
Washington this winter will be Miss
Vivian Sartoris, grand daughter of
General Grant. She was born in Lon
don, but thanks to her good sense has
never become an Anglomoniac.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

MAJOR MCKINLEY was kept so busy
Sunday, answering his door bell, that
he did not get to attend church, as was
his desire. His onerous duties have
only just begun and he don't even have
one day of rest
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

II was run over by lum Der wagon.
Did not expect to live, Was terribly
bloated. Ny friends bathed me with
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil. and | was
cured. We haye great faith in Thomas
Ecle ctric Oil" Mrs. Wn. 4. Babcock,
NOrvell, Mich.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
TUESDAY. DEG. 8, 1899

THE traffic on "new" Third street is
tremendous, and is growing every day.
Is is now the thoroughfare of the city,
Having at all hours of the day a brisk
movement of all sorts of vehicles.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
LABOR COMBINATION.
Movement to Organize the Building
Trades Of the Country Started.

a Movement to Organize the Building
Trades of the Country Started.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 7.-One Of the great
est labor organizations that the world
has ever known has just had its in
ception in this city. 1t is 4 uni
versal building trades union and
includes the labor OF every artisan
from the digging Of Foundation to
the last touch upon building. There
met here Sunday representatives Of
building trades from many cities at the
call of the local building trades cour-
ell. The whole matter of building
construction was discussed. Mr. Il.
w. Steinbiss, secretary of the
st. Louis building trades coun-
ell is authority for the statement
that two and half million people are
interested in the movement. 1t is not
proposed to antagonize the employers
of skilled labor but TO show them the
benefits of cooperation with the Ia Dor.
ers who create wealth. The aims of
the organization certainly consider the
interests OF the employer as we'll as the
emplOVe.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

While the familiar struggle of the
Irish against the English continues to
| be in evidence wherever there are Irish.
men, things have arrived at the pathet.
( ic stage in ireland. 10 the stranger
entering Dublin or Belfast it looks as
| il the island that had given letters tC
| England had been repeOp!ed by Britons
/ In every business thOroughfare the
names that meet the eye are suggestive
! Of England, scotland, and Wales. The
/ Gdmi%ture of French, German, Italian,
| and Spanish names so common III Eng
land, is reproduced apparently in the
same proportions.
! When one takes up the leading daily
newspapers enough is found to corrobo
rate the opinion that the repeopling is
an accomplis he'd fact. In recent is.
sue Of Dublin journal, The Irish
Times, there appeared in the adver-
tisements 325 names-English, Welsh,
Scotch, French, German, Italian, and
Spanish-to 5J Irish names.
The owner Of the Irish newspaper
was born in Scotland, Sir john ArnOtt,
Baronet, and the name of the founder,
Knox is associated with stirring per-
iod of Scottish religious history in the
sixteenth century.
~ tIiS lCttlit NlilCGNOI1 VI llGLuIit
Thom's-there is found an abundance
of material in favor OF the same line of
thought. The lists of landowners,
magistrates, Protestant clergymen,
ana veterinary surgeons make poor ac-
count of distinctively Irish names. In
the manufacturing districts of the
country the paucity OF Irish names is
remarkable. From one end of the
island to the other the great industries,
with few exceptions, are operated by
men whose names are not Irish.
English is the language of the coun-
try. 1t is taught in the public schools,
and, with rare exceptions, exclusively
spoken in the homes. Very few of the
Roman Catholic clergymen in English
speaking Ireland are capabl of preach
ing in the mother tongue, and even if
they were, fewer still would be able to
understand them. Within fifty years a
great change has taken place in regard
to the Irish language. Protestants and
Catholics formerly knew something of
it. At the popular watering places
along the southwest coast, the children
prattled in Irish and Irish was the Ian
guage of the army of donkey boys and
bathing-boX women. Now the donkeys
are cudgeled by boys who use the
English language and the younger
bathing box woman are recognized for
natives by the sweetness and softness
of the ''brogue".
In some of the remoter rural districts
of Connaughs. Munster, and Ulster,
Irish is still spoken, but in the com
mercial and manufacturing centres it
is virtually Il dead language. NORTH
American Review for December,
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7.-Activity is
continued here at the navy yard. The
cruiser Brooklyn is being hurriedly
outftted, and the Vesuyius, Moantono-
nah and other old monitors are being
rapidly repaired.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

Does your head feel as though some
one was hammering it; as though a
million sparks were flying out Of the
eyes? Have you horrible sickness of
the stomach? Burdock Blood Bitters
will cure you.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
In The OIL Fields.
OIL MARKET.
THE OGDIN FIELD.

In the Ogdin field things are rather
quiet for some reason, but considerable
preparation has been made for winter
drilling. The Elcho Oil Company has
considerable work planned for the
winter as has also the Union and
Mountain State Gas Co.
The Mountain State Gas Co.'s No. 2
LoYe, Killduff & Co.'s No. Dyke have
caused considerable interest in the
portion of the field which had all along
been considered on the edge. The two
wells, however, proved that the limit
in that direction has not yet been
reached. ThL Mountain State Gas Co.
has located No 3 Love and are getting
ready to drill it at once. Killduff &
Co. have made three new locations and
are getting timber on the ground, but
the rigs haye not been started On the
Darling farm the ,drillers are still
struggling with the lost tools and after
four weeks fishing are no nearer re-
covering them than when they started
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

II contracted q severe cold from eX-
posure. Coughed all winter. Could
get no relief DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup broke up the cold, and drove
away the cold. Never took anything
that did me so much good" ]. II.
Brooks, North HaYerhill, n. II.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
DECEMBER MAGAZINES.

"As you see his face" writes Ruth
McEnery Stuart in an article on the
Creoles," A People Who Live Amid
Romance, in the December LADIES
HOME JOURNAL" you will know that
he the Creole husband or father
realizes that no flower upon the lily
covered altar is half SO fair or SO fit
for the temples perfect adorning us
his blooming wife and budding daugh-
ters, who sit in line beside him. If he
does not think teese things he is dull
lard-or, maybe, only half-Creole.
Perhaps his mother was an American,
or Scotch. And then? Perhaps he
would not think them because they
might not be true. They w ould be
other things, other things just US fine
and good, no doubt--they might even
have rare beauty of different type
but the Creole woman is flower
She is magnolia or a jasmine-occasion
ally, IA camellia-or, especially when
there is good warm drop of Spanish
blood in her veins, she is red, red
rose rose too sweet to pass untouch-
ed but for her perfect dignity and pi-
quaint hauteur that is as protective as
any thorn upon n roses stem.
Properly speaking, or rather, mar
rowly speaking, the Creole is a n Ameri-
can, born of French or Spanish parents
or of both, and, strictly, both parents
should themselves be foreign born, but
the Creole is often only the great-great-
grandson of Creole, and some of their
families of purest blood could not reach
the mother country without going back
through three or four American-born
generations.
Then there were, children, cons picu-
Gus among them the vulgar little child
ren of the not long rich, repulsiyely dis
agreeable to the world in general, but
pathetic in the eyes of thinking men
and women. They are the sprouting.
shoots of the gold-tree, beings predes-
tined never to enjoy, because they will
be always able to buy what strong men
fight for, and will never learn to enjoy
what is really to be had only for money;
and the measure of value will not be in
their hands and heads, but In bank
books, out of which their manners have
been bought with mingled affection and
vanity. Surely, if anything is more in
tolerable than vulgar woman, it is a
vulgar child. The poor little thing is
produced by all nations and races, from
theAnglo-SaXon to the Slav. Its father
was happy in the struggle that ended
in success. When it grows old, it's own
children will perhaps be happy in the
sort of refined existence which wealth
can bring in the third generation. But
the child of the man grown suddenly
rich is living misfortune between two
happinesses--neither n worker nor an
cnjoyer; haying neither the satisfaction
of the one nor the pleasures of the 9th
er: hated by its interiors in fortune, and
a source of amusement to it's ethic and
esthetic uetters. rs.-Decem her Century.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
Observation-Disclosures
Sacrifice Sa|e!!

Beginning to-day we will offer our ENTIRE
STOCK Of Suits, Overcoats, Odd Coats, Pants
and Vests, Hats. Caps and Underwear at
PRICES that WILL SELL THEM. Nothing
reserved except Sweet & Orr and Bull Dog
Pants and Overalls which we always sell at
regular wholesale prices. ""~ .ate ta
One reason for this announcement is that we
have TWICE as many goods in stock as we
want to invoice in January and we are willing
to make the SACRIFICE and accept the loss.
Whatever money you want to invest in
Clothing will bring you better returns in this
sale than you ever saw before.
S. R. Van Metre & Co.,
Whoiesale) (Reta.
Reliable Cash Clothers
Observation-Disclosures AlIAlIIlIIlIllIlH
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08
Beef Trust investigation Abandoned.

CHICAGO, Dec. THE federal grand
jury after a few minutes session Mon
day decided to abandon the alleged
beef trust investigation and were form.
ally discharged by Judge Grosscup.
Chairman OF the Inaugural Committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. T.-Mr. C. j. Bell,
of this city, was Monday rendered the
chairmanship of the inaugural com.
mittee by Mr.. Hanna and has accepted
the offer.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

When buying canned corn, demand
Superior" brand, and you will enjoy
the best
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

Legislators to Bo Banqueted.
CHICAGO, Dec. 7-The Illinois gem
eral assembly is to be given banquet
at Auditorium, December 22.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-08

Hives are not dangerous to life, but
they are a prolific breeder of misery
and profanity. Doan's Ointment gives
instant relief, even in the worst cases
of this and other eXasperating diseases
of the skin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-04
1T MAKES THE CANADIAN PACIFIC
VIRTUALLY A MEMBER OF
THE ASSOCIATION.
IT'S CHARTER IS THE THING
THAT PREVENTS 1T FROM BECOM-
ING A FULL-FLEDGED AND
OPEN MEMBER.
Fourth OF July Exodus Taxes Cam
acfty of Local Railroad and
Depot Accommodation.

Reports from New York regarding
the conference between Joint Traffic as
ISOLATION officials and those Of the Ca
madam Pacific regarding that line be-
coming a member of the association. is
pleasing to western railroad men. 1t
has been decided that the Canadian
road will practically become member
OF the association. Owing to the pc
culiar form of its charter it is debarred
from actual membership, but President
Van Horn has, 1t is said, promised that
his line shall live up to the spirit of
the organizations agreement and shall
be subject to it's regulations This af-
niiatfon of the Canadian Pacific with
other lines Of the Joint Traffic associa-
ton means much to the other roads
doing a northwestern business. For
years that line has been a demoraliz-
ing factor so far as both freight and
passenger rates are concerned 1t has
made rates from st. Paul on both
freight and passenger business which
prevented American lines from getting
a share Of the business for they were
unable to meet it's rates. That also cut
western lines out of a large share Of
the business they were rightly entitled
TO, for no eastern line was allowed to
join with them in meeting the compe-
tition. Much Of the trouble of the past
VIII now be averted If the Canadian
Pac1nc lives up to its agreement