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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01
n. A. HANNA. Chairman.

Chicago Oct. s1.-Chairman Hanna today
issued the following signed statement:
II am confident that the strength Of
Mckinley and Hobart in the electoral col-
lege as a result OF next Tuesdays elec-
tion viii not be less than al votes. This
estimate Is made upon figures just re-
ceived from the chairmen Of the various
state committees. and is the result OF
final polls taken in such careful manner
as TO give them the highest credence.
These polls indicate that the vote by states
Will De as follows:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01
THOUSANDS OF MARcHERS
Awaken Great Enthusiasm in
the City Of Destiny.
SEATTLE TURNS OUT -NosIv.
Sound Money Mem Outnumber the
Populists More Than Two to One.

twenty Thoussnd Spectators 1Agerly
Wait for the Paraders 70 Pass-Pa-
cifac Avenue. the Scene ef The Dem-
onstratien. IL Light - Neea Day
From Torch and Red Fire-Every.
body shouting for lEsKinlsy anA
Sullivan-sesnA Mensy Club Attsaees
Much AttentiOn-Seattlea and Tacoma
United In the Fight fer Henssty-Ths
state Safely Republicaa BY GsoA
MAjoritics From President Down
Through the Ticket.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01
HR HAS IT SURE.
Mckinley Is as Good
as Elected.
THE RESULT Is CERTAIN.
He Can Win Without the
Vote Of Washington.
At LEAST 81 ELECTORS HIS.
And Only 224 Are Necessary for .
Ihoice.
Bryan Cannot Possibly Got More rhan
iss Electoral Votes. and Probably
wm Not Have Over Seventy Eight
A Careful Pon Of the Entire Country
shows That the RepubIican National
Ticket WIN BE Overwhelmingly
TrianPhat In Two-Thirds Of the
states = All Indications Point 10
veritable Landslide Beneath which
the so-Called New Democracy VIII
BE Buried Beyond Any Hope OF
Resurrection.

Chicago. Oct. Bliss p. m.-The Post
InteIligencer. Seattle: ! will say that /
have no reason to change the figures al
ready given out. unless 1t would be to in
crease them. The result next Tuesday will
be an overwhelming victory for Mckinley
and Hobart. and l have no hesitation in
saying they will receive more than three
hundred electoral votes.
III. A. HANNA, Chairman.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01

Trenton. n j.. Oct. u--The Republic
ans are confident Of carrying TIE stair.
and say that the majority for MckinIey
ard Hobart in New Jersey viii be in tie
resfhbornood os E.ooa.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01

TAere = no question aAoEr r-g. Co
sams. eacoa and la<.--Aey are alxays The
fSS-.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01
ALL FOR HONESTY.
New York Republicans in
a Monster Parade.
A LINE OF l25,oo MEN.
Big Town Takes a Day Of
for the Demonstration.
STREETS cAyLY DECORATED.
So Many Flags Never Before Seen
in the City's History.


Horses and Men Quickly swallowed Tn
In Vast Sec OF Humanity Tho
Great Concoarse Moves without
Mishap. at the Command OF gen.
Horace Porter = Distinctive Hats.
Badges and Banners. bat No Uni-
forms-College Boys Join tho March
ing Colamns-Twenty Thousand Men
In Dark, Carrying American Flags-
Paraders Indorse the Sentiment.
1--WE Know No .Enemy's Country In
This Fair Land OF Ours"
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12

ties, and by n fortunate combination of
circumstances wholly of his own making
was soon enjoying a princely income,
ranging from 81 500 to 81 800 a day. This
was maintained for a long period. The
receipt of so much wealth proved too
much for his weak intellect, and he ended
his days in an insane asylum, almost for
gotten by the people who only few years
ago were receiving his bounty. What was
left of Durkee was shipped to Los Angeles
and there buried from an undertaking par
lor, very few people knowing anything, and
apparently caring less, about the ending
of the man who less than ten years before
luxuriated in champagne baths and was q
high roller in that town
Durkee's life In Arizona represented the
vigor and push OF many another man who
finds the mining camp an alluring field in
which TO play tag with fortune When he
struck Tombstone, In 1879, he did not have
a dollar. He had been up and down among
the mining camps of California and was
not unused TO going hungry and expert
encing other hardships incident to the lot
of miners, Immediately upon his arrival
he set about securing contracts for hauling
ore from the various mines about Tomb
stone to the railroad, which was then just
being completed, and he soon had goodly
number of them at the stipulated price of
SO per ton. For time he worked wholly
on bluff, without the slightest idea of
how he was to perform the contracts after
securing them. He had no money to buy
teams or outfits; but, according to the
stories Of Tombstone people, this did not
disturb him in the least. A day or so after
securing the first of the contracts lie went
to +. B. Gage of the Grand Central mine,
and without any preliminary talk opened
up as follows:
"Mr, Gage, want to borrow $50, 000."
Gage was n wealthy man at that time,
but he was rather taken back at the re-
quest, particularly when Durkee told him
that he did not have any collateral for Sc
curity. However, after taking In the
make up Of the man for moment he said
that he would let him have the money,
and it was paid over there and then. Dur
kee was thus in a position to buy all the
teams and outfits he could secure, and he
went 10 Missouri, where he purchased a
whole trainload Of mules. These he ship
ped to Tombstone, and with Them he soon
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
he lost just $4,000, all the money he had
with him, and he withdrew from the game.

he lost just $4,000, all the money he had
with him. and he withdrew from the game
Despite all adverses of this character
Durkee never lost his temper and seemed
utterly careless as to the outcome. These
gambling periods were more or less fire.
quent, each time he played resulting disas-
trously financially.
When he visited Los Angeles, he always
appeared dressed In a Transfers garb Of
blue overalls and big hat On his hands,
no matter how warm the day, was a pair
of gloves. Fine clothes was not one of his
weaknesses, no matter what other desires
he may have had and indulged in. In
spite of all his lavish expenditure and his
unlucky ventures he left fortune of up
ward Of 800, 900 to his wife, who is now
living in Los Angeles.
The friends of this wonderfully fortu-
nate teamster speak in very high terms of
his past generosity to less fortunate citi-
zens of Tombstone and state that he was
a man who, with all his faults, was much
respected
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
Water Pipes to Hold Conyicts.

A new idea in Jail construction has re.
Gently been successfully tested in Boston.
In brief, the scheme is to construct the
cells Of hollow pipes and fill them with
water. When pipe is severed, the water
escapes, and by a system of registers In
the office of the Jail the fact is made
known, as we'll as the particular cell where
the pipes have been attacked. No attempt
is made to have the pipes particularly hard.
Common gas pipe is as good as any and
will answer every purpose The water is
kept under high pressure, so that it will
DO sure to give the alarm when the pipe is
severed
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12

DURKEE VISITS LOS ANGELES IN BLUE JEANS.
dollar, the next he was drawing princely
income He saw the opportunity and had
the nerve to grasp it. Success followed as
a matter of course.
During this time he was employing rs
men, to all of whom he was paying $3.50 a
month. In addition, they were being fed
on the best the land could afford.
But Durkeo, like other men who have
suddenly como into possession of much
wealth, was unable to keep his head. Pc
riodically he made excursions to Los An
geles and other places, where he could en-
joy season of riotous living and wild de-
bauch.
One of these visits was made to Los An
geles in the summer of 1886. At that time
the town had real estate boom, and mon
ey was, in consequence flowing very freely.
Durkee was, however, equal TO the widest
Of the boomers in his ability to spend mon
ey, and even those who were making money
by the thousands stood aghast at his utter
abandon.
The most extravagant circumstance, and
one which has lived to this day, was the &C.
casion when he had just returned from
driving behind some fast horses he had
been purchasing for trotting purposes
Ringing up the boy after going to his room
he ordered that half dozen baskets OF
champagne be sent up at once, as he want
ed to take a bath. The wine was produced
without delay, and the BATH such as few
even among the very rich have INDUCED
in was taken, and Durkee, evidently very
much refreshed, paid for the luxury and
resumed his riotous carouse
The story of Durkees high gambling In
Tombstone is perhaps the most interesting
of series Of wild extravagances and of
which Arizona people like best to talk
about. He was frequenter of the ORR
entail saloon, kept by NJ f. Joyce, said to
be one of the richest gambling places in
the west One day Durkee came into town
and announced that he was out for "a little
fun This meant much to the saloon men,
and he was given the right of way along
the line.
See here" said he, II want a chance
to play a little faro and don't want any
one to chip in. Do you understand" said
Durkee impressively
They understood, and he was told to
shout his orders. He did So The first to
be issued was for a woman of the place
called EN- to take the dealers place at the
table and another young woman Of the
same character to take the lookout"
whereupon he pulled off his coat, and call
ing upon all hands to liquor at his expense
he began his play. His first bet was e.,
600 on an ace. He lost before he had time
to draw his breath, but instead of being
disconnected he went at it with renewed
vigor. Luck was always against him, save
with an occasional small winning, and in
three hours after taking charge Of the table
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12

fitted out 30 teams OF 10 mules each and
began hauling ore in a manner that con-
WINGED people that he would make a sue
cess of the venture. Each team hauled 80
tons of ore day, a total Of 600 tons a
day, which was transferred from the vari-
Gus mines to the railroads each "a hours,
and which brought in an income of ST. 20
a day or $3.50, 600 year. 1t was not a case
of gradual increase in business with Dur.
kee. He went 60 work one day without
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12

A novel means of protecting cashbox
from marauding fingers has been hit upon
by certain merchant at Budapest He
sprinkles the box with a certain powder,
which has the peculiar effect of dyeing the
skin blue, the color being intensified by
washing and resisting the persuasions Of
s0an
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
Insured His Cigars.

A man in Germany recently bought
1000 cigars and had them insured against
fire. Then he smoked them and demanded
the amount of the policy from the insur-
ance company. The company refusing to
pay 1t, he brought suit and got verdict
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
Professional Gossips.

Professional gossips are common In
China. Most Of them are elderly women,
who have regular patrons of the female
sex, whose houses they visit, and whom
they entertain by narrating the news and
scandal of the day.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
A Serious Threat

In an Irish provincial paper is the fol-
lowing notice: Whereas, Patrick O'Con-
nor lately left his lodgings, this is to give
notice that if he does not return immedi-
ately and pay for the same he will be ad-
yertised -
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
Old STYLE Hiebwaymen.

The term "garroters" was employed to
designate thieves who half strangle their
victims in dark streets and lanes in the
suburbs of London and other large towns
some 30 or 40 years ago. The word is de-
rived from the carrot, a Spanish instru-
ment used for strangling criminals.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
Homes For Conyicts.

An order known as Pentecost Bands
has founded home in Indianapolis for
convicts just released from the peniten-
tiary. The men will be maintained until
work can be procured for them.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
Her Kisses 81 Each.

A bride in South River. N. j., having
no dowry to bring her husband, in order
to be able to do so, offered to kiss the we'd
ding guests for 81 a kiss BY this means
she obtained 500.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
BATHED IN CHAMPAGNE
A Tombstone Transfers Queer
Idea of Luxury.
CRAZED BY RIOTOUS LIVING.

Durkee Made Money Fast and Spent 1t
With Picturesque Prodigality-Started
In Business without a Dollar, Made a
Fortune and Died In an Asylum.
A champagne bath with wine selling at
81. 80 a pint is q luxury which but few or
binary people indulge In in these days of
depression, but there died in the Stockton
Insane asylum in California short time
ago a man who actually did battle in this
costly wine, and an ordinary hotel bathtub
was the receptacle which he used for the
purpose. This man was j. E. Durkee.
whose name was one of the best known in
Arizona He went there in the later seven
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12

Miss LIZZIE WRIGHT wishes to notify
her friends that she has moved her
dressmaking from Grant street to 3l7
Cherry street. LIZZIE WRIGHr.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
A Proud Bridegroom's Suicide.

A boy bridegroom at Sialkote, India,
was SO vexed at his being jestingly made
to bend his knee to his little bride that he
killed himself by jumping into well.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
Women Manage Prisons.

The management Of the Austrian female
prisons is in the hands Of female religious
orders.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-09-12
OCTOBER 7, 8, 9, 10.
The Ashland School for Girls,
ASHLAND, KENTUCKY.

An attractive home and day school for girls OF
all ages. Will open September 30th, under the
management OF an accomplished principal as
sisted by able teachers. A wide range OF sub
Jects will be taught, including Languages Liter
ature, History, Science, Mathematics and the
common branches, and the best instruction will
be given by superior college-bred women A
distinguished graduate OF the Royal Conserva-
tory in Leipzig, will teach Piano and Vocal
Music. Teachers and boarding pupils will live
under one roof and form one family, thus afford.
ing the pupils an unusual opportunity for the
the care of gifted woman as Householder who
viii make it delightful home. Under the aus
pices OF the Diocese OF Lexington, the Rt. Rev
Lewis w Burton, d. D., being the spiritual head
OF the School, its. influences will be positively
christian but not in any narrow sense sectarian
IN sympathy, with the times the charges will be
lower than those of any school of its class, viz
For boarding pupils, $50 a term; day scholars
sSto So; music pupils, $40. Three terms in
school year. For descriptive circulars, address
H. N. HILLS, RECTOR,
Ashland. Ky
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
LIES MISTAKES.

We plant sweet flowers above the spot
Where rests our unforgotten dead,
And while the roses bud and bloom
We beautify their lonely bed.
We rear the snowy marble shaft
That every passer-by may learn
How sacred the memory keeps her trust
In vOtive gift and storle! urn.
But, oh the hearts that ache an &
break
Through all the long, bright summer
days
For some sweet word of tenderness,
Some generous and outspoken praise :;
And, oh !. the bitter tears that fall
Der lIfe's mistakes and cruel fate,
That all things which the heart mos:
Graves
Of love and glory come too late.
Then take the rose that blooms to-day
And lay it IN some loving hand,
And walt not till the ear gro ws dull
To tell the sweet thoughts that YOU
planned.
One kiss on warm and loving lips
Is worth thousand funeral flowers,
And one glad day Of tender love
OutWelghs an age of mourning
hours.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13

Few people know tnat all plants con-
tain digestive principles. They can
not absorb their food until it is digest
ed anv more thar animals can. The
Mount Lebanon Shakers have leared
the art of extracting and utilizing
these digestive principles, and 1t Is Tor
this reason that their Shaker Digestive
Cordial Is meeting wlth~such phenom-
enal success in the treatment OF dys-
pepsla. The Shaker Digestive Cordial
not only contains food already dlgested, |,
but it also contains digestive principles
which aid the digestion of other foods
that may be eaten with it. \ single
10 cent sample bottle Will be sufficient
ic demonstrate its value, and we sug-
ge,t that every suffering dyspepuc
make trial oft. Any druggist can
suppl. it.
Iaxol IS the best medicine for chill
Gren. Doctors recommend It IN place
Of Castor OIL.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
N oral Courage.
Rome lGa.l Tribune.

Rome (Ga) Tribune.
The most pitiful paradox IN nature
Is physical bravery allied with moral
cowardice A man may be as brave as
a lion when it comes to a personal en-
counter, where mere brute force IS all
that is required, but j. he has not the
moral courage to do right for the sake
of right, he Is d detestable travesty on
manhood. No man need be afraid to
do right. He may avoid the conse
ouences OF a fisticuff and still be braver
than Caesar.
1t takes a fine sense Of courage and q
pure heart to be able to acknowledge
an error and endeayor to repair wrong,
and The man who can do 1t deserves all
praise from his fellow men and God
will not withhold from him his just re
ward. II we we're true to our nOhler
and better instincts temptations would
not find us SO vulnerable to every as
sault. but too often we are led astray b!
our selfish motives.
The thing to cultivate IS not SO mncli
iron muscle, but heart OF steel, YET
sufficient to resist every temptation
The least SIN possible is the hope OF
mankind Absence OF sin Is dream
Of angels Let US, therefore, among
our resolutions for the new year, resolve
over and above all, to try to be true to
our own better instincts and to deal
Justly with our fellow men and to rev
erence and serve God as becomes us,
his creatures.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13

ingnsh spawn llulmcnt removes
all Hard. soft or Callou-'.i lump- and
and Clcmi.bc- from horses. Blood
SPAWN Surb-. Spllut@. Sweeney, Ring
worm tines. ~ptaue. ana swollen
Through, Coughs Ste. Save 80 10y
use af one hottie. Warn tod tho
most wonarfui iilcmism Cue ever
known. Sold ho J. l. Whitehead 4
Co, Druggists, scotland Neck \. 6.
10 ~.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
HONOR GRIP.
49, y ee~@~ /. 80 -.
Tel !: Ara;z.
Tell !. Arai-.

Tie njse educator curly places tie
soune where tbeF shall iecl the rc.
training gup II honor. Fifteen 81
twenty years ago the Secretary q the
Navy extended one wear the pracfiee-
cruise % the naval cadets u tbc eaae,
% France. lie also ordered ,hat oa
the arrival Of the ship AT Cherboar-
the middie," should he permitted to
visit Paris. The commandsut 81 the
Naval Academy at Annapolis di>arproy-
ca Of the visit. a. he feared the young
gentlemen would get into mischief.
aud spend their money iooh.hly. The
youngsters put themselves on their
honor that they might prove % their
commander the groundlessnezs Of his
fears.
On the arrival OF The practice ship at
the French naval port, they despatched
three OF their number to Paris, to make
arragements for the visit of one hun
dred and twenty-nine young Ameri-
cans.
The voyage had been a stormy one.
and for the last eight DAYS scarcely any
thing had been cooked. owing to the
tremendous seas. The appetites of
these vigorous young fellows who were
sent ahead were therefore keen. At
each Of the three stations on the rail
way where refreshments could be pur-
chased, the cadets astonishcd the guards
and porters by ordering three chickens,
with bread and grapes
The Frenchmen's astonishment was
increased when they heard an order
given at each station to provide one
hundred and twenty-six chickens for
their fellows who were to come the
next day
Three hundred and soventy-elght
chlckes, with bread and grapes at dis
cretion, W hat appetites these Ameri-
cans have !" exclaimed the delighted
restaurant-keepers.
But they were more astonished that
not bottle Of wine was ordered. The
Youngsters were on their honor. and as
drinking and smoking were against reg
uIatiOns, not one OF them drank a glass
Of wine or smoked a cigar while in
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13

ton h"f~ra
The famous Major Hog Cholera
Cure. which cures and prevents cholera
in hoy and poultry i- ou sale 90 y B
Jo-cy'- atd at 4. + Whitehead Drug
store. The medicine l. highly rcom.
mended by many western iarm"r- n.
sure cure. Try q package. At y B
Ioscy'- and Drug store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
SCOTLAND NECK, NJ C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1896
Pauls advice: "Prove all things Hola

Paul's advice: prove all things Hold
fast that which Is good. .
To this excellent principle should 10
explicitly added The caution which il
j. the main purpose Of this Introductory
article 10 enforcs-viz, that tI.s uets
can receive fair treatment only by re-
moving 20 far as possible 1T cannot be
wholly removed the handicap that is
placed upon it h. prejudice IN favor Of
the existing order.
FREDERICK NJ. CRUSDES.
st. Louis. December, 1895.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13

On January l, 1896, the Law passed
by the last Legislature went into Ell
feet, requiring a board three inches
wide to be put Oh the top Of all wire
fences along public roads.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
Turn of the TIDE.
NorfoM Tirgiai0R.

Norfolk Firginio".
Commenting on the activity display
ed by the immigration societies Of the
South. the Chicago Iufer-Oceoa sounds
note Of warning to it, friends il the
West and tells them that they have
got to wake up or he left in the lurch.
1t saws that the immigrant societies OF
the South we're never before 30 alert az
now. and that, If the rich acres OF the
West are to he tilleG the people Of the
West Will have TO do better work than
they have been doing OF late. Except
ing California and Utah, the States Of
the West, as far as regards encourag-
ing immigration by the best methods.
have been taking profound sleep. Mil
lions Of acres in the Dakotas. in Utah
Idaho. Washington and Oregon are yet
unbr0ken, and viii remain 20 unless
those States bestir themselves.
This shows that the situation in the
great West is not at all satisfactory TO
its friends, but whether the alarm
sounded by the Iater-Oceaa will doany
good l. a question ye. - be determined
The tide Of immigration has turned
southwark, however. and something
greater than the wall 81 our contempt
rary is needed to stay il how,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13
J, P. ANDERSON & CO.,
grryfal
COMMISSION hER HAMS.
II; Eorcha-s,co rr.kore.
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Country Produce - EtcF ne-crip.
uon Solicited l.iIrr4l Cash Advances
Made ou Cau-ieumcut-.
ElIruNoi- Citizen. Rank and
Business Firms Generally ~ Norfolk
Prompt Sale and Immediate lie
turns. ~prnM Attention Paid - the
Return ~ Empty onnIs and Nrsto-.
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-13

When ls.oy was SICK. Ne gave her CassoriS
y,ben she was a Child, she CT ed ior Castoria
7-her, sac became Hiss, he clcnG to Castoria-
y.-r., h,4 = lJyea, s!,s gavetheIn Cessoria