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The morning times., 1896-04-04

You never read an adver-
tisement@of poor clothing.
Strange, too, for there's
more poor than good. Even
the good isn't all you should
have. There S a best. It's
here. A best $40 suit-a
best SIS suit-a best $12
topcoat. --@
And the !" beauty of it"
is we don't say !" cash y and
put ouE foot down on it.
You-@esah pay us a little
down and the balance in
weekly or monthly install
mellts to'suit yourself.
DOM t BE "a bit backward
about asking for it-you're
entitled to the accommoda-
ton and it's our way of do
ing business.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
THREE PENSION RULINGS.
Government Cannot Withhold Pen
sion NJ oney To Reimburse for Fraud.


Acting Secretary Reynolds OF the Interior
Department hasdecidcdthatt the government
cannot Withhold Il pension granted under
the actof June ~ 1890, to reimburse Itself
for moneys erroEouSiy PAID as pension
under the general law whcn such pension
WAS not procured through fraud.
Another ruling concerning attorneys Is
that where an attorney, iii his appeal, with
u view to showing right TO a lee, attacks
his clients right 10 pension, such objection
cannot be considered in determining the
merits of the appea |, and the appeal itself
will be Dismissed.
An important decision Of Judge Reynolds
is that the presumption from the fact
that a soldier, while i'll a rebel prison,
enlisted in the rebel army, is that he
aided and abetted the rebellion. But this
presumption may be set aside by proof that
it washis intention by enlisting TO escape to
the Union forces.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
INVALID SERIOUSLY HURT.
Was Thrown Against IL CarSeat While
Bounding n (nr~vp


Mr.. E. Albert Ridgway, of No. 231 Z
street, met with a serious accident on the
train near Harrisburg, Pa, yesterday
morning while on his way TO This city from
Hot Springs, Ark. Mr.. Ridgway, who Is
an Invalid. was seated in the smoking COM
partment OF the sleeper.
When the train neared Harrisburg he
arose to wash his hands before changing
cars. Is he stood before The washstand the
car gave a lurch in rounding a curve, and
threw Mr. Ridgway violently against the
brass-bound corner of a seat, injuring his
hip badly. He was brought to this city, ar
irving at 3 p. M. and taken from the Penn
sylvania station to his home in the Sixth
precinct patrol wagon.
1T was Impossible for the physicians TO
say last night how badly Mr.. Ridgway was
injured. 1t was thought that his hip was
fractured, but the doctors could not state
definitely An examination will be made
this morning by the family physician.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
FAILED TO cATCH THE TRAIN.
Jolliffe Had Deal on Hand, but the
Police Detained Him Here.

Police Detained Him Here.
Charles c. ToIliffe told Detectives Carter
and Gallagher when they arrested him yes
tcrdav on the charge of obtaining money
,,r,ler. false nreteDses that if he did not
catch the 8: 80 train TO Mana ssas, Va, an
SIS, 900 deaf which be had on hand would
fan through. IT probably fell, as Mr.. Joi-
life remained Il prisoner last nlght at
police station No. d.
JOlliffe was arrested on Warrant sworn
10 hv Alfred A Smith, No. 11US street,
who charges the prisoner with having OBJ
tanned S15 under false pretenses. Smlth
charges that on October Jollifie, who is
q medical man, and at that time had an
office in The Washington Loan and trust
building, sold TO the firm OF Alfred A. Smith
& Co. an instrument cabinet.
They charge that he did not own it, and
also that it was not as was represented.
Mr. JOIliffe said last night that he bought
This case from an agent He paid part of
the price in lash and part in medical treat
mcnt to the agent ana the agents wife.
He understood that this arrangement would
he acceptable to the firm.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Increase in Money Orders.

Postmaster General Wilson has issucd a
statement showing largeincrcaseiu i'll money
order business last quarter over that of the
preceding quarter. the receipts aggregatlng
$105. T55, ,971. The net revenue, S275, ,oG0,
basnevcTbeen equalled exceptin The quarter
ended December 81, 1898 The value of
domestic orders issued was sac. 900 .0o0,
against $44 900 600 in 1894, and the re
ceipts were larger than those of the COR
responding quarters of 1894 by $36 600.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Mr. ware Drove ROO Fast.

Thomas B. Ware, -thirty-nine years old,
who gave his occupation as storekeep per,
was arrested yesterday by Officer Nelson on
complaint of Alexander Brooks, and charged
with fast driving. Ware was speeding
his trotter down the street when he collided
with the carriage driven by MIR. Brooks.
Mr. Ware left S25 collateral at the First
precinct station for his appearance in court
today.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
He Came Out Too Soon.

Lawrence Bright robbed candy store
in Alexandria last Wednesday night, and
then came to Washington To lie low until
the police had stopped looking for him.
Yesterday afternoon he concluded 10 go TO
baltimore and started out to find con-
venient freight train. Policeman Henry, of
No. A. saw him enter q Car and recegniZ-
ing him as the man wanted in Alexandria,
took him to the station house.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
woman Made the Complaint.

Max Gould was arrested yesterday OH a
warrant sworn out by Kate B. Heller. who
charges him With assault. Officer Bushall
served the warrant yesterday afternoon
shortly after 5 O'Clock, and Mr.. Gould spent
last night at the First precinct station.
The case will be aired i'll police court this
rnorpinp
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Civil Service Extension.

The President has further amended the
civil service rules by placing under the
classified service the assistant attorneys
and law clerks of the Department of the In
terror Tiiis order includes about thirty
persons. whose salaries range from So 900
to $2,750 per annum.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Allison Man from Carolina.

Hon. C. NJ. Wilder has been elected a
delegate to the Republican National Con-
vention from the Fourth Congressional
district of South Carolina. He is well
known in Washington, where members Of
his family reside. Mr.. Wilder was at one
time postmaster at Columbia, S. C. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Wilder is an Allison
man,
The morning times., 1896-04-04

Captain DeRudio to Be Released.
Capt Charles C. DeRudio Seventh Cavalry,
U. S. A, has been directed to proceed to his
home at San Diego, Cal, to await retire.
ment. THIS action was taken at Capt. De-
Rudio's request.
The morning times., 1896-04-04

Macy OF our Sterling Silver articles
are mounted on handsome Easter
cards, free of cnaree. We have the
largest auI richest collection oI ap-
propriaJe Easter souvenirs shown III
Washington.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
r.. HARRIS & Co.,
Tth and ID SITS.
Our
Easter
SOUVENIR.

We shall sell today 100 Sier-
ling Silver Shirt Waist SETS, com
prising l pair of link cuff buttons,
3 shIrI sluds anu cOliar button; 10
attractive patterns. AIl go
1000 fine. Worth 81. For. soc.
The morning times., 1896-04-04
Writing Desk and Toilet

-rrquisi,cs OF every description, such
as lux STANDS, fenholuers, Pen
Mipefs, fap,T Cutters, HAIR Brushes,
Combs, MIRRORS, Puff boxes, 1oliet
BoUtleS, etc.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
ORDERED TO BE SOLD.
Mortgage on the Philadelphia and Reading
Road Forcosed.

Judge Achcson. In the United States Cir
cult court at Philadelphia, signed "A decree
iled last week by the Pennsylvania company
for insurance on lives and granting. annuities
as trustee, for the salo Of property of tho
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and Coal
and Iron company under foreclosure proceed
ings. The Pennsylvania company is trustee
under the Beading general mortgage. The
sale will take place in Philadelphia ut the
company's old depot, Thirteenth and Cal
lowhill streets, at a date 10 be fixed here
after.
Through the decree granted the way Is
now open for the rehabilitation Of the prop
erty, and for its reorganization upon Imam
cial basis Of unquestioned soundness. The
floating Indebtedness Is to be liquidated. tho
fixed charges brought well within the limit
ofthe annual income, and the preference in
come bonds Cancelled A new era In the his
tory Of the great anthracite coal mining and
carrying concern IL at hand, and with Wide
prudent management III future solyency Is
regarded as assured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
JACKSON'S DEFENSE.
Trying to Prove Pearl Bryan Was Killed
on the Ohio Side.

In the Jackson trial the first witness called
by the defense was Undertaken william Alb
bott. who embalmcd the body Of Pearl Bry-
an. lie testified that hc drew quart and a
half Of blood from the veins of Pearl Bryan
On cross-cNamination he was asked II he was
not drunk when he embalmed the body aud
II he had been on prolonged spree. lie de-
MED both Colonel Nelson then asked him
II he was not drunk when he talked with him
n few days ago. He answered: mo man
can drink without being drunk.
Several medical men gave expert testimony
regarding the flow Of blood and the effect of
sudden hrmmorrhagc OF bcheading.
The drift Of the testimony for the defense
disclosed purpose to show that Pearl Bryan
though beheaded In Kentucky. was first kill
ed in Cincinnati and then taken over to Ken
lucky and beheaded. This, II successful,
would set the prisoner free, as he could not
be tried for the same oiIensc In Cincinnati.
Manifcstly the theory Of the defense is that
Pearl Bryan was chloro formed To death un-
Intentionally in Cincinnati and then taken to
Kentucky and behead"d to escape the penal
ty for such nm accident.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
The Transvaal Court Passes Judgment on
hannssbure Reformers

John Hays Hammond (American), Lionel
Phillips, George Farrar and Colonel Francis
Rhodes (Englishmen), four Of the lenders Of
the Johannesburg Reform Committee, who
pleaded guilty OF high treason, were sentenc-
ed to death in Pretoria.
The sentence OF the others is two years
imprisonment. one years banishmcnt and a
fine OF ~, 900. In default OF the payment Of
the fine, they will suffer an additional years
punishment.
The conviction Is universal that President
Kruger will not dare to carry out the sem
tence. and that II was passed merely to af-
ford the astute old leader an opportunity OF
making n display of his clcmency, while at
the same time. cnrlching the Boer treasury
by iniicting heavy fines upon the condmned
men.
Meanwhile the same native warfare IL
spreading throughout South Africa. Serious
rising has occurred in German Demaraland,
80 soldiers having been attacked at a station
in the east near British territory. Two ON
GERS. Lampe and schmidt, and four troopers
were killed. but the natives numbering 600,
were defeated by loss Of 40. II IL alleged
that the natives are we'll supplied with mod
ern rines 10y British traders on the east and
Portuguese on the north.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
DEATH UNDER FALLING WALLS.
KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Explosion Of Gasoline Causes a Frightful
Disaster in Cincinnati.

BY the explosion OF a gasoline engine In
the flvc-story building at 43O and 432 Walnut
street, Cincinnati, at 7i5 Monday, the build
ing was utterly wrecked. 20 to 40 persons
killed, and possibly. more, and many per-
sons were injured. The full extent Of the
loss OF life cannot be ascertnined nor will 1t
be known until the debris Is entirely rcmov-
ed.
One reason for the uncertainty rs TO the
number killed Is that there were two saloons
In the buildings. presumably having the
usual evening crowds. only thcsc were in
stantly crushed beneath the masses OF brick
and mortar. The four upper floors were
also occupied IA fats containing many fami-
lies, the full number of the members not
being known at present. But that the loss
of life has been great. and that the catas-
trophe Is appalling. are certainly known.
The scene OF the explosion Is one OF the
busiest, most thronged portions of the city.
IL Is on Walnut street, between Fourth and
Fifth streets. The square was crowded with
people Mt the time. The big Gibson House,
the famous costly Mecca saloon by the side
OF the Gibson: across the street Mercantile
library and many other fine buildings In the
vicinity all felt the force Of the shock. All
| the adjacent buildings were damaged, not a
/ pane Of glass being left whole In the Gibson
House or the front Of the johnson building
across she street.
Those who were on the street when the
explosion occurred saw the fve-story brick
/ building occupied 10y the splendid saloon Of
| Charles Drach disappear in a moment from
/ the human sight. rs II instantly by some aw-
| ful force. The walls oi the two big build
/ ings which huggcd the building lost to sight
were clean. There was not q scar or mark
/ on them to show the Hwfulness and instan-
taneous departure of the building.
The shock was heard and felt two miles
/ away Many trolley lines were burned out
and the wires badly crippled.
/ The work of rescue began n soon as the
! dense cloud OF dust arising from the shatter-
/ ed building cleared away. \ number Of the
| victims were foundto bc still living but many
/ are Injured beyond recovery.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
THE WAR IN CUBA.
Minister sagasta is Inclined to Side With
General Weyler.

Commenting on the declarations Of Gem
rral Woylcr respecting the duration of the
Cuban war, Premier Canoyas says; ut j.
natural that tn" commander-in-chicf OF an
army in n campaign should abstain from
optimism, which might entail many rcspon-
~ipllitirs IL his promise failed; but | think
fortune helping. that the war will end much
sooner than IN two years. Bendos was talk
ing of two years when he left Madrid. Wry-
Ter, think, meant the winter campaigns, Of
which one i new ending.
To supplement this information, Minister
SdgHsta was visited, who said: 81 cannot
80" my reason for optimism on the part Of
:he government. Wryler assures me II needs
two years at least TO end the war. No insur.
gent hand has ~ yet abandoned the field and
although Marco Is shut up In Pinar del Rio.
we don't know that he wishes to leave that
province III" burning Of property still con-
tiuu"1 and IL Is only when Spain puts down
the iu,urr"ctiOn In the provinces Of Havana,
Piunr del Rio and Matunzas thus forcing the
insurgents into the eastern department of the
island, that the aspect Of war will have ma
ternlly changed
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
SPARED THEIR LIVES.
Presiden; Kruger cOmmutes the Sentence Of
Death

The sentences of death imposed upon Mr..
John Hays Hammond, the American engine
or. COL. Francis Rhodes, n brother ~ the
former premier o' Cape Colony; Lionel
Phillips. president of the chamber of Mino-,
OF Iohauuc-Hgrc. and G"urg" Farrar pro-
pretpr ~ Country Life, OF Johannesburg.
have been rouu.Ut"d.
4 message from the secretary ~ state for
the colonies. M Joseph Cnumh"rlain, wa,
communicated ;u President Kruger, last eve.
ming Ny sir j. \. UuNatt, the British agent
here. IN" president wH- calm. bat IL was
evident 10 al. that u" !r.t the gravity OF IA"
situation mus: .'.t'Iy Later last night a
rumor obtained circulation that the pr"-i-
dent Was carefully rJine over the records Of
the trial and Consulting with the legal auth
Orittc- with the result that b" had decided to
COWmut" ta" death sentences to heavy fines
ani long terms of inpr-pnmdnt, to br fol-
lowed by hani-EM"ut.
The President. IN exercising olcmonoy. has
only followed the course which h" was rN-
pected 70 adopt, but his Impulse ia the mat
tor was dictated hy hI- sens" OF Ju-tir" aiOu"
and not any icar - the Consequences which
might have followed the execution OF the
prisoucrs. Indeed II is stutnd upon high
authority that hr had decided days ago upon
the stop just taSon, and that the firm stand
he took m hi- letter declining Mr.. Chamber
laiu'' invitation 10 visit England was ns-
sumrd n order that there might bee No mis-
take H- 10 the actual attitude of the Trans
yagl toward Great Britain.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
persia's New Ruler.

cable message from Teheran says
whether or not the new Shah eldest brother
will create trouble later on, Muzalfer-cd-Din.
the Into Shah's second son. Is now the ruler
Of Persia. Hr did not wait 10 come 20 the
capital 10 be crowned, but was cnthroncd
on saturday morning at Tabria, with the title
ot Nhah-ln-Shah King Of Kings. He start
rd for Irhcran At once. The body OF Nasr-
rd-Din, the murdered shah, has been cm-
hulmei and will b" taken To koom for in
t"rmcnt, after the arrival Of the new Shah.
Owing 10 the prompt and energetic action Of
the Grand Nizirr, perfect order reigns every
where. The Persian Legation in London an
nouncrs that II il now definitely that the as
sassin Il the late Shaw was member of II
secret society known rs the Babi, composed
Of religious fanatics, nn organization which
the shah tried TO supDress
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
NAILS TO JAPAN.
A Cleveland Shipment Open New Era of
Industry

In direct rrfutation Of the statements and
syndicate articles published In party organs.
is the fact OF "A shipment made by the II. +.
Nail company of Cleveland. In spite OF the
many stories 20 the effect that Japan was
slowly but surely paralyling and monop-
olizng the commercial trade of the United
States 10y the importation into the States OF
Japanese made articles the nail company
has sent 10000 pounds OF its products to
that country. II was the first shipment OF
the Kind ever made from any interior city
and was only made possible by the use Of the
steel canal boat. 4 fleet of live tows and "A
tug carry the cargo ~ well as 50O.0 900 feet
Of lumber for the Cleveland sawmill and
lumber company To New York, at which
place the nails will be placed ON board the
steamer and conveyed 20 Japan. They left
last Thursday.
Once before n shipment OF nails was made
to Japan but that was direct from the Paci-
ilc coast. This shipment opens up n new
era Of shipments Tor this section OF the
country.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
TELEGRAPH TICKS.

In fire at Tateishn, China, April 16 800
houses were destroyed.
The rumor,d retirement OF Lord Salisbury
ns English premier has been officially de-
MED.
The steamship Bcgraya, which arrived in
New York from Italy, brough l,5iS immi-
grants
William H. Coulson, u New York student.
was killed by an explosion resulting from
chemical experiment.
In n fire In the celcbrat ted plarc Of amuse-
mcnt at Tokia. known ~ Aruaka Park, 100
buildings were burned.
Several Americans at Washington, resi-
dents Of Johannesburg, Africa. have called
on President to interfere in John Hays
Hammond's behalf
The naval bill. a. passed by the by the SEN
ate. cuts the number OF battlrships from four
In two. and makes the highest price of armOr
for government ships 1850 ton.
Louise Adams. 80 years old, Of Philadcl-
phia. and Anna Schimp. IL years old, were
drowned trying To cross the Delaware river
In u small boat from Camden TO Phiadel-
pha Three others who were in the boat
with the two named when II capsi2ed were
rescued.
The body Of ex. Mayor @. NJ witten, OF
Just below that city. Judge Witten disap-
peared some weeks ago. There were rumors
of foul play. He was known all over the
state and was member OF several secret
organizations
John Lewis, an iron molder was arrested
at san Francisco while In the act OF strang.
ling Isabella Morris, young colored woman
in an alley of Montgomery street. The po-
lice think that Lewis Is responsible for the
recent murders committed In that city Of
the uniprtunat" class OF women.
\ company Of capitalists have applied to
the Japanese Government for permission TO
establish steamship line between Japan
and New York City. The new line has no
connection with the Nippon luzen Kaisha.
the line which will operat" line of ships
between Japan and some port of the North
Pacific coast within the next year or SO.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-05-07
SHAH Of PERSIA ASSASSINATED.
LIVED But A SHORT TINE.
Arrss; Of the Rcgicide Who Was Disguised
as a Woman.

Tho Shah o. Persia was assassinatci. About
o'clock Friday nnorroon as he was enter
ing the b ncr court - the shrine Of Shah Abb
dul Aim. sis miic- south Of Tehcrnn he was
shot hy u man disguised as a woman. The
assassin lrcd point blank ut his breast and the
bullc, entered Ia tue region Of his heart, and
hc died within q -h,r; time thereafter.
Immediately after the Shah was shot he
was carried 10 hi- 'arfingc and In II convey
ed o. the paiu." ih this city. There hc was
attended uy Dr. lhoiopau. his chief physi-
elan, ahd other Physicians who Were hastily
sent for: but bon -yi,u II their combined efforts
lii- Majesty expired soon after his arrival ut
the palHcc or at auout o'clock =. IN.
The assassin, VITO was promptly arrested,
Is saiI to be- o >ayyid from herman. or from
the province ~ that name. II Is believed
that the murderer has Hccompic"1.
The heir apparent Muzai-cr-cd-Din. was
Immediately adv l-od oi the assassination of
hi- father. and will leave Inhiz. where he
was soiOurnlAg fpr Tphcrau as soon n pos
sib,c.
Quiet prevails ald no disorder il nppre-
hcndrd as a result Of the murder ofthe Shah.
A dispatch from London says: It's known
that the shah was arranging for great
celebration OF hi- accession on May q.
At the Persian Legation In this city the
opinion i- expressed that the murder was th"
q
OF Ru specially designed movement But. ac-
COrtiug g. % Iii utsh which has boon rc""iN-
ed from 1,hcrau yiu ~. Petersburg, the as
sl,,lu was q 'E"Wtrr ~ the BATH society, "A
criminal H-..riutlun. which has hitherto
made an attempt uIuu the Shah's life with u
shot trDW 70 revolver.
lIr leaves "a somewhat considerable family
oi -iN SONS, fifteen daughters and hnr"m
believed t. uuu,uin upwards oi hundred
occupants. uLly four ,l whom, are rccogni2-
cd by the NoLaIUrlun law a. wives.
Little wa known ~ the Shah In the West
crn world uit. o." first Of his thrc" visits to
Europe. When ths shah LEFT Tvhrran In 1873
g. visit European capitals ne took with him
an enormous following of princes OF the
blood, ministers. cooks. pip" bearers. cN'ru-
tipncr-, palar" guards, cunuch-,. and few
o. his wiy,-.
with all hi. personal faults. ~ viewed by
Europeans tL, shah was good sovereign
tNntHtcs. He developed TIA" commerce. Of
Persn with Europe and established railways,
telegraph lin"-, postal 'yst"m and various
financial reforms.
IL IL estimated that the shah had jewels
valued at OO.GCp. 600. The most famous
was diamond called "rhr Sea Of Light, ~
almost as IHrr" ~ the kohinoor. His re-
gala was uu,Vunlci hy that Of any other
sovereign. !li- imperial crown was topped
with the largest ruby in existence. II" had
many coats a., lrDHts ~ which were studded
and embroidered with jewels. In his treasure
room w"rc scores ot j'wclcd dnggcrs and
sW.r.l-