Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-16

doctor had two chubby infants, a boy
and girl, placed in basket. He
failed to scrutinize them until few
minutes later, when he was requested
! by the anxious mothers to show them
the children. The doctor was una
bic to tell them apart, and cousterna-
ton reigned in the sick room. Mrs.
Norton finally agreed to accept the
girl as hers, as she had several Sous.
The apel-attendance question,
which has been the source Of so much
disturbance at the West Virginia
University, has resulted in a big vic
tory for the students. The Board of
Regents Saturday spent half the day
wrestling with the question, and as a
result not a vestage of the old law
remains. Students after this will
not be compelled to attend chapel at
all, but only roll-call of the stu
dents at 1915 in the morning instead
of SIS, and absence from roll-call
affects only the grade of the student.
BOTH houses of the Ohio Legisla-
ture have passed law imposing a
fine of from 50 to SO upon a mana
ger of any theater, concert hall or
other place of entertainment, whcr
ever an admission fee is charged,
for permitting woman to wear "A
hat sufficiently large to obstruct the
view of persons sitting behind her.
Every hat permitted to he worn in
violation of the law will constitute a
separate offense.
EMANUEL NINGER, for seventeen
years known to the secret service
men only as Jim the Penman," be-
cause all of his work OF cOunterfeit.
ing $50, $50 and $40 notes was done
with the pen, has been captured in
New York. Merely with pen, ink
and paper he has made counterfeits
of United States bills Of large de-
nominations so excellent in eXecu-
ton as almost to defy detection ex-
cept by an expert.
Mrs. DAVID Il. TUCKER, who, dur
ing the Alliance craze in Kansas in
1890, led the meetings and who was
the first woman to sing Good-by,
Old Party, Good-by," which set the
prairies on fire and elected PETER U.
S. Senator, last week tied her hus-
band up and whipped him for gam
bling away SEA she had trusted him
with to put in bank. Mr.. Tucker
has gone nome to his mother at Min
neapolis.
TIE registration in South Caro-
lima under the new property and edu-
cational qualification began in
Charleston, Monday week ago
There were very few negroes who
| applied to register that did not show
themselves qualified, though in a
few cases they were required not
only to read but construe section
of the constitution.
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Cong FRESHMAN OTEY, as Chair
man of the State committee of the
silverites Of Virginia. has issued a
| circular to the silver men of his
State, to attend all the Democratic
primaries and elect silver men as
delegates to the Democratic district
and State conventions.
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw says that
he does not think Mckinley will
have enough votes to win on the first
ballot, and that he will be forced in
the end to abandon the field. Mr..
Depew says Morton will be nomi-
| mated.
SECRETARY CARLISLE has written
a letter to the Chairman of the Demo-
cratic Committee in Kentucky in
which he declares that he will not
be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President.
JNO. l.. WALLER, formerly United
States Consul at Tamatave, NADIA
gascar, released from French prison
through the Intervention of the State
Department., arrived at New York
Saturday.
THE statue of Gen. w. S. Han
cock is the seventh equestiian statue
to be set up at Washington-two
more than any other city, the next
being Vienna, with five. Paris only
has three.
THE exports Of American manu-.
| featured articles has increased from
SlS3.7lS, 484 in 1894, under the last
year Of the Mckinley law, to S2Ol,-
OOO, 900 per annum under the Wilson
law.
X. w. MORROW, editor Of the
Farmers AduOcdte, Is a candidate for
the Legislature in jefferson county.
1T does not appear yet whether he is
running as a Democrat or as a Popu-