Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-05-06

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for the Presidency.
The Matabeles are sending couriers
to all the native tribes in their vicini-
ty, urging them to join in war of ex-
against the whites.
The suit of j. K. Niche (for $25, 000)
against the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
way company, heard in Richmond,
mond, resulted in verdict for the
defendant.
Captain Page McCarty has assumed
editorial charge of the Norfolk Eueas
ing NesOs. He started out with col
umn leader throwing hot shot into the
Pilot and the Prohibition party.
st. Johns College nine, of Annapolis,
and the Cadet team, of the Virginia
Military Institute, fought battle
royal for eleven innings last Saturday
evening. The visitors won out in the
eleventh, by score of to 7.
The sentence of death imposed upon
the four members of the johannesburg
reform committee on Tuesday was
Wednesday committed by President
Kruger at Pretoria. The punishment
to be imposed will probably be fine,
imprisonment and Punishment.
Princess Beatrice, youngest daugh-
ter of Queen Victoria and widow of
Prince Henry of Battenberg. has been
appointed governor of the Isle OF
Wight, the office previously held by
her husband. Seldom has such an ap-
pointment been bestowed upon a lady.
Justice Harlan, of the United States
Supreme Court, has presented to the
Law Library of Washington and Lee
University, through Hon. John Ran
dolph Tucker, LII. D., dean of the
school, the eleven volumes of the re-
ports on the Boring sea fishery arbitra-
ton.
A bill to provide for the purchase of
the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, in
Kentucky, was introduced on last
Thursday by Representative Lewis, of
that State. A national soldiers home
is to be erected upon the site, and
100000 is appropriated for this pur-
pose.
1t is possible it may be necessary to
blow up the steamship Wyanoke, sunk
at Newport News by running into the
cruiser Columbia The damage to the
warship is slight. The two men injnr-
ed on the Wyanoke are doing we'll. 1t
is thought fireman on the steamship
was drowned.
Bourke Cochran, the well known
politician, while riding his bicycle,
collided with a mute who fell from his
wheel in front Of him. Cochran was
seriously injured. One leg is believed
to be broken. He was taken to Roose-
welt hospital, but refused to make a
complaint against the mute.
A train was standing at boswell, on
the c. & O. last Saturday, when a
thunder storm reached its height.
There was loud peal of thunder, and
a curious feeling crept over the travel
lers when they saw strange blush
light encircling the metal door knobs.
Lightning had struck some of the
steel parts of the locomotive, and the
current passed through the entire
train.
The pension bill that passed the
House April 9th gives pensions to
men who deserted the Confederate
service three months before the close
of the war between the States, and to
deserters from the Federal army at
any time during that war. The PEG,
pie of the South do not protest against
being taxed to give pensions to the
latter class of men, but it does seem
right hard that they should be taxed
to pension the former. Alexandria
Gazette.
How IT HURTs.-The Montgomery,
Ala, Advertiser is reliably informed
that the plan to build big mill at
Cordova, in Walker county, by the
Nashua, N. H., Manufacturing Com
pany, has fallen through on account
of the free-siIver agitation. And yet"
adds the Adcertise2 "that county cast
it's vote in our recent convention for
free silver. How blind men are! The
silver business is doing more than all
other causes to hold back the develop
mant of Alabama, and still thousands
of our best people can't see the truth. J"
Hamilton Disston, the wellknown-
saw manufacturer, was found dead in
bed at his home in Philadelphia last
Thursday He attended meeting of
the National Saw Company in New
ark, N. j., the day before. and return
ed home apparently in his usual
health. With his wife he attended
the theatre and afterward took sup
per at the Hotel Bellevue with Mayor
Warwick and Mrs. Warwick. The
next morning, when his private secre
tary, according to his usual custom,
went to Mr.. Disston's room, he found
his employer dead. Mr.. Disston was
a man of great wealth.
Reports from Buena Vista show that
there is much activity there. The big
paper mill plant is in full operation;
the blast furnace is doing full time
and working to it's uttermost capacity;
the big tannery plant has been reor-
ganized and will be enlarged to more
than double it's former capacity; the
cashmere mills are working day and
night with many orders ahead; the big
glass plant will go into operation IN a
little while and work full time up to
in the manufacture OF bottles,
fruit Jars, &C.; the saddle and harness
works are busy; the same can be said
of the extract works, and there is
prospect of the fire-clay plant going
into operation soon. The ore beds will