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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-15
Think. He VIII Repudiatc 1t.
Suffolk IIerald)

l0IIIVIN III 141'9'I
General Fltzhugh Lee, Consul-General
10 Habana, Cuba, Is at MS Virginia homo
on a short leave OF absence. Much In
terest is centered in that popular diplo-
mat lust now for many reasons. The
first is that the interest OF Americans
I'm the Cuban revolution is intense, and
the Cuban sympathizers are hoping 10
see or hear OF the ultimate freedom OF
that greatly oppressed people. Another
cause OF interest IN General Lee just
now IS that certain political leaders are
anxious TO commit him TO a policy as
the next candidate for gubernatorial
bonors. that we believe will not work,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-15

published by roquesf)
Ned he told me that he loved me.
Spoke With words so e,cquont
That 70 seemed the angels above ~.
Must a charm 70 him have sent.
And his voice seemed so tender
When he swore he loved me wen
That my heart did near slrrorle-
Under such charming spell
But I love Tom-big. bashml fellow
Big and clustering; manly. too
His whose voice, q Hons below
Was never made a maid 10 WOO
Then why did l succumb % him
And not 20 what Ned told me
Because Toms tender. loving eve.
Did not tell, but showed ne
HENRY CAMERA,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-15

as delegates to the Grand Lodge In HIS
boro' Tuesday.
Miss BESSIE Coleman and Miss Alma
Goodwin were guests at Chestnut
Ridge" this week.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-15

Opportunity That is the gift Of the
gods which would make a wise man Of a
fool, or a Browning-Of some other
woman than my fair correspondent.
no COMPARISON.
That the pen is mghtier than tho
sword every school-boy knows. So
mighty, indeed, that were it's dictates bet
ter followed the sword would cease 10 be.
save as an ornament on barOnial walls
beside the coat-of-mail ana the battle
axe.
And there is no comparison as to the
pay it offers. Not, alas. TO the wieders
thereof, but to tho readers whom 1t
serves.
To come down from theories 70 every
day life, can give you an illustration OF
the value-the money yalue-of newspa-
pers. The other day l overheard two
buyer, and the other, It seemed. had fer
merly been in the business. Said the
former
I'm going 10 get out Of the thing and
get into something better. There isn't a
living in II. Why. ten years ago thought
nothing OF going out among the farmers
and buying enough stock In one day 10
clear $50 or SIS. I just about set my own
prices, and l made my own estimates OF
weight; so I won al both ends"
yes" said the other; times are diff
ferent. The business has gone to the
dogs That's why l left IL. Now every
farmer has scales IN his barn-yard and
takes a newspaper, so he knows just as
we'll what his stock is worth as you do
He doesn't trade bllndly now"
PERSONAL
Mrs. ]. Fl. Hall Is visiting relatives in
Charlottesville.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Macgregor, OF
Baltimore, are spending this week with
their parents, near Avon.
The Alton Lodge OF Good Templars
sent Mr. Il. II. Lane and Mr.. Lacy Hal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-11-15

tific men once declared was impossible;
They made figures and diagrams and proved
that "curve" pitching couldn't be done J,
then the pitchers did It and the scienlsIs
concluded that something was wrong Win
the diagrams In face of facts some scien-
tific "certainties" become mighty uncertain.
Consumption, scientists once eSlalei,
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down conditions; aud all diseases que 10
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II is the invention of an educated ana er-
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stefan of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, Buffalo, n. Y, and his medicines
are recognized standard remedies.
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II would save doctor bills for any family
10 have a copy of DIR. Pierce's splendid
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and which we feel sure General l.. -,
repudlate. VII
, 1896-11-21

States attorney is now a very desirable
appointment, since "A generous salary
mas been attached to it by the govern
m"m'. The term of the present incum-
bent, Gibson Clark. has two years to
run. but that fact doos not prevent per
sons from indicating their desire to Sc
cur" lh" position. Among those men
'iOncd are J. A. Van OrsdeI. b. +. Fowl
ar. T. +. Burke, G. b. Bradley and NJ. c,
Brown.
, 1896-11-21

Of Michigan farmers selling their APP
have to give from $3.50 to s. in Lara
mir, and then haul them 60 miles.
Nothing in my housekeeping here tries
m" like the dried fruit; it is of good
quality. but | get 50 tired of it that |
want to leave the kitchen as soon as
it begins to stew.
Stuff pincushions with dried coffee
settings and the needles will not rust.
neither will you arise some morning
to find that the mice have eaten up the
cushion. as when stuffed with bran.
MRS. w. J. GARLOCK.
Albany county, Wyoming.
Detroit Free Press.
, 1896-11-21
STATE PRESS
His Head is Wrong

His Head is Wrong
Saratoga Sun: If the Sun should fail
to come ou next week as usual no one
need be surprised. We don't intend to
commit suicide or anything like that.
but we are going to have our skull
trephined in order that we may be able
to see the beauties of modern football.
AS We are constituted at present we
look Upon football as on a par with
bull batting. prize fighting, etc: but
we propose to change all this: we know
there is nothing wrong with football
and prize fighting, for we have been
told so by people who know. so we
know the trouble must be with us and
we intend to remedy it. If the opera
tion should happen to prove fatal
why, ia, ia, see you later.
, 1896-11-21

The career of Governor-clcct Scho-
fiel, of Wisconsin-printerS' devil in a
country newspaper Office. private to
major in the United States army. and
from lumberman to governor of a great
mt wealthy state-strikingly shows
how the poor are kept down in this
country.
, 1896-11-21

By the time Mr.. Sovereign gets the
Knights of Labor hammered into Just
the sort of political machine he wants
1t to be, he will find that the power of
the organization, either for good or
evil, has forever departed.
, 1896-11-21

The old lady was right when she
said the child might die if they waited
for the doctor. She saved the little
ones life with a few doses of One Min
ute Cough Cure. She had used it for
Group before. Chas. n. Settele.
, 1896-11-21
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, 1896-11-21

A marked compliment was paid %
the work of the ways and means COM
mittee of the present house. by the re-
election of every member, while two of
the democratic members lost their
seats.
, 1896-11-21

1t might be supposed from soma/of
the tom-fool newspaper talk that Major
Mckinley was upsetting all prvtcdents
in failing to announce his cabiuet with
in three weeks after his election.
, 1896-11-21

Senator Jones says timid business
men defeated Bryan. If he will substi-
tute wise" for "timid" he will be in
the neal vicinity of the exact truth.
, 1896-11-21

For men who have no chance of get
ting any themselves. the democrats are
doing a lot of worrying about the man
ner in which President Mckinley will
pass around the official pie.
, 1896-11-21

The attitude of most democrats to-
wards the republican party is, stated
in the first person, about as follows:
Darn o if YOU can give the country
prosperity I'll get benefited too: but
darn you, I'll prevent YOU doing it. if
can.
, 1896-11-21

For four years the thanksgiving
has been largely because things were
no worse: this year there will be a gen
uine and general thanksgiving.
, 1896-11-21

T AIDES AID NO. 81 s. Of V.-Meets Sc .Und
- and fourth Friday evenings Of each
month In |. o. o. F. hall.
Mrs. SADIE PITTMAN, President
Miss LCLU belts. Secretary.
, 1896-11-21

1t is an absolute waste of good sleep
Tor anybody to sit up o nights in the
hope of catching Spain when it hits
Uncle San in the eye.
, 1896-11-21

TO CURE \ COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo QuInine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. 25c.
, 1896-11-21
Should Have a Guardian

Saratoga Sum: Editor Middaugh of
the Wheatland World was elected to
the Legislature by a very handsome ma
1ority. Now if the people of Wheat
land are wise, they will send a guard
down to e that Mr.. Middaugh don't
succumb to the glamours of those
might sessions" which are wont to
wear away the lives of legislators.
, 1896-11-21

TUsTER POST NO. l., g.. A. R.-Meets Sec
~ ond and fourth Monday evenings in each
month In g. A.. X. hall. corner Second and
Garfield streets. 4. q. HOLLrpAy, p. O.
q. W. ~SPAI.DIN0, Adjutant.
, 1896-11-21

How Davy Hill voted has become T.;
companion question TO who struck
Billy Patterson?
, 1896-11-21

CUSTER CORPS NO 20. W. X. Objects
~ first and third Monday evenings in each
month In G. A. X. hall.
Mrs. MARIE BAILLIE, President.
Mrs. ADA ULES, Secretary
, 1896-11-21
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.

Excuse me-" observed the mar in
spectacles, but | an a surgeon, and
that is not where the liver is" Never
you mind where his liver is" retorted
the other. eff it was in his big toe or
his left ear DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
crs would reach it and shake it for him.
On that you al bet your gig-lamps."
ChaS. n. Settele.
, 1896-11-21

"ASATCH TRIBE NO. .. ]. o. of r. M
w Meets every Friday evening in l. o.
o. I. hall. JOE SCHOLJ. S,
+. 7. BELLE. Cot r.
, 1896-11-21
His Head All Right

Rock Springs Miner: Cheyenne and
Laramie are all excitement over foot
ball. Both cities are rustling up splen-
did teams and Fort Russell has a
crack team. Dates are being arranged
and some hotly contested matches will
be the result. The victories of the Lar
annie university boys have beer mainly
instrumental in bringing about the Or
~ganization OF outside clubs.
, 1896-11-21

"ASHINGTONCA CAMP NO. l.. p. o. S. of A.,
" meets second and fourth Wednesday
evenings in G. A. K. hall.
CHARLES YUHD, Pres
j A. COKEFAIH. X. $.
, 1896-11-21

A LBhSY LODGE NO. Z. @. q. F.-Meets
a. every Wednesday, evening In l. o. o. f
hall. Gus JOHNSON. n. G
JOnN NETTELER, Secretary.
, 1896-11-21

T ARAMIE LODGE NO. 9, l. O. o. F.-Mcets
- every Tuesday evening In l. o. o. +. hall.
corner Second and Garfield streets.
EDwARD FARRELL. ". G
G. {. PIITMAN. Secretary.
, 1896-11-21
NOTICE
TO Ali i'm Need of Winter Supplies.

We offer for a limited time to all Of our
patrons the following low prices. and salts
faction guaranteed to al:
, 1896-11-21

"YOMiNG ENCAMPMENT NO. /, I. O.
w @. F.-Meets first and third Thursday
evening Of each month in |. Q, o. F. hall.
ALBERT ROSIN. O.P.
F.. 7. BELTZ. Scribe.
, 1896-11-21

T ARAMIE DIVISION No. ., c. r, X. of p.
II Meets second and fourth Thursday eve
ming in each month at the nrmory In X. OF
7. hall.
A.. b. POPE. Captain.
GEO. DEFoREsT. S. X. G.
, 1896-11-21

T ERANON CHAPTER NO. 3. X. A.. NJ.
II Meets on the second Wednesday evening
In each month in Masonic hall.
NJ. G. JAHREN. ii. p.
}. F. GATEs. recorder.
, 1896-11-21

U. 8. Attorneyship-
Sun-Leader: The office Of United
, 1896-11-21

T ARAMlE REBEKAH LODGE NC. !. I. ..
~ o.. F. Meets second and fourth Thurs
day evenings in each month in l. o. O.. F.hall.
MRs. d. MC%CuLLAGH. N G..
Mrs. Gus JOHNSON. Secretary.
, 1896-11-21

ENDOWMENT SECTION AZ. Endowment,
T. Rank, X. OF y. Meets In K. of 2. hall
W. +. CHAPLIN, President.
PC. RAUSER, Secretary.
, 1896-11-21
This Il Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,

a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the Grrat merits of the remedy.
ELY RROTfIEES,
, 1896-11-21

RAMON LODGE NO. 3. X. of P.-Mee;s
~ every Friday evening at X. Of p. hall,
BalCh block, Second street.
W. A. JONES, @. G.
p. J. GosDEN. X. OF X. andS
, 1896-11-21

EMMANUEL COMMANDERY NO. 3. X. r.
L Meets on the second Tuesday evening in
each month In Masonic hall.
J.T, HOLIDAY. T. @.
J. L. GATES. Recorder.
, 1896-11-21
81 Warren St.. New Iorl

Rev. John Reid. st.. of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Eiy's Cream Balm to me. 1
can emphasize his statement, 1T is n posi-
tive curc for cGtnrrh if used MS di~rected."-
Rev. Francis W. Poole. Pastor Central Pres.
Church. Helena, Mont.
, 1896-11-21

uERMION TFMPLENOH. RathboneStsters
IL Meets first and third Thursday evening
in *. OF y. Hall. Mrs. CONVERSE. NJ. +. q.
Mrs. GEO. STIRLING. NJ. Of X.
, 1896-11-21
SECRET

TAcTUS LOYAL ORANGE LODGE NO
~ -. Meets first and third Saturdn J
evenings IN each month in l. o.. o. +. hall.
Mn. Hicks. W. NJ.
e. F.. GOLDEN, Secretary.
, 1896-11-21

r ARAMIE LODGE NC. 3, A. F. and A. NJ
~ Meets first and third Monday evening
In each month in Masonic Hall, Balcll block
Second street. c. W. BRAMEL, W. NJ,
j. Ii. uAYFORD, Secretary.
, 1896-11-21

Albany county, Wyoming.
Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-12
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

Seven men were seriously injured by the
explosion OF a boiler In the Troy laundry,
Chicago.
The statistical returns OF the various Moth
odist bodies give rs, 000, 900 as the total men,
bership throughout the world.
Charles w. Sanford, collector of taxes of
Concord Mass, was sentenced to Ave years
prison for embezzling $4,000 tax funds.
W. L. Clark. OF Cleveland, o.. has organ
lied a company to erect large refining
works In California 10 refine California oils
The number Of deaths in London last year
was s5.l3s, equal TO an annual rate of 1874
per 900, the population being about 4,3g2.-
II. ii. Holmes, otherwise known as Mud
gctt is doomed TO die on the scaffold May
Z, his death warrant having been signed to
that effect.
Compressed air rs n power has displaced
steam in three departments of the Pullman
Palace Car companys works, and will soon
be used throughout the shops
Eastern bondholders Of the Butte and Bos-
ton copper and silver mining company, Mon
tana, have filed an attachment on its prop
erty for $4,000, throwing 700 men out Of
work.
The Italian-Americans in Chicago have
formed committee to collect funds for the
relief Of the wounded and fami-
lies Of the soldiers who lost their lives In the
African conflict.
Benjamin Liverman, who died ia Mime
apolis the other day nj the age Of 95, claimed
To bc the first commercial traveller to 90 on
the road in this country. He Travelled for u
jewelry house.
The Irish fishermen suffered severely from
the violent stu ms OF last year; many lives
were lost, as well as a large number of boats.
Returns of the salmon fishing show about an
average yield.
England proposes TO raise regiment OF
gentlemen; there would bc plenty Of recruits
from the young men who failed TO pass the
examination admitting to the military
schools. Lord Wolscley favor the plan.
\ special dispatch from Rome says King
Humbcrt has orderod Signor Franzoi to un-
dcrtakc a special mission TO the Abyssinian
Negus Mcuclek. Signor Franzoi believes
that II l. best to conclude an honorable peace
with the Abyssinians and abandon the coun-
try.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

Nineteen counties in Wisconsin have elect
ed delegates ia favor of Mckinley to the State
convention.
The Republican city convention of Co.
lumbus, o.. indorscd Mckinley for President
and favored the Independence Of Cuba
Moron L. Herrick and Sylvester 4. Ever
EFT were elected delegates to the National
Republican convention from the Cleveland
di strict OF Ohio, and were instructed for Nc
kinley. 4. L. Burton was nominated for
Congress
Benjamin Whitman, of Erie, Pa, was In
do-sed by the Democratic county convention,
Saturday, for ConGressman-at- Large. Judge
Gunnison, Republican, was indorsed for re-
election.
Concerning the contests expected in the
National Republican convention OF the seats
OF delegates, Joseph Ii. Manley, secretary OF
th National committee. says that he has no
power TO make the temporary roll, and that
.lm duty devolyes upon the National COM
mittee.
A meeting OF several hundred Republicans
at Omaha on Saturday night sustained the
movement to nominate ex-senator Mander-
son for the Presidency.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-12
END OF A FIEND.
Outlaw Etlinger, Defiant TO the Last Mo.
ment and Dies by His Own Hand.

While attempting 10 arrest William L. Et.
lingcr at Woodward, Pa, two men were shot
one instantly killed and the other so fatally
injured he may die at any minute.
william Etling"r. about 2s ycars old who
has been n wild character all his life, about a
n year ago was indicted for assault and bat-
terry. He gave hail for court and skipped the
country. Etlingcr returned on the 5th. and
Constable John Blrner was dcputized 10
bring him 20 jail. The constable took with
him Fr4Hk G"iswhite a4l a number OF citi-
gems On aliving at Etliug,r's house thoy
were warned not to enter. The doors were
locked but soon were broken down with
sledce banners, and Barncr entered. Etlin-
ger wRs M stairs and at one, throw dynamite
ut the constable. This failing to explode
Etlinger shot Barnor
Gciswhitc, seeing the constable fall dead,
rushed In, only to receive two charges Of
burkshot at short range. He staggered out
OF the house fatally wounded and was car
rled away by friends. The body Of the con
stable was not recovered Etlinger again
barricnd"d the doors and donpd the posse o (
'ltll' NJ To- arrest him. The facts were tclr-
Sraph"d to Sh 'rin Condo. who ordered the
'itGrns TO guarG thr house and shoe tha
man If ne attempted to escape
In the meantime, the county -
ers chartered a special train, n y
with large posse of wcll-armc Z
at o. clock that night Tor the p thc
tragedy Woodward Is s-yen m the
nearest telegraph station.
just about noon Friday the last act in the
Tragedy was enacted, when tbs noted outlaw.
who had, single-handed, held at bay the
sh"riN of Center county, two scores of armed
deputies and AN infuriated mob of more than
1000 angry citizens, hiruself performed the
cliu.aN by sending two bullets into his brain
This was done after all hopes OF escape had
been disprllcd rs he had been driven from
cover 10y tn" burning of his home and fort
rp-s.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-12
INSURGENTS GAINING.
Many Villages and Plantations Destroyed
by Them

The roop"ninc of tolographic comraUnica-
tion with the province OF Pinar del Rio brings
he first detailed information of affairs in
hat province for several weeks, aud il shows
n condition little less than appalling. The
rich Nuelto Ahaj jo tobacco district has been
put To III" torch, and It is reduced To a desc
late wilderness. Whole towns have been oh
liberated and reduced TO ashes, and their in
haNtants are wandering helpless, and desti-
tutr. The villages and towns II Cabanus,
Bahia, llondia san Diego dc Nuncz. Santa
Cruz 4" Los Piuos. Los palurios, piso Real
are reduced 90 ashes. All these were import
ant and thriving rcntcrs Of population and
business.
The last town which succumbed to the in
sUrg"nts torch is san Juan y MARITIME. The
tobacco from this town l. famous the world
over, Spanish troops found only dobris aud
smoking ashes, and all around Il seemingly
limitleSS s"H Of ir". 4 hundred desoate
families had taken refuge in poor huts, and
w"r" wniting hrlplossiy for assistance to savo
them from starvation. The adjoining town
oi san Luis hal "A narrow escape from the
same fate. In" inhabitants had fled when
General 'oreii's troops forced the insur-
gents 10 oyGcuat" the town.
The news of thr action oi the United States
congress has penetrated to every insurgent
camp within so miles of Havana, and the
Cuban patriots are wild with Joy. They hc-
lieye that now cartridges and rifles will i'm
m"diately become plentiful. and that cNpcdi-
tiOns from the United States will land daily.
Battles between the Spanish soldiers and
Insurgents, with heavy losses to the latter,
are reported from Santa Cruz, Palmyra,
Cieniugos and Alquilar.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-03-12
TWO GANGS CAPTURED.
COunterfeiters and s25, 900 in Green Goods
Taken in Chicnro

Three green goods men and u satchrl filed
with new money amounting TO S25, 900 were
captured by postal inspectors at Chicago
There were four men in the party, one of
whom escaped in the melee at the old Della
avenue ware hotel, AZ Cottage Grove and
SiNty-thrd street, when the raid was made
The names given by the captured men are
Charles Herd, Albert Gray, Frank Smith.
William Richards. United States deputy
marshal at Dcs Muincs To-. was the Suppu,-
cd cOuntryman whom the -harpcrs were to
Nictinizc, and he had gone into the building
with Cray,whom he knew ~ the young Mr..
NoCcl.' Gray led his supposed victim
through two connecting rooms. locking the
doors behind The basis of the business WI,
the paying of : 200 for 525. 600 tor passablc
counterfeit money, and the state right Of
Arkansas in the green goods business. In
the inner room was found "old Mr.. Nugel q"
the part played by Herd. An old dilapidatrd
satchel was placed on the table and It's con
tents of packages Of good money shown.
Richards settled himself tu talk over IN" sub
ject, There was knock N the door Rich
ards recognized the signal of his friends and
placing his hands in his pockets he said:
"Nou fellows have a schrmr here to do me
up for money At the same instant there
was u crash and the outer door gave way.
Herd drew "A revolver and Richards drrw his.
Tn" two sprang NJ each other. Herd gripping
Richards toy the neck, and each man pressing
his revolver against the others breast.
Deputy Murshal Grry,who had hrok" down
the outer door, now slrans against IN" IN
ncr door, which gave way before him. lie
covered the aptUrr0 cuuut"rlritcrS with his
revolver. aud Inspectors Mercer and Chris
tian followed him into the room. The
struggle was soon over and the operators
and money secured
Chief Postal Inspector Stewart WIS on tho
outside. Before entering the house he plar-
kst,tt Ia .ltrf - &.
capped
The postal inspectors ran down their men
through II letter which the swndInrs had
sent TO Warren, ARK, on February H.