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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30
EXCISE UONEl TO BIZ Divided.

Albany. Jan. Ex-Governor Black has signed AS
semolyman Roehrs bill directing the Brooklyn
board Of Estimate 10 appropriate from the city's
excise moneys received last year $1,000 for the
police pension fund and 10000 10 benevolent and
charitable institutions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-30
MOUNT ERNON.

The Fire COMMISSIONS entertained the city on-
Gals AT a dinner in II rooms In North Fourth
ave on Thursday .ght Covers were laid on
three large tables. at which about forty guests
were seated Mayo, Fiske POSTMASTER. ana
speeches were mad, by the heads OF the various
city departments.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

a man named Dreyfus and his wife
and three daughters committed suicide
at Mareceu, France, because of loss of
property.
Gen. Blanco has pardoned all persons
in Cuba who have been prosecuted for
the crime of rebellion.
Large bands of well-armed and dis
ciplined rebels were securing NADIA
gascar, cutting off isolated French de-
tachments.
Italy's wheat harvest this year is
only s6,s36,7o0 bushels, about 60 per
cent. of last years production.
The emperor of China and the board
o: revenue have approved memorial
in favor of gold standard.
British exports during October fell
off s7,o00,000.
Thirty persons returning from
wedding party were killed by the cars
al a crossing near Bielostok, Russia.
Marshal Blanco has abrogated the or
ders of Gen. Weyler as to the destruc-
ton of the fields and huts ofthe in
surgents in Cuba.
A royal decree granting autonomy to
Cuba will be formally issued in Madrid
on the Esd inst.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

nerves are crying out for assistance.
The cry should be needed in time. Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
was prepared TO meet the needs OF
woman's system at this trying period
of her life.
The Vegetable Compound is an in
MIGRATING strengthened of the female
organism. 1t builds up the weakened
nervous system and enables a woman
to pass that grand change trlum-
phantly.
1t does not seem necessary for US 70
prove the honesty of our statements
but it is pleasure to publish sueh
grateful words as the following;
II have been using Lydia L. PINK
hams Vegetable Compound for some
time during the change of life and IL
has been a saviour of life unto me. /
can cheerfully recommend your meai'
cine to all women, and know 1t VIII
give permanent relief. l would DC
glad to relate my experience to any
sufferer. "-MRs. DELLA WATSON, ga
West 5th st., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
A THORN IN HIS FLESH.
One Man Tells Honestly of His Po,,,.
teal Experiences,

81 didn't have much luck in the loo;s,,
ture,' sighed an aspiring young man wbo
is now i'll the insurance business "Tbat
old Skinley from the Hawbush district ka an,
ripping me up every move | made | wan,
ed to go at him hammer and tonrs. but bn
never appeared to know that there was sunS
member as l. He never used nv nama
when speaking, never looked at me anJ
never openly opposed any of my bills I'm,
me. When introduced my bill to do awa ~
with high hats in the theater, he otFered
one making it n misdemeanor for woman
OF ID years or upward To appear barn
headed in any place of public amusement
The only way OF keeping even was by dron.
ping both of these proposed measures
Having large prohibition coustituen.
cy, offered bill in which penalty was
fixed for selling or drinking any mali cr
spirituous liquors, except under certain 70.
strictions which would make il imposs;bIo
to maintain saloons. Old Skinlev M nncs
prepared and presented measure makins
it crime for any man, woman or child 10
have or to indulge thirst for awnings
stronger than tea, coffee, water, mill ~
what are commonly known as soft lrinIs I
was laughed off the floor when AZ temntsj
to urge my bill. '4
when / offered bill forbiddinp auype,.
son to marry before he or she had ATTAINED
the age OF 81, Skinley was soon on dect
with another bill prohibiting any Young
man or woman from falling in love witbor5
first procuring license from the county
clerk. That's the way the fellow squelcbed
me at every turn. You can read my lerisa.
tive record on a sheet of blank paper and
that's why I'm out of politics But II Skin.
ley ever comes up again Just watch nv
smoke. Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Artichoke. n Winnebago Indian. died
near Tomah, Wis. aged 105 years.
James Lynch died in Muncie, Ind,
aged 10 years.
Nathah Fellows Dixon, who was
United States senator from Rhode
Island from April 10, 1880, to- March 3,
1895. died in Westerly. aged so years.
DIR. Edward Ncwberry, founder Of
Brentwood, Long Island, died from
pneumonia contracted ut the funeral Of
Henry George.
Rear Admiral Alexander c. Rhind
United States navy, died at his home in
New York, aged 76 years.
Mrs. Mary Flannery died at Indepen-
dencc, Ia, aged LOG years.
Ex-President Cleveland's son has been
named Richard Folsom Cleveland in
honor of Mrs. Cleveland's father.
Mrs. Margaret Boughan. the oldest
person in Massachusetts,, died at her
home in Chicopee Falls, aged 1874 years
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
CHANGED CONDITIONS.
Prosperous Countries of the Future
VIII lie Those with Plenty of Water.


VIII he Those with Plenty of Water.
Some rather startling facts have been
adduced regarding the wonderful eff
fects wrought upon society and socio-
logical problems by the influence of
electricity, working often through re-.
mote causes. The abundant production
OF silver and gold is due in large meas
uIc to the success of electrical installa-
tions and transmission of power in the
mining districts, which in the past
have been seriously limited in produc-
ton by the absence of available fuel.
The wide utilization of water powers
the world over for the production of
electrical power seems to indicate that
the progress of electrical science has
apparently changed the co. lition of
industrial supremacy, and water power
Will be the determining factor in the
future, so that the countries possess
ing numerous and large falls will be
greater centers of industry than.those
having coal beds. Quite curious fea-
ture of the new conditions is noted by
leading journal devoted to coal in
crests, Wnlcn points out the TACT that
the individual home is the main in
dependence of the anthracite coal trade.
Large hotels and apartment houses.
each having n single large plant for
heating, use mixture of soft coal and
anthracite screenings, but If people
live in their own houses, and conse-
quently employ comparatively small
furnaces, anthracite coal is q necessity
Large mining firms have so fercibly
realized this that they declare that all
Interested in the increased sale of an
thracite should make it point to sup
port by every means in their power
the trolley lines that enable the work
ingman TO get beyond the confines of
the city into the suburbs, where there
Is probability of his living in his own
Chronicle
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
THE TURN OF LIFE

Is the most important period in wo.
mans existence. Owing to modern
methods of living, not one woman in a
thousand approaches this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
train of very annoying and some.
times painful symptoms.
Those dreadful hot flashes. sending
the blood surging to the heart until it
seems ready to burst, and the faint
feeling that follows, sometimes with
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

chills, as If the
heart were 60
ing to stop for
good, are symp-
toms of a dan
gerous nervous
trouble. Those
hot flashes are
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
FOREIGN.

Thomas Nealy has confessed to muir
dering his three sisters and brother at
Rawdon, Que.
Perfect peace prevails in Costa Rica
and the country is reported as very pros
porous.
A terrible famine is raging In the
province of Archangel, Russia, and
many persons have died of starvation.
Advices from Naples say that mass
of lava isypouring out of one Of the
craters in Mount Vesuvius.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
Plenty of Pure Air.

AFTER every precaution is TAX en- II would
be best that a person with a strong hered-
itary faint or history should not nurse or
DE much with consumptive patient. Who
ever does so nurse should get ali the fresh
air and relaxation possible and keep the
bodily health in the highest vigor Mani
festations and tokens OF affection should
be In the nature of true, not false, kind
ness no person should kiss patient with
,Sonsump,ion, scarlet FEVER, dlphtheria or
kindred disease. / need not urge thai flies
and all kinds Of vermin should be excluded
from the room and bed Of the patient, and
this not alone for comfort, but as an i'm
portant means Of safety for others. Among
the blessings OF the nineteenth century by
no means the least is the Introduction OF.
fly screens at doors and windows. No per
son should sleep with n consumptiye. and
best not sleep In the same room"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
Peaches once Poison.

The peach was originally poisoned
almond. Its fruity parts were used to
poison arrows, and for that purpose
were introduced into Persia. Trans
plantation and cultivation have not
only removed its poisonous qualities,
but turned IL into the delicious fruit
we now enjoy.-Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20

Six hundred geese were driven
through the streets Of Morganfield, KY,
the other morning on their way to mar
kct.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-23

ASSES AND MULES

all he charged his squire Sancho forget wallet
said he would be carry and that he intended
him he had being very good because
used o travel much foot"
This work would be complete without
donkey English and American children the cuddy
Scotch the mokc of the London costcmongc the 6ana of
France the 1c of Spain whence the finest breed derived and
where he holds place the highest utility beast of burden.
The is the poor mans horse with groomngs, with
rough stable sufficient supply of hcrbagc which every
other domestic quadruped the goat would reject it
would thrive and work, its pace, for long hours,
either drawing vehicle carrying burdens did for Joseph
which its conformation particularly suited
I'm respect only the delicate than the horse
thrive multiply in regions where the the
ground several months of the year horse will bear
degree dry cold under which the would die Asses
known Northern Russia and eccentric traveller who made
Norway with three gpsics and donkey found the latter
much object OF curiosity a tame bear in England
About the origin of the domestic there quite
mystery that the The Geological Gardens
1874 had in its varied collection of the tribe male Abysnan
wild which way differs from the ordinary gray donkey Of
and if really wild Species and importation
Egypt be question about the African ancestry
useful drudge.
But the tribe has this essential difference the horse.
For breeding purposes only horscs-a
zo be ContihueM
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-23

less than the surplus which 62oo placed
and the earnings the horses being added
it. The result writes Mr. Walter Gibey the originator and
active promoter Con the 4th November 1879 is up
satisfactory and when the horses Sold 1870 there every
believe that the subscribers will get full with
interest and doubt also bonus They will also have
advantage of the use of two very frstcass horses
Thc first horse purchased Paagon-a pure-breed Shire
saon whole coored dark bay with black legs stands
hands high bred by Mr. Richard Porter Sowcrby Yorkshire
the year 1872 AS hecycarod S75) he stood third
open show Glasgow gained the Highland Soce silver medal
Kmanoc show the best stallion of any age also prize
Highland Soceys show at Glasgow AS fouryeaod 876) he
stood in the short eet of five evenone stations the Gas
gov prize AS hveycaod S77) he shown the Glasgow
Socetys show and he selected from nnetce competitors
(horses all ages above years od) and prize
with four other horses compete for the sOce premium
silver medal After which Mr. Gilbey bought him.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-23
BEN FRANKLIN, 1913,

BEN FRANKLIN, 1913,
The acknowledged King the Morgans spedIc
beauty his get will limited number $500
PRINCE REGENT ,JR. ,SS7.
Son the Prince Regent
u golden chestnut and descending he directly
King and Ben Franklin, has, would great
gance OF finish and conformation. Terms,
EARL FRANKLIN,
Dark seal brown 10 hands high superb finish great speed
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09

well guarded, and nobody ever dreamed
for momont that any man would 30 10
sen in Il coffin ltwns thought that he had
either committed suicide or concealed him
self somewhere near by.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, for Lupi,
tho steamer Abolle, returning from the
Antilles off Paramaribo, came close tn
nm. The captain noticed an object that
looked like piece of wrcckngo around
which flock of seagulls were circling and
screaming. Naturally that excited his mt
tention. He stecrcd the boat in the dircc-
ton of the object.
AS he came close to it his curiosity was
Increased The thing which at first ho
took to be piece of wrcckago turned out
to be collin, and in addition to its noisy
winged escort 1t WINS accompanied by two
guards that travelled on either side of 1t
like mounted escorts at tho doors of an
official carriage. These two guards wcre
enormous sharks, whose great dorsnl fins
from time to time seemed to touch the
sides of tho box
Tho captain of tho Abello stopped the
vessel and ordered boat to be launched
and manned When the boat approached
the collin, tho birds continued to hover
about, but tho sharks went down. The
men in the boat looked into tho box. and
man In it half drowned and almost in
fainting condition. They hauled him into
the boat and took him on board the vessel,
anu few hours later he was in irons.
The Abeille carried Lupi to Cayenne,
where he was duly recognized and trans
forrcd to tho lie Royale.
There he was tried by tho prison trib-
unal and sentenced to three years of the
hardest kind of labor as u punishment for
his daring and ingenuity.
To explain tho flcrceness of the desire to
escape from this settlement it may be men
toned that the temperature never falls be-
low % degrees for tho whole summer, that
nearly every year it rains in torrents for
three months at u time, that yellow fever
ana acute malaria are always present. and
that lepcrs arc numerous.
The convict Lupi was one of the most
notorious Of tho professional criminals of
Paris. His career had been full of burg
lnrics, higwhay robberies and probably
murbcrs. Finally, for the killing of an
accoliplicc, he was sent to tho penal set-
Element of tho lilo Royalo for life.
Cnseaworthy boats nro sometimes called
collins, but Lupi is perhaps tho only man
who ever went to sea in genuine coffin.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09

John j. Allen, president of tho suproIro
court of Virginia, as II law student. In
1916 he was admitted to tho bar and Two
years later was elected first prosecuting
attorney OF Writ county About this timo
he became prominent in politics. and in
1892 and 1853 ho was elected member of
tho state legislature from Wood county
He won IL high reputation rs public
speaker and debater during these cam
pnigns and in 1882, 1886 and 1850 was
ono of the Wing electors
In 1850, when secession was urged, ono
of the most eloquent and forccful voices
lifted against the step was that of Judge
jackson, then young lawyer, but u pop.
ular politician. This caused him to be
ostraciscd by his former friends. and even
by his family, for nearly all of his roln
tircs, including the famous "Stoncwall'
jackson, We're on tho southern side So he
naturally became affiliated with tho Re
publican party, and as IL reward for his
courage and faithful service he was APP
pointed to the position ho now holds
In the reconstruction days, when tho
West Nirginians protested so loudly
against the rulc of the "carpctbaegers, .
Judge jackson again Joined hands with
his neighhors, and ever since Inns boon
with the Democratic party. During tho 81
years which he has served on tho bench he
has frequently been called upon to make
decisions which required great personal
courage Whilo ut an advanced ago he is
still sound and vigorous in both mind and
body.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09
PROPOSALS

Sealed bids, marked proposals TO Con-
struct Bridge Superstructure Mt Rich.
mond Ford and addressed to w. f.
Thomas, clerk of Council of the city of
Roanoke, Va, will he received until noon,
September 81. 1897, for the construction
and erection of Il highway bridge CT one
span over Tinker creek and Richmond
Ford on the lie between Roanoke CITY
ana Roanoke county; said bridge to be
of steel, except the floor, which is to he
of wood, and to be of the following iii.
mansions: Length of span, center to cen
ter, ITO feet; width of roadway In the
clear, 16 feet. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the Office of the city engi-
neer of the city of Roanoke, on and after
september Z, 1897 Each bid must be
accompanied with certified check of i've
died $500 dollars. The right TO re.
ject any and all bids is reserved
Also bids for the construction of the
masonry abutmeuts upon the conditions
as above prescribed, except that bid
ders' bond of 500 will be required In
place of certified check
w. Z. MOOMAN,
JAS. w. JOHNSTON,
w. w. BALLARD,
Commissioners for Roanoke County.
w. r. COULBOURN,
Chairman Street Committee, for Roam.
oke city.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09

Their. was born in Vermont, but removed
to Alabama, where he had risen to be
chief justice of the state at the time of
his death. Ethan Allen Hitchcock was
born i'll Mobile GO years ago. While still
n young man he removed to ST. Louis
and engaged in business. For l2 years
he represented big commercial firm i'll
China and returned to St Louis TO be-
come president of several large manu-
featuring concerns. For several years
he has been OH terms of intimate friend
ship with President Mckinley.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09
A VOYAGE IN A.COFFIN..
Extraordinary Adventures at Sea
of French Penal Convict.
ESCAPED FROM THE lie RoYALE.

Desperate Venture OF Life Prisoner.
Escorted by Sharks He Padded His
Sepulchral Canoe Picked Up by n
French Schooner.
Some curious details of the life Of tho
French oonvicts at Cayenne Guyanc, nnd
tho Safety islands are given by NJ Paul
Miinando in a volume which he has just
published In Paris, entitled "Forcats ct
ProScrits"
The islands AFRO three in number and aro
called respectively the lie Royalc, tho lie
ST Joseph and tho lie du Diable.
On tho lilo Royalo nre kept tho worst
criminals of France, those who barely
escape the guillotino. On tho lilo du Diablo
is Captain Drcyfus. who betrayed secret
plans of the French army to Germany.
Whether the captain or the ordinary con-
victs nro tho moro miserable Is IA nice
question.
After describing oil tho most famous
criminals at present in tho penal colonies
the author deals with marvellous escapes
ana attempts to escape.
Perhaps tho most remarkable of them
all is that of the assassin Lupi. who went
10 sea In coffin.
He managed to get some nails, tar and
collin Shed. lilo selected u fine, stanch and
scaworthy coffin, fastened tho lid. in order
to turn it into deck, leaving II cockpit
sufficient to enable him to crawl in lIo
cnlkcd all tho joints ms we'll us ho could,
and when this work WIS finished ho mado
pair of paddles out of two planks.
Thon no brought out his craft with
great prccnution Without much difficulty
lie reached tho waters ctgo There no
launched his bnrk and crnwlcd OH board.
Assisted by tho tide, he padded his scpul-
chral craft. Silently and slowly no pro-
ceedcd, in tho hope of reaching either Won
czucln or British Guiana
Now, 15o "auticnl miles in u coffin did
not constitute very tempting enterprise,
but Lupi was full of confidence He had
noted that u strong ocean current ran
westward along the shore of French Gut
ana. This would carry any scaworthy
craft to Dutch Guiana, British Guiana, or
possibly TO Venezuela. For tho cunyicts
purpose tho last was best of all. for the
people of TINT country are inclined to look
with pity on tho victims of u European
penal system.
But tho distance to Venezuela is 375
milcs. TO make that in an open collin on
tho sea is II feat beyond any which the
most daring navigators havo attempted
At tho pcntcntiary it was soon discov.
cred that ho was missing No bout had
been taken away Tho boats are always
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09

commanded by Captain Adrien dc Ger
lache. Hc is accompanied by II Belgian
army officers and scientists, and his
vessel. the Belgica. is manned by six
Norwegian sailors. The daring cxplor-
ers Will be landed near Cape Adare, if
they can penetrate the ice wall, and
they will spend the winter exploring
tho unvisited wilds of South Victoria
Land. An attempt will also be made to
penetrate as far as tho south pole by
travelling over the ice cap with sledges
and ski.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09
APPOINTED BY LINCOLN.

s"ase Jackson OF Injunction Famo Has
Leon fhirty-six Years on tho Bench.
Iuuge John jay jackson. who issued
tho now iamons injunction against the
striking zeal miners, Is ono of tho oldest
Uniteu States judges in the country, hav
ing pccn on the bench ever since his mp
pointinent by President Lincoln in 1861
as United States district judge for tho dis
trict oil West Virginia. Ho has always
been II man OF decided opinions, and there
hns never been timo when he lacked tho
moral courage to stick by his opinions, al
though 1t was sometimes not pleasant
thing to do.
Judge Jackson was tho eldest son of
General John j. Jackson and was born in
ParkerSburg in 1924 At the ago of 81 no
hail been graduated from Princeton college
'and entered tho Office of his father and
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09

campaign They were good speeches
His arguments wcro clear and convinc-
ing and his peculiar, dry humor pleased
his hearers greatly.
Mr.. Shaw was born i'll Vermont
about 30 years ago and settled III Iowa
while still i'll his teens Ho WAS edu-
Gated at Cornell college, Mount Vernon,
Ia, and mt the Iowa College of Law
lie began the practice of his profession
i'll Denison i'll 1876 and has lived there
ever since. He has built up /. large aud
lucrative practice and has accumulated
considerable fortune.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09
Minister to Russia.

Our new minister to Russia, Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, is prominent and
successful business man of st. Louis,
who has never been active in politics
and has never held an Office before. He
is descendant of that Revolutionary
hero who captured Fort Ticonderoga
in the name of the great Jehovah and
the Continental congress-" His grand
father married the second daughter of
Ethan Allen. Henry Hitchcock, his fu-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-09
PEOPLE OF THE DAY.

Leslie M. Shaw, tho Republican NOM
lnee Tor governor of Iowa, is new fig
ure III the politics of the state. A year
ago ne was not thought of as possible
candidate for any Office. 1t was during
the last presidential campaign that no
came to the front. Platform speakers
were i'll great demand, and Mr.. Shaw,
who had some local reputation MS an
eloquent courtroom pleader, was asked
70 go on tho stump for Mckinley. He
did, making 60 speeches during the