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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-04
PRINCIPLE FURNACE ITEMS.
PRINCGpIo FURNACE. Dec. 8, 1S

PRINCIpIo FURNACE. Dee. 3, 1897
Dutchering hogs seems to be trump during
this week. Quite n number have paid the
penalty Of death. A nice time to visit your
friends to help them in their greasy work
also partake of the sausage and scrappc
which our good women are noted in making.
Quite a number Of fires have occurred near
here the past three months. Mr.. Joseph
Couion and George Sutton's are the latest.
1t appears that some one is making it Il bust
ness Of setting ilre to these buildings.
Mrs. II. a, Gregg who has been in Easton
being treated for cancer is home much i'm
proved.
Nj and Mrs. Emmt Jackson, and daughter
are visiting Mr.. Frank Anderson and family.
Mrs. Hehbel and children are visiting Mr.,
and Mrs. Harry Pitt.
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Seminar gave Thanks
giving dinner to II few friends.
Mrs Annie White has returned from visit
to her parents.
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Free Information.

Messrs. c. A. Snow Il Co.. of Washington
D. c., lawyers and agents for procuring pat
ents, will send free to any address. pamphlet
with information about home and foreign
patents, caveats. copyrights, trademarks, in
Engagements, design patents. abstracts of de-
cisions, etc. as well "a the cost Of natents in
tie Unit. states AM -VrCIEA cV.nt..us.
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THERE is no such choosing

r THERE is no such choosing
u'o anywhere. This selling furs
at fair prices-made possible by
making furs part of an all-year
business-has helped US to be chief
buyers of furs, and no special lot
OF worthy goods escapes our notice.
Seems haphazard to buy furS at
a dry goods store. 1t might be
hut this fur store is as exclusively a
fur store as though nothing else had
a showing here. Experts guide the
business. If chances were taken,
the risk would be ours. But there
are no chances.
No matter whether the fur need
is simple scarf or an elegant wrap,
it is safely met here, because we
have had experts learn the fur bust
ness thoroughly and turn their
knowledge to mutually helpful ac-
count.
Fur SCARFS-
OF genuine marten; cluster OF 10 tails
SL.5O.
OF electric chln.hlla, two heads and cIus-
ter of squirrel tails $3.50
OF elettrlt seal, shaped to mexican be
worn turned up finished with tabs and
tails St.
OF marten. large size; 10 tails $3.50.
FUR COLLARETTES-
SlO-Krimmer CoIIarettes, pretty shade
OF light gray; rich curly fur storm COL
lar; lined with -oIored figured silk.
Sl2 Fine grade Of Electric Seal Collar
cites, full skins; high storm collar: I'M
Shed with heads ana tails lined with
heavy seal brown satin
Sl5-More Astrakhan CoIlaretteS. full
sweep nipple effect high storm collar;
lined with rlch black satin
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COLORA ITEMS.

CoLoRA, MD. Dec. 8, 1897.
Mr.. Joseph Krauss spent Sunday with his
sons at Port Deposit.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Howard, Of Malvern,
Pa, visited friends at West Nottingham, for a
few days this week.
George Hines, of Providence, Md, was a
Colora visitor this week.
Mrs. Thomas Brown, of Liberty Grove, was
the guest of Mrs. Street Brown, on Tuesday.
Miss Clara Maloney has been suffering with
a sprained wrist for some time.
Presiding Elder L. E. Barrett. will preach
at Mt. Pleasant Church next Sunday after
noon.
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Kid
Gloves

KID A DOLLAR. The Princess
C,a, May. Alone in world
N'"Fe' full OF dollar gloves as be.
ing of genuine and really first rate
kidskin, beautifully and perfectly
dyed. They are made for US by
the best glover in France.
Short-sighted folks say we will
kill the sale of hIgh-priced gloves
by selling such as these at ONE
DOLLAR.
But we shall not stop doing our
best.
Princess May Gloves in these
styles
button 3 button
4 button BiarritL
all handsomely silk embroidered.
ColorS-tanS, red tan, browns,
grayS, modes, green's. pearls and
black and white
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was sent to Detective Jones and to the Chief
OF Police, of Baltimore. but no trace of the
thieves or goods has been found
The steam shovel for the Maryland Clay
Co. came this week and will soon be put in
use.
Theodore Jackson killed a large white
Hudson owl on Monday last and sold it to
Forest Henry who sent it to w. S. Wood in
Elk Neck, to be stuffed.
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ZION ITEMS.

zion MD, Dec. 3, 1897.
Rev. w. J. FitzSimon will begin IL two
weeks series of special meetings in the Pres
byterian Church. tomorrow, sun lay.
s. G. England has bsen selected as a class
leader in the NJ. E. Church, to succeed tie
late A. F. Mearns.
The happy Harvesters met on Thursday
evening at the home of Miss Louisa Kirk.
A. G. Carhart has returned from u trip to
Lambertsvlle, N. j.
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With careful attention, the ugllest beard and
mustache can be made tidy. and of even color
by the use Of Buckingham's Dye for the
Whiskers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19

Paris, October 14.-President Faure
was banqueted this evening in COM
memoration of his recent visit to Rus
STA, The entertainment took place in
the hall of the commercial exchange,
which was sumptuously decorated in
the presidents honor. The table at
which Mr.. Faure was seated was on a
dais and was covered by a canopy of
tawny velvet fringed with gold. The
banquet was organized by the mer-
han and manufacturers OF France of
whom there were about $50 present.
The president, escorted by a squadron
of cuirassiers, arrived at s o'clock, ac-
companied by the officers of his mill
tary household. He was received by
the president and members of the COM
mercial tribunal of the Seine, the cham
Der of commerce, the banquet commit
tee and all the cabinet ministers who
were in Paris. The president was con-
Quoted to the table of honor, the band
playing the Marseillaise and the whole
assembly applauding.
Among those present were dozens Of
deputies and all the leading merchants
of the republic. NJ. Coy, president of
the tribunal of commerce, who pre-
sided, toasted the president.
President Faure, in reply said: Il
am pleased to find myself in the society
of usiness men, where I can rely upon
a friendly reception, by virtue of my
own origin, of which / am always
proud. Let me tell you how deep was
my emotion when Paris declared the
patriotic satisfaction which the entire
nation felt at the consequence of the
words exchanged between the Emperor
and it's president. 1 repeat, in order to
place the country face to face with it's
responsibilities, that it is owing to its
great wisdom and political spirit that
the democracy is able to rejoice at the
results obtained. 1t has known how to
prove tina the republican institutions to
which it is unalterably attached, guar
antee peace at home and insure abroad
that continuity Of views, intentions,
failing which, nothing can be sOlidly
and durably established, an epoch, a
new beginning which will be prolonged
we'll beyond the end of our century.
It seems as if it ought to definitely fix
the destinies of the nations of old
Europe and determine their respective
positions in the world"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
The Death Penalty OF Nothing

Chicago, October 1.-THE food OF
oratory continued in the Luetgert trial
today and it will last for two days
longer. Attorney Phalen for the de-
defense, concluded his address after
speaking two hours this morning. and
then Attorney Vincent began the closing
address in behalf of the defendant. The
main point of his argument today was to
raise in the minds of the jury a doubt
as to whether Mrs. Luetgert is really
dead. He admitted that she had disap-
peared, but insisted that it had not been
shown beyond all doubt that she was
dead. Having spent much time in trying
to create the doubt in the minds Of the
jury, he insisted that there should be no
half way measures in the verdict. II
Luetgert was guilty of this crime. he de-
served all that the law could mete out
to him, but if he was not guilty beyond
all doubt, he should be set free. Mr..
Vincent insisted that the case was not
one for compromise verdicts. 1t would
not do to sentence the prisoner to the
penitentiary because it was just possible
that tbs woman might turn up some day.
II the Jury believed that there was any
likelihood of her turning up at any later
day it was their business to acquit h
prisoner now. Mr.. Vincent will speak all
OF tomorrow.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
Earnings of the Pullman Car Company

Chicago, October 14.-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Pull
man Palace Car Company was held to-
day. Over $24, 900, 900 of the capital
stock was represented. Directors Geo.
Pullman, Marshall Field, J. w. DOane.
Norman Williams and o. S. A. Sprague,
Chicago; Henry c. Hubert, of New
York, and Henry Reed, of Boston, were
reelected. The usual quarterly divi-
dend of 81 per share payable Novem-
Der 18th, was declared. The income of
the company from earnings Of cars was
81, 743, 344. The income from other
sources swelled the total receipts of
the company during the last fiscal year
to So, 974, 1888. The disbursements for the
year, including $2,SoO,O0 paid in divi-
dends, were 81, 2O4, O37, leaving q surplus
for the year Of 81, 770,851. The number
of cars owned and controlled is 2,428. of
which 2,103 are standard and 325 tour
list or second class cars. The number
Of passengers carried during the year
was 1852, 1898, and the numbe of miles
run was 100, 562, 578. During the pre-
vious year the number Of passengers
carried was SLIP, 965, and the number
of milee run was 191, 862, 947. The value
Of the manufactured product Of the cal
works of the company for the year was
81, 2O5, Psi, and of other industries, in
GLIDING rentals, $476, 1856, making q total
Of $4,6S1, GIT, againts $7,704.9 3S for the
previous year
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Especial to The Evening Post.

Lincolnton, N. c., Oct. 11.-Captain
A. NJ. Price, owner of the Lincoln cot
ton mills at this place, is superintend-
ing the manufacture Of some of the
finest yarns yer made by a southern
cotton mill, to be taken by him for ex-
hibition at the annual meeting Of the
Northern and Southern Cotton Manu-
facturers' Association at Philadelphia
this month.
The manufacture of fine yarns by
southern mills, most Of which have
heretofore confined their operations to
the coarser numbers, is a matter which
is receiving the earnes attention Of
several Of the leading cotton manufac-
turers of this section. Captain Price
has determined to begin the regular
manufacture of fine yarns for the mar
ket, and has put in machinery which
will enable him to turn out as high
numbers as No. zoos and above.
The northern mills have already
largely abandoned the field Of coarse
yarn manufacturing to the southern
mills, which a make them cheaper,
and they will probably regard with
alarm he beginning Of the making OF
the finer numbers by southern mills.
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Desperate Attempts at Suicide

Richmond, Va October 14.-Early
yesterday morning a man drove from
one of the depots to the Jefferson hotel
and registered as G. Coe, of New York.
After breakfast he ordered a cab and
spent the rest of the day driving about
the city. Late at night he ordered his
cabman to drive Out to Seven Pines
and it was in the neighborhood Of the
national cemetery that the driver first
discovered he was attempting suicide
by gashing himself with a knife. The
driver implored him to desist and
flashing his horses into a gallop started
towards the city. When he arrived at
the corner Of T~wenty-f1fth and Broad
streets he met Policeman Parkinson
and told him of his patrons condition.
The policeman entered the cab and or
dered the driver to proceed to the first
station. Here it was earne that the
man had drunk a quantity of lauda-
mum, and as that did not kill him, he
commenced stabbing himself in the
throat. He had inflicted eighteen
wounds upon his neck and several upon
his wrists. He was taken to h re-
treat for the sick and it is now said
that his real name is Corbert, and that
he is from Brooklyn, N. Y, though the
physicians will not give his initials and
address. It is stated from other sources
that the mar is a contractor, and had
lost heavily in contracts and was much
involved, but would go back home and
fight the matter out. His wife has
been t~elegraphed for.
1t was learned definitely tonight that
the would-be suicide is George Coebert,
a contractor of Brooklyn. He says he
contracted for fifty houses in that city
and lost money on them. His physi-
clans say he will be we'll enough to re-
turn home the day after tomorrow.
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Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, n. c.. October 14.-Otho Will
son says editorially in The Hayseeder
this afternoon that only persons who are
Russelrs friends and his partners in the
conspiracy expect to jointly profit by his
schemes. Republicans claim Russell is
not a republican, but a populist. This
we repudiate. We are glad to be rid of
the friendship of Butler and Russell, and
if it will enable the state to cast you into
outer darkness We will be content Will
sen says Butler got all the populists to
agree to support Pritchard and then later
cursed out those who would not break
that agreement. He terms the governor
an associate editor of The Caucasian.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
Grand Chapter Royal Arch Nasepa

Baltimore. October 1.-THE grand
chapter of the Royal Arch Masons held
the final business meeting Of Its present
session his morning and elected the fol-
lowing officers: General grand high
priest, Reuben c. Lennon, Toledo. Ohio;
deputy general grand high priest. James
w. Taylor, Luthersville, Ca; general
grand king. Arthur G. Pollard, Lowell,
Mass; general grand scribe; Joseph
Edyas, Paris, Ills; general grand
treasurer, Daniel Striker, Hastings.
Mich: general grand secretary, Christie
pher G.. Fox, Buffalo; general grand cap
tain of the host. William c. Swain. Mil
waukee; general grand principal So
%journer, Nathan Kingsley, Austin, MINI.
general grand royal arch captain, Bern
ard G.. Witt. Henderson. KY: general
grand master of the third veil, George
E. Corson, Washington, d. c.; general
grand master of the second veil. Fred
erick w. Craig, Des Moines. Iowa.
The next triennial meeting of the gen.
eral grand chapter will be held at Gin
cinnati, in September. 1900.
The balance of the day was spent ir
festivities. including an oyster roast In
the afternoon and a banque in the even.
ing.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
GOVERNOR ATKINSON TALKS
He Expresses Confidence In the ~Tnace<nce
CT Has wife He shows the Psosecutton
To De Malicious and False

Of Has wife He shows the F-sosecutton
To be Malicious and False
Chenille. w Va. October 1+-Gov-
ernor Atkinson. who has hitherto kept
stiIi about the trial of his wife. has
made q statement Of which the follow
ing are the principal points:
Il have hitherto said nothing for
publication in this case. except to
merely state tina / knew the prosecu-
ton was actuated by malice and
hatred. 1t is a family quarrel. and the
public knows that they are the most
bitter disputes / have heard every
sentence of the testimony given in the
case. Independent Of the law. which,
in my judgment. does not class this
case as a probable forgery. n inde-
pendent also OF the fact that. in my
opinion, it was error TO admit testi-
mony on other matters which cannot
be directly connected with the crime
set out in the Indictment. / arm clearly
Of the opinion that several witnesses
and. indeed. all the real testimony
upon which the case hinged, had been
induced to testify for a consideration.
Il am led to this conclusion by the
demeanor of the witnesses while testi-
flying On the witness stand and by the
ka1t aAia Will
their testimony. coupled with the fur
Their fact that offers were made to 9TH
er witnesses or their representatives to
pay money to them or be given lands
without the payment of money there
after. provided they would testify
against the defendant. Mrs. Atkinson.
The evidence brought out in this
trial also shows hat Mrs. Atkinson.
prior to her marriage to Judge Cam
den. received an anonymous letter
warning her not to marry said Cam
den; that at the time the will of Judge
Camden was about to be probated va
rious other letters were written to her
threatening newspaper publication un-
less a large sum of money was paid,
and which. If paid. it was promised
nothing would be said or published
relative to her: that prior to her mar
riage to me another similar anonymous
letter was sent to her threatening her
with other troubles, including newspa-
per publications. which would be
thrown across her pathway. The de-
mands made in these anonymous black
mailing letters were not accorded to
nor complied with, and the result was
that the vilest of vile publications
appeared against her in newspapers.
The man who inspired all these publ
cations is we'll known to be Camden
Summers. the grandson Of Judge Cam
den, the individual upon whose testi-
mony the Indictment against Mrs. At
kinson was solely found. and who ap-
peared as the principal prosecuting
witness in this case.
I'm my honest, unbiased judgment.
she is guilty of no crime whatever, and
most certainly the crime of aiding and
abetting in uttering the forged papers
charged against her in the indictment
was in no sense proven in the trial OF
this case"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
News From the Yellow Fever

Montgomery, Ala, October 1.-THE
ing: "The board of health desires to be
entirely honest with the people of
Montgomery. Careful analysis Of the
symptoms of the few cases reported as
suspicious shows there is not a case
that is at all typical Of yellow fever,
n not a single case is seriously sick.
AS soon as a case occurs that shows
the clear impress of the disease we
shall tell our people Of it. We have
been assisted in our conferences in this
matter by q large number of our most
eminent physicians, who have the con-
fidence of the community"
Mobile, Ala, October 14.-Five new
cases and n death, that of Michael
Geney, were announced today. The rec
ord is: Total cases to date 147, deaths
81, -recovcries Sc, under treatment 40.
The board of health a received notice
that there are eight cases Of yellow
rever at FlomatiOn Junction, Ala, sew
enty miles north Of Mobile, on the Leu
isville and Nashville railroad. There
are ten cases at Wagar, Ala, on the
Mobile and Birmingham railroad, ard
one death there.
New Orleans, October l.-It was the
same old story here today. The yellow
fever situation showed no decline in
the number of cases reported. The
| death column was about normal. What
was said in this report last night was
borne out by today's figures. There has
| been no increase In h m~alignancy OF
| the disease. Yesterdays record of nine
deaths was exceptional. It was z
o'clock tonight before a third as many
| deaths were reported for today as had
been in the previous t~wenty-four hours.
| The existing conditions are not favor
able for the quick stamping out of the
disease. The weather is warm and sui
try and unusual for the season and if
it keeps up there will be little improve
( ment for the time being.
Scranton, Miss, October A.-Ten new
cases of yellow fever were reported to-
day and one death, that of A. C. Gray.
Galveston, Texas, October A.-There
were no suspicious cases reported to-
day, and there has been no death from
dengue or yellow fever. All of the
have been discharged or are convalesc-
emit
Houston raised her quarantine
against Galveston for the second time
today. Indications are that in a few
days all Texas towns will raise their
guarantees against Galveston and
Houston and business will be resumed
Biloxi, Miss, October 14.-Charley
Schultz died of yellow fever today
Among the new cases are Captain
Stilphen and his wife; Judge q.
Champlin, ". Ham and son and two
ia the family Of w. K. M. Dugate. The
reports from the sick are generally en-
couraging.
Franklin, La, October Nv. Caro-
ar italian tailor, died today Of yellow
fever. His residence was in the hear,
of the town and the authorities have
not been able to discover the origin o.
the Infection.
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Statement From Judge Camden's Grandson
Chenille, w. Va, October 14.-Camden
Somers makes this statement for publ1ca
ton: II have no m to make con-
corning the merits of the case beyond
my former statement regarding the mat
ter prior to the present trial, whereby
INSCRIPTIONS counsel and witnesses for
the defense tortured. twisted, and lied
about me. I will hereafter studiously
avoid giving them ven a shade of an
excuse to resort to similar tactics, when
the case again comes up for hearing. /
nave been actuated in this matter alone
by a desire to protect the estate of my
grandfather from the merciless rapes Of
ccnspiring m~ercenaries, and to prove to
the world that Judge Camden in his de-
clining years. instead of losing that
sterling sense OF justice and love of his
children, which had always characterized
the life of this noble old man. was the
Eitiful victim Of misplaced confidence in
those by whom he was surrounded in
his cid age, and that his mental in
tegrity. which he retained until the last,
compelled a resort to forged processes
to .blacken his fair name and steal the
b~irehrights of his children. l think the
world now knows this.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-19
A CONFLAGATINON AT DURHAM
Seven Tobacco Prize Houses and Eight
Dwellings and Three and a Half Million
Pounds of Tobacco Burned

Raleigh, N. c., October 1.-THE city
of Durham was today visited by the
most destructive fire in it's history.
Seven four story wooden prize houses,
filled with tobacco, and eight dwellings
went up in smoke in the space of wv
hours, anr at one time the Duke ciga-
rette factory was in great danger. The
total loss is $3.50, 900 with 5000, 600 insur-
ance.
The fire originated at II o'clock in the
roof of a building owned by H. J. Bass
& CO., and spread rapidly, enveloping
the whole block.
At IL o'clock assistance was tele-
graphed for from here and a special
firemen's train was sent half an hour
later. When they arrived the fire was
under control.
The principal loss was sustained by
the American Tobacco Company.
Losses and insurance are as follows:
L. w. Wise, five dwelling houses, in
$2,340, valued at $4,000.
w. Duke, one p~rize-house, insured for
81, 500, valued at $4,000.
H. j. Bass & Co., stock of tobacco,
insured for $1,000, valued $4,000
w. T. Darlington, stock of tobacco,
insured for $21, 900, valued at $4,000.
American Tobacco Company, stock of
tobacco, insured for $95, 900, valued at
$125, OOO.
George W. Watts, two prize houses,
insured for 5000, valued at $500.
B.. L. Duke, two prize houses and two
dwelling houses, insured for $9,94S,
valued at $12,O 0O.
H. J. Bass & Co., office furniture and
| stables, insured for $500, valued at 5000.
Manning & Morgan, one prize house,
;nc,,ro1 FOR GO E00 valued Of xS 000
w. Duke, one dwelling house, insured
for $1,000, valued at 81, 500.
Blackwells Durham Tobacco Com
| pany, stock Of tobacco, insured for
$21, 900, valued at $35, 900.
Estate of w. D. Newton, one prize
house, insured for $1,000, valued at
| 3d. 500.
James Newton, two dwelling houses
valued at 81, 500, no insurance.
Total loss $241. 500, total insurance
| 1896, 293. Three and one a million
pounds Of tobacco was burned.