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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08

times more. While the old man was
gasping his last the fend entered the
house and attempted the assault, on The
young lady. who had been aroused by
the shooting.
The negro was Identified by Miss Sum
ner, and u posse started in hot pursuit.
The chase was not abandoned till the
fiend was captured.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08

DO your eyes burn. or blur? Are you
troubled with heaGache? The proper
GLASSES. in most cases, will afford relief.
See Dr. Week.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08

"Newegt Discovery--E Ext Teeth; no
pain. N. Y. D. Rooms, Ennis. 1872 Main.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08
NORFOLK vIHGINIAN: FRIDAY JANUARY s. 1897

right to declare that those who en-
dorsed that platform are Democrats
ana that those who refused to support
the platform are not Democrats. 1t Ia
strange that there should be any con-
test over this point. II Is strange that
those who secured for their candida te
less than per cent. of the POPULAR vote
OF the United States should Insist that
they are entitled to be called the real
Democrats. and then urge their claim 10
responsibility In numbers on the ground
that the majority of them voted for the
republican candidate. If n minority
has right to give n party definition OF
Democracy then there may he as many
definitions as there are individuals
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08

The man who prints his advertisements
on q pretty calendar-well, people come In
and ask him for calendar. Truly. tho
feels like ph lanlhrop!st. He Is phiian.
thropist. He has given without hope or
return. "
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08
a HORRIBLE SIGHT.

Smith. the negro who was killed on
the road. was found with an axe still
In the hack Of his neck ana his head
half severed from his body.
The dead people were incffensive.
peaceable citizens. These are the facts
as we are able 10 get them from the
excited. determined men from Lynch
burk. who came .nto this city this after
noon.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08
CHARLES GOWNS CASE.

One OF the papers referred to yester-
day by Mr. Call, a statement ns to the
facts in the Sanguily case in Cuba. was
presented by Mr.. Gail, read in fun and
ordered to be printed in the Record. 1t
was signed he said. by Edward e. Rob-
bins. a Republican memDer of the next
Congress
Al $40 o'clock the Senate adjourned
until Monday. ~
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08

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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-01-08

The man who puts good advertisement
In good newspa per-well, people come IN
and ask him for the goods ad',eit $, q Rt
feels ! lie a business man. fie sees signs
OF balance on tho light side of the p
g. L. account.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
A Bullet In His Heart.

cit is generally thcr~ht that a man
cannot live very long ti,er getting bull
let in his heart" said South Carolin.
ian, "tyut there is an instance OIL record
in my state of a man carrying a bullet
in his heart five weeks before death.
The matter is fully authenticated, the
post ECrtem examination having been
made by DR.. Curran B. Earle q nephew
of the late United States Senator Earle
The wounded man was named Tom
Ferguson, and lie was shot by negro
named Dock Clancy at Greenville, S.
@. Ferguson lived FIVE weeks, and at
the post mortem examination 32 cali
Der bullet was found firmly imbedded
in the exterior wall of the heart. The
cause of Ferguson's death was the inun-
dation of the pericardial cavity, which
impeded the action of the heart, which
in plain English means that the cavity
surrounding the heart was punctured
and flooded to such an extent that the
heart was prevented from beating. This
carrying q bullet in the heart is re-
markable case, but the physicians were
not able to say, without tedious research,
whether it has a like in the medical
records or not. A patient, it is said,
may live several days with wounded
heart, and metaphorical wound, how
ever severe, may not shorten his life at
all, but the cases, if any. where one
carried a bullet in this sensitive organ
SO long are few and far between. -
Sta.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Digest of the Pension Laws.

Washington, Aug. "a comprehensive
digest Of official opinions and decisions
relating to pensions and bounty lands.
prepared under the supervision of the
then assistant secretary of the interior.
John w. Reynolds, has Just been issued.
1t misunderstanding decisions on the SUBJ
5ects extending from the organization of
the pension system to the present time.
and includes decisions by the war and
interior departments as we'll as Of the
attorneys general and the judicial hold
ings of the United States supreme court
and the court Of claims.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
LIGHTNING DOES DEADLY WORK.
Two Little Children Killed Although
Taken to the Cellar.

Two Little Children Killed Although
Taken to the Cellar.
Webster City, Ia, Aug. 4.-The spark
Of life in two little bodies was snapped
out in the twinkle of an eye and the
havoc that lightning played within the
city limits for almost an hour during
one of the severest electrical storms
that ever visited Iowa seems incredible.
The dead are: Minnie Lupus, aged 2;
Carl Lupus, aged 4. The spire Of the
Baptist church was shattered; the ele-
vator owned by the Webster City Ele-
vator company was struck; the hand
some residence of Edward Burgess was
in the way of q bolt; the iron roof of
the Queen livery barn, owned by WILL
lam Wilke, was torn from the building;
q barn belonging to Burt Butler was
struck and his horses killed, while trees
were shattered on every side.
Mrs. John Lupus and her two little
children were at their home southeast
OF the city when the fatal crash came.
The mother had just taken her three
children to the cellar, and with her
Oldest daughter was standing at an
opening in the basement, watching the
progress Of the storm. The two little
ones were huddled together in the rear
corner. Both Mrs. Lupus and her
daughter were stunned by the flash.
AS soon as they recovered from the
shock they turned to the children and
round them both dead, clasped in each
others arms. The same bolt had done
the work
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Civil Service Rules Extended.

Washington, July 29.-The presidents
order modifying the civil service rules,
issued yesterday, is a disappointment
to the place-hunters. 1t was confident
ly expected that the order would take
the government printing office and the
bureau of engraving and printing, in
whole or in part, out of the classified
service to provide places for about l.
900 hungry office-seekers and generally
loosen up the service so that it would
not hold water. The result proves that
there was no justification for the pre-
diction, as the order extends the civil
service rules over all the custom houses,
including sixty-five which had hereto
fore been left out. The exceptions are
few, being two or three of the higher
subordinates in each custom house and
internal revenue office.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
FOREIGN INVASION.
How Free Traders Help to Load Up Amer.
lean Markets.


lean Markets.
The free trade army that has been
invading the United States during the
last three years gathered its forces to-
gether and advanced upon Washington,
as the following dispatch shows:
"a vigorous campaign against the
high rates in the pending tariff bill has
been begun by committee Of the New
York Reform club which has established
headquarters here. The committee is
headed by Mr.. Calvin Tompkins, who
has had much to do with the tariff re-
form work of the club and has opened
headquarters in room ~ Of the Corcoran
building. They propose to aid business
men who are opposed to the senate
schedules in getting hearings from sena-
tors in sympathy with them and getting
the facts before the senate"
When European manufacturers,
through the importers and other free
trade agents in this country, make such
bold attack upon the United States
senate as is here indicated, it must
bring a blush Of shame even to the
modest cheek of q Sugar trust man.
Yet the Democratic and Mugwump free
trade papers will applaud this attempt
at bulldozing and browbeating our
statesmen, which they term "equipping
Democratic senator's" An equipment
with the sinews of war has a peculiarly
significant meaning in politics, so that
the brazen acknowledgment that the
free traders are "equipping Democratic
senator's" is surprising. Still, there is
no knowing to what extent free trader
will 60 when he sees the best market |
in the world slipping from his grasp
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
TENDING TO ACTIVITY.
The Commercial World Notes General
Improvement In Business.

Improvement In Business.
While Pittsburg bankers are not pre-
dieting an immediate boom they note a
general improvement in business. The
commercial world, they find, has bet
ter tone than last year and there is some
increase in activity. Every investment
is made cautiously, of course, but there
is no question that investments are now
being made by those who look far into
the future and expect to profit by IN
vesting before the rush begins From
such condition to the full tide OF pros
perity is never very long step. Those
who have been looking for a sudden
change from depression and close econ
omy to an era of reckless speculation
and extravaganza have been disappoint.
ed of course. Their expectations were
absurd. But the good times are stealing
upon them in spite Of their disbelief,
and they will awaken some morning to
find they are here and that they have
missed part Of their opportunities by
keeping up such loud calamity wall
that they could not hear the hum Of
prosperity growing over the land.
Pittsburg bankers are very conserva-
tive in their conversation as we'll as in
their operations. They are famed for
conservatism all over the country. And
when they admit, as several of them do
in interviews in another column, that
business is in satisfactory condition
and tending toward activity it may be
taken for granted that they see more
than enough to justify them in saying
SO.
After all, prosperity is such an i'm
palpable thing that the average citizen
is pervaded by its essence more than
affected by seeing or feeling it. The
tide has turned, and it will grow as it
flows onward. Timidity will give way
to confidence and then the boom will be
here. Let us hope that confidence will
not be soon supplanted by overconfi-
dence and mad rush toward the over
done condition that always precedes the
crash. --Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
MORE WARMING TO GOLD SEEKERS.
If You Go to the KlondyIse This Year You
Are Likely tn Starve.

If You Go to the KlondyIse This Year You
Are Likely to Starve.
New York Aug. 2.-Joseph Ladue. the
owner Of Circle City, on the Yukon,
writes to The World from Schuyler
Falls, N. Y: II read in The World an
article written by Joaquin Miller saying
that there would be no starvation in the
Yukon valley this season, and that the
steamer Alice and Belle would make
five trips up the Yukon, taking $50 tons
each trip. Mr.. Miller does not know
what he was talking about. 1t is posi-
tive fact that the steamer Alice and
Belle will not make more than three
trips up the Yukon and will not take
more than $50 tons each trip, and out Of
that 400 tons the food will not average
over $50 tons. That / am positive Of
People will starve like rats If this is al
lowed to go on.
Il beg Of you to contradict that state
ment and warn all against going this
season. Any and all statements made
in regard to TIE amount Of supplies
which will go into the Yukon this season
can vouch for nearly as closely as
though I were there, for am well posted
on what the steamers can do. There is
one thing which you must remember
gold you cannot eat, neither will 1t buy
you food when there is none in the coun-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06

Comparative Statement of Receipts and
Expenditures of the Government.

expenditures OF ttte Government.
Washington. Aug. 3.-The monthly
statement Of the public debt, issued yes
terday, shows that the debt less cash in
the treasury at the close of business
On July 81, was 1898, 44s, GAG, an increase
during the month OF SO, 200, $50, which
Is accounted for by a corresponding de-
crease in the cash in the treasury. This
decrease is in consequence of excep-
tionally heavy disbursements. The debt,
independent Of the cash, was decreased
by $S30.6l0. The debt is recapitulated
as follows: Interest bearing debt,
$S47, S65,320; debt on which interest has
creased since maturity $1,336, $40; debt
bearing no interest 1871, 761, 442 total
S1,226, 463, 102. The cash is classified as
follows: Gold, SITS, 044, III; silver. $751;
7S4, 1879; paper, $149, 429, 1892; bonds, dis
bursting officers balances. ETC., SIS, 49,
S22; total 1867 .961.932.
The monthly comparative state
ment of the government receipts and
expenditures for July shows the total
receipts to have been $50, 027, 1864, and
the disbursements $50, 100, 90S, leaving
the excess of expenditures over receipts
$11, 073,544 This deficit is accounted for
by abnormally heavy expenditures in
cident to the beginning of the new fiscal
year. AS compared with June the re-
ceipts were increased $2,442, $3.50, and the
disbursements, $27, 1924. During last
month the receipts from customs
amounted to S16.966.S01. an increase as
compared with July. 1885, of about S.
100000. The internal revenue during
July last yielded 19.767 S31 as compared
with $14.302.532 for July. 1896.
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that the
total circulation of national bank notes
on July 81, 1897, was $780, 1886, an in
crease as compared with July 81, 1896,
Of $4916,4S1, and a decrease as COM
pared with June &c. 1897, Of $597 100. The
circulation based on United States
bonds was $206, 1896, an increase for
the year of s395,452 and a decrease for
the month of $1S1.3S2.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
BUSINESS Boom IN SIGHT.
Jobbers All Over the Country Say That
Trade Is Picking Up.

Trade Is Picking Up.
Chicago, July S0.-The Wholesale Gro
Ger publishes today answers from job
bers all over the country to questions
regarding trade. The replies were from
jobbers in twenty-seven states, and so
per cent. shows an increase in the VOL
ume of business for the first half Of 1897
as compared with the same period last
year. Thirty per cent. reports the VOL
ume about the same. and 20 per cent
notes a decrease.
The question If definite Improvement
in conditions was recognized was an
swered affirmatively by 70 per cent.
Sectionally Ga per cent. Of the jobbers in
the southern states, IS in the eastern, 20
from the western, and 95 per cent. from
the central states said Yes to the
Improvement question,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Isn't This Convict Labor

Terre Haute, Ind, Aug 3-Sheriff
Seeberger will get sewing machine for
the Jail and put the women prisoners
at work making clothes for the men
prisoners who are sent to the rock pile.
There was trouble in making the men
work until they were provided with
overalls, which had to be bought and
which do not last long on the rock pile.
The police have been raiding the disor-
derby houses, and the Jail is crowded
with women who are to sew for the ho-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Half n Million in Ashes.

New York, July 2S.-Fire at Yonkers,
N. Y, yesterday afternoon destroyed
two large factory buildings occupied by
w. A. Reed & Co., hat manufacturers;
Rowland Bros. hat manufacturers;
Pass Bros, silk manufacturers, and the
Yonkers Silk company. The loss will
probably reach 100000 and 500 people
are thrown out of employment. There
were no casualties, though the buildings
were crowded with employees when the
fire was discovered.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06

Detroit, Aug. 4.-Gillet & Hall, the
veteran grain dealers. in speaking of
the new crop, said: 1T is coming in
slowly. because 1t is about three weeks
late, but is of a very fine quality. The
crop will be 25,OOO.OOO bushels. as against
15,000,000 last year. Sixty cars of new
wheat came in yesterday, making $50
on the crop. Preparations are now maxi
ing for free movement"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Foreign Linen Abounds.

The Irish Textile Journal gives the
exports of linen manufactures from the
United Kingdom to the United States
at 1858, 800 yards for the month of
April, as compared with 6, 1877, 800 yards
In April, 1896.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
She May Have Another Mission.

San Diego, Cal. Aug. 3.-The gum
boat Bennington has arrived here. She
will be here q week of two and during
the time the naval reserve will drill on
board. When her stay here is ended
the Bennington will go to Honolulu.
Her mission there is ostensibly to sur
vey Pearl harbor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
George Taylor whips n Re.r

Seney. Mich, July 31.-George Taylor
foreman of single bolt camp, was
returning in the evening, when he was
attacked by large black BEAR A live
ly tussle followed, and bruin retreated
after receiving several heavy blows on
the head from bar of iron. Bears are
very numerous this year. one hunter
having killed five large ones this spring.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Charged with Murder.

Niles, Mich. Aug. 1.-Two tramps.
who refuse to give their names. were
arrested here at midnight, charged with
having murdered a tramp at Kensing-
ton, Ills. The dead man was shot dur
ing quarrel, and the other two tramps
boarded Michigan Central train. They
were discovered when the train arrived
here and were taken back to Kensing-
ton.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Farmers Killed by lightning.

Louisville, Aug. 3.-William Saddler
and William. Parks, Garrard county
farmers, were struck by lightning and
Instantly killed Sunday afternoon.
They lived miles apart, but In the same
county, killed about the same time and
by lightning from the same storm,
which swept over that section about
o'clock in the morning
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Girl Drowned in Diamond Lake.

Niles. Mich, July S0.-At Diamond
Lake. four society girls. two from near
Cassopolis and two from vandalia, were
taking a cruise around the lake when
a sudden gust of wind capsized their
yacht. Dora O'Dell was drowned. but
Mary Skinner, Clara Whitehead and
Eta Train were rescued after a hard
struggle by a young man whose name
could not be learned.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Going to the KIondylse in a Balloon.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Aug. 3.-Frank A.
Corey intends to start for Alaska in a
balloon Aug. 10. His airship Is a novel
continuance shaped like an immense
kite. He will take a ton of provisions
aboard and two companions
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Union Label for Bricks.

Chicago, Aug. 3. - Labor has COM
menced a fight against non-union brick.
After a certain near date-not yet fixed
the National Brickmakers' alliance
and the Building Trades council, backed
by all union organizations, will refuse
to handle any brick without the union
folS
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
No Sale for Its Ore.

Bessemer. Mich. Aug. 4.-The Til
den mine has closed down completely,
throwing out ESQ men indefinitely. The
officials say there is no sale for it's ore.
The mine is Rockefeller property.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Two Society Girls Drowned.

Detroit, Aug. A special to The
Free Press from Grand Rapids reports
the drowning Of Miss Clara Hall. aged
10, and Miss Lena Herrick, aged 1S.
prominent society girls of that city.
while bathing at Ottawa Beach. a sum-
mer resort on Lake Michigan, near
Grand Rapids.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 2.-William
O'Brien, aged 22, employed in the Biron
paper mill, on wager jumped out Of
the mill window, a distance of thirty
feet, into the Wisconsin river. He burst
a blood vessel. from which he died an.
hour later.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
End of a Strike of Tanners.

Columbus, Ind, Aug. 3.-The wage
strike at the tannery of w. w. Mooney
e. Sons, on for about three weeks, is
ended, the men giving up the fight.
Most of them were taken back.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
suicided with CarboIic Acid.

Muskegon, Mich, Aug. 3.-Hezekiah
B. Callen, aged 43 years. committed sui
eide by drinking carbolic acid while de-
spondent. He had a large family, who
claim there was no cause for suicide.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
women

their one object is to get well.
They have no confidence in them
selves, and only too often lose faith in
their physicians.
All Irregularities, whites, bearing
down pains, nervousness, headache,
backache, blues" distaste for society,
sounds in ears, palpitation, emacia-
ton, heavy eyes, call gone" feeling,
dread of impending evil, sleeplessness,
etc., should at once be removed and
vigorous health assured.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has for twenty years saved
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much help, and it only took five
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packages of Sanative Wash TO cure me.
i can recommend them to all women
suffering with complaints like these."-
MRS. VANNArTA. 1927 N. Brosd St.,
Philadelphia. Pa
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Five Prisoners Break Out of Jail.

st. Joseph, Mich, Aug. S.-Five pris-
oners broke jail here at about o'clock
Monday morning. The Jail is a new
structure. The men are still at large.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06
Colored Man Gets a Position.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Acting Postmas-
ter General Merritt yesterday appointed
John p. Green, a colored politician Of
Cleveland. United States postage stamp
agent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-06

Houghton, Mich, Aug. 4.-The July
copper product of the Atlantic mine was
273 tons, 1890 pounds; the Wolverine
107 tons; Quincy, $50 tons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-18
cobbIcstone,. a BncIe Number.

From the Charleston News and Courier
The Savannah News insists that the day
OF cobblestone and plank roadways IN
civilized communities has passed Time
was when cobblestones were good enough
because there was nothing better 70 be
had. But because the forefathers used
cobblestonos in the streets Is no reason
that the people Of this day and generation
should use cobbleatOnes also. The News
believes IN keeping up with the times and
getting the best out Of life that Is offered:
and II. therefore, urges tho city council Of
Savannah 90 build the new roadways in
that city Of vitrihcd brick OF asphalt. II Is
n wise suggestion, and we hope that II
will be adopted. Already one Of the most
beautiful OF inland southern cities II
would be- greatly Improved by the extern
sion OF It's modern roadways Nitrihed
brick and asphalt would add much % the
beauty and utility OF the streets Ia
Charleston. and what A. good enough for
Savannah would not be bad Tor Charles
ton.