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Smyrna times., 1897-04-28
MORTUARY.
Three Funerals one Day.

Friday was busy day-three funer-
als-for undertakertaker FAIRIES to say
nothing of the two ministers who had
0Slls to special service both morning
and afternoon. Three in one day is an
event not often repeated in town the
size of ours.
The first funeral, 1890 o'clock in the
morning, was that of Levi Sylvester,
referred to in the last issue of the
TINES, having occurred that morning.
1t was attended by relatives, citizens
and sOldiery in a manner becoming
one who had sacrificed his life for his
country, for all his life since has been
affected by the wounds received at
Fredericksburg.
The w. S. Hancock Post, John c.
Garner, Commander, twenty five in
number, had charge of the remains
after services at the house conducted
by Revs. Stengle and Estlin, marching
to the Odd Fellows cemetery at the
beat of muffied drums, and burying
their deceased cOmrade with military
honors, including firing a salute over
the grave, which consisted of three
successive discharges of six guns.
Though the war has been passed over
thirty years, we believe this is the
first instance of a military funeral in
our cemeteries, though we have not
had an effective Grand Army Post un-
til the past year.
The first funeral in the afternoon
was that of Mrs. Kate G. Cooper, wife
of E. V. Cooper, Esquire, whose death
was more particularly referred to in
our last issue Her pastor, Rev. J. L.
Estlin, paid a fitting tribute to the
merits of the deceased, and six mem
bers of the Presbyterian Church acted
as pail bearers to the place of inter
ment,-the Episcopal Cemetery. Mr..
Cooper and Miss Ethel have a wide
sympathy in their more than usual
bereavement.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The warm weather of the past week
has developed the strawberry bios
SONS into long white rows indicating
that the ripe, red fruit will be along in
about a month. 1t will be well for
growers needing checks, to soon be
taking the printer into confidence.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Harry Slaughter, has purchased of
John Startling, administrator of James
Startling, deceased, the entire stock
and farming implements of the latter,
and succeeds him on the farm of
James P. Hoffecker, near town.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Your are making a mistake if you
have Dental work to be done and are
putting it off, and equally as great a
one If you do not know the exact con-
dition of your teeth. Call at DR.. Grier's
Dental Office and have your teeth ex-
amined free of charge. 2w
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Asparagus is now one of the edibles
that Spring adorns the table with.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The holes in our streets are being
graded and filled in with oyster shells.
Since his election street Supervisor
Chas. H. Jones has been giving the
streets his first attention.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Bay Trout fishing on the Delaware
has commenced in earnest at Bombay
Hook, kits Hammock, Bowers Beach
and on down the coast. Some very
fine ones were in town on Saturday.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Saturday and Sunday were blooming
days: Sunday the mercury was well
up to 80 degrees, and the development
of the shade trees was wonderful.
Summer has marked it's coming on
every hand.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

A small fife and drum corps of boys
are practicing for music ON Decoration
Day.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

And last in the fruit line comes the
delicate apple blossoms, now in full ar
ray of beauty and fragrance.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The absence of rain and mud last
week brought the bikers out in force.
The same conditions apply to this
week.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The Peninsula horticultural reports to
date show that the freeze of last week was
disastrous to the fruit in all the PEN
insula below a line running from
Dover to the lower end of Talbot
county, Md. In the counties of Cecil,
Kent, Queen Anne and Talbot, Md,
and in New Castle and the upper part
OF Kent county, Del, the damage is
not great. In Caroline the report is
that 60 per cent of the peaches are
killed; in Dorchester, so. In Sussex,
Delaware, probably 80 per cent are
killed. Keiffer pears were badly hurt.
Perhaps % per cent of the strawberries
on the Peninsula were killed. japan
plums mostly killed. Natives safe.
WESLEY WEBB, Sec'y.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28
Ice Cream at Carr's.

Ice Cream at Carr's. 3w
Call on Frank Bailey for a first class
paving brick. 4
Sweet potato roots for planting are
very abundant in market.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The last Bulletin of the Delaware
College experiment station is on Com
batting Anthrax in Delaware by DIR. A.
I. Neale 1t contains important inf0r-
nation.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at the residence, of Mrs. Lydia
Mcdowell, Tuesday evening May 4th,
1897. SEC.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The Kings Daughters will hold their
regular meeting on Thursday evening
April Goth, at 7.SO O'Clock, at the home,
Of Mrs. Samuel J. Reynolds. SEC.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

H. and r. H. Denney have received
a new roller for their well-knOwn mills
and are preparing to increase their
output
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The mercury was down again both
yesterday and this morning to near
the frost line, but had it been lower
the breeze and dry ground would have
prevented frost damage.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

See advertisement of VIM. FAIRIES in
this issue. He has a large stock of
most everything in the Hardware,
stoves, tinware and harness line.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday. Z
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

The Postmaster General, yesterday,
appointed Thomas Roadway postmaster
at Hartley, vice Joseph Poor, removed,
and W. E. Cole postmaster at Leipsic,
vice Joseph Dillon.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Joseph Burchenal, Esq, delighted
the congregation of the Methodists at
Cheswold, both morning and evening,
on Sunday, with an account of his trip
to Italy, Egypt and the Holy Land.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Mrs. Lizzie Jackson, widow of Alex.
Jackson, who was about yesterday, as
well as usual, was found dead in her
bed this morning. She lived alone.
Coroner Walls will hold an inquest to-
day.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

W. E. Whaley, son of Joseph
Whaley, Principal of Millville Public
School (coD met with a painful accident
Tuesday, by cutting large cash in his
right foot while splitting some kind
ling.
Smyrna times., 1897-04-28

Geo. Nj. Rose has connected himself
with the Brady Steamboat Company,
and will make regular trips as mes
senger and commission merchant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
MRS. CLEVELAND'S RING.
Farewell Gift of the Cabinet Ladies
Lovely Turquoise

Washington, March 19.-''Never was
there such craze for turquoise before
Never was it so hard to fill orders as
this season, for some reason or other!'
Such was the complaint of the Wash
ington jewelers., and many orders were
filled by them in New York for the
Christmas of 1896.
Mrs. Cleveland was once heard to say
that of all the stones the turquoise was
her favorite. She was very fond of her
beautiful diamonds, the gifts of her hus-
band, and many rare jewels given her
by dear friends, but she did so love
pale-blue turquoise"
The ladies of the cabinet met in coun-
ell. They wished to make a Christmas
gift to their beloved friend and leader,
Mrs. Cleveland, upon the last Christ
mas day of the administration.
They desired it to be entirely suita-
bic. mot too costly and formal; not
too practical and commonplace; not too
cumbersome to carry from the White
House to their home" 1t must be rich
in sentiment. deHcacy and womanly ap-
probation. Respect, admira ton and
small souvenir of their happy life to-
gether at the capital.
What more beautiful than ring?
What more simple, delicate, tender in
sentiment than turquoise? True
blue"-the oriental stone of Persia
meaning faithfulness.
One of the ladies of the cabinet went
to New York and made her selection.
1t was one of the finest to be found, and
the only one of its kind in the city.
The turQuOiSeS, we read, first came
from Turkey, and were of great value.
Later large clusters of the same stone
in rentfOrm shape were discovered in
Persia, where, since that early date, it
is found in quantities, cut and sold to
all parts of the world. Its peculiar
green blush color is greatly intensified
by polishing, and much richer, deeper
color is found in some stones than 9TH
ers.
The beautiful Christmas gift from the
cabinet ladies to the first lady of the
land possesses all the qualities of deep,
rich color, size, polish and exquisite
setting.
Mrs. Cleveland says she has never
received a gift more beautiful in senti-
ment, taste and artistic beauty than
this, nor one more precious as a souv-
enir of delightful friends and happy
days together
She wears it next her wedding ring
with a small diamond to flash across
the blue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
AIRSHIP SEEN AGAIN.
People Around Omaha Discover a
Shifting Light

F. Omaha, Neb., March 19.-The excite
ment over the supposed airshfp seen in
Omaha Sunday night continues. There
is no doubt that large number of
Omaha people saw a large light pass
ing over the city in a manner that in
dicated that it was Centralized by hu-
man agency. To add to the interest
of the affair in Omaha the following
communication has just been received
from q reputable citizen of North Loup,
the direction from which the ball of
fire came when first seen in Omaha:
North Loup, Neb.-While no one
here as yet claims to have seen the
searchlights of the much-a advertised
airship. a number of persons who were
out late on Saturday night claim to
have seen a wonderful ball of fire pi-
rouetting in the west and throwing out
myriadS of flaming cOrruscatonS. Some
claim that it's course was not regular
and continuous in one direction, as is
the case with the ordinary meteor or
so-called Shooting star, but that it al
ternately darted upward and down
ward as if under the control of a vari-
ant purpose and that the light alter
mated from feeble to brilliant and vice
versa with great rapidity. AS the sky
was perfectly clear and the moon was
shining brightly at the time the meteor
must have been extraordinarily brill
liant, after giving due allowance for all
eXaggeration, to have attracted the at
tention it seems to have done"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
EXPOSITION OF RELIGION.
Grand Scheme to Be Made a Feature
of the Paris Show of 1900

New York March 19-One of the most
impressive features of the Paris worlds
fair of 1900 will be an exposition of re-
Hgion. The idea of this exposition origi-
mated with Auguste sDelaigne, the we'll
known lftterateur and Able Joseph Cres-
tey of the Church of St. Jean De Belle
Vile, Paris, and it has received the earn
est support of Pope Leo XIII. and the
whole hierarchy of the Catholic church,
well as of influential statesmen and
other prominent men in every Christian
country. NJ. Delaigne, after an extended
tour through Europe to promote the
scheme, has arrived in New York on
brief preliminary visit, in company with
Sir Nugent Robinson, to lay the broad
lines of it before the American people.
To excite the curiosity of the crowd
immense building will be constructed, the
largest the world has ever known. It will
cover an area as large as the entire es-
planade Des Invalides. NJ. DeIaigne said
of it:
1.-The dome will be one of the wonders
of Paris. 1t will measure no fewer than
100 meters at it's base, whereas the largest
ureS forty. Belted. it will be, by SER
les of delicate and graceful colonnetteS,
it's effect interiorly will be simply prodi-
giOuS. Richly cOlOred windows will illum-
mate it with a thousand tints. that will
also light the eight naves which converge
to the circular space surmounted by the
dome.
''Encircling the palace spacious terraces
will rise to the first and second stories
supporting hanging gardens around the
dome. Ten thousand persons will be able
to circulate as Freely upon them as they
now can in the gardens of the Trocadero,
and visit the divers aerial inst ALA lions ere
they proceed to the summit of the central
spire. situated at a height of over $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
NEGROES ADVISED TO ARM.
Georgia Colored Bishop Becomes Ex.,
cited Over Lynchings.

Atlanta, Ca, March 19.-"Get guns,
negroes" is the advice which Henry M
Turner, bishop of the African Methodist,
Episcopal church, gives to his people.
The bishop, in addition to his episco-
pal duties, is editor of the monthly orr
gan of the church, the Missionaries
Voice, and has as his associate editors
Bishops Grant, Handy, Arnett, Derrick
and number of prominent colored,
clergymen. In the Issue of that paper
today Bishop Turner says editorially:
1.-The fiendish lynching of John John
son and Archibald Joiner, upon mere
suspicion, in Louisiana while the Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal bishops were
meeting in New Orleans only a few
miles from the scene of blood and death
was most damnable.
Let every negro in this county with
spark of manhood in him supply his
home with one, two or three guns, or
with a seven or a sixteen shooter, and
we advise him to keep them loaded and
ready for immediate use, and when his
domicile is invaded by bloody 1ynchers
or any mob, by day or night, Sabbath
of death and blow your fiendiSh in
vaders into a thousand giblets. We have
had it in our mind to say this for over
seven years, but on account of our Epis
cOpal status we hesiuated to express
ourselves thus, fearing it would meet
the diSapprOVal of the house of bishops,
but their approval or diSapprOval has
done nothing to stop the fendiSh muir
derers who stalk abroad and are ex-
terminating my race, so we have now
said it, and hereafter we shall speak it.
preach it, tell it and write it Again
we say, get guns, negroes, get guns,
and may God give you good aim when
oh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
Cut OFF Her Head and Wrapped
1t in a Cloak.
THAT IS THE STORY
Which is Now Told by the Two
Young Fiends
Believed to Be a Ruse to Secure
More Time.

Frankfort KY, March 19-The con-
fession of Scott jackson and Alonzo
Walling was last night presented to
Gov Bradley by special messengers
Wade, Ellis and Allison. The confess
sion says Dr. Wagner administered the
medicine in attempting to perform
criminal opera ton, under which Pearl
Bryan died, and that Scott Jackson
held her across his lap while Wagner
cut her head off, after which DIR. Wag-
ner wrapped the head in cloak and
took it home.
Afterwards he became insane. They
do not know. they say, where the head
was taken.
Upon their arrest one year and six
weeks ago each confessed that the other
committed the murder Each has been
in the confession business very fire.
quently ever since. These written in
dividual confessions signed by their re-
spective authors were vague and eva
sive. Now for the first time comes a
confession prepared by Scott Jackson
in the Alexandria Jail and signed also
by Walling.
The confession is voluminous, some
what evasive and not a little foggy. 1t
justifies the general exclamation -''who
will believe it q which was heard every
where On the streets when the an
nouncement was made that a confession
had been obtained. It was secured for
a big money consideration. The pro-
ceeds to go TO the mothers of the con-
demmed men, Its distinguishing char
acter is that it contradicts in almost
every particular the defense in the long
trials of these men.
During the trial witnesses were
brought from Bellevue, a village just
above Newport. to prove that Jackson,
Walling and Pearl Bryan were seen in
that village about noon on Thursday
before the murder. The defense at
tackled the veracity of John Foster, one
of the witnesses and tried to show that
Druggist Dortmyer, second witness,
had told contradictory stories about see
ing the murderers and their victim.
Now, in this confession, the scene of the
immediate preliminaries of the murder
is transferred to Bellevue, Ky on Wed
nesday and Thursday, January 20 and
30, 1896
DIR. Wagner of Bellevue, KY, is in
volved in the murder by the confession.
At the time of the trial there was a
trace of rumor that DR.. Wagner might
have had some completely in the affair
This was effectually silenced by evil
dence indicating that DR.. Wagner was
absent during the week of the Pearl
Bryan murder. Since that time he has
been an inmate of a lunatic asylum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
MRS. WAGNER ENIEs 1T.
She Declares the Doctor Was Not at
Home the Week of Pearl
Bryan's Murder.

Frankfort Ky. March 19.-MrS. Wag-
ner persists that her husband was alb
sent from home during the week of the
Pearl Bryan murder, and that, further
more, she never saw Jackson or Wal
ling or Pearl Bryan, and in this her
daughters join her. This confession,
that preparations for the murder were
made in Bellevue, depends for corro-
boration on the testimony of John Fos-
ter, Druggist Dortmyer and a woman
who saw the parties from a distance,
all of which was fiercely resented by
the defense in the trial. Should this at
tempt to implicate DR.. Wagner succeed
in moving the governor, an indictment
by a grand jury would be expected to
follow and trial of DR.. Wagner, in
which Jackson and Walling would be
the only witnesses. By many this is
regarded as the motive of the whole
thing.
It took Scott Jackson the whole of
one afternoon and night to write it. To
anyone who has read carefully Gov.
'Bradley's statement of his reasons for
refusing respite or Communication of SEN
1ence it will be at once apparent that
one purpose of this confession is to give
him a possible ground for favorable ac-
ton that was lacking in former appH-
cations.
Advices from Newport are that the
scaffold and ropes for the hanging are
in readiness. News from Alexandria
where the prisoners are confined is that
the announcement of the new confession
has caused great excitement in Camp
Dell ana ADJACENT counties IN kentucky;
that IL has brought people from the
country to town in no gentle mood and
while the prisoners would be in no dam
ger from the citizens of Alexandria, yet
there is no knowledge what violent re-
suits might follow a Communication of the
sentences of Jackson and Walling I'M
less the grounds for it should be bet
ter than anyone believes it is possible
for them to furnish.
Fred Bryan and other relatives of the
murdered girl will be in Cincinnati.
The prisoners will be removed to the
Newport Jail tonight and a company of
militia will be the ground to guard
the Newport Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
SAWYER A STAKEHOLDER
In the Big Ely Walker Company
Which Suffered a 81, 100000
Fire This Week.

o. F. Sawyer of the Topeka Cash Dry
Goods company is in st. Louis. He is
a stakeholder in the Ely-Walker Dry
Goods company, which was burned out
several days ago, making the most de-
struetive fire of the year in St. Louis.
The firm is a very large supply house
and Mr.. Sawyer has been putting in
his spare time since he founded the To-
peka house travelling for the St. Louis
firm, in which he had an interest. The
supplies for the Topeka house were
largely drawn from the Ely Walker
firm.
The fire will make no difference as far
as the Topeka business is concerned,
and there was no connection. The
firm in ST. Louis has opened up a new
establishment and is taking orders just
as if nothing had happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
LINCOLN'S BUST A FRAUD.
Supposed Bronze Work Proves Be
Plaster of Paris Cast.

Washington, March 19.-An amateur
photographer essayed to make pic
ture of group of officeseekers in the
corridor leading to the presidents Of
fee, and to carry out his design de-
cided that it should be a f1ashlight af-
fair. Carefully stationing himself in a
corner of the corridor he touched the
chemicals with a match and awaited re-
suits. They were not what had been
anticipated, for there was a puff and
scattering of chemicals all over what
was supposed to be a bronze bust of
Abraham Lincoln and the HaShlight
photograph was a fiZZle.
But one thing had been accomplished
showing up a Sham-fOr the bronze
bust of Lincoln was found not to be
bronze at all, but piece of plaster of
paris work A companion bust of An
drew johnson in an adjoining niche was
discovered to be the same material as
used in forming the bust of Lincoln, For
years these two supposed bronzes have
been conspicuous ornaments in the cor
ridors leading to the private office OF
the president, and all sorts of Specula-
lions have been INDUCED in as to the
identity of the sculptors- Now, how
ever. they have turned out to be shams
and not good enough for the pine ped
estals covered with maroon-coloredf fan
mel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
REED HAS A SCHEME.
He Will Appoint no More Committees
and Thus Concentrate Action
On the Tariff

Washington, March 10. - Speaker
Reed has definitely decided, for the
present at least, that he will not ap-
point any of the regular committees of
the house beyond the three already an
nounced. In this way all the miscel-
laneous legislation will be blocked and
the entire attention of the house TO-
cussed on the tariff bill. The bills
which are being introduced by the hun
dreds will have to wait until the COM
mittee to which they would go under
the natural order of things are appoint
ed. 1t is not even likely that the ap-
preparation committee will be appoint
ed.
As soon as the tariff bill has been
sent to the senate the three appropria-
ton bills as they were sent to the pres
ident, and the deficiency bill, as was
agreed to in conference. will be put
through under special orders which the
rules committee will bring in for that
purpose. BY avoiding complications
which might arise If the legislative mill
should be thrown open to an indiscrim-
mate grind, the house leaders believe
they can materially expedite financial
legislation in the senate by rendering
delay in the upper branch of congress
on the tariff all the more conspicuous
by the inaction of the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-19
SIMPSON AT WASHINGTON.
Says He is Proud to Be Called Popu-
lists for Free Trade.

Washington, March 19.-Jerry Simp
son of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, has ar
rived and last night he was warmly
welcomed by numbers of his former
friends at the National Mr.. Simpson
is looking well. He is glad to come
back to the national capital, and frank
ly admits it. He enjoyed the life of
congressman, and means to extract
still larger amount of pleasure from his
future service in the house.
ct am proud" said he, ''to be called
Populist. The party is growing all the
time, and a president who belives in the
principles will be elected in 1900 For
the present we've got to let the Republi-
cans run the affairs of this nation, and
I'm for giving them all the rope they
want. Let 'em write and pass any sort
OF tariff act they chOOSe--it isn't wise
nor right to obstruct them in the least
in their efforts to redeem the lavish pro-
misses of coming prosperity made in the
last campaign. The prosperity is still
coming; but hasn't arrived yet. But /
maintain that their remedy should be
given a fair trial For my part I am
for free trade and direct taxation.
There are great questions in this
country that press for settlement, and
which will be continually agitated till
they settled right. There is plen-
ty of wealth in the nation, but the trou-
BILE is to get 1T distributed fairly-a few
men control the money market. To
bring the people into harmonious rela-
lions with wonderful inventions of the
age and increased productiveness in all
lines of industry is a difficult problem.
1t is difficult also to smash the trusts
and combines and other Ubiquitous COM
binations. but sooner or later the rem
edy will be found.
Yes, Kansas is all right. It has the
best people and the most intelligent,
a whole, of any state in the Union. We
cleaned out the Republicans pretty
thoroughly last year. but in '9S will fin
ish the job completely. This time we
have six Populists out of a total dele
cation of eight, but I am inclined to
think that in the next contest Will
not leave the opposition a solitary mem
her"