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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
ass 4 Young Man Injured.

MI. James J. Sullivan, q young gcntlc-
man engaged At pattern making in the
Steam Engineering Department in the
navy yard, while at work on some stag
ing yesterday afternoon, about ; O'clock
missed his footing and fell a distance Of
nearly twenty ieet, striking on MS head
and shoulder, bruising him quite badly.
The yard ambulance was SUMMONED,
and lie Was carried to his honle on Lin
colp, stree; where mcdicarattention was
rendered.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
FinCI 800.

Yesterday Justice Rutter fined the
negro Hunter $50 for shooting in The
road p~romiscuously in August last. and
in default he committed him 10 Jail for
thirty days. Hunter says If he had
known that was all he would have got
ten, he would never have lodged around
like he has for so long.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
BowDrN wIt.L DISPENSE IT.
II ~ Said: tse Ex.COnsrcssminn VIII
Dish Out Offices. .i,.:.i !.

Nj. Samuel Burroughs, who has been
70 Washington 10 attend the ~inaugGTa i
t!on OF Mckinley, returned home yesicT:s
day, much pleased with the outlook. He
says that Bowden will certainly contro,
The patronage Of this district, and rs for
himself, he is perfectly satisfied with his
prospects for the position he wants. He
thinks that Mr.. Young will keen his seat.
and tina. the Wise faction will be given
some minor positions, but they will be
few.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
Elected,

~ 4 meeting Of the Quarterly confer
ence OF Central NJ. e. church no ro,-
lowing delegates to the district confer
onee, which meets in Hampton, Va. in
July. We're elected: ". b. Wilder. NJ r
Hunt, +. W.. Cherry. A~lternntes: ". T.
Weber. Harvey Lana. and John n.
Thompson.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
The Halves $500 Guaranteed Hats.
w. e. VIRNELSON & co.

Pneumatic Rubber Tires on I;aby
Carriages is the latest thing oui Emil
line in stock. Gendron Bicycles hay,
arrived. Best and pretticst on the mar.
ket. See them at j. S. CRAWFORD'S
Furniture and Carpet House
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

A1iaisesci. S1ecint Sale,

sEsAny boys suit in our window for SLY.
Satf' ends Wednesday,, 10th instant. Al
lothIng in mems heavyweight and also
underwear at and below cost. Bres-
laucr & Anthony, III High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
The ISO

line of neckwear ever exhibited IN
Portsmouth or vicinity is now on exhibit
ton at our stores.
LEVY e JACOBS. Gents Outntters.
Undef Madison 200 High street.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
Ready for HustncsS

Maurice y. Brandt e. Co. opened thci,
new store yesterday. and notwithstand-
ing the rainy weather il was visited by
quite a number Of people, who admired
1t very much.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

The American Asriculturist has dis
covered IN Wisconsin n family OF father,
mother and Bleven children, all Of whom
are musicians. They form by them
selves a brass band. and have won sevG-
raj prizes by their playing at State and
county fairs. Their picture, in uniform
and with their instruments, forms an
interesting group. and probably cannot
be matched elsewhere in his ountr
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
Fifty Years Ago.
~Sarsaparilla

... " H#... ..H. ..##. .|". #. I
was in its infancy half a cen
fury ago. To-day it doth "be-
stride tho narrow world like a
colossus" Whet is the secret
OF It's power? It's curesl Tho
number Of them! Tho wonder
Of them! Imitators have fol-
lowed it from the beginning Of
it's success. They are still be-
hind it. Wearing the only
medal granted to sarsaparilla
in the Worlds Fair Of 1893,
it points proudly to its record.
Others initiate the remedy;
Shey can't initiate the record:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

Have your shirts made to fit b.
Charles r. Welton & Co. Hats sold very
cheap.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

~ new assortment of Mems and Boys
w. e. yIRNELsON & co.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
NOTICE :!

MRS. KATE A.. ANDERSON, having
miide an assignment to the undersigned
trustee or her stock or CROCKERY.
Gi.ASS. PLATED WARE, NOTIONS.
iNItI1et:S, ETC.. notice Is hereby given
s1gnee. and those TO whom SHE is indebted
VIII present the same to mo for settlement.
Until further notice said stock Of goods.
contained In store No. SIG North side Coun.
ty street. will be sold in the usual course
OF trade al cost.
K. r. GRIFFIN.
mf0-ot ~ #-. E Trustee.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

Spring Novelties in $3.50 Hats.
w. E. V1RNELSON & co.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

Chester a.. Arthur Is buried in Rural
Cemetery. Albany.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

The Great Cut Tn Dress Goods ana
GiOnks Extended Three bay. n.ons.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

ASK to be shown our large and ,ret,v
assortment Of embroideries which have
just arrived. "A. J. Phillips, Oxford
Hall.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

MI. q. V. GresS has given to the CITY,
or Atlanta the panorama of the battle
OF Atlaiita. y friends in that city.
Speaking TO 4 newspapers man or the
Elft, SomcWha; quantity said: "Painted
ol!lnaa!' on q painted picture have re-
Strictcd appetiteS. and there is no doubt
thatVl! parties will welcome the great
cNcioramh as an rnmiNed good. It cost
MI. GrcSs several thousand dollars, To
say nothing Of much valuable time given
10 its maintenance and care"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10
From alnny' Sources.

Inc city of Baltimore claims the credit
o Deing the birthplace Of Il long list OF
American artists, including many of The
most successful and a few or the mos.
gifted. The baltimore News quotes
nlsh authority" for saying that no
other place in The Union can show s,,ch
4 record, but it sadly admits that until
very recently all such men have sought
other regions for their art culture and
occupation. 49,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-10

y morse once used by the Fire De-
partment of Portland, Me, being admit
LED 10 his old stable the other day.
went at once TO the stall he had occu-
pled ana began to hunt for oats in the
racks where he used 10 hide them. The
gong sounded while he was thus cnsag-
ed. II he made Il rush for his old nlar 20
uhuer The harness OF the hose wagon.
ana looked around as il to say, well,
n here: what are you waiting for?"
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Operation of the street railway sys- tenn at Keokuk, Ia., has been discon- tinued owing, as the owner alleges, to lack of patronage on the part of the public.
 An official dispatch from Bom bay says 1885 deaths occurred there dur ing the week ending Friday, February l2, of which s13 were due to the bu bonic plague.
 Four indictments have been found against Sylvester Scovell, the corre- spondent of the New York World, re- gently arrested by the Spanish author ities in Cuba.
 J. F. McGinnis, Cisco's Qll.) default. ing postmaster, has been taken in charge by the government authorities and now awaits the action of the fed eral grand jury.
 The Missouri house of representa- tives passed the freight-rate reduction bill by vote of 92 to 26 It provides a horizontal cut of 25 per cent on grain and live stock.
 The campaign conducted by the ex- petition of the Royal Niger Co. in West Africa against the emir of Nupe is prac- tically at an end The emir and his leaders are suing for peace.
 Rose Coghlan's S5O0 brooch, which is set with 22 diamonds and a dozen rubies, was recovered by detectives at Newark, N. J. Three men were ar rested on the charge of stealing it.
 The subcommittee on appropria- tions of the house has decided to rec ommend one new battleship in the bill, and that a lump sum be appro- priated for the ship and armor plate
 President Cleveland has pardoned Frank Porterfield. former cashier of the Commercial national bank of Nashville, Tenn. Porterfield was con victed Decem Der I4, 1893, of em bezzle- ment.
 When James A. Ayres. a young farmer, living near Fort Scott. Kas.. returned home Tuesday, he learned that his wife had disappeared with a hired man named Wagoner. He is on their trial.
 The department of uperintendency of the National Educational assoca- tion is holding tkree-days' session at Indianapolis with about 500 prominent educators present from all parts of the country.
 James R. Bruce, 70 years of age, of Marshall, Mo-, retired capitalist, and Miss Bettie McNeeso, B years of age, the heir to wealthy Dr. w. T. Me Neese of Cynthiana. Xiv. were mar ried Tuesday.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ADMIRAL BUNCEs squadron sus- pended their warlike work, on the 14th, and observed Sunday in regula- tion fashion. Episcopal service was held on the flagship New York, Catho- lie service on the Maine and general services, including other denomina- tions, were celebrated on the Colum- bia.
 lN the destruction by ire, on the 10th, of a small frame cottage in Spring wells, Mich, occupied by the family of Stephen Rogulski. a two year-old child was burned to death and Mary Rogulski, aged II years, was fatally burned. Five other mem- bers of the family were also more or less seriously burned
 THE board of trustees of Washing ton and Lee university met in Lexing- ton, Va, on the l1th, and unaui- mously elected Hon. Wm. l.. Wilson. postmaster general, president ot the ] university. It is said that commit tee from the board visited Mr. Wilson soon after the resignation of Presi- | dent Lee and that he expressed him self as being willing to accept the position. He will enter upon the duties as president July 1. ON the llth Chauncey NJ. Depew was unanimously elected chairman of the board of control of the Joint Ira fii c | association.
 SENATOR PETTIGREw (Sil., N. D. ], on the llth, introduced a resolution, whsca went over, directing the senate committee on public lands to investi- gate, by sub b-committee or otherwise, l tine issue of a patent in the Perrine land grant in the state of Florida. This is the patent issued to President Cleveland's father-in-law
 LYMAN J. GAGE has severed his con nection with the First national bank of Chicago, of which he had been presi. dent, his resignation being rendered to the board of directors at meeting 1 held on the 1lth.
 SPENCER ERWIN, a well-known stock broker of Philadelphia, died at the Hotel Aldine, where he resided, on the llth. He had been ill of pneumonia | MT. Erwin was senior member of the 1 firm of Spencer, Erwin X Co. A HEAVY snowstorm, interspersed with hail and rain, prevailed all over Pennsylvania on the 18th. In the mountain regions the snow was ten
 inches deep, and at Harrisburg there was five inches on the level A BOILER in the coal mine of Lee &
 Vestal, in Weathersfield township, near Youngstown, O., exploded, on the llth, killing Joseph Willock and fatally scaiding Louis Kyle.
 MRS. JANE L. STANFORD has sur | prised the trustees of Stanford uni. versity by announcing that she had made deed of gift to the university, to take effect at her death, of the fine | Stanford mansion on Mob Hill, in San Francisco, with all its furnishings. paintings and other art works, the whole valued at Sl, ,O00, GOO. The house is the finest ever built in California. FIRE, on the 18th, caused loss of Si00, GOO in the building I72 and l74 | Madison street Chicago; we'll covered l by insurance.
 THE president, on the 18th, sent to the senate the nomination of Carroll
 D. Wright, of Massachusetts, to be commissioned of labor-a reappoint- l ment.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
THE LAW SATISFIED.
Arthur Duestrow, Murderer of Wife
 and Child, Hanged.
The Final Act in One of the Most Brutal Tragedies that Ever Occurred in st. Louis, Performed
 at Union, Mo.

UNION. Mo, Feb. 16.-Arthur Dues trow, who murdered his wife and baby in St. Louis three years ago last Sat urday, was hanged in the courtyard in this little village at D. m
 Duestrow was dead eight minutes after the drop fell. His last words were: "Goodby, simon"
 The drop was too short and he strangled to death.
 Doctors Helm, Brieglieb, Isbell, Munch, Tandy and Simon held his pulse and watched his heart beats.
 During the first two minutes Dues trow made 2s attempts per minute to breathe. Then the respirations grew slower and slower until they stopped at the end of eight minutes.
 As his legs were being tied, Sheriff Puchta said: Now. Mir. Duestrow, have you anything to say"
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19


 Nothing but that a big mistake is being made" he replied. Then, as the tying went on, he said: May 1 say a few words?"
 Certainly" replied the sheriff. and two or three others in a breath.
 ''I wish to say" he then almost whispered, that big mistake is be- ing made here. 1 am Gen. Branden- burg, of the United States army am not the man whom you accuse. 1 am not a murderer of woman and a child. l now stand before you, sir, bound and tied, a criminal, but l am innocent of any crime. go at peace with my Lord. 1 want you to say that thank Gov. Johnson for what he has done for me-
 As he hesitated, then Sheriff Puchta raised bis hand. The black cap was placed over the struggling locks The cap was drawn tight and then tighter, the prisoner cried "Good by, Simon, '' and the rope holding the trigger of the trap was cut by Deputy Krekel. The black form fell almost lightly down into the square hole and twisted two or three times. The physicians then seized his arms and counted out the last struggling pulse beats of the double murderer
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
THE LAST NIGHT.

With the coming of the dawn came the full appreciation to the condemned murderer that he was to die for his crime. He had held up bravely all during the night, but one glance at the gallows in the dim light of the morning robbed him of all his strength and forced tears from the eyes that had not felt them in three years of terrible suffering.
 He had been awake since three o'clock, chatting with his guards. bravely and pleasantly. The ghastly tragedy that was so soon to be enacted was kept as far from his thoughts as possible. Apparently the shadow of death was as far from him as it was from any prisoner in the jail.
 Toward morn ng he became a little restless, and Guard Krekel suggested that the inner door be opened and he be allowed to stretch his limbs in the larger room outside. He accepted the offer in a courteous spirit and stepped out.
 Through the window in the east end of the cell the first streak of dawn was creeping. The moon was dying swiftly under the fire of the rising sun; the frosted house tops down the road to the Burbois river were plainly visible.
 Duestrow walked calmly toward this window and looked out. His eve fell on the gallows just beneath the grewsome cross-bar from which he was to swing, looming high in the growing light and glistening with the frozen dew.
 IT MADE HIM WEAKEN.
 IL was like 8 knife thrust in his heart. A moan escaped his lips and he burst into tears. If he had never understood the fate he was to mee. in so short time, the full realization of
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
AFFAIRS IN CRETE.
A Greek Colonel Who Believes In csrry'ns
 Out His Orders.

CANEA, Feb. 17.-Gen. Dor, who in command of the gendarmerie as Canea, formally notified Col. 'assos' commanding the Greek troops at AAro tiri, Monday of the joint occupation o' Crete by the powers. To this no.,nea. tion the Greek colonel replied: aia ordered to occupy the island aud mus carry out my orders until l fecei'' other instructions"
 All business in Canea is suspehuea. except that of a manufactures :" collins, the demands upon whose "a'ss ' have largely increased. flgh.lns still going on at Akrotiri and oeiln~ but it is confined to conflicts oee"esL the Turks and Christians. The "i... troops which were landed on sas " islands have not yet been engaseu
 battle. ,,.
 The Christians hold all of the u'' tricts around Canea.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
Cretan Christians Wild with Delight o,,,
 Greek Aid.

ATHENS, Feb. l7.-The Cretan Chris. tians are wild with delight over the manner in which Greece has come ,o their aid. When the Greek troops landed on the island they were re- ceived with the greatest enthusiasm, men, women and children hailing them as deliverers from their long bondage to the hated Turks Every. where the deepest anxiety was dis. played to swear loyalty to King George, the Christians taking it for granted that they were to become at once subjects of the king of the He. lenes.
 The temper of the people is such that they would scarcely hesitate to undertake the foolhardy task of defy. ing the combined Powers in their ef- forts to secure their liberty.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

THE state department learned, on the llth, that Correspondent Scovel must be tried at Sancti Spiritus, where he was arrested. The trial will be before civil tribunal, and in case an appeal is taken it will proba- ply be heard at Havana. This infor- nation is understood to be satisfac- tory to the officials.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

GEN. BoR, who is in command of the gendarmerie at Canea, on the l6th, formally notified Col. Vassos, com manding the Greek troops at Akrotiri, of the joint occupation of Crete by the powers. To this notification the Greek colonel replied: Il am ordered to occupy the island and must carry out my orders until receive other in- structlons"
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

MURRAY NJ. DAVIS, head bookkeeper and confidential man for the Pitts burgh (Pa.) Coal Co. at Cincinnati, was arrested, on the 12th, on the charge of embezzelment. Murray confessed to shortage of S5,000, which he had lost playing lottery.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

THE act of 1887, forfeiting the land grant of the Atlantic x Pacific Rail : way Co, was sustained in all point S by the supreme court of the United States, on the 18th, the opinion being read by Justice Brown. It was ex- haustive, reviewing all the defenses set up by the company and finding against it at every point.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
THE weekly statement of the New

THE weekly statement of the New York city associated banks for the following changes: Reserve. decrease, C.. 9Ol, s25; loans, increase, S2,s45, 100; specie. increase, seas, ,00o; legal tend- CTS, decrease, s5, 7s6, 800; deposits, de- crease, $ss6, TOO; circulation, decrease, 264 GOO
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

CAPT. PHILo N. McGIFFIN, a former officer in the Chinese navy, who was in command of the battleship Chen Yuen at the battle of the Yalu river, committed suicide, on the nth, in the Post Graduate hospital in New York city, by shooting himself through the head. He was 34 years old.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
Right ot Greece to Intervene APpars'''
 Recognized.

ATHENS, Feb. 17.-Advices recei.ss .ss here from Crete say that none oi s.s foreign warships in Cretan water M as landed any men except at Canea' the Greek troops that were lanus ,h. Akrotiri were not hindereo " .a powers in debarking, it is consiu'.ss .s. here that the powers recognize na.s s
 right of Greece to intervene in 0r''s
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

A BILL was introd uced in the house of representatives. on the 18th, to au- thorize the secretary of the navy to make 20-year contract with the Hi nois Steel Co. to supply armor plate for ships at S20o per ton. which is S26a per ton less than the present price.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

IMPORTATION was received in Lon- don, on the 10th, that the British Niger expedition had captured the town of Bida, the capital of the Foulah tribe One officer was killed in the assault upon the town.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

IN an article on the situation in Crete, the Paris Gaulois says that the king of Greece, when in Paris in No venoer last. gave the government to uL understand that his further resistance 10 the aspirations of the people of Greece was impossible, aud he was, therefore, compelled to seek closer re- lations with Austria and Great Brit ain, the disposition of Russia being unfriendly.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

LEE HARRISON, who claimed to be a first cousin to ex-President Harrison, died in Denison, Tex, on the 18th, from a dose of morphine. The de- ceased was Tn straitened circum- stances.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

TIE treasury deficiency for seven and half months of the current fiscal year, to the 10th, was S47, ,7l3, 30O. The available money in the treasury for current use was stated at s2id, ,000, 900. of which SAG, C00, 900, including the Slo0,u0o,Oo0 gold reserve, was gold; s20, o,oU0 silver certificates; Sll,OO0, 000 United States notes, and S29, 900, 0o0 of miscellaneous funds.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

vAsDALs have again been at work on the Marquette statue in Washing ton. The latest crank has broken off several feathers from the caps of the bronz Indians W hich decorate the base.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

THE porte has informed the powers that Turkey will attack Greece in Thessaly in the event of the powers failing to restrain hostile action on the part of Greece in Crete.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

AN expert examination of the books of DeKalb county, Ind, shows county and ex-county officials short about S3o,oo0 Of this sum ex-Jreasurer Fair is charged with nearly SI2,O00; ex-Auditor Golf berry s, 100, and ex- Clerk Moody S2,700. Others, whose names have not yet been made pu olic, are short in their accounts ranging from S400 to S3,0O0.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19
M'kiNLEY BETTEh.
His Physicians, However, "hi No
 Him to See Visitors

CANTON, O., Feb. l7.-Ma1 Mcnd and passed very comfortable nlgnsa a;ng s is feeling cheerful. The al'en re. physician will not permit him " na. ceive many callers and he will ps sntIi ble to leave the city for Clevelano a. Iii Wednesday or Thursday at the s;,inr est. The inducements of pr;. office-seekers are now filed wi.n I;rs n vate Secretary Boyle, thus ren and Mir. Mckinley of much lsos' worry.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

IT is estimated that the appropria- tions by the present congress will az gregate sl ,O44, 463, 900.
The Forrest City times., 1897-02-19

ON the 18th the banks of New York city held s5l, $50. 225 in excess of the requirements of the 35-per cent. rule.