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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-28

Chtarrh Cured. clear mead and sweet
breath led with Shiloh'sCa arrh Itcmedy
Sold on a guarantee. Nasal injector ana
sole by n b. Daufol:h. Ind andMar9et 81
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-28

Lots OF home reif- In .av or Of DR.
Simms' White pu ihlsam as the
great cure for sore md diseases Of
lungs. 1T alway. ~"' prevents con
sumption, for &C., COG King
street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-28

= From the favorable comments pub
lished in the papers tho lawyers in our
city are perfectly satisfied at the appoint.
mcnt Of Mr. T. G, Bradford to the U. S.
Judgeship. Mr.. Bradford is II gentleman
and scholar and conscientious man,
and will do honor to the position, himself
and tho State.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29
Sudden Death

On Saturday Eliza Ann Murdoch,
colored, had Josh Richardson, colored,
arrested IN the charge of committing
assault and battery on her Saturday
morning. He was taken before Justice
Bunting and was recognized for his ap-
pearance for a hearing at 8 o'clock.
About 2 o'clock Richardson went to
Justice Bunting and told him that he
and the pima had made it up and she
would not prosecute him. Justice
Bunting, therefore, suspended judg-
ment on payment Of costs and recog-
nized Richardson till 6 p. m, at which
time he was to come back and pay the
costs.
AT 8 p. m, the woman put in an ap-
pearance before Justice Bunting to tes-
tify against Richardson and when she
was told that he had said he a set
tied h matter with her, she sale it
was not true, that she had not done so
and would prosecute him.
Richardson failed to get back to
Justice Bunting at s o'clock, and the
next heard Of him was between s and
Z o'clock Sunday evening, when he was
found dead in bed, by his little son.
Richardson was a man Of about SIS
years of age, and lived up stairs in a
house in the yard of the residence at 10
Dock street. There were rumors that
the dc man had been poisoned and DR..
w. D. Mcmillan. superintendent of
health. and coroner Jacobs went around
to make an investigation DIR. McMil-
Ian pronounced heart trouble as the
cause of the death and it was not deem
ed necessary to hold an inquest.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29

derminsed condition the track sank as
as the weight OF the train was put
on it. and the entertainment giving
away. the train was. Of course. precip-
itated into the river. Such conditions
Is this we have never looked for.
Trains have been running over his
spot for years and years without acct
dent. or difficulty OF any kind. and this
piece of track was considered as good
as any section Of the railroad. Not only
vas the Foadbed the hardest kind of
an embankment. but IL was strength
ned by a retaining water wall of solid
mansonry three feet thick"
Other railroad officials were OF the
opinion that a auicksand foundation Of
some kind below the water-line was re-
sponsibie for the sinking of the road
bed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29
PLUNGED INTO TIE RIVER
Fearful Accident to an Express Train on
the New York Central Rail, o~ad-rwenty
Eight Lives Lost-The Engine and Sew
eral Cars Submerged in the River

Garrisons, N. Y, October 24.-(Sun-
day.)-From the sleep that means re-
freshment and rest to the eternal sleep
that knows no waking plunged in the
twinkling of an eye this morning twen-
ty-eight souls, men, women and chill
dren. Into the Shiny bed of the Hud-
son river a train, laden with slumber-
ing humanity, plowed, dragging through
the waters the helpless passengers.
The New York Contra train left Buff
falo last night, and had progressed for
nearly nine-tenths of the distance to-
ward it's destination, when the great
engine plunged into the depths of the
river.
Neither engineer nor fireman will
ever tell the story Of that terrible mo-
ment, for with his and upon the throt-
tie the engineer plunged with his en-
CINE to the river bottom, and the fire.
man, too, was at his post. Behind them
came the express car, the combination
car, and the sleepers, and these piled
on top Of the engine.
1t is known that it was a trife foggy,
and that the track was not visible, but
If there was any break in the lines Of
steel it must have been of very recent
happening, for only an hour before
there had passed over it a heavy pas
senger train, laden with human freight.
There is no explanation ready. All is
conjecture.
The section Of road was supposed to
be the very best on the entire divi
sion. There was a great heavy retain
ing wall all along the bank, and while
the tide was high yesterday, and while
unprecedented. What seems to have
n nnpnp6 WAS thar r1n6orn q tn tho
tracks and ties the heavy wall had
given way. and when the great weight
of the engine struck the unsupported
tracks it went crashing through the
rest of the wall and tOppled over into
the river. AS the train plunged over
held the last three Of the six sleepers
broke, and they m~iraculously remain
ed or the broker track. In that way
some ey lives were saved.
cyl ILLNESSES WERE FEW.
OF eye witnesses there were none x
cept the crew of a tug boat, passing
with a tow. They saw the train with
it's light as it came flashing around
the curves, n then saw the greater
part of it go into the river. Some of
the cars with closed windows f1Oated,
and the tug, whistling for help, cast
off it's hawser and started to the res
cue. A porter jumped from one Of the
cars that remained on the track, and
ran into the yard of Augustus Cars
house, near which the accident occur
red, and stood screaming for help.
In a few minutes Carr had dressed
himself, and, getting a boat, rowed
with the porter to the scene. AS they
turned a point in the bank they came
upon the express car and the combina-
ton car floating about twenty feet
from shore, but sinking every minute.
One man was taken from the top of the
car. and efforts were made to rescue
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29
The North Atlantic storm

Cape May, N. j., October 25.-One of
swept the lower Jersey coast and up
Delaware bay for the past twenty-four
hours. Many vessels have been strand
ed and there is an unconfirmed report
hat a ship went down off shore this
morning. A fleet is riding at anchor
within the harbor, unable to proceed
either way, and the meadows are so
inundated that railroad raw to the
coast resorts is practically suspended.
The Ocean City, Sea Isle and Maurice
River branches of the West Jersey rail-
road are submerged. Nearly a mile Of
the Reading track have been washed
away near Egg Harbor and the mail
coach between that place and Tucker
ton was held up today by flooded roads.
Much damage has been done in the
vicinity Of Lewes, Delaware. The
schooners Little F~alkenburg, Sarah I.
Vaughn, H. w. Laws and Annie L.
Gender went ashore on the beach there
last night. The crews were safely
landed. The schooner Emma L.. Cot
tingham, from Fall River for Philadel-
phia, is ashore neal this city. She lies
on a stone pile we'll up the beach. The
schooner Elizabeth Lee, Philadelphia
for Gloucester, Mass, broke from tugs
which held her today. and drifted on
the point of Cape Penelope. She is in
a bad position and may go to pieces at
any moment because of her cargo of
coal. The crew was taken board the
tugs. AT Bowers, Delaware, William
Spencer and his wife are in the second
story of their cottage, which is sur
rounded by water, and help cannot
reach them. Many animals hav been
drowned there.
Ocean City, Nd, October 25.-The
storm of the last two days was the
worst in the memory of the oldest in
habitant. The wind attained the pro-
portions of a hurricane, n the surf
a four feet deep across the beach into
Sinepuexent bay. The large porches of
Congress hall. Trimpers, the Eastern
shore hotel, Choppers pavilion. Allan
tic hotel and Meyer cottage are COM
pletely wrecked.
Cape Charles, Va, October PA
severe wind and rain storm has been
raging here since yesterday. The tide
this morning al several inches higher
than it was eve known to reach be-
fore. The keeper Of Cobbs Island Life
saving station arrived here this after
noon and reported the island entirely
submerged and deserted. The station,
which was raised last winter and
placed upon piling. was washed off it's
foundation and the kitchen and part of
the main building was swept away by
a heavy sea. The life saving crew
made their escape in the life boat and
reached the main land safely after a
hard struggle.
New York, October 25.-High tides
and high winds that drove the sea in
land have caused an immense amount
Of damage along the Jersey and Long
Tc1o nd CAq CT during the mast tWontY-
four hours. Many buildings erected on
the sand at the summer resorts were
knocked to pieces and carried out to
sea, and coast line railroads have suf-
fered much loss and delay by reason
Of the storm. The highest tides in
years, supplemented by wind which
blew at the rate Of from thirty five to
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29
EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED
A New York Central Train Thrown Into
Hudson River-Nfneteen Persons Killed

Garrisons, n. Y, October 25.-The
York Central n Hudson River rail-
road wreck, a list which the railroad
officials believe includes all of those
who could possibly have been lost in
the disaster, foots up nineteen. The
bodies of the engineer, fireman n Mr..
Van Ettens. secretary, are yet in the
river, with small hope of their imme-
date recovery. The incidents and fea-
trues Of the day have had a tinge of
the dramatic around them. Had it not
been for the act that torrents of rain
poured down all the afternoon, the
New York Central railroad would have
had an excursion upon their hands
larger than any for many years. AS it
was train load after train loa landed at
the stations near the wreck and walked
through the drenching ain to stand
and stare at the burning emberS n
mutilated cars. OF the sixteen dea
who lay in the c%orOnor's office at Cold
Springs, eight were heather foreigners,
whose names or residences meant
scarcely anything to the general pub
lie, and yet six of those eight were
identified and claimed long before any
person had came forward to inquire or
seek for two well dressed and evident-
ly very respectable Christian white
women, the only women killed in the
wreck. In the morgue they lay for the
full two days unclaimed n unsOught
evidently, while the other lea were
claimed and taken care Of.
The torch was applied to the day
coach n the combination smoking
and baggage car. The work of raising
the sleeping coach Hermes proceeded
slowly, and it was not until 1 o'clock
that it was floated upon a transport.
The car was towed down the river n
deposited on the bank, where it was
destroyed by fire. The last coach Of
the ill fated train, The Niobe, was got
ten out of the water at 5 o'clock and
also burned. All day a large force of
men has been at work building the
tracks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29
FOUL PLAY
Pieces of Bloody Shirts Found on Sout1
Water Street-Has q Murder Been Com
,nfttpd?

Pieces of Bloody Shirts Found on South
Water street-Has q Murder Been Com.
nitted
Sunday morning Mr.. s. II. Mintz, fore
man at the naval stores yard of Messrs.
Robinson & King, while ON his way to
the yard, discovered two CORY shirts on
Water and Ann streets. One of them, an
undershirt. was found in front of Mr..
William Calder's bropck warehouse. near
Ann street. 1t was bloody and was
slashed in shreds across the front by
some sharp instrument. Up the street
from the warehouse to Mr.. p. r. Fow-
ler's office was scattered pieces Of a top
shirt. They were also bloody and were
slit with a sharp instrument. and the
pieces bore cuts in many places. A part
of the shirt with one sleeve was found
near Messrs. Robinson & Kings, and the
other sleeve was found across the rail-
qroad track further down the street.
Every piece of the shirt was cut and
satuated Will blood. One of the pieces
OF the top shirt seen by a Messenger
representative had the size marked on it
number 1914. The cuffs were a faded
pink.
Mr.. j. w. Mintz. night Waterman for
Messrs. Robinson & King. says he heard
a crowd fussing along the street Sunday
morning between ! and 2 o'clock. while
they were going down the street. Later
some men came up the street tearing up
something, which was no doubt the
shirt.
The bloody ga-~cnts aroused suspicion
thaf . nsr haS t--@n H. cred and his
bodg throw n int he II =. 2 Few feet
away. Police headquarters were notified
and Chief of Police Melton notified the
sergeants and policemen TO make all Dos
sib.e investigation into the matter. He
also investigated into the matter himself
and was working or it last night.
There is some Misrepresentation that the
shirt belongs to a sailor on board either
the British steamship Magdala or Kirk
hill. but nothing definite could be ascer-
tanned last night. There are men missing
from both ships. but IL is believed by the
captains that they ave deserted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29

ninety miles an hour prevailed today
and when the high water reaches its
maximum tomorrow evening no little
damage Is expected unless the gale
abates From down the Long Island
coast the heaviest damage is reported.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29

Brockton Mass. October 3.,-The sole
fasteners strinke was declared at an end
To-Day by secretary McSherry. Of the IN
ion. The strikers were clearly beaten
and there Is a big stampede for positions
at almost any prices, the men making
their own terms with the manufacturer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29

There is no need Of little children
being tortured by scald head, eczema
and skin erptions. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve gives instant relief and
cures permanently. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29
ON THE FENCE
HAL AVER And CY THOMPSON
DoDGING THE ISSUE

To Build a Public Road Through State
landslide Case Of Pearson ~ Wilson
Argued The Cotton Crop Nearly All
Picked-The Wilmington Bsg Factory.
Suit Of Swinsou \ gAinst the Legislative
Onicers Argued People D~iscant~ntsd
With the Administrations
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29

Disbursements for life by burns or
scalds may be avoided by using De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great
remedy for piles and for all kinds Of
sores and skin troubles. R. r. Bel
tamv.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-29

You can't cure consumption but you
can avoid it and cure every other form
OF throat or lung trouble by the use OF
One Minute Cough Cure. r. r. Bel
lamy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11

On account of the Tennessee Centen-
NAL and International Exposition, Nash
vile, Tenn, May to October 80. 1897,
the N. & w. Railway will offer for sale
round-trip tickets from Charles Town at
the following reduced rates: Glass A,
Sac. os. Tickets to be sold April "a, and
daily on and after April rs until October
Is, 1897, inclusive, limited for return to
November 7, 1897. Glass B, SI9.75.-
Tickets to be sold daily from April 80 to
October IS inclusive, with final limit,
twenty days from date of sale. not in
Guiding day of sale. Glass B. SASS.
Tickets to be sold on Tuesday and
Thursday of each week, beginning April
20 and, until and including October 5,
1897, limited to ten day from date of sale,
not including day of sale. For further
information see posters,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11

At the n. Y. Racket Store you can
buy nice teachers Oxford bible SKI ms,
nice morocco bin ding SIC; 7x10 81. 20; Just
received big job of nice brooms, l2c
brooms for 10c; 16c brooms for l2c; zoe
brooms l6c; 25c brooms for zoe; kitchen
grindstones zoe; table knives and forks
40, so, So, IS, rs. 81 90 81 10 set; RussslPs
celluloid handle knives and forks 50 90
set; Rogers silver plated knives and
forks So so; tea spoons 4, 8 and zoe; solid
silver metal better than solid silver zoe
set. Rogers $1.00 set; table spoons to
match all, double the price ofteaspoons |;
cast shears and &c, best steel Is 20. %
and SOC; job in in. steel latent spring
soc worth soc; Wade 81 Butcher razors
35c; fine Hollow ground Coo; fine Ger
an ground Coo; lawn mowers the best
made II in. $2.75: II in. So 90; 10 in. 50. p;
big job in cast steel blacksmith ham
mers 25c, worth csc; extension brass WIS.,
Thule rods lie, each extends "a to A ms.
bride snaps Sc or for SC; cupboard
catches complete &c each; picture nails
lie each; braided picture wire Ic yd or
10c for coil of % yd; spring balances %
Id. Sc; our millinery trade is still boom
ing we get in new shapes of hats and
new flowers and ribbons every week.
j. w. COFFMAN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11
Dedication.

Elk Branch Lodge No. %, A, F. 6,
A. NJ, will publicly dedicate their new
hall at Shenandoah Junction, May goth,
at 2:3o p. M, followed by speaking by
Most Worshipful Grand Master B. D.
Gibson, of Charles Town; Hon. Geo. L.
Wellington, of Washington, D. c.. and
Hon. Marshall Mccormick, of Berryville,
Va. At o'clock p. m. the Lodge will
have work in Third degree. Ali neigh
boring lodges and public cordially invited
to attend, as there will be strawberry
and ice cream festival in progress at that
time. Proceeds for benefit of the lodge.
COMMITTEE.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11

Mr.. Harry E. Munday, the hustling
representative in this county of the Ha-
gerstown spoke and Bending Works, is in
town, experimenting the removal here
of machinery for the establishment of
branch mandatory of that well-known
enterprise at the Eagle Machine Shops,
near the N. & w. depot, recently rented
for that purpose. These works have
already done a large and satisfactory
business with our people, and we with
pleasure hail the advent of their branch
here, especially in view of the probability,
as we learn from a reliable source, that
the Charles Town establishment is quite
likely, in the not distant future, to
develope into something of big dimen-
sions.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11

More Things Than One.

Besides the great sales of wall paper
and window shades that Beard, the Sta
toner, has had during the last month
and which continues to prevail, he does
nice business in other lines. Ladies
calling cards, latest style, beautifully
engraved or printed from old plates
Wedding invitations printed orengraved
at less cash than in the cities. Samples
of these may be seen by calling, or will
be sent to any address. Supply of Ham
mocks just in.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11
County Court,

The regular May term of the County Court
of Jefferson County began Tuesday, with the
five commissioners in attendance-W. H. T.
Lewis President
The report of James Hendricks, county
surveyor, showing length of branch tracks
and switches of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road at Bakerton and Kearneysville for pur-
poses of taxation, was approved and filed,
and the prosecuting attorney ordered to re-
port the same to the board OF public works
of this State.
On the petition of 1. w. Williams and
others to open a public road from Shenan-
doah Junction to Duffields, on the south side
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, three
commissioners were appointed to view the
location and report to the next term of the
court.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11
April 6,

A very delightful little social dance was
enjoyed by the young ladies and gentlemen
of Summit Point and vicinity Wednesday
evening last. Messrs. r. w. Willis, Harry
Warden and DIR. Lou Allen were the pro-
jectors, and the large boarding house build
ing of Misses Wilson was in requisition for
the dancers. Music for the entertainment
was furnished by the Charles Town must
clans. There were present from this city,
Misses Bette Sublette, Anna Aisquith, Mar
garet Kennedy, Christine Chew and Halle
Alexander and Messrs. VIM. and Richard
Alexander, Maberry Harrison, Paca Kenne.
dy and A. s. Allen, Misses Lippitt and
Annie Mcdonald, of Berryville, were also
among the guests. Refreshments were
served about midnight, and the morning was
well advanced before the party broke up and
the participants reached home.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Charles Town, Jefferson county
w. Va, May s, 1897:
Miss Ellen Colston Mrs. Lille Davis, Mr.
W. W. Marrs, Mrs. Annie Morgan, Miss Sarah
z. Ross. E. Fl. Sabine, j. F. Thomas, F. NJ
Tho
The above letters, if not called fol-
within fifteen days, will be sent to the
dead letter Office. Persons calling fol
them will please say that they are ad.
vertised. GEO. H. FLAGG, P. M.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11
smiIes Irradiate the countenance

When those atrocious bodily troubles, chills
aud fever, dyspepsia, kidney or rheumatic
disorders, yield, as they invariably to do. to the
benign action of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a
remedy of comprehensive use, pure in COM
position, unobjectionable To delicate palate.
and thorough in effect. Sick headache, loss of
appetite, flesh and sleep, nausea. heartburn.
are among the physical annoyauces obvi ated
by the Bitters. They are in the nature of iig-
mails of distress displayed by disorded stom-
ach, liver and bowels, and disappear with the
cause that produce them. But these signals
should be needed at once. Then the woe be
gone look of chronic i'll health will. speedily
disappear, vigor and comfort restore cheer
full as pect to the face That faithful index to
the condition of the system never fails t wear
look of sunshine when the Bitters 10 used to
dispel the cloud
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11

When person is losing flesh and wasting
away there is cause for alarm. Nothing SO
worries q physician. Consumptiyes would
never die IL they could regain their usual
weight. In fact there would be no cousump
ton il there was no wasting of the system
The cause of this loss of flesh is a failtre to
properly digest the food eaten. Nine-tenths
of all our diseases date back to some derange-
ment of the stomach.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial will stop this
wasting of the body. 1t acts by causing the
food we eat to be digested SO a to do good
The Cordial contains food already digested
and is q digester of foods as well.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11
BuekIsn,s Arnlca saIve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, chiiblains,
Corns, and Skin Eruptions and POSITIVELY
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunped. Price rs cents per box
For Sale by Geo. T. Light
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11

VIM. Kahn, the leading clothier, Sad
Ter block, is showing the largest and most
complete display of mems spring suits
ever brought to this city. This extensive
assortment embraces the newest, up-to-
date styles, made from the seasons
choicest fabrics, and for general excel
lence are equal to the finest custom-made
garments.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1897-05-11

Col. H. B. Davenport received last
week, from former fellow student at
the University of Virginia, whom he has
not seen for forty-four years, pressing
invitation to be his guest, at his home
near Nashville, on the occasion of the
coming Confederate reunion This will
doubtless be a doubly pleasant time for
the Colonel, should he decide to go, and
we hope he will be able 70 make it suit to
accept the hearty invitation of his warm
friend of wears agone