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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30

Chicago, Dec. a9.-Mrs. Anderson
and her two daughters, Edith and
Myrtle, aged s and years, were as.
phyxiated by Illuminating gas in their
home at 81 johnson avenue. TODAY.
The husband, on returning from work
tonight, found his wife and children
dead In bed. Gas was pouring from
al the Jets in the cookstove.
Jim Stevenson of Lexington, Ky.
has an immense hand. From the
wrist to the tip Of the middle finger it
measures ii inches, and the thumb
nail is as big as half dollar.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30
sAwideassfrs

w "SHfiIg tVH, wv -
been. granted to the
Knudsen, a soldier il
back pay OF which q
$4,000 The man Wa
way, and was marrieq
who gets the pension
Knudsen1 emigratet -
1861 q enlisted .IanuasIl
company II, fifteenth ~,
,onsin volunteer ma
service October Is 2 l6o
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30
A Spoakne man has gone to Within,

A Spoakne man has gone to Wilbur
to break in $40 horses for the, Alaska
Mining, Milling d Development Com
dany' The horses are to , be used by
the prospecting parties which this
company will send into the rich gold
fields OF the north. The dtst ct these
parties is fully organized will start
north from Spokane late in February.
Other parties will follow later in the
season, the object of the company be
ing to cover the several districts so as
to be able to take advantage of the
PUSHES and stampedes which always re.
suit from reports of strike.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30
Anderson Fou1

o Norfolk, Va, DsS
Jury. find the priseHe
guilty AS charged in
This is the verdict
famous Olive Pecksf
charge being the purd
lers, OF the schoAAeF
The cook. As the a.
son will have to hs.nnl
verdict with apparent
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30

Isaiah ". Lees. the chief Of police
OF san Francisco, has been connected
with the department II years. He
was born in England and is &c years.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30
THEY BLAME Bu
Ruiz Said to Have
y Driven to His Do,
THE BAD FEELING W
1t Is Reported That RAJ,
Nainly Against UndeS1.5,
the Fatal MIssi~,

New York, Dec. s7.-l
over the killing OF Colonel
tense in Havana, says the r.
respondent. Many blan2 z
Blanco, alleging that he form
Ruiz to 60, in splte OF the
testations that it meant cesius
All accounts agree that CT
guen was personally oppod0I'
infection OF the extreme, -
would have saved RniSsI i
life would have been sacril 4
done so. in opposition to ~ 9
his superlors. ~
A cablegram has been ~
ing that General Lee has r
ed by Secretary Sherman sesra
eral Gomez and other Iebe|sR
need expect no Americad
they continued to permit f5Sls
Of truce. General Lee s6J5
ceived no instructions, Ill
krcw of 10 instance al 49,
the Spaniards OF a flag d ~
this war. 1t has never ~
by the Spanish authorizes ~
Ruiz was under a flag Of kp4f
stitution being unknown ~ n
army in Cuba. its use beihS !,
as involving recognition q n
gents as belligerents. 's'9
Much excitement was ee1k
day morning when smSlsj
ship, bearing strong sedu
the United States gunboat,
was seen approaching the3S
runor spread that an. AnQm
ship was coming in. aud hem
came frenzied when the itfasl
opened in salute to tie III
believing the city was bciil Il
ell. 1t was soon apparent ~
sci was the German- schoot
but several hours elapsed -
was restored in the city. grs
All last night raging 64A
visible southwest OF Haypla
miles away. Standing cli1,l
Toledo and Potugalete atalf
was about to commence IT,
set on fire by the rebels S6dt
destroyed. The fire csuiea
sternation in Havana. aiSn N
Within Sight Of Hi3
Havana, Dec. 27.-fhfa
fortunate mission Of C6l
the camp of Colonel Arr
province calls attentions \
remarkable circumstance1g
ish officer and a messe9 I,
American consulate could I,
urgent camp in an hour 4
Havana, when the tIooH L. I,
found it, and causes shafg 1
The military operations !
!, few miles from a Spoal
and its location has bonH ],
line months. sll 4
Ruiz friends among ~
md armed hremen Of HAEn i
General Blanco, and call MWf (
IN the insurgents. FrOm vi H.
he insurgents have sent I a
nunication TO the troop =
AXE II.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30

In San francisco
have been cuttin48
sharks. which they
yeon or tenderloin q
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30
THE GAR ADVANCING.

kinchau. a Remarkable Point Of Want
age, Now Occupied.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 29.-The Rus
SLAMS have occupied Kinchau, north of
Port Arthur.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-12-30

The gzzard of a hen recently killed
at Covington. Ga, contained 81 brass
tacks, 81 birdshot, two pins, a tiny
brass ring, a bit of steel and some
crushed brass caps.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The new S. silver certificate has
been counterfeited.
Jack Burke, ex-champion middle
weight pugilist, died at Cheltenham,
England, yesterday.
Queen Victoria has invited all the
members of the House OF Commons
and their wives to reception at Wind
sor Castle next Saturday.
Father Conaty, rector fthe Catholic
University, at Washington, has been
made monsignor, or domestic prelate,
with the title of right reverend.
1t is reported that Schweinfurth, the
so called "Messiah,n has purchased
1000 acres of land in Arkansas from
Senator Blackburn and will establish
one of his Heavens there.
Mr.. John Russell Young will succeed
Mr.. A. 4. Spotford as librarian OF Con-
gress. Mr.. Spoford has declined re-
nomination, choosing rather to fill the
position of chief assistant librarian
The New York correspondent of a
Madrid newspaper reports Secretary
Sherman as saying that American SEN
timent generally does not favor the an
nexation of Cuba to the United States.
The Jury in the case of the officers OF
the American Tobacco Company, in
dicted for conspiracy in restraint OF
trade, we're unable to agree yesterday
and were discharged. 1t is understood
that ten of the jurors were for convlc'
ton and two for acquittal.
The vault in the Office of Secretary
Butterheld, of the Agricultural Col
lege, at Lansing, Mich, was blown
open shortly before midnight Oh April
6, and some 81, 800 in college and post
office funds were stolen. A son OF Sec
rotary Butter6eld and another one Of
the college boys have been arrested and
confessed to the robbery. About 81 ,5OC
of the money has been recovered.
The most interesting and decisive
period of the Cuban war has arrived.
Should Gen. Weyler succeed in his
formidable effort against the province
of Santiago de Cuba, the revolution
will be crushed and peace established
as the captain general hopes it will be.
The crisis so long expected in Cubau
affairs is now at hand, and it has beer
reached. Gen. Weyler is resolved to
destroy the province of Santiago de
Cuba.
A dispatch from Bellesford, S. D.
says after twenty.four hours of con
slant fighting the three bandits who on
Wednesday robbed the bank there sur
rendered to sherifi's posse yesterday
and now occupy cells in the local Jail
The men surrendered under promise
that they should not be lynched
Several of the posse were injured dur
ing the conflict by bullets, but ne
wounds of serious character were in
hicted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
The Lambeth Conference.

LONDON, June 3O.-The Pan. An
glican, or, as it is officially called, the
Lambeth Conference, began to-day in
the chapel of Lambeth Palace-the Of
fetal residence of the Archbishop of
Canterbury. There are some 200 pre-
lates of the various churches in COM
munion with the church of England in
attendance, including, besides all the
archbishops and bishops ofthe churches
of England, Wales, Scotland and Ire
laud and the British colonies in all
parts of the world, many bishops repre-.
senting the Protestant Episcopal Church
of the United States. The actual work
of the convocation will not begin until
next Monday, the intervening days be-
ing devoted 10 preparatory services and
excursions to places memorable in the
history OF the church in England. On
Monday after the celebration of holy
communion in Westminster Abbey at
9 o'clock in the morning, the conference
opens at Lambeth Palace at IL o'clock,
the Archbishop of Canterbury presid-
ing. Each of the subsequent days Of
the conference will open with prayers
and on each day one or more subjects
will be discussed. This will bring
to close the first week of the con.
ference and from Monday, July II, to
Wednesday, July u, the conference
will not sit, the time being devoted to
committee work. No part of the de-
bates or discussions of the conference
are open to the public.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30

ing to sugar. He said that in view of
the treaty of annexation which had been
made. it seemed best to retain the
House provision leaving the reciprocity
treaty in statu quo.
Mr.. White said that if the treaty was
to be abrogated, it was desirable to
give the notice contemplated by the
treaty. He had intended to urge that
such notice be given, yet if we were to
embark on the project of annexlng e e
country having 300 Americans, 81 ,OoO
full blood Hawaiians, 5000 half bloods,
"a 900 Japanese, q, 900 Chinese, $4,000
Portuguese and l. 400 Germans, then
there would be no need of such notice.
The proposal to concur in the House
provision was then agreed to without
the formality of vote.
Coal was then taken up, Mr.. Allison
submitting changes making the duties
on bituminous coal and all coal con-
tanning less than 80 per cent. of hx-
ed carbon, and shale, 81 cent per ton
of % bushels, so pounds to the bushel;
coal slack or culm, such as will pass
through q half inch screen, Is cents per
ton; coke 20 per cent. ad valorem. The
Senate proviso was omitted relating to
certain reciprocal trade on coal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
New York's Murder Mystery

NEW YORK, June 3O.-The man who
was murdered some time last week
and who was cut into two parts, one of
the parts being taken to the woods
near Washington bridge, and the
other being thrown into the East river,
has been identified IS William Gulden.
suppe, a rubber in the Murray Hill
baths. Eight employees in the baths
have positively identified the remains.
DR.. Crosby's Identification was by
means of a cicatrix on the finger,
caused by felon, which he had lanced
for Guldensuppe. Captain O'Brien, of
the detective bureau, said this morning
that in the course of short time he
would make statement regarding the
case.
Herman Mack, husband of the wo-
man with whom Guldensuppe had
been consorting, has been placed under
arrest. Mrs. Mack has been identified
as one OF the two women who pur.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30

IN THE English Parliament last week
the government was asked whether Vt
knew that the legitimate ruler OF the
Sandwich Islands had been deposed by
small body of Americans, who had as
sumed sovereignty there, snd who, in
order to save themselves from the re-
sentiment of the outraged people, now
beg the United States to annex those
islands. That single enquiry, which
was unanswered, contained the jist OF
the whole Hawaiian question, and stat
ed the truth OF the case in few words.
AS the deposition referred to could not
have succeeded except by the active as
sistance of this governments accredited
agents and the marines from one of its
ships of war anchored there, the only
right thing it has now to do in the mat
ter is to restore the status quo that ex-
listed there prior to its improper inter
ference, and then let the people of the
island, Indians, Japanese, Chinese,
Europeans, lepers aud all, paddle their
own canoe, as the people OF this country
would do if their government should be
subverted by foreign force.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
VIRGINIA NEWS.

1t is expected that one million bales
of cotton will De received at Norfolk
next season.
Montgomery, Highland and Prince
Edward counties and Bristol yester
day elected Tyler delegates to the State
convention.
Wytheville, Lexington, Salem, Rad
ford and other points report slight
earthquake shock between eleven and
twelve o'clock Monday night.
Rev. Mr.. Luttrell, of Amissville, has
been called to the Broad Run Baptist
Church, and will hold services there
the second and fourth Sunday in july
The Southern Railway has been en-.
joined from disseminating the opera
ton of the line between Franklin and
Rocky Mount. This line has not paid
for some time and the company wishes
to abandon it.
Miss Lizzie Sheppard, daughter Of
Mr.. William Sheppard, prominent
business man of Warrenton, and Thos
G. Bruce, who is connected with the
Southern Railway Company, were mar
ried in Warrenton yesterday.
Mr.. James c. Martin, OF Norfolk, was
married yesterday to Miss Mary Lee
Fitzhugn, of Culpeper. the ceremony
taking place in the Presbyterian Church
at that place. After bridal tour they
will reside in Norfolk, where the groom
is engaged in business.
Frank Linn, thief and bug, has
been disposed of by jury in the Hust-
ings Court of Portsmouth, and his pun
ishment fixed at FIVE years in the pen.
iteutiary. He pleaded guilty. The
authorities of the city are taking steps
to keep the city clear of 6rebugs.
Frank A. Brooks, after many years
of aimless wandering, turned up in
Richmond, yesterday morning, just one
day after his wife had been allowed the
privilege OF assuming her maiden name
by decree of divorce on the ground OF
desertion. Three children were given
to the mother by the decree of the
court.
Mr.. Albert Vaughan, an aged citizen
of Culpeper county, met with serious
and perhaps fatal accident near that
town Monday night. He started to
visit some of his relatives who live near
by his home, and with whom he ex.
pected to spend the night. In crossing
a stream he was seized with vertigo
and fell into the water. He lay there
through the night. with only his head
and part of his body out of the water,
and was found by his daughter Tues.
morning. Mr.. Vaughan is in a critical
condition, and slight hopes of his re-
covery are entertained.
Samuel Walker, who was at one
time travelling salesman for Slingluff,
Johns & Co., wholesale boot and shoe
dealers, of Baltimore, committed sui
eide Saturday morning at the home of
his brother, Rev. William W. Walker,
near Oldhams, Westmoreland county.
No reason is given for the rash deed.
A peculiarly touching incident of the
episode is that the suicide happened in
the exact place in the garden, and with
the same gun, which George Walker,
his brother, who at one time lived in
Alexandria, took his life about seven
years ago. A widow, who was a Miss
Harding, of Richmond county, and
seven children survive.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNE 70 1897

IT IS printed in some of the recog-
nized organs OF the administration That
the President has yielded to the de-
msnds of his party and decided to re-
organize the civil service commission
and so change the civil service rules as
to enable appointing officers to remove
democratic employees and put republi'
cans in their places, without subjecting
the latter to the test of competitive ex-
aminations, his common sense OBJECT De-
ing to intrust the execution OF his par
tvs purposes to friends, and not to enc
mics or those lukewarm in his cause.
Under the present system of civil ser
vice. the responsibility of improper
appointments is put upon an entirely
irresponsible board of examiners, to
whom mans character and efficiency
are as nothing, provided he can answer
some school boy questions. There is no
doubt of tbs fact that the practice OF
paving for partisan service with public
office is wrong, but, under republican
form of government, and especially one
in which the privilege of suffrage is
unrestricted, no administration that
does follow 1t can reasonably expect to
retain power for more than one term
at time. That such is the case is
unfortunate, but it is true.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
CHANGES ON THE SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.

The Southern Railway reorganiza.
ton in the transportation department
will go into effect on July 4th. Three
new divisions are created, one known
as the Washington division, the second
as the Ashevile division and the third
as the ADMISSION division. The idea in
making this reorg anization is, as
stated, to equalize the divisions and
the runs of the train men. Some
changes in the freight schedules will
also 60 into effect on July 4th.
A number of changes have been
issued by various officials of the South
ern Railway making changes in the
management of different divisions,
which become effective July 4. The
offices of general roadmaster and super
intendent of bridges and buildings have
been abolished. ]. A. Dodson has been
appointed superintendent of tracks,
bridges and buildings, at Washington,
in charge of the maintenance of way
aud structures upon the Washington,
Norfolk, Charlotte, Richmond, Ashe
Vile, aud Columbia divisions, and so
much of the Atlanta division as lies be-
tween Greenville, S. c., and Belt juno
ton, including branches Mr.. D. w.
Lum is made uperintendent of track,
bridges, and buildings at Atlanta, Ga,
in charge of the maintenance of way
and structures upon the Atlanta lex
cept between belt Junction and Green.
vile, S. CO. Birmingham, Macon, An.
niston, Knoxville, and Louisville divi.
sion.
The jurisdiction of Mr.. ]. S. B.
Thompson, assistant general superin.
dent. Atlanta, Ga, will I've over the
Atlanta, Macon, Admission, Bennington,
Knoxville, aud Louisville divisions. A
number of changes have been made in
the operating divisions. E. Ryder,
Charlottesville, has been made super
intendent of the Washington division,
Washington to Monroe, Alexandria
branch, Round Hill branch, Harrison
burg branch, Warrenton branch, and
Monroe yard. G. F. Thomas has been
made master mechanic of the Washing
ton division, located at Alexandra,
while G. W. Payne, has been appointed
roadmaster, and @. Walker supervisor
of bridges and buildings of the division.
with headquarters at Manassas.
Superintendent N. ]. O'Brien will
have charge of the Norfolk division
with headquarters at Greensboro, N.
G. There will be 661 miles in this d.
vision-Monroe to Spencer, 1859 miles !;
Rocky Mount branch, 81; Greensboro
to Goldsboro, 100; Selma to Pinner's
Point, 155; Wlkesboro branch. 1903;
University, Rockville, Asheboro and
Factory branch and the yards at Ne.
apolis and Durham.
W. T. West will be superintendent of
the Richmond division with his Office
in Richmond. He will have the lines
from Neapolis to West Point. l79 miles;
Keysville and Henderson branches,
making total Of 2S1 miles.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Ohio Democrats.

COLUMBUS, o., June 30.-The demo-
cratic State convention here to-day
was the most largely attended of any
such occasion since the civil war. The
new auditorium, with seating ca
pacity of six thousand, was not equal
to the demands for admission. There
was profusion Of portraits of demo
cratic leaders about the walls, but that
of President Cleveland was not in the
collection. The familiar picture OF
VIM. ]. Bryan was the centre OF attrac.
ton. When the convention was called
to order at 10 a. M. by Chairman Dur
bin, he congratulated the party on the
signs of the times and made speech
for free silver. After prayer Hon.
Uric Sloane was introduced introduced
as the temporary chairman of the con-
yention. Just before the convention
was called to order g large gold cross
was carried into the hall. 1t had as
ornaments the crown of thorns and a
clock indicating 16 minutes to one
o'clock. The speech of Chairman
Sloane was frequently interrupted with
the widest demonstrations of applause,
especially in his references to silver.
The kepnote of everything was silver.
The greatest demonstration of the con
vention followed that part of Chairman
Sloane's speech in which he referred to
VIM. ]. Bryan as the leader of the sill
yer cause for 1900 and it was with this
climax that the speaker closed his
speech.
The committee on rules and order Of
business made the usual report wit b
the exception of a supplemental report
on the question of leaving one vacancy
on the State ticket to be filled by the
State league of silver republicans. The
report referred the question back to
the convention.
The antitrust resolution presented
to the committee last night was offered
by Caspar Loewenstein and adopted.
The Cuban resolution that had been
offered to the committee last night was
adopted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
Christian Endeavor Trains Wrecked.

Christian Endeavor Trains Wrecked
CHICAGO, June S0.-Three persons
were killed outright and about 20 or 30
injured in q resr-end collision at 1915
this morning at West Chicago, 80 miles
out from this city. The victims of the
collision were Christian Endeavor dele
gates who left Chicago last night en-
route for the great convention in San
Francisco. The colliding trains were
two sections of special carrying peo.
pie from Wisconsin cities. One train
had come to stop just out of West
Chicago and the other section came up
behind at great speed, and the shock
OF the collision WAS terrific. The pas
sengers in the sleepers were all in their
berths. They received no warning,
and those not killed outright awoke to
find themselves jammed in the wreck
age.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 30.-Train
No. II on the Vandalia Railroad which
left this city at 7 o'clock last evening,
containing large number OF Christian
Endeavorers, colided with train No. 6
bound east from st. Louis at 500
o'clock near VaDdslis. A mail clerk
and baggage master were killed, fire.
man and mail clerk fatally injured.
1t seems that the west-bound train
pulled out of Vandalia without waiting
for the train from St. Louis. The head
light of the west-bound train was ex-
tinguished for some time before the
crash came.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30
Foreign News.

LONDON, June 30-The Princess Of
Wales gave jubilee dinner to the poor
of Chelsea this afternoon at the Royal
hospital. Three thousand adults were
dined during the early part Of the az
ternoon, and later $500 children were
served with dinner. The Princess Of
Wales visited the children, who gave
her royal highness an ovation and pre-
sented her with an address of welcome
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30

THE DETERMINATION of the republi-
cans to give Mr.. Carnegie not only al
his plate armor is worth, but Sl76 extra
on every ton of it, is doubtless highly
agreeable to that liberal subscriber to
republican campaign funds, but it is no
less certain that it is just the reverse to
the poor people of the country, the
taxes on whose necessaries of lite have
been greatly increased in order to raise
the requisite money. AS the poor peo-
pie of the North are such simpletons as
they proved themselves to be last fall
by voting against their own interests, it
is not at all wonderful that those in the
South, upon whom they have brought
SC much trouble, should have no politi-
cal part or lot with them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-30

The MOST influential boilers il
Ohio have become disguised with their
republican allies, in consequence o.
the latters' support of the pillaging tariff
bill and of all sorts of trusts, combines
and monopolies, and have determined
to go back to their old fold, deeming
the free coinage of silver Insignificant
in comparison with the worse evils
brought upon the country by the repub
licans. Let them alone and they'll
all come home, wagging their tails be-
hind them, and if there be any who
don't, the party will be well rid o.
them