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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Joseph Mainly, an iron moulder and
q poor man of New York, with an aged
mother, has been informed that he is
heir to an estate in Ireland worth
$4,000, but he tells the lawyers that
he will not accept the money. When
it was found that Mahaffy was the
heir suit was brought in Ireland to
determe the matter, and the decision
was in his favor.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Miss Augusta Hotopp was married
at Charlottesville Thursday night to
Rev. Charles G. Morhart.
An unknown man, who had been at
Norfolk, for several days and who said
he had a sister in Norwalk. Conn.,, shot
and killed himself Thursday.
MIR. Newton Grant, an aged and
highly respected citizen, died at his
home, near Linden station, in Warren
county, on Thursday last.
W. A. Noble, ex city auditor of Roa.
noke, was Thursday indicted by the
grand jury on the charge of forging a
| city warrant for SO.
Rev. A. B. Chinn, rector of Cople
parish, Westmoreland county, has re
signed the same to accept a call to be
associate rector of Grace church, Chica
go. Rev. E. M. Stires. rector.
A dispatch from Stuart, Patrick
! county, says: There is no ground fol
| the report that by the lynching Of
! Walls for the murder of Sadie Cook the
wrong man suffered.
The State convention of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union will hold it's
| fifth annual session in Norfolk next
month, and the people of Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Berkley will warmly
welcome and entertain them.
A friend of Capt. P. II. McCaul, says
the captain has given up hopes of Sc
curing federal office, and that it is
likely he will be candidate for the
republican nomination for Congress in
the Alexandria district next fall.
r. F. Bray, well known young man
of Danville, committed suicide in that
place last week by hanging himself.
He had been despondentfo for some time
past, and his constant brooding over
troubles which he did not disclose had
affected his mind.
Two well known Capitol clerks had
a fight in the corridor of the Richmond
library building Wednesday over dis
pute about Superin endent of Public
Instruction John + Massey No ar
rests were made aud the matter has
been Kept quiet.
The lynching of young Walls. in Pat
rick county, for the alleged murder of
Miss Sadie Cook will probably be the
subject of a rigid investigation by the
authorities, but no effort has yet been
made to find out who were implicated
in the lynching.
From the returns from the precinct
meetings held in Fauquier county, Mr..
G. M. White appears to be nearly the
oomn4u 100 anJ ~ GO. sao, tIat r ~,
go ~ 1oa;oa 49, 81 Warra y,"p mnS a
Middlehnrn Will no ;netrroted Ill., for hi im
~ ~ o'o "e VIZ 70 '.'''- oo'01 'o' LII
A vein of copper ore was recently
struck by Clark Doggett while putting
down a well for Ed. Doggett, a mile
and a quarter below Stevensburg, in
Culpeper county. 1t was about a foot
or more in thickness and about two
feet in width.
mr.. W.. 80
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

The report that the republic of Co
lumhia had granted concession to
England to complete the Panama canal
is discredited by Secretary Sherman
and Senior Rengifo. the representative
of the Columbian government in this
country.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

n. 3. Dowd, a prosperous real estate
lran OF Rolia, Mo, and a member of
the school board, Was hcrsewhipped on
The street by Miss Nyry Blanchard, a
teacher in the public schools. Dowd
had made oisparaging remarks about
her at a meeting of the board week
before.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

When the miners were fired on, by
the Sheriff and his duputies near Ha-
zelton, Pa, last week, two little boys.
sons of miners, who were with Their
fathers, were instantly killed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

There seems to be good show for a
misunderstanding between the United
States and Spain over Cuba, and there
are those who think it will take place
before the Ides of November.
The Virginia Law Register for Sep
TENDER has been received from it's
publishers. the j. P. Bell Company, of
Lynchburg. Its contents are: Edward
G. Burke; Leaderless Government; The
Appellate Court lawyer; Fulkerson
VS.. Treasurer of Bristol; Digest of Re-
cent Virginia Decisions: Miscellaneous
Notes; Correspondence; Resolutions Of
the Bedford Bar in Memory of Judge
Burks, and Book Reviews.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Hawkins, who robbed the tax colIec
tors office in Washington of nearly
50 600, was taken before Judge kim
ball Thursday and held for the grand
jury in $4,000 bonds, which he was un
able to furnish. He was sent to Jail to
await trial
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

The gold bug papers can use no
stronger phrase touching the murder
of the .,enty one miners and the
wounding of forty others, by the sher-
ifs possee in Penn, than that it was
'aJq2f o9tal7late,n
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Mrs. Elizabeth Phoebe Key Howard
only surviving daughter of Francis
Scott Key, author of The Star Span
gled Banner" and widow of the late
DR.. Charles Howard. died at her sum
mer cottage at Oakland, Nd, Friday,
aged 81 years.
A big negro tramp attempted 70 as
sault two white ladies. attacked three
policemen and. like an epraged wild
beast, desperately fought mob of fif-
teen men and boys who were attempt
ing to capture him in south Washing
ton Friday afternoon.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

The list of harbarous countries has
been augmented by the addition of
Pennsylvania province of the United
States. Spain no longer holds the
palm.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Gen. Fitz Lee says that Evangelina
Cisneros is not nobly born, but that
she is queenly beautiful.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
Gen. Longstreet Married.

General James LOngstreet, major
general in the Confederate army ex
United States minister to Turkey, and
prospective commissioner of railroads
to succeed General Wade Hampton
asmarried at the Executive Mansion
| il Atlanta, Ga, at $50 o'clock Wednes
day evening. to Miss Ellen Dortch. as
sistant librarian of the State of Geor-
gia. Governor and Mr.. Atkinson had
| issued a number of invitations to State
officials and intimate friends of the
| bride and groom. The Rev. Schade
we'll, of the Church of the Immaculate
| Conception, officiated. Judge j. b.
CASTOR, mayor of Gainesville, General
Longstreet's home. was best man, and
the bride entered on the arm of Gov
ernor Atkinson, who gave her way. in
the absence of her brother, who is in
Texas. General and Mrs. Longstreet
will spend two weeks at Porter Springs.
Ga, after which they will return to
Atlanta. where Mrs. Longstreet will re-
sumo her duties at the State Library.
1t is understood she will not retire from
the race for the librarianship, which
she entered several months ago.
A striking coincidence was supplied
in the fact that Thursday was the an
niversary of the Battle of Molina del
Ray, in the Mexican war, where Gen
eral Longstreet won his title as major.
Thursday afternoon the General
talked about his marriage with frank
ness. He said that he did not feel a
bit too old to marry. The General has
been living alone for SO long that all
his business and domestic affairs have
become disarranged.
All his children have left him. Two
have places in the departments at
Washington, one is an architect in At
lanta, one lives in st. Louis, and his
only daughter resides in Hogansvilie.
Ga. where her husband is merchant
Besides splantation, Gen. Longstreet
owns hotel, a vineyard, a peach or
chard, and a sheep farm in Gainesville.
He also receives a considerable revenue
from the sale of his books. President
Mckinley has promised to appoint him
Railroad Commissioner to succeed
Wade Hampton Miss Dortch is bust
ness woman, and in spite of her few
years she has been successful news
paper proprietor and editor while ex
ercising the duties of Assistant State
Librarian The marriage was per
formed by Catholic priest, the Gen
eral belonging to that faith and Miss
Dortch being a recent convert.-Alex-
andria Gazette.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Mckinley should have notified his
loyal supporters that he intended rails
ing wheat to one dollar, then they need
not have closed out at IS and 70 cents.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

In Pennsylvania they shoot unoffend-
ing miners and refuse to allow their
friends to attend the funerals.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16
Slaughtor Of Miners.

Probably no occurrence since the
Homestead slaughter has been SO out
rageous as the shooting dead of TWEEN
ty one miners on last Friday by the
Pennsylvania troops, or rather Pink
erten detectives, under command of a
Sheriff at Hazelton. These miners
were ON a strike ard were marching
along public highway. 1t does not
appear that they were contemplating
ony violence or that they had been
guilty of any. yet at the command of
a cowardly sheriff they were fired on,
and twenty one were killed dead and
thirty or thirty five others wounded.
This is far more than have been killed
or wounded in many of the Spanish
Cuban battles. The thing so far is in
applicable, and discloses disregard of
human life never conceived of as exist
ing in any part of the United States,
save in the barbarous, illiterate, and
despicable South. But what can be
expected but such slaughter, when we
contemplate the influences that have
for some time been growing until they
eliminated in the election of McKin-
ley. Corporate power. trusts, and
aggregated wealth have taken hold of
the nation and many of the States, es
pecially Pennsylvania, until the indi
vidual is forgotten and despised.
When these dead miners were shouting
for Mckinley last November they lit.
tie thought that they were nurturing
an enemy who, when warmed into life
by them, would turn and sting them
to death. We sounded this warning
at the time, but it was UNDECIDED, it
will likely be UNDECIDED now, but the
truth of the warning was exemplified
when the hired detectives poured their
deadly volieys into the ranks of these
people, and received its final
and inexorable stamp of truth on Mon
day last when the clos's rolled in upon
the collins OF these poor men whose
rest from worldly toll and slavery end
ed with the crack Of the rifle, corporate
hands had leveled on them.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

The annual report of the auditor OF
The lnteriar Department shows that
sne sirvurt paid for pe,sops curing
the past year was &140, Az, 1897.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

It's awfully hard for Mckinley to get
wheat back to dollar.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-09-16

Mehlon CoiIreii, a prominent citizen
of New sort News. aud John Prosstr, OF
Petersburg, died Thursday last.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-01
STREET CAR RAN OFF A BRIDGE.
Three Persons Dead ut Portland and
Many Injured.

Portland Ore. April 2S.-An electric
street car of the City and Suburban COM
pany (Mount Tabor left the track yeSte'-
day morning and plunged through Il
bridge which spans the slough on Eda-
Morrison street Three people were drow-
ned and Is more or less injured The
dead are:
w. w. Blanchard. aged As, engineer Of
the Acme flour mill.
Newton Hansen. aged 16, employee of the
Great Eastern Tea company.
Miss Catherine Baillie, aged 70, OF III
nois Miss Baille was visiting Mrs. Al
exander at Mount Tabor.
There were "a people in the car. me
car was running down Mill from East
twelfth street at speed OF 10 miles an
hour, and on reaching curve % Ieet
from the bridge 1t left the track. The
momentum the car had gained carried l.
about $50 feet when the -imbers of the
bridge gave way and precipitated the car
into the lagoon 20 feet below Inc con-
GuCtor. who was on the rear PLATFORM
shouted to jump but only lie" We're
able to get out The motoTman Jumped
when he saw that he Coull not stop the
car. The water where the car struck
was only eight feet deep, and the car was
not submerged. In the fail the trucks
were broken from the supcrstrucfure or
the car, which fact saved a number OF
lives. as the upper portion soon tioated
and allowed those who had not been stun
ned to escape Some Of the victims swan
ashore, while others waited until help ar
rived. After the car had been raised IL
was found that an axle had been brok"N,
which was probably the cause of The
accident.
The car was running by gravity, II be-
ing the custom to turn off the current 1t
the top of the hill. The motorman claim
ed he could not stop the car with the
brakes.
Motorman ]. D. Kieffer left the wreck
soon after it occurred and has not been
seen since He will be arrested
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-01

Washington. April 26.-Congressman
Jones and Lewis have designated Ellens.
burg as the place. and Tuesday May
II, at II o'clock a. m, as the time or TIC
competitive examination for admission 10
best examination and recommended by
the examining board will be appointed py
Messrs Jones and Lewis, the second hlsh-
est to be named as alternate, to so IN case
the first one should fail to pass the en-
animation at Annapolis. Inc mem no To-
School SUPERINTENDENT Frank j. Browne;
Professor Getz of the Ellensburg Normal
School, Eugene Weger and Judge DaYlc-
son of Enensburg and Hon Leigh free
man of North Yakima.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-01
The Presidential Party.

New York April 27.--President McKin-
ley. with Mrs. Mckinley and his cabinet.
Mrs. L. S. Grant and her family, and a
company of official personages. inelud-
ing the ambassadors, ministers and at
taches of the diplomatic corps and high
officers of the army and navy, We're safe
ly transported from Washington to New
York yesterday in a special train.
From Jersey City the party was con-
veyed across the river to the foot of
Twenty-third street, there being ushered
into carriages and escorted in process
ors and police, to the Fifth Avenue no.
Thompson of the Pennsylvania, at the
Dental party 1t was handsomely en-
ident Mckinley, Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs.
tary John Addison Porter and wife, DR.,
Bates. the presidents physician, and
William Sinclair. the White House stew
ard
During the journey the president con-
versed with the members of the cabinet
and diplomats who came 10 the car to
pay their respects. Mrs. Mckinley bore
the journey well, amusing herself part of
the time with knitting. Lunch was serv-
ed to the presidents party in their pri-
vate car. while a dining car was attach
ed for the other travellers.
The platform of the Jersey City depot
was crowded with members of the recep-
ton committee when the train arrived.
General Horace Porter gave an arm to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-01
A FATAL EXPLOSION IN LONDON.
Train Was Wrecked in the Under
ground Railway.

London, April PA tremendous eXplo-
sion occurred in the underground rail
way as a train filled with men from the
city was making its usual stop a. Alders-
gate station. The glass roof of the sta
ton was blown out and the platform was
strewn with debris. Many of the pas
lights were put out and a general panic
ensued.
When comparative quiet was restored
It was found that first class coach lad
been completely wrecked, and that us
occupants We're lying about MANNED and
bleeding Ten of the injured were found
to be in a precarious condition, and Were
removed to hospitals. number of oel-
sons who were standing on the platform
were also hurt Much of the wrecka9e
was hurled across the station The cause
of the explosion is not known, but it is
believed to have been the result OF an
accumulation of gas which became iSnit-
ed in some way Many persons, how
ever, believe that the disasted was not
due to accident, but was caused by the
explosion of a bomb, which had been
placed in the station with the intention
of wrecking 1t.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-01
MINERS PROTESTS ARE READ.
Bills Pushed Through the British CO.
Iumbiu LEGISLATURE.

Victoria, b. c.. April 26.-There has
been much talk over Kettles vigorous
attack in committee on the Nelson x
Fort Sheppard bill. which extended the
time for the company to survey and take
up the land grant Kellie denounced in
strong terms the railway taking timber
off mining claims and levying tribute on
miners to be allowed to keep their timber.
In support of this Kellie brought out a
number of affidavits of miners with COM
plants substantiating what he had said.
In reply to this the attorney general
said that If miners had any complaint Of
this kind all they had to do was to take
out legal proceedings and the courts
would soon bring the company to time if
they were acting illegally.
The Cassair Central railway aid bill on
the second reading being moved by Pre-
mier Turner, provoked a great deal of
criticism from the opposition The bill,
as stated yesterday, leases a certain
amount OF land to the railway for 50
years, and miners going on that particu-
lar lard must go halves with the com
pany on minerals taken out. This was
the feature of the bill that caused debate,
the government saying that there was
plenty of mineral land outside the lease,
and that unless the railway were bulls
the country was too hard for miners 20
go in and work prohtably.
The second reading passed on division
by to 10, and the British Pacific bill, OK
tending the time for commencing eXpend-
iture required to hold the charter, passed
the second reading. The Barkerville. Ash
croft & Kamloops railway bill was read
the third time and passed. and the second
reading passed of the bill to appoint a
mining inspector.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-01

the president and then the much mooted
question of ambassadorial precedence was
settled by ChaunCey Depew, who took an
arm OF Sir Julian Pauncefote and walked
after President Mckinley. Ambassador
Patrenotre followed, escorted by White
law Reid, former ambassador of the
United States 10 France. Frederick d..
Grant escorted his mother, who was
dressed in deep mourning.
other Visitors.
New York, April 27-The special train
bearing the vice presidential party to
the Grant ceremonies arrived at Jersey
City yesterday afternoon. The entire trip
had been pleasantly uneventful, and the
senators and representatives seemed al
most 10th to leave the cars. Vice Presi-
dent Hobart and Mrs. Hobart walked at
the head of the procession through the
small crowd on the platform to a car
rage which was waiting for them. and
were then driven on board the Jersey
city ferryboat and landed at Twenty
third street, this city, whence they were
driven to their respective stopping places.
During the run from Philadelphia to
Jersey City the vice president and Speak
er Reed held their respective dinner par
ties.
OF the famous men who Travelled on this
train perhaps none was more spoken of
than General Longstreet. His venerable
face and tail figure, now somewhat bent
with age, brought back to mind the days
when. in the prime of his life, he led
the southern forces in many d fierce as
sault.
General Longstreet in a written state
ment paid a high tribute to General
Grant, declaring: ITO the brave men Of
the other side of the great struggle my
people send messages to crown this au-
gust occasion. We turn from the setting
star of the confederacy to accept the
glorious flag of the Union and to put it
above our hearthstones and love it as we
love our noble women; we stand guard
about and uphold 1t forever; its glories
are ours, with unsullied hearts, undivided
people, undivided arms to protect its tri-
umphS'
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-01
s,Mpl IN ITS PROVISIONS.
M, Nelson bankruptcy Bill b"Sse"
~ tbc United states Sen"te'

uv,sbinqton. April 2l-The BANKRUPTCY
rim nassed by the senate was Ir2liieu ~
s.-,,,or Nelson of Minnesota and IS SIM
~, copnared with the Torrey pill AH0
rin ,,ro,,ides that any debtor. other 'h'll
,,ornoration. owing 500 or more, Wi'o 10
lnobio IN nav his debts, may flle ms pc
t,ttor IN the district court OF the Chi'e"
60 offering to surrender all his prop
ertv for payment of his debts eAcg ,iS
e,cb az is exempt by law. his donlclle
Tho natition shall give a schedule Oh an
pronerty. exempt and uneXempl, anu
ali creditors and the amount ana Ia
of the debts and petitioner sldh ollC 60.
surrender all his unexempt properly io'
EN- discharge from his debts ana Ia
hi1itiee The petition shall be heard ny
tho court in not less than 30 nor morS
than 90 DAVIS. If the court upholds Ihe
petition, the estate Is transtefreu ~ on
tassignee" for a settlement. CreulloIs
can resist proceedings before the court
on certain enumerated grounds OF Irauu
preference to creditors, etc. preferences
four months prior to nllnS DUNN uP1CJ
bonds are void and transfers of properly
,1,i+bir civ months are void. Provision is
made for distributing the estate alhoiiS
creditors. 60,
After settlement the court gives a maj
decree. discharging the bankrupt from All
liabilities to any creditors declared III Tue
schedule who may become party TO the
proceedings. But such discharge shaII
not include any obligations which shau
have been created in consequence OF MS
defalcation as a public creditor or as an
executor, administrator guardian or trus-
tee. or while acting in any other tiduclary
capacity, nor any debt CT obligation to
any surety of bankrupt who has pald or
may pay any such tiduciary debt or any
part of it, nor any debt or obligation Gre
ated by obtaining moneys or property I'M
der false pretenses.
The provision as to involuntary bank
ruptcy is that if any debtor, being a
banker, broker, merchant trader or man
ufacturer, who owes $500 or over shall at
any time within four months of the time
of the filing of the petition convey or vol
UNFAIRLY cucumber any of his property
with the purpose to prefer or defraud any
creditors he shall be deemed bankrupt
Creditors having debts against such bank
rupt to the amount of $500 may, within
four months after the act of bankruptcy
has been committed, file in the court
petition for adjudication of bankruptcy.
The court then proceeds within three
days to hear the case. The accused may
demand a jury. On the hearing, the court
or jury holds whether the accused Is or
is not a bankrupt. Fees in both classes
of bankruptcy are provided, viz: Attor-
ney fees not above 500; assignee, not
above SO per day.
Appeals are allowed except when the
entire bankrupt estate is under $4,000.