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Evening journal., 1897-03-06
THAT MINING VENTURE.
GOLDEN scEPTRE MINING COMPANY
GETS AFAvcRABLE DECISION.

MINING SYNDICATE OF DELLA
WAREANs CLAIM THAT THEIR,
CHICAGO SUPPLY FIRM OWES
THEM $1,000; THAT THEY DO NOT
OWE THE FIRM.
The Golden Scepire Mining Company,
which has figured in SO many import
ant and noteworthy business deals and
misdcals OF late, figured I'm Superior
Court to-day nd eight lawyers were di-
rcctly interested in the argument.
Bradford. Vandegrift & Byrne moved
fer Judgment. Notwithstanding an affi-
davit of defence. I'm the suits brought
about by Frazer g. Chalmers. OF Chi
cago. against the Golden sceptre Min
ing Company, together with the indi-
vidual makers Of a certain promissory
note.
The case involves a $4,000 transac-
tion. When ex-senator Anthony Hig.
gins Harry Emmons. Daniel w. Corhit
+ John G. Higgins, William ID. Muller
and Winfield S. Quigley associated
7 themselves in the Golden Sceptre Min
iug Company, expecting a rich return
for the thousands of dollars the,
/ dropped into the capital stock of thl
company, they became joint makers O
/ the 10000 notes TO Frazer e. Chalmers
( Tor furnishing supplies and running ap
paratrs These the piaintin elaine,
were sold and delivered from Chicago
to Che company's gold mines at Quig
ley, Montana.
The company failing TO pay up. Fra
ger 8 Chalmers applied for Judgment
+ Defendants, individually and coliec
lively filed am anldaYil Of defence Oh
the ground that The mining supple
ned not been delivered ass per contract
IN court This morning. 90 sustain
their affidavit. appeared Attorney
hlseins H III. ward. william C. epru
ancc. William s.. Hilles and Harry Fm
mons. Mes8rg. Sbruanco and Emmon
addressed the court in response TO Mi
+ Nandegrit's brief appeal
ihe courts decision sustained the M
iiuaYit OF defence. and now the cas-
/ VIII either De tried in Superior Court O
compromised by the princirais
tine nrm." said The c0mnany's al
torncy. "was placed under contract 8
furnish AN thc supplies by june I les
at which time operations were go hap
begun at the mine. They were place
under contract to forfeit $50 O day if a
ter June 1 the contract was not FUTILE
Aa 2ia days expired and the contral
was not yet fulfilled. the mining con
pany really had grounds 20 sue for S7
600 for non-fulhllmont of contract an
damages
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
A Parisian Discovery.

All Paris just now, according to The
journal, is flocking to % Rue Ravi-
gum, Monimartre, where, a few days
aso, most remarkable discovery was
made. In this ncighborhood are the
rains Of The ancient monastery Of tho
Banodictiues and other old buildings
used by the brothers, most of which arc
also giving way TO the ravages of time.
AT 2S Ruo Rargnan Mime. Brihelot
keeps "a grocery store. She sleeps in q
small chamber ia tho rear. that at ono
time was probably used as am oratory.
Mmc. berthclOt, noticing that tho tiles
on tho floor of the chamber gave forih a
hollow sound as she stepped upon them.
end thinaing that cellar there would
BE- very convenient for her business, sent
fcr mason and had tho tiles removed.
a lisht of stone steps was revealed.
leading into o labyrinth Of passages.
The authorities havo row taken possess
sion of the place and q systematic in-
e.ugaiion S. baing conducted. Many
relics haya boon found, and 10 is bciiov-
cd that much lgh. IS likely Go ba
thrown upon tho history of Paris dur
iag tho fourteenth century,
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
EnIisiinr Tor Cnhn.

PoUGHKTEPsIE, X. Y. March CA
company Of volunteers for service in tho
cause of free Cuba is being organized here
Twenty young men have signed the mus
ter and enlistment papers. Whom 90 names
have been secured, oMcars viii be elected.
and the recruits viii be drilled secretly in
squads of four. The company Is under
the jurisdiction Of the American Nolun-
tecr legion, whose commanding officer is
Colonel Leonard n. Colby. with headquar-
tors at Beatrice, Neb lieutenant Charles
O. Willard hns charge oi the eastern or
ganization, with headquarters la Brook
lyn, where two volunteer companies are
now drilling Colonel Colby is said TO be
raising an army of l5,O00 Americans TO
fight Spain in Cuba. There is a colony OF
30 fugitive Cubans here Including the
wifo Of Colonel Hernandez of the insur-
gent army. Lieutenant Willard was in
Poughkeepsio a few days ago and was a
guest 0l one of the Cuban refugees While
here he started the movement 90 raise a
company of volunteers. Young man
whose name is not given for publication
has received q letter from gcnral hcadquGr-
ters assigning him to tho rank OF acting
ndiutaut of the First regiment American
Volunteer legion.
All applicants for enlistment are TEL
quired TO address Charles o. Willard at
2ll Main street It is snid To be the inton-
tion 10 land the American volunteers in
Cuba by May 1 They win have their
fares paid TO Mexico, where they viii DO
nimod and started for Cuba These facts
prc taken from correspondence shown bv
one of the volunteers from headquarters
IN Brooklyn and Nebraska.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
wkeCKeD BY a LANDSLIDE.
Serious Disaster on the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern Railroad.

Ohio Southwestern Railroad.
CINCINNATI, March G.-- During the rain
and thick fog yesterday Passenger train
l05 west bound, on tho Midland branch OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
railway, was stopped by u landslide near
Hills Station, five miles east Of Loycland.
A heavy freight camo laundering through
the fog and crashed into the sleeper. whose
occupants were in their berths IL tele-
scoped three-fourths OF the length Of the
sleeper, throwing travellers out of their
beds and pinioning them in agony among
the debris of seats, broken glass and splin-
ters and beams of wood. Rescue was
prompt and energetic OF the OCCUPANTS
injured beyond slight bruises, two were
fatally hurt, two very seriously and two
painfully, but not dangerously.
The fatally injured are
r. II. Marder superintendent OF parks
Cincinnati, shoulders cut and bruised ant
hurt internally
j. ID. Dolings, Wheeling, scaldcd, right
leg. also crushed; leg has been ampUtatod
The seriously injured are:
J. G. Rispc. Richmond, Ind, scaldeC
and injured internally.
j. Myers, ST. Louis, legs and heaC
bruised
The less seriously injured are;
E A. Watrous New York city, bruised
and cut by glass.
W. r. Ccnnor, Now York city, bruise,
and cut
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Uad Tire In nrool,lvn.

BRooKLYN. March 6-Tho dry goods
store Of Gould g. Moynon at 629-G33 Myr-
tle avenue was burned last night The
firm carried stock valued af $4,000,
which was badly damaged. Tho building
was only slightly burned. The total loss
is estimated at s40, 900; fully covered by
Insurance Thirty girls were employed in
the store, and . families occupied the up-
per stories. An escaped In safety, bat Gao
iircmen had to carry ont gn agoi sick
woman and her infant While responding
to the alarm % fireman fell from an ongino
and was badly hurt
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
GRANTS NAME.
now re Came 20 ADOPT "U. s." "a uis
Initials.

Eow re Came 20 ADOPT "U. 81" "a His
Initials.
Up to tho siar.for Wcst Point, Grant
had been Hiram Ulysses, or u. Ulysses
Grant The young traveller required "a
trunk, and Thomas Walker, a local
genius, was the man % make it. He
did SO. and, 70 finish it off, he traced on
the cover in big brass tachs the initials
"H. y. c." James Marshall, Ulysses
cousin, went TO help him cnrry the new
trunk home. Ulysses looked at the big,
glaring letters. 'Iwon't have that go. :"
he said. 1T spells hug The boys
would plague mo about it. And be
thercupon shifted his middle namo and
became Ulysses Fl. Grant, and SO no
went forth into Che world.
He registered sc Roo's hotel, West
Point on he 29th cf May, Gs so. IL.
Grant" and the same day reported to
the adjutant, George G.. Waggamau,
deposited sl8 and signed bis name
Ulysses Hiram Grant. His name rs re-
ported from Washington, however, was
U. S. Grant, and the error arose in this
way; The Hon. Thomas Hamer received
the letter Of Jesse Grant only the day
before the close Of his term, and, being
much hurried, sat down at once and
wrote to Secretary of War Poinsctt, ask
ing for the appointment of his noighhor' S
son. He knew the hoy's name TO bo
Ulysses, and, inferring that his middle
name was Simpson, so filed in the ap-
plioation, and thus it stood when Ulysses
faced the adiutant.
He asked to have it changed, but was
told it was impossible without the con
.'sent Of the secretary Of war.
every well. he said. "I came here
70 enter the military academy, and on-
ter I shall. An initial more Cr less does
not matter" Hewas known 20 the gov
ernmont thereafter az u. S. Grant -
Hamlin Garland in McCluro's
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.

The Standard Oil Company
steamer Maverick has arrived at Inc
shipyard of the Harlan and Holiings-
worth Company for repairs.
The theme Of Bishop Coleman's
monday Lenten sermon in Philadel-
phia Yesterday was Spiritual Shallow
ness"
Miss Anna Cummings. a South Afri-
can missionary. delivered an address
at a missionary meeting held I'm Han
over Presbyterian Church yesterday af-
ternoon.
William S. Hilles delivered an In
teresting lecture to the students of
Delaware College last night on the sub
1ecti William Morris.
Pelnies and small change can be had
at the counting-rO0m
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Conaltion IN .ha Treasurv.

WASHINGTON March 6.-Iho following
statemont OF the condition OF the Treasury
has bocn issucd Available cash balance.
S212, 525.2O1; gold reserve, $3.50, 3,6a0i
net silver. @l6.245.5tO, United Stales
notes in the treasury, sl0,d2s,3ti trcas-
ury notes of 1890. s29 521, ,73S; total re-
ceipts yesterday. a1,a47, 7O4; total receipts
this month, s 1869, 105; total expenditures
yesterday, Sl,680 600; total expenditures
this month, SO, lS2. 000i deposits in ma
tional banks. $i6, IgS, 40
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
ALn.Lr ni..nn.la.

The patients symptoms indicated
carliac trouhles, and Che doctor got ont
bis stota1scope ana applied it to his
chest Go test tho action Of the heart.
The pati2lt flushed angrily, unbut-
tened lis vest and took from his inside
pocket S5 bill wrapped in a piece Of
old paper
Z think it's carrying things a liltie
too far % be said, 'when you doctors go
TO locking through man with an X ray
60 sec how much money he has. DE
troit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Japanese competition.

Mr.. George G. Perkins is uneasy be-
cause of the competition of Japan ANA
gives his reasons in The Overland
Monthly;
Japan has an unlimited supply Of
cheap coal and cheap labor lt has al-
ready demonstrated it's ability 20 COM
pete with Europe and America by IN
vading tho home markets OF those conn
tries 1t has the best machinery which
the world has up Go this time produced
and can manufacture as much more as
it needs The initiative faculty of tho
race Is unquestioned and unriyhled, and
its originality is becoming acknowl-
edged. Ii recognizes such educational
defects as it possesses and with charac-
teristic energy and conscientiousnes is
setting about TO gain such knowledge as
is necessary 60 bring its people TO tho
highest state of industrial efficiency.
Chemistry was formerly practically an
unknown science in Japan. Now tho
Japanese export chemicals to America.
Physics and mathematics will be studied
with similar practical results, and most
Americans now living will undoubtedly
see Japan with a modern civilization,
as far as its industries are concerned,
but with people still japanese in char
acter and tastes, who manufacture goods
Tor foreign markets, as do the English,
and who 10 more desire to supply their
needs with English, French or American
productions than we do to supply ours
with those Of China, Japan or India.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Ozark May DIE.

William Clark, Of No 1910 Gilpin
avenue. was probably fatally burned
yesterday at his home Clark was sick
In bed, but wanted a smoke and struck
O match with which to light his pipe.
The burning embers of the match fell
among the bedding, setting fire to It.
He was taken from the bed badly
burned. Dr. John r. Palmer attended
him and ordered the man sent to the
Delaware Hospital In the meantime
an alarm of fire had been sent to the
Water Witch Fire Company and q plug
stream extinguished the flames.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
PROMINENT RlILROlDER DEAD.
AARON LEE. ASSISTANT no S. C..
LONG. CHIEF or TIE MARYLAND
DIVISION.

IN Ih HUN IaiaAAf .ANAtNAtl , +AAf n ~ f"f ff
LONG, CHIEF or TIE MARYLAND
DIVISION.
Aaron Lee. the assistant to S. g.
Long. chief engineer of the Mary land
division of the Pennsylvania railroad.
and one of the besi-known railroad civil
engineers in The city, died at his home,
Nc. 1901 Trenton Place, yesterday. tle
was So years old and leaves o. wife and
two children
Mr. Lee had been ill for about five
months and though his death was eX-
peciei. its occurrence yesterday was
vcry sudden. Tie was born in Edin-
burg. Mercer county, n. j., and was
educated 90 the Trenton Academy and
Burlington College.
He entered the service of the PENN
syly8nia railroad on August 8. 1889, and
on September T. 1890. was made as-
sistant TO Engineer Long. From 1883
to 1897 he was engaged in Volusia and
Breyard counties. Fla. In subdividing
government lands and laying out sites
\ for canals for reclaiming swamp land
/ From 1887 to 1889 he was engaged nI
/ city and sewer work I'm Trenton. N. J.
/ lie was well-l1nown here to q large cir.
Gle of acquaintance
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
AN ATTACK ON HAVANA.
A Bold Assault by the Patriots
Under General Aranguren.
GEE. LEE WILL REPLY TO oINBY.

Full Information TO Iis Given as to the
Murder Of en- mcrican Citizen-weylei
Soon to sail For spain-Ecoruiting For
the Cuban Cause.
HAVANA. March CA bold attack on
Havana was made on Wednesday night by
the Cuban forces commanded by General
Nestor Aangurcn SimulmncoGs assaults
were made on tho suburbs of Jesus del
Monte and Ccrro, and the Insurgents
reached the capital itself, firing from tho
road OF Jesus del Monte 20 the fort OF
Atarcs At Cesro they entered by Che main
road ransacking many stores and putting
the whole population in panic. The fort
OF Atalcs answered the fire of the Cuhans
who, after two hours. retired in the direc-
tion of Managia. II is supposed now tina,
Arangurcn is encamped at III COtQrro, a
few miles from the capital. since the be-
ginning of the war this is the most inpor-
tant engagement in the province Of Ha-
Yana
10 Is estimated that General Arangvron
forces numbered 800 men arMod with
rifles. Tho volunteers were Summoned.
and all was prepared in expectation of an
other attack Thursday. desperate efforts
were made BIZ the authorities to suppress
news of this affair but they were not sue
cessful, and the impression it has produced
is very great.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
THE PIERCE JURY HANGS.
JUDGE MARVEL CHARGED THE
TWELVE AND IT RETIRED, BUT
DID NOT RETURN.

DID NOI RETURN.
George w. Pierce. who was upsel
from his wagon by striking a hole at
Sixteenth and Scott strtN IS. has been
on the anxious bench since 1920 O'Clock
this morning when the special jury ap-
pealed for by the city was locked up to
consider an award OF damages from the
city treasury.
/ All Yesterday afternoon was con-
sumed in-strOng and effective argument
before the jury by Horace G.. Knowles.
\ for the city. and Attorney Peter u.
Cooper, for Plaintiff Pierce. The lur-
ors asked to be discharged until this
morning before being charged.
Judge Marvel charged the jury this
morning that there was no dispute on
4 the principal points OF law, and. there
fore. no new law could be
i assumed an risks OF Injuries to-
3 persons and property carefully passing
along its streets when it became corr
. DOration, collecting and disseminating
b taxes from the inhabitants thereof.
The charge was somewhat favorable
10 the plaintiff. and Mr. Knowles asked
I TO note an exception. The jury retired
at 1920 in charge Of Bailif Fleming,
! and at / o'clock had not agreed.
y When court adjourned. Judge Marvel
4 notified prothonotary Woolley and
r Foreman Clayton M. Riley, OF the jury
that he would remain at the Clayton
: House. where they could telephone ioi
4 him if an agreement was reached
(, Counsel on both sides, the prothontag
and Judge Marvel must now hold them
selves to receive q verdict at any time
this evening or tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
THE LAST INSPECTOR FINED.

Inspector Hugh Wallace. of the Third
district Third ward, appeared in the
Court OF General Sessions this morning
and pleaded guilty TO permitting to be
altered his certificate OF election OF No
vcmhcr 9. His counsel. Josiah Marvel
appeared with him. and he was com
mitted to the custody of the sheriff un-
til his fine of Sl00 and costs was paid
This ends the election cases.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Car searcllers.

"There is class Of people" says a
railroad man, "who are always last to
leave the oars-for purpose. This is
especially noticed on suburban trains.
They 20 from ono end Of the train to the
other, looking in seats on both sides Of
the car. 1t is impossible for our men to
be always on the watch, and presumably
there are many losses that can never be
reclaimed. New York Tribune.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Confessed mat ne stole $1,000

philadelphia, March 0-Specu'ation
led 10 the ruin Of William c. Walker @
trusted employee of the United Security
Life Insurance and Trust company, who
has confessed that he had stolen 81, 500
from tho company. The money was used
TO make good his losses in stocks Walker
was arrested on warrant issued for the
American Surety company Of New York,
which guaranteed his bond.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
eccrns.

Woman" said the typewriter board.
o-, woman IS not much taken with Sc
cret societies.
"No said the cheerful idiot, "but
how dearly she loves society secrets. -
indianapolis journal.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
81. rennle were nrowned.

U3EDEAUx, France, March 6.--Tha Brit
ISL harkentinc Pride Of the Channel, Cap
tain Hollow, from St Pierre, Martinique,
.os tAis port, has been wrecked near Nau-
"a six persons We're drowned.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
L0oKINo ToR LIS nRorHnn.

Mr. Montgomery. son OF the governor
OF Oregon, was In Wilmington to-day
looking up information of his brother
the missing Naval Cadet Montgomery
who WAS in Wilmington a short time
auO
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
TLoArING GASOLINE EXPLODED.

Edward Davis, an oilcr on the light
house tender Zlzania, which is under
going repairs at the shipyard of the
pusey and Jones Company, was badly
burned by the explosion Of gasoline in
the bilge holder of the steamer He
went down in the hold with a torch and
a quantity of the gasoline which was
loatng on the bilge water exploded,
burning the mans eyes, eyelashes, hair
and side, exposing one rib. He was
taken TO the office of Dr. Irwin, where
his wounds were dressed
Evening journal., 1897-03-06

The Delaware railroad conductors
who have been on duty at Washington
have returned home.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06

The thcosophical college was 10 have
been located in New Jersey, but the ma
hatmas complained that the mosquitoes
bit their astral bodies, so it was
changed to California.-Minneapolis
Journal. aaa4 CyEH
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
TRUsTFEs GOING down.

The trustees Of the Delaware State
Hospital, at Farnhurst. will go to Dover
and talk over with the members Of the
General Assembly the affairs of the in-
stltution.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY take
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug
gists refund money II IL fails to cure z9c.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06

Pennies and small change can be
had at the counting-room Of the Even
ing Journal.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY take
gists refund money il 1t fails TO cure. 15c.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Nrnn.rn- r.n-.nn.t-

Rain, followed by clearing; brisk to
high winds; colder
Evening journal., 1897-03-06

Pelnies and small change can be had
at the counting-room.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22

rises from her couch, and, modestIy
hanging her head because of the spec
tators, she runs down to point where
shallow margin of the river laps over
bar of pebbles. She is clad in II bark
skirt hanging from her waist to her
knees. Her breast and shoulders are
striped with red paint. She takes. up
water in her palms and dashes it upon
her shoulders. She then heaps up q
small mound of powders as n kind of
tally of the number Of times she goes to
the water, after which she runs back to
her lodge. During the rest of the time
she stays indoors keeping her head coy-
cred with q shawl or blanket. She is
attended day and night by old wom-
en- who Groom q song and keep up a
constant clattcr with the long, slender
prongs of painted dance sticks, to keep
away thoughts Of sickness or death or
other evil fortune. Whatever evil she
thinks of now will follow her footsteps
and curse her through life. During the
ten days she must not look at the fire
nor drink water. She subsists on diet
of acorn soup.
Before this rite can begin the girls
parents or kin must pay for the dead"
that Is, they must give to each family
recently bereft sum of money in order
that the members thereof may have
reason to forget their sorrow and re-
ioice with the rest. If death should oc-
cur during the progress OF the dance,
the ceremony must be suspended till
the fee for the dead has been paid. If the
parents are able to pay for the dead and
do not have the flower dance they say
their daughter will die, but If they are
too poor to pay, the dance is nct essen
tiaI to the preservation Of the girls life.
1t is kindly superstition that tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb. If the
mother of the girl was not duly pur-
chased of her parents by the father be-
fore marriage, by the paying Of salts
factory wedding fee their daughter IS
not entitled TO the honor OF the flower
dance.
For some time it appeared that this
savage custom had been abandoned, but
1t has been revived recently, and two
flower dances have been held on the res
ervation within q few months. - San
Francisco Chronicle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22


strongly brought out in these happen
ings. Suicides of children, if made pub
lie, generally bear fruit in the suicides
of other children, or attempts thereat
within shorter time than must be
allowed to observe the same imitation
working In the minds of adults.
Within 20 days lately st. Louis has
had three cases of attempted suicide by
children-all girls--and the efforts oil
self-destruction were so desperate that
only the most skillful medical treat
ment prevented fatal results. The three
children were all inmates of the city
hospital, where they had been taken for
treatment.
The only difference noticed between
them and the other children was that
they were all precocious. Questioning
by the hospital physician brought out
the fact that two of these children, be-
ing illiterate, had never read of suicide
cases. The third, although she had re-
eeived a good school education, sturdily
maintained that in reading newspapers
or books she had never seen an account
of any person, and particularly of a
chit I, who had attempted self-hilling.
The Episcopal missionary who visits
the hospital is George II. Holmes. lie
said: II can find nothing 10 blame
for the attempts Of these children upon
tkeir lives, except the pace at which
we are all living. 1t is end-of-the-cen-
fury precocity. Children seem to grow
old in day; youths become men over
night and girls turn to women as rap
idly. Hardly have the little ores
stopped romping in the games of child
hood when they become tired OF life
and seek to end it. One never heard of
such cases q hundred or even 90 years
ago. Where it will all end the Lord
only knows"
A writer in st. Louis who made care
full study of the cases, found that in
all of them the views Of life, hopes for
the future and feeling as 20 the atti-
tude Of the rest Of the world toward
them were pitifully morbid, and their
only notions of success or contentment
in life were associated with some tenn
porary enjoyment, they seemed not to
care what, which should dull their re-
alizing sense Of the uselessness and I'M
happiness Of living.-N. Y. Journal.