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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29
zaNOLrS CASE CONTTyUED.
The Chemist Has Not Determined when
Poisons Were Given.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2S-Charles Zanoh.
the barber who is suspected Of numbering
Jennie SUMNER. his fourth wife. and who
obtained insurance on the lives Of n num-
her of persons was again arraigned In
Police court to-day. As Professor Witt
naus had not completed his chemical
analvsis OF Jennie Summers body the
case went over 10 January sth.
Assistant District Attorney Van Wyck,
who has charge Of the case. stated, how
ever that Professor Witthaus had told
hin, that he had found three different
kinls of poison In the body but has not
vet been able 70 ascertain whether these
nelson's we're Injected into the body with
tbe cr1haiminr fu'o. or whether admins
tered before death.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29

Judge Burke Says That No New Agree
ment uasBccn Made.

menf UasBcen Made.
CLEVELAND. OHIO. Dec. %.-Judge
Stevenson Burke denies the report from
New York that ne has been authorized
10 complete tn necessary legal forms or
procedure f0r combination OF the ONO
soft coal railroads for the purpose or
maintain ne froisht rates 10 was re-
ported that the representatives OF ana
soft coal CARRYING roads held several
meetings I'm New YORK and reached an
,,rderstandinc v hereby uniform carving
rates from the mines 10 market were 10
be established. ~ was also stated tnaI
]. Piernont Morgan had been concerned
i'm these negotiations.
Judge Burke saws that u IS true that
The roads have an agreement relative 70
tho coal trafiic but says no different
arranqement has been made than has cX-
listed for the past year ana halI. nc
,..cor+ meetings he SAYS. were for the
nurposa Of arriving at an understanding
regarding a division OF mileage
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29
REcOTEREI ~ Il FfT or ANGER.
Was struck Dumb over Year Ago While
lursing.

LOUISVILLE. KY. December D.
pat,ick Kelly. a hardwood fnisher. VINO
for over a year. has been dumb suddenly
recovered the use Of n!s speech yesterday
during a ft of anger. He was greatly
s,,rnrised 10 find himself talking and
cberred his words from curses 20 a fer
,,1ns .'Thant God" He was formerly en-
r,-~-F hv Nanleson & CO.. M Whining
ION. Del. and 1t was when about 10 curse
one OF the bosses there that his voice
was palsied.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29
DEMANDS UHAT NE BUYS.
Jossph Letter Appa emily Gains Victory
Over leXatcr Peopie.

CHICAGO. December 2S.-Joseph Letter
has apparently Won victory IN ms hsht
vsfor owner, as TO tho quality OF wheat
~ he delivered on Letters contracts
Letters commission men. Alexander
csddes & Co. sent the steamer iron
King lasf ~ = - saaverns' elevator. the
Afe~ O. g. ~ W.,a $50 red winter
wheat. By the ume 500 bushels Of the
suoa,.c6 into It's hold Laiter's private in
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2>.-The weather
foreear, 10 Weanesdav Is ~ follows.
Vir in'a- Fair. warmer souiher W nds-
North Carolina-Gsneraily tar warm
er, variable winds. becoming easterly or
southeasterly
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29

BERLIN. Dec. cs-The National Zel-
tung to-day denies that The tarin noso-
tiations with the United States have been
broken off, adding that they have only
lust commenced and viii continue.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29

NEW YORK. Dec. e.-The Daily Dry
Goods Record will tomorrow print re-
vised estimate OF the cotton crop OF 1897
'9S placing the estimate OF the crop at
i0.g57 go bales
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29

DENVER. COL. pec w.-veins of OH
sonl'o IN suffc'en size 10 warrant devei-
oprn'nf are reported 70 rave neer dis-
covered on WHOM creek IN Middle fark.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-29
RANGE OF THERMOMETERS.

The Thermometer ranged as follows st
The Times office Tuesday. December 10.
81 a NJ ~: 10 NJ. 81. ) p. NJ. 80;
6 p. NJ ~. y. NJ, 80; !. ". ?s. Aver
age, - l-3.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
1yELL-EQUIPPED KLONDIKERs.
They Are Organized on Military
BASIS.

nHslss
SEATTLE, WASH. August Zone OF
the largest and best-equipped Of all the
parties that have started for the Klon-
dixie from Seattle this season has just
arrived in the city from New England
The members are organized on mill
tary basis the captain being Arthur ~
Seymour, the son of well-knoWn nlnu-
reader. Charles Il. Mosely, formerly VI
the Boston Herald, is secretary, and a.
II Rogers. of Norwich, Conn.,, Is trea-
surer. Each member Of the party ORR
qinallv contributed 81, 000, and each agrees
70 share alike in all the expenditures
and profits OF the expedition.
Apart from these individual agree
rnents. they have plenty Of backing, as
the first organized party TO leave 9os-
ton for the new gold-helds, ana thelr
departure from that city, on August 4th'
was the occasion of a demonstration
thousands of people assembling at the
railway station to see them OIL
The corporate name Of the eXpedltloh
is the Haverhill Mining Company, from
the fact that Seymour, at the uine ho
organized it, was at HayerhilL Mass"
although his home is at Utica, y. T.
rho members Of the company nave
dora all of their own Quitting In TINS
citv, The outfit is most elaborate and
COSTLY. There IS nothing extravaganza
about Il, but every necessary article IL
there. and every one is Of the best posi-
bIe quality. The only thing they
brought with them from the East Is
some sheep-skin sleeping-bags, when
are OF superior workmanship, ana Oh
useful design. Their passage was en-
gagged by telegraph some days ago, Oh
~ steamer Humboldt, which is due TO
call from Seattle for st. MicbaePs next
sunday morning, and their tickets
guarantee them arrival at Dawson CITY
before the river is frozen up.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
TIT MS SYCTE SON. The Tower, Cor. Second and Broad.
A Practical Test.
QIarper's Round Table,


Dom Pedro. the last Emperor Of Brazil,
was a man OF a practical turn OF mlnd'
as the following story told OF him by
Spanish newspaper well illustrates;
He once gave an audience 10 a young
engineer who came 20 show him new
appliance for stopping railway engines.
The Emperor was pleased with the ldel'
but wished to put Il 10 a practical test
'Day after tomorrow said he. "haya
yo.r engine ready. We will have Il
coupled TO my sal0on-car and start When
going at full speed will give the signal
TO stop and then we shall see how your
invention works"
At the appointed time all was In reads
ness. The Emperor entered his carriage
the young inventor mounted his engine
and on they sped for several miles "a
fast as they could go. There came M
signal. and the engineer began 10 fear
that the Emperor had fallen asleep Sud
denly the engine came 10 n sharp curve
around the edge OF clip, when, 10 his
horror, on tho track directly ahead or
them the engineer saw n huge boulder.
He had Just sufficient presence OF mind
to turn the crank OF his brake and pull
the engine up within couple OF yards
Of the fatal block.
Here the Emperor put his head out OF
his car window and demanded 70 know
the cause OF the sudden stoppage. Tho
engineer pointed TO the rock. and. much
10 his surprise. Dom Pedro began 10
laugh.
push II on one side and go on" ha
said. calmly.
The engineer obeyed, and kicking the
stone, was still further astonished 10 seq
il crumble into dust before him.
IL was nothing more nor less than
block OF starch which the Emperor had
had made and placed on the rails tho
night before
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
wATER-sPOUTS AT CLEVELAND'
One of Them Does Consideranie
Damage.

CLEVELAND, o., August ia strange
nbenomena was seen by residents Oh
This city at about o'clock this morning.
tr;va dark and enormous water-spouts
were seen far out in the lake, moving IN
an easterly direction. One of them went
trayersing the distance from the western
horizon, where they were first seen, 10
the eastern horizon, where 1t hnally DIS
aupeared, or struck the shore, In 10 MN
utes. Two struck the shore near the loot
Of Wilson avenue. while the others pur-
sued their easterly course down the lake.
The largest spout struck the shore at
the foot of Coe street with terrible force.
The large gate of the Avery stamping
company was twisted from IT'S hinges and
the huge timbers scattered I'm every d.
rection. The shipping department OF this
plant IS now being repaired, and large
section of the roof was taken Off.
box-car on the track at the side or the
shipping- house vas dragged GO feet on one
way on the track, and then blown TO the
end of the track in the opposite direction.
windows were broken, and several large
sections of roofs from surrounding sheds
were blown off. Then the force OF the
whrlwind. for such it was, seemed to
spend itself.
The path seemed TO be about 500 Feet
in width and pursued a southeasteriy
course through the city. No one was
injured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
TROUBLE AT SOFIA.
AUSTRIAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
LEAVES BULGARIAN CAPITAL.
PRIME MINISTER UNDIPLOMATIC.
He Makes an "OdOrous Comparison"
With Respect to the vennlity of
DHicinI CircIcs-Abdul Hamfu In
the Plot.

SOFIA, BULGARIA. August R.-The
Austrian Charge d'Affaires, Baron Won
Kulmbach- Rosenburg, has left Bulgaria
on an indefinite leave Of absence. Ills
departure Is owing to the refusal or the
bulgarian Premier, NJ. Stoiloff, to comply
with the demand OF the Austrian Govern
ment to formally disavow an interview
with the Premier, published in the Local
Anzeiger last month, in which referring
TO the inslstence OF Austria upon the
punishment of Captain Botchofr, the
former aide-de-camp of Prince Ferdinand
OF Bulgaria, recently convicted OF the
murder of Anna Szimon, an Austrian SUD-
ject. he drew an insulting parallel De-
tween the venality in official circles IN
Austria and Bulgaria.
NOT A DIPLOMATIC RUPTURE.
LONDON, August 12.-The Austro-Bul-
garian trouble is suspension, rather
than a rupture, Of diplomatic relations
Baron Won Kulmbach-Rosenburg, the
Austrian Charge d'Affaires ar Soila'
having entrusted the business Of the lega-
ton to Baron Hoenining, the secretary,
during his absence.
1t is not likely that Austria Will do any
thing further, as Bulgaria is one OF the
best customers for Austrian goods. Mat
ters are likely to remain as they are tor
the present, and as Bulgaria survived 4
breach with Russia, she Will also sur
vfve a breach with Austria. 1t Is sug-
gested that her masterful Premier NJ.
Stoiloff. wishes to embarrass Prince Fer
dinand. who must choose between DIS
missing his Premier and offending Tur-
key.
ABDUL HANDS HAND.
It IS also said that the Sultan mas
urged Prince Ferdinand to resist, with
a view to creating the diversion OF Euro
pean pressure now desired by Turkey.
NJ. Stoiloff's antipathy to Austria Is no.
torious. while the relations between the
Austrian Count and Prince Ferdinand
had already entirely ceased. the Emperor
Francis Joseph having obstinately re-
fused TO receive the Prince, and Russia
declines to render the slightest assistance
toward Bulgarian independence, and all
the Powers. desiring a preservation Oh
peace would equally resist such step.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
MIR. sTICE<NEY CRITICALLY ILL.
The Life of MOnumentnFs BeloVeu
Rector Despaired of This Morning.

Rev Fenner S. Stickney. the popular
and beloved rector of Monumental
church il almost hopelessly i'll at his
home on north Twelfth street He was
taken sick Saturday last, but appeared
only 10 be suffering from some slight
summer trouble. On Sunday morning ne
MS not able to fill hts pulpit and MI.
Tohn l. williams read the services Tor
him That evening he felt better, ana
an Monday he was able 10 go ABOUT MS
house and hoped 10 be out In DAY OF
two Rut this was not TO be 50. lie began
IN crow worse Tuesday, and the trouble,
Witch was thought TO be slight, developed
into serious arrangement or the
heart Yesterday morning his physician
mr. Teusler. realizing that his patient
condition was critical, indeed, called IN
Drs TTpshur and Massie for consulta-
tom and the three physicians worked
mon the sufferer the remainder OF the
day. =. , ,,o.,,
A. 2 o'clock this morning 1t was very
doubtful II Mr.. Stickney could live many
hours DR. Teusler, who had re-
mained at his bedside through the nlsht'
sill had some hopes OF pulling MS patieh.
through but admitted that the chances
we're decidedly against him.
last evening Mr.. Stickney's father ana
noother who reside at Wilson, NJ -,
we're telegraphed to come at once anu
they arrived here on the "A. NJ Tram
over the Atlantic-Coast Line
Tbo many friends OF this popular MN
,ster were panied and shocked last hlsnl
Inn the news of his precarious condl-
ton spread over the city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
Friday Great Bargain Day.

Linen. with colored silk stripes ard
plaids. was &c, now l5c.
S0-inch Ail-Linen and Wool Mixed, for
extra skirts. 25c. a yard.
white and Black Chiffon Yelling &c.
Sewing SILK Yelling, White. Black,
Brown, Navy and Gray only, sc.
qoS white Point dEsprit. Is inches wide.
White Footing. for rufies. 800. dozen
yale9ciennes Inserting. &C. yard; resu-
Kings Cotton. 2oo-yard spools. isc. a
Black Rubber Coat and Vest Buttons.
&c "A dozen
White Duck Caps. Sc.
Scissors, inches long, regular price
5Oc.. now 25c
Ladies side satchels, %. 81, and SOC.
Snake Card Purses, 25c.
- Autographic Indelible Linen Marker.
6-Hook American Lady Corsets. 81.
6-Hook w. b. Corsets Toe.
Pearl Buttons, dozen for &c.
Good Apron Bingham, the very best. &c.
yard.
Buttermilk Soap, &C. cake.
Glycerine Soap, &C. cake.
Real Good Canton Flannel, &C. yardl
much better at &C.
Unbleached Canton Flannel, regular lOc.
KIM, for Sc.
Atwood White Flannel. &c. grade, toI
Real Good White Flannel. Il i-2c. yard.
Good Domet Flannel. Sc. a yard.
Linen Finish Skirtng, regular l0c. quail
~, only lac.
Good Feather Ticking. u 1-2c. a yard;
Good Ticking, &c. a yard.
Roller Skates, 25c. a pair.
Bleached Jeans for gentlemen's under
wear, &C. a yard.
Double-Warp Night-Gown Twill, 16 2-Sc.
a yard
Toilet Paper Sc. a package
White Persian Lawn, u l-2c. for 9oc.
quality.
White Persian Lawn. 2oc. for s9c.
White India Linen, 40 inches wide, iOc.
yard
White Corded and Plaid Nainsook and
Dimity, 6 lac. for l0c. quality.
French Nainsook, IS inches wide. &c.
q yard.
Long Cloth, sl.25 piece for y yards.
Ladies' Black Saline Underskirts. 60c.
Ladies Crash Suits. embroidered Etor
jackets, were $3.50. now $500.
Ladies' Fancy Duck Skirts, 81.
Ladies' Duck Bicycle Skirts. $3.50.
Turkey-Red Table Linen. Tic. for &c.
| quality
Real Good Mating Zoe. a yard.
Extra Heavy Double-Warp Mating, l5c.
a yard
Yard-Wlde Ingram Carpet. DC a yard.
our 75c. Wool Carpets. soc. a yard.
New line OF Smyrna Rugs, In all sizes,
10 match from 81 up.
Gentlemens Pleated Bosom Shirts, full
length, all length sleeves, soc.
Gentlemen's Open or Closed Front
Pleated Bosom Shirts, 75c.
We are Offering great bargains I'm Baby
Carriages-S25 Carriages, $3.50; S35 Car
riages. SIS
Great slaughter in Trunks, Bags. and
Satchcls 10 close.
All-Wool White. Gray, and Red Blank
cts. size 6SxI6. weight fun a. pounds.
They are nicely bound with silk ribbon.
regular price So. now S.fS.
Wa have a great many sOlled Blankets
at ST. sl.25, $50, and Sis. worth much
more.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
Roy Robbed and Murdered.

KANSAS CITY, MO, August ia spe-
cial to the Journal from El Paso says:
Harold Mosley of Kansas City, Mo, the
l5-year-old son of a division superlh-
tendent Of the Kansas City, Pittspurs
and Gulf railroad. left his fathers ranch,
near Chamberlrno, in Dona Ana county,
y. NJ. last Friday evening. to visit neigh
bors. Saturday evening the boys horse
came I'm alone. and search was made Tor
the youth His body was found hanging
to a cottonwood tree on the main ROAD
from Chamberlino to his home. He had
evidently been dead twenty-four hours.
The ground showed that the boy had
been robbed, taken from the morse ny
mounted men. and strung up in the cot
tonwood. The murder is supposed to
have been committed by Mexican neigh
bors of the Mosleys, with whom tho
family have had trouble over their ranch
boundaries.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13

Extra Heavy TurkishBath Towels, iSc.
EXTRA LARGE SIZE TURKISH
BATH TOWELS, REGULAR 4Oc. KIND
FOR &c.
Nice Decorated Open-and-shut Japanese
Fans. regular price l0c. now &c.
Small size Pure Linen Stamped Centre
pieces. Sc.
Il l-2c. yard
Hamburg. IA inches wide, 19c. a yard;
regular price, 35c.
Great Bargains in Hamburg at IA. II.
and 19c. yard.
Hamburg. &c. yard; regular price, &c.
II yards Linen Trimming, inches wide,
for 2Oc
Ladies' Tan Isle Gloves, regular price
&c: now l5c.
Elegant line Of New Fall Teck Ties,
flowing ends, satin lined, regular value
Doc. now 25c.
Tambour Lace Table Covers. regular
price $l75; now 75c.
Ladies' Fancy Hose, regular prices
"a IL and 50c.; now 25c.
Ladies' Pure Linen Undressed Hem
stitched Handkerchief, l0c.; regular value
lie.
Gentlemens Heavy Dark Moleskin and
Fleece Working Shirts, soc.
Androscoggin (full IL wide and IL
long Bleached Sheets, 4Sc.
Gentlemen's Balbriggan Shirts, medium
weight, Regular VJC Btdtt, lVt or
Ladies' Bleached Isle Vests, neck ana
sleeves silk crocheted, with silk RIBBON
run. only 20c.
GA Damask Table Covers, all colors,
regular price s.; bargain price, 75c.
Children's Red and Navy-Blue Reefers,
sizes TO s years; they are handsomely
braided. new style, sl.21.
Turkey-Red Table Covers, with Fancy
borders. 81.
White Linen Fringed Table Covers, with
colored borders, only 81; regular value,
Sis.
pure Linen. all ready washed. ready
for use. Hemmed Huck Towels, II r-2c-
as good as you have been paying zoe. for
Ladies' SOC. Percale Waists, 39c.
Ladies Waists, were SSc., now reduced
TO soc.
Ladies' Fine Twilled Gloria Umbrellas,
Gc.
Ladies' Waist Sets-cufr buttons. collar
button. and studs-for sc.
Naselne, Sc. bottle.
Ladies' Red Leather Belts, harness
buckles. regular price &c; now lsc.
Gentlemens Madras Shirts, soft bosoms,
were S9c.: now SOC.
AU-Wool Ladies' Cloth-Garnet Navy.
GRAY Green. and Brown-was 5Oc.; now
Csc. yard-full 90 inches wide.
Is pieces of Fancy Black Figured Mo-
hair. was 45c; now 25c. -
one lot OF Gentlemen's collars were ~
and l5c., all styles. size IL IL, now &c
All of our Csc. organizes and 20c. Lap
pets. to make clean sweep, sc. yard.
Ladies' Collars. the zoe. style, now lOc
Remnants of White Pique, the 2Oc.
quality. SAC. yard.
Ladies' House Dresses. made OF best
10 &c. bingham. were $50, now SOC.
Black Hair Cloth, was S5c.; now IL l-Zc.
yard. 20 o,,.,.
for Soc yard. .,
Boys Wash Duck Sailor Suits, were
81 25 and $780, now Coo. "a.
/ il pounds Of Good Note Paper for loc.
Linen Paper, plain or ruled, regular
price 25c.: now 15c. package
$50 Good Envelopes for 25c. 80, -. ..
ladies' Mourning Collars with cape; &C.
Fast-Black India Linen, 10c. a yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
Spanish Spy Hanged by Cubnns.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, August r.
A special to the Citizen from Key West,
with late Habana advices, states that a
Spanish spy Miguel Besta. was hanged
without trial by Baldomero Acosta a
prominent Cuban leader. Besta had been
employed by Weyler to visit Acosta's
camp and assassinate him.
On reaching the camp his execution
was ordered, upon information Of his pur
pose that had come TO Acosta before his
arrival. Besta had a bloody record as n
professional spy. having been instru-
mental in securing the death OF many
Cubans.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
MORE TROUBLE IN ECUADOR
Another Conspiracy to oFer'"'o"
the Government

NEW YORK, August ia Spe0,@'
from Panama to the Herald says: Ieie-
graphlc adyices from the Heralds eoi
respondent in Guayaquil Ecuauol,
state that a leading newspaper Oh 'l'1'
city. seml-oncial organ, declares res s s,,S'
another conspiracy to overthrow the gov gov.
eminent has been unearthed. The eas ,s
Of operations of the eonsPlra'ors. liter IL -
asserted. is in the peruvian ,.o.'o
towns and the leaders OF me noVeineh.
a "" -, Conservatiyes, Clericals, ond Few
liberal malcontents- . r,,,o,.,,,,,
''. president Alfaro. who left Guayaquii
Cor Quito on August 5th, has stopped az
ouaranda, midway between the espi.sl
Ia Guayaquii This is due, IT Is oin-
AT LII, ranorted. to the Illness OF his VIE,
800 Sn, there Is a general belief taat The real
o oa, . was a rumor that the consplrators
.ronIa soon begin operations along the
Peruvian frontier"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
Faiths Comfort.
Jewlsh South.)

have been forth in the battle; I've been
smltten in the strife.
BY those | sought u succor. cen at cost
OF life.
through to the heart
o. Fathcrl IN Thy mercy. let mo soon
depart, 49,
From this world OF shadows! from this
Unto Thy hills Of Joy. Father. let me gol
thought 70 make men better, and not TO
make them worse,
To ba 10 earth blessing, and not 10 be
It's curse;
Fen as II borne upwards upon angels
wings.
But swords upIft assailed me: they beat
me 20 the ground;
At roil-csl on the morrow / shall b
sought, not found.
III.
With leave OF the Commander / lay ms
down TO rest,
Upon the faithful bosom, upon the gentle
breast
OF her who brought me forth with Joy at
my birth,
wounded, weak. and weary. receive ne,
Mother Earth!
What though the rushing squadron charge
above my head:
What II tho humorous cannon belches
forth It's lead.
No sound shall then assail me. no ciamor
smite my ear,
For / shall lie In peace and faith, devoid
Of grief and fear.
"
Until winds forth the trumpet. 20 can
from battlefield.
The true, the brave. the noble. that 70
wrong would not yield.
The hero and the poet, the martyr, ana
the sage,
That dared to read the truth 70 man
from Gods own printed page,
The true. the brave. the noble, OF every
age and cline.
That gave their life for right with cour'
age most sublime.
vi.
All this mighty hostshali leap unto theis
feet,
At the ,rumpets' trillIns. softly low, and
sweet. -,
JOY. love and faith upon earth shall
Sorrow, sin, and shame come unto their
J. L. EZEKIEL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13

All the Cracks Entered-Some Sur
prises-Records Lowered.

WILKESBARRE. PA, August H.
The National Circuit races here to-day,
under the auspices of the West-End
Wheelmen, was the most successful meet
ever held in this part OF the State. over
five thousand people were present. All
the cracks were entered, and there were
some surprises.
In the two-mile national championship
professional the prize was captured by
a comparatively unknown man-F. G.
Hoyt OF Cambridge. Mass, in the good
time OF 416 2-5. each half-nile being
paced by different man. Earl Kiser was
second, and Bald third. Cooper. Butler,
ana the rest were quite out OF 1t.
Butler won the mile open in 2:H 80,
beating out Gardiner and Kiser.
The one-mile handicap. professional,
was won by c. r. Newton, Stafford
Springs. Conn.
The amateur events were all well con-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-13
british Opponents Mainly Afghnns'

LONDON, August 13.-According TO
dlspatch TO the Times from Simla' tno
force which attacked Fort shapklar, mar
Peshawur. last Saturday. was mace uP
principally of Afghans from the Jai an.
The gatherings occurred on Afghan t Ie,o,
tory. The Afghan officials dld nun re
TO restrain them. on the GopltaI'' .o,,-
r,anding at Asmar. was In constant com
,,,nnication with the Mullah, who led the
attack. AS a result Of this intelllsehce'
troops are being sent to Peshawur'