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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

aged twenty, and her brother, Anthony,
aged five, were caught in a back room.
whence they could not reach any means of
egress. and before help arrived they had
been burned to death. One man living
across the street heard the victims scream
ing, but before he could aid them the burn
ing roof had fallen in upon them. From APP
pearance of the bodies death was caused
by suffocation before the flames had
reached them. They had been supposed to
be in the front part of the building, but in
reality did not get out of the back room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
AIRLINE Terminals.

Speech II to the IndianapoIis Journal.
NEW ALBANY, Ind, May 1.-The re-
ceivers of the Airline Company to-day
took possession of the belt and terminal
property. A meeting of the freight agents
and yardmasters Of the Airline, Monon,
Baltimore & Ohio Southwester and Ken
lucky and Indiana Bridge Companies was
held yesterday in this city and arrange
ments were made for the ransfer Of Air
line freight trains into Louisville by way of
the belt and terminal road and the Ken
lucky and Indiana bridge,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Forser Lewis pIcnds Not Guilty.

URBANA, o.. May IL. 7. Lewis. the
bond forger. was arraigned before Judge
HaiseTman to-day and pleaded nst guilty.
His bond was placed at S30. 600. in default Of
which he was remanded TO Jail. An effort
win be made TO consolidate the thirty in
dictments and have Lewis tried on only
two. Lewis is In very poor health, and on
the advice of physicians the hearing was
held in private.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

EUREKA, Kan. May Robert Clogs
ton. said to have been a banished Russian
nobIeman. committed suicide here to-day.
He was an eccentric old man and lived
alone in a hut near here for twenty years.
During that time he has never been known
to leave his abode for more than a few
hours al a time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Capt. Murp..y Arrested.

KINGSTON. Jamaica, May Capt. Ed
ward Murphy. formerly of the American
steamer Laurada. was arrested at Port
Antonio yesterday on his arrival there from
New York by order of the Jamaica govern
ment on two charges of fflibustering. He
will be tried on Thursday next.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02
Ferris Succeeds Ernst.

CINCINNATI, May Aaron A. Ferris
to-day was appointed special master for the
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Railroad by Judge Taft, to succeed p. P.
Ernst, resigned. The company operates the
roads on the Queen & Crescent route be-
tween Cincinnati and New Orleans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-02

Expert wall Paper CIeaninG.
references. GIBSON. 26 Fayette street
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21
The Lenoir Topic is respon
sible for the following:

The L4enoir Topic is respon
sible for the following:
"a young man whose home
ia near ZIonville, Watauga
county, is working at a saw
mill in Little River township.
Last week he received a let
ter from home which related
the circumstances OF a lively
fracus near his homein which
Ben Sanders and his wife, Ma
ry, we're the chief actors.
They both had on too much
liquor. The lady belabored
the old man with everything
in reach. Their son, John,
had a gallon pot full OF col
fee which the queen OF t b e
rancho made free use OF in
the battle. The old m a n
broke the skillet all to fin.
ders on the hearth; while the
old lady beat the life and mt
sic out of their son Johns
fiddle. So there is mourning
and sore lamentation in that
family in those Christmas
days-no skillet to bake th'
bread and no fiddle to enlI
ven the home with it's swee1
strains of music"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21

Most of the Senators who have
been worried about their re-e!ec-
ton during the past few months
or perhaps during the last, fe "
years, seem to be pulling thro'
handsomely. The dispatches gave
US information several days ago
that Hansbroug. of North Dako.
ia, had been favored by n curious
freak of fortune. One of his ow
lovely Dakota billiards. had stall
ed two or three railroad trains
on which some OF his bitteresta
tagonists were endeavoring t c
travel to the State capitol. This
was Jolly, indeed. Whether thes'
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21

opponents reached the scene Of
conflict or not, Hansbrough has
now pulle.l through; and as the
gentleman was once an advent
ursolne printer, who did not hes
itate to travel from town 70
town for work when he absnlte-
ly needed it, and as he has never
put ona frill in his life, noiDatter
what his success may have been,
who shouldn't wish him contin-
ued snccess?-Wash. Times.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21
Who wins.

The boy or the man who
spends all his earnings away
from home; attending lect-
ure, club room, theatre, bill.
lard hall, bear saloon; play
ing chess, checkers, pool or]
cards: chewing or smoking
tobacco, drinking liquor, or
gambling? or the ona who is
entirely free from all that we
have named; whose deterlni-
nations and tendencies a,ein
the direction OF home, indus
try, sobriety, self culture IN
the science and the literature
of the past and the present,
ofright. the truth, of God?
There is a gentleman in Chi
cago who stands high in bus
mess circles, because, W h II
but'a boy on the streets OF
Chicago, he chose the light
and maintained it. At eleven
his father died, leaving vile
and.tour.children. From that
time, foI seven years. t b a t
boy sold papers and bla 2ked
boots, all the while support
ing the family out of HE dai-
lv profits. At eighteen he com
men.ed business for himself
as a merchant, and to-day is
highly respected by his many
friends and acquaintances
and IL DONG Il nOurlsnlne
business.
Who wins, the boy or man
of bad habits? No! The boy
or the man who can swear.
cheat, or lie, or steal without
> being found ont? No! But ht
: wins who is not ashamed tC
? pray to God ip the hour o
J temptation for help; fol
r strength more than human
} when adversely overwhelms
t He who reads Gods Wor:
F.; land trusts it, who does n O I
t ask, Is it expedient? but is i
: right?-he wins. Sci.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21
Interstate Commerce Com

Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Il. D. Yeomans is
home from a short visit to his
home in Iowa. He brings
back one of the best stories
OF the season, which he pick,
ed up in Chicago. 1t runs to
the effect that a man caught
sight OF a fine picture OF Ma
ior Mckinley in d shop win
dow. Underneath was the le'
gend. "the advance guard o.
prosperity" The manlooked
long and curiously at it, ano
then exclaimed: Well, I'll bt
D., l have Deen in the show
business these forty years
and never before have | seer
an advance agent so far a
head of his show. "-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21

Mr.. Jinks-I dom t no W
how you will feel about it,
sir. but the fact is that IN y
wife, your daughter, is u
dreadfully hard woman t o
live with.
Mr.. Blinks-I can sympa-
tize with !, ou, sir, | married
her mother.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21

the election OF his sucressOr
by the Arkansas Legislature.
AS he has no opposition, there
isn't. the slightest d on b t
of his being his own success
or, and the democrats OF Ar
kansas will make no mistake
in sending Senator Jones
back. as no man in the Sen
ate has more rapidly come
to the front in power and in
huence than he has since he1
became prominent in the Viii
son. tariff bill fight in t h 81
last campaign as Chairman
of the Democratic National
Commlttee is known to all.
Whether the speerh OF Sen
ator Mills to-day, on his res.
olution declaring that the ex
pediency Of recognizing b q
|inde endenre Of a ! O reig n
state belongs to Congress;
and further declaring that the
Independence OF Cuba ought
to be and is hereby recogniz-
ed, and appropriating $lO,-
600 for the salary and expeh
ses of IA Minister tOCuba, will
open the food gates OF Gu
ban oratOry remains to be
seen. 1t was plain aud to the
poin.. Mr.. Mills thinks the
matter should not be longer
postponed, and a short time
ago a majority OF the Sen
ate thought with him, b u t
influences have been at work
which, if they have notchan-
ged opinions. have at least
brought about an apparent
willingness TO leave the whole
business for the next e n
gress and administration tC
deal W h. Representative
Money, of Miss, has return
ed from his investigating
trip to Cuba, but says ne ii
not ready yet to talk forput
: ication of what he fount
' out, or at least OF all HI
fOun1 out.
The House passed the Lou(
; bill, and it is now inthel.and'
OF the Senate Committee
with chances OF &C t i or II
!, doubt,
There is a disposition or
the part of democrats in tn
House to criticise- the tardl
g ness of Speaker Reed in fill
. ing the two democratic va
: cancies on the Ways a m
0 Means Coipmittee. i NJ
0 should unquestionab!y hay
y been filed before the tarl
: hearings, but although tn
" hearings are now over; the
" are still untitled. 1t looks llk
70 a bit ofpur- cussedness on tn
: part of Reed. The places ar
merely honorary now, as tn
10 democratic members Will nC
70 be allowed to- have any han
70 IN making the tariff bill.
III Interstate Commerce Con
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21
face aud winning smile. it is
Gods gift and Hemeans that
you shall use it for good.
Clifton, N. G. l.. E.
Not So Wicked.

Not So Wicked.
Washington Times.
1t appears that the Rev. A.
G. Dixon a New York clergy
man, has recently been say
ing that the world isgrowing
very wicked. that it grows
more and more wicked every
day, and that something re-
ally ought to be done about
it. This opinion of Rev. Mr..
Dixon has, been shared by
many others. not only, as we
believe, by DR.. Moody, tn e
ma tchlesss evangelist, butt by
many other religious author
tiles in New York. Tits theo-
ry is somewhat natural. All
of these gentlemen live III the
metropolis, or have recently
been staying there.
The wickedness of that great
city is notorious. The almost
indecent publication concern
ing the dinner OF certain
swplIs Of the Four Hundred
at Sherry's was not needed
to confirm that view. 3 II t
New York is not a,l Of the u
nlted States, indeed it is a
very small and very foreign
part OF the United Sta ten. 1t
does not typify the great
and glorious goodness of this
great country. The temper
and purpt Sc of the American
people arc essentially gpnn'
inc, pure, patriotic and reli-
gious. 1t may be that the
devotees of certain creeds are
not able t. report from year
to year or from m IN t h to
month, that their number ol
communicates is increasing;
but that does necessarily mat
ter. Perhaps the communi.
, cants ofother denomlnutions
| are increasing rapidly; or ev
en- if they are not, the grea
reading, we)l-informed, well
) intended, thoughtful and lib
eral body who constitute TIT
American people, whateve
y the accident of their birth O
) education may have been
3 are increasing in the deptl
e and strength of their rea
| goodness and real religion
) feeling. Happily it is coming
e more and more to be believed
+ that crpeds are not essential
g or, possibly, to put it better
that the one great creed {
:, humanity ana of unlyersa
n human charity, of love, ir
j. deed. and of conformity wit
b the One Divine Order, an
}. hence ofutility, improvement
n and happiness, is more an
}. more hOnored and followed
o 1t matters very little abou
e New York city. 1t isquite na
0 ural, az we have said, t b a
le the Rev. Mr.. Dixon and u
y OF his fellows should believ
u Judging from theirexperien'
u IN the metropolis, that tt
II world is growing worse Bt
!" it is not. And it is not log
1t ally to be supposed that tt
Il evidence which has been fu
~ nished to these gentlemen
vs. New York has anything whi
+ ever to do with the case.
"A Mr.. Jinks-I don't knO
Lo how Won will feel about
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21
The woman's Pledge.

suggestion made by Ine some
time ago in regard 70 young
woman's temperance league?
Dear young ladies, how ma
ny Of you will join with mein
this grand and noble work?
One dear sister at Fair
Plains, N. G., has organized
a lodge with fiattering pros
pects. Who will take t n is
work in hand and do like
wisr? Let US go to work and
get the girls and young la
dies all to join together un-
der obligations that t h ey
will not associate with Young
men who drink. | wish each
one could see the beauty Of
this society La Gods own
pook we read Of a young wO
man who did two very sim
pie things One was 70 watch
"a little cradle Il among the rush
es; another was to go a r d
find a nurse for little Moses.
Did she dream that she was
saving the future leader CT
Gods chosen people? Can you
think OF anything sweater,
more angelic than the band
ing together of girls to study
out the ways and means ol
saving our boys md young
men from drunkenness, lead.
ing them by the still waters
of usefulness and sobriety.
Our Government will toler.
ate this liquor trafic, which
means death to thousands
annually; which means hear,
broken wives anfIagged ano
hungry children. Now 1t ls II
the power of women to 40 Il
greater work for tine upllit
Ing OF humanity than h a I
been done, if | can only ge1
this question before them arc
get them to see the beaut.
there is in the Woman's Fen
perance Society.
Our fat Senators and Con
gresstnen like the social gias
TOO we'll to oppose the great
est evil of "Christian Amerl
ca" They even allow t n i
vile stuff to be sent acros
the waters and sold to tn
poor heather. And yet W
live in christian America an
7 send our missionaries t
? preach the gospel to thes
I people. which is good, b u
2 keep the devils tire-work
opt.
e The future of the temper
z ance reform depends on tral
e ing the young and 40 | az
e peal to them. Each churc
t and school should have a 81
j ciety for the young wome
and girls. We want you to-
dear friend. We need you t
J. help US battle against t h
S grea test foe OF mankind. n
IS one can fill your place; n" oT
$ can do your work. | know L
s. YOUR earnest iacp tnat y0
< are waiting 10 knowYour I
o ty in this cause. | hear yol
it question: What can | 90!
l. 1t was only a little flo Ser p'
J. into a sick room that led
e. weary soul back to God. u
of can use youripfluence a'wh,
d and everywhere tor iempe
ID ance.
,e Young ladies, there ls
W wide domain of influence
rs which | have called your q
N tention, because it is your
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON LETTER
From our Regular Correspondent.
Tie last plays, in the little
game arranged by Mckinley
and Hanna to freeze ] 70 b nj
Sherman OFT of the Senate
and out 81 OHIO politics by
compelling him to become a
member, of MtKinley's .''abi-
net will, he made this week at
Canton, whittier Sherman has
been summoned, 1t il believ
ed in. Washington that Mc55
Kinley aud Hanna hold all
.lthetramps and that Sher-
man will bow toathe inevita-
BILE and go into the Gabinet.
although he makes no secret
.'of preferring to remain in the
Spna te. because he had rath-
er 40 that than to retire to
private life ut, the end OF his
term in the Senate. Should
he enter the cabinet. Hanna
will succeed him in the Sen
ate, by gnoernatorial ap.,
pointment, and be a candi-
! date for 4 full term at the ex
piration OF this one, If the re-
.publlean~. retain. control OF
the Ohio Legislature. 7 h 9
!. ATTEMPT to put the NcKin-
Icy. The attempts to put the
Mckinley collar upon other
Senators have been dismal
failures. Allison and AldrIch
have noth refused the Treas
ury portfolio. which had first
been refused hv Representa-
= tive Dingley. 1t is difficult tc
get men nf self-respect W h G
are willingly to blindly pledge
themselves to support MrKir
lev for reelection, in returnfol
a Cabinet portfolio.
1t seems that a bla :kguart
speech has to he made at ev
cry session Of Congress. Rep
resentntive johnson, OF Cal.
who was working with tn
huntington lobby for the p
cific Railroad Funding bill
which was disposd Of by tht
House to-day afterfonr day
discussion, is entitled to tn
helr for having made one q
the dirtiest and most inde
cent personal attacks eve
made on the floor of h
HouseTthe speech was so di
ty that no paper would prin
it all. The man attacked wa
VIM. R. Hurst, who h a
fought the bill in his N e
York and San Francisco ps
pers, and who. Mr.. Johnso
thinks, was instrumental
getting him defeated when h
was a candidate for reele'
ton last November.
A Senator who ia a clot
friend to Justice Field, of tx
Supreme Court, said OF tt
revival of the rumor that j,
tice Field, who has long bee
eligible for retirement. woul
retire on the promise of Pre-
& ident Cleveland to nomina'
Secretary CarlisIs to the W
cancy: "'rhere isn't a word
truth in the story. Justl'
Field has said that he won
not give Mr.. Cleveland an {
portunity to name his succ
sor, and the old ~gentlem'
has a long and unbroken r
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1897-01-21
DR.. J. N. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N. &

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Highest references and endors-
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CA0TORTA.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-09
FIGHT BETWEEN TWO EAGLES.

FIGHT BETWEEN TWO EAGLES.
Au aerial battle between two big
American eagles took place at West
Point, N. Y, Monday afternoon. Just
before the corps of cadets marched out
to the parade ground to give Gu e1hi.
bition in infantry drill the crowd of
visitors observed the two eagles soaring
skyward just above the hotel. A mo-
ment later the two birds came together
with great force. For fully fifteen min
utes the conflict waged unceasingly.
Round after round the birds clawed
and pecked each other and then would
soar away again for moment before
renewing the fight. The smaller OF the
winged com batsnts seemed to have the
best OF the fight for some time, but, as
if enraged at its plight, the big eagle
made furious onslaught against
its weaker foe. Just about this
time Corporal Robert G. Smith
Of the drum corps was leaving the north
dock in a rowboat for Cold Spring. He
was startled to see fall in the water,
only short distance out in the Hud-
son, bleeding bird. Il crimsoned the
water where it struck. Smith hastily
rowed out to where the eagle was, and
when within only an oars length from
the wounded bird it ascended again and
flew on au old boathouse on Constitu
ton Island, just opposite West Point.
Smith rowed there, but the wounded
eagle flew in the direction ofthe swamps
i,,ct hohin1 tho iolopd Tho vicfori0pa
bird scared away towards CrowNest and
was not seen again. The two eagles
had been observed flying over the reser-
walton for some days. Old Dave"
Lyons, the Hudson river boatman, also
saw the aerial fight. He declared that
the wounded eagle has been around
Crow Nest and vicinity for century,
and that it is known to all Hudson riv-
er. fishermen as "Harvey Birch"
nicknamed from one of the characters
in J. Fennimore Cooper's tale "The
Spy"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-09

ROMANCE OF REvoLUTIoN.-Miss
Ida Dent Wright, daughter of Mrs.
Marie Robinson Wright, was married
10 DR.. Walter E. Seymour, OF Boston,
Mass, in New York, Monday. The
bride and bridegroom and Mrs. Wright
left for Washington. ".' .''7is1-+.'''
The bride, who Is native OF At
lanta, Ca, was at one time engaged to
General Antonio Ezeta, Vice President
of San Salvador. The revolution In
San Salvador caused postponement
of the wedding. When the Ezeta
brothers were overthrown General
Ezeta escaped to San Francisco On
board the United States wsrship Ben
nington. Extradition proceedings were
brought by the new Salvador govern
ment.
Miss Wright worked hard in the
interests of her fsnce, appealing to
President Cleveland and the members
OF the Cabinet not to surrender Gen
eral Ezeta. She won. Their engage.
ment was broken by mutual consent,
but the two remained firm friends.
Mrs. Seymour Is about "a years old.
She has travelled great deal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-06-09
For Over Fifty Years

An OLD AND WE1L.TRIHD REMxDY.-Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for
over fifty years ty millions Of mothers for
their children while teething, with perfect
success, 1t soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best emedy for Diarrboa. Is pleasant to the
tsste. Sold by Druggists in every part Of the
world, Twenty-Five cents a bo.tle. Its value
Is incalculable. Be sure and SAX for Mn Wins.
lows Soothing Syrup and TAXA no other kind.
iap17 20 d&w1vr
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Old People.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stim ulate and
contains no whisky nor other intoxi-
cant, but acts as tonic and Alternative.
1t acts mildly on the stomach and bow.
els, adding strength and giving tone
to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in
the performance of the functions. Elec.
trio Bitters is an excellent appetizer
and aids digestion. Old people find it
just exactly what they need. Price
fifty cents and s1OO per bottle at E. L.
Aliens Drug Store.