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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
FOR FREE SILVER.
The Trans Mississippi Congress Adopts
Strong 16 to 1 Resolutions.


SALT LAKE, Utah, July 17.-When
the Transmississippi congress met
yesterday the committee on perma-
nent organization reported, recon-
mending Hugh Craig of San Francisco
for pi esident of the congress, to be eff
fective at ? o'clock yesterday afternoon,
that hour being fixed in order to allow
Mr. Bryan to preside during the de-
bate.
The congress then took up the silver
resolutions, and after long debate,
which was closed by Mr.. Bryan,
passed the majority report, which is
an unequivocal declaration for free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to l.
Mr.. Bryan was presented with a
beautiful silver cup, the gift of citi-
zens of Salt Lake.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
Turks, Indemnity Fixed.

ATHENS, July 1.-THE powers have
fixed the indemnity to be paid to Tur-
key by Greece at 81, 900, OG0, and have
accepted a compromise giving Turkey n
more liberal line of frontier Turkey
and Greece have been left to settle
the question of the capitulations be-
tween themselves.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
A Tra,nload of Biographies.

TOPEKA, Kan, July 1.-THE geog-
raphies to supply the schools of Kan
sas for the next five years will be
published in Chicago, and it viii, take
twelve carloads for the first consign-
ment. Arrangements are being made
to have special train bring the first
consignment in,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
ST. Joseph Gets the Plttsburg and Gulf

81. JOSEPH, Mo-, July list. Joseph
has secured the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf railroad. Last night the
final contract for right of way through
the city was secured and the formal
transfer of the stock of the ST. Joseph
and Southeastern and the St Joseph
Terminal and connecting railway will
be made to the Stilwell interests in a
few days A line will be built from
Pattonsburg, Mo-, to this city and
from here to Kansas City. One hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars was
paid for the right of way through this
citV
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
Omaha Getting Everything.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi. July 1.-THE
Association of American Agricultural
Colleges and Experimental Stations
decided to make a collective expert
ment station exhibition at the Paris
worlds exposition in 1900. A resolu-
ton was adopted favoring Omaha as
the next place of meeting.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
Senator Hansbrourh to Wed.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Evening
Star announced to-day that Senator
Hansbrough of North Dakota and
Miss Chapman of this city would be
married in New York city on August
20. The Senator is a widower, his
wife having died two years or more
ago. Miss Chapman and he became
acquainted about six weeks ago.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
COULD NOT EAT

The Affliction Which 6efeII a Fort
Scott Lady.
FORT SCOTT, KAtJ.-"I have taken
Hoods Sarsaparills for dyspepsia and
to purify my blood, with excellent results.
1 was so that could not eat anything
without distress, but since taking a few
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla my food
does not distress me, and / have felt better
in every way. believe it to be the best
OF blood medicines and gladly recommend
it to Others" EVA CRAIG.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
An American Flag Torn Down.

TORONTO, Ont, July 17.-Am Ameri-
can flag flying at the city hall in honor
of the visiting delegates to the Ep-
worth league convention was torn
down by an ultra British artisan to-
day. The man was at once arrested
and locked up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
smnshes a Mnrld.. Eecnrd.

ROCHESTER,, n. V, July 1.-THE
Empire State express on the New York
Central broke the record of every rail
road in the world yesterday afternoon
when it made the distance between
Syracuse and Buffalo, Ass miles in
1877 minutes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
ALASKA'S NEW ELDORADO,
Mon From the clonayko District Bring

Mon From the Ciondyke District Bring
Back Fortunes Marvellous Tales.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 On the
little steamer Excelsior, which has
Just arrived from st. Michaels, Alaska,
are forty people from the Clondyke
district, all with sacks OF gold, the to-
tai value of which is placed at over
$500, 600. They say that the new
Eldorado lies just across the Alaskan
boundary in British territory. 1t is
of recent discovery, but already there
are at least 5000 people upon the
ground and more are hocll'ng in.
The following is an extract from
letter received by the Excelsior, sent
from the Clondyke vcgion by a wealthy
young business man of San Francisco
to his brother: The excitement upon
the river is indescribable, and the out
put of the new Clondyke district
almost beyond belief. Men who had
nothing last fall are now worth for
tune. One man has worked forty
square feet of his claim and is going
out with $40, 600 in dust. One-quarter
of claims are now selling at from
SIS, 600 to $500 The estimate of
the district given is thirteen miles
with an average value of $500, 600 to
the claim, in which some are valued as
high as $1,000, 900 each. At Dawson
sacks of dust are thrown under the
counters in the store for safe keeping.
Some of the stories are so fabulous
that | am afraid to repeat them for
fear of being suspected of the infec-
ton. Labor is SIS day and board,
with 100 days work guaranteed, so
you can imagine how difficult it is to
loIl
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
Banker Burllngamo Given Three Years.

JOPLIN, Mo-, July 16-In the case
brought here from Greene county on
change of venue of the state against
T. f. Burlin game, ex-president OF the
Springfield Bank of Commerce, the
jury last night found him guilty on a
third count, acquittal having been Sc
cured on the other two, of having re-
ceived deposits when he knew that
the bank was insolvent, and fixed his
sentence at three years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
HIcYo,e Tubing Cornered.

LONDON. lily Il There is great ex-
element in the Birmingham stock eX-
change owing to the belief that there
is corner in bicycle tubing. There
has been a heavy advance in prices
and several spectators have been
badly pinched.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23

PLEAsANTos, Kan, July 1.-THE
Populists of Linn county met at
Mound City yesterday and nominated
county ticket AS soon as the con-
vention adjourned the Democratic
committee met aud filed out its ticket
with the Populist names.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
An Honor for Mr.. Cleveland.

WASHINGTON, July lit is reported
that ex-President Cleveland will in
November be formally rendered the
Office of president of the University of
Virginia. Heretofore the chairman of
the faculty has been at the head of
the university.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23

SEDALIA, Mo, July IAN order
was posted at the Missouri Pacific
shops to-day, instructing the 400 en-
ployes who have not been working
full time for several months, to work
nine hours daily six days a weak.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
BALDKNoBBERs FAVORED.
The Sentences of Amos Jones and Will
lam stanley COMMITTED

lam Stanley COMMITTED
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, July 16.-The
Governor this morning committed the
sentences of Amos Jones and William
Staley, sent from Christian county to
the penitentiary in 1883 for terms
of twenty-one years each, to ten
years. These men belonged to the
Bald llnobber gang, which infested
Christian county in 1858, committing
various depredations and adding muir
der to their other crimes. Judge Hub
bard of Springfield, who was the trial
Judge in the case. signed the petition.
with many other leading citizens of
Christian county.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
More Dynamite Bombs in spain.

MADRID. July 1.-Two dynamite
bombs were exploded yesterday al
Guadalajara, capital of the province Of
that name. in New CASTLE. Several
persons were killed and others surl-
0us!y injured.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
Iawrence's O. M. Is. Lodge RaIded.

LAWRENCE, Kan, July 16.-This
morning the O. M. B. lodge, which
had run for months undisturbed, was
raided by the sheriff, the proprietor
and bartender arrested and several
wagon loads of drinkables seized. The
lodge had a membership of over 400.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
RAISED A STORM.
The Plan to Worb Women Prisoners on
the Rock Pile Very Unpopular.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July IT, No Of
fetal act of the Kansas City, Kan,
police board has attracted so much at
tention as the proposition to work
women prisoners on the rock pile and
to clothe them in overalls. SO strong
has the opposition been that the plan
has been abandoned entirely.
1t now appears that the police au-
thorities of Leavenworth have been
carrying on the same plan TO" six
weeks without any excitement or pro-
test The Kansas City. Kan, affair
will probably result in the plan being
discon tinued there also.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
rarmer. paurhter KIIIs Herself.

LEoTI. Kan, July l7.-Florence
Marine. the 17-year-old daughter OF
Andrew j. Marine, committed suicide
by taking strychnine at her home near
Whitelaw, in Greeley county, yester'
dav. No cause is assigned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 1.-THE
price of West Virginia run of mine
coal is now SO per ton on the track
here. 1t was $3.50 prior to the strike.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
MURDERER BUTLER HANGS
The Australian Wretch Confessed Hav-
ing Killed -Four Men.

LONDON, July IA dispatch from
Sydney, New South Wales, says that
Frank Butler, the Australian bush
murderer, who was caught in San
Francisco, was hanged yesterday, He
confessed to having committed four
-dprS
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
OFF FOR NORTH POLE.
ANDREE BEGINS HIS OAR
ING TRIP IN A BALLOON.
Ascends From Spitzbergen--The Wind
Conditions Favorable-When Last Seen
He Was Moving at the Rate of @@
Miles an Hour--Nearly Touched Sea.

TRoMsoE, Island of Tromsoe, Fin
mark, Norway, July 1.-THE steamer
Svenslund, which has arrived here
from Spitzbergen, reports that Herr
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23

WASHINGTON, July l6.-Pacific rail
road affairs occupied the attention of
the Senate throughout yesterday, and
the Harris resolution relating to the
pending judicial proceedings against
the Union Pacific road finally went
over until to-day.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-No business
was transacted by the House yester-
day. Immediately after the journal
was approved, recess was taken on
Mr. Cannon's motion until to-day, Mr..
Cannon having giving assurances to
Mr. Bailey that in his opinion par
tial or complete conference report on
the deficiency bill would be ready by
that time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-07-23
NO PARDON FOR SELL.
Governor Leedy will Refuse to Release
the Boy Murderer.

TOPEKA, Kan, July 17.-Governor
Leedy will not pardon Willie Sell, the
Neosho county murderer now serving
life sentence in the penitentiary.
The board of pardons has recon-
mended pardon, but the governor
will not act favorably upon it. That,
at least, is his intention at this time.
The Press., 1897-05-13
Too Much In a Name.

"There it is again." groaned Chump- ley. "This time he's arrested for blow ing safe. That fellows making life 8 long and dismal nightmare for me"
 "What is 1t this time?'
 Same as it's been half dozen other times-R. H. Chumpley caught in an- other desperate crime; my name, my initials. I'll bet there are thousands of people using that mans record in mak- ing up mine. Every once in awhile pick up paper to read that I've whipped my wife. though I never had such an article; raised check, beaten a hotel, stolen 8 bicycle or committed a bur. glary."
 "But no one will suspect you"
 "They won't? have barrel of let ters referring to the matter. Ministers labor with me, lawyers offer to defend me, women roast me to a turn and crooks want to enter into partnership with me- I have had some of the worst pugs you ever saw call upon me with { view to doing business.
 1t doesn't seem possible" "I tell you it's right. The things making me desperate. I've always led { respectable life, and to have this bugbeal bobbing up continually is enough tt drive man crazy"
 "I believe it's providential, Chump ley. I wouldn't accept that name o1 yours if 8 crown went with it. It's jus as suggestive as Greenhorn would be- Every one who hears it thinks of { chump Have it changed and thank you lucky stars that some one else stole it. , Detroit Free Press.
The Press., 1897-05-13
A Marvellous Feat of Memorx.


 Maretus tells US that during his tray els over Europe he met the marvel of marvels'' at Padua. The marvel in question was 8 young Corsican, who was in the city for the purpose of pur- suing his studies at the university. Ma retus, having heard that the young man was gifted with an extraordinary mem- ory, desired to put the student to the test.
 The person who had informed the traveller concerning the wonderful re- tentiveness of the young Corsican's memory declared that he was so gifted in that faculty that he could repeat as many as 36, 900 words if read over to him but once. Maretus and three distin- guished Venetians agreed to test the &C., Guracy of the statement. A committee visited the student of extraordinary memory and found him willing to sub- init to the ordeal. Accordingly there was read over to him an almost inter- minable list of words strung together without any consecutive order and without any meaning whatever.
 The young man stood all the time with his attention deeply fixed and his eyes half closed. When the long string of words had been read of, he looked up cheerfully and repeated the whole of the uninteresting catalogue of words without single fault. Then, to show how carefully his wonderful memory had retained every word, he went through the list backward. When that task was finished, he took each alter nate word-frst, third, fifth, etc.-and repeated them until the company was thoroughly convinced that they were in the presence of the most wonderful prod igy of memory that the world had ever produced. .-St. Louis Republic.
The Press., 1897-05-13
Changing Silver Into Gold.

Professor Emmons, one of the most skilled metallurgists in the country, claims that in the reduction of silver the molecules are so subdivided as to differ so materially from that metal that they can no longer be regarded as the same substance, but a new one and apparently
 the parent of both gold and silver, or the raw material out of which by a diff ferent arrangement of molecules either gold or silver is constructed. Working on this theory, he finds that this new
 metallic substance can be aggregated into molecules of greater density than silver and precisely corresponding with gold in color, in weight. so as to answer
 to every test of the United States mint
 as gold. In fact, he says 1t is gold, though manufactured from silver, of as
 much purity and value as that ever ob- tained in any other way. With further experiments on large scale he expects
 that the process of manufacturing gold
 from silver will be very materially cheapened. At present he gets about
 four ounces of gold from six of silver.
 This would seem to indicate that the present number of elements as we'll at
 our chemistry of metals would have tc
 be revised if Professor Emmons is not
 mistaken in his experiments. Jewellers Review.
The Press., 1897-05-13
May 10, 1867.

May 10, 1867.
 Stafford Springs has been designated by the post office department as money order office.
 Farley Plimpton has fitted up his resi- dence in Staffordville for hotel and now offers entertainment for man and beast. |" J. H. Lombard has sold his travelling photograph car, now located at Stafford Hollow, with stock, etc., to John Bur- we'll, of that village.
 Wm. R. Small's house in this village brought $1,75O at auction sale on Tues day. Wm. Symonds, recently of Mechan- icsville, (Thompson) but now a resident of this village, is the purchaser. | A team standing in front of Ellis, War ren & Co.'S store, Wednesday evening, be. came frightened at the arrival of train of cars and started to run. but was caught near Winter & Parkess' meat market be- fore any damage was done.
 The frame of the new house of s. New ton, on East Main street, Is raised and partly enclosed. It is to be ready for oc. cupancy some time in July, and it is sait that when completed 1t will be the finest residence in Holland county.
 The following Is list of the officers o the several lodges of Good Templars 1T town for the ensuing year:
 Mineral Springs, Stafford Springs-W N. Thompson, W. 0. T.; Isa Hills, w. V. T.; E. M. Davis, sec. M. B. Fisk F. s.; Dello J. Fuller, treas. L. E. Dim mick, o.; S.:W. Bartlett, M. Mary Dun can, I. G.; Horace Moulton, O. G.; Miss A. L. Duncan, A. s.; Jane Plympton, D M.; Henrietta Johnson, R. s.; James Chase, l.. s.; H. c. Mclaughlin, P. W c. T.
 Victory Lodge, Stafford Hollow-D. c
 Holmes, W. c. T.; Marcia A. Fairman
 w. V. T.; Agnes l.. Stanton, sec.; F
 Weston, F. s.; 0. Gibbs, treas; Bell'
 Puffer, O.; E. Stanton, M.; Melissa Ruby I. G.; 0. Burgess, O. G.; H. F. Cook, A s.; Mrs. A. Preble, D. M,; Ellen Lay, R
 s.; Mrs. F. Weston, L. s.; Emily Pinney
 P. W. 0. T.
 Rising Sun Lodge, staffordville B Amadon, w. c. T.; Ann Hamilton, W V. T.; l.. A. Snow, sec.; Eliza Chaffee F. s.; Julius Pinney, treas; Rev. Nelso Goodrich, O.; Geo. Adams, M; Mar Amidon, D. M.; Erdon Grant, I. G.; Lew
 is Fisk, O. G.; Hattie Edson, A. s.; Kat Brewer, R. s.; Cornelia A. J. Dunham L.. s.
 Measures are being taken to get dail mail established between West Willingto depot and Westfield, and 1t is hoped ths
 it will prove successful. The officers for the current quarter {
 the lodge of Good Templars in Willingto
 are as follows: $. c. Eaton, w. c. T. A Hattie M. Whitford, W. V. T.; Emma . Flames, sec; Leverett G. Merrick, F. s, B. I. Fisk, treas. E. H. Sharpe, o.; ( E. Hunt, M.; Mary Macfarlane, I. G. y c. s. Royce, o. G.; J. Macfarlane, AS. S. Nora Edgerton, DIM. Ann M. Edge '' ton, R. S.; O. Harvey, L. s.; D. w. Ho - man, P. w. c. T.
 decentralization, April 18th, 186 Edward s. Wilson and Julia A. Parl @ hurst, both of Eastford.
The Press., 1897-05-13
A Physician on Long Life.

"How to Live Longer and Why We Do Not Live Lcnger" is the lengthy ti- tie of an interesting little book written by J. R. Hayes, M. D., a physician and surgeon of long standing. Dr. Hayes quotes a German philosopher of 200 years ago who wrote that "our natural lifetime has been shortened since the advent of civilization. The invention of beverages of every imaginable descrip- tion, hot and unwholesome table dishes, premature marriages, indoor life and sedentary occupations, high pressure schools of learning, sleepless nights and the fight, fret, worry and dirt of our daily lives are the causes of it."
 Dr. Hayes thinks that by proper liv- ing many can overcome all those condi- tions which are true of life today and live to the natural age of man-from 100 to 120 years-and die ripe and wig orous rather than of the "infrmities of aoo ,S
The Press., 1897-05-13
Delicious snails of Provence.

The Provencal snails, which feed i'm . gourmet fashion upon vine leaves, are peculiarly delicious, and there was 8 murmur of delight from our company as the four women brought to the table four big dishes full of them, and for . while there was only the sound of eager munohing, mixed with the chatter on china of the empty shells. To extract them we had the strong thorns, three or four inches long. of the wild acacia, and on these the little brown morsels were carried to the avid mouths and eaten with a bit of bread sopped in the sauce, and then the shell was subjected to . vigorous sucking, that not 8 drop of sauce lingering within it should be lost. Thomas A. Janvier in Century.
The Press., 1897-05-13

In the vicinity of P 'il'ti-phia they h a fashion of lifting large trees where the grade has been raised that does not seem to be In practice elsewhere. Two ropes are attached to the top of the tree, so that each can be drawn in different directions. A trench is dug -around the base of the tree, the circle being as wide as may seem judicious When dug to the depth desired the earth is forked away from the ball on one side and and block set under the roots, as a sort of fulcrum. The rope on that side Is drawn over the block, and the result is the lifting up of the mass of roots on the opposite side. A little earth then placed under these elevated roots, and the opposite rope drawn to that side. This lifts the roots over the block, and more earth is placed there. In very short time the tree may be elevated as many feet as may be desired, standing on the summit of a firm mound of earth. Trees twenty five to fifty feet high, with trunks | twelve to eighteen inches in thickness, have been lifted in this way with very little check to future growth.
The Press., 1897-05-13

To remove spots from furniture, rub we'll with sweet oil and turpentine, then wash with warm soapsuds and polish with crude oil. For good polish for old furniture try the following Put equal parts of kerosene and sweet oil into a large bottle and shake well then apply with a flannel cloth, rubbing the oil in we'll It can be used on either oiled oI vanished surfaces.
The Press., 1897-05-13
How's Thisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F.J. CHENEY CO.,, Props, Toledo, O.
 We, the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all his business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.
 WEST TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. WALDING. KINNAN G MARVIN, Wholesale Drug giSts, Toledo, o. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o1 the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
The Press., 1897-05-13

THE GRANDEsT REMEDY.-Mr. R. V. Greeve, merchant, of Chilhowie, Va, cer- tifies that he had consumption, twas given up to die, sought all medical treatment that money could procure, tried all cough remedies he could hear of, but got no re- lief; spent many nights sitting up in a chair was induced to try Dr. Kings New Discovery, and was cured by the use of two bottles. For past three years has been attending to business, and says Dr. Kings New Discovery is the grandest remedy ever made, as it has done so much for him and also for others in his community. Dr. Kings New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Con- sumption. It don't fail. Trial bottle free at E. K. Taft's Drug Store. 2
The Press., 1897-05-13
One Way to be Happy

Is to attend to the comforts of your family. Should one catch cold or cough, call on E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w.. P. Fuller, Somers; Odell & Jones, Staf- fordville, sole agents, and get trial bot tie of Otto's Cure, the great German Rem edy, Free. We give it away to prove that we have a sure Cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption, and all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Large sizes soc and 25c
The Press., 1897-05-13

As the strength of a building depends upon the solidity of its foundation, so health depends upon the condition of the blood. To expel impurities and cause the vital fluid to become vigorous and ife-giving, Ayers Sarsaparilla is the most powerful and effective medicine in use.
The Press., 1897-05-13
forests In Europe,

According to the Ton. F. Lawley. Russia in Europe has 527, 500, 900 acres of forests, Sweden coming next with 42,00O, 900. Germany has 34, 900, O0e, Austria slightly ever 24, OOO, GOO and the British isIes less than 3.COO, 900