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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12
Shocking {gnorance.

PA, who was Shylock?"
Paterfamilias with look Of sur
prise, and horrer)-Great goodness,
boy, you attend church and Sunday
school every week and don't know
who Shylock was? Go and read your
bible, sir.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12

The LexOw committee III N. Y.
has reported that, under existing court
decisions, trusts cannot he reached.
This suggests food for thought.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12

Some of the English papers covertly
express their opinion of Minister Bay
ard by saying that they hope his sue
cessor is not an orator.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12
COUNTY OFFICERS.

]. w. Breldenthal has been reap
pointed, Bank commissioner.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12
Called, No Names.

Oficer-How is this. Murphy? The
sergeant complains that you call him
names.
Private Murphy-2laze, sir, 1 never
called him ony names ~ all All
said was. Sergeant" says l.. some of
US ought to he in q menagerie."
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12

Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher died on
the 9Th of this month, at the advanced
age of 85 years.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1897-03-12

Japan has not ADOPTED the single
gold standard, Notwithstanding the
reports to the contrary.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
KIDNAPPED CHILD FOUND.


ES$t1e John Conway Returned to His
Home In Albany, N. Y.
q John Conway, tho fve-year-old boy Of
Albany, N. Y, who had been at the mercy
of hdnappers since Monday morning, was
returned to his parents shortly after 9
O'Clock Thursday through the efforts ofthe
private detectives and reporters In the en-
ploy of the Argus. The child was abducted
by his uncle, Joseph Hardy, and q COM
panion named H. g. Blake.
The child was rescued from his captors
IN dense wood near Karners, about eight
miles west Of Albany Joseph NJ Hardy,
chief eonspirator In the attempt to obtain
the ransom at the risk Of the child's life.
10 the cowardice of the boys abductors
alone is 1t due that he has been restored to
his parents. Hardy and Blake are under
arrest.
Blake was caught In Schenectady and
was taken to Albany by train. The station
was filed with an angry mob and the po-
lice bad great difficulty In getting the cul-
prit and placing him in the patrol wagon.
When they got him In the wagon fully 1000
persons surrounded 1t and cries OF Lynch
him!e Hang himlH "Shoot him!" ex-
cited the mob to an extreme point, but the
horses were whipped up and they passed
through the crowd which hung to both
sides efthe wagon until they fell Of. Mayor
Thacher managed to get In the wagon and
held Blake with one hand, while he held q
revolver with the other. At the police sta
tion, some blocks away, an enormous crowd
had gathered, but the prisoner was landed
In the private Office Of the Chief OF Police.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
STEINWAY & SONS SOLD.
English Syndicate Paid Over S6,ooo'ooo
For tho Piano Business.

English Syndicate Paid Over $4,000, 900
For the Piano Business.
The great business and plant OF the
piano manufacturing firm Of steinway
Sons has passed into the hands OF a
syndicate Of English capitalists. The sale
involves one OF the largest cash transac-
tions recorded In England in many years.
The purchase price. in round numbers, Is
more than S5, 400 900.
The name Of the reorganized concern
will be Steinway 4 Sons, Limited, and its
capital Is placed at $6, ,250, 900, divided into
rs, 600 Ave per cent cumulative preference
shares Of $50 each, and 100 600 ordinary
shares Of S25 each.
The house Of Steinway d Sons vas
founded In 1853 by Henry Steinway, who
came from Seesen, near Brunswick, Ger.
many. He was skilled piano maker, and
started the business in Varick street with
his three sons as partners, Charles, William
and Henry, Jr. The firm prospered from
the beginning. steinway Hall in Fourteenth
street was built in 1866, and in 1872 the
town of steinway, north OF Astoria, was
founded, with itshouses for working Peo-
pie and its public school. The great fac
tories were built there in 1877.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26

The ovation was repeated upon the ar
rival Of the royal pair in Dublin, All the
windows and housetops along the route
were profusely decorated. There was an
imposing military procession and on al
sides were to be seen Union Jacks entwined
with the green fag Of old Ireland.
The Duke and Duchess were received at
the Castle by Earl Of ,Cadogan, the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, and by Countess
Cadogan, as a royal salute was fired by
battery Of artillery stationed In Phoenix
Park.
The Duke and Duchess Of York will visit
Ballsbridge Horse Show, where the Prince
Of Wales IS an exhibitor; will inspect TIN,
ity College, Will be present at public baii
and banquet given by the Lord -Lieuten-
ant, will witness review OF the troops IN
tire Of attraction in the installation OF the
Duke Of York as Knight Of the Order OF
st. Patrick.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
PANIC IN coNsTANTINoPLE.
The Sultan in His Palace Fearful of His
Life.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Turkey (By Cable).-
The city is almost in panic over the news
OF bomb explosions, attempted or accom-
plished at three different points. The ex.
plosions arc attributed to the Armenians
or Anarchists.
= At 8 O'Clock p. m. q bomb was thrown
just outside the Police Headquarters In the
Pera District. It failed to explode.
Almost at the same moment an Armenian,
whose name is believed to be Garabet, was
arrested at the Imperial Ottoman Bank, In
the Galata District. he was carrying q
package Of explosives which he wos trying
to ignite and. place near one OF the main
entrances. The crowd which saw him
handed over to the police by the bank Of
flcisls would have made short work OF him
lift had not been prevented.
Another bomb was exploded In q private
road between the vizisrate (offloes Of the
Grand Vizier) and the State Council House.
One man was killed and several were
severely wounded. The explosion shat
tered windows In the neighborhood and
did other slight damage.
Abject terror prevails IN the Sultan's pal
ace. The police and the guards there took
extraordinary precautions, which gave
color to q ruinor that tho bomb-throwing ts
part OF widespread plot.
The police are reticent as to the reason
for summoning tho Palace Guard and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
A TORNADO PLAYS HAVOC.
It Starts Two Water spouts and Strikes
Near Valley Stream, L. I.

It Starts Two Water spouts and Strikes
Near Valley Stream, L. I.
A tornado struck half-mile east of the
village Of Valley Stream, Long Island, and
wrought considerable damage. Ahotel was
almost totally wrecked, the upper part Of
another building was carried away, big
trees were dragged from the earth and scat
tered long distances, part OF q big wagon
shed disappeared, and horse was lifted
into the air and carried considerable dis
tance.
1t was marvellous storm. Following
upon the heels Of heavy rain-storm, two
towering water-spouts arose out OF the sea
of Rockaway. One passed to the north
ward, the other started east. The first
spout, whipping over into Jamaica Bay,
drove up through the channel with q roar
ing that filed the air.
Following the channel, the spout made
Its way towards the railway trestle at Ham
mel's. Just above the railroad spfling It
upset four boats, drowning the occupants
OF one OF them. Collapsing upon the spiling
the water-spout subsidized. A few yards be-
yond, however, the cloud swirled down to
the water again and formed anew. Some
distance beyond 1t collapsed again with q
crash and was seen no more.
The second spout, after going eastward
some distance, swerved In towards the
beach, driving out host Of bathers and
clipping the edges Of bath-house and q
hotel.
After leaving Rockaway the cyclone
plowed It's course of destruction north
easterly through Springfield. Valley Stream.
Lynbrook and towards Hampstead. It
blew big hotel seventeen feet from the
foundation, unroofed houses. sucked up
the water from two ponds as we'll as from
the Hampstead reservoir, scattered hen.
merry over square mile Of country and
plowed thirty-foot swath through corn
fields and orchards,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
THE NEWS EPIToMIZED.
Washington Items,

. The question Of treaty between France
and the United States under the reciprocity
clause of the new Tariff law Is under con-
sideration.
Secretary Sherman hes sent reply to
the last note of Japan relative to the an
nexation Of Hawaii.
President McKinley's congratulations
have been conveyed to the President Of
Uruguay on the failure Of the recent at
tempt on the life Of the South American ex-
ecutive.
W. W. Warbrick, Of Cincinnati, has been
appointed Chief Law Clerk In the office Of
Comptroller Of the Treasury, at Washing
ton.
The Treasury Department will permit
boats bound for Dyea, Alaska, to land at
Skagway II weather be bad.
General David G. Swain, q. s.. A., retired,
died in Washington, aged sixty-three. He
was born in Salem, Ohio, in 1884, and came
Of family which has been represented In
every var ever waged by the United States.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
IOWA REPUBLICAN TICKET.
L. N. Shaw Nominated for Governor at
Cedar Rapids.

L. n. Shaw Nominated for Governor at
Cedar Rapids.
The nomination at Cedar Rapids OF L. NJ.
Shaw, of Crawford County, as the standard
bearer Of the Iowa Republicans in the COM
ing campaign ended one OF the most pro-
tracted contests in the history Of Iowa poll
tics
The report Of the Committee on Resolu-
tions 9as adopted without dissenting
vote. The financial plank Is as follows:
"The Republican Party OF Iowa reaf1rms
and adopts in every part the declaration OF
principles announced by the Republican
National Convention Of 1896, and 1t pledges
for Iowa that the election in November
next shall be still more emphatic show OF
the strength and justice Of Republican doc &C.
trines. It again especially declares ior
protection and honest money"
The platform declares that the RepubH-
cans Of Iowa view with the utmost satisfac-
ton the result Of the campaign OF last year
and congratulate the whole people upon
the election Of William Mckinley.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26

Cycling has become so general in Mu-
Mich, Bavaria, that a building has been
erected recently near the public abattoir
in the meat market for the accommoda-
tion Of butchers cycles.
The Rev. DR.. Hancher, Of the Grand
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Of
Kansas City, Mo-, has established not only
bicycle check room In the basement Of
his church, but room where mothers may
check their babies while they attend divine
service.
It Is estimated that there are fully 5000
wheelmen taking their vacations by tour
ing through New England at the present
time. The Berkshire Hills and the White
Mountains are their objective points The
small country hotels are reaping O rich
harvest from these travellers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
BOMBS IN Two CAPITALS
Explosions Occur in the Streets Of
Constaatinople and Paris.
SULTAN AND PRESIDENT MENACED

Assassination May Have Been Planned In
Both OF the Countries-Oaoes Of the
Grand vizier Wrecked at the Porte
Explosion in Paris After President
Faure Had Left on q Train for Russia
LONDON, England (By Cable).-Bombs
exploded In Paris and in Constantinople,
Wednesday, and It is believed that there
were plots on foot to kill President Faure,
OF France, and the Sultan Of Turkey. These
fresh outbreaks of Anarchist fury have
caused the widest CONSERVATION through
out Europe.
The explosion in Paris occurred In the
Boulevard de Magenta, five minutes after
NJ. Faure had passed on his way to the rail-
road station to begin his trip to Russia.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
NEW RAILS FOR THE 8. AND o.
Preparing For the Business Boom by
Laying New Tracks.

Preparing For the Business Boom by
Laying New Tracks.
The new eighty-ave-pound steel rails
that the Receivers Of the B. and o. pur-
chased several months ago, at an exceed
ingly low figure, are now being delivered
at the rate Of FIVE thousand tons q month.
AS fast as 1t comes it is being laid, and II
the weather continues good at least 20, 900
tons Of it will be in the track by Christmas.
Nearly million cross ties have been bought
In the last year and placed In the track
ready for the new rail. Ballast trains have
been kept busy up and down the line, and
the work has progressed with such rapidity
that when the new rail Is down, the tracks
will be practically bran new from Wheeling
to Baltimore. There are lots Of good rau
in the old tracks, not heavy enough for the
new motive power, which will be taken up
and laid on divisions where traffic Is not as
great as 1t Is on the main line. About ten
thousand tons Of new steel will be laid on
the lines west Of the Ohio River this fall, II
weather permits.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Stirred by q Brutal Murder.

No criminal event in the history Of Phila-
delphia has so aroused public interest as
has the murder OF William C. Wilson, pro-
prietor Of the most widely known private
circulating library in the city, and almost
as widely known as a miser. He was
found dead in his store, within ten
feet OF the open door Of the library, his
head crushed In, towel tightly tied around
his neck, and heavy hammer. with which
the murder had been committed, lying at
his side. The motive was undoubtedly rob-
berry. Wilson was commonly supposed to
keep large sum Of money In the store.
Wilson originally came from New York.
He served in the Civil War, and at the close
had reached the rank Of Major.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26

closing all the doors and gateways, but it is
rumored that similar outrage was at
tempted within the palace limits and that
exit Of the would-be assassin.
In many parts of the city. particularly
around Police Headquarters and the State
Council House, the shops were closed. 1t
was necessary to call out the entire police
force and the military before anything like
calm was restored.
Reports say that Abdul Hamid Is in his
rooms surrounded by guards and fearful
for his life.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
CAPTAIN AND MATE KILLED..
Of tho Officers Of the Schooner
Olive Pecker.

Murder Of tho Officers Of the Schooner
Olive Pecker.
Acable message received in Boston, Mass.
from Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic
says that J. W. Whitman, captain, and
William Saunders, mate, Of the schooner
Olive Pecker, which sailed from Boston On
June ~, have been murdered by the crew.
The principal owners Of the vessel are ]. P.
Ellioott & Co., Of Boston, who also sent out
the barkentine Herbert Fuller, on which
Captain Nash and his wife and Mate Bam-
berg were murdered.
The message containing the information
was from q banking firm in Buenos Ayres,
and 1t gave only the bare fact OF the mur-
der, together with the statement that the
vessel was afterware burned, but the crew
escaped and landed at Bahia.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Foreign.

General Woodford, the American Minis
ter to Spain, it is reported, has been in
structed to ascertain the limit of neutrality
of the European Powers in the event Of an
offensive policy Of the United States toward
Spain.
The religious leaders Of the tribes in re-
volt in the Swat Valley, India, have offered
to submit on any terms. -.---
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Greece Is Growing.

The United States Minister to Greece has
supplied the State Department with some
advance figures Of the Greek census, taken
last October They show total population
for the country of 2,43s, ,sos, es against
total Of 2,lS7, ,205 in the year 1889. There
were !, ,266, ,S16 males and 1861 females.
There were twelve towns with population
IN excess OF 10, 900.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Ameer Knuckles Down,

In response to the note OF protest and
warning addressed to the Ameer Of Afghan
Istan by the Indian Government, in
regard to melting Mohammedans Of India
to revolt against British rule, the Ameer
has issued firman for0i1ding his subjects
to Join the Indian rebels. The Ameer has
prescribed severe penalties.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Held Up q Missouri Bank.

The Pineville (Mo.) Bank has been
robbed. Three men, supposed to be the
Indian Territory bandits, armed with
rifles, rode into Pineville between and
10 O'Clock a. m, and proceeded to intimi-
date the people by firing their guns. They
then went to the bank, which two OF them
entered, while the other kept up the firing
outside. One man held up the bank cash
Ter while the other secured all the cash in
sight, between 5000 and $1,000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26

No one was hurt, but the bomb is believed
to have been Of Anarchist make.
The widest kind OF terror reigns In
Constantinople. An Armenian was arrested
in the Imperial Ottoman Bank while trying
to explode bomb. Another bomb was
thrown near the police headquarters, but
did not go of. Still another bomb killed
q man and wounded several others. The
London police are said to fear an inter-
national Anarchist plot, and are watching
all arrivals from the continent closely.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Mails For the Elondike.

The United States and Canada have en-
tered into a cooperative arrangement by
means of which mails will be delivered
twice month TO the Klondike region. Inc
service will be under the supervision OF the
Canadian mounted police, and the expense
will be borne jointly by the two Govern
rnnnfs
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
BOMB EXPLOSION III PARIS.
Occurred Near the Railroad Station Which
President Faure Had just Left.

PARIS, France (By Cable).-A bomb was
exploded near Care du Nord about the time
that President Faure was taking train
from that station for Russia, and for few
minutes great excitement prevailed. The
explosion took place at the corner Of the
Boulevard de Magenta and Rue LAFAYETTE.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Buying Rails Here for a Formosa Railroad

Advices from Toxic say that Japan is
about to place contract in America for
the rails and material required for the 1900
miles Of railroad which 1t Is to construct
In Formosa, with the object Of opening up
to trade the phenomenal and as yet unde-
veloped resources Of that island.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Assassin Coli Executed.

Michse,e Angiolino, alias Goln, who shot
and killed senor Canovas del Castillo, was
executed at II O'Clock a. m, at San Sebas-
tian, Spain, according to the sentence
Of che court-martial imposed upon him.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Minor Mention.

At Clinton. Ky, an acre Of wheat yielded
l0S two-bushel sacks.
Oats six feet high in the stalk gre report
ed in Laas GQga.y, Oregon, y
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Telegraph Line to Klondike.

The Canadian Government has submit
ted formal proposals to the United States
for the construction Of telegraph line to
maintain winter communication with the
Klondike region. The matter Is under
consideration by the Interior Department.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
DUKE OF YORK IN DUBLIN.
He Lands in Ireland With the Duchess
and Receives an Ovation.

The Duke and Duchess Of York arrived
at Kingstown, Ireland. from Holyhead, and
all the ships in the harbor were brilliantly
decorated for the occasion. The Guard
Ship Melampus fired royal salute as the
Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert entered
the harbor. At noon the Commissioners OF
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Anarchists Start for America.

In Anarchist circles in England it is said
that q number Of exiled Spanish Anarch-
lists, who recently arrived in England, baYe
started for Ame1icS,.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
After Cargoes of Grain.

TIE largest fleet Of vessels that ever
Amsriasf ports te get caEGoes Of grain
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Choked to Death by a Son,

Frank Dickerson. aged sixty, was choked
to death by his his son, Leroy Dickerson,
aged twenty-five, at their home IN Cort-
landt, n. Y.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Where the Crop Is Short

The wheat crop in Minnesota and the
Dakotas will be 80, 900, 900 bushels short Of
expectations.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
A KLONplKE NUGGET.

A Returned Gold Miner Used 1t For o
Pocket-Piece.
A miner, who has just returned from the
Klondike, brought with him nugget Of al
most virgin gold which he sold in San
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26
Clam Crop Short
Cycling Notes.

There is an appalling shortage in the
Rhode Island clam crop.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26

Francisco, CAL, for s2S1. 1t was small
enough to be carried, without inconven-
ienoe, In the pocket as this cut, which gives
its exact size, will show.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-26

Kingstown Township boarded the Victoria
with an address expressing the hope that
their visit would lead to the establishment
of a royal residence in Ireland. The Duke
Of York replied that he and the Duchess
looked forward to becoming better ac-
quainted with the people and the beautiful
scenery Of Ireland.
On disembarking, the Duke and Duchess
were cheered by the vast crowd assembled
on and about Carlisle Pier. The cheering.
which was mingled with the booming OF
cannon, was followed by the bands PLAYING
the national anthem, during which the
whole throng uncovered.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-08-20


field Phosphate, Btsssgh's Pure Bone Meal,
raw and dis. ) Listers standard Harvest Queen and
Celebrated Bone, Obers Goods Tankage, kainit,
Murate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda,
ber formula whid stE say
$2to$ perton at anyr al o
We fully GUARANTEE everything SELL Why
I'M
Buggies, Stick Wagons Phaetons and Light Wagons.
nlwaua weonra OF
&c"
I.UN
k est for you ppyeu goes n ii cu hon of house
A
Flour and Corn Bran and Ground Feed
ra atal times Gu mMae omed
GAITEHERSEUE1c4
please Sc a an s.
TAB GAITHDkbBRG MkiI& AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-08-20

comrades, murmuring in a low voice;
II knew it would come to that sooner
or later"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-08-20

No matter what representations made to you
matter who button holes you-let your own
good, sound, judgment carry you whore you are
sure you get what you want as it should be for
what it should cost-not penny more HERE
in THE LARGEST MEMS, WOMEN'S AND
CHILDREN'S OUTFTTTtNG HOUSE in WASH
INGTON-in the entire South for that matter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-08-20
NO. s..
CENTEREO.

To each mans life there comes time SUI
prsme-
One day one night. one morning, oronel moon,
One freighted hour, one moment opportune
One rift through which sublime filhllments
gleAm,
One space when fate goes tiding with the
stream,
One once, in balance 'twixt too late, too
soon,
And ready for the passing instant's boon
TO tip In favor the uncertain beam.
All, happy he who, knowing how to wait,
Knows also how to watch and work and stand
On life,s broad deck alert. and at the PROV
To seize tho passing moment, big with fate,
From opportunitys extended hand,
When the great clock Of destiny strikes now
Mary A. Townsend.