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LITTLE DAVIS rrnrcnAcKrn. JULY o. 1896.


On tho inside were tho words:
"Davy's Firecracker tied to closet door
previous to leaving for CRANKY"
A half-burncd hrecracker was pinned to tho
paper.
There were six cents In the mans pockets.
There were also found a scarf holder with the mi.
tial u a gold stickpin, a pair Of gold eye
glasses, q meerschaum Cigarette holder. a
gold and enamel pencil, a penknife and a comb.
cane in the shape OF q shepherds crook, with
a silver plate on which were engraved the mi.
tals " w. b. D." was found on the pier. On an.
other silver plato was the head Of u Roman
soldier.
Between the sweat band and crown of his hat
was a bit OF pasteboard on which was written:
Nothing extenuato nor set down sught In malice.
Everything found on the man was cheap. but
neat: His shirt and undershirt were new. His
hands were soft.
Albert Hermann said that he saw the man
come on the Seventy ninth street pier carly Sat-
urday evening. and that the man seemed to be
acting queerly.
He Kept one eye on the water and the other
on the dock, said Hermann. He sat sidewise
ON the stringpiece, with one leg cooked up over
the other, and held his cane in his arms like q
fishing pole
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BIKE HAD NO LAMP OR Bell,

And the Rider Was ScOrchinG on the ideWalk
when Arrested.
While Sergeant Kemp, commander OF the po-
lice bicycle squad. was sitting in front of the
station house at Fifty-eighth street and Broad
way about 8 o'clock last evening. a bicycle with
out lamp or bell. ridden by q scorcher, came
scooting along on the side The rider
whizzed past the police station. and Sergeant
kemp'5 hair stood on end TO see such q defiance
OF the law.
He called Policeman Neggersmith, who over
hauled the man on tho sidewal and took him
back TO the station. He was Parry Kappa OF
2l9 West Fifty.third street He gave bail for
his appearance in court this morning.
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Charles Rogers Nearly Drowned at Coney
Island-said He wanted 70 Drown.

Charles Rogers Nearly Drowned at Coney
Islnnd-ssid He wanted 70 Drown.
Charles Rogers. 35 years old. who. It was
said. lives at the Hoffman House when he 10 In
this city. had a narrow escape from drowning
while bathing at Coney Island last evening.
Rogers went In bathing with some friends at
Ravenhall's pavilion after dinner.
He ventured out further than the rest, and
was beyond the life lines when he was attacked
with cramps and began to sink. Stephen Cullen.
q life saver. managed to reach him Just as he
was disappearing for the last time. He was car
ried to the beach unconscious and an ambulance
called.
Surgeon Gillen worked for nearly an hour be-
fore Rogers came to. The latter told Sergeant
was what he had come to the island for. He
was taken back to the city In q cab. The clerk
at the Hoffman House said last evening that he
knew OF no such man.
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THE BIG CHINESE cEMErERr.
Inspection OF the Ground st Wynnewoe1. Pa,
which q Syndicate Intends to Buy.

Inspection OF the Ground at Wynnewoed. Pa
which q Syndicate Intends TO Buy.
PHILADELPHIA. July 11.-Several Chtnsmen
from out of town went out to Wynnewood On
the Pennsylvania Railroad to-day to inspect the
site said to have been purchased for q Chinese
burial and picnic ground. The visitors were
piloted by Lee Toy. ChinAtown's Mayor, who
took occasion TO confirm the report, which hs
once denied, that the ground had been pur
chased by a syndicate of Celestisls who control
$50. 100000 of capital.
He also said to-day that the Joss house which
It lie proposed 10 erect on the grounds Is to cost
$4,000. Arrangements are in progress ut this
time. il is said. for transferring the bodies o.
over 500 Cinnamon from the Philadelphia Gem.
etery to the new resting place at Wynnewood.
The residents of wynnewood are alarmed.
One owner of property says IL is q dodge started
by a real estate Spectator with the object Of
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SUICIDE AFTER MURDER.
william Black KILLED His Brothers. win ana
Then Shot Himselr

CHATTANOOGA. July 1l.-For some time viii
liam Black has been the tenant of Mrs. Mary
Wolf, a wealthy widow living near Morristown,
Tenn. Black has a wife and several children,
hut paid marked attention to the widow. Two
months ago Mrs. Wolf married John Black, a
threatened to kill the pair, and late this after
noon entered his brothers house while John
A you going to do what you told me not
to do ="
Before she could answer he shot her fve times,
one ball passing through the head. After snap
ping tho pistol at his mother he reloaded the
weapon. went to the barn, spread down a piece
OF carpet, hung bis hat on a peg, and sent q ball
through his head.
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REV. GEORGE s. PAYsoN ROBBED.
italian Fruit Dealer whom He PatroniIed
Caught with n Lot or PIunder.

CanGht with a Lot or Plumber.
The Rev. George g. Payson, pastor of the
Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, In
wood, who lives on Academy street, has been
missing things since he began patronizing an
italian fruit vender several weeks ago. He
complained to the police, who suspected the
ITALIAN. SO tho fruit vender was overhauled on
Saturday when leaving the minister's house
with q basket. apparently filled with bananas,
over his arm.
Several pieces of silverware just stolen from
the house were found in the basket. Mr.. Pay
con had purchased fruit OF the Italian onlya
short time before, and the family had gone away
on an excursion. The italian is believed to have
slipped into tho house through an untastened
Luigo Mariaoano and lives with his brother at 81
Avenue A. AZ his home two bank books repro
Dock banks were found. He was held for eS.
animation when arraigned in Harlem Court yes
terday.
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WANT CONTRACTORS PAY HELD UP.
Labor Men Say State Law 10 Being violated
on the View Bridge.

NHeu say u y " HtfHB UIHIV
on tho New Bridge.
William ]. O'Brien. as President of the Work.
ingmen's State Trade Assembly, which is sup
posed to see that all State laws regulating labor
are observed, made a report to the Central La
Dor Union yesterday regarding the new East
River bridge. He said that the eight-hour
law and the law providing that all State and
municipal employees receive standard wages
went before the Bridge Commissioners with
afidavits as to tho alleged violations OF the
law, he said, but got no satisfaction.
opinion by William G. Choate, the lawyer for
tho Commissioners. It declared that the Com.
missioners were neither officers nor agents OF
the State or Of any municipality"
O'Brien added that he had asked Comptroller
Fitch to withhold payments on the bridge work
until the question was settled. and thought
that the Comptroller would do SO.
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DROWNED MANS RELICS.
HAEFA BURNED FIRECRAoKER AND
BITS OF CRAPS EBEGY.

'sW. n. M ON HIS Cane and "B.o on His
ecnrr-Inoider-stH Cents In His Pochet-Seen
Volunteering In tho North River mt Eighty
nrst street Mt . o'clock on sunday Morning.
While fishing at Q o'clock yesterday morning
from the dock at tho foot of West Sevonty-ninth
street, Thomas and Louis Hapst, two brothers,
who live at 30 WesG End avenue, heard a
woman's scream, and ran up TO tho pier at West
Eighty.flrst street. There they saw q woman
in a scow pointing at some object in the water.
II was the body Of n man, whose head was
bobbing up and do wn in the water and who was
fioundering about. The woman was the wife
Of tho Captain OF the scow.
When the brothcrs arrived tho man had
ceased his struggled Assisted by Albert Her
mann Of IS West Sixty-ifth street, they fished
the body out and laid II on the pier. Police
man Michael Mccormick rang up an ambulance
from Roosevelt Hospital. When It came the
man was dead. The remains were taken to tho
Morgue.
Til man was about so years old. On two bits
Of note paper in his pockets were scrubbed parts
Of two .stanzas OF Gray's "Eleey" and a badly
bit OF Hamlet as follows:
For who. to dumb forgetfuiness a prey.
This pleasing, anxious being Ger resigned.
Left tha warm precincts of the cheerful day,
Nor cast one longing. lingering look behindf
There's . divinity that doth shape our ends,
Rough hew them rs we may.
No children run to lisp their sires return.
Or oimb his knees the envied kiss to share
On the outside Of another piece Of paper, which
was carefully folded up, were written the words:
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Drowned Mt south Reach.

Albert Gefesen. aged 20, OF 80 Zabrlskie street.
Jersey City, and William EnGester o, 75 Zabrls-
kie street, went in bathing at South Beach. s. l..
at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Engester
missed his, friend an hour later and began a
search for him. At z O'Clock Julius Almsleadt
found Gefesen's body floating a short distance
from the shore. II is supposed that he was at
tackled By cramps and was drowned.
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a Party or Four from Brooklyn Meet with an
Accident In Vow IInmpshIre.

Charles q. Sheldon and his wife, and two sis
tors of the latter, Emma and Hattie Turner. who
all live at 1872 Hart street, Brooklyn, met with
an accident on Saturday in New Hampshire.
The party left Brooklyn on Saturday morning,
taking along their bicycles. According to a
despatch received on Saturday night the party.
on their arrival in New Hampshire. engaged a
lean 10 take them TO %SpotfOrd Lake. near Ches-
terneid. On a hill near a suspension bridge
across the Connecticut river the cam ran away.
The wagon struck the stone END OF the bridge
and tho occupants were thrown out.
The despatch stated that Mir. sheldon was cut
on the head ana his wife severely bruised. Miss
Emma Turner had an arm broken, while her
sister Is said to have received internal injuries.
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An Overdose or LAudanum.

John Diddemann. a bachelor, As years old, and
employed in Gustav Grohan's printing office, 10
Park street, Williamsburg, was found dead last
night in a room back OF the printing office. Or a
table nearby was a bottle containing laudanum.
Diddemann was a cripple and afflicted with
rheumatism. He used laudanum 10 ease his
pain, and the belief is that no took an overdose
OF the drug, but without an intent TO kin him
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u,r comper. a, RooL.vay Reach.

RocKAwAY BEACH, L. l.. July ll.-High water
marks were covered by the very high tide which
swept up this beach this afternoon and evening
when gigantic com hers dashed into dancing pa
ytlions and set afoat Sun al stands and bathing
houses. High waves formed moro than a half a
mile seward. Resorts OF all descriptions were
deserted, and the big crowd gathered at a safe
Iaplc.
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OWE cor BREAKS ANoTHER,s JAW.
Policemen Have n How In the MaedouEaI street
station DormitOry.

bUucoUoH HhNeN u IN Inc MhcuOuEaI btreet
station Dormitory.
Policeman Walker OF the Macdougal street
station arrested a man on Saturday evening for
breaking q pane of glass at Spring and West
streets. which is on Policeman Vests post.
West didn't like to have his territory infrlnged
on, and told Walker SO. They had words about
the matter. West says that at l2:i5 A. NJ,
while they were going to bed in tho station
domiuory. Walker said TO him:
Q here. IN push your face in"
"Oh. I don't know, said West.
Then, West says, Walker. without speaking.
leaned over and punched him in the Jaw. West
went downstairs and told the Sergeant he had
been assaulted. The Sergeant asked all the men
in the station about II, but mono OF them had
seem the row, while Walker denied the assault.
Last evening West went to Roosevelt Hos.
pital. and II was found that his lower Jaw was
broken. He was patched up and went home.
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SUICIDE DUE TO THE HEAT.

An Elevated Railway Guard Hangs Himself IN
. Cellar.
William w. Gibson hanged himself in the
cellar Of his homo at 43 " est l2sth street some
time during Saturday night. He was Al years
avenue elevated railroad for fifteen years. For
two years DO had been troubled with some affec-
ton OF tho throat Gibson's relatives believe
his mind had been affected by the heat.
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manEed Hlmselr In Mosholu Parkway.

Carl Brands. 81 years old. a porter. Of 81
Avenue B. who had been out of work for eight
months. committed suicide yesterday by hang
ing himself to a tree In Mosholu Parkway, $50
feet west of Webster avenue. His body was
found by some boys, who told Policeman Specht
OF the West l25th street station house, and 1t
was cut down.
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Two Drowned while bathing.

William Kruger of IL First street was drowned
while bathing In the Hudson River with two
companions at Inwood yesterday. He was %
years old, and kept a small store at 10 First
avenue.
street, while swimming at the foot OF West
ElGhty-thiri street, yesterday afternoon, was
taken with cramps and vas drowned.
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who Was Thi. ,L.ousphoreman,

A stout man. apparently IS years old. who was
found unconscious in the hall at 4sl Ninth
avenue yesterday afternoon. died soon after be.
ing taken TO Roosevelt Hospital. A copy OF the
Union WAS In one OF his pockets, together with a
silk handkerchief on which was printed Home
Rule for Erin"
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AN ALABAMA TALE OF HEAT.

IL IL q story Also OF the Kind or Eggs That
Pass Through the State.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. July 1.-THE heat in this
State has been intense for several days. A pro-
fessional man of this city was exhibiting to-day
an ear Of corn that had been parched in his
patch. Several eggs in the express cars passing
through here have Matched out. one box having
as many as Eve young chickens in It. Local
rains have kept the air from being unbearable.
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sa,aI Portable steam Enr,no Explosion.

PRINcEss ANNE, Nd, July IA portable
steam engine, which WAS used in operating a
threshing machine on the farm OF Nicholas Ju-
liam. blew up on Saturday, killing William Lane.
oolored. instantly. The machine was stopped
for dinner at IL o'clock and at / O'Clock the
hands again reported for duty. William Lane
climbed upon the separator and was en-.
gagged In preparing some rakings from the yard
TO be run through the fan when the explosion
occurred. The cause OF tho explosion is attrib.
uted TO scarcity OF water in tho boiler.
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LOCKED IN HIS ICECHEsT.
Grocer v~eerhnusen Wanted TO Get Cool. and
Came Near Dying.

CHICAGO, July 11.-With the temperature al
most at the freezing point, II. B. Veerhausen, a
grocer and butcher at Harvey, was imprisoned
in an icechest almost an hour yesterday. An
employee finally rescued him. He was so severe
ly affected by the cold that he was unable to
walk. He was carried to his home. where he is
now confined in bed under the care of a ply.
was almost overcome by heat. and went into the
icechest 10 cool himself. To prevent the cold
air from escaping he pulled the door shut. A
spring lock on the outside clicked and made him
a prisoner. He could not attract attention, and
was nearly dead when an employee opened the
door and found him. He fell to the floor uncon-
scious when he was discovered.
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BIG floods In VVestern MEXICO.

CHIAUTLA, State OF Puebla, Mexico. July H.
There have beon tremendous rains in the noun
tains south OF here, and all communication with
the porb OF Acapulco has been cut Off for sew.
eral days. South of Chilpaucingo a waterspout
occurred and many, houses We're washed away.
Crops on the Pacific side OF the mountains are
badly damaged by boodA
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CHICAGO SLEEPS IN COMFORT.

Copioun bntn and n Drop IN ToInpoFature Bring
Relief 10 the Town.
CHICAGO. July 11.-Rain fell after midnight
last night ut intervals until morning. The
temperature fell to &C.. All Chicago. which
had gone serenely to sleep, arose about 2
A. NJ. and began a aunt for discarded blanket
coverings. to keep warm. Tonight rain fell
again. and the prospect is that the cool wave
will last for several days. A stiff breeze has
blown of the lake all day. and the evidences of
suffering from heat have vanished. Scattering
reports from prostration continue to come into
the Health Department, but all are cases result
ing. from the heat Of early yesterday. The
highest temperature to-day was II.
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where Yesterdays wire. wore.

Ah--iI, SO sheHn street. Samuel Keppler, dam.
-. 2ls East lO2d street. II. Norris. damage
e5; 1:l0. 1901 Second avenue, James Warren. damage
%; 5:lO, lb1 Spring street, damage Sl0; h:lb, 2517
Eighth avenue. o'Grady & CO., damage $50; Is. ISL
West Hlnety'sscond street, George b. Vanderbilt,
Frank Knight, damage S5.
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HURRAH FOE oK1AHoMA,
The Little Territory Has Produced 30. 900, 600
Bushels OF wheat This Year.

Bushels or wheat This Year.
PERRY, Oklahoma, July 11.-For moro than .
month the farmers Of Oklahoma have been har-
vesting nearly day and night, Sundays included.
Wheat is about all in stack and hundreds Of
thrashers arc running, The wheat yield for the
Territory will be far greater than was at first
expected. There is a dearth Of cars to haul the
wheat. The Santa Fe Railroad has put on 1000
new cars to help take care Of the wheat. and
many towns can hardly get enough cars to re-
move the crop.
The yield will not fall short Of 100000 o
bushels. In many places farmers report fifty
bushels to tho acre. Tho price paid by local
buyers 10 fifty cents q bushel.
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North shore LimitCd-New York Central's morning
tfain 70 Chicago. Leave Grand Central station 1000,
arrive BqnAlo S:40 T, NJ, Chicago next morning al
Zoo. By Michigan Centrai.-AdU.
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Tho Pennsylvania Railroads. SHd Street Ferry
Places the uneQuAlled facilities Of that great line 1t
the doors OF upper New YoTk.-AdV
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TO START UP ON FULL TIME.

Begin Lively Work To-Day.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,. July 1.-THE factory of
the Union Metallic Cartridge Company will
start work tomorrow morning in all depart
ments on full time. The concern employs ! 600
hands. For several months the hands In many
OF the departments have been working only a few
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A simple Telephone Cali 20 the Foot or asa NJ.
VIII bring a Pennsylvania Railroa I'D cab or bus TO
carry You and your traps TO the 28d street station.
IAs lowest r~tes ever known in New York,-Adp.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-11-04
LITTLE VALLEY ITEMS.

The people Of this place were disappoint-
ed last Sunday by the preacher not COM
ing. We know not from what cause he
did not appear.
Several of the young men of Little Val
ley went to Poor Valley Sunday night to
singing.
Mr.. P. II. Williams, or superintendent,
visited our school last Friday and gave the
students nice talk.
Mr.. NJ. F. Brown looks lonesome since
his family has been away on their extended
visit to North Carolina.
Say boys, did you see that fellow leaving
the school house last Sunday, riding that
hump back mule. He got off before he
got where he started to, and it was not
his fault either.
Mesars. Albert Caldwell and Joseph
Holmes, of Poor Valley, and Jas. Osborn,
the Cove, dined at Mrs. Osborn's Sunday.
Mrs. Maggie E. Tabor, Of Baptist Valley,
is visiting her father, Mr.. A. B. Williams,
at this place.
Mr.. A. K. Osborn, the singing master of
Poor Valley choir, was called on short no.
tice to conduct singing at Patricksyille last
Sunday night.
Mr.. W. A. B!ankenship, of Knob, went
to Poor Valley Sunday. We know not his
business, unless he went to see his old
chum, MIR. Ambers Andrews.
Say boys, what has become Of the boy
that went to Poor Valley last Sunday
evening that grinned SO much the girls
could not tell whether he was good look
ing or not; grinned himself to death,
reckon. NED.
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Tribute of Respect.

For the first time since Banner Lodge,
l. o. O, F. No. 164 was organ lied we are
called upon to mourn the death Of a
brother.
Frank R. Buskill departed this life on
Oct. 25th, at 10 q. M. in the oath year Of
his age. He was one of our first members
and did as much, or more than any other
one towards organizing this lodge; he
worked earnestly and faithfully for it's or
ganization, and has been one of our most
faithful and efficient members. His labor
has ended in this lodge; he has been call
ed by the Grand Master to higher work
above. Though he cannot meet with his
Lodge here again, We hope to meet him in
the Grand Lodge, where there be no more
parting and sorrow. He leaves wife, an
infant son, many relatives and large Cir
Gle of friends to mourn his death.
Therefore, be it resolved, 1st, That we
bow in humble submission to the will Of
Almighty God in this sad dispensation of
His providence in removing from our
midst our well-beloved.
End, that in the death of Bro. Buskill,
Odd Fellowship has lost one of it's most
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-11-04
Personal.

Kaiser Wilhelm's speeches during the
last two years cover 323 pages, closely
printed in small type.
1t ia announced that the next director
of the American Academy at Rome sue.
seeding Mr.. Lord is to be Mr.. S. A. b.
Abbott, of Boston. MIR. Abbott is Har-
ward graduate, and for long time was one
of the most active and energetic trustees
of the Boston Public Library.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer tells good
story, illustrating the almost boy ish mod
esty CT the poet Whittier. A little woman
forced her way iuto the penetralia of e
Boston mansion when Whittier was visit
ing there, and clasping both the poets
hands in her own exclaimed: '.Mr. Whit
tier, this is the supreme moment Of my
life!" Mr.. Whittier stood first on one
foot and then on the other, withdrew his
hands and clasped them behind his back,
and replied prosaically: is itP"
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DoRAR ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Davis spent Sunday
with Mrs. ]. J. Stephenson.
Miss Mamie Brewster was visiting her
sister, Mrs. James Crockett Saturday and
Sunday. She is an accomplished teacher,
of Red Root Ridge. We are glad to see
the "Sandy" teachers in town, and wish
them much success.
Mr.. ]. ]. Stephenson returned from a
short visit to friends and relatives in Bap-
tist Valley.
Misses Cora Crockett, and IsIa Smith
were out riding Sunday evening.
Miss Maggie Gillespie visited friends in
Cedar Bluff the latter part of last week.
The public school under the instruction
of MIR. Thos. Repass, Jr., is in fine order.
He is fine teacher and we wish him
much happiness and success.
Mrs. Jas. Crockett returned from Taze-
well Friday, where she. had been visiting
home folks.
Sunday school at Miles chapel is pro-
crossing finely, with Geo. NJ. Brown supt.
There seems to be much interest on the
part of both teachers and pupils.
We are glad to say Mrs. G, B. Hurt is
out again.
Miss Lettie Crockett spent Sunday with
Miss Mannetta Stephenson.
SAM SLY.
Nov. LIST, 1897.