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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27


sent me wof>s snss sney were reaay for 4
the conference. 1 replied that was
AT my 'tepee" and would be verypleased
10 receive them. Crow insisted that |
should Come 10 him and il was only |
after an hour or two's parieying that
he consented for his hand to come TO
me. I was not afflicted with Crows
spirit Of dignity, 'bnt I knew that il
the game was opened by my going to
him, 1 wonld never get one of bis
band to take an allotment without GO
ing for him with a horse and buggy
aud giving him his dinner to come.
Most of these "Hoshkis- are hun
tiers, fishers. warriors. sports. They
are great jumpers, runners, boxers,
wTestlers They have q supreme and
lofty contempt for an Indian who will
spend his time working lust like
white man" They believe IN the SOW
ereignity Of leisure. Wherever a crowd
Of them meet. they test their strength
in maoly exercise. Whenever their
horses come together their mettle is
tested in race They are brave,
bright. strong. They have their ten
der qualities. however, and the two
little girls that they brought ont from
their tepee homes 10 show me as the
pride OF the camp'-the only two chill
dven in the band that had been sent
or 10 school-were as gentle and pretty
IS Indian girls should be-
l induced them 70 decide 20 be good
Indians. and there Is hope in their
future.
They hal hereiofore refused 20 take
allosments. They signihed their will
inynesS 70 me. bnt they we're very SLOW
"a put II into execution. When one
came for his allotment, frequently. h'
talked about this way: what can
gcts' He was given a great variety o
land 10 select from. II want none OF
that said he lis there any special
piece that ] can't haves" He was told
Of the portions already allotted or re-
| se1vel ''Then. ne would cry trinm
phanty. i want that or nothing.
aud the allotung agent had a real nice
time changing this notion.
p The average Indians god Is his din
ner. In influence with MIN the "Grsa
Spirit does not play even a poor sec
ond. Y0u may fail 10 ges him 10 ayre,
E 20 anything else. but II Won will invite
r him 70 meal he will foresake a.
things aud come with you. Then 70,
have at least a fair opportunity 10 rea
son with him and drill your persuasive
powers.
When an Indian who means busi
ness-and there are many such--is T.
select an allotment. he gets his pony
rides over the land, decides upon ia
neighborhood in which he desires {
live aud then picks out the specia
I tract hat he WAITS with "A view 20 il
water supply. its nearness to wood o
coal mines its meadows, its plO'
ground aud all OF its convenience
His decision once made stands, aud
j. usually good. Too frequently. how
ever. he selects a piece of land tbs
isn't COOL for n thing In the wide
wide world. After the allotting ager
tried IN vain 20 induce him 10 select
better, he always comes Go Mar
Twain's conclusion that If he want
that kind Of thing. that's just IL
kind Of thing he wants. Claude
Bennett. IN Atlanta Journal.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

in France. where she edits newspaper
devoted - war for justice 70 Erin and
where the imaginative Frenchmen
have given her the title Of the Joan
Of Arc Of Ireland" She is convert %
Irish nationalism from the camp Of the
Unionists. aud she declared upon
reaching America that there was but
one object in life for her-the rights OF
the commoners of her native country.
Miss Come Is the daughter OF Colonel
Gonne, who was an attache of the
English embassy in St. Petersburg.
She was reared IN the society which
would accompany such a position, but
A. young girl the stories of the life
of O'Connell, the Liberator. came un-
der her attention. and at the age OF
nineteen years she had resolved to de-
vote her energy and years TO the caase
which had been his. She has been IN
active battle for eleven years, has
worked among the lowly in London
and the dungeons and organized many
societies for the improvement Of the
Irish peasantry.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

and earning for themselves the com
forts Of life. A healthful rivalry Is
thus established and ambition pre-
vionsly unfelt Is fostered.
The Dawes bill. under which allot-
ments a. made. provides that the In
dian shall become a citizen with all
the rights thereuntO appertainine
within six months after he has taken
his allotment aud severed his iriba
relations IL provides also that tbs
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

kna.sen's nugget weighs . traction
over thirty-four ounces Troy, and
came into his possession two days be-
fore he got out of thu land where
famine stalks.
This nugget is somewhat irregular
in shape, but very solid. 1t is light
yellow in color, and nearly four inches
in length in its largest part and about
three inches in width. IL was
weighed and found to be worth ex-
actly 1888. %.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27
cost OF saIutsng the sun.

The United States has not a parti-
cularly large military establishment
in fact, it is regarded as meager for
such an extensive territory-neither
has il many posts from which the sun
is saluted at morning ard evening.
Sill it costs the government $40, 900
annually for ammunition for the morn
ing aud evening gun, which figures
out the expense at $54.79 for each of
the 365 days in the year.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

An extensive economical revolution
is in sight, If the claims of DR.. Primer
Geerlings .urn ont to be what the doc
tor asserts they are. DR.. Geerlings, a
Government official OF Java aud form
erly Professor OF chemistry at the Uni
versity of Amsterdam announces the
discovery Of simple method of con-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

verting potato starch into sugar. He
has lodged his description Of the
method with the French Academy of
Science, so as 10 secure priority for
his invention, although he is not quite
ready TO make the details pubic.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

chief distinction among the miners
rests in his being the possessor OF the
largest Nugget yet found in that dis
trisi--a solid chunk OF gold that
wefhs, according to Dawson City
outtations, nearly 5000.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27
THE IRISH JOAN OF ARC"
Interesting Young Woman with N Mis-
sion Now i'm This Country.

Miss Maud Come, who has come
to America in the interest of the Irish
cause, is one of the most interesting
young women that ever came to these
shores. Her life has been one Of love
Of country. the poor people of her
country aud romance. She now lives
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

Great damage has been done lately
in the Ibaraki district OF Japan bv
monkeys. In some eases tho animals.
iafariatsd by hunger. even attacked
human beings.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27
GOLD NUGGET WORTH $3.50.

10 Weighs ThIrty-Four Ounces and Was
Pound in the Kiondike Gold Fields.
Michael Knutsen Is one of the few
Klondike region with a sack. His
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-11-27

srerybody and nobody. he finds =
distinctive tract SIS bis cwa- He il
thersby taught the Law u inheritance.
TIE desire IS onces comes 90 him 70
icsss 20 his children an inheritance AZ
least as good a. that which was left 20
kiso. He sees other indians ali
around him colti Fxtinz their farms
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
Gordy Makes All Arrangements.

GEORGETOWN, May flames H. Gordy
the convicted murderer, who is to be hang
ed in the JUL yard here, five weeks from
to-day, sent for Rev j. H. S. Ewing, his
spiritual adviser, to-day, and gave him
another statement requesting that 1t be
made public. The statement was as fol-
lows:
II wish the following gentlemen to act
as pail bearers; Attorney General Robert
c. White, Cove S. Lynch, William +.
Blackstone George w Hatfield, Harvey
Messck and Charles b. Marsh.
'The following six mon | have chosen
to sing the hymns desire to bc sung on
the scaffold John G., Abbott, of George.
town NJ Il. Church; Thomas A. West Of
St. Johns Church; Jicob h. Jones, of
Jones Church; Joseph NJ. Cannon, of
Bethesda Church, George Spicer, of Lau.
rel NJ. E Church, and John A. Martin, Of
Beaver Dam NJ. P Church.
Robert Short, of this town Zone Of the
tipstaves who had charge of Gordy during
the trial, and who has been u lifelong
friend of the doomed MANI I have asked
to make the prayer on the scafold between
the singing of the two hymns.
He further stated: II desire my funeral
sermon preached on the day / am hanged
in the Methodist Protestant Church, of
this town, by Rev. J. H. S Ewell the pas
tor Of the church, and l most earnestly
desire all those who were witnesses
against me ut the trial to be present at the
funeral services. l desire my remains to
be taken in charge by Levin Marvll, Of
Laurel, who buried my father I want to
be buried by the side of the remains Of my
wife. She WAS buried June II, 1895 in the
Gordy family burial ground, on the farm
where my mother now lives near Whites
vile, this county. l trust that those l
have requested to act rs pall-bearers, and
to sing at the time of the execution, will
grant this last request"
He concluded his statement by recitlng
the following verses which were suggested
by the tifty-flfth verse of the twenty Sec
ond chapter of Corinthians:
What Is doath? To sleep in Jesus
When this weary strife is 'er,
And 20 sorrows, sins, diseases,
Never to awaken more.
Safe from every care and anguish,
Leaning on the Saviour 5 breast,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
And tho weary are at rest"
PALL.BEARERs NOT Hls FRIENDS.
With the exception of Attorney General
White, tina six mon Gordy selected to act
as pail l-bearers ALL appeared against him
on tho witness stand during the trial, and
Cove S Lynch is the man who arrested
him for the Urlil.e. 1t is u most remark
able selection, as not one OF the men.
except Me5sck, was ever an especial friend
of the man.
A rather curious coincidence Is in the
fLCt that the day after ChaG set for Gordy's
execution, june Il, Is the second anniver-
sary of tho burial OF his wife, concerning
the legitimacy Of whose death there is
much doubt.
Attorney General White says that ho
will pay no heed to the criminals 8 request
that he act as one of the pail b sarers
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
To Celebrate His Twentieth.

The Rev. J. Wesley Sullivan was in our
city Thursday on visit to his brother.in-
law, Charles L. Simmons. Noxt Monday
Is the twentieth anniversary of his ordi.
nation into the ministry. 1t will be cele.
brated at his church at Seventh and Sny.
der avenue, philad elphia Tho Reverend
gentleman was baptised in Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church by the Rev.
George Folwell then pastor of the church.
The Rev. Alfred Harrison, pastor OF the
First Baptist Church, in West Chester,
the Rev. j. NJ. Haldeman, formerly pastor
Of Delaware Avenue Baptist Church, Rev.
George Folwcll and Robert j. burdctte,
the humorist, will be present during the
ceremonies
The Rev. George Folwell will preside at
the meeting. A special feature will be the
music, of which his church has superb
choir. The Baptist ministers association
will meet in the church in tho aftern oon
and in the evening will be given supper
by the ladies Of tho church. The location
is looked forward too by tho Rev. Mr..
Sullivan as one Of the red letter days in
his ministerial life. Several Wilmington.
iaus will be present to wltnest the cere
monies,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence of the REpuBLTCAN.
NEW CASTLE, May s, 1897.

James A. Jordan, the little boy who was
severely scalded on Thursday afternoon
died shortly after three O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon. The funeral will take place
on Monday afternoon. Services will be
conducted by the Rev. S. b. Wylie at the
house and internent will be made at the
Presbyterian Cemetery.
The funniest thing about the inspection
of the lights at the Jail on Thursday even
ing by the Levy Court and jail Commits
sioners was that the lights went out
twice thereby leaving all hands in dark
ness. The matter was laughed off as be-
ing joke practiced by some one but there
was no joke in it.
Samuel 4. Bacon is reported better to-
day.
The Meredith Senate and tho Clifton
base ball team of Wilmington cross bats
this afternoon.
Several persons from New Castle will go
to Wilmington to morrow to attend the
conservation ceremonies of Bishop Mona,
CHAN.
Complaint has been made of several
persons on South Fourth street seving
ashes on the street. One lady had the
clothes on the line destroyed by such con.
duct one day this week
The o. Z. H., a social wing Of the G. A.
O., gave dance last evening in the Opera
The music was furnished by Riding and
McManus.
-Four pigs belonging to John McCallin
were poisoned on Thursday.
Tho nameless Club will cross bats with
the Park Club of Wilmington on Saturday
May %.
1t is funny to see the political workers
make such powwow over the state work
house. If the trial of petty thieves remain
for the upper Court the expense will be
Just as great In the jail at present we
have one man awaiting trial for the larce-
ny Of three sun fish. Ii costs 20 cents a
day to board the fellow while he is await.
ing trial
1t will cost money for grand and petit
jury; then what will it amount to? Then
there is a man and woman awaiting trial
for the larceny OF an umbrella worth 81.
One of the men to be tried has been in Jail
over three months, There is not a parti-
Gle of evidence against him. He was ar
rested through spite work for taking away
from his former home pair of skates and
whip. Why not have II court to try such
petty cases.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Remarkably Gratifying Increase in the
Volume of Business for April.


New York, May 8.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Nearly all will be astonished to learn
that actual sales in April by leading
houses in each line of business In the
principal cities east of the Rocky noun
tains average only about 10 per cent less
than in April 1892, the year Of largest
business hitherto, and were 81 per cent
more than in the same month last year.
Yet this is the. summary Of 357 reports,
each covering actual sales of leading
merchants in line of business In one
of IA cities. They are especially en-
couraging in view of the great fall Of
prices within the five years and the ex-
fiuences this year.
While speculative business in nearly
all the lines is small, and does not
swell clearing house returns as in pre-
vious years, the volume of legitimate
trade shows no corresponding decrease,
and the fact Is one of the highest i'm
portance in all business calculations.
Moreover, returns of failures for April
by branches of business given only by
the mercantile agency shows decrease
in number, amount and average of
liabilities in almost every branch of
trade and in nearly all branches of
manufacture except cotton. although
failures of five New Bedford mills for
81 ,9SO,73i make the total defaulted la
biities for the month 40 per cent larger
than last year, 60 per cent larger than
In 1895 and 80 per cent larger than 1894.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08

Umpires-Cooper and Prentiss. Time
2h
Baltimore did the grand affair for Phila-
delphia yesterday.
The High School team will play the Del
aware Field Club to- day at 930 a, IN. The
team leaves the B. &s o. station at SAT
O'Clock.
Why not get the c. A. C. and Rockford
teams to play good interesting games.
A game OF base base ball was played at
Farnhurst yesterday afternoon between
the State Hospital team and a club formed
from the inmates of the New Castle county
almshouse The latter team was defeated
by q score Of 20 to 10.
The St. Paul Jrs defeated the Mites ir o
five inning game by the score Of 10 to 10.
The Myrtle Jrs., defeated the DUPONT
Gmys in q IL inning game by score OF 9
to s. 1t was an Interesting game and both
teams playing good ball
Burke, the Myrtie's pitcher Is all right.
Miller is peach Oh first base,
! The Myrtle Jrs,, claims the champion
under 10 years OF age.
The White Caps has organized for the
season and would like to hear from any
toaln In tho city under the age of ID years.
Send all challenges TO John Clarke, No.
SlS Bennett stroet.
The base ball team known "a tho How
ard School Senate, which made a record
among tho amateurs last season has organ
lied for this season with che following
players: SmallwOod and Harris, c.. Bay
ard, G. Hill and Brown, p; W. Hill, ss.;
| Trusty, ID, and captain Jones,2b. ;Smttlls
| Sb Irlns, IT,; Stokes, CT Satchel, RI.
They would like to hear from any toam
in tho city whose players are under 20
years. Address all challenges to Curtis
| Ward, manager, 7O9 WJllastun street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08

Houghton. Mich, May S.-With a box
containing 200 pounds Of dynamite on
fire ten feet away from him John
Thomas, a boy who runs compressed
air hosting engine in the Tamarack
mine. stuck to his post and saved the
lives of the men at work in the mine
by his wonderful bravery. Ten sec
onds after Thomas had hoisted the
men to the level the dynamite eXplod-
ed, smashing the engine to pieces and
doing other damage, but the men and
the boy to whom they owe their lives
were in a place of safety. Not one
was injured in the rush to reach day
light from depth OF from 5000 to
1000 feet.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
BRUTAL WISCONSIN MURDER.
One Instantly Killed and Three Others
Shot, Two Fatally.


Milwaukee, May s.-What may prove
a quadruple murder occurred at the
farmhouse of Alexander Harris, who
resided about five miles south Of Wau-
kesha, at an early hour in the morning,
the victims being Mr.. Harris, his wife,
hired girl and hired man. The crime
was committed, 1t is supposed, by
farmland named William Pouch, who
had been sheltered by the farmer over
night. The dead and wounded are:
Alexander Harris, aged about As
years. killed outright; Helen Vesbach.
the hired girl. fatally wounded; Nelson
McEolt hired man, fatally wounded;
Mrs. Harris, seriously wounded, but
may recover
Pouch, who had worked for Mr.. Har-
ris about two years ago, called at the
house and requested lodging over
night. He was taken in, given supper
and assigned room.
About o'clock in the morning Mr.
Harris and the hired man arose and
went to the yard to milk the cows,
Mrs. Harris and the hired girl re-
naming to prepare breakfast. Pouch
went to the yard where the men were
aware Of his intent he drew revolver
and fred at the farmer, killing him in
stantly. The murderer then shot the
hired man in the body, infiicting a
probably fatal wound. The man fell
motonless on the ground, and Pouch
evidently supposed him dead also.
He calmly left his victims where they
fell, and walked leisurely to the kitchen
of the farmhouse. There he met Mrs.
Harris and the hired girl, and chatted
pleasantly with them for few min
utes. He said Mr.. Harris would not be
in for few minutes, and that he would
partake of breakfast at once. The
woman waited upon the murderer, who
seemed to relish his meal.
After concluding his breakfast Pouch
suddenly arose and shot Mrs. Harris
in the breast, and then fired at the
hired girl. After finishing his bloody
work the murderer went up stairs and
robbed the house, and then mounted
a bicycle and rode away. A posse OF
farmers in pursuit openly VOW that
they will lynch the murderer when
caught.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
A Wholly Professional stock Market,
With Limited pnnllupS.

New York, May 7.-Today's market for
stocks continued extremely narrow and to
the last degree professional, with nothing
In it that reflected any general condition
or influence on values. The dealings were
in smaller volume than yesterday. and
Western Union absorbed more than a
fifth of the total dealings, $1,000 Of its
shares changing hands during the day.
The general list moved over only a small
fractional range, and many stocks remain-
ed totally inactive during the day, the
large majority Of the transactions being
distributed among u few stocks. Closing
bids
BALTIC, 6. Ohio. E. 70 Lehigh Valley. 2SSa
Chesa. A. Ohio... iGh n. j. Central, 1875
Del &. Hudson. lG59s n. Y. Central. 99S4
d.. l.. & .li&&s Pennsylvania E. SIS
Erie............... llA Reading .......,'i5,i
lake Erie a. W. 10 St Phul.....'.'' 'j7s
#All aSSt'S paid.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
RejIOboth Booming,

Since the completion of the Baltimore
and Delaware Bay r.. R., to Rehoboth, the
building of cottages has begun with real
old fashioned boom. Some seven or eight
new cottages arc now in the course of
erection and plans are said to be on hand
for several more before the season ends.
Building lots thai year ago could be
purchased for $50 cannot now be had for
three times that amount. The long looked
for boom in this popular seaside resort on
the Atlantic OCenn has come at last after
% years of waiting Mr.. WIN. Bright
who had such faith in this place. we are
sorry to say, is not alvo to see his expec-
tations realized. lIo backed his faith by
building handsome hotel bearing his
name, which was burned to the ground
several years ago, The Henlopen House
is the only hostery of any size now stand
ing and Is owned by Mr., George W. Nc
Cullough of our city. 1t has some ~
rooms in it, and is the only first class hotel
now on tho beach. The future of Reho-
both is now assured and from now on wo
nay expect to see it grow like mushrooms
during the night.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08

PhllIipsburg N. j.. May S.-Driven
mad by her frightful experience with
her husband few months ago, Mrs.
Sarah McCaffrey died Thursday night
in an Easton sanitarium. McCaffrey
was hard drinEer, and killed himself
by slashing his throat with a razor and
stabbng his breast with fork. Mrs
McCaffrey attempted to disarm her
fren2ied husband, and he turned on
her and inflicted an ugly wound on her
arm. He died the next day and she
was bercft of her reason.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
Bad Railroad Smaslhup.

Medina, N. Y, May S.-A westbound
fast freight on the New York Cen
traI railroad broke in two here last
night, and big pile up followed. Five
cars are thrown in the ditch, and sew
eral more wrecked. The wreck oc-
CURED Just as the end of the long
bridge over the Oak Orchard creek.
The flying cars wrecked several tele-
graph poles. The main track will not
be cleared for some hours, and the
Chicago EXPRESS was held here all
nirht. No one was injured.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-08
Horribly Gored by n Bail.

Shamokin, Pa. May S--Wesley New
berry, a farmer of PaXinus, and aged
10 years, was horribly gorcd yesterday
by a bull, and is in a critical condition.
The animal became excited by the ap-
proach of a train, and dartcd after
Ncwberry. III the meantime the en-
gnecr of the train saw what was hap
psning, and as the train passed some
of the farmers friends he notified them
Of Newberry's danger. BY the time
they had reached the scene and had
driven the bull away Ncwbcrry was
badly cut, and in a little while would
have been killed.