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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30

Another V G. of my acquaintance
he is anything but Il doctor-once saved
a trooper whose horse had been killed.
His argument was rather original. The
man was on foot, and the cnemy-Zulus
this time, and they are beautiful fight
ers-were coming down at a run, and
he said very decently that he did not
see his way to periling his officers life
by double weighting the only horse
there was.
To this his officer answered, IF you
don't get up behind me, I'll get off and
I'll give You such licking as you We
never had in your life " The man was
more afraid Of fists than assegais, and
the good horse pulled them both out q
the scrape. Now, by the regulations a.
officer who insults or threatens with
violence subordinate of his service is
liable to lose his commission and to be
declared incapable of serving the
queen in any capacity" but for some
reason or other the trooper never report
ed his superior, -Rudyard Kipling in
Youths Companion
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30

~ ~ ear VII away ne hota
u ,,i, ~ enc nlSl"lN OF ne hiheltehlh cent
loI '"' M'ny ,WohuerIul discoveries II ]
great strides, the most remarkable OF viii
peI ~" l,S, nay e leen ii"ie III ne practice
Ii'i,, NoW comes tne ihiorinaIlon
u"II' -"WiI"W, an tihlhthl cnelnlst OF Spil
ntlu' ono mas dlscoNcred remedy I
promises 10 De Almost lnialIlOle IN curing
49, o. me hl"hoAs. 20 many OF
mos. lhIn" am advances "l medical sciel
.lt u,t"r ny lorelsh SCIENTISTS mat sucl
E1uu!A H,s '> wen.
M"iI HW7 l>coNerN' WINE the true ina
form ot ni iioy =, p'n Is III
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30
An American Discover

John Morrow. an Eminent Che
list. of Springfield, o., finds
Remedy that Promises to X,
OlutiOuizc the Practice of NJ
icinP.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30
THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE.

The following observations were made by
the government weather bureau Mt the sever
al places named at 8 p. m. eastern tme) on
the Gates given:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-30
Asthma Can Be Cured
by Dr.. Taft'S ASTH\lALENE

Instead of flying to the door gasping
for breath, seeming as if each one would
be your last, you have only to take few
doses of the ASTHMALENE. when the
spasm is broken and cure follows.
We mail a Free Trial Bottle TO anyone
afflicted with asthma.
DR. Taft Bros. Medicine Co,
Rochester, N. Y.
Att, THE ApOUE GOnnS NJ
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
FEVER AND DISEASE KILLED THEM.


New York, June 2l-A dispatch to
The World from Havanna says:
determination in the island is annal-
lihS and an actual fact. The death rate
IS increasing. A prominent Spanish med
lcal olflcer who has full knowledge of the
interior says that should war be prolonn-
ed 10 months the western half of the is
land Will be entirely depopulated. The
death rate is likely to double next month
Contagion will then NOV the people down
rapidly Rains have turned the interior
INTO quagmire in many places. The
trocha is pestilential ditch. Soldiers
are suffering terribly from fever and dvs-
entery. Little of the smallpox vaceina,
ton is effective. Thousands of paciticos
might easily have been saved by vacci-
nation if taken earlier.
"a sanguinary engagement occurred
Wednesday at Managua, Is miles from
Havana. The insurgents attacked a col
umn of Spanish, and the latter lost beay
n.y. The details We're suppressed. Mary
ambulances with wounded have arrived
here
lhe rebels are concentrating around
Havana. Trains have been fired into re-
peatedly. A Spanish force, while recon
noitering, was ambushed near San Miguel.
They fought bravely, but were compelled
to retire.
General Rivera is sick and appears in
different to his fate. He will assuredlv
be shot unless strong action is taken by
the United States''
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
ASSAULTED A TURFMAN
WEALTHY TENNESSEE THURMAN
LURED TO PROBABLE DEATH.
es and His Head Pounded With
Hammer.

st. Louis, Mo-, June 17-C. d. Col
Inns, a wealthy Tennesseean, was lured
to his probable death Tuesday night by
man whom he had known since boy
hood. His assailant is Martin Ensley
of Memphis whose father Colonel Ems
ley, was one of the most prominent
owners and planters Of the south. Ems
ley induced Collins to visit Merrimac
Highlands, summer resort is miles
from here. On a plea of illness he
went to a clump of bushes rs yards
from the hotel. There, stepping be-
hind his victim, he dealt blow after
blow on his head with a hammer which
he had purchased presumably for the
purpose of committing murder. When
the pounding had reduced Collins TO
state of insensibility, Ensley stopped
over the PROSTATE body and took from
his vest pocket a roll of bills amounting
to $4,000. He darted up the hill and
passed the money to an accomplice.
Then the would-be murdered ran down
the path leading to the Merrimac river.
Two men saw the terrible assault and
robbery and witnessed the transfer of
the money and the escape of the prin-
c1pal and accomplice. Charles Feiter,
baker employed at the inn, and
gardener who had been engaged about
the grounds were the witnesses. Col
Inns was removed to Kirkwood and pu.
ran down the river nearly mile until
he reached shanty occupied by
boatman. He pounded vigorously upon
the door, and when the old man opened
it he exclaimed:
'I've been robbed and my friend
murdered. Help! Look! 1 am covered
with blood"
The old man accompanied him up
the river to the inn. Ensley evidently
expected to find the body where he had
left 1T, and evinced great surprise when
he saw people running around.
Here is the man you want to tell
your story to-" the old boatman said
as some one came up. The arrival was
Night Watchman Busch. To him Ems
ley repeated the story he had told on
the river bank.
whats your name?' asked Busch.
Martin Ensley," was the reply.
Ou are the man l am looking for
said Busch. II want you for murder"
and he seized the prisoner Ensley
protested his innocence, but was taken
into the inn and placed under guard.
All this occurred about midnight. At
2 o'clock this morning two deputy
sheriffs from Clayton county arrived
at Merrimac Heights and they searched
the grounds for the weapons and dis
covered a new hammer covered with
blood. At daybreak Ens1ey was driven
to Kirkwood inn and brought face to
face with the wounded man.
us this the man who struck you?"
asked the deputy. Collins looked at
him steadily.
YES" said he "Ensley, how could
you do it?" he added.
The prisoner looked down and NUT
tered something about having been as
saulted. He was then driven to Clay
ton. Collins, the wounded man, has a
stable. here at the fair grounds, but he
runs horses under an assumed name.
This spring Collins decided to try his
luck on the track and sold his hotel at
Nashville for 900 and started for st.
Louis with about $4,000, accompanied
by Ensley the arrangements being that
Ensley should figure in all business
transactions, as Collins did not want
his name to appear.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
THE GANG HAD A FALLING OUT
TWO Would-Be Train Robbers Are
caught and One Fatally shot.

st. Louis, Mo, June 1S-B. p. Car
penter, car accountant of the Wabash
railroad, has brought to this city the
details of an attempt to wreck and rob
the baltimore & Ohio southwestern
passenger train ON the culvert between
Odin and Salem, Ill. Carpenter said
three men We're Involved, and two were
caught one being fatally shot. The
robbers are residents of Salem and
were known about the village as hard
characters.
Abe Tweed, the robber who was shot.
was put on parole from the Chester
penitentiary; Thomas Schumacher. the
other man captured. is an ex-convlct
from the Indiana penitentiary,
These two men, with the one who es-
capped, and fourth, banded together
not long ago to do general business
In the criminal line. After they had
planned to hold up the New York ex-
press on the Baltimore & Ohio south
western the men had difference and
proke up in row. One of them told
Sheriff Barnes, upon the sheriffs prom
ise not to divulge his name, of the plan
to wreck and loot the train, but did
not know the date and place selected
returning to his former pals, he said
he was sorry he had left them and beg
ged to be let in ON the fat thing they
We're about to pun off
The rogues relented, took back into
their fold the deserter, and then pro-
ceeded to lay bare the plot. The night
express was selected as the train likely
to yield the best haul, and the Shenaf-
felt culvert. between Odn and Salem.
was picked out as the best spot.
All day Wednesday the three men
hauled railroad ties to the trestle.
About o'clock in the afternoon. the
man who peached, who by some pre-
text was excused from the days work,
reported the situation to Sheriff Barnes
The sheriff collected a posse of six men
and started from Salem along the
track. About 1880, when they came
near Shenaffelt culvert, the three rob
bers could be seen, and almost in the
center of the trestle was a high pile
OF ties thrown across the track The
wreckers were gathered on the side Of
an embankment Barnes and his posse
got within 30 yards of the wreclers be-
fore they were discovered. The wreck
ers ran down the embankment. The
express train was due In 20 minutes,
and sending back two men to flag the
train the sheriff and two others went
after the fugitives.
Halt called out Barnes, and Schu-
macher surrendered. The others con-
tinued to run and the sheriff fred. The
man who fell proved to be Tweed, the
other man escaping.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
STRIKE OF FABULOUS RICHNESS
Wire Gold Rock Found In the Fa-
nous Gregory Mine.

Denver, June 16.A strike Of fabu-
lous richness has Just been made In
the ninth level of the Gregory Bobtail
mine at Central City, Gilpin county,
this state. The real value Of the ore
cannot be learned, as the operators of
the mine refuse to divulge 1t, and have
placed an armed guard at the mine,
but 1t is known that the vein struck is
two feet in width and Is so full Of wire
gold as to run many thousands Of dol
lars to the ton. What makes the find
more interesting Is the fact that the
Gregory was the first lode mine opened
in Colorado and has been worked con-
stantly for the past 38 years 1t was
the announcement of Gregory's find In
the gulch that was afterwards named
for him that produced the rush to Col
orado in 1859. The latest strike in the
Gregory is $50 feet below the surface,
and is said by those who have seen
specimens to be the richest in the mine
The property is largely owned by heirs
of the late ex-senator Chaffee, being
worked under lease and bond for
100000 by the Gold Coin Miners Com
pany, close corporation of New York
| men.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
CALIFORNIA IS SHAKEN
EARTHQuAKE IN THE VICINITY
OF THE GOLDEN GATE.
buildings Osctllnted, Walls Cracked
aud Fell, and Houses Were
Damaged Mt HoIIfnter.

San Francisco, June 2l-Two sharp
and severe shocks Of earthquake were felt
here Sunday, the official time of the
first. as taken by the United States
weather bureau being l2:l4:04 1t was
followed almost Immediately by second
shock
The vibrations We're from the west to
the east. Clocks were stopped, suspended
lamps and decorations were broken in
some places, but no real damage has been
reported. The shocks were the most Sc
we're felt here for many years. An earth
quake was general throughout the state
Great Damage at HOLSTER.
Holllster, Cal, June 2l-Shortly after
noon Sunday the most severe earthkuake
shock since 1868 did many thousand of
dollars worth of damage to buildings
and their contents. No casualties oc-
cured, though several narrow escapes are
recorded
The only brick building in town has
suffered and the courthouse walls and
ceilings have lost most of their plastering
Immediately after the earthquake the fire
wall of the MsMahon house fell upon the
adjoining building Hundreds of win
dow panes We're cracked or broken and
in some instances the entire window sash
es were thrown into the street from the
second story of the building.
Heavy shock at GIIroy.
Giroy, Cal, June 2l.-The heaviest
earthquake ever felt here lasted only a
few seconds but did much damage. Nu-
merous chimneys We're toppled over, the
house walls cracked, heavy plate glass
store windows shattered and general
wreckage of bottles and shelf ware in the
houses and stores. People rushed out of
their homes thinking the last trumpet
had sounded in earnest. In some houses
the blinds We're wrenched from their hang
ings and an unusual scene of petty de-
struction is presented in nearly every
house and store in town.
Cyclone nj Newport News.
! Newport News, Va, June 2l.-A cy
clone wrecked several business houses and
did much damage to the growing crops.
considerable damage was also done to the
small craft lying at anchor in James riv
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
ST. Louis Pool Rooms to Close

st. Louis, June 2l.-The st. Louis pool
rooms, which for the last six months have
enjoyed entire immunity from police in
reference, will, it is expected, be closed
by operation of the Missouri breeders
law, which goes into effect at sunrise As
there appears to be some doubt concern
ing the constitutionality of the law, Col
onel Ullman will keep his book open in
the expectation of being raided, and make
test case. All the other poolrooms will
close
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
TIE PROTEST ~ JAfsANEsE~
Object to the Prqn~4ed Ca&4G N Tea,
SI1:<s, Ruwn u1ad Other Attf41Sa.

Washington, June 2l.The protenf
made by the Japanese government
against the pending tariff bill is informal
ly embodied in note from Minister Tor
usoshi. The protest is couched in me
most courteous language, but there is a
firnness of tone observable that indicates
the remonstrance may be followed by un
act of retaliation ii disregarded. The
note begins with an apology for express
ing an opinion, that under ordinary con
ditions might be regarded as trenching
upon domestic affairs, but cites as JUS
tilication, the fact that important Japa-
nese interests are involved and that in
the opinion of the minister, the propos-
ed increase of duties will injure the
United States no less than Japan by re-
tarding the growth of the promising com
mercial relations. The articles of Japa-
nese production that will be naest SER
iously affected, says the protest, are light
weight silks, silk handkerchiefs, mating,
hemp and jute rugs, carpets and tea.
The proposed duty on japanese mat
ting, says the minister, will be so heavy
that trade cannot survive in this article
not now manufactured in the United
States The duty upon hemp. iute rugs
and carpets will amount to nearly 80 per
cent, and this is another severe blow to
japanese commerce
As to tea, the minister says the sud
den change of policy of the United
States from free importation to a duty
of so to 100 per cent has awakened in the
Japanese mind the grayest fear for the
stability OF the tea industry. In conclu-
sion, the minister says:
The imperial government is far from
sharing in the belief for which they find
no warrant, in the attitude always main
tanned by the United States toward ia
pan, but, nevertheless, they do not think
it either wise on prudential to ig-
more a sentiment which, under certain cir
cumstances, might have a most unfortu-
nate effect upon the relations of the two
| countries"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
SENSATIONAL BANK LITIGATION.
Nearly 100 Moneyed Men of Illinois
Figure in 1t.

st. Louis, June PA special to the
Republic from Lincoln, Neb says:
Nearly 100 moneyed men of Illinois,
scattered over the state from Chicago to
East st. Louis, many of whom reside at
Peoria and Galesburg, have been made
defendants in what is likely to prove the
most sensational bank litigation ever IN
stituted in the west the next chapter in
the famous case in which Charles Mosher
president of the defunct Capital national
bank of this city, figured to the extent of
stealing something over a million dollars.
''his bank closed in 1891. Ten years
prior to that time the Capital national
had been paying immense dividends,
amounting in the aggregate to S50O,G,0
The stockholders We're mostly Illinois
people. Receiver Hayden of the Mosher
bank has brought suit against these
stockholders to force them to return div
idends on the grounds that they were
paid out of the money of the depositors
He says that the books show that the
bank never made a dollar. A similar
suit has just been decided here against
New York stakeholder, who must 70
turn $27 900 paid to him in dividends by
Mosher.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
GENERAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Chicago Grain and Live stock and
the Prices at Spokane.

The latest market quotations are as
follows:
Metal Quotations.
New York, June 19.-Bar silver 60Ac
Copper strong; brokers' $l112ih..
Lead steady; brokers $500.
Portland Wheat.
Portland. Or, June 19.-Wheat: Walla
Walla 74M75c, valley 76c.
San Francisco Grain.
San Francisco, June 19-Wheat: Ship
ping s1.21@1.2 221s, milling $1.271a@1. .35.
Barley-Feed 67A@nAc, choice bright
721sc, choice new 6715q70c, brewing S5d
soc for old and S5GS71ac for new.
Oats-Common white 95c@$1 .071b, good to
choice 81. .10@1.20, fancy feed 125GDl. 80.
Chicago Grain.
Chicago, June 19.-In wheat Liverpool
was again the controlling factor at the
opening. Futures were quoted I'D lower.
Trading, always dull on a half-holiday,
was duller than usual today, about all tne
business transacted being confined to the
first hour.
Close: July wheat 6S5s, corn 24A, oats
181&. Receipts: Wheat 1000 bushels, corn
$4,000, oats 247, 600.
Live Stock.
Chicago, June 19.-The usual Saturday
dullness prevailed around the cattle pens
Receipts were too small to make mar
ket and quotations as a consequence were
almost nominal. The few cattle offered
for sale were taken at prices unchanged
from yesterday.
Hogs-This was the low day of the sea-
son, hogs selling at $3.10M3.45, chiefly
around $3.55, the top sales early in the
day.
Sweepstakes were at $2.15d365 for sheep
$345a4.50 for yearlings, and spring lambs
a SO. 3.50Q3.55. Heavy sheep were the worst
sellers, lots averaging 140 to 150 pounds
selling al $3.25Q3. .65.
Receipts: Cattle 200, hogs $4,000, sheer
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
REORGANlzlNG THs UNION PACIFIC
Committee Has Practically All the
Bonds AHoat.

Boston, June 15.--In a short time
the reorganization committee is expect
ed to make public its new plan for the
reorganization of the Union Pacific
railway, as assurances have been re-
celved that the plan will be acceptable
TO the representatives of the govern
ment. The plan is said to provide for
the securing of the road by the reor-
ganization committee for the actual net
sum of $28, 69l 1886. although the mini
mum bid was fixed at s45. .545, 600 1t is
said the plans for reorganization have
proceeded so far that changes to be
made In the board of directors have
been decided upon, and Oliver w. Mink
OF this city is named as probable pres
ident OF the new corporation. The al
lotment of first mortgage 4 per cent
bonds, which, under the original plan,
were to be 800 900, 600, is to be reduced,
under the new plan, to SIS, 900 900, and
there is to be an increase in the allot-
ment of preferred stock to Union Pa
cific sinking fupd IS and Kansas Pa
cific consols. The reorganization com
mittee has now secured practically all
of the outstanding bonds afioat and
nearly all the stock.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
DISPOSED TO MAINTAIN PEACE.
William Speaks at BAN
Huct ut Cologne.

Berlin, June 2l.-At banquet held at
Cologne, at the unveiling of the statue to
Emperor William L., the emperor reply
ing to the burgomaster's toast, said he
remembered;
"The glorious time when the tall
forms of my grandfather and father
were seen among the citizens of Cologne
His majesty added: According to hui
man calculation my much lamented faith
er should have stood on this spot | now
occupy, but Providence willed it other
wise"
The emperor concluded declaring he
would follow in the footsteps of his
grandfather, ''and maintain the peace
which has existed since there has been
a German empire, and defend the Ger
man rights in every way and retain a
market for German products
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
TO SELL FOUR PROPERTIES.
Absorption of RossIand Mines by
London Capitalists.

Rossland, b. c., June ia big deal
Is on foot for four properties in the
south belt A. Il. Corbn, secretary
treasurer of the Homestake and Gopher
companies, said today:
"A meeting has been called of the
Homestake, Lee and Gopher companies
to be held in Rossland on July IL to
consider a proposition to sell the three
claims above mentioned and the Maid
of Erin, which last claim is the r. e.
Lee Gold Mining Company's property.
Under the new mining law a month g
notice has to be given before a prop
erty can be sold. A syndicate of Lon
don capitalists have made a PROPOSE
ton, that will be considered, to pur-
chase the four claims and put up $780,
900 as working capital. The capital
of the companies that own the four
claims is s4,000,00O, and the new com
pany proposes to have a capital stock
of $750000. The old shareholders will
receive stock in the new company al
the rate of 1215 cents per share, and II
is probable that cash will be given tc
those who prefer it +"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
Spokane Quotations.

spokane, June ~.
Spokane dealers were busy Yesterday
and trade was reported unusually good.
Prices were lower on early produce. Or
anges were a little higher. carload of
bananas was received by one dealer, but
prices were unchanged.
Following are yesterdays market quo
tations, wholesale prices being given un-
less otherwise stated:
Wheat-No. / club, bulk. SIC; sacked.
sac: bluestem, bulk, 55c; sacked, SIC.
Feed-Bran and shorts, per ton, s12;
clear shorts, $13; straight bran, per ton,
s11; No. l feed oats, s23n24 per ton,
No milling oats, s24a25; chicken feed
per ton. s25: timothy hay s16q16.50; grar.
hay, s12@13.
Fruits-Oranges, Mediterranean sweets
s4n4.5O, Havana seedlings s4d4.50; Califor-
mia lemons choice $3.50, fancy 81 ap-
pies eating, s1a1.25; cooking, 85090e; Wal
la Walla raspberries, S2d250 crate; straw
berries, home $1.504l.75; bananas, $3.50
275; Snake river cherries, 50M75c per box
gooseberres, $1.25 crate; peaches, 81 pei
box.
New egetables-Potatues &c per lb
asparagus, &c lb; cucumbers, 81 doz, new
peas. 4c; hothouse lettuce, loc; Memphis
tomatoes 81 crate; string beans, SC pei
pound; turnips, 40c per doz punches
beets, 40c per doz. punches; cabbage. "a
21sc lb; rhubard. 1c per lb; spinach, &c lb
getables-Potatoes 20m25c per cwt
beets, Csc per cwt; turnips, 60c per cwt
carrots. Coo per cwt California dry onion:
2lsc.
Produce-Creamery butter. 40-lb tubs
lie; 5. TO- 20-lb tubs and prints, 1Sl9c lb
dairy butter, 12c; cheese, full cream
12c; California, 12c: Yakima comb hon
ey, 15c: California honey, Ice; ranch eggs
So. .75G4-
Provisions-Medum hams, 111kc: heavy
111&c: breakfast bacon. &c; dry sides bacon
615c: smoked shoulders. 6I5c; picnic hams
&c; lard 5 and 10-lb pals 7c. 50-lb pail
SIC.
Meats-Steers, live weight $3.50, dresse,
IS. .50@6; mutton tcarcass), dressed 515M6
per lb; hogs, live 315G4c. dressed 515m6
per lb: veal (carcass), dressed 5M6c pc
lb Retail-Beef choice cuts. 15d1Sc pc
lb: mutton. 121z@15c per lb; veal, 12i5al5
per lb; pork 10c per lb: spring lamb, Is
per lb.
Pouftry-Old chickens, live weight. pc
ID. SG9c: spring chickens, S2.5043.5O pc
doz.; ducks 81 per doz.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-24
weIdIess Steel Tubing Trust

Cleveland, Ohio, june 2l.-The consoI-
idation of the interests engaged in the
manufacture of weldless steel tubing for
bicycles has been formed in London with
H. A. Lozier of this city at the head. A
number of wealthy Englishmen with Ar
thur Pilkington at their head have in
vested 100000 in the new corporation.
Three large factories at Toledo, Ohio
Elwood City, Pa, and Greenville, Pa.
are embraced. The Pennsylvania estab
lishments, which already cover seven acres
of land and employ 1900 men, will be en-
larged to employ 5000 men.