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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12
Doctors For the Poor.


But it seems to me that the most
beautiful benediction of the medicul
profession has been dropped upon the
poor. No excuse now for any ones not
having scientific attendance. Dispersal
ries and inirmaries everywhere, under
the control of the best doctors, some OF
them poorly paid, some of them not paid
at all a half starved woman comes out
from the low tenement house into the
dispensary and unwraps the rags from
her babe, bundle of ulcers and rheum
and pustules, and over that little-@- fferer
bends the accumulated .Jm OF the
ages, from Asculapius down to last
weeks autopsy. In one dispensary IN
one year $50, 900 prescriptions were is
sued. Why do 1 show you what God has
allowed this profession to DO? Is it to
stir up your vanity? Oh, no! The day
has gone by for pompous doctors, with
conspicuous gold headed canes and pow
dered wigs, which were the ACCOMPANY
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12

W0mm15s1on Mercbant5
In all kinds Of Fruit and Produce,
Truck, Poultry. Eggs, Wild Fowl, &c:
Potatoes a speciality. Members OF
National League of Commission Mer
chants of the United States.
Refer to Irving Nat. Bank, New
York, and all Mercantile Agencies.
Use any of our stencils or cards
given out during past 20 years.
Shipping No. "a. :
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12
The Last Sickness.

But I must close, for there may be
suffering men and women waiting in
your office, or Oh the hot pillow, Won
dering why you don't come. But before
you 90, O doctors, hear my prayer for
your eternal salvation. Blessed will be
tho reward in heaven for the faithful
Christian physician. Some day, through
overwork or from bending over pa
tent and catching his contagious breath,
the doctor comes home, and he lies
down faint and sick. He is too weary
to feel his own pulse or take the dag
nosis of his own complaint. He is worn
out The fact is, his work Oh earth is
ended. Tell those people il the Office
there they need rot wait any longer.
The doctor will never go there again.
He has written his last prescription
for the alienation CT human pain. The
people will run up his front steps and
inquire, "How is the doctor today"'
All the sympathies of the neighborhood
will be aroused and there will be many
prayers that he who has been so kind
to the sick may be comforted i'll his
last pang. 1t is all over now. In two or
three days his convalescent patients,
with shawl wrapped around them, will
come to the front window and look out
at the passing hearse, and the poor of
the city, barefooted and bare headed,
will stand on the street corner, saying,
"Oh, how good he was to us ALP But
on the other side of the river of death
some of his old patients who are for
ever cured, will come out to welcome
him, and the physician of heaven, with
locks as white as SLOW, according to the
Apocalyptic vision, will come out and
say: "Come in, come i'll. was SICK
and We visited me-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
AFFAIRS IN GENERAL.
BRIEF MENTION OF EVENTS OF
INTEREST.
Several Battles with the Spanish
Troops - Famous Spanish General,
Pando, Among the Slain.

Madrid The queen regent presided
at the cabinet council when Senior
Sagasta, the premier, reviewed
the general situation. He said that
the military operations in the province
of Pnar del Rio, Cuba, showed it TO be
an important center of rebellion, al
though Gen. Weyler had declared the
district pacified. Gen. Bernal, the
premier said, has been ordered not to
relax his energy in pursuing the insur-
gents.
Havana: The insurgent Gems. Rabi
and Salvador Rios beseiged the village
of Guisa, about Is miles from Bayamo.
Their artillery destroyed several block
houses killing the military commander
and one lieutenant. The Spanish gar
rIson, after having lost also 90 soldiers
killed and $50 wounded, surrendered.
The insurgents plundered the stores
securing rich booty, two months sup
plies, quantity of ammunition and
200 rifles.
The report that Gen. Pando. who
was placed in charged of military
operations in Cuba by Capt. Gen.
Blanco, has been killed in an engage
ment with insurgents in Santa Clara
province has caused the most intense
excitement in the palace and official
circles. A battle occurred near Matan-
zas, in which the Spanish forces were
routed and driven from the field. This
engagement was bitterly fought, and
it is asserted that the losses of the
Spaniards were very heavy.
The fiercest battle fought in the
province of Pinar del Rio since the
death of Gen. Maceo is just reported
from Havana. The Spanish columns
under Gems. Bernal and Velasco com
bined TO dislodge the $500 insurgents
encamped in the hills of Romero, Mad
anna and Los Palados, under Gen. Du-
cast. The insurgents were well armed
and repulscd several bayonet attacks
made by the Spanish and the latter
retired TO await reinforce ments, after
losing 100 men. The Spanish num-
bered 5000 when the Aranjuez battal-
ion arrived, and by sacrificing g. more
men they took the nights of Caimito at
the point of the bayonet. The next
day Ducasi took it again and the three
Spanish battalions gave up the fight at
close OF the second day, having lost
over 800 men.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
"powN WITH GERMANS"
Czech MODS Cause BIoodshed and Much
Destruction In Bohemia.

Destruction In bOhemia.
The riots which broke up the sittings
of the reichsrath of Austria at Vienna
and caused the Badeni ministry to re-
sign, under threats from street mobs
of cutting off Premier Badeni's head
by means of the guillotine, have re-
suited in violent demonstrations at
other places, particularly at Prague,
the principal city of Bohemia There
great mobs of Czechs gathered on the
streets and the houses of Germans
were bombarded with stones and
bowling mob which gathered on Wen
zel-Platz had TO be dispersed by infan-
try and cavalry. The university build
ings are threatened by the rioters and
have to be protected by large bodies of
police. The streets have been held by
IL battalions of infantry and a squad
ron of hussars. All traffic is suspended
and the shops and business houses are
closed.
In spite of the military a large Czech
mob made a descent upon the German
quarter and plundered houses and
shops in several streets. The furni-
ture of a well-known German cafe was
piled up in the street and set on fire
When a detachment of troops APP
preached to dispense the rioters, the
soldiers were greeted with showers of
stones, broken glass and other missiles
A mob attempted to storm cartridge
factory atZizhkow, a suburb of Prague.
The troops stationed at the factory
poured a volley into the crowd. 1t is
known that at least two persons were
killed outright. and it is feared that
others were killed or wounded. In
various other parts OF the city and the
suburbs windows were smashed and
German signboards demolished. The
constant cry of the rioters was Down
with the Germans, down with the
Jews" Ladies venturing on the street
were obliged to wear the Slav tri-color
in order to avoid being attacked. Ger
man signboards were hastily removed
by their owners and replaced with
Czech inscriptions. Nobody dared TO
utter "A word in German. The Kinsky
palace was plundered of its furniture,
which was thrown through the win
dows, heaped in the street and set on
fire, the mob preventing the fire bril-
gade from approaching.
The Wenzel-Platz where the revo-
luton of 1913 began, has been the chief
center of excitement, 1t is about go
yards in width and $50 yards in length
and will hold 100000 people. The po-
lice and the military have made 200 ar
rests, and it is reported that altoge Their
50 persons were injured.
Troops have been drafted TO Juden-
stadt. owing to the mob threatening
to run to riot there, and there is serious
trouble theatened at Pilsen.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
$4,000 Slain In Battle in Indian Ter

Twenty thousand years ago, accord
ing to the announcement of Prof. Wal
tiers, the arehaeologist, a terrible bat
tie was fought on the Arkansas river
in the Indian territory between the
mound builders and the Mayas, in
which over, as. 900 warriors bit the dust.
He has reached this remarkable con-
clusion on account of his investigations
of a prehistoric burying ground in the
Choctaw Indian country, which he has
found to cover 80 acres and to contain
fully $4,000 skeletons. This huge
graveyard was discovered by workmen
in grading for the Kansas City, Pitts
burg & Gulf railway. The skulls were
pierced with darts or arrows heads,
one specimen containing 10 moss agate
arrow points. This proved that they
died in battle.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
seven Killed by Drinking Wood Alcohol.

Seven men are dead and II more are
in dangerous condition at Naples
Vile, Ala, the result of drinking n
mixture of wood alcohol and cheap
whisky which had been concocted 10y
Bill Anderson and another farmer, and
retailed to a great number of farmers
and railroad hands, and Immediately
after drinking the stuff they were
taken violently i'll. No physician was
at hand and many of them died before
attention could be given them. The
alcohol was labeled for mixing paint
only" Anderson and his partner are
among the dead.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10

An English exchange says: Con
siderable discussion has naturally en-
sued on the rise Of bread, and it is sug-
gested that bakers are making more
than legitimate profit. Taking the
statistics of the Labour Gazette, we
find that during the second week IL
August the price of wheat was 29s Sd,
and in the second week in September
it had risen to 3Ss Id per quarter. For
the same weeks the price of the four.
pound loaf was respectively 497d and
5.6Sd, which gives a rise of IS Sd pei
quarter in wheat and II in the four
pound loaf. 1t is estimated that 100
loaves of four-pounds each can be
made from a quarter of wheat, so at
the prices given above the August loaf
would, counting only the price OF
wheat, cost 2.95d, and the September
loaf 3.30d. There is therefore an in
crease of lid in the price of the Sep
TENDER as sold by the bakers os
against .35d per loaf, charging only the
cost of the wheat"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
steamer Burned In NIid-Lake.

The Detroit steamer Egyptian coal
laden, caught fire on Lake Huron be-
low Thunder Bay, burned to the wa
ter's edge and sank in 10 feet of water
The Rockefeller steamer, Sir William
Fairbairn, happened along, attempted
to save the burning steamer, and fail
ing in that, rescued her crew. The
Fairbairn arrived at Detroit with the
crew aboard, and towing the two yawls
of the Egyptian in which the ship
wrecked men had taken passage from
the burning boat. The Egyptian was
commanded by Capt. Frank Goodrow,
of Bay City.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
NEwsY CONVERSATIONS.

Mrs. Lurena Bedell, aged 90, who
died at Bay City, leaves children, AZ
grandchildren, 81 great-grandchildren
and one OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
descendants altogether.
Isaac Beams, of oscoda county, gets
two years and paws $3.50 fine; Henry
Niles, the Saginaw bill-raiser, gets
three years and the same fine; John
BRANDED. Saginaw county counter
feiter, one year and $3.50 fine. All
three were tried at Bay City for coun-
terfeiting.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
MARKS AN EPOCH.
The Fifty-FIfth Congress VIII Make Inn
portant History.


The opening session of the first reg
ular converting of the Fifthfifth Con-
gress was not much different from the
majority of such occasions which have
preceded it in the annals of our gov
eminent. Everything was in waiting
readiness when noon arrived and the
presiding officers of both the Senate
and the House raped for order. The
day was bright and cheerful, and the
visitors galleries were filed early.
The Senate might easily have been
taken for n flower show the floral
presents were SO numerous. Immedi-
ately following Vice President Hobart's
call for order the chaplain offered an
invocation in which he made a touch
ing reference to the painful be reave
ment of "our beloved President and
prayed that his aged mother might
have peaceful passage TO the other
shore. The reception and reading of
the Presidents message was the i'm
portant and only feature of the day.
Senators gave the closest attention to
the reading of the message. Mr.. Walt
hall, of Mississippi, was recognized and
announced the death of his colleague,
Hon. James u. George, of Mississippi,
and presented the usual resolutions of
coincidence with the family of the de-
ceased senator. The resolution was
adopted and, as further mark of re-
spect, the Senate adjourned. Nothing
unusual marked the proceedings in the
House. Mr.. Dingley, the floor leader
of the majority; Mr.. Bailey, the recog-
nzed leader of the minority, and Mr..
Grosvenor, of Ohio. enjoyed the honor
of being appointed to wait upon the
President, whose message was, of
course, the event of the day. It's read
ing was followed with close attention
by the members and the spectators in
the galleries, There was no demon
stration until the reading was con-
cluded, when the Republicans joined
in hearty expression of approval. Inn
mediately after the reading of the
message the House adjourned out of
respect to the memories of Senator
George, of Mississippi, and Represent
alive Wright, of Massachusetts, who
had died during the recess.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10

A bride of a year was recently heard
to say that ten of her acquaintance
were to be married before Christmas,
and that as the parents of all of them
had sent her expensive wedding gifts,
she and her husband were IN much
perturbation about the customary re-
turn. There is food for reflection in
her comment that as they lived in a
small rented house and kept but one
servant, their valuable silver was still
stored in the vault where it had been
placed at their marriage; that al
though the gifts represented over
three thousand dollars, the young hus-
band had to struggle for their liveli-
hood; and that the most modest pres
ents they could select for their ten
friends would take his whole month s
salary.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
state Fair Cleared $1,000.

The official statement of expenses
and receipts of the state fair at Grand
Rapids, shows that the total receipts
were SO, 1899; total expenses, Sl9,-
los. 30, leaving a net profit of 500. 90.
The executive committee will meet
Jan. 10, when it will be decided
whether or not to hold another fair.
Grand Rapids will make pull for it.
The fact has developed that there is a
lively row on among the directors over
the election of the president of the
association. Secretary Henry S. Fra
lick got into hot water because he
advocated turning down President Ball
and the election of younger man.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
PENINSULA MATTERS
RELATED IN A BRIEF. CONCISE
MANNER.
HiIls-Three Killed-Many Injured.
"A Couple Arrested for Double
Murder.
Awful Trolley Collision.

Icy rails, an almost impenetrable
fog, misunderstanding of orders or
gross carelessness on the part of some
one. were the principal factors in the
cause of terrible collision of two new
heavy trolley cars of the Detroit &
Pontiac electric railway. The place
where the accident occurred also
largely contributed TO the serious re-
suits A southbound car in charge of
John Savage superin tendent of the
road, started down steep hill, about
midway between Pontiac and Birming-
ham, about the same time a north
bound car left the top of another hill
half mile nearer Birmingham. In
the sweep between the hills the track
curves somewhat and it was at this
point that the two cars, well loaded
with human freight, collided while
going at full force and three souls
were instantly hurled nto the presence
of their Maker. A heavy fog hung
over this valley and prevented the
motormen from seeing each others car
until they were quite close together,
and then the glare of ice which COW
cred the tracks and the momentum of
the down grade prevented the proper
service of the brakes and the crash
was terrific and was heard at the farm
houses on the adjoining hilltops. In
an instant the cars were reduced to a
mass of wrcckage, filed with the stun
ned bodies of those who had been pass
engers, and containing the corpses of
three men instantly crushed to death
-Supt. John Savage, of birmingham;
Motorman Chas NJ. Whitehead, of
Birmingham; and John Kelley, pass
enger, of Pennington. Mrs. Chas.
Pratt, of Carleton, had both legs
broken and was fatally injured inter
nally, and over a score of others, prin-
cipally residents of Detroit, Birming-
ham and Pontiac, were more or less
severely injured.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10

A more dramatic ending of the life
of a public character and political re-
former could hardly be invented by
the novelist than the death of Henry
George four days before the great
municipal election in New York. 1t
was the sober tribute of the whole
community that he had laid down his
life for the well-being of his fellow
men, and men of wealth and envied
station We'd with workingmen in
speaking his praise and showing hon
or to his memory. Yet some years
ago, when his well-known work,
Progress and Poverty" was the text
book of an active propaganda in favor
of the naturalization of land, it was
customary to denounce Henry George
as the prophet and apostle of the most
immoral and dishonest crusade against
established rights and institutions
that had been seriously undertaken in
modern times. How has 1t come about
that a writer who was then so COM
monty reprobated as a charlatan
should now be treated as a lofty pat
riot, a moral hero, a true philanthropy
ist. a prophet OF righteousness and al
most as a saint to be reverenced? Only
one explanation can satisfy all the
facts. Well may we ask, will the an
archists of today be the defenders of
our country's honor tomorrow?
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10

The Grand Opera House in Grand
Rapids has been giving Sunday enter
tainments for some time in the interest
of charity and has suffered three or
four arrests under the old blue laws,
and so great is the terrorism of the
police department that only one of the
three daily papers has dared to COM
ment on the situation, at the same time
the beer hail societies give theatricals,
dances and sell beer on the Sabbath
as usual, and are not molested. What
a bad town Grand Rapids is getting to
be.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10

One by one the roses of tradition,
which have bloomed in historical mar
ratives, fade and fall. Once more it
is declared that Admiral Tromp did
not hoist a broom at the masthead of
his ship, in token of his purpose to
sweep English vessels off the ocean.
The writer who labels the familiar
tale as fiction is an eminent authority
in matters pertaining to English his
tory
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
Japan Says Keep Hands or of Hawai-


Toru Hoshi, envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary from Japan
to the United States, has just returned
from Japan TO Washington. carrying
important instructions in reference to
the Hawaiian treaty of annexation,
which will be considered by the United
States senate. Several months ago he
hurriedly left Washington for Japan,
just after the publication Of his CORE
spondence with Secretary of State
Sherman with reference TO the Hawa-
iian question, and it was said that he
was angry with Mr.. Sherman and the
administration for their advocacy of
annexation.
He now says: Il desire to say posi-
lively that Japan is opposed to the an-
nexation of Hawaii by the United
States. The recent reports that Japan
had withdrawn her opposition are un
true. Japan has certain interests in
the Sandwich islands which the United
States should respect. There may be
serious trouble if the United States an
nexes the islands without regard to
our interests there. But l do not be-
lieve the United States will act unfairly.
Japan is very friendly with this country
and there is certainly way by which
the annexation question can be settled
satisfactorily to both great nations"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
China WIN Not submit to Germany.

A special dispatch from Shanghai
announces that the emperor of China
has declared that he would rather for
felt his crown than agree to the con-
ditions demanded by Germany as re-
dress for the murder of two German
missionaries, Mes and Hennie, and
the destruction of German mission
property in the province of Shantung.
China desires that her dispute with
Germany be submitted TO arbitrators
appointed by Holland and Belgium.
Germany demands that the murder
ers of the missionaries be executed;
that the governor of Shantung be pun
ished because the crime was committed
in his province; that the mission build
ings be reconstructed; the payment of
an indemnity of 600, 900 taels to the
relatives of the victims; the payment
of heavy indemnity to cover the ex-
penses of the German naval eXpedi-
ton and the maintenance of German
force at Kiao Chou bay; the railroad
monopoly of the Shantung province
and the occupation of Kiao Chou bay
as German coaling station.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
China Bats England Against Germany

London: IL is asserted that China
has practically agreed to cede to Eng
land strip OF territory near Hong
Kong and all the surrounding islands
in order to enable England to fortify
them securely and to increase the gar
rison. This event will become doubly
important in case Germany's occupa-
ton of Kaio-Chau should become per-
manent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
The Presidents Mother Stricken Down

Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley, the
venerable mother of the President, was
stricken with paralyes at her home at
Canton, and her death is believed to
be only question of a short time.
She was born at New Linbon, o., in
1909. and came of the race Of hardy
pioneers who laid the foundation of
the American republic.
AS soon as President Mckinley
learned of the seriousness of his moth
er's condition he made hurried prepar-
atoms and left Washington for Canton
ton accompanied by Judge Day, assist
ant secretary of state. The Presidents
stay at Canton will depend upon the
condition in which he finds his mother.
If she improves he will return to
Washington.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10

The Italian chamber of deputies has
appointed a commission TO investigate
the charges against ex-Premier Crispi
of completely it the gigantic frauds
which wrecked the three principal
banks of Italy. The Crispi cabinet
was driven from Office as the result of
these scandals. Crispi has already
been subjected to the humiliation of
of magisterial examination.
A fire in the Atlantic block at James
town, N. Y, resulted in the death of
three persons, Walter l.. Sessions, of
Panama; August w. Jordan, and Sandie
Voss, OF Buffalo.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
A Couple Arrested for a Double Murder

A Couple Arrested for Double Murder
The coroner's jury in the case of
Margaret Hartman, of Sciota township,
Shiawassee county, who recently died,
brought in verdict that she came to
her death from morphine poisoning.
Suspicion rested upon VIM. Ream, alias
Gage, and Emma Ream, his alleged
wife, as being the guilty parties and
they were arrested. The Hartmans
were quite well-to-do. The husband and
wife died within n few days of each
other, apparently from the same causes.
The Reams lived with the Hartman's
and are alleged TO have purchased
large quantities of morphine recently.
After her arrest the Ream woman
confessed" that she saw John Hart
man, Jr., pour a white powder into
his parents medicine and that he
threatened to kill her if she said a
word about it.