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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-02-24
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHING
L ton for Chehalis County YIN Probate.

0ULI IVI 7 IIVIIHIIs NUVIIIlE III IIUUHlt.
In the matter of the estate OF Nellie F. Moulton,
deceased.-Notice 10 creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned.
A. Fl. Moulton, administrator OF the estate of
Nellie +. Moulton, deceased, to the creditors OF,
and all persons having claims against said de-
ceased, to exhibit and present them with the
necessary vouchers within one year from the
date OF the first publication of this notice to
said administrator at the Office OF ]. c. Cross
his attorney, in the city of Aberdeen, said
county and state. the same being the place for
the transaction OF the business OF said estate.
Dated the LIST day of February. 1895
A. II. MorLToS,
Administrator.
J. C. CROSS, Attorney for Administrator
Date OF first publication, Feb. 3, 1895, 4.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-02-24


him on piano he not being the owner
thereof and $50 over assessment on bicycle
and library by reason Of error in compu-
tation OF deputy sssessor.
Report Of y : Arnold as acting coroner
in the matter OF the death OF \ J John
son read and filed.
The list of bills allowed will appear
next week.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-02-24

Official Paper Of the City OF Aberdeen
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-02-24
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-02-24

Ordered that Tie treasurer transfer
from the general fund 70 the freight and
postage fund the sum OF S55 03.
The board resolved to no longer iul nisil
tobacco to paupers
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
ALL HALLOWEEN.
Celebrated in Smyrna Among the Young
Folks in JOvlal Manner-Par-
ties Given.

The very mention of Halloween
suggests noise and racket and on Mon
day night the boys celebrated it in
high glee. For several years past
there has not been much notice taken
OF this custom, but the night of Mon
day being cool and crisp, and the
weather delightful, they turned out in
numbers and were soon pestering the
window panes with shelled corn and
removing door-steps and gates wher-
ever they went. Some of them were
masked and dresaed in disguise and to
them 1T was an occasion of much more
sport. All over town they went bent
on worrying the residents wherever
they could.
There was not much damage done as
far as we can hear. The iron chairs
on the porch of John Cosgriff, highly
priced by Mrs. Cosgriff as once being
the property of her parents, were taken
off the porch and thrown over into the
yard of Mr.. w. G. Hill. One of them
was found broken into smithereens the
next morning. A rocker was also
taken off and carried to the corner of
Union street and badly broken. Door
steps, gates and the like were scattered
everywhere. Down in the center of
the town these night maurauders made
use of the goods boxes. Thev com
pletely barricaded the entrance to the
eau office, and later piled them up in
front OF the entrance to the Americus
Club rooms. This same crowd even
went over In front of the office of the
Philadelphia Il Smyrna Transportation
Company and raised a goods box to
the top of the weather signal fac staff
and tied it there.
While this rollicking sport was going
on about town, Mrs. Thomas Hovle
was entertaining "Hallow w-e'en"
party IN honor of the Misses Start and
Miss Elizabeth Forkum. Much
amusement was afforded by making
preparation for an old time "Taffy
PuI, but it took the taffy over a hot
stovG so long to make, they scarcely
had an opportunity to indulge in this
favorlte sport that evening. The time
was enjoyably spent in games and
other pastimes. There were a number of
Jokes played and in fact the occasion
was one of jollity and merriment
throughout the evening. Those pres
ent were; The Misses Pauline. Nan.
Gertrude and May Start, Miss Eliza,
beth FOrkum, Miss Elizabeth Latto-
mus Miss Clara Lienberger, Miss
Katie Watkins, Mr.. and Mrs. George
neese, Master Holye Leese, Messrs.
FRANK Armstrong, Daniel Phillips,
John ,. Anthony, q. Reynolds Steven
son, Richabell Jones, and Jacob Col
Inns.
There were a number of other COM
panies that evening, hardly termed
parties, who met to enjoy any pleasure
in store.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
CHESWOL.D.
Music the Theme of the Hour HaIIOw cen
Celebration and
Personal
Special Correspondence to the Times

Special Correspondence to the Times
CHEswoLD, Oct. 31.-Cheswold is
visited with an epidemic of bad cold of
the pleuretic rumatic and every other
conceivable type.
Gypsies plying their trade in horse
dealings, fortune telling &c, are en-
camped near Cheswold.
There is music in the air" This
condition of things is being verified in
Cheswold and vicinity just now. Mr..
Richard Welton gave an entertainment
In our school house Monday evening
IN which was sample of the new
Tonic Sofia Method" of teaching
music which he is introducing in our
public school and Thursday evening,
Miss Miriam Sheppard gave the first
lesson under the staff and solfeggio
system to class of about 80 composed
of the best people in this vicinity.
Surely there is an awakening to the
Importance of musical education and
now is fine chance for our rising gen.
GRAFTON to get it.
Onr Junior League is preparing
spiritual exercise to be given next
Sunday evening preceding the preach
ing services.
A very enjoyable masquerade party
was given Misses Lily and Maggie
Bishop at their home Cherry Lawn"
Tuesday evening of last week. The
masks were spoken of as most odd and
ridiculous, well Disgusting the identity
of the wearers. Many times the voice
only or clearing of the throat revealed
the true person. About 80 persons
participated in the fun. Refreshments
were served at a seasonable hour. The
Bishop home is roomy and we'll adap-
ted to such companies.
Cheswold awoke Tuesday morning
finding the town in disorder. The
might owls" of All Halloween had
ran rampant removing gates, Wagons.
boxes, and everything in reach in
some instances 200 yards from their
place for the owners to replace. Of
course every boy or young man is skill
fully pleading innocense in the mat
ter.
ersOnaI.-Mrs. Beulah Pratt and
daughter, Temperance, of Dover, and
Mrs. G. w. Clark, Downs Chapel, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Cantwell.
Mrs. John Reihm, of Blackiston's, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. William
Graham. Misses Lizzie and Lille
Bishop are visiting friends in Wash
lngton, ID. c., and Newark, Del.
REX.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
MISCELLANEOUS BEE"
Mrs. Levi Anthony Gives a Novel Enter
tainment In Honor of Miss
HOLINESS

Mrs. Levi E. Anthony furnished a
novel entertainment at her beautiful
home near town on Saturday after
noon, by inviting a number of her
friends at Miscellaneous Bee" in
honor of her cousin, Mrs. w. NJ.
Holmes, of Hoosic Falls, n. Y. All
the invitations were sent out in rhyme
with request that all the answers be
returned in rhyme. This was quite an
amusing feature and at once gave the
in store. There is q sad side to most
everything and the saddest side to this
brilliant affair was that there were no
not permitted to take their husbands.
There was some excitement furnished
the ladies by the persistent efforts of
all to himself. The hours for this Bee
were between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock,
so when two of our town ladies arrived
Mr.. Anthony, who had his orders to
keep a safe distance away, was at the
his watch and finding that it was with
in five minutes of the meeting time,
would not let the ladies enter but inn
provised ''cake walk" up and down
the lawn before he would let them 60.
By this time the party was well gath
cred and were soon within closed
doors.
The affair was one of the most enjoy
able of the Autumn season. They
were furnished much amusement by
being put to work at darning stockings
mending old clothes, doing patch
rx,Orlr lvnsIt.@o. g.
prised the miscellaneous Bee" is not
known, bat if anybody could have
been within hearing distance of that
Jolly crowd, they would have thought
1T "Mlscheievious Bee" AS all the
invitations were sent out in rhyme.
Mrs. Anthony considered it very ap-
proprlate to read the answers she re-
celved for the amusement of her guests.
some OF the answers were we'll gotten
up and provoked much laughter.
When the guests had put in an after
moons work" with the needle, refresh
ments seemed to be the next in order
and to the surprise of all, the maid
brought in pan of dried apples and
some water, with a little salt, some
chestnuts, onions and walnuts not vet
cracked, thrown in as delicaey. At
a., - oo 1he Expression on the faces OF
those who had been served was per-
feet blank. Each one looked at the
other as they began to eat to see if it
were polite to laugh out loud. 1t was
too good to keep and the scene that
followed was the merriest kind of con-
fusion. They we're not deceived. No
indeed. The hospitable hostess only
prepared this as a joke, but she follow
ed it up with one Of the daintiest kinds
of repasts that would have done justice
as banquet to the Gods.
So well were they entertained and so
well did they enjoy themselves, that |
the party did not break up until nearly |
seven O'clock They left in high glee |
and walked home that evening feeling |
that they had gotten much pleasure from !
the Miscellaneous Bee. Those pres |
ent were: Mrs. w. M. Holmes, Hoosic
Falls, N. Y. Mrs. r.. r. s,ippie. CLAW
ton, Mrs. +. E. Postles, Mrs. j. T..
Hoffecker, Mrs. j. p. Hudson, Mrs.
J. w. Clifton, Mrs. w. ID. Hudson,
Mrs, j. Harvey Speakman, Mrs. J. w.
Anthony, Mrs. Lille johnson, Miss
Hettie Megear, the Misses Annie and
Emma Hough and Mrs. Levi Anthony.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

RAISING SUGAR IN DELAWARE. DR.
Arthur I. Neale, in charge of the Del.
aware College Experimental Station,
had been called upon to make personal
investigation and conduct tests wifi
extreme care, in view of the fact thai
many farmers intended to engage
largely in the cultivation of sugar cane.
DR.. Neale's exhaustive report to
Pomona Grange, an organization of
influential and successful farmers.
shows that large percentage of sugar,
more profitable than corn or oats, is
shown. The sugar from cane grown
in this State will yield 5000 pounds of
the refined product to the acre, COM
pared with 2S0O pounds, the best re-
suits from beets in California. The
findings of the expert were received
with lively applause. The meeting was
held at FELTON,, and before adjourning
the farmers resolved to engage as
heavy an acreage as time will permit
next year in the cultivation of cane.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

The most important national matter
OF the week is the Peace Negotiations at
Paris. The Washington Administra-
tiont now believes that the peace nego-
tiations will be concluded much sooner
than was expected from the outlook a
few days ago. The United States has
not assumed nor guaranteed the So
called municipal debt of Cuba or Cuban
municipalities, but it is expected that
such debts will be paid by the mu-
nicipalities that incurred them. 1t is
said that, although the members of the
Cabinet are extremely reticent on the
subject of the acquisition of the Philip
pines, there is now little or no donbt
that nothing less than the cession of
the entire group of islands will be ac-
cepted by the American Commission
ers.
A written expression of the purpose
OF the United States to take the entire
group of Philippines Islands, and to
assume such proportion of the Philip
pine debt has been spent for the bene-
fit of the islands, or their inhabitants,
was Monday handed to the Spanish
Peace Commissioners by the American
representatives. The session was then
adjourned until Friday, in order to
give the Spaniards time to prepare a
reply.
The demand of the Americans is said
to have caused the greatest surprise in
Madrid, and that a feeling prevails
that the Government should protest
against which is regarded as viola
tion of the spirit of the protocol.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
The Twentieth Century Club.

Last Friday afternoon was the regu-
lar business meetings of the Twentieth
Century Club, but this did not inter-
fere with the rendering of all excellent
program. The attendance was good
and between the business that came
before the club and the program, the
time was we'll taken up. Following is
the program as rendered:
Quotations from the President.
Paper,-"The President and his Cabinet"
.................Mr Mrs. Frauk Reynold.
Piano Solo. Mrs. Marion Coverdale
Discussion-'.'C Colonial Books and Book
Makers" Led by Mrs. James Anthony
and followed by Mrs. G.. w. Dame,
Mrs. w. G.. Hill, Mrs. f. F. Evans,
Mrs. s. G.. Reynolds, Mrs. Henry
Boyer, MSS Laura Bell, Miss Emma
HOugh.
The subject for discussion at next
Fridays meeting will be the "Sculp-
ture and Architecture. The Art and
Drama section will have charge of this,
and they desire that all of the club
members come prepared to take part in
the converation that will follow.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
Peck Stevens BuncO Case on Farmer Dun.
ming.

A review of the old bunco trick on
the unsuspecting farmer, was had in
the Kent county court Wednesday.
with the story of the sharper who had
a fine farm to sell, and drove with the
prospective purchaser, to show the
land, but really to rob him, an account
OF which was given in detail in the
Times after it happened.
Manuel, alias "Peck'' Stevens. de-
Tended by Thomas g. Frame, was put
on trial for stealing a gold watch from
D.A. Dunning, of Queen Anne county.
near Smyrna. They drove twenty-five
miles in Dunning's carriage, Stevens
showing him some fine farms, which
he wanted to SELL" Toward the end
OF the journey and opposite the home
of Farmer Maloney, Stevens fright
ened the horse and it broke loose from
the carriage. Both men were taken
care of for the night. Dunning missed
his $40 gold watch and wallet, con-
tanning $15 in silver and S12 in paper
money, afterward recovered from
Stevens.
Defense endeavored to show that
blackberry wine was the cause of all
of Dunning's troubles. Stevens was
convicted and got three months i'm
prisonment.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

The California courts having re-
fused to honor Delaware's requisition
for Mrs. Botkin on the ground that
she was not fugitive from justice, the
grand jury of San Francisco has taken
up the case and returned an indictment
against her. 1t has been suggested
that the criminal code of California
does not provide for case of this
kind, and that she may clip between
the meshes Of the law and escape trial
altogether. The murder of which
she is accused was committed by send
ing poisoned candy through the mails
from California to Delaware, and is
similar, in legal respect, to that
which would be committed by man
who should stand close to the boun-
Diary line of one State says the Balti-
more Sun, and shoot another man just
over the line in an adjoining State. 1t
would seem that in such cases either
State ought to have jurisdiction to try
the criminal, and if Mrs. Botkin should
escape trial in California, as she has
escaped extradition to Delaware, the
result would illustrate forcibly the diff
ference between natural and technical
justice. In any event, it is likely to
figure in criminal jurisprudence as
celebrated case and prove as interest
ing to the legal profession as to the
general public.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

DELAWARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE
GREAT DEMONSTRATION MANY Della
wareans participated in the military
parade in Philadelphia Thursday. Re
ferrlng to the Delaware troops the
Philadelphia Ledger says: Directly
behind the Tennessee men was the
First Rhode Island Regiment of 21
officers and $50 men, commanded bv
Lieutenant-Co Frank A. Cook.
and the Third battalion of the First
Delaware Regiment wound up in the
rear, with Captain H. B. Carter in
command of 12 officers and 25O men. y
The Delaware boys attracted much at
tention and were frequently applauded
and at times money and sandwiches
were showere6 at them. Their march
ing was fine. Concerning Delaware's
Grand Army contingent the Ledqer
prints the following: "Post No. ..
headed by Commander Samuel p.
Town, Charles F. Kennedy being ad.
lutant, had about 1876 men in line. As
Its guests number of veterans of the
department of Delaware, G.. A. r.
The latter included 200 comrades.
"One of the old Delaware soldiers
carried stuffed chicken elevated on a
pole, decked with red, white and blue
bunting. A card attached to the pole
read Blue Hens Chickens"
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
A CASE OF LIBEL

DIR. Moore who with others had been
falsely charged with statements which
had appeared in the Call from week to
week, of utterances of an imaginary
club, took decided exception to the fol-
lowing published in another part of the
paper as a local fact. The following
is the most offensive part of the item.
SAT the recent meeting held in
'Whopping" when the large crowd of
negroes was addressed by the Addick's
boss of this hundred-the Main street
physician-the speaker addressing the
crowd from his carriage, he denounced
the Democrats in regular Republican
style and stated he loved q negro so
much that he considered him (the
negro upon an equal plane with him
self, (nOt saying much either) and that
he would Just as soon eat with them or
embrace them as he would members of
his own family"
Had he been at a meeting held in
"Whopping" he felt there might have
been some excuse, but he was sick
all the week, and at home, and such an
attack was considered as nothing else
than malicious. DIR. Moore went to
Dover on Monday, laid the case before
Edward Ridgely, Esq, who considered
1t clear case of libel. He took step
to proceed against the management of
the paper, but at this juncture a prop
osltlon was made to retract the whole
statement and thus it is presumed will
appear in the Call.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

THE several hundred people of this
vicinity, to say nothing of the number
from other parts of the State that ag
gregated thousands, who went to
Philadelphia last week to see the
Peace Jubilee, saw a great sight, and
were greatly pleased. The streets
were lined in all directions of the
great parade Thursday, 20, 900 soldiers,
that took three hours to pass given
point, and the Civic Parade the next
day took over four hours to pass. 1t
may be years before such parade is
ever seen again. The naval parade on
Tuesday was likewise thoroughly en-
ioyed by those who saw it making with
Thursday, Ga lost day by rain) a four
days celebration.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

Book NEws.-The postponement of
publication in the case of a large nnm-
Der of works, many of which were re-
tarded last spring, has given unusual
interest to the November issue of
Book News" It's Descriptive List
OF books published during that month
contains four hundred titles, each with
brief summary of the book from rec Sl-
ognlzea critical authorities, the most
e&1ensive survey of current literaure
Iaelr1sl puoLlsned IN any literary magazine or
large list brief Guide to tbe Ghr;at ~ VI Is
mas shopper" has been comn;IeS mn; ,s
winch will be invaluable to those or
derlng books from distance, 4 Sonth- ~ !
eTn dialect story by Miss Lafavatta
McLaTs opens the number. PnbIisb9
soo s1 oy john Wanamaker, Philadelphia
QUO a year; sc. a copy. HA"'
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

In another week the result of the
elections in the different States will be
known. Both parties are claiming the
next Congress-the Republicans with
an assurance, but less majority than
in the last Congress. The Democrats
are battling in the different States on
Estate issues" thus holding largely,
the Gold Democrats with them, while
in every commonwealth the silver
forces are getting the reins we'll in
hand for the next campaign, where a
President will be chosen.
Intense interest ceuters around the
contests in New York and Pennsyl-
vania. In the former commonwealth,
the Republicans under the leadership
of Roosevelt are endeavoring to hold
the state in the Republican column
against the aroused forces of free sill
yer, CrOkerism and Tammanyism.
The one sinister influence against
Roosevelt is Platt, with his long record
of political bossism.
In Pennsylvania there is in progress
a triangular fight that is intensely in
teresting and concerning the result of
which even the best informed polite
ians are slow to hazard a prophecy.
Quay and Quayism is the sinister in
fuences in Pennsylvania that has made
the otherwise certain election of Re-
publican governor uncertain and
threatens either a free silver, free
trading Democrat for the governor
ship, or the election to that office of a
a freelance candidate, who, while MAX
ing brave fight against machine cor
ruption, is a representative of honest
government on platform, the princi-
pal plank of which is Prohibition.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

100 or 10 cents, and the old disfran-
chasing collectors method of '73.
In regard to the election to come off
next Tuesday, there is the usual game
OF bluff that proceeds the contest at
the polls. There is more disgust than
usual at party misunderstanding cleo
tlons, long Legislative sessions, unfit
candidates, &c.-and many failed to
register because of this and because
they regarded the registration fee an
additional tax. But while both parties
are making claims in advance of carry
ing all the counties, those who read
between the lines in comparison with
the registration, believe the Republi-
cans will carry the State ticket, what
ever may be the result in the cut up
Legislative tickets.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

THE twenty-ffth annual Convention
of the National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will meet in the
Peoples church, st. Paul, Mimi,
November II to 16, 1898.
The basis of representation to this
Convention is as follows: The General
Officers of the National Woman's s
Christian Temperance Union, together
with the four General Officers of each
state and the state Y secretaries, the
boards of National superintendents,
organizers and evangelists, chairmen
of standing committees, presidents of
affiliated interests, editors and pub
Usher of the official organ of the
WOman's Christian Temperance Union
and editors of State w. G. II. u,
papers, are ex-oficio members of the
Convention.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02

III is but week now until the elec-
tions will settle the result of the con-
test Of 1s9S-made more complex but
more assured by the provisions of a
new constitution. The conditions
were growing worse and worse under
the old political methods and courts.
and change for the better will be
hailed by all fair minded citizens. In
infamy, it had gone down to the
depths.
What are the Representations
as to the elections? Under the old
system we could readily Judge what it
would have been. Under the new it
is not so easy, but there is certainly a
promise OF fairer election under the
provisions of the new constitution, for
however skilfully the machine may be
used, there is a vast difference in pro-
tecting the right of franchise under
the registration method, whether it be
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
Smyrna Town Council.

The regular session of the Town
Council was held last Friday evening
with all present except Councilman
Moore. There was very little business
before that body, and most of the
time was spent in general talk over
town matters. The following bills
were read and allowed: w. H. John
son, $1.25; H. B. Grieves, so cents;
Daniel Turner, $1.25; Brady Steam
boat Company, 1915; Sisco & Son,
$22; "a; The Philadelphia, Wilmington
Y Baltimore Railroad, $36. 6.25; Total,
$00.74. The bill of Sisco & Son had
Deen referred to the Opera House
Committee for investigation, and it
was allowed on their recommendation.
The rest of the meeting was spent in
discussing the suit of Geo. w. Moore
as brought against Policeman Garner
ana snOi, Jones for alleged cruel use of the
journed. s "O