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Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

To accommodate those Of the Meth
odist Church and others desiring to
attend the picnic July eth, Steamer
Elizabeth Van Solver will run an ex-
cursion TO Woodland Beach and Ship
John Light on Thursday July eth, leav-
ing Smyrna Landing a. N. Woodland
Beach p ~ Tickets 80 cents.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

Do not neglect your teeth. DR..
johnson will fill them painlessly by
cataphOresis.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29
10 PRINTED LAWNS AT 7c

II seems 0ti 10 sell such decid-
e1.y slmmeTy goods under value
when We have all Of the summer
weather yet 10 some. But that
simply doubles the attractiveness
Of these unusual offerings.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at the home Of the President,
Monday evening, July 4th, at half past
seven. SRC'Y.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

Walter o. Hoffecker threshed his
crop Of crimson clover last week The
Weld on one patch was 124 bushels per
acre, and another not quite 50 good.
The total crop was about l2j bushels.
The market price OF crimson clover is
about $500 per bushel.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets. mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

Don't forget the excursion Of the
Presbyterian Sunday School on the
Steamer Brady, July 9TH. Tickets %
cents.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The annual school election was held
on Saturday. There was not much IN
terest, only about a dozen persons
being present The three year terms
Of y. F. Wilds and 3. V. Weldon had
expired and the ballot for new com
unissioneIs resulted in the choice of y.
F. Wilds and l.. VI. Price, for the en-
suing three years.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

A gentleman who was at the Meth
odist Church Sunday morning and
was also there at night when the
Rev Mr.. Hill preached on the mes
sage to the minister Of the church at
Smyrna (Polycarpl as recorded III the
Revelation Of St. John the Divine, said
the church was the coolest place he
could fine in the town.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

O'i N-'h h4fD 'iNlIh L l.
Lost! Gold Masonic Charm. Reward
if returned to TINES Office.
The Methodist Sunday School will
picnic at Woodland Beach Thursday,
July eth.
Do not neglect your teeth. DR..
johnson will fill them painlessly by
cataphOresis.
The Ladies Benevolent Society will
meet at the home Of the President,
Monday evening, July 4th, at half past
seven. SEC'Y.
Don't forget the excursion Of the
Presbyterian Sunday School on the
Steamer Brady, July 9Th. Tickets 30
cents.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets. mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
The hack Of II. =. Grieyes leaves this
town every day at 10 o'clock to con
meet with the Steamer Thos. Clyde, at
Woodland Beach.
The agreement made between the
merchants Of our town, concerning the
hours Of closing, published elsewhere,
will not apply TO Fourth Of July.
The latest war news is that
- > GarAT1rrf.
that their water supply has been cap
tured and the city must soon fall.
The steam barge Anna and Mary is
being thoroughly Oyerhauled at Pusey
and Jones Co yard Wilmington, prep
aratOry TO filling contracts 10 carry 1900
tons fertilizer material, also for wheat
10 Baltimore.
We are now having decided summer
weather, hot and dry. Saturday, Sun
day and Yesterday the mercury climbed
up in the nineties, but Monday It was
more pleasant-the temperature ten
degrees cooler.
Walter 0. Hoffecker threshed his
crop Of crimson clover last week. The
yield on one patch was 12t bushels per
acre, and another not quite 50 good.
The total crop vas about l2j bushels.
The market price Of crimson clover IS
about $500 per bushel.
The experiment will commence with
next Sunday morning al both the Epis-
| copal and Methodist Sunday Schools,
Of holding morning instead Of after
noon session. The session Of the Pres
/ byterian Sunday School is held immed.
lately after preaching.
The wheat harvest which commenced
a week ago is about over. 1t is unnec
| essary TO say that TO the farmers IL is q
/ disappointment. Because Of the hy
| and the black rust, the most Of then
/ do not admit a claim Of more than half Z
crop. The true state Of things will b'
revealed by the threshing machine in q
week or two.
To accommodate those Of the Meth
Odist Church and others desiring tC
attend the picnic July eth, Steame
| Elizabeth Van Solver will run an ex-
cursion 10 Woodland Beach and ShiT
John Light on Thursday July eth, leav
| ing Smyrna Landing A. ". WOODLAND
Beach p. ~ Tickets 80 cents.
A gentleman who was at the Meth
odist Church Sunday morning ant
was also there at night when III
Rev. Mr. Hill preached on the mes
sage to the minister Of the church a
Smyrna (Polycarpl as recorded III tn
Revelation Of St. John the Divine, SAT-
the church was the coolest place b
could fine in the town.
The annual school election was he'll
on Saturday. There was not much IN
terest, only about a dozen person
being present. The three year term
Of y. f. Wilds and B. V. Weldon ha
expired and the ballot for new com
missioneIs resulted in the choice of \
F Wilds and L. NJ Price, for the Ell
suing three years.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

Lost Gold Masonic Charm. Reward
if returned to TINES Office.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The hack Of II. =. Grieyes leaves this
town every day at 10 o'clock to con
meet with the Steamer Thos. Clyde, at
Woodland Beach
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The steam barge Anna and Mary is
being thoroughly oyerhauled at Pusey
and Jones Co yard Wilmington, prep
aratOry TO filling contracts 10 carry 1900
tons fertilizer material, also for wheat
10 Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

We are now having decided summer
weather, hot and dry. Saturday, Sun
day and yesterday the mercury climbed
up in the nineties, but Monday It was
more pleasant-the temperature ten
degrees cooler.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The Methodist Sunday School will
picnic at Woodland Beach Thursday,
July eth.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The first week in July the steamer
Elizabeth Van Solver will run as fol-
lc.rI,e..
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The agreement made between the
merchants Of our town, concerning the
hours Of closing, published elsewhere,
will not apply to Fourth of July.
Smyrna times., 1898-06-29

The latest war news is that
our army IS within miles Of Santiago,
that their water supply has been cap
tured and the city must soon fall.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

to assess the damages done the property of Zero Thomas have at last sent in their report, but 1t will not be made public be- fore tomorrow. It is said that the board was unable at first to agree upon the amount or the damage, and that that was for the formulation of the report
 The proceedings in the court-martial case of Private Scruggs of the Tennessee regiment are also in, and will be published to-day It Is said that the soldier has been given several months confinement. He has written a letter to General Miller stat. Ing that he wants his case reopened for the reason that at the advice of his coun- sel ne pleaded guilty, when he claims that
 General Miller yesterday issued an or der to all regimental commanders in- structing them to allow all soldiers of the Jewish persuasion to have passes and re lief from all duty upon the three hoIidays or their church that occur this month.
 A detail of one sergeant and two pri yates to take Private Fred Shofele, Com pany A, Twentieth Kansas Regiment. to the Government hospital at Washing ngton was made yesterday 'o''
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
LEES ON THE
 ANXIOUS SEAT The Chief Tries to Secure
 New Evidence.
Vain1y EndeavorS to Use Mrs. Bot kin to Support His Case-Drill-
 ing the Witnesses.

Chief Lees has made two or three fu- tile attempts to get a new statement from Mrs Botkin, but she declined to answer any further questions. The Chief desired to get her admission that she bought arsenic at the Owl drugstore, but the &C., cused woman referred him to her law yer.
 The Chief and the acting District Attor- ney devoted the forenoon of yesterday to completing and arranging the evidence which is to be submitted to Governor Budd on Tuesday. Miss Livernash, the Healdsburg newspaper woman who inter viewed Mrs. Botkin and also accompanied her when she went to Stockton, made a lengthy statement to the Chief.
 Affidavits of all the witnesses are now prepared, and all that remains to be done is to give the candy store clerk another opportunity to identify the alleged poi soner. Thursday evening Mrs. Botkin was requested to don her street attire and ap- pear before Miss Heney. She refused point blank, and the clerks will probably not see the woman they think bought the fatal box of chocolates until she is taken before the Governor. Last Tuesday, when Mrs. Botkin was in Judge Cooks court, the candy clerks were there and saw her, person who purchased the pink box, and, as this Is vital point in the prosecution, Miss Heney and Miss Dettner will again attempt to recognize some characteristic which will enable them to state posi- lively that Mrs. Botkin is the strange customer they waited upon on July 31.
 Mrs. Rauof was at police headquarters again yesterday. Her statement. given stenographic notes and the nurse read and signed 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
Carolina reports, Justice Avery of that

Carolina reports, Justice Avery of that
 State said:
 "Our statute confers no power to de- tain in custody or to surrender at the de-
 mand of the executive of another State any person who does not fall within the definition of a fugitive from justice, ac- cording to the lnterpretation given by the courts of the United States to the clause of the Federal constitution providing for interstate extradiuon and the act of Con- gress passed In pursuance of it. The only question before us is whether a person can, in contemplation of law, flee from justice in the State of Tennessee, when he has never been actually but only con- strrctively within its territorial limits authority, emanating not only from the foremost text writers and some of the ablest jurists of the most respectable of the United States, whose peculiar province 1t Is to declare what interpreta- tion shall be given to the Federal consti- gress in pursuance of its provisions, which are declared by that instrument to be the supreme law of the land.
 'If we can surrender, under our statute, only fugitives within the meaning of the act of Congress, 1t would seem sufficient to cite ex parte Reggie, 114 U. S., 642, where 1t is held that person arrested as a fugitive has a right to insist upon proof that he was within the demanding State at the time he Is alleged to have com mitted the crime charged and subse- Quently withdrew from her jurisdiction, so that he could not be reached by her criminal process.
 Tt is admitted that the prisoners have never withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the courts of Tennessee, and have never been, either at the time when the homi- eide was committed or since, exposed to arrest under process issuing from them. $ To hold that person who is liable to indictment only by reason of his con- structive presence is a fugitive from jus tice of State within whose limits he has never gone since the commission of the offense involves as great an error as to maintain that one who has stood still and never ventured within reach of another has fled from him to avoid injury. One who has never fled cannot be fugitive"
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
THE MEN FROM OREGON
Governor Lord Declares Tbev
 Arc We'll Treated.

Governor Lord will return to Oregon ,n happier frame of mind than that ,n which he came here He again visited the Oregon recruits yesterday morning. and went among the men and talked to them with the view of ascertaining the exact state of their minds and to find out if thev were being well cared for. He learned that they were contented and we'll pro- vided for, and that they are being pron- erly looked after by their officers. The Governor then made the men a short speech, in which he said that he was pleased to have found them SO well taIen He promised to use all the influence in Sis power to get the men off to Manila to inip their regiment, or to Honolulu at env rate. The Governor then sent a disna tnh to Portland, stating that after a thoroueh Investigation he had found out that tRe exaggerated reports of the men being neglected and sick were not borne ouf by the facts.
 Governor Lord returned to the Palace about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, where he was formally called upon by General Miller and his staff. The Governor and Adjutant General Futile will be the guests of General Miller to-day. Thev will be taken to Fort Point and shown the coast batteries and will then visit the Cliff House.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
Mexican Independence Dav.

The eighty-eighth anniversary of the in- dependence of Mexico will be celebrated by grand concert and ball under the aus plces of the Sociedad de Senoras Mexi- canas Benefcencia Mutua, Friday evening next at Union Square Hall. The pro- gramme includes the reading of the Dec- laration of Independence, oration in Span- ish by ST. Carmen Jimenez, oration in Fln- glish by A. Campbell Jr., solos by Mime
 Ellen Coursen- -Roeckel, and many other of the affair are Mrs E. s. de Elord1iy
 Mrs, l. Gosch, Mrs. c. Davalos, Mrs F Ahndrade, Mrs. M. Pilla, Mrs. c. PnIalon. Mrs T. Gomez, Mrs. c. Duarte, and Mr
 c. Cisneros. --N 'A1'
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
AMERICANS BID ON GLASGOW
 CONTRACTS.

Some weeks ago the Glasgow corpo- ration invited tenders for the supply of 1000 tons of cast iron pipes. The two lowest offers came from the United States, but as the castings were want ed in nine-feet lengths, and those specf- fled by the Americans were twelve feet long, revised estimates were asked for. and the amounts of the several quota tions made known. The amended Of fers were opened yesterday, and an American firm again asks less than any of the others. As there are over 200 iron founders in Glasgow and most of them deal in pipes, the committee in charge of the contract decided to leave the matter over for further considera- tion.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
What Is GraphologvP

character delineations by handwriting are among the most marvellous things of the day, and probably throughout the United States there is no one so adept in the science as Town Talks graphologist, whose fame is not confined to local limits. This weeks issue contains page of graphological delineations The numbers contents include: Saunterer stories about Tom OBrien, H. T. Gage, Jack Casserly. aftermath, the Botkin case and other live toplcs; stage and music reviews; DOT irails or MT. and Mrs. Frank Wiley, Mod yeska, George Probert, Lieutenant Fsola and others; "The Mislaid Baby" by J. Reed D1ck1nson; poems by Dr. Danziger.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
TO PLAY "HoME, SWEET HOME" Irish Fair Will Be Brought to a Close After Three Weeks of
 Marked Success

Admission day was duly celebrated at the Irish fair yesterday. The attendance was unusually large, both afternoon and evening. The exposition proper will be brought to a close tonight and with the last notes of Home, Sweet Home" the fair will be but pleasant memory.
 It has been a success beyond all eXpec- tations, made possible by the unselfsh de- votion of the Irish men and women who have contributed so much of their time and energy to the work involved in it's arrangement and management.
 Bandmaster George Bennett and all others, who have contributed to the enter tainment of visitors, have arranged elab- crate programmes for tonight. The dresses and the cheeks of the pretty girls in the booths have lost none of their freshness and all will be on hand tonight to participate in the closing scenes.
 The complimentary ball, rendered the
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

that the command cannot be properly con- sidered separate brigade within the mean Ing of the seventy-third article of war; and would recommend that the sentences imposed be set aside. Very respectfully,
 c. N. LIEBER, Judge Advocate General
 The officers at the Presidio refuse to dis cuss the affair or to express themselves in any way, but 1t can be gathered from the little they have said that they do not be- lieve General Greene convened the court martial through ignorance. If such is the case General Greene Is lucky to escape with being allowed to retire. Interesting results are expected when he arrives in re- gard to the affair. It is further rumored that General Greene adopted highland ed rule with the various commanders in that the breach between himself and his subordinates was never healed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
A Serious Clash of Authority Between Him and Major-
 General Merritt.
Said to Have Convened General Court martial in Contraventon to the Arti- cles of War-Gossip of the
 Retirement.

In press dispatches from Manila re- gently published in The Call it was an- nounced that Brigadier General F. "
 Greene, who sailed from here early in June on the transport China. in com mand of the second detachment, Philip pine expeditionary forces, was to return to this city on or about the Fist of Sep tember. The dispatch further stated that General Greene upon his arrival here would be immediately mustered out of the service, and that he would return to the East to gsve his attention to his large and varied business interests which have suffered materially as a result of his going to war. This dispatch was at first accepted in good faith by the great majority of those who read it. who saw no reason, since the war was practically ended, why General Greene should not re- turn to look after his business affairs.
 But there is, sub rosa, different req
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
sidered one of the brightest officers when

sidered one of the brightest officers when he was in the service, would have been guilty of such an overstep of military eti
 quette as to take unto himself a power which he had no right to do. He was cer- tainly acquainted with the Articles of War. It is said that the single star upon his shoulder was too weighty for General Greene to preserve his equilibrium, and that he suffered from what is commonly known as the "big head" When he left here on the China 1t is reported that the captain of the vessel courteously told him that he must consider his cabin his own and make himself at home there. General Greene Is said to have replied that he in tended to do so, as he proposed taking the captains cabin for his own quarters This was the first clash, but the captain kept his cabin. Later in the voyage, when some Of the officers aboard were enjoying the captains hospitality General Greene forbade him to invite them into his cabin without having first obtained permission from him to do so. These facts and the court-martial incident are said to have cul-
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

son why man of General Greene's re- cognized brilliancy should suddenly toss up his commission and return to civil life, when affairs in the Philippines are yet far from settled, and there remains an opportunity for the achievement of glory and fame. The favored few here, who know the meager facts regarding the generals return, are 10th to discuss the subject, and 1t will never be fully explained until General Merritt has re- turned, but one thing is certain, and that is that General Greene is coming pack because there has been a clash between himself and General Merritt. To what extent this Is true no one seems to know, but 1t appears that the Philippines were not large enough for both general of- hcerS, and in consequence, Merritt being Greene's superior, the latter no doubt de- cided that home and civil life would De more congenial.. Rumor has it that Greene's return Is not voluntary, but that 1t was the alternative left him in lieu of court-martial, as result of his as sunling authority (presumably through 1gnorance), which he had no right to do. Be that as 1t may, one thing is true, there was an unpleasant friction between Generals Merritt and Greene, and the lat ter has decided to leave the service.
 The facts in the case are that while at sea on June IS General Greene convened a general court-martial and tried four pri- vate of the Eighteenth New York regi- ments, for some petty offenses commit IeQ dDOdIQ Slup. ne " ar Department. when the results of the court-martiai were forwarded, promptly set them eside. This was direct ruling against General Greene, and 1t is said to have been done at the request of General Mer- ritt. Judge Advocate General G. N. Lieber in his report of the matter to the adjutant general states that there was nothing to show that General Greene's detachment had been designated in orders as "sepa- rate brigade" but that 1t was a detach- ment made up of part of brigades of the independent division," and that such being the case General Greene had no authority to convene a general court martial, which authority under the seventy-third article of war Is invested only in the commander of a division of judge advocate recommended that the sentences imposed upon the men be set aside, which was done by the War De- partment. General Merritt was the only officer with power to convene a general court-martial, he being in command of the Independent Division, Eighth Army Corps.
 1t is claimed by some that General Greene knew he had no right to convene the general court-martial. while others hold to the opinion that he committed the breech of power through ignorance.
 It is said that when General Merritt reached Manila he had an interview with General Greene that was decidedly heat ed. and that some very warm and pointed words passed, and now the latter Is com
 1t is hardly possible that General Greene. who graduated at the head of his class frem West Point and Who was cons
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
MUsTERING OUT MAY STOP.
General Miller Expects to See
 All the Troops Get Away.

General Miller, upon his return to the department headquarters, was in a de- cldedly happy frame of mind. He refused to make any definite statements when asked for an expression of his views re- garding the troops now at the Presidio being soon ordered away for Honolulu, but ne did say that he was of the opinion that In a month there would not be a tent left standing at the Presidio and that the First Washington would also be among the regiments to go. From what the general had to say In regard to the matter it is highly probable that the au- thorities at department headquarters are IT receipt of orders from Washington that will make the weary soldiers at the Pre-
 The most significant thing that General Miller had to say was that he had learned from a reliable source that Governor Budd had wired the War Department request ing that the mastering out of the Sixth and Seventh California regiments be stopped. The general refused to confirm the report, but he plainly intimated that he was of the opinion that there was something In It.
 The general stated that he expected to see all of the troops now here, including near future. He himself will leaSe with the last detachment to go, and he said that he would make application this time to the War Department to be sent to Ma nila or Honolulu, something that he has never yet done.
 PreSidiO Notes.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

ladies who have been prominent in the movement for an Irish Hall, will be held in the Pavilion Tuesday evening.
 During the sale of Irish soil tonight Peter McGlade will sing the ballad. "A Handful of Earth" A
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

''We have parted said the girl with the high brow.
 You don't mean it?"
 Yes; it had to be- He developed a fippancy had never before suspected. He spoke of-of-er-the author of Quo Vadis' as 'Snickelfritz.'
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

The famous old JESSE MOORE WHISKY is recommended by physicians for family and medicinal use because it is pure.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

Try the ''Koh-I-Noor'' lead pencil and you will have no further use for others.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

The seacoast line of the globe Is com pluted to be about 1S6,00 miles.