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The western recorder., 1898-03-03
WILLIAM NJ. slnoERLY DEAD.
Tho Philadelphia Editor and Banker Burst
n Hood YesssI Alter n Fit of Coughing.

n Blood Vessel After FIT of Coughing.
Philadelphia. Pa, Feb. 2S.-William
NJ. Singlerly died suddenly at his resi-
dence, 1101 Locust street, yesterday
afternoon. Heart disease was the i'm
mediate cause OF death. Mr.. Singerly
had been suffering for about ten days
from n cold and had remained at home
since last Wednesday, although his In
disposition wns in no way serious.
While sitting in his bedroom smoking
n cignr he was seized with violent
fit OF coughing and Immediately after
wards fell over dead. In the room at
the time were Mr.. Singcrly's grand
daughter. Miss Mabel Singerly Mere
dith, and two servants. His son-in-
law. James S. Mccartney. hadsleft n
few moments before the sudden end
came, leaving Mr.. Singerly apparent
ly in good health, apart from his slight
cold
The physicians say they had fire.
quentIy cautioned Mr.. Singcrly that
his heart was weak as result of ex-
ccsslve smoking. and of late his Gus
tom was TO take dry smoke" To-
day, however. his cigar was lighted,
and II is thought that the smoke
brought on the coughing spell. the Sc
verify OF which ruptured a vessel OF
the heart.
Mr.. Singerly leaves daughter, Mrs.
Il. Singerly Balch, who is at present
touring In Europe.
William NJ. Slngcrly was proprietor
of the Record Publishing Company.
president Of the Chestnut Street Ma
tional Bank and the Chestnut Street
Savings Fund and Trust Company,
which recently collapsed, and presi-
dent of the Singerly Pulp and Paper
Mill. He was member of the Fair
mount Park commission. and until
lately the treasurer, and trustee of
the Philadelphia Commercial Museum.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
SPAIN WILL STAND ALONE.
Can Expect support From England
Against This Country

London, March 2.-The Daily News.
commenting editorially this morning
on the relations between the United
States and Spain. says:
Spain can expect no support. moral
or otherwise. from England against
the United States. She has ruined
Cuba ;ls she has ruined or lost every
colony. by the grossest corruption, cru
city and maladministration and she
must be left to settle the account for
1t with those whom II may concern,
without any aid or sympathy on our
part"
The Standard, in an editorial on the
same general topic. highly praises
President McIllnley's statesmanlike
moderation, and recognizes that ''it
would be only human nature that
proof of the Names having been
blown up from the outside should en-
gender a dangerous war feeling in
America"
Sir Edward James Reed. the emf
nent naval expert. writes to the Times
this morning expressing the opinion
that the Maine could be relocated for
n tithe of her cost.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
Treasury VIII Receive Gold.

Washington. March lon account
of increased revenues and the supply
of paper currency being sufficient for
all apparent needs, at least for the
present, the order stopping the receipt
of gold at the sub-treusury offices has
been so modified as TO allow the assist
ant treasurer Mt New York to receive
gold in exchange for paper currency
to be shipped from the treasury in
Washington. The shipments of cur
rency will be made mt the cost of the
consignee, to be deducted from the re-
mittance.
New York. Feb. 2S.-Lndenburg
Thalman Il Co. announced that they
have engaged $1,000 in gold for i'm
portation TO this country. This is in
addition to the engagements of 3d.
100000 announced last week.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
ON A BURNING SHIP.
Terrible Experience of n Vessel Loaded
With Explosives.

With Explosives.
Boston. Feb. 2S.-The British steam
er Legislator. Captain Tenant, bound
from Liverpool for Colon was burned
mt sea February 10th. in latitude 81 %
north and longitude 44.10 west The
fire broke out on February 18th and
burned fiercely for three days. during
which time Fireman Thomas Roberts
was burned to death. Second Officer
James Baieman and Seaman William
Angel were drowned by the capsizing
of boat. Third officer Martin and
Chief Steward John Gaifney went
adrift In another boat and Chief Cook
Fred Il. Lee. crazed with fearful burns,
jumped overheard. The rest Of the
crew of thirty men. with two passen-
gers, DIR. William Il. Mortimer and
wife of London, We're rescued by the
fruit steamer Flowergate and brought
to this port. arriving here to-day. -Four
of the crew, Chief Engineer John
Throughear, Second Engineer John
Holden, Fourth Engineer Robert Milin,
and Seaman Charles Ibbliison, We're
so severely injured that they were
taken to the Marine hospital upon mr.
irving mt this port. Holden Is not ex-
pected to live.
The suffering of those who survived
the fearful three days in which they
We're tossed about by the waves while
explosion after explosion threatened to
send the fire-eaten steamer TO the bot
tom, makes tale seldom equalled in
the annals of the merchant marine.
The Legislator left Liverpool on Feb
ruary 9th with a miscellaneous cargo,
Including phosphate, cotton goods and
PERCUSSION caps for Colon and Cen
trail American ports.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
FIIibu.ters Landed in Cuba.

Key West, Feb. 2S.-Nine Cubans
who Were picked up in a rowboat off
Bahia Honda ION the north coast of
the province of Pinar del Rio) We're
landed here to-day by the steamer City
OF Key West. They are the leaders of
n big filibustering expedition which
has just landed in Cuba. They are:
General Nunez. Captain John O'Brien,
Cartaya, Carrillo. Pugluchi and four
others. The junta's representatives
say another big expedition has landed
safely in Cuba. This is said to be
O'Brien's biggest and best expedition.
General Nunez. Captain O'Brien and
their companions sailed on the Mas
cote tonight for Tampa.
The expedition. which started from
near Jacksonville. landed in the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio and Santiago de
Cuba.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
Helps the RalIroa DIS Ont.

Washington. d. c., Feb. 26.-The
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day issued an order relieving the
United States lines by suspending the
long and short haul clause of the act
upon passenger traffic between all
points on their lines in which they are
In competition with the Canadian Pa
cific railway and Its connections. but
prohibits the United States lines from
charging lower rates fhan from time
to time are made by the Canadian
Pacific railway. separately or with its
connections. This is mn additional or
der to the suspension of the 10th. and
is meant to cover NIL passenger traffic
between the Atlantic and the Pacific.
subject to the competition with the Ca
madam Pacific.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
"a ]
EAGER FOR WAR.
Army and Navy Officers Anxious for
Scrap.

Scrap
Chicago, Feb. PA special from
Washington TO the Record says;
The most ardent jingoes in Washing
ton are the officers of the army ana
navy. partlcularly the latter, who are
spelling for scrap with Spain, or
any other nation for that matter, and
since the disaster TO the Maine have
had their natural belligerence excited
by thirst for vengeance. Notwith-
standing the newspaper reports, the
prevailing impression among naval OF
ficers still is that the ship was de-
stroyed by accident. except among the
members of the construction bureau,
who built the Maine, and therefore are
confident that nothing could have gone
wrong inside of her. and one or two
others, who have especial theories to
account for the catastrophe, but there
isn't man under the roof of the navy
building. unless 1t be Secretary Long,
who does not yearn for war. This bel
ligerent spirit is encouraged by the
contractors for projectiles. ordnance,
ammunition and other supplies, who
have thronged the department since
the destruction of the Maine. anxious
to furnish all the fighting material
that can be paid for and assist the
correspondents of sensational newspn-
pers in manufacturing canards and
scare news TO stir up an excitement
throughout the country and influence
Congress to vote additional appropria-
tions.
There is no story too improbable for
these men to invent and circulate. One
of the N,cw York papers today gives
the details of a plan of war which was
adopted at conference of the Presi-
dent, Secretary Alger. General Miles,
Secretary Long and various admirals
and generals who have not been in
Washington for weeks. The materials
for this story were obtained at a coun-
ell of war held around bottle at the
Army and Navy club by n reporter and
n few navy subalterns of fertile imag
ination. But this is the sort of news
that certain papers seem TO want, and
1t is easy for them to get it.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
A Plngue at Skagnay.

Nanaimo, b. c.. March 1.-The
steamer Oregon arrived here this af-
tcrnoon from Skaguay and Dyea.
Alaska. She had number of passen-
gers who are returning home disgust
ed with Alaska. Before the Oregon
left Skaguay seventeen deaths from
cerebro spinal meningitis We're report
ed in twenty-four hours. Among the
dead the only names ascertained
We're:
B. Austrander, Portland. Oregon: n
man named Montello of Des Moines.
Iowa; Jones Hawbacher of Astoria.
Oregon: George Baker of Everett.
Washington; n child named Atkins of
Albany and boy named Anderson.
DIR. o. Il. Estes of Astoria. who was
n passenger on the Oregon. predicts
that the number of deaths will soon
run into the hundreds.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
EVERY PREPARATION FOR WAR.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Says the
Department Is Working Night and Day.

New York. Feb. 2s.-A special to the
World from Washington says:
Acting Secretary of the Navy Roose-
welt. when asked concerning the proba-
bility of war and the condition of the
navy in case of emergency. he replied:
Il wish you would say 10 the World
that while we do not expect war, the
Navy Department is simply making
every preparation for 1t.
"The work of the navy is going on
as rapidly as we could wish. To get
into nm ideal condition of defense and
offense will consume much time and n
great deal of patient labor During the
past ten days the labor of the depart
ment has been multiplied.
mo news of great importance to the
public has been received to-day from
Havana, and, like everyone else. we
are patiently awaiting further devel-
opments."
His words are susceptible of two in
terpretations, both consistent with ofli-
cial reserve and caution Working
night and day to prepare for war, the
secretary may regard as the surest
way to avoid war.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
Dance In Tights In Court.

Boston, Mass, Feb 25.-Labelle
Frieda and Phil IIamberg. dancers,
were before Judge Ely in the court
house lobby to-day ON complaint of the
Watch and Ward Society. Counsel for
the dancers intimated that his defense
would be correct exhibition of the
dance by the defendants. Judge Ely
assented. and Frieda retired to nm adj
joining room and put on her tights.
Then she came out and danced. Then
the man danced. When the show was
over Judge Ely, after II few remarks
on dancing generally, said he did not
see anything wrong with the dance MS
exemplitied by Labclle Frleda. He or
dered the girl and her companion dis
charged.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
No Chance for rhleve. md rramp..

Tramps and other individuals who in
Test the blind baggage are the objects
OF car-bulldefs attention. Tramp-proof
cars nave been built for Chicago roads for
several months. The latest specimens OF
cars from which ride-stealers are barred
at Topeka Saturday and Sunday They
are three postal cars. and 1t Is said en-
body the complete and latest ideas OF
railway and mail men. The cars are run
ming between Chicago and Kansas City
Protection Of the United States malls and
the men VINO handle them were the lead
tion of the. cars. They are provided with
wide vestibules which no one can enter
save from the inside OF the car Tho
fastenings are all on the inside and must
be operated from the vestibule.
Irlfnp3 can get no footing at either
end Of the cars; The platforms are dl-
vlded from the body OF the car and utii-
ized for the convenience OF the crew
trivances intended for use In .a-Iii,atinx
tnc handling OF mall.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
student. rhoroughly oonv,r,ea.

Monmouth, ILL.,. Feb. 25-For the
first time in many years the students
of Monmouth College are placed on
record as not engaging in their annual
class war. hence no color rush. no bro
ken bones or manned forms to report.
The commendable innovation is attrib-
uted TO the recent visit of Evangelist
Williams. during which forty students
We're converted
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
A SMALL SURPLUS.
March. 1t Is Expected, WIN Turn Into the
Treasury Some s5.OOO.0Oo.

Is ENptcteu, INTO the
Treasury Some s5.OOO.0Oo.
washington. Feb. 2S.-The mapihly
treasury statement to be ISSUED 'foatiior-
row will show n small surplus for the
month of February. The customs re-
ceipts for the month up to to-day
amount to S14,43G.I15. n gain over the
same period last year of over S3.250,-
900. The receipts from internal reve-
me show an increase of about s564.-
600. The excess of expenditures over
receipts for the first year of the pres
ent administration. exclusive of Pacific
railroad payments, is about twenty
four million dollars, as compared with
n deficit of about forty-seven million
dollars for the first year of the last
administration. 1t is expected by the
treasury officials that the receipts from
customs for March will show n mate
rial increase over any previous month
during the year, and as there will be
small interest payments due. il is be
lleved the surplus for March will ag-
gregate SJ.00O,000
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
Innocent Men Were Tortured.

Guthrie. Okla. March Ever since
the burning of the two Indians for the
murder of Mrs. Laird at Maude. In
dian Territory. 1t has been asserted
that Lincoln McGeizey. the youngest
OF the two, was innocent. and all the
evidence brought out at the hearings
has served to corroborate this nsser-
tion. 1t is now learned that special
agents of the government have secur-
ed evidence establishing complete
nlib for Sampson. the other victim,
proving he WINS forty miles from the
Laird home at the time OF .-e murder.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Rev. j. w. Bundy OF Terre Haute
has sued deacons william Davis and
Joshua Moore for $4,000 damages. He
complains that they caused to be pub
lishcd in the Golden Echo a statement
that they knew of their own knowledge
that he had been guilty of forgery, dis
honesty and falsehood. This is indeed
n golden echo.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Judge fned'-the Sacramento Bee
for an alleged misreport of a trial
pending before him. and for severe
criticism OF his language in support oi
the attorney who brought the charge
The editor stood by his reporter and
his own dignity. declaring that the re.
port was correct, but was refused the
privilege of defense; whereupon the
case was carried to the supreme cour'
of California and the sentence was SCI
aside. The smaller the judge the more
tyranny and the more law-breaking.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Mrs. Jessie Mulligan. widow, is a
brakeman on a western railroad an<l
has given perfect satisfaction TO her
employers There are good many
country families wherein the wife cuts
the wood and runs the reaping-ma-
chine. Why should not that woman
do the hard work OF railroad and
earn money for her own use? 1t seems
odd. but so did thousand things
OF the same kind which are familiar
enough now.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Max Nordau has been studying de-
generacy and crime SO long that he has
come to look on the present generation
as mainly degenerates and potential
criminals. II is gloomy and forbid
ding world which this famous Grimm
ologist looks out upon, inhabited by
people capable of any deviltry. and only
waiting opportunity to engage In II.
Max Nordau should take liver pill.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

''rf man Is standing on the caboose
OF freight train a mile long," said the
occasional time destroyer. land begins
walking toward the engine as the train
starts and the train" The people
at the hospital are patching him up as
well as they can.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

"a view of the latest news from At
lnnta II must be evident to any one that
tn crusade against kissing is perfectly
justified. The order OF the police to be
always clean shaven. and laying partic-
ulsv stress on the annoyance caused by
stu5by boards. must be considered as
evidence that osculation has become
more than an occasional pastime
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

1t is confidently predicted that before
May wheat Will reach fancy prices,
many predicting s1.50 bushel. From
now on the weather will cut big hg-
ure, and the fact that the entire winter
wheat country is bare of snow is not
encouraging to those who have sold
wheat they do not own. Receipts OF
wheat continue light In spite of the
high price of the grain.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

While the verdict of heart failure will
satisfy trusting folks. the news to the
effect that Ballard county farmer was
found dead near a spring will furnish
the states slanderers an excuse for
pointing to another clear case of cause
and effect
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
Ne,ss for ,hs ,yheslms.

The l.. A. w. numbers nearly ID
below the 100000 mark within the
few weeks. In spite of this starl
diminutlon. the maximum Of hea
may be attained by those who use !
comforting tonic. Hostetter's Stonrl
Bitters. which promotes digestion !
regularity of the bowels.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Hal AT last there is place where
the bloomer costume may receive the
honor which has been denied II up to
the present time. Up In Alaska
bloomer colony is to be formed where
skirts will be banished and the reign
of the festive bloomer will be undis-
puted and unchallenged by either prud-
ish male or fastidious female. But the
condition of the Alaska roads compels
them to leave their bikes at home.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

II is great mistake to organize the
American Flag Association in the Unit
ed States. where the American flag is
already highly respected The associa-
tion should be organized In Canada and
Spain, where there is chance of its
doing some good work.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

We trust the man in Alabama who
killed himself on the day appointed
for his marriage was thoughtful enough
10 give his intended an insurance pol
icy.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Resolution presented to the senate
ofNew York state by women-"Where-
rs we do not want to vote. therefore
resolved that no other women shall
have the privilege
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

The courage OF NJ. zola is likely to
place him among the immortals. what
ever becomes OF the academy which re-
fgses him that honor.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Just what Mr.. Letter can do with
such an enormous line of wheat does
not seem to worry Mr. Letter nearly
as much as 1t docs some OF the people
who haven't any and wish they had.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

1t is predicted by woman. writing
for the New York Evening Sun, that
tn downfall of the new woman will
come from the old and inevitable ac-
cidents with the collar-button. Either
that or she must learn to swear.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Didn't somebody call you up on
telephone just now?"
mo; that was my wife; she cal
me down.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

movement is on foot to divide the
republic OF Brazil, but whether the
division will result in a peaceable sep
aration or war of cession is not yet
determined. 1t is reported that the
representatives of the states Of Rio
Grande do Sui. Parana, Santa Catha-
rina and Minas Geraes are soon to meet
and proclaim their separation from
Brazil and establish an independent
republic. It has been known for some
years that there was a growing ten
dency among the states composing sse
southern portion of the great repuh''e
TO division of the country and te a
desire TO establish smaller and MN c
compact republic in that section. Jte
four states that have apparently "a
tered into the plan proposed have an
area Of so6.3s4 square miles. with O
population of 4.442,714 and a represen-
tation of sixty-one members In Che
parliament of Brazil. The new re-
public would embrace about one-tenth
of the area and about one-quarter OF
the population of the present republic
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

There Is curiosity as to what An
thony Hope will say Of us: but we
learned long ago that Hope tells D
fiatterlng tale.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03

Zertucha, the betrayer of Maceo,
having been made mayor of town in
Havana province. one reflects with awe
on the lost chances of that distinguish
c1 poisoner. Holmes of Philadelphia.
who was recently hanged. II he had
lived his crimes might have made him
governor-general OF Cuba.
The western recorder., 1898-03-03
sALzER.s GRASSES AND GLOVES

sALZER's GRASSES AND GLOVER
Are warranted. They producei We
the largest growers in America. Il
est prices. Seed Potatoes only $780,
barrel. Big farm seed catalogue VI
clover and grain samples (worth 81.
to get a START sent you by the John
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse Wis. W
receipt of 10c and this notice. VI
Don't you think the severe trials o,
fit man and woman for marriage" Il
each for marriage with somebody else
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-03
Another Man.

He was looking lank and lean he
wore a threadbare suit of black and
under one arm he carried volume :;
under the other there was an umbrella
which had seen better days. He en-
tered 80 quietly that Dodson, who was
busy at his desk, did not hear him.
II have here he began softly.
Dodson wheeled in his chair and
took in the situation. 81 don't care
what you have I" he roared. 'Don't
you see that sign, 'Peddlers and Book
Agents Not Wanted or arc you
blind q
THE life of Samson continued
the agent, with an apologize smile.
Why didn't you say so before 2"
said Dodson, subsiding
lin one volume, p.ice s1.5O," con-
tinued the long, thin man in black.
I'LL take it, said Dodson, shortly.
Good day, sir
A few minutes later friend of Dod
son s happened in and picked up the
volume.
Hello, old man. said he, as he
looked it over. II didn't know you
went in for Biblical subjects"
II don't see the joke answered
Dodson, testify. 81 believe that in
times like these every patriotic Amer
lean citizen should familiarize himself
with the lives Of our prominent men
who are at the front making history
for this glorious country. We neglect
these things too long. I propose to
keep up with the times
"You will have to hurry if you do,
answered his friend, dryly. "This
particular Samson without the p has
been dead for 5000 years. .'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-03
Will 60 in Effect September First.

The separate coach bill, or as it is
known in general parlance, the "Jim
Crow car act, passed at the last ses-
sion of the legislature is to become
effective on Sept. l. and the railroads
OF the State are preparing and getting
ready for it. While some Of the roads
may possibly kick and cndcayor to do
away with some of the provisions of
the law, the Southern will not be
among that number but will obey the
act to the letter and will carry it out
in every detail.
This information came from Super
intcndent Wcllcs yesterday, who said
that the Southern did not want the
act passed and used it's cndcayors to
show those in charge Of the bill during
the session Of the legislature that it
was useless and imposed extra hard
ships upon the railroads. but since
these efforts had failed and the bill
became a law the Southern had grace
fully acquicsccd, aud would certainly
do no more fighting now
Mr. Wellcs told the .Stutc represcn-
tative that for some time he had been
having a number of cars changed to
suit the new conditions, and that on
Sept. ! white and colored passengers
would be transported over the South
crn as the law at that time would re-
uuire.