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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-03
FRENCH CRUISER LOST.
4 Rumor That the Bruix Hos Foundered
ia the Indian Ocean.

Paris papers re.ort tha; the French amor
ed cruiser Bruix has iouBderei IN The In
dian ocean. tut the rumor Is not con-
Armed.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-03

part b. tie cc1-t-y history Trev.ar- g. n--
arrciata-1t ~ secretary SheruAls 1rs'
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-03
PEACE COMMISSION.
The Men Who VIII Arrange
Terms With Spain.
CAREERS OF MEMBERS.

A Majority. Composed OF Senators Davis
and frye snd Whiteisw Erit. Are Be-
heved TO lie acknowledgements OF
Justice White No. Known-Jud=e Days
Conservation
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-03

i- New Orleans. and .u l--i as elected
SKATE Senator. -ervlar iclr years. A. ire
c..-- g lis Senatorial career De- was az
Ycl1tfl A--rcllte IC-tIre 20 tlr supreme
Court 90 louisiana he wl- elected Jnltel
states senator sd I,-l ara served uItI he
va. appointed Associate Justice q tte Cli-
ia s a,~- supreme Court ty President
Cleveland He is tle oWL-r q tUter -iv-
sugar Plantations la Louisiana. ard la- tae
ref 1iat.on 20 telns the eea-th.--t member
lf tie New O-l~a-s bar
eastman \ Davis.
senator Cl-lual Kellogg DAVIS ri Nit-
nesota ha- been lr tie higher house since
I-~- H. was bosl .a Henderson,. y. T..
Jale e.. l-3- and Tie same YEAR rs parents
moved O. Wisconsin. IL Isf0 he tegaa tte
practice 90 law. ard Two years later enlisted
il the N1rth-rl army. resiSniu- o. leff GA
account 20 ODD health. L. l-es BE- was elected
q The Minnesota L-ri-.a-urr. havirc moved
there After Il var. ard in is6. was az
routed United states District Attorney
serving Eve y-ars. IN ISIS De was elec;~t
Governor 20 Minnesota Is majority % Cn'
vote aud twenty years a.tervard. ~
I strange obedience. received The same ma
jorify Tor me Jnited states senate. sine
/ John S1ermau's retirereot from tn- SenA;
/ Mr. Davis hi.s been Chairman - the Con
mlileo OF Forcign Relations.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-03
TROUBLE At MANILA.
Row Between American Troops
and Insurgents
FOUR NATIVES KILLED.

Dewey Transfers His Flag TO the Esiti-
nore-The Olympia salts for Hong
kong-A Utah Trooper Fired Pistol In
Fun. AZ Ia stated. But the Natives he
came Alarmed
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-16
"sING1NG WELL" In TEXAS.
Weird Noises Constantly Issue from
1t and 1t Cannot BE
Filled Up.

About three miles west of Cedar
bayou. Harris county, is remarkable
well. When it was dug no one can tell,
but it has been in existence for more
than so years. The well is known as
the Singing WE'LL"
In calm, fine weather a sound like
that of an Aeolian harp comes upward
between the tangles Of vines below. AT
times the sound seems nearer and
clearer; then again it recedes, as if
far away, and reaches the ear very
family. These changes take place
every few minutes, and with great reg
ularity.
With an east wind blowing the water
in the well gets very low and the mys-
terious musical sound very faint. A
strong west wind causes the water to
rise and the sound to increase in vol
ume and clearness. \
But it is just before great norther
, that the old well plays its widest
pranlxs. Then, for several hours, the
water rises to within a few feet Of the
top of the well and emits the weirdest,
widest noises that ever reached hui
man ears. At such times even the
water drawn out with buckets means
and walls as if in anguish.
The we'll is about 60 feet deep. A
few years ago the land ON which it is
located was bought by a Mr.. Watkins,
who, not liking the sounds that came
from the well. employed two men to
| fill it up. They shoveled dirt into the
wen two weeks, but it did not affect
the depth of water perceptibly. and
they threw up the contract. From the
measurements Of the excavations they
lhad made it has been calculated that
the well should have been filed up .
little more.3han twice,
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-16
OVER A MILLION A DAY.
The Numerous Demands That Are
Made on Helen GouId's Purse
Through the Mails.

L Ever since she was made mistress OF
q vast fortune Miss Helen Gould has,
like all other wealthy women, been the
daily recipient of large numbers OF
begging letters. Her mail was i'm
creased enormously by the newspaper
announcement that she had offered
the government q large sum to aid in
prosecuting the war against Spain. In
one day recently she received GOT let
ters, most of them of the begging va
riety, the total sum asked by her cor
respondents being considerably more
than 81, 900, 900. The amounts ranged
all the way from $3.50 for seven tickets
to church fair to 100000, which
cranky genius demanded so that he
might be able to build warship on
plans which he had perfected. Five
other inventors offered their patents
for total of $301, 900 and 60 letter
writer's asked for loans aggregating
$780, A Klondike claim was offered
for $4,000 and an estate on the Hud-
son for $4,000.
was brought to Lyndhurst, her coun-
try home at Irvington, Miss Gould was
deep in the work of providing relief
for sick and wounded soldiers. A Wis
itor to Lyndhurst at that time says
that the interior of the place speaks
more eloquently than words of the In
tense interest which its mistress takes
in the war relief works. The library
was no longer library. Itwas, to use
the words of Miss Gould's companion,
a sweat shop" The chairs and floors
were strewn with pajamas, the tables
with pads and pencils, boxes of neces-
saries for filling comfort bags, and
heaped up piles of filed comfort bags
were on chairs and in corners. Book
cases lined the walls, it is true, and
books were scattered in orderly pro-
| fusion on the tables, but they were
all that in any way indicated the orig
inal design of the apartment in which
we stood. Two sewing machines oc-
cupied the place of honor. One was
even in the drawing-room--rather an
incongruous ornament to the hand
some apartment. Everything bespoke
the absolute REIMBURSEMENT of any
thing which was in any way foreign
| to the business on hand, that of car
Ing for the soldiers. The brave men
who had gone to the front had found
a warm spot in the heart of the mis-
tress and everything she had was at
their disposal. Even the maids had
been called into service and they we're
all busy stitching pajamas and COM
fort bags and making button holes
sewing on buttons and tapes. Every
spare moment of their time, when not
engaged in household duties, which
my informant bewailed, were sadly
neglected and devoted to the sol.
diers.--Chicago Chronicle.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-16

Cherokees.
1t is difficult to conceive how
any difference of opinion could
ever have arisen with reference to
this agreement. The contention
that those Delawares already dead
should have their shares set apart
and treated as an estate is an after
thought of such fertile brains as
Dick Adams and his co-laborers in
the scheme to deprive their bene-
factors Of a quantity Of land.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-16
THE DELAWARE CLAIM.

VI The Delaware claim if insisted
upon by The Dawes commission
will destroy every chance of an
agreement with the Cherokee com
missioners. The injustice of the
contention of the Delawares is so
manifest that the Cherokees would
certainly vote down any PROPOSE
ton which recognized it.
On the 9Th day Of April, 1857,
the Cherokee nation entered into
an agreement with the Delaware
tribe of Indians in consideration Of
certain payments, and the fulfill
ment of certain conditions to sell
them tor their occupancy a guam
tity of land east of the 96th merid-
ian line, in the Cherokee nation
proper equal to 160 acres for each
individual Delaware included in
their register numbering nine hum
dred and eighty.five. Those Della
wares were to be subject to the
"same restrictions and conditions"
as native Cherokees, e. l.. when
one of them died, his or her inter-
est in the land was to revert to the
Cherokee nation, as has been the
custom and the law among the
Cherokees ever since they have
had an organized government.
The children born to these Della
wares were to be regarded as
members of the Cherokee nation,
with the same rights and immuni-
ties as native Cherokees.' 1t was
further provided that in the event
of allotment those registered, or
original Delawares were to have
an amount of land in the aggre-
gate equal to 1850 acres for each in
dividual. Of course this included
only those living at the time allot-
ment should come, as they were
subject to the same restrictions
and conditions as were native
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-16
An Xmas
Present .....

that is both handsome and serviceable is
doubly appreciated The line of ladies
strictly pure linen handkerchiefs we are
showing possess both these qualities. They
have the newest, prettiest, dantiest, bor-
ders and are made of the very finest hand
kerchief linen and not expensive. 50 to
90 cents each
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-16
Sketch Of J. Z. Turner.

Sketch Of J. T. Turner.
For many years Mr.. J. h.
Turner had been a familiar figure
in the mercantile circles OF the In
diau Territory. He was one OF
the old time Indian traders aud
By honorable and fair dealings and
industrious work had amassed a
considerable fortune. Coming in
to the Territory near genera
ton ago, he located at first at Ok
mulgee, the capital of the Creek
nation and at that time the leading
commercial point. When the NJ,
X. a T. Railway built throuh th e
Territory, Mr.. Turner moved his
store to Muskogee and had con-
tnuously been in business at this
place up to year ago when b e
sold out his establishment to
Harsha & Spaulding. Not salts
fed with an inactive life, he had
recently, in conjunction with his
son Fred, opened a general
store at Tulsa. He was known as
careful, conservative and honor
able business man. He was ever an
active participant in any measure
that had for its object the up
building Of his home town end
was both generous and charitable.
Mr.. Turner was always averse to
making any display of his acts of
kindness and deeds of mercy. He
did not parade his virtues. Many
of the old inhabitants, and they
are the ones who knew him best,
can testify to his sterling worth.
Beneath the rough exterior there
beat a kindly heart and in his
daily walk from year to year he
ever exemplified the cardinal
principle Of a right life-he was
honest to both himself and his
neighbors. There was naught OF
the hypocrite in his makeup.
He did the right as he saw it
without show, fear, favor or pre-
judice. He was broad minde d
and liberal and held himself aloof
! from petty sectarian and de-
nominational environments. He
will be missed by all and most by
those who knew him best-the
older citizens and inhabitants.
John E. Turner was born in the
| year 1924, in the state of New
York, and was consequently at
the time of his death in his 74th
year. He moved in early life to
Ohio and engaged in railroading.
He was married to Miss Julia
Ayers, OF Trumbul county, Ohio,
in the year 1856 He came west
in the year 1867, settling at Fort
Smith, Ark, and two years later
moved to the Greek nation, where
he has since resided. Besides his
wife, three children survived him
namely, G. W. Turner, a promi-
nent merchant Of this place, Fred
Turner, merchant Of Tulsa, and
Mrs. Efiie Kirkwood, Of Calves
ton, Texas.
There is one thing connected
with his family which is very re-
lmarkable. The mother Of Mr.. )
E. Turner died in December, 1S4S
and left seven living children, si1
Of whom are today living, his be
ling the first death since the deatt
! Of his mother fifty years past. =
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-12-16

We invite you to investl-
gate our line of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
MEETING OF GOVERNORS COUNCIL
Board saddened BY Death of Chairman
Freeman.

Augusta, November 9-The Governor
and Council were in session this after
noon and evening. and listened to three
pardon cases ana a contested seat case.
The seat case was between Daniel FL.
Lambert the Democratic nominee of the
Bradley Orono class for representative to
the legislature and Marion B. Taylor the
Republican nominee. The latter has 209
votes and the former 20s. while there are
two ballots reported that are claimed as
belonging to Mr.. Lambert. The Governor
and Council decided in favor of Marion
E. Taylor.
The petitions for Communication OF
sentence of Edward a. Chase. who is
serving life sentences for murder and
II AIRY Austin. who is Striving a life
sentence for robbery were presented.
The former petitioner was given leave
to withdraw while the latter was granite /,
to take effect December 81, of this v. ar.
The petition for pardon of Chas. Plunkett
was also presented and tabled by the
council
Adjournment was made to December
90.
A feeling of the deepest sadness per-
vaded the session on account of the death
of the chairman of the council. Hon. E.
Dudley Freeman, who was a passenger on
the i'll fated steamer Portland.
At the close of the session remarks were
made concerning the sad affair and after
sending telegram OF coincidence to Mrs.
Freeman, a comm ittse was appointed to
arranged for attending the funeral.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30

much in assisting the shaping Of legisla.
ton, state and national, in the interests
of the railroads and a treaty or alliance
considered, and with the sympathy of
the citizens much can be done
In conclusion he said: ssThere is a
strong disposition on the part Of our two
countries to live neighborly and begin the
slate anew with friendship for nucleus
Zone great complaint has been that we
could only do business here few months
of the year. will not say it, but stranger
things have happened, and you need not
be surprised if we find it possible to do
business here the year round. -
Hon. Seth L. Larrabee was introduced
as prospective governor of Maine. Mr..
Larrabee paid high tribute to Mr.. Hays
and expressed belief that reciprocal
trade relations with Canada would be of
immense value to the city and the state.
Mr.. Harlin of the Leyland line spoke
in brief, saying that what is really needed
for an extension Of the Gamer business
is that the wharves should be made longer
SO that longer vessels could enter more
easily. He also spoke of the need of a
lightship between Cape Elizabeth and
Half Way Rock.
Mr. e. B. Winslow spoke of the pleas
ant relations existing uetween the Port
land Board of Trade and Mr.. Hays, and
referred TO the good work being done by
the Grand Trunk and the other railroads
entering Maine.
Hon. John B. Heating, British vice
consul. Clarence Hale, ESQ.,, and George
Trunk made the concluding remarks.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
BRIEF JoTTINos.

There will be special meetings at the
Second Parish church this Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday evenings. The
pastor, Rev. r. T. Hack, will be assisted
by Rev. W. g. Mann. All are invited.
The anniversary banquet of the St.
Andrews Society will be given at the
Chase house tonight.
Portland Commandery has voted to add
So, 600 to the Masonic Temple fund.
Work on the government fertilization
at Diamond Island has been suspended
for the season.
The sloop Mildred Cloudy was being
used yesterday dragging for anchors il
the harbor. tt Is understood that the
finders of the lost anchors will receive
one-haIf the full value of the anchors
and chains for all they bring up.
Tho recent storm damaged Merrill's
wharf to the extent of about $500.
Fine day yesterday.
On the Leylanf liner Georgian. Mon
day afternoon, c Parker gave recsp
ton to Mayor il, Ill, British Vice-Con
sui Heating and "a few specially invited
ladies and gentlemen.
A waif from Portland has arrived al
the Savannah camp. He says he left Port,
land the same day the troops did and
by riding on the roads under the cars
he managed to reach Savannah the same
day as the Maine troops HIS name
is John Marks.
The Portland Athletic club has $500 to
lay away for next ssa sons foot ball ex-
peases That sum was made out of the
Thanksgiving game with Bowdoin.
Prior to that game the club was So to the
good in its football fig ures, but the
Thanksgiving day liked things all right.
General Manager Newcomb and other
officials of the Manhattan Steamship
company were in the city Monday en-
gagged with Mr.. Peleg Barker in looking
over Custom House wharf for a landing
place for the steamers of their line. They
will probably locate there for the present.
Lobster arrivals yesterday were Nellie
G. Davis. 300; Bernie and Bessie, $500;
late L. Palmer, 300; Hermann Reesing,
100; Alwilda Morse, 2400
The lecture that was to have been given
in Congress street NJ. e. church Wednes-
ay evening BIZ Rev. Geo. ID. Lindsay
will be postponed on account of the loss
of the steamer Portland.
The schooner Eugene.of Machias, Capt.
Wallace, which parted both anchor
chains and went ashore at Knightsille,
near the power house, is still there, and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
FREE OF CHARGE.

Any adultsuffering from cold settled
on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung
troubles of any nature, who will call at
+. E. Tickets, 212 Danforth, E. w.
Stevens, 107 Portland, McDonough &
Sheridan's. 235 Congress, or J. e. Goold
& Co.'s, POI Federal ST., will be presented
with sample bottle of BOschee'S
German syrup, free of charge.
Only one bottle given to one person, and
none to children without order from
parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such sale as BOsca1ee's German
syrup in all parts Of tie civilized
world. Twenty years. ago millions of
bottles were given away, and your drug
gists will tell you its success was marvel
GUS. 1t is really the only Throat and
Lung Remedy generally endorsed by ply
sic;ans. One 70 cent bottle will cure or
prove its value. Sold by all druggists in
this city.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
TO GEN. Man. HAYS.
Banquet Given By Portland Board Of
Trade.
AN ENJOYABLE SOCIAL OCCASION
AT THE FALMOUTH.

Speeches by Representative Business Mer
and Steamboat and Railroad Mana gers
Portland as a Business Centre.
Last evening was the occasion of the
grand complimentary banquet rendered
to General Manager Charles II. Hays Of
the Grand Trunk railway. by the Port.
land Board of Trade at the Falmouth
hotel.
An informal reception was rendered
Mr.. Hays and the other invited guests Of
the evening in the parlors of the hotel
from 7.30 to s o'clock, 275 of PortIand's
prominent citizens being formally pre-
sented to the guest of honor.
At eight O'Clock the banquet hall was
opened and the festive throng entered.
The tables were handsomely spread and
decorated with flowers the walls at the
head of the table were festooned with
American flags, the center figure being
an American and a British flag draped
together. The quality of the a quet
was in keeping with the general excel
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrl Is q
blood or constitutions j disease, and n orqer %
cureit you mus take Internal remedies. Hairs
Catarrn Cure is taken interdally, and acts d.
Isctly on the blood and mucous surfaces.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine
this country for years, and is regular pre-
scrlptlon. It is composed OF the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood purifiers
acting dire tly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the TWO ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials. Tree,
r J. CHENEY & CO, props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. price T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30

handling their imports. The Portland
custom house could stand an increased
business and he had no doubt that til,
government would be glad to relieve the
strain on the New York custom house. il
takes several months now for importers
to get their goods out Of the New York
offics and delivered. When the merchants
oe the west know of our facilities to io
this work then will be change in the
custom house service in this city which
will be benefit to us ALL
The toastmaster then spoke OF the Incl
dents that led up, to the selection OF Fort
land as a winter port BY the Grand
Trunk people, and proposed, as ne inSro-
duced General Manager Hays thai tnfee
cheers be given in his honor. The as
sembIy arose and three rousing cheers
were given.
Mr. Hays thanked the assembly Tor
their hearty reception in his honor. rs
said: 81 desire to thank yod for your
cordial reception and am sure we snail
all carry away pleasant recollectlons o.
our visit. Our company has indeed been
able to do great deal for Portland, out
had not the Allan, Ham burg American,
Thomson, Elder-D emster and Leland
steamship lines done their part we could
not have done what we have bean alb le to
do in the past.
s'The season of 1867 showed an in
crease of 100 per cent in our business.
For 1887 s the increase was go per cent
over that of the previous year, and during
this season we expect to increase the
volume Of business 500 per cent. 1t is to
your benefit as city and state to con-
tinue your interest in these enterprises.
AS city you can afford to be liberal In
the way of taxes. as state you can do
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-11-30
MORE LIVES LOST.

Plymouth, November 29.-Captain A
Rogers and crew, of the Carnett life
saving station picked up the body of a
man this morning in the water near
Powder Point bridge and brought it to
town. 1t was dressed in oil clothes and
oh. es were on the feet. from which Capt
Rogers deduces that the man was a stew
ing schooner was wrecked off Brant Rock
and eight out of the fourteen men on her
were saved. A herring schooner was also
destroyed there and the crew OF the Brant
Rock life saving station picked up three
hodies.