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Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
WILLIAM N. BOGGS PLEADS GUILTY.
To the Charge of EmbIazzIing 100000 of
the Funds of the First National
Bank of Dover.

BANK OF DOYer.
The United States District Court
Thursday indicted William N. Boggs,
late teller of the First National Bank,
Dover, and Ezekiel 7. Cooper, editor
of the Milford Herald, were arraigned
on the charge of violating sections
5000 and 5,44O of the United States
Revised Statutes.
BOggs was arraigned first. Mr..
Hilles, after announcing that he was
counsel for Boggs, stated that he de-
sired, in behalf of his client, to waive
the reading of the Indictment and
enter plea of guilty. The reading
of the indictment was waived, and the
plea accepted, after which Boggs was
remanded to the custody of United
States Marshal Short. During these
proceedings, Boggs manifested great
interest, but did not speak.
COOPER PLEADS NOT GUILTY.
Mr.. Bird, in behalf of Cooper, after
a few lines of the Cooper indictment
had been read, waived the further
reading and entering a plea of not
guilty, which plea was accepted.
Cooper's bail was allowed to stand.
The Indictment in the case against
Colonel Cooper is largely a repetition
of the allegations made in the Boggs
indictment, the main claim being that
Colonel Cooper and Boggs conspired
to rob the bank, and that Colonel
Cooper drew checks on the bank when
he knew that he had neither money
nor credit at the bank to meet them,
but that Boggs would pay them when
presented. Checks amounting in all
to $15,400 are cited. It is claimed
that the balance of $23, 900, which Col
onel Cooper is alleged to have aided
Boggs in stealing, was also secured by
checks, but the documentary evidence
to support the allegations is missing,
the checks having been destroyed after
they had been paid. Throughout the
bill the charges of conspirancy are the
plainest, allegations being that JUS
previous to the drawing of each CHECK
Boggs and Colonel Cooper conspired
to take the money from the bank
Cooper's counsel were given until II
o'clock Monday morning for the with
drawal of the plea, the filing of the de
murrers and a motion to quash the in
dictment, and Thursday morning wal
announced as the time for the begin
ming of Cooper's trial.
Next, Cooper submitted an applica
tion for the summoning of witnesses
for the defence, after which he de
parted, Boggs returned to the distric
attorneys Office and the court room
was vacated.
Among those present when Bogg
and Cooper were arraigned were: Johl
Biggs, counsel for Thomas S. Clark
ex-senator Higgins, counsel for J. R
McGonigal and Harry F. Ford; Pete
L. Cooper, Jr., counsel for Amos Cole
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it local disease, and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
ence has proven catarrh to be con-
stitutioual disease, and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous surfa'
ces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimo-
malls. Address,
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
D9~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27

ga great struggle arises in a woman's
mind when she is asked what her new
gown cost, said the Cornfed Philoso-
pher. 'She is always in doubt whether
to cut the price in halves and make you
envy her the bargain, or double it and
make you envy her afauence. IN
dianopIis Journal.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
corns and buniOns. It's the greatest COM
fort discovery af the age. Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
1t is a certain cure for sweating, callOus and
hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. BY
mail for 25c in stamps, Trial package
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27
Valuable to Women.

Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron Bitters. Backache vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
comes TO the pallid cheek when this won-
derful remedyis is taken. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal. No home
should be without this famous remedy.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
Smyrna times., 1898-04-27

The two-year- son of w. L. Fur
gason, of Bolton, Miss, had whooping
cough. ''After several physicians had
prescribed for him without giving re-
lief," writes Mr.. Furgason, 81 per-
suaded my wife to to try a 25 cent bot
tie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
The first dose had the desired effect,
and in forty-eight hours he was en-
tirely free from ell cough. consider
your remedy the best in the market,
especially for children and recommend
it at all times" The 25 and so cent
sizes for sale by Clifton & Raymond,
Smyrna, Del.
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WHO WANTS TO BUY SUNKEN FLEET2

and is somewhere between the surface
of the water and the bottom Of the bay.
The Don Antonio de Ulloa, 1,130 tons,
IL guns. and the Don Juan de Austria
are sister ships and about the best of
a bunch. They are probably suffering
severely from rheumatism of the joints
from their long stay at the bottom of
the bay. but any one who has a fancy
for a secondhand navy would proba-
bly, be able to get these two at a bar
gain by speaking quickly. These two
boats are rated as unprotected cruisers,
2i0 feet long. 81 feet beam and of l,130
tons displacement.
Two more ships tina: are. or were. val
liable are the Isla de Cuba and the
Isla de Luzon, rated "a third-class
cruisers. They might make good mud
scow II they could be raised and
brought across the ocean to America.
or. as a novelty at the seaside resorts.
they might repay the auction price and
h expense of raising and transporting
them. OF the others. the Ell Cano, 2.524-
ton boat, and the Marquis del Duero
and General Lezo, they might as well
be left in the mud of Manila bay. II
wouldn't pay any one to dig them out.
In ease IL might be taken from the
foregoing rather fippant remarks that
the whole thing Is a joke, IL Is well To
state here Inc now hat the Spanish
government actually and seriously has
decided to put up Its sunken fleet at
auction. and awaits a bid. Well said
is IL that the Spaniards have something
radically wrong with their compost
ton. There is a lacking somewhere.
The national tile is a little loose. in the
English slang. The Spaniard is of his
base. in n American %vernacular. In
the Frenchman's inexpensive words.
but with his very expressive panto-
mime. the don has some teeng want
ing" But step up II o want that
secondhand fleet!
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track. run across the great wheat belt
of the Red river valley and tar The
silver and the copper mining district
In Montana. In the East the o goes
to Duluth. from which city handsome
steamer of size and power doth
freight and passenger boats) pass
through the great lakes to Buffalo.
This road is doing. on the whole. q
capital business. As seen. IT stretch
es from the Pacific coast, to St. Paul.
with a steamer line to Buffalo. Exam
Inc along beside 10 the Inflated Balti-
more * Ohio. the road that cannot
stand alone. and see how strangely
natural the probability of an amalga-
nation between them some day is.
lust n short stretch would need to
be built. The II. * o. goes cut from
the Atlantic coast to Chicago. The link
between Chicago and st. Paul would
have 20 be added. not such a very
weighty matter. or one hat would be
of great cost.
The Baltimore & Ohio's trackage Is
2.046 miles. This is from Baltimore and
Philadelphia to- Chicago. touching the
big cities OF Pittsburg and Akron, and
Cleveland. Sandusky. Wheeling and
Columbus on branches. A practical
part of the system IL the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern, which, connecting
with the main line at Belpie, goes tn
Cincinnati and St. Louis. a distance OF
921 miles. Thus all the important cities
of the Middle West are connected by
this system. This Dad even has touched
New York. its Blue Line running over
the Central railroad of New Jerseys
track into Jersey City fwhence ferry
to New York;. and its freight terminus
here being on Staten Island. the XIII
Won Kull being bridged at Elizabeth
port.
Above have been outlined the possi-
bilities, and the maps show the system
in detail. What seems to lend the pro-
ject additional color Is that Mr.. Hill
and his associates are already starting
in to improve the b.. & o. and to better
its condition. Some news re-
garGing the transcontinental railroad
may come at m time.
CROMWELL CHILDE.
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

Written for the Sunday Standard.
Does any m desire to purchase a
secondhand fleet. much the worse for
wear. somewhat travel-stained, a little
damp. weak in the Joints. but still worth
something as a curiosity? In case a
purchaser can be found for such a fleet.
we would like to proclaim on behalf Of
the Spanish nation. in a double-leaded
top of column, next To pure reading
matter one OF voice that uch a fleet
is for sale. and particulars can be had
by applying to the head of the Spanish
naval department., address spain. Eu-
rope"
The Spanish government wishes to
put up. to the highest bidder. the fleet
that an admiral OF ours named Dewey
was so thoughtless as 10 send to the
bottom OF Manila bay. purchaser To do
his own trucking. The Spanish govern
ment Is very particular to impress this
latter point upon prospective buyers.
The dons win not undertake to deliver
the purchases. as they think by the
time the feet is raised to the top OF
the Manila waters and made fit 10 float
TO the destination appointed by the
purchaser the purchase money might
have vanished i'm expense. The goods
are described in the catalogue as fol-
lows:
Reina Christina. $3.50 tons displace-
ment, 10 uns. no definite Information
o~btainable as to her condition, but IL is
not thought that she can be gotten to
the top in any other shape than hat
of a demoralized mass of junk. for the
reason that besides the thoughtless
damage done directly by the guns of
the American warships. her magazine
blew up and seriously disarranged her
internal machinery. ON these accounts
the Spanish government, wishing to
play fair with the bidders. offers her
as old metal and will be glad to start
the bidding at 10 pesetas on behalf OF
n Spanish Royal junk yard, which IL
s. the young kings hobby to see kept
well stocked with secondhand naval
material
The Castillo. a 3.342-ton vessel of 20
guns. is added to the catalogue as a
matter of form. because she once be-
ionged to the fleet that Dewey sunk.
The bidding in this case will be started
very DIV. In fact. IL is probable that
the Castillo will be thrown In free with
h other ships purchased. The Cas-
tilla was a wooden ship. and It is
doubtful IL more of her can be recov-
cred than will make a good sized bon
FIRE. IL is thought. however. that her
guns might he worth something as old
metal. provided the action OF the waters
of Manila bay has not melted them. 1t
f. known that they were OF very soft
and yielding material. At the Manila
fight IL was deemed advisable not 10
fire them too often for fear they would
damage the wooden ship. which was
not accustomed 10 violence and had
always been envelOped in a macintosh
in wet weather to prevent her catching
cold.
The Nelasco. LIE tons. seven guns,
Will have TO be taken on speculation.
All that is known Is that she was sunk.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
new TRANS7eONHNENTALL LINE

Is J. J. Hill. the railroad magnate.
me nan who looks Tx the ranic wiz
ard Of the last few months OF h nine
teenth century. taking the first steps
20 build up a new transcontinental line
OF the iron horse?" Wall street says
no. and laughs scornfully at the idea.
But, then. Wall street is apt to laugh
s~cornfully at matters of this kind.
never seeing a new shuttle of the cards
until the deal has heen made. The
streets" outspoken disbelief is. there
fore, not conclusive. Moreover. IL is. in
sts way. somewhat corroborative. For
she banker and inancier who knows q
thing or two about certain propositions
s. the last to acknowledge IL.
At all events a new tranScontinenta1
road. IN a possibility. Some. say that
this il the only logical explanation of
Mr.. Hills recent action. The undis-
puted fact Is that he and his friends.
p. ID. Armour, Marshall Field and Nor
man b. Ream. all cool and shrewd mill
lionatree, have combined. put $40. 900. 900
into the struggling Baltimore e. Ohio.
How much more they have put into this
railroad, long in the throes of "reor-
~ganixation.' or how much more they
are going to put In Is not KNOWN. Inc
ten million is certain, however.
Misfortune has long attended the b..
& o. Once. in the early days of Robert
Garrett. II was a prince of railroads.
Founded in 1927, IL was one of the pion-
GERS OF steam transportation. Balti-
more, from whose 'magnates a great
deal of the necessary money came,
wsxed prosperous over the good times.
But the pendulum began to swing the
other way. The road got into greater
and yet greater difficulties. Receivers
were appointed. The famous line of
rails was practically bankrupt.
II resisted all attempts at resuscita-
ton. Money was poured into IL like
water. IN without avail. "B. g. o. re-
organization plans" became current
jokes of Wall street. With i'll luck
clinging 10 IL the old road staggered
along. defaulting on its interest charg-
es. less and less a success.
This Is a brief outline of the troubles
of the Baltimore a. Ohio owe a period
of several years. Little confidence was
felt in it's rehabilitation. though the
value OF it's franchises was conceded.
Suddenly -four men come out Of the
West and without a word buy Il. a O.
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the o out Of h receivers hands.
nj II would take ten millions more
TO put the b. q o. or It's feet is the gist
OF a recent Official opinion. Moreover.
the directorate Is not harmonious and
can accomplish little. The old Garrett
interest contends with the new blood of
j. Pierpont Morgan and those asso-
ciated with him. Little progress In the
reorganization has been made for a
long time. Controlling. j. J. Hill might
be able to do much: as a simple direc-
tor he can accomplish little in radical
change Of policy.
II seems evident that the b. & o.
cannot stand lone. With what will or
should IL combine then? In J.. j. Hills
ownership of the Great Northern and
his entry into the field of Baltimore &
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
POOR PAY FoR HARD Toll.
Statistics Tell why Coal Miners Try Des
perateIy to Better Their Lot.

avn WY @ooh ~ y Dt0
perateIy to Better Their Lot.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The masses of statistics in the report
of state officials are not inviting to the
general reader. but some of the figures
In the report of the state mine inspec-
tor just published are suggestive.
From the returns made to the Office
IL is gathered that the average time
worked in 1897 was 1904 days. or less
h a half the number of working days
I'm the year. The average daily wages
during the time worked was $1.27, but
taking the year through the average
amount actually received was but s1a
per month, which was nearly $3.50 per
month less than was received in either
of the two preceding years.
The lower average in 1897 was due to
h long strike caused by the endeavor
of the miners to get better pay. While
there was a partial advantage gained
I'm the rate of pay. there was an actual
loss in the moun received.
Taking the rate Of the two years pre-
ceding, g. when the average monthly
earning was s1s.47, II will be seen that
the return to the working miner for
his hard toll was m~iserably poor and it
is not to be wondered at that he should
make desperate efforts to better his
lot. But the Ohio miner Is, as a rule,
i'm better condition than his Pennsyl-
vania fellow laborer In the coal mines.
Competition among the operators
sometimes forces the price of coal down
and every person naturally wants to
get hts fuei at the lowest possible rates.
but the shave in prices to the con-
sumner cuts off a slice from the none too
large loaf OF bread on the seantily fur
nished table OF the miner. The con-
sumner gains at the cost of the producer.
and IL Is a serious question whether
the community at large is benefited or
injured in the end.
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rHE ANACoNDA sTANDARD: SUNDAY NoRN1Ne. ocroBER q. 1898.

dence. of possibilities. Some men who
look longer and more shrewdly say that
they can see quite a different thing:
that the suggestion of a new route
from the atlantic to the Pacific seems
feasible. and that j. ]. Hill OF st. Paul
has the tools and the right OF way.
No man Of prominence will consent
to be quoted on such a topic of m
portance. OF course. The street might
be hunted over and every fnancier OF
position would blandly disclaim any
knowledge or opinion on the subject.
But there is still an undercurrent of
feeling that there is something in IT,"
Shrewd men. these thinkers say do not
invest millions without some plan in
their minds. especially In a losing en-
terprise.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16

Ohio the signs Of the e railroad from
shore to shore are seen.
n Great Northern Is a pet of Mr..
Hill and has opened up brilliantly the
new section Of Northern country. 1t
came into existence in 1890. leasing the
81. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba for
sss years. Now its main line runs from
81. Paul to Westminster. British Co
lumbia. a distance Of 1.790 miles. and
Its branch trackage makes the whole
4.55y miles. A fine feet of Pacific
steamers have their terminus at VAN
couver Gust across the river from
Westminster). Other cities of the Pa
cihc coast directly reached are Seattle
and Tacoma The tracks. low grade
and therefore profitable to operate (by
o grade" Is meant a plain. straight
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16

IL Is the day of great railroad plans.
OF combinations wherein economies can
De practiced. and why not then a new
transcontinental route? Particularly
IN the hands Of a man who has risen
from absolute poverty TO h greatest
success. who has been trium-
phant I'm every enterprise. and who al
ready mas a railroad half way across
the continent.
SUCH a new route may not come to-
day or Tomorrow, the wiseacres say.
II seems certain that IL is destined
20 appear
SO badly Is the Baltimore a. Ohio of
as II stands to-day. alone. that the &c.,
OoO.OOO which Hill and his friends are
said TO have paid in would hardly be
sufficient for the reorganization, to get
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-16
~sANTiAco's SERVANTS.
Not Quite Perfection, and with a Pecu-
liar style of Dress.

haF StNtg VI q
Our servants match the kitchen TO a T.
says a writer in the ST. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. They are elderly nogresses. with
families OF their own, and. like mother
birds. they nightly convey 20 the home
nest every morsel of food not carefully
locked up I'm the wardrobe. Their every
day costume is distinctive. II not appro-
pirate. IL consists of a single voluminous
white skirt. very short in front and trail
ing far behind. with n low-necked bodice
and short. pulled sleeves. leaving the
skinny arms bare to the shoulder. The
front OF the corsage Is deliberately en-
broidered and secured by "A string at the
top, tied so loosely. IL tied at all. that a
strip Of bare bronzed back stands con-
fessed to the waist line. n woolly
heads. gray with the weight OF years. are
topped with gaudy turbans; the bare feet
are thrust into slippers OF white canvas,
and when my lady walks abroad she COW
ers her gaping back with a bedraggled
white silk shawl Both women consider
themselves monuments of virtuous indus
try In consenting TO lend a helping hand
to las A~mericanas. for could they not. like
all their neighbors. be well fed without
work so long as Cuban relief supplies
hold out? But they are not injuring their
constitutions by hard labor. When not
sitting I'm the front windows smoking Gig
arettes and gossiping with friends outside.
their aimless siipshod feet go slapping
about the marble floors. like the stars.
'unhasting yet unresting.' The slow. mo-
notonous slap, slap. slap of those heelless
slippers so wears upon the nerves hat
one INDUCES In strange flights OF fancy as
to what might accelerate their move
ments. Should the seven angels OF Apoc-
alypse. carrying the seven golden walls
filled with wrath. heralded by trumpet
notes and wrapped about with awful
glory. come knocking some fine day at
our front door. slap.slap. would go those
same slow feet to admit them.
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An Effect In Ejaculation.

He kissed her:
And swift through her soul went a thrill
As a demon delicious
That by force of its will
Might lift her from earth
ON the wings of n sigh
And set every heart throb
On fire In the sky.
ale kissed her:
sac gasped for a moment. surprised.
And murmurcd:
Gee whlz, am 4 hobsonized?'
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to the extent OF ten millions. When
questioned about this they say IL was
simply an investment. that they have
no idea Of getting control OF the road.
hat they have never thought Of a
transcontinental. that they may help
and advise in the railroads re~organiza-
ton. but that that will be all.
Wall street seems To accept this
statement. regardless of visual evil
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-01-26
MILES ALLEN CoNFEssEs.
Says Charles Hierst Made Forged Cheol
and He Passed Them

Says Charlie. Hierst Made Forged Cheeks
and lie Passed Them.
In the attachment suit OF X. l.. Wash
burn n Co vs. Charles X. Hierst, Justice
Ribble yesterday gave Judgment In favor
OF the plaintiff for &6l cash aud the
goods which the defendant had bought
and paid for by his bogus check for t76.
These consisted OF hat and two pairs OF
shoes.
Judge Lee represented the plaintiff
and Felix Lester and WycOtf Il Moore
the defendant. The defendants made the
same points which they had used In the
case OF Weinman Il LewinsOn VI Miles
Allen, and also enforced them with some
new arguments not used In the former
case, but the court held that the plaintiff
was entitled 20 the money and goods out
OF which they had been defrauded.
Miles Allen has made a sworn confes.
sion 10 the peace officers In this county
in which he states that In the Co partner
ship existing between himself and Mr.
Hierst, the latter looked after the crea-
tion OF the checks while Allen had charge
OF the passing OF the same. He says thai
they started out FROM Salt Lake City.
Utah, and worked their way 10 New Mex
leo. passing fraudulent checks at the diff
ferent towns along the route Of their
travel at which they stopped for recrea
tion and rest.
Il Is understood that both OF these
criminals will plead guilty when arraign.
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