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The times., 1898-11-08
PASTOR STRANGELY MISSING.
Disappear. just before He Was to
Preach His First Sermon.

Portland. Me, Nov. THE police of
this city are searching for the Rev.
George e. Nichols. of New Haven. Conn.
who mysteriously disappeared from Saeo.
where he was, to have preached his first
sermon yesterday pastor Of the Main
Street Baptisn Church.
Mr.. Nichols arrived in Saco Saturday
night and was eniSytaineG at the house
of David Tuxburt. Sunday morning.
while taking breakfast with the family.
he unceremoniously left the table. took
his hat and started toward Portland lie
was traced to Dunston. and there Mr..
Tuxbury lost track OF the pastor and was
obliged TO carry to the church the dis
appointing news that the new pastor
would not preach.
Mr.. Nichols walked to Portland. and
from here telsgraphed his wife that he
would return Immediately to New Haven.
To the clerk of the Saco church he sent
this message: Am better: shall return
home"
1t is believed the nervous excitement
consequent upon his preparation for NOV
ing his family and beginning his pastoral
labors in a new field caused temporary
mental arrangement.
The times., 1898-11-08
RuMoRs OF A BEER TRUST.
Plan. on Foot In New York and Phil
adelphia.

a0e1ph1u.
New York, Nov lit is reported in
New York that movement is on foot to
consolidate all the large breweries N New
York and Philadelphia, thus forming a
beer trust, which, 1t $ es.imatei wo:ld
have a capital of at least $50. 0G0 ooc ard an
annual output of about 100000 barrels of
beer. John F. BetZ, a wealthy Pt.iedei-
phia brewer, who has lately acquired the
old David Yuengling brewery, Mt Ar.ster-
dam Avenue and Manhattan Street, New
York, is, 1t was reported, the organizer of
the scheme.
The story was that this cons otidatiun
was designed to Offset The action OF the
Wine, Beer and Liquor Dealers Associa-
tion, who, on account of the action of the
brewers in saddiing the entire war tax
on the retailers. have recently purchased
site and are about to erect a brewery
of their own. They have already organ
lied the Central Brewing Company.
c. j. Warner, secretary of the New
York Lager Beer Brewers Board of
Trade. which includes in its membership
all the largest brewers in New York.
Brooklyn, Jersey City. and Newark, said
yesterday that the consolida ton proposed
would only take in the Philadelphia brew
cries.
None of the. big New York brewers
will go into IT, he said, except Mr..
Betz. He will probably get one or two
Of the smaller firms here AS for the
Central Brewing Company when it is full
ly organized and begins to make beer
we will welcome 1t in the Board of
Trade"
The times., 1898-11-08
THE NAVAL ACADEMY.
OfHcers ON Duty-Cndcts Who We're
I'm the War.


Annapolis, Md, Nov. IA new officers
directory. showing the residences of Off
GERS stationed at the Naval Academy is
out. OF the seventy-eight officers on du-
ty at the academy tifty-nine reside with
in the academy walls, while nineteen live
in Annapolis. the marine quarters have
been torn down to make room for an ar
mory
Cadets who served in the late war are
proud of their records. Several of the
first class occupied important positions as
watch officers and were intrusted with
other responsibilities. Some of the third
classa,en were also in evidence on the
auxiliary cruisers.
The auxiliary cruiser Gloucester, now
at Al napolls, will be useful for the prac-
tical instruction cf cadets in rapid-firing
gun drills and TO- dispatch duty during
the year 1t is stated the Mayfower may
came TO the Naval Aoademy after awhile
for Use of the cadet engineers. Turreted
monitors could re used. it IS said, to
great advantage 1rr practical instruction
of naval cadets.
Saturday night reception vas held
aboard the auxiliary cruiser Gloucester in
honor OF Lieut.. Com. Richard Wainwright
and ether officers who were aboard the
gallant ship in the memorable light at
Santiago. The reception was given by
Ensign Thomas. who has been IN charge
since Lieut. Com. Wainwright assumed
chang sc of ships at the Naval Academy
last week
The times., 1898-11-08
ST. LOUIS cURFEw LAW.
Thousand. of Children Must Suffer
II the Measure Is Signed.

H thc 4MGdSuTe ~ SAHhCus
st. Louis. Nov. 7-When the curfew
law goes into effect, which 1t probably
will in two weeks. and the mayor un-
doubtedly will sign the ordinance, che
one thousand policemen in the city will
have imposed upon them the additional
some 10000 children. between the ages
of three and fifteen years. They will
have to cover a territory embracing
sixty-seven square miles.
In the tenement districts children are
as thick as oysters in fruitful bay.
and they do not get indoors at O'Clock
in winter or at Q o clock in summer the
hours specified in the bill after which
the kids must make themselves scarce
in the streets.
The youngsters roam about at will in
the parks, public places. alleys and
streets of the town. and St Louis
youngsters are not remarkable for their
docility. either.
The House of Refuge is full. and
there will be no place in which to i'm
prison the little ones. in case they are
arrested and fail to pay their S fine.
Nine o'clock in summer in the crowd
ed tenement districts is usually oppres-
sively hot indoors. and even those dis
posed to stay inside must keep in the
open to prevent sufrocation. They will
not be allowed on river excursions, and
this will be another evil wrought on
them.
When the fire alarm rings they must
be off to their homes or to the police
station, and the chances now are that
the accommodations at the various Gala
booses will be taxed severely.
The times., 1898-11-08
WILD MAN RESUMES BUSINESS.
His Appearance at Winsted This
Time for Political Purposes.

His Appearance at Winsted This
Time for Political Purposes.
Winsted. Conn, Nov. THE Wild man
has broken loose again. He is said to be
hurdling madiy over northwestern Con-
necticut. soaring people out of a years
growth
The Winsted wild man has grown gray
in the service He has been professional
bugaboo for years, and a hard working
conscientious one. Not one reflection
upon his character has ever been made
until now.
But it has shown that no mans char
acter is above accusation. James p
Glynn says there is no wild man, that he
is a myth that has been practicing upon
the credulity of the people.
He gives that out straight as his opin-
ion. But he hedges. He says that If there
is wild man he isn't doing business this
year, and that the yarn was Started by
Democratic campaign managers who
hope to frighten voters into staying at
home on election day.
But" says McGlynn, who is the town
committeeman, "the bluff will not work.
There are twenty Republicans living in
the neighborhood where the wild man Is
said to have his lair. We will see that
they are protected. we VIII carry inc
voters TO the polls in carriages and under
the protection Of armed men. We viii
leave men TO guard their homes while
they are away
On the other hand, the Democrats jeer
at McGiynn. They intimate that man
who would cast reflections upon a wild
man. even going to the extent of declar-
ing that he has no real existence, Is
bound to suffer from it. The Democrats
are firmly of the conviction that the wild
man is doing business at the same old
stand and that he has grown wilder and
fiercer than ever. The majority of peo-
pie agree with them.
John G. Hall, who drives the overland
stage from Sandisfield, Mass, to Win
sted has seen the wild man twice. Fred
erick French has seen him once. Hail
SAYS that the horses were thrown into
wild fright when they saw the wild man
His matted hair and long beard, his long
fur overcoat and blue overalls and the
rags tied around his neck made him a
most uncanny spectacle.
When Hall saw him he appeared to be
irving to hide something in his bosom.
The wild man was seen near CoieorooK,
and the neighborhood is much alarmed.
He is now said to be as terrible as the
famous burbling Bandersnatch who
roamed in the tolgy wood.
The times., 1898-11-08
RESIGNS TO AVOID cENsURE.
Lieutenant Took Part in Play, and
Court-Martial Was Imminent.

Portsmouth. N. H, Nov. Word
comes from Washington that Lieut.. F. A.
Kinne, of the Marine Corps, who was pro-
NOTED from the ranks for gallantry dur
ing the war, will be honorably discharg-
ed, having rendered his resignation. This
is a sequel of his appearance at local
theater with a detachment of marines
and participating in the play Lieut..
Col Meade, commandant at the marine
barracks promptly restricted Kinne's lib
erty and made charges against him to
the effect that he encouraged a detaoh-
ment of marines to leave the yard with
their sidearms and accouterments to par
ticipatc in a performance at a music hall.
A sergeant and corporal who participat-'
ad in the affair have been reduced to the
ranks, and the rest of the detachment.
about thirty. have been punished by be-
irg deprived of liberty. 1t is supposed
that Kinne would have been court-mar
tailed and been censured at least If he
had not resigned.
The times., 1898-11-08
RIDIcULING A MONUMENT.
Bad Treatment of the Dodge Statue
in New York.

IN New YORK.
New York, Nov 7-Churchgoers who
went through Herald Square yesterday
morning looked askance at the Dodge stat
ne, for or its head was an ornament that
seemed to violate the most sacred canons
of art. There was an anachronism some
where. The headgear which the statue
wore was of recent pattern, although
somewhat the worse for wear. 1t did not
comport with the clothing which envel-
oped the figure. 1t was a silk hat with
the beaver surface rubbed the wrong
way, and it had peculiar tip over the
right eye which was not seemly To be-
hold The angle is often observed in
Broadway.
The critical wondered what had become
of the Municipal Art Society. that such
an act Of vandalism could be permitted.
A man who had found the lees of the
wine cup sweet looked at the silk tile
oscillating upon the benevolent brow, held
out his hand, as If in mute sympathy
and then passed on.
Those who attended worship in the
Broadway Tabernacle, across the way
were shocked at the sight of that reckless
headgear and passed by on the other side
Rufus. the wanderer, who sat on the
classic seat near the shadow of the phil
anthropist. blinked at the daylight and at
the benign presence SO strangely crowned
There were many inquiries Of the police
men as to the meaning of the new decora-
don. No one knew whence the hat had
come. for the wind blows where It lists
about Herald Square and vagrant fancies
produce weird results in the Tenderioin
on Saturday night The hat listed, too
listed until 1t almost fell upon the phil
anthropist's shoulders. and gave forth
suggestions of a wide OPEN city.
The night closed In. the street lamps
glowed and the hat was still there
The times., 1898-11-08
BOLD BANK ROBBERS.
Citizens. Bound and GaEged, Witne,
Their Work nj RfchfCrd, VT,


Their Work at RichfGrd, VT.
Richford. VT. Nov. Three men blew
open the vault to the Richford Savings
Bank and Trust Company yesterday morn
ing and. while they only succeeded In se-
curing $500 in stamps. they escaped de-
lection by capturing two passers-by and
holding them prisoners until they had
made five unsuccessful attempts to open
the inner safe, which contained q large
sum.
The thieves were discovered by w. P.
Greens, who was passing the bank build
ing and heard a suspicious noise. Greens
went up to the window and peered into
the banking-rOoms. but before he realized
what was going on he was seized by
two of the men and dragged into the
building A gag was quickly placed in his
mouth and then he was bound hand and
foot to a chair, while one of the thieves
stood over him with a drawn revolver.
Scarcely had the work of securing
Greens been completed when the thieves
discovered another citizen gazing In
through the window. The second man
proved to be James Taylor, and with
the same rapidity he was also pounced
upon, gagged and bound TO chair De-
side Green's
The attempt ON the inner safe. which
had been interrupted by Greens and
Taylor, was resumed. and five charges
of fine gunpowder were blown into the
cracks of the safe and ignited, but stih
the steel withstood. The two prisoners
In the chairs saw every part of the
proceedings, but were powerless to in
terfere.
1t was an hour or more before the
thieves gave up their attempt on the
stout little inner safe, and were obliged
to be satisfied with the contents OF the
weaker boxes. which contained only
postage and revenue stamps. All three
| then departed noiselessly and drove out
of town In a carriage going toward the
Canadian border.
Greens and Taylor finally liberated
themselves and gave the alarm. A
posse was at once formed, and all day
| the surrounding country has been
| searched without the slightest trace of
the three men. 1t may be possible that
they succeeded in boarding the Canadian
| Pacific train for Montreal.
| The inside of the vault was badly
wrecked by the explosions. The damage
will amount to 5000.
The times., 1898-11-08
Suicide of n Farmer.

Petersburg, Va. Nov. 7--Mr. Patrick
Robinson, one of the best-known farmers
in Sussex County. committed suicide at
his home near Hilda. The deed was COM
mitted with double-barreled shotgun,
the muzZle of which the suicide paced
under his throat and then pulled the
trigger with one of his toes. The death
OF his son. which occurred about a year
ago. and which has preyed upon his
mind is believed to have caused him to
kill himself.
Robert Trainham. a young man who at
tempted to shoot and kill his wife in
Nottoway County on the 18th of Septem-
ber last has been convicted and SEN
fenced to eight years in the penitentiary.
The times., 1898-11-08
WILD PRAISE OF THE KAISER.
Sultan's OmciaI Organ Goes Into Ec-
stasies Over William.

Sultan's OmciaI Organ Goes Into Ec-
stasies Over WfIliam.
Constantinopie. Nov. 7.-The editor of
the Servet, the official organ of the Sui
tan, INDUCES In wild praise of Emperor
William and heaps upon him all the COM
bined virtues of the great men an1 he
roes in the worlds history. In the course
of his eulogies the Turkish editor in
duiges in the following characterizatIons:
''The young Emperor, who honors the
Ottoman Empire by his second visit, is
one OF the most remarkable features OF
the century. History shows no stronger
BILE in period of generas tendency to
dead-levei uniformity.
1T is difficult to classify the young
Kaiser. He unites the enthusiasm and
faith Of the Middle Ages and the steady
perseverance Of the captains of ancient
Rome. He is an epitome of every age,
combination of every talent.
interested in every art and science, he
is also a specialist in numerous branches.
He Is soldier in the true sense of the
word and peerless dfplomatist.
I'm addressing a Frenchman II Is with
purity of diction that is astonishing.
HE. Is both painter and author. He
can design ships. compose orchestral
scores and work out military plans.
THE German army owes much to him:
its navy is indebted to him for its exist
ence. 1t has only taken him ten years to
make 1t one of the best in Europe.
LAS horseman he outdistances all his
escorts. and his yachts win prizes every
where.
His friendship is as strong as his iron
constitution"
AS the result of representations made
by the German embassy the Sultan has
given orders for the most vigorous pur-
suit and punishment of all the Kurds who
participated in the attack and robbery of
the German exploration party under the
leadership of Prof. Belck.
Some of the guilty parties have already
been arrested. and part of the money and
property stolen has been recovered The
report that the professor had been killed
is not true. He was dangerously wound
ed. and his life despaired of for a time
He is under medical treatment at Van
and he has dictated a personal letter of
thanks to the Sultan for the attention
shown him.
The times., 1898-11-08
Bold Daylight Robbery.

Chester, Pa, Nov. IA most daring
and successful robbery was committed at
the home of Col. F. G. Sweeney, AIS East
Broad Street, this city. yesterday by two
sneak thieves. The men had the house of
Col. Sweeney spotted" and after the de-
parture of the family, who paid a visit
to some relatives near by, the men boldly
assembled the steps of his residence and
rang the bell and asked the servant to
be admitted under the pretense of look
ing at the electric lights. The servant re-
fused them admittance, but the men
pushed her aside and entered, stealing a
gold watch and diamond hat pin valued
at $500 There is no clew
The times., 1898-11-08
DIED.

RUFFIN-Departed this life on Sunday. No
vember o, 1865. al as a. m, JOHN RUFFIN.
the beloved son OF Willis and Margaret Rufin,
aged 33 years, months
Funeral from Zion Baptist Church. Tuesday
November s. at O'Clock Friends and relatives
invited TO attend
Every year the Father calleth
Some loved one TO endless rest
And the heart, tho filed with anguish.
Can but CRY. He knoweih best.
1t MOTHER
J0NES-on Sunday, November 8. at a M,
EDWIN THOMAS JONES, at No. 2245 Thirteenth
Street northwest
Funeral Tuesday morning November g, at 10:3O
o'clock. from St. Pauls Church, of Fiji
teenth and V Streets northwest Interment at
Norfolk, Va. II
MANGAN-Departed this life Saturday, Novem-
Der 5, at 10 a. m, MAURICE, the beloved hus-
band of Mary Aangzn (nee PAIN, native Of
County Kerry. Ireland.
Funeral will take place from his late residence.
S0i ST. sw., Tuesday. November s, at $50
O'Clock a. m. thence to ST. Dominic's Church,
where high requiem mass will be said for the
repose of his soul. Relatives and friends are
spectiusly invited TO attend
(Pittsburg and Philadelphia papers please eopy)
Item
The times., 1898-11-08
safe Crack.men at W,rk.

Shippensburg, Pa, Nov. 7.-Robbers
some time Saturday night broke into the
carriage factory of Nofisker & Gish,
where they secured tools from the black
smith shop, and later entered the office
of the firm. and the safe being unlocked
TOOK from it the cash box, containing a
numbe- of notes and other valuable pa
pers They next succeeded in gaining an
entrance to the office OF w. A. Lutz &
Co., clothing manufacturers, where they
knocked the handles off the safe and at
tempted to drill 1t, but were evidently
frightened off before they succeeded in
blowing il open.
The times., 1898-11-08
GENERAL YoUNG's MEN.
The Corps VIII Start for Southern
Camps Wednesday.

Camps Wednesday.
Camp Meade. Pa. Nov. THE general
movement of the Second Corps will begin
on Wednesday with a shipment to Allan
ia, Ga. of the Thirty-ffth Michigan. The
20lst New York will leave on Friday for
Spartansburg. S. c., and the Third Con-
necticut on Thursday for Summerville. n.
C. The four Pennsylvania regiments will
hardly get away before the latter part of
the month. One of them will probably
be retained here to guard the Government
property. Maj Gen Young went to
Washington yesterday afternoon to ask
Secretary Alger to retain his command
until he is ready for them in the West
Indies
A recruiting Office will be opened in
Harrisburg to recruit the reserve ambu-
lance corps up to $50 before the move
ment to Cuba begins. Fifty men from the
Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment. who were
transferred to the Hospital Corps.
have been relieved. and are to be muster
ed out A detail from the Fourteenth
Pennsylvania Regiment has gone to Sum-
merville. and a company from the Fifth
to Athens, Ga, to prepare the camps.
The times., 1898-11-08
UNDERTAIkERs
Railroad Company has been settled out

Railroad Company has been settled out
of court.
A pleasant entertainment was held at
Lyceum Hall tonight, the occasion being
a reception rendered to Rev. H ]. Cut
ter, pastor of St. Mary's Church, who re-
Gently returned from a visit 10 his old
home in Ireland. At the conclusion of
well-arranged program, the guests par
took of a banquet.
The members of the Brotherhood of St
Andrew, of this city, are considering the
advisability of holding the next State
convention of the order in Alexandria
The services to be held in the audi
torium of the Railroad Reading Rooms to-
morrow night will be conducted by Rev.
T. P. Revelle. of the Methodist Protestant
Church.
The second quarterly conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church was held to-
night.
The Alexandria Art School, Miss Cath
arine Critcher principal. reopened in Pea
body Hall tonight.
A building is in course of erection at
Sheridan's Point which viii comfortably
house 10 men.
Cards are out for the marriage of DR..
Thomas ]. Kirkpatrick. U. s. A. and Miss
Mary Bryant, daughter of Capt. Herbert
Bryant. which will take place at st
Pauls Church on November %.
The times., 1898-11-08
OBITUARY NOTES.
Mrs, Sarah A. Cur.on.

Toronto, Ont, Nov. THE noted Cana
dian author and poetess. Mrs. Sarah A.
Curzon. died here today. She was
contributor to Goodwin Smiths magazine
and to American. Canadian and British
periodicals She wrote Canadian drama
of thrilling interest few years ago.
called Laura. Secord." taking the name
of a heroine of 1872, who walked all night
through the woods from the Niagara
frontier to Stony Creek, near Hamilton.
to notify THE Canadians of the approach
of the American forces, driving a cow
before her Ito, divert suspicion. Mrs.
Curzon came from Birmingham, England,
and was 65 Years of age.
The times., 1898-11-08
Forcer May BE a Baron.

Nevada, Mo-. Nov. 7.-Chief of Police
Carver feels certain that Horace Hardy.
alias Henry Thomas, arrested for forg-
ing the name of Barney Myers, promi-
nent farmer, to an order on the Nevada
Milling Company for SIS. is Baron Rio
phile Clement Ignatiewitch Prezelenski,
who is wanted In Russia for embezzle-
ment. His personal appearance seems to
tally with the description Of the Russian.
The prisoner appears to be an educated
man. When questioned he became high
" enraged.
The times., 1898-11-08
THE TROUBLE AT PANA.
Started by Negro AssnuItfng a
Union Miner.

Pana. ILL.,. Nov. THE trouble yester-
day afternoon started between a union
miner named Boyle and a negro miner.
The negro threatened to kill Boyle. and
rushed at him. Boyle knocked him down
The negro got up, and the two men ex-
changed shots. Boyle was wounded in
the leg, but not seriously. The negro
ran into the black settlement, where ne
was REINFORCED by about three other ne
groes They began firing at the whites.
A few of the miners who had guns re-
piled, and shot two of the negroes, one
through the shoulder the other through
the arm. A cry that the soldiers were
coming stopped the fight.
The times., 1898-11-08
Farmer Shot hx Hunters,

Reading, Pa. Nov. 7.-William Hearing,
George Schoelkopf and William Hinkei,
all of about the same age, seventeen
years. were cunning for rabbits in Low
er Heidelburg Township, ABOUT five miles
from this city. They were ordered off the
premises of Augustus Hettinger, and an
alteration occurred in which Conrad
Spatz. employed by Hettinger as farm
hand, was dangerously shot. Hearing
is charged with having done the shooting.
He claims that his gun was accidentally
The lads were arrested.
The times., 1898-11-08
Cuba. Thanksgiving ProcIamatior

Gen. Wood, who has exerted his in
f1uence in bringing order out of confu-
sion in Santiago. has very properly de-
cided that Cubans should join in the Ma
tional Thanksgiving. Gen. Wood will
issue proclamation to the effect that
President Mckinley has set apart No
vember oath as the day, and he. therefore,
will ask the people of the island to OBJ
serve the day. The Americans who are
in Cuba require no reminder of the event
and preparations are being made to be
supplied with turkey and Heurich's Maer-
zen Beer. The Americans in Cuba are not
the only ones who want Heurich's Beer
for their Thanksgiving dinner, as every
body in Washington will supply them
selves with case for that occasion.
The times., 1898-11-08
Deserted to Get Married.

Evansville, Ind. Nov. Frank HON.
putah. member of Troop A, Seventh
Cavalry. is under arrest here on the
charge of desertion- Homputah said he
was to be married on Thanksgiving Day,
and as the officers refused to give him a
furlough he decided to desert. He was
stationed at Fort Thomas. He is Bohe-
mian and has been in the regular ramy for
six years. He lives in Lincoln, Neb.