The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-12-03

gate of the Woman's International
League of Peace in an effort to
bring the war to close, taken the
credit of influencing Spain to sue
for peace. Miss Schley has pub.
listed some correspondence with
Spanish statesmen as proof of her
claim.
Gold Bible Hill, the mound where
Joseph Smith, the founder of the
Mormon faith, claims to have dug
up, under divine direction the gold
en- plates on which were inscribed
the Mormon Bible, is situated on
the farm of Admiral Sampson, near
Palmyra N. Y. The Mormons tried
to buy the mound in 1898 to erect
upon it memorial chapel, but the
Admiral refused to SELL
Three tramps applied at the home
of Andra Shackleford in Decatur
County, Ca, for food. Mrs. Shack
leford, who was alone, could only
give them bread. This angered
the men, and Mrs, Sha ckleford be-
came frightened and ran away.
The three tramps then set fire to
the house and the three Shackle-
ford children were burned to death.
Albert Ham, farmer, of West
Dresden, Me-, has an apple tree in
his orchard which measures 8 feet
10 inches in circumference, | foot
from the ground, and at the height
OF = feet the trunk branches into
four limbs almost as large. The tree
ia over century old, and has borne
we'll each year for the forty. seven
1t has been in Mr.. Hams possess
sion. One year 1t gave him forty
three bushels of good apples.
In the decree at Madrid accept
ing the resignation of Blanco as
Captain General of Cuba, the Queen
Regent eulogized the zeal, intelli-
gence and loyalty" with which he
had fulfilled his functions.
The torpedo boat Davis, con-
tructed at the Wolff & Zwicker iron
works, of Portland, Ore, has had
her official trial on the Columbia
' River. She made an average speed
of 231a knots an hour, full knot in
, excess of requirements.
At Maeheim, Pa, little Ella Y.
Rambler, onlH 10 years old was mar
ried last Thursday. She is the
/ youngest to be married in the coun.
, ty under the new license law. Her
: mother and grandmother were each
under IA years old when married.
f Mrs. Susan Sanders, aged 107
j, years, died last Wednesday in the
house in which she was born, on
: Chucky River, in Walauga Valley,
Tenn. She was relative of John
Sewer, first governor of Tennessee,
add possessed many souvenirs Of
the battle of Kings Mountain.
A dispatch from Santiago says
that the suspicion is general among
Cubans that the Interior motive
among Americans Is the possession
of Cuba. The property owners and
better classes favor annexation, but
it is condemned by the common
people and Cuban soldiers.
: The disasterous prairie fire in the
. Indian Territory has been brought
! to an abrupt stop by heavy rains
The fire started two weeks ago In
the Chickasaw and Chocktaw Ma
8 toni, and it is estimated that prop
q erty valued at $25O,OOO has beer
r destroyed. An area of seventy-fiv,
square miles has been burned over
y OF the 1,5OO,O74 bushels of whea
9 in st. Louis elevators, 100000 bush
o els, or nearly one-half Of the tota
3 stock, has been sold for immediat,
n shipment, and will be loaded out a
fast as possible.
Z. 1t is proposed by officials of tn
k War Department to organize regi
d ments to be composed entirely o
n Cubans, except the three pricipa
y officers, for service in Cuba.
" 1t is said that the Emperor G
China is unable to walk unassiste,
' and it is believed in well informe,
=. circles that the end of his life
10 near.
Is An official dispatch received i
to Madrid from Manila stated that tn
er Americans had landed 1000 re-er
i'd forcements in the PHILIPPINES,
Complete returns of the casua
ties of the Santiago campaig
q show: Killed, % officers and %
V men: wounded. 1O2 officers an