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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-15
Policeman Round Dead on ais aeat.

Cleveland, O., Dec. y. -Patrolman
Joseph Spurney of tile Third precinct
has been found dead on his beat, in an
alley near the corner of Woodland and
Case avenues. lie was lying in q pool
of blood, with bullet hole through
his brain. His revolver was lying by
his side, with three chambers empty.
The case is shrouded in tho deepest
mystery. Whether no was killed by
burglars or committed suicide is not
known. He was 81 years old, and leaves
a wife and five children.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-15

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. Is. William
Steele was found guilty yesterday of
the charges of conspiracy to misuse the
funds of the Chestnut Street National
Bank, of which he was cashier, and Of
sending false statements as to the con-
dition of the institution Id the comp
troller of the currency. Sentence was
dnfprrnd
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
aTHE FACTS IN THE CASE"

INpER THIS CAPTION THE Democrat preiaees dIus'e
u editorial replying editorial the last issue OF luE ZINES
demanding publication of the report OF the expert employed 10
] # books Secretary and Treasurer OF the Leyee oa
AN editorial in THE TINES of Saturday charges that the Seero
Treasurer OF the Leyee Board retained in office I'M The
~ shortage of over 81 700 We believe THE TIMES Is subject
f libel on the charge Major Montgomery not short ono
e.nf. and win never be short one cent
Vta TIMES objection to one testing the correctness
n is charge by libel suit and shat its position may not be mi,Qn
aeaztaad, it resaes it.
THz TINES charges that the Board Of Mississippi h zee Com
uer- reelected Major Montgomery Secretary Treasurer of
m Board Immediately discovering that d. i his receino
term there had been shortage in his aeeoo" in the same office of
These the naked facts, und puted in Major Montgomerys
communication to the Board md shortage from mappo
PaoH money or dd originate through careeness and remain
undiscovered through rconpetency?
The HINES has expressed and now eerates its belief in the
integrity o Na;or Montgomerv
But Only the experts report show the character of the tram
sseoH whether through mq carelessn land judged by
results taxpayers, is which the Board, by its officer
vaz derived for more than 81 O3 10 its funds which
treasury only when the absence OF the money
detected by expert examination If the errors are OF that
phenomenal kind that could not have been avoided and should not
by competent Official coarge Of both money
I books than year thereafter the experts report VIII
vet though the taxpayers paid handsome sum for printing
meeting Board they told that document so i'm
oH upon the action of the Board and the ehole
OF its officer will not be pubished but they are gwen the PRIV
coming the district to Greenle to examine IT.
THE TIMES criticized being dsruntled because ventures
disapproal the taxpayers of such methods! In H
egds style obseurng the real issue the Democrat mdu&
its ewon taunt the shortage Of the former Secretary w
Treasurer Of the Board General w ferguson The old board
the methods Of which b Board pledged itself to the peopeto reform
did not honor ITS oc err upon the detection OF his shortage WI"
election ut strip ned him of his property, and sent him 1orh II
honorable and obe old Confederate soldier to be Nmderer oPo
the face of he earth
But admitting the worst that be said about the Ferguson ae
ag m This method of defending the Board well suggest u
a Ia e xpsvers-sdoes the fact that we have been IN IN
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
% NORITURI TB SALUTANT."

ORI1CRA TIE sALUT0 In these morntul words spanish
writer aoses dark prophecy OF his country coming
doom. e 4,anls. f +,o
when the condemned turned their last look from the SANDS % Tue
m fine Jess face Of Caesar this wasther saluaon ana rare
well. "Ihe dying salute thee. ~. L.
lf Caesars the face her Judge softened with pity as
~ turns away forever empire once hers and lost through
her own crimes and foIies. e sir
Every dav that passes histories butt tragedy Oh op"n
m dominant picture in great worddrama unfolding before 10
The mistress of the seas; the undputed owner OF the Western "o'
. of wealth: the arbter Of civilization and learning
tr or of power surprising that Of any empire 'ht hS gone
a this and the end the moulnful farewell OF aoono"
and diving land. ,l
A. fT beginning of Of Elizabeth Spain was as muc
Greater than England England of Victoria Is greater lhon '"
~ Ang the 18Th She had rival No monarch OF ne e'f'
was DARING enough dispute her pre-eminence until e Virgin
~ Ean anea the hand and defed the power OF Fhll lS
f regatv empire is the Lear Of nations playing te hns -
crown Of straw the tattered rags OF royal robes ana ~ =
very storm the wind of, adversely can blow
ond that reinqui.hes her hold on the remnants OF er
I'm r will fall in the nertness Of death The shade" o. comma
- Il a, +. over Europe and all the Eastern world "hen IN
.,roee has cleared away and peace daWna again Oh NV
r. win Io nauglt left OF Spain but memorya splendid ns
IFS Mace with wonder tales OF Y-gone empires ana "
@ m orst new the passing gorIes OF tle "oii
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
The First Bale.

The first bale of the crop OF
ls9s was brought into GreenVllle
on Tuesday, August 10th, and
was raised on the Wildwood Plan
tation of the Wilzin Cotton Co.,
which il managed by Mr.. JAo. |.
Sims.
The receipt of the srst bale is an
important event in the business
life of n Southern community. II
means the end of the long vacation
time and the resumption OF the
life and activity Of the Fall and
winter season. Mr.. Sims states
that he will commence picking II
earnest next week; and IN {
! short time every plantation IN th'
tcountv will be u busy scene, an'
Ftbe streets of Greenyille will b.
filled with wagons piled high wit
the staple which, after all, is tn
king and controller of all South
erp products and industries.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

THE Democrat INDUCES III a
GOOD deal of rejoiein" over inc
fact that the credit Of tho Leyee
Board is high, its collections
greater than ever befo e. and Tue
Ieyeas stronger aud b .er ana 'ne
noo ale have more g tidence IN
theIl: but it fails to give honor
for all this comforting state OF AZ
fairs where honor Is cue, VIZ to
General Catchings, whose personal
efforts have made the IeyeeS
strong, bigger crops possible ana
collections consequently greater
The Board uses one dollar out OF
every three ii collects for leVee
building. The Board handles a
GOOD deal Of money, but Catch
ings' appropriations keep up the
Ieyces and make the collection OF
fine boards revenues possible.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

Sol. Brill, Greenyille's leading
cIothier and gents furnisher, will
leave to-day for Eastern markets
for the purpose of selecting his
mammoth Fall and Winter stock,
which he states will undoubtedly
he the largest and most complete
consignment ever received by one
firm in Greenville. He also says
that nothing but first class goods
will be purchased by him, and that
his friends and patrons can rest
assured that they are getting the
best when they buy from him.
An announcement will appear later
of the arrival of these goods, and
an inspection is cordially invited.
/ The establishment of Sol. Brill is
too well known for its reliability
and for the superior quality of
goods handled by it to need espec-
ial mention, but NE wish to say
that whatever Brill sells needs no
guarantee.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

The introduction of this admlra-
BILE method Of lighting promises to
work a revolution in illumination.
Its brilliance and convenience
needs only to be seen to be appre-
dated. while its cheapness, con
trastad with the efficiency of the
Iioht, il one of its most striking
merits. The Peoples Light GO"
Of (freenviIle, of which Mr.;
George Wheatley is President and
Mr. +. A. Metcalfe Secretary,
are owners Of the Kitson Hydro
Carbon incandescent light, and the
we'll known personal character of
4 these officers is ample warrant for
| the reliability of all claims made
! for it. II IS more brilliant than
( electricity. and at the same time
! is cheaper than any other artificial
| LIGHT known. 1t is also
| highly endorsed by insurance
] companies. An examination OF
! the light itself is its best adver-
! tisement. 1t can be seen in ope-
ration at Holzman's cigar store, at
| the new establishment of >. "
| HARRISON & Co., near the \. q M
Nv. Ry. station, and at other places
| in Greenville.
The Kitson system is compar-
atively new discovery, and, while
it is perfect light for stores
; public buildings and large apart
ments, it Is as yet too strong Ton
, small rooms. The invention i
fast being perfected to make i
practicable for lighting dwellings
and its use will doubtless become
general as soon as the light can BE-
? graduated.
, One of its greatest advantage
over electricity and gas is that
can be used in the country, re
l curing no plant for its operation
+. ii will be to the advantage 0
a every one who is interested t
n correspond with the GreenvlIl
company before putting in othe
lights,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
CROPS AND WEATHER.

The weather during the past week
has been warmer than at any Prcyl-'
Gus timeduring the present summer
but has been free from the tor
rental rains which fell with such
frequency during July and the fr't
mart Of August. The effect of dry
weather, however hot, will be i'm
mediatoly noticeable on the grow
inc, crops, although the lsteness
of the season must prevent recu-
peration from the injury already
sustained by cotton, A careful
inquiry elicits the information that
the damage to cotton has been
oyerestimated. On light and
sandy soil the plant has ceased &c
grow, and much shedding and rot
ting is reported, but a conserya
tive estimate places the percentage
of loss much lower than the gen
orally accepted figure. The frs
bale has already made its appear
ance in the GroeuyiiIo market, ans
systematic picking will begin on
o,,o,a, nlan4afiun in the count
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
REVETMENT WORK.

YORK HAS BEEN commenced by the government forces Oh
wv the reyotuen work in front OF the CITY, ana for
tf rurno.e to put it thorough repair After the hgh ~
l @ spring rccaded it discovered that the reVemenl p ,
eei damage, being broken IN many places ~ int at
t MID, struck almost directly against it. The point at
f 54l of Davis street. where very destructive an"
bronx occurred in 1891 was thoroughly repaired last SUMMER %
Tie work uitIsood the water OF 1875 without inc rit,
,r a felt concerning this particular spot and It's security
/. REGARDED with corresponding satisfaction. ,1,o
The rapidly increasing growth Of the city and apPfe'ans @
it's property makes the condition OF ITS river Io IT, IT, ta
r- Of once becomes a cause of active public soIctode. io
been no doubt for some years, and there IS now more eef'aS -
ever, lt e question Of permanent bank Is tne ony NM - ne
;.l l.ro,,iIs development the largest ety IN INC
-t Indeed seems that such is its inevitable destiny
ference TO the condition Of its river 'front.' but the oanN ~
continue to question of the first interest," ana WI" t :
t influence in the citv's growth until the uncertainty L
Settled IJeEer.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

liberty blt domination lhey
desire 10 posses. themselves Of the NJ,
offices and power no" helo ~, ~
t. .eir spanish rulers, and if they
are permitted by the United States
Government to become unres'Fal n,
o1ry poszesscd Of them, they vii, |,
rcneat. ON an exaggerated scale, all
tbe cruelties and apprehension'
Of which the Spaniards have oeei
guilty
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
Notice TO Taxpnyers

Notice is hereby given that the assessment
rolls Of Washington County, Mississippi, are
now on Gle at the Ch1ncery Clerk g office, and
until Monday, August LIST. ls9s, are subject TO
inspection and petition fgT correction by thnse
directing to their individual assessments. At
hat date the Board OF supervisors will hear
objections audmake such corrections as they
Tn. HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

ANOTHER fine store building for
the Main and PoPis'. street corner
is under consider ,tion, to be built
on the northea' It corner. It is CON
identiy asse, tied thai big hotel
and opera house @ill occupy The
Percy 1T before msay months
foil round. Ent Washington
Avenue took to is laHreis,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

Governor McLaurin has beer
talking agaln. His speech was
made at Chester, Miss, and ms
subject was free silver and hts
enemies. Whoever has overheard
the Governor eating pie and greens
with his knife will acknowledge
the power and activity OF bis
laws
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

THE Cubans are evidently good
Mct,aurinites. The London Daily
Telegraph says; Nv hat lhe over
whelming majority desire Is not
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20
DEMOCRATIC TICKET

The soIicitude Of SeeEeta.l
Long for his relative A""..~
samson shows that McLaoanisa
! NOT confined to Mississippi
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-08-20

a has made big gun that has to be WRAPPED Tm i WIRE
4r viii be to invent gun to shoot reel OF oaro VII" u
f 80 aea8jis.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-02-16
Entirely ImDroner.

The G e desires to enter a nro-
test, without prejudice and without
any mixture of the personal element,
against the growing custom of drag
ging our schools and colleges by force
into the whirlpool of party politics.
A beginning of this was made during
the last national campaign, when
speakers of note on either side were
either invited or permitted to address
the pupils of educational institutions
on their own grounds and in their own
assembly rooms.
We observe that this is being reDeat-
ed in Minneapolis at the present time,
when there is even less reason and
less excuse for it. A number of prom
inent leaders of the Silver Democratic
and Populist persuasion are gathered
in that city. They have come to the
Northwest for party purposes, to con-
suit upon the best method of securing
concerted action, and with an eve sin
gle to the conduct CT political cam
paigrS. While on this visit they have
received invitations to make addresses
to the pupils of the East Side high
school, the Central high school and the
university.
We declare this to be highly improper
| on general principles, and without an,
| reference to the persons who are tc
| speak or to the theories which they
are likely to support. We should make
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-02-16

large number Of towns in Southern
Northern Iowa. 1t has been admitted
into Minneapolis, and asks the same
privilege here. All that is stipulated
in our sister city is that per cent CT
the gross earnings should be paid into
the city treasury, and to this the COM
pany offers no objection.
We do not see why there should be
any delay in authorizing this company
to do business here. The monopoly Of
telephone service in st. Paul is already
too complete, and the disadvantage at
which it places US is a matter Of COM
mon comment and criticism. The long
distance company that applied for
permission to operate here some time
ago, connecting st. Paul with cities
outside Of this state and Of the North
west, ran up against an impossible
barrier 1t, too, does business in Min
neapOliS, with the result that a man
wishing to communicate with st. Paul
from one of the large cities of the
South and East by telephone can do so
only through Minneapolis, and the
name of Minneapolis alone appears in
the books of the subscribers. When
the street railway company asks for
an ordinance giving it new and valua-
bic privileges, the members Of the
council tumble over one another in
their haste to comply When a new
business concern proposes to interfere
with the monopoly of telephone serv-
ice, countless objections and theoretical
disadvantages arise in the minds of
the same council; so that, as the end
Of it, all the rights and privileges Of
the telephone company remain unbro-
ken and unimpaired.
In the case of the Minnesota Central
company there is not a single objec-
ton, so far as we have observed, to
granting it the required permission
Telephone communication between st.
Paul and the cities with which it
would connect US will add to the con-
venience Of thousands of people, and
increase materially the business
done between this center and local
points, which can ascertain prices and
send orders without waiting the slow
process of mail transmission. Let the
new company come in, and let every
other applicant for similar privileges
enter, if it demands only reasonable
conditions, until st. Paul has tele-
phone service, both local and long dis
tance, that will compare with the
splendid facilities enjoyed by the peo-
pie of the East, but still practically
unknown and unimagined by US.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-02-16
The Same Old Slogan.

The official heads Of three political
organizations issued yesterday their
addresses to the people in behalf cf
| free coinage and silver monometallism.
This, of course, was the result of a
! concert CT plan, which it is hoped to
carry out once more in a concert of
action. 1t is expected to run the con-
! gressional campaign on the lines of
that of 1896, without regard to the
! event Of that disastrous year, or to the
far less promising outlook for sue
cess at this time.
1t is matter for regret that, if we
are to have the same issue, we could
not at least have something new in
| either material or method These ad-
dresses, on the contrary, are the same
| old sophomore performances. They
| evidence the same hostility toward
facts, and the same verbal fiatulencv.
Thus, we are asked to believe that the
entire decline of prices in the last
quarter Of century is due to "appre-
citation of gold" although we know.
each of us within his own experience,
that substantially the whole of it is
to be credited to invention and i'm
proved processes OF production and
| distribution. Our souls are to be stirred
| again by the conspiracy of demone-
| tiZation, although the history of that
act and the innocence of connection
With it on the part of the money
power are quite as we'll established
| historically as the process out Of which
came the emancipation proclamation.
After this, all is mere defamation
words. sound, wind. 1t is a great pity
that something better cannot be found
to constitute an appeal than an ancient
! alleged extract from q London news
| paper on an occurrence that never
| took place, a garbled and utterly IN
true construction of a monetary re-
port, and the now stale denunciation
of an ''oligarchy'' that has some mys-
terious interest in the gold standard.
| One fault with this style of address is
that it is very foolish. Another is that
! it will not win. Heaven knows that
! the Republican party has given op-
rortunity enough for wise and we'll
ordered opposition to drive a coach
and four through it's majority. We
| fear, from the style and method of
these addresses, that This is about TO
| be thrown awaV
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-02-16

equal emphasis, If it were Mr.. McKin-
ley or Mr.. Carlisle or Gen. Buckner
or Mark Hanna in whose behalf high
school and university pupils were to
be called together as an audience. Our
educational institutions are the proper
ty Of the whole people, and are sup
ported by the whole people. Any at
tempt to link them to the fortunes Of
one party or another, or to entangle
their work with issues that are debat-
ed in the political arena, IS alike a. mis-
fortune to them and a public injustice.
We do not understand at all the the
ory upon which 1t is held to be a prop
er function Of an educational institu-
ton to call its pupils together to list
en- to miscellaneous addresses from
men who bear the stamp Of notoriety,
rather than that Of fame. 1t smacks
of the district school and its visiting
committee. 1t leads to something
serious. These young people, en-
gagged in the pursuit Of edu-
cation, should not have that pur-
pose confused in their minds or in
termingled with extraneous ideas. In
terested as those of them who are
growing into manhood may be in
questions bearing upon their right of
the clash and strife of parties import
ed into the halls Of learning, or to be
biased insidiousIy for one view or the
other by the arguments or even the
personality Of noted advocates of par
tfcular political theories.
Those Of them who are enthusiasts
will seek and attend political meetings
held in their proper places, and draw
from them food or poison, as the case
may be. That is their own affair and
their own responsibility, with which
have nothing to do. The total impro-
priety of having political candidates
or political managers address bodies of
students is so obvious that it seems TO
need only that attention be directed to
it in order that it may be discontinued
Democrat, Republican or Populist,
Whatever man may represent, it is
improper that he should be asked or
allowed to air his political views under
such conditions that they must insensi-
bly, be accepted as a part of a general
scheme of education It Is an injury
and an injustice to the pupils; and,
where education is given at a public
expense, it is a crime against the state
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-02-16
THAT NEW INTFPURBAN.
Permission From, the Council Needed
for an Extension of the
HamIine,

The authority given the street rail-
way company by the park board to Op-
crate a double track electric line
through Como park. makes it necessary
that authority be secured from the
council for the extension of about O.
mile and half of track from the pres
ent terminus Of the Hamline line to the
west city limits.
one of the alderman speaking of the
matter last night said, there had been
some question raised as to whether ac-
ton of the council was necessary in or
der to make the extension. Some of the
legal lights Of the council had stated
that under the old street car franchise
the line could be extended without ar
thority of the council. This, however,
the alderman said was not correct, and
ne mad been Informed by one of the Of
Meals Of the company that at an early
GATE application would be made to the
council for permission to construct and
operate the tracks which would COM
pIete a new interurban line.
The new line from Minneapolis to the
limits Of that city will run via Como
avenue to its present terminus. will
give the state university the benefit of
the new interurban service. The line
Will go under the Great Northern
railway tracks instead of crossing them
at grade
The experimental farm at St An
thony Park will also be brought into
close touch with the state university
by the new line.
The state fair grounds will also be
reached from Minneapolis in twenty
five minutes direct, without the trans
fer on Smelling avenue as is now the
case.
The work of constructing the new
line will be commenced as soon as the
frost is out Of the ground.
Attorney M. D. Mum said last even
ing that the company would file it's ac-
ceptance Of the ordinance allowing the
change from cable to an electric line
of Fourth street and Selby avenue
within the next two days The ac-
ceptance Of the ordinance had been
drafted and sent President Lowry for
his signature. The gentleman had ar
rived from the East yesterday morning