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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

DR.. Daniel Morgan, son of Col VIM.
A. Morgan of this county. is on the Gin,
cinnati, one of the vessels which figured
prominently in the recent naval battle.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

Col. Robert W. Eastman, who was I'M
dergoing a two years sentence for nm
voluntary granddaughter, escaped from
the jail of Tucker county Sunday night.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

Mr.. ]. Jesse Moore. brother of Mr.. It.
B. Moore of HalItown, and well known
in this county, has taken charge of Mar
shall Hall, famous Potomac river sum
Sner resort.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10
Give ne q aid.

offer my services to the public as an auc-
noneer, with county and corporation license,
and solicit share of patronage Having
Lad considerable experience, guarantee sat
lsiaction. Charges reasonable
CHARLES RISSLER,
Jan. 8, 1897 Charles Town, W. Va
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

Mr.. VIM. A. Reed, of Luke, Nd, re.
Gently of Harper's Ferry, was married,
April 26, in Piedmont, W. Va, to Mrs.
Hattie Wilson. of Keyser.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

A charter has been issued to the West
Virginia Mining and Development Com
pany, of Charles Town, with an author
lied capital of S1.ooo,o 900. The incorpo-
rators are Edward Garcin, B. K. Callien,
John A. Fitzgibbon. W. Crab and John
B. Lobe, all of San Francisco Cal.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

Congressman Dayton made nearly a
clean sweep OF the delegates to the Re
publican congressional convention from
Preston county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

Mr.. Harry holland, of Harper's Ferry,
and Miss Alice Marshall, of Shenandoah
county, Va, We're married April "a, in
Piedmont, w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

A Baltimore Sun special from Morgan
town, w. Va, dated May 4, says:
Twenty-Five men left Morgantown this
morning for Camp Lee at Charleston, to
volunteer in West virginia's quota of the
troops called for. More than half of
them were students of the university
The corps of cadets of the university will
not be taken at present. In chapel this
morning letter from Governor Akin
son was read in which he thanked the
corps for the offer of their services, but
said that they would not be needed now
to fill up the regiment.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

Wheat reached $40 in CHICAGO Sat
urday, and in New York bulls say Sc will
yet be be paid by unfortunate shorts in
May wheat.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

President Dole has made formal offer
to President Mckinley to turn over the
Hawaiian Islands to the United States.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10
ak Notice.

Charles Town, W. Va, Dec. 18th. 1897
:, | am very much in need of money to meet.
no resource for raising money other fbsn
that of collecting the taxes which are now
overdue, therefore ask that Won pIt forth
an extraordinary effort and help relieve me
from the situation. ---S
Nothing would give me more main than To.
nave 70 collect the taxes by law, which /.
VIII have to do il not paid promptly.
,,,,o- EUGENE BAKER,
oec.ll. ,9I-tf. Sheriff
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

A dispatch from Berryville, Va, dated
April 90, says:
Information has been received here
that the Court of Appeals has refused the
appeal asked for in the case of Dennis
Sheehan S administrator VS.. Dennis Shee-
hans heirs. Sheehan, who was devout
Roman Catholic. by his will left all of his
property, valued at 5000, to the Church
of the Sacred Heart of Winchester, Va
The will was contested by his heirs and
the Circuit Court here-Judge T. w.
Harrison rendering the decision-set the
will aside and gave the property to the
heirs. This decision, under the recent
refusal of the Court of Appeals to rehear
it. remains final and the church is the
loser to the amount of SIS. Co.,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10


Demorest's has recently started de-
partment especially for men. The title,
Things Men Want To Know, . explains
the purpose of the series of articles. 1t
not only tells men what to wear and how
TO wear it, but gives all the latest fads and
fancies of the masculine social world
The fiction contained in the May number
IS OF an unusually interesting nature, and
IN the Portrait Album there are nine ex-
cellent portraits of some of the moot g.
nous men and women of Great Britsir,
In the "our Girls department Celine
Bayard writes obout the Wedding
Trousseau of Practical Girl, and in the
Household :, Mrs. Lemoke tells of the
8 Wise and Wise Economies of the Amer.
lean housewives. There are spring fash.
ions just from Paris and fashion review
by Nine. Mathilde Verlet a month in ad
vance of other fashion news.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

The undersigned, executors of John j.
Hilleary, deceased, will offer for sale at
public auction in front of the Court House
in Charles Town, w. Va, on
Tuesday, May 17, 1898.
at IL o'clock a. m. tract of land of which
John j. Hilleary died seized and possessed,
containing
$50 Acres, Roods, 90 Perohes,
situate on the Berryville pike, six miles
south of Charles Town and one mile south
of Ripon, a station on the N. d w R. r.
| This tract is in fine condition, improved
with
Fine Brick Dwelling House,
containing eleven rooms, good tenant
house, good stabling, corn house, barracks
and other out-buildings, q neyer-failing
well of water,
Nice Thrifty Young Orchard
of well-selected fruit. a good garden and
about five acres in tAlber This farm is In
good neighborhood and close to schools and
churches
The farm will be offered first in two par
GELS, the first containing two hundred and
seven acres one rood and twenty-six perch
es, with all the buildings: the second, forty-
three acres and two roods, and is separated
from the first tract by the turnpike then
as a whole.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10
Fine Brick Dwelling Hol
Nice Thrifty Young orc
Terms of Sale.

one-third cash on day OF sale, and residue
with interest from that date, equal pavfneTt s
to be evidenced by the bonds OF the pnrl
chaser and secured by deed of trust on the
premises. Possession will be given April
LIST, 1893. but the then growing wheat crop
IS reserved with the right to enter, cut.
thresh and carry away.
W. 81. HTLLEARY.
a G. HILLEARY.
Hetiebower d West, Aucts. Executors
April % IS9S-ts.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

WE can get repairs for most any Old stvle
w stove, and promptly.
nv E cell Gasoline in any ouanity' and we
~ also sell coal oil. ''''0 y :
o1 EASTERDAY & co.
me large and one small second-hand Ten
" Plate Stove cheap. : %
YESTERDAY & co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10
For Mayor.

We are authorized to announce Mr.. GEO.
WASHINGTON as a candidate for Mayor
of Charles Town-to be voted for at the en-
suing election.
mayT, '9S.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10

Mr.. Geo. A. Stuart and Miss Minnie
L. Gatrell, both of Harper's Ferry, were
married in. Hagerstown, May 2.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-05-10
WooI-Ia98.

] am prepared to purchase Wool at market
price for cash. C. F. WALL.
1.-TWO HOUSES to Rent and can give En-
u ploymeut to Several Men.
May 10. C. r WALL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
GODSCHALK HELD THE FORT
Illinois Farmer Resists Attempted Foreclosure
on His Property.
His Wife Loaded the Guns While He
Popped Away at the
Sheri6's Posse.

TCSCOLA, ILL.,. January S.-A lively bat
tie took place here between Sheriff Frank
D. Bagley and a PC sse of deputies on one
side ard Joseph Godschalk, his wife and a
farm hand, Glen Fidler, on the other.
For some time there has been litigation
over Godschalk's eighty-acre farm. the lat
ter having slept on his rights and allowed
mortgage to be foreclosed. The sheriff
wanted possession, but Godschalk threat
ened to shoot any officer that attempted to
dispossess him.
When an effort was made by the sheriff
and his posse to take possession odschalk
carried out mis- threat. wounding Deputy
Sheriffs c. A. Moon and Frank Bassett
with shotguns. As the officers neared the
house Godschalk and Fidler threw up the
windows of the house and opened heavy
fire, beirg assisted by the farmers wife,
who loaded the guns fast as they were
emptied
Ten or twelve shots were fired at the adj
vanoing officers. who returned the FIRE
from their revolvers, but up to the present
1t Is not known that any of the inmates
were killed or wounded as no one has
dared to make inquiry.
The officers were forced to return from
the field as they were enable to dislOdge
the farmer and his wife and assistant.
Neon was wounded in the leg, while Bas-
sett was shot in the face, neither fatally.
Sheriff Bagley will make another attempt
to carry out the orders of the court and
will take a company of twenty-five men
armed with rifles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
MIR. ECKELs CRITICISED.
Kept n Large Balance in the Chestnut
Street Bank.

Kept n Large Balance In the Chestnut
Street Bank.
The government had in the recently clos
ed Chestnut Street National Bank of Phil
adelphia at the time it closed it's doors q
balance of something like s125,OO0. The
only security for this was 100000 in gov
ernment per cent bonds. These bonds are
worth about 113. total valuation of s113,-
600. Had the bank been a complete COL
lapse the government would have been
forced to hold the bonds three or four
years to secure sufficient amount from
the interest to cover it's balance. The bal
ance was largely in internal revenue re-
ceipts.
Mr.. Kretz, the superintendent of the Phil
adelphia mint, had been dealing regularly
with the bank, apparently not knowing it's
condition.
The recent admissions of Mr.. Eckels. for
mer controller of the currency that he had
been aware for some time of the condition
Of the defunct bank are causing consider
able criticism.
Mr.. Eckels' statement in connection with
his knowledge of the banks condition was
that his policy was not to push a bank to
the wall until it was absolutely necessary.
Knowing the situation, he is criticised for
permitting the government to keep deposits
on hand aggregating more than its secur-
ity. Had the deposits been kept below or
even with the security there would have
been no danger.
Mr.. Kretz will soon leave the mint, the
President having sent to the Senate the
name Of his successor Mr. Kretz used
the Chestnut Street National Bank in con-
nectton with his mint business. Banks
throughout the country sent checks to Mr..
Kretz for minor coin they wanted from the
mint. These checks were deposited with
the defunct bank for collection, and when
Mr.. kretz was notified that they had been
collected and the money was to his credit
he sent the coin. AT the time OF the fall
ure of the bank there is said to have been
a number of these checks in different pro-
cesses Of collection in the institution The
result Is that the banks which sent the
checks are making vigorous protests Mr.
kretz will not personally lose any money
neither will the mint; but the situation is
unpleasant for him and all concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
Personal Mention.

Lieut.. George Richards, United States
Marine Corps, recently attached to the
Lancaster, has bean ordered to Washing
ton. and is Visiting his brother. Solicitor
General Richards, 1895 Connecticut avenue
DR.. Geo-W. Porter Of Harrisburg, Pa, is
spending the winter vitA his son-in-law,
Lieut.. John NJ. Poyer. Of the navy yard.
DR.. Porter is a brUtlser Of Gen. Horace
Porter. amhaseadort 70 France.
Mr.. F. G. Smith. F., is In the city for a
few days. stopping with Mr. w. p. Van
Wickle. 1867 Q stress rtprfAwcst.
Lieut.. SComznahder Conway H. Arnold
morning He is at lsa1 II street
Lieut.. w. B. Fletcher u the vicksburg
second. Eent. g. n. Dssis. 18th 1nfan-
try, was at hs war D6eartment today.
He is at the Ebbitt.-
Owing to the Illness, Of Mrs Roosevelt,
Assistant Secretary iRposevelt has been
compel}eds to=cancei M eAEagement to at
tend the annual bauauet q the Boone and
Crockett Club OF N0w York. which takes
place this evening.
Gen. Tracy ofsNew York, ex-Secretary
OF the Navy. who Is in the city on legal
business, spent short time at the Navy
Department today Whiting pm acquaint
ances. T. 81
Mr.. Clarence Browes: of 116S 9Th street
northwest is i'll with a5A grap.W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
Agreement Reached for Their Aboli-
tion in the District.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION BY CONGRESS
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Ready to Submit Bill.
BAND o. COMPANY NEXT

1t Is understood that in a short time
Dill will be introduced in Congress on be-
half or the Pennsylvania Railroad CON-
Pany to carry Into effect the proposed abol-
ishment OF grade crossings in the city
that Is, such crossings are used by
the company. Later, bill will be intro
duced on behalf Of the Baltimore and
Ohio company.
The leaders of The Star have been made
acquainted with the fact that the Dis
trlct commissioners have from time to
time had conferences with the representa-
tlves of both companies on the subject,
ana 1t can now be stated that between the
Commissioners and the Pennsylvania COM
psEy there has been practically final and
mutually satisfactory agreement reached.
Ihis agreement was made definite this
morning. when Chief Engineer VIM. II.
Brown Of the Pennsylvania COMPANY and
the Commissioners conferred for an hour
or more at the District building.
Draft Of the BILL
Mr.. Brown this morning submitted to
the commissioners the skeleton of the
till to be drafted for Introduction in Con-
gress, embodytng the points reached in
the agreement. While it is understood
that the Commissioners expressed them
selves as being favorable to the proposed
Dill as a whole. vet they reserved, of
course. the privilege and right of express
ing themselves finally, when the measure
shall have been introduced in Congress
and submitted to them for a report there
on. 1t is also understood that the Com
missioners declined to assent to the diyis-
ion OF costs as proposed by the company
But II can be said upon the highest author
ity that upon the main features of the
proposed bill they are agreed with the
railroad company, and that the differences
between them as to the other features
OF the measure are such as will in no way
seriously endanger or impede the enact
Ment Of the bill by Congress.
Engineer Browns Promise.
The Pennsylvania company, through
Chief Engineer Brown, promised today to
shortly transmit to the Commissioners the
plans Of the proposed improvements, and
the Introduction of the company,s bill
In Congress will follow the Commissioners
approval OF. the plans. Until the bill IL
introduced neither the plans nor the routes
proposed to be taken will be made public,
but the Commissioners and the railroad
company believe tnat when these matters
are understood they will meet the ap-
proval of, the people as well as Of Con-
gress. An agreement no less satisfactory
to both sides is expected to be soon reach
ed in the matter of grade crossings be-
tween the Commissioners and the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
SECRETARY LONGS RESPONSE.
SLIGHT Amendment of Civil Services
Rules Needed.

SLIGHT Amendment of Civil Service
Rules Needed.
Secretary Long Of the Navy Department
has made very brief response to the Sen
ate resolution Of Enquiry in regard to the
operations of the civil service law. His let
ter, addressed to the President of the Sem
ate, is as follows:
"In compliance with the resolve Of the
Senate dated December 49, 1897, the Navy
Department has the honor to say that, in
it's opinion, the only amendment which its
experience suggests in the laws governing
the civil service, or the rules established
by the civil service commission, relates to
the latter-the rules.
1.-The amendment regarded as desirable
is that the civil service commission shall
approve what may be called a navy yard
order, providing that the Secretary of the
Navy may, upon a competitive examination
by a board of naval officers. appoint GER
tain employees at navy yards. etc. (other
than clerks, messengers, watchmen and
draftsmen), whom the commission either
does not have on it's eligible lists or are
unable to supply without unreasonable de-
lay. There have been several cases-one of
a leveller and rodman, another Of a special
laborer having technical knowledge Of ma
chinery, whom the commission were several
months in furnishing, and whose services
were very much needed during that time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
Col. Bfngham's Report of ImprOv
ments During the Month.

Col. BfnEham's Report of Improve
ments During the Month.
In his report of operations on public
buildings and grounds during the past
Month. Colonel Bingham says in regard
to the Executive Mansion that new
storm door was placed in position at the
main entrance, north front, and that cloak
boxes. check hooks and brass checks were
prepared for use at receptions during the
winter. Storm sashes were placed at the
windows of several private apartments and
the exit bridge. which is used at one Of
the north windows at official functions,
was overhauled and repaired A new
temporary slab walk for use at receptions
was laid across the center bed in the con-
servatory to connect the two main walks
and three decayed rafters were removed.
Three OLD decayed maple trees were re-
H owed from the grounds.
There were II ,O61 visitors to the top of
the Washington monument during the
month of which number SO1S made the
ascent in the elevator and 3O43 by the
stairway, making a total of 1414303 per-
sors who have visited the top since the
shaft was opened to the public, October
o, 1885, Two arrests were made during
the month for vandalism at the monument,
In one case the prisoner wrote on one of
the memorial tablets and in the other
the prisoner cut his name on the outside
of the monument Both cases were dis
posed Of in the Police Court.
The usual care and attention was be-
slowed on the public parks and reserva-
tions during the month. In the Smith
sonian grounds 200 feet of board walk
three feet wide and 80 feet two feet wide
we're laid east Of the building for the con-
venience of pedestrians. A wire fence
has been placed around the polished gran
lite base Of the pedestal for the statue of
General John A. Logan for its protection
The bronze pedestal for this statue has
been completed in Rome and Is expected
to arrive here this month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
TOOK ARMS TO INSURGENTS
DR.. Janguin Castillo Returns From Success
full Filibustering Expedition.
Says the Insurgents Are in Good Con.
dftiOn-RepOrted Surrender
of Colonel Soti,

NEW YORK, January s.-Dr. Janouin
Castillo. one Of the leaders of the Cuban
Junta here, and who is said to have been
connected with several filibustering expe-
ditions. returned here today on the Ward
line steamer Niagara, after a successful
incursion into Cuba. Dr. Castillo refused
to say on what ship he reached Cuba. but
said that he landed nine miles east OF
Manati bay on November last. after be-
Ing fired upon by the Spanish fort
In our party" said Dr. Castillo. was
Jrsto Garcia, a son Of General Garcia, who
had escaped from the Spanish penal colony
at Ceuta, of Africa. After we had landed
we were Joined by Colonel Garcia. eldest
son Of the general, who had with him 500
insurgents.
Insurgents Well Armed
THE insurgents are we'll fed, well armed
and supplied with plenty Of ammunition
The troops are disciplined and confident of
success"
of Colonel Ruiz was perfectly justifiable.
Regarding his return. DR.. Castillo said:
Having transacted the business which
took me to Cuba, / escaped in an open
boat to Fortune Island. near the Bahamas,
and then was picked up by the Niagara"
Dr.. Castillo was surgeon Of the ship
Rodgers of Greeley relief fame.
Insurgent Colonel Surrenders.
HAVANA, January S.-The insurgent
lieutenant colonel. Soti. according to Span
ish advices, has surrendered to the gov
ernment authorities of Sagua La Granda
with three of his officers and twenty pri-
Yates
Senior Ricardo Galbis has been appointed
governor of the Banco Espanol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
THIRTY-FOUR DISMISSED.
Dtsmtssals I'm the bureau OF EN-
ing and Printing.

Dtsmtssnls In the bureau OF EN-.
ing and Printing.
The Treasury Department this afternoon
dismissed thirty-four plate printers en-
pioyed in the bureau of engraving and
printing. The statement is made by treas
ury officials that the printers had been en-
ployed on revenue work. the turning out
of revenue stamps, etc. The bureau has
succeeded in accommodating a stock of these
stamps. enough to do for a long time, and
found that the services of the printers were
not necessary any longer. 1t is also said
that the appropriation for this work is ex-
hausted, furnishing another reason for dis
missal.
1t Is said at the treasury that the dis
charge may be temporary, although the
men will be thrown out of work for long
time before they get chance for REIN
statement, II at all.
The names of the men discharged are not
given, but 1t is positively asserted that
there is nothing political in what has been
done. The storage capacity for the revenue
stamps is exhausted. it is alleged. and the
demand Is light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
PARENTS HAVE THE BODY.
Final Disposition of Durrants Re-
mains Not Yet Decided On.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, January S.-The
remains of Theodore Durrant. in charge Of
a local undertaken, were driven from San
Quentin prison to the Sausalite ferry and
placed upon the ferry boat. The father and
mother Of the man who had Just been exc
cuted had preceded the remains by train.
Sar salite ferry had been chosen in order to
balk the curiosity of the immense crowd
that awaited the arrival of the body by the
Tiburen ferry on this side. and the re-
mains were landed here and were well on
the way to the Durrant residence before
the crowd realized the futtlity Of its wait.
At the Durrant nome the caskct was
placed In the parlor with Tie customary
form used in the case Of natural death. A
number of personal friends Of the family
visited the house during The evening to ex-
press their sympathy. The remains are en-
cased in q handsome casket.
No definite plans have yet been made for
the final disposition of the remains. Sew
eral friends of the family have rendered
their services in this regard, and today the
parents will definitely select one Of the sew
eral propositions submitted to them, either
for cremation or interment.