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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
ARRESTED AS A DESERTER.
Private Finn, Too Sick to Return to
His Regiment, Is in Jail.

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-Crippled with rheu-
tism and malaria Private William r. Finn,
Company =, Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry has spent two nights and day
in a damp cell at police station here and
to-day was taken to Fort Sheridan under
arrest as deserter. Finn was arrested at
the request of Lieut.-Col. Elliott, of the
Sixth Pennsylvania. The prisoner had
been but two hours out of a sick bed and
was taking a walk with his mother when
detectives took him into custody Finn is
twenty-one years old and joined the Sixth
Pennsylvania Volunteers at Wilkesbarre,
where he was working. When his corps
went to Thoroughfare, Virginia. in August,
Finn became i'll. He secured leave of alb
Sence Aug. is and managed to reach his
home here. His furlough expired Aug. 26.
Dr. Manner, who was attending issued GER
tifcates that the youth was too i'll to re-
turn to his regiment. One certificate the
prisoners mother claims to have sent to
Col Shaw, acting Brigadier-General, Sec
ond Army Corps; a second was sent to
Lieut.-Col Elliott, and another to Captain
Collins of Films company.
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DESPERATE STREET DUEL.
Mississippi Negroes Follow Example
of the equality"

MERIDIAN, Miss, Sept. 5. - The most
desperate street duel i'll the history of
Meridian occurred this morning between
Jim Finrer, a nctcri6 US negro, and Alfred
Webb. his son-in-law. Both emptied two
revolyers Webb retreated into a jewelry
store, followed by Finner. still shooting.
The daughter of Finner attempted to kill
the officers who went in to arrest the men.
A fuSilade passed between Finner and
daughter and Webb and his daughters in
the store. Webb was shot three times. He
will die. FinDer was shot three times be-
fore he was killed by Citizen Burgess.
Webb three mcrths ago was shot by Fin
ner, who waylaid him, and this morning
ended the tragedy. Webb married Finner's
daughter and bad blood since existed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

Certificates have been issued to the fol-
lowing named Jndianians:
Decentralization Kickenapp. Whiting. SS
Hugh Jamison, National Military Home
Grant Sc.
Restoration and Additions-John II. Tom
(deceased), Muncie, S. to SO
Restoration and Increase-William Lower
(deceased), Kewanna, S. TO So.
RECONSIDERATION G. Albeit Rensselaer,
Sc to $12 Nathan A. c. Bowyer Scion, IS to
SIG; Henry Warren. Charlottesville. SO to
$14; Jasper Z. Knapp, Ormas, Sl2 TO ST.
Titus Ballinger, KokOmo, s. 10 $24.
Reissue-Oliver Cromwell. Syracuse. ST.
Original Widow-Elizabeth Lower, Kewan-
ma IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
CUBAN COMMISSION SAILS.
Sampson Thinks They Will He Able TO
Return in Ten Days.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5. = Rear Admiral
Sampson, Major General James F.. Wade,
Major General Matthew c. Duncan and
Lieutenant Colonel John w. Clous, MEM
bers of the Cuban Commission, left here
for Cuba to-day on the Resolute. Each
commissioner had number CT aids and sec
retaries. Before the Resolute sailed Rear
Admiral Sampson said to reporter: 1T
i$ probable that the sessions will be held
ABOARD the Resolute, rather than in Ha-
Vana, on account of the unsanita-y con-
ultlon OF the city, though this has not posi-
uvely been decided yet. The commission
does not expect an easy time with so many
knotty problems ahead. Each member car
rles with him copy of instructions regard
ing MS duties and explaining the wishes of
the United States government The COM
it is the belief of all the members that ac-
ton or Congress will he necessary be fore
a satisfactory agreement can be reached ;"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
MURDERED HER DAUGHTER.
Charge Against Mrs. Amelia Bates. of
East Weymouth.

EAST WEYMOUTH, Mass. Sept. 5.-Mrs
Amelia Bates has been arrested at Norwell
charged with the murder of her seventeen
year-old daughter, Lottie S. Bates, whose
death under suspicious circumstances &C.
Cured at the home of the family on April
ID, 1897. The Bates girl. on the day of her
death. was found sitting in chair with her
clothes nearly burned from her body and q
beside her was found a letter stating that
she would take her own life. but the hand
writing has since been doubted. To-day IL
Is stated that Georgianna Bates has cen
fessed that her mother made her write the
letter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 5.-The schooner
J. NJ. Coleman, which has arrived from St
Michael's. brings news that two prospectors
were ambushed and shot while drifting
down the Yukon in boat. Indians fired
upon the boat, killing one and wounding the
other. The wounded man escaped and
reached a police camp. The police started
after them and found the Indians enjoying
the prospector's supplies. They were
brought to Dawson. where one of the In
dams made a confession. Mr.. Frank. who
came on the Coleman, says when he left
Dawson there was a stampede TO Dewey
and Sampson creeks, from which fine re-
ports came. Both are in American terri
tory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

Hamilton; Walter Weise, Company A, Sec
ond Wisconsin, ST. Peters: George w.
Whetlock, Company C, Sixteenth Pennsyl-
vania, ST. Peters; James F. Wingate. Six
teenth Pennsylvania, Long Island College
Hospital malaria Walter Wise, Company
/, Fourth Pennsylvania, st. Peters: Older
Yohe corporal, Battery A. First Illinois
Artillery St. Peters; Dios B. Young, Com
pany B, Second Wisconsin, st. Peters; Ed
ward Zentz. Company D. Thirty-third Mich
igan Bellevue; Emil Zimmerman Company
D. Second Wisconsin, Long Island College
Hospital malaria.
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Miles Exnectcd To-Day.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-General Miles is
expected to arrive in New York on the
transport OLDHAM tomorrow. On board the
OLDHAM are also the Wisconsin Volunteers
Besides the OLDHAM the transport Chester is
expected to arrive with Generals Schwan
and Hams and STATS, and the Fourth
Pennsylvania volunteers on board. The Oh
dam and the Chester will be met down the
bay by several ferry boats and tugs. The
soldiers will be taken off the vessels and
landed at a pier nearest their respective
railroad stations 1t is not yet known what
railroads will transport the troops.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

NEW YORK Sept 5.-The Knickerbocker
Theater opened its doors for the season to-
night presenting a new comic opera by
John Philip Sousa and Charles Klein en-
titled The Charlatan." De Wolf Hopper
was Demidoff the Charlatan, and made
all of the character possible. Nella Ber-
gen as Anna, the daughter of the Charla-
tan, divided honors with the comedian and
the rest of the cast rendered their lines in
teligently and tunefully. The music was
decidedly of the Sousa variety, pleasing and
catchy The libretto of Mr.. Klein, its scene
being laid in Russia in the eighteenth cen-
fury, was up to his usual standard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
Mcintyre Appears Surprised.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.--Chaplain Jo-
seph P. Mcintyre, reported in an Associated
Press dispatch from Washington. as having
been ordered urt-martialed for certain ut
terances said to have been made
by him against naval officials, ar
rived here some days ago. He
professed to be greatly surprised when
told of the action of the department to-day
ana says tnat ne mas mas been mlsguoted ana
reported interviews with him published by
several Eastern papers were garbled. He
been above par and not unbecoming an ON
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
Congressional Nominations.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. 5.-The Popu-
lists Of this, the Eighth congressional dis
trict, met here to-day and nominated N.
j. Stands, Of Erath county, for Congress.
HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 5.-The Republic
ans Of the Eighth congressional district met
at Brentwood to-day and nominated Arthur
Springer, of Fort Worth, for Congress.
WATERLOO, Ia, Sept. 3. = The Demo-
Gratis OF the Third district this afternoon
nominated John RI. Howell for Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
Rrinrs Rnck 5000. 600.

VICTORIA. British Columbia, Sept. g.
The steamer City of Seattle has arrived here
from Ska~uay, Alaska, with about $2OO,C0t
in gold. She has sixty passengers from
Dawson who came up the Yukon river on
the steamer Ora, which left Dawson Aug.
49, The steamers Louise and Columbian had
arrived at Dawson from St. MichaePs. The
Seattle also brought about seventy dis
gusted miners from Copper river.s
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Sept. 5.-Admral Ger
vera, of the Spanish navy accompanied by
Lieutenant Cervera. his son. left here to-
day for Norfolk, Va, for the purpose of
completing arrangements for the transport
taton to Spain of the prisoners now con-
fined al Portsmouth, n. H., who were cap
miral Cervera and his son were driven to
the railway station in Admiral McNair' $
carriage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-The United
States consul at Kobe, Japan, has caused
the arrest of Seamen Brady and Hine on
suspicion that they set fire to the American
ship Barring Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
$4.OO to $40
The When

court tomorrow morning, but her case will
be continued On Wednesday she will be
taken into the Police Judge Joachinsen' s
court and her preliminary hearing for send
be commenced. Subsequent proceedings will
depend upon the action to be taken by Gov.
Budd on the extradition papers issued by
Governor Tunnel of Delaware.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

HOUSTON, Tex. Sept. 5.--The Populist state
executive committee met Waco to-day and
made two changes in their state ticket, pulling
down Cyclone" Davis as a candidate for at
torney general and putting in c. II. Jenkins, who
was defeated for Congress two years ago George
7. Todd resigned the nomination for justice Of
the Court OF Criminal Appeals and ]. Nj. Hurt
the present incumbent, was put in his place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
shnt ns Pcncemnker.

TOLEDO, o., Sept. ELL Kelley, of Malinta,
O., was shot and instantly killed last night while
defending Mrs Abe Schoenfedt from her irate
husband. The murderer attempted to Kill two
other who We're assisting Kelley. Schcen-
fcldt escaped. =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06

by President Rufus F. Wade. chief of the
Massachusetts, district police. Addresses Of
welcome were made by Governor Wolcott
and Mayor Quincy. During the week the
delegates will be the guests of the city of
Boston After a short session on Wednesday
the delegates will visit Lowell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
FACTORY inspectors, Convention.

BOSTON. Sept 5---The twelfth annual
convention of the international association
of factory inspectors was called to order
IN. the House Of Representatives here to-day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
Tn Extrndite Mrs RntLin

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 5.-Chief Lees
went to Sacramento tonight TO visit Gov.
Budd regarding the extradition proceedings.
Mrs. Botkin will appear in Judge Cook S
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-06
FIFTY PER CENT. PENALTY.

not be induced to enter into the details o.
his experience at Barcelona.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-15
DtnIecf Ese aSlfngs.

A novel and unique entertainment
by the gifted dialect poet, Miss Anne
Virginia Culbertson, will be given in
the town hall, Onancock, for the
benefit of Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church, on Wednesday evening,
October 10Th, at O'Clock.
Tickets for sale at Wise's drug
store.
Highest commentators from press
and people.
Readings in many dialects, negro
songs, banjo accompaniment. She
is the only lady dialect poet reading
her poems in public.
Communications from Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, DR.. Cuyler, Col. Geo. w.
Balm, Grace Greenwood, the N. Y.
Herald, Literary Weekly, Boston, and
others.
Her wit and humor make her
irresistible"
Dialect as full of keen and homely
humor as Jas. Whitcomb Riley's."
Remarkable facility for reciting
and singing, with her own music, her
quaint poems"
All will be delighted and repaid
who attend this entertainment.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-15
Advertising PAYS.

From letter received from Rev
James Cannon, Jr., principal OF the
Blackstone Female institute, we pub
lish the following:
we have this year at Blackstone
the largest school we have ever had.
We thought last year we had reached
our limit, but we have already six
teen more boarders than at this time
last year. Of course, we have as
usual a fine set of girls from the East
ern Shore. No girls stand better with
us than those from Accomac and
Northampton. think it only right
to say thatI believe advertising in
your columns paying investment,
as your paper reaches the very peo-
pie whose attention we desire to cali
to our school.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-15
Real Esrule at Auction.

James E. Tull, trustee, will sell at
public auction on Saturday, October
goth, p. NJ, at Hallwood, tract of
land belonging to Alfred Trader, sit
uated near that place, containing
fifty acres more or less. For full par
ticulars see posters. The farm is well
adapted to the growing of truck, and
about three fourth of 1t is cleared
land
The valuable tract of land, known
rs Mooreland, situated near Exmore
Station and Belle Haven, containing
65U acres more or less, will be sold at
public auction in front of Kellam's
hotel, Belle Haven, on Saturday, Oc-
tober 18th, 3 p. III. The terms are
easy and accommodating. For full
particulars see posters and advertise
ment in this paper.
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pnrdoned by Governor.

George E. West, colored, convicted
of unlawful shooting in Aceomac
County Court, November, 1894, and
sentenced to penitentiary for five
years, was pardoned by the Governor
October 10th, 1898, upon the condi-
ton that he will conduct himself i'll
the future as q good and law abiding
citizen.
lobe Richardson, colored, convic-
ted July. 1895, in same court of malici-
GUS cutting,was also pardoned by the
Governor on same day upon same
conditions.
The pardons were authorized by
act passed by the last Legislature,
approved March, Sd, 1898.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-15
OEIIey.

Mrs. T. J. Scarborough, quite sick
of late, is better at this writing.
Mrs. Ann e. McMath, of Matthews
county, is visiting Mrs. Crissie Steven
son at this time.
MIR. A. Roseman, the clothier, has
discontinued business at this place
and moved to Baltimore.
The building of the Methodist
parsonage here, contemplated this
fall, has been postponed until the
spring.
A missile of some kind was thrown
through the car of the N. Y. P. & N.
r. r., by some miscreant at a point
near this place last Saturday.
The death of Mr.. Jno. L. Ward,
which occurred near this place last
Sunday, is deeply regretted by the
citizens of this community.
At another meeting held here on
Saturday, by the potato buyers and
growers, it was agreed not to ship or
to buy same at less than so cents per
barrel.
Three of our young men, Milton
Stevenson, Eddie Taylor and " lille
N.ars have returned from g. trip
taking in the sights" of the Monu
mental city.
Mr.. VIM. n. Waterfield was thrown
from his buggy by runaway horse
this week and painfully but not seri-
ously hurt. The horse ran to our
town and was captured by some OF
our citizens.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-15
e;EnfncOtaAEuo

Fine sea fish are being caught at
this time by our fishermen.
Messrs. Charles and John B. Dale
are on the sick list.
G. E. Babbitt, Jr., has opened his
shocking house, making three now
''in full blastn
Lee Timmons, of Whaleyville, Md,
10 spending the week with his sisters,
Mrs. Charles and Mrs. John B. Dale.
Isaac Hudson has resigned as treas
urer of Boothby Hotel, Philadelphia.
and bought an interest in business OF
Wheaton s. Co., here. He will make
this place his home again.
The new mail steamer to ply be
tween Chincoteague and Franklin
City will arrive this week from
Pocomoke. Capt. S. E. Matthews and
others left for her on Wednesday.
Schooner i. R. Mof1itt arrived this
week from New York with cargo of
bricks, Schooner Annie Edwards from
that city with cargo of coal and
Schooner Bennett from North
Carolina loaded with shingles.
Arrivals at Atlantic Hotel this week:
F. w. Byrd, J. H. Feddeman, F.
ellis, H. G. Heffner, w. E Doughty,
Baltimore; F. G. Hanna, Frank Le-
fere, Louis Conk'ing, Jos. a. Conner,
W. j. Lee, Philadelphia; Oliver Col
Inns, Levin Derickson, Snow Hill; o.
NJ. Chandler, G. w. Colona, Sylvester
Thornton. w E. Fox, Selby Fisher,
Accomac.
A pretty marriage was solemnized
here on last Wednesday st the brides
residence. The contracting parties
were Mr.. Bayly Brown Topping and
Miss Mamie Hill. The groom is the lead
ing jeweler of Milford, Del very pop
ular and well thought of by all who
know him, formerly Of this county.
The bride lisa popular school teacher
of Chincoteague and one of our sweet
est and prettiest young ladies. Rev. E.
H. Bennington ofliciated on the occa-
sion. After their marriage they left
by steamer to visit friends in Acco.
mac, and from there will make an
extended tour North before returning
to their home. They have the best
wishes of host of friends here.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-10-15
Letters from .he People.

Mr.. EDIToR:-It does seem to me
that the sweet potato growers Of
Accomack county ought to have an
"ohject lessonn in the present con-
dition of the markets. They are
simply allowing themselves to be lied
to the slaughter''-p iling up the pro-
duct of their labor in one or two
points, without any regard for the
laws of supply and demand; not Civ
ing the intelligent distribution OF
them moments thought, until the
beneiciaries of the most worn out
and obsolete system of distribution
are calling q halt" unwittingly
telling you that you are crazy-mute-
ly suggesting that you should stop
and think.
What would you think of u shoe
factory in OraDcock, having GUS
toner in Parksley buying their pro
duet and willing to continue to do so,
to their mutual advantage, but each
factory also insisting on filling Parks
ley full of shoes, with instructions TO
SILL, without any reservation as to
price2 Do you think the factory
would retain the Parksley customer
long? Do you think they would
eventually be successful, pursuing
this method2 When you stop to
consider tie Eastern Shore
of Virgil MIA as great produc-
ing community of q certain staple
product or commodity, and the bal
ance of the world great consuming
constituency, you are doing the same
thing. Strip the present system of
distribu4ioniof its mist and fog and
view it's operation uuder the new and
changed conditions which the past
few years have brought about. In
other words, when reduced to its
proper analysis, you are surely doing
the same thing
Suppose that same shoe factory has
customers in Syracuse, N. Y, but to
get them in the hands OF their Gus
toners they should insist on shipping
to New York, paying the local rate
from Onancock to New York, then
pay a brokers' per cent. to reship
from New York to Syracuse, paying
also local freight rate from New York
to Syracuse. What are you doing !?
Have you asked yourself7 Still you
wonder why it does not pay to grow
sweets.
We are told in the "Holy Writ
that the way of the transgresscr is
hard" This is not only SO with those
who violate the laws of the land and
society, but is equally as applicable
to those who violate the laws of n.y.
giene, finance, commerce, economy
or any OF the great laws of reason or
logic to be found in the "open book"
of common sense.
The present system of distribution
is so repugnant to every principle OF
common sense, reason and business
procedure that cannot think that
those who are interested in growing
sweets in Accomack county, AS GROW
ERs, will much longer consent to
make it a "go-as you-please," but
will get together" Remember the
fate of the house divided against
itself.n 1t is time for thought and
action along this line. You have all
to gain and nothing to lose by it.
OBSERVER.
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Church Notes.

Rev. ]. II. Griffith will preach next
Sunday, at $3.50 p. H.. at Amiss Chapel
and administer the sacrament of the
Lords Supper.
Protracted services will begin at
the Atlantic Baptist Church, Sunday
October 23rd. Rev. Walter Rhodes
will conduct the services.
Revival services will begin at Grant
Memorial NJ. P. Church, Sunday
evening October 10th, 1880 p. N.
Every body invited to attend.
Protracted services will begin at the
Modestown Baptist Church, Sunday
Nov. 18th. The pastor will be assisted
by Rev. NJ. E. Broaddus, D. D., of
Bristol, Va.
Sunday. October 10th, the Baptist
Church at Harborton will begin a
series of meetings, to last about ten
nights. Services will be held 1880 p.
IN. The pastor will be assisted by
Rev. a. Barlow Rudd, a returned
missionary from Mexico.
The members of Leemont M. P.
Church are making arrangements to
dedicate the new church on Thanks,
giving. Anyone wishing to help in
the erection of this handsome church
will kindly remit to s. W. Parks,
Parksley, Va, or Rev. A. Donovan,
Leemont, Va.
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Millinery.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. James have
just returned from Philadelphia and
Baltimore with the latest novelties
of the season in hats and notions, and
will open out to the public Tuesday
next, the 18th. We have hats from
15c. up to 81. A cordial invitation
extended to every one to be present
on the opening day.
Respectfully,
Mrs. &. g. James,
Trower, Va.