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The evening times., 1898-09-07
LONG FACES IN VERMONT
Republicans Fear Results From the
Democratic Gains.

Montpelier, Vt, Sept. 7.-Something
akin to surprise appears upon the brows
of thoughtful Republicans in the Green
Mountain State this morning The COM
paratively small majority their ticket re-
ceived in the elections of yesterday is act
ually disturbing and the leaders who have
always counted upon unhorsing the Dem
ocrats to the tune of somewhere between
$500 and 10000 votes are in an actual
state of CONSERVATION at the incompre-
hensible littleness of their majority-a
patty 22,GO0 votes-maybe less, instead of
the usual big figures.
IF your folks do no better in the firm
est stronghold we have in the country"
they say, what can be expected else
where this fall. In New York, Pennsyl-
vania and the West
The Democrats have also made unex-
pectedly large gains in the legislature
and that is looked upon as very signiti-
cant feature.
Republican leaders in the State are
almost in mourning and seem to look up
on their losses somewhat in the nature
of a negative defect along the entire line.
The evening times., 1898-09-07

New York, Sept. IDEALS and counter
deals are the order Of the day in the
camps of the Republican chieftans, while
the factional contest is growing in pro-
portions. The proposition of Senator
Platt just now 1t to placate Gov. Black.
Upon this point there are two quandaries.
First, by what particular process shall he
be placated, and next will the governor
allow himself to submit to any dose of
political honey, as salve for received
hopes of denomination?
The latest idea is to make the governor
the successor to Hon. Edward Murphy,
jr., in the American Senate. That is the
medicine nearest approaching sweetness
that the Platt men think of just now,
but Blacks friends regard II as a bitter
potion under the circumstances, and it
will probably not produce the desired
effect.
1t becomes TO be manifest that Col
Roosevelt, while he has been seemingly
Indifferent as to the wiles and move
ments of the party leaders is beginning
to take a more than ordinary interest in
the situation. 1t was at first limited, If
not by the colonel himself, at least by
some of his closest friends that he was
not seeking nominat ton, and II may
even be admitted now that he Is not on
a very lively hunt for the honors, and
that he would not accept ii unless it
shall come to him as the unanimous wish
of the party. Later-day incidents seem
to show that Col. Roosevelt stands
ready to run for governor if he gets the
nomination, no matter how strong the
ODDOSltlOn l.
vention before the ticket is made up.
Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff held long con-
ference with Gov. Black in Albany yes
terday. He is now in this city. having
come here to have a talk with Senator
Platt. The lieutenant governor does not
hesitate to declare that nothing will in
duce Black to give up his hope and work
for i denomination. More than that the
governor expects TO defeat his enemies
In the convention, and just now it APP
pears that Mr.. Woodruff will Join forces
with him, and labor in the same direc-
ton.
Woodruff is friend OF Black. and is
possessed of no small influence in the par
ty. He has host of very devoted fol-
lowers. These facts tend to further COM
plicate the situation.
Both the Platt and the Black managers
have prepared statements as TO their rel.
ative strength among the delegates 10
the Saratoga convention Senator Platt's
friends conceded that in a fight Gov
Black would have only l56 of the 791 del
egates In the State convention. claiming
SO for the organization. The Black men
on the other hand, assert that $40 dele
gates Will support the governor for re-
nomination, conceding i31 to the Plat,
men.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
NO MERCY WAS Shown
Wounded Deryishes Slaughter
ed on the Battlefield,
SAFETY OF THE BRITISH
Terrible Measures Necessary Owing
TO the SavaEery of the Fanatics.
GERS Who Wanted to Aid Them.
The Facts known I'm London.

New York, Sept. THE Journal today
prints the following copyrighted cable
dated London;
There were no wounded Mahdists left
after battle of omdurman. Cruel and
bloodthirsty as il may seem, the wound
ed, almost without exception, were mas
sacred by the British and Egyptian SOL
diers.
Massacred is a hard word 10 use, but
il is the only one fitting. Omdurman
was not the first battle where this has
been done Since Gordon's death it has
been the custom, because a wounded ia
matte is more dangerous almost than
well one.
So many British officers and surgeons
have been killed or wounded while pass
ing over battlefields of the Soudan, trying
TO help the suffering Mahdists. that mer-
cy and pity have given way 10 necessary
cruelty.
This killing Of the wounded has been
practiced with the silent cOnnivance Of
the British government, hut kept from
the public. How many wounded Der
wishes were put to death after the battle
OF Omdurman will never be known.
Only one London newspaper makes
mention OF the slaughter, tnoNSh itdu-
ing editor whom l asked about il merely
shrugged his shoulders and said:
Certainly, il is true. They always do
il in the Suudan for safety, but we shall
say nothing about il in our columns
The London Standard guardedly tells
of the slaughter as follows:
Some of the Sirdar's Soudanese were
cautiously making their way across the
field Of battle, their duty beng one which
however hateful il may seem to the the
oretical humanitarian, warfare against
the savage followers or the hhalifa
makes imperative. There is no need TO
dwell on such incidents IL is enough
TO saw as every one with experience OF
fighting in the Soudan knows too well,
a wounded BagSara may often be more
dangerous foe than a Baggara without
q scratch on him. Concealing his agony
and feiening death, he can still deal a
fatal blow at his unwary enemy.
This is why there is no mention OF
wounded among the Deryishes in the Sir
dar 5 report.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
Miss GouId's Soldier Guests.

Tarrytown, n. Y, Sept. 7-Comfortably
situated in the Tarrytown Hospital, as
the guests of Miss Helen M Gould, are
fourteen sick soldiers, who arrived from
Montauk Point yesterday morning They
are to remain here until fully recovered
and will be looked after principally by
Miss Gould herself. There was some de-
lay in their arrival, caused by an order
issued by Gen. Wheeler to the effect that
no soldiers would be allowed to leave
Camp Wikoff after 2 o'clock yesterday.
Mrs. Ellen II. Walworth. director gen
eral of the Woman's National War Re-
lief Association, pleaded with the general
and finally got his consen; to allow the
soldiers to go. She accompanied them.
They stopped at the Grand Union Hotel
last night.
There was a large crowd awaiting their
arrival here, and they were cheered lusti-
ly as they feebly made their way to the
stages. They are resting easy in the hos
pital, which is delightfully."- situated on
elevated ground in a secluded part of
Tarrytown. Large trees surround the
place, making it shady and cool.
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ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
Schoolgirl DisIiked Her studies and
Swallows ChIoroform.

Orange. Y. j., Sept. because her par
ents insisted on her going 90 school
against her will, Nellie Laidlaw, OF Cherry
Street. West Orange. attempted yesterday
10 commit suicide Nellie is a bright girl,
a good student and her aversion TO school
is mystery Her father is Walter q.
Laidlaw. About the middle of the spring
term she grew very moody and told her
parents she did not want TO go to school
any moro They insisted that she finish
out the term, and she did. Since the fan
term opened her protests have become
more numerous Every morning, with
tears in her eyes, she would beg her
father and mother not 10 compel her TO
so to school.
Yesterday morning her pleading was un-
usually earnest and her parents unusually
stern Just before she turned 10 so she
suddenly threw her arms around her
mothers neck and kissed her
"Good-by, mamma" she said sobbing.
Instead OF going TO school she went TO
a drug store
Il have got cat" she said, that is
getting cross. and ] want 10 kill her;
don't YOU mink chloroform would be the
easiest death2"
The druggist thought so, and gave her
a vial Of the drug. He handed her two
letters and asked her if she would please
mail them in letter box across the
street. She smiled sweetly, and said Ger
tainly." He watched her drop them in
the box
Half an hour later two laborers. pass
ing a grove in Hutton Park. found the
girl unconscious on the ground. the empty
vial beside her. Opening one OF her school
books they learned her name and address.
She was quickly taken TO the hospital
She may recover.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
RESEMBLES THE FATAL BOX.
More Evidence Obtained in the Poi
soned Candy Case.

San Francisco, Cal, Sept. Another
fact of circumstantial import has been
added by the police TO the evidence they
are collecting in the effort TO prove that
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin sent the poisoned
candy which caused the death OF Mrs.
Dunning and Mrs. Deane. When Miss
Emma Her Der, saleswoman in George
Haas candy store. first told of the mys-
terious woman who bought box of can
dy she did not tell the entire story. She
has now added a new chapter TO it. She
was summoned before the chief of police
and made = sworn statement
in this statement Miss HerbeT declares
that on Sunday afternoon, July 81, be
tween 1880 and 4:30 o'clock a short, stout,
full-faced woman entered the Market
Street candy store and asked for box of
candy. The woman said she was in a
hurry. She wanted a special, unmarked u
box that she wished TO send to some
friends. She was particular to ask that
only chocolate candy be placed in the
box.
Miss Herber was shown the box of pois-
oned candy that was sent to Dover. She
looked at il a moment and then said that
il was similar TO the one she had sold TO
her customer On the afternoon of July 81.
Then the chief of police asked her 10
describe the paper in which the box was
wrapped. Miss Herber did so. and iden-
titled the wrapper on the one sent to Do
Yer as similar 10 that which she had used
The young woman will be given an op-
portunity later to identify Mrs. Botkin
if possible.
Cordelia Botkin was in court yesterday
morning. She had tastefuliy attired her
self in a close-fitting suit of blue. There
was about her that firInness and deter
mination which mark her as a woman in
a thousand. When the habeas corpus
case was called Mr.. Knight said there
was no desire on the part of either the
prosecution or defense to proceed as the
time for action had not yet arrived. BY
consent of both sides, the case vas con-
tinued until next Tuesday.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
COOLED OFF IN AN ICE CHEST.
Joke on n bartender Entirely Too
Practical.

Chicago. Sept bartender Harry Palmer. of
No. l42 Wabash Avenue was rinsing out the
glasses after serving two well-dressed customers
last night, when one of them told him il was
too warm in the saloon and he had better get
in the ice chest and cool off Palmer laughed
He always does at a customers joke. hut he be-
came serious when both men produced revolvcrs
and told him 10 do as ordered, after first turning
over the money in the cash register.
Palmer did SO and handed over $40 belonging
20 the saloon. Then the robbers marched the
mixer Of drinks into a big ice chest into which
1900 pounds OF ice had been placed only a sh TT
time before. The ice chest door was locked but
Palmer could see through a little glass in the
door. and he looked on while the thieves took a
drink 10 his good health, grinned at him and
then disappeared.
An hour later the coiorod porter Of the place
came in and discovered and released the bar
keeper, who was nearly frozen.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
ANOTHER CHEAP HOTEL.
The Mills House No. Open in New
York
From the New York Tribune.0

(From the New York Tribune.)
Mills House No. /. the nine-story hotel
erected by d. O. Mills at Bleecker and
Thompson Streets and opened last No
ness. Mills House No. 2. a house built on
the same lines and intended for the same
general purposes. will be open for busi-
ness in Rivington Street at Chrystie. Like
the older hotel, IL Is nine stories high
the general style of architecture is like
the first house, but Il will accommodate
only 900 guests. while the Bleecker Street
hotel has room for nearly 1900
Mills house No. ! was success from
the start and three weeks after it was
opened TO the public every room was
occupied, and since then there have been
few days when one of its l $50 little rooms
which are rented al 20 and 80 cents a
night, has been unoccupied. In speaking
of this Mr.. Flagg said: This eagerness
to take advantage of the cheap accommo-
dations cannot be wondered at when one
considers the advantages of the house
compared with anything at that price,
The same success is looked for at the
new hotel, which is only about one-half
as large as the first one. The exterior of
the building is light brick and Indiana
limestone, finished at the top with an
ornamental copper work. There is a
large reading room, Wnlcn occupies the
whole Rivington Street front and extends
around on the Chrystie Street side in the
shape of an L. On the small side is a
large and well-selected library, from
which the guests of the hotel may draw
books and there also will be kept all
the leading newspapers and periodicals
Large library tables and comfortable
chairs are arranged on the polished floor
and a wainscoting of Tennessee granite
all around the apartment gives it a high
artistic finish. Even in its new and in
complete condition there is an air O,
comfort and elegance about the place
which one would not look for in a hote
in which the best room may be had fol
30 cents a day and the best meal for i
or 20 cents. But further surprises awai
the visitor to the place.
A few steps from the reading room take
The evening times., 1898-09-07
THOUGHT HER A BURGLAR.
Chester Man Blazes Away at His Sis
ter With n Revolver.

Chester, Pa, Sept. 7.-Albert Price,
well-known resident of this city, fired
three shots from a revolver at suppos-
ed burglar in his house early yesterday
morning, but instead of being robber il
proved TO be his sister, who had been
taken Ill, and had gone down stairs for
medicine, without notifying the family.
Price heard the noise and stood at the
head of the stairs and blazed away. He
almost tainted when he found out who
his supposed victim was The whole
neighborhood was excited. Fortunately
none OF the shots took effect.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
Held for Pension Frauds.

Hagorstown, Md, Sept. Limited States C,m-
missioner Alex. r. Hagner today held George
=. Anderson for the United tSates district court,
which meets in Baltimore October. on the
charge OF fraudulently misrepres. ntiDg himself as
a pension agent, detective. etc. and collecting
money from pensioners. Special Pension Exam
iner A. W. Roome Of Washington. represented
the Government Anderson contended he was
innocent and abused Examiner Roome. Reuben
Palmer, John Lusk and Cyrus NJ. Davis testified
against him. The handouts were put on And r
son, and be taken back TO jail TO await his
trial.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
TO FORCE PLATT's HAND.
Independents Start n Boom Favor
ing Roosevelt.

Albany, Sept. 7.-Independent Republi-
cans were called together in conference
here yesterday afternoon by John j..
Chapman and ]. S. Kline. of New York.
representing the movement to nominate
Col Roosevelt before the Republican
State convention, in order to force the
hand of Mr. Platt. whom they distrust
About twenty independents from this vi
cinity responded to the CALL and the SEN
timent of the meeting was favorable to
the action proposed. Secretary of State
John PALMER is out of town, and could
not be present at the meeting. Mr.. Chap
man said that advance agents of the
movement are now travelling all over the
State to prepare for the Independent NOM
ination of Col. Roosevelt.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
DUNCAN SECURES BAIL.
Released From Jail and Joins His
Regiment,

Fairfax Court House, Va. Sept DIR.
Louis Duncan, who has been confined in
the county Jail here under Indictment for
desecraung a Confederate grave near
Bull Run, was released last night on bail
a New York draft for 81. .100 the amount
Of bail required, was received from his
friends in Kansas. and Judge Love was
soon at the courthouse ready to pass
upon the application. Duncan left on the
evening train for Camp Meade, Pa,
where he will rejOin his regiment.
The evening times., 1898-09-07

5000, and indicates the rapid disintegra-
ton Of that party in Arkansas, as pres
aged before the election by a number of
Populist leaders who Joined the Democ-
racy. Out of seventy-five counties the
Republicans carried but two, Newton and
Searcy, and they will have but two men,
bers out Of a. total Of 131 in the legisla-
ture.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
Throat Cut by m Fall

Sharon, Pa, Sept. William T. Ward,
aged forty-four years, head roller at the
Sharon Iron Works, was killed yester-
day, by falling on piece of cold sheet
iron. His throat was cut from ear to ear
the wind pipe and jugular vein being sew
cred. Mr.. Ward was formerly of Phila-
delphia. He was president of the city
council and a leading Republican
The evening times., 1898-09-07
Niagara Falls and Return via II. &
o.. SO.

Special train of coaches and parlor
cars will leave b. & o. depot at $40 a.
m September and %. Tickets good to
stop off returning at Buffalo. Rochester,
Geneva and Burdett CWatkins Glen), and
Mauch Chunk $40 for the round trip
Tickets limited to ten days.
sel,3,4,6,7-en
The evening times., 1898-09-07
Killed Inv an Shaf

Princes Anne, Md, Sept. I'm the village OF
Rock Greek. eighteen miles from Princess Anne.
Mary Elizabeth Boress colored was shot by Os-
car Davis, colored. death resulting almost in
stantly. jury of inquest summoned by
Justice Calvin l. GLADDEN., with Granville p
Webster as foreman.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
FOR MOUNT VERNON,

HIeXandrId and Arlington.
ELECTRIC TRAINS. STATION. Is IL AND PA
AVE. For Mt Vernon, every hour. from 10 4 n
to Q. m
For Alexandria and Arlington, every 45 min
utes.
andria and Arlington. 60c- Alexandria only, &c
Arlington only, 20c.
Washington, Alexandra and Mount Vernon RI.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
THEY STAND THE TEST"
Eclipse Bicycles,
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stocks in exchange for Real Estate;
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taxes at large discount;
VIII go your bond in both criminal and
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SPECIAL
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The evening times., 1898-09-07

Direct all your orders for bottled beer
to the Arlington Bottling Co., and you'll
get Heurich's Maerzen, Senate, Extra
Pale and Lager.
The evening times., 1898-09-07

PENSION OFFICE LADIES' RELIEF ASSOCI-
ATION.-Tickets OF admission 70 Wednesday
evenings concert at the Grand Opera House
may be exchanged for Reserved Seats by the
payment oi 25 cents az SANDERS & STAY
MANS and a. Box Ofhce Of Theater On night
Of Concert, 1t
The evening times., 1898-09-07
FRACTIONAL GULFS WIDEN
Harmony a Deserter From the
Republican Army.
BLACK WON'T BE COAXED

Change of Front by Colonel ROOse-
velt-WilI Accept Nomination at
Saratoga Even If Not Unanimous.
Democratic Gains I'm the Green
Mountain State.
The evening times., 1898-09-07
A DEMOCRATIC CLEAN SWEEP
Republicans Garry Only Two COun-
f,, IL

ties In Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 7.-When the
election returns are all in they will prob
ably show, notwithstanding the light
vote throughout the State, majority of
about So coo for Gov Jones.
In some counties the negroes made no
attempt to vote. because no Republican
local tickets had been nominated.
The legislature is overwhelmingly DEM
ocratic. The Populist vote was less than
The evening times., 1898-09-07
3 MORE TRIPS
TO INDIAN HEAD.

Steamer Charles Macalester leaves seventh
Street wharf On Thursday, Friday. and Saturday
evenings at $50. stopping at Mar hall Hall both
ways Steamer leaves daily at 10 a m and 2:3o
D. m Sundays at II a m, 2:3O and $50 ?. H.
Fare round "Trip. 25 cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-16
| I.

Il can tell you it was no bl"Cmin'
picnic, even at the start. The streets
were narrow and quite bcWildering,
and the further we got from our men
the worse Gid il become. On every
side we saw scOwling yellow faces
peeping at us from the windows and
roofs of the tall bouses. You see, we
had not yet occupied the place, and
it was full of the defeated Egyptians
and worse scum, always so plentiful
IN these foreign cities. Just by way
of change, every now and then We
heard the ping of a bullet as 1t flew
past our ears, and all the time VIC
knew it would he just as easy to force
rat out cf his hole as to try and
discover the rascals who fired at us,
hidden away as they were in the large,
rambling, half ruined buildings by
which we were surrounded.
"I may as well tell you know what
l didn't know till afterwards. and that
is. when Major Fortescue, who was a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-16

bridegroom is Fastening toward his
Hhy Iady-loVe. After the formal intro
ductiOn is over the bride accompanied
by her father, mother and friends, is
ready to acknowledge herself as the
wife of her lord. The 'Yehbo," or
Yes" being uttered the dance Of the
bride IL proposed. This dance is some
what of a trial TO the bride, as the
critics are the bridegroom's party. The
brides dance finished, the feasting
commences. No formal invitations are
issued To the feast. 1t Is soon bruited
about that marriage between Kenebo
and Mpunzanyana is impending amt
that the ceremonies are fixed for GER
tain date. Human nature il much the
same all the world over, ana should
there be a likelihood of plenty Of beer
and meat many friends will put in an
appearance. The Kafiir wife is a hard
worker. She tolls i'm the garden, grow
ing the Kaltir corn, ana, in thousand
other ways, being much more indus
trious than her lord. She is sometimes
SO much oyer-huIdened With work that
she SAYS L. her husband: 1T is only
fair that Nuu should take another wife
( To help me i'm the work. | have been
| n good working woman. My industry
and thrift obtained the means to enable
| you to acquire much cattle. Your
riches come through me, Now, it IL
! only Just, as the cattle We're bought
with my earnings, that YOU should eX-
| pend some i'm a fresh marriage contract,
| and SO my labors would be lightened,"
| And the man is generally agreeable to
| fall in with her proposals, the Kafiir
women wives of the same man, agree
well together, jealousies being seldom
| eXhihited.