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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-09-10

Miss Mary Griffitts spent last week
and part of this at Louisville visit
ing.
Mrs. w. B. Stephens of Chatta-
nooga is here visiting her sister Mrs.
F. P. Hood.
Harry Stephens of Chattanooga is
here visiting relatives.
Dave Poland of Knoxville, spent
Tuesday in our city.
School commenced at the College
on Tuesday the 9th. The Friends
Normal also commenced on the same
day.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-09-10
Something New,

A tan Shoe Polish that don't re.
quir rubbing. A black Shoe Polish
that makes the shoe waterproof. Try
these and you will buy no other.
R. M. MAGILL & Co.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-09-10

Mr.. 7. P. Duncan, handed us a
paper, The East Tennesseean pub
lshed here at Maryville, in 1856, by
Jas. z. Swan. We thought perhaps,
that some of the items taken from 1t
would be of interest to our readers:
First will be an item, calling atten-
ton to the card of one of our best Physi-
clans who has made this his home
since that time:
B6~ In an other column will be
found the card Of our young friend
DIR. mo. w. Gates. who has just re-
turned from the Nashville Medical
College, where he graduated with
more than ordinary laurels, having
taken the first prize, which was award
ed by the Professor of Anatomy for
his proficiency in that department.
We hope he may receive a liberal
portion of the patronage, as we have
no doubt bis medical attainments
merit it. He can be found at all hours
at his office, known as DIR. Prices
office, or at his fathers residence, un-
less professional absent.
The Attorneys of Maryville, at that
time were-Sam. T. Brcknell, Jesse
C. Wallace, John E. Toole.
From the following short item
written of the weather, we mightsnfer
that our "Sunny South" has become
more sunny as we do not often ex-
perience such cold weather in March.
G@ Notwithstanding the severe
and continued cold weather, "winter
continues to linger in the lap offspring
and to-day, the 81 of March, it has
showed, short time, as hard as any
time during the winter.
We will publish "Slave Sale No
tice" which we think will be interest
ing to some:
SLAVES FOR SALE.
In conformity with a decree render
ed by the Circuit Court of Blount
County, at the January Term, 1856,
| will offer for sale to the highest bid
der at the court house door in Mary
vile, on Monday, the grid. day Of
March next, two slaves, viz: A boy
named ISAAC, aged about 26 years,
and girl named SIB, aged about "a
years.
Said slaves are the property of the
estate of Winfield S. Porter, decd,
and will be sold for the purpose of
dividing the proceeds amongst the
heirs of said estate. A credit of ten
months will be given, and the pur-
chaser will be required to give bond
and security for the purchase money,
bearing interest from date of sale.
w. A. Walker, Clerk.
The Price of The East Tennesseean
was S. per year in advance.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-09-10
A CRITICAL TIME.
During the Battle of San.
tiago.
Sick or We'll, a rush Night and
Day.

The Packers at the Battle of Sam
tlago de Cuba were all Heroes,
Their Heroic Efforts in Getting
Ammunition and Rations to the
Front Saved the Day.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15

G. n Holmes ana NJ. =. 8. uisks. Y
DanccrS--J jennie Sprong. Julia Pgleeo,
Dorothy Wood. Frcdrbeila Cohen, ftrno
Colby, Bette Lee Smith, Cliftlpc Blake,
Kitty Nash. Nadine Sawyer. A&tne Griffin.
Ina woolford. Caddie Crawford.
EGYPTIAN MAIDS.
Chapcrones- II. II. Dickson and
Miss Harriet Levy.
Dancers--Mlss Jcanncttu Porter, Niles
Louise oltvcr/ Miss Challic Jones, Miss
Ouida Queen
!, Tns mars q the Roman % soldiers W.. s
q, E. johnson. Mir. Charles Crane. MIR. r. Il
williamt, Mr.. Cabccn Blake. Mr.. Tom
Swearinrcn. MIR. Lee Campbell. Mr..
Laudrum Dennis. Mr.. Emmett Godbold.
Mr. Louis Bryan. MIR. Bert Smith, Mr..
George Gaines. MIR. Charles Gribhlc. Mr..
G. w. Holland, Mr.. Armistead Ahrahains.
Mr. Henry Brown.
All of the dances we're graceful and pref
ty. and the use az co,ored lights on thu
fanciful costumes made very charming
eject, AZ tlncs. however, the shades 81
light thrown on the dancers showed the
makeup too plainly. aud presented rather
a CHASTITY appearance. Then. too. the light,
AZ times were not at NIL bright enough
making Il extremely dgmicult to see the
bpcrformers.
Taken as WHOLE the show was wei
worth seeing. md tho largc audience. which
filled all the box,s. the parcuet and the
balcony and overftowcd into the gallcry
gave ample evidence Of Its appreciation
The performance will be presented at u
matinee at $3.50 "Wednesday afternoon, and
the final presentation viii he made We'd
nesday night The excellence OF the at
traction and the fact that thu proceeds Will
90 to tho Depelchu Faith Home, make
large audiences an assured fact.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15
LIFE IN THE KLONDIKE
STORY TOLD ny A MAN WHO HAS
JUST RETURNED.
Have Contracted Infammn tory
rheumatism Searching for 1t.

Fort Worth Texas February 1.-THE
PROSTATE form of man was discovered in
the Cotton Belt yards yesterday. it proved
a stranger named James Firsth, young
Englishman. To the officers who found MIN
he told sad. strange story. The man was
suffering from inflammatory rheumatism.
and was unable to walk. He had lain
where found for three days without food or
shelter, and was in a helpless condition and
nearly famished. Firsth was taken to the
st, Joseph's infirmary, where the good sis
tiers are caring for him as only sisters can.
Firsth Is S2 wears OF age and up TO the
carly part of last summer lived in scran-
ton. Pa, where he held lucrative position
with the Scranton Electrical Works. When
the Klondike feyer broke out he contracted
A severe case of it, and at once left for
the gold fields with $1,000 on his person. He
landed In Dawson City the first part OF last
August, but being unable TO find Work MS
money gave out. and he was soon pehhi-
less. He says that for miles around tne
claims worth having have all been GRABBED
UP bv representatives Of the Rothschllas,
Goulds. Astors. Rockefellers and ether
American mining syndicates. English syn
dicates. ne says. nave agents on the
grounds and as soon as a promising CAIN
Is found. II is bought up bv these rich
men, and a poor man has one chance out
of a thousand to secure ANYTHING good.
Dawson City is the center of supplies Tor
the Klondike region. but when Firsth LETT
III English syndicates were moving their
base of supplies up TO III Dorado, Where
they have absolute control. Many people
have contracted inflammatory rheumatism
there. When he came down on the steamer
George W. Elder there were twelve men
on board who were taken from the steamer
on its arrival at San Francisco TO the hos
pital suffering from |: and unable TO walk.
il is thsTD & with every ; rn,% ans
many with brokdR KeJth When Firsth
left that country proviseIus were getting
scarce. and high in price, He-paid 81 "a
get his shoes half -soled. Firsth wt'l pc
cared for at the hospital until he y able 10
| continue his Journey to New York
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15

he purchased handsome residence. N !
tertained royalty and began plotting TIM
overthrow OF the government OF Precedent
Dole. Among the baron's papers at his
death was found this letter. which indi-
Gates the scope Of his plans:
baron Harden Hickey, Los Angeles, Cav.
San Francisco. August IS, lS9s--Mon-
signeur: Your favor Of August l6 has been
received.
First am the duly authorized agent OF
tue royalist party, insofar as 1t is possible
ior any one to occupy that position under
existing circumstances. With the queen In
prison and absolutely cut on from all COM
munication with her friends. 1t Is. of course.
out Of the question for me to carry any
thing like formal credentials.
Second--Alienating any part OF the ter
ritory can not give rise to any constitution
al questions, for the reasons that the con-
situations. like the land tenures. are In a
state of such utter confusion that any
strong hand can unravel them.
Third--1t is the island OF Kauai on
which ] propose to establish YOU as an In
dependent sovereign.
Fourth--My plan is TO SUCCESSFULLY oc-
cupy all the islands, leaving the capital
TIL the last. When the others have fallen.
the capital being cut off from all sources.
VIII be easily taken. and may even very
likely fall without a fight.
"Fifth--The government forces consist OF
about 100 men aud boys. with very in,pef.
ieet military training. and Of who's. about
forty are officers. They are orgafizsd MS
infantry There are also about 500 citi.
zens enrolled rs a reserve guard. who may
be called in case Of IN emergency. and
about 1e0 police.
We can fully rely upon the assistance
OIL ail the police. and from a quarter to a
nali of the other troops. and of tbs re1
mainder, many will under no circumstances
engage in sharp fight In defense OF the
present government.
Sixth-The tonnage of the vessel Is 116
she at present has berth room for twenty
men, OUT DUNK room can be arranged In the
noiu Tor 2oS more, with provision for ample
fentiiation.s She has one complete set of
sails and two extra spars The remaining
Information as to her will have TO obtain
ana send YOU tomorrow. think 1t must
be clear to youthat the opportunity now
offered you will be of incomparably greater
value at once than Trinidad would ever be
sun hoping that l may have an interview
With you at an early day. respectfully
yours, Ralston !. Nnrkoe, y
These plans for an empire In the Pacific
We're not generally known. aud the reason
for the failure to make any attempt TO
overthrow the Hawaiian republic has not
been ascertained.
Possibly the Baroness Haden Hickey
grew impatient at the delay of her corona
ton 1t was said among the friends of the
couple that they did not quite agree. For
the last year the baroness has lived much
alone at her home in Los Angeles. aud at
Riverside.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15
DAWSON PRICES FAILING.
Candles Only 30 Cents Apiece Now
Instead of II boIiar.

InSteUu
New York, February lib. A. seits'
Young Wall street man. went to the Al.
askan gold fields few months ago. and
has written to friend giving the follow
ing quotations in Dawson and the genuine
ness of the gold discoveries:
Last year there were but Two streams
bonanza and Ell Dorado-in which rica
danosits we're found. This year there are
half a dozen unker. Quartz, Hender.
san Bear. Sulphur and Dominion-as rlcn
as e,ther Bonanza or FL Doraio. Eunker
nTomises to surpass either Bonanza or III
Do,ado ms a producer. l have stlked sey-
eral claims, one OF which ! aave l Do nv
ed TO an English syndicate ,or sso,oov,
"There is no starvation here. ana VIII
20, W. amy. Provisions nave been nigh.
Int are not 50 high as they were SIX
weeks ago. Flour Is now only 81 per pound'
baron and dried fruit only 80 cents
no,,nd; caudles only so cents. SIX weeks
aro candles we're 81 each. and PROVISIONS
wera 80 per cent higher.
"There is 4 splendid opportunity mere
10 obtain valuable interests IN min'ns
nroparties. I believe that with s2o'ooo 70
s,et, 900 one could obtain claims ana m
terests In claims ,bat wi!l be worth from
81 600. 900 TO s20Oo,orp, ana perhaps more.
4 hank to buy dust and deal III ioreigh
exchange would do fine business
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15
[l1E BARON HICKEY.
III. Law Contends He Did Not
Commit Suicide.
len TO BE A NEWSPAPER MAN.
Lard Married q Trust Mag
I pruEh ter and Hnd a scheme
20 Capture Hawaii.

baso. Texas, February HI. H.
father -in-law Of paron Harden
Who died in this city the other day,
no hours In Ell paso today en- route
francisco to attend the funeral of
haron. Mr.. Tlagler was met at the
4 Pacific depot by Manager Fisher
picrson hotel and the chief OF po-
both these gentlemen assured Mr..
that the baron committed suicide
\ the farewell letter to his wife was
and found on q chair beside the
San's bed.
he rost reporter Mr.. Flaglcr sail:
satisfied that the farewell letter
suuine, but it was written during
the baron,s fits of melancholy and
| voice his feelings when reason held
There was no cause why he should
bmmitted suicide. He was the only
wealthy mother residing in San
kcp, anu himself anu HIS WIG were
: to each other. He left her several
ago to 20 down into Mexico to look
h, two plantations in that country,
found the altitude so high that 1t
HI affected his heart, and he wrote
IA he was coming back home. The
Rnd myself were the best OF friends,
Iere was not jar In his family at
II will never believe different thtn
N baron's death was an accident.
troubled with insomnia, he took an
Be OF choral. Ii you understood him
b. you would not pay any attention
farewell letter..
|Flagler was very anxious for The
krorter to correct the suicidal report
hte that it was an accident.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15

Is the talk of the day in New York
when 1t was announced three years
lat Miss Anna Flagler, daughter Of
/ Flagler, was to become the Baron
krtlen Hickey. Not that the title CT
|ss is so hard to obtain, when one has
nor is such mark of distinction
Eligible earls and dukes and princes
be had. But this was case where
lie was expected to carry with it a
e crown, and to Anna, queen OF
3D." the 400 bowed the knee.
man who proposed to proclaim him
ing of an empire five miles long by
wide, was a Catholic and of an old
Y family that had followed the wan
fumes of the house of Stuart whoa
ames fled TO France. and had later
10 America. Baron James Harden
the last Of The line, was born IN
fniA forty-four years ago. He WAS
Jed abroad Ut the Jesuit college at
and at Leipsic, where he won fame
eckless duelist. Later he entered the
military school al Saint Cyr. hat
ally drifted into newspaper work.
Twain, in speaking OF the frequent
pnment % the editor of the I-evant
in Constantinople, said he believed
Eht get 4 job there as editor, but he
he would try TO worry along with
LATTER Baron Harden Hickey had
lhfsSd brought before the Paris
Zines, had paid fines
aud had fought n
duels, ne LOOK tliV nIuorlst' advice
I've up newspaper work..
Psophy next engaged the atte0tlon of
rsatile baron, but before he hatt.at-
Niryana, more fascinating project
itself upon him. He decided to
an empire.
700 miles off the coast of Brazil a
little island pokes up its nose In the
&c. 1t Is mountainous and barren.
"a turtles are its principal inhab-
On this island of Trinidad the
saw spot which might make him
:, There are two islands of this
~ the Atlantic. The larger and by
more important is of great com
value. owing to its vast asphalt
But to the baron this was as moth
mpared to the turtle domain over
20 proposed to crown himself King
l.
pis friends the baron revealed his
~ propose TO take possession Of the
said he, under a maxim of in
ohal law which declares that any
nay seize and hold waste land that Is
imed by anybody else Bonds to
nount OF s100.000 were to be issued.
subscribing $4,000 were to be en-
70 Tree transportation to the new
and to maintenance there for a
neVonues were 10 be raised by the
turtles and guano.
embryo potentate informed several
o. his Intention. He wss about to
Towns tof himself and for his queen:
.cenuants OF the original Knicker-
We're anxiously awaiting invita-
me coronation ball: the aristoc-
me East was agog when the an
menl came of the revolution In Bra
~ new republic considered Trinidad
aasnle BIT of territory. King James
,n'ead and Queen Anna We're never
oaron was not discouraged. Trlni-
not the only island in the ocean.
!. nis bride 10 Los Angeles. whgre
'ooR, With stralning eyes, toward
'1cn that shut down on the Pacific
= himself and the Hawaiian group.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15
nnsh Prom nnII.is.

Dallas. Texas. February liza rush TO
9londike started from Dallas today over
forty tickets were sold for passage 70 seat
,,e by Dallas ticket agents at the resu-
a,ion rate Of SIS each. The Missouri. Kan
s,s and Texas alone sold twenty-one. The
buyers we're from Dallas and nsishppsinS
favns
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15

reprcsenative q such government in
Cuba
a bill making available $4,000 heretofore
appropriated for the expepse Of operating
a drcdge boat at Sabine Pass. Texas, was
pissed
The senate then went into executive scs-
sion. and at $40 o m. adjourned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15

p. r. schmidt. Houston. Texas. ars ools
agcI..s for Elmer Amend's Prescftpttpn
No 1851. which y cure AGAINST NhoiinAs-
tim. One bottle WI prevo u
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-15

Terrell. Texas. February li-Aa,or =
NJ. Cunningham succseded 10 commi''ins
suicide with rough on rats YESTERDAY mora
inr ON his place near Poetry. north Of this
city. He is the same man VINO mas ~
vented from shooting nin'seit
ago by constabla ARles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-22

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Thc bill to in
bank was buried under an over
whelming adverse majority Of the
house yesterday. The debate upon
the measure was concluded at 3
O'Clock. Mr.. Dingley, the floor leader
of the majority, made an argument in
it's support. The other speakers were
Hill of Connecticut. in it's support,
and Mcssrs. Bell. Sulzer, Maxwell,
Maddox and Swanson in opposition.
The vote by which the bill was de-
feated stood 1O3 ayes to 14S noes. The
bill to extend the customs and revenue
laws of the United States over the
Hawaiian islands was passed without
opposition. The bill, Mr.. Dinglcy eX
planned, carried with it the civil laws
relating to appointments in the Gus
toms and revenue service in Eowaii.
AS this bill simply sought to Go what
the act Of annexation, it was proper
that it should pass and pass promptly.
Mr.. McNillin Dem., TENN used the
bill as a text for some remarks upon
the Dingley revenue law in which he
claimed that the revenue provided by
it was insufficient to meet the eX-
PEI Sc of the government. Mr.. McRae
Deln., Ark.) offered an amendment
designed to extend all the general laws
Of the United States over the islands.
He said there We're other laws i'll
Hawaii which should be abroGated be-
sides the customs and revenue laws.
Among them were the labor aid the
land laws. Mr.. Dingl:.i- begged Mr..
McRae not to complicals the question
involved in the bill. Tie Till was then
passed without division. The house
then. at 400 p. m, adjourned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-22
THE YULE LOG,

Christmas day in the primitive
church was always observed as the
Sabbath day, and, like that preceded
by an Eve, or Vigil. Hence our pres
ent Christmas Eve. On the night of
this Eve, people were wont to light
up candles of an uncommon size, call
ed Christmas candles, and lay log of
wood upon the fire, called Yule log
or Christmas block, to illuminate the
house, and, as it were, to turn night
into day. This custom is still kept up
in the north of England. The size of
these logs Of wood, which were in
fact great trees, may be imagined from
the fact that in the time Of the civil
wars of the last century, Capt. Hosier
burnt the house of Mr.. Barker of
Haghmond Abbey, near Shrewsbury,
by setting fire to the Yule log. At
the bringing in of the Yule log at
Christmas Eve in the ancient castle of
England, the great hall of the castle
was profusely decorated with ivy and
holly berries. AS soon as the log was
lighted the Christmas festivities be-
gan. The servants were then given a
general holiday and did not go to bed
at all, but rambled about until the
church bells called them to prayer at
IL o'clock. The word Yule signifies
Christmas. which was called In the
Latin or Western church the Feast OF
Lights. because they used many lights
or candles at Its celebration In honor
OF Christ. thu Light OF all Lights.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-22
AGoNc1LLo ANNOYED.

He Lodges a Protest Against the
Peace Commission's Action.
Paris, Dec. 18.-The entire American
peace commission left here for the
United States via Havre and South
ampton last night, and sails for New
York on board the American liner ST.
Louis. 1t is learned that Agoncillo, the
representative Of Aguinaldo, the Phil
fppine leader, has lodged a strongly
worded protest with the commission,
which thus becomes a part of the
records. 1t begins with saying that
the very noble and gallant Gen.
Aguinaldo, president Of the Philippine
republic" had honored him with "the
post OF official representative to the
very honorable president of the United
States Agoncillo then reviews the
case at length, saying that at the time
Of ''imploring the armed cooperation
of Aguinaldo and the other prominent
Philippine chiefs" both the com.
mandcr Of the Petrol, Capt. Wood, in
Hongkong, before the declaration of
war, and the American consul general.
Pratt. at Singapore; Wildman, at
HongkOng and Williams at Cayite. act
ing as the international agents of the
great American nation at moment of
great anxiety, offered to recognize the
independence Of the Filipino nation
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-22

"Wassail bob," bunch OF holly or
other evergreens on pole, decked with
ribbons and hung with oranges anu
apples, and sometimes bearing pair
of dolls, was carried about in York
shire at Christmas nearly a century
ago. And until 1880 the "besant" was
escorted by procession with music at
Shaftesbury-it being tree-shaped
framework covered with ribbons, now
ers and peacock feathers, on when
were hung jewels, coins and other ar
ticies Of value, loaned by the local gen.
try. Hutchins' history of Dorset states
in 1903 that the decorations of this
"besant," or "byzant," or "bezon,' as
it was variously called, were sometimes
worth as much as 91,500.
These and kindred customs prevail
ing in the England of a century ago
are generally regarded by archaeolo-
gists as survivals of tree worship,
which seems to have existed every
where.
Germany probably received the tree
from Scandinavia, where the ancient
legend tells of "Yggdrasil," the ash,
which binds together heaven, earth
and hell: its branches spreading over
the whole world, and reaching above
the sky; its roots running in three dl-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-12-22
Stanford Estate.

San Francisco. Dec. IS. - Jane L..
Stanford. eNecutriX OF the estate OF
Leland Stanford, filed in the superior
court her final account, accompanied
by Il petition for final distribution Of
the estate. She reports that Ill debts
against the estate Of the late senator,
ag|regatng 81 .1S3.114 have been paid.
All the legacies. amounting to S5.115,-
coo. have also been paid All litiga
ton has been disposed Of in favor Of
the estate. except the So-called inhcri-
lance case now pending before the su-
prone court. and in Which, $23O.OOO is
involved. With the consent of the
court ample provision will be made to
meet this tax should the court finally
determine that it is legal and payable.
The cXecutriX expresses the belief that
the estate is in condition to be closed,
and the residue and remainder dis
tributed