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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-12-01
Death Of Mrs. A. A. Huqhes.

Mrs. AIRY Anna Hughes, mother of
Councilman B. F. Hughes, of this city,
died at her home in Charles Town, W.
Va, Monday morning at 9:45 O'Clock,
aged 70 years. Deceased was the widow
of the late Alfred s. Hughes, who died
OIL September s, 1862. The funeral will
take place tomorrow in Charles Town
from the Presbyterian church and the
services will be conducted by her pas
tor, DR.. A. s. Hopkins Councilman
Hughes left this morning over the B. &
0. to attend the funeral. He was
down there last week when it was
thought that death would surely come,
but Mrs. Hughes rallied and Mr.. Hughes
came back to Staunton. Owing to her
advanced age her death was not unex-
pected. Deceased is survived by nine
children, seven sons and two daughters,
most of them being at her bedside
when she passed away. For number
of years the deceased Resided at Har-
per's Ferry, occupying a homo just op-
posite the spot where John Brown was
hung.
Mrs. Hughes was a close student of
the Bible, having read it through from
cover to cover several times. Truly a
good woman has gone to her reward.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-12-01
Railroad Accident on the N & W.

At II 80 o'clock Sunday at Riverside,
fifty-seven miles north of Roanoke, a
fast freight on the Shenandoah Valley
division of the Norfolk and Western,
went through bridge over North river.
Engineer s L. Mayo, of Roanoke, was
badly scalded, and it is thought his con-
dition is very serious, and a rumor says
has since died. Fireman Joseph Ste
vens, of Roanoke, was killed, and Dave
Winger, brakeman, is said to be ia
tally injured. The fast freight was
loaded with live stock. The accident
was due to span of the bridge giving
away. 1t was entirely new and was
still under construction when the acct
dent happened. 1t is reported that a
number of the bridge force were more OF
less injured. Mayo. the engineer, is a
Knight Templar and stands high in the
commun ty.
Some of the trains of the N. & W..
passed through this city yesterday, hay
ing come over the G. & O. from Basic,
thence shifted to the b. & o., and from
here went to Lexington, where they
passed over the &. & O. to Buena Vista
to their own tracks.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-12-01
Grand Reduction Sale d Pianos and
Putnam ORGANS. Also


Autoharps, Music al nd Acc
Slightly shop Piano. Mahogany pedals
swinging front with
month s165 Cash Regular selling price $3.50.
Brand New Piano. Walnut finish Handsomely panels Full Swing
'front.' Ivory full
$780, s25 down and $40
Brand NewPno Mahogany finish Handsomely carved panels Full
full pedals
Price $780, $25 down and $40 month $3.50 Cash
Second hand stief Piano. full
$40 down and S. $1OCash
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-12-01
Dem, Rep.
Snyder Notes.

Quarles' majority, 2,613.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-12-01

Captain Joseph E. Willard has resign
ed from the staff of the executive to ac-
cept an appointment from the president
as quartermaster of volunteers with the
rank of captain. He will go with the
Seventh army corps to Cuba. Captain
Willard had planned trip to Europe
which he will have to give up. He is
the richest man in Virginia being
worth $S,OOO,OOO or 10000, 900.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
ANOTHER LETTER.
Col. c. L. Smith writes of the
Camp now.

The camp is the cleanest he ever saw
Rivalry between the regiments as to
which excells in cleanliness
Sanger known in M0rgantown is there
Band visits the city and serenades
the lgdies-W. j. White seeing the
sights in New Orleans-Odd Fellows
give reception.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
AN ARGUMENT.
The tailor and his suits, Or, how much
is he i'm the hole!


Half the town was tangled up in an
argument last night over plan OF
drawing suits Of clothes and a dis
cussion of how much if any that the
tailor would lose on every transaction
and whether or not he could get out
anyway without getting burnt.
The plan is for twenty five men to
form club. Each man puts in one
dollar week. Every week a man
draws suit and drops out. A new
man is put in his place. However
The proyiso is made that every man
who pays in twenty-five dollars with
out being lucky enough to draw suit
will have one presented to him by the
tailor.
Now how much will the tailor lose
If he runs the series out? How much
will he lose if instead of having the
drawing on the twenty fifth night he
proposes that each man make up the
difference between what he has al
ready paid in and twenty-five dollars
and in return for this gives each one Of
them twenty-five dollar suit?
A correct answer to this with a
diagram that Bernie MADEIRA can see
through will be greatly appreciated
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
IT WILL STAND.
The old ticket will be in the
field on election day.

Several members want to withdraw but
people behind them wont hear to
1.-THE money which has been voted
must be spent by the men to whom it
was given--Other reasons urged by
those who support the present adj
ministrati0n--A hot fight at the
election promised.
The council will stand for re-elec-
ton. This much has been decided that
after the people who support them
have looked over the field. Mr.. S. A.
Poster who was suggested as sub
stitute for the present mayor on the
refusal of Glassoock to serve again
has after thinking the matter over
decided that he will not go on.
Another of the members of the
council had stated that he would not
stand for reelection but after the
situation has been canvassed he has
decided to let the people decide what
what they are to do. So the ticket
which will be voted by part of the
people will be the old one which was
elected last year.
The people who are supporting this
ticket have been very anxious to have
the men stay on. They argue that
the money which remains unexpend-
ed was voted to this set of men be-
cause the town had confidence in them
and wants them to see to its expend-
iture. They have not finished the
work in which they were engaged and
the town should have that as d right
from the members of the council
Several of the members are tired of
their jobs They feel that they are
making sacrifices that they are not re-
paid for making and they want to
draw out At the same time they
feel the justice of the claims of those
who want them to stay in and they
have decided to let the people run the
election to suit themselves and to
abide by the decision as expressed
there.
An opposition ticket headed by L.
V. Keck and composed of non par
tisan membership will more than
likely be placed in the field by those
who are opposed to the way in which
the present council has run things
and the issue will be the old against
the new. The campaign is expected
to be very warm one The election
will be held on January fifth.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
LEAVE NEXT WEEK.
Our Senator and Representative
will go to the seat of war.

An interview with Senator Fast about
several matters--He will propose no
new bills-The kind of law
that would suit him--His report as
Chairman of the Constitutional Re.
vision c0mmittee--Some very good
suggestions offered but ii the state
don't want them there will be no
hard feelings.
Senator Fast will leave Morgan
town next week for Charleston in
company with Delegate Grant. They
will not return until what is likely
to prove the most exciting session
of the legislature in the history of
the state is ended. The senator was
seen by a representative Of this pa
per to-day and asked about the next
session.
He stated that he had prepared no
bills of interest to this county or
town and knew of none that he would
present There was no pressing ne
cessity for such legislation and he
1aQ none TO OHof.
His attention was called to the
proposed game law and he said that
he was in favor of some law that
would make the keeping of hunt
ing outfit burdensome to the extent
that every one in the country could
not own a rusty shot gun with which
to NOW down the game. No other
way of preserving the game can be
imagined than to prevent every one
from killing it
A heavy license should be placed
on all hunters whether they lived
in the state or out of it. This is
different to the plan which the local
sportsmen have suggested. They
want the outside men put to lots Of
trouble but don't want the local peo-
pie to have to come up with too
much
The Senator stated in answer to q
question that his report as chairman
of the constitutional revision com
mittee had been in the hands of the
governor for several months but that
the latter had shown no desire to
have it passed upon. No effort will
be made to push the matter by the
senator and he says chat he can live
and prosper fairly well under the
old constitution if that is what the
people want. At the same time he
feels that some very greatly needed
reforms have been embodied in the
report and that the state would do
well to adopt them.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
FIRST WEST VIRGINIA
Is Among the Troops to be Mustered
Out.

AsHINGToN, d. c., Dec 30.-It
is said at the war department that
no change in plans as to the muster
ing out of troops will be made as a
result of the threatening outlook in
the Philippines. The secretary of
war has made some progress in des-
ignating the volunteer regiments to
be mustered out, but no announce
ment will be made until the list is
completed. 1t is believed, however,
that that the list will include the
Sixth Virginia (colored) at Macon,
and the First West Virginia, at CO.
lumbs, Ga.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
A NEW TOWN.
Greenm0nt feels that it Wants an In
corporati0n-Notice will soon be
given of the Move.

Morgantown is likely to have an
other town formed under the shadow
of it's wing. Greenmont is getting
trifie overgrown for country neigh
borhood and feels that it is large
enough to make town out of it's
self. Several of the people over
there are interesting themselves in
the matter and they are looking into
the matter of the cost Of the i'm
provement.
In case they decide to take the
step they will give a notice and
hold their election and get into a
municipality as soon as they can at
tend to it. The people feel that they
would be more secure and have less
outbreaks to contend with If they
had the protection of a towns
government
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
The Taylor County Case.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. ga
number of prominent lawyers and
political leaders arrived here to-
night from Grafton to attend the
hearing of the mandamus case in the
Supreme Court tomorrow, among
whom are John w. Mason, j. K.
Owens and Humphrey Brohard.
Judge Campbell, Of Monroe, and
John B. Holt, of Huntington, are
also here The hearing of the Tay-
Tor case tomorrow is expected tc be
in the nature of warm legal BATTLE
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30
CANNOT ACCEPT.
Mr.. Forney D0nley speaks on the re-
c0rder questiOn-Hi card to the pub

NVAuCh IuCStAVh HID Cbtu w bnC pun
lie.
Several people having mentioned
Mr. Forney Donley as candidate for
recorder OF the town of Morgantown
and one OF them having asked him to
run through the columns of this paper
he has seen fit to give US communi-
cation on the subject. The reason
for the refusal is found in the dsa-
bility under which he finds himself
and on account of which he feels tina
he would not be able to give the Office
the attention which it deserves. The
communication is as follow:
Editor of the NEW DOMINION:
My name has been used in connec-
tion with the election Of recorder.
While | am very sensible of the honor
conferred by this preference / shall
have to decline the proffered honor.
My friends who have interested them
selves in the matter have my thanks
but this refusal must be taken as
final. Even if elected | could not ac-
cept the honor at this time.
Respectfully.
FoRNEY DoNLEY.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-12-30

Headache bada Get DR.. Miles. Pain PHI.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
HONOR PAID.
Last Nights Reception and Ban
quet of Company A and
Naval Reserves.
PEOPLE THRoNG THE COURT HOUSE.
Brilliant Scenes About the Festive
Board at the Harper.

Returned Soldiers and Sailors are Feasted
and Complimented With Addresses by
Representative Citizens and Officers OF
| the Regular and Volunteer Armies-An
/ Occasion which Those Who Went Out
Pride and Pleasure.
Soldiers and sailors of Rock Island
were last night showered with the ex-
pressiOns of appreciation and pride OF
a grateful people. They were greeted.
congratulated and feasted. Ind0id-
ually the populace-it seemed as
| though every man, woman and child
turned outlook advantage of the
first opportunity TO meet the boys per-
sonally, grasp them by the hand and
| tell them their duty was nobly per-
formed. The boys gracefully accept
ed the blessings and cheering words
bestowed upon them, and naturally,
as they well had occasion to be, felt
proud of the earnest, unaffected and
enthusiastic manner in which they
were received.
The public reception at the court
house was a scene that could not have
failed to impress the onlooker. Such
a fervent outburst of patriotism and
hero admiration was never before
witnessed within the confines of Rock
Island. 1t will pass into history as
such, and surely time cannot efface it
from the memories of those who were
present.
The procession, composed of
platoon of police, Bleuer's band,
and the regimental officers and
Mayor Medill in carriages, Com
pany A and the home mem bers
of the naval militia. moved
from the Armory east on Third
avenue to Twentieth street, thence
north to Second avenue, west to Fiji
tenth, south to Third, and west to
the south door of the court house,
the thoroughfares being kept blazing
with Pyrotechnics. Mayor Medill
and the officers and men formed line
which extended from entrance to en-
trance on the first floor hallway of the
county building. For two hours the
people kept up continual procession
from the south to the north door,
each shaking the hands of those COM
posing the column, and the result
was that there were some limp and
tired arms before the close of the re-
ception was announced. 1t was with
great difficulty that the crowd was
controlled, although detail of police
guarded the south door. Hundreds
waited in vain an opportunity to gain
entrance.
The boys appeared in uniform and
they all looked fine. many having al
ready lost some of that brown color
which they brought from the south.
Each wore a pretty boquet pinned on
by Mrs. G. NJ. Loosely. While the
public was paying respects to the he
roes Bleuer's band, stationed on the
second floor discoursed stirring mu-
sic. Flags, flowers and plants, lastly
placed by the ladies of the Woman's
Relief corps and the Aid society of
John Morris camp, formed a decOra-
ton that added greatly to the beauty
of the picture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
SCENES AT THE BANQUET.
Soldiers and Sailors Feast and Hear Words
of Wisdom.

Shortly after 10 o'clock the march
was resumed, the column moving up
Second avenue to the Harper house,
where the guests were received by the
general committee in charge of the
reception and banquet. There for a
short season an informal reception
was held in the parlors. where the
officers of the 9th regiment and Com
pany A and the regular army officers
from the arsenal and the city met
in social intercourse. In due time
the doors of the spacious and brilliant
Iv. Illuminated and decorated dining
hall were thrown open. and rows of
richly laden tables were seen. and to-
ward which the guests moved to the
strains of an appropriate march by
Bleuer's orchestra, which had taken
its position in the ordinary. where it
PLAYED excellent airs at intervals dur
ing the banquet hours. The regi-
mental colors were placed against
the south wall directly back of the
table of honor, while stacked about
the rooms were arms and equipment
from Rock Island arsenal. A feature
of the table decorations was hard
tack in which was implanted a minia-
ture American silk flag at the side of
each plate. Before seating. Capt. j. W.
Ferris, chaplain of the 9th, invoked a
blessing upon the assemblage, which
numbered about $50. 1t was a de-
licious feast, and il was relished by
all. Landlord McHugh covered him
self with glory The menu was as
follows:
Blue FONTS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
SEEMS LIKELY TO SUCCEED
The Movement to Secure n Naval Reserve
Division Here.

Hon. William McEniry returned last
evening from Springfield. where he
went to confer with Gov. Tanner and
Adjt.-Gen. Reece in relation to the
transfer of one of the Moline divisions
of the Naval Reserves to this city.
Mr.. McEniry brings back the most
encouraging reports on the outlook
for the success of~H movement. He
has every reason, he's avs, to believe
the change will be accomplished, and
inasmuch as Moline cannot retain
both divisions the sentiment there is
favorable to Rock Island IL preference
to other Illinois cities which are COM
peting for the division.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals viii be received at
the city clerks office, Rock Island,
H., until Monday, October 3, 1898,
at O'Clock p. M, for the improve
ment of the levee at Rock Island.
Plans and specifications on file at
the city clerk's office.
Rock Island, H.. September "a,
1898.
A. ID. HUEsING, CITY Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
why.

"Golightly boasts that ne never
changes his mind
HE can't. No one will swap with
him Brooklyn Life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
IT MADE A BIG BLAZE.
Destruction of a Coal Warehouse
in the Railroad
Yards.
HAD BEEN SATURATED WITH OIL

Burns FuriousIy and Like finder. But the
Contents Were Saved-SIade Brilliant
Display, Which at the Outset Occasioned
Much AIarm-Loss Nominal Neverthe-
less.
Like volcanic eruption or a spon-
taneous pyroteehnic display of huge
proportions in honor of the particular
occasion that was absorbing public
attention in Rock Island at the time,
flames suddenly shot heavenward
from the anthracite storage ware
house of the Rock Island Fuel COM
pany in the railroad yards near the
foot of Twenty-third street shortly
after 10 O'Clock last night. In an in
slant the long, narrow wooden struc-
ture was enveloped. The very sky
seemed ablaze, and while the two
companies of the Central engine
house and Hose No. responded
promptly, the building burned like tin
der and was soon reduced. Three lines
of hose were attached to the hydrants
in the vicinity, but owing to the ex-
istence of but a 4-inch water main
the strain was too great and the
streams were feeble in effect Yet
the firemen fought the flames bravely
and saved the contents of the struc-
ture-10 car loads of hard coal and
the cars on the contiguous tracks and
the adjoining warehouses. The loss
will not exceed $400 and there is no
insurance. The fire is supposed ( o
have caught from spark from a
locomotive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-10-01
Was OIL Soaked.

The building was formerly used as
an oil warehouse by the wholesale
house of Henry Darts Sons, and was
as a result pretty well saturated with
oil. Consequently the flames found
an easy prey and the effect was
lurid illumination that gave an ex-
aggerated appearance of the destruc-
ton and the further away the more
extensive appeared the blaze.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-25
TROOPS ORDERED .HoMH.
Will Go Into Camp a Various state
Capital - layS soon he A1us-
tered Ont. VS.

Washington, Aug. 19.-Orders were
issued by Adjt. Gen. Corbin Thursday
night ssfor the Second New York, now
at Fernandina. Fa.,, to proceed with
all its equipment, except wagon trans
.portation, to Troy, n. y, and there go
into camp; the Second Maine to pro-
coed from Chickamauga to Augusta,
Me-; the First Illinois cavalry to pro-
coed from Chickamauga to SPRING
field, ILL.,, and the Twenty-third Kan
sas, now in camp at Topeka. to proceed
at oncessto Santiago, Cuba, and there
report TO Gen. Lawt on. The Twenty
third Kansas is regiment of colored
troops and IS said to be an excellent
organization. It is the purpose to
make the regiment a part of the per-
manent garrison of Santiago. The
movements of the other three regi-
ments is believed to be preparatory to
mastering them out of the service. It
is said at the department, however,
that the orders were issued because Of
a desire on the part of the people of
the states to have the organizations
in camp at home rather than in one
of the large camps Of mobilization. In
their state camps the men would, it
was argued, be less liable to illness.
AS the establishment of Camps in the
states would involve not much addi-
tional expense and would be of obvious
advantage to the troops, the request
for their movement was granted by
the department. 1t is likely that other
organizations will shortly be ordered
to go into camp in their home states.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-25
CAsKET AND LEADEN CASE.

which they are guarded being held by
the archbishop, the president of the
ayuntamiento," or municipality, and
the secretary of foreign affairs. This
is in order to guard against fraud and
to prevent unauthorized access to the
priceless treasure.
In mis- report to this government, Mr..
Ober said in substance: 1.-THE con-
clusion reached by the Spanish acad-
envy is that the remains of Cristoval
Colon are in the cathedral of Havana
in the shadow of the glorious banner
CO CASTLE. It is most fitting that over
his sepulcher waves the same flag that
sailed with him from Palos in the San
ia Maria. There rest the bones of the
first admiral of the Indies; there is
his last abode h, : ''. w."
II sincerely desire to assent to this
opinion, feeling it were indeed most fit
ting that the ashes of Columbus should
1epose under the flag he carried to the
new world; but after having sifted all
the evidence carefully, after having
seen the spot selected by the admiral
for his last abode. after having exam
ined witnesses who were present at
the discovery of the last casket, after
reading the inscriptions and inspect
ing the relics themselves, am forced
to admit that the Dominicans have a
much stronger case than the Ha-
vanese. 6g ~
4 s'The error Of the Spaniards, in 1895,
lay in their ignorance Of the fact that
thsre we've two vaults closely con-