davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16
JOKE WAS ON THE TOWN
Grand Demonstration for a l!cYse ,,ameG
After Presiaen: Lincoln.

One of the unNritten war stories Is
told by an old farmer of Michigan.
who now has TWO sons in Cuba, says
the Detroit Free Press.
Long bout 'G3," he relates. Il was
pretty deep in the stock business, for
the war was maxim good demand
for everything in that line. One OF
my deals was to buy Il fine horse
down in lndiany for breedin' purposes.
Ills owner, hnvin' great admirin FOR
Honest Old Abe, give the horse thar
name. / made the dicker in March,
and the horse was to be shipped soon's
the weather moderated.
EARLY one mornin' got telegraph
statin' that old Abe would reach our
place that afternoon. / went into
town bout four o'clock and there was
the blambedest racket you ever sea
The ban was out tootin' to Kill, the
little old brass cannon was mounted
on the hind wheels of wagon fur
gun carriage. people was dressed in
their best clothes. the president or tn"
village was rushin' round Sivln' or
ders. the flags was all out no bus
was bein' done and the crowd at the
staten was stretchin' their necks to
see the train. that wasn't due for
morc'n n hour.
IL heerd that tie President of the
United States was comm and jined
- in with the sport till happened 10
pee"", Then catched on TO ,na ex
of now. ~ the mis-
IT. IT.. M-ixz4nd his force Of hands '"r,.
people was mad ut first. then they
laughed rs though tie whole town
was crazy. and at last they wound up
by holdin' somethin' atwccn Il picnic
and a war meetin'"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16
RAlLROADlNG IN CHINA.
Its Difficulties and Humors Apropos Of Recen
Riots.

Mr. Cox, who was recently assault
ed near Peking, China, has had many
similar experiences during the dozen
years he has been railroad building i'll
| the Chill Province. and has only eN-
| tricated himself by dint of tact, pluck,
and good humor. He has practically
for years carried his life i'll his hand
! In 1890, for instance. during floods.
Il mob led by the soldicry OF Luta'.
| Il military camp near Tien-Isin, cut
the railway cmbankmcnt and destroy
ed seven miles of line. their officers en-
| couraginG them. and the enlightened
Niceroy Ii Hung Chang, in his 1nmeh
few miles off, "layin' low ana sayln
muffin" The cause alleged was thai
49, snlbankment prevented the hood
"ateri from running off, which, as
. mere were frequent outlets. was uth'
nonsense. Previous to that, attempts
had been made to wreck trains, a.
the lives of the foreign employees Vs.
constantly threatened.
The life. too, Of the foreign guard on
4 train is not always n happy one.
servants without tickets
take possession nf iirst-class car
other functions IN it. Perhaps they
light pan of charcoal to warm them
selves IL the weather is cold. Char
roal has certain asphyHatins effects;
'he other passengers complain. and
The servants have to be elected. Too
much violence might lead TO n general
lttack on foreigners and another Tien-
Isin massacre; while too little would
not be effective. The unhappy guard
has TO follow the ''happy" mean be-
wrcn good hard push and mild
blow.
There have, of course. been many
udicrous as we'll us dangerous Incl
Tents on the North China Line
When 1t was first opened Chinese
would come to the booking office and
ry to bargain for tickets. When told
he fare they would offer half and
raise their bid. much dis.
'usted that they should not, in a bust
ess @ spirit. be met half way.
betwesi rY gentleman on his
past deliberately opened the doJ,"use
stepped out into space. At the pace
the train was going European
would certainly have i'cen killed, bur
the supple Celestial, after prolonged
series of Somcrsau.ts was seen to pick
himself and bundle up. dust his
clothes. and set off home across the
nclds-much pleased with his short
cut and the convenience of the lire
wheel carriage
An unfortunate railway coolic.
equally ignorant of the laws of me-
chanics. did not get off so well. See
ing two trucks coming ut snails
pace down n siding he placed his foot
Oh the rail to stop them. To his as
,onishmcnt il was cut off, ana he
learned. like Stcphenson's cow. that
momentum IS made up of mass as
we'll as velocity.
But in spite OF everything. railways
are bound TO prosper in country
where travelling is otherwise so slow
and so difficult. carts and ponies In
the north and boats in the couth
never doing more than thirty to forty
miles between dawn and dark.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16

Those Jersey thieves who stole a
New Brunswick school house probably
felt that. n little knowledge being Il
dangerous thing, little less OF IL
would be safer.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16

Count Michael Won Karnicki. tho
Cars Chamberlain. has invented and
perfected an exceedingly clever appa-
ratus for the prevention of living bur-
ials.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16
S. M. Rice, Jr., E. U.
Our Last Circular
Told the Tale.

Since it was issued we have been 80
busy that we have hardly had time
to eat our meals The prices
quoted in that circular were
such that people just could
not resist them, and came
to see if such things
were possible. They
found itjust as the
circular said.
Here are some of the prices from it
Mems good overcoats $1.75 to $6,
were sold at $3.50 to $3.50.
Mems heavy ulsters $3.50 to 81,
worth IS and 81.
Good calico at % cents yard.
Sheeting 4 and S cents a yard.
Ladies fine button shoes at 68 cents
a pair.
Mems heavy shoes at 81 a pair.
Mems fine shoes at 81 pair.
We advise all who want any of
these goods to come at once for we
do not guarantee that we will have
them long.
J. 0. VRAY, Mgr.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16


lieving' for yourself
u simply wonderful how cheap every thing at the
daughter
chine Piano Organ while his down to rock bottom
When don't forget
tionaries there Candies Nuts and all kinds We
his these items below worth
&c and o Tea srainer pint quro
ETC. For just too things worth o and for loc good
gallon brush soldering
big large pieces of tin
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16
XMAS y The
''WONDER STORE"
SEWING MACHINE AND MUSIC HOUSE
Kept by -. Nj. RICE, JR. E. U.is old
SANTA CLAUS HOMIE
From now until Xmas


r. Haget thing for Santa Claus from
nisces " ~ " ps &c of a' o'hef
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-16
Dolls, China Ware and Xmas Goods.

good many things
In short you do not the "Wonder Store for
anything that you want, except dry goods you will
likely miss the bargains of your life.
The times., 1898-09-24
SHOT IN THE EYE AND LIVES.
A Strange Case Under Treatment mt
Emergency Hospital.

Jesse Stoart, aged fourteen years, who
lives with his parents at Glenbrook, Va,
a short distance from Falls Church, was
brought to Washington at 2:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and taken to the
Emergency Hospital. suffering from bull
let wound in his left eye. The bullet.
which was from a small revolver, pene-
trated the left eyelid and the physicians
were unable to locate 1t yesterday.
The boy was playing with James Col
Inns, a companion of his own age. near
his home yesterday morning about s
o'clock Young Collins found revolver
and handed IL to Jesse to examine. The
latter returned it TO Collins, not knowing
it was loaded, who snapped ii at Jesse.
Jesse fell, stunned by the shock. He
was taken into the house and Dr. Leith
was summoned to attend him. The lat
ter, after doing what he could to alleviate
the boys sufferings, telegraphed to the
resident physician at the Emergency Hos
pital to have the ambulance meet the
train from Falls Church at 2:45, which
was done. Another effort will be made to
locate the ball today.
The times., 1898-09-24
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Capt. A. P Cunningham, founder of the
Republican League Club of the United
States, and late captain of Battery A.
District Artillery, was at the White
House yesterday afternoon to see the
President.
Malcolm Kerr, a prominent citizen oi
Bombay, India, is registered at the Ar
lington.
Lieut.. l. III. Hollinberger of the Fourth
Police Precinct has returned from his
Summer vacation and resumed duty.
Dennis Mullany of Fourteenth and Z
Streets northwest, is back from a pleas
ant vacation of three weeks, which he
spent with J. d. O'Connell. of the Bureau
of Statistics, at Atlantic City. Mr.. O'Con-
nell has also returned and resumed his
work.
The times., 1898-09-24
ROOSEVELT NOT ELIGIBLE
Gave Up His New York Resi-
dence While in Washington.
BLACKS SUPPORTERS GLEE
They Hold That the Rough Rider
Cannot BE a Candidate for GCy-
ernor of New York I'm Accordance
With the State Lay-Pnsn Breaks
the News 10 Plat.

Albany. N Y, Sept. 23.-Gov. Black and
his friends are jubilant tonight. Black 5
campaign manager. Louis F. Payn, went
TO New York todayto formally notify Mr..
Platt that Col. Roosevelt was ineligible
as a candidate for governor on the ground
that he is not resident of the State
The constitution provides that a man
10 be eligible to the office of governor
must have been, resident of the State
for period of five years next preceding
his election. Gov. Blacks friends claim
thar while Col Roosevelt was holding an
official position in Washington he swore
of his taxes in this State by making an
affidavit that he was resident of the
District of Columbia. Through such ac-
tion they assert that Col. Roosevelt lost
his residence in this State, as five years
have not elapsed since making the affi-
davit and the present time.
AT a conference yesterday it was deter
mined to submit the question of Col.
Roosevelt's eligibility TO Judge Edwin
Countryman, of this city. Judge Country
man examined the claims submitted to
him and made his report to the governor
today Apparently il was satisfactory,
though both the governor and Judge
Countryman refused to discuss it.
AS soon as the report was received
Gov. Black and his friends were in high
glee. and his supporters about the capi-
tol were jubilant for the first time since
the governor announced that he was a
candidate for a denomination.
The question as to Col. Roosevelt's eli
gibility was first raised at a conference
of the Democratic leaders in New York
city several days ago, but they resolved
TO keep il quiet until after the Republi-
can convention. Mr. Lauterbach ii is
said. learned of the contention, and
promptly informed Gov. Black and his
friends. The governors friends took it
for granted that the information Mr..
Payn brought to Mr. Platt would dispose
OF Col Roosevelt's candidacy. and were
of the opinion that Gen. Stewart L.
Woooford, of Brooklyn, ex-minister 10
Spain, would be the candidate of the or
ganization
Taking this view OF the situation, Gov
Black requested the Brooklyn leaders to
at once return home and round up the
Kings County delegates for Black and
Woodford. Before leaving here the lieu
tenant governor wired all of the Brook
lyn district leaders to meet him by to-
morrow morning.
The times., 1898-09-24
EIGHT MINERS KILLED
Terrible Gas Explosion in q
Pennsylvania Coal Mine.
MINISTER TO THE RESCUE
Stripping Himself TO the Waist, He
Rushes Into the Pit and Leads the
Party That Brings Out the Bodies
Many Narrow Escapes of Inn
prisOned Men.

Brownsville, Pa, Sept. 23.-An explosion
of gas in the Empire mine. owned by
Snowden, Gold & Co.. at about o'clock
this morning, caused one of the worst
disasters in the history of coal mining
along the Monongahela River.
The usual greatly exaggerated reports
of loss of life were rife, but late tonight
it was certain that the following eight
men, whose bodies have all been recov-
cred, were killed:
JOHN HAYsToN, thirty-fi years old, married
JAMES HAfSrON, twenty-five years old
JAMES HALL, thirty-eight years cid. widower.
JOHN CARTWRIGHT, ffty-eight years cid,
married
J. HAGER, twenty years old. single.
WILLIAM PRITCHARD, forty-ive years old.
married.
JOHN BENNETT, twenty-three wears old
single.
ROBERT DAVIDSON, forty.eight years old,
single
Samuel and John Baker are in a critical condi-
tion from burns.
More than 80 men were at work In the
mine at the time of the accident. Seven
men who were working in the entries
where the first explosion of gas occurred
crawled from the main entry at another
SHdIl, tWO IllieS ulStdul from lHe IiiStlii
entry.
Fifty-eight were in entries 9 and 10,
where the explosion occurred. One hun
dred and forty-eight men in entries 5
and We're Knocked down by the concus-
sion and some of them severely injured
The presence cf fire-damp rendered the
work of rescue precarious. The explosion
was caused by the ignition of tire-damp
from torch carried by one of the
miners.
AS Don as the report o. the accident got
abroad hundreds of persons rushed to the
scene. The main entrance was blocked
with the wives and children of the en-
tombed miners, pleading for men to go 10
the rescue, while the miners who escaped
were soon surrounded by their wives who
implored them not to take the risk
Valuable time was being lost until the
Rev. John Law, a Methodist preacher,
stripped himself to the wa 81 and, seizing
miners lamp and a pick. rushed into
the mine. The miners followed him In. In
the course of several hours the eight bod
les were brought out. All the physicians
of Brownsville were at the pit mou h and
We're kept busy dressing the wounds OF
those who got out.
T'wenty-seven miners had a thrilling eS-
cape. AS soon as they heard the explo-
sion, they started through the back way,
dodging flying slate and coal and crawled
through one and half miles of aban-
doned passages, pursued by the deadly
afterdamp and came out at a point on
Red Stone Creek, four miles from the pit
mouth, where they had entered on their
way to work.
The times., 1898-09-24
coNKLINa's NEPHEW A SUICIDE
De~pondent, He Kills Himself with
Rum In Connecticut.

Despondent, He Kills Himself with
Rum In Connecticut.
Greenwich, Conn, Sept. 2S.-Few Green
witch people knew until today that Roscoe
Conkling's nephew was residing here.
Then they were told that he had commit
ted suicide.
Mr.. Conkling came here a few weeks
ago and engaged room In Israel Rey-
nolds's residence. He secured employment
in Ray & Sons carriage factory. but 1t
was only temporary. That he had seen
better days there was no doubt. He ad-
mitted that he had been wealthy but lost
fact that both graadfathers were signers
of the Declaration of Independence and
that his uncle was Roscoe Conkllng.
He became respondent this week and
began drinking heavily-an easy way to
kill himself, he is said TO have remarked.
Last night he promised to pay Mrs. Rey-
nolds the amount due her by Saturday,
but this morning he was taken sick.
When it was suggested that he have a
physician he locked his door, fastened the
shutters to his window and pulled down
the shades. Mr.. Reynolds became wor-
ried and called to him several times
through the keyhole, but he was told that
he was not wanted, so he retired.
This afternoon entrance was forced to
his room. He was lying on the bed.
dressed, dead. Medical Examiner Johns
decided that death was due to acute gas
tritis and that if he really wanted to pol
son himself by rum he had accomplished
his purpose. Pawn tickets were the only
property In his possession. He was about
fifty years old and over six feet tall.
The times., 1898-09-24
DEMoCRACY'S WAR RECORD.
MIR. Bailey Refers To 1t i'm GIOwine
Words of EuIogy

Indianapolis, Sept. 2s.-The Democrats
of this city opened the campaign here to-
night with speeches by John W. Kern
Frank p. Burke, and Representative
Bailey, of Texas. who aspires to be the
Democratic leader in Congress. the latter
being the drawing card, and Tomlinson
Hall being filled
He opened his speech with a reference
to the Democratic attitude toward the
war with Spain. saying that the Demo-
Gratis had voted every dollar asked for
and voted TO suspend the law requiring
the Government to purchase supplies for
the army by advertising for bids, and
had provided for the purchase of the best
in an open market, and whatever might
result from the present investigation into
methods adopted by the Administration
the Democratic party would be found to
have done its whole duty.
Bailey then entered upon a discussion
of the money question, referring to the
gold Democrats and saying they would
be gladly admitted to fellowship with the
party and no questions would be asked
as to whether they had strayed. His ref
erences TO the burying of the issues Of the
Civil War were heartily applauded.
The times., 1898-09-24

mitted High Secretary John H Draws,
of Elizabeth. reported the number of
courts in New Jersey as 81; instituted
the past year, 5; total membership, 4,1S9-
an increase for the year of Gle. the
largest in the history of the order in
New Jersey.
a brief address of welcome was made
by David z. Brown, of Paterson. High
Chief Ranger Calvert answered, express
ing thanks. Reports were then submitted
by James E. Febrey and Willet T. Bing-
ham concerning the August meeting of
the supreme court in Toronto, Ontario.
The times., 1898-09-24
EMMA GILL BURIED.
Foster May Establish an AIibi I'm tn e
Celebrated Case.

Hartford. Conn, Sept 23-The remains
of Emma Gill, the victim of the Bridge
port murder mystery, reached Southing-
ton early this afternoon and were buried
in Oak Hill Cemetery.
The reports filed by Walter c. Foster
with the local agent OF Fleischmann &
Company may establish an alibi for him.
Foster is now under arrest in Bridgeport
On September 5 he left here for Pitts
field. Mass. where he spent the next few
days. learning the route from the agent
there. who was preparing for a vacation.
The drivers reports from Pittsfield for
September s, 9. 10, y. 13 and IA are signed
by Foster. which shows quite conclusive
ly that he was in that town during the
days named. The next day he was in
Beckett. Mass, and then returned TO
Hartford. where he has been at the office
every day since.
On Sunday, September Ii. a. K. Robins,
with whom Foster boarded in Pittsfield,
saw him leave the house about o'clock
in the morning and also saw him return
that evening The waitress in the res
taurant remembers that Foster took his
meals there on Sunday.
These facts. if they can all be proved,
will aid in establishing Fosters inno-
cence.
The times., 1898-09-24

stock Avenue large construction ca on
the Staten Island Electric Company's line
came down at a high rate of speed. The
horse baked and Hazen was thrown to
the hard macadam pavement. sustaining
a fracture of the skull at the base of the
brain. The horse ran n front of the
car and was struck and its side was torn
open. II was killed
Hazen was taken TO Smith Infirmary,
near by. and the physicians say that his
injuries will be fatal. His mother was
summoned from Washington.
The times., 1898-09-24
A LATTER-DAY SOLOMON.
Woodruff Believed to Have Been
Married Forty Times

Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. 23-As winner of
women Charles Woodruff probably has
been as successful as any man of his
time. He has met and married women in
an hour. has captivated widows and
young girls in cities all over the country,
and now has so many wives that he
meets them without recognizing them.
1t is believed that he has been married
forty times.
At present Woodruff is under arrest in
this city He was captured on Monday
by local detectives. Two bench warrants
charging bigamy were served on him. He
is being held while the officers investi-
gate his career and look over the thou
sands of love letters which he has re-
ceived in the last ten years from wives
and women who were about to become
his wives.
The times., 1898-09-24
MAGoWAN IN COURT AGAIN.
Decision Reserved in the AppIica-
ton for Receiver.


New York. Sept 23.-Justice Mccarthy
in the City Court, today reserved his de-
cision on an application made by Her
man Reimers and Arthur Meyer for the
appointment of a receiver for the prop
erty of Frank A Mcgowan. once mayor
of Trenton, N. j.
The plaintiffs have a judgment against
Mcgowan for Sl,911, obtained on August
last Counsel for the plaintiffs said that
when the defendant was examined re-
Gently in supplementary proceedings in
another suit he testified that he had
transferred s200, 600 worth of stocks and
bends as security for the payment of
$50 00G He said that receiver should
be appointed to take the surplus after
the payment of the $4,000.
The times., 1898-09-24
JOHN HAzEN FATALLY HURT.
He Is Thrown From n Horse on the
Richmond Turnpike, Staten Island.

New York, Sept. 23.-John Hazen. aged
81, of Washington. D. c., was fatally in
jured while horseback riding on the Rich
mond turnpike, on Staten Island. late this
afternoon.
The young man is a son of Gen. W. B.
Hazen, u. S. A, deceased, and q nephew
of Mai Gen. William Ludlow, U. S. A.
For period of eighteen months he has
been receiving treatment at DR.. Herman
Beyer's Sanitarium, at Stapleton, and two
weeks ago left that institution in the best
of health. He has since been stopping at
the Mansion House, on Wards HILL
AS he was ascending the hill near Wood
The times., 1898-09-24
AN ATRoCIoUS MURDER.
One CoIored Cripple Killed by An
other in a Savage Manner.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 23.-News has reach
ed here OF the atrocious and peculiar kill
ing of George Lotion by Wade Hampton
at Chattahoochee River near here. Both
men were colored and one legged. They
fought desperately for some time until
finally Hampton brought his crutch down
on Lotions head, Telling him. He then
stabbed him nine times in the heart with
a bowie knife.
A verdict of willful murder has been
returned by the coroner and Hampton
has been brought here to av?id lynching.
He was twenty-one years old and his vic
tim sixteen.
The times., 1898-09-24

BoureSgne were incompetent. They
charge the same things against the cap
tain. and state that he was suffering
from melancholia, the result of the death
of his son in France. at the time of the
collision. For some time before the acci-
dent. they alege, the captain was suffer
ing from delusions among others one
that he was destined to die at sea and
that he had written articles descriptive
of his belief
The times., 1898-09-24
FOUND IN NIAGARA RIVER.
A Pair of Legs That May Have Be-
IonEed to Peter Schemm.

Niagara Falls. n. Y. Sept. 23.-What
may be all that remains of Peter
Schemm, the brewer from Philadelphia,
for whose body a large reward was Of
fered, was found In the river above Lew
iston this afternoon. The remains con-
sist of only pair of legs
II is thought also they may be part of
the body of NJ B. Marvin, the Buffalo
electrician, who was drowned Sept 4, as
the flesh is badly decomposed. river
man named Anderson. from Canada,
found the remains and took them to
Lewiston.
The times., 1898-09-24
THE FRENCH LINE SUED.
Relatives of Three La BourgOen
Victims Claim $50. 900 Each

VlctIfns CIHl S3O,UOO Each.
New York, Sept. 2S.-The relatives of
three of the passengers who were lost in
the disaster to La Bourgogne have insti-
tuted suits for damages against the
French Line They demand $4,000 in each
case.
In the complaints. which are all alike
the plaintiffs allege that La Bourgogne
was not in a safe or suitable condition
for a voyage TO leave for Havre when sfg,
started on her trip. The plaintiffs further
alege that the officers and crew of La
The times., 1898-09-24
CELEBRATION AT DUNELLEN.
The Opening of n Trolley Line Ex.
tension Honored.

tension Honored.
Plainfield, n. j., Sept. 23.-The opening
of the extension of the Brunswick
Traction Company from Bound Brook to
Plainfield last night was made the occa-
sion of great celebration by residents
in Dunellen.
1t was necessary for the traction COM
pany to run a car over the line last
night in order to save their franchise
being forfeited by the six months time
limit. As the car passed the dividing
line between Plainfield and Dunellen
Mayor Brakeley, OF the latter place,
broke a bottle of wine over the DASH
board The car was greeted with demon
strations all along the line. The new line
is an important link in the plans for a
trolley road from Jersey City to Phil
adelphia.
The times., 1898-09-24
WHAT DO THE CHILDREN ORINKq

pont give them tea or coffee Have You
tried the new food called GRAIN-O? Il 10
OF coffee. The more Grain.O you give the
children the more health you distribute
through their systems 6ratl-O is made OF
tastes like the choice grades OF cofree, but
costs about one-Quarter as much. All grOcers
tell It. 16c and 26c la27-sf