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The Newtown bee., 1898-08-19

Some time sgo little bottle of Cham
berlain's Cholic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy feH into nv hands, Just ct q
time when my two-year-old boy was
terribly afflicted. Bis bowels were be-
yond control. We had tried many REM
edies, to no purpose. but the little bottle
of Collie. Cholera and Disrahoea Remedy
speedily cured him.-William +. Jones,
Oglesby, Ga. For sale by r. H. Beers
& Co., Newtown; Warner, Taylor q
Curtis, Sandy Hook; A. B. Blake
man, Botsford; w. N. Hurd, Long
Inn; A. B. Fancher, HawleYville. :
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11

running . country newspaper taking
his turn in looking after petty details.
besides learning to set type and becom-
ing m expert printer while but boy.
At the age Of sixteen he went to read
law in the once Of Judge Haynie in sa-
lem. He was making rapid progress
when Gov. Bissell, then q member Of
congress, secured him q cadetship for
West Point
Gen. Merritt has no family. His
eavorite nephew. Eaton Merritt. he il
educating at . Connecticut school. with
. view Of sending him to West Point.
Gen. Merritt was married In 1871. in
Europe. to Miss Caroline Warren, OF
Cincinnati. She died in 1898, at St
Paul, and was buried at West Point.
where the general was superintendent
for i've years.
The Merritts originally sprang from
three brothers. who came to America
from ireland in 1900. their descendants
settling in Winchester, and from that
family. It is said. all the Merritts born
In this country have descended.
OF General Merritt's military history
much has been written. A mere rec
ord Of his battles. engagements and
campaigns would NIL columns. He had
many narrow escapes from death-a
uotable one At the batf1e Of Beverly
Ford in 1863. when he was attacked By
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11

railroad, nearly 200 miles to the north.
A hurry" telegram was sent to Gen.
eral Merritt. then colonel Of tho Fifth
cavalry 1t Fort d. A. Russell. near
Cheyenne. After reaching Rawlings
or the nearest railroad point to the
White River Indian agency, General
Merritt had to ride four days and
nights continuously with . light sup
ply OF food and ammunition. Thorn
burgh was dead and his men were on
the point Of starvation. wounded and
barely able to cling TO their guns be-
hind their intrenchments. Merritt ar
rived at the break Of day, advanced
with yells and scattered the Indians.
who were waiting like coyotes for the
soldiers to die or surrender. General
Merritt's wild ride through, the Rocky
mountains will long challenge the rec
ord. It is considered remarkable that
he did not kill horse OF . man dur
ing his mountain march.
With Custer, Mcpherson and Sheri-
dan, Merritt was called one Of the boy
generals Of the war. Graduating from
West Point but few months before
the civil war broke out. he Joined the
Second Dragons and continuously dis
tinguished himself In the cavalry ssfv-
fce all through the war. He was 0Asri-
dams right hand man n the great
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
TO COIN SILVER.
Senate Agrees to That but Wants to Issue
BOnds.

Washington, June 3.-Whle the
war revenue measure was not passed
by the Senate to-day, two very impor-
tant votes We're taken, one on a propo-
sition to coin the silver bullion in the
treasury and TO issue silver certificates
against the coin. and the other on the
bond proposition. presented by the Re-
publican minority of the committee on
finance.
In lieu of the seigniorage amendment
offered by the majority of the finance
committee, Mr.. Wolcott proposed an
amendment authorizing the secretary
Of the treasury t. coin the silver bullion
in the treasury and to issue silver GER
tificates against 1t. After some dis
cussion vote was reached and the
amendment was agreed to. iS to 81,
several Republicans voting for 1t.
Mr.. Aldrich GRepublican, Rhode Is
landD then pressed the amendment OF
the minority OF the finance committee.
providing for the issue Of 100000
of certificates of Indebtedness and
$500, 100000 OF bonds, to be used eX-
clusively for the payment of the ex-
perlses of the war. After an extended
debate the question was brought to an
issue, and, by Il decisive vote of 40 to
81, the bond amendment was incorpor-
ated in the bill as a substitute for the
amendment to issue legal tender notes.
The bond proposition received the
votes Of thirty-even Republicans, sew
en- Democrats and one Populist. The
Democrats who voted for IL were
Messrs. Canery, Faulkner. German,
Gray, Lindsay, Mitchell and Murphy,
and the Populist was Mr.. Kyle. No
Republicans voted against the issue of
bonds, the votes in opposition to bonds
being cast by twenty-one Democrats.
five Populists and five silver Kcpubli.
cans.
Just before adjournment this evening
a sensational speech was made by Mr..
Wolcott in reply to some suggestions
concerning the Bmetallic Commission
by Mr.. Allen Populist, Nebraska).
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
THREE HERo,NEs.
epssGdid Conduct OF Engiish Women
Praised by Humane Society.


A recent report of tho Royal HUI
name society is more than usually in
teresting. II evidence is wanted Of the
strength and courage and hardihood
OF English young women. here 1t is
with vengeance. old folks would add
rays the Philadelphia Times. The all
yer medal is granted to Miss Fullerton
of Dudhope Terrace. Dundee; of such
heroine every detail is worth note.
Miss Fullerton was strolling on the
Forfarshire coast. apparently, when
she observed manufacturer in great
distress out at sea. We are not told
whether she threw of any OF her
clothes, but since the man was seized
with cramp and was drowning, It is
to be supposed that she did not. The
distance was 800 yards and the sea
''heavy," but Miss Fullerton swan out
and "exhorting the manufacturer to
"holding him up"-she conveyed him
safely until a boat picked them up mid
way. This is somthing like rec
ord" Our fathers would not have be-
lieved 1t possible for n girl to swim
quarter of mile in her clothes
through heavy sea. but this brave
young athlete actually supported n
manufacturer-who ran to weight as
rule-in the agony of cramp. Miss
Joan Harris of Belfast also plunged
into the sea without undressing and
rescued grown girl: further circum-
stances are not given. but swimmers
know that it was feat. anyhow. Miss
Louisa Bright of Reading. too, did not
waste time in preparations when she
saw a schoolboy drowning in the Ken
net 1t is not many years since swim
ming was regarded as a dubious sort
OF accomplishment for women.
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
GOVERNOR MERRITT
Military Ruler of the Philippines Type of
the Best Americansm Was at
One Time Farm Hand

General Merritt. who goes to the
Philippines as military governor of
that island empire of the Pacific, Is the
second In command OF our national ar
my. He won fame and honor as Sher-
idan's chief officer In the great battles
OF the war. He was an unrelenting
warrior. once fighting nine battles in
ten successive days. His military ca
reer Is more or less on record. but OF
his private life little has been given to
the public.
Gen. Wesley Merritt's father. John
Willis Merritt. was New York lawyer,
having an ofice at No. 134 Nassau
street when the boy was born. Dec. i,
1886. at No. 67 North Moore street He
was one of eight brothers. Twenty
months later the law Office was at No.
Spruce street. the family having re-
moved to Brooklyn.
When Wesley was four years old his
father. having large and increasing
family. abandoned law for agriculture
and bought farm at Looking Glass
Prairie" near Bellville. ILL.,, not far
from st. Louis. Young Merritt attend
ed the school of the Christian Brothers.
Catholic institution, at Belleville. La
ter he worked on the farm for three
years, helping his brothers raise corn
and pork. for which that section has
always been famous.
Merritt u Farmer.
Young Merritt often drove the farm
team seventeen miles to town, getting
only fifteen cents bushel for his corn.
Everything that a farmer produced in
those days was cheap as dirt. and there
was little money in circulation. Paste
board checks circulated between mer-
chants and farmers in some localities.
and their merchandise seemed high be-
cause 1t took 80 much corn and pork to
pay for 1t. Being lawyer and man
OF literary turn of mind, the boys
father aspired to do something besides
raising corn. He started local even
Ing newspaper at BeiIeville. called the
Advocate, and later a weekly of the
same name at Lebanon. Both were
Democratic organs. and. like most of
the Democratic journals of that day,
were for territorial extension, the an
nexation of Texas. and the settlement
Of the vexed and formidable Oregon
question" by taking possession of the
country clear to the Pacific ocean.
Young Merritt helped his father and
brothers publish this Democratic news
paper. He mastered the business Of
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
VAN wYcK-D,crAroR.
New York's Mayor L. Creating . Great
Hubbub In the Metropolis.


New York, June 2.-Mr. Van wyck.
the first mayor Of Greater New York,
has proved a most disagrceable sur
prise all around. and II he continues
his present policy much longer lie
will demornliZe Tammany as thor
oughly as he has disturbed the rest Of
the population.
A few short months only have been
needed to demonstrate to the salts
faction OF all concerned that there
WAS n serious mistake in the selection,
and Mr.. Croker has gone to Europe
to hide his chagrin. for although his
loyalty TO Tammany Is not ques-
toned, Mayor Van Wyck has proved
TO be man Of despotic disposition
and to possess an independence as au-
tocratic and an Individuality rs
marked as that of the great sachem.
He is rendering faithful service to the
organization that elected him, but he
does 1t in his own way, at his own
time, and selects his own instru-
ments without regard to the opinions
or the preferences of the men who
placed him In power.
Mayor Van Wyck began his official
career by removing all the members
of the many boards and commissions
by which New York has for years
'''h S'N'ihtu anu iiOh
of his own who We're willing to sub
NIT to his dictatlons and obey his or
ders. Some of the boards and COM
missions believe themselves beyond
his jurisdiction. having been created
by the legislature and appointed by
the governor of the state, and have
appealed to the courts to protect them
in their official capacity, but Judge
Van Wyck has not been intlmidated
by this movement. Whether lie will
be sustained or not Is question. but
his confidence in his own authority is
mistaken.
His next step was to revise and re-
woke the regulations governing the
civil service of the municipality so rs
TO bring the subordinate officials under
his control. Then he attacked the
financial system of the several bor-
oughs comprising the city of Greater
New York, discrediting loans that
have been made from time TO time
during the last several years for pub
lie improvements and other purposes.
suspending the payment of interest.
so that some of the bonds issued Mt
par are now quoted at 80 cents on the
dollar and will need an act of the leg
islature to restore their value.
His last act was to overhaul the po-
lice. He removed the three bipartisan
commissioners and appointed in their
places men who will obey his orders.
He removed the superintendent. Mr..
McCullagh, and placed at the head Of
the force II captain named Devery.
who is devoted to Tammany and will
serve its interests. This was Il direct
blow Mt the election system of the
city, because the bureau of elections
is part of the police organization,
and unless something is done to de-
prive him of the power Mayor Van
Wyck may be able to control the next
state and presidential elections.
The Republicans and reformers have
become so thoroughly frightened that
they are now appealing to the gov
ernor to call special session Of the
legislature for the purpose of cutting
Mnyor Van Wyck's wings.
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
JUMPED THE TRACK.
WRECK NEAR JvLEssvRo.
Union Pacific Passenger Train Goes Into
tho Ditch aud Several Denver People
Are Hurt.

Denver. June I.-At 12:45 o'clock
yesterday afternoon the Union Pacific
Colorado Special was derailed and
badly wrecked a few miles west OF
Julesburg while running over the
Julesburg division OF the Union Pa
cific. Denver & Gulf road. While the
/ accident was one of the worst thnt
has happened on the Gulf road for
some time, none Of the many passen-
gers that We're aboard We're killed.
Almost every one received some In
Jury, but none, rs near as can be
learned, were fatally hurt. Those
that We're injured most severely We're
Denver persons. members of the Colo
RADIO Commission OF the Transmissis-
sippi and International Exposition.
who were on their way home after
attending the opening ceremonies of
the exposition In Omaha Tuesday.
At the time of the accident the train
was running between Sedgwick and
| Sterling on It's way from Julcsburg to
| Denver. II had just passed Crook,
| when the rails of the track on the
Gulf road, which We're being repaired.
spread, causing the train to leave the
track. One side of the track was sur
faced. while the other was not, caus-
Ing the cars to lurch. and before they
could recover. left the rails and COM
menced running along the ties, tearing
| UP the track.
The four ears of the train behind the
/ engine and baggage car left the track
and turned over in the ditch alongside
the track. They We're the buffet car
| n Wagner sleeper. dining car and n
chair car. A Pullman car remained
standing up. but 1t also left the rails.
Although the train was late 1t was not
running faster than schedule time.
AS soon as possible after the wreck
occurred Railway Surgeon Chapman
| Of Sterling was sent for. he going to
the scene on n handcar. After he
had dressed the cuts and bruises of
the injured he took them to the Pa
cifc hotel. in Sterling, where they
waited with the other passengers for
the wrecking train with the two day
| coaches to bring them to this city.
Those hurt were:
Colonel Il. f. Goodcll. TIT Grant
avenue. Denver. ankle. knee, hip md
head bruised and cut by glass and
falling obstacles.
Mrs. Martha A. Shute, Denver. head
cut and hip severely bruised. May be
| injured internally.
Mrs. Forbes OF Jefferson, Iowa. side
bruised. Believed to be injured In
ternally.
Rex. Andrews. boy Of Rockford.
Illinois, head and hands badly cut by
glass and falling debris.
Harry A. Lee. Denver, state COM
missioner of mines, head cut, knee
and hip bruised.
Colonel Ed +. Bishop, Denver, vice
president of the Colorado commission
Of the TransmIssissppi Exposition,
side hurt: also bruised.
A. II. Mcdonald. deputy city audi
tor, Denver, leg bruised and arm and
shoulder strained.
4 o. l.. Smith of the Smith-Brooks
Printing Company, Denver, hand cut
leg and hip severely bruised.
S. Simonds, Chicago, shoulder hurt
Carrie Skinner. Rockford, Illinois
ahnrIdar snrn inel.
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
NO TASK FOR A MERE MAN.
Engaging n Servant and Hiring Mnn
Two Different Experiences.

Engaging n Servant and Hiring Mnn
Two Different Experiences.
Any man who has ever done busi-
ness at an intelligence Office will feel
thrill of sympathy for me. as re-
cent victim of that institution. says
Boston Traveller. My wife was mildly
lamenting yesterday that fate had
driven away the maid servant and that
she would have to- get another. rash
ly said that / would do 1t for her.
"There is an intelligence Office near
my Office" said. "I'll run in there at
noon and send girl out early In the
afternoon" i went into the aforesaid
intelligence office as l returned from
lunch and was at once absorbed by a
roomful of females. every one of whom,
gazed at me suspiciously. l am a
bashful man. but nerved myself and
began talking with young woman
who sat near the door. I'VE have
four in our family. myself, wife and
two children, hot and cold water
pardon me-" she interrupted. II am
looking for servant myself" I apollo
gized and she snickered. then tackled
an applicant for a job. I did not
"shed light" for she asked questions
replied as follows: "Yes-four in the
family-set tubs--hot and cold watel
in every room-three miles out Of
town-my wife takes care OF the chill
dren-who does the chamber work?
do. Confcund 1t. Get out" She didn'i
get out. but l did. My wife went In
the next day and hired girl.
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
TO ATTACK SANTIAGO.
Troops to he Sent at Once and Then
There VIII Bc Warm Work.


Denver. June IA New York special
to the Republican quotes the Herald's
Washington dispatch as follows:
Unless Admiral Cervern should at
tempt to escape from the harbor of
Santiago de Cuba no battle between
the opposing fleets will occur before
the middle Of next week. So certain
are the war and navy officials on this
point that all their plans are being
based on Its correctness.
According to the advices transmitted
by Secretary Alger to the Navy De-
partment, the troop ships conveyed by
the battleship Indiana and some small
cruisers will not be able to get away
from Tampa md Key West before Sat
urday. 1t is Mt least n four days sail
from Tampa to Santiago de Cuba, 30
that the lnnding of troops In the vicin-
ity OF the latter point cannot possibly
be effected before "Wednesday next.
It was announced with positiveness
to-day that Rear Admiral Sampson had
been advised to await the arrival Of
troops before attempting any offensive
movement against the Spanish squad
ron.
Pending the arrival Of the troops II
Is understood that Rear Admiral Samp-
son will get In communication with the
insurgents. 80 that they may be pre-
pared to assist In the proposed opera
tions.
The United States troops detailed TO
take Santiago de Cuba are going there
in two detachments. The first force.
which has already embarked on six
transports Mt Tampa. consists Of about
1000 well equipped and well organized
troops. This advance army consists of
a brigade OF efficient engineers, heavy
and light artillery and force Of in.
fantry. All the necessary engineering
equipment, such MS pontoon bridges
and apparatus for constructing earth
works are on the six transports.
Washington authorities have through
their agents notified the insurgent
army under General Garcia that
American troops will soon land in the
vicinity OF Santiago.
The artillery force in this first de-
tachment Is under the command Of
Colonel Wallace Of the Randolph. II
consists Of ten light batteries and four
heavy batteries, the latter comprising
Captain s. NJ. Mills. This artillery DC.
tachment is very powerful. The light
batteries each have six 3.2-inch guns
that are capable OF firing five rounds a
minute. The projectile used by the
guns IL shrapnel. Each OF the four
heavy batteries is supplied with -four
S-inch Armstrong guns. The guns fire
shells loaded with gun-powder and car
be used for bombarding Admiral Ger.
vera's fleet Mt long range.
These men will fill the place vacated
by the army that has embarked fci
Santiago. The authorities mt Chicka
maugn have been notified by the gov.
ernment to provide Accommodation
for nm army Of 1000. 1t is the pur
pose OF the War Department to order
part Of the army now In camp at CamT
Alger to Chickamauga.
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
Rl., ln ,he rrIc, of silver.

New York, June 3.-The silver bull
lion market advanced again to-day,
both in New York and London. The
market closed Mt sos cents an ounce,
Il gain for the day OF " cent. In Lon
don the price reached 21h pence, nm
advance OF u penny an ounce. as COM
pared with the last quotation of
Thursday, and Of penny since Thurs
day OF last week.
The rise In the price OF silver is due
to the recent purchases in London by
Paris banking houses acting for the
Spanish government. These opera
tions have been in progress for sew
eral weeks and have been conducted
with much secrecy.
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11

the three commissioners to carry out
the terms of the treaty. And now in a
new and globe encircling war this
brave. sagacious and competent man OF
the people. who in his turn was farm
er's boy. typesetter. publisher, editor,
lawyer. cadet. soldier and then q vic
torious and always conquering oficer
IN the great armies Of the war. is again
wanted at the front. Those who know
him best agree that he has q judicial
temperament and is eminently fitted
for action in civil or military Affairs
requiring wisdom and justice. He will
b heard from again.
La Junta tribune., 1898-06-11
AN INCH FROM DEATH.

We were sitting on the veranda of
Burmah, r. A. and l. enjoying our aft
er-dinner cheroot. The waters OF the
bay Tapped lazily at the sands at our
feet. for our house was "builded on the
sands" OF the shore. All the world
seemed at peace. only the plunk!
plunk! OF the monotonous night bird
in the jungle, and the occasional weird
note OF the jackal. signaling in the
distance to his comrades. were heard.
The moon had come up from behind a
rocky island Just over In the bay, and
spread flood OF golden-yellow light
over the silver-topped breakers. roll
ing in over a neighboring coral reef.
1t was go calm and beautiful that 1t
seemed that all that was wicked and
bad had gone out of the world. and yet
death lurked Just at my friends ell
bow, as he pusfed unconsciously at his
cheroot.
We had been discussing In leisure
ly manner something that had hap
pened at home. To prove some point
my friend arose. and stretched himself
lazily. sauntered into his bedroom to
get paper bearing on the matter we
had been discussing. Usually lights
were placed in all the bedrooms, but
this evening. for some unaccountable
reason-probably the moonlight-the
servant had not performed his duties
could hear my friend fumbling about
on his dressing-table, and then sud
denly gave quick cry Of horror and
rushed out to the light.
II have been struck by snake" he
gasped. and his face was deadly pale.
Where is It? Quick! Show met"
l exclaimed, as whipped out knife.
He held out his right arm. There
was no mark on the hand, which ex-
amined critically. but on the cuff OF
the shirt were two tiny scratch-like
punctures. and two little globules OF
poison sinking into the starched linen,
and leaving sickly, greenish yellow
mark. %
You've had a close call. old man. y
I exclaimed, with great sigh of relief,
"and I think you need a peg to brace
up your nerves. but first let US settle
the snake"
We found him coiled up on a small
mirror which lay on the table. and an
ugly looking customer he was, too
ready to strike again.
He was . very poisonous snake
known AZ the peboae Russelli, but
after my friend had finished with him
Il would have been difncult for any
naturalist to have placed him in hil
proper genus.