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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
ooO,O 900 Gallons of OH seized.

Atlanta. Ga. July 10.-Nearly 200.-
600 gallons of Illuminating oil has been
confiscated in Georgia as the result of
the order of Commissioner Stevens di-
recting inspectors throughout the State
to seize all supplies that failed to come
up TO the standard set by law. This
statement was made at the office Of
the Commissioner of Agriculture, and
is taken to indicate that the fight on
legal AMI dangerous oils. which the re-
port of state Chemist McCandless
showed ahoundcd in the State. is on in
dead earnest.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Electrical storm nt CatskilI.

Catskill. y. y. July 10.-The First
Baptist Church. the Prospect Park
Hotel. and the Wiley Knitting Mill
We're struck by lightning during the
terrific electric storm that passed over
Catskill. A blaze in the knitting mill
called ont the Fire Department and for
Il time panic prevailed among the
OnrratiNeS.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Surveying a Pacific Gable Route.

San Francisco, July 10.-The British
survey steamer Egeria has arrived
from Esqumalt. Il. G. The English
and Canadian Governments are to es-
tablish cable between British Colum-
bia and Australia. which will touch mt
Samoa and Hawaii. The Egeria is
now engaged in surveying the route
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
POlyUamy Exists

Salt Lake. July 10.-The Anti-Polyg-
amy law of Utah is To he enforced. if
it can be, in one case at least. Nor
mons deny that Polygamy longer 8 eX-
lists. but the leaders each maintain
several wives who bear their names,
though the difficulty of proving Il mar
riages saves them from prosecution.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Angus NJ. Cannon. president of the
Salt Lake State of the Church of Lat
ter Day Saints, has been arrested on Il
charge of polygamy. The evidence on
which the charge is based is proof of
the birth of Il child to one of his polyg-
amous wives, Martha p. Hughes
Cannon. who is at present Il member
of the State Senate.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Bear Island Is Safe.

Washington, July TO-. Minister Jack
son reports to the State Department
that the North German Gazette has
made a semi-ofiicial denial Of the re-
port that the German Government in
bergen.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Munitions Going to Transvaal.

London. July 10.-A Rome despatch
saws the German steamer Reichstag
has sailed from Naples with $4,000
rifles. 800 tons of war material and 800
mules for the Transvaal. and that an
other steamer with Il like cargo will
sail July II from Arenas.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Peace Congress to Meet in Spring.

PthCt VOHSFVHS 10 NT'VI III Spring.
London. July 10.-A telegram from
st. Petersburg asserts that The Hague
conference will adjourn at the end of
July. the members agreeing to reas-
semble in the spring. and that during
the interval Emperor Nicholas will
visit the principal European courts
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Cleveland Not Yet Chosen

Princeton. July 10.-The report that
x-Presidcnt Cleveland has accepted n
professorship mt princeton has been
pronounced untrue.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Gen. Rios Arrives at Madrid.

Madrid. July 10.-Gen. Rios, recent
ly Spains principal commander in the
philippines, has arrived here.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Matteawan. y. V. July "a violent
storm passed over this section of the
country doing considerable damage.
The large stock barn of George f..
Harpell at Stormvillc was struck by
lightning and burned 10 the ground.
Many valuable cattle periShcd in the
fire.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Madrid. July 9.-Admiral Cevera
and the other commanders of the
Spanish feet destroyed in the battle of
Santiago. whose conduct has been the
subject of inquiry by special court
martial. have heen acquitted and form
ally liberated.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Montpelier. Ohio. July 9.--At Tedrow
Joseph ScaEbrouch was struck by an
accidently 1ighted skyrocket. which
entered his back penetrating the lungs
and causing death.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Upper Sandusky Ohio. July 9.-R.
ii. Tyler was at the Hooking Valley
Depot To see his niece. Mrs. Name T..
Beck with. of FoStora. off for home.
and had entered the car to get her Il
seat. As he WaS coming ont he
stumbled and fell under the train. and
his head was severed from his body
He was formerly 4 Captain in local
military company.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Belgrade, July 9.-It is announced
that Major I.ukitch who was with
former King Milan when an attempt
was made to aSsassinate His Majesty,
has been promoted for his valor in de-
Tending the former King.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
Governor Stone and Senator Pen.
rose Active in Arranging to
Receive the Eight.
ing Tenth"
PENNSYLVANIA PR0UDOF HER HEROES
President Mckinley and Brigadier General
Otis Speak in Great Praise of the Key
stone States Regiment at Manila.
Especial Correspondence.)
Especial Correspondence.) }

NoPcef"f CoffcsPo1tueffCcV
Harrisburg, July 1l.-Possibly the
most interesting incident Of the week
was the visit of Governor Stone and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Binghamton. \. W July 1O.-The
plant of the Independent Match Com
pany of this city has been sold to
New York syndicate. The syndicate
has been negotiating with the COM
pany for some time. and it is under
stood the plant will enter the trust.
1t will remain under its present man.
agement.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Austin. Tex. July 9.-The United
States Army post at Fort Ringg0ld.
situated in StasS county. Tex. was
within Il few rods of the bank of the
Rio Grande when the biz rise in that
river came recently. The erratic river
cut Il new channel. Slicing off Il strip
of Mexico AT that place. and has now
left Fort Ringgol,l back in the country
distance of over Il mile.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Chicago. July 10.-The Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Company has OBJ
tanned building permit for the erec-
ton of Il brick five story twine mill.
The mill is to cost S3o0.0oO. The COM
pany. which has heretofore made the
twine in Boston and four other places.
will in the future do the most of this
manufacturing in Chicago.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

Valparaiso. Ind. July 1o.-At Hebron
Carl King loaded II gun barrel with
dynamite. The fuse worked slowly,
and while King was making an eX-
animation it exploded. nearly severing
his head from the body and tearing
his breast to pieces. He was 22 years
of age.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

New Haven, July 1.-THE Yale treas
ury will. il Is expected be turned into
regular bank next fall. For five or
six years the treasury has taken money
on deposit from students as an ac-
commodation. The demand for reg.
ular banking service has grown so
great that the change Is regarded as
almost certain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

w July u mere WAS d
further discussion NJ the Cabinet meet
ing in regard to wharf privileges in
Porto Rico at points where the Gov
eminent asserts ownership of adjacent
waters to IL line drawn sixteen feet
from the parallel with the shore. 1t
was decided. upon advice of the At
torney- General. thar wharyes might be
built at such places. but that the per-
mission is subject to revocation in
special instances where the needs OF
the Government may require it.
Butte. Mon. July 9.--AIarcus DAILY.
President of the Amalgamated Copper
Company. has made Il statement of his
intentions. in which he says:
Il am the President of the Amalga-
mated Copper Company. Everybody
living In these parts knows what that
company owns. II will own more
mines pretty soon. 1t was not organ
lied to be trust: ii was gotten up for
the purpose of making available the
capital required in order to give Butte
an overllauling the like of which was
never before thought of. That work
Of exploration is already started. ]
was not elected President of the com
pany for fun or for ornament or for
compliment ! expect to see this
vast work completed that is just be-
ginning. Unless my associates In this
company want to put me out | shall
keep right on being the President of
the Amalgamated Company. | own
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13

P,ainfield. y. j.. July 11.-Death has
made ii unnecessary for Chancellor Me-
Gill to sign the decree of divorce
which Mrs. John Wilson had obtained
from her husband. Since the decree
was granted. on the ground of deser-
ton. Wilson has died in the City In
dustrial Home.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
A Lucky Spectator.

New York, Dec. 2O.-Wall street is
dazzled by a new star. If stories cur
rent in the street are true he has
pocketed cool 100000 in the past
ten days, and his nerve and luck have
rarely been exceeded in the history OF
the street.
The lucky man is ]. Overton Paine,
a broker, with offices at No. 81 Broad
way. He also has offices in the Con-
solidated Exchange and at Broadway
and Thirteenth streets.
He was little known in the street up
to few weeks ago. His daring oper-
ations as bear him first into notice.
His first heavy winning, it is said, was
on Brooklyn Rapid Transit, in which
he dealt heavily. During the recent
bear movement he was one of the most
active and successful men engaged in
it.
1t is said by one of Paine's closest
friends that he is $5,OOO,OOO to the good
since he first appeared on the street
three years ago. At the close of Mon
days business Paine received check
through the New York Clearing House
Association for $50. .99S.91, representing
his days profits. A week ago he re-
ceived a similar check for 5O,32191.
His luck has came to be regarded as
phenomenal and neadly every move he
has made ha sreturned him handsome
profits.
Paine is less than 30 years old, and
three years ago he came to this city
from Atlanta, Ga. He had capital of
$3,500 and a letter Of introduction to
James Swami, the cotton merchant.
His success began at once.
If had gone to Europe for va
cation last summer" said young Paine
at Waldorf-Astoria, II would be ST.
100000 better off than l am"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
More Houses Needed.

Never in the history of Marietta has
the demand for property to rent been
so great as it is now and the number
of desirable houses that are vacant at
present Us limited to very few.
One of the leading real estate deal
ers of the city says that he is informed
by a contractor that there are now
about one hundred houses in course of
erection in Marietta and about the
same number are contemplated. The
real estate man says that even THE
number will not be sufficient to supply
the demand that is being made upon
the real estate agents for good houses
to rent He says that he alone could
easily find tenants for fifty houses
within month and the demand upon
others is equally as great. Five or six
room cottages seem to be the kind of
houses that would ftll the wants of
most prospective tenants.
1t seems that there are many work
ingmen in Marietta whose families
live elsewhere, but who are desirous
OF living here. Then there is that
great number of men who could find
employment here and who know ii, but
who do not wish to come to Marietta
unless they can bring their families
along.
Those who have the means and who
have tried what was once the expert
ment Of building houses to rent, are
Of the opinion that there is no better
or safer investment than that of put
ting capital into substantial and renta-
BILE houses. Many of them are en-
gagged in doing such work at present,
but there is room for a great deal
more capital in that field. Such an out
iay of capital is not only good thing
for Uhe investor, but is equally good
for the city of Marietta at large.
AS has often been said of late years,
Marietta is not booming. She is giving
proof of a steady and healthful growth
whose effects will be lasting. But
in this one respect, the building of new
houses to accommodate the people who
are coming in, Marietta enterprise is
not keeping pace with her industrial
growth.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
A Whale For a Pet.

Probably the only man in the world
who has a pet whale lives on a small
island in the South Pacific. He is a
planter, and is the only white inhabi-
tant of the island. He has many
brown skinned assistants who cut and
dry the coaconut rinds that he sells to
trading vessels. The planter makes
plenty of money in his peculiar trade,
but he used to be worried to provide
entertainment for the visitors who
bought his product One stormy day,
however, a small whale foated
through the narrow entrance to the
harbor, which is walled by coral reef
The whale appeared satisfied with its
new home and remained, says the
Chicago Record
AS the years rolled by the baby
whale proceeded to grow and to wax
fat and became tame, for the planter
fed it occasionally with a bushel or so
of chopped meat. Now the whale is
seventy fet long and is the curiosity of
the island. When a traders boat
slips into the harbor the planter gives
the officers and crew a banquet under
the palms and then takes them to see
the pet whale. At such times a barrel
of chopped meat is rolled down to the
water side and the planter stands on
shore and blows a horn. Almost in
stantly the water will begin to churn
in the direction of the planter, and the
huge whale will run it's nose into the
sand in its efforts to get to the barrel
of meat in haste. After having eaten
the meat the creature leaps and rolls
about gleefully, often tossing its body
nearly out Of the water.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21

troops to meet that new attack than
she has been compelled already to
send agsins the Beers.
Substantially the entire British reg.
ular army not required for duty in ia
dia, and all its reserves, are already
either in South Africa or on the way
there. The militia and volunteers can
not be sent out of the kingdom withort
heir own consent Before they can be
used for foreign service they will have
TO be reorge nized, just as our National
Guard regiments were during the war
with Spain.
Thus the whole land strength Of the
British Empire available ior immedl-
ate use to meet an emergency is locked
up in front of the Beers. The enem rs
of England have free hand for mill
tary yotlan0ns everywhere else
1t is tile :hd[ British naval strength
has not oecr impaired. But If Rus Ia
should Occupy Herat, or even move On
India, where would England get the
troops to prevent her? How could she
deal with new Indian mutlny? What
would she do II the Abyssinians should
wipe out Kitchener?
These are the things that makes the
skirmishes on the Modder and the
Tugela so serious. Even an uprising
of the whole of Cape Colony could be
dealt with in time if there were no
other distractions But England is
surrounded by enemies eager to do her
an i'll turn. The Beers are said to have
bee ntold that if they could hold out
for two months there would be Eu-
ropean Intervention in their behalf.
They have already held out longer
than that and the end is not in sight.
Europe is growing impatient, and a
few more Boer victories will sweep her
off her feet and create sudden de-
mand fer British armies elsewhere
than in Natal and Cape Colony.-New
York Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
A Remarkably Strange Will.


MIS- MargAro. Josephine Plant Is
contesting the strange will of a
strange man, he who was known as the
Monte Crlsto of Florida
She contends that her husband, Hen
ry b. Plant, was not of sound mind
when he made the win that bequeath-
ed his fortune of $1O,OOO,O0O to child
unborn.
1t was not to an infant whom he
hoped to hold in his arms in this life
that the millionaire left his
wealth. That would be sentiment
not wholly strange. He decreed that
all he had worked and struggled,
prayed and battled for for 10 vigorous
years should be the property of his
eldest great-grandchild, the first born
of a grandchild who is now but four
years old
The unborn legatee will have none
of Mrs. Plants blood in his veins. She
has never borne Mr.. Plant any child
rem He left one by a former marriage
Morton F. Plant. 1t is the son of this
Morton F. Plant,a mere toddler Of four
summers, upon whom will devolve the
paternity of the child who is to enjoy
the Plant multimillions.
Mrs. Plant, tall, handsome, stately,
sets her lips with more than womanly
firmness and says: "The will was un-
like my husband; unlike his intentions
He would not have made it if left to
himself. l will not say whose the in
fluence nor what the motive, but l
know"
In 1912 Mr.. Plant married Miss FL
len Blackstone, a daughter of Hon.
James Blackstone. Mrs. Plant died in
1861. In 1873 he married the beauty
and belle, Miss Margaret Josephine
Uoughman, the only daughter of
Martin Loughman. He was 80 years
older than his bride. Neither seemed
conscious of the disparity. They were
pointed to as model couple"
Mrs. Margaret Josephine Plant lives
in the old Plant mansion at No. $50
Fifth avenue, opposite Helen Gould's
home She is a brunette. with dark
eyes of unusual beauty She dresses
with an unobtrusive elegance that
made an admirer exclaim: "She wears
Wcrth's patterns" Her air is wom-
anly and gracious; her friends call her
"lovable." Mr.. Plants devotion to
this, his second wife, so many years
his junior, has passed into proverb.
In the Supreme Court records of this
city is filed the story of Mrs. Plants
wrongs.
Mrs. Plant states that her husband
died on June 90, 1899, at so years of
age Three days before his death he
went to his country seat at Brandford,
Conn, where he died. A few hours be-
fore his death he added third codicil
to his will 1t was this codicil that
nullifed all the beneficient provisions
of the will and tied up the testator's
fortune of $1O,OOO,OOO in a trust for the
unborn child of his four-year-old
grandchild.
The codicll provides for an income
for the widow and son of $50, 900 year
each The sons wife would receive
$4,000 a year so long as she was his
sons wife.-New YORK Journal
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
A Cargo of Cats.

Newark, N. j., Dec. 19.-Cats of all
ages, colors and pedlgrees spent yes
terday and last night in the cellar OF
the house of Frank w. Butler, at 1O9
Roseyille avenue, this city. They are
to be shipped to the Philippines next
Thursday to wage war on the mice and
rats there
To judge from their playful behavior
some of the cats are delighted with
the idea of gonig to Uncle Sans new
possessions. Others appear to be in
different, while still others are pre-
sumably displeased, because they in
sist on fighting all the time.
When supper was served in the eel
lar last night there were just 1O6 cats
present Butler had only 80 the day
before. There was something of a
squabble over the distribution of the
food, but it was finally settled and the
meal was, generally speaking, peace
full.
Butler intends to make his shipment
on Thursday, when he expects to have
500. The cats were advertised for by
John Montgomery, of Manila, who
says General Otis asked him to protect
tn government warehouse from rod
ents. Butler expects to get another
order from Montgomery.
How to capture the Aguinaldo of the
rodents is what the ambitious cats are
thinking about.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever, nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is moth
ing but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by
Catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall Catarrh Cure. Send for our
circulars; free.
f. j. CHENEY e CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, rs cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
Holiday Oil.

w. H. Nicholson of Clarksburg, is
in the city Mr.. Nicholson is the gem
eral superintendent of the Goff devel-
opment in Harrison county He it
was who persuaded the Judge to sink
the first we'll on the land that has since
produced so many gushers, instead OF
allowing it to be leased, as had been
the intention previous to drilling the
first well.
Oil was S1.15 when the first we'll
came in, and again Nicholson pursuad-
ed Judge Goff not to sell. None of the
Goff oil has been sold. From the first
barrel tc the present it has all been
held in tank and the advance to $16G
makes one Of the greatest aggregates
of profits in the business for the year.
Still the Goff oil is being held for fur
ther advance. Some of these days
there will be sale of this oil, which
will mark one of the heaviest transfers
from producer to the pipe line COM
pany.-Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-21
The Season and Its Duties.

It does one good to pause in the
midst of the business worry of life to
enjoy the pleasure which Christmas
brings throwing aside for the moment
care and trouble 1t increases friend
ship and love to send back and forth
the tokens and remembrances that
friends cherish fer one another, but
which the press of daily life often
leaves but little time to express. This
grows stronger with the visible proof
of their existence; hearts are warmer
as memory knocks at them with low
ing remembrances, and so, if the sea-
son brought no other goods, this quick
ening and freshening of emotion and
telling would make it we'll worth the
keeping.
In its religious significance, in the
message it brings of peace and good
will to all, it is in itself an eloquent
sermon, for sorely are such lessons
needed in this work-a-day, selfish
world, where cynics laugh at the bro
therhood of man as an ideal dream, and
where thinkers are tempted to despair
at the woe and sorrow following human
strife. 1t is wen to have a time in
which all are called on to heed these
lessons of peace and charity; they are
like oases in the desert-strong banks
against the floods of selfshness and
strife, threatening to engulf all COM
ing their way.-Baltlmore American.