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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1899-07-05

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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-03-08
Killed Each Other.
John Bailey and Tom Pal
mer Met In Mortal
Combat.
Each Was StruclslTwice in the Body
and Their Wounds Proved Fatal
In Short fine.

Childress, Texas, March 2.--To-
day about $50 i. M, John Bailey
and Tom Palms met in saloon
on Swearingen Greet, and after q
few words drew Etheir pistols and
fired several shd each.
When the 6rii ceased both men
fell to the floo4 hnd expired in "a
few minutes; tM shots took effect
in Bailey's bod and one in his
hand; Palmer RI ivea two shots in
the body Be mell exhibited
courage amouJ to desp Grafton.
Mr.. Bailey ASas.ss- c9vp,
II Judge 10y and lives
about ten miles sbuth of Childress
on ranch. He Twas young man
and leaves a wife
Mr.. Palmer ~ orked on a ranch
in Cottle county and spent some
of his time with Ills father, who is a
neighbor ofMr.Baf ley's. Palmer was
about 40 years old and not married
The fathers of zach of the young
men were in to i, but not present
at the shooting. They each arrived
though in time to see their son:
die on the saloon floor. The meet
ing was accidqntal, as it is sale
both were perfectly sober. 1t is sale
the trouble has been brewing fol-
some time and came up over some
land matters.
Childress is noW twelve years ole
and this is the first shooting scrnp'
that has occurred in the history o
the town. "
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-03-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The flower Of the family is usual
ly the last to rise.
1t is never too late to learn that
it is best to be early.
A title makes little man great
and a great man little,
A woman never laughs at love
unless she is afraid of it.
1t is difficult to make your views
clear to a thick headed man.
Silence is sometimes golden-and
sometimes it indicates guilt
An old bachelor says woman's
tongue is an organ without stops.
The more ancient the scheme the
more victims it manages to gather
in.
Man charges his failures to luck,
but credits his Successes 10 him
self.
woman sorl p Seser t,s,ie-
unless she gets some other woman
to do it.
The ghost of a smie,' says
Kentuckian, is usually found in an
empty bottle.
I Whenever you hear man refer
to life as lottery the chances are
he has drawn a blank.
No man ever allows his whisk-
kers to grow long enough to con-
ceal diamond pin,
1t is only when man dies that
every one of his good qualities come
to the surface,
An authority states that ton Of
. diamonds is worth $35,000000.
Remember this, and don't pay u
= cent more.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-03-08
GOOD MANAGEMENT.

In certain church in ireland %
young priest was detailed 10 preach
The occasion was his first appear
ance, and he took for his text, Tho
feeding ofthe multitude" IIesoid
and they fed ten people with
10000 loaves Of bread and 10000
fishes"
An old Irishman said;
"Begorra, could do that my
self" which the priest overhead
The next Sunday the priest an
nounced the same text, but he hal
it right this time. He said.
And they fed 10000 people on
ten loo yes Of bread and ten fishes
He waited a second, and then
leaned over the pulpit and said;
-And could you do that, Air,
Murphy2'
Murphy repiIed:
"And sure, yo1r reverence, Z
could"
And how could you do it
asked the priest.
And sure, Your reverence. Z
could do it with what was !aft over
from last Sunday R9Dsrt ZArigs
in Short Stories.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-03-08
PROSPERITY IN FACT.


The tremendous increase in man
ufacturing, is having its effect in
restoration Of operatives to the basis
in force several years ago. From
the cotton mill center in New Eng
land, where twelve months ago the
most doleful stories about depres
sion and low wages came, now
comes the news of %, 900 mill hands
having their wages advanced ten
per cent. One mill-the An. keag
perhaps the largest in America,
is among those.who yesterday voted
to restore wages to the basis that
obtained two years ago.
Not only in the cotton mills, but
in the rolling mills are wages going
up. Here are some ofthe dispatches
sent out by the Associated Press;
Manchester, N. II. March 2.-The
ldirootors of the Amosk scs cornora-
ton voted today to restore the
wages of 1897 after April 3, The
increase amounts to more than 10
per cent. The company employs
10000 hands.
Lawrence, Mass, March 2.-The
Pacific mills is to restore voluntar-
| lily the wage schedule of its 5000
employees to that of Il year ago.
Manville, r. l.. March 2.-Every
cotton mill in the Blackstone valley
from Woonsocket to Providence
will restore to its employees the II
per cent down year ago, Abou
1000 persons will be benefited.
Lebanon, Pa, March 2,-Th'
management Of the Pennsylvani;
Bolt and Nut works announces
10 per cent increase in wages il
the pudding and rolling mill de
partrnents to take effect April l.
The Lebanon rolling mills ais
give notice of a similar increase il
the wages of the employees Of tina
establishment.
The employees Of Swede's furnac
at Norristown have received Il
per cent advance.
: Martins Ferry, o., March q
: The American tin plate compan.
has notified employees of local plant
: of the voluntary increase Of wage
from five to ten per cent. On
thousand men are effected,
Chicago. Ill.,, March 9TH
American tin plate company toda.
| gave notice Of an increase in wage
: OF all its plants. The men afiecte
are those who have been receivin
less than $3.50 per day, the increas
J ranging from five to ten per cent
) day, Fully 10000 men will h
f benefited by the advance.
BY all means let's have that la
' making polltaX receipt prerequi'
f tie to the exercise of franchise, W
i, do not believe in taxation withot
? representation; neither do we b.
lieve in representation without ta>
: alton. There is q big-moutned ell
: ment that controls our election
and vet contributes not q cent
the expenses Of the government
d Pay poll tax or don't vote, ought
u ~ ln,r Hn Nntsuilla Hnrnld
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-03-08
DOOlay on The Spanish Fleet,

"Th' Spanish fleet was attacked
on all sides be orr br-rave la-ads,
noblv assisted be TIL dispatch boats
iv the newspapers. Wan by wan.
they was destroyed. Ehree bat
tleships attacked th' onvarted
Yacht, Gloucester. TIL Gloucester
used to be owned be Pierpont Nor
gan, but TWAS convarted. an is now
leadin' dacint life. ThaGlouces-
ter sunk thin all, tn Christobel
Comma, TIL Viscera, an the Ad-
miral O'Quinnn
Wharton county experimenting
with $1,000 road grader. The
city of Halletsvile bought one of
those high-priced things too, some
ten years ago. You can buy it now
for ten dollars and six bits, and if
you will send a good talSer along
YOU can have the ten dollars
knocked of. The fancy road ma
chine is not made for Texas. Hal
letsville Herald.
Some men are like hard boiled
eggs-hard to beat
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-03-08

Some men are Ike hard boiled
eggs-hard y beat
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
Consent viii Be Given.

He will theh ask for the admirars
permission 20 carry out this program. OF
course Nsw'ey's consent will be forth
coming and Sampson win proceed to
conduct the naval parade up the bay rs
originally laid out. The question of
Howison's place In the demonstration
VIII depend entirely upon thai, Admir-
ais wish If ne cares 90 participate I'm
The naval parade Dewey will assign
him a place with his fiagship. the Chi
caRo probably directly following the
Olympia To which place he would b.
entitled by virtue of his rank. But the
details Of ths program would be exec
uted under SIMPSONS direction When
the party goes ashore to take part IN
the land ceremonies an Of the admiral'
VIII b. simply guests OF the city and as
such their precedence will be regulated
entirely by the rules laid down bv tho
reception committee. The possibility of
further complications as % the com
nandcr ~ the North Atlantic ~qua1-
ron after the Ger monies are az an end
viii be removed by she departure OF the
squadron from New York FOR Hampton
nrnGe
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
DEWEY NOW AT TOMPKINSvILLE
CONTINUED from Page one.)
First Arrivals.

The first regiment of soldiers to ar
rive in the city for the Dewey celebra-
ton was the Walthall Guards. or the
First Mississippi Volunteers from
Meridian, Miss. The organization was
represented by Captain +. Martin, and
ne had 45 men with him
The men are paying ibheir own way to
take part in honoring the Admiral. and
they left Meridian on Sunday. arriving
at the Grand Central Depot about 10
O'Clock this morning. Captain Martin
preceded Them 20 hunt up accommoda-
tions during their stay. They may stop
in some armpry. Nobody met them at
the depot 10 welcome them, and they
stacked arms while waiting for Captain
Martin to come back. Their first lieu
tenant iG Paul Brown. and the second
lieutenant ]. G. Wilson. They ought
20 make a good showing from their ap-
pearance this morning.
The following telegram was received
at the local weather bureau today:
Washington. Sept. q.
1926 a. m.--Weather bureau New
York Thursday. will be warmer and
fair, present coi(Iitions will not justify
a definitb forecast for Friday and Sat
urday.
WILLIS L. MOORE,
\ Chief of Weather Bureau"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
GOING TO NEW YORK.
Reeves American Pard viii Fly for Conneoll-
ouI Command In penpY Parade.

Reeves American Band will leave
Providence tomorrow evening at 10
o'clock on a special Pullman car which
will be placed at the sole disposal OF
the band. and VIII proceed to New IIa-
ven. Conn, to join the Second Com
pany. Governors Foot Guards. which
har engaged Mr. Reeves and his play
ers for the big Dewey parade i'm New
York.
ON arriving I'm New Haven on Friday
morning, a short street parade will be
made, and then the members uf the
military organization and the band will
start FOR New York reaching the
metropolis about noon on Friday sat-
urday they VIII participate in the big
land parade. and on Saturday evening
the American Rand viii return TO Prov
idence 40 the same special ear. every
detail Cor the comfort of the musicians
having been arranged Tor by the Foot
Guards
In connection with this engagement
there ls % very interesting feature.
Whtn Mr W. Reeves aud his hand ac-
companied The Second Regiment Con
nectlcut National Guard 10 the Phla-
uelphia centennial in 1876. Nj Reeves
wrote Tor that uccgsi0n the now famous
second REGIMENT march. perhaps
,he hn'st military march ever written
FOR lhe present occasion Mr. Reeves
mas Nllittn another march known as
The Second C0mponv" narch ana 4.
Us deIlcred io Major CLARK and the
member of ihs crack Connections .,r-
ganlzaticn. While there ls no doubt that
nc march NIN Doc fuNv un 60 NJ
kecFcs u1ual standard he cannct hups
To surpnsH The Second Regiment
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
MRS. ASH ARRESTED.
She is Charged With tho Poisoning
Of The York Child.
Woman Was Mr.. YOrk's Housessepsr.
Jealousy Said 10 Be the Cause.

Fairfield. ale. Sept Gas result
Of an inquest IN the case Of Jhr young
child OF stephen f. York, who died un-
der suspicious circumstances while
visiting the family OF Reul York, near
the Fairfield town farm, last sunday,
MIS-. j. A. Ash has been arrested and
placed in the Somerset county jan
pending a hearing.
The authorities intimate that other
aSrcsts are likely To- be made. The
case has attracted great Interest. AZ
the child. who was three ana hair
yelrs Old became ill very suddenly and
died soon afterwards. and the doctors
have declared that Geath was due 20
poisoning 10 has developed that the
FAMILY relations of stephen t. York
have not been of tho happiest nature.
Iris wife having lived apart from him
Tor some time. The child, OF whom the
rather seemed very fond, remained
Wth him.
Mrs Ash has acted as housekeeper
for Mr. York ana those who claim 20
know the circumstances state she often
appeared afraid that the child would
bring about a reunion between the man
and his wife. The authorities. however,
win not disclose the nature OF their evil
donce though they do not deny that
jealousy may have led 10 the poisoning
OF the little one.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
THE ELI AYLESWORTH ESTATE.


Chief Justice Matteson and Justices
Stiness and Tnlinghast, today heard ar
guments on the defendants demurrer
to the complainant5' bin in the cause Of
Albert H. Aylesworth ct al VS.. George
e.. Crocker ct ais The case is one phase
of the large amount of litigation result
ing from "a viii left by the late Eli
AylesNorth.
The principal thing sought by the
present bill in equity is 10 get rid of
the payment of a sum OF $15 month
directed 20 be made by the testatOr to
Mrs. Sarah II. Seamons during her life.
and partition of the estate. 1t h. pro-
posed that the court direct the payment
of some gross sum 10 Mrs. SeamOns.
who is about SO years of age. so that the
allowance may no longer remain a
charge on the real estate and the heirs
may be permitted TO enjoy the real
property given 90 them and the estate
relieved OF the expenses of a receiver.
The demurrer il general Lenial of a
case for relief stated i'm the bill. After
hearing arguments the court held the
matter for advisement.
Cooke 4 Angel and A. r. Sumner
are counsel for complafnants and c. T..
&. A. Aldrich. Bassett e.
and y. w. Littlefeld counsel
for RESPONDENTS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
BROWN UNIVERSITY.


The officers Of the Sears Reading
Room Association of Brown University
have been elected as follows: President.
A T Grosvenor, Ol vice president. NJ J
Linden. '0l: secretary. w II Whiting.
'0l treasurer w r Harvey 'O1 senior
director 4 r Thatcher. OO: Junior di-
rector " 7 Waller. '0l sophomore di-
rector George Burdick o.
The trials for the instrumental clubs
OF Brown University take place this
afternoon under the direction of Or
Jules Jordan who Is in charge this vear
The men trying are as follows. A III
Dexter. T. j G. Bullock. A X Potter W
Larcher w G Johnson, T J Deacon w
q Ward. $ II Solomon, f \ Otis. w Fl
Turner NJ Barker, c II Brden $ ~
Easton. w r Lawton. " q Howard -
w Handing -
John p Gray. OF, has been elected
captain OF the second football eleven.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
AT AN ADVANCED AGE.


Mrs. Rebecca S. George. widow Of the
late Thomas h. George, and mother Of
ex-POstmaster Charles H. George. Of
this city. died this morning at her home
in Mansfield. Mass. In her 9Oth year.
after an illness Of about six weeks dur
alton. Mrs. George was a woman who
Aeets -FffeaSt generally respected, and pos
sessed a singularly sweet ana patient
nature. She was the daughter of Rev.
Daniel Harrington, who gradua ted from
Brown University In l71j and her
mother was a sister Of the famous iur-
ist, Judge Wilde Of Massachusetts.
Mrs. George had II children. four OF
whom are still living. These are Mrs.
n. S. Butterworth who for about IL
years had charge of the Oaklawn school
for girls. now OF Mansfield. Mass:
Charles ~. George, Edward T. George
and James A. George who is secretary
for Mayor Baker, all Of this city. The
funeral will occur at the late home OF
the deceased in Mansfield on Saturday.
at | p. m.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
C0NGRE GATI0NAL COUNCIL.
Resolution Of Thanks and Simpath, With Rail-
road emp'oy,s Passed al To-0ay's Session.

Boston. Sept. 27.--The morning ses.
sion of the international Congregation
al council began with devotional exer-
cises after which the Rev. Alexander
Mac kennal, ID. d., OF Bowdoin, Ems
land, the British secretary OF the coun-
ell offered the following resolutions:
The delegates attending the second
International Congregational council de-
sire TO tender their grateful acknowl-
edgments TO the general committee of
arrangements appointed by the Ma
tional Council and especially thank the
brtheren in Boston and it's neighborhood
for their cordial and generous hospital
ity and for their indefatigable endeav-
ors to promote I'm every way the success
OF the meetings. Tbs delegates earnest
ly pray that to the memory of the coun-
ell visit may abide as "A generous in
Huence in all the churches."A response
in behalf of the committee was made
by Hon. :. T.. Capen of Boston.
The resolution of Rev. DIR. Griffis OF
sympathy with the desires of the rail-
road workers and their families for the
reduction OF Sunday travel on railroads.
was reported from the committee rec
ommending it's adoption. This was done
Rev. Judson Smith, ID. d., secretary OF
the American board Of foreign missions
invited the council to visit the rooms OF
the board and to attend its 9Oth annual
meeting i'm Piovidence. II. L., next week
and urged interest in the ecumenical
missionary council to be held in New
York I'm April next.
In the absence OF Hon. Joseph Comp
ton Rickett. NJ. r., a brief outline OF his
prepared paper on "the Christian idea
OF the state" was read by the Rev. Da-
vid l.. Ritchie OF NEWCASTLE e-on-Tyne,
England.
Rev. Henry Arnold Thomas. NJ A..
chairman OF the congregational Union
of England and Wales OF Bristol Eng
land. followed. speaking on the Duty
OF Hhe Stronger TO the Weaker
Churches"
President -elect Georg. r Moore. II.
u. OF Andover Theological Seminary.
-eplied to the criticism Of President
Uvde OF Bowdoin college on Monday
evening. and of President Slocum of
Colorado college on theological semi
naries and ministerial education He
defended the seminaries with reference
10 their methods OF extending student
aid. the diligence OF theological educa-
tion. He stated h could make as good
"a case against the colleges as President
Hvde had made against the seminarles
re stated that his primary reason for
replying 10 President Hyde was that
contempt had been brought upon the
Christian ministry as such. Presidents
HYDE and Slocum were called for I'm re-
Joinder and made brief addresses.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
IT WAS AN INSULT.


Kansas City, Sept. 27.-"No greater in
suit was ever offered to the comrades
of the Grand Army of the Republic than
the action of the Dewey day committee
in New York, when 2O00 white-haired.
old soldiers were not allowed a place
of honor i'm the great parade
This was the statement of Albert d.
Shaw. cOmmander-in-ch -chief OF the G.. A.
city ON his way TO Topeka, where he
goes 20 address a Reunion OF the vet
erans today and tomorrow.
You may say what you please" con-
tinued Commander Shaw. but II was
an insult and IL WAS intended as one.
too. It was "A slap i'm the face To every
one OF the three hundred thousand union
veterans OF the civil war now living"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
nuwlson's Arrival.

washington. Sept IA telegram
was received at the navy department
announcing the arrival OF the cruiser
Chicago at Tompkinsviile Admiral
Howison did not add anything 10 the
simple announcements OF his arrival so
the navy department Is as yet i'm gnor-
ance as TO his plans. The officials here
say that there is not the slightest
chance OF any untOward conflict of au-
thority as the result OF the arrival OF
the Chicago AT this time Admiral
Dewey is the senior officer. and as long
as his ship Is within signal distance
both OF the rear-admirals. Howison and
Sampson. will take their instructions
from him. According 10 naval etiquette
Sampson will inform Dewey of the
plans for the reception which ne has
framed. and which the navy depart
rnent has apnroVed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-27
BOSTON AND ALBANY.
LIVELY Meeting Of Stockholders Held
at Boston Today.
Action on Proposed Lease Postponed TIL
November BY Agreement.

Boston. Sept. 27-The largest and one
of the most exciting meetings ever held
BY the stockholders OF the BcNIon & AL
bany Railroad was called TO order by
President Bliss i'm the hall Of the
Southern Terminal Station here today
Although the question which has d-
| vided the stockholders into contesting
! factions-that OF leasing TO the New
! York Central--was not actedupon today.
a postponement until November l5 hav-
| ing been agreed 90. more TIM 700 stock
! holders were present when the call 10
! order was given. The lease party at
once sprang a surprise by presenting a
motion 10 adjourn the annual meeting
until the lease meeting OF November Is.
This was met by the protective commit
tee with call for share vote on the
motion and the question was tabled.
ON notion OF 4, Jefferson Coolidge
the bylaws were amended TO reduce
the board OF directors from l3 to III
members Aiter the reading of the an
nual EeIl1EL-Samuel- -AnaE-- -Gnnnsel-fnr
the road, stated that the New York
Central railroad had agreed upon a re-
duction In the number of years of the
lease from 999 Co 30 and had agreed
upon a penalty of $4 600 600 not 10 use
FOR the benefit OF the New York Cen
tral any of the earnings OF the Boston
and Albany system other than they are
i'm duty bound TO take I'm order 10 COM
ply with the terms of the lease.
AT this point IL was decid q that the
room was too small for the proper
transaction Of business and il was voted
To adjourn until 1880 o'clock. and 10
meet at that hour i'm Bumstead Hall.
NO MEETING HELD
Albany. Sept 1.-THE special meeting
OF the stockholders OF the New York
Central railroad called TO Tafify the
leasing of the Boston & Albany rail
road by the New York Central failed 10
materialiZe today. An adjournment was
taken until November l6.
The adjourned meeting was called TO
order, promptly and the motion To post
pone election OF officers until November
10 was renewed by Mr.. Hoar. who pro-
ceeed to review the case at length. ex-
planning the position OF the board OF
directors
Stockholders, ne said are asked to put
the protective committee i'm charge so
that they can hear both sides of the
question themselves. Mr. Hoar con-
tinued.
we ask a concession that thu pres
ent board shall not be turned out be-
Gore November Is. The committee pro-
posed to elect six gcntl men who up Ia
July I owned only 13 sytres of stock
MIR Hoar insisted that these six would
be the only members OF the beard elect
I'd by the stockholders as the mem-
bers OF the present board whose names
appeared on the committees ballot
would positively decline to serve under
this condition. The new members could
fill the vacancies 10 suit themselves
and not The Shareholders Mr. Hoar
said that he believed that IL the new
board was elected the legislature would
commence active steps against the
road