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The evening times., 1899-03-07
To Improre a Theatre.

Cumberland, Md, March THE city
council OF Cumberland last night voted to
receive bids for an extensive improvement
to the Academy Of Music, removing boxes
now unused and enlarging and modernizing
the stage The improvement will cost
about $1,000. The council also opened nine
bids offered for the lease of the Academy
The bid of Mellinger Brothers. the present
lessees, was the highest-S22I0 a year
The stipulations are for one year, with the
privilege of three. Mellinger Brothers
heretofore paid $1.567 a year. The council
voted $3.50 for map Of the city to the es-
tate of Charles B. Widener, former city en-
gineer. The bill had been pending several
years.
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4 Runaway Match.

Winchester. Va, March 7.-Caywood
Henry and Miss Eliza Licklider. both OF
Shenandoah county, arrived in this city
at O'Clock yesterday morning en- route
to Hagerstown to be married. The bride
eloped from her home, near Seven FOun-
tains. at midnight. and together with the
man of her choice. drove here, taking the
80 train for Hagerstown. where they
were married. Parental objection caused
the elopement. The happy couple return
ed to Wincheste' last night, and today
will go to Shenandoah, where they Will
reside in the future
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Industrial Activity.

Cumberland, Md. March THE lumber
mills along the West Virginia Central
Railroad are running overtime to fill or
ders. The Blackwater and the Beaver
Creek Lumber Companies, at Davis. w.
Va, are compelled TO work three nights a
week. while the Otter Greek Company, at
Hambleton. is installing an electric plant
so that work may be done at night. This
company is also building box factory an
mex and erecting much new machinery in
its lumber mills. The Rumbarber Lumber
Company, at Dobbin, W. Va, is enjoying an
immense trade
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Railroad TrnIic Resumed.
CHARLOTTESVILLE FLOOD.
Streets Become Rivers and Many
RuiIdiugs suffer.

Charlottesville, Va, March THE
storm which began Friday night ceased
during the day Saturday, but returned in
great force Saturday night, resulting in
landslides and delayed trains. About 10
p. m. the storm appeared 10 centre oveI
this city and the downpour continued un-
til o'clock Sunday morning. The streets
became rivers. Rivanla River and Moore s
Creek flooded the lowlands adjacent to the
wooIen mills and covered the gardens of
many Of the operatives, requiring the re-
moval of cows and pigs. Many stables
and outhouses were cut off from the land.
The damage at the mills was chiefly to the
race and is serious enough 10 prevent oper-
ations for several days. The lower stoI J
of the building was flooded. and probably
some injury to the machinery resulted.
During the storm j. B. Morris barn. near
Hydraulic, this county, was struck by
lightning and burned. Loss, barn and
contents $3.50
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COAL OIL VS.. ELECTRIC LIGHT.
End OF n Red-Hot Campaign in VII.
Transport, Md.

Transport, Md.
WilIiamsport, Md. March 7.-one of the
/ hottest town elections ever held in this
place resulted yesterday in signal victory
for the electric light ticket by majorities
ranging from 40 to ia. Out of a registered
vote of 326 in the town 204 voted, showing
| the tremendous interest taken. Political
lines were obliterated, men of both par
| ties being on the winning ticket The
sole issue was light" The polls were
held at the town hall. ]. N. X. Malone
was judge; Frank King clerk.
The successful ticket, with the vote cf
each candidate. follows: Burgess, George
| Thompson, 1876, reelected; assistant bur-
sioners, William II. Beard, l79; William
/ H. Norris. III; Samuel !. Preston, 206;
| Peter L. Lemen, 1856; II. S. Ardlinger, ZOO.
The vote against, the ordinance imposing
a tax OF Is cents on the 500 for coal oil
| lamps was 1873. asGne
The vote for the defeated coal oil ticket
was as follows: Burgess, John S. Conley,
10; assistant burgess, ]. ID. Payne, 123;
commissioners, NJ. Emmett Cullen, 122; A.
b. Kimble. 121,g Andrew ]. Mondy, 96;
Simon p. Miller, 125; Justice Arthur c..
| Gruber, &c.
The vote for the coal Oil lamp ordinance
was 50.
Inc tpOOT 81 iiChct SOt iouf
votes. This ticket was headed by John s..
| Conley for burgess. The electric light
advocates declared This ticket was osten-
sibly in favor of lights. but was really put
| up TO beat the electric light ticket.
| The result of the election, SO the newly
elected officers declare, will be that VIII
| Transport will have an electric light plant
in operation before the middle of summer.
The legislature authorized the town to bor-
row $4,000 for electric lights and wat
| terworks. Waterworks will be a later
| consideration.
All sorts of influences were brought to
/ bear on the election. For two nights the
/ town was IN darkness. Anti-light people
accused the light advocates OF putting out
what few street lamps were in the town
! TO show the disadvantage of being without
! lights. The light advocates, TO hold their
opponents up to ridicule. appeared on the
streets with candles and lanterns, stum-
/ bling along 10 find their way.
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DESERTED HER SON.
Richly Dressed Woman Abandons q
Child TO Charity.

Hagerstown, Md, March IA woman
who said she was from near Martinsburg,
". Va, deserted her four-year-old boy in
cab in Hagerstown. The boy says his
name is Herman
The woman was well dressed. She told
the cabman TO drive TO the Orphans
Home. There she failed TO have the child
admitted, as she was not a resident OF
Washington county. Driving thence to a
store. the woman told the cabman 10
wait until she made some purchases. He
waited over an hour and the woman did
not return. He took the child to his home.
1t will be placed in the Orphans Home
II not called for. The woman wore a rich
silk dress. diamond rings. and a gold
watch. She arrived over the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and held return ticket
to Martinsburg.
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A COLORED PATRIARCH.
Death of the Late Chief Judge Dor
scy's Venerable Servant

Ellicott City, Nd, March William
Juba Lee, the venerable colored servant
of the late Chief Judge Thomas Beal
Dorsey, died at his Ellicott City home sun
day night. His age is authenticated at
ninety-seven years, making him the eldest
person, 1t is believed. in Howard county
He was known as Uncle Jubilee" and en-
joyed the respect and esteem of everybody
Most of his life was spent in slavery.
He was considered an old man when
emancpated, but he afterward accumulat-
ed by industry and frugality property suffi-
cient TO keep him in comfort The old
mans wife is still living. Uncle Jubilee
was a servant Of the old school, trust
worthy and thoughtful. and always court
ly and gentle in his bearing For many
years while his master held court here
and in Annapolis the faithful slave took
entire charge of his home and farm, known
as the MI Hebron estate.
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RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN.
John Devereux Hurled Sixty Feet at
Grade Crossing.


Pocomoke City, Md, March John
Deyereux, while driving from Princess
Anne to his home near Pocomoke City
was seriously injured at a railroad cross
ing yesterday afternoon He was run
down by train going at the rate OF forty
miles an hour. The engine struck his We
hicle and demolished it. The occupant
of the wagon was hurled a distance of
sixty feet with terrible force AS soon as
it was possible the train was stopped and
returned TO the crossing.
Conductor H. D. Renninger, with the
assistance of passengers, managed to get
the wounded man aboard the train, and
he was brought to Pocomoke City, where
surgical aid was summoned. The physi-
clan, after examining Mr.. Deyereux, said
his limbs were not broken, but he was
badly shaken UP and probably suffered
from internal injuries. The sufferer was
taken to the home of his uncle George E.
Bevans, in Pocomoke City, where he is in
precarious condition The horse was
not injured
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For . New Street railway.

Petersburg, Va. March flames F.
Hayward, of Baltimore who has charge of
the construction of the new street electric
railway to be built and operated here by
John L. Williams & Sons, of Richmond,
and Middendorf, Oliver & Co., of Balti-
more, are here making specifications for
the road Mr.. Sloan. of Baltimore, one of
the engineers under Mr.. Hayward, was in
conference yesterday with the city engin-
eer with reference to the grades of streets
and plans for the laying of the tracks
throughout the city. The road is expected
to be in operation by the first of July
next
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Smallpox Abating.

Pocomoke City, Nd, March DIR. John
S. Fulton, secretary of the State Board of
Health, who was here last week looking
after the smallpox cases in Pocomoke
City, says that the outbreak has been very
we'll handled. The three cases in the iso-
lation house are doing well. There are
two houses of observation, one containing
thirteen and the other nine inmates The
period of incubation is about passed and
ii is probable that there is no danger of
more smallpox in Pocomoke City unless a
new importation should occur
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A Reunited Family.

Hagerstown Md. March Mrs. Sarah
Mandelestein and three daughters arrived
here from Goldingen, Russia, after travel
ing 5000 miles, and were met at the de-
pot by her two daughters and two sons
The husband, Samuel Mandelestein, left
his native home three years ago and came
10 America. AS he accumulated money
he sent for one. then another, of his fam
lily, until now he has them all with him.
He has six children. Ii required nearly
month for them to make the trip to Ha-
EersfoMn.
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CoIored Troops Depart.

Newport News. Va, March THE
Twenty third Kansas Volunteers. colored,
which arrived here Sunday on the trans
port Thomas, were landed late yesterday
afternoon and were Immediately loaded on
two trains of fifteen coaches. The first sec
tion of the train left at els and the sec
ond section pulled out thirty minutes later.
While the colored soldiers appeared TO en-
joy the freedom from the restraint of the
cramped quarters on board the transport,
they were very orderly, and the transfer
from the boat TO the cars was accomplished
without trouble. The regiment is composed
of 797 men and 26 officers. The men will
be on the train for three days and three
nights.
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DESTRUCTION BY THE WIND.
Houses and Barns Razed and Chin
neys Blown Down.

Cumberland, Nd, March 7.-Telegrams
from various sections of the surrounding
country report considerable destruction
from the windstorm Sunday morning. The
telegraph line along the West Virginia
Central was greatly damaged At Twenty
first Bridge car roof was torn of. Farm
ers report barns unroofed, and the demoli-
tion generally of small buildings
In Cumberland chimneys and smoke
stacks were prostrated and a house al
the steel mills was razed.
At Eckhart a large tree was torn I'D by
the roots, which upset a building. the
roots having grown under it,
A dwelling on the mountain in the vi
cinity of Rush was overturned and the oc-
cupants had narrow escapes.
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Supplies for the Amphitrite.

Norfolk, Va. March 7.-Fhe-Unite
States monitor Amphitrite, which. has been
in the harbor several days. has taken on a
large quantity of ammunition and coal
and will sail shortly, ostensibly for Port
Royal s. c. II is thought strange that the
monitor should have taken on such large
quantity of supplies If she is TO go out
of commission, as has beeen reported at
Port RoyaI
The evening times., 1899-03-07
MARYLAND HAPPENINGS

Jusice William j. Porter is very i'll in Girls
field of Bright's disease
Robert II. Henderson, Of Cumberland qualified
as States attorney and filed $4,000 bond.
savings bank has been organized at Woods
boro, Frederick county, with Josephus Long as
president. iui4-..g
The Annapolis soldiers of the First MARYLAND
Regiment will reorganizc early in May under the
Col. George A. Pearre will assist the prosecu
tion in the pulp mill case at Hageistown II is
understood the city of Cumberland has employed
him.
United States Senator George L. Wellington
is now al his home in Cumberland He was much
fatigued by the work of the closing hours OF
Congress He will attend a meeting of the State
Central Committee in Baltimore on Wednesday.
Sheriff A. NJ. Patterson, of Frederick city. has
shipped all the samples of water taken from the
Potomac River and Wills Creek by both the State
and defendants, which were used in the Piedmont
Pulp Mill case in December, 1897, to Hagers
town. These same specimens will be used in the
case TO be tried under the new indictment.
The stockholders OF the Hagerstown and Sharps.
burg Turnpike Company have elected William H
Armstrong president in place of Rev. Henry Ed
wards, deceased: George NJ. Stonebraker secre.
tary; Alexander Neiil. treasurer; T. j. c. Viii
liains, Joseph H. Troup, John Henry Jones
George NJ Stonebraker, and Alexander Neill, d.
rectors.
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Death of William VI. Hope.

Norfolk, Va. March William VI Hope
aged eighty-six years. one of Portsmouth's
most respected citizens, died yesterday.
During the civil war Mr.. Hope was naval
constructor in the Confederate service and
assisted in building the ironclad Tennes-
see, at Selma. Ala. He leaves widow
and three sons, one OF whom is the Rev.
Herbert NJ. Hope, associate editor Of the
Richmond Christian Advocate.
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VIII Resume Operations

Petersburg, Va, March THE Swift
Creek Cotton Mills. in Chesterfield county,
after being idle for some years, have again
resumed operations, and Mr.. Quinn. the
owner, expects to have the mills running
day and night very shortly. These mills,
when running on full time, will give en-
ployment to over 200 men, women, and
children. Judge B. A. Hancock of the
circuit court of Chesterfield county, yes
terday granted charter to the Quinn Cot
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Winchester,s Mater SURPLUS.

Winchester, Va, March 7.-Considerable
damage has been caused in the business
section of Main Street by the Hood
ing of cellars The recent snow and heavy
rains occasioned the trouble, which has
resulted in seriously inconveniencing many
firms. who have had to remove their goods
elsewhere. The kitchen and basement of
Hotel Evans are under water, and the
heating apparatus of a number of busi-
ness houses have been rendered useless for
the time being
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ers have said they would not advance mon
ey on whisky TO be made.
Those distillers on the inside, the ones
who worked hardest TO have the law en-
acted, say the whole internal revenue law
will be revamped at the next regular ses
sion Of Congress, and when this is done all
whiskies Will be placed on an equal foot
ing
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FAMILY's NARROW ESCAPE.
Fire Believed to Have Been Started
by Rats Gnnwing Matches.

Cumberland, Md, March THE family
of Samuel Hardy, track foreman, occu-
pying a portion of Samuel Fieming's dou-
BILE brick house in Cumberland, had mar
row escape from fire yesterday.
The fire destroyed the interior of the
house and ruined the contents before it
could be gotten under control. Mr..
Hardy managed to get on his coat and
trousers, but his wife and children cou d
get no wearing aparel. Exit was made
through second story window. The fire
is believed by Mr.. Hardy to have been
started by rats gnawing matches.
The evening times., 1899-03-07

Cambridge, Nd, March THE body of
white man, about twentythree years DID,
was found floating in the Choptank River
abreast of Castle Haven yesterday by Capt
w. j. Stack, commanding the sloop Fannie
May. The body was towed to Cambridge
and States Attorney Higgins was notified,
so the authorities could take the proper
steps. On examination of his clothing a
Bible was found, in which the name of
Frank A. Delaney, Dearborn Street, Chi
cago, was written. A slip Of paper was
also found in his packet and bore the
names of several persons in Baltimore. The
remains were viewed by Justice J. H. c.
Barrett. The body was dressed in a suit
of oilskin, such as are commonly worn by
oystermen, and it is supposed that he had
been employed on dredge boat.
The evening times., 1899-03-07
Gustayus A. White Dead.

Capon Springs, W. Va, March Gus
tavus Adolphus White, a prominent citi-
zen residing at Capon Springs. Hampshire
county, died yesterday morning, aged sixty
nine years. Mr.. White owned valuable
property in the vicinity of the springs and
also ran summer resort
The evening times., 1899-03-07
Gas Well Changes Owners.

Parkersburg, W. Va. March 7-E NJ
Grant & Co. of Fairmont. purchased the
new gas we'll OF Snider & Richardson, near
Elizabeth, Writ county, for sS.000.
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ton Manufacturing Company. The capital
stock is not to be less than 100000 nor
more than $50, 900. This company is 10
nnerate the Swift Creek Cotton Mills
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Spanish War Veteran Pensfoned.

Hagerstown, Nd, March Robert Orn-
dorff, of this place, has secured pension
of Sc a month for disability incurred in
the Spanish-American war. He is the only
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A LARGE INVESTMENT.
c. +. Huntington Buys 1877 Lots nj
Newport News.

Newport News.
Newport News, Va, March 7.-One result
of Mr.. Coils P. Huntingtons recent visit
to this city has become apparent in a deed
which was recorded transferring 197 lots
from the Old Dominion Land Company TO
him. The consideration named in the deed
is 's5 and other good and valuable con-
siderations in hand paid" The tax on
the deed is $40 which is proof that the
other good and valuable considerations
amount to $4,000. The lots transferred
are situated Immediately in front of the
shipyard, and comprise nearly five squares
The evening times., 1899-03-07
Cyclonic Wind Strikes Preston.

Preston, Nd, March "A very severe
rain and wind storm passed over Preston,
Caroline county, about 4 o'clock Sunday
morning, doing considerable damage. The
wind had the force of a cyclone; it struck
the residence of Thomas H. Fluharty,
broke out twelve window panes, tore up a
large pear tree in the yard and two more a
few feet beyond. A railroad car was
blown from siding to the main track. A
telegraph pole was broken in two. An out
building of the canning house of Dennis
Carol was overturned. The storm SCENE
to travel in straight course, in a path
about forty feet in width. 1t only lasted
about a minute.
Lightning struck and killed two horses
and one COW at Mr.. Thomas Hills, near
Preston. E1f -Ytk 5zts
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The Appomnttox Very High.

Petersburg, Va, March THE Apo
mattox River rose again yesterday and was
very high last night. The water at Farm
Vile is reported to be falling.
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member of Company b, First Maryland
Regiment, to get a pension and the fourth
man pensioned in the late war
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The Names steering Wheel.

Norfolk, Va, March THE United
States collier Lebanon. which arrived at
Lamberts Point from Havana yesterday,
has on board the steering wheel of the bat
tleship Maine. The relic will be forwarded
10 the National Museum at Washington.
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Charged With Murderous Assault.

Norfolk, Va, March Robert boswell,
an Englishman, is under arrest, charged
with murderously assaulting James Hall
at a boarding house in Portsmouth. Halls
injuries are serious. Bail was refused
boswell
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A Rare Chance.

grocery and meat market. Weekly sale
$1,000. Rent $50 per month. Owner retiring
Price, $1,000. NEW YORK BUSINESS BRoK
ERS lOO6 NV. mh5-3t
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FOR EXCHANGE.

WANTED-To please you with pretty collars and
cuffs, cent each; Shirts cents LAUNDRY
OFFICE, sos AZ St NV t}t'Hf ift 1t
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MONEY To LOAN at and "A per cent in sums
OF 81 600 to $4,000 d. C. real e.tate; paw
of and per cent mortgages and begin anew;
all transactions conducted with economical con-
sideration for borrowers WM II. SAUNDERS &
Co. 1i07 St w se24-tf-em
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A Rare Chance.

A grocery and meat market. Weekly sales
81, 600 Rent $50 per month. Owner retiring.
Price, $1,000 NEW YORK BUSINESS BRoK-
ERS, 1006 NV. mh5-3t
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FOR RENT-sTABLEs

FOR RENT-Brck stable, rear SOB 22d ST. NV;
water; key at above number; rent 81 per
month. mh1-3t
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MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.
Do YOU NEED
Money?
We viii lend any amount nom SO up.
On Household Furniture.

pianos, horses. wagons, carriages. o. personal
property Of any kind, without removal from
your possession Loans can be carried a. long as
desired, and payments can be made az anv time
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the only properly organized loan company in the
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treatment, and attention TO your interests, you
Viii cali on Us Offices private and easily reach
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Col. George A. Pearre win assist the prosecu-
tion in the pulp mill case at Hagerstown 1t is
understood the city of Cumberland has employed
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SECURITY LOAN COMPANY
ROOM l, WARDER BUILDING,
Corner 9Th and sts NV
na6-tfem

MONEY advanced on goods left in storage with
the DISTRICT STORAGE CO., SIS 9th St NV
Clean, separate rooms. mh+tf
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The Annapolis soldiers Of the First MARYLAND
Regiment will reorganizc early in May under the
State %milifia laW.r DHrr't-rt
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State Of Ohio City of Toledo Lucas Co.. ~.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that no Is the
senior partner OF the firm OF F. ]. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo coun-
ty and state aforesaid, and that said firm will
pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn and subscribed to before me and SUBJ
scribed in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember A. D. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
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Of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
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