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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
Millions Given AWAY.

It is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
needy and suffering The proprietors
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has abb
solutsly cured thousands Of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the Throat,
Chest and Lungs are sure cured by it
Call on B. D. Finlay, druggist, and get
a free bottle. Regular size SOC and 81.
Every bottle guaranteed, or price re.
funded.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
Petition for Liquor License.

To The Honorable Board of Mayor and Alder
men OF the Village Of Belzoni, Washington
county, Mississippi We, the undersi gned
qualified electors, residing within the cor
poraie limits OF the Village of Belzoni, in the
aforesaid county and state, hereby respectfully
petition your Honorable body to grant unto
ABE COIN,
license to sell malt spiriuous and yinous
liquors nless quantities than one gallon for
the Term Of one yeal at his place Of business in
said Village, and we recommend the said Abe
Cohn to be Of good reputp and sober aud suit-
able person to receive such license
Aaron Mohn Levy Jake Dribben
Iohn Robert Balm Stephen Castlemrn
Morris Cohn Frank Mason Pepner
austin Richard Turner Louis Mayerhon
John Bruce Daniels Walter Brook shipp
Morris b Cohn James Harvey Tnrner
George Joe Brantlev William Hogan
Joseph Liewilyn Boin Frank Newton Isvborn
Solomon Davidson Jun Hail
Jacob David COhn William Brumfeld
Abe Coin Jack Moore
Stale of Mississippi
Washington county I
Personally appeared before me. VIM. Haran
q Justice of the eace, in the county of WASH
lngtOn, state of Mississippi, J in Timer
who being by Inc duly sworn sayeih thai the
foregoing names were written by the persons
themselves or him by their consent
}. II. TURNER.
sworn to ard subscribed before me ms The
9th day Of October lsg9.
VIM HAGAN. J.P.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
Bridge Notice.
State of Mississippi,
WASHINGTON County

Washington County. {
By order of the Board of Supervisors
sealed bids are invited to be filed with
the clerk, on or before nine o'clock e.
m. of December, 4th 1899, for building
according to plans and specifications
now on file in the Office of the under
signed, across Davis Bayou, bridge.
Said bridge being known as Davis
Bayou Bridge. This bridge is to be
built two feet higher than the bridge
now across said bayou, and timbers now
in said bridge that are fit for use. must
be used in the new bridge and bidders
will submit their bids in accordance
Given under my hand, this 9th day
Of November 1899.
7. H. HOOD, Clerk,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
The Charter of Incorporation of The
"EIysian Club"

"Elysian Club"
J. b. Comfy. J. M. Cashin, Lyme Star.
ling, Jr., B. p. Shelby, G. NJ. Hilzim,
w. II. Negus, j. A, Hunt and such
others as may become incorporatOrs
with them are hereby incorporated and
created body corporate and polite
under the corporate name of the
''Elysian Club, =" the purpose for which
said corporation is formed being to
provide it's shareholders with the
privileges and benefits of a Club and
to furnish recreation and entertain
ment for its members.
Said corporation when organized
shall exist for period of twenty-five
years from the date of the approval of
its charter. Said corporatinn shall
have the right and power of acquiring
property, both real and personal, to
be devoted to the use and benefit of
its shareholders.
The above named parties shall meet
for the purpose of organizing said cor
poration within thirty days from the
time of the approval of this charter by
the Governor, the time and place of
said meeting to be fixed by agreement,
and they shall organize by the cleo
ton of such officers as they deem ne
cessary. And said corporation when
organized shall have all the rights
and powers given by Chapter rs of the
Annotated Code of Mississippi to cor
pOrations created in accordance with
the provisions of said chapter, and
whfchyare necessary for carrying out
the purposes of this corporation.
The officers elected at the organiza-
tion of said corporation shall hold un-
til the election of their successors.
There shall be an annual meeting of
the shareholders in said corporation
for the purpose of electing officers, at
a time to be fixed by the By-Lrws OF |
said corporation
Each member of said corporation
shall be entitled to one shBre OF stock |
in it, and the cost of membership shall |
be $1,000, which amount may be in
creased by the Bylaws of the cor
poratiou. The term Of membership,
number of members. and all the rules
and regulations governing the affairs
Of said corporation shall be fixed and
determined by the Bylaws adopted
by it.
The domicile of said corporation
shall be the City of Greenville, Missis-
5ippi.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
COL. WILLIAM G. YERGER.

Col. Yerger possessed in no
small degree that characteristic
peculiar to great men:
He never found q situation to big
for him, and would ever rise to
( the occasion. In fact, when one
looked at him, instinctively he felt
himse If in the presence of great
character, a strong personality, a
good man.
His success in life were marked
but we rather love to think of him
as the man-of his personality,
his character. For his life SEEM
ed to be spent in character build
ing, and he erected a structure OF
magnificent and engaging proper
tons; and while others seemed
anxious as the figure they might
cut in other eyes, he was princi-
pally concerned with the figure
he might cut in his own. The fact
that he did not go more into pub
lie life was due largely to that dis
position which rendered the scram-
bic for Office distasteful to him,
the hub-bub Of political campaigns
its panderings and hypocricies,
contemplate.
If he possessed one trait in
greater development than another
it was his unbending and unim-
peachable integrity, his absolute
and complete honor, his devotion
to right and truth. His word was
as good as his oath, and no man
ever doubted either.
Courageous, he was gentle;
strong, he had sympathy for the
weak; noble, he was forglying.
As husband he was loving and
tender; as a father, kind, inlul-
gent and affectlonate.
As friend he was loyal and
true. In all the relations and
duties of life he was the ideal
Christian gentleman.
But surely death is not the end
for such as he,-for us who re-
main there is an example-there
is food for thought as well as food
for sorrow, and out of thought
Ioes not consolation come for his
lear and loved ones. Surely we
ire net children building card
houses to be shattered by the cold
wind of death; that which we build
must be permanent and lasting.
Life is inexplicable If 1t inevitably
ends in death of soul as well AS
If body, if ali individuality is lost,
,waIlowed in the infinite elements
If the universe. 1t is in viewing
such lives as his that reason and
'aith lOin hands and demonstrate
hat this life is but the "avenue
md vestibule" of a life beyond
he grave;-a life devoid of sor-
'ows, life Of unending sunshine
md joy.
This, that Plutarch said, seems
,ver truer.
"Men's souls, encompassed here
With bodies and passions, have no
communication with God except
What they can reach to q concep-
ion only, by means of philosophy
IS by kind of an obsure dream.
But when they are loosed from
he body, and removed into the
Unseen, invisible, impossible, and
,ure region, this God is then
heir leader and king; they there; !
S it we're, hanging on him wholly,
nd beholding without WEAKNESS
nd passionately affecting that l
which cannot be expressed !
II uttered by men. Bolivar !
Democrat.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
Petition for LIQUOR License.

To the Honorable Board OF Mayor aud Alder
men OF the Village of HelzOnl, Washington
county, Mississippi We the undersigned
qualified electors residing within ih' cor
pOrate limits OF the Village If Belzoni, ln me
aforesaid state and county, hereby rtspectml-
" petltlnn your Honorable body 60 Runt unto
AUSTIN RICHARD TURNER,
license TO sell malt, splrilu0us and ynous
liquors IN less quantities than one gallon for
the term OF one year a. his place of business Do
said Village of lez0n, and We herewith
recommend the said Austin Richard runner 90
be OF good repute and sober aud -ult.hle per
son 10 receive such license,
Frank Mason Pepper Morris COIN
Abe Cohn Aaron MAIN eyy
Jake DTibbpn John Robert Balm
Jacob David Cohn George Joe BTantlCy
Stephen Castlemrn John Bruce Daniels
Willis Brumheld Austin Richard Tuner
Solomon Davidson Jim Bail
James Harvey Turner. william Ilagan
Joseph Llewllyn Balm Frank NewlonlaWhorn
Lays Mayerhon Wolter Brook ship
Jack Moor
State OF Mississippi,
Washington County.
Personally appeared before me, VIM Hagan
q Justice Of the Peace In and for said county
and state, j, b Daniels, who makes oath
that all OF the partlesIwhose names are affixed
10 the attached petition We're signed by the
parties themselves OF within their presence
md by THAR consent
D. b. DANIELS,
sworn TO and subscribed to before me this 25th
lay Of October 1879,
VIM, HAGAN, j. p.
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lives q happy wife. She writes; ~
have used Mothers Friend before
two confinement The last time | had
twins, and was in labor o7'j few min
utcs. Suffered very little" The reason
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25

4AllllOldNNNN N'NAN i"'- ,
Gan taxes remaining unpaid on
the 18th day OF December shall
Immediately be collected by the
collector, by distress and sale of
any personal property liable there
for: and such sale shall take place
at the court house door unless the
property be too cumbrOus to he
removed, and five days notice of
the time and place and sale shall
be given by advertisements put up
in three public places in the coun-
ty, one of which shall be at the
court house door. and the collector
shall be allowed to collect and re-
tam in addition to the taxes all
necessary expenses OF removing
and keeping the property dis
trained"
"And 10 per cent on all taxes
after the 10Th Of December, and
81 for each poll collected" Sec
ton 221.
The above sections will be com
piled with to the letter, and all
receipts on file and not paid, will
be treated as other delinquents.
j b. HEBRON,
Sheriff & Tax Col. Washington Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
Trains 81 and IS carry Pullman Sleeping Car
between Greenville and Birmingham,

No 81 Washington & Southwestern Linn
tied Solid Pullman Nestibuled train Atlanta
70 New York, carrying Pullman Sleeping cars
birmingham to New York, Dining car Atlanta
TO Greensboro and Washington to New York
Pullman Library Oh erva'on Car ntlanta to
New York
No. 36 u. S. Fast Mail" Pullman Drawing
room Sleeping cars Birming am 10 Charlotte
and Atlanta to New York Diuins car Char
lotte to Washington.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25

No. S6 carries elegant Pullman Drawing
hoom buhet Sleeping car Birmingham to
Atlanta and Atlanta TO Brunswick
No - carries Pullman Sleeping car BiruinR-
nam 70 Atlanta All trains run daily
f. S. CANNON. 3dV. p. & c. NJ. washington. q
J. NJ. CULP. Traf Mgr, Washington ID. 81
". A. TURK, @. P. A, Washington, D. G.
Q. A BENSCoTEHA 20 Chattanooga. Tenn
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25

No 80 Pullman Union Sleeping Car Birminq.
nam 10 Chattano ga, connecting with train car.
rying Pullman Sleeping Car and Day Coaches
Chattanooga TO salisbury without change and
Salisbury TO New York.
No 3s pullman Sleeper Greenville TO Birm-
lnZham and Birmingham TO New York Cafe
Observation car Alfalfa, Ala. TO Radford Va
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25

consisting OFT IseubpJg ". IsguhTr, and
I,cuugrE resident of sand city, license %
caftuE uIuur lu loss quantities. than one
gallon. 10 th,Irulucr OF hUH.rHsH. 40 1i IHi ft
Nruu, street corner Main in sold CITY. .nd
we recommend the slid q uenhcrE, NJ lstn-
berg amt lgpuhurg 90 De uf rlUN rUHH Hon
and sober and suitable pcrHuua In ruculAa aHth
license And your petitioners Nlll ever pray,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-25
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Notice to Taxpayers.

The books are now open for the
collection of State and County tax
es, and your attention is called to
the following sections
Section $500,
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
woaver's Trial Up Again.

Pana, Ills, April I'm the circuit
court yesterday the case of Isaac New
ton Weaver, ex-secretary of the Citi-
zens' Savings. Loan and Building asso-
charged with the embezzfement
of $751; of the funds of the association.
was again called for trial. Weaver en-
tered a plea of not guilty, and a jury
was secured. Weaver is alleged to have
been four times an embezzler from the
association in sums ranging from $500
to $4,000. but having made good his
shortage up to August. 1897, when the
deficiency of $4,000 was discovered, he
was not prosecuted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
ROBBERS TRY FOR $4,000.
The Explosion Wakes the Citizens and
They Get Ncthing.

Wapakoneta. o, April Shortly af-
ter O'Clock yesterday morning five men
made a desperate though unsuccessful!
attempt to rob the Sheets bank at Bot
llins. a small town near here. There was
81, coo in the inner safe. but the robbers
cid not get it. The citizens of the town
were startled by hearing two explosions.
An investigation revealed five men in
an effort to force the vault of the Sheets
bank. When discovered the robbers
were at work on the bank vault. Two
of the men worked in the building and
the other three paraded the streets
The lone watchman in the fire engine
house had been overpowered. When
citizens sought to go into the street they
were driven back by the erobbers firing on
them. Soon the entire village was
aroused and the robbers deemed it best
to get out. They piled into the carriage
and drove out of town. A posse of twen-
ty-five men followed on horseback and
numerous shots were fired. The effect
of the dynamite explosion wrecked the
building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS.
Both Houses Doing business with Energy
-Flurry in the Honse.

In tne iOnSe.
Springfield, April THE omnibus ap-
preparation bill, which passed the house
Wednesday, was reported to the senate
yesterday and referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations. The follow
ing bills were passed: Removing dis
franchisement from inmates of the
Pontiac reformatory; extending the
time of payment of paving assessments
from five to ten years; correcting n
clerical error in the 1897 Amendment to
laws relating to trust companies. Other
bills passed were as follows: Authoriz-
ing the revocation of charters of corpor-
ations comforting degrees or diplomas
in medicine. pharmacy, or dentistry on
recommendation of the attorney general;
providing for regulating veterinarians;
appropriating $251, ,446 for ordinary ex-
penses and s146, TIA for improvements of
state normal schools.
In the house the bill authorizing the
disposal of canal bonds, which was de-
feated last week, came up on a motion
to reconsider, which carried. The bill
was then amended by providing that
the lands be sold to the highest and
best bidder and the bill advanced to
third reading, and demands for a roll
call by the Democrats. The house
passed the bill exempting from the in
heritance tax gifts, legacies, and be-
quests for public purposes. etc. These
bills were also passed: Providing for aid
in the construction of drainage bitches
and levees to reclaim swamp or over
flow lands; requiring commission mer-
chants to render an itemized statement
after the sale of consigned products.
fruits, etc; enacting more drastic legis-
lation to punish bribe giving and taking
at elections
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
How an Eagle Killed a Deer.

Merrill, Wis. April Lewis Breyer,
employed in a lumber camp north of Ar
Dor Vitae, witnessed the strange specta-
Gle of an eagle killing a deer recently.
The great bird swooped on the gentle
denizen of the forest and with one stroke
of it's talons cut the deer's jugular vein
and the deer soon bled to death. The
eagle endeavored to carry off its VIC
tim, but the carcass was too heavy, and
after dragging it about a rod left and
soon returned with two more. and the
three then devoured about half of the
deer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
SITUATION DESCRIBES az MANILA.
Rebels Arc Easy to Dive, but -nerc
Seems Much Fighting Ahead.

1
Manila. April 7.-Altholsh the rupture
| between the American and native
forces at Manila occurred a month ago
| the conquest of the later by the for
l mer. which has long been conceded Q
| necessity, can scarcely De said to have
| commenced as yet. Hal the Americans
| been in a position to follow up their
advantage and keep right after the fy-
| ing rebels, disorganiZeo as they were
| by that first unexpected advance, there
is no doubt that the question of su-
premacy would have been settled by
this time once and for all time. I'm
fortunately, however large armies, such
as that of the Eighth corps, are not
self-supporting.
AS soon as il dawned upon the rebels
that the Americans were still on the
defensive and no further advance was
20 be feared the rebels again assumed
the aggressive, adopting The same bush
whacking tactics which had proved so
successful against their old enemy, the
Spaniards. At first these were almost
harmless, since they almost invariably
brought on a fresh advance on the part
of those whom they Were intended TO
intimidate. After the battle of Caloocan,
however. when the American line was
so long and thin that any further gem
eral advance became ineXpsdient, the
rebels made a discovery which revolu-
tionized their plans and inspired them
with renewed courage. This was that
their rifles had a superior range to
those of the majority OF the American
weapons.
Thereafter their sharpshooterc care
fully remained out of range of the
SpringfielGs carried by the volunteer
~, s1ff Irr l.,,N
tanned a constant and more or less ef-
fective fire from trees. clumps of bam-
boo. rocks or other natural points of
vantage. both by day ard night. If the
entire rebel force could be corralled in
any one section of the Island the work
of subduing it would De very simple,
and soon accomplished without doubt.
But on the Island of Luzon alone a
well equipped army of over 1900 men
has only succeeded IN clearing the
country within a radius of five miles
from Manila, so far, ami no one knows
with any degree of certainty what there
is ahead.
1t ia certain. however, that the far-
ther they penetrate inio the wil6s of
the interior the greater will be the dis
advantage to the white troops, since
swamp and jungle fighting are the
strong points of the natives. 1t Is also
certain that what IS II ne done must
be accomplished before the rainy ssa-
son, because apart from the considera-
ton OF the health of tht troops most Of
the country is absolutiv impossible
from May to October.
Another of the unce 7ainties is the
number of arms whiCn the rebels
possess. That they arc being supplied
at frequent interval rom some un-
known course scarcel. admits Of a
doubt, but in what quantities cannot
even be coniectured It must also be
that hitherto the army has
been acting in conjunction with the
navy. and that Deweys ships have very
assisted in routing the enemy
along the shores of Manila bay. This
help can no longer be counted upon, I
COW that the army advances from the |
coast, and the rebels are alive TO that |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
SECOND FIRE HORROR,
Flames Work Death and Ruin
in Wealthy New York Res
idence District.
ELEVEN LIVES KNOWN TO BE LOST

An Explosion In the Home OF WaIlacs
4. Andrews, FoIIowe ed by Rapid Spread
OF BIaze-Dead and Almost UnrecognIz-
able Bodies of Husband and Wife Found
CIasped In Each Others Arms-Other
yictIms-To Admit OmcIaI Reports of
Army Omcers ON Beef.
New York. April by fire in the
wealthiest residence district this
morning IL lives are known to have
been lost, and the list will he increased
by the death of some of the in ured-
About o'clock a policeman heard
an explosion and saw a great flash OF
light on East Sixty-seventh street,
near Fifth avenue. Flames soon shot
from the upper windows of the resi-
dence of Wallace G.. Andrews, presi-
dent of the New York Steam Heating
company.
The fire spread rapidly. and a strong
wind swept the flames north TO the
servant house of "Al'' Adams. the
millionaire sporting man. on Sixty
ninth street. Through an open win
dow a gust of wind carried the burning
embers inside, and the Adams house
was on fire in a moment. 1t began to
blaze furiOusly. All the inmates es-
capped or were rescued except Mary
Laughlin, n servant, who was smoth-
cred by the smoke.
While some of the firemen fought
the flames at the Andrews home 9TH
ers rushed inside from the rear win
dows. In the middle room on the
third floor they stumbled over the
bodies of Mrs. G. &. St. John and her
3-year-Old son, Wallace. The boy was
dead. The woman died while being
carried out.
The fire was under control by 6 |
sufficiently to permit n search of the |
ruins. Then the bodies of Austin and |
Frederick, sons of Mrs. ST. John, were |
found and carried out and placed be-
side the mother and brother. Mr.. |
Andrews and wife occupied the mid
die room on the second floor. Their |
bodies were found clasped in each
others arms, burned almost bevond
recognition. The bodies of Nellie
I}oland. Mary Flanagan, Annie Neary.
Eva Peterson. servants, were found
on the fourth floor. Jennie Burns
and Alice White, servants, jumped
from the fourth story win
dow to the extension roof.
The skull of the former was crushed.
She will probably die. The latter's
is serious. Kate Downing,
Marie Ross. servants, are missing,
with every probability that they were
burned to death. Other servants
were slightly injured.
Mr.. St. John, secretary of the Steam
company, and n brother of
Mrs. Andrews. was absent from home.
Several firemen were seriously in
jured.
Another body was found in the
house. probably Kate Downing
or Marie Ross.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
Bank Robbers secure Nothin.

Montgomery City. Mo-. April -Four
men tried unsuccessfully to rob the bank
at Wellsville. a small town nine miles
west Of here. before dark Wednesday.
Conrad Mentz, the town night watch
man, was gagged and n citizen beaten
to insensibility by four men. who then
went to the bank. where they broke into
the vault. They We're unable to open
the safe and secured therefore nothing
They left no clue as to their iedntity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
FOUND DEAD IN HIS STORE.
George B. Fern Thought to Have Been
Murdered In Chicago.

Chicago. April The body Of
George B. Fern was found in his store
on West Madison street this morning
with a bullet wound in his head. The
cash drawer was rified and Ferns
pockets turned inside out. 1t is sup
posed he was murdered by robbers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-04-07
Bout Was Easy for Ryan.

Dubuque. Ia, April Tommy Ryan
and Dutch Neal had twenty-round
bout here last night for $1,000 George
Siler was referee. From the very first
round il was easy to see what the result
would be. Ryan was playing with his
man most of the time. Neal went down
twice in the third round. and in the fifth
Neal was really gone. In the sixth he
went down three times