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The times., 1899-06-01
SOLDIERS MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
Kenny. Who Fell From n Transport,
Turns Up in Australia.

Columbus. Ohio, May 3t.-Mrs. ]. E.
ovenshine, wife of Lieutenant ovenshine.
of the Seventeenth United States Infantry,
who arrived home from the Philippines
yesterday. reports that Joseph Kenny of
Company L, Seventeenth Regiment, who
fell from a transport in the Indian Ocean,
on the way to the Philippines, has turned
up in Australia.
He was seen to fall by companions, who
threw life-preservers after him in the
darkness and gave the alarm, but when
the vessel was stopped nothing could be
heard of him and it was supposed he had
drowned
Kenny says he caught a -preserver
by which he was kept afioat, and was
picked up by an Australian vessel and car
Tied to Melbourne.
There he reported to his commanding
officer at Manila by mail and will soon join
his regiment there.
The times., 1899-06-01
FORECLOSURE ENTERED.
Decree in milwaukee Involving
Prominent Railroad Interests.

Decree in milwaukee Involving
Prominent Railroad Interests.
Milwaukee. Wis, May 31.-The form OF a
decree of foreclosure under the first mort
gage of the Wisconsin Central Company
has been agreed upon in the United Stats
circuit court and the decree has been ca
tered. The decree was taken in the inter
est of the reorganization OF the Central
and it was assented to by all the interests
involved Mark T. Cox. the intervening
petitioner. who has made most OF the re-
cent trouble in Wisconsin Central matters
has succeeded in adjusting all differences
with the reorganization committee and has
withdrawn all his opposition and litigation
in the foreclosure case.
This decree of foreclosure probably clears
the enemy of the complete reorganization
of the company and all the lines which
make up the Wisconsin Central system
will be in time merged into a single cor
poration through the purchase of the ma
jority of the stock in each.
The times., 1899-06-01
DEATH-DEALING STORM.
Prominent Virginia Farmer Instant
1y Killed by Lightning.

Woodstock. Va, May 31.-This section
was visited by heavy electrical storm
Monday evening. The storm was accom-
panied by heavy downpour of rain. Jo-
seph Coffman. aged fifty-six years, prom
inent farmer, who lived near Columbia
Furnace. this county. was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. He leaves a
family.
A horse OF P. NJ. Bird, of Mount Jackson,
was hitched to a store building in that
place The building was struck and the
current passed down She spouting OF
through the horse. After being struck the
animal never moved. A large number of
telegraph poles north of Woodstock were
damaged considerably. Damage is reported
to the standing wheat in many places. The
farmers think it will not rise before ripen-
ing
The times., 1899-06-01
ON A MISSION FOR MIR. ALGER
Major Hopkins and Colonel HecIser
VIII Journey to Manila.

Major George H. Hopkins, military aide
to the Secretary of War, will make trip
to the Philippines shortly for the purpose
of inspecting the military transport SER
vice and probably on other official busi-
ness. The transports Thomas and Logan
are being fitted out for use in carrying
troops to the Philippines and will start
from New York as soon as they are ready.
Major Hopkins will go cut on one Of them
to ascertain how satisfactory the vessels
are as transports and will make report
on the subject to the Secretary OF War.
He made a similar inspection trip between
Savannah and Havana on one of the
transports sent out from New York to
Manila After their arrival at Manila the
Thomas and Logan will be assigned to
the Pacific group and will make regular
trips between Manila and San Francisco.
Col. Frank X. Hecker, of Detroit, who
served as assistant quartermaster general
of volunteers in the war with Spain and
who was recently mustered out, will prob
ably accompany Major Hopkins.
The times., 1899-06-01
BOY KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.
Frightened Teams wild Plunge
Down n Mountain Road.

Frederick, Nd, May S1.-Martin L. Ga
yer, of Ellerton, Frederick county. while
returning home yesterday with load Of
wood from the mountain. stopped to take
drink of water from a brook, leaving his
title son astride the saddle horse.
The team took fright and ran down the
road. He started in pursuit, and. over
taking it, attempted to lift his son from
the saddle. to which the little fellow was
clinging and screaming for help. The
team turned suddenly and knocked Mr.
Gaver to the ground, unconscious, where
he remained some time. the team proceed
ing on down the mountain. When he re-
covered his senses he found the lifeless
body of his son lying near by. Picking it
up, he carried the corpse over half mile
in his arms to the residence of John Early,
who conveyed it to the afflicted home.
The times., 1899-06-01
Tn. wreck of the starbuc..

San Francisco, May 31-An investigation
into the loss of the steamer Starbuck of
the Pacific Mail Line, which went on the
rocks off the shore of Nicaragua about
four months ago, has been begun by the
United States local inspectors of hulls
and boilers. Capt. C. G. Bruglere, master
of the ill-fated vessel, testified that there
was no charted rock within a mile of the
reef on which she struck, and that he was
holding the usual course of steamers ply
ing between Acapulco and Panama. He
told how the vessel was beached, and the
passengers and crew landed. 1t is inti-
mated that the reef which caused the dis
aster was a recent volcanic upheaval.
The times., 1899-06-01
scoRcHED INTO THE RIVER.
With Head Over the Handle Bars. a
Lad Rode to Death.

New York. May 31.-Henry Tucci, nine
teen years old, of No. 2O2 Avenue c. while
scorching down East Sixteenth Street yes
terday on a bicycle. rode off the pier at the
foot of the street and was drowned before
he could be rescued.
At about 80 o'clock he turned the cor
ner of Avenue and East Sixteenth Street.
and. seeing a clear stretch of several blocks
before him, bent over the handle bars and
spun down the block at a scorching pace.
Toward the open pier near which were no
boats Tucci went with head down. at break
neck speed Being unable to stop or not
having presence of mind enough to fall off.
he struck the stringpiece of the pier and,
with a cry, pitched headong into the river,
the bicycle falling over after him.
The times., 1899-06-01
A Powerful Freight Locomotive.

Newport News, Va, May 3l.-The first
of the mammoth freight engines for the
Big Four Railroad manufactured by the
Richmond Locomotive Works. arrived here
yesterday on its trial trip. 1t
brought train of fifty-three
heavily laden coal cars and
the private car of Superintendent Doyle. of
the Chesapeake and Ohio. in which were
officials OF the Big Four. Chesapeake and
Ohio. and the locomotive works. The trip
was made in unusually quick time from
Richmond, without stop. This is what
is known as a consolidated ten-wheel en-
CINE. The Chesapeake and Ohio has Just
placed an order for nine of them and eight
more viii be made for the Big Four.
The times., 1899-06-01
WET SUNDAYS IN ST. LOUIS.
All SaIoonists Have 10 Do Is to Close
Their Front Doors.

st. Louis, May 3t.-The board of police
commissioners has practically abandoned
the fight on Sunday saloons. Several
months ago. at the instance of the relig-
ious organizations of the city. the board
ordered all saloons closed on Sunday.
Wholesale arrests were necessary to en-
force the order.
When the cases went to the court it was
impossible to secure convictions. Now the
board announces if the saloon men will
keep their front doors closed and maintain
something like order about their resorts,
they will not be molested.
Legalized wet Sundays will be resumed.
The times., 1899-06-01
rnxaaion of Corporation rrancl,lse,

Wfom Inc FhlIldtIphll Iimes.J
The initiative taken by Massachusetts, and New
York for unqualified direct taxation OF corporate
franchises is likely TO be widely followed In
many instances the franchise is the most vaIua-
BILE asst of the corporation enjoying it, and
where this is the case there can be no injustice
in taxing the franchise at a proper valuation.
A franchise is a public grant. and those who
profit by grant OF this Kind are hardly in posi-
tion to convince anyone that they should be ex.
empted from bearing fair share of the public
burden Of taxation. The franchise tax in its
open, direct form has been given only a limited
application yet. hui it has stay, and
Is morally certain 10 be given much wider
application
The times., 1899-06-01

Administration arrangements for the
campaign in Ohio are progressing with
most satisfactory despatch. The situation.
doubtless. is greatly improved by the call
ing out of four thousand Republican vofun-
teers to be uniformed, armed. equipped,
and paid at the expense of civil service re-
form, and party and Presidential promises;
but the war preparations are not to stop
at that point. Along in October the citadel
of popular sentiment and fancy is to be
bombarded with Dewey. who is being kept
back to be played as the fifth ace in the
Administration hand. and at a time when
the play will do the most good. Mr.. Nc
Kinley and his kitchen Cabinet are fire.
quently open TO severe criticism; but it
would be an intellectually dishonest person
who should withhold from them. not only
credit but sincere admiration for the way
they handle the green goods" business
of politics
The times., 1899-06-01
Easily Dingnnnc

IFIUHI Ult 5UTIIO IONflpf-l
''My wife's gotta odd again. Doctor he said,
Like man who t1T grievance has cause;
'-Despitc all mp protests, she would 20 last night
To the ball fp dress made Of ga,rze.'
Though the doctor tried hard to look grave, on
his face i %
Was smile mot so hard 10 detect,
As he answered: THAT settles the matter at
orce;
Its plain ease Gf sauze and eRcct''
The times., 1899-06-01
No weman Need Arnlr.

ltroin Ihe ManehcsIer VniOn.1
Although he is widower this much can be
said. that kissing bees will not be feature OF
Deweys ,riumphal tour over tins continent. lie
is not that grade Of hero.
The times., 1899-06-01

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The times., 1899-06-01
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The times., 1899-06-01

There are no Indications as to the candi-
date preferred by these members. sher-
man and Henderson certainly have friends
among them.
We now reach the most important part
The times., 1899-06-01

We beg to remind the eminent War De-
partment official who has been talking to
the New York Evening Post concerning
the evil of allowing war correspondents to
accompany armies in the field, that it was
James Creelman who made the. famous
charge and took the blockhouse on San
Juan Hill. and TO whom all the credit Of
the Santiago campaign is due. Mr.. Creel-
mans own perfectly frank statements in
the magazines are conclusive proof of this,
or if they are not. there is collateral evil
dence that the war correspondent in ques-
tion and several others had more to do
with the army operations than the famous
three hundred pounds of sick flesh fiat
on its back six miles in the rear.
The times., 1899-06-01

The children who have to study in dimly-
lighted schoolrooms are being robbed of
their birthrlght-and the word has pecu-
liar fitness when used in this connection.
since the sight of the eyes is surely the
rightful possession of all human beings,
far more than any matter of money, land,
or title What shall be said of those who
barter not their own, but others birth
rights for mess Of pottage?
The times., 1899-06-01

OF these. If Pennsylvania has a candi-
date who VIII stick. twenty votes would
be lost to Mr. Sherman, If he has the right
TO expect them. on early ballots certainly;
New York. as stated, is divided. and some
votes are understood to be pledged to a
Western candidate or candidates:
In the South the Republican representa-
tion Is as follows:
The times., 1899-06-01

be worried over the reported outbreak OF
yellow fever in New Orleans. The single
instance upon which the scare is based is
not positively known to have been yellow
fever. 1t is well. however that even the
suspicion has put everybody on the alert.
1t is the concealment of initial cases that
usually leads to epidemics, Forewarned ia
forearmed.
The times., 1899-06-01

If any gentleman, in position to infiu-
ence votes in the Hanna interest in con-
nection with the Ohio State convention,
has any young friends that he would like
to have commissioned as. staff officers in
the new provisional volunteer army. now
is the propitious time to rise up and say
so. 1t is quite unnecessary to remark
that previous experience or any quaiifica-
tion except a pull on the part of ap-
plicants for shoulder straps will not be
required. Alger is still Secretary of War.
The times., 1899-06-01

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1t was both nice and wise for the Span
ish Government to signalize the resump-
tion OF diplomatic relations with the United
States by sending as its Minister to this
country a gentleman already well known
and popular here, and the better-half Of
whom is an American and a Washington
ian. In no better or more delicate way
could the estimable Queen Regent have
expressed her royal and womanly desire
to let bygones be bygones.
The new Minister not only said some
thing agreeable in a diplomatic way when
he remarked that he and the country he
represents wished to forget the unpleasant
past and only looked forward to amicable
relations between Spain and the United
States; there is no doubt that he meant
it. Our differences with Spain are
things of the past. Certainly no intelli-
gent American will wish to revive them
TO mar the important commercial and 9TH
er relations which it Will be the aim of
the due d'.Arcos to re-establish upon firm
and mutually advantageous foundation.
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-10-20
THE ASTOR BATTERY.
An Enort being Made To Reorgan,ss II
and Tender Its service to President
Kruger for the TransvnHL

CHICAGO, Oct 1.-THE Post says an
effort Is being made to reorganize the
Astor battery. OF New York, which
was rendered to this government By
John Jacob Aston at the breaking gu,
OF the Spanish-American war and
served IL months In the Philippines.
and tender 1t "a President Kruger for
service against the British. 1t Is said
that 40 Of the men have already enlist
ed for the expedition. They will leave
the United States al individuals and
rendezvous In Canada in order 10
evade the neutrality feature OF the
international law. This information
comes In letter 10 Enyart Hoover.
of Hamilton. o. who il visiting in
Chicago. The letter tells OF the Of.
forts that are being made to get the
boys together Ia the Beers service
during the war in south Africa, aud
inquired IL Hoover would enlist and
accept a sergeaney. Mr. Hoover is
son Of j. C. Hoover, IA manufacturer OF
Hamilton. O., and was held in high
esteem 10y his comrades during the
battery's service In the Philippines
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TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Town of nsrnesviis. Ca. for Rev. ge--
fraacipal buildings Guarded.

ATLANTA, Ca. Oct l7.-Gov. Gambler
received telephone message late Mon
day night from the sheriff OF Pike
county. at Barnesville. advising him
that the Negro population OF the town.
in an attempt To avenge the whipping
Of three OF their number Sunday night
by whites were gathering and threat.
cniug 20 burn the place. Gov. Gambler
az once ordered out the Barnesvillc
Blues at Barnesville. and the Capital
City guards, OF Atlanta.
The Blues reported To the sheriff and
were az once placed ON guard around
the principal buildings The Capitol
City Guard, 30 men, as sem bled at their
armory In Atlanta at 1880 and few
minutes later special train was in
readiness for them.
Gov, candlsr decided however, to
wait further 'advices from GAINESVILLE
before ordering the train 10 leave.
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EVIDENCE OF MURDER.
An Oyster sioop Anrs Dr,ns Into Rock
Creek With Two Dead Bodies Aboard
"A Mysterious stranger.

BALTIMORE Oct. 1.-THE little oys.
ter sloop Dream, on fire, drifted into
Rock creek Sunday bearing evidence
that a murder had been committed on
her deck. The dismembered portions
OF white mans body, supposed to be
that of Capt. Oliver Caulk, her owner
and commander, were found after the
flames HI d been cxtinguished. A coll
orcd deck hand named Frank Collier Ia
missing, and he probably shared the
fate OF the captain.
The police are searching for a mys-
terious stranger who boarded the
Dream on Saturday and asked to be
taken to Saint Michaels, Talbot coun.
~, her home port whittier she was
bound. The vessel sailed Saturday
evening. Sunday morning shc drifted
into Rock creek eight miles below the
city. An unknown man was picked
up off sparrow's Point nearly opposite
Rock creek Monday morning from n
yawl boat by the crew of the schooner
Amelia and brought to Baltimore
where he disappeared. The police be-
lieve that this man Is the murderer
Capt Caulk had about $500 on his per-
son when he sailed on Saturday.
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Eaua, Nag. Union Incorporated

KANSAS CRY. Mo-, Oct l6.-The
American Equal Wage union. recently
incorporated under the laws OF Mis-
,ouri, with headquarters liz Kansas
City, has adopted constitution and
will Immediately commence active mis-
sionary woris The organization de-
Darts from the methods from older
unions in that 1t omits the word
"strise" from its constitution, pro
poses to accomplish reforms through
The ballot work to offsst the activity
II corporation loobieA and declares foI
'S2Sal nay Tor equal work for women
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Bryan's Tour In Kentucky.

CAIRO, ILL.,. Oct. 16.-State Senator
Gcebel, democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Kentucky, accompanied by a
distinguished party of Kentuckians
and number of newspaper represen-
tatives, reached the city Sunday even
ing on a special train from Louisville.
Mr.. VIM. J. Bryan and National Com
mitteeman Woodson, of Kentucky, ar
rived Saturday night and all left at Z
o'clock Monday morning for tour of
Kentucky extending from west to
east, Bardswell being the first stop,
and Covington, the home of the demo-
cratic candidate, the fnal one.
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THE FREE STATE.
Great Activity on the Part Of the
Commando Near Aliwalnorth.
IL 10 Believed the Boers intend shortly -
Rash the Railway station. with the
Help of Artiiisry--Rum Re.
pulse 1T Mafeking.

LONDON, Oct 17.-Dispatches from
the Cape were very meager Monday
night but they include an importan,
message from Glencoe camp, dated 1884
Monday afternoon, announcing that
the Boer commanders which invaded
Natal through Laings Mex and after
occupying Newcastle advanced to
Pannhauser, retired on Ingagane Sun
day evening. their transport service
being reported defective. This will
delay indefinitely the anticipated and
hoped for assault on the strong Brit
ish position at Glencoe.
Another dispatch reports activity on
the part of the Free state commando
in the neighborhood of Aliwalnorth.
on the southern frontier. The Beers
advance patrol, the dispatch says, go
to the frontier bridge nightly to keep
watch, firing shots at intervals as sig
mails. 1t is believed the enemy intends
shortly TO try to rush the railway sta
ton, with the help OF artillery posted
on ridge commanding the town.
There are rumors that the Beers
have been repulsed at Mafeking and
are attacking vryburg.
A Cape Town paper has dispatch
from the Orange river stating that the
telegraph wires have been cut between
Vryburg and Kimberley and 1t is be-
leved the Beers are taking advantage
OF the presence OF n large gathering of
disloyal farmers at Vryburg celebrat-
ing nachtmaal TO attack the town hop
ing that the farmers will assist them
against the British.
This question of possible rising of
the Dutch farmers in the northern
portions Of Cape Colony is very inn
portant. The Daily Mails correspon.
dent at Colesburg had been inquiring
regarding the matter and ON the Whole
thinks the chances are against rising.
jle bases his opinion on the prospect
OF good crops after four lean years
which believed will predispose
the farmers to peace. Nevertheless
there is serious disloyalty and much
anti-Briiish agitation in these dis
trictS while the Free State Beers
threaten an immediate Invasion OF
Colesberg and Aliwalnorth.
The Daily Mails correspondent as
serts that Sir Alfred Miner is worked
TO dea;h and that Cape Town is surgt2
ing with bitter resentment at what
called the schreiner cabinets h IL
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LOUISVILLE, Ky, Get. 15.-News
reached mere Friday of the death in
Washington of Mrs. Mildred Ewing
Carlisle. As Miss MildrsS Ewing she
was famous beauty. She married
Gen. George Anderson, who died in
the confederate service in the civil
war, and afterward James Vaudeville
Carlisle, distinguished lawyer of
Washington. She was the mother of
George Anderson. consul at Grenoble,
France