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The evening times., 1899-07-17
yalentsne to Plead Non vuit.

New Brunswick. n. j., July 1I.-Mr. and
Mrs. Robert \. Valentine, of Woodbridge.
the parents of Cashier George NJ. Valen-
tire. who has wrecked the Middlesex
County Bank, at Perth Amboy, called on
him at the county Jail here yesterday 1t is
understood that Valentine will not wait
for the September grand jury to consider
his case, but viii plead mon vulj' aud
take sentence from the court as soon as
Prosecutor John S. Voorhees, and Valen-
tines counsel agree on 4 plan of action.
A large stakeholder of the Perth Amboy
Bank said today that he believed the de-
posltors, whose claims, according to the
last report, aggregate about Si44 coo, will
receive not over so per cent They will
have no claim against the stockholders.
The loss of the stockholders is represented
by more than the par value of their stock,
because the shares have sold above par for
many years, the last quotation being in the
neighborhood of $500. Ii is understood
the next move will be to take the affairs
of tie Miidlesex Bank into the Chancery
Court and have a receiver appointed. An
application for a national bank at Perth
Amboy was granted yesterday By the
Comptroller of Currency. 1t Is expected
the Perth Arnboy Savings Institution. of
which the defauting cashier was treas
urer will be reopened for business dur
ing the week.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
TWO CHILDREN POISONED.
A Sequel to the Humphreys Lynch
ings in Texas

Dallas, Tex, July 1.-Two daughters of
Mrs. John Moore, widow, were poisoned
and died on Friday last in Henderson
county. 1t is asserted that the crime is
sequel to the lynching of the three
Humphreys in the same region on the
night of May %, and over which pre-
iimlnaTy trials were had at Athens against
ten men, now in Jail at that place. The
wild character of the county has prevented
details reaching Dallas earlier than today.
The children poisoned were aged eight and
ten years. Their mother is one of the
principal witnesses relied on by the State
fer a prosecution Of the alleged lynchers
Of the Humphreys.
The Moore family lived on a ranch about
five miles from the place where the Hum
phreys lynching took place. Mrs. Moore
and her children were sick and sent for
medicine. The poison, it is charged, was
prepared for the mother, but she did not
take any OF it. and gave it to the two girls.
resulting in their death. An autopsy was
held yesterday by DR.. John X Webster
and other physicians OF Malakoff Poison
was found in the stomachs, which We're
preserved pending further analytical ex-
animation. Allen Jenkins. a son of j. w.
Jenkins. was arrested on an affidavit
charging him with being a party to the
murder. 1t is believed that another arrest
will be made.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
ELoPEMENT PLANS UPSET.
marriage Hopes of Young Kentuck,
People Promptly Frustrated.

Louisville. KY, July 17-An eloping
couple from Paducah, KY. are in this CITY
at separate hotels today, their escapade
having been foiled. The parties are
James Brooks, son of DR.. ]. ]. Brooks.
and Miss Myrtle Greer, the daughter o.
Judge ". b. Greer. one OF the most prom
inent attorneys of this State The coupIe
arrived in this city and registered at diff
ferent hotels to allay suspicion, but when
they applied for license at New Albany.
Ind, the clerk refused to issue it until the
girls age was sworn to. Mr.. Brooks as
sured the clerk that he was the grandson
OF former Governor of Kentucky, and
told him of the family connections OF both
himself and Miss Greer
When the clerk learned of the proui-
nenee OF the young people he suspected it
was an eiopement and refused the licens
without the consent OF the parents With
IN a short time message was received
from Judge Greer and he himself appear-
ed on the scene as quickly as possible.
This put temporary end to the matter.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
TAKING ALAsKA'S CENSUS.
An Official of the Burcnu Begins APP
pointing Enun,crators.

Tacoma, Wash, July 17.-The Yukon
steamer rates have been more than cut
in two during the last few weeks. Passen-
gers are being carried from Dawson to St
Michael for as low as $50. The exodus of
disappointed miners from Atlin has reduced
the fare between Bennett and Atlin City to
$50. The work of taking Alaskas cen
sus has commenced. An official represent
ing the Census Bureau has left Skagway
for Circle City to appoint enumerators
along the Yukon and distribute blanks
along the coast, returning TO Yukon next
summer. His district includes the south
ern half of Alaska. The territory north of
Circle City is 10 be covered by a. NJ. Dun
ham.
The officials of the Northwest Territory
are determined that next season shall not
see a repetition of the scenes OF last win
ter al Dawson when scores OF impeeunicus
prospectors were dependent upon the Gov
ernment and private charity for support.
To this end more rigid rules than those
adopted last year are in force along the
Yukon's headwaters. Miners just returned
state that no man is allowed to pass down
the Yukon unless he has S700 in cash or six
months OF provisions and 5000 in cash suffi-
cient for emergency in case of sickness.
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MRS. VALENTINE ILL.
The DefauIting Cashiers Mother Is
Crushed by His Disrrnce.

New York, July lin wrecking the
MiddIesex County Bank, at Perth Amboy.
y. j., George NJ Valentine may not only
earn a long term in prison. but will proba-
bly, shorten the life of his mother.
Grief and worry over the unexpected
and to her. unaccountable-crime OF her
son has made her seriously ILL., and last
evening physicians in attendance said she
had been attacked by nervous prostration
and that her condition was critical.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert N. Valentine. the
parents of the confessed embezzler, live at
Woodbride. about two miles from Perth
Amboy. They are regarded there as well
TO do, and are among the most respected
residents of the town.
Mrs. Valentines distress since the dis
grace of her son became known has been
really pitiful. She made a great effort TO
retain her strength and self-possession
yesterday and succeeded in going to New
Brunswick with her husband to see the
prisoner. She collapsed when she returned
to her home. Her husband was little bet
ter off. Both had given way under the
weight of grief which had come upon
them so Unexpectedly.
Valentines first Sunday in Jail at New
Brunswick was a very quiet one. His
wife. whose devotion has never wavered
and who seemingly forgets his crime in her
great love for him, was with him during
the greater part of the day.
After his father and mother arrived all
had dinner in the upper corridor of the
Jail. While they were at the table the
-Women's Christian Temperance Union held
services in the lower corridor for the ben
eft of the prisoners.
Valentine has had no cause for complaint
since his detention began. Sheriff L. 7.
Litterst permitted his relatives to arrange
TO have Valentines meals served, so that
he has not been obliged to partake of the
common prison fare. In addition to this
he has had every possible provision made
for his personal comfort, so that his i'm
prisonment could hardly be made less irk-
sCme.
Just what course will be pursued will
doubtless be made known after former
Judge Kearney Rice has had an interview
with him. There is no doubt that Valen-
tine is overwhelmed with remorse and
keenly realizes the disgrace which he has
brought upon his family by his folly.
1t is the general impression that he will
sign petition for immediate trial. 1t is
rumored that influence will be exerted
with the idea OF having him get off with
a moderately light sentence.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
CLAIMS UPON THE TRANsvAAL.
An American Citizen Makes n Petit
ton for Interference.

Victoria, B. c.. July 1.-THE American
Consul has forwarded to Washington, ID.
c., memorial of R. E. Brown, the Amer
lean mining engineer, at present resident
of British Columbia, setting forth his
claims against the Transyaal in the Wit
fonteine case. The memorial sets forth the
judgment of Chief Justice Kotze in which
Browns suit for 1900 claims on Wilton
teine or remuneration of Sl.S12, coo was de-
cded in his favor. The memorial reviews
the manifesto issued by Chief Justice
kotze on the occasion of his dismissal
from office, which was brought about as
direct consequence Of the judgment given
against the Transyaal in Browns favor.
The arraignment of President Kruger by
Justice kotZe is Incorporated.
Ii is then further stated that President
Kruger nominated judges TO fill the va
cancies created by his discharge of Chief
Justice KctZe and the resignation of Jus
tice Ameshoff. and that they were fore
sworn to follow any instructions which
might be given 10 them by the executive.
There then follows formal request for
intervention on the part of the United
States Government in behalf Of its citizens
as against the TTansyaal.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
PART OF KEELY's MOTOR.
The Inventors Mysterious Sphere Z
Be Sold for Junk.


Philadelphia, Pa, July lT.-The mystic
rious ircn sphere that was found buried
beneath the laboratory of the late John w.
Keely, and which was supposed to be the
source of the strange force that operated
the famous Keely motor, now occupies a
resting place in front OF the dismantled
quarters of the inventor at 1922 North
Twentieth Street, and will probably be sold
as junk.
The place occupied by Keely is for rent,
Clarence Moore. son of the late Mrs
Bloomfield H. Moore, who financially aid
ed KeeIy in the development of his alleged
motor, having several days ago given up
his lease on the house, and the owner,
Daniel Dorey, has begun repairs made
necessary by the damage done in inyesti-
eating the source OF the inventors mystic
rious force.
Some of those connected with the keely
Motor Company alleged that they knew of
the presence of the strange sphere, and
that il was used as a storage battery for
his new dynamic force. In his expert
ments Keely would attach a string or wire
! to the immense mass of iron. lift Ii from
| its trunnicns and cause il to settle gently
! into an iron tripod six feet high. AS Kee-
| ly's Investigations progressed he found
/ that he could discard this cumbrous ma
| chine for a simpler one, and, having no
use fer the sphere. il was buried in the
ground where found
The evening times., 1899-07-17
THE FIGHT ON GoEBEL.
Boiling Democrats May Nominate
Major Johnston for Governor.

Louisville, July lit has been ascer-
tanned, after cursory canvass of the
State, that the Kentucky Democrats who
are opposed TO Goebel, the Democratic
nominee for Governor, are anxious to have
an independent Democratic ticket headed
by Major P. P. Johnston, of Lexington,
the famous turfman. Major Johnston was
Chairman of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee when the recent Louisville
convention met, and he is the man who,
1t is alleged, would have been assassinated
had he rot decided the various contests
so as to admit Of the election of the Goebel
chairman. 1t is not known whether Major
Johnston would accept such an honor but
he would unquestionably be a strong man.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
Mutiry of Chinese sailors.

San Francisco. July 1.-THE Government
recently chartered the British steamer
Tartar for transport service. She had six
ty-seven Chinese, who were fremen, coal
passers, and walters. These Chinese had
signed for six months. but they fancied
that the charter annulled their agreement
and struck for double pay from Uncle Sam
When this was refused they mutinied. and
prepared to go ashore, but received a rude
shock when they found that the troops
barred the way. They have been prisoners
for two days, and late yesterday decided
to accept original wages. What will be
done with them is uncertain, but they are
liable TO heavy punishment, and loss of all
wages, when they reach Hongkong.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
VandaIs Rui.. a ChicnIgo Fonntain.

Chicago. July 17.-Vandals have practi-
cally ruined Ghicago's famous "Nymph's
Fountain" erected b. local artists on the
lake front just south of the Art Institute.
Tie discovery was made that probably
some time Saturday night nearly every
figure in the fountain had been mutilated.
The material used in the construction of
Tie Nymphs is staff, hardened so as to re-
sist the action of water, and in appearance
il is much like water. Many of the
Nymphs had their hands and some their
arms broken on, while in the bodies of
others holes had been punched. making
them unsightly objects. There is no clew
20 the perpetrators of the outrage 1t Is
not probable that the figures will be re-
stored, and il is thought that the South
Park commissioners will order the re-
rGCval Of the fountain
The evening times., 1899-07-17
BIG DEAL FOR AIR BRAKES.
The Westinghouse Company Gets :
Tyc!ve-Niiiion-Do Job.

Pittsburg. Pa. July 17.-George Westing-
house, ir.. Thursday cabled from Europe
that the Westinghouse Airbrake Company
had secured a contract from the Russian
Imperial Railway Company to equip all
its cars during the next four years with
Westinghouse automatic airbrakes. These
are TO be manufactured in Russia The
Westinghouse Company, of Pittsburg and
London, control the Russian concern Fig
uring on the basis of rolling stock such
as is used by the railroads in the United
States, which is about 70S cars to every
100 miles, the Westinghouse Company has
secured a contract approximating about
S12 ,000, coo, covering a period of four wears.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
A Cure for Blood, Flux Never K,owa to Fail

As a druggist have handled various remedies
for bowel complaints for the past five years
but have never found anything so beneficial on
certain 10 effect 4 cure as Ch.inberlains Coiic
Cholera and Diarrlioea Remedy. 1t is an abso-
lutte specific for bloody fux, diarrhcea and sum-
mer complaints in general. ] have never known
it to fail.-JGHN Y. TAYLOR, Druggist Crorl-
we'll, kentucky For sale by Henry Evans
Wholesale and Retail, and all druggists.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
Colombia to Fay cerrutt,s pen,r.

Rome, July 17.-All of Signor Cerruti S
creditors have accepted Colomb:a's offer to
pay their claims in full plus 20 per cent
interest. The italian creditors demand
that they be paid in god instead of Colon-
;bian currency. When they are p,aoatsd
the affair, which at enc time threaten I'd
serious trouble between Italy and Co,om-
bia, will be definitely settled.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
"A LEPROUS-LIKE MALADY.
SuEerings of "a Boston Doctor From
"a Strange Disease

Boston, July 17.-Dr. John C. Lincoln,
forty years Of age, one of the best-known
physicians of Hyde Park, is suffering from
a disease which seems to be leprosy. The
doctor noticed a pimple on his nose about
FIVE weeks ago. He brushed il Off The
next day his nose began to get red. 1t
swelled, his moth became dry and his
throat sore. The rsdness then attacked his
neck, then his spine, then his chest. His
hair began TO fall out and red patches ap-
peared over his body.
He has been isolated in tent in yard
near his own place.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
sndreus, Voyage a Eui,rrc.

Liverpool, July 1.-THE British steamer
Holbein, which has arrived here from New
York, brought Capt William Andrews who
on June 49, started from Atlantic City. n
j., in a twelve-foot boat to cross the At
lantic. Captain Andrews was picked Up
On July Il, seven hundred miles from land
in an almost exhausted condition After
the Eolben took him aboard he set his
boat adrift
The evening times., 1899-07-17
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

DR.. A. NJ. Lathrop is at Paul Smiths, in
the Adirondacks. superintending the build
ing of his large camp. which is located on
the ridge between Upper ST. Regis Lake
and the Spectacle Ponds.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
That Throbb;ng Headache

Would quickly leave you. if you used DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have
proved their matches merit for Sick and Nervous
Headaches. They make pure blood and strong
nerves and build up your health. Easy to take.
Try them. Only % cents. Money back If not
cured Sold by Henry Evans. S3S F st.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
ANOTHER insect PEST
The Strangling Bug Appears in
Philadelphia.

A Vicious chronological Specimen
That Fixes Its Fangs I'm the VIE
Quaker City Dispatches Say That
One Attacked "a Man and a Dog.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

Mrs. ]. D. Cameron, wife of the former
Senator from Pennsylvania. and her young
daughter, Miss Martha Cameron. have re-
turned from Europe, where they spent the
spring and early summer.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

The Misses Libbey and Mr.. Frank Lib
hey are among the recent arrivals at Ca
pom Springs.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

Former Governor Jackson, of Marylan'
and wife have closed their Washington res
idence on X Street, and are now at Bedfor'
Springs.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

General Van eVliet and family are at
their summer home at Shrewsbury, n. J.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

Col. and Mrs. George F. Truesdell are
enjoying camp life in the mountains of Ma
ryiand near Deer Park.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

DR.. Briggs and Mr.. Clarke Wagga.nar
are enjoying an outing in the Catskills
near Stamford.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage and wife
have returned to their cottage at East
Hampton from their visit to the South.
The evening times., 1899-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs John +. Reyburn and fam
lily are spending the season in an ideally
picturesque cottage at New London.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
Death of a French Actor.

T Paris, July I'm st. Germain. the
French actor, is dead He was sixty-six
Eyears old.
The evening times., 1899-07-17
Summer UphoIsferieS.

Best grade Of silkolines, full yard
wide-in the seasons most attract
i've patterns = sold at n 2C
Y LIE a yard reduced 01l
The evening times., 1899-07-17

so dozen genuine Yale-Holland
window shades mounted On strong
spring rollers-a variety 10H
Of eolors reduced U~
The evening times., 1899-07-17

Colored dotted swiss. for draper
les. full yard wide-yery sheer
quality our regular HZH
IL lie grade now reduced 16I
The evening times., 1899-07-17

dark shades, made with fitted
waist lining and latest style front
and back; full width skirt, with
deep hem. All to go for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

ever there American consulate. Special IN
strucions issued from Washington TO guard against
the possibility Of consular representatives un~arny
violating the neutrality of other countries by &C
cepting recruits who might there offer themselves
for the United States military services. Now that
Great Britan's hands are full OF warliko business
much the same phenomena are 20 be observed IN al
least one British consulate In this country
At the New-York consulate, in Safest. the at
tention OF secretaries and clerks IL pretty well oc-
cupied throughout the day in the slackest OF times
but Just now. whenever specially enigomaticaI
looking subject drops In they have learned to ex-
pect that his errSnd is TO seek enlistment for the
Transvaal war. These woud-be soldiers Of fortune
II may be as well to mention. are not generally
Americans-what they are It Is not always easy TO
say. The consulate IS near and convenient 10 the
Barge Office and the many places around Bowling
Green where the sea casts up human drift on Amer
lean shores.
One particularly interesting because extremely
predetermined, specimen entered the office early
last week He physically pretty good re-
production Of the late Youssouf, only some Inches
shorter and his face, covered with close cropped,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
A MULE BATTERY CARRYING SINGLE GUN IN SOUTH AFRICA

curly beard fully bore out the suggestion OF Turk
ish origin. The polite salutation with which he
introduced himself may have been the Turko-
Arabic "Salaam alekoum," but an attache OF the
consulate who asked said that. to him per-
sonally It Greek. The following part Of his
statement understood to be OF cheerful i'm
port, because smile went with It, but beyond this
smile and the words. mo spk Eenglis," the office,
in the absence Of its Orientalist could make out
nothing; II could only guess that the man wanted
to be British soldier, because he did not look as
II he could want anything else in that office BY
means Of violent gestures he at last made II tri-
umphantly plain that he going out and would
be back presently.
Within two minutes the problem was back again.
With him a person Of Teutonc aspect, who
might have been bartender from Coney Island.
The latter. asked II he could speak English. re-
piled with emphatic protest against any such
assumption, and then went on TO explain, slowly
and with painful search after words. that his
friend wanted to go 10 South Africa and fight the
Beers for Queen NictOria-and his expenses
Tell him" said the secretary, that we cannot
enlist men for the British army here II is against
the law OF this country. circular has been sent
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,he Beers had been merely playing marbles. In
a,sad OF running away. 1t will even be con-
tended by some exacting persons that instead OF
taking TO their heels they ought TO have used
those same heels in good old fashioned mule
fashion. and with them have stopped the Of
tending rocks But they saw fit to run away.
thew brought dire disaster upon the British
army and spoiled their own reputation.
The Tribune is able TO show the pictures Of
these same 10th Battery mules. both group
and a few individual inoffensive appearing
mules loaded with the various parts Of the
guns The composition of a mountain battery
and the accoutrements Of mule on march
may prove Of interest
There are six guns in a mountain battery
called screw guns. They fire projectle weigh
ing about eight pounds and Of various descrip-
tons, viz. ring shell. shrapnel, star and case
shot. The charge is one pound and ten ounces
Of powder.
Batteries are composed Of British gunners and
are commanded by a major Of the Royal Ar
tillery. They divided into three sections.
called right, centre and left, each commanded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

Four years after the arrival Of Jacob KRUGER at
the Cape he married, and year later-that Is. IN
l1s-he successfully claimed from the company the
right OF burghership and a grant OF land rive
sons and three daughters were born 10 JACOB
KRUGER and OF these Hendrix. the sixth child and
fourth son. married into the Cioete family, stil one
OF the oldest and best known families In the
neighborhood OF Cape Town. Hendricks eldest son.
Johannes Jacob born IN l748, had eldest son,
Hendrix whose second son, Caspar JAZZ Hendrix
born in 1896, married Of the Steyn family 60
which the President Of the Free State beongs),
and became. IN 1926. the father OF Stephanus Jo-
names Paulus Kruger Some time before the
close of last century the several families OF krd-
ger were living far away from Cape Town, In what
was then the extreme nOrtheastery district OF the
colony. where. according 20 existing records, they
occupied a position OF considerable social and po-
ltical importance. Three families OF KRUGER we're
included IN the second party OF "Voortrekkers,"
consisting OF farmers from the Tarka and Coles
berg districts OF the Cape Colony, who, In 1926,
made a start into the wilderness under the leader
shin OF Commardant Andres Hendrix Potgieter.
Proceeding more cautiously than the Triechard
party which preceded them and which had hurried
on toward the semi-trOplcal regions that now form
the northeastern districts OF the Transvaal, the
Potgieter party were more disposed TO study the re-
sources Of the tabeland which Is now known as
the Free State. Here in return for grant OF land