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The evening times., 1899-07-01
A TRADE IN WAR MEDALS.
Various Ways in Which They Are
Disposed OF.
,From the Regiment. !


War medals. mostly won at the cost of
peril and privation are pawned by pos
SCISSORS and never redeemed or are sent
TO the hammer by needy relatives on the
decease of the veterans. 1t may be here
noted that no man on the army active
strength is allowed TO pledge his medals
AS is well known, war decorations that
pass by the means stated. and otherwise.
into commerce, are eagerly purchased by
dealers, who dispose of them to museums;
also to private collectors of every grade.
from American millionaires to British
publicans.
These disks of silver. especially those
awarded for modern campaigns, from the
| Crimean war downward, are occasionally
put by dealers to novel uses. By the aid
of a blowpipe the inscription on the edge
can be filled with silver, when the surface,
if need be, is ready for re-engraying. Doc
tCring of the name. rank, and regiment by
the method mentioned is common In the
trade. So 1t may be that the yirtuoso who
imagines he possesses a memento of the
late gallant Gen. Fitz Carnage, X. c. B.,
who distinguished himself at Balaklava,
would be shocked if he knew that his pet
curio is a fraud, and that It belonged to
old Tommy Atkins, of the Onety-oneth
Foot, who pawned 1t before he retired into
the workhouse to die.
Again, officers serving or retired some
times lose their medals, or have them te-
loniously annexed. Sooner than go through
the War Office red tape mill to procure
duplicates relettered medals are obtained
from dealers. Mendicants get hold of the
medals in order to exhibit them to credu
lous and benevolent folks, and thus ex-
tract more liberal aims War decora-
tions are also occasionally sported by one
armed or single-legged organ grinders.
Such gentry warrant themselves to be
British and plead for patronage as a mat
! ter of national sentiment and as opposed
to the claims of the Saffron Hill musical
contingent of invaders. These medal
displaying humbugs are seldom ex-sol
soldiers, far less have they been disabled
in active service. They are at times con-
siderably out in respect of a bit of med
al ribbon shown, for instance, an organ
grinder of about five-and-twenty years of
age was observed in Holborn the other day
sporting the Crimean and Mutiny ribbons!
Sometimes an actor possessed Of pas
sion for realism, who may have to imper-
senate on the stage the hero of a hundred
fights, invests in real medals with which
to cover the breast Of his tunic Also gen.
uine war decorations adorn the uniformed
presentments of eminent warriors in the
best-class wax exhibitions throughout the
country. year or two ago paragraph
went the rounds of the papers to the ef-
feet that king of a tribe on the West
Coast of Africa had mania for collecting
British war medals and that city firm
had standing order to supply his sable
majesty. The king owned a major gen.
erals tunic, on which were sewn-both
back and front, and from collar to tails
medals and clasps from those .pf the Pen
insula and Waterloo downward; This gar
ment the monarch proudly sported on ex-
tra-special state occasions.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
IRISH BANKS AND RAILWAYS.
Statistics Furnished by the American
Consul at Dublin

Statistics concerning the banks and
railways of Ireland for 1898 are trans
mitted to the State Department by Acting
Consul A Dom Pistt at Dublin. He says;
An analysis of the banking and rail-
way statistics of ireland for 1898 shows
that the amount of deposits and cash bal
ances in the various banks in ireland on
December 81, 1885, was S2SS, 1856. "a. being
an increase, as compared with 1897, of
S5,3S7. .CS4. The total amount was made up
of $l9l y25, ,027 in the joint stock banks,
SS5, ,l60, 1862 in the postofiice savings banks
and $ll,07l2SS in the trustees savings
bank. These figures, respectively, show
the following increases as compared vita
1897: $67l, ,5I7, 81, ,525.7l4, and SlSg 793. 1t
is interesting 10 note in this connection
that not only was the total amount in the
banks the largest ever recorded, but that
il each class of banks the deposits We're
the largest .on record. The average bank
note circulation AT the close of 1895 was
1850. 466, d decrease of $3.260.533 as
compared with 1897.
There were 2gSS miles of railway onen
in ireland at the close of 1898, the earn
ings OF which were 1873. .,S7, an increase
over 1897 of S2SS ,92S, or Ia per cent.
The local financial papers seem to
consider the above figures evidence of a
very satisfactory condition of affairs as
regards the resources at the command of
the people and OF an increased capac ~
TO save a portion OF their earnings Viii e
this may be partly true. / believe that
these increased deposits in the banks.
drawing little or no interest, are due to
some extent TO distrust in many of the
businesses in which the people formerly
invested, and partly 10 the high price OF
really sound securities and the consequent
small dividends on money invested"
The evening times., 1899-07-01
Bold Pennsylvania Burglars.

Darby, Pa, July Numerous burglar
les here this week have alarmed the towns
people, and they are arming themselves.
The list of places robbed includes the car
riage factory of Charles H. Clark, on the
Chester pike; the photograph studio of R.
B. Adams, on Main Street; the house of
P. Bowers on Sixth Street An attempt
was made 10 rob the house of Mrs. Will
liam Andrews on Sixth Street The thieves
sneaked in while the family was sitting on
the porch. Robert Andrews, who had Just
returned home, heard them and scared
them away. They ran into the back yard
and scaled the fence. Charles Fox, a neigh
Dor, aroused by the alarm, fired two shots
at the fleeing burglars, who were three in
number. AT Mr.. Bowers house SS1 in cash.
gold watch and clothing were stolen. The
watchfulness Of the citizens prevented a
robbery at Fifth Street house last night.
On several occasions people returning
home have scared thieves off porches. and
investigation showed that attempts had
been made to force the windows.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
SAVED HER sWEETHEART's LIFE
4 Girls Testimony Concerning Her
Fnther's Alleged Murderers.

Rushville. Ind, July 1.-The testimony
of Anna Palmer, an Indian girl, probably
saved Abner and John Leonard, two
youths from being convicted of the mur-
der of the girls father, George Palmer,
who was killed on June 10 by the Leonard
brothers Anna Palmer was and is re-
ported still TO be the sweetheart of Abner
Leonard. She testified that her father
drew his revolver and tried 10 shoot the
boys before they displayed their weapons.
Abner Leonard then fired the shot which
caused the death of her father.
The girl was greatly affected while on
the witness stand and had TO be taken
from the court room before she had fin
ished giving her evidence The jury found
the boys not guilty and there was great
rejoicing here where there was general
sympathy for the girl and her sweetheart.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
BANNING THE AUTOMOBILE.
Their Virtual Exclusion From the
Roads at Bar Harbor.

Bar Harbor, Me-, July by series Of
drastic bylaws adopted at town meet
ing the automobile has been virtually
prohibited from Bar Harbor. Under the
present laws of the State the use of such
machines can only be affected by regula-
ton. 1t is not legal TO pass law abso-
lutely prohibiting their use. The bylaws
passed make it impossible for an owner
of an automobile TO run his machine in
Bar Harbor during the hours from 10 a.
m. TO 10 p. M, and only on little lanes
and alleys at speed not greater than five
miles an hour, and then after each ma
chine has been licensed.
After passing these bylaws, which re-
ferred to any vehicle propelled by ma
chinery, il was suggested that the regu-
lations adopted made the running of a
rolling machine illegal, so the citizens
passed another bylaw 10 permit such
machines 10 be used.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
DRUMMERs DENoUNcE TRUSTS.
Resolutions Adopted by the Leagu
of Commercial Travellers.

Albany, y. Y, July 1.-The Commercial
Travellers National League, in annual ses-
sion here, denounced combinations of cap
ital and adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we. the Commercial Travellers
National League. in convention assembled. de-
pore the organization Of trusts, the centraliza.
tion OF capital and the curtailment of individual
possibilities n species ef speculative conspir.
acy and menace, especially to the employment
of commercial travellers.
Resolved, That condemn as un-Americar
the combination syndicating Of incorporated
private business concerns for the purpose OF
controlling products and in restraint of trade
competition.
Resolved, That we commend most heartily the
work of the president OF the Commercial Tray-
elers' National League in behalf Of the com
mercial travellers, and especially in relation tc
his demonstration Of what trusts really are. anC
showing the speculative reasons for their organ
izaton and the consideration OF the effects o.
trusts
Resolved, That thank him for the cour
ageous stand taken in confronting this vital
issue.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
Horseback Rider Fatally Thrown.

Westminster, Md, July John Quincy
Miller, an employe of Horace L. Ship:ey,
near Gambler. Carroll county, was thI own
from horse Thursday evening and sus-
tanned injuries which terminated in his
death several hours afterward. Mr.. Mil
Ter, in company with Emory Gorsuch, bo h
twenty-five years of age, were on their
way from Gambler on horseback. Mr.. Mi
Ter died several hours after being thrown,
without having gained consciousness.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
New York Cotton Market.
STRONG AFRICAN HORSES.
Their Remarkable Power of Getting
over the Ground.
H.,

From African Life-)
One OF the very first things that strike
the wanderer in the great eXpanses of the
Southern Hemisphere is the strength and
endurance Of the horse. Though TO look at
they are the sorriest scrass ever set eyes
ON, yet they appear TO be possessed of a
power of getting over the ground that is
little short of miraculous. and so aston
ishing in its persistence 10 seem auto
matte. A very striking instance came un-
der my notice only a few days after land
ing in Cape Town in 1868. | was sitting
one Saturday afternoon on the stoop Of
Parks Hotel, which occupied the corner
of Adderley and Strand Streets, when a
dust covered horseman stopped and dis
mounted. His horse was taken TO the
stables, and, in the course of conversa
tion in the bar, l learned that he was a
member of a legislative assembly for an
up-country district. There was no rail-
way communication with the interior in
those days. and he had ridden in from his
home at Colesberg in less than six days.
having started the previous Monday.
Now Colesberg is more than five hum
dred miles from Cape Town. and the
country is very rough going, much OF 1t
being heavy sand and other parts very
mountainous. No. English bred horse.
fed according to English methods, could
have accomplished such a ride as this,
more especially when We consider the
temperature of the Cape Colony. | went
to look at the animal on which the jour
ney had been performed, and found it 10
be little roam schimmel barely fourteen
hands, and apparently as fresh as paint.
Another very remarkable ride that came
under my notice was performed by a Boer
who lived a few miles from GraytoTn, n
Natal. His wife was taken i'll, and par
ticular medicine, not to be obtained in
Graytown, was imperative. So in the early
hours of the night he started for Maritz-
berg, fifty-five miles distant, through an
extremely hilly country, and was back on
his farm in sixteen hours. The remark
able thing in this ride was that this Boer
weighed over seventeen stone.
In my own experience many instances
of the wonderful staying powers of African
horses have occurred. To mention one, in
1866, / had been appointed honorable sec
retary for the first athletic sports held
in the Umboti county of Natal. They
were to be held in Graytown on boxing
day, which fell on a Monday. All prep
arationS, entries, etc, were concluded
early in December, when l received an
urgent request to go to the Transvaal TO
look after friend who was lying very
i'll in his wagon, with no attendants but
a couple of raw Kafirs. l rode as hard as
/ could, and found him among the kepjes
of the Drakensberg, between Lydenberg
and Wakkersthoom. very. bad with fever,
which he had contracted somewhere in
the low country to the northwest. / tend
ed him for some days until he was clearly
out of danger, and then suddenly remem-
The evening times., 1899-07-01

New York, July 1.-Today's dealing on
the stock market furnished fitting and
consistent finish to the weeks trading. The
railway list was notably strong while the
industrial quarter was neglected. In that
quarter the only pronounced movement
was in Sugar refining, which was firm.
Federal Steel reacted sharply On the issue
of another injunction against the dividend
and payments on their stocks, while Ana
conda Mining was strong.
The announcement made after the close of
business yesterday of the lease by the New
York Central of the Boston and Albany was
followed by sharp advances in New York
Central, Union Pacific and the other stocks
classed as Vanderbilts. Pennsylvania Rail-
| road also scored a substantial advance
and there were marked gains made in all
the granger shades with the trading heav-
lest in Rock Island, Burlington and Quin-
cy, and st. Paul. In another quarter of
the market the local traction group, the
trading was comparatively quiet and these
stocks were but little affected by the ru-
mors current regarding these propert s.
Among the lower priced railway Issues
Missouri Pacific, Southern Railway pre-
particularly firm.
The trading in the railway shares at
large was wholly governed by the general
considerations set forth above Apart
from the Boston and Albany lease this was
little actual news, while on the other hand
expectations were general that the weekly
bank statement would show a heavy loss in
reserves. These expectations appeared to
have no further influence than to hold the
speculation in some restraint and the cur
rent closeness in the money market vas
/ disregarded in view OF the heavy disburse-
ments of today.
The London market was closed over the
holiday at that point. There were num-
Der OF excellent statements of railway
earnings published today. including those
OF the Union Pacific and the Burlington
, and Quincy statements.
The influence OF the bank statement
upon the stock market was no more than
/ transient. After hesitating momentarily
the market developed fresh strength. and
some of the highest prices of the day were
recorded in the final dealings, whore the
trading preserved the same characteristics
that have marked il all the week.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
hoy Train wrecker OF to Jail.

Pottsville. Pa, July 1.-Oliver Oil, aged
eighteen years. was sentenced to impris-
onment for three years and three months,
and TO pay 500 fine for involuntary man.
slaughter, by causing the death of Engi-
neer Samuel Grier and Fireman J. d. Short
by derailing an express train. He placed
a spike on the rail, which caused a wreck
on the Little Schuylkill Branch of the
Philadelphia and Reading, on May 16
The evening times., 1899-07-01

The Vanderbilts were all well bought
on the official confirmation of the news oi
the Boston and Albany deal and on The
continuance of the talk of the Vanderbilt
transcontiuental line. The Union Pac.fics
were perhaps the most buoyant OF the
group.
The evening times., 1899-07-01

st. Paul and the other grangers: 40 for
ST. Paul and $50 for Burlington being
freely predicted, but it must be remem
bered that the bulls will finally be TOO
optimistic as the bears were too pessimis-
tie few weeks ago.
The evening times., 1899-07-01
No Change.

The Minister-Ye were ma at Kirk last Sab
bath dee, Sandy.
McTavish-I had nocht but shillin' in m,
purse That's over mickle silfer to sgi' the Lore
all at aince - On,
The evening times., 1899-07-01
An Accurate Description.

U fuIII INT OHitdRO HecUfuJ
what is Miss Willoughby's personal appear
anceT'
.'She looks as If she ought TO be named Clarissa'
and have greyhound tagging round with her,"
The evening times., 1899-07-01
VANDERBILT STOCKS RISE
New York Central, Union Pacific,
and Other Lines Stride Forward.

Grangers Join I'm the March to the
Front and Make Substantial Gains.
Transient Influence of the Bank
Statement on the Market-Hfgh
Prices Rule In the Final Dealings.
The evening times., 1899-07-01

s'Ring for your valet-bid him quickly bring
some Heurich's Maerzen Beer-then you'll know
pleasure worth xerxes the great king"
The evening times., 1899-07-01
New York Stock nnrket

Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co,
members OF the New York Exchange,
1919 T Street
The evening times., 1899-07-01

News that another injunction has been
granted against the Federal Stee! Com
pany, restraining il from paying either
the preferred or the common dividend had
no effect on the stock today except in the
early quotations. The Injunction game is
pretty thoroughly understood by the pub
lie by this time. Al the same time il
must be recorded that the steel securities
were not buoyant any more than they
have been al any time this week. Senti-
ment regarding these securities is much
the public and the leaders have neg ectei
them recently has been one of the bast
things for the market. and one Of the
matters that has made il possible for such
an advance in prices as has occurred. On
the other hand il is contended by many
that the public will begin 10 buy these
stocks in short time when all the re-
mainder of the list has had a large ad-
vance. 1t would not be surprising If they
the coalers, which ii is whispered will be
advanced rapidly.
The strength of Pennsylvania today was
well received. People who are well in
formed as TO the value Of this stock have
been expecting it.
Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. 3. Hibbs & CO.,
har- Df he Nnrl-
The evening times., 1899-07-01
A Lucky Man.

From the Chicago Record)
.'Some men have the best luck"
''How SOP
There's Mcintosh, for instance; ice cream
gives his girl neuralgia
The evening times., 1899-07-01

Order your Sunday beer from the Arlington Bot
Ting Co. for Heurichs Naerzen, Senate, OF Lager.
The evening times., 1899-07-01

Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by W. 3 Hibbs & CO..
members Of the New York Exchange
The evening times., 1899-07-01

bered that l had to be in Graytown on
Monday morning. | was then sitting en-
the wagon-box drinking my morning cof-
fee at o'clock Saturday morning Gray
town was 900 miles away, but 1 was at
my post there at 10 a. m. and. in addition,
took a second prize both in running and
jumping competitions.
The evening times., 1899-07-01

One of the bull cards for next week is
the coalers, which il is whispered will be
advanced rapidly.
The evening times., 1899-07-01

A Rounded Argument.
(From Judge.)
Uncle Thomas-I like ter git up early. Then
/ can git my work done fore night an be able
ter go ter bed early
Johnny-W'ot yer want to go ter bed early
fer?
Uncle ThomaS-Why. SOS can git up early.
You know mighty little bout the true philosophy
of life.
The evening times., 1899-07-01

Give name and
address in full.
Please write very
plainly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-09-16
SHOT DEAD.
Proprietor of Mystic Island
joint, at WamegO, Killed.
Result of a Quarrel With a
Patron.

Wamego, Sept. 16.-J. w. Mcclure of
Herington, one of the proprietors of the
Mystic Island joint at Wamego was
shot and instantly killed by Andy Tur-
ner. a colored man, Friday evening.
Turner fed Immediately after the
shooting and although the sheriff is
pursuing him with mounted deputies,
his capture is considered doubtful
Mcclure and Turner had some trou-
BILE in the joint which is located on an
island in the Kaw river. The joint is
reached by a stairway which runs up
to level with the wagon bridge across
the river. The patron of the joint steps
from the bridge to the platform on the
top of the stairway and from there
descends to the wooden building in
which the bar is maintained.
The jointists do not attach their
stairway to the bridge and thereby
avoid prosecution because they are on
the island.
The murdered man was dealing out
liquor to his patrons during the ceIe-
bration of the opening of the water
works and establishment of the new
electric light plant. Turner and a white
man had some trouble and Turner
wanted to fight in the joint Mcclure
interfered and got into a quarrel with
Turner.
Turner invited Mcclure to leave the
joint and go up on the bridge to fight
it out. Mcclure started out of the joint
and was followed by some of his
friends. Turner ascended the stairway
AT the top he turned and said:
There's going to be some fun up
here; you fellows keep back
McGuire's friends did not mount the
stairway but Mcclure did. He reached
the top and just as he was in the act of
stepping from the stairway to the
bridge to fight Turner, the latter drew
a revolver and shot Mcclure, killing
him instantly.
The negro then ran up through the
principal street of the town, and head
ed for the colored settlement by a side
street. The sheriff who was near start
ed after Turner and was soon followed
by a number of mounted deputies. Tur-
ner thus far has eluded the officers
Turner's father is now in the peniten-
tiary serving time for stealing hogs
which was the compromise charge to
escape a conviction for murder.
The young murderer was born and
raised in Wamego and has made little
pretensiOn towards being a bad man.
A few days ago he received by express
$3.50 revolver with which he has been
making an effort to be tough and has
frequently indicated that he was look
ing for an opportunity to use the
weapon.
MCGUIRE, the murdered man came to
WamegO a few months ago from Her
ington and with a partner established
the Mystic Island joint. A man at St
Marys who was running another island
joint met death by drowning one month