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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

L lOhi Oui ieOSuiuA SoiASoPOANAS'-''
WASHINGTON. D. G., July I, so.
He must be blind, indeed, who
cannot see that place-seeking has
become an evil in this country.
Although positively announced
by the president that no commis-
sion would be given in the new
volunteer regiments, for the
Philippines, to any nan without
military experience, Washington
has been full of senators, repre-,
sentatiyes and other prominent
men. each acting as though Sc
curing commission tor some
constituent or relative was the
most important question before
the president, and not few OF
those for whom commissions are
asked are young men who have
had absolutely no military expert
ence, and very little of any sort
calulated to teach them to take
care of themselves, not to mention
taking care of others. The pres
sure became so embarrassing to
the president, as those who
brought it intended it should,
that he carried the matter before
the cabinent. The result was
unanimous support of his posi-
ton. The plan agreed upon IS to
appoint all the officers above the
rank Of captain from the regular
army officers; to give proper
parties in each state the right tc
name one captain and one first
lieutenant from among the volun'
teer officers from that state in the
war with Spain; and to appoin'
the second lieutenants from vol
unteers, regardless of their ranl
in the service, solely on thel1
military records, as shown IN th'
files of the war department. Th'
wisdom Of this decision is beyont
Iquestion, but the pressure vii
continue until the last commission
has been signed.
Owing to the failure of some Q
the congressional delegations t
agree upon the supervisors TO
their states, the 800 census super
yisors will not be appointed be
fore about the 18th inst, as 1T
!, 1.-The intention to appoint them a
: at once.
i There has been more or les
, public comment upon the fac
) that among the thirty foreig
: embassies and legations in Wasl
/ ington only one Of these---th
j Turkish legation---hon Ind
pendence Day by putting out i
y own National flag. The atteml
: TO explain the omission by sa
$ ing that most of the anlbassado
!. and ministers were away al
f that the clerks in charge we
more intent upon faying an ca
i and good time than upon payir
d honor to OUR American holida
g was not a success, for the sii
IS pie reason that seven or eight
y 1.-The ambassadors and m,niste
'e were in Washington. There
y no rule recurring diplomats
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13


take part in the national holidays
of the countries to which they
are accredited. Secretary Hay
said, when asked about it: "Em-
bassies and legations always cele-
brate their own holidays by dis
playing their own colors, but
they do not often recognize the
holidays of the nation to which
they are accredited" Asked
whether there was any signii-
canoe in the action of the Turk
ish legation, Secretary Hay said:
"The Sultan is very friendly to
us. The action of the Turkish
Minister is mark of unusual
friendliness, but the lack of flags
at the other foreign residences
was by no means a mark of dis
respect" Secretary Hay added
that as a rule the u. S. embassies
and legations always recognize
the national holidays of the
countries they are accredited to,
although no order to do so had
ever been issued.
Can it be possible that there IS
| jealousy between the head Of the
Marine Hospital Service and the
head of the Medical branch of the
army? 1t will be remembered
that sometime ago Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman of the Marine Hos
pital Service, secured possession
of the abandoned military reser-
yation in New Mexico known as
Fort Stanton, for the purpose Of
Establishing a sanitarium fol
consumptives from the army ane
navy, which should also IN time
be thrown open to civilians
Now comes Surgeon Genera
Sternberg. of the army, with /;
recommendation that Fort Bay
ard, New Mexico, be fitted UP a.
a hospital for consumptive sol
|diers.
The war department ha
another senatorial aspirant IN thu
person of Assistant Secretar,
Meiklejohn, who wishes to taxi
up the burden that Senate
Thurston OF Nebraska says h
will so gladly lay down March 3
1901. The aspirations of the as
sistant, like those of the secre
tary, will have to be fought for
s Senator Thurston will supper
Mr.. Meiklejohn, but Representa-
tive Mercer and ex-Represensativ
Hainer, both of whom are NOR
than willing to assume a Sena
tors burden, are not rivals VIII
will be easily brushed aside
Although Senator Thurston's re
tlrement IS nearly two years of
!. the next Nebraska Legislature wi
elect his successor, and, judgin
from claims on both side.
neither party has certainty
controlling that Legislature.
A story has been brought
Washington by citizen of Ne
Mexico that brigade of roug
riders, including the original rel
!, iment, is to be at once enllste
!, for service in the Philippines, al
: that Coy. Roosevelt is to be i
commander. 1t was news
: Washington, but owing to Il
idea that Gov. Roosevelt hanke
: after more military glory, it fin
believers, although it seems hig
: ly improbable that the govern
of great state like New Yo
:, - would resign to take command
a brigade of volunteers.
- The biggest trust after all is
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13

Boston Democrats are disposed
, drop the silver question. They
call the sound money majority
Massachusetts of 156, 364, and
re not anxious to try it again.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13

John Breen, president of the
puth Dakota Retail Liz 10 r
callers association, in speaking
the late decision of Judge
[oore, to the effect that there
as no law governing the sale of
|toxicating liquors in this state,
hyises all retailers to pay their
|censes promptly, as opinions OF
lore able jurists than Judge
Torre have been given to the eff
let that the old license law is
It'll in force.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13

The Buffalo convention of
Eank reformers met, received
|ewey's name with silence and
hiourned. They had intended
J transact other business, but
brgot what it was, their memory
Eoving as eccentric as their
tinciples.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13

DO you want the flag to go
hck before and armed force?'
sked Gov. Roosevelt of man
| no said he was opposed to keep
tg the Philippines. The Gov
|-nor stated the case fairly, as
kr as it has been developed.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13
Would haye cost Him his Life.

/ have been using Foley's Kidney
Cure and take great pleasure in stat
ing it gave me permanent cure OF kid
sney disease which certainly would have
cost ne my life. Isreconthend 1t to
any one, afflicted with kidney trouble.
Oscar Bowman. lebanon. Ky. 9. e.
Vaughan.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13

Robert Bonner, publisher Of
he New York Ledger, died at
is home in New York City last
thursday.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13

The bonded Indebtedness of
he state is now less than 500,
pO, none oft bearing oyer four
I'D one half per cent interest.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13
THE United Evangelical church
ave located a college at lie
lars, Iowa.

South Dakota's gold product
,r 1898 amounted to S5,700,oo0
) SAYS the director of the U. s.
lint.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1899-07-13

pended in the Philippines. The
American people will attend to
those renegades if any of them
come up as candidates for any
office hereafter.
The times., 1899-07-04
TELEGRAPHED HER CONSENT.
Wealthy Atlanta Girl Weds in Il
Pretty Long Island Chapel.

Atlanta, Ca, July S.-surprise has been
caused in this city, by the announcement
of the marriageelast Friday in Southamp-
ton. L. l.. of Miss Elizabeth Leontine CHS
holm, and Walter P. Andrews, both of this
city.
The bride is said, to be the wealthiest
young woman in Georgia She is popular
and prominent in Atlanta society. She is
the only heir of Willis Chisholm, one OF
the earliest settler of Atlanta, who was
immensely wealthy. his holdings consist
ing of centrally located Atlanta property,
from which the young woman has received
a large income for fiften years, since her
fathers death.
Mr.. Andrews is a native OF Monroe. "
c.. and is twenty eight years old, and was
admitted to the bar five years ago. He is
a protege of former Secretary Hoke Smith
and was at one time clerk in Mr. Smiths
office. CIR
Miss Chisholm left Atlanta one month
ago for Southampton to visit Mrs. c. "
Goodwin, formerly her guardian. Up to
that time she had not promised her hand
to Mr.. Andrews, although he had been a
suitor for two years. After two weeks
correspondence she telegraphed Mr.. An
drews that she would become his bride
He went to Southampton a few days ago,
where the details of the wedding were
planned. Rev. DR.. Henry Mcdonald. who
performed the ceremony. is pastor Of the
Second Baptist Church of Atlanta, of
which Mrs. Andrews is a member. 1t is
said that a pretty chapel in Southampton
played no small part in influencing the
young woman to the marriage. The story
is that she greatly admired the chapel and
decided that it would be an ideal place for
q wedding
The times., 1899-07-04
OIL ON COUNTRY ROADS.
To BE Experimental with rs n Sub
stitute for Paving.

Des Moines, Iowa, July 3.-Crude oil will
be sprinkled on the country roads here
abouts for the purpose of shedding water
and in the hope that a cheap substitute
for paving may be found Major NJ. Meigs,
United States civil engineer at Keokuk.
Iowa, stands sponsor for the idea. and the
Standard Oil Company has been asked for
sufficient oil to make the experiment.
1t is claimed for the crude oil applica-
tion that road so treated sheds water like
ducks back. Major Meigs admits the
impracticability of the oil on paved streets.
He admits that it is Objectionable on ac-
count of the odor, and the damage it will
do to the rubber tires of bicycles and We
hcles.
The method of applying the oil is ex-
planned by Major Meigs as follows: ITO get
the best effects from the use of the oil
the roadbed should be carefully graded
and crowned to make the water flow off
rapidly. There is no machine so good for
this as the ordinary road grader. In my
opinion, it would be well to run a har-
row over the roadbed, so as to cause the
oil to penetrate more deeply and quickly.
Follow the harrow with some form OF
sprinkler that will distribute the oil in
thin stream all over the road. The oil
will not soak in at once, and ought to be
followed by a roller to consolidate the
surface and drive the oil into the ground.
A three to six ton roller would be best in
ordinary cases"
The times., 1899-07-04
A BLAZE AT MIDNIGHT.
Woodstock Citizens Narrowly Save
the Town From Destruction.

Woodstock, Va, July Woodstock mar
rowly escaped being wiped out of exist
ence Saturday night. Shortly after mid
night the large livery stable attached TO
the Shenandoah House was discovered to
be in flames, and in less than an hour the
building. which was 125 by 45 feet, was in
ashes. Two fine driving horses, number
of pigs, harness, and all the outbuiidings
belonging to the hotel were also destroyed.
The town people responded quickly
as possible, and the volunteer fire depart
ment placed its hand engine for service,
but despite everything it would not throw
water. Bucket brigades were formed to
save adjoining property. The large hotel
building was but a few feet distant, but
was kept from taking fire. The Jail roof
took fire in almost a dozen places at the
same time. This caused CONSERVATION
among the six prisoners confined therein.
They called loudly for deliverance. Jailer
Wenger secured assistance and moved
them to the county clerks office until the
danger was over The county stable
caught several times, but was soon ex-
tinguished. The wareroom of Kneisley
Bros, timers, was damaged and the stock
injured by water. The law Office of Tav-
enner & Bauserman was slightly damaged,
and firebrands were carried the entire
length of the town. Joseph Holtzmans
loss is about 81 900; no insurance. W. L.
Laughlin, owner. McKeesport, Pa. 81 200.
with $3.50 insurance; Kneisley Bros, $50.
covered fully
The origin of the fire is unknown, but is
thought to have been incendiary.
The times., 1899-07-04
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

Alexandria. July 3.-The funeral of Mrs.
Bridget Murphy. who died at her home
near Edsall's Hill, on Saturday took place
from St Mary's Church. in this city. this
morning. Rev Father Cutler conducted the
services, and the interment was in the
Catholic Cemetery. Mrs. Murphy was the
mother of Lieut.. P. ]. Murphy, of the
Alexandria Light Infantry. She was a resi-
dent of Alexandria for many years.
The Royal Arcanum, through R. w. Ar
mold. Treasurer of Alexandria Council, has
paid to the heirs of the late r. w. Avery
SO OOO the amount of the benefit held by
the deceased in that order.
TIE Railroad Reading Room Workers
yesterday elected the following officers:
President, John w. Herndon; Vice Presi-
dent NJ. f. Kerrick; Recording Secretary,
W. L. Griffin; Financial Secretary, Miss
L. Makely: Treasurer, George Windsor.
The business meetings of the workers will
hereafter be held on the first Tuesday of
each month.
John browns. of Wilkes and Pitt Street,
was stricken with paralysis while at Prince
and Columbus Streets yesterday evening.
Mr. browns has been in the employ OF the
city for some years.
A horse attached to a wagon belonging
to William Nevitt. of Fairfax county. ran
off in Upper King Street this morning.
Layman Scott, driver of the team, was
thrown from the wagon and painfully in
jured The horse ran into barbed wire
fence and broke its leg. The animal was
subsequently killed.
Dr. and Mrs. W. r. rurvis and Miss
Maggie Ashby left today for Rapidan'
Cuipeper county. to spend few weeks.
Mrs. Jane Ford, of Baltimore, is visiting
L. tho Of I
w Padgett. in Fairfax Street. She IS
accompanied by her son, Norvel E. Ford,
managing editor of the Baltimore Sun.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
Alexandria Brick Company today Park
Agnew was elected president and NJ. d.
Harlow was chosen secretary and treas
urer.
Capt. Thomas Rudd is i'll at his home at
Prince and Alfred Streets.
Rev. Father II. ]. Cutler, spiritual di-
rector of the Father Mathew Total Absti-
nence Society. is a delegate ex-ofiicio TO
the twenty-ninth annual convention Of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Amer
lea. TO be held in Chicago on August 3.
George A. Harlow was last night elected a
delegate to the convention.
The Washington and Falls Church Elec-
trio Railroad today obtained deed for the
right of way for its Theological Seminary
branch through the land of Sewell B. Cor
bett.
The Fourth of July will be generally OBJ
served in this city. All business houses
will be closed early in the day. The post
Office will observe Sunday hours and the
banks and city offices will be closed.
The residence of ]. W. Roberts, in West
End, was robbed yesterday Of pair of gold
cuff buttons and a quantity of clothing.
Some damage was caused by fire at the
residence OF Charles LIE Grand. 23S South
St Asaph Street, this afternoon. The de-
partment did not go into service.
The times., 1899-07-04
MINERS BECOME CANNIBALs.
Details of SufferinGs in the AtIin
District of AInskn.

Portland. Greg. July 3.-The recent sto-
ry Of cannabalism which came from the
Atlin district of Alaska is confirmed, and
horrible details are added by a letter re-
ceived Saturday by Capt. Hans Venson.
from Mojonino, in the Kotzebue Sound
country.
The writer was Olof Jorgenson. who
with two other Swedish sailors, Peter Mar
tin and August Alsen, and twenty others,
went to the KotZebue country in Septem-
ber from Seattle All were well supplied
with furs and had a years outfit. but it is
scarcely probable that more than one of
these men is now alive.
The letter to Venson enclosed one to
Jorgenson's mother, in Stockholm.
which Martin is some way succeeded in
mailing at st. Michael, where he is now
at the point of death, unable TO give an
account of what he and his fellows suffer
ed
Jorgenson's letter to his mother must
have been written several days before he
pened his note to Venson. as it is more
lucid. 1t was written in Swedish and was
translated here today. II is rather long
letter. saying at the outset:
When you receive this, my dear moth
er. l shall no longer be on earth. All but
three out Of our party are dead in coun-
try that indeed must be the material hell.
will not go into the details of the suf-
ferings myself and mates have undergone -
After explaining how he and part of his
party separated from the rest and began
prospecting on their own hook with dogs
and sledges, he told how they got lost in
December. The greater part of their pro-
visions were stolen by wild beasts, and by
January they had nothing left but few
sides of bacon.
Hunger soon stalked among US" con-
tinued Jorgenson, "and you have not even
faint idea what that means among a
gang of hopeless men, desperate in the ex-
treme. A dozen of my party died in thir-
ty days. and we then began TO draw lots
for human eflsh. There are only four of
us alive. but all too weak to travel ex-
cepting Martin, who will try to mail this
letter and obtain relief. But 1 suppose
the letter will be too late"
AS melancholy incident the writer says
that, only few days before. he discovered
lot of nuggets peeping out of the frozen
ground in his tent, but he turned from the
gold in disgust.
The times., 1899-07-04
a DELIVERY BOYS ADVANCE.
Young Mr.. Bostwici>'s Quick Stride
to Partnership.

New York. July 3.-AIbert c. Bostwick Is
only twenty-five years old, but notwith-
standing that he has set an example to
young men in the matter of climbing the
business ladder Six months ago he was
delivery boy for the stock brokerage
firm of Walter c. Stokes & Co.. at 6j
Broadway, and on August ! he will be u
special partner of his present employers.
The partnership will cost young Mr.. Bost-
wick in the neighborhood of 500, 900.
OF course, Mr.. Bostwick had advantage
One Of these, and by no means the least
is that his father, John a. Bostwick, is a
millionaire several times over Albert c.
Bostwick married Miss Marie L. Stokes, a
daughter of Henry B. Stokes, president of
the Manhattan Life Insurance Company.
in June, 1898. He had never known busi-
ness cares, and did not take them up until
last December, when he obtained the po-
sition of delivery boy. He is member Of
the Meadow Brook hunt ard the Meadow
Brook Club. 1t was his $4,000 fourin-
hand, Lady Ursula. Lady Flavia, Lord
CHUNKY. and Lord Chester, that was
awarded the blue ribbon at the Horse
Show in November, 1898. In addition TO
his splendid horses, Mr.. Bostwick owns
an automobile, the first, or one of the
first, used in this city.
The times., 1899-07-04
POLITICS CAUSES MURDER
William PilkiDton Kills William
Flanagan in Virginia.
The Dead Mnn Wns Commonwealth
Attorney for Powhntnn County
The slayer Was His Bitter oppo-
nent at II Recent Eiection-Enmity
over PostoHice Appointment.

Richmond, Va, July 3.-As the outcome
of a long and bitter political feud at Pow
hatan Courthouse, thirty miles southeast
OF Richmond. William NJ Flanagan,
member Of the State Senate and Common
wealth's attorney of Powhatan county for
fifteen years, a prominent lawyer and well
known throughout the State as an able
politician, was shot and killed today by
William NJ. Pilkinton, a young lawyer of
Powhatan and a political opponent of
Flanagan. Flanagan was a Republi-
can. He was popular with members of all
parties. and it seemed impossible to beat
him for Commonwealth attorney. 1t Is
hard TO get at the details of the shooting,
but it is said by witness that Flanagan
attacked Pilkinton in the courthouse at
Powhatan and struck him several times
with his fist when Pilkinton fired, the bull
let entering Flannagan's body just below
the collar bone He died in few min
utes Pilkinton was brought to Richmond
tonight and put in prison here, it is be-
lieved, because of strong feeling against
him in Powhatan, where Flanagan had
many firm friends. It is said that Flan-
nagan stated on Saturday that he expect
ed to start out his term as Commonwealth
attorney Saturday by arresting Pillinton
for carrying concealed weapons.
He was warned not TO do so by friend
of his who predicted trouble if the arrest
was made During the last campaign
charges and counter charges were made
and Flanagan was accused of being a dis
honest official. He replied by giving the
lie TO his opponent. Trouble was several
times narrowly averted. One cause of the
shooting is said to have grown out of the
fight over the postoffice at Pilkinton, vii
lage in Powhatan. Mrs. Dorset was ap-
pointed postmistress and she had Pilkin-
ton to prepare her bond to send it to the
department at Washington. Flanagan ac-
cused him of pigeonholing it and finally
mutilating the paper before sending it.
The department got tired waiting for the
bond. Mrs. Dorset was removed and Mrs.
Pilkinton appointed TO succeed her Elan
nagan began an investigation and for some
reason Mrs Pilkinton resigned and Mrs.
Dorset was reapponted.
The times., 1899-07-04
YOUNG EDISON REBELS.
Resents Parental Objections to His
Marriage to nm Actress


Chicago, July 3.ZThomas A. Edison,
jr.. and his bride, formerly Miss Marie
Louise Twoohey, OF Chicago. the actress
whom the son Of the inventor married in
New York on February Is against the
wishes of his father, are living in Chicago
at the residence OF the brides mother,
S55 North Clark Street.
This fact was first learned yesterday b.
others than the young couples intimate
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Edison, jr., tSye
been living with the brides mother FOR
four weeks, during which time, it said,
an intimate friend of the Edisons has en-
deavored to pacify the elder Edison.
Until taking up their residence in Chi
cago the couple have been touring the
country, sojourning in Pittsburg, Dsnver,
and San Francisco, and little was known
of their whereabouts by the elder Edison
from the time OF their departure from
New York until they came to Chicago.
Mr.. Edison, jr., said yesterday he had
severed his connection with his father and
will launch himself as an independent
electrical inventor. He said when he mar
ried against his fathers wishes he had
prepared to establish himself as his faith
ers competitor.
Reared in my fathers own laboratory"
ht oaiu, anu euuCdleu ny my ldthti hiAh-
self l think / am capable of continuing
work which he, perhaps, will not live to
| finish, and in my judgment the man who
invents must be an originator and not an
imitator.
My father was always opposed to ac-
tresses as wives, but think he is too wise
man to bother over the inevitable. At
any rate. l think, since his bosom friend,
Samuel insult, took unto himself one he is
perhaps reconciled.'
Miss Marie Louise Twoohey made her
| debut on the stage in Chicago during the
| Worlds Fair. In that season she played
in America. The following season she
| toured with Eddie Foy in Robinson Cru
soc" She was playing with Lillian Rus
| sell in La Belle Helene when the young
er Edison first met and soon afterward
married her Mrs Edison, jr., was born in
! Chicago in 1879.
Mr.. Edison, jr., is twenty three years
old. He is president of a number of cleo
| trical companies, and the discoverer of
what is known as the Ionic force OF cleo
tricity, now claimed by him to be in its
| infancy. This discovery is that electricity
| has weight, and is, therefore, subject to
gravitation, and by the application of this,
! young Mr.. Edison claims to be able to in
crease the power of the electricity by ele-
waiting its source above the place of its
utilization.
He is also the inventor of the chlorina-
! tion process for the reduction of ore. With
the exception of the last eighteen months,
| he had spent his life in his fathers labora-
| tory