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Middletown transcript., 1899-09-23
MIDDLETowN. DEL, SEPT %, 1899
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS

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tracted illness Of the editor. Bills are
being sent out now, however, % fast as
they can be reached and early replies
are requested. Whore subscriptions
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time and no notice is taken Of the bills
sent they will be put In the hands OF
collectors. Such cause is positively
necessary. OF subscription accounts
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The practice of continuing sub.
scriptions, indefinitely made, year after
year is q bad one. Two or three years
Is the average limit Of mans memory,
when It comes to ordering newspapers
sent him. II his delinquency runs be-
yond that limit, he forgets that he
ordered the paper and in many cases
win swear that he never ordered 1t.
The larger his delinquency bill, the
surer lie Is and the harder he will swear
that he never orderedit. This Is fact
and q condition of human nature that
must be recognized as factor in the
newspaper business.
"Nor can credit ever be eliminated
from the newspaper business. It like
wise is o condition which must be
recognized. But there is middle
ground where the publisher may tread
safely. It Is temperance in credit, ex-
tension. Radicalism In advance pay
ment and intemperance in credits 60
hand-in-hand in inviting failure In not
only the newspaper bueiness, but also
In every other branch Of commercial
life.
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position-is safe"
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EvIpENrLr Democrat. !,

EvIDENTLr Democrats hope to
make Trusts the big plank In their
platform next year IN the Presidential
contest. Much OF what Col. Bryan
had to say at the recent Chicago Con.
vention on Trusts may be found upon
the first page. He evidently thinks
very little Of the Delaware kind 90
graciously granted by our Democratic
officials. He describes them fully BY
reading > letter, evidently from q
prominent Delaware Democrat. Az
70 The result OF the Chicago Conferences
Of last week Col. Bryan says:
The discussions by the delegates In
the conference win do more for ths
good Of the public than Ne can now
realize. ! do mot want 70 attempt TO
snumerate the results. Some Of then
stand out more bodly than others. and
to name part of them would MOT do any
Middletown transcript., 1899-09-23
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
TUcAa f!nTTNTY

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that be Is
the senior partner of the firm Of F. J..
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City
Of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm win pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF CATARRH that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December, A. D..
1895.
t~~, A. W. GLEASON.
SEAL Notary Public.
kN~~1
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Send for testi-
monials, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Middletown transcript., 1899-09-23

Mr.. Samuel Buckworth, of Bohemia
Manor, has horse thirty.four years old
which Is driven nearly every day and is .
good traveller.
Middletown transcript., 1899-09-23

The waters of Maryland produce one
third of the total oyster supply in the world,
It yields twice as many Of the lucious bi-
valves as are grown in all foreign countries
combined. During the present century it
has put on the market 5Co,00O,O1O bushels
Of oysters. These have sold for the enor-
NOUS sum of$3OO, 100000.
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DIED WITH HER B1BY.
Rose WEIGH Gave Poison to the Child and
Then Took Some Herself.

Then Took Some Herself.
Edward Clark. who works in lumber yard
In Long Island City. discovered the bodies OF a
woman and child In vacant lot in Green
point avenue. near Humboldt street, Green
point. about $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
There was glass beside the bodies which had
contained carbolic acid. The woman held the
child tightly clasped In her arms. Within
few hours the bodies would have beer covered
by the incoming tide and would probably have
been foated out into the Sound.
The bodies were taken to the Green point
police station. where they were identified later
by Thomas WEIGH. an iron founder. OF 131
Blocker avenue. as those OF his wife Rose and
his daughter Alice. He had come to the police
station to report the fact that they were miss
ing. He said that he had been married six
years and that his wife had been sckly since
the birth Of their first child. now years old.
doctor had advised her to drink beer as
tonic and she had become accustomed to use IL
to excess. for which he had demonstrated with
her several times. week ago. he said. she
promised to let liquor alone. but ON Thursday
night when he came home he found her under
its influence again and supper was not ready.
Yesterday morning when he awoke his wife
and younger child we're not at home. He sup
posed that she had gone to some OF the neigh
bors for more drink and he called his daughter
Mamie and got breakfast for himself and her.
AS he was leaving for his work Mamie told him
that she had been awakened early in the morn
ing by her mother kissing her and that she had
noticed that her mother was crying. WEIGH
had no doubt that his wife had committed
suicide after killing the baby out Of remorse
for her drinking habit.
1t seemed to the police that the woman must
have administered strong dose OF the acid to
the child. which was only 1 year old. and
watched 1t die before she herself drained what
was left In the glass. In the pocket Of her
dress was found a bit OF paper upon which she
had scrawled "Goodby to all and Mamie"
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IRON INDUSTRY TO BE RESUMED.
Plants at Crown Point and Port Henry
Bought by American Steel Company.

Plants at Crown Point and Port Henry
Bought by American Steel Company.
TROY. Sept S.-The American Steel and Wire
Company. through F. H. Patterson. attorney.
purchased yesterday the Crown Point Iron
Company's plant. including 10000 acres Of
land. twenty seven miles OF railroad two fur
mace stacks and tenement property in Crown
Point; also the Witherbee. Sherman d Co.'S
mines and other properties at Port Henry and
Mineville. Essex county. Tho Crown Point
plant has been In disuse for some time. Work
will be begun at both places at once and en-
ployment will be given to about 1.5O0 men.
The product OF the two plants will be bessemer
iron from native ore containing AZ per
cent OF pure iron. Three hundred tons
OF pig iron will be produced daily and
shipped to the plant OF Washburn. Moen &
Co. at Worcester. Mass. The blast furnaces at
Breaker Island. Troy. which have been closed
for two years. and for the purchase Of which the
American Steel and Wire Company has been
negotiating. will also be started as soon as
the negotiations are contaminated. which will
be in about month. The resumption OF opera
ton in the iron industry In Troy. Crown
Point and Port Henry will mean new life
for these localities. formerly famous as centres
OF the iron industry. but for the past few years
practically dead in that line.
The American Steel 4 Wire Company was
incorporated in 1893 under the laws OF Illinois.
and this year under the laws OF New Jersey.
The re-ncorporated company has capital
stock OF $50.000.000 common. and $40 100000
preferred.
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OF the general public These letters not only
explain many motives and facts OF Lambs life.
but have been rated by competent critics as bet
ter than his essays. even as Patmore said that
his conversation. when Just enough animated
by gin and water. was better than either. The
Thackeray volume consists Of selections from
The Book OF Snobs." The Roundabout
Papers" and the ballads including the immor-
tai ballad OF "Bouillabaisse"
We have also received
The Register OF the Empire State Society OF
the Sons OF the Revolution. 1885,"
Toledo. The Story OF an Old Spanish Cap
ital" Hannah Lynch. Illustrated by Helen
M. James. Medieval Town Scenes. Pub. by
j. NJ Dent Imported by Macmillans.)
Temple Classics" The Sonnets OF William
Wordsworth. Pub by ]. M. Dent. Imported
by Macmillans)
jess. Bits OF wayside Gospel" Sermons
by Jenkin Lloyd Jones tMacmillans.)
The Bishops Shadow" /. T. Thurston.
illustrations by NJ. Eckerson, tFemlng H.
Revell Co..
The Trembling OF Borealls." Parl g.
Argenteul. tNeely.)
The Funny Side OF Politics" Geor. , 3.
Hilton" Dillingham;
Enemies and Evidences OF Christian ity.
Thoughts on Questions OF the Hour" John
Fancan Quackenbos. Eaton 4 Mains.)
The Authority OF Criticism and Other Es-
says" William p. Trent. tS,ribners)
The Fugitive A Tale OF Adventure in the
Days OF Clipper Ships and Slavers." John r.
Spears. Illustrated. tScribners.)
Tho Adhesive Postage Stamps OF Europe
Part XII" w. A. s. Westoby. IL. Upcott Gill.
London.)
The White Mail" Cy Warman. tScribners)
"A Mountain Europa" John Fox. Jr. liar
pers)
In the Bivouao OF Life" Sarah p Brooks.
Drexel Biddle.)
An Eclipse Of Memory" Morton Grinpell
NJ D. tStokes.)
For the Sake OF the Duchssse" 8. walkey.
tStokes)
In Quest Of Life. or the Revelations Of the
Wiyatatao Of Xipantl. the Last High Priest OF
the AZtecs.' Thad. W. Williams. NJ. d. tNeely.)
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JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW.
Mrs. OstreZo Imagined There Was Fire
and Didn't Mind Long Fall.

Mrs. OstreZo Imagined There Was Fire
and Didn't Mind n Long Fall.
Mrs. Ann Ostrezo. who lives on the second
floor OF II Lewis street. spent the greater part
OF yesterday afternoon with black bottle that
she had had filled at the corner saloon. About
O'Clock she was ready to imagine almost any
thing and promptly believed that she heard one
OF the tenants shout Fire"
She grabbed up the half filled bottle OF whis-
key In one hand and her pet dog in the other
and flung herself out OF the window. She
landed In the street beside Policeman Adams
OF the Delaney street station. who picked up
the ruins and took them to the station. There
1t was found that the bottle had been shattered
and so had the bones in Mrs. OStrezo's right
arm, The dog had escaped unhurt.
Mrs. Ostrezo was nxed up at Gouverneur
Hospital and was then locked up. charged with
attempted suicide.
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NATAL PARADE AT pnI1ADELr1Y.
'"n'pson'a Squadron and Other Vessel,
Honor tho q. A. r. Man

Honor the q. A. r.. Men.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 8.--The festivities incl
uent 10 Grand Army week we're brought To An
"nu To-day by the naval parade on the Dela
ware. Tnere were sixty vessels participating
The ships OF Admiral SIMPSONS souadron
were dressed in flags. The parade started At
the League Island Navy Yard. the revenue
cutter Gresham leading tho line. with Gov.
stone and number OF city oficials aboard
as she passed the fleet the regulation salute
from the six-pounder guns was given, Ad-
miral Sampson and the officers Of the feet
stood on the bridges OF their yariou.
vessels and the men composing the crews in
their white suits stood at the rails.
In the afternoon members OF the Naval
veterans Association called upon Admiral
sampson and inspected the New York. In the
evening Admiral Sampson and tho officers OF
the heet went to the theatre. The vessels
were Illuminated.
Mayor Ashbridge to-day received the follow
Ing letter from Acting Secretary OF tho Navy
Charles II. Allen:
The Department has the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt OF your favor OF tho 9th inst.
with respect to a further stay OF the fleet under
Admiral Sampson at Philadelphia. and has to
inform you that the matter OF further time, to
embrace the 18th inst. has been left to the dis
erection OF the Admiral
With respect to your polite invitation to the
Secretary to visit Philadelphia at the time OF
opening the National Export Exposition, l
have to inform you that the Secretary ia at
present in Massachusetts, on his vacation. and
that he will not return until after the date you
mention"
Admiral Sampson said to-day that he had
not yet determined how long he would remain
here. The Admiral and captains OF the YES
sells OF the fleet have accepted an invitation to
dine with the Mayor next week. The date has
not yet been fixed. The Admiral and officers
OF the squadron have also accepted an invita-
ton to dine with the members OF the Five
O'Clock Club on Saturday evening. Sept. H.
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DIED..

BROWN.-At Worcester. Mass. Sept. &. Abel Swan
Brown aged 81 years, . months and 3 days.
Relatives and friends invited to attend funeral
services from his late summer home The Her.
mitage, at Worcester. Mass, Saturday, Sept. o. at
3P. NJ. Carriages will meet y O'Clock New York
train at 2l7. Funeral services also from his lats
residence lo3 Pennington av., Passaic, n. j., on
Sunday sept. 10. at4P. NJ. Carriages will be at
Prospect st. station. Fassaic, on arrival of train
leaving foot Of Chambers ST.. New fork at \ p NJ
Returning. special train will leave Prospect st.
station. Passatc, at $50.
REED. Suddenly at saranac Club. Upper Saranac
Lake, ". Y, Sept 9Th Nathaniel Reed son Of
Charles and the late Adelaide Reed in his twenty.
FIRST year.
Funeral services at the residence Of his father 2aa
North Broadway, Yonkers, Saturday, Sept. o.
OIL the arrival Of 1910 P. NJ. train from New York
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Forming a Printing Press Trust.

PLAINFIELD. N. j.. Sept. Sit is reported
here on good authority that there is Eow in
process OF formation a consolidation OF the
larRest printing press makers In this country.
agreements. but two OF the largest. the Hoe
Company Of New York. and the Huber Com
pany OF Taunton. Mass. are holding out.
the Goss Company. the Mlehle Company and
the Cranston Company OF Chicago and the
Scott. Campbell and Potter companies Of this
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TWO INJURED BIZ A BLAST
Negro Will Lose His EyesiEht- Another
Mans Arm Broken.

A blast set of yesterday afternoon In Tiffany
street. near Webster avenue. in The Bronx
shook things up in that neighborhood and In
jured two men. Charles Woods OF 4l70 Park
avenue. negro lost the sight OF both eyes.
Alfred BerzinS OF 3402 Third avenue was in
jured about the head and received a broke
arm. Both men were near the blast when it
exploded They were removed to Fordham
Hospital. The foreman. j. Murray OF SO2
Mebster avenue. was arrested.
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MONSTERS HUNTERS ORGANIZING.
American Antitrust League Has Begnr
Operations in This city.

The American Antitrust League has begun
operations IN this city. Henry II. Martin.
National Secretary 81 the organization. is
authority for the statement that local branches
Of tho League have been organized in some Of
the boroughs Five members. no says. can
form branch Martin was member OF the
General Executive Board { the Knights Of
Labor when James R. sove Ngn was General
Master Workman. He saytL4he League is a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-09
Arrived-FRIpAY, Sept. 8.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Bept 3,
Ss Columbia. Vogelgesang. Hamburg.
SIS Pretoria, Karlowa, Hamburg.
Ss Somadio, Thomas. Liverpool.
SIS Sezuranca, Hansen. Havana.
SIS Saratoga. johnson. Cienfuegos.
Ss Mcclellan u. 8. transport), Eye, San Juan.
SIS St. Bernard. Morgan. Gibraltar.
Ss Citta, di Palermo, Bruno, Girgente.
IS City of Augusta, DAggett, Savannah.
Sc Henry L. CAV. Hastings. Baltimore.
SIS Matanzas. Rogers. Tampico.
IS Silvia Clark, Newfoundland.
Ss Hamilton. Dole. Norfolk.
So Benefactor, Townsend. Philadelphia.
SIS Horato Hall Bragg. Portland.
IS Erna, Goetz Cape Haytian.
Ship Galgate. Grffths, Liverpool.
Bark st. Mary, Goldthwaite, Mobile.
Bark Marie, Branois, Philadelphia
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MARINE INTELLIGESCE.

MINIATURE ALaANAc-rHn DAT.
Sun rises. b:35 Sun SETS. 6:19 Moon sets. $40.
HIGH wATER-THn DAY.
Sandy Hook. 9:51 Gov.rd 10: az He'll Gate. 1871
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AcliNious 9lotirrs.

BROADWAY TABERNACLE CHURCH, Cor Broad.
ID way aud 34tN Street.
Regular Sc vices al II A. NJ aud X 2. NJ. The pas
tor Roy. Chas. T. Jefferson u. d., will preach morn
ing and evening. PRAYER meeting wednesday even.
ing at X. preceded by Conversation meeting at 7SO
The pastor will preside.
EIFTH AVENUE PREsBY IERGAN CHURCH cor.
L ner Of fllty nth street Services SUNDAY lOth
inst. at u A, NJ; and ?; II, The Rey. Charles A.
SAlmond, Nj. A. Pastor Of the South Morninpsids
Free Chuch OF Edinburgh. Scotland is expected to
uGiciate.
GRACE CHURCH. Broadway, corner 10th at
" Holy Communion, "A. NJ.
early Morning Prayer and Sermon, o O'Clock.
Later EycnsOng, \ o'CloCk.
All sittings free.
SPRISG STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
- Spring near yArick street. Pablo service 10.
morrow at l0;tS 4; N; and I:thP.M Preaching by
Pan: Presbyterian Alliance. Bible school at 2so
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M MARRIED.

TURGIS-THOMAS.-AtF airhaven. Mass, Sept.
4. by the Rev. NJ. c. Julien. Danford. n. B.
sturgis and MinnA. daughter of Theo. Thomas
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SIS Mongolian. from Glasgow for New York
ss Mohawk from London for New York
So Jersey City, from swansea for New York.
ss Fuetst Bismarck. from Cherbourg for New York.
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THE KENsIco CEMETERY Private station, HAr.
lem Ra!lroad IS minutes ride from the Grand
Central Depot. once. l1 East 42d ST.
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ARRIVED OUT.
SIS Britannia. from New York. at Liverpool.
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warships to Participate In tho Welcome
to Dewey.

WASHINGTON Sept. 8.-The acting Secretary
o: the Navy has detailed the following war
ships to participate In the welcome to Admiral
Dewey on his arrival at Tompkinsvile. s.
l.. Sept %: Tho armored cruiser New
York. Rear Admiral Simpsons flagship; the
Armored cruiser Brooklyn. the flrst-class bat
tleships Indiana and Massachusetts,. the Sec
ond-elass battleship Texas. the gunboat Mar
istts. the train ship Lancaster. and the
torpedo boats Dupont. Porter Winslow. Norris
and stlletto. Thess are all tho vessels avail
able; The despatch-boat Dslphin may possibly
0artieipate.
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CHAPTER II.
" rrN-uTuN.N or TItE f.TrIpn

tFS1LEMAN OF TIE GUARD.
Shortly before $3.50 Hollywood presented
himself at the granite, palace with its four Gu
poas. which NJ. Sepdorf occupied in his ca
pacity Of First Minister Of state After some
Slight delay he was ushcrcd into comfortable
study. where he found Sclpdorf with n reading
lamp at his elbow. .glanclnG rapidly through n
mass Of papers that he threw one attornnOthcr.
with apparent car"lcssncss. on the floor
The Chancellor Of a small state might very
well have been pardoned had no introduced Il
certain amount Of what an old official used to
call desk dignity" into his dealings with those
who approached him. but Sclpdorf hnh!tually
affected nm easy manner and an easy chair He
WAS "A middle" sized man. possessed OF very
round head bald at the crown. but having still
n lock of dark hair on the summit OF his round
forehead: very round eyes set far back in
smooth holes. showing little lid: nose blunt
and thick over lips that might have been
coarse. hut were controlled and BETRAYED II
lurking humOr at the corners, 10 which the
outstanding mustache seemed To add point.
For all has popularity OF aspect, he was II man
who left an impression on the memory Of
something peasing and attractive especially
in tn" minds Of women.
he received Ralvwood will that air Of deep
personal interest which told with such happy
effect on those whom he desired to influence.
An my dear Lieutenant. understood YOU
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-25
PrieStley'S Black Goods.

place. Both these men were accom-
plished ordnance officers, having been
at the head Of the ordnance department.
Still, Sampson would not have been re-
tanned permanently in command of the
squadron, had he not won a conspicu-
Gus reputation for ability. In fact,
there is very high authority for say
ing that nine-tenths of his brother
officers would have rated him as the
biggest man in the navy.
Long is no Alger, and Longs way
are not Ayers. Sampson was cont
nued in command and raised to fla,
rank to correspond with other officers
in command of a squadron because of
his pre-eminent fitness for the place,
and there is not the slightest evidence
taken in its estimate of the man. If
it was wrong to jump him over other
officers, it was no less reprehensible to
jump Schley over Watson. In fact,
these three men were designated for in
dependent commands, and when at
last Schley was placed under Sampson,
the department had ample reason for
doing So as will be shown if the oues-
ton is pressed.
1t should be borne in mind that the
officers themselves did not originate
TINS unpleasant and understandable
dispute, nor have they taken any part
in it except to deprecate it. Much the
same may be said of the entire navy.
This is a controversy that has sprung
up outside the service, and it is not free
from the suspicion of political animus.