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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-19
OBITUARY..

Mrs, Charles Sweet, aged 2j years, died
yesterday afternoon at her home, 33i
North RebeCCa avenue. She is survived
by her husband who is employed as Il
machinist I'm the Delaware. Iackawanna
and Western Shops. Tie funeral arrange
ments have not yet been completed.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-19

Paine'S Celery Compound .75c
Pinkham's Compound. .......7 7oc
PerceS Golden Medical Dis =. 75c
MELONS Food. .....3 $50 and 5sc
Al
GEORGE w. JENKINS,
IoI S. Main Avenue
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

Apparently all was quiet at Lsdysmith
yesterday. General White is confident of
his ability to hold the place until rein
forcemsuts arrive which can hardly be for
several weeks yet. There is little or
nSth ing from the Boer camp and what
they are doing Is matter Of conjecture.
but IL is suspected that they will try to
get into General Whites rear and out
of his communications. 1t Ii hardly
probable that they will make any as
sault on the town at present. Could they
cut of Whites communications they
might In time force him to surrender
provided no relief were sent him from
Cape Colony. But the chances are that
he could stand siege for many weeks
and that long before he was In dire
strait, General Butler could arrive with
relief. His situation will cause much
anxi, ty for some time to come. but 1t is
far from desperate at present.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

Mrs. W. B. BazsD. the lady whom Ad-
miral Dewey is TO marry, is Roman
Catholic, and this fact is giving consider
able satisfaction to some of the politicians
who have tesn fearing that be might be
induced to become Presidential candi-
date Their idea is that Catholic wife
is an effeotual bar to mans getting q
nomination for chief magistrate OF the
nation. This may make assurance doubly
sure, but when Senator Proctor declared
that he was not grooming Dewey fer
President, all danger was removed that
by any body.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
A LITTLE MISTAKE.
hut II Caused nm Uproar In Nine
Rooms In the Hotel.

"The other evening, just before we
changed watch" said the clerk AT one OF
the hotels, "a fat drummer came up and
began figuring out his expense account
for the day. He took the first piece of
paper he could lay his hands on and
didn't notice that 1t wts the blank we
use for keeping memotA nda of morning
calls. The blank is arranged in columns,
headed by figures representing the hours
and half hours, and he logan his pencil
ing in the $3.50 row.
First he jotted down Si.50 for buggy
hire. then 10 cents for stamps, 30 cents
for car fare. SLIGO for express package.
$1.10 for kilograms, 30 cents for a trunk
strap, 3 cents for a paper and % cents
for messenger service. Down at the
bottom, as an afterthought, he put 40
and wrote beer after it, thinking to
work 1t in somehow, suppose.
"Wcll, at $3.50 o'clock next morning
there was trouble and plenty Of it. The
night clerk supposed. of course, that the
calls had been left in the ordinary way,
and, while he was a little surprised at
30 many people wanting to get up at
such an unearthly hour, he told the boys
to wake Nos. $50, Is, 35, 16O, ITO. 80,
and 20 and carry a quart bottle OF beer
TO ~. Iney uhu u ttTFibit tiihe Gttths
the people up, and everybody was ns
mad as blazes. particularly the fat drum
mer himself, who happened to be in ITO
and swore he was going right down and
lick the clerk.
,"About that time the boy with the
beer got to 40. There was n preacher
from north Georgia in the room, and he
called out to know what was wanted.
I've brought you the beer you ordered
holers the kid. and the preacher nearly
had a fit 'Merciful heavens. he saiu.
This will ruin me for life! / will go
down Immediately and see the proprie'
tori
"He and the fat drummer struck the
Office together. The drummer wanted
gore, but when he saw the call list he
turned pale around the gills and sneaked
back up stairs. II took nearly an hour
to get the minister cooled off, and when
the facts leaked out next day several
people began looking for the fat drum
mer with clubs. He lay low. hut he
bought a new memoranda book on pur-
pose to figure up his casb.'-New Or.
leans Times-Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

Only two working days before the cleo
tion takes place in this district. The
time Is short, but much may DO accom- :
plished In IL. 1ne only danger Is that
the certainty OF victory and apathy in
cident to an off year may keep many Re
pubiicans from the polls, AMI thus the
majority for the Republican candidate
be kept down to a much smaller figure
than the strength of the party in this dis
trict would ensure II put forth. Work
will avert this danger.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

President j. J.Hill of the Great North
western Railroad, believes that our pres
ent prosperity will last at least twenty
years and he is showing his faith by his
works. He has just ordered two gigantic
steamships for the trans Pacific connec-
tion of his great railway. They are to be
20 feet longer than the Oceanic, the great
est steams ship ever built. President Hill
believes that in spite of the large volume
of commerce with the East far greater
triumphs are to be won.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

General Tracy's conduct on the witness
stand before the Mazet committee was In
marked contrast with that OF Croker
and Van Wyck. They eyaded and pre-
varicated, and when they were hard
pressed refused to answer at all. General
Tracy on the other hand explained his
connection with the Ramapo Water Com
pany frankly and minutely. He was
drawn into the thing as counsel in the
first place and supposed 1t to be an hon
orabls and honest enterprise. When
facts came to his attention that excited
his suspicion he washed his hands Of the
concern. The impression General Tracy
left by his testimony was that OF an hon
est man deceived for time by misrep-
ressntation. The impression created by
Croker's testimony was that of dis
honest man trying TO deceive others.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, a.
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he Is
the senior partner OF the firm of L. j.. CHENEY
a. Co., doing u.iness in the CITY OF Toledo.
County and state aforsaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CATARRH that can
not be cured by the use OF HALLS CATARRH
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my
presence. this 9th day OF December, A. ID. 1885
ll A. W. GLEASON,
I Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials free.
II j. CHENEY g. CO, Toledo,O,
Sold by Druggist. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

We have never been inclined to join in
any "hue and cry" as President Schur-
mann styles the criticism that Is being
made of the Sulu agreement. We quite
agIs, with him that it would be insen-
safe folly to undertake to uproot polyg-
amy and slavery in the Sulus by
force. The concessions we hsvs made to
the Sultan aud his chiefs are on the
whole wise. But If 1t lie wise and right
to make concessions to the savages OF the
Sulu archipelago. if 1t be wise and right
to wink at polysamy and slavery, both
OF them high crimes within the United
States of America, why would it not bs
wise and right, and righteous to MAKE
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

ofiioe. IL Is not safe. however. for q great
nation 70 let Its course be guided BY
exceptions Either the e-Presidency
should be filled, as OF old, with strict
view to the possible succession. or 10
shonld be wiped out of existence alto
Gether. and the honors and responsibii-
ties Of the President transferred Mt once
In case Of sudden vacancy In the ofhce,
to the ad wiser who Is presumptively best
educated 10 carry out the unfinished work
Of his chief.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
Mrs. Abner w. Lowell,
TEACHER OF
: EIOcution and Physical Culture. {: {:
Glasses In Gymnastics,
At Baxter Hall, 562 Congress Street.
BOYS AND GIRLS.

BOYS AND GIRLS.
Saturdays. commencing Nov. II. at 10 a. m.
Tuition; 20 lessons, 5000; 10 lessons. $500.
LADIES AND MISSES.
Wedne sdays at 10 and II N. m, commencing
Nov 10. fridays at 3 aud .. M. commencing
Nov II. Tuition: 20 lessons, Ssi 10 lessons, 81
Private classes solicited.
Private pupils In elocution received at resi-
deuce. Frequent recitais.
FOR further information and application to
join classes, call or address, II Henry 81.
novleod2w
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
ELECTION, MONDAY, NOV. {
For Representative TO Congress,
AMOS L. ALLEN.

The New York Tribune Is quit, as In
s,st,nt as Croker t1at the Mazst commit
tee shall call Plstt to trtIfy in regard
to his connet tlon wit, the Ramapo Water
Company.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

According to our esteemed contempo-
rary, The Colum biap, Parson Mckinney Is
speeches in Congress in favor of the
eight hour law "are well known" We
think The Columbian must have had In
mind that letter he wrote about Bryan
and .ree silver. That its we'll known, but
his speeches on the eight-hour law have
not gained wide publicity.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
Notice of Foreclosure.

WHEREAS on the second day of October, A.
ID. 1897, Joseph A. Locke and John 7. Sterling
both of Portland. Cumberland County, Maine,
entered into written articles OF agreement
whereby the said Locke agreed to convey TO
the said John Il. Sterling all interest acquired
by him In an 10 certain furniture beds, bed
House located on Peaks Island in said Port
land, which had been conveyed 10 him by
George Irefethen, Assignee. upon the payment
money as specified In said agreement. which Is
recorded in the City Clerks office in and for
said City OF Portland. And whereas the condi-
ton OF said agreement has been broken by the
said John T. Sterling who Is now resident be-
yond the limits of the state, this Is 10 give she
said John 4. Sterling notice Of my intention to
foreclose said agreement. or mortgage for
breach of the condition thereof.
JOSEPH A. LOCKE.
Portland, Me-. Oct. 20. 1909. oc27dlawSw II
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

New York is going to have an exhi-
bi,'on of the strenuous life" this eve
Mig, and the country Is waiting with
bated biea'h to see whether its greatest
hero is named JefTries or Sharkey.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

Rryan is making thu fight OF his life
In Nebraska. lie ncts as II he felt that
his IL turs depended upon his holding .is
own tt,t', and we are inclined to think
that he isn't far out Of the way.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
MAINE GENERAL HOSPITAL.

THE Annual meeting of the Maine General
Il Hospital for the choice OF officers Tor the
ensuing year and the transaction of such other
business as may legally be presented, Will be
held In the office of the Treasurer, IN Portland,
at four o. clock In The afternoon OF the first
Tuesday the seventh day of November. 1899.
Il. L. BARRETT, Secretary.
Portland, Oct. f6. 1893. oetl6eodtd
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

Goebel is said to be a good deal dis
couragsd at the out look in Kentucky.
About his only hope now Is that his elec-
ton law which will enable his friends
to do most OF the count :ng, may pull
him through.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

AS Nash, Jones, and Mclean cannot
each and everyone carry Ohio somebody
Is destined to be greatly disappointed, for
the supporters of each of them are loud
" proclaiming that their favorit, Will
win.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
For Women.

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MAN CO., l70 fremont St., Boston, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03


lor maids and nurses are
here always and a new
stock of them has re-
Gently been opened in
Guiding some novelties.
Big, ample lawn aprons
with deep pockets, for
nurses, SOC, aprons
broad enough to come
way around protecting
the entire skirt, with bib
and bretelles, 75c-also
for ses. Maids
aprons of fine sheer lawn,
high bib, shoulder strap
and Swiss embroidered
bretelles at SEC. An
other style has tucked
bretelles at $1.00. Still
another with a dainty
white striped ruffle on
shoulders, small bib and
broad ties behind, hem
stitched, 75c.
Plain muslin Aprons
with or without fiounce
of Swiss embroidery at
the bottom, soc. Tucked
and ruffled and furbe-
lowed Aprons from SOC
up to two and thee dol
lars The commoner
sorts at 25c are here too.
Also black lawn Aprons
at 25c and pretty little
aprons with a strip of
beading at top of flounce
and a bit of ribbon let
in at 36c.
You may be sure of
finding Aprons of the APP
proved sort here, made
of cambric or nainsook
or sheer muslin or linen
with or without bretelles,
ample strings and demi-
bibs, plain or embroid-
cred. Any quality you
wish, of course, but all
absolutely correct in form
whatever the price.
And Caps.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

Patrons of the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses OF their
papers changed as often as they may desire by
notifying the Office
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03


Without option of earlier redemption.
Issued 10 refund like amount OF SIX per
cent bonds.
We placed the original issue of six per cent
bonds on these water works at the time the
works were constructed, andhav been famil-
lar with the growth OF the prop rty and the city
from that time, through several visitations. The
population then, 1880, was II 600; II Is now esti-
mated at 5000.
The source OF supply Is from Summit Lake
and wells on lands lying between the lake and
the company's pumping station. The water Is
pumped to an elevated reservoir. whence it
falls by gravity to the city, in addition 10 which
the company can supply water by direct pres
sure. The distribution system comprises about
tlfty-hve miles OF iron and steel pipes. The
financial statement shows handsome surplus
of net earnings after payment OF all operating
expenses, taxes, and Interest charges on all the
bonds.
The mortgage securing these bonds was
drawn, under our supervision, to carefully
guard the interests OF all Investors in these
bonds. IL also pr0vldeS for an annual Sinking
Fund for the purpose of purchasing and retir-
ing the bonds of this issue at their market
price. up 10 i05 and accrued interest.
The Akron Water Works IS no. a new enter
prise. but is n well established, successful
property In prosperous and growing COM
munity and IS owned aud controlled by sue
cessfu business men.
Price and further particulars on application.
IL. NJ. PAYSON a. CO.,
oct26du 81 Exchange st.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the Office OF
the DAILY PRESS. No. ~ Exchange street,
Portland Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03
HOME BONDS

Portland WATER Co. As, due 1927
Stnndt,h Water Co. as, due 1928
Guaranteed by Portland Wai-
er Coz
Portland Railroad Co. 4 LES,
due 1913.
Portland 4 Cape Elizabeth IL.
R. SIS, due 1915.
Interest guaranteed by Port
land ls. r.
Maine Central R. R. rs, due
1912.
Portland 4 Ogdensburg SIS, due
1905.
Portland & RumfOrd Falls R'y.
as, due 1897.
Lewiston Gns Light Co. lst NItse.
As, due 1924.
First National Bank stock.
The Portland daily press., 1899-11-03

TERMS
DALEY PRESS
BY the year. 50 in advance or 81 at the end Of
the year.
by the month. 80 cents.
The DAILY PRESS Is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers in all parts oil
Portland. and In westbrook and south fort
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS weekly
BY the year, 81 IN advance, or si.2b at the
end OF the year - -
For six mon hs, 90 cents; Tor three months,
20 cents
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-12

bOtt IS correct in her statement that Mrs.
SOuthWorth, the novelist, gave the mate
rial 10 Whittier TO weave into q poem.
The heorine however. should not have
been Barbara Friotchie, but a Miss GUAM
tren, who did see Stonewall Jackson
as he marched by, and who also waved
a flag.
Being o niece Of Dame Barbara and Of
the same degree that Mrs. Abbott is, 1
am in a position 10 know that the fOun-
dation Of tho poem IS absolutely false
and that no silken flag was ever waved
dehantly I'm the face of Jackson. ! am in
possession of facts given me by one
OF her nephews Walerius Ebert, now
deceased, and once Mayor Of FREDERICK.
She lived at 81 west Patrick street, IN the
old Frletchie homestead. with Miss Har-
rlet Gouer, who served IN the capacity
of companion and housekeeper Dame
Barbara died December as, 1862 aged IS
years. Al the time St0newaH Jackson
was in Frederick my aunt was SO I'll
that she had lost the power OF locomo-
ton. Furthermore, General Jackson
never passed her residence at all, but
passed out Of Frederick through MIL
street, which is west OF where her homo
stood.
She never made use Of the words,
shoot. il you must, this gray old head.
but spare your cOuntry's flag" l am
sorry the beautiful poem BY which she
has been immortalIzed Is not true. But
it is not. Nevertheless, I'm spite Of re-
peated denials, II is probable that tho
poetic eplction viii continue TO be ac-
oepted as truth by many people FOR years
to como. Mrs. j. o. KEMP.
MCDANIEL, Talbot county Nd.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-12
TIE 18TH VIRGINIA.
COMPOSED OF RICHMOND, HEY
RICO, AND HANOVER BoYS'
CAREER OF THIS GALLANT REGIMENT
Incidents Of the Capture of Harper's
Ferry and the Bloody Battle Oh
MISUNDERSTANDING Vance ana
"NOIIy COttOntnil"

"a the Editor Of the Dispatch:
want TO tell what l know about the
mart taken in the sharpsburg campaign
nv me Fifteenth Virginia Infantry whose
,iaes cracked from Bethel to ARpomat-
tox.
mere were eight companies in the reg
,,oent Organized and composed oil men
.~n., Ricbmond and vicinity-to wiz
connanv A. Church Hill, city; company
y, t'reinia Life Guard. city; Company
- patrick Henry Rifles, Hanover; COM
-, n Ola Dominion Guard, city; SoH-
-, =, Ashland, Grays, Hanover; COM
fany = Henrico Southern Guard Hen
rico. Company II, Young Guard, Guy
Company 1. Hanover Grays, iiaNV' el,
Tavjng lost its colonel CI. +. august,
woupded) and major John stewart
TVeilrer killed at Malvern HID, the regi-
renf recruited and reorganized, broke
ann ON August 30, 1862, near Culpeper
Courthouse. and started on It's eVehtLui
march for the first invasion beyond tho
Potomac. - Irau-
= on August Slst we biyouaeked at fau-
ouier White sulphur Springs, sepleih.
Der ist al Gainesville. september "a a.
Bnll Run. September 80 az Leeslurg, ana
soptember 9Th we crossed the Foto-
mac by fording the riyer-up 10 our
breast. September 9TH we blyonachsu
near Frederick City, Nd, ana on tno
10th PASSED Though the ci'ys h. S'"NA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-12
Comforts.
ACROSS JAMES RIVER
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACED

IS visiting Mrs. A. J. Dafron, Of Porter
street.
Mrs. w. f. Bass, Of Swansboro'. Is
quite III at his home.
Mrs. e. p. Nunnally Is confined TO her
room on account Of sickness.
Rev. Mr.. Badly will hll his pulpit at
Bainbrldge-Street church to-day at both
services.
There will be preaching at West-End
Methodist church to-day al IL A. NJ. and
=. M.
Rev. Charles n. Van Houten, pastor,
will hold services az the Presbyterian
church at Il A. ~ and TOO T.. NJ. to-day.
Mr.. George Il. Sanders. OF Rockland.
Mich, brother OF Alr. Edwards Sanders.
is visiting his niece, Mrs. Ella y. Eggle-
ston, OF 1913 cambridge street.
The infant child OK Mrs. Annie Ander-
son, OF Swansboro. died Friday night
and was buried yesterday afternoon Ia
Maury Cemetery.
The report OF Special Tax Collector
Charles Wake shows: Total taxes COLI
lected for 1873. sl,7ge.7S; delinquent city
taxes collected, $2,0l2gt, delinquent school
taxes, S2l8sg; delinquent sewer taIes.
Sl06, making 4 total taxes collected for
quarter. ,i.l55.l0.
Mr.. WIN Llpscomb has been elected q
member OF the school Board, succeeding
Mr.. Ely, resigned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-12

l.. NJ. Morrison commanding the Tebl-
mont: Lieutenant Bumpass; Lieutenant
+. *. Russell, our own J. X; Lieutenant
/ H. Allen. Lieutenant George Berry, anu
Lieutenant George L. Haw-were wound
cd. OF the ll4 non-commissioned ohlceIs
and privates, 10 were killed and JS wound
ell.
Wa held our part Of the lines until az
ter dark. when we withdrew about nun
dred yards 10 the crest OF NIL III our
rear. where we lay unmolested all the
next day, the 18th, IN fun view OF tne
enemy That afternoon captain ms
had me gather up all the wounded 'hA.
could walk (0f which 1 had t"eh-y), "iIN
take them across tho Potomac az SHep-
herdstown, which we forded az hignu
We went on our way to the ho5pi'al a.
winchester. with not mouthiul 10 eat
lent THAT could beg on the route, but
tbo women along the road helped me 10
r.osb and bind Up the mems wounds
which was the only medical attention
trov received during our weary march.
hfter Getting them safe 10 the hospital /
returned TO the regiment, when Joiheu
eeptember 23d. near MartinsDurs' Wheie
,bev we're undergoing repairs
r,bus ended q thrce-Weeks campaign
Of a REGIMENT which seems 20 have been
almost forgotten by the GOOD people u
Richmond. though raised amongst theih'
II was the first regiment 10 organize III
1Se1 and left this city for the front May
o,tb armed with guns OF four dinerenl
cslibres-viz., Springfield, Enfield MIS-
sIssippl rifle. and smooth-noIe.
COMPANY T.. the Emmett Guards, ana
companv X. the Marion Rides disbandeu
|, after the FIRST year. their term OF elii9'-
ment. -. e...u
Onr regiment barred IT'S breast for four
long years to all corners. Yet, TOT an inc
hardship. fatigue, and priVauonS en-
dured. some little things gave us Cne1i
and amusement. While taxing snort re9'
in HagerstOwn, Nd, the ueors anu W.
dows of the houses being filled with Wo-
men and children, eager 70 see H10
"rebel." a soldier left the line ana ap-
preached n group OF boys on the sidewalk
appropriated ones hat, put his dllapl-
dated covering on the boys head, ana re-
turned 10 ranks amid the meuiment or
his comrades. Imagine the rebel yeli
that went ND when a woman appeared
with a pair Of tongs. lifted 1t from the
pavement. where the boy had thrown IT,
and deposited IL in the gutter
Colonel Zeb. Vance, the gallant ana VII
~ North Caroliniau. at the battle OF
Fredericksburg, where Jackson "anteu
IN "drlve them in the river" was taking
HE REGIMENT through a dense thicket ana
undergroyth. where "ole hares' were
nIentv II was when the fire was heaviest
mar the little things seemed paraiyzed
,ror, fear The bows were so busy picking
I'D and bagging them that they almost
FORGOT the enemy in their front one
.,old Iady." though. didn't lost her head
b,,t tool, 70 the rear. and in passing Colo
mel Vance he put his sword under his
arm clapped his hands, and exclaimed
eco II. old Molly Cottontail! If 'twasnt
for honor. I would be with you"
J. =. LACY,
Late sergeant-Major Fifteenth Virginia
Infantry. Confederate state volunteers
Army of North Virginia