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HAS LEFT
Harvey s. Middleton
Makes an Unceremonious Depart

Special to the Register.
MORGANTOWN, w. Va, December
14.-Lieut. Harry S. Middleton has left
Morgantown hurriedly. 1t is said that
an erring wife and an irate husband
are at the bottom of his departure.
He lives at Orange. N. j.
He left a board bill of 500 at the
Wallace House. where he had been
staying since September. He has gone
to Philadelphia.
John Lantz, proprietor of the Wallace
House, was on his track with tele-
grams as soon as the discovery was
made. Instructions to arrest him were
wired to authorities at Philadelphia,
but no reply has been received.
Commander Brown made the discov-
cry. AS Lieut.. Middleton did not come
down at the usual time, the command
er forced an entrance and found a
great many things which belonged to
Mr.. Brown which were left. Middle
ton was allowed the use of anything he
had, ever Of his pocketbook This
latter, containing $40, he took He
also took the commanders mileage
book.
Lieut.. Middleton was for several
years under Commander Brown on
board the battleship Trenton. In the
storm, and wreck at Samoa in 1899, he
stoodNon the deck of the Trenton be-
side his commander, signalling his or
ders by which a greater disaster was
averted.
After the Samoan disaster he was out
Of the service until the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, when he received an appoint
ment as ensign He made a good rec
ord In this war. and was honorably
discharged at its close.
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WHEELING, ". Va FRIDAY. DECEMBER 49, 1892
:. R. Mackenzie and Capt. Brodie.

X. r. Mackenzie and Capt. Brodie.
Field NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. wound
ed. Surgeon Major was taken pris-
oner.
Mounted infantry-Killed, Major
Milton and Major Ray.
The var Office has received from
Gen. Gatacre the following list of cas-
~ualties, furnished by a correspondent
who was permitted to visit the Boer
camp with the chaplains, and is be-
lieved to be reliable:
Second Royal Irish-Ten killed, 80
wounded; First East Lancashire, one
wounded; Second Northumberland. IL
killed, 81 wounded. All the above
wounded men are prisoners"
A still later revised list of the total
casualties to the British troops at Mag
g~ersfontein places the number at S32.
The scenes at the war Office this
morning when Gen. Methuen's casual
ties were posted were highely dra-
matte. There was a steady incursion
of anxious inquirers from the moment
the doors opened, and there was in
tense excitement when an official APP
peared, bearing the ominous long list
of names. The women present crowd
ed eagerly forward and begged for
copies of the lists. But the supply was
not sufficient, and the official read out
the lists. Intense feeling was evident
on all faces. 1t was a memorable
scene. Some of the women were SO
overcome that they had to be assisted
from the room.
1t is stated by a person in a position
to know that
The Queens Mental Anxiety
gives the gravest alarm to the royal
household. The queen insists on re-
ceiving the minutest information from
the wal Office as to the state of affairs.
Yet she is completely overcome when
the particulars of each engagement are
related. Even when discussing other
matters and conducting ordinary or
respondence the queen suddenly bursts
into a food of tears and make a
pathetic reference to the misery and
hardships entailed upon her soldiers
and their relatives, as well as upon the
Beers themselves.
No matter where one went last night
to the theater, to the club or to the
hotelAthere was but one topic Of dis
observation-disclosures defeat and his
probable losses. Later in the evening,
when it became known that Gen. Wau-
chope and the Marquis of Winchester
were among the killed, the tension was
increased, as the thought flashed
through all minds that the list of kill
ed and wounded will carry grief to
many stately as well as to many lowly
homes. 1t is not an exaggeration to
say that almost every handsome
sion in the fashionable West End on
tains anxious and ~sleepless men and
women this morning.
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BROOKE IS SORE,
Although He Doesn't Admit It-His
Friends Speak For Him.

HAVANA, December 14.-Governor
General Brooke is indignant at the re-
ports cabled from Washington. which
represent him as having potested
against the order of the President re-
lieving him OF the goyernoship of Cuba.
He says:
Il am a soldier and obey orders. I
would direct the arrest of any officer
who protested against my oder, and
would always render to a supeior au-
thority the respect which l would ex-
act from a subordinate"
His friends, however, express the
opinion that he has not been treated
with due consideration They think
that some intimation should have been
given him of the contemplated change.
whereas a matter of fact the first
knowledge he had that he was to be
removed and be succeeded by Major
General Wood was derived from news
paper dispatches.
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A severe

LONDON, December 14.-The war Of
flee has received the following dispatch
from Gen. Forestier-Walker, at Cape
Town:
Gen. French wires under date of De-
cember Is, reporting a skirmish at 4
o'clock in the morning with 1900
Beers who were advancing southwark
toward Naauwpoort. The skirmisling
continued all the morning, the Beers
fighting on a front Of fourteen miles.
The enemy retired with a loss of forty
killed and wounded. Our casualties
were one killed, seven wounded, in
Guiding n officer, and two missing"
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Maltby building. The other commit
tees on which the Senator was assigned
are contingent expenses of the Senate,
manufactures, railroads, public build
ings and grounds and mining. The
first named of the1e committees has
control of the expenses in the Scott
MeGraw contest
Senator Elkins remains at the head
OF the committee on geological survey,
and is a member besides of the commit
tees on civil service, commerce, inter-
State commerce. rules, p~ostofices and
printing. Rules and printing are his
new assignments.
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~vULCANIzER EXPLODED.
Dangerous Accident In the once of
DIR. Caddle, at Huntington.

Special 70 the Register.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, December IA.
A %vulcanizer exploded late this after
noon in the dental parlors of DR.. Geo.
J.. Caddle here, and one room was badly
wrecked. The explosion was heard
squares away. DR.. Earnest Gruber was
dangerously injured by flying debris.
DIR. Caddle was formerly a dentist OF
Wheeling.
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SOME BATTLE DETAILS.
Incidents of the Great Fight Picked
Up by the Newspaper Men.

" ~ NV A(h
MODDER RIVER, Cape Colony,
Tuesday, December "details gath
cred here by a representative of the
Associated Press among the wounded
British and Beers give some idea of
the desperate nature of the fight at
Magerfontein. The Highlanders did
all that the most gallant troops in
the world could do, but it was impos-
sible to face the terrible fire of the
Beers. The British artillery again
saved the day and divides the honor
of the day with the Scots. The batter
les worked for hours under a CALLING
rife fire.
According to the Boer stories, it was
impossible for the Burghers to have
escaped fearful loss. One Boer pris-
mel said a single lyddite shell killed
or wounded over seventy and that two
other shells burst over two bodies of
Beers ~ensconced behind the range, do
ing fearful damage. All agree that the
Beers fought throughout with the ut
most gallantry. The sharpshooters
seldom missed the mark.
A Seaforth Highlander says that
while he was lying wounded N the
field, he saw a Boer of typical German
appearance, faultlessly dressed, with
polished top boots, a shirt with silk
rufies and a cigar in his mouth, walk
ing among the ant hills,
Picking on the British.
He was quite alone. and it was APP
parent from the frequent use he made
of field glasses that he was singing
out officers.
Another wounded Boer a y that a
lyddite shell, fired on Sunday, fell In
the middle of an open air prayer meet
ing held to offer supplications for the
success of the Boer arms.
All the wounded are full of praise
for the treatment they received from
the medical department on the battle
field.
While the guards were advancing on
the plain which the Beers were she'll
ing from the adjoining ridges, they en-
countered and cut up a strong Boer
picket post on a hill for purposes of
observation. All the members of the
picket were either killed, wounded or
taken prisoners.
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In Bosfon.

WASHINGTON. December 14.-Rep-
resentatiYe Overstreet said to-day thar
canyasses thus far made showed that
the financial bill would pass next Mon
day by a majority Of about 90. This
IL based on the circulation that the
full Republican vote 1856 and eight
Democratic votes, will be recorded for
the bill. and that seven other Demo-
cratic members will refrain from vot-
ing. Mr. Oyerstreet says It e estab-
lished beyond question that not q
Republican vote viii be recorded
AGAINST the bill.
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COMMITTED SUICIDE.
A Marietta Lumber Dealer Hanged
Himself of a Pain I'm His
Head.

Special 70 the Register.
MARIETTA, o., December ii-Jas.
A. Frost, a prominent lumber dealer.
was found hanging by a clothes-line
from a rafter in his barn this morn
ing. He had placed a slip-knot over
his head while standing on a soap box,
and then kicked the box aside. He
was taken yesterday with a pain in his
head, and while crazed with his suf-
fering arose during the night and com
mitted suicide.
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RUMORS say VICTORY,
BUT ARE NOT VERIFIED.
THE BRITISH SAID TO HAVE RE-
LEVIED LADYsMITH AND TO
HAVE CAPTURED 10000
BOERS.
WAR OFFICE NOT HEARD OF IT.
BELIEVED TO BE A SCHEME TO
AFFECT THE STOCK MARKET.

The Rumor Reached London ms n
Special Telegram From PETER
maritzburg-An Undercurrent of
Intense Indignation Beneath the
OutwardIy Calm Attitude of the
Press and People A Revised
Statement of British Losses Puts
h Number at s32-Sad Scenes Mt
the War Omce-The Queen SOrely
Grieyed BY the News-Gives Way
to Tears Constantly, and is i'm a
Serious State.
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MORE 0 TO GO.

LONDON, December 14.-The war Of
flee this evening made the following
announcement:
"The Sixth division has been mob
ilized, and four battalions of mis- di-
vision will have embarked by Sunday.
The government has also approved of
the immediate mobilization of the
Seventh division"
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killed By FaII Of foek.

Special 70 the Register.
TORONTO, o.. December 14-John
Peese. aged 20. Of Hardins Run. near
New Cumberland. W. Va. was instant
" killed in The MzrquetIs coal Mines
there to-day. Several tons OF rock
fell on him and covered him up.
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eciaI "A the Regl.ter-

Special 70 The Register.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, December
14.-An unknown man, aged about 80,
was struck by a west-bound passenger
train near Sandy Hook to-day. He
was brought here, where he died from
the effects Of his injuries. He is sup
posed TO be Philip Maltheis. as he car
ried Q letter 80 addressed
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A SUCCESSFUL SORTIE.

London, December IA special
dispatch received here from Weenen,
Natal, dated Monday, December IL.
says that the Ladysmith garrison had
made a sortie and destroyed the Mod
derspruit bridge.
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A PINT OF WHISKY.
Four-Year-oId Child Swallowed IL,
and Died From h Elects.

PHILADELPHIA, December A.
Mamie BASTARD, aged four years. drank
more than a pint Of whisky last night
and died after remaining unconscious
for about three hours. The spirits had
been purchased by John BASTARD. the
baby's father, for medicinal use. How
a child could manage 70 swallow q
pint Of whisky Is a mystery 70 the ply
sfcfana.
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At PhiladeIphfa.

PHILADELPHIA, December 1.-THE
n hundredth anniversary of the
death of General Washington was OBJ
served here to-day with impressive
ceremonies.
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CHURCHILL ESCAPED.

LORENZO MARQUEE, December IA.
Winston Churchill, the newspaper cor
respondent and former officer of the
Fourth Hussars. who vas captured at
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oxer.treet,. Estimate.

BOSTON, December 1.-THE death
Of Washington 100 years ago to-day
was appropriately eommemorated in
Boston.
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COMMITTEE
Elkins-scott Gets One Chairman

ship.
Special TO the Register.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December Il.
Senator Scott has been assigned places
on six Senate committees. He has
been given the Craftsmanship Of the
select committee to investigate condi-
tons Of the Potomac river front at
Washington, which was held by Sena-
tor Turpie in the last Congress. The
craftsmanship OF this committee Is a
s~ineeure. but 1t carries with it a room,
No. Gil in the Senate annex. In the
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WILL MAKE CONTESTS.
Democratic Leaders Decide TO Pre-
sent the Kentucky Case TO the
Legislature.

FRANKFORT, KY, December IA
The State Central, Executive and Cam
paign committees OF the Democratic
party In secret session voted unani-
mously to-day to recommend a contest
before the Legislature 20 Gust the Re-
publican Governor and Lieut.. Cover
nor and endorsed the action Of minor
candidates in filing their contests be-
fore the State coutesting board. A
committee consisting OF Ex-Governor
J. b. McCreary and four other promi-
nent Democrats wa appointed to draf,
resolutions in accordance with the vots
oil the committees.
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OIL Market.

c-L CITY. Pa. December H-Credlt bal
ances. nss. certificates opened. s. S.: clos
ments. 1o.17z. Average. 75,3za. Runs. "
-: REAra<A AGl
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The weather.

WASHINGTON. December N-Wes4
y~irNna-Snow and colder Friday. fa1V
Saturday. fresh northeriy N1ndS. low tenn
perRture viii corffnase several dzyA
Western Perzsylvauta-Snow Frtday.
colder IN southern portion fair Saturday
fresh northersy wins. A0w feruperarure
viii continue fOr several days.
Of5o-Sn0w Friday. except fair q H0u4h-
west portfor1< colder IN southeast portion:
fair Saturday. low temperature win con-
Mr.. C. Schnepf. CT the Opera House drua
Store, furnished the following cbServax1ona
Of the weather Yesterday Ia m. a.. 3 a
n. Is; u N. =. 3 .. ms -; ! > m,
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Sunday Trading,

A German sncpkeeper went one Sun
day morning to customer in order to
demand the payment of long neglect
ed account The police heard of this
and regarded it as violation of the
new law against trading during the
hours of worship The offender was
gcited and fined. He appealed to the
kammergericht, and was discharged as
innocent. What the law expressly for
bids, said the kammergericht, is any
sspublic or open labor or trading within
the prescribed time.
On the police Interpretation two men
who talked incidentally about thei1
business relations ON Sunday morning
ON their way to church might be arrest
ed as violators of the law, which would
be palpably tyrannical and absurd. Thl'
recalls the good old tale of two Sabba
tartan farmers who hit upon casulsti
cal method of doing trade on the Lord I
day without breaking the fourth com
mandment ''What would you give TO
that calf asked one, ''if it were no
the Sabbath eff it were not tn
Sabbath would give you so much,
naming the sum. Tomorrow, then
we will consider it bargain. Lon
don News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-02-15

Prince Louis Esterhazy, military at
tache of the Austrian embassy at Lon
don, was travelling alone in an English
railway, when an elegantly dressed wo-
man entered the carriage Presently she
dropped her handkerchief and employed
other expedients to start conversation,
but without avail for the prince tran
quilly smoked his cigar and took no no
tlce of her. At last as the train ap-
preached a station the woman suddenly
tore her hat from her head, disheveled
her hair and as the train came to a
standstill put her head out of the win
dow and shrieked for assistance
The railroad officials hurried to the
scene, and to them the woman asserted
that she had been terribly insulted by
the prince. The prince did not stir from
his seat. but continued TRANQUILITY smok-
ing his cigar, and the station master
exclaimed, ''What have you got to say
to this charger
Without the slightest appearance of
concern the prince, who was seated in
the farther corner of the carriage, re-
piled, "Only this, and with that he
pointed to his cigar, which showed a
beautiful gray ash considerably over an
inch in length
The station master was wise in his
generation. and on perceiving the ash on
the princes cigar he touched his hat
and said quietly, ''That's all right,
.sir. = and arrested the woman instead
-San Francisco Argonaut.
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6nrg ryro Men Know i'I'.'' fIie TEIcil. :

@mA@ TWO Mem Km@vw &lae Trick.
Their Il one expert in Philadelphia
who. IL Is safe 10 say. stands entirely
Alnne ia his specially. He is James
Tongalill, who has charge Of the piling
at coin bags at the subtreasury. Not
only dos lie have charge of the piling
nf the bags, but he does it all himself,
for there is secret connected with this
work that is known to only one man in
Che country besides the Philadelphia ex-
pert.
It does not seem at first glance TO be
very difficult task, but those who have
tried it and failed can be counted by
hundreds, while the first man to do the
work properly without a knowledge of
the secret having been impaired 60 him
is yet to be named. Not SO many years
ago there was only one person in the
country who could do the work. Where
he obtained his exclusive knowledge no
one knows On a trip to Philadelphia he
met TUughil and the two became fast
friends As mark of his esteem the
original expert taught Toughill the art
Of riiing up money securely. and that is
as far as the knowledge has been ex-
fendod
The work consists Of piling up bags
containing 1000 silver dollars each as
high as the vault will permit. When
built by the experts this silver wall is
as solid and substantial as if built of
bricks and mortar, and it is well this is
50. IF one of these walls should be con-
structed on wrong principles it would
surely fall. and a fall usually means Sc
rious injury to some one. Many men
have been hurt in attempting to learn
the art, and now Toughil1 and his
friend, who is in the west, occupy the
field alone Philadelphia Record.
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nALr,s anrAr prscovERY.


One small bottle or Hnll's Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blnd-
der troubles, removes gravel cures
diabetes, seminal emissions, weak
and lame back. rheumatism and al
Irregularities OF the kidneys and
bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder trouble in chill
dren. If not sold by your druggist,
viii be sent by mail ON receipt Of o..
One small bottle is two month 3
treatment and will cure any cauBe
above mentioned.
E. W. HALL,
Sole manufacturer, P. o. Box 21s,
Waco, Texas.
For sale by W. B. Frame, druggist,
Ardmore, T.
READ THIS.
Gainesville, Tex, April 18th, 1897.
We the undersigned, have used Halls
Discovery for kidney or bladder
troubles, and have been cured or
greatly benefited by its use and can
fully recommend it to others.
j. r. SHoRTRIDGE, Mayor.
z. Q. Cook, Elk. Co. Com.
j. g. Moss.
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In EXfreIniN.

Late one night a clergyman was
called out to minister to an old man-a
worker upon the adjacent railway-whc
was supposed to be dying. The sum
mons was brought by another old man,
the elder brother of the stricken one.
While he was bustling about, making
preparations for departure the clergy
man forgot momentarily the social
status of his visitor and asked, ''Is he
in extremis p
The old man was not going to bt
beaten "Aye, he's right in, your rev
erence. After u pause he added as {
clincher: ''Clean in, poor chap. Right
up to the neck, sir. "-Cornhill Maga
zine.
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JACK AND HIS WILL.
A Special Act of the British ParIia-
ment ArEanges That Matter.

ment ArEangeS That Matter.
Jack has the proud distinction Of
having had an act of parliament passed
for the express purpose of deciding the
way in which he must make his will,
SO that while all other Britons are
Jumped together in this matter under
the wills act of 1888 sailors testament
ary documents are made under the
naval wills act of 1865. The most i'm
portant proviso of this act is that all
wills made by sailors or marines must
be witnessed and attested by the chap
lain or some other officer if they are
actually made on board ship, and this
is somewhat curious.
If a sailor likes to make his will on
shore, any one can witness it for him,
but ON board ship the case is different.
Needless to say they almost all to a
man choose the latter course. as they
know that things win be straighter for
bearing an officers signature. If, how
ever, supposing that the vessel was in
action and man was to be struck
down who had not previously made a
will, if he had to do so before he died,
even if it were not attested by an Off
Ger, the admiralty has full power to
act on the merits of the case and to dis
pense with that or any other formality
that it was impossible to comply with
Another thing-a sailor shares with a
soldier the privilege of when on active
service being the only man who can
dispense with written will and make
a verbal one.
In former times any one could make
his will verbally if he so desired,
but this, as may be supposed, opened
the door to no end of fraud, and it was
consequently repealed in the 1883 act,
except in the case mentioned above.
On the nigh before ship or regi-
ment gees into action there is no more
pathetic sight than to see the men,
young and old, laboriously writing thei1
wills in case tomorrow should be theil
last day in this world, and what with
witnessing wills and making them OF
the forms issued by the authorities fol
those who cannot write-and this clas.
has now almost entirely disappeared
from both the navy and the army-thC
officers have a very busy time.-Lon
don Golden Penny.
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The sickle of the sphinx.

The oldest piece of wrought iron in
existence is believed to be a roughly
fashioned sickle blade found by Belzoni
in Karmas, nea1 Thebes. 1t was i'm
bedded in mortar under the base of the
sphinx, and ON that account is known
as 1.-The sickle of the sphinx. 1t is
now in the British museum and is be-
heved to be nearly 1000 years old.
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1t is curious to note that wood tar is
prepared just as it was in the fourth
century B. c A bank is chosen and a
hole dug, into which hewood is placed.
covered with turf. A fire is lighted un-
derneath, ana the tar slowly drips into
the barrels placed to receive it.