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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
1898. Tho property is in the heart o.

1893. Tho property Is in the heart q
the business district, where values are
h1gh AS above stated, the total value
OF their property is $35O,Ooo--a com.
torTable sum of more than quarter
of million dollars"
1et with all this wealth. these sur
roundings of culture and refinement
the girl must carry burden calcu
lated to break down the strongest ma
ture. Her acquittal and innocence do
not prevent the cold Indifference of a
majority of the town. For a guiltless
woman of gentle breeding, a Christian
by profession and association, to en-
dure the studied silence, the averted
gaze, the steady shrinking away o,
those who We're once friends and haG
red blood in their veins. requires the
nerve of battlefield heroes.
1t has long been subject OF won
der that Lizzie Borden has remained
in Fall River seeking TO live down the
inevitable connection of her name
with the most terrible crime of the
century. When the law declared her
innocent, it is asked, would she not
have been more than justified in shak-
Ing the dust Of Fall River from her
feet forever and going elsewhere for
happiness and home? What would
any honest, outraged victim feel after
vindication but indignation and con-
tempt for community that has per-
sistently and remorsely sought tc
prove her guilty?
And again it Is asked, if she thought
1t best to remain and live down crit.
icism, why, in the full consciousness
of her innocence, did she not instant
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
THE COUR DE CESSATION.
What Frances Chief Tribunal Consis,
Of-WOrks Slowly.

"hat France's Chief Tribunal Consist
Of-Works Slowly.
1t may come as a surprise to those
familiar with the large salaries paid
to our higher judges to learn that the
president-in-chief of the French Cour
de Cessation receives only f1,2OO a
year, says the London Chronicle. In no
country save the United States do iu
diclal salaries approach in amount to
even third Of those paid her and in
the United States only in the CITY of
New York. The heavy rise in judicial
salaries here dates from about the
middle OF the last century. The sal
aries and pensions are based on the
assumption that judicial salaries must
be in ratio with the earnings of
those paid to the barristers, from
whom the judges are selected. On the
continent generally the judges are
not SO selected, but ill-paid as they
are, they appear to give ample sat
isfaction in the matter of legal learn.
ing and hold high social position,
The constitution of the Cour de Cas-,
sation is as follows: The president, O,
chief justice, stands at the head of the
organization, having below him three
subordinate presidents, each of whom
has charge Of chamber. Next in or
der come forty-five minor judges, styled
councillors, fifteen for each chamber.
Besides these strictly judicial function
aries. who are appointed for life
there are seven official advocates, one
OF whom is a sort of attorney general
to the whole body, while two practice
in each Of the divisions To this
staff must be added four chief clerks
and about score of minor officials.
OF the three chambers the first is
court OF requests. serving to decide
what cases shall be allowed to 20 be-
fore the civil and the criminal cham
bers respectively. Eleven Judges in
all the divisions are necessary to form
a quorum, the courts sit only three
days week, from ~ to 4, so that this
huge machine does its work very slow.
ly.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
Cen. Garland's Last Case.

The case which ex-Attorney-Gener
Garland was arguing before the su-
preme court when he was stricken by
the hand Of death appears on the
docket as "No. 1913; Blanche X. Town
sen ct al, appellants, versus Christian
V. Moore ct al; argument concluded
by Mr.. A. II. Garland for the appel
lants.' Miss Townsend seeks to set
aside the will of her mother who left
$4,000 in bonds to each of her other
daughters, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Rus
sell, but failed to mention herself The
lower court sustained the will and the
disinherited heir appealed. Her first
attorney was the late Judge II. o.
Cloughton, who was killed by rail-
road accident on the day before he was
to commence his argument; and now
his successor, Mr.. Garland, falls dead
in the midst of his presentation of the
case,-Chicago Record
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
WOMEN ExECUTIONERS.
Belgium Had Ono Recently and Virgins
Had One Years Ago.

Had One Years Ago.
What do you think Of a woman who
voluntarily offered herself to the gov
ernment as the public executioner? A
few years ago the official public exc
cutioner at Brussels died and sub
stitute was temporarily appointed. says
the New York Herald. On one occa
sion this person was i'll and unable to
attend. But at the appointed hour 9
stout middle-aged woman presented
herself at the central police station
and quietly remarked to the assem- bled
functionaries: I've come for the exc.
cution. My husband is not very well
this morning and has asked me to take
his place Please let us get to bust.
ness" The general stupefaction may
be more easily imagined than descrb.
ed. which, being noticed by the would.
be lady executioner, she adcsd in re.
assuring tone: "Oh, this is not by any
means the first time" 1t afterwar5
transpired that the woman, whose
name was Marie Rege, had officiated on
oONCl "a OINdoiOhS III lieu vi ucE uuo-
band. Dressed up in his clothes and
her face masked, she had been the pub
lie executioner at several executions,
and never had the proceedings been
interrupted by a single hitch. 1t is
needless to add that the police author
tiles were unable to avail themselves
OF her offer on this occasion, how
ever. 1t will be surprise to most
people to learn that there has actually
been a woman eXecutioner in this
country. In olden times few cared to
undertake the Office of executioner, and
occasionally death sentences were re-
spited on condition that the criminal
should perform this office. A case of
this sort occurred in the pre-revolu-
tionary days, when a woman was SEN
fenced to death for a murder she had
committed in Virginia. The death SEN
tence was respited on her Offering to
become public executioner and known
as Lady Betty" she performed these
duties for many years. She officiated
on the scaffold without any mask or
disguise and fogged criminals through
the streets with enthusiastic vigor.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25

day, so great was the attendance on
the free show. For a week in ad-
vance every stage from Buffalo to the
falls went down loaded, and the packet
boats on the canal carried thousands
from Buffalo and the towns along it's
line as far east of Rochester. BY the
night OF the 7th all the taverns at
Niagara and many private houses
were crowded with guests, and on the
9Th there was famine, the food sup
ply being inadequate to the enormous
demand. On the Sth five steamer loads
every available boat on the Erie be-
ing chartered-went down the river
from Buffalo, and the total number Of
spectators on both banks of the falls
was between 10000 and 10000. That
would be thought a good-sized crowd
even now; then it was simply unprec-
edentcd.
The Michigan was cut adrift at about
3 o'clock in the afternoon a quarter
OF mile above the upper rapids, her
crew OF five men leaving in a yawl
and being obliged to row for their
lives to get out of the currents influ-
ence. To add to the interes. OF The
occasion she had on board a but alo.
two bears, raccoon, a dog, a cat and
four geese. The bears jumped over
board and swan ashore in spite of the
current. All the other creatures per-
ished except two Of the geese, which
were picked up below the falls and
sold for fancy prices. The craft went
over broadside on. with the British
Union Jack flying from her stern and
the stars and stripes from her fore
mast. She was smashed into bits, Of
course, and the relic hunters afterward
gathered pieces Of her as best they
could from the river below the cata-
ract.
A contemporary account closes with
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
Niagara'S Fantastic Winter Records.

Niagara has been a mighty good
news source ever since sightseers be-
gan to go there to view the big water
fall. Not summer passes without
Its thrilling rescues, accidents and sui
cides; hardly winter rolls by with
out some hairbreadth escape from the
grinding ice.
Niagara Falls folk ON both sides of
the river are little shy about report
Ing suicides, but the records show that
the number averages thirty five q year.
Some of these self-murders by jump
ing into the worlds greatest cataract
are dramatic in the extreme, but near
ly all have one feature in common
almost every victim appears to be in
a trance, as If the rushing green
waters had exercised strange fas-
clnation over him. In view Of DR..
Luys. the eminent French hypnotist
and specialist in nervous diseases, this
fascination is nothing more nor less
than hypnotism. and possibly he is
right, though skeptics might disagree
with him. He says the steady motion
OF the stream affects good hypnotic
subjects exactly as does his hypnotic
machine, made of four gfittering Guns
that are kept in rapid revolution, and
that In most instances the shock to
the suicide when he strikes the water
breaks the hypnotic spell, hence the
almost invariable screaming and fran
tic struggling to regain the shore and
save the life so recklessly risked.
Ice bridges do not form below the
falls every season, but they always
bring bountiful harvest to the Ma
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25

the statement that the people were
$50 well pleased with this grand and
novel aquatic exhibition that already
they are talking about getting up
something more splendid next year.
In this the tavern-keepers and stage
proprietors will heartily join, as the
present frolic has afforded them a fine
harvest" The spectacle. however,
was never repeated.
The Nearly Caused War.
The destruction OF the steamer Caro-
line was of another order. 1t took
place on December %, 1887.
A small rebellion was then disturb
ing Canada, and the Caroline-orig-
lnally named the Caroline and built
to sail in salt waters off the coast of
South Carolina-had just been char
tered to ply between Buffalo and what
was known as Schlossers dock. lust
above the falls, stopping each trip at
Navy Island, on the Canadian side. 1t
was charged then by the British that
she was used to smuggle arms and
ammunition to the rebels. and her
owner, the late Hamlet D. Scranton of
Rochester, admitted as much to a re-
porter twenty years ago.
The British didn't like this, and they
naturally took steps to stop aid reach
ing the rebels in this way. These
steps were not foreseen by the owners
OF the boat, and so were eminently
successful. At near midnight party
of sixty loyal Canadians. armed to the
teeth and headed by Capt Drey, ap-
peared at Schlosser's dock in boats.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25

ly begin search for the murderer O,
her father?
Lizzie Borden had fortune, and the
best detective skill in the country
with all the power of the law, was at
her command.
In 1892 noted funeral was held in
this town Of Fall River In the coffin
were the remains of father and step
mother hacked to pieces with an ak.
The solemnity Of that fearful day still
hangs like a pail over all belonging
to the unfortunate Borden family. Mr..
Andrew j. Borden, the father of Liz
Zie, was numbered among the wealthy
and influential men of the city. Be
sides owning valuable farms and real
estate in town, he was president of
the Union Savings bank, a director of
the Merchants Manufacturing Com
pany, of safe deposit company, of the
Troy Cotton and Woolen Manufac-
tory and other money-makng enter
prises, besides large and prosperous
undertaking concern in Fall River.
Just before his assassination he had
built one of the finest business blocks
in the city
The Bordens came from one of the
Oldest and most representative New
England families, and a noted trait
for 200 years of all bearing the name
has been fearlessness and unbending
will when pursued or pursuing. When
once embarked in a scheme or enter
prise, when once determined to carry
out purpose, they never yield. This
trait, it is declared, is possessed in an
eminent degree by Lizzie Borden.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
Tho Sonato's DudA

Senator Hale Of Maine is the dude of
the upper house. He has a weakness
for sachet powder, and in passing him
In the corridor one is sure to catch A
Whit of perfume. Mr.. Hale is as choice
and particular in his use of English az
he is in the selection Of his wearing
apparel
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
Why She Was Dlsappoint tea.

He-So you visited Pompeii? She
On. yes. He-How did you like it?
She-Well, l must say I was awfullv
disappointed In the place. OF course
1t was beautifully located and all that
but It was dreadfully out OF repair.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25
Hla Anns4n.

Mr.. Newlywed-Heres your wheel.
my dear. IT. cost So to have her fixeG,
Mrs. Newlywed-Why do you speak OF
bicycles as feminine? Mr.. Newlywed
because, my dear. they're like wom-
en-. inasmuch as you never realize how
expenaSve they are until you've got
ther
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-25

The richest gold mine in the world
is in Victoria. Australia, under the
thriving town of Ballarat. and in 80
years has yielded $3.50 ,00O. 900
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16
lIT|EnfneM MumG.
o2A1uT PWEssDgyT s&vs ~ -
s1POssuuIB Avn rNADvsss2G
vsos es Unssea ssss>sf Pr~s~~s~s,>-
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Correspondence e ne Associates Fs-p<S
Rio DE SASEIRO. Aas. z.--An even
inS paper. Anotscia. p~rSo-ssl arxaa u Dr.
amps ssiiss. president e RE reo1ossc
publishes today. under the a~aasnx &
Seasa AMERICAN Alliances 3 nor aSle az
ticse - fossovss
fslesrzrns from Rome % BSssnas Avrps
anu thence 90 Rio De Jsn@fro ss4~m snat
u - currently reported n ~. Saxssszsxx-sI
cspstAis that IN cass u fhe rsps~1ef all
as.es % me repssslscs % Latin lsIaxzss~. -
fTanx support q ItaIs. Austria. ts~rrn@ns
sA1 france. such alliance. hey sszp-
pose, cossld only ~ enseuslrr~-i % eppasa
9ress a<tonissss them ard wnos~ 4Ar4ss
saesxy and spirit II adventure and
dasIty they dread
such - he European posEt - view and
OF the point ~ view ~. 70 nj nsess =,
tns~sssS1te the value " These -srr1Srs %
% sure that they correspond tn f1e1 -. he
rope In regard 70 me r~satsous ~ ne zrsat
american power towards the na2IofsS Of
inferior sr3tr that CONSTITUTES he rssuzllsisr
OF the Continent
"Th- alliance OF sho.~ nasfora % AZ Ies~s
- the principal oue1 z4aznge the Anxlo-
saxon colonfeS would -her@for-s D. xnre
20 md The all and sympathy q ire se1-
1n~ntA EUROPEAN powers
but II This should - made efyestty- q
woufd Be only the 1rSf step IN re s1x
20 the REORGANIZATION. 80 EAST morally. n
49, toNtA ftBlcstfdf~. Stss-Es. len ItIr
sstHafson- Either We must suffer tae ~fYecs
or the ambitions n American expansion
hesa Or 80 must turn go snrop~ ami 1sx
AID against Americans, Snrn. sf east (
appears TO many statesmen sn<i writer's 0f
both contineufs.
~ q rule 90 are not spff-nastsl Sar N
tne prevent czrB ~ 10 not feel ourselves
N the least ern6arraseef by rhss dflenszns1
without tenvins thai the Tinted SFa1ss
wsH aftempf 10 assume IN America polic-
trai and commercial rre1o mfnsnce, - 7rrn-
~ oetleve that IN order To ghwzr- f1an n
sucn designs q = A1h3rfent far the Amsrf-
can nations IN he q reasonable @~nfl-
ment OF their own rights and undergraduates.
and for their statesmen "a 5e able 70 give
expression IN systematic way 10 sueA n
feeling
IN wouid be. perhaps. requiring TOO ru.sca
or people Of - rus5tzDenfarv . civilization
and with . nafiouat conEcfsn~~ ~uch 40
reality here Or eg~where. and hat thus
the door be thrown open for sb<m - euter
In Ssen an esusrmRury ~ n Nurne similar
one our only re0ezfv would ne - aSk
European aid. and that aid certainly would
not - f1stnfereufed and ptafontr.
A8afnDt sh10 ABpoosed ooss4Sle slsnxsr
Ne ara remtndpd u forming alliances n
Imitation az Europe.
Fer r~asonD tpo lengthy % give We u~-
Hsvo such an alliance utterly fnnpos1s0la
And not only hat. but we fPrDiy h~lIeve
that such IN alliance wuusd - pregnant
with harm 20 al tHcDe countries ant snsF
Y would only serve so frrfsnfe me t-uffpsg
states aaafuss them and ~ a -~arssanarv
chect put them ~ the mercy of EssirDpean
infragues and ambstionA"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16
OTIS ASKS Foa sTsvV errexns
The War D~psrs~~ss VIII fs.o~ ~
a~rs sccerAIeG se Nenasse

WAsHT%fsTfF< S&yf f--fs~~- 0ffn hxs
cahfs5 TIRE var Seus p r1@rt request -
ssdtsiorsi STAT aHieers for service n ~
PHILIPPINES he asks fnr re all tfr~fst
Judge astsocaf~ x~oszai two aesssfs - al
jssfNnt generals Two i1xperturs xr~e~4f
eight a8arreryuasssrE utn@ rer1rrtzaz -sz~
u 81 keiNferes ard fEg engineer a~s~e~w
The AGgBfsnt s~u~rs8 sas rnsi@< a1sr -
heads - tk@se ft~Srenf bureaus -, e@Efz-
nate officers for thi@ f74sv "a fn@ lrann~-
tame - having al c~5rsrx - fhe say
eTk@S f1r before he nerr active ~4rnrsafsfy
bezins . rscsxn z~ss ~ ~ stspsrr nu~a~
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16
rysOS PACING cewsNe THReueu
O0eeo1s SDy Th~y VIII 0sw Trains
80 seattle over TIE y. - ~

Special Dispatch 70 fhe Poss-TntesIsx~ncer
OMAHA. sept. ts-M ruscn P1~ss~
headquarters frequent statements are
made concerning the future relations -
that resf and the Oyegpu Short line ~
connection Win fhe Crp0nu Rair1aS y
Navigation rcwrsrw GH7rfai~ N a rnsl-
Ton 20 know, @sv there car ns m a1mnt
tie lines viii soon be oosrsfed as pr@ ros3
and that y e practically azsz3re8 thar
trains viii he run regularly hetweeu Firrs-
~ and Seattle. me AFTER fly 20 - ne
Northwestern terminus 81 me great Tns1n
Parifr system
When The Oregon Short Lire pRs zeg~o-
gated from The parent lire. nrfor % 30
Srrecioa~5re - fra government Nsr n vas
Understood IN exclusive Circles tn4f fh@
headquarters established - sal. Lake CITY
for tire sake % exp~s8ssrcy wyufH 20
brought bsfk - Omaha N ss~-ne~
YEARS T1As Dr5snfse r 70 sss6 W.T. ~rpr
- realized ant IN thar eee1t sr@ ra~ouxs
Inc befwe~n Omaha ard seattle vii -
operated from this es'y ars Pullman sawx
vii rsln ssft6 between fh~@~ terninf cstses
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16

SRsHsNs s.lE snssEla-ry os~rsnar -s.ssv.
- <~eerf aw~~r1e
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16

IOSpTEE Frost Extractor Company
builders - steam having plants ma
rine and heavy f0rgtngs. machine pgra
Western avenus foot % Ersoa T~i~-
phone Green III Seattle Get mr. v-fr~.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16

sFa.E WOODEN HOT 81 ga first
avenue. &. q. FIison. proprietor xns-
facfurer Alaska clothing for men and
women. best goods. lowest prices.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16
alaska slEOs.

ALI. kinds and sizes made by the Pacific
Wagon Co. also wagon repairing ard
dealers In wagon material. South Third
and Lane street. opposite y. II. freight
depot.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16
MICE TO srcCKMOLDERA.

ahstas Of the stockholders OF the
eonnd Dredging Co. viii BE- held
~ SOUTH Seattle. Wash. on Tues
etptsmber es. A. u. 1899. at the
dip m. for the purpose Of elect
ene trustee and to transact any
business which may property come
- the meeting. BY order Of the
oafnt. FRANK DANA.
Secretary.
% wash.. Sept. Is, lsso.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
field. 2sa2e: preferred. Sass; Storage Power i''sa

field. 8a2e: preferred e5ase; Storage Power I'7E"
l5h .-,oo
STORAGE POWER a FEATURE. - sto'aso
Power stock was again active lea'ulo III -r,
outside market on inside and pubic ouylne' ,a
price advanced point more. ana at tne 80,
the asked quotation was l5l2 against IL on luesu'
Prominent Stock Exchange houses were buyers .
FOREIGN TRADING.-London traded on ooli
sides of the market. but was n buyer on paIa''Oe
OF about thousand shares.
STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS-Loan quota'Ions
Yesterday morning were: Atchson preferred' m
cago Burlington and Quincy. Peoples Cas- Coi-
solidated Gas Metropolitan Street Railway "en-
eral Electric Missouri Pacific. New-fork Cehual'
Northwestern Northern Pacific common ana pre-
ferred Reading. Rock Island. st. Paul sugar re
hning Union Pacific common and preferred' amer
lean Tobacco. Manhattan. Southern Pacinc' oou.H-
ern Railway preferred, Louisville and NashVille'
Jersey Central. Baltimore and Ohio common ana
preferred United States Rubber common ana pre-
ferred Brooklyn Rapid Transit Federal steer coih-
mon and preferred Leather Delaware ana huusoh
and Tennessee Coal and iron, per CENT "'''''"
Union. per cent.
Union PACIFIC COMMON DIVIDEND.-The
d,-ec,ors o, the Union Pacific Railroad Company
meet next month. At that time individual director
ruI hiring I'D the matter OF a dividend on the com
nany's common stock. and while no offcai io'o
cast IS possible It is understood that DIVIDEND WI"
he declared It is officially asserted that the earn
ings of the road since June ~ are al the id'' Va
per cent on the common stock.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.-The American 10
bacco Company has declared A dlvldend Oh pc
cont on the preferred stock and 15 per cent OH tic
common stock payable February l. The IhsV.u-
t,on for the Savings OF Merchants Clerks mas ue-
clored interest at the rate of 317 per cent year
navable January L. The Emigrant Industrial oaF
ines Bank has declared interest at tho rate ol OF
nor cent. payabe January Is. The Dry DOCK oaV =
,nes Institution has declared interest al the r"'o "
a. per cent. payable January 10.
THREE month"; INTEREST,". P. Morgan e
co announce that on and after January uheS WI"
,o, three months interest due on January On
ho,,ds Of the United States Of Mexico per '''
consolidated external gold loan OF l@9 hoi"ei9 VI
,bo,r temrorarv certificates may collect such III
,cros, unon presentation OF the same AT the pd''A
ore, offices IN order that payment may oe s'"''i''
thereon. 80 ,--,,.,
FROM JANUARY 2-The Commercial lruS'
Corpanv OF New-Jersey John w. Hardenpers"'
,res,dent announce that they Will he open lo'
business from January O. They are prepared 10
transact general banking and trust business anu
ooor sneclal attention and facilities FOR al cor
,orot,ons organized under the laws or Ne"-1eiS'y'
Tst ~ their representative directors has beeh
published heretofore. .-
rpo1, ,q5 TO y5-Eight certificates OF member
sb,n in the Produce Exchange were soln NJ au,
,,o, yesterday at prices ranging from 80 10 90
Al the last previous sale S5 a seat was rea'']e''
New-York tribune., 1899-12-28
MONEY MARKET FACTORS.

Reoorts from London indicated an easier ''Vn,s
q, that centre over tho monetary situation an" '"'
expectation Of a general relaxation IN the money
market London discounts were easier !" ',.'
local market call funds were in good supply "t ~
al per cent foreign hous" that mas .F'" -
larzc lender Of call money Tor SEVERN '"""'''
a large number Of It's loans PAID on -,
-. {. ,,as no, willing 10 reduce the rate below
ror con, The house asked no more than per cent
IN the r.n.nt period Of stock market panic All OK
Tho larger money lenders were offering money
YESTERDAY. and the last loan was made a, ~ p',
cent. Russell Sage lent large amounts 70 s,anu
over un,n TjJsday next at per cent NO sold eh,
gogemonts" We're announced. but II was reported
that p 10000 would he taken for sa'urd"'