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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
POSTMASTER BUNTING HELD.
Charged with Making False Reports Of tn
Number of STAMINA Cancelled.

Charged with Making False Reports of tho
Number OF Stamps Cancelled.
Upon the complaint Of Postotiice In
spector William j. Maxwell, Merrill
Bunting, merchant and postmaster at
the little village of Bunting, near Selby-
vile, Sussex county, was arrested yester-
day week by Deputy United States
Marshal James II. Clark on a charge
of making false returns TO the govern
ment The offence is alleged to have
been committed on April ID, 1899, and
at other times between January LIST,
1890, and July 10th, 1890.
The village of Bunting has fourth
class postoifice, in which the post
master is paid according to the number
Of stamps cancelled. For the first hun
bred dollars worth, he receives 100 per
cent; for the second hundred dollars
worth, 60 per cent; for the third, 20
per cent, for the fourth and above, iO
per cent. 1t is alleged that Mr.. Bunt-
ing paid bills in postage stamps, re-
turning money for the stamps so used,
and that he also reported more cancel
lations of stamps than were actually
made The result of the report of a
larger number cancelled than actually
were cancelled, would be to increase
the postmaster's pay.
Deputy Marshal Clark arrived here
with his prisoner in the evening. Before
United States Commissioner ). Rod
mond Smith, Bunting waived hearing
and was held in $500 bail for his ap-
pearance September 18th, at the next
term of Federal Court. His brother,
Ezekiel W. Bunting, became his surety.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
POLLUTED 4 srREAM.
bye stuff Blamed for Killing Fish In Buck
Hun,

The residents in the western section
of Chester county are on the warpath
and are after the scalp of William Gar
nett, the owner of dye mill on Buck
Run Creek. The refuse from tho dye
mill, the people claim, has polluted
the creek and poisoned nearly all the
fish.
Here and there in the creek the float
ing fish have formed jam and bushels
of catfish, minnows, suntish, suckers
and bass are piled high in the stream.
Farmers living along tho banks Of
the stream have been compelled to re-
move their stock TO other pastures,
while all work in the fields bordering
on Buck Run has been abandoned on
account Of the terrible stencil arising
from the decaying fish.
The citizens say that as soon rs the
black dye stuff began mixing with the
water in the stream the fish became
mad. They would crowd the shallow
water near the bank, endeavoring to
get out upon the land. Many of them
succeeded in this and the banks are
strewn with dead fish. Others that
we're unable to get near the banks kept
leaping out of the water until dying
exhausted. Great fioclis of buzzards
are now flying about the stream deyour-
ing the dead fish. The only fish that
seemed to escape the deadly dye we're
the carp. As yet none of this variety
have been found among the dead.
Buck Run is one of tho most import
ant tributaries of the Brandywine and
has always been ono of the fayorite
haunts of the fishermen. .-.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
WORK OF B. & 0. RECEIVERS.
John X. Cowen Reviews Their Work BEFORE
the Maryland Bar Association mt Ocean
CIV. Md.

/.
John X. Cowen Reviews Their Work BEFORE
the Maryland Bar Association Mt Ocean
city, Md.
Ocean City, Md, July 1.-THE
feature of the second days session OF
the convention Of the Maryland Bar
Association was the PAPER on tho Bal
timore & Ohio Receivership," read by
President John X. Cowen. The CON
vention hall was filled with attentive
listeners, many of whom were ladies,
and the paper was well received.
Mr.. Cowen announced at the outset
that he could say nothing new, because
the press had given at one time or an
other an account of the various orders
of the court, whether entered by con-
sent or after full argument at tho bar.
He then reviewed the receiyership step
by step from the time the property was
thrown into tho courts ON February
29th, 1896. At that time the company
owed for material and supplies and
for operating Indebtedness generally
81, 325, 447.
The receivers found the property, he
said, notably its equipment and track,
greatly in need of repairs.
Mr.. Cowen reviewed the work of the
Belt Line Railroad Co., which quilt
the rail connection between the main
line of the Il. & o. and the Philadel-
phia branch at Bay View. including
the tunnel under Baltimore City.
During tho receivership. Of three
years and four months the railroad
earned 500, 500, 5i6. 80, including So, 1877
| 1927. GA miscellaneous income and there
were spent for operating expenses, in
Guiding large extraordinary OUTLAWS for
maintenance Of road and equipment
s6s, 1872. 5S3. 80, leaving a net balance of
S24, 73G, 963. 30.
"In addition to the extraordinary
sums spent for maintenance and
charged to operating expenses, there
were improvements and additions made
to the road costing 81, OILS, 652. 50.
"And now what have been the results
of this administration of algreat trust
by the United States Circuit Court for
the District of MarylandY
"1-Every bondholder of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad has received new
securities which substantially pay his
full debt. In other words, the bond
holders have been paid in full.
"2-The floating debt creditors have
received every cent of their indebted
ness.
| Sine nrst preferred stockholders
have received in cash rs per cent Of
the par value of their stock, the court
overruling their claim of preference
over the bondholders and creditors.
The second preferred stockholders have
received securities which after pay
ment of this assessment net about $40
per share at the present market, and
at times over $50 net could have been
realized
1.-THE common stockholders, instead
of being wiped out, have received their
common stock in the new company,
upon raging an assessment, the net
amount of which, because Of the value
of the securities received for such
assessments they would not exceed five
or six dollars.
"5-The company saves its old
charter, for whatever value may attach
to il. I"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

Media, Pa, July 90. The Delaware
County " Philadelphia Railway Co.,
now operating the trolley limo en- the
old Baltimore pike from Angora 10
Media, is SION to begin the extension
of the road on past Media. along the
pike to Elwyn, Black Horse, Rockdale,
Glen Riddle and Lenni. The extension
will give the people of the milling
towns along Chester Creek the cheap
and frequent facilities for reaching
Media, Chester and Philadelphia for
which they have been clamoring for
some time. Mr.. Haigh says it is not
the intention of the company to stop
here, but that they propose to still
further extend the limo along the pike
to Concord, Chadd's Ford, Kennett
Square, Avondale, West Grove, Oxford
and eventually to Baltimore.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
a cRY FOR LIBERTY AND PEACE.


The cry for help from Cuba's isle
Rang through our land from shore to
shore.
1t held its course. mile after mile,
Till we could stand the wall no more.
Come help us now, we truly pray. AZ
The tyrant's mighty hand TO sever;
And in the dust his power lay,
Then we will bless thee, now and ever"
From East to West. from North to South
From mountain top to seashore sand,
Resembling clear, the cry rang out.
Bat brave hearts listened to the cry.
Men answered with loud acclaim,
"We'll help you win or with you die"
And march'd before the lannon's fame
God bless the heroes of the war
They fought for liberty and love;
They tried 10 heal the hearts so sore,
And acted like the Christ above.
God beard the prayer OF the brave.
The tyrant from the isle was sent,
The happy thought of homes 10 save.
Was all.tO these brave hearts 1t meant.
And yet. just why cannot tell,
No cry Of liberty rings out
To make our hearts with gladness swell,
And join them in the merry shout.
Why spoil the kind deed once begun?
Why spoil the happy thought of home?
Why spoil the victry that was won?
Why spoil the hope of years to come?
Great God of peace and hope and love,
Again on Bonded knee we come;
And ask Thee from Thy throne above.
To put love in the hearts of some.
oh spare us from our greedy self! ~,
Oh spare us from the tyrani's chair
Oh spare us from the love of wealth
oh spare rs from the evil snsrel
Enter into the hearts of all
That have q right to say or do;
That they may hear the weaklings call,
\ Ard he both nnhlv brave anil true.
Blaskbird, Del. July 18th, 1888.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

Smyrna, July q. The defect in the
law, passed at the last session of the
Legislature, dividing Kenton hundred
into two election districts, is creating
much interest at Clayton. Three bills
were required, one naming the d.
vision lines, another designating whore
the election should be held and the
third providing for the inspectors.
After several conferences, the represen-
tatives of the political parties agreed
upon the bills. Later, the people of
Kenton became dissatisfied, because
their district was to be designated as
No. ., and Clayton as No. l. Then,
Representative Taylor waited upon the
people of Clayton, and asked them If
they would object to changing the
numbers. so that Kenton would be
known as No. and Clayton as No. .,
and they agreed to the proposed change
Two of the bills were corrected, but
the other bill was overlooked. The
oversight was purely accidental.
Capt, Eben Il. Truax has resigned
the command of the steamer Clio. ply
ing between Odessa and Philadelphia,
and accepted the command of the
steamer George +. Brady. plying be.
tween Smyrna and Philadelphia. Capt.
NJ. S. Tucker, late of the steamer
George +. Brady, will become com.
mander of the steamer Clio.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
PHILADELPHIA AFFAIRS.

Shoe manufacturers will hold a
national convention in Philadelphia on
August Sth to take steps to secure
better prices for their wares.
Michael Shimbore, % years old, who
had been suffering from the effects of
the heat, while conversing with friend
at his clearinghouse, last week, leaped
from third story window and killed
himself.
John Dannenhower, % years old, a
trimmer in the employ of the Northern
Electric Light Co., died last week of
injuries received by falling from an arc
light pole at Cambridge and Water
streets
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

the death of the President of San Do.
mingo, in the shape of the following
dispatch from the United States con.
sui at Puerto Plate:
President Iieureaux assasinated.
Consul Reed, at San Domingo, also
confirms the report, but neither gives
details.
Official confirmation of President
Heureaux's death was communicated
to the President. at Lake Champlain,
by the State Department, and the fol.
lowing cable message was sent by his
direction:
Lake Champlain, via Washington,
July q. His Excellency Wenaslao de
Figuereo, President of the Dominican
Republic, Santo Domingo: In the
name Of the American people, and in
my own, offer to Your Excellency and
the Dominican nation most sin cere
condolences, by reason of the death of
President Heureaux.
William NJ cKinley."
Wenaslao de Figeureo is the officer
next in line to President Heureaux,
and succeeds to the office of President.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

New York. July 81. The complaint
of Albert l.. johnson, former president
of the Nassau electric railway SYSTEM
Of Brooklyn. against Clinton L. Ros.
sitter, president of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Co., was withdrawn today.
Mr. johnson, last week, had Mr.. Kos
sitter arrested on warrant charging
him with criminal libel in connection
with statements made by Mr. RossitcrI
regarding the attempt to blow up tho
Brooklyn elevated with dynamite
Since then, Mr.. Rossiter's lawyer has|
wrote an explanatory letter to MI
johnson, and the complaint was With
drawn.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

According to an official return JUST
submitted to the House of Commons,
it appears that tho total number o.
ships belonging to the United Kingdom
lost in lS97-9S was 10, with a tonnaeeI
of liz, COZ, these figures being lower py|
80 in ships and 80, 40 in tonnage thau
for 1861; lower by % ships and VI
20, 1913 in tonnage than for 1885,, @' anu
lower by ISL vessels and by 81, 46o y y
tons than the average for the last |:
years. Excluding men.of-war, B.s.|
vessels of all descriptions, representing
q tonnage of A. 6l0, 479, belonging to tl'|
United Kingdom we're totally LOST Y
the % years ended June, 1888. LUZ
losses Of sailing vessels fell from "
average of 4S4 vessels, with q tonnagJ
OF l22, 55i. for the previous u years
an actual loss of 29S vessels, WIN
tonnage of 46, go, in lS9T-9B. "a,
The losses of steam vessels were ~
with tonnage of %, $40. while la1
average for the previous 81 years WI
Ia vessels, with tonnage OF 5u'2-
The number Of casualties reporteu
ls97-9S to foreign VESSELS on the coas'
of the United Kingdom and brllSi
possessions abroad was 5sl. WIN
tonnage of 3l3, 533, of which Sc, WIN
tonnage of 37.9l2, were total ~
The losses of steamships we're II, W..
tonnage of S,966, and OF saiiiu
ships 10, with a tonnage of 2S'a.
During the last % years 6, ia wrevs
and casualties 10 ships belonging
tho United Kingdom have been ~"
to 3S. 49, persons, of whom 30, Soi VIZ
members of the crews and DOES WI
passengers.
The average annual loss of life durl
the - Years was LIZA, CONSISTING X,
Lbs crew and 251 passengers
loss IN lS97-9S was 6Si persons
whom 500 were crew and % were
seneers. The number of seamen
in lS97-9S was lower than IN any OF
previous 81 years, and the numuet
passengers lost was lower than III ~
OF those years except i've
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
MURDER MYSTERY soLpKD.
Confession OF John connors, Who Killed c.
A Rrant.


st. Louis, Mo-, July 27.--The mys.
terry surrounding the murder Of Charles
A. Brant, who was shot and killed at
Twenty. second and Locust streets on
July 18th, 1893. has been cleared ur.
s John Connors, who was arrested in
Cincinnati Tuesday by st. Louis de.
tective, made confession last night,
to the effect that he and two pals,
Harry Morris and Edward Hllman, held
up Brant for the purpose of robbery,
and shot him upon his making dies.
perate resistance. Morris and Hellman
are serving long terms in the jefferson
City Penitentiary. The two men, il
now turns out, had admitted their com.
plicity in the crime to the st. Louis
police officials, and had implicated
Connors. The capture of the latter,
and the confession of the robbery,
clears up murder mystery that has
ballled the police for year and at
tracted the attention of the entire
country.
Contrary to the idea held by many
at the time, the murder was prompted
solely by a desire for booty, and not by
hatred or desire for revenge.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
IN QUEEN AyNE's 90 USrf.

Miss Mary Valiant, daughter of ex
Judge Edwin S. Valiant, died at the
residence of her father, in. Church Hill,
last Tuesday week.
Robert NJ. Hopkins was hit by box
thrown from second story window at
Centreville Wednesday week. The box
struck his eyeglasses and his forehead,
breaking the glasses and cutting his
eyeball, ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

Ashtabula, O., July 27.--The ore
handlers strike on the NJ. A. Hanna
dock is settled, and the men returned
to work at noon today. The men gained
every point they demanded. Chief En-
gineer McNutt was discharged Super
intendent Racer was removed from his
position as superintendent, but is
retained as agent of the company, with
out any jurisdiction over the men. An
arbitration committee of three persons
was appointed, which will engage and
discharge employees and settle all dis
turbances,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

payments vary. These figures are quite
sufficient to indicate that the MANAGE
ment of the county debt will require
business skill and above all, rigid
adherence, by the Levy Court, to ethe
requirements of law, that shall confne
their annual expenditures, including
bond payments, to tho actual amount
received from the taxes levied.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

Matthew Schultz, aged % Iyears, who
came to this city Tuesday week TO work
for +, Blumenthal & Co., was seized
with cramps while at work the next
day, and died in the afternoon at
his boardinghouse, No. liza East Thir-
teenth street. After he had been taken
to his clearinghouse DIR. Quinn was
summoned, but too late to do any good.
Coroner Nandever was notified and
made an investigation, which bore out
the facts as stated above, and certifi-
cate to that effect was given. Deceased
was native Of Poland and il is under
stood was married.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

Harrisburg, Pa, July 81. The Rev.
Jesse lleiIleigh, aged 10 years, SUPER
intondent of the Sunday school publicIai'
tions of the Church Of God, died thu;
morning, from injuries sustained asl
evening by falling down the cellar
stairs Mt his residence, in this city
Mr.. Heitieigh was one Of the best
known ministers Of the Church Of God,
and for years was secretary and treasurer
of its book concern at Harrisburg,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
Two Teeth Knocked ont.

Harry Gherman of No. 722 French
street, conductor on p, w. & B. rail
road shifting engine No. rs, while
working with crew at Edge Moor
Thursday week, was struck on the
mouth by switch lever. His lip was
badly cut and two teeth we're knocked
out. He was sent home in cab.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

Several excursions are being arranged
for the visitors.
The committee is meeting with Gu
couragement in the matter of sub
scriptions to the fund for the entertain
ment Of the delegates and meeting the
expenses of the undertaking, which
will be large.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
Renn,nn a,,he springs.

The Mill Creek Hundred, New Gar
den and New London Circles will hold
a reunion at Brandywine Springs Park
on august 9th.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

San Diego, CAL, July 27.-Andrew
Carnegie has offered to give $50, 900 for
public library in thus city, on a site
to be donated ana the library to be
maintained as at present.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

The things that people see are inside
Of them and not outside. No two peo-
ple see the same thing exactly alike.
One woman may look out at a beauti-
full landscape md see all the beauty
and restfulness and grandness that
there is in it. Another one will look
out at the same scene and see nothing.
The man who is perfectly well and
vigorous enjoys life to the full. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
makes people well. There isn't any.
thing miraculous about tit is the
most natural thing in the world. 1t
simply puts the digestive organs. the
stomach, the liver, the bowels, in per-
feet order and thereby makes the blood
pure and rich. All diseases live and
thrive on impure blood. Keep stream
of pure, rich, red blood flowing into q
diseased spot, and the disease will not
stay. A man lives on rich, pure blood,
and disease dies on it.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry makes pure. rich blood Send n
cents in one-cent stamps to WoI Id g
Dispensary Medical Association, Buff
faio, n. Y. and receive Or. Pierce's
! zoos page Common Sense Medical Ad-
viser,' profusely illustrated,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03

james II. Parsons of this city, patentee
of the Parsons compressed air motor,
has returned from Boston, where he
went on visit to inspect the workings
of the air motor on an auto carriage.
The carriage moved with entire salts
faction and the International Power
Co. of New York, whose works are at
Providence, K. L., have orders to con-
struct q number of carriages to be sup
piled with the air motor power. Mr..
Parsons and his partner, A. ID. Warner,
expect to have carriages in use on the
streets of this city in the near future.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
"H Laughs Best
Who Laughs Last. !"

A hearty laugh indicates a
degree of good health obtain.
able through pure blood. As
but one person tn ten has
pure blood, the other nine
shoald partly the blood gvih
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Then
they can laugh first. last and
all the time. for perfect hap
pfneSs comes4uM good health
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-03
Hoods SaadabMM
the death of the President of San Do.
%Ilaz7x.l EIl5I:lZfEYI

Hoods Pills cure liver ills. the nonirritatinE aud
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsapara
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-07-01
Important
Capture
AT MANILA
BY THE WASHINGTONIANS.

On June 2Ist, the outposts of
the. Washington regiment made
the first important capture Of the
war. They captured General Pho
del Pinar ar's--brass band Of
eighty-two pieces. 1t will never be
known how these eighty two mus
slams became separated from the
rebel army and came near the
American lines without having the
means OF resistance. excepted their
instruments.
One may indulge in many con-
lectures. They may have been
lacking in wind and the rebel sup
ply being exhausted they thought
Of supplying themselves from the
windy Americans; or they may
have thought that they would be
sent to the States to give concerts
to raise funds to foster further on
the rebel cause.
i Notwithstanding the mystery,
| it is nevertheless the first musical
capture of the war but it is entirely
wortheless 50 for as realizing any
thing on the material captured, a:
some Cinnamon Of Manila hav.
filed a claim against the instru
ments, which, it appears were sci
zed by the insurgents under Gen
Pho del Pillar.
}, This is enough to disgust any
VOLUNTEER OF doing his duty; cap
turing" trophies that have beer
stolen.
d It is to be hoped that the child
t rem of the Celestial Empire vii
|. Ilet Uncle Sam sell these musica
: windy trophies and divide tht
amount between the volunteer!
$ who received tn" artists" on thei
a picket line.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-07-01

Mr.. Geo. w. L;thman, the ad-
vance agent Of q Swedish Emigra-
ton Colony spent three days in
Lafayette. during which time, in
charge of hustler Amb. Mouton,
he was shown all the industries
and lands of the parish.
Mr.. Lithman is very highly
pleased with what he saw and has
given us assurance Of avery favor
able report to his people.
The Swedes are people more
industrious. persevering and sue
cessful farmers than any othel
people of the old world and oul
community will give them a hearty
welcome should they decide t
locate here.