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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-29
"wH1TE's BUREAU" DISAPPEARS
Managers of New York Speculative
Concern Leave With 5000. 900

New York, Nov 29-The Herald says:
Whites bureau, sometimes known as
Charles H. Whites bureau get
rich quick concern, located In the Cot
ton Exchange building. vanished with
its managers sunday, and it is estimat-
ed that crdulous depositors are cut of
pocket more than 5000 900.
Whites bureau was in many respects
similar to the Franklin syndicate. oper-
ated by William F. Miller. 1t was OPP
Grated by two young men who went I'M
der the name of Hynan.
The bureau began business in the
latter part of September. 1t sub-iet the
floor. The offices were very handsomely
furnished and are partitioned off into
smaller rooms.
The firm inserted advertisements in
newspapers all over the country, prom
Using that Whites bureau would make
money for anybody who would send his
cash on to New York.
Whites bureau was open as usual on
Saturday. During the time 1t was open
on Sunday the two men who We're un-
derstood to have been the managers OF
the business entered the offices, tore UP
a great quantity of papers, emerged
with three huge bundles and disap-
peared The office furniture was intact
but no records of money were left.
Taking into consideration all the
banks in the city, the business repre-
sented by drafts alone would be some
where between $4,000 and 100000. The
bulk of the business, however. was
through registered letters. postoftice
money orders and express packages
The business by mail reached from
Maine to Florida and from the Atlantic
| to the great west.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-29
rs REPORT

tDSF.RSl KEEL , ftEfORl
/ The report on the bill has been pre-
pared by Representative Overstreet, of
\ Indianapolis, who introduced the origi-
mai bill of the monetary commission IN
I 1888, and has been distributed to each
republican member of the house.
Overstreet frankly admits that the
4 committee ibid not consider the gener-
Il subject of banking, nor did 1T seek to
arrange a complete scheme OF finance,
but confined its communications to
/ those subjects of most pressing de-
\ fnand, as evidenced by the politics of
the republican party and the general
policy of the administration.
It was felt, the report declares. that
4 1.-The strengthening of the public credit
by the removal of all doubt concerning
the policy and practice of the govern
| ment relative to the unit of value, is OF
paramount Importance
1t is pointed out that there can be
! but one standard at one time, but that
] the convenience of commerce is pro-
noted by the use of different media of
+ exchange, convertible into the stand
ard. The report continues:
when the standard shall be perma
i nently established and all doubt of its
stability removed, the parity of all oul
money will be FUZZY recognized. and the
kind of money in which payments shall
be made viii rarely, if ever, be the sub
1 ject of dispute. When certainty shall
take the place of doubt and the integ-
rity of our credit be as fixed as the hon
or Of the nation, the national debt car
be readily refunded at lower interest
rates and future loans negotiated with
4 ease, upon better terms than ever be-
fore.
The rapid development Of American
trade and it's vast expansion, bringing
our people into close relations with ths
j leading nations OF the world, makes Il
4 imperative that the standard Of value
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-29
ON the way to stop Wedding.

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 29.-Miss
Trace Nichols. who came here from
Rockford, H.. few weeks ago, was
arrested for vagrancy yesterday. after
a license had been issued for her to
marry Fred Bornheimer.
Miss Nichols met Bornheimer shortly
after her arrival here. He wooed her
and she promised to marry him. His
family objected to the marriage and
when told the license was issued his
family had the girl arrested for va
grancy.
When arraigned in court she pleaded
her prospective marriage as an evil
dence of her ability to support herself.
The case was continued until Decem-
Der /, the day on which, according to
law, she may marry Bornheimer. The
prospective groom furnished the ball
which gave his sweetheart liberty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-29
THE new STORE

1t is not Boosting to say that our new
store with its six immense floors and
splendidly equipped departments is a
more satisfactory trading place, at the
counters or by mail. for Iowa people
than any store in Chicago or other
metropolitan cities.
Orders for goods received here in the
morning are shipped out the same day,
and orders received in the night mails
go out on the first train going to your
town. All people on main lines of rail-
way running east and west and on all
lines radiating from Des Moines like
the spokes of a wheel, like the Des
Moines & Kansas City the Des Moines
Northern & Western, the Keokuk
branch, etc. can get as prompt service
As can be given in any of the large
cities, and in most cases they will re-
ceive their goods from three to eight
hours quicker by ordering of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-29
The M,lkmaid.

In days OF old the nilkmaid went
About with dimpled arms;
In days Of old the poet loved
To sing the milkmaid's charma >
In days Of old the lowing kline
Obeyed the milkmaid's call; :
In days Of old the milkmaid was
The merriest maid Of all.
In days Of old the artist took
His brush and showed us how
The milkmaid went to work upon
The wrong side Of the cow.
In days Of old the milkmaid's song
Resounded through the land.
And many a gallant's lips were pressed
Upon the milkmaid's hand.
Alas, old Bossy heeds no more
The merry milkmaid's calls.
Tor the milkmaid OF today's Q man
In greasy oyeralls!
-Chicsso Times.IJerald
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27
D JAN. y, 1890.

On Monday morning the
House Of Representatives
opened with prayer by Evan
geli>t Leavitt of Favetteyille,
who specially prayed for the
Governor, who, he declared,
needs our prayers at this
time.
The joint caucus of the
Democratic members Of the
Legislature have decided not
to make any new Judicial dis
trlct> IN the State, but to re-
organize and enlarge the two
criminal districts that now
exist.
Rev.T. ]. Gatti> has brought
suit against Rev. DR.. Kilgo
and others to recover damages
for SANDER. The suit is th4
outgrowth of the late unpleas-
antne>> between Judge Clarke
and DR.. Kil1o. There /, per
hap> not 4 parallel in the his
tory of the United States for
this incident II minister OF
the Gospel suing another for
libel.
Mr.. ]. NJ. White, of Wake
suggests a plan in regard t,
school legislation which seem.
to us t" be a very good one
Following IS the AShevill,
Citizens summing up Of Mr.
Whites suggestion:
ITO sum up Mr.. White:
whole plan up IN a nutshell, /
proposes. aS we understand 1t
TO give the white people of tn,
State the public school none,
they are now receiving and a,
much more as thevare willin.
to tax themselves to raise. an,
to give the colored people o
the State precisely the sam,
thing.
I'VE believe this will b
tair and equitable to bot
races
\ Young gentleman Of thi
CITY who shutters saw an adj
Nertl>emcnt BY some North
crn firm claiming 4 sure cur
for suffering. for $40, tn
money L. be sent before tn
cure. He thought the pric
fair. and made haste To sen
on the amount. In due>our>
Of time he received tn
cure. This was il: 'Kee
Your i-n mouth shut II
didn't >tuttcr II all after ~c'
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27

server.
This reminds us Of an Incl
dent Of several years ago. A
certain farmer of this section
W being annoyed a great
deal by potato-bugs. He saw
an advertisement which stated
that for one dollar a sure po-
tato-bug Killer would be sent
ito any address,, postpaid
The farmer sent his dollar
and in a few DAYS received a
neat package containing two
little wooden blocks. The
directions we're: First catch
the bug; then place it on one
Of the blocks and with the
other press it until it is dead.
Remove the dead bug and pro-
coed as before"
X x
1t seems the Governor is to
continue as prosecutor IN the
case of the Messrs. Wilson.
The committee appointed by
the Assembly to investigate
the charges preferred by the
Governor and the evidence
upon which he removed them,
met last night, and, notwith-
standing his Excellencv was
formally notified of the meet
ing and requested TO furnish
the committee with the names
of his witnesses. Messrs. Ave-
~, Day and McRae appeared
as counsel, with the statement
that the other counsel in the
case for the Governor. Mr..
Douglas, had the names of the
witnesses, and he was unex-
pectedlv absent, and therefore
PRAYED a continuance for some
time in the future. Each of
these attorneys also are com
PEELED to be absent during the
next few days, and for this
reason also wanted the inves-
tlGatlon postponed.
Major Wilson demanded a
speedy trial. He was and has
been ready for eighteen
months for a fair trial by d
court both competent to try
and willing to try fairly, but
; this. to suit the nefariOus pur.
posesof the Observation-Disclosures
has been denied him. The
Governor has. or ought t,
have, the name of every wit.
ness he relies on in his office
and, Notwithstanding the ''un.
expected ABSENCE Of Mr.
: Douglas. certainly MeSsrS.
Avery. Day and McRae are
able-bodied enough to handle
; such load. and should hav.
been entrusted with it. ant
!. thus saved the necessity for ;
| continuance. The committee
however. is composed of abb,
as we'll as fair-minded men
most of them LAWYERS who ar,
eminentlv capable of doins
their duty. and with the pur
pose to do it.
This movement on the par
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27

r~s Remember. YOU can get
almost any form of Legal
Blank YOU wish. besides any
kind of Job Printing at THE
News office.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27
"Where 5 MY Aat9"

know a boy. and know him well,
OF whom this tale there is to tell.
That always. when he's going out.
BY dav or night YOU II hear him shout,
''Oh. where's my hat"
There is a h~at-stand near the stair.
You'd think he'd hang his hat up there.
Or on the rack behind the door;
But no; it seems he d rather roar.
''Where is my hat
Each morning when the school bell rings.
Oh, how he shakes up rugs and things.
And ummage in drawers and shelves.
And makes his sisters stir themselves.
To find his hat.
And when his comrades to the gate
Come w%histling loud. and games await.
And sides are called, and time is srant
He'd like to go. but oh, he can't
For where's his hat.
MY boy. who smiles the while YOU read,
Is this a lesson YOU should heed?
Can it be you, who skip and fly,
And hunt and hustle, as YOU cry,
"Who's got my hat
Madeline S. Bridges in Woman Home
Companion.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27
Agate and


They ran supply you with al
most anything you want in this
line, and at bottom prices.
Try them.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27
The MoIganton
Hardware Co.,,

While keeping a general line of
Hardware. Stoves, Agriculture
al Implements. etc, will also
carry in future a full line of
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27
~@@
q BLANKS.
~

Warranty Deeds. Mortgag,
Deeds, Trust Deeds, Bonds
for Title, Chattel Mortgages.
Magistrates Blanks, Land
Posters. etc, for sale cheap.
in small or$ large quantities.
at THE News office.
Old Hogan corner, upstairs.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27

~ NUDNNTlDt Tor He
NEWS. = cents per wear. ~
cents for >iN months. . cents
for three months.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-01-27

Opposite Pn>tofiirc.
The times., 1899-08-10
Seven KILLED IN WRECK
The Montreal and Ottawa Express
Leaves the Track.
The Accident Occurs at ST. Polly
carpe Station and Details Are Diff
ficult to Obtain-A Special Train
Sent to Aid the Injured-The Fire
man in the List of the Dead.

Montreal, Aug 9.-The Montreal and OF
tawa express of the Canada Atlantic Rail-
road, while on its way to Ottawa this morn
ing, left the track at st. Poilycarpe station.
taking with it the baggage car and second
class coach. Seven persons are reported
to have been killed. So far as known thev
are: George McCuaig. fireman, Ottawa;
Edward STAIRS, Ottawa; Wilson O'Connor.
Ottawa; Joseph Rocheam, Montreal; Mrs.
Joseph Rocheam, Miss Rocheam, daughter
oil Joseph Rocheam. The only Information
which can be had concerning the accident
is statement given by C. j. Smith, Gen.
eral Freight and Passenger Agent, who
said:
The accident as far as we can learn
at present, occurred at 80 this morning.
The train left the track just outside of st.
Pollycarpe station. which is about Eve miles
on this side of Coteau Junction. The engine,
baggage car, and second d-class car left the
track and turned over on their sides. while
the first-ciass coach, the Montreal chair
car, and the inter-colonial sleeper remain
ed on the rails The fireman, G. Caaig, and
an unknown passenger were killed. while
Robert Orr, the engineer, and five aasSan-
seriously injured. Doctors from Alexan
dria Coteau and st. Justine were sent to the
scene as soon as possible.
"As soon as the word reached Ottawa We
sent out a special train to look after the
passengers and to aid the injured. The
cause of the accident we are at loss to
explain. The road for several miles on
either side is level and heavily ballasted.
The rails are very heavy and are consid-
. f1,1, 10 lfnn il
the first serious accident to a passenger
train we have ever had"
Robert Orr, the engineer who had charge
of the train, and who was injured, lives
in Ottawa. He is one of the Oldest and
most reliable men on the road. He Is not
seriously injured. George McCuaig, the
fireman, was unmarried and lived with his
parents in Ottawa.
Among the passengers on the wrecked
train was Mr.. Firman Mcclure, Nj. F., who
was in the first class coach. and was in no
wise injured
The times., 1899-08-10
THE FEVER SITUATION.
Only Twenty Patients Now I'm the
Hospital at Soldiers Home.

Newport News, Va, Aug. 9.-If the yell
low fever situation at the National Sol
diers Home continues to improve as rap
idly as it has in the past ten days, it is
believed that all OF the patients now in
the yellow fever wards will be discharged
inside of two weeks. There are now only
twenty yellow fever patients in the hos
pital.
The health authorities within radius
of seyenty-five miles will meet here to con-
slider the question of raising the quaran-
tine against Hampton. 1t is believed ii will
be raised on Friday. Norfolk will raise
her quarantine, it is understood. on Sat-
urday. and Newport News viii follow suit
Business relations with all cities except
Phoebus will be resumed. On the quaran-
tine line last night were nearly all of the
local preachers who shouldered shotguns
and did duty with the volunteers.
The times., 1899-08-10
FIRE IN A POWER HOUSE.
Part of the United States Electric
Plant Damaged by Flames.

Plant Damaged by Flames.
The plant of the United States Electric
Lighting Company, at the corner of Four
teenth and Streets northwest, was
threatened with destruction by fire shortly
after II o'clock last night and had it
not been for the prompt work rendered by
the fire department would now probably
be mass of ruins. The fire originated III
the tool room in the storage building ad-
Joining the power house. and while it
spread rapidly, was confined to that build
ing. The fire department, under the di-
rection of Chief Paris, responded to two
alarms turned in from box No. 176 by AS
sistant Engineer w. G. Reed, of the light
ing company, and had the flames under cou-
troll within fifteen minutes. The loss re-
sulting from the FIRE was estimated at
$4,000 and is fully insured
The cause of the fire is unknown, but 1t
is supposed to have been the result of the
close proximity Of a lantern to barrel
OF oil IN the tool room, which is located in
the eastern part of the storage building
and on the ground floor From there 1t
spread to the front portion Of the building
ana catching the framework of the win
dows soon enveloped the entire upper por-
tion. Watchman James Johnson, employed
when he noticed the blaze in the eastern
or rear end of the building. He Immediate
ly called to Reed, who turned in an alarm
from the box located iE the power house.
TO that alarm engine companies l, 2, 6,
and IA, and trucks B and C responded.
When they arrived there was every evi-
dence OF serious fire, and Acting Assist
ant Chief Sherman ordered second alarm
turned in. That brought engine companies
3, 4, Z, and 8, and trucks A and d, but as
the fire was under control when they ar
rived they did not go into service.
The principal damage done by the fire
was to the storage building The amount
of stock contained in the building was
small and consisted chiefly of wire cable.
Had the flames not been got under con-
troll large storage battery, valued at
several thousand dollars, would probably
have been destroyed. As it was it was not
damaged. The company's Offices, which
are located in a small building adjoining
the storage building, were slightly dam
aged by water. Superintendent l.. Z. Sim
clair, Of the lighting company. who was
on the scene shortly after the fire. was
discovered, estimated the damage and
stated that it would be repaired at once.
He stated that none of the circuits Sup
piled by the company were cut off during
The fire with the exception of the supply
to the Washington. Mount Vernon and
Alexandria Electric Railway. That system
IS supplied from the large storage bat
terry and was temporarily cut off to sacili-
tate the work of the fremen. What Is
known as the house circuit, which fur
nshes light to the storage building and
the grounds about it only, was cut off
during the fire as 1t was not considered
TN hauo tuirn sr1 he
The times., 1899-08-10
Mementos of the Paris siege.

tfroFn the LOnuOn lelegfaph-)
In few days the department called the
Museum of the Siege viii be opened to the
public in the old Hotel Carnavalet. Paris
The keepeys of the establishment have
succeeded in collecting large number of
mementos of the terrible days in 1870
IL when PariSians were lodging the
Prussians shells and endeayoring TO ap-
pease the pangs of hunger by eating gar
bage Among the objects to be seen in
the new museum are tattered uniforms of
men of the National Guard and some of
the tunies. trousers. and kepis exhibited
were worn by celebrities in art. literature,
and politics who had to assist in defend
ing the city. One of the old military cloaks
for instance was actually worn by Captain
or Commandant Jules Claretie, who is
soon to gossip before a Lyceum audience
on Shakespeare and Moliere. Make
shift uniforms once worn by Communists
will also be seen, with numerous drawings
and photographs of incidents and episodes
of the two sieges; the printed appeals for
bedding, clothes, lint, and linen for the
wounded sent out by Madeleine Bronan
and other actresses of the Comedie Fran
caise a letter from Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt. dated September. 1870, and referring
TO the Odeon ambulance which she was
engaged in organizing; dispatches rela-
ting to the events OF the period, tickets for
bad food supplies to the starving people,
and letters forwarded by balloon post, no.
tably one sent to his daughter by NJ Vie
tor Duruy, statesman and historian, who,
in November. 1870. was acting as a SEN
try on the ramparts, up to his knees in
mud, and shivering with cold and hunger
A gayer note will be thrown over the
melancholy collection of ragged uniforms.
faded documents. and spent projectiles by
the caricatures of the period drawn by
Daumier. Gill. aud Draner, who veritably
cracked jokes in the ribs of death, and
found subjects for playful pictorial satire
amid the horrors and the privations OF the
TINA
The times., 1899-08-10
MORE sEAMEN SHIPPED.
Commissioners Reports for the Last
Fiscal Year.

Returns of United States shipping COM
missioners, except at Norfolk. for the fis-
cal year ended June 80, 1899, show rs, ,106
shipments and reshipments of seamen and
45,444 discharges, compared with 72,645
shipments and reshipments and 43. .752 dis
charges for the previous fiscal year. The
increase is chiefly at Boston, San Francis
co, and Port Townsend. Shipping commits
sioners at New York and San Francisco
have co-operated without extra pay with
the War Department in shipping crews for
army transports. Such shipments in New
York numbered 1853. While the work of
the service has thus been considerably
greater than during the previous year the
cost to the Government has been S5l, ,T27
the past year. compared with s5S. .3S7 for
the previous year.
OF 120, $50 shipments and discharges
35, ,627 were at New York, All at San
Francisco 1908 at Boston, 442 at New
Orleans, and SOFA at Philadelphia. or
,106 shipments. including in many cases
repeated voyages of the same seamen
q, ,O09 were Americans, 16, lit were Scandi-
nayians, 13,I22 British, chiefly from British
North America, 6,711 Germans, and the
balance of other nations, including many
Portuguese on the Massachusetts coast
Shipments in the deep sea trade across the
Atlantic and Pacific were 1542 on steam
ships and 1852 on sail vessels. Owing 10
repeated voyages, the shipments on steam
ships, however. represent less than $500
individual seamen. Shipment before a
commissioner is optional in the coasting
trade or trade to British North America,
the West Indies, Mexico. and Central
America, so the returns give no indication
of the number of merchant seamen in these
trades.
The times., 1899-08-10
Life in Colorado.

(trom the PaScsa Springs Nevs)
Bob Bostwick said the dust at Pine
River is SO thick that you could write your
name almost anywhere in the atmosphere
G. H. Loucks lost another valuable COW
last Monday, making two within week
He must have seen the new moon over his
left shoulder.
Onion sociables are the latest fashionable
novelty in Wyoming TERRITORY. Six ladie /;
take ar onion with them into a room, and
one of them takes bite out of it. Then
a young gentleman is admitted, and il,
after kissing them all. he fails to tell
which of them bit the onion, all the girls
are Obliged to kiss him. Some of our
young men are going TO introduce it here
next week. Say, fellows, don't forget to
invite the editor.
The best event of the season happened
last Saturday night at Woodmen Hail.
The dance was a regular "hot tamale. -
and the ladies were as independent as the
mayor of our city. 1t was the intention OF
the scribe to tell who was the best and
most graceful dancer. the incest dressed
and best looking lady there, but have come
to the conclusion that it would be utterly
impossible, for there was Mrs. Garvin
dressed in light blue waist. black skirt,
hair and eyes to match. Dug" didn't give
her those black eyes. for they We're natu-
raj. Mrs. McGirr, white tarlatan. which
made her look rather stunning; Mrs
Laughiin, white waist, black skirt, and fit
just like the paper ON the wall; Mrs Hand,
pink waist, black skirt and was-we,l. she
looked awfully nice; Mrs. Bayles. Mrs.
Hatcher, Mrs. Parr, Mrs. Kern. Miss Hy-
Ter. and Mrs. Phillips were dressed in
black; Miss May Highland. brown; Miss
Myrtle Highland. plaid waist green skirt
and looked as cute" as any of them. Miss
Kern, white waist, red skirt. and was finer
than silk: the two Miss Shellhamers, white
wool ehallie. and "Ery" simp'y sang Two
Little Girls in - Mrs. Melrose, blue
waist, black skirt; Mrs. Lee Parr. white
waist, brown skirt: Miss Clark, green
plaid. The ladies all locked PRETTY, and
Mr.. ParT thinks it would be good iiea
to leave it to the vote of the people pres
ent The gentlemen looked nice, too, es-
pecially those parting their hair in the
middle. The next dance will come off on
the night of the nth.