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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
working Train Jumps the Track.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IA working
train, made up of three engines and one
passenger coach, while clearing the snow
bound tracks on the Norristown branch of
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway to-
night jumped the track above Wissahckon.
Thomas Nuttall fireman, of Norristown,
was Instantly killed. II. p. Mcdowell, en-
gineer. of Norrstown; James Keating, road
foreman of Manayunk; George &. Bowers,
trainmaster of the Reading terminal, Phil
adelphia were severely injured. Several
others also received slight injuries. Two of
the engines were completely demolished.
After jumping the track they crashed into
the wall Of the feed store OF W. y. Stroud
cutting great gap in the building.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

face the exposure of a long drive to the
cemeteries. Many drivers who attended
funerals on Sunday in Greenwood and other
cemeteries returned badly frost-bitten and
unable to resume work. The authorities Of
Woodlawn cemetery sent out urgent
recommendation to all persons who had ap-
piled for burial, that they permit bodies to
remain for the present in the receiving
vaults of the cemetery, as 1t was almost i'm
possible to make arrangements for the
opening Of graves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
AguinnIdo Educated at Munich.

MUNICH, Feb. 1.-THE newspapers here,
commenting Aguinaldo, say that when
he was a student at Munich in 1894 he was
associated intimately with the polytechnic
engineer students. Aguinaldo was also en-
rolled here as q member of the Social Demo-
cratic party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch received
at Lleyds to-day from Manila reports that
there was serious fighting at Iloilo on Sat
urday, Feb II, and that much property was
destroyed The insurgents were driven out
of town. The correspondent expresses the
opinion that there is not likely to be any
further trouble. Foreign property, the dis
patch says, is safe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
CHIEF WITNESSES IN ADAMS POISON
ING CASE ILL AT EASE.
Neither Cornish Nor MOIineux Cared
to Look at Each other, and the For
mer soon Left the Room.
TESTIMONY OF THE LITTER
HOW HE MET MISS CHESEBROUGH,
WHO Is NOW HIS WIFE,

And How and Where He Presented
Her to Barnet. Who Is Said to Have
Been Poisoned Like Mrs. Adams.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
RAILWAY TRAFFIC IN THE SNOW
BURIED EAST PARALYZED.
PennsyIvania and other Line Are,
However, Making Extraordinary Ef-
forts to Clear Their Tracks.
SOME TRAINS ARE RUNNING
but MANY OTHERS ARE STORM
BOUND Al INTERIOR POINTS.

New York, Washington, Philadelphia
and other cities stiII without
Regular Communication.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
POINTS

st. Lothaire. in the Jura mountains.
has erected a monument 10 Charles
Marc Sauria, the country doctor who
In 1881 invented the lucifer match. but
was too poor TO patent his invention.
There are Austrian and Hungarian
claimants to the priority Of the inven-
tion.
A West Philadelphia young woman,
on the ground OF economy, induced her
bethrothed to waive the formality OF
an engagement ring and 10 give her
the money. 800, instead After they
had been married six months she in
formed him that she had invested the
money in a life membership in a wo-
mans suffrage society.
a hotel precaution against fires has
been suggested at Philadelphia, II is
thc a skilled fireman be stationed in
every large hotel and intrusted with
the same power of inspection which
firemen in theatres exercise. Such
service. the Philadelphia FIRE chief
says. should be paid for by the hotel
proprietors. and the latter. it is pre-.
sumed would be reimbursed by a re-
iuotion in insurance rates.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A locomotive on a Georgia railroad
picked up a pig on its cowcatcher and
carried Il six miles without hurting
it.
A little girl Of Skippack, Pa, fell on
the sharp edge OF a teakettle and cut off
the end Of her nose.
A FIRE in Elk4on, Nd, destroyed a
will by which a young woman OF that
town had been disinherited by her
father and she got his property all
right.
Russian photographers shame de-
linquent customers by hanging their
pictures upside down in their glass
cases. This. method soon compels them
to pay up.
There is a quicksilver mine in Peru
40 fathOms in circumference and 4S0
feet deep. In this profound abyss are
streets, squares and a chapel where re-
ligious worship is held.
A Kentucky farmer owns a mule,
which hiss in some unknown manner
acquired the tobacco chewing habit
and It VIII not work unless it is regu-
larly prosided with its quid.
What was supposed to be a strange
disease at was killing sheep in Wa
bash county, Indiana, turns out to be
porcupine grass which punctured the
Sleeps skins and poisoned them.
A clergyman who was investigating
Londons slums found the body OF a
child occupying the only bed in the
one room where a large family lived.
At night the body, so he was told, was
placed on the shelf where the small
supply OF food was also kept. In an
other family the children took turns
in sitting up at night to protect the
rest of the family from the rats.
An item is going the rounds to the
effect that the sultan OF Turkey eats
nothing that has not first been tasted
by his cupbearer, and, according to
Turkish etiquette, no other parsonage
may perform this preliminary. One
evening the cupbearer was called away
and did not return until late next day.
Consequently the imperial dinner was
deferred for five hours Since then the
cupbearer has had TO taste the sultans
dishes a day in advance and then seal
them up.
A suit az Oklahoma City has brought
out q most curious train of circum-
stances. A woman secured a divorce
from her husband, together with a
large amount OF alimony. The divorc.
ed husband then entered into an agree
ment with a good looking young man
In the neighborhood whereby the
young man was to pay court to the
woman. marry her. get control Of all
her property and divide IL with the di-
vorced husband. The young man car
rled out his agreement TO the letter
and then fed the country. The suit
is now brought by the woman TO recov-
or the property of which she has been
defrauded by the conspiracy.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28

Clayton House Tonaorial Palace
uses nothing but antiseptic lotions.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
DIED

BANKS. this city. on October %,
1899. Florence e.. daughter OF John
w. and Emma V. Banks, in her 5th
year.
BLEW.-ln Baltimore, ON the 2ist in
stant, Mrs. Mary Blew, formerly Of
this city, in her 93d year.
BowNAN.-In this city. on October %,
1899, William r. Bowman, in his
5sth year.
BRINGHURST.-On Fourth-day. 10th
month, 25, 1899 Henry r. Bring
hurst.
CHAMBERS.-.On October "a, 1899,
Florence May, daughter of John W.
and Margaret Chambers, aged 6
months.
CHANDLER.-In this city, on October
"a. 1899. Daisy Chandler, youngest
daughter Of the late Wherefore n.
Chandler. in her 10th year.
HURD.-At the residence Of her uncle,
]. r. Hurd, No 314 South Adams
street, this city. on October "a. 1899
Rebecca F., daughter OF William T.
and the late Elizabeth Hurd, in her
9Th year.
! MILLER.-On October "a, 1899, MARKS
Miller, daughter OF the late Samuel
Miller, aged rs years.
\ sdHULTz.-At Colwyn, Pa, on octo
Der 22, 1899. Priscilla F., wife OF tn,
late William II. Schultz, at the resi-
dence OF her sisteC. Mrs. J. G. Mitch
ell
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
ODD ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE.

The human voice can in a few cases
utter 296 words a minute.
Three thousand marriages are per-
formed every day all over the world.
Blind persons acquire so great a deli~
cacy Of touch at the tips Of their fingers
that they may really be said to see with
their hands.
BY far the greatest number Of flowers
have no smell at all Only about 10
percent Of the 1900 species OF flowers
in Europe give forth any odor.
The smallest salary paid to the
head of civilized government Is $40
a year to the president of the republic
OF AndOrra, in the Pyrenees.
A cycle christening is reported from
Belgium. The father took the infant
TO church on the machine, followed by
other members Of the party on their
bicycles.
BY means OF a photograph, made
with a vibrating lens, Mr. f. II. Glew
of London has calculated the time OF
a lightning flash. Il comes out one
nineteenth of a second The calcula-
tion is based upon the multiple image
in the photographs and the rate Of vi
nldtlNn Oh lNt lti D. nt Aliht dUllAtof
OF course, only the particular fash
that was photo aphed.
A rare find in the shape of moa's
egg has been made in q mining district
in Central Otago. There was a fall Of
earth in a dredging claim, and present.
ly the huge egg was seen floating unin-
/ iured in the water. The discovery is
/ the more interesting from the fact that
this is the second perfect moa's egg
that has ever been found. The only
other perfect specimen was unearthed
by a man while digging in the alluvial
soil at the Kaikoura mountains in the
early COS. Some idea OF the size Of
these eggs may be cleaned from the
fact that mans hat makes an excel
lent egg-cup for them.
in the coal mines Of the world.
Probably the longest game OF chess
ever known was that played between
q gentleman residing in Australia and
a friend living In Newark, U. S. A
. Each move was made by letter, one
, player making use of the Europe ant
Suez canal route, and the other writing
via the Pacific ocean and San Francis
co. Five years elapsed before tn,
game was drawn to a close. Another
similar record in chess playing was
I correspondence game which took plac,
0 recently between several Germans liv
: ing in New York and a chess club II
Il Bremen, Germany The game termin
: ated with a victory for the New Yorl
Il players, having lasted a period Of tw,
II years and five months.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28

THE EAwTON OPTICAL co.
$40 Market St,
Opera House Building
Delmarvia Phone ozo.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
apnRrING NnTns

The football teams of the Whining
ton Conference Academy and Smyrna
viii meet at Dover on Saturday No
vember 4.
The Wilmington High School foot
ball team went 10 Dover this after
noon. where it will lineup against the
team Of the Wilmington Conference
Academy.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
TROLLEY
FRANCHISES
VOINED.

Dover. Oct. 2S-The Superior Court
yesterday sustained the quo warranto
proceedings brought by Attorney-Gen-
eral White to annul the charter Of
tho Delaware Electric Railway Com
pany, which was chartered several
years ago TO build a trolley line in Kent
county. The court ordered the com
pany TO show cause by next Tuesday
why all the franchises it now holds
should not be revoked.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
WARREN Vs. GrRMANToWN.

At g.SO O'Clock this afternoon the
Warren football team will meet the
strong team of the Germantown Cricket
Club on the Front and Union streets
grounds A good game is anticipated.
as the Philadelphia team is one of the
strongest in that city, last year beating
the Warren by a score of 6 to 0. War
ren will play the same team to-day as
on last Saturday
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
TACT DALY no FIGHT

Tony stannard, Of this city has re
caiyed letter from Cornelius j..
Moriarity, otherwise known as Jack
DAILY formerly Of this city, but now Of
Buffalo. stating that he and his wife
are getting along famously and enjoy
ing themselves Immensely. He further
states that he is matched TO fight
spike" Sullivan twenty-five rounds IN
Buffalo on November %. He is now
training at the clubhouse of the Bnf-
falo Athletic Club under the direction
of kid Howard
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
nELAwARE vs.. HAvERFoRD.

The Delaware College eleven will
play IFS annual game with Haverford
at Newark this afternoon. The Haver-
ford team Is strong this year, and, while
the Delawareans do not expect to win,
they feel capable of putting up stiff
game Last year Haverford won by
the score of "a to 0. Quarterback
Huxley. Of the Delaware team, will be
fin his place to-day. The remainder
OF the team win be intact having re-
covered from recent injuries. Much
Improvement has been brought out by
Coach Wentz. of Princeton.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
pARK GOES no SMYRNA.

The football team of the Park Ath-
letic Association went to Smyrna this
afternoon. where IL will play the
Smyrna team. This is the first game
for Smyrna on its own grounds.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
sT. JOsEpH's vs.. HIGH SCHOOL.

On Thursday afternoon next at Front
and Union streets grounds the
football team of the Wilmington High
School win meet that of St. Joseph's
College Philadelphia. The High
school boys are playing fast BALL and
an interesting conflict is looked for.
The game viii be called at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
MILFoRn nEFEATs noVER.

At Dover Yesterday afternoon the
Milford football team met and defeat
ed the Dover eleven by a score of 16
20 O.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
80. MANUFACTURED By
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
~ NOTE THE NAME.
MARRIED.

DAVIES-MILLER.-At the home OF
the bride, Highlands, on the oath in
slant, Evan c. Davies and Mary y,
Miller. Officiating ministers, Revs. j.
p. OtOs and J. ID. Rigg.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28
GOSSIP OF THE
LOCAL GRID|R0N
New Wilmington Team in Prac-
tice for the Coming Game
With Warren.
DELAWARE VS.. HAVERFoRD

UNDER TEE EFFICIENT COACH
INC or VENT. OF PRINCETON,
THE DELAWARE COLLEGE TEAM
WILL rUT Up A MUCH BETTER
GAME.
Practice by the now Wilmington
football team IS now woll under way,
and a game has been arranged with
Warren for Saturday, November 4, on
tho Front and Union street grounds.
The best football team procurable is
Represented in the new organization,
aud " hen the two local heavyweight
teams come together something is eX-
pected to drop. The following men
will probably represent the team in the
first game: Alsover, full-back; Nc
Carmey, right half-back; McNee, left
half-back: Reed quarterback; Simmsi
centre: McKelvey, right guard Std
ham. left guard Beggs, right tackle;
Ferguson. left tackle; right tackle mn
Ferguson. LETT tackle; Hodgcman, right
end; Dolan. left end.
Substitutes, Hughes Campbell,
lmmes, Lingo and Dobhs. All are in
good condition and fast players, and
a swift game is expected next Satur-
day.
Evening journal., 1899-10-28

The Alumnae Association Of the
High School, will give a musicale a.
the school building tonight
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20
LOCAL..

Miss Ollie Askings is visiting Mr..
Y. d. Westerfeld and family for a
short time. She is from Scott county,
but has been teaching near Esca-
tawpa, Ala, most of the time during
the past year. w
Mr.. F. M. Allen, deputy sheriff for
Beat 4, arrived in town last week with
two prisoners, from Denny, or rather
from Mobile, as they were caught
fleeing from justice, and turned over
to him. He placed them in Jail here,
until Saturday, when they were taken
out and carried to Vernal for pre-
liminary hearing before Justice E. B.
Box. They were charged with rob-
berry and assault and battery. One of
them, John Jordan by name, plead
guilty-the other, Jim WEIGH, did not
plead guilty, but was found guilty.
Both were bound over to the action of
the grand jury in the sum of 81, 900.
Not being able to make the bond they
were returned to the Jail here.
j. w. Cethea, COL, ,of State Line,
was in town one day last week, get
ting some county paper cashed.
Mr.. j.. d. Webb had his shoulder
hurt by kick from horse, which
he and Mr.. Hard McInnis were trying
to work Saturday. Mr.. Hard pur-
chas ed the horse and buggy that Mr..
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20
Small Pox Near Nitta yuma.

Rolling Fork = Four cases of small
pox were discovered Friday on vick-
land plantation. They are all negro
tenants on the plantation, and the dis
ease is confined to one family, but a
number of negroes on the place have
been exposed. Dave Lowe is agent
ne and has been himself exposed.
lhere have been no steps taken as
yet to isolate the disease. The plan
tatlon is situated one mile east of
Militia Yuma, Miss, and is the proper
W OF Rev. George G. Harris of vicks-
burg, Miss.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20

Meridian.-An important financial
deal has about been comp leted here.
Gen. s. T. Carnes of Memphis has
been negotiating for the purchase of
the Meridian street railway and light
and power company, and 1t has been
announced that the matter has been
practically closed. Gen. Carnes ap-
peared before the council and stated
his mission and posed that il the
city would extend the lighting con-
tract fifteen years, that the company
would not only furnish botter lights.
Tor less money, but would expend
large sums in extending the electric
street railway system. The council
promptly accepted Gen. Carnes' prop
osition and granted the extension re-
quested without the least hesitation.
The people welcomed the proposition
OF Gen. Carnes. The franchise is a
valuable one and as the city is grow
ing at rapid rate the transfer Of the
street railway and electric lighting
system to Gen. Carnes, is absolutely
certain to prove good paying invest
ment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20
Ha
Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Connecting Lines the North East and West

Me anu unO hfoa0 anu CONNECTING Lines inc ho tdS' enu west
these the low The limits tcke
liberal Ample time allowed the country and stopov permit
of the Ohio
tickets low that
down South make low
family and household goods
investigation the section of the country y
We stand that Don't fail advantage of
these Excursions.
100000 ACRES CT MOBILE OHIO RAILROAD LAND FOR SALE
purchaser, the ALABAMA LAND & DEVELOPMENT
Mobile
Low o OF deferred payments
safely visit the South time,
Winter the Fall or Spring We have unhealthy sicky
good drainage and temperature
health and simple all the round No malaria fev
We especially South the and Summer
You all about in the Fall and Winter but don't know anything
regarding caed when
railroad following representatives furnish
Mobile Ohio
F. L. Harris, Gen Agent 400 Olive ST., Louis, Mo.
H. P knight. G. P. T. A, 400 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo-
Rudolph, A. 400 Olive St. Louis
M. H. Bohreer, D. P Marquette Building
P. s. Hay, C. P. & T. A.. AIS Ohio Levee Cairo Ills
N. T. P A, No Commerce ST., Montgomery Ala
E. L. RUSSELL, G. NJ SHEPARD.
Preside Passenger
MOBILE, ALA
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20
Trespassing Negro Killed.

Greenville.-Joseph Cont shot with
shotgun a negro named Spencer
Bolden early Friday morning. Bolden
died in few minutes after being shot.
Cont is gardener and Bolden was
trespassing in his garden before day
light and when Cont called on him to
stop he made motion as if to draw a
weapon, when Cont shot and killed
him. The jury of inquest said Cont
was justified.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20
Arcola,s Now Oil Mills.

Arcola. The Arcolo Manufacturing
company has about completed their
OIL mills which have been under con-
struction for the past several months.
Ihis mill is fitted up with the latest
modern machinery, and has capaci-
" OF sixty tons day. 1t was given
It's first trial Friday, and the result
pleased all concerned.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20
Notice.

Notice is hereby given contradict
ing Publication =" made hy L. A..
Avera in the Graphic, in its issu,
of Friday, September 18th, 1899.
Inasmuch as L. A. Avera states
that the firm of l.. A. Avera & Co.
has long since been dissolved, thi; is
not true in any sense Of the VIC d,
but they are not doing any busine'
or contracting, or entering on al.
transaction more than a settlement 0
the business. But tho undersigned
is ready to arrange a dissolution by
honest consent or legal settlements.
(Signed) W. W. AvnnA.
9t
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20

Scranton.-Friday night Mr.. L. E.
COX made trip to West Pascagoula
on railroad tricycle.. On his return
ne was accidentally thrown from his
machine, and before he could gain his
feet a hand car coming down the track
behind him ran upon him, inflicting
severe'injuries. He was attended by
DR.. Tabor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20
4eo Pounds From Six Acres.

Port Gibson. AS sample of what
cotton in this vicinity is doing it may
be mentioned that progressive white
farmer Of this county. who cultivates
good land, reports that he recently
picked six acres clean and got only
$50 pounds of seed cotton. Picking
nearly completed in this vicinity.
The season for same has been unusu-
ally good.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20

and has found the horse to be bit
unruly.
Miss Minnie Thomas and Mr.. John
Woodland were quietly united in the
bonds Of matrimony Sunday at ten
O'Clock. Rev. A. G. Ferguson tied
The nuptual knot. The ceremony
took place at the bried's home.
Mr.. Monroe Cowart, log buyer for
j. Bounds, stopped in town couple
of days last week, exerting himself in
the interest of his employer.
Mr.. d. F. Bradley, from near Kit
| trell, was visitor to the county seat
last week. He came to make final
proof of his homestead.
Messrs. Joe and Alden Valley, two
well-known young men about Grafton,
have spent the last two weeks in town
attending the singing school.
The annual Baptist Association for
this, Leaf River district, was held at
Sweet Water Church last Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. The business
of the association was attended too
Saturday and Monday. Sunday was
the big day, there being present about
six hundred people. The meeting was
held outdoors, the church being en-
tirely too small to accommodate the
assembly. Discourses by divines Of
local note, and dinner served on the
ground are the chief items to be spok-
en- of. This association is eagerly
looked forward too each year by
our people, as it is a meeting that is
generally enjoyed by all.
Owing to yellow fever and quaran-
tine restrictions the land office al
Jackson was ordered closed two weeks
ago, consequently making homestead
entries. proofe, etc., has been stag.
mated. AS quick as it is considered
safe the Office will be re-opened and
business resumed.
The Gulfport Southwark has been
leased by one of the Biloxi Herald's
editors, of the wife of the deceased
proprietor, Jos. B. Leger, and will be
run on the same as usual, with this
exception.
Mr.. d. G. Eubanks, of Vernal, and
"Rich." Cochran, both candidates for
county assessor, were dealing out the
''soft talk to citizens during the ear
ly part of the week.
Information reaches this office that
a turpentine distillery is to go up near
Silver Hill at an early date. This is
commendable industry-does much
towards developing place-gets
money into circulation. Let it go up;
such enterprises should be encour-
aged.
Mr.. John West was in town Satur-
day, greeting friends.
Mr.. Armstead Christian, who works
this territory for the Cudahy Packing
Co., visited his father, Mr.. E. W..
Christian last week. He also spent
some time about town renewing ole
acquaintance. He left for Mobile
Sunday.
Messrs. J. E. Alderman and j. S,
Lackey, attended the trial of Jim
Welch and John Jordan at Vernal
Saturday.
The singing school opened last
Wednesday with Prof. j. J. Bass in
charge. A goodly attendance and
plenty of enthusiastic interest are facts
that might be said of 1t.
Mr.. w. w. Wyn came over one day
last week from Millview and erected
the pillars for the alderman building.
Mr.. E. Faulk who has spent the
summer at Chronicle, has returned to
resume his position with the Faux,
Craft Lumber company as lumber tally
man.
Mr.. E. Rounsaville, accompanied
by his son Lee and daughter Ina came
over to attend Baptist association held
at Sweetwater church on Sunday.