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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20
New Haven. Oct. 1s.-George Yanz.
Schrcibrr's whereabouts Unknown.

New York, Oct. 15.-No news has been
received of the hiding place of William
Schreiber, the defaultlng bookkeeper Of
the Elizabethport On. j. bank. All
noted gambling resorts across the At
lantic are baing watched as II is thought
Schreiber's love of betting naturally will
lead him to such places if he is in F.u-
rope. The belief grows. however. that
he is in or near New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20
Berlin, Oct. 1S.-Prince HohenlOhe mas
ienlared his rnSipnn inn aS cha ncpllnr

Berlin, Oct. 1S.-Prince HohenlOhe mas
rendered his resignation as chancellor
and it has been accepted. Emperor
William has designated as the retiring
chancellor's successor Count Won Bue-
low, minister of foreign affairs. Count
Won Buelow has also been appointed
Prussan minister, president and foreign
minister. Although rumors had b.en
current for several days that Prince
Hohlenlohe intended to retire, little
credence was given to any of them, since
such reports had returned periodically
for several years past. The reasons
which induced the prince to insist upon
retiring were, in the main, his rapidly
growing infirmities and his distinct dis
approval Of the cmperor's pers sonal policy
in China.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

Pekin, Oct 16, via Shanghai. Oct. 1S.-
Prince Ching and Lii lung Chang have
addressed a joint meeting of the for
eign envoys, fixing Saturday next for
the first meeting to discuss the condi,
t;ons of peace.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

constructed, with the appreciation or
Tho Government TO the extent Of ST.
0oO0oO, connecting the States Of To-
bascc, Yucatau, Chlapas and Cam.
pechc, Mexico.
The formation Of oil in olives Is dis.
cussed 10y II writer in the Bulletin Of
the Italian Botanical Society. He de-
cidcs that the oil Is not result OF the
degeneration Of protoplasm, but is
ulmrd when this substance is in It's
most active condition. He further
adds that the presence of n small
quantity OF m oily substance in active
protoplnsm Is Il universal phenomenon.
This oil is extracted from the pulp of
the fruit, and not from the seed ms In
The case of most other vegetable oils.
II has been suggested by NM. Dcs'
grez and BalthaZard in communl.
cation 10 the Paris Academic dcs
Science, that peroxide of soda could
be used nhvantageously to rcgencratc
the mir In submarine boats, and III
other diving apparatus. This sub
stance when dissolved in water de-
composrs, oxygen being liberated. and
Il solution of cauStic soda produced.
This solution is, of course, Il powerful
absorbent of carbonic acid gas. and Is
also said to destroy all alkaloids which
may he expired from the lungs and
which give such II disngrceablc odor
to crowded room insuiliciently ven
tilatcd.
After Il series of tests on coal with
the Rocntgen rays it was decided by
n number of experts in Germany that
the process was vnlueiess for ash de-
examinations. After many expert
mcuis ii was found that samples tried
showed great difference in regard to
their prrmcability, the hindrnnce TO
the passage of the rays being in d-
rect proportion to the amount OF iron
present AS the practical use OF the
Roentgcn rays must determine the
exact amount of ash present in the
Goa, the method is not likely to be
used.
Attention is directed In FcnnsylVa-
MIA to the crude and wastcful way in
which coke is made in the 0ld-fash-
iuncd "bce-hivc" ovens. The nearly
| %. 900 ovens iE active operation b"lch
forth night and day clouds of black
smoke, which could all he saved by
,lc use OF the modern ny-prodict coke
process-a European discovery rXten-
si>cly employed in France and Ger
many and introduced successfully to
some extent in this country. Bee
hive" ovens cost little to build, while
scientific ovens and stills are costly.
But il is predicted that the time will
surely come when the scientific pro-
.rss will be followed, ana then the
.okrmaker will discover that the dis
| Hates which he has been wasting
arc his most valuable product. The
coke will then b" II by-product as 1t
$ now in gas-making, and another
step will be taken towards cheapening
| The production of steel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

Jubcc. Me. oct lS.-During heavy
gale here schooner Mary Lee Newton
went ashore on West .(uoddy Head. and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

Hong Kong, Oct. 1S.-Advices from
Canton say it is reported there that Sun
Vat Sen, the reformer. captured Hui
Chow last Monday. The Cantonese as
sert that if Hui-Chow, which resisted
the insurgents in the Tai-Ping rebellion,
falls thus, the rebels will be able to take
Canton within a weak.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

1t will be welcome news to many CT
nv readers to learn of an announce
n,cnt made at the Massachusetts His.
toricnl Society. which has Just met af-
ter the summer vacation. 1T Is thht
arrangements have been made by
which the cabinet will he omen to the
puhlic on every Wednesday afternoon
from, . TO ). The cabinet keeper. II,
+. jerks, mentioned the receipt OF
several recent gifts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

Georgetown, Ky, Oct 1S-The trial OF
Henry foutsey, on the charge Of COM
plicity in the murder of former Governor
Goebel was continued yesterday. The
prisoner was reported better. and had
passed a restful night. Witnesses were
examined to show the course and char
acter of the bullet that killed Goebel.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

New York. Oct. S.-PreIiminary hear
ing of the case against Albert r. Pat
rick and Charles f.. Jones' respectively
counsel and valet of the late William NJ.
Rice. was resumed yesterday before
Magistrate Rrann. The accused are
charged with having forged the signature
of William NJ. Rice to IA check for $685.
GOO. The case is unfinished.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-10-20

The milk war continues and the
facts and figures published daily show
that there is much more in the bust
ness than is drpnmt Of in the philoso.
ply of the consumer. The farmers
are. wratchcdly paid for the commod'
ity. The average price received ly
them is not over three cents per quart
and the average price paid by the con.
sumpr Is seven cents. Four cents. 49,
per cent. more than the farmers re-
cnive. is divided, between transporta,
ton companies and middlemrn. Tbs
sum Is too large.
Ii will be MNlcOmC news to many Gt
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23
w AR NEWS.

A dispatch from Paardebcrg, Orange
Free State, to the Cape Town Argus
states that General Cronie is surrounded
at Paardeberg drift, thirty mil es east of
Jacobsbal, ana is fighting there stubborn
ly.
Among the severely wounded is Maj
Gen Hector Macdonald, commander of
the Highland Brigade. Major General
Knox commanding the Thirteenth Bri-
gade of the Sixth Division, is also wound
ed
Dispatches from Pretoria contain cX-
tracts from Boer Off :ial reports on the
fighting They indicate that General
Cronje is directing the movements of
the rctrcating Beers, but do not state his
exact Whereabouts later than Sunday,
when he was at kocdoosrand, about 10
miles east of Paardcbcrg.
The Transyaal legation at Brussels, it is
stated in dispatch to the Bcrlincr Tage
blatt, announces that the Beers are cvacu-
ating Natal and that the serge of Lady
smith will be raised. The London War
Office has as yet received no statement
that the seige has been raised General
Buffers troops were still crossing the Tu-
gcla on the way to Ladysmth Wednesday.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23

FINHE OBJECT of this proceeding is to
/ subject lot of ground situate in or
near the Town of Hyattsville Maryland
known as Lot numbered -. of r. F.
Evans Addition to Hyattsville. to the
payment of s.. 095 81 with interest. being
balance of purchase money due by John
A johnson, now deceased, to the plaintiff
The Bill in substance states that SAID lot
and Improvement was sold about the 10Th
day of March, 1890 to said John A John
son; that payments were made. but the
said sum of 81 .095.5l remains due and I'M
paid that the said John A. johnson has
departed this life. leaving as his heirs at
law John \. johnson, Walter johnson,
Elizabeth Johnson, Indiana Johnson. Lille
Rushe, Leroy Johnson and Charles p
Johnson and Louisa Dreves: that Leroy
Johnson, Charles Johnson, Indiana John
son, Walter johnson, Elizabeth Johnson
and Louisa Dreves are infants, and it APP
pearing to be that Leroy Johnson is a non
resident of this State.
1t is thereupOn ordered this 9th day of
February, 1900. by the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges county, in Equity, that
the plaintiff give notice to the absent de-
PENDANT of the object and substance of
this bill by causing Il copy of this order to
be inserted in some newspaper published
in Prince Georges county once in each of
four successive weeks before the It'll day
of March, 1900, or in any manner as pre-
scrbed by the laws of this State, warning
him to be and appear in this Court on or
before the 2Sth day of March, 1900, by
person or solicitor or guardian to show
cause, if any he has, why decree ought
not to be passed rs prayed for.
GEORGE c. MERRICK, A. J.
True copy-test: JAMES B. BELT, Clerk.
February 9th, 1900-5w.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON. D. c., February 10Th.
MIR. EDITOR: No President ever made
Il more a5icct surrender than Mr.. Mckin-
lev has made on the Porto Rican tariff
bill now before the House. He stated
positively in his annual message that he
favored free trade for Porto Rico, and,
when the republicans in the House first
talked about putting Il duty on Porto
Rican products. he even went so far as to
intimate to democrats he met that he
would be glad if they would help defeat
the pro posed duty Now he has turned Il
complete somcrsault, and announced, in
advance of its passage, that he would sign
the bi imposing Il - per cent duty. No
wonder republicans in Congress laugh
when Mr. Mckinley is spokca of rs their
leader.
The bill providing territorial form of
government for Hawaii, now before the
Senate, which means that Hawaii will ulti
matcly become a State, naturally raises
the question Of why the llawaiians should
be so much better treated than the Porto
Ricans: Surely no one outside of the
clique which is shaping the republican
policy can see any good reason for making
Hawaiian Amer. can c.t:z.nS AMI the
Porto Ricans colonial subjects.
Senator Talaferro, of Florida, in addi-
ton to making public and most positive
denial of the story published over the sig
nature of Jay c. Holland, an alleged Flor
ida detective, charging him with having
conspired with Ma or G. W. Ruthers, I.
5. A., and Mr. c. b. Rogers, of Florida, to
defraud the government in connection
with the sale of Il lot OF bacon, has had
Holland arrested and employed eminent
lawyers to assist in prosecuting him. Sen
ator Taliaferro expressed the opinion that
eX- Senator Call had something to do with
the publication of Hollands story, but MIR.
Call says he had nothing whatever to do
with it.
Representative John Allen, of Missis-
sippi, can deal with facts as well as humor,
as he showed while the House was dis
cussing the responsibility for .he confess
edlv large number of inefficient clerks on
the government pay rolls in Washington.
When Mr.. Allen got up to speak those
who can see in him only the humorlst eX-
pectcd something funny" but they didn't
get it. Although inclined to take mlny
things humorously, Mr.. Allen is one of
the hardest working members of the APP
preparation Committee. He began his
speech 10y saying that there was sufficient
law to get rid of clerks who become inetti-
cient from age or other causes and that
the department officials should not be al
lowed to saddle the blame for their re-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23
OPENING TIE DEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN.

The Democratic national committee
will meet in Washington to-day to dc
ternine the date and place of meeting
of the coming national convention. AS
the convention is likely to he a per
functory affair, says the Philadelphia
Times of yesterday. with its candidates
and platform practically settled in adj
vance, neither candidates nor fac'i"nal
leaders are taking any particular i'll
tcrcst in location or date. Bryan is
practically certain to be rcnominated
upon platform of free Coinage at the
ratio of lG to l, opposition to trusts
protest against expansion, no matter
at what place or upon what date the
convention is held, and he and his
friends are apparently Indifferent about
the matter
This confines the contest to the cities
that want the convention for business
rather than political reasons, and Of
these there are apparently but two
Milwaukee and Kansas City. New
York entered the contest in a mild way
at first, but the evident determination
of the party to rcnominatc Bryan upon
cheap money platform has deprived
he I =. 4
any further interest in the matter
They want neither the convention nor
any responsibility for its doings
Chicago is not contestant for the
profits or honors of the convention this
time, its people declaring that Chicago
has suffered quite enough harm in rep
utation in giving a name to the Demo
cratic platform four years ago, which
has become the synonym the world
over for cheap money and 4 denuncia-
ton OF legal restraints upon lawIcsSnrss.
Milwaukee wants the convention for
business reasons, has n good conven-
ton hail in which to hold it and is
willing to put up money to secure it..
Kansas City wants it for similar rea-
sons, is able to furnish the necessary
hall. but is not so flush with money as
the Wisconsin metropolis. 1t has cX-
cellent railway and telegraph facilities
and abundant hotel accommodation to
offer, and is making the offer with true
Western feryor and hcartincss. The
Milwaukee and Kansas City latch
strings are out, and the committee
will decide to-day which they will pull
at convention time.
To the public at large the chief in
tcrcst in the meeting of the committee
today is that it will set the Democratic
machinery in actual motion. The date
and place of national convention is
usually determined before the election
Of delegates begins. This once settled,
State and district conventions for the
election of delegates will be next in
order. The Democratic Presidential
campaign will really date from to-day,
and the delegate contests will soon wax
fast and furious.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23

tention upon Congress- He said he had
made an investigation and had official
figures to show that the average age of
eleven hundred of the clerks reinstated by
the present administration exceeded so
years. and he naturally thought these re-
instatemcnts explained large part Of the
complaints about inefficient clerks being
kept in Office.
A caucus of democratic Senators was
held to discuss the general line of opposi-
ton to the republican policy towards the
island possessions of the United States.
A committee was authorized to confer
with the democrats of the House with II
view to having the party in both branches
of Congress act along the same line.
While no program was adopted there was
unanimous sentiment in favor of contin
uing the opposition, and committee was
authorized to arrange Il rr"Hr..:n.
Ex Governor Peck, of Bad Boy" fame,
is one of the two hundred citizens of Wis
consin who are whonping up Milwaukee
as the democratic National Convention
city. He saws that everybody tells him
Milwaukee will win. but that the hustfing
is going to be kept up until the National
Committee decides where the Convention
l. Ia re held.
Not Vt 'at,ling numerous dcniais f
the story tuat Bass Hanna had threatened
t, take the Republican National Conven-
ton away from Philadelphia if the money
romiSed by the rmmittee repl esenting
that city to the Republican National Com
mittec was not forthcoming. such 4 threat
was made Aud, us Il result, Boss Hanna
has re ciVcd Il check for S25 900 ac-
count and "A promise that the other SO, 900
will be raised and turned over before the
Convention meets.
The two democratic members of the
Conference Cummittee-Senator Jones, of
Arkansas, and Representative Cox, of
Tennessee, how considering the gold
standard bill passed by the House and the
substitute therefor, passed by the Senate,
can do little more than exercise their
right Of making minority report to their
respective branches of Congress, but they
can be depended upon to do that in a
thoroughly democratic manner The four
republican members of the Committee
| Senators Aldrich and Allison and Repre-
S"ntatives Overstreet and Brosius-will
really make the gold standard bill that
will go upon the statute books, and it is
not for moment doubted that it will CO T.
tain the most Objectionable features OF
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23
CHANGE IN THE ELECTION
LAW NEEDED.

The report from Annapolis to the
effect that the Committee on Elections
of the House OF Delegates in the cen
test from this county rejected, as i'm
property marked, $50 ballots indicates
clearly that the election law is very
imperfect in its practical operation, or
that it has been very enormously in
tcrprcted either 10y tie thirty Republic
can and thirty Democratic judges who
presided over the election and made
the returns in this county or hy the
gentlemen composing the Committee
on Elections. If there are grounds for
such grave doubts and such differences
of opinion. the law should he amended
at once SO as to make its operations
definite and certain.
Otherwise the question of the mark
ing of ballots will prove to be prolific
source of contests not only in the Leg
islature but in the courts, and a degree
OF uncertainty as to the result of elec-
tions will exist, tending to cause end
less trouble, confusion and expense.
The two contests before the Legisla-
turc this winter will cost the State
about five thousand dollars. The eN-
ample having been set, and with the
present provisions Of the law liable to
different interpretations continuing, it
is impossible to tell how many such
contests may arise hereafter.
The most bcnefcent laws are often
found to be defective in their practical
operation. Experience alone points
out snch defects, and it is the duty of
the Legislature to make amendments,
as the necessity arises. The law which
controls the exercise of the precious
right of Suffrage should be as pcrte, t
rs human wisdom can make it, and the
protection afforded to the voter should
be above and beyond tcchnicality or
quihbr.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23
BarqainsnF armS.

1. NS ACRE farm in Montgomery Coun-
lCty, Md, 81 miles from Bcltsville
on the B. & 0. II. r., improved by six
room dwelling, bank barn, potato cellar, 9
corn houses and granary. Fine young
orchard and strawberry patch, well wa
tered and timbered and in first class cu-
tivation, close to school houses, churches,
and stores. On easy terms. Price only
$4,000.
2. ION ACRE farm II miles from
lAU Springfield, p W. & B. r. R.
Good dwelling. stable, corn house and
carriage house. Buildings insured for
$4,000. On easy terms. Price $4,000.
3. Ole ACRE farm one mile north of
NlO Bowie on perfectly straight
and good road, half in cultivation and
half in wood, part of which is good white
oak timber. Finest water in that section,
one spring being noted. Dwelling, barn,
corn house and granary Splendid truck
ing land and so acres fine meadow or
grass land. On easy terms, Price - 200.
4. no ACRE farm miles from Sea-
lVA brooke, improved by com orta-
BILE dwelling and necessary out buildings.
On easy terms. Price 81 800.
). on ACRE farm miles from Glendale
CU on Cullington and Woodmore
road, improved by room dwelling in
good condition with 3 porches new ten
ant house, large stable and carriage house,
corn house with two sheds. meat house
and chicken house. Nicely fenced. Old
and yourg orchard of about 500 trees:
Fine well of water, new ice house full OF
ice On easy terms. Price $4,000
Is. I ACRE at Glendale, minutes walk
from Station, improved by 10 room
dwelling with large attic, two double
porches and cellar stable, well with pump
on premises. Nice orchard. On easy
terms. Price $4,000.
r. B. B. CHEW, JR.,
Attorney for Owners,
512 F. ST.. wv. Washington, d. c.
March 10. 1S99-tf.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23

Representative Bromwe!l, of Ohio.
made a speech in the House on the
Puerto Rico bill that is considered a
remarkable exhibition Of party servil-
ity. Not only did Mr.. Bromweli con-
slider the bill an unjust one and lacking
in good policy, but he intimated that
the Committee on Ways and Means
was not above suspicion in presenting
it to the House. After all this, he de-
clared he should vote for it if the sub
stitute failed.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23
TIE
THE
griafe 6eorge's GnQuirer,
FRED. SASSCER, EDITOR.
FIR ED. SASSCER,

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The Latest and Best.


To ,chom II may Concern:
l certify that am selling DR.. Hamil-
tons Anti Malarial Tonic Bitters, Rheuma
tic Liniment and Eye Wash and in every
case, as far as the result has come to my
Knowledge, they have done all that is
claimed for them, and | cheerfuliy recon-
mend them. BY J. l.. Edlavitch, the
Leading Merchant, Upper Marlboro Md.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-02-23
February %, 19OO-td
SPECIAL NorrcE.

OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, }
Upper Marlboro Md, Feb. 20, 1900
ORDERED. BY the County Commis
" sioners of Prince Geo rge's county.
Maryland. that all applications for Pen
sions for 1900 must he made by written APP
plication and verified statement of all
facts, on which said order is ask ed. irst
flied with the Clerk to this Board accord =
ing to Act nf General Assembly of Mary
land. 1890 chapter l6'. No Applicant, n
for Pensions will be granted unless this
notice is complied with. All apple ttions
must be filed on or before MARCH Slh,
1900
BY order of the Board:
JOHN r. FISHER,
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c. A. Snow & Co., Patent Lawyers, OPP
posite the United State Patent Office,
Washington, D. c., who have actual
clients in every city and town of the
United States and Canada, report that
never before in their % years practice has
the work of the Office been so well up to
date. They claim that patents can now
be procured in less than half the time
formerly required.