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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

Caroline Brown, Margaret J. Taylor
and William Taylor. her husband, Sal
lie A. Humphreys and others. Plaintiffs,
VS..
The heirs at-law of Betsy Allen, who
was Betsy Croson, whose names, num-
Der and residences are unknown,
Frank Croson, if living, who if liv-
ing is non. resident of the State of
Virginia, and the heirs-at law of Frank
Croson, if he be dead. whose names,
number and residences are unknown,
and the heirs at law of Hector Crist,
whose names, number and residences
are unknown, Defendants
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to procure the
entry of decree establishing the validity
of partition, in pals, made by Hector
Croson and Thomas CrOson in the lifetime
of-both of them of the tract of land con-
tanning AZ acres, which was conveyed by
William Cameron and wife to said Thomas
CrOson and Hector Croson by deed dated
February 4th, 1889.
And it appearing by affidavit filed that
the number, names and residences of the
heirs-at- law of Betsy Allen, who was Betsy
CrOsOn, are unknown; that Frank Croson,
if living, is nonresident of this State,
and if dead that the names, number and
residences of his heirs at law are unknown
and that the names number and residences
of the heirs at-law of Hector Crist are
unknown.
1t is ordered that the said defenants do
severally appear here within fifteen days
afteI due publication of this order and do
what is necessary to protect their interests
in this suit.
JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk.
J.,J, L. & r. Bumgardner. DO Lit
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01
NOTICE.

It matters not how bright, cold or
rainy. The people will come to the
Old Reliable City Laundry, where they
seldom fail to get full satisfaction. IA
S. New St., is our place of business.i
G. T.. WILSON. Prom
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS .
CPECTACLES and Eye glasses fitted to
the eye by H.H. BOLEN. Jeweler.

NOTICE.-All parties indebted to the es-
~ tate of Mrs. M. V. Wilson, decd,
(wife of w. N. WILSON,, will please come
forward and settle. All parties having
claims will present them. will be at the
late residence until Feby. s, after that
time at the Office of James Dore, StauntOn
Va. w. H. HUNTER,
2I4t* Administrator
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

~ Staunton, Va, Jan. 23d, 1901.
Henry W. Holt, Trustee, ETC.,
VS..
Mutual Annuity Company, ct. ais.
Weidmann, ct al.
VS..
Same.
All persons interested in the above
styled chancery causes will Take Notice,
that in pursuance of decree of the Court
OF Hastings for the city of Stanton, en-
tered in said causes on January, 10th,
1901. shall at my Office in Staunton, Va,
on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1901.
proceed to take, state and settle the fol-
lowing accounts:
1st. What is reasonable and proper
fee to be allowed and paid out of the fund
in these causes to the attorneys for the
plaintiffs in the said cause of Weidmann,
ct ais. VS.. The Mutual Annuity Company
End. A proper scheme for the distribu-
ton of the funds IN these causes now or
which may be hereafter realized from
other sources.
3rd. Any other matters deemed peril
nent, etc
r. E. R. NELSON,
Commissioners in Chancery.
Patrick & Gordon,
A. G. Braxton, ipq.
Braxton d Wayt, jan 25 At
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

No man can more keenly appreciate
the fact that sit is better to be a live
ass, than a dead lion,'' than Teddy
Roosevelt.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Staunton. Va. Jan. 25. 1901.
j. w. Gordon's Creditors,
VS..
]. W. Gordon, ct ais.
ALI parties interested in the above en-.
titled cause now pending in the circuit
courtof Augusta county, Take Notice, thai
pursuant to decree of said court entered
in said suit Oh November IA, 1900, shall
at my Office in Staunton, Va, on
FEBRUARY 26, 1901,
proceed to ascertain and report:
l. The real estate owned by the defen
dants, j. w. Gordon and Catherine, Cor
don, where the same is located, the nature
and condition of its title and its annua
rental and fee simple value.
2. The liens binding said real estate, il
accordance with their legal priorities, in
Guiding unpaid taxes.
3. What is reasonable and proper fet
to be paid the plaintiffs counsel Tor in
shutting and conducting this litigation
which fee is to be paid out OF the fund IL
this cause as part of the cost of this suit
4. Any other matters deemed pertinen
etc. HENRY w. HOLT,
Commissioner in Chancery
F. B. Kennedy, p.q, feb IA
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

vIRGINIA-City of Staunton, to wit
l hereby certify that A. G. Gordon, COM
missioner, has given bond, with security,
as required by law, and by decree entered
Receiver, &C., against H. w. Sheffey' s
Heirs, pending in the Court of Hastings
for the city of Staunton.
Given under my hand this 9th day of
April, 1900.
NEWTON ARGENBRIGHT,
jan 4-5t Clerk.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

MONEY 70 LEND on improved real es-
W. tate. Office over the Farmers and
Merchants Bank. Entrance on Augusta
Street. JOHN M. CARROLL.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

Judging from the number of rather
previous calls for candidates for the
convention, the "early bird'' theory
has not been abandoned.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

Mr.. Claude A. Swanson, candidate
for the gubernatorial nomination, 10
said to be mixer. We notice that in
the Judicial battle just on Messrs.
Montanue and Echols have allowed him
to do all the mixing.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

WANTED.-A good man to work on
shares and manage large grain and
grazing farm, 5 mile west of Warm
Springs. Va. Fine opportunity to right
man. References given and required
Address. ABC,
jan Is At Warm Springs, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

Rockingham is for Montague, il
the style Of an editorial we notice this
week. Probably the word Register
was inadvertently omitted from the
headline.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ stanton, Va, Jan, 25th, 1901.
M. Coiner's Executor.
VS..
M. Conner widow.
All parties interested in the above en-
titled cause now pending in the circuit
court of Augusta county, Take Notice, that
pursuant to decree of said court entered
in said suit December 2lst, 1900, shall al
my Office in Stanton, Va, on
MARCH 4, 1901,
proceed to ascertain and report
l. The fund in the bands of w. H. Ian
des, General Receiver, held for the sup
port OF Samuel L. Conner during his life
time
2 Who are the heirs at law of Michael
Conner, deceased, entitled to said fund and
what proportions they are entitled to take
8. What part of said fund, if any, is
payable to the Western State Hospital for
the support of Samuel l.. Coiner, deceased
4. Any other matter deemed pertinent,
etc. HENRY w. HOLT.
Commissioner in Chancery.
w. H. Landes, p.q.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

Mr.. r. S. Parks is tho latest addition
to the candidates for the nomination
for Attorney General. If Mr.. Parks
Assessment bill" be sample of his
ability as lawyer, the State, if he
were elected, would be warranted in
employing an attorney for the Attor-
ney General.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

GRAZING FARM FOR RENT.-Contains
~ 433 acres, fine sod. One mile from
Greenwood Depot, Albemarle county, Va,
on top mountain.
Write. O. H. FUNSTEN,
jan 25 2t 1113 Main St., Richmond, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

Nj hen you want to buy wedding ring
" get it at H. H. BOLEN'S JeweIry
Store
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01
By E. M. Cushing & Co., Auctioneers.
Commissioners Sale
OF VALUABLE
RESIDENCE PROPERTY,
IN THE CITY OF sTAUNTON.

BY virtue of DEGREES of the Court of Hus-
tings for the city of StauntOn entered at
the February and March terms, 1900, of
said court, in the chancery cause of Lam
des, Receiver, VS.. Sheffey's heirs, &c the
undersigned will offer for sale at public
auction in front of the opera house (Which
is at present the county court house of Au-
gusta county,, in the city of Staunton, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY I'd, 1901,
at p. M. that certain valuable residence
property consisting of dwelling house. and
lot upon which it is located, and the ap-
purtenances thereto Isituate on East Main
street in the city of Staunton, and fronting
thereon and running back to the alley in
the rear, being the same property occu-
pied by Judge Hugh W. Sheffey as a resi-
dence during the latter part of his life and
at the time of his death, and convened to
him by ]. N. and Alcinda ]. Woodward.
by deed recorded in the Clerks office of
said court in d. B. No. 6, D. AVG, bearing
date on the Goth of January, 1874.
TERMS-Cash in hand sufficient to paw
costs of suit and expenses of sale and the
delinquent and unpaid taxes upon said
property; the residue upon credit of one,
two and three years, evidenced by the
bonds of the purchaser with approved per-
sonal security, title TO be retained as ulti-
mate security.
A. G. GORDON,
]. L. s. KIRBY,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

i F. SCHEELE,
W. ATTORNEY-AT-
Room A, First Floor, Masonic Temple
STAUNToN, VA.
Practice in all courts. W Prompt at
tentiOn given to collections
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01
Stallion For Sale |

/ offer for sale or exchage the thorough
bred Percheron stallion VEDOCK. Is a
bay horse, 16 hands high, weight 1900
lbs. Is perfectly sound, works we'll any
where and is a splendid animal. Apply
to or address,
w. H. HARTMAN,
jan 25 st Box 672, Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01
NO GOLD STANDARD FOR Us.

Our esteemed contemporary, the
News, continues to press its gold theo-
ries on a silver thinking public much
to their distaste. 1t in part says: 1.-THE
Democrats have seen the fallacy of the
free silver arguments and claims, and
few intelligent Democrats can now be
found who in private maintain the
absurd theories loudly proclaimed in
1896, and indifferently supported with.
out argument in 19OO."
The people who supported free silver
in 1886 and 1900 are as fixed in their
beliefs about the right and justice of
silver to be coined as freely as gold,
the ratio to be Is to l. as they are in
tariff reduction, OF we may go further
and say as the people of the south
were in their right to cecede. They
know as we'll now as they ever did that
the gold standard is a bankers scheme
to get control of the money making
power and rob the toilers of the land,
but they know at the same time that
the banker has prevailed, and that the
issue is not now popular or timely, SO
with other just and righteous issues
they will let it rest in the belief that
it will be revived when the shinplaster
has served it's temporary purpose, and
the people rise to higher intelligence.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-02-01

VIRGINIA, To-wit:-In the Clerks Office
of the Circuit Court Of Augusta coun-
ty, the 10Th day of January, 1901.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26

line with those raised when Lord Ripon
was viceroy have escaped observation.
Lord Curzon. when he went to India.
was in closer touch with all questions
relating to the Oriental races than his
predecessors had been and naturally was
not prepared to follow official traditions
at all points, Cor accept blindly military
views of Indian policy. hence he has
been reproached for neddlng with race
questions encouraging native ambitions
and unsettling the established order OF
administration.
The discussion has been confined
mainly to India. and the resistance OF
tered by the military martinets and Brit
ish residents has not attracted general
attention here.
Lord Curzon's lack OF reverence Tor
red tape will be accounted virtue ny
those worn out with the mechanical pro-
cesses of the administration of the war
office and other public services.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
Beers WAR TACTICS.
Wearing Out British Army By Avoid
ing General Engagements.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated PreSS.)
New York, Nov. Recommending upon
the military situation in South Africa.
the London correspondent of the Tribune
says:
Lord kitcheners belated explanations
of Major Fishers engagement at VII
liersdorp are received with impatience
by the military critics. The first reports
were entirely misleading. and the mel
dent on the whole was favorable to the
Beers.
Their settled policy is to keep up
semb1ance of hostilities by avoiding a
general engagement at any point ana by
sweeping down unexpectedly on exposed
outposts and rear guards and making
a successful attack. They hope in this
way to wear out the British army and
taxpayers.
There is a growing feeling in military
circles that Lord Kitchener has not yet
hit upon an effective method OF counter
acting these ingenious tactics.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
LOUD IN HIS PRAISE
SIR THOMAS Upton SHOWERS
ENCOMiUMs ON SUoRTsMEN.
CAN NEVER FORGET KINDNESS.
Owner Of Last Cup Challenger Tells
His Countrymen Of His Treat
ment Here During Recent
Yacht Races.
tRy Associated Press.)

New York. Nov. pa dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from London
quotes Sir Thomas Upton. as comrent-
ing upon his treatment in America. on
the occasion of his address at the dinner,
at the Hotel Cecil. in the following
language.
NO words of mine can eXasgerate the
admirable manner in which the course
was kept clear for the yacht race or the
sentcmanly. sportsmanlike treatment
accorded me by the New York Yacht
club.
The American yachtsmen and the
American people did everything for me
save give me the cup. They loaded the
Erin with mascots. rseShoes. lucky
spiders and other things which were sup
posed to bring luck. Unfortunately they
did not.
1t is gratifying to me to think perhaps
the races have done something to in
crease the good feeling between the peo-
Pile of the United States OF America and
this country.
Il am we'll able to say from personal
experience that nowhere else in the world
can there be found people SO hos pit able
and generous. l can never forget the
kindness l met with in America.
1t has proved to me beyond doubt
that hands across the sea- is not a mere
idle phrase. but Engishmen and Amer
leans are of the same kith and kline
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
WANTS PAY FOR A PAINTING.
Pittsburg Art Collector Sues Estate of
Late Coils P. Huntington.
(By Associated Press.)

Icy Associated FfeSS.J
New York Nov. 26.-Collis p. Hunting
ton was an art lover and his last trans
action in that line, made five days he
fore his death. is the subject of \ suit
set down for trial today III the supreme
court.
Corrego's THE Angels Head is the
picture. Hermann Linde, wealthy
Pittsburg man. who has an extensive art
collection, is suing the executors o. the
Huntington estate for $1,000, the Naiua .>t
the painting.
Mr. Liz lie il, also Publisher III This
city. He says he sold the painting to MIR.
Huntington five days before the Million
are died. Mrs. Huntington and exeeut-
ors Tweed and Gates, declare the Picture
was never accepted by Mr.. Huntington
1t is not known on what grounds the
defense will set up that M. Huntington
rejected the picture. 1t is thought prob
ably that it may he asserted that he did
not believe it a genuine Correigo.
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BRlCANDS TO KILL
THREATEN LIFE OF MISS STONE
UNLESS RANSOM Is PAID.
DEMAND ORIGINAL SUM ASKED.
Message to Diplomatic Agent Dickin-
son Said to BE Captors Ultimatum
Result of an Alleged At
tempt to Reduce Ransom.
(Ry Associated Piess.)


New York, Nov. Recommending on
the report that the brigcnds have sent
a message to the American diplomatic
agent, Dickinson. that unless he ace '1es
by January to their original demand
tor $4,000 Turkish Ira Csllh00O) ransom.
they will kill both their captiNes. MIS-
Ellen NJ. Stone and Mrs. Tsilki, SOFIA
Bulgaria, correspondent says:
This report comes in private advices
from Dubnitz. the Bulgarian frontier
town which is the present headquarters
OF some of the secret agents through
whom Mr. Dickinson has been commun
eating with the brigands.
THE message is said to be the robbers
answer to the ultimatum reported to
have been sent them by Mr.. Dickinson.
but which he denied sending, offering
a ransom of $4,000 Ira (S2,SO0) and no
more. ana giving them until next Sat
urday to accept that sum. after which
time that and all previous offers would
be witld. avn.
Mr.. Dickinson, who was the United
States consul general at Constantinopie
when he was appointed diplomatic agent
at Sofia. went to Cons+antinople imme-
diatey after tn, report De, anne current
that he had sent an ultimatum. and he
Is still there.
THE report that the brigands will
kill their prisoners is not believed in
Sofia
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
OPPOSE MODERN LANGUAGE.
Prof. Gi1dersleeve Explains Greek Rev
erence Fo; Ancient Tongue.
(By ASS ociated Press.)


Baltimore. Nd. Nov. 26.-Dr. Basil l..
Gildersleeve of Johns Hopkins university.
the noted Greek scholar. who has spen1
much time in Greece. in discussing the
peculiar situation in that country. said
that while an appropriation TO translate
the gospels in modern Greek must seem
to Americans to be small effort :,
raise fuss about, it was serious thing
for the Greeks.
There have been many TRANSACTIONS OF
the scriptures into the modern Gre *, hat
none of them have been sanctioned by
the Greek church. They have been pub
lshed by Protestants though distributed
by colporteurs and missionaries. ana a:e
not in any sense official or approved by
the church Of the country. which is the
great oonServator of Pan Hellenism.
Its followers uphold the glory of an
cient Greece and reverence the language
| with intense devotion.
Abiding to the intense reverence for
the ancient Greek and the manner in
which the patriotism of the people is
bound up with their church, Professor
Gilderseeve remarked that the Protest.
ant propaganda, in Greece. seemed to
him hopeless.
The people would listen politely 10
what was said. but 1t would make alb
solutely no impression upon them: they
would treat it with quiet contempt. They
regard themselves as the heirs Of all the
glory of the Greece of old and consider
that the wars with the Turks are only
a repetition of the wars Of the ancients
with Persia.
Their devotion TO the ancient language,
displays itself in many ways. The store
signs are either in the ancient characters.
or in the French language. The people.
from the highest to the lowest are pos
sessed of the most intense thirst for
| learning.
The professors in the universities are
also none the less devoted to the Byzan-
tine Greek, but they are welded to it not
because of their patriotic feelings. but
because they are dependent upon its
study and preservation for a livelihood.
Another incident that explains the in,
tense feeling of the Greek upon this SUBJ
iect. said the professor. is their oriental
/ blood Their politics are a tangle and
/ eyerys little While they have change in
| the premiership.
I If the modern Greek were substituted
/ fsorsstare ancient Greek language In the
schools and in the church, it would mean
in all probability. that the Roman let
ters would be used in writing and print
ing.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26

State Senator Frank d. Pavey and l.. V.
lie Abad. q member of the forae" Cuban
delegation on economic affairs which "is-
tied Washington last winter.
The petition says that the economical
situation in which the island of Cuba is
placed is such that the remedies sug-
gested admit of no delay. ami concludes
as fOlloWs
We therefore respectfully "rtfeat You,
either by virtue Of the constitutional au-
thority vested in you or by requesting
congress in your first message II grant
you the necessar yauthority to immedi-
ately establish ample commercial privf-
leges between the United Stascs-the al
most exclusive market for our products
and Cuba. based on the foregoing petit
tion, as measure of urgent necessity
and indispensable for the salvation OF
The island"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
ORIGINALLY TWO CONTINENTS
Princeton paleontologist Verifies The
Theory Of Earths Prehistoric
Formation
(By Associated Press,)


New York, Nov. 26.-Dr. A. E. Ortman
curator Of invertebrate paleontology. at
Princeton university. has made a dis
covery as to the original situation of the
continents.
The discovery adds to the evidence Of
the correctness of the Wondering and
Hedley's theory. which is that formerly
there existed only two main continents
known to scientists as Archehelenos and
AFchinotos He did this by noting the
geographical distribution of the fresh
water crayfish.
The continents on which crayfish are
found must originally have been con-
nected. forming one main continent and
the places where the fish do not occur
must have formed another continent.
Archehelenos is the name given by
scientists to the continent on which the
crayfsh did not occur and consisted Of
what is now India, Africa and Tropical
America.
The other continent was called Anchf-
hotis, formed Of the Southern part ~
America, Australia. the Antarctic regions
and the Eastern part Of India.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
CUBANS CALL FOR, AID.
Delegation Waits Upon the President
and Asks That Tariff Be Lowered.
(By Associated Press.)


Washington. Nov. ga delegation et
Cubans called W on the president today
and presented petition adopted by tie
industrial organizations of the islands.
urging upon his attention the necessity
of reduction in the American tariff upon
Cuban products, particularly upon sugar
and tobacco.
The secretary OF war ana other on'-
Gals also were called upon. The dele
cation consisted of Francisco GAMBIA,
president of the General Society Of Mer-
chants and Business Men Of Cuba;
Miguel Mendoza, Simon Dumnis. Louis
Francke, Gustave Book. Dioafsio Val
assoc. Juan Pedro and Alfonso Peasant. =
The delegation was accompanied ny
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26

erika Weisse, Phoebe Williams and Wal
ter Johnson have been arrested, charged
with the theft of $1,000 worth Of silver
ware, cut glass and other hotel materials.
Detectives claim to have evidence Of 4
large conspiracy OF hotel employees,
whereby the big hostelries Of Chicago
had been robbed of s12 900 to 1000 worth
of property, the material all being
fenced" or disposed Of in this city.
In few days, it is promised, several
suspected employees in the large hotels
will be arrested and the whole conspiracy
exposed,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-26
ATTEMPT NATIONAL SCANDAL.
French Deputies Discuss Alleged Mis-
s:onary Barbarism in China.
nv Associated Pre-

(by ASsUtidteu fVoS'7
New York, Nov. 26.-The Paris corre-
spondent of the London Times and the
New York Times cables the following
comments on the recent proceedings in
the chamber of deputies.
The last session Of the chamber was
taken up with a discussion of the loan
bill, a strong effort being made to Gre
ate q diversion, with the intention of
causing a national scandal.
The government was invited to make
public the report og General BoyrOn's.
which was alleged to charge mission
aries in China with barbarism.
The premier. however, refused to COM
ply with the request. The radicals
hoped to obtain a vote depriving some
religious orders in China of indemnities
proposed to be awarded to them.