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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
PAY IN ADVANCE.
Thus SwindIer Is Able to Reap a
Harvest in Omaha.

Harvest in Omaha.
Omaha, Neb, June 1.-Two score
women of the local 400 have been
fleeced by clever young man who in
troduced himself as "Mr. Gallagher"
From Mrs. Herman KountZe and Mrs.
Fred Davis, wives of prominent
bankers, from Mrs. Clarkson, wife of
the deceased Episcopal bishop of that
name, and from many others the
young man gathered a harvest, his to-
tai earnings amounting to over $1,000
The police records contain no de-
scription corresponding to that of the
swindler and he is believed to be a
dextrous amateur
1t was early in May that the two
women of the exclusive circles re-
ceived by mail samples of some unus-
ually fine linens, silk hosiery and cam
brics with a note to the effect that
"our agent will call upon you Thurs
day of next week to take your order"
The prices quoted were extremely
low considering the quality of the
goods.
Promptly on the day appointed "our
agent" appeared He made an ideal
trades person"-modest and a trife
embarrassed in the palatial surround
ings. The women wer pleased with
him. They ordered large quantities
of goods from the irreproachable
samples in evidence.
AS Mr.. Gallagher was about to 90
he was struck by an idea. He pro
posed to show a few bolts of rare
dress goods which he had in his
buggy-exquisite weaves which had
gotten into the wrong bundle and had
thus escaped the scrutiny of the Gus
toms inspector. He sold one woman a
dress pattern for s22, another pur-
chased remnant Of the same piece
OF goods for $50, and so on along the
line OF brown stone fronts. Gallagher
promised that his house would open
al Omaha branch at once and was able
Tor the most part to collect in ad
vance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
South Africa.

Beers derailed an armored train
hearing General Knox and nearly cap
tnred him.
Representative of the south African
republics have appealed for arbitra-
ton with England to the peace court
at The Hague.
General Kitchener reports that a
Boer attack on a convoy between Ven
tersdorp and Potchefstroom was re
pulsed The British lost four killed
and 80 wounded.
Acting Secretary of State Hill de-
mics that President Mckinley has init
mated TO President Kruger that he
could not be received officially or UNI
officially should he visit the United
States.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
China.

The Chinese peace ENJOYS say China
is willing to pay sos, 100000 indemnity
including interest.
The German quarter of Pekin has
been handed over to the Chinese ex
perimentally for fortnight.
China's ruler issued an edict declar
ing his willingness to pay 4 per cent
interest on the indemnity, but wants
the period of payment made 40 instead
of 80 years.
The mandarins have been officially
informed that the court will reach
Kaifengfu, province of Honan, before
the middle of June, Notwithstanding
the efforts of the reactionary party TO
prevent the dowager empress from
leaving Singanfu.
Field Marshal Count Won Waldersee
has made arrangements with the COM
manders of the French. Japanese, Brit
ish and Italian troops by which the
area controlled by foreigners will be
lessened and the Chinese regular
troops will be allowed to take their
places.
The United States legation guard at
Pekin has had its first trouble. Lega-
tion street is being repaired near the
legation, and an American sentry was
placed at the point with orders to di.
rect people around by side street.
Everybody obeyed the request with
the exception of the Germans, both of
ficers and soldiers. who have caused
the American sentrics much trouble.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
LOOMS TO GET ANOTHER POST.
President Will Not Send Minister Back
to Venezuela.

washington, June lit is officially
admitted that Minister Loomis will
not return to Venezuela. There are
TWO reasons for this decision. In the
hrst place, LOOMS has suffered in
health at his uncongenial post, and in
the second place, the president is not
disposed to expose him again to the
merciless attacks ne has suffered in
venezuela as a result of the execution
Oh the orders of the state department.
LOOMS, who is now in Europe seeking
70 recuperate, will be given another
diplomatic position as soon as a suit
able place can be found.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Russell will remain
IN charge OF the United States legation
at Caracas for period OF time not vet
nxed by the attitude of the Venezuelan
determined upon, but likely to be
government.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
WHOLESALE LYNcHINc.
Five Horse Thieves STRUNG Up In
California.

Alturas, Cal, June 1.-CaIvin Hall
and his three sons. Frank. Jim and
Martin and Dan Yantis. who have
been stealing horses for years. were
arrested Thursday and guarded by
three officers. A mob of forty masked
men took them at l o'clock in the
morning and hung them to a bridge
near Lookout. The officers were over.
powered and compelled to help. The
mob dispersed within five minutes
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
KILOGRAMS IN BRIEI
Our Islands.

Inc Philippine commission is pre-
pairing a bill to reorganize the courts
of the islands.
Aguinaldo has asked permission to
visit the United States. He will prob
ably start in September.
Children born in Porto Rico since
the ratification Of the Spanish treaty
are American citizens.
A modern fire department is to be
established in Manila with American
engines and an alarm system.
Porto Ricans are disappointed over
the decision of the United States SUI
preme court.
The supreme court fails to settle the
whole controversy over Porto Rico and
the Philippines.
The Cuban constitutional convention
adopted the Plat amendment Is to IA.
Carlos and Ramon Julia, respective
ly postmaster and assistant postmaster
at Junia Diaz, p. l., have been arrest
ed on the charge of embezzlement
President Mckinley may convene
congress in extra session to adopt a
tariff on goods from the Philippines
He fears that the supreme courts de-
cisions in the insular cases make the
present Philippine duties Illegal.
General Funston has had a confer
ence with General Luchan, of the in
.surgent forces in the north of Pena-
randa, in the province of Mueva Ecija
The rebel leader promised to, sur
render, with his entire command, in
few days.
The Cuban constitutional conven-
tion, by secret action, materially
changed the terms of the Plat amend
ment before voting to accept it. The
acceptance will be rejected by the sec
rotary of state, because not in har-
mony with the conditions imposed by
congress.
The United States supreme court de-
cided that the Porto Rican tariff act is
legal, but that tariff collected after
the ratification of the peace treaty and
before the passage of the Porto Rican
tariff act must be refunded. Porto
Rico is decided to be a possession of
the United States, subject to the con-
troll of congress.
nc naval bOdIu VI dWdIuo ID
stood to have reached a decision upon
the design for a medal of honor for
those who participated in the naval
battle of Santiago bay. The board
has followed the precedent of the Ma
Mia medal in showing the head of the
commander-in-chief, and the Santiago
medal will bear the head of Admiral
Sampson.
'iust previous to the departure of the
43d regiment from Leyte, p. l., an in
vestigation board discovered miscon-
duct that resulted in the courtmartial
of Captain Michael Spellman, Sur
geon Dudley Welch and Lieutenant
Delbert Jones. who were stationed at
Maasin. The charges involved per-
Fitting illegal trade at the closed ports
and bribery.
The discomfort among the Filipinos
at the appointment of American judges
and alleged determinations in the civil
service in favor of the Americans is
finding expression, encouraged by
some of the native judges, who are
aware that the reorganization of the
judiciary will result IN the loss of their
positions. Judge Ner of the court of
first instance of Tondo, one of the lead
ers of what is beginning to be called
the radical wing of the federalists, de-
clared that IL such things continue
there will be a second revolution.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
Race" Riot at Pittsburo.

Plttsburg' May S1.-About a hun
dred coal miners, Poles on one side
ana American, Cornishmen, Irishmen
and Welshmen on the other, INDUCED
IN neree race" riot yesterday at
Federal. William Kearns was left on
the battlefield mortally wounded and
ms brother, Robert, had his head badly
battered. William Kearns died within
an hour after the battle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
Domestic.

President McKinley's train arrived
in Washington.
w. l.. Martin, one of the oldest i'm.
plement men in the southwest, was
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
NOT SUBSTANTIAL"
SAYS CABINET OF AGREEMENT.
OF cURANS.
| lon PLATT AMENDMENT

United States Government Must Now
Wait Cuba's Further Action-Dis-
agreement on Paragraphs Relating
to Coaling Stations, Sanitation and
Intervention.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
Dover News.

Governor HUM has announced that Henry
W. Baker, of Seaford, cashier of the First
National Bank of that place, would be APP
pointed a trustee of Delawarel College to sue
coed the late Charles c. StoclIley former Gov
ernor of Delaware.
The Rev. c. Dexter Weeden, rector of Trim
ity p. E. Church, Clayton, who has been ser
iously i'll at his home for several weeks, has
recovered and will hold his first service since
Easter on Sunday next, with the celebration
of the Holy Communion, it being Whitsun
Day
The Farmers Bank has awarded the con-
tract for the new safe deposit vaults and bur-
garproof work in the new clearinghouse on
Loockerman street to Stiffel d Freeman, of
Philadelphia.
Mrs. David Zearfoss.i left last Monday for
Tacoma, Wash. where she will join her hus-
band, who is playing baseball there. She will
be accompanied by Miss Bertha Boggs who
will visit her sister, Mrs. 7. p Revelle of Sc
attic.
Weddings will take place next month as
follows on June 5th, Henry E. Cain and Miss
Emma Jump; June 9th, Miss Bessie Eager
and Calvin p. Cowgirl the latter Of Alt6Un5,
Pa; June nth, Miss Minerva Smith and the
Rev. John Parks, graduate of Dickinson
College this year; June 18th, Miss BERTHE
Frank, a granddaughter of the late Samuel
Cole Of the Richardson House, and Philip
Peck of Connecticut
/ DIR Henry Ridgeley and T. X. Jones will
represent Christ p. E. Church, Dover, at the
annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of
1 Delaware in All Saints Church, RehOboth, on
Wednesday, June s. St. Peters Church,
Smyrna, will be represented by Edward Far
rell and Wilson T. Lavender.
Former Secretary of State James H. Hughes
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ridgely ,Jr. OF Dover
sailed last Saturday afternoon on the steamer
Westernland, for an extended European trip
Mr.. Hughes has been in poor health for sew
eral months, owing to heavy duties involv
ing upon him, and has recently returned
from Wernersville, where he was treated.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31

The mines, mine fields, torpedoes
and all stores used in the mining of
the Delaware River and Bay during
the Spanish American War were turn
ed over last week to the senior officer of
the Artillery Corps in the Department
of the East by Lieut-Col. Charles Ray
mOnd, Corps of Engineers, who has
heretofore had sole charge of the work,
This transfer has just been completed
after a Board of Survey had inspected
the government property. In the future
the senior officer at Fort Mott will have
charge of all the defences of Philadel.
phia.
Not one of the torpedoes is in the
river at the present time, and the mine
fields also are harmless, the powerful
explosives that made them dangerous,
having been fshed out of the river and
carefully stored away. Not even the
mushroom anchors which held the
torpedOes in place in the channel re-
main in the water. They would make
it possible to locate the mine fields
something which the army officers
know has been attempted by some
/ governments in other countries. Fol
obvious reasons the place of storage O.
these powerful engines Of destruction i,
also kept department secret.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
GENERAL MARKETS.

Philadelphia, May 2S.--Flour steady;
winter superfine S2.10u225; Pennsylvania
roller, clear $SQS,25; city mills, extra, $40
d265. Rye flour quiet and steady at $2.I5d
2.9O per barrel. Wheat firm; No. 2 red,
spot, 77%07Sl2c. Corn firm; No. mixed
spot, 47lz@47Mc.; No. yellow. for local
trade, SOC. Oats steady; No. white, clip
ped, 34iadS5c.; low grades, 3Od34c. Hay in
light demand; choice timothy, ST for
large bales. Beef quiet; beef hams, $3.50
62O. Pork steady; family, $17d17.5O. Lard
firm, western steamed, $40. Live poul-
try quoted at 10d1015c for hens. &C. for
old rOOsters and 24Q2Gc. for spring chick
ems. Dressed poultry quoted at 10c for
hens. 6I5c for old ROSTERS, 25d35c. for
nearby broilers, 11G13c. for chickens and
lOg12c. for frozen turkeys. Butter firm;
creamery, 15@19c.; factory, 1ql3ac,; i'm
itation creamery, 131ad1715c.; New York
dairy 15dlSc; fancy Pennsylvania prints
jobbing at 22@25c. do. extra, 2lc, Cheese
firm; fancy large, coloTed, S5sQS3lc.; do.
do. white, Sl2c.; fancy small eOlOred 94Q
9lac.; do. do. white. sac. Eggs steady;
New York and Pennsylvania. 13lkc.; west
ern ungraded, 1l1a@l2lAc.; western select
ed, 13alSc, Potatoes quiet; Jerseys, SOC. a
1928; New York SL25Q1.75; Havana, 500;
Jeresy sweets. $1.5Oa2 Cabbages steady;
New York, Sl2q16 per ton.
East Liberty, Pa, May 9s.-Cattle mar
ket steady; extra. $5.S5q19O; prime, S5.6Oa
$40; good, S5.S0q5.5Q Hogs steady; prime
heavy, $5.9Oq6; assorted mediums, $3.50
5.971a; best Workers. S5.90G5.921s; light do,
S5S5d5,S712; slIips, $4,50Q525; roughs, $40
$50, Sheep steady; best wethers, S425G
! 4.SS choice lambs, S53OQ5.5O; common to
Sof'H $lHO.25 Il valves $4,000 rs
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
SINGULAR COURT DECISION.
Reputable Father Cannot Gain Posses.
-. y L. - LII nl.aIL

Reputable Father Cannot Gain Posses
sion Of His Year-Old Child.
New York. May 29.-Frank B. Wey-
ant the wealthy owner of a cattle
ranch near Lincoln, Neb.. made an IN
successful effort in the supreme court
yesterday to obtain the custody Of his
infant child Gladys. About year ago
Mr.. Weyant came to Brooklyn with his
wife to pay a visit to his relatives.
While here the child was born and the
mother died a few days after the birth.
Mr. Weyant returned to Nebraska to
attend to his business interests there,
leaving the child with his brother,
Henry S. Weyant, and his wife, Lizzie.
a few months later correspondence
was opened with a view of having the
child sent on to the father, but the
brother sent word to the father that he
could not think of such a thing. and
that the idea OF having so young a
child travel so long a distance was alb
surd in the extreme. Finally Weyant
came on with his sister, Mrs. Lucy
Armstrong. but was surprised to fin6
that the brother refused to surrender
the child. He then had recourse to the
courts, and the case came up before
Supreme Court Justice Maddox yester
day. Justice Maddox decided that tn;
child should remain in the custody o
the brother for a year, at the end o
which time the father might renew hi
application.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
Improving Kent Roads.

Levy Court Commissioners Baggs, Benson,
Moore and Mabrey have made inspection of
the much-talked-of Light House road, near
Smyrna,and have awarded the contract for
repairing the same to the Mills Dredging
Company of Camden, N. J. a solid bank
will be built over the marshes, to be built up
solidly above high-water mark, The cost Of
the repairs will be about 81, O5O at the rate Of
sI5 a day Of twelve hours, continuing for
little over twenty days. When this road is
finished, work on the Woodland Beach road
Will be commenced, in order that the road
may be put in passable condition for the ac-
commodation of the many people who flock
to this popular resort. Unless the Woodland
Beach road is repaired, travel to the beach
will be greatly hindered,as the people of Kent
county experience great difficulty in driving
over the bad roads.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
College Commencement.

Commencement week at Delaware College
opens on Sunday, June l6th on the evening
of which day the Rev. Hubert w. Wells, rec
tor of st. Andrews, Wilmington, viii deliver
the baccalaureate sermon in the College Ora
tory. On the morning of the same day a ser
mon will be preached before the Young Mems
Christian Association OF the College.
The usual class day exercises, which of re-
cent years have become very popular,win be
held at o'clock on Monday,the 18th, and on
the evening of that day occurs the declama-
ton contest,in which three prizes are offered.
The Board of Trustees meet on Tuesday
morning, and at night is celebrated the ami
versary OF the AthenWan Literary Society,"
Commencement Day proper falls on We'd
nesday, the 18th. There will be the usual ad-
dresses by number of the new graduates,
the comforting Of degrees, the presentation of
prizes, and an address by the Hon. James
Pennewill Luncheon to visitors will be
served in the Library at the close or the Com.
mencement exercises, and then will occur the
reunion of the classes of 1885, $50, 'S7, Sc. and
SO. All former students belonging to those
classes, whether graduate or not, are invited
to this reunion, and such as are so fortunate
as to be married are invited to bring their
WIVES VI nunDduuos LIS Alumni AHeOCldAlOu
meets at go p. m, and at p. m. occurs the
exhibition drill of the Delaware College Ca
diets, always aninteresting display. At night
occurs the anniversary ofthe Delta Phi Liter
airy SOcety,to be followed by the commence.
ment dance, Ambulance to which, as last
year, will be restricted to those holding cards.
Entrance examinations will be held at New
ark on Friday and Saturday, June Dist and
22d, and on the same days at Wilmington,
Middletown, Smyrna, Dover, Milford, George.
town, Seaford, Laurel and Lewes. Candidates
for entrance shall notify the President or the
Secretary that they mean to present them
selves at those places. In response to widely
| circulated documents touching the College
and what it has to offer, an unusual number
OF inquiries have been received during the
| past year from prospective candidates for ad-
mission in various parts of Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland.
New rules designed to raise the standard of
scholarship within the various classes have
| recently been put into effect. 1t is intended
| that these rules shall be so administered as to
insure the prompt withdrawal of students
who are persistently idle. One wholesome
provision of the new rules will prevent a stu
dent who has fallen below the required aver
| age in his recitation work for any term from
| retrieving himself by a mere examining pro-
cess in preparation for examination.
The prospect is that the improvements to
be made at the College during the Summer
vacation will render the dOrmitories,the rec
itation rooms and the laboratories of the old
building, known as the DOrmitory, much
more attractive, comfortable and convenient
and viii give beauty and dignity to the exter
ior of the building.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31

Annapolis, Md. May 29.-Horace
Ridout, a prominent real estate dealer
of this city, lost his life as the result Of
an heroic attempt to rescue his aunt
from a burning building. Mr.. Ridout
was visiting his brother, DR.. Ridout,
who lives five miles from Annapolis.
At 8 o'clock in the morning the house
was burned and all the inmates had
thrilling escapes. Horace Ridout car
ried out his aged and invalid uncle,
while DR.. Ridout got his wife and
three children and his aunt, Miss Mel
lie Ridout, who is aged and inirm, out
of the second story window by means
of ladder. Horace Ridout, not know
ing of his aunt's escape, rushed into
the burning building to save her. He
was burned to a crisp.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
Kent County Trolley Line.

The Town Council, of Dover, met in
special session last Tuesday to receive
the report of the committee appointed
to confer with the town solicitor con-
corning the Delaware General Electric
Railway Co.'S agreement.
The committee made the following
recommendations That the company
be permitted to use State, LoOckerman,
West and Forest streets, with one track
and necessary turnOuts on each of the
said streets; that the work begin within
ten days after the adoption of the res
olution, and be completed within two
months; that the rOadbed be paved
with hard burned brick both within
and a distance of eighteen inches from
the track, and that s., 600 be deposited
in the Farmers Bank to be used by the
town if the work is not completed
within the time specified.
Each member of Council favored the
recommendations, but their adoption
was postponed until the kind of rail t.
be used has been decided upon.
President Benson and Councilman
Postles went to Philadelphia Wednes
day for the purpose of inspecting rails
They reported to Council Wednesda!
night.
The powerhouse and the car shed
will be erected adjoining the Camdel
campmeeting woods. Ground was brC
ken last Tuesday for the powerhouse.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
Good Men in Bad Company.

In commenting upon the Demo
cratic ticket in the city of Whining
ton elections, which are to take
place tomorrow, the Morning
News of that city emphasizes a
fact as follows
"Our Democratic friends in this city
are still standing up to the head OF
their ticket with cOmmendable pride,
but they insist upon ignoring the tail
They know tnat, while the head may
be all right, the tail is not to be trusted.
The tail of the Democratic dog always
has more vigor than the head thereof.
: 1t was not so many years agO-when
the Democratic party had some ''gOod
and great men" at it's head-that the
political devilment perpetrated al
Dover, by Democrats, was Of the most
outrageous character. In spite of the
respectable character Of the old head
he tail insisted upon dominating. The
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31
Appointed a Lieutenant

John NJ. Dunn of Wilmington, who
recently returned from campaign in
the Philippines, where he served as
captain in one of the volunteer regi-
ments, has been appointed to a first
lieutenancy in the regular army and is
to take the required examination a
month hence. He expects to return to
the Philippines after re-entering the
government service.
Mr.. Dunn is a son of the late Col
John NJ. Dunn and has been i'm the
military service almost ever since he
was old enough. He was connected
with the National Guard of Delaware
until the Spanish war broke out then
enlisted IN the Delaware Volunteer
Regiment and afterward was commits
stoned lieutenant in one of the new
volunteer regiments which was sent to
the Philippines.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-05-31

For nearly three months Mr..
Frank P. Truitt, of Milford, has
been canvassing lower Kent county
and the upper part of Sussex county
in the interests of the CHRONICLE,
and has had considerable success.
By mutual consent this arrange
ment has been discontinued and he
has connected himself as soliciting
agent for the "News and Adver-
tiser. Mr.. Truitt is a hustler and
should be a valuable aid to our
neighbor. The CHRONICLE rarely
INDUCES in any free advertising OF
this character; and we confess that
a little se1f-interest runs through
the matter, as we shall try to make
clear. Milford will support two
newspapers but they must be
worthy the name Of good local
newspaper, " and we desire, as a
matter of business, that our com
Or shall keep in the procession
VII he CHRONICLE, so we believe
that Y. Truitt can 'help lame
dog he stile," he will be do.
ing Bile work; viz helping
them : ID assisting lis.