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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18

The ouly positive cure for blind,
bleeding. itching and protruding piles
cuts, burns, bruises, eczema and all
abrations Of the skin. Dewitts is the
only Witch Hazel Salve that is made
from the pure, unauthorized witch
hazel-all others are oounterfeits. De
Wits Witch Hazel Salye is made to
oure-oounterfeits are made to sell
George M. Shamalia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18

The Easy PHI.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers do II OF
grippe nor weaken the system. They
cure billiousness, jaundice, constipa-
ton and inactive livers, by arousing
the secretions, moving the bowels
gently, yet effectually, and giving
such tone and strength to the glands
of the stomach, liver and bowels that
the cause Of the trouble is removed en-
tirely. These famous little pills exert
decided tonic effect upon the organs
involved, and if their use is continued
for few days there will be no return
Of the trouble. George M. Shamalia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18
SfATE OF Ono, Cry or TOLEDO, 90
I.ItnAsl EnitNIlN 70.

Lucas COUNTY, ~
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is sen
Tor partner of the firm of Il. j. Cheney Il Co.
doing business in the ity of Toledo, ounty
and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every ease of CArARRH that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS GArAnnH uRE
FRANK J CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day or December, A. d., 1885
(--1 A. W GLEASON,
1@eE) Notary PHbttc
Halls catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free
Il. J. CHENEY Il co, Toledo, q
Sold by Druggists roc
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18

worse than they used TO be. What do
you attribute II tot
La Moyne-lmproycd idens in build
Ing.
La Montt-What has that to do with
II?
La Moyne-Much. Shingles are
scarce. md you can't spank boy with
q tin oof.-Phladelphia Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18
GOULD SCARCELY WALK.

uFor the sake of poor, suffering women feel
II my duty to inform you of the great benefit
your medicine has given me-" writes Mrs Cal1ie
Bowles, of Watts, Iredell Co., N. c. III was in
miserable condition when wrote to you. had
uterine disease SO bad could scarcely walk
and suffered such dreadful misery hoped to be
relieved by death. You wrote to to take
your Favorite Prescription and have taken
eleven bottles Of It, and two Of. your Pleasant
Pellets am entirely we'll and feel like n new
woman / feel thankful to God and TO Doctor
Pierce for the blessings now enjoy. l have
fine, big boy two months old and never got
along as well In my life. can't praise your
t1uedtciaien
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18
To Mark Historic Event.

The philosophical and patriotic
citizens of Hopewell vicinity are con-
templating and agitating the question
of celebrating, in fitting manner, the
one hundred and twenty fifth anniver-
sary of the council of war held on the
hills of Hopewell prior to the battle of
Monmouth, one of the most important
battles ever fought on the western
continent. The date of this council of
war was June "a, 1878, four days be-
fore the battle. significant was this
council of war that it ia made the sub
ject of one of the bronze tablets on the
Monmouth battle monument at Free
hold.
From Valley Forge came the con-
tinental army, crossing the Delaware
Rivar at Lambertville and encamping
ON the hills of Hopewell. -Four DAYS
after the tlopewell council of war, this
army. which had gone through the
Trials OF liercest tribulation, met the
flower of the British army at Mon
month, commanded by the best general
that Great Britain ever sent across the
waters, aud there, for the first time IN
history. the prowess of British steel
was supplanted by that of American
steel, which latter has retained the
ascendancy ever since.
At recent meeting of the Hopewell
Board of Trade this revolutionary Incl
dent was discus ed and an appropriate
celebration of the event was advocated.
The following committee of three was
appointed to give further consideration
to the matter: A. Larson Holcombe,
J. Hervey Stout and +. V. Savidge.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18
Giving Him n Chance.

Master Pickles. think that IL went
you, Ada
Miss Pickles (stcrnly)-Leave the
room this instant, you impertlnent boy
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''I've Lost Ten Pounds :"

A man says. rLook at this" And he
over-laps his coat to show how loose it
is. There are some people who can lose
.Jat to adv 1ntage, but the loss of flesh is
enc of the accepted evidences of failing
health. As discriminating processes begin
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18
Unrl Work.

81 suppose you have heard about
young Chumey? He Is very seriously
i'll as n result of overwork"
you don't say SOL What has he beer
doing To bring IT aboutT"
"Trying TO collect his thoughts"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18

All who use Atomizers in treating nasal
catarrh will get the best result from Ely's
LIQUID Cream Balm. Price, including spray.
ing tube, rs cts. Sold by druggists or mailed
by Ely Bros. Sc Wsrren St., N. Y.
New Orleans. Sept. ], 1900.
Messrs. ELY Baos:-I sold two bottles Of
your Liquid Cream Balm to a customer. VIM,
Iamberton, 1415 Dslachaise St., New Orleans;
he has used the two bottles, giving him won
derful and most satisfactory results
GEo W McDUFF, Pharmacist.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18

Some of you who think you arc
away up in spelling just try to spell
the words in this little sentence:
sit is agreeable to witness the un-
paralleled ecstasy of two harassed
peddlers endeavoring to guage the
symmetry of two peeled pears.
Read it over to your friends and see
how many of them can read every
word correctly. The sentence con-
tains many of the real puzzlers of the
spelling book.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18

Stoves stored for the season and
repaired if needed, by
HOOKER & STINTsMAN,
Telephone call, .. New Hope Pa.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-18

Mrs. Abby W. Everingham visited
her son and daughter in Trenton this
week.
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WARSHIPS SENT TO Beirut
Prompt Action Taken to Secure Punishment Of an
American Vice COnSuPS MurdererS.

knots. Cannot exceed that speed with
Machias. IL squadron going west. should
coal Marseilles. If east. at Genoa"
Admiral Cotton's instructions are to sail
at once.
iterranean and is a city of considerable
commercial Importance.
Acting Secretary Loomis received a
rather remarkable cablegram from Minister
Leishman tonight, In which the minister
said that he had called at the Turkish For
eign Office at Constantinople this evening
to inquire about the ASA assination of the
United States vice consul. and that the
minister of foreign affairs emphatically de-
MED any knowledge of the report. He also
attempted TO discredit il. The cablegram
gave no other information. Under the cir
cumstances the State Department officers
are inclined to believe that the Turkish
Foreign Office is not i'm touch with the situ-
alton at Beirut. They do not attach sufi-
cient Importance to Minister Leishman's
last message to cancel the order for the
squadron 10 sail.
Acting Secretary Darling and Captain
Cowles, of the Bureau of Navigation, were
in conference tonight. Acting under the
instructions of the President that Admiral
Cotton's squadron be directed to proceed
Immediately to Beirut. acting Secretary of
the Navy Darling sent this cable dispatch
at 12:l5 O'Clock tonight to the admiral at
Nice: 'Vice Consul at Beirut reported as
sassinated. Proceed Immediately nearest
port. Report" 1t is expected the squadron
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. COL. A.
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MANY PERSONS SWINDLED
SAID TO HAVE BEEN vICTIMIZED By
FAKE DIRECTORY SCHEME.
on the Charge of Obtaining Money
by False Pretenses.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. PA "fake"
directory swindle of national proportions
and by means of which over 81, 100000 has
been taken from merchants, bankers. etc,
all over the country is alleged by the local
detectives as the ground for the arrest of
Jacob w. Geist. Geist who claimed TO
represent the National Gazetteer of New
York and Chicago. was taken into custody
here to-day, charged with having obtained
money by false pretenses from five local
firms.
The officers declare that Geists doings
are connected with those of James Fallon,
arrested in New York last April and of
Arthur Hubbard, arrested in Washington
about the same time on similar charges.
According to the officers, the men go TO
merchants and solicit advertising in a ma
uonal business directory and rating book.
If bona fide order signed by the merchant
is given it is raised in amount and so
changed as to provide for payment at
advertisement If the merchant refuses
he Is persuaded to sign blank application
for sample copy, which later appears a
a contract for payment over the victim 5
signature. Ii is said that many merchants
have paid rather than become involved i'm
legal difficulties. The FIVE local firms were
swindled in amounts ranging from s25 to
worked all over the United States and
Europe, with central office where the
papers are altered by means of acids and
printing appliances.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 4. COL. 4.
IDE TO ASSIST WRIGHT
WILL BE DESIGNATED VICE Gov
ERNOR OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Proposed Financial Legislation and
the Postofice investigation Dis
cussed by the President.

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, Aug. 27.-President
Roosevelt tonight announced that Henry
c. Ide, a member of the Philippine Com
mission, would be designated vice gov
ernor of the Philippines, to succeed General
Luke E. Wright, when General Wright as
sumes the office of Governor General. Mr..
Ide has been a member of the commission
for several years and is held in high es-
TEEN by the President and the officers or
the War Department. The President has
selected a man to fill the vacancy made in
the personnel of the commission and has
proffered the commissionership to him. No
answer 70 the offer has been received, how
ever and until this is at hand the name OF
the man selected will not be made known
The proposed financial legislation and the
pending postoffice investigation were the
most important subjects discussed by the
II esident to-day with his visitors. The
President entertained at luncheon Repre-
sentat.vas Fowler of New Jersey; Acting
Robb, attorney general for the Postoffice
Ansley Wilcox, of Buffalo, longtime
friend at whose home Mr.. Roosevelt took
the oath as President: John G. Davis. for
mer attorney general of New York, and
Hamlin Garland, the writer Mr.. Fowler
was summoned to Sycamore Hill in pur-
suance of the Presidents plans of ascer-
tanning the views of both representatives
and senator's on the subject Of financial
legislation.
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THOMAS SHANK KILLED.
indianapolis Man Beheaded by a
Train i'm West Virginia.

Special the Indianapolis Journal.
WHEELING, w. ". Aug. 21.-Thomas
Shank, aged twenty-five. young man who
came here sometime ago TO organize the
miners of the Flat Top mines at Hunting
ton. short distance from here. was run
over by a train on the Norfolk & Western
Railroad this evening. and instantly killed.
His head was severed from his body. and
rolled down the embankment along the
railroad at that point and was later picked
up and taken To the morgue. Shank's home
is at indianapolis. He was walking along
the track and failed TO hear the train until
II WAS too late. and then he stepped aside
only TO meet a horrible fate.
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So Says Lieutenant General Miles I'm
Recent Letter to the Secre.
tary of War.
CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED
of STRATEGIC MILL
TARY ROADS SUGGESTED.
Reduction of the Cavalry Branch of
the Army tn the Minimum Also
Is Advised.

CHICAGO Aug. 27.-The Chronicle to-
morrow will print dispatch from Wash
ington saying: Lieut.. Gen. Nelson A
Miles's last communication to the war office
was made public to-day through unofficial
sources in the War Department. 1t is i'm the
form of a letter to Secretary of War Root
In it are recommendations for the improve
ment of the army service. The general
regards the cavalry as obsolete. saying that
automobile will take the place of the horse
i'm the next war. For that reason he ad-
vises reducing the cavalry branch to the
minimum and the building of military roads
of strategic importance throughout the
country i'm time of peace"
General Mles's letter, which is dated
Aug Z, follows in part:
There are some features concerning the
army that / deem 1t my duty TO lay before
the authorities. At the commencement of
the Spanish war. when we had well-trained
thoroughly equipped, hardened and expert
enced cavalry, portion of Ii was obliged
to remain at Tampa. and In its place newly
organized troops were sent to the front
Now that was either all wrong. or the pres
ent organization of the army. with the great
expense incident thereto. is unwise and in
judicious, and this subject requires in my
Judgment. the serious attention of the gov
ernment.
1T is safe to say that there are tens of
thousands of men in our country who are
I'm the saddle every day who are skilled i'm
land craft and of arms and who can
be easily converted into most formidable
corps of mounted rifemen. In fact there
could easily be mobilized i'm country nj
least ten times as many mounted men.
many of whom have had military service
as could be landed on our shores by any
government or governments within any
reasonable time We have 100000 men ac.
cl,stomed to the saddle and rife that could
be used to quickly overrun either Canada or
Mexico; hence the disproportion of our
mounted forces 10 that of the main body
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. ~
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PRESIDENT LOST NO Time
ADMIRAL COTTON'S SQUADRON Or
DERED TO SAIL AT ONCE.
No Drastic Action Unless Turkey
Proves Obstinate Attempt to
Burn American College.

/, OYSTER BAY, ~. Y, Aug. 27.-President
European squadron. under command of Ad-
miral Cotton. should proceed Immediately
60 Beirut. Syria. to be in readiness to sup
port any demand made by the United States
on Turkey on account of the assassination
OF William c. Msgelssen, United States vice
consul at Beirut.
The President manifested anxious inter-
est in the announcement of the assasssna-
tion. This afternoon he received from acting
Secretary of State Loomis a telegram COM
municating to him Minister Leishmans ca
blegram concerning the murder and advis-
Ing him of the steps already taken by the
State Department. The President tonight
partment. and will be kept fully advised of
the details OF the incident as they are as
certained.
For several days President Roosevelt has
been following closely the Developments of
fhe situation in Turkey With view TO
considering the subject carefully the Pres
ident and Secretary Hay have arranged for
"a conference tomorrow at Sycamore Hill
The secretary is now on the way to Oyster
bay
In the absence of definite informa ton con-
rerning the assassination of the vice consul
the President will take no decided action
beyond that already taken i'm ordering the
European squadron TO Beirut. This action
Is viewed now as precautionary measure.
1t Is the determination of the United States
20 support its demands on Turkey for the
punishment of the murderers of Consul Ma
gelssen. but until the circumstances of the
murder are known officially and precisely
the United States, Ii is said, will not take
any drastic actioa. A demand that officers
of the United States be afforded protection
Cor their lives and property will be made.
and the Turkish government will be held
responsible for the assassination of Consul
NIagelssen, whatever may be the circum-
stances of the case.
President Roosevelt is concerned over the
situation as il has developed to-day. He re-
calls the fact that only recently a Russian
consul was murdered in Turkey.
The European squadron is so situated that
at will require several days for IL to rendez-
vous at Beirut. Meantime the officials of
the State Department will be fully advised
by Minister Leishman of the details of the
crime, and the President will then be in a
position to present to Turkey the demands
Of the United States. with a naval force on
che spot of sufficient strength to enforce
them adequately.
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MYSTERY AT ROCHESTER
ITS SOLUTION PROBABLY WILL
SOLVE A CHICAGO PROBLEM.
Body Found Near There Believed to
Be that of n Chicago Jeweler-
story of a Secret Marriage.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. H.-Probably murder
and unique romance developed together
to-day, when fresh inquiry was started
into the disappearance of George G.. Smith,
wel-to-do Jeweler of 299S Archer avenue
Near Rochester, Ind, on a lonely island in
the Tippecanoe river, was found the body
of man evidently murdered. His skull
was crushed and there was a deep cut on
his neck. The remarkable resemblance of
the body TO Smith led to a re-opening of the
latter's case, and this in turn brought out
the story of his secret marriage to Miss
Annie Lindsay. teacher in the Shields
school at Brighton Park. The marriage
became known only when receiver was ap-
pointed for Smiths business, and the re-
ceiver on opening the jewelers. safe found
the marriage certificate. Smith, divorced
from his first wife in England, and wild
over because of the death of his second
wife, contracted a secret marriage with
Miss Lindsay in 1893. They had long been
lovers. this handsome Englishman and the
Canadian girl. and when he proposed mar
riage ne was informed that Miss Lindsay s
mother objected. When the mother died
Miss Lindsay was left the sole support of a
family of seven children but he was again
rejected, and requested to wait until the
young Lindsays had grown up to care for
themselves. This was not satisfactory to
the jeweler, and he finally prevailed on
Miss Lindsay, who was then employed as a
school teacher. TO contract a secret mar
riage Going by devious routes they met
at small Indiana town and were quietly
married Ii was not their plan TO live to-
gether and they never did.
Smith disappeared July 70. In height,
age color clothes, watch. teeth and age
the dead man 1T Rochester corresponds
exactly with Mrs. Smiths description of
her husband. She started tonight to iden-
tify the body.
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methods and are easily made the tools of
designing men, whether leaders OF thelr
own race, or white men. He. however. Is
not authorized by congressional enactment
to guard the interests of his wards com
pletely in the matter of leases, and persist
ent efforts 10 secure control of the lands
through the lease process have been dis
covered. In one case the secretaf! Iouhu
during his stay in Indian Territory tnat
taken on themselves the responsibility Tor
denying a hearing 10 their national attor-
ney. whe represented some 14,0oO Indians
The secretary Immediately denounced TINS
transaction as an abuse or Official autnoI-
ity and provided for the adequate punish
ment of the persons engaged In IL
A FAVORITE METHOD.
"A favorite method for securing the lease
is TO have the Indians approached by mer-
chants. who by Offering their wares in ex-
change can secure the most favorable terms
from them, and the understanding is quite
general that when control of piece OF
land is once secured, by means of leasing
il will be held by some means until IL can
be purchased at the lessees own figures
The secretary is giving his careful atten-
ton TO this problem, and is already-even
under the present law-finding means TO
protect the Indians against some of the
most fragrant abuses of the leasing sys-
tenn.
'The surplus lands belonging TO the In
dans in the Territory are worth many mil
lions and Secretary Hitchcock and MS ad-
visers understand perfectly how great
temptation they are TO designing men. The
Territory is through garden spot ana
farmers are going into ii in great numbers
1t is estimated that there are now fully
half million white people in the Territory,
among whom many combinations have been
made to control the disposal of the lands.
1.-The secretary himself discovered that a
number of officeholders, many OF them out
side of his own department, were stock
holders and officers in these combines and
he Immediately made known his disapproVal
of this system. Former Revenue Collector
Cobb, on finding an opportunity to secure
an interest in a combination of this char
acter wrote to the department and asked
for an opinion as to the propriety of ac-
cepting such interest. He was told that
the department did not consider member
ship in one of these companies compatible
with the holding of a government position,
and Mr.. Cobb promptly resigned his official
place to enter on business career. The
advice contained in this letter to Mr.. Cobb
indicates the secretary's position with ref
/T,(N <-1rT NyIrI-rN ON D4CEL COL A
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PLEADS HIS own CASE
CALEB POWERS PROTESTS HIS IN
NOCENCE TO THE JURY.
Says His Guilt or Innocence Has Be-
come a Political Issue-Preju-
dice of State OmcfaIs.

GEORGETOWN. KY, Aug. 27.-Before an
audience packing the Scott county court
house to the doors Caleb Powers spoke for
two hours tonight in his own defense. de-
claring his innocence of the charge pre-
ferred against him and pleading for his
acquittal.
Powers's speech followed one of three
hours and fifty minutes at the afternoon
session by Attorney r. G. Campbell. Mr..
Campbell made an argument for the inflic-
tion of the death penalty. He produced
records of the homicides and convictions in
the State of Kentucky and compared il
with that of the States of New York and
Ohio, showing that the record i'm Kentucky
greatly exceeds the: af both of the States
named and that the pardon record of Ken
lucky from 1886 to 1901 is disgraceful. when
compared with States of the North and
East The other speakers to-day were Mai.
A. T. Wood. of the defense, and Col. John
X. Hendrick, of the prosecution.
In opening his speech Powers said that
he was taking advantage of the privilege
accorded him by law to speak for himself
because of the fact that twice adverse YER
diets had been returned against him and
because he had grown tired of lying in Jail
for three years with the feeling and knowl-
edge of his innocence.
He charged the officers of the common
wealth with political persecution and with
abandoning the prosecution of all the per-
sons charged. with the exception of Tay-
Ior. Finley. Howard and himself. He quoted
from records of the vote cast i'm the last
presidential election in the county of Bour-
bon from which the jury was summoned.
to show that il should have been made up
of seven Republicans and Ave Democrats.
instead of eleven Democrats and one Re-
publican. He said that the 10000 reward
fund offered by the State had been used
to secure his conviction and that witnesses
had been purchased with money and others
secured with promises of immunity He de-
clared that his guilt or innocence had be-
come a political issue in the State of Ken
lucky.
Powers spoke for two hours and will re-
sumo tomorrow morning at o'clock for
two hours and forty-five minutes