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Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

N The papers are asking
whether the Hon. Joe Short
is for or agaiust the Hon. Jeff
Davis at this precise moment.
oThat depends a good deal on
what there is in sight for
.tShort. .-Batesville Guard.
p The Guards conclusion is I
18th that is becoming to be gen
sally recognized it appears
Arhaps at this particular tim'
% statesman from Fulton him
of could not tell whether or no
= favors Jeff Davis. He has t
I've time for investigation,
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

Lone or two of our exchanges
We lately been lifting some OF
'os Records editorial squibs
ID running them without credit.
'ae are always glad to know that
100 Record contains something
'oemed worthy of reproduction
y, our editorial brethren, but if
lsi item is worth reprinting it is
s.ttainly due the author that the
upper credit be given. The lit.
harry thief is just as mean as the
,fcken thief to all intents and
arposes-
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24
The Kings English as II Is Writ.

The 11-year-old boy of C. C.
Carpenter was spanked by a
train man on the Frisco, when
Mack Carpenter, the uncle of the
boy, whipped the train man.
Mayor Thompson's court was
convened and each of the mon
fined S5.-Hardy Herald.
Wonder if the Frisco is the
same part of the anatomy they
hammered on when We were a
boy.-Salem Banner.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24
,'HE RECORD.
. BY CLAUDE l.. COGER.

! The republicans of Kentucky
I've met in convention, placed a
.ndl state ticket in the field, and
aI,identally endorsed President
,hSosevelt for another term. The
s'stoffice steal and disgrace
y ems to have been lost in the
.iluffle when the Kentucky plat.
'ftm was manufactured.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

Crane Green was lynched by a
mob of infuriated citizens of
Warren last Monday. Crane was
a negro and committed the crime
which means certain death to the
negro in all parts of the south.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

A county seat warts on in Car.
roll county, and everybody must
know that the people of that
county are in a stir. A county
seat fight is the natural born
stirrer.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

We have not received the New
ark Journal in two weeks. Sho We
a copy up our way occasionally,
Oscar, old boy.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

Pope Leo, whose illness had
monopolized the attention of the
metropolitan press for a couple
OF weeks, died at Rome Tuesday
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

The first bale Of Texas cotton
was sold at Galveston Saturday
and brought 1898 cents Der
ponnd.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24
Hair Falls

81 ried Ayers Hair Vigor TO
stop my hair from falling. One.
half Q bottle cured me-"
J.C. Baxter, Braidwood, III.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24
ASH FLAT.

Miss Beatrice Estes Of imboden
is visiting here.
Ed Paden OF Davidson town
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

Ayers Hair Vigor Is
certainly the most eco
nomical preparation Of Its
kind on the market. A
little Of itgoes a long way.
IL doesn't take much OF
1t to stop falling Of the
hair, make the hair grow,
and restore color to gray
naIT. si.ss Q tst,Is. All Sxfyiss.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

II your druggist cannot supply you,
send 20 one dollar and we will express
you bottle. be sure and give the name
Of your nearest express office. Address,
J.C.AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-24

VERTON.
The sun., 1903-04-04
FALL OF REDDISH DUST At SEA
IT COVERED AN AREA or 500 BY
1000 MILES.

II Was 10 Thick That Ssme vessels Wsrt
Compelled 70 Use Fog signals--ssms
Observers Said n Was o. . Brigh,
| Yeilewfsh Celor-sun veiled IN Illae
WASHINGTON, April s.--Rsports TO the
Naval Photographs Of1oe tell Of curious
fall Of red and yellow dust or sand In the
eastern portion Of the north Atlantic Ocean
In February. 30 thick was the dust that
some vessels that encountered 1t felt COM
pelled to use fog signals. The fall covered
| an area extending from south Of the Asores
| 70 distance OF more than 900 miles north
ward. and out into the ocean westward
from the European and African coasts for
distance Of more than 800 miles.
No explanation OF this atange phe-
nomenon has been obtained by the Hydro
graphic Once. One observer says that It was
caused by very fine dust from the desert
sSnsrs Sano Others aSsn attribute n5sr y TO fs
system Of securing data the HydrogrAphic
Once was aba 10 obtain no lees than nine
reports from a. many different sources.
most OF them from officers OF foreign
The dust fan lasted from Fob. 70 to Feb.
%, Capt. Herchman Of the British steam
ship Monmouth sent this account.
FEB. 2l-Oh the Azores. This morning
At daybreak the weather became hazy
and and dsn.e-mcre like q thick fog. About
With q very fine. reddish-brown dust.
his hazy and dense. unpleasant weather
continued all day and until the following
morning. quite obscuring the horison and
rendering IL difficult to observe even the
crest Of waves beyond a few cables lengths.
and the sun appeared a. viewed through
the red-and-green (combined) shade glasses
OF the sextant. For several days previous
this experience hazy weather rendered
satisfactory and unreliable.
Second Officer Kartiner Of the steamship
sparta reported that the dust was very
fine Sand. cf bright yellowish color. which
turned into chocolate when mixed with
water
The dust fall was observed by those on
the steamship Sparta when the vessel was
$50 miles from the coast Of Africa. The
steamships Dictator and Commonwealth
we're covered with very fine red sand. The
Portuguese weather observer at st .Michaels.
Azores, tells Of the disappearance Of the
sun at 10:33 In the morning on Feb. 20. under
ilac-colored veil. He deecrihes this as
due TO "a fall Of volcanic ashes, highly OK
Tss Hsss.r IN shs shsBs Of dust: d {s9w
says that on Feb. 23 the snow on the sum- |
init OF Pioo, mountain opposite the hArbor |
OF FAyal. had "a clear. ysllowish appear
In November. 1889, the U. 6. s. Pensa-
cola encountered "a thick, dry haze, 50 |
and 100 miles oh the African coast. This, |
the ships commander reported, WAS due |
TO microscopic dust
Months after the great Borneo volcanic
eruptions a veil Of fine dust extended for |
many hundred miles from the volcanoes, and
Il is said that the sun shone through at places
thousands Of miles away from Borneo.
II Ia not believed, however, that the Mar
Unique and st. Vincent eruptions Of last
noth Ia H>r hA lt>-
dust fall reported to the Hydrographic
Office.
The sun., 1903-04-04
DUCHEssE DE DINOs DIVORCE.
sho Was Formerly Mrs. Stevens Of New
York, and Divorced Her First Husband.

Special Coeis Dsspaieh 10 TnB SUE.
PARIS, April s.-A divorce was granted
to the Duchesse de Dino in the Civil Court
here yesterday. The grounds on which
the suit was brought are not stated, but It
is known that the Duo de Dino has been
gambling recklessly at Monte Carlo and
elsewhere, and 1t ia believed the Duchesse
sought the divorce in order to save the
remnants Of her fortune.
Frederick H. Allen yesterday confirmed
the Paris dispatches announcing the sepa-
ration OF the Duo and Duchesse de Dino
In that city. Mr.. Allen married q daughter
Of the Duchesse. He added that all the
daughters agreed with their mother In her
action and hoped that she would soon re-
join them In New York.
The Due, who Is the son OF the MARQUIS
OF Talleyrand-P Perigord, married the Duch-
eese on Jan. IS, 1887. She was the daughter
OF Joseph Sampson, q wealthy New York
merchant She first married Frederick
w. Stevens. She obtained q divorce from
Mr.. Stevens In 1885, and with her three
daughters sailed for Europe.
The Due de Dino had been twice married
before his marriage to Mrs. Stevens. His
second wife obtained q divorce from him
two months before that event.
The sun., 1903-04-04
JOSEPH PARK DEAD.
| One sf the Founder sf the weil.Knewn
House Of Park 4 Tilferd.

Houae Of furk Z Tl1ord.
Joseph Park. president Of the Park 4
Tilford Company, died yesterday morn
ing ia his apartment in the Hoffman House.
Mr.. Park was born in 1923 In Rye. N. Y.
When he was about IL years old he came
10 New York and secured work In grocery
store. In less than five years ne and .
fellow employee, John n. Tiliord, had
saved enough money to set up small store
for themselves.
This was the beginning Of the Park 4 TIL
ford grocery house which now has i've large
stores In New York and employs about eight
hundred men. When the firm was reor-
ganized az a company in 1890 Mr.. Park
was elected president. and he continued
to All that Office to the time Of his death.
Mr.. Park was a director Of the Bank Of
the Metropolis. Of the Harlem and Port
Chester Railroad, the Plaza Bank, the New
York County National Bank and Of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company. He was a member Of the
Manhattan, American Yacht and Union
League clubs. tho American Museum OF
Natural History ard the Aldine Associa-
ton. He was the owner OF an estate OF
1000 acres. including the farm on which
he was born, at Rye.
The funeral services win Be held IN Christ
Church, Rye, on Monday at 2P. NJ The
burial will be In the church cemetery.
The sun., 1903-04-04
Obituary Notes.

Charles A. Garfield. who was Q son Of former
Sheriff and Fire Chief David canheld. died
at his home in sherman avenue. Newark. after
a surgical operation. He was one Of three
brothers who followed In the footsteps OF
their father. Charles entered the fire service
In 1895 with Engine !. which his father com.
msnded. He became one Of tho most skilful
drivers Of fire apparatus In this country and
eighteen years ago was induced By the Under
ony .o On s % driees Of 2nsns snd ~.
saSss sss The es cSs esnS e IN s
Monday last. when be was ebilssd By % sakerns ring
to 20 home and send for doctor.
George Pslliser. who for thirty years had
at his home IN pobbs Fsrry In bis afty:fourth
said He s T.. ssys s0te Se.n IN tSSsis iSs nd,
was the author Of a number Of books on on
spa 9 ..ps 1s s s
10 this city and around Il from plans Of his
drawing. Several members Of bis family
we're ass associated with him at his ofhcs at 81
at his hoTe in Arlington avenue. East Orange.
yssr so s and uss sGrn 9o mi. h
three sons and hvs dsashters ,sur1ivs him.
and The Sermsn-American building at Liberty
and Nasssu streets. He was a member Of
TsmpersSos es nS Union q the Oranges ss n''''''n
John G; Russell 49, rstirsd ~ p!on.er miner
his home in white Plains. N. r. He was
born on May ie 1872. In ,irafton County,
n. II. When the gold excitement broke
ou. he went to California In 1850 and
returned to vermont with z fortune: Come
City and sold mining properties. He had not
leaves dsuGhter and three sons
sn pSso fSr yesf Ssa S.. sssD. nSS Sss
Of the custopns divislen Of the TreasurY
iiospitai. He was 70 years old He came
to this country from Poland In 1859, and had
been IN the Treasury Department service
since that time he leaves . scn, J. 8. Buy
n,s,sy .Sa & vss wS:h,1St0n' S daughter and son
John Martinson. o. years Of age. bead Of
the nTm Of John Martlhson 4 Sons OF Elisa
beth. ~ j., was strieksn with spoplsIy oq
shisS y va: one q Is. iounds;s BE died
from Brooklyn thirty-nve years ago.
,}eorge =, Ross. WHO was long general
man agsr Of the Lyon Msnufa acturinS Company
died on 1hursday at his home, 7t1 .lreens
avenue, Brooklyn. in his forty-fourtA ysar.
he was member of the Arion Singing ecoisty
and va an an active Republican. Hs leaves
,,;;s::. :sss Z. HIT - !: 80 -
Z led aIV ssss:sdsy 2sss+ : Sscsrsossd uissss.
The sun., 1903-04-04
DoEsNT MENTION HONE RULE.
Dss Cnasf sssrssary Wysdhan mi.ks,Irs-
shoos Futwe u Drsgnt.

w. ss.-..st-@D
.hna's rutwe u Drsspt. 400
spsasi cssss D1psseA 10 rxs svu.
LoxDoS. April s.--In 4 spseoh st Man
chester dealing with Ireland Mr.. Charles
wyndhsm. Chief Secretary for Ireland.
did not refer to the future In q manner In
any way confirming the rumors that homo
rule would be granted; but he did use the
most ooncilistory language. which implied
. complete reversal Of the attitude OF the
Government from that Of twenty years ago.
He said that ireland now enjoyed oppor-
tunities the same a. other parts Of the
empire because when. In 1851. the Gov
ernment said Il would give hsr Justice it
gave her litigation instead. Litigation
had proved TO be remedy that was worse
than the disease. Il had been tried for
twenty-two' ysars, and was less hopeful
now than at the beginning.
. Apart from questions OF justice, 1t was
to Great BntAin's interest that Ireland
should have fair opportunities for develop.
ing her agriculture, and to be prolific and
satishsd. and to bs . bridge instead Of a.
now chasm between England and Canada.
He believed that'th lrish would recognise
the Land bill as an honest attempt TO achieve
this end. and that they would give 1t Q fair
trial ny
The sun., 1903-04-04
LONG TRIP or A RUNAWAY BOY.


Evarts Pest Goes From Flshkill 20 Louis
lana On go Capital.
Evarts Clark Post. the fourteen year old
runaway from the Mount Beacon Military
Academy. ct Fishkill-on-the- Hudson, h
back ct his books again. One month oil
roughing Il was just about enough for him
Evarts, who u the son Of Charles H. Pos,
Of the +. W. Dsvoe 4 C. T. Reynolds Com.
pany Of this city, stirred up the town OF
Fshkin last February BY disappearing one
afternoon with q hired horse and buggy.
At the end Of week the iveryman re-
covered HI. proPerty u PouEhtespsis.
This was the last trace Of him until his
father got word Q couple Of weeks ago
from Q Creole planter in Louisiana that
his boy was working on the levee At Iutcher,
forty miles north Of New Orleans. He
reached his fathers house. . West Twenty
Evarts says be really didn't mean to
run away, but he broke bounds at the
Academy In civilian clothes to take 4 sur
reptittous drive. He stayed out too long
and then decided 70 strike out for himseH.
thought be would work his way down the
river to New Orieans. where his father had
spent some time last fall.
The Mississippi bostmsn wouldn't give
him q chance and he finally had to leave
S q; Louis on "a freight car; The brskemsn b
and knife and pretty nearly everything
he had dumped film on near Memphis.
Hero he managed 70 stow away In the
store car Of construction train. He got
on the right side Of the conductor. who
gave him Q bunk and food until he got Q
chance to lump freight bound for Louisiana.
After that be had fairly good luck With train
crews until he reached Lutcher.
There he took Q job at rs cents . day,
following the plough mules TO throw stubble
out Of the burrows.
When he bad been on the farm about
three weeks the levees began TO weaken
In tho heavy floods and Evarts was put
70 work with the sand-bag gang. just
about then he thought II would be nice TO
come home.
The sun., 1903-04-04
TIE PENNELL INQUEST.
Justice Murphy Says He WIN Begin II on
q Friday Afternoon.

BuyyALo, April s.--Police Justice Murphy
announced formally this morning that he
would hold the Pennell inquest at 0 oclock
next Friday afternoon In the morgue. So
far as Justice Murphy IL able to control
matters. the inquest viii be restricted
wholly to the immediate facts relating TO
tho deaths Of Arthur r. Pennell and his
wife.
The inquest viii be short and, unless
succeeeful efforts are made to Introduce
evidence tending to clear the stigma now
resting upon the name Of Pennell, II will be
fnished on Friday evening or some time on
Saturday.
The sun., 1903-04-04
NesCREAMs AT BURDIoK house.
UlGts1ct Attorney Never Could Find Any
One Who Heard Them.

BUFFALO. April 3.-There was a story
aAoat to-day that screams OF three or four
psrsons were heard In the Burdick house
early on the morning Of the murder.
Il made q personal canvass from house
70 house through the Burdich neighbor-
hood and I never heard Of any one who
heard any screams that morning. said
DiAtrict Attorney Coatsworth. Then, the
testimony given on the stand at the In
guest doesn't. show screams. and I don't
believe there were any
Another story was ahoat about Grand
Jury seeslon on the Burdick case. There
wuz othing to Il.
The sun., 1903-04-04
SON sOzD CLOCKS YATHER STOLE.
Took 20 Of Them and ~ Watches Frsm
h Empseyen Since Christmas.

q Esnpssyers stnee Christmas.
Hans Wschenhsen. 20 years old, OF al
North street. Jersey City. who was arrested
In Newark on Thursday with his twenty
ycar-old freud, Andrew Curry, Of as South
street, Jersey City. while they were pavning
four clocks, confessed to the police yester-
day that tho timepieces were stolen by his
father, Otto wachenhusan, from the New
Haven Clock Company Of 20 Maiden lane,
Manhattan. Capt. John Phelps, q son OF
the late William Walter Phelps, who In
connected with the. company, went TO New
ark yesterday and hentihed the clocks.
Wachenhusen the elder, who Ia employed
by the concern as packer, was arrested
last night by Detective Gallagher at his homo
IN Jersey City as fugitive from justice.
He confessed that he had been stealing from
his employers for. several months. He
said that he and his son had disposed OF
forty. clocks and twonty watches, to
the best Of his recollection, since last
Christmas. He viii be held to await s1-
tradition
The sun., 1903-04-04
REVOLT NEAR IN CHINA.
Prince Tuan Demands the Deposition .
the Present Emperor.
Special cabie Dsspaieh to TEE $

Special Cdble Dtspaieh 20 TIE SUN.
SHANGHAI, April Sit 10 learned that q
large force of Hunanese troops arrived at
Fanchsng. Province OF Hupeh, on March
IL. en- route to Sianfu.
This b regarded as confirming the report
that Prince Tuan and Gen. Tums Fu Hsiang,
who were banished because Of their COM
plicity In the Boxer troubles. have sent an
ultimatum to the Dowager Empress de-
manding the deposition Of the Emperor
and the enthronement OF Pu Chun. Prince
Tuan's son. and threatening that II this is
not done they will disrupt the empire.
making the Provinces Of Shensi and Kansu
q separate kingdom. Of which Sianfu will
be the capital.
The sun., 1903-04-04
DIsclaim Pennens Eulesy.

New HAVEN. Conn.,. April s.-Because
the Yale Alumni Weekly was severely
communication recently from the class-
mates Of Arthur Pennel. Yale. 81, Of Buf-
falo,. that paper to-day published An edi-
torial disnlafning responsibility for ths
ssntinsntx1n the Communication. Il says
H. I'D pAahsd ~ ~ tA' obituary ss's'A By
The sun., 1903-04-04
ENGLANDs NEW PROPOSAL.
wants The Hague Court 70 Decide whether
vcnezuela Shall Pay Cssts oS blockade.

wants The Hague Court 10 Decide Whethel
vcnezuela Shall Pay Cests os Blockade.
WASHINGTON. April s.-The negotiation
| OF protocol for sending to The Hague
Court Of Arbitration for decision the claim
raised by England, Germany and Italy
that thev are entitled to priority In the
liquidation by Venezuela of her foreign
Indebtedness. was resumed to-day at the
British Embassy after an interim OF more
than q mouth. The Italian and British
Ambassadors, the First Secretary Of the
German Embassy, and H. w. Bowen. ven-
% Sir Michael HerSsIt, S the The sa'' Sritish r.pr.-
sentative. formally submitted the draft
Of q protocol. which contained one Inn
portant change from the tentative protocol
submitted BY Mr. Bowen. This clause
that the blockading Powers are not en-
titled to preferential treatment. the court
may consider whether any and what oom-
pensation should be made by Venezuela
out Of the so per cent. Of the customs reve-
nues set aside TO those Powers for the sx-
penfe which they have Incurred in con-
nection with the blockade
To this proposal Mr. Bowen entered
objection. and an adjournment was taken
to enable the foreign representatives to
seek further instructions from their Gov
In a note addressed to Sir Michael Her
bert and delivered to-day Mr.. Bowen gives
his reasons for objecting. He holds that,
as under the terms OF the peace protocols
the 80 per cent. OF customs revenues 70 to
be used for the payment Of specified claims,
mo part OF the said 50 per cent can be
assigned TO pay these new demands or
claims"
He points out also that the peace protocols
provide that the only questions to be sub
mitted to The Hague tribunal are 'those
relating to the distribution OF the said 80
treatment. These new demands or claims,
Therefore he adds, cannot be submitted
to The Hague tribunal
In concluding Mr.. Bowen holds that the
provisions OF the peace protocols are bind
ing on England. Germany and Italy. and
your new demands or claims must, for
and favor
There is no disagreement over the other
provisions Of the protocol. These provide
that the Gar Of Russia shall appoint the
arbitrators. three In number. from among
those members Of the permanent tribunal
who are not subjects or citizens Of the
eignatory nations; that the court shan meet
Sept. 1. ieos, and render it's decision within
ak months thereafter; that the proceedings
shall be conducted In the English language.
but argument may be submitted In any
other language, and that other parties
having claims against Venezuela may be-
come parties to the arbitration.
II Ia estimated that the cost to England,
and Italy Of maintaining the block
ade was at least 10000. The effect Of tbs
proposal to which Mr.. Bowen objects. would
be to permit the court to determine whether
this should be paid by Venezuela
The sun., 1903-04-04
STADIUM GIVERs DINE.
Party Of Harvard 20 Men Here 70 Nee,
Their Classmates.

Pnrty Of Harvor0 10 Wen Here 70 Meet
Their Classmates.
Twenty-Five members Of the class Of 70.
which recently gave the 81 -. 900 stadium to
Harvard. came here yesterday nom Boston
and spent the evening with their New York
classmates at the Harvard Club. They
will dine to-day at the Radnor Hunt Club
At Bryn Mawr, Pa. with their classmates
OF Pennsylvania, and will return to Boston
on Sunday.
Among the members Of this class are
President Hyde Of Bowdoin College, Am
bassador Meyer. Judge Schoneld, recently
appointed to the Superior Court Of Massa-
chusetts; I. Tucker Burr. Washington B.
Thomas, DR.. William M. Conant. Samuel
c. Bennett, formerly dean Of the Boston
Law School. and F, W Ellis. ex-Mayor Of
Springfield, Mass.
The sun., 1903-04-04
GREAT WESTERNS EARNINGS.
Decrease Due 70 Imprsvsnsuts and the
Coal Pamine. Chairnsan says.

In explanation Of the decrease OF Si3e. At
in gross earnings shown in the Chicago
Great Western Railroad's report for the
six months ended Dec. al, submitted at tho
annual meeting in London recently, Howard
Gilliat, chairman OF the finance committee,
says business was hampered by improve
ments under way. These decreased the
capacity Of the road and greatly increased
also impeded the economical operating Of
the road.
OF the $s,4s7 900 debenture stocks au-
thorized last year, little has been disposed
Of. Only 81 $50 900 Of the - 100 600 author
ised to provide for improv vements has been
sold. Options in this city on tho rest Of
this sum were not exercised last fall on
account OF the money stringency.
The directors issued - 900 900 Of s per
cent notes. which were sold In one week.
The proceeds will take care OF authorized
improvements.
The sun., 1903-04-04
INCOME TAX REDUCTION.
Englishmen Hsping for II In the New
Budget.

Special CaeiS Despssea 10 TEE suS.
LONDON, April <.-There are many CON-
lectures anoat - to the provisions of the
budget which the RI. Hon. Charles r.
Richie, Chancellor Of the Exchequer. will
submit to Parliament on April 2s. It was
reported In the lobby Of the House OF Com
mons this afternoon that the income tax
would be reduced Sd. in the pound. 1t IL
now i5d. in the pound.
Mr.. Richie announced to-day that he
hoped to take OF some Of the burdens OF
the taxpayers. but he would not make any
more definite statement
The sun., 1903-04-04
Dutch Railway Men 70 Strike.
spsoai Csb,s DsspatcA 70 rua suN.

The HAouE. April s.-The railway em-
pioyes have decided to strike a. soon a. the
signal Ia given. In order to prevent the en-
forcement OF the coercive laws. These laws
prohibit employees Of State railways from
abandoning their work and provide pun
ishmsnt for any violation Of the various 500
tions. Penalties are also prescribed whore
striking worlcmen attempt to prevent others
from taking their places.