AND VINDICATOR. R. S. TURK, Editor and Proprietor, ast Mam Street Staunton. Va. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Telephone In office connects with all •ity and county lines. Mntered at the Postofflce at Stanton, Va., as second class ir.ail matter. s — This paper nas mo i-ie*-"" — culation of any Newspaper pub lUhed in the Valley of Virginia. The subscription list Is open to inspection. ___.___*AJ*_ l _'_ l -___l The American flar has been nan c down in Cuba, but tbe chances are it will ioon float again. If the treacherous Spaniard should prevent war, he would kill thereby, a. large and respectable class of Ameri- Gen. Blanco refused to see Gen. Lee when he called to bid him good bye. We have only an idea what kind of civilities will take place when Spain . ■. m ■■*> —— A Weak Policy. The McKinley not been i gtrong with reference to our Spanish troubles. He had his message ready toe:---in and then withheld it, he then teat it in and it is indefinite and uncertain. He asks Congress to give him power to use the army and navy tc restore peace in Cuba, and yet to what extent it will be necessary he does not intimate. He has allowed the Spanish fleet to reach American waters, and to be so mobilized as to present its strongest front and to make car fighting far more desperate than it might have been had he decided •ooner to take more heroic measures in the case. Had England been in our •hoes with the light before her we had, the Spanish flotilla would have been knocked out of the water before it reached Porto Rico, and the two war ships which recently left Havana wo.'• I never have left there floating a j The President's Message. The message of the President which we haye condensed and publish in another column is not a strong paper, j It has none of the ring or Are which j gives spirit to a nation, or thrills the pulse of a people. It is a mere citation | of facts which were known long before the message was published, and have Deen told to the public better on many occasions. Last, and by no means] least he does not propose any definite I mode of dealing with the Cuban ques tion, but asks Congress to give him the army and navy that he may with them restore peace on the island. But should he handle these as slowly and as indicisively as he has done the whole Cuban matter, the people will Dot long permit him to enjoy such power, but will settle the controversy in their own way. The message is wonderfully disappointing. ____ End tbe War q.iekiy. 1 Until this nioinanJ. vs nave opposed 3 war with Spain over Cuba. We have never believed we had right altogether j on our side. We have believed we were acting the bully and were being driven by sen. icuentalists to do what we ought not. But we are we believe bound to have a war, our people seem ; determined on that course and there j is na further intervention that cs.n be j had- As this is the case we want it j quick <-.':". decisive, we want the whole : question fcettled. We want Cuba; brought under the shadow of our wing Kd end forever this wrangle over her j d this spending of money, and waste j human life. We want to see Spain j iven away as quick as powder and u_ll can do the work and let us stop ■trife and carnage at the earliest pos sible moment. We are not for humiliat ing her, we have no such foolish de sire. Spain owned the country and she naturally fought to hold it, but Ie cannot do so longer and if she ikes a brave and heroic resistance c world will honor her for doing so. c want her defeated only. She has it done more than other nations un :r the same circumstances would ive done. But Cuba must be taken id we had better annex it at once me ad of having another war over it at >me future time. Let one trouble set e all. Let the war be sharp, quick, desperate but end the strife forever. NEWS OP THE DAT. Count Itagaki, a Japanese states man, advocates an alliance between England and Japan as necessary in preparation for the expected rupture in the East, i ltalian warship Amerigo Ves which passed in the Virginia ,t 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, ;d that, she was bound for Wash The object of the Italian s-ieit Washington is not known. ;aret Mather, the actress, who ed at Charleston, W. Va., Wed night in Cymbaline and who ken suddenly ill on the stage the play was about half over, ; 5:05 o'clock Thursday evening :e Bright's disease. The body ken to Detroit, ■iel Vaughn and William Hor nvicted of burglary at the last f the County Court of Warren , and sentenced to six and eleven sin jaii, respectively, escaped night and are still at large. sell door, leading into the corri ,s a small opening at the bottom, ntly hardly large enough for a crawl through. The two men ill the grease in their lood, and 3 the floor and the edges of the md, removing their clothing, 1 themselves. By pushing and r they managed to get through. Irew I heir clothing after them. n tbe corridor, it was an easy lo get out. On the whitewash iof the ci il they left a message isiiier, j.s follows: "Kind f.i--;M.. I?iU are going --fishing in ths ■ morr Mr. Churchman's Defense of the Legislature. We regret that we were not at home j last week that we might have given the letter of our friend Mr. J. W. Churchman to the public as it was I en. We desire to apologize to or the liberty those managing aper took with his communica- He was doubtless surprised to sentences gone or expressions ged, and the article otherwise cd." This calls for an apology us, and we hope our friend now rstands how this happened, and lot feel offended if the force of irtiele was weakened thereby n we are arranging matter for our nns, we never change a line or sssion unless especially requested i so. We regret that Mr. Churchman has taken as personal remarks mrde by us about the Legislature, for we assure him we aimed none of oar thrusts at him, but spoke outside of print of his course with much commendation whenever we mentioned the action of our representatives, and have for him personally the highest regard. We do not therefore wish to seem now, to do what during the sessiop we did not do. We know too well the difficulties surrounding a new mem ber, we know that he usually has a great task before him if tie undertakes as soon as he takes his seat to upturn old laws, or make new ones, and ws find no fault if he is conservative, or To speak of "the suborned press,'' or "the rascally lawyers,'' does not usually call to arms all of the editors or all of the lawyers, even though the term may be applied to a State or locality. Our fjrienu thertfi .ought not to have taken as personal what we said of the late Legislative body of | which he had the honor to be a mem ber, unless we were alone in our criti cism, or had made it more personal than we did. Once we were standing by when a man who had lost a law suit in whioh we, with older lawyers, were counsel on the other side, made some not very chaste or complimentary remarks about the lawyers. We step ped up and asked him if he intended his remarks to apply to us, when he looked at us in the most quisical way and said, "Lord God, young fellow I don't know who you are, but I couldn't have meant you, I was talking about lawyers." It would seem at first blush that in this somewhat belated defense of the last Legislature our representa tive meant to pick a quarrel with us, when he speaks of a "cowardly form of attack," but we know too well tho good pense of the writer to think so ourselves, and therefore shall only be courteous in all we have to say. We are a little surprised to learn that he delayed so long his defense, for the reason that he hoped Senator Opie or Mr. Walker, whom he says are both his seniors in point of years and term of service, would see fit to answer our 'thrusts" and "insinuations" at that body. These gentlemen possibly wero not aggrieved, or as years are said to bring wisdom, and as service in the Legislature may do the same, possibly the gentlemen possessed enough of the above quality to steer far away from a task which few members of the body itself, scarcely a newspaper in the State, and few citizens of the Common wealth have had the temerity to un dertake. Our criticisms were never j directed at the personnel of the body. They were gentlemen, all, so far as we have heard. They were. ' F intellect all that ri- ,n.. -11 for them, and to say that we ever, classed them as "Ist—The sharp political scamp v.hn advocated measures and cast his vote as would best advance his political and private interests regardless of thy good of the Staie," and "2nd—His weaker brother who did not attempt to rise to the plane of Sti.tes craft, but stumbled along in his honest helplessness whithersoever fate led," puts words in our mouth and liments in our expressions not war ed by any criticism of that body lave ever made. Our classification lat body was somewhat as follows, .pant Reformers, Rampant Conser :es and Middle Men. The Raui ; Reformer was for general up _l, the Rampant Conservative for allowing nothing to be touch he middle men were the balance el, and were really the men accomplished what was ac plished, though it cannot be ed that all were more :ss responsible for success or fail- It cannot be denied too that the y would not vieid to leadership, no fixed policy, and it failed sig y in the minds of the people in implishing what was expected of nd promised by it. Anybody can a salary, and stop or diminish an ropriation. This needs no states 1, but it takes men to shape legis lation which raises revenue without increasing taxation, and stop leaks in the public treasury- As to the saving to the State which the gentleman mentions, the raids made on salaries and our eelemosenary institutions,will doubtless work out, out the saving in criminal expenses which he puts at $50,000 is purely experimental, and will, we fear, prove a gigantic failure. But it cannot be denied that during the Eeseion of that body there was the deepest anxiety amongst the people lest something would be done which would paralyze large and important business interests in the State, and that the State breathed freer when it found the body had actually framed I adjourning order that did end its tence, even though as the Supreme rt has declared it was unable to lish the single office of Register of Land Office. In conclusion, we eve we have made no severer crit n of the body tfian he himself has c, both as to its failure to act and its inability to resist improper influ ences. He says: "There are thirty or more counties in the State which draw out for criminal expenses tens of thou tands of dollars more than was paid iv by them." This evil was not corrected. We can name many more which might have been corrected, and to which the constitution was no barrier. "I met, ; -■!,. -iiarobufan, while in Ili'jsi uiond, no office holder there askiug tor the abolishing of his office or re duction ol his salary." Not even tho.se heme' t often, the Members of t_e STAUNTON SP ECTATOR AND VINDICATOR. he informs us was dangerous, as "it | ; required some of that commodity the world calls 'sand,' to always stand up for your honest convictions against such pressure." We hope they all had the "sand." j With the Cuban war on our hands, j tha country in a blaze of excitement and public expectation on tiptoe, it is hard to get back to the days when we talked ef nothing but "what do you think that Legislature will do ?" Still we have no word to retract in regard ' to our general remarks made touching | that body. What we said was put in ! j cold type, it refilected on no individu- j al, but as to the body was _s we be lieve, just then, is just now.and would be repeated should the occasion ever again offer itself, which we devoutly Bay not be the case. AINTRAIJK AND C'ROFS. The Cincinnati Price-Current of last Thursday says:— A striking change in temperature conditions has overtaken the country the past week, with hard freezing throughout the central and northern regions. The lateness in this period in which the most severe freezing has occurred precludes full reflection of re sults therefrom in the correspondence to hand, but sufficient is indicated in the latest received returns to suggest, aseanbowell understood, that such freezings have been especially prejudl ciai to the promise for orchard fruits, particularly peaches. It is not poißi ble, however, at this time, to detemine the degree of seriousnea of such losses. liere the oats crop had germinated ide growth, it is apprehended that ard freezing has been destructive, t is doubtful if the harm has been ?atas feared. Weather conditions delayed seeding operations oyer re area, and retarded preparation Jund for corn, far as the wheat crop is concern ed, tne frosts and freezings have cvi-; dently done little injury, although re tarding the growth to some extent. 1 The general tenor of late advices con- ! cernlng winter wheat reflects the very ■irrging outlook previously report i s marketing of wheat has been ir ar, being fairly free for the time ! of year in various instances. But in all | directions the current information is suggestive of unusually low position j of supplies. i The interior offerings of corn have | I contracting, under influences; include the fact of farmers be- j sy, with also a belief that prices t likely to decline, while there sh inclination to await indica •elative to the start of the new | The abundance of supplies in ercial channels gives little hope ich advance at present, or until | hing develops to give an impulse culative sentiment, i wheat market has gained some ;th the past week, closing at go with an advance of lie for md 2Jc for July, compared with k ago. Corn also shows an ad of fe, and oats lafc. y wheat at Chicago closed jelow the highest point of the , 31c above the lowest point, and igher than a week ago. ■n at Chicago for May clos below the highest point of the , Jo above the lowest point and jher than a week „go ■ eat receipts at primary markets 2,052,000 bushels for the week ist 2,641.000 the preceding week, 2,877,000 last year. •v receipts were 2,852,000 bushels, nt 3,405,000 the preceding week, 1,825,000 last year. A .SCENE IN THE HOUSE. iere was a scene of great excite t iv the House of Representatives Thursday afternoon, during the ideration of the bill for the reor zation of the army. It was caused Ir. Lentz, an Ocio Democrat, who can assault en the admiuistr-a charging that tho policy of d-' '• the interest of stock jr v reet. Ge alleged r.h ■ »«_> __> tl- — , ion that the message would not go |in long before it was known at the Uapitol and profited heavily l jy the ad vance in the price of stocks which re- I suited. He even charged that there I was no warrant for the alarming state ments about the situation in Havana, ! which were made as a justification for ! the delay of tbe message. Air. Grcsvenor indignantly denied that there was justification for the re ports, and held Mr. Lentz up to scorn j for alleging corrupt motives against 1 the President. Mr. Lsntz disclaimed this, but the i j irate friend of the President gave him Ino mercy. He was thoroughly arons-| I ed, and charged that the' Democrats I were seeking political advantage, and I paying his respects to John J. McCook j and others. He said: The gentleman I is greatly worried about bonds, aud lie read the name of John J. McCook in one of nis raids this afternoon. Who is John J. Cook? What does he rep resent? What is he here for' How doeß he and the gentleman from Ohio I stand with reference to this? I will show you that they are parties to a great conspiracy—one willingly so, the other, 1 trust, iguorantly so. Who 1s John J. McCook ? He is the legal rep resentative of the Cuban Junta, of New York, behind which stands four hundred millions, more or less, of bonds that can be validated by the recognition of the independence of Cuba by the United States, and they will be destroyed by a polioy that drives Spain out of Cuba in the *nter est of American people. Before he concluded he expressed the opinion that war was as certain as that we would live until nf the United States, as well as iterests of citizens of this country have investments in the island n the throes of war. He reviews ctionof the United States in its sto bring about a satisfactory of affairs in Cuba, the money ex >d in endeavors to prevent fllbus g and the patience with wfiieh sountry has viewed the desolation %t island. He says: he policy of devastation and con ■ation, inaugurated by the Cap tain General's Bando of'Oetober 21, 1890, in the province of Pinar del Rio was thence extended to embrace all cf the islands to which the power of the inns was able to reach by oc ■ or by military operations, autry,"including all dwelling en agricultural interior, was to the garrison towns or iso .es held by the troopß. sing and movement of pro ! all kinds were interrupted. The fields were laid waste, dwellings in,roofed and fired, milis destroyed uh!, in short, everything that could • :esolate the land and render it unfit j for human habitation or support was j conin-.'-led by one or the other of che y parties and Bated by -SO-! effective over the better part of the four central and western provinces, j Santa Clara, Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio. "Ths agricultural population, to the estimated number of 300,000 or more, was herded within the towns and their \ immediate vicinage, deprived of the means of support, rendered destitute of shelter, left poorly clad, and expos ed to the most unsanitary conditions. As the scarcity of food increased with the devastation of the depopulated areas of production, destitution and want became misery and starvation. Month by mouth the death rate in creased in an alarming ratio. By March, 1897, according to conservative limates from official Spanish success, rtality among the reconcentradoes, ■ni starvation and the diseases there incident exceeded 50 per centum of sir total number." Ie then proceeds to review the mili •y operations iv Cuba, and refers to seages of his own and his predeces •; to the efforts of Gen. Woodford to ing about an amelioration of the ndition of the island, their futility; the movement looking towards the sending of relief to the destitute of Cuba; the work of the Red Cross So ciety. aud the fact that thousand of I lives had been saved by the munific ence of the United States. The Presi j dent then refers to the suggestion sent to Madrid for an armistice until Octo ber Ist In order to have the conflict brought to a close; also for an iinmedi ate revocation of the order of recon contration. The replies of the Spanish Cabinet were by no means satisfactory, and the diplamatic relations between tnat country and the United States were brought to an end. The Presi dent then proceeds to review the his tory of similar cases which have come to the notice of the United States when Spanish dominion on this bide ■ of the ocean has been thrown off. He j says: "From the standpoint of experience I do not think it would be wise or pru dent for this government to recognize J at the present time the independence of the so-called Cuban republic. Such recognition is not necessary in order to enable the United States to inter vene and pacify the island. To com mit this country now to the recogui tion of any particular government in Cuba might subject us to embarrassing j conditions of international obligation toward the organization so recognized fi case of intervention our conduct ould be subject to the approval or dis [jproval of such government; we ould be required to submit to its di rection and to assume to it the mere relation of a friendly ally. When il shall appear hereafter that there is lithin the island a government capa le of performing the duties and dis larging the functions of a separate ation, aud having, asa matterof fact, ie proper forms and attributes of na oualif.y, such government can be romptly and readily recognized, and ie relations and interests of the Uni sd States with such nation adjusted. i There remain the alternative forms of intervention to end the war, either as lan impartial neutral by imposing _ i rational compromise between the con testant*, or as the active ally of the one party or the other." This action, he believes, would be on lie grounds of humanity, duty to our- Ives and the Cubans, and the re soval of a menace to oar own peace, 'he President in alluding to the de ruction of the Maino says: ••The uavul court of inquiry, which : is ueedless to say commands the un oalifled confidence of the government, ns unanimous in its conclusion that -te destruction of the Maine was caus Ed by an exterior explosion, that of a submarine mine. It did not assume to place the responsibility. That remains to be fixed. In any event, the destruc tion of the Maine, by whatever exterior cause, is a patent and impressive proof of a stata of things in Cuba that is in tolerable. That condition is thus , shown to be such that the Spanish government cannot assure safety and security to a vessel of the American i navy in the harbor of Havana on a 1 mission of peace and rightfully there. He refers to this act as corroborative iof the picture he has drawn of affairs lin Cuba, which shows the inability of | Spain to protect a neutral vessel in the I harbor of Havana. The President then quotes General I Grant as saving that other nations ! would eventually have to interfere aud stop bloodshed in Cuba, and under 1 present conditions, the President says, the agency of others outside of Spanish and Cuban, either by mediation or by intervention, seems to be the only al ternative which must, sooner or later, be invoked for the termination of the strife. The President concludes his message as follows: In view of these facts and of those considerations, I ask the Congress to I authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the peo ple of Cuba, and to secure in the Is land the establishment of a stable gov ernment capable of maintaining order and observing its inernational obliga tions, insuring peace and tranquility Mthe security of its citizens as well ur own, and to use the military iv naval forces of the United States as may be necessary for these purposes. On Tuesday things about Washing ton were quiet. Congress had been invested with the responsibihtv which had lain on the President's shoulders, and was by no means so warlike as when it had the burden elsewhere. The mesjas-e lay in the hands of the committee, awaiting it is said au op i portunitv for the committee to inter view Gen. Lee who reached Waehing- I ton that day. __ , On Gen. Lee's route to Wash ington he received ovations at every point. At Richmond he was greeted by Gov. Tyler and staff and fully ten thousand people, who shouted and cheered until the train left. It seems that it will be several days before anything will be done to change the status of affairs, and whilst there is some opposition to McKinley's poli cy in his own party it is certain that I those opposed will be whipped into line. It is known that Spain is doing everything she can for delay, it means a great deal to her. She has granted the armistice she makes known, not because the United States demanded it but because the Pope and the great powers asked it. Gen. Woodford has not left Madrid. The Madrid papers have published that Gen. Leo was badly scared when he left Havana. Gfen. Lee says the Cubans will not ac cept anything but their independence, and the overtures of Spain have come too late. There is great disappoint ment in Congress over the President s message, and not a word of it was cheered in either house. It is ed that Gen. L.cc has positiye proof that the Maine was blown up by Spanish connivance, and if this be so their professed sympathy is false. Latest War News. lelegrams received yesterday after n say that telegraphic communica i with Havana is interrupted, cable posed to be cut, and that the Span cabidet gave notice that iuterven on in Cuba would not be tolorated. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has reported in favor of rmed intervention and the establish meot of a stable government in Cuba. Gen. Leo appeared before the com mittee, but his testimony furnished lttle additional evidence. The House committee had not reported at the lour of goin_ to press. The directors of the Southern Pacific lailroad Company have re-elected C. P. Huntington aspresident. *b**£**m ■ ___________ tseet agy—^ ** n c vTadYertisememts. T %".'-'E wrirSeTfTSFeoial examiner from the _*-**■ Kellam Cancer, Medical and Surgical .pital, ot Hliiton, W. Va., in Staunton, on _.-___ aatli, to examine persons afflicted with Cancer, Rupture. Dropsy aud all Chrr,„ie Diseases. ALL EXAMINATIONS FKBE. Will s c found at the Highland House. aprll-2t FERTILIZERS For Spring Crops. Our Own Brands, which are well aud favorably known, having been used in this section many years. Drill ing condition first class. Call on us. Apr 14 6t BAKER & BROWN. VI U OIN I A, To-wit: -In the Clerk's office ot the Circuit Court of Augusta county, the 11th day of April, ISBB. M. W. Ouarle 1 , Plaintiff VS. J. 11. Kauliln and Erwln A. Cools, Defendants. Ia Chancery. The object cf this suit is to enforce the ven dors lieu on that certain tract of land lying in the noi tlieust portion of Basic City, Augus ta county, Vint-ila. adjoining the land* of Basic City ML, M. _ _ Co, and others, and is the same land conveyed to J. 11. llankln by M. W, yuarles and others, and afterwards con veyed by said Rankin and wife to Erwin A. Cook. And It appearing by affidavit filed that said Erwln A. cook in a non resident of this State, it is ordered that he do appear here within fif teen dayi after doe publication hereof and do what is necessary to piotect his interest In this suit. JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk. W. H. Flsbburne, p. q. Apr lHt i too 1 ol July, 1898, An elegant Hunting Case Watch will he given to the HANDSOMEST LADY in Augusta County, by the BARGAIN FURNITURE CO., No. 27 N. Augusta St., Staunton. i The judges as to who shall be entitled to this Grand Prize will be Ihe people of Augusta, who will make the decision by ballot. A fee of 5c will be charged tor each vote, and 2c for each additional vote. One h ilf of the. money received for the privilege of voting will be given to the Kings Daughters Uospitil. THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF I l hereby announce myself as a candidate tor 1 re-election to the office ot City Sergeant, sub , I Ject to a Democratic primary. I feel very grateful for your support in the past and trust that you may feel disposed to render me ' 1 your kind assistance on this occasion. rpo THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF | 1 nereDy announce myself a candidate for the office of CITY SERGEANT for • the City of Staunton. Subject to Democratic . primary. Respectfully, I dec9-tde* . H. G. BiERS ■ i-po THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF I hereby announce myself as a candidate .or j the office of City Sergeant subject to the Dem ; ocratic "rimary. If elected, 1 promise a faith- I ttil, eneiiietic and prompt performance of the ' duties of V-ie office. Respectfully, | Jan 27 -BOS. A. DAWSON. 1 rsnt-n-' ******M Bs_ nr ii **mwt* numi smii !_____________ I COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE. .j January 22d, 1898. i.TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF I beg leave to announce my candidacy for re-election to the office of Commissioner of tbe Revenue, subject to the Democratic primary. and promise if re-elected a faithful discharge \ot the duties of the office to the my 1 ability. I solicit the active supi>_^^^^nv frlensis, with a sincere ■__ I past efforts In my behalf. ____^^ t3oj_aS J. CROWDER. . A t'Al.l.. CAPT. H. M. McILHANY, Staunton, Va., | Dear Sir—Tho office of Commissioner of the Revenue is one of the most Important in the gift of the people ot Staunton. It should be tilled by a man who is universally recognized as capable, conscientious and painstaking. More than that, when the city has any favors to bestow, they should go to those who have given ungrudgingly of their time and labor to build up the city. No man has given more generously of both, In proportion to his means. Recognizing your merits, among which is your lifelong fidelity to the Demo cratic party, it Is with great pleasure that >ye ask you to run for Commissioner of the Reve ising you our hearty support. RRespectlully, ANY VOTERS OF THE CITY OF STAUNTON, to your flattering call on me to an yself a candidate for Commissioner enue for the ensuing term, I beg to I eciate most highly the desire ex pressed by a large number of my friends thus to honor me. I hereby announce myself, therefore, a candidate for said office, subject to the decision of a Democratic primary. My record as a citizen of Staunton for 25 years should testify to my character, and my ability to administer the office acceptably, and to my desire to promote tbe interests of the city. Respectfully, H. M. McILHANY. A CALL. A. A. E3KRIDGE, ESQ., j Staunton, Va. Dear Sir—There is no man in Staunton bet ter fitted to perform the duties of Coinmision erof the Revenue than yourself, and none who has worked more faithfully and success fully for the Democratic party. Recognizing your high qualifications for the place, and the esteem In which you are held by the people of ■regardless of party, we respectfully o become a candidate for this office, a Democratic primary, and pledge irnest support. Respectfully, ANY VOTERS OF THE CITY OF STAUNTON, nse to the above call I announce a candidate for Commissioner of the if the City ot Staunton, subject to a ie primary. If elected, it will be my earucsu c.fort to meet the expectations of my friends, and to give the city a faithful admin istration of the office. Very respectfully, A. A. ESKRIDGE. CAPT. FRANK B, BERKELEY, Dear Sir—Fully recognizing your fealty to the Democratic party, and knowing your su perior Qualifications aud fitness, we respect fully call upon you f> announce yourself a candidate forthe office of Commissioner of the Revenue of this city, subject to a Demo cratic primary, if you will become a candi slate, we assure you that you will, without a doubt, receive the nomination at Ihe primary aud the hearty support ot your party and of many other good citizens, who are not Demo crats on election day, .May -6th, 1898. Respectfully, MANY VOTERS OF THE CITY OF STAUNTON, In response to the above call, I hereby an- I nounce myself a candidate tor the office of Commissioner of tne Revenue for the City of Staunton, subject to the decision of a Demc-| cral-ic primary election. My long continued services in the council chamber of my native city will be. I am sure, a sufficient guarantee to uiy fellow citizens that any duty they see fit to assign to me, will be faithfully dis charged. Very respectfully, _ s .. li. HERKBLEV. w ALTERA .WOOD N_W MOWER, Is un exhibition at J. D. Bailey's, Staunton, Va This company is prepared to furnish ex tra parts for any machines they ever sold. They manufacture Hinder?, Mowers, Rakes and Tedders. mar Hi-it's GIfoTOOTI K__p Gardpn Seed ed every description, of tilt-Freshest and Finest quality in large quantities. Also Seed Corn, Onion Sets, Potatoes, Sugar Cane, Broom Corn, Cow Peas. Also Hammond's Insect Exterminator. Tube Roaes and Flower Seeds. Mole traps and other things too ntimerou3 to mention. Address or call at TOSD'S SEED STORE, No. 6 N. Acocsta Street, Staunton, V«, 2 SPRING GREETING* | BEE HIVE STORE. | An Exnili of Hals i Triml MUlinery. Untrimmed Milliney in every desirable style will be found here. In our untrimmed hat stock, all colors and braids, fairly priced at 25c, 50c, to Sl.oO. , I Our Ribbon offering comprises, yards and yards of fancy ribbons at irresistible prices, and includes the Soman, Plaids and Stripes suitable for ruffles, sashes ties, millinery and dress trimmings. You will also find here new Spring Gloves, Woman's Kid Gloves, embroidered backs. 4 large buttons, black, white and all colors. \ special sale of Black and Fancy Hose for ladies and children. "BEE HIVE," I j CORNER OP MAIN STREET AND CENTRAL AVENUE, t 57/ LOOK OUT gjgrc Monarch! \$g :/ .\ wLW: V\ V And it takes a clean road as they fly. V$feV.li When you buy a MONARCH and pay \Vpo| ; <£/ . the first cost you don't have to pay any- f$R thing more for repairs as they Btand the ; strain, and all roads look alike to a if Monarch. "We also have a cheap wheel \ for $25, the best wheel in the State for Second hand wheels at your own price. The Best 25c Bell on the market. To Clips 10c. Grafy 5c. Oil 5c. Pants Guards 5c. Other Bells 15c. Cement 5c All kinds of Cement. Headquarters for all kinds of Tires and Tire tape, Repair Kitts. Spokes, Nipples and A\ asher s 5c. All kinds of Butts and Nuts,Crank Pins. We are headquarters L. A. W. Repair Shop. All kinds of repair work done at short notice. Enameling Baked on as good as new work. New tubes put in frames. Brazing of all kinds. Handlebars and Saddles exchanged. The "Christy" sa Idle is one of our leaders. We have the best saddles for the price you ever read of. Peddles of different kinds. Rubbers for Peddles. In fact everything kept in a first class Bicycle store. Come and see us we will save vou money, as we buy close for cash. Respectfully, Humphrey Sl Co., Bagby building, - - 205 West Main St. Phone 173. ( Phone or mail orders promptly attended to. ANNOUNCEMENT. Having resumed business again at the same stand, I res- pectfully solicit the patronage of all the people. BRITTAIN, The Druggist, Corner of Main and Augusta St8„ Staunton, Va, Marquis Building. TRUSTEES' SALE ! OF A HOUSE AND LOT Near National Cemeters, Augusta County. By virtue of a deed of trust executed by Wil liam Armstead (eol'd). and wife, to the under signed, dated April 27th, 1897. and duly record ed In the clerk's office of Augusta county Co trt I in 1). B. No. 121, page 21"s, default having been or the coiu^oiis^^aW___ou.\S-i__>tauii_-_ ton, on SATURDAY, MAY 7th, 1898,* i the property conveyed by said deed as follows: That certain tract or parcel of land situate in Augusta county, east of Staunton, on the Port Republic road, aud fronting on said roid BI feet flinches and running back between par allel lines 33. feet to a new street, haid lot has on it a two story frame dwelling, ti rooms, and Is near the National Cemetery. TERMS—Cash as to 550.7U and costs of exe cuting the trust and unpaid taxes, aud the res idue In 6, UI and IS months.evidenced by bonds bearing interest, secured by deed of trust, tbe purchaser will be required to pay taxes for 1898 WILLUM A, BURNETT, JOS. B. WOODWARD, CHAS. C._BE„RV. j apr 7-5t Trustees. TRUSTEES' SALE —OF— A VALUABLE FARM NEAEDEERFIELD, AUGUSTA COC.NTT. By virtue of a deed of trust executed by wlibur 8. Kile to the undersigned dated May 21st, 1897, and duly recorded lv tne Clerk's of fice of the County court of Augusta in D. B. No. 121, page 246, default having heen made and being required by the beneficiary so to do, we will sell at public auction in front of the court-house ot Augusta county ..at Staunton, Saturday, May 7th, 1898, I the property described in said deed as follows: —All of that certain tract or parcel of land containing 275 acres more or less, situate in Pastures district, Augusta county, about one mile east of Deerfleld." About 130 acres of this land is improved and in cultivation the Improvements consisting of a frame dwelling with 6 rooms, new barn and other outbuild ings, two orchards, good spring at the house and the farm otherwise well watered, TEKMS:—Cash as to $268.00 and the oosts of executing the trust and all unpaid taxes and the residue in six, twelve and eighteen months evidenced by bonds bearing interest secured by deed of trust. The purchaser will be re uuired to pay the taxes tor the year 1898. \ H WILLIAM A. BURN-IT, JOS. B. WOODWARD, CHAS. C. BERRY, I apr 7-sts Trustees. TRUSTEES' SALE j — OF— A HOUSE AND LOT ON PUMP STREET IN STAUNTON AND TWO HOUSES AND LOT IN PARK ADDITION NEAR STAUNTON. By virtue of two deeds of trust executed by William Smith, (colored), to the uuderstgnesl trustee, one dated September 12th, 189ti, and I recorded in the Clerk* ol_o of tho Hustings court of Staunton iv D. B. No. 13, page--*, and the other dated March 18th, 189., and re corded in the Clerk's office of Augusta County court in D. B. No. 121, page-'4l, default havlug I beeu made in the payment of the debts therein secured and being re..uli-ed by the beneficiary I so to do, we will sell at public auction in the I front of the court-house of Augusta county in I Staunton, on Saturday, May 7th, 1898, lat 12 o'clock M.. the property conveyed by Isaid two deeds as folio a-s: ,*_____ I The former deed all that certain lot of land I with dwelling and Cooper shop thereon situ- I ated on Pump street In Stauntou and known I ° The latter deed. That certain lot of land I with two dwellings thereon situated in Au , ■ "u;.tacountv near Staunton, in whatis known as- I'ark Addition,' and is known as lot No. ■ iv lllock No. 21 ou the plat of said addition. 'T-RMS:—As to the first described deed cash as to $17.58 ana the costs of executing t'-e trust and any unpaid taxes and us to the ■aeond described deed as to $15 Si and the •osts of executing the trust and any unpaid taxes- the residue of the purchase-money as to both deeds Miall be piyali'.c In B, 12 and 18 months respectively evidenced by bonds bear ing Interest from date secured by deed of trust. The purchaser or purchasers in each •ase will be required to pay tho taxes for the year 1398. WILLIAM A. BURNETT, JOS B. WOODWARD, CHAS. C. BERK-, iapr T-st« Trustees. Yi-CiNSA HOTEL RESTAURANT.! On First Floor— Entrance on New street Nice newly furnished rooms, private for , ladles and gentlemen and connected with the . ladles' Entrance and Front Restaurant Din ing Room. Nice Oysters served in any style desired. The best service—Low charges. no- 31-lv J- _■ SCHEFFER. Prop'r. j THE REGIT LAKSUBSCRIPTION.TO THE SPECTATOR IS NOW JUST HALF WHAT IT Hi-3 BEEN HERETOFORE. IT IS NOW OSLt ONE DOLLAR, [FOR SALE. _ig3_?*«-3S Information apply to undersigned at his office In this city. The cows may be seen at his farm on Spring Hill road near Staunton. marlO-tts E. F. WAYMAN. ] Information fort! $100. A Scotch game keeper's experience ha solved the problem of how to keep your ponl try In perfect health. No more gapes or dis ease of any kind. The success of this plan originate_|._?*_.—ai£j_roved In connection with i _W : *-nTfratßlnß of birds, and when applied to poultry the same I Hem t results were maintoined. This !a 5 scheme, hut sound, sensible, reliable actlcal Information. Send 30c. to JAMES DRABBLE, >-3m 1619 Harford Aye, Baltimore, Md. UNI A, To wit:—in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, the 30th day of March, 1898. Jos. A. Waddell, and Alex. F. Robert son, executors or Mary J. Baldwin, de | ceased, I'lalutltTs The Mary Baldwin Seminary and others, Defendants. In Chancery, The object of this suit is to have the will of Mary Julia Baldwin construed, and the entire estate of the testatrix settled under the de crees and orders of this court. And it appearing by affidavit filed that Tn« Trustees of the General Assembly.of the Pres byterian church In the United States, Bald win Darrow, Mrs, Julia A. Barclay, Julia Bar clay Jefferson, Louise Barclay Edwards, Bald | win Wavt, Kate Helskell, Caroline Westmore i land, Charlotte Kemper, Elisabeth Watt, Nannie Westmoreland. Stuart Ilaldwin, Mrs. Caroline B. Calkins, Mary B. Crawford (In fant), Julia E. Crawford, .infant), Mary S. Crawford (infant) and Clara S. Crawford (In fant), defendants, are not residents of thla Stale, It is ordered that they severally ap pear here within fifteen days after due publi cation hereof and do what, is necessary to protect their Interests in this suit JOS. B. WOODWARD, Clerk. Geo. M. Coohran, p. q. niar-U-lt .POMMISSIONER-S OFFICE, \J Staunton, Va., Mar. 30,1898. William A. Landes, etc. Erastus Landes, et als. All persons interested in the above styled chancery cause will Take Notice, that in pur suance of a decree of the circuit court of Au gusta county entered in said cause on June 6, 1889.1 shall at my office lv Staunton, Va., on Saturday, April Udtli, 1898, proceed to*ascertain and report as follows: Ist—What persons are entitled to. pnrtlci pate in the proceeds of the land sold tn this I cause, and In what proportions; zno—What payments have been made to, or I what arrangements have been made with, said persons en account of their interests In said proceesls; 3rd—What advancements bave been mad to the parties concerned by John Landes la his life time; 4th—- net her the indebtedness of said John Landes' estate to his eight grandchildren, sons and daughters of Frances V. Craun. de ceased, arising out of his guardianship of said eight grand-children,has been paid, and if so, by whom it was paid; sth—Any other matters deemed pertinent, etc. R- E. it. NELSON, Commissioner In Chancery. Elder A Elder, p. q. mar 31-4» KMISSIONER'S OFFICE, Staunton, Va., April. 5, 1888. Joyner - Creditors, :oyner, et als. I parties interested In the above styled B.now pending in the Circuit court for the ity of Augusta Take Notice, that pursu ;o decree of said court entered In said B November 31st, VB9tS, I shall, at my office aunton, Virginia, on May 6th, 1898, eed to ascertain and report, tut account -ing the execution creditors of the de dant, N. C. Coyner; their several amounts respective orders of priority. 1 «.t.all also rt the funds in the hands of the special Iver appointed in this cause; to whom the i is payable and tn what amounts; to* er with any other matters deemed pertt- HENRY W.HOLT. Commissioner In Chancery • -trick & Gordon, p. q. Apr 7-lts Attention, FARMERS! HEADQUARTERS FOR FERTILIZER GRASS SEED. 1 will have on baud tiie best Fertilixer for Spring Crops that will be on thia market. All 1 ask is to examine my goods and prices bet ore btiv ing elsewhere. I have my own ground Nova Scotia Plaster. Grass Seed of all kinds at the lowest prices. B. W. CRUM, 15 Middlebrook Avenue, opposite C. _ O. Freight Depot. Prompt attention to al.or<,«__