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FOR CONGRESS:
(Ninth District,)
GEN. JAS. A. WALKER,
Of Wythe County.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 189S.
BRAU AND BLUSTER.
It has been the policy of the Democrats
in the Ninth District in all recent Congres- j
sional campaigns to brag and bluster
about their candidates and what they
were doing for the Republicans. It was
bo in 1894, when they placed that sterling
gentleman, Hon. H. S. K. Morrisson in
the field to beat Gen. Walker; and it was
a'so the case in 1896, when Judge Wil?
liams was their standard bearer. In each
of these elections the Democrats claimed
they had Walker beat. Tl.ey said be was
unworthy and that their candidates were
his superior in every respect. He was
sneered at and barked at by the big dogs
and the little dogs, the latter always doing
the most of the barking, until a poorly in?
formed man might have been lead to be?
lieve that the General was not only very
unworthy but exceedingly unpopular with
the people. But he defeated Morrisson in
1894 and Williams in 1806, and Demo?
cratic brag and bluster were fully exposed.
Tbey are playing the same game in
1898. The matchless Rhea (?) is on the
lips of every one of the braggarts and blus?
terers. No such orator has ever appeared
as a candidate for Congress in this district
Bince 1860. To bear them talk, Walker is
nothing but a pigmy by the side of their
newly discovered giant, who was con?
temptuously rejected by the convention at
Wytbeville which nominated Judge Wil?
liams in 1896. He is not only an able de?
bater but unexcelled as a songster and but?
ton distributor. When he goes out can?
vassing he has to take a wagon along to
haul the dowers that admiring women
cast at bis gallant feet. Everywhere he
goes the people crowd to hear him and he
is the subject of Democratic hero worship.
They do not tell that when Le goes to dif?
ferent counties the old time leaders, the
men of brains in his party, sUnd aloof and
that all the adulation he receives is from
the machine politicians and those who are
little capable of measuring worth and
ability.
All this brag aud bluster only amuses, it
does not frighten the Republicans. They
know the character and ability of the ri?
val candidates, they know the district it
Republican, and they know the people are
too well up to Democratic tricks to be de?
ceived by them.
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A FEEBLE PRETEXT.
One of the reasons the Democrats oner
for their pretended certainty of carrying
this district is that many Republicans will
either vote for their candidate or not vote
at all. When asked why they think so,
they will tell you that u great number of
Republicans are angry with Gen. Walker,
and will not support him on account of
some personal grievance. The men who
make this claim are not sensible enough to
know that it should be an insult to those
of whom they speak, to say that for per?
sonal reasons they will desert their party
and strike a blow at its candidates. It is a
serious reflection on their honesty and po?
litical integrity. There is no Republican
in the district who can give any just cause
for complaint agaiust General Walker in
his representative capacity. Some men
have been disappointed in securing the of?
fices they desired. Others may have been
unable to exercise the measure of influence
with our Congressman that they wished.
But these disappointments are too small to
play any part in driving honest Republi?
cans away from their party and to the sup?
port cf the enemy. The fact is that no
man in the district who has been a Re?
publican from principle will be found neg?
lecting his duty in this election to such an
extent as to vote for Rhea.
When Democrats state that they expect
to win because of General Walker's un?
popularity with his Republican constitu?
ents, it is a confession of the weakness of
their own party and its candidate. They
are not willing to make the fight upon the
issues that divide the two parties, and they
dare not assert that there has been any
change in the sentiment of the people of
the district occasioned by the conduct of
Mr. McKinley's administration or by Re?
publican legislation. Occasionally they re?
fer to the pension frauds, to the war reve?
nue measures, and now and then some one
may say a few words about free silver; but
their chief cry is Walker. They may de?
ceive themselves by their feeble pretext
but they can't fool the Republicans.
As we have said before, for every Re?
publican who refuses to vote for Walker
there will be two former Democrats that
will rally to his support.
How do limes now compare with times
undi r a Democratic administration?
TRYING TO INJURE THE PRESIDENT.
It will be remembered that the Demo?
crats from the time that Mr. McKinley
was inaugurated until the war with Spain
began were trying all the time to make
bis administration unpopular by abusing
Mark Hanna, and making it appear that
the President was under the control of
Hannaism. When the war began, and it
was demonstrated that Mr. McKinley was
not only a cautious and brave Executive
but that he wa-! a patriot of sound judg?
ment, the Democratic newspapers and
small-fry politicians, from fear of incurring
popular contempt, ceased to hurl their
slanders at the President.
Sow, since the war has been concluded,
and after the President's name has been
honored and praised by every honest man
in the land, because of the able, non-sec?
tional and pitriotic manner in which he
has conducted hostilities, we find partisan
papers and narrow partisans again endeav?
oring to make McKinley responsible for
any mismanagement or neglect of any man
in any branch of the service. They are
raising aery of Algeriern, with the purpose
of first making Gen Alger responsible for
any unfortunate mismanagement in our
armies and the President blameable for
placing Alger at the head of the War De?
partment.
Left without any issue upon which they
can hope to win in the approaching Con?
gressional election, the Democrats shed
crocodile tears over the sufferings of our
brave soldiers, but inwardly rejoice that
they can seize upon those sufferings with
the hope of bringing the Administration
into disrepute and hurting the Republican
party. But the people are up to such
Democratic tricks, they are familiar with
its insincerity, and will laugh to scorn this
last vain effort of Democracy to rebuild
its fortunes on a false issue.
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WHICH TIME CORRECT?
In his speech at Lebanon Judge Rhen
said : "I have always canvassed this dis?
trict on a free silver platform. It is true
Judge Morrisson ran upon a platform
which may be construed as a gold plat?
form. * * * I was never a gold
man in my life and no man can say the
truth and say that I was." These remarks
were made in response to a statement of
Gen. Walker that he bad been informed
that Rhea was a convert to free eilver
after the Democratic convention at Staun
ton in May, 1890.
In a letter published by Judge Rhea in
the Bristol Times on Wednesday, July
29th, 1896, he said : "As to my sudden
conversion to free eilver, this is not true.
I was never a gold man, but I have stated
to the people frankly that up to a few
weeks ago I had no decided convictions up?
on the question."
At Lebanon he admitted that Morrisscr
had run upon a platform in 189S thai
might be construed as a gold standard
platform, and he might have confessed
that he helped to make that platform, at
he was in the convention that adopted it,
and was, perhaps, on the resolutions com?
mittee. He stated at Lebanon that hi
had "always canvassed this district on u
free eilver platform," but in his letter in
the Bristol Times confesses that until
about the 15th of July, 1S9G he had no de?
cided convictions upon the question."
Had Rhea forgotten the letter in the
Bristol Times when he made his declara?
tions at Lebanon ? If not,which time was
he stating the facts?
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The necessity for increasing the regular
army to at least 100,000 men is now con?
ceded by every intelligent paper in the
land. The Democratic papers do not
seem to think now that euch an army will
be a menace to the liberties of the people.
Why didn't they and their party think so
years ago? If we had had a regular army
at the beginning of hostilities with Spain
as large as is now conceded necessary, the
war would have been concluded in less
time and with much less Buffering.
Tn k Democrats are trying to get some
consolation from the recent elections in
Vermont and Maine. They-argue that be?
cause the Republican majorities were not
as large in those two states this year as
they were two years ago is an indication
that Democracy and free silverism are
growing stronger throughout the country.
Why don't they look to the recent elec?
tion in Arkansas, where the Democratic
majority was so greatly reduced ?
The business of this country is expand?
ing and booming. Rhea said out in Lee
that times were harder than he ever saw
them. He has quit talking that way now.
He saw how ridiculous he made himself,
and his friends must have told him be was
making a fool of himself by such a decla?
ration.
The Pulaski platform on which Rbea is
running endorses W. J. Bryan and his
principles. Bryan favors putting wool,
lumber, cattle, Bheep, coal and iron ore on
the free list. That makes Rbea favorable
to a tariff policy tnat would be ruinous to
the Ninth District.
The question now is, will the Democrats
in 1900 make free silver their leading issue
as they did in 1896? We wager they will
not, nor will they nominate Bryan as their
candidate.
The United States is not likely to relin?
quish the commercial advantages that are
to follow our victories at Manila.
Are vou for a Protective Tariff? If so,
you will not vote for Rbea.
We wonder what Rhea'a views are on
territorial expansion? Perhaps he has
"no decided convictions."
Are you for a sound and stable currency?
If so, you will not vote for Khea and
"wild cat" paper money.
Walker makes no concealments of his
past political record. Rhea tries to keep
Ins undiscovered.
Wheat is again advancing, but silver
does not seem to move along with it.
Why Take Even Luzon?
To the Kditor of "The Press."*
Sir:?I infer from your articles that
you favor the annexation of the Philip?
pines. 1 have read somewhat on this sub?
ject, but so far I have been unable to find
a single thoughtful article showing the
benefits that would accrue to the United
States from such a course.
Brooklyn, N. V. F. L. P.
The presence of the Pence Commission
in Washington brings the Philippines to
I a decision and has suggested to many the
same question. The United States can
take all the group, a coaling station or
Luzon, with the city of Maniln. In all
probability the commission will be in?
structed to ask the last; but why take any
territory save a coaliDg station ? Not for
the protit and trade of the colony alone.
This is shallow. Luzon, a fertile tropical
island, has yielded Spain a net profit of
$1,000,000. It will yield us more. But
to a nation like the United States this is
no temptation, though it sweeps away the
plea that the possession will be costly. It
will pay its way. The present trade is
another item, but the total profit on the
current commerce of the Philippines can
not be much over $90'),000, the return of
a single big American firm. This is worth
having, but it does not measure very big
against the profits on our total trade of
$1,847,000,000 in the last fiscal year.
Wider relations and reasons are needed to
justify their acquisition.
First, the United States needs in the
trade of the Last a commercial base. Our
trade with China lias grown teufold in
twenty years. It has trebled in three.
All Eastern Asia and Malaysia is o|>ening.
The experience of England for two centu?
ries has demonstrated that this trade is
best acquired when carried on from East?
ern trading centers where goods are pro?
tected and contracts enforced by the fa?
miliar home law of the trader. This gives
the English trader his priceless advantage
at Hong Kong, Singapore and so on
around to Bombay. He trades on his own
soil, under his own law and on all issues
of possession or of contract he is secure of
a final appeal to a British court in Ijandon.
The possibility of this appeal means se?
curity, and on security rests the profits of
trade.
Every American merchant knows the
value of Federal law in protecting Iiis
contracts in our own Stales. No nation
has ever won permanent Eastern trade
without a secure commercial base. The
best of Eastern States are fir worse than
the worst and most reckless of American
States. Trade follows *the flag because
the flag means law?law certain, just and
familiar. If our trade in the East is to
grow, as England's has at Hong Kong, we
must have at Alanila a great commercial
base where warehouses, partnerships, bar?
gains and contracts are under a law both
familiar to and trusted by our traders and
where all port regulations, local taxes and
official action will be friendly to American
trade. As a nation we need Manila ex?
actly as any firm whose trade in a distant
spot grows soon finds it must have its own
warehouse and agent.
The new possession is needed as an out?
let for capital and enterprise. Why has
not American capital eougLt the manifold
riches of Centrul America and the tropi?
cal regions beyond ? Because the admin?
istration is corrupt and the law purchasa?
ble. Improvements, investments, crops
and profits in Spanish American States
are not safe, because the courts cannot be
trusted. Ceylon swarms with profitable
tea plantations growing a tea indigenous
to Farther India and not cultivated there
because the natives States had courts and
governments no man could trust. Euglish
lav makes English investments possible.
Our capital is rolling up, "Money" for
months together has been as cheap in
New York as in London. The English in?
vestor finds English protection and Eng?
lish law all over the tropics, and he brings
to enterprises there the skill, energy and
persistence of the temperate zone.
America needs a like chance. Our pop?
ulation is banking up against the rainless
line which is depopulating West Kansas.
Our foreign trade is expanding. If our
national development is to continue trop
cal islands like Luzon and Porto Rico
must give an outlet.
Such development will make us com?
mercially independent. No nation occu?
pies this place, unless sugar, coffee and
the like, grown in its own territory, un?
der its own law, regulates the price it pays
for these products, elsewhere. Lacking
this, nations are maimed. With them
England, a mere island, is, in its trade,
both complete and independent. If the
United States is to suspend its develop?
ment it needs no external territories; but
if its trade is to grow, its products to in?
crease and its relations multiply, it must
have them, and without them it labors
under the disadvantage which leaves us
to-day the only great power which plays
no share in extending law, tiade and civ?
ilization in tropical regions whose com?
merce is and always has been the founda?
tion of enduring prosperity.
Unless this duty is discharged our na?
tional life will remain parochial, intro?
spective and narrow. Nations, like indi?
viduals, grow not by dodging duties but
by discharging them. Responsibilities
create character. Their lack enfeebles.
Over all material interests are the moral
responsibilities our own acts have created.
For regions and islands not taken we
stand as we do towards the Canaries or a
Spanish province; but Luzon we hold at
its capital. Able to govern it better than
Spain, we have no moral right to return
it to Spanish oppression or let it sink into
its native barbarism. We are rich, popu?
lous and powerful. Not for ourselves
alone, but as Providence imposes responsi?
bilities towards other and weaker peoples,
we enjoy all to aid in the work of world
civilization, in which for a century the
English branch of our race has led, to the
earth's lasting and limitless good.?Phila?
delphia Press.
OUR BUSINESS EXPANDING.
It Has Passed Well Through the Diffi?
culties of Closing the War.
HEAVY DEMAND FOR CONSUMERS.
More Buslnees is Being Done Than Ever
Before, But the Profit Not So Large
in all Cases?Grain Exports Continue
Very Large.
New York, Sept. IC?K. 6. Dun & Co's.
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Business is passing well through the dif?
ficulties that attend the winding up of a
war, which are generally greater than
while war is in progress. The rush of or?
dere kept back while war lasted, by those
who thought it shrewd not to take any
chances, has lifted prices a little and
caused a larger demand for the time than
can continue, but though it has passed,
there is ample evidence that the consum?
ing demand is very large. How large can
only be judged after some weeks of wait?
ing, but once more it looks as if those who
wait longest are likely to pay most. The
business of the country is expanding, that
payments through clearing houses in the
second week of September were 22.5 per
cent, larger than in 1892 and for two weeks
12.0 per cent, larger. From these and
railway returns, and such trade reports as
are instructive, it must be concluded that
much more business is being done than in
the best of paet years, though not always
with much profit.
WHEAT HAS ADVANCED.
Wheat has come forward much more
freely, and the price has advanced 2 cents.
It is supposed that the advance is largely
due to milling demand coming upon a
narrow supply. Pixporte are large, 3,007,
970 bushele, flour included, from Atlantic
and 201,052 bushels from Pacific ports, and
for two weeks 5,097,320 bushels from both
coasts against 10,790, 895 last year. Re?
ceipts of wheat for two weeks of Septem?
ber, have been 14,603,895 bushels against
14,097,10t) last year. The foreign demand
will be smaller and the American crops
larger than last year. The slight yielding
in corn was due rather to the government
report, which is not entirely discredited at
to that crop, than to any change in move?
ment, which has been small compared
with laBt year. The exports for two weeks
have been 4,351,331 bushels against 7,075:
303 last year.
IRON AND STEEL.
With the starting of nineteen furnaces
idle a month ago, partly not included at
yet the weekly output September 1st wnt
? 218,043 tons against 200,775 August 1st
and the decrease in stocks 116,929 tons ir
, two months indicates a consumption bul
i little below a million tons per month
Structural work is the heaviest evei
, known at Pittsburg, though smaller thar
, last year at New York. Bar mills an
1 crowded with the general railway demaiu
! for automatic couplers and new cars, ant
, a large order for street cars to Japan anc
I plate mills are everywhere crowded. Th(
( demand for pipe is the largest for a lonj
, time and also for boiler tubes and theshee
I mills are crowded west of Philadelphi:
while the foundry consumption is heavj
. and the rail mills not yet ready to aeeep
orders which they cannot deliver foi
months; being engaged far ahead.
1 SOUTHERN MILLS.
Southern pig has been sold for export
i 30,000 tons in all, including 15,000 tr.
Scotland, and ordere for 15,000 more hav(
been refused. Tin is quiet at 10.05c anc
lead at 4c, with copper strong at 12Jc.
1 spelter at 4.80 in spite of a sensational rise
at London. Heavy sales ahead havt
blocked the project for a tin plate trust al
present. Important cotton mills havt
stopped and print cloths hold 2.06c. with
other cotton goods unyielding, but cheap
material hinders operations for those who
have to sell goods made from higher priced
cotton. Woolen mills represent rather
better orders, although much machinery is
idle, those who have not old wool bidding
much below the current prices, which are
so far maintained that sales for two weeks
have been only 6,635,300 pounds, againet
36,629,400 last year and 17,015,100 in the
same weeks of 1896. It is worthy of
notice that 350,000 pounds Australian wool
was sold at Boston for shipment to Europe.
While the mills cannot buy at present
prices except for mixture with other wools,
many insist just as they did eight months
ago, that the old stocks must be about ex?
hausted.
Failures for the week were 174 in the
Uuited States against 204 last year, and 23
in Canada against 40 last year.
PRIVATE JOHN ALLEN.
Makes a Statement in Regard to
Bailey's Letter.
A dispatch from Tupelo, Miss., says :
The attention of Congressman Allen was
called to the interview given out by Leader
Bailey denying that he attempted to se?
cure the defeat of Congressman Allen.
Mr. Allen made the following statement:
"Yes, I see that Mr. Bailey has pub?
lished a statement denying that he had
attempted to use his inlluence to help my
late opponent and defeat my renomina
tion. ' He characterizes his reported inter?
ference as the grosset of falsehoods, and
6ays that the purpose in representing that
he is trying to control democratic congres?
sional nominations is too contemptible to
notice. I do not suppose Mr. Bailey will
deny that he made appointments to speak
in the district represented by General
Catchings in the interest of General Catch
ings' opponent for the democratic nomi?
nation and against General Catchings, and
that after he found that he could not fill
his appointments sent a telegram to the
district expressing the hope that General
Catchings' opponent would be elected,
which telegram was published and sent
over the. district. Then when Mr. W. B.
Walker read his speeches in the district a
letter from Mr. Bailey, in which he said
he knew Walker to be a man of intelli?
gence, industry and character, and ex?
pressed the hope that he would be elected
to Congress,when be knew he was running
against me, it was a most reasonable in?
ference that he was attempting to influ?
ence the selection of a democratic candi?
date in this district. Because, if Mr.
Walker is a man of character, as Mr. Bai?
ley said he knew him to be-, he ceitainly
Consumption
- Will SCOTTS 1M?LSI0N
cure consumption? Yes and
no. Will it cure every case ?
1 No. "What cases will it cure |
then ? Those in their earlier w
stages, especially in young; |
people. We make no exag- |
gerated claims, but we have |
positive evidence that the '|
early t?se of ||
Scott's Emulsion i
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of Cod-liver oil with Hypo- %
phosphites of Lime and Soda %
in these cases results in a J
positive cure to a large num- ?5
her. In advanced cases, how- $
ever, where a cure is impossi- %
ble, this well-known remedy %
should be relied upon to pro- %
long life surprisingly.
50c. ind $1.00, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
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~1MOTICE.
COMMISSIONERS' SALE OF VALUA?
BLE REAL ESTATE IN THE
TOWN OF TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA.
In pursuance of decrees entered by the
circuit court of Tazewell county, Virginia,
in the chancery cause therein pending of
riuston & Sons, and als against Geo. W.
Yost ami als, at the April term, 1898, and
August term, 1898, the undersigned will,
I as special commissioner.'' appointed by
I said decree on TUESDAY, THE 18TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1898, that being the
first day of the October term of the county
court, offer for sale, at public auction, to
the highest bidder, at the front door of
the court house of Tazewell county, Vir?
ginia, the following lots or parrels of land,
with the houses and appurtenances thereto
belonging, situate in the town of Tazewell,
Virginia, the property of Ueo. W. Yost
I and described as follows:
First. One parcel or tract of land lying
in the town of Tazewell, Va , containing
19.30 acres, being a portion of the lands of
which W. O. Yost died seized and on
which the brick dwelling house formerly
occupied by the said W.-O. Yost, dee'd is
situate. Starting same at the price of
$1001.00, being the amount of the upset
bid of J. U. Boston.
Second. A certain lot in the town of
Tazewell, Va., on which there stands a
machine shop. Starting same at the price
of $700.00, being the amount of the upset
bid of R. R. Henry and Ueo. W. St.Clair.
Third. One undivided one-fifth inter
I est in 17} acres of land in Poor Valley,
Va. This parcel of land is a one undivi?
ded third interest in a 52 acre undivided
tract known as the Gabriel Crabtree land.
The above tracts or parcels of land will
be offered for sale separately and in the
order named, or will be offered in such
parcels as may be deemed advisable by
the undersigned anil the best bid therefor
will be accepted und reported to the court.
The machine shop and machinery will be
offered separately and as a whole and the
best bid will be accepted by the com mis
I sioners.
Terms of sale?Tracts Nos. 1 and 3 will
be offered for sale on a credit of one and
two years, except expenses of sale and one
half of the costs of this suit, which will be
required in cash on day of sale. For the
deferred payments, bonds, in equal instal?
ments, with approved personal security,
payable to the commissioners in one and
two vears from day of sale, bearing inter?
est from date, will be required. Lot No.
2 will be sold on a credit of six months ex?
cept cash suflicient to pay expenses of sale
and one-half of the costs of this suit, which
will be required on day of sale.' Interest
bearing bonds with good personal security,
payable to the commissioners will be re?
quired for deferred paymen.s.
J. W. Chapman and
\\ L. Sexton,
Commissioners.
I hereby certify that V. L. Sexton and
J. W. Chapman, special commissioners, in
this cause have executed bonds, with se?
curity, in the penalty of $4,000.00 each as
required by said above mentioned decree.
H. Bank Harm an,
Clerk of Circuit Court for Tazewell county,
Virginia. 9-15-4t
would not have made the public use of a
private letter from his friend Bailey. I
think the impression that Mr. Bailey was
trying to defeat the nomination of some
democratic Congressmen who did not al?
together agree with him a most reasona?
ble one, especially when it is well known
by many others besides myself that he has
I often threatened to use his position of
leadership to punish those who opposed
his policies, if his purpose have been
misconstrued in this district lie has hie
friend Walker to thank for it, and not
those who have drawn their reasonable
conclusions from what was said and done.''
Stand, Sing, Sign!
Ilristol News. ]
As this campaign has become a merry
glee club, we will proceed to line this
hymn, hoping that the congregation will
all join in :
Some folks say that a nipger won't
steal.
But I caught two in my corn fitl*;
One had a shovel and the other 1 .Id a
hoe,
Eftbat aint stealin', I don' know!
Which brings us, dear brethren, to the
point, that is to say, about which we have
before mentioned, and is now under con?
sideration towit, namely, viz: We are
sick, very sick and tired of having our
candidate for congress "chawed" and
'ripped up the back." General Walker
has not the recuperative power which
characterizes adolescence, and this "chaw?
ing" and "ripping" that they talk so
much about puzzles him. And, to be
frank and truthful, it worries him. Twice
he has met the heroic standard bearer of
Democracy and has not seen or heard any?
thing yet to get scared at!
Of course he ought to take the jim-jams,
have each knee smiting the other, and fall
in a faint if not dead, whenever the bold,
brave, aggressive, organizing, eloquent
young gent from Bristol puts in appear?
ance. But, "Genera! Jeems" is not built
that way 1
There have been two joint discussions?
and enough being about them, (by the
other fellows,) to have elected the Ah
koond of Swat president of these United
States, territories, dependencies, and pa?
triot allies!
So, enough of it. Walker is not both?
ering Rhea or his appointments. Rhea
has not made a thing either time that he
has come of Walker, probably because
there was nothing for him to make!
Rhea is sick, Walker is tired, and the peo?
ple are disgusted with joint discussions.
Scat I
PERSONAL NOTES.
Er- Congressman Dr. Elbridge A.
Thompson, of Dover, Me., lias presented
a free library to the town where he le
sides.
Rev. Simon 1'. W. Drew has established
the only colored church in 1-ong Island
City.
Miss Edna Jones, is a candidate for
county treasurer in her native place of
Mayvilie, Mo.
Captain Clark, of the Oregon, accom
painied by his family, has left St Joseph,
Mich., and is now stopping in Asheville,
N. C.
Henry Banks, the oldest man in Van
Buren County, Mich., is one of the few
surviving "slave jockeys" and distinctly
remembers the battle of New Orleans.
Lorenzo Snow, president of the Mor?
mon Council of Twelve, is to succeed to
ihe place at the head of his Church made
vacant by the death of Wilford Woodruff.
Giovani Segantini, whose painting, "At
the Barrier," has sohl lor $20,000, began
supporting himself at the age of 7, when
ne tended swine by day and studied by
night.
Mrs. Jane W. Blood, whose death in
Kaysville, Utah, was reported last ?eck,
was one of the lirst English converts to
the Mormon faith who left Soiiihntiip!? n
for Salt Lake City in 1854.
Corporal Earl De Witt, of Muskegi r,
Mich., who dieil on the way from San?
tiago to New York, was 18 years old and
claimed to be the youngest non-commis?
sioned officer in the service.
Admiral Dewey has written an auto?
graph letter to the members of the l/aiis
iana Constitutional Convention thanking
them for the congratulations they extend?
ed him upon the battle of Manila.
Thomas Harper, sergeant-trumpeter in
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and the christenings of all the present
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George F. Otis, who was sent to investi?
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Klondike for the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce, has written a letter to his
employers stating that all the claims worth
working have already been bought up.
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