THE EVENING GAZETTE
TWAIN DEGLINES HELP.
The New York Herald's I‘llnd For the
Humorist Is Therefore Discontinued.
’ New York, June 28.——The Herald has
discontinued its Mark Twain fund, and
the money already subscribed will be
returned to the donors.
publishes the following from its Paris
edition:
To the Editor of The Herald:
I made no‘revelation to my_ family of
your generous undertaking in my be-
half and for my relief from debt, and
in that I was wrong. .
Now that they know all about the
matter they contend I have no right to
allow my friends to help me while my
health is good and my ability to work
remains; that it is not fair to my
friends and not justifiable. and that it
will be time enough to accept help
when it shall be proven that I am no
longer able to work. ’
I am persuaded that they are right.
While they are grateful for what you
have done and for the kindly instinct
which prompted you, it is urgent that
the contributions be returned to
givers with their thanks and mine. I
yield to their desire and forward their
request and my indorsement of it to
you.
I was glad when you initiated that
movement, for I was tired of the fact
and worry of debt, but I recognize that
it is not permissible for a man Whose
case is not hopeless to shift his bur-
dens to other men’s shoulders.
S. L. CLEMENS.
London, June 19, 1897.
KILLING OPP GOMEZ.
Havana Rumors First Have Him Dead
and Then Only Wounded.
Havana, June 28.—Rumors have been
afloat here since yesterday morning,
probably emenating from official cir-
cles, that General Maximo Gomez, the
insurgent commander in chief, has been
killed in a fight near the military line,
in the province of Puerto Principe, ex-
tending from Jucaro to Moron.
Later today the report of the killing
of General Gomez was modified to the
statement that he has been seriously
wounded, but nobody outside of ofl‘icial
circles believes this report to be true.
La Lucha publishes a dispatch fr6m
Tunas giving a report of an interview
had by its correspondent with the Span-
ish General Segura, in which the latter
said that in the last engagement be-
tween the Spanish forces and the insur-
gents undgr General Maximo Gomez
the horse ridden by Gomez was shot
under him.
ficcording to official advices, ,a num-
ber of insu‘rgents who have surrender-
ed to the authorities at Placetas as—
sért positively that in the same engage-
ment in which General Gomez’s horse
was killed the insurgent leader himself
was wounded.
Official reports say that no engage-
ments of importance have taken place
recently.
tuni-
“Tire Workers in Session.
Cleveland, June 28.—The second an-
nual convention of the Federated Asso-
ciation of Wire Drawers of America is
in session here, with about 150 dele-
gates present and President Eugene
Conroy of Newcastle, Pa., in the chair.
The most important business transact-
ed so far was the changing of the name
to the Federated Association of Wire
Trades, the object being to admit all
the craft engaged in the wire manufac-
turing business. This will make it one
of the most powerful labor organiza-
tions in the country.
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'Silver Men In Control.
Cincinnati, June 28.——The Democratic
State convention will be held Tuesday
and Wednesday at Columbus. It is
conceded that the free silver men will
have as complete control as last year.
The large delegations from Cleveland
and other cities, as Well as from Cin-
cinnati, have been secured by John R.
McLean, who is acandidate for United
States senator, and it is believed that
he will control the convention.
Believe She “’as Poisoned.
Batavia, N. Y., June 28.—The physi—
cians who performed the autopsy on
the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey are
satisfied that she came to her death
from some corosive poison, but they do
not desire to make an official statement
until after the chemical analysis, which
will be made by Professor Lattimore
of Rochester. '
Rev. Dr. Bat-ten Dead.
Norfolk, June 28.-—Rev. O. S. Barten,
D. D., rector of Christ church, died
here yesterday, aged 67 years. Dr. Bar-
ten was one of the most prominent di—
. vines in the southern diocese. He had
been rector of Christ church since 1865
and was the spiritual adviser of Jeffer-
son Dams during his incarceration at
Fort Monroe.
Two Men Struck by a Train.
Middletown, N. Y., June 28.—David P.
Ayres, a prosperous farmer of Bullville,
while returning home from this city
yesterday was struck by a train. His
head was crushedand his horse was
killed. The same train, 10 miles further
on ran down Orin Banks, fracturing his
skull and cutting off one of his legs. He
will die.
llIilllonaire Throop Dead.
Scranton, Pa., June 28.—Benjamin H.
Throop, M. D., 86 years of age, and for
years one of the most conspicuous fig-
ures in the iron, coal, electric and man-
ufacturing interests of the upper Lack-
awanna valley, died at his home here
yesterday. He is survived by a widow
and a daughter and leaves a fortune es-
timated at from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000.
Tragedy Over 2. Swing.
Galena, Kan., June 28.—Edward Mar-
tin has shot and killed John Johnson
and fatally wounded Claude Tuttle.
The trouble originated over a swing
which was put up in the suburbs. John-
son and Tuttle wished to remove the
swing, but Martin objected. Martin
escaped. '
Tennessee’s New Loan.
Nashville, June 28.——In an interview
in The American, Governor Taylor, a
member of the state funding board,
says the board has borrowed $350,000 at
4 per cent in New York and will pay
the interest on state bonds July 1 and
other interest falling due.
The Gold Reserve. ‘ ,
\Vashington, June 28.4—The treasury
report shows the gold reselve to be
$142,774,291.
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The Herald ‘
the .
wnos-I: HIILT Is In
A Local Occurrence That
Will InterestVMany
Readers.
If when a foghorn warns the mariner
to shear off the coast, he still hugs the
shore and Wrecks upon it, whose fault
is it? If the red switch light is up and
the engine driver deliberately pulls
ahead and pitches into another train,
blame the driver. If a careless work-
man will, in- spite of warnings, try to
find out how many teeth a buzz saw has
and the saw tries to find out how many
fingers the workman has, blame the
workman—not the saw. If a'sick man
knows that a certain medicme is doing
him good, and he carelessly neglects to
use it, blame the man not the medicine.
If N orwalk people who have kidney
complaint and backache will not take
D0. .n’s Kidney Pills, when they are en-
dorsed by scores of citizens, blame the
peop'e, not the endorsers. '
Mrs. Joseph Whitley of 61 Belden
avenue, says: “I was reading the pa-
pers one evening, and came across an
5L»1V'~fsti:93ment of Doan’s Kidney Pills,
and at the time I was annoyed with a
15:» in in the small of my back and was
thinking of trying some preparation to
see if I could get relief. Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills seemed to me to be above the
average jud.;ing from the cures they
had made, and I got a box at Hale’s
drug store and took them. They pro-
duced decided and samsfactdry results.
I recommend them to my friends.”
Doan’s Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price 50 cents per box, 6
boxes for $2.50. Sent by mail on receipt
of price. Foster-Milburn 00., Buffalo,
N. Y., sole agentsforthe United States.
Remember the name Doan’s and take
no other.
Pen Picture of Slmrkey.
Shurkey Wasarevelation. Small, pig-
like eyes, set in aigrent, broad face, as
featureless as a canvased hum; a
mouth as cairn and emotionless as a slit
in a meal suck; low brows that even
in repose jutted above his eyes in sinis-
ter crngs; a short neck, thick, heavy
and red and buttressed to his body with
fiutings of freckled brawn; shoulders
bossed and knobbed and ridged with
iron power; hair straight, stiff and
riant as that of a black lion; breast
blue with strange tattooing, and a body
terrific even in repose—such was Shar-
key. With a stone ax in his hand and a
dead bear under his foot he would have
been a man of the pliocene.‘ '
Looking upon him, one realized the
stupendous hiatus between mind and
matter. Dull, insensate courage gleam-
ed from his eyes, but that was all. Mi-
croscopic phrenology could not have
discovered a bump of tenderness or mer-
cy on his thick skull.
A sailor? Yes; his thumbs, broad and
powerful, had been flattened against;
ropes and ratlines. His soul had been
flattened by circumstances and had- nev-
er soared above the masthead." He was
a fighter by nature, a sailor by acci-
dent—New York Journal.
Ear-Governor Altgeld Awheel
John P. Altgeld has taken to the
wheel. He electrified people along ‘ the
north shore boulevards, Chicago, recent-
ly by making his debut on a bicycle.
The ex-governor made good progress in
his first public appearance as a cyclist.
For several weeks he had been under
going the Kneipp treatment for threat-
ened locomotor ataxia. Tramping around
in the grass was too tame for the ex-
governor, so the doctor prescribed a bi-
cycle.
The ex-governor has recently im-
proved in health sufiiciently to take the
first degree on a wheel. An assistant
walked at his side, but after riding a
few rods Mr. ,Altgeld gained confidence
and went alone. Then he realized the
predicament mentioned in Rocky moun-
tain literature of, the hunter who had
the bear by the tail. He was afraid to
let go. .
The attempt to maintain the guber-
natorial equilibrium resulted in a zig-
zag course. Scorchers fled, mothers hur-
ried their children to safety and park
policemen got ready for emergency du-
ty. After a trial which frequently im-
periled his personal safety the ex-goy-
ernor returned to his hotel and declared
the bicycle a good thing. He now ex-
pects to ride a. wheel ofl and on through-
out the summer. -—Exchange.
Should Be a uLively Bout.
Jack Downey and Martin Flaherty
have signed articles for u 20 round bout
at 128 pounds. It is probable that the
meeting will take place on June 28 be-
fore one of the New York clubs. The
men fought the first battle in Brooklyn
last September. It lasted 13 rounds and
ended in a draw. .
Fell Overboard.
Salem,1\lass.,June 28.—Jean B. Prouso.
sard, 21 years of age, unmarried, was
drowned in Salem harbor yesterday.
While rowing in a small boat he acci-
dentally unshippedhis cars and fell
overboard.
The River's Dead.
Springfield, Mass, June 28.—T‘he body
of a man 38 or 40 years of age and evi-
dently a Swede, was found floating in
the Connecticut river opposite the city
yesterday afternoon. -
' Student Shine Drowned.
Worcester, Mass, June 28.—-Danie1
Shine, aged 17, a student at the Classic-
al. High school, was drowned at Lake
Quinsiganond last evening.
Letter Carriers For Philadelphia.
Washington, June 28.——The postoffice
department has allowed 35 additional
letter carriers for the Philadelphia post-
office. The order takes effect July 1.
M UN YO NSfilflafi‘iebfé:
and should be in every home. It wili
cure colds in this hleiad or elsewhere
promptly andsure y. un-
yon’s fiemedies—a separate COLD
cure or each disease—for
sale at all druggists- If inCURE
doubt, write direct to Prof. Munyon,
1505 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa...
for free medical advice.
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