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Our Apple Crop.
The foreign demand for apples grown
in the United States has always been
in excess of the supply. Great Britain
alone during the nine months ending
September, 1894, paid the orchards of
the United States $2,500,008. In view
of the fact that the entire apple crop
is sometimes threatened by the worms
that infest the trees, Secretary of Agri-
culture Morton has had the matter in-
vestigated and finds that spraying with
a solution of paris green is a simple
and effective remedy which he urges
all farmers and horticulturists to try.
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A Compliment.
The Connecticut General Assembly
paid Hon. William T. Elmer of Middle-
town a splendid compliment yesterday.
Every member of the house and. senate
voted to confirm his nomination as
judge of the superior court for eight
years from March 21. The nomination
was sent in by Governor Coffin, prompt-
ly referred to the committee on judicial
nominations, formally reported upon
and Judge Elmer was elected by both
houses within the hour. One hundred
and ninety members voted yea as did
tWenty-three senators. There was no
negative vote in either house. -
MW.
Why?
‘A Kentucky woman who jbelives in
women’s rights tells The Cincinnati
Times-Star the reason why rich Ameri-
can women marry titled foreigners.
She says: “As long as the United
States denies to American women the'
rights, ‘brivileges and opportunites'it
bestows on the most ignorant and de-
graded classes of men, so long will
American women of ambition and for-
tune seek by foreign alliance the privi—
leges and recognition their own country
denies to them. When American mil-
li‘onare women marry titled foreigners
wemay .9 ather wisdom by fittins‘ the ap-
horism of the lamented Lincoln to our
present condition. ‘You can fool all
the women some of the time, and some
of the women all the time, but you can’t
fool all the women all the time.”
For the Promise of Safety.
The railroad committee of the Mas-
sachusetts legislature have reported a
bill which requires railroad corpora-
tions to adopt the power driving-wheel
brake and appliances for operating the
train brake system after Jan. 1, 1898,
and providing that no train of cars
shall be run unless it has a sufficient
number of power—brake cars so that
the engineer can control the speed of
his train without requiring brakeinen
The bill further provides that when
a railroad company shall have equipped
a sufficient number of cars so as to com-
ply with the provisions of the bill it
may lawfully refuse to receive from
connecting lines any cars not equipped
in the way prescribed for Massachusetts
cars. On and after Jan. 1, 1898, no
cars shall be hauled that are not equip-
pad with couplers coupling automati-
cally'by impact and which can be un-
coupled without men gomg between
the cars.
The bill also provides for grab irons
and hand holds in the ends and sides of
each car.
This law is designed to make rail-
road service less dangerous to brake-
men and travelling safer for the people.
And Still They Come.
Howard E. Sommeral, assistant train
master of the Philadelphia and Reading
road at Port Richmond, Philadelphia,
has disappeared With several thousand
dollars.
William Braunbusch, cashier in Hen-
ry Balteman’s dry goods store, Brook-
lyn, disappeared yesterday with $3,000
after depositing $1,700 in a bank- De-
tectives have [not been able to find any
trace of him.
' An Entertaining and Instmctive Home J cum
NORWALK, CONN. FRIDAYE MARCH 22, 1895.
REQQLLEQTIQNS
WAR
MGUBRESPUNDENT.
BY THE
Editor of the Gazette.
Copyrighted 1894.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
Up to Gettysburg, the. southern army
had fought us with the iiucnsely bitter
feeling that we were lu\r.LlelS of their
homes. This sentiment now fired .our
men, for the first time and With intensi-
fied force. At Gettysburg, the Union
troops met the invaders of the free
north, with the desperate resolve t)
drive them back in defeat and rout, or
stand up and die in the supreme strug—
gle. Men thus inspired, become terri—
bly invincible.
Human eyes never looked upon such
a Spectacle as was plainly visible from
Cemetery Hill, at noon on July 3rd,
along the enemy’s front. For a stretch
of two miles in unbroken line, rebel
batteries were thickly planted. The
enemy’s purpose was easily understood
by every one learned in the art of
war, and our guns were soon in posi-
tion, to repel the artillery shock, that
all knew was sure to come. By Gener-
al Howard’s invitation I had made his
tent in the Cemetery, my headquarters.
About noon the General ran in for a
few moments, when I ventured to ask
his opinion of the situation. "The ene-
my” said he, "purpose to break through
our center and turn and roll up our
divided forces upon their flanks. Be-
fore long, you wi‘ll hear the enemy’s
signal gun and then you will experience
such a rumpus as you never witnessed
before. There will be a spell of terrific
cannonading, then a lull, ending in
a desperate infantry charge.” “Shall
we be able to resist their attack?” I
inquired. “No one can foretell there-
sult of a battle,” cautiously answered
the General, “but our position is a
strong one ; they must fight us at this
disadvantage; I feel very hopeful of
the result, but the fight is going to be
a_ tremendous one. A few moments
after one o’clock by my watch, not one
only but two, rebel signal guns, broke
the long and awful silence of our ex-
pectation and" dread. Instantly, their
whole line of two hundredjcannon, with
beautiful unison but deafening, terrify-
ing r: ar, shook earth' and air. At
first the noise was fearfully distressing
to men and horses. ,The'enemy had
ranged their fire too high, and more
destruction was wrought over the hill,
where their missles fell among the ani-
mals, than upon its front or crest, Our
artillerymen had been specially ordered
not to answer the enemy’s fire, until
after some ten or twelve minutes had
elapsed ; to aim their guns very accur-
ately for execution, whenever the wind
should lift the dense clouds of powder
smoke and not needlessly waste their
ammunition. This delay seemed to
have encouraged the rebel gunners, for
until our batteries opened upon them
in reply, they loaded and fired upon us
With amazing rapidity and thus. in a
large degree by useless waste of pow-
der and ball, brought about that ex-
haustion of their ammunition which in
the end forced their ignominious defeat
and flight.
After the lapse of about a quarter of
an hour, our guns Opened fire along
the entire Union line, and then the’
artillery duel, unequalled in all the
annals of war, raged for two hours,
with horrible destruction, noise and
fury. A rebel battery on their left
flank got its guns ranged on the ceme—
tery and a number of our aitillery men
and horses in front of the cemetery
entrance, were killed and wounded,
and two or three of our guns were
struck and temporarily disabled. A
number of round-shot and shells lodged
in the brick frent of the cemetery gate
house, other: came over among the
graves, and tore away gravestones and
monuments, with ghoulish desecration.
At this juncture General Howard rode
up to his tent, and seeing me overlook-
ing the scene as one transfixed, advised
me to get to the rear as soon as possible,
as he thought that the entire cemetery
would be swept by the enemy’s guns.
I thanked him for his kindly solicitude,
but assured him that I could not think
of changing my position, as nowhere
else did I think I could get so good a
view of the horribly fascinating conflict,
and added to be entirely frank with
him, I did not believe I had the cour-
age' to attempt a retreat. He rode
away saying that he “would not remain
there did not duty require it.” Glad I
was that I remained. The sound of
the hoofs of the horse upon which the
General rode ofi‘, had not died away,
when the rebel firing ceased. A gust
of wind lifted the smoke from the dark-
ened field below and as far as the eye
could reach, solid columns of countless
men, were seen moving up, like waves
of the sea, in preparation for the final,
merciless, death struggle, known to
history as “Pickett’s charge.’.’ In
heavy, dense columns at first, did these
dauntless men essay to march across
the plain, and then dash up the rise, in
our front and the very jaws of death.
The sight was grand and thrilling, to
note the majestic, steady tread, of these
desperately brave men, and horribly
sickening to contemplate, that they
were our brothers and doomed to certain
destruction.
Before they even reached the base of
our position, our guns, double-abetted
with solid shot and shell, grape, canis-
ter, shrapnella old horseshoes, an
broken bits of iron scrap, swept their
ranks away, as the tornado does the
stubble. Pickett rallied column after
column, to replace the destroyed and
pressed forward, With the wild aban-
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don courage of desperation. After the
smoke from each volley of our guns
lifted, the air seemed filled with torn
fragments of humanity, while dead men
and horses, broken-down guns, and
battle wreckage, eVerywhere strewed
the blood-soaked . field. The earth
seemed to shake under one’s feet, as in
some tremendous volcanic upheaval,
and body and brain to reel, as in a dire
tempest at sea, as volley after volley
from our long line of guns were rapid-
ly fired. The enemy did his utmost to
protect his charging columns with his
artillery, but to little purpose, and an-
nihilation was the fate of Pickett’s mag—
nificent division.
A splinter frOm one of the enemy’s
shells struck Gen. Hancock, (the grand-
est looking ofiicer ever astride a steed,)
and so disabled him that Gibbons had
to assume his command. With merci-
less savagery, Pickett had fought his
way up to and broken through Han-
cock’s first line. on Cemetery Ridge and
thus-reached “high-water mark” of the
desperate fight, yet in the end he was
routed, five thousand of his men, and
twenty-seven battle-flags captured, and
half his command killed and wounded.
Poor, unconquerable Pickett! Such
was his disastrous record, as he fled
back to his supports. Our troops, fol—
lowing his retreat, regained all the
ground lost by Sickles, recovered two
hundred and sixty of our captives,
gathered up seven thousand rebel mus-
kets, and our wounded, who had lain
unattended on the field for twenty-four
ours.
Thus at early dusk. was won, by our
unconquerable soldiery a victory for
the Union, and ended the horrible bit-
tle of Gettysburg. Who shall know but
at that distressful hour of humiliation,
when viewing from afar Pickett’s de-
struction. the great rebel commander,
General Lee, saw in mental Vision, the
sure coming of Appomattox.
At dark, the fearful hurricane of mis-
sles had ceased,our pickets and vedettes
Were advanced on the enemy’s front and
the sad work of rescuing the wounded
was kept up throughout the night by
both armies. Just after the cessation
of hostilities, I chanced to intercept
Lieut. Col. Albeit Wilcoxson, on his
way to Meade’s headquarters. He told
me that the Seventeenth Connecticut
boys were then behind a stone wall at
the base of the hill. I at once went to
them and found Capt. Henry Allen
practically in charge of the little rem-
nant left of that noble regiment. He
was suffering severe pain from a musket
ball wound which had taken off the end
of a finger the day previous, and was
now badly inflamed, as he had been
unable to leave his command and get to
the field hOSpital to have it properly
dressed. He told me his men had had-
neither sleep, rest nor food for three-
days, most of them having thrown
away their rations in the wild and dis
orderly retreat of our troops on the
first day, through the town. Here I
found an appreciative market for the
residue of my Hanover sandWIches.
The boys had been partially sheltered
during the day’s engagement, by an
old stone fence running along at the
base of the hill. A few rods in their
front out on the field, a long ridge
some three or four feet high, could be
discerned, which in the darkness,
looked like an embankment thrown up
for defense, or the earth shoveled
up from some large ditch. Thinking
that I might get upon this elevation
and possibly better discover what the
enemy was about, I picked my way
over the thickly strewn dead men and
animals to it. and was shocked to find
it a long line of Union and Confeder-
ate dead, massed where they had come
together in deadly conflict and fallen
thus entangled, in great heaps of mu-
tilated humanity. I was only too ready
to retreat from the sickening sight and
make for headquarters where I was as-
sured no further fighting was likely to
occur before morning.
Mounting my poor steed, which
though it had been well fed and little
used during the day, was nearly frantic
with fear, and badly exhausted by in-
tense nervous excitement. I htirted
again for my telegraph station at Han-
over, via Littlestown. The ride to
Hanover by this route, was about the
same distance as from N orwalk to Stain
ford. The excited state and distress of
the poor animal I rode was most pitiful.
During the afternoon of July 2d and at
the height of the cannonading of the 8d
.the enemy’s shot and shell had fallen in
among the animals tied and corralled
about Meade’s headquarters,killing and
wounding large numbers of them, but
fortunately injuring but few of our
men. The instincts of the poor brutes
and the smell of blood seemed to
have crazed those uninjured, with a
human sense of danger and harm. And
yet they behaved not half as ludicrously
as I had seen panic stricken soldiers,
fleeing from the battlefield.
Fertunately my York horse had prov-
-en a remarkably good roadster and of
wonderful endurance. Moreover, more
fortunate than others, he had been
stabled, well fed and groomed each
night, far away from the terrifying
sounds of the battle-field. At Littles—
town I had him unsaddled and put be-
fore the buggy, which change seemed
to greatly releive his mind and calm
his excitement. About nine o’clock,
Tone was at his telegraphic instrument
hurrying my message to the Tribune.
One of the sad items was the killin of
young and gallant Lieut. Bayard Wi ke-
son, son of my dear friend and Wash-
ington-office associate on the Tribune,
Samuel Wilkeson. This heroic officer
had his battery far out on our right, in
a most important yet exposed condition
and with Spartan bravery was in its
front, rallying his fast falling artillery-
men to stand by their guns, when Gen-
eral Gordon ordered two of his batter-
ies to train their guns upon him. indi-
vidually and by destroying him, silence
the Union battery and thus be enabled
to advance this rebel divrsion which he,
Gordon, (now United States Senator.)
commanded. Wilkeson’s . horse was
torn to shreds and he terribly wound-
ed by the enemies flre, yet such was his
nerve, that he dragged himself, to the
shelter of the near by almshousc, where
he expired that night. The story was
told me that'just before he expired he
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aQ’hed for water anda half-filled can-
teen was =handed him: as he took it, a
fiddly wounded soldier lying next to
m.on.the floor, exclaimed, “Oh, for
. , d’s'sake, give me adriuk.” Before
tbuching it himself, he passed it to the
thirsty sufferer-,wbo drained every drop
ind handed back the empty canteen.
Wilkeson turned his face, looked at his
e‘omrade in suffering, with a curious,
half. comicalsmile and without a word,
{expired ,
3.1-, My Tribune message hurried his
“heartbroken father to the field, which
he reached in time to view the lifeless
form of his idolized first-born. N o
suchmelting wail of agonized grief,
“went out from the Gettysburg battle-
lgield as “Sam.” Wilkeson’s letter writ—
en beside his dead boy, and which still
Elites, amodel of mortuary rhetoric.
. My _New York dispatch had again
taken its way via the War Department,
and been read off to the President, who
at ltl conclusion wired this back tome:
,“‘Byiugton, you say, in your report t)
the Tribune, that Longstreet was killed
to-day, Are you sure about that?” I
replied with great positiveness that I
knew it t) be so, asI saw him expire
inside our lines. This was an error,
and thus occurred. I was riding past
our Seventeenth Connecticut Surgeon,
Dr. Robert Hubbard, when he hailed
me and said, “General Longstreet is
dying over in that barnyard, (pointing
to an old Pennsylvania farm edifice,) I
have just come from him. He is mor-
tally wounded and cannot live many
minutes. You had better go over and
see him.” Putting spurs to my horse,
I was soon beside a tangled-bearded,
bald confederate officer, lying gasping
upon a stable-door that had been torn
from its hinges. His face and clothing
were soiled with grime and blood and I
recognized in his features no one that
I had ever seen before. While stind-
ing over him the rebel chieftain ex-
pired. ' No one about the place seemed
to know or care who he was, and to be
sure of his identity I rode back to the
Eleventh Corps hospital, found Dr.
Hubbard, and asked him how he knew
him to be General Longstreet? He re-
plied that, “When first I saw him, he
spoke the name ‘Longstreet’ and I
asked, ‘are you General Longstreet ‘2’
He replied to me by half nodding his
head in assent and thrice faintly repeat-
ing the name, ‘Longstreet, Longstreet,
Longstreet.’ ” The good Doctor did
not doubt that it was in verity, the not.
able Confederate commander, and on
this authortty, I telegraphed Long-
street’s death to the Tribune and posi-
tively assured Mr. Lincoln of his death.
The next day I learned that the dead
rebel General was Barksdale, who had
been badly wounded the day previous,
but kept his saddle. He commanded a
brigadein McLaw’s division, and Long-
street’s corps. He had misled Dr.
Hubbard in his dying delirium, by his
flickering, shadowy spirit, clinging to
his chieftain’s name to life’s end. I
had known Barksdale well, when in
Congress. He was then smooth shaven
and wore a wig, and I was present in
the Reporter’s gallery of the House,
when he attacked Galusha Grow, who
with a well-directed blow sent the pug-
nacious Mississippian sprawling on the
floor of the House. As he lay dying
and dead upon that barn-door, not a
semblance of the aforetime Congress~
man was discernable.
Details as to the losses of either
army, lists of the dead and wounded, it
was of course impossible at this time to
get, although that was .what every soul
nungered for throughout the land,
whose loved ones were in the terrible
fight. So the newspaper dispatches
from war correspondents were limited
to notable incidents, and generalization
as to prospects and results. One event
of importance, that I was able to send
this evening, was the throwing down of
their arms by some five thousand reb-
els, just below our center, and dashing
through our lines to surrender. They
had advanced into a pocket, where, on
flank and rear, our enfilading fire was
mowing them down with indescribable
slaughter, and death or surrender were
the poor fellows’ only alternatives. ‘1
chanced to see them as they came
breaking through to the rear of the line
where they were greeted with wild
Union cheers. A more dilapidated,
discouraged, soiled and famished look-
ing mob of soldiery I never saw. Poor
fellows, next day they were marched
out upon the pike for Baltimore.
It is to be remembered that when I
left the battle field, our known victory
'of the day was not considered complete.
The expectation was that the enemy
would open the attack next day, (Satur-
day, July 4th,) or if a truce, to care for
the wounded and bury the dead, were
essayed for the coming day, that by
Sunday, or certainly not later than
Monday. hostilities would be vigorous-
ly renewed. It was not known to our
army that the enemy had ceased his
fighting Friday night, solely because
his ammunition was exhausted, and he
could continue it" no longer. The
moment that Pickett’s charge was seen
by them to be a .failure, all the rebel
ambulances and empty supply-wagons,
were filled with their wounded and
started as rapidly as possible, on the
doleful retreat to the Potomac.
I had sent personal dispatches to
President Lincoln and Secretary
Welles, stating that the greatest battle
of the war had been fought and though
apparently not yet concluded, the ad-
vantages thus far, were clearly ours.
That great numbers had been killed and
wounded;that a railroad from Balti-
more‘ to York, had a branch run-
ning to Littlestown‘, within four miles
of the battle-field, and of which no one
seemed to know; that trains should be
at once hurried up from Baltimore
with desperately needed supplies for
the wounded, and the removal of such
as could be transported, to cm hospitals
established at Baltimore and Washing.
ton. Before I left Tone, or Amy weary
ride back t) Littleitown, receivedan
answer from Secretary Welles. stating
that trains would be equipped on the
morrow, and hurriedly dispatched to
Littlestown. ' Thus'cheered in my ex-
haustion, I'mademy .way back to the
quiet Inn at Littlestown, to _ await the
rising of the imperiled Nat-ions natal
sun, on the marrow.
ntéEspectally Devoted to Local .News and Interests.
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PRICE TWO CENTS.
Against Squires.
In the Common Pleas Court, civil
side, yesterday, Judge Curtis render-
ed a decision in the suit of Michael G.
Keane'against Charles E. Squires of
this city, in favor of theplaintifl' to re-
cover $373. 60 and costs. I
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' Expelled.
All a meeting of the Baptist church
society, held last evening, it was voted
that the names of Mrs. Charles Barra-
clough and Mr. Fred Hyatt be blotted
from the list of members of the society.
In other words they were expelled.
The reasons are well known to the
public as furnished through the columns
of the Camera.
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Wants Damages.
J. A. Warner, of Bridgeport, has
brought suit against the Western Union
Telegraph Co. and the Bell Telephone
Co. for injuries received by him while
employed as a brakeman on the Berk-
shire division of the Consolidated, by
being knocked off a flat car by a tele-
graph pole which leaned across the
track. One of his hands was cut off by
the wheels 'Of a car and he narrowly
escaped being killed. He asks for $10,-
000
Sold Oleomargarine.
W. W. Comstock of New Canaan
pleaded guilty in the United States
court yesterday to selling oleomarga-
rine and was fined $100 with costs of
$100. He lives at “Four Corners,”
near New Canaan and peddled farm
produce in Norwalk and Stamford.
7 Deputy Collector of Intern'hl Reve-
nue E. N. Sloan, of this city, suspected
that he was selling oleomargarine and
on making an investigation found suffi-
cient evidence agaimt Comstock. The
young man was about to settle the case,
but his father advised him to fight it
and fight it he said he would. He ap-
peared in court yesterday With the
above result.
Sure Signs of Spring.
The past week has been one of “house
cleaning” at the Grumman Bros. bot-
tling works on Main street. Not only
has soap and water been freely used,
but the paint-brush has been brought
into requisition with pleasing effect.
The fountains shine resplendent in coats
of blue, and the various machinery
about the establishment has been paint-
ed a rich vermillion. Nor does it end
there. The “Olden Time Root Beer”
wagon has been made a thing of beauty
and the coming season it will no doubt
be a purveyor of much joy. The work
in the main has been done by such
artists as George Grumman and D.
Hartley Weeks, assisted by George
Northrop. The head of the firm in-
formed a GAZETTE reporter this morn-
ing that he had ordered tons of the
“yarbs” used in the making of this
popular drink, of which he expects to
sell thousands of gallons the coming
season. “ l‘here is nothing that equals
it” say those in a position to know.
Thief as well as Forger.
No more light upon the conduct of
Forger Keyes was gained yesterday,
says the Bridgeport Union. The later
reports have it that he traveled much,
and frequently went to New York where
he associated with an extremely fast set,
horses, it is said, not being the only
thing upon which he spent money.
Taking the statement of Judge Selleck
asabasis, it does not seem probable
Keyes could have been eutirely penni-
less when he went away. Besides the
money raised on forged notes. Mr.
Selleck says that within a few weeks he
gave Keyes his check for $1,200 with
which to meet business obligations, and
later said were pressing him, and with-
in a month, 84,000 to buy his brother’s
interest in the business. The latter
traenaction. was closed.
The last accusation is that he deliber-
ately stole $150 that was in the desk of
Judge Selleck.
Mrs. Keyes says in the matter of the
diamonds which her husband pawned,
that he informed her he was hard
pressed for money‘and she urged him
to take them and sell them if the money
would be of any use to him. The dia—
monds were among her wedding pres-
ents. It is believed that Judge Selleck
will eventually make good the notes
held by Marsh, Merwin it Lemmon, his
signatures to which are alleged to be
forged.
O.
Amusements.
novr’s OPERA HOUSE.
Marion Manola—Mason is known the
land over as a sweet singer and accom-
plished actress, and John Mason is re.-
cognized as one of the leading actors
on the stage, so Manager Hoyt feels.
'ustified in guaranteeing that f‘Friend
rit'z” next Tuesday night at his Opera
House, will be one of the most enjoy-
able entertainments of the season.
They bring the original Tremont Thea-
tre cast, special scenery for every act,
exquisite calcium effects, and novel
stage settings. =
His Trousers Lacerated.
This morning Dr. George R. McGonu
egal had a narrow escape from being
killed. He was returning from a call
on a patient on Spring Hill, when his
horse became frightened and ran away.
The doctor was thrown out but suffered
no injury aside from his new spring
trousers being badly lacerated. The
doctor walked down the hill in time to
meet the young man who had succeeded
in stopping the horse. Dropping a sil-
ver piece in the young man’s hand with
the remark “If ever you are sick call
on me and the charges will be put on
the profit and loss page of my ledger,”
the doctor regained his previous posi-
tion in the carriage. and all unrufiled
drove on to prescribe for his next pa-
tient. *
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A Good Thing and Nothing To Pay.
Just see what Dr. Greene Offers to do
for all weak and suffering people. He
is themost successful living specialist
incuring nervous and chronic diseases.
His unparalleled offer to consult with
anyone, free .of charge. by letter cor-
respondence, is doing wonderful good.
If you have any complaint which you
do _ not thoroughly understand, and
which you would like cured, write the
Doctor a letter stating just how you
feel and what symptoms trouble you.
He will answer it, giving acomplete
description of your case, explaining the
meaning of every symptom, and telling
how you can surely get well and strong.
He gives most careful attention to each
letter, and explains your case so
thoroughly that you understand ex-
actly what ails you. All this costs you
nothing, you have no doctor’s fees to
pay, and you don’t have to leave your
home. _The Doctor makesaspecialty
of treating patients through letter cor—
respondence, and they nearly always
get well. He is the discoverer of that
wonder medicine, Dr. Greene’s Ner-
vura' blood and nerve remedy. Write
to him at his office, 35 West 14th St.,
New York City, and you will undoubt-
edly be made strong and well.
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In}: meniscus CONVICTED.
Clarence Gets a Life Sentence, and His
Wife Escapes \Vlth Twenty Years.
BUFFALO, March 22.— The jury in the
Gibbs murder trial has found Sadie Reb-
inson guilty of manslaughter and Clarence
Robinson guilty of murder in the second
degree. .
Clarence Robinson was sentenced to life
imprisonment and Sadie Robinson for 20
years. ‘
Sointense was the interest in the out-
come of the murder trial of the Robinsons
that the city hall corridors were black
with crowding humanity'long before the
hour of opening of the court. Sheriff ’5
deputies with stoves struggled with the
- throng, and it was with difficulty that a
passage was cleared for the entrance of the
handcuffed prisoners and the judge.
When the jurymen were in their places,
the intense straining of attention to hear
their verdict made the courtroom as silent
as a tomb. The jury was asked:
“Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a
verdict?”
The foreman replied, "We have.”
“HOW do you find?”
”Clarence Robinson guilty of murder.
second degree; Sadie Robinson guilty of
manslaughter. ’ ’
The verdict was received With great sur-
prise, and immediately a murmur of in-
credulity ran around the room. But the
jury was polled to prove that cars had
heard correctly.
Outside the courtroom the news of the
verdict spread like a wave of sound. and
everywhere exclainations of surprise greet—
ed the'tidings.
Pancoast \Vill Get a. New Trial.
MANDAN, N. D., March 22.—-William
H. Paneoast, the Ohio bank robber and
alleged wife murderer, sentenced to hang
May 23, gets a new trial. Pancoast robbed
aMedina (0.) bank of several thousand
dollars a few years ago, ran away to Can—
ada and thence to Minneapolis, Where he
changed his name to Myron R. Kent.
There he married Miss Julia Holmes. a
young lady in the first circles of society.
and in the fall of 1892 moved toa. farm
near Mandan. In March, 1893, Mrs. Kent
was murdered and Kent disappeared.
Two Chicago Swindlers Arrested.
CHICAGO, March 22,—Government post-
oflice inspectors have arrested A. Clark
and Edward Robinson on a charge of using
the mails with intent to defraud. They
claimed to publish The Ladies’ Gem
Monthly and have sent ’out circulars all
over the country ofiering a gold watch as
a prize for the solution of a rebus. They '
would then demand $1 for the package
and sending out the watch. The officials
claim that no such publication as The
Ladies’ Gem Monthly has ever existed, and
that no prize watches were ever sent.
Spain’s War on the Press.
LONDON, March 22.—.A dispatch to The
Standard from Barcelona says that the is-
suing of an order by a military tribunal
for the arrest of the directors of two local
newspapers for publishing articles protest-
ing against the recent riotous conduct of
the military in Madrid caused the real au-
thorship of the articles to become known.
The writer at once fled to Lisbon in order
to avoid arrest. Several other persons who
feared the power of the military tribunal
have fled to France.
A Well Known Educator Dead.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Mai-ch 23,—Dr. Henry ’
Coppee, acting president of the Lehigh
university, died today of heart disease,
aged 75 years. Dr. Coppee was in ,the‘class ‘
of ’39 at Yale and was graduated at West
Point in 1845. He was bre‘vetted captain
for gallant and meritorious conduct in the
Mexican war. He was professor of Eng— “
lish literature at the University of Penn-
sylvania from 1855 to 1866 and was ‘then
elected president of the Lehigh university.
.‘I “‘1 ”3 w acted.
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