The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 7, 1899, Page 6

i nin I Eureka Harness Oi! Is the best Preservative of new ileuther and the best renovator of oid leather. It oils, softens, blaci- @ns and protects. Use Eureka Harness Oil 00 your best harness, your old bar- hess. and your carriage top, and they will not only look better b longer. Sold everywhere in Sizes from half pints to five Made by STANDARD OIL Co. GRIDLEY’S SON APPOINTED. President and Admiral Dewey to Help Him Wina Lieutenancy. Washington, D. C., November 28.—J. P. V. Gridley, a son of the late Capt. Chas. Gridley, who eommanded Ad- miral Dewey's flagship duri the battle of Manila, was to-day desig- nated forappointment asa lieutenant in the marine corps by President McKinley. Young Gridley is too old to enter Annapolis, the only opening for him in the navy lay in an appointment to the marine corps. But he | ed the necessary education and, worse than all, the study. The boy was too modest to tell anyone of his situation, but Admiral Dewey, who loved his father, suspect- ed it and decided to act, He deter- mined to pay the boy’sexpenses while studying for the lieutenancy. This morning he met young Gridley at the White House and presented and money for TAKEN FROM LIFE. Many years ago, when a boy, I was taken into the office of a big express company. It was in a city of some ten thousand inhabitants, with three banks and as many hotels. It was a thriving place in every way, with Prosperous merchants backed up by a sturdy agricultu‘al community. In those days the express companies did a big busin-ss in the merchandise carrying trade. Besides there was con- siderable currency to handle. It was before the days of express orders. When a person wished to send money he sealed up the same in a package, took the express company’s receipt for it, and it was generally carried safely to its destination. If it went astray the express company paid the con- signor. Not many packages went astray, however. At the office in which I worked I fulfilled the duties of clerk and driver. That is to say I drove to the station every night and morning to deliver goods to the nressenger on the train and to take on a new load consigned to banks, merchants and inhabitants of the town. On these trips I gener- atly carried the “strong box” or hand- safe, in which the money was trans- ferred from office to messenger. The agent trusted me implicitly and I val- ued his confidence greatly. On my trips to and from the station I was often the custodian of money packages of large amounts. Whenever I deliv- ered such packages to the messenger I took his receipt. He took mine for those consigned to my office. I had been working at the office for about a year when a strange event occurred. Just before going to meet the east-bound train o1e morning two bank messengers arrived with three packages ‘‘said to contain $80,000.” him tothe piesident. Admiral Dewey started to explain the situation when the President interrupted and said: “You and I, Admirn! will pay his expenses in preparing for examina- tion. If he fails in the first examina- tion I will give him another chance, but I am sure he will be ready when the time comes.”” As Admiral Dewey and the young Iman were descending the White House steps, the Admiral was saying to the son of his oldcomrade: ‘Now you keep an account of yourexpenses and let me know what they are.” At the foot of the White House steps the Admiral encountered a group of newspaper men. “T shall beglad to give you anitem this morning,” said the Admiral. “The President has just agreed to designate this young man, a son of Capt. Gridley, for examination for a lieutenancy in the marinecorps. But he has no money with which to pre- pare himself for examination,” he continued. ‘However, the President and I are going to attend to that,’ he added looking at the son of his old comrade with a suspicious moisture in his eyes. Mr. Gridley’s mother, the widow of the gallant commander of the Olym- pia, is living at Erie Pa: Sheisdraw- ing a pension of $30 a month, which her friends in Cor ss, will seek to have increase by special act during the approaching session. A Boon for Suffering Humanity For constipation. indigestion, nervousness, weakness, luss of sleep, weight. Dr. guaranteed to cure you. Tharmond’s Blood Syrup is Sold by H. L. Tucker. night the west-bound messenger asked {| The officials of the company were now | making a vigorous search for him. delivered my consignment to Hooper | and that I noticed about his conduct. tioned the “strong box” incident, but rememsered that silence H matters was one of the injunctions of the company. agent had already been informed of Hooper’s strange disappearance. | route agent was there making urgent Joss of aupetiie or! inquiries, and was informed about the | They were placed in the “strong box,” and, putting the keys in my pocket, I drove rapidly away. Just as I ar- rived at the station the train pulled in. As I had considerable merchan- dise I handed the keys of the “strong box” to the messenger and told him to help himself while I put the mer- chandise aboard. Just as I finished, the train pulled out and the messen- ger returned the keys and receipt book duly signed. “I have nothing for you,” he said, and in an instant the train was speed- ing away on its eastward journey. I returned to the office, where I worked until 4 o’clock in the after- noon, when I was due to leave to meet the west-bound train. The agent handed me one money package for that train, Opening the “strong box,” which, between trains, was kept in a back room, I was startled to find the three packages that should have gone east on the morning train. I looked at the receipt book again and found that they had been receipted for by | the messenger. When I arrived at the train that i me if I had heard of Hooper. Hooper was the messenger who had gone east | that morning. It seems that he had left the train at some way station. I informed the messenger that I had | nothing strange | I might have men- j about such | When I returned to the office the | The | partment. surprised by the old route agent. We had not met for several years and nat- urally our conversation turned to events in which we took a somewhat mutual! interest. “Hooper,” he said, “was in bad shape with the company when he ended his life. His stealings rap away up into the thousands. We were hot on his trail just about the time of his death, and would soon have had the evidence to arrest him. He had wealthy relatives in England, who afterwards paid the money to the company in order to remove the stain from the family name. “The reason that Hooper ha@ left the money in the strong box that morning was this: He had already determined to die by his own hand. He receipted for the money and handed you the keys so that you could take the money and become a rich ;man. Had you done so, suspicion would never have attached to you. This he knew very weil. I have often thought of the struggle you must have had to resist temptation. I de uot think you will regret it.” And I never shall. CABLING TO MANILA. Something About the Method and Cost of the Process. The active operations of the army near Manila and the anxiety, of people in the United States to communicate With friends and relatives who are with Gen. Otis have caused many in- quiries as to the cost of cable mes- sages. When Admiral Dewey present- ed the compliments of Uncle Sam to the Spanish ships in Manila bay tel- egraphing to that part of the world Was an expensive luxury, the cost be- ing $6.70 a word. Business has in- creased since then, and will continue to grow, and the rate has been reduced by slow stages until it has now reached the bargain counter price of $2.35 a word. and signature which are followed with regard to European telegrams are giv- en messages to Manila. Messages may be prepared and the telegraph company sends one code word—at the expense of the telegrapher—to indicate how many words the prepaid answer may contain. A man whose cousin’s name ; Was on the list of wounded last week telegraphed: “Hospital, Manila. Wire condition Smith, Third artillery. Book, Jones, New York.” The message fig- ured ten words and cost $23.50. The word book indicated that an answer of five words had been prepaid, and the whole transaction cost $35.25. Sending or receiving messages is out of the question with hundreds of peo- ple who are deeply interested in the movements of the army, and to these the published reports giving the names of officers and men who were killed and wounded were the only source of information during the last few days. A man whose brother had been wound- ed made inquiry at the office of the post adjutant at Governor's Island as to how he could obtain further infor- mation as to the condition of the wounded man, and whether any addi- tional details would be sent from the front. He was told by the officer in charge: “The casualty lists are cabled to Washington and are made public at once. These lists contain the names of the killed and wounded, but after that no reports are sent as to the progress of the cases in the hospital. Lists of dead are sent from time to time and are published.” The man was advised to write to the war depart- ment, saying that he was interested in the condition of the soldier in question and would like to be informed if any news from him reached the war de- A request of that kind will | be honored by the department. News| concerning the soldier will be promptly forwarded to the given address, but in The same rules as to address | TO TAKE BODIES FROM THE MAIN: General Brooke Will Build a Caisson Around the Wreck. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30.—Sec-| retary Long and Major General Brook, military governor of Cuba, disagree as to whether the army or navy should remove the wreck of the battleship, Maine, in Havana harbor. Secretary Long when told that Gen- eral Brooke regards the wreck as a menace to navigation and advocates its removal sai “The Navy Department has noth- ing todo with the removal of the wreck. military matter and should be done by army engin- eers. If General Brooke wants it re- moved I do not suppose there will be It is purely a any objections.” At the War depart advices had been re al Brooke ardi ut it was said ner He from Ge reg has by building a ithewreck. After General lors huge caissor bodies of would the recovery Brooke | Maine or raise it and to it could either destroy the To some gh I Maine buried in the ivors tak be Fitz the spot where by sight-seers. General ~ claims there more bodies than are cemetery at Havana. Ef ing out these bodies and destroying the wreck. are yet in Fatal Shooting Affray. Sterling, Colo., Nov. 30.—A shoot- ing af'ray occurred here last night in which two men were mortally wound- ei. Buck Chairs fancied that Lou Pettit had insulted his w nd went into Pettit’s store andcommenced to beat him over the head with a shooter. Pettit ran to the store to six- the back. Pettit then shot Chairs and the latter fired again, hitting Pettit. Both are still alive, but t!e doctors say neitherean recover. Po-h| A novel by = a es ANTHONY Hopkr. men are well known and have large] | ie F property interests in this vicinity. | Frequent contributions by - Rupyarp Kip.ine. Short stories by - - Mark Twain. 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The next day the morning papers gave a full account of Hooper’s mys- How the Khalifa Died. Cairo, Dec. 1.—Officers from the . . terious disappearance, but not one Soudan who have arrived here say} yorq about the money. It proved a that when Gen. Wingate’s force over-} first-rate sensation, however, without latter tried: to] the latter feature. For three days the >, ryptians, but | tbject was the theme for gossip. The e company denied that he had taken any money. | On the fourth day afterwards Hoop- body wa took the khalifa the out-flank the Anglo- failed. Seeing his posit less, the khalifa bade hisemirsto stay 2 him anid die. Ile | the sat ion was hope-|} He then sprees ground and ee emirs on ¢ | telegraphing hos ‘Trem, illustrated aboy ad. out and a SPECIAL : et state your Height, Welabt. 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