PLUCKY MRS. STILES. She Was the First Female Spy in the Union Service. Xoted an Confidential AKmt and itla l»at«*h llrarrr In tlir Danfteroua Soutliweat All Through the Civil War. In the Woman's Relief Corps home, at Madison, 0., were passed the last years of Mrs. Elizabeth W. Stiles, a woman with a brilliant record and a thrilling and romantic history. Elizabeth W. Brown, says the Cin cinnati Commercial, was born in Ash tabula, ()., August 21, lSlti. Through out her girlhood she lived a quiet, un eventful, though not a common-place, life. She was the master spirit of the home and neighborhood. At the age of five years she could handle a gun and ride on horseback, in which ac complishments she became proficient. In her teens she had a far-reaching and enviable reputation as an expert cheesemaker and skillful nurse. At the age of 21 Miss Brown, who was an independent, resolute and cap able woman, of commanding presence and masterful will, embarked on a career of self-support in what was then "far-away"Chicago. There she earned a livelihood as seamstress and teacher until her marriage to Jacob Stiles, which occurred in 1846. In 1859 she and her husband removed to Shawnee town, Kan., where for a time she taught school. Both were intensely loyal and patriotic. During the early years of the war they were surrounded by southern sympathizers, but were fearless and outspoken. At Shawneetown, in 1862, came the great sorrow of her life, the sudden and violent- death of her husband. It was a beautiful night in October; Mr. Stiles had retired, when Mrs. Stiles, on housewifely task intent, heard a tramp of many feet, followed by a rap at the door. She opened it and greeted, as she supposed, a band of federal sol diers, as they were dressed in United States uniform. They asked that her husband get up and direct them to some place they were seeking. He complied. As he stepped a few paces Into the yard, in the presence of his horror-stricken wife, he fell dead, pierced by a bullet from disg-jlsed MRS. ELIZABETH! W. BTTT.I.a (First Kemale Spy In the Employ of th« Government.) guerillas, commanded by the infamous Quantrel. A pistol was pointed at hei head, but she was not further mo lested. She was forbidden to bury her hus band. By some means she commu nicated the tidings of the tragedy to some federal troops, who came and buried his body. Threats and men aces followed, with the offer ofsl,ooC for her head, rendering it unsafe fot her to remain. She left her home and the results of years of patient toil on horseback, guarded by union scouts, under command of Lieut. George 11. Hoyt.and wasescorted to Fort Leaven worth. When, in 1595, she came to the W. R. C. home, to their mutual sur prise and joy, it was discovered that the superintendent, Mrs. Clare 11. Bur leigh, was a sister of Lieut. Iloyt. Soon after her arrival at Fort Leav enworth a message from President Lincoln summoned her to Washington. After her arrival there an interview with Gen. Lane resulted in her accept ing the responsible and arduous po sition of a spy and dispatch bearer. In this capacity, accompanied by her adopted daughter, now Mrs. Clara Sea mans, of Ashtabula, she rendered ef ficient service until the close of the war. On one occasion she was arrested at Jefferson City, Mo., and sent to Gen. Price for examination on suspicion oi being a union spy. With great adroit ness she succeeded in convincing the general that she was a confederate spy instead. She was equipped with a finer horse and better firearms, was bidden a godspeed and sent on her way. Again she and her daughter were ar rpsted as suspicious persons and sent to headquarters. She was suddenly taken violently ill, was bedridden for two weeks, successfully feigning a most distressing malady. On learning that federal troops were in the vicin ity convalescence was rapid. Ilercap tfves accepted her repeated affirma tion that when arrested she and her daughter were on their way to the of a friend, and they were al lowed to pass beyond the confederate lines. She retained her mental faculties to the last, and died July 18, 1898. At her request the obsequies consisted of a bervice of song and the reading of the impressive burial service of the Episco pal church, of which she was a com municant. f'rlnOlMTN 111 Mcxtco. The, term of a prisoner in Mexico is divided into three periods. The first is occupied with penal labor, the sec ond is spent in the training school, with small pay, and the third is preparatory to freedom, with paid work and many prlt ileges. TOPPING OUT IN WASHINGTON. AB Old Custom Anions llrlcklayrra iu the Capital Illy M hick !■ Dylnc Oat. "What was once a very general cus tom in this city, 'topping out,' as it was called," remarked an old bricklayer to a Washington Star reporter, "has near ly died out, and some of the new gen eration of bricklayers have never par ticipated in it. 'Topping out' occurred the day the last course of bricks was laid in a house and was to celebrate the event. On the morning the 'topping' was to take place a flag was raised on the building. It was also a. signal for the owner of the building to prepare a lunch and the customary drinkables, especially the drinkables, for all hands engaged on the building. Of course, it generally wound up in a mild kind of spree, but it was the custom, and no LEOPOLD IL, KING OF THE BELGIANS. Jt Is reported that this eccentric ruler Is to visit the United States In the rear fu ture. He is now S3 years of age, and not as well preserved as he might be. In Eu rope he is known as an incorrigible rake. His love intrigues and the scandals in which he has liguted would, if given in book forr.,i, fill several heavy volumes. He spends much of his time in Paris, where he keeps himself busy by bringing out n..-w vaudeville stars. Besides being king of the Belgians he is the protector of the Congo Fre . Slate, in which country he has amassed a great fortune. one who a mounted to anything ever re fused to give a 'topping out.' The best kind of punches were often provided for 'topping out,' though in later years it ran down to beer. "In the days when ale was the drink I have known of a barrel of aie being used at a 'topping out,' besides a bar rel of sandwiches. The day Dr. Hail 'topped out' his house on C street near Four-and-one-half street, which, by the way, was the first brown stone front ever put up in this city, he not only furnished all the ale and porter necessary, but used up three baskets of fried chickens, cakes and other things. It was the talk of the town for yearsi especially among mechanics. There were also a number of other fa mous 'topping outs.' Mayor Lerret 'topped out' his house on II street, be tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, with fine champagne, as did also Mr. Gall, the jeweler, who built THE LUCKIEST BABY ON RECORD. her name Is Marie Splnola, and her home at Nizza, Italy. Recently there was a gatl.ering of friends In the Spinola homestead, which was over a century old. Just as the guests sat down at a table for dinner, a crash was heard, apd the next mo ment the structure fell down, killing six women and three children and injuring many. On the next day, when the ruin was seaf-ched for bodies, a faint cry was heard under one of the - serve it when it is explained to them.'' I'lntiln 'J'lint Kill Other, I-'ancy two plants being so onfriend y that the mere neighborhood of one is death to the other! Yet that the ?ase with two well-known EnglUh slants. These are the thistle and the rape. If a field isTnfested with'thistles, which come up year after year and •uin the crops, all you have to do is to sow it- with rape. The thistle will be absolutely annihilated. l.imK-I ii Inurlii'd Sliver llnr*. In the Hank of England there are lilver bars that have laiu there un ;ouche4 for 2UO years. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1898. NO MORE FLYING DUTCHMAN There linn firm .Notlilntc l.nunched In 'l'lila Century Wlilch at Alt lteaeiublea It. We could not possibly manufacture the Flying Dutchman out of anything launched this century. Attention is called to this fact by Clark Kussell in the Pall Mall Magazine. Think of a four-masted ship, says he, with her dreary black-and-red hull, her iron masts, her metal shrouds, her short poop or long-flush deck, her bewilder ing complications of double yards— think of such a ship luminous with the seaglow, breasting the surge of the Cape. Accursed! Impossible! She could never make a Flying Dutchman in the spiritual meaning of that ter rific sentence of doom! Vanderdecker would refuse command. lie would jump overboard in his great boots, clutching his yard of pipe to his heart, and so would end one of the most poetical leg ends in all sea literature. No; the phantom could not survive such a shock. The four-master in taking her place would, with thundering canvas, thrash the memory of her out of the sea man's mind. Hut in that seventeenth century craft in which the profane and stubborn Dutchman put to sea he is still to be encountered. Doubt it not. Nothing to the north of 31 degrees south; but down there, on soft, misty, moonlit nights, the specter glides into being; the vision shapes itself into a fabric of star-like poop, and a tall, pale man with a long, white rippling beard, standing beside the helm, "all silent and all damned," as Wordsworth says; or she flies past over mountain out seas, leaps, as it were, out of some sudden shriek of storm and wool-white squall of foam—leaps and dissolves like the sea-flash swelling from her bow. .>!<»Nf|iiitn«»N Have Their Own Wny. The past few days have furnished an experience with mosquitoes in Florida seldom equaled and never surpassed. The vicious insects have come in a cloud, inft sting every nook and corner ;ind attacking every living thills' from which a drop of blood could be drawn. Men have been forced to quit work, horses and mules have had to );e pro tected, dogs had to be talo*n into dwelling houses and poultry squawked during the night hours like prowling blasts had seized them. All outdoor work is largely suspended. ( hiiK-Nf to Orilcr. Germany is sending as interpreters to its Chinese possessions at Kino- C.'hou graduates from the Berlin sem inary lor oriental languages, wao have had three years' training in tht Chinese taught a> Berlin. IT HIGH TENSION. Residents of Virden Were Excited by Many Rumors. CONSPIRACY TO MURDER. Above Charge is Made in War rants for Mine Officials. RAILWAY MEN INDIGNANT. Chicago & Alton Kallroad Officer* Propone to Secure l.egal KeiJregg for au Alleged Lavrle.s Seizure of tlie Itoad hjr tlie State Troops. Virden, 111., Oct. 15. —A new quiver of excitement swept, over this town hourly throughout Friday afternoon and from 2 o'clock tili nightfall rumor followed rumor, and not even the best informed had any definite idea as to what would develop during the night. Rumors that another train load of ne groes was on its way here kept the excitement at a high tension, but the militia are in complete possession of the stockade and are closely guarding the railroad property. The coroner's jury heard a large number of witnesses, but did not con clude its work. The inquest will last until Monday or Tuesday. Warrants were sworn out yesterday before the local magistrate by an offi cer of the Miners' union charging President Loucks. Manager Lukens and others with "conspiracy to mur der." but on the advice of the military officers in charge here they were not served. This action, however, caused Col. Young to refuse to allow several guards who had been employed by the coal company to depart for their homes in Chicago, as he thought they might be needed as witnesses. Six* ex guards from St. Louis, who came upon the train carrying the blacks Wednes day, and who were more or less seri ously wounded, were allowed to le:ive for home. General Manager Lukens, of the Chi eago-Virden Coal Co., has made the fol lowing statement in regard to the wages paid by his company, and the demands of the strikers: "I'nder the old scale of wages, prior to the summer of 189/, the pay at our mines was 25 cents per ton. mine run. and fairly good miners could and did earn $2.25 per day. The pay rolls show an average of $2.29 per day net for every miner in the mine, with a range of sl.lO to s4.st> per day. The price of powder has been reduced 5(1 cents a keg since then, which makes a material increase in the miners' wages. At the price miners are de manding—4o cents per ton—an aver age miner can make from s.'! to $t per day and a good workman would have no difficulty in earning $0 per day." Chicago, Oct. 15.—Complications which threaten to assume greater pro portions than the clash between fed eral and state authority during the railway strike under Altgeld's admin istration. promise to grow out, ctf Gov. Tanner's action in refusing to allow the Alton road to unload negro min ers at Virden. General Solicitor Brown, of the Chicago & Alton, left for Springfield yesterday as the result of a conference between the officials of the road. The governor will be sought by Solicitor Brown, who will assume charge of the situation at Vir den. so far as the Alton is concerned. Steps will be taken by the Alton to secure legal redress for the alleged lawless seizure of the road by the gov ernor. The officials of the Alton make no attempt to conceal their anger and cast the blame upon the governor for interfering with a common carrier which has authority to operate as such under state laws. Springfield. Oct. 15.—Tn nn interview yesterday (!ov. Tanner said: "On learning* this morning* that the na tional gnanl were searching* trains T nt once jrnve orders to Adjt. Gen. Tteece to instruct Col. Young* that the national guard have no rig*ht to search trains and that hereafter they must not board the trains, as their orders were to prevent the landing* of im ported labor, which would necessarily result in the precipitation of a riot; that they were there to keep the pence." imported negro miners in this city were (|iiietlv escorted by Company F. Sons of Veterans, of Macomb, and Cavalry Troop I*. of Bloomington, to the Central I'nion station yesterday while the union miners were attend ing the funeral of the men killed at Virden. The negroes were sent to St. Louis. T.ater Company F and Troop T* were sent to Pana. Sank Aft '*r n 'ntlWion. Toledo, Oct. 15.—John Xagle re ceived a dispatch late last night from the captain of his tug Saugatnck stat ing that the steamer Colby had col lided with and sunk the schooner Nassau at the month of the Detroit river at 10 o'clock. The Colby was bound up river and the Nassau was headed for I'uffalo with a cargo of wheat. The crew of the Nassau were saved by the Saugatuck. The loss will reach nearly $50,000 on the schooner and the Colby is badly injured. I)i«' I.iml Troop* Iv<* 4 rfciti|> WikofT. New York, Oct. 15. —The Seventh regular infantry lt : ft Camp Wikoff yes terday for forts in the Department of the Lakes. The Seventh was the last in camp and its departure brings Camp Wikoff to an end. CONTINUOUS OVATION. St. I.nuU Honor* President McKinley on )tie OITIIHIOII of 111. Vlutt to that f'lty, St. Louis, Oct. 15.—President Nf<*Kin ley was the guest of St. Louis yester day. He came from Omaha by way of Galeshu rg, 111., over the Hurlington route. From the time of his arrival until 11 p. m„ when he left the city, he was accorded an almost continuous ovation. Escorted to the Southern hotel by civic bodies and regular and voluteer troops, among which were two commands that had gained dis tinction at El fancy. President Mc- Kinley was met by the cheers of thou sands of people. At the Southern hotel he reviewed the parade given in his honor and later held a reception in the parlors. At noon he addressed a large crowd on the floor of the Merchants' Exchange and afterwards sat down to an elabor ate luncheon at which 75 persons were present. A drive through the streets and parks of the city completed the daylight programme of entertain ment. A feature of the drive was the stop made at the soldiers' home, where President McKinley met and shook hands with .lack ITaynes, aged 111 years, said to be the oldest soldier in the Cnited States. Last night at the Coliseum the great est throng of people addressed by President McKinley under cover thus far during his present trip gave him a magnificent greeting. His speech was interrupted repeatedly with ap plause. The president and party left at 11 o'clock for Terre Haute, Ind. ANARCHIST CONSPIRACY Italian* Planned to Kill Emperor William In Cairo—Nine of the Gancr Arreted. Alexandria, Egypt, Oct. 15. —The Alexandria police have arrested nine Italian anarchists since Thursday night and have thereby frustrated a plot against Emperor William, now on his way to the lfoly Land to be pres ent at the consecration of the Church of the - Savior at Jerusalem. The first to be arrested is a cafe keeper, a well-known anarchist, in whose house the police discovered two wire-wound bombs of great strength, full of bullets. This arrest was made in consequence of a notification from the Italian consul general at Cairo that two anarchists had left Cairo for Port Said. The police investigation showed that the arrested cafe keeper had bribed the steward of a steamer sailing Friday from Alexandria to Port Said and Syria to take on board a box of bombs. Apparently the e. n archists originally intended to use the bombs at the Palais Abidin at Cairo, while Rmperor William and the khe ilive were there. When the kaiser de cided not to visit Egypt the anarchists changed their plans and decided to at tack him in Palestine. A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER. A Steamer 1* Wrecked on the Coast of Kn gland and Out of 'iOO People on Hoard ()fly 31 are Raved. Loudon, Oct. I".—The Atlantic Transport Co.'s steamer Mohegan, which left London for New York on Thursday with 50 passengers and a crew of 150. is ashore off the Lizard. There has been great loss of life. A coast guard message reports that the passengers are "drowning like rats." Another account says: Bodies are washing ashore, one being of a lady, lashed to a plank. Particulars as to the disast<>r are difficult to obtain. When the Mohe gan struck a gale was blowfng and the sea was running high. Life boats put off from the Lizard and from Fal mouth. one returning filled with pas sengers. Several were drowned on the passage of the life boat to the shore. Another life boat saved six persons. The coast at that point is extremely dangerous and has been the scene of numerous wrecks. Only 31 have been saved. This in telligence was forwarded from the coast guard by telephone to Falmouth. A Hie I'onil Kobbery. Minneapolis, Oct. 15. —It lias just leaked out that a week ago burglars broke into the office of the Consoli dated Milling and Hardware Co. and, after breaking open a safe, escaped with $05,000 worth of United States bonds. President Christian a few days later received a letter offering to re turn them if a reward was advertised in one of the local papers. This was done and $25 was offered. Another letter followed saying that this was too small and that though the bonds were worthless to their present pos sessors they were worth a good deal to Mr. Christian. Col- nel and Pillow "Hun*r I'n " Charleston, S. C.. Oct. 15. W. H. Robertson, colonel commanding the First regiment, national guards of South Carolina, was suspended yester day by Adjt. Oen. Watts. It was re ported some days ago that Robertson had pawned seven Springfield rifles belonging to one of the companies in the regiment, and when the matter was investigated the guns were found in a Charleston pawn shop. This was sufficient for the suspension. The national guard is a colored organiza tion. Somewhat Improved. Washington, Oct. 15. Mrs. Sherman, wife of ex-Secretary Sherman, is still in a critical condition from the effects of the stroke of paralysis which she sustained Thursday, but is thought to be somewhat improved. Stay in .lail I'nMl Trial. Cincinnati, Oct. 15.—After hearing arguments yesterday on the applica tion of W. .1. Haldeman. the wealthy paper manufacturer, for bail, court re fused the same, but set the trial for November 21. Haldeman will be tried for killing ex-State Senator Richard son. His friends offer any amount of bail, but the court holds that first de gree murder cases arc not bailable. An lli-ir for tlio MarlhnrntiirliH. London, Oct. 15.—The Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Miss Consuehl Yanderbilt, of New York, gavo birth to a sou on Thursday. SSOO Reward TV* above Kmri vlll W paid fcf W| Jbra*tk>* tktl will latd to A« imri m§\ MiTiedoi of tb* Mrtj m pwtM «U alaoad irti and daw *a tke tnek ef A*' KaapoHiMa A BMi Y alley R. R., awl : tb* cut 11M *f Prtskiia HomWb lay m Um «t«Uc * Sit, Bbit Avoin, ' iVwMfa* FINE LIQUOR Si'ORB IMPORTOM, PA. TBS utenlpid baa opened a M> etaaa Lienor rtON, and Invitee M» trade of Bcjtanraate ink' Wa ihtll «anj BOM baft the kul Aatav* teaa and Imported WHISKIES, BRANDIES. 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