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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-27
Imperial Orders in the United
states Navy.
Decision Against n Los Angeles
Claimant.

WASHINGTON, April 60 Secretary
Teller, in the case of Jose Maria Garcia
VS.. the Southern Pacific Railway and
State of California a. presented by the
appeal of Garcia from decision of the
General Land Commissioner regarding
his application to file declaratory state
ment for certain lots in sections II and
TO Los Angeles land district, decides ad-
YerselY 10 Gnrcin
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-27
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$50 600 E-OEG O2-
9Th Regular MONTHLY Drawing will
otistale place In Covington, KY.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-27
DAILY HERALD.
WEEKLY HERALD
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MoRsrNo

Advertisements inserted at reasonable rate
Job Work doI,e 10 compete with saI Francisco
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
The st. Paul Pioneer Press. in a re-

The st. Paul Pioneer Press, in re-
cent article on grain inspection in the
northwest, gave an account of the wide
spread dissatisfaction existing among
the farmers of Minnesota and Dakota
relative to the system at present pre-
vailing of grain grading and elevating.
Atpresenti is claimed that the farmer is
completely in the hands of the elevator
men in the matter Of grading, and it is
claimed the farmers have no protection
against false weights or the various de-
vices by which the grades the farmers
are entitled to are docked for dirt,
dampness or other causes. It is ap-
parent that a wide range of temptat ion
is offered for dishonest grading at the
expense of the farmers. The Pioneer
Press, approaching the interests in
volved In this matter, submits the fol :
lowing plan, proposed by cores
pendent of that paper. The plan IS
briefly this: To make law providing
for state grade, the appointment of a
state board of commissi oners and
OF state inspectors, and to provide that
all wheat must be weighed on sea les
with an approved apparatus for re-
ceiving and holding the grain while it
is being weighed-scales to be in
spected and sealed-with criminal
punishment for violation. Each eleva-
tor to have good cleaning apparatus,
with option to farmer to have grain
cleaned before selling, in case of dis
pute as to grade; and, finally (Which is
OF the greatest Importance, to make all
elevators grade the grain and give re-
ceipt for what they receive.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
Dol: John =. 0wss<S Dead.

Col John p. Owens; ons OF the earliest
journalists in Minnesota, died at Taylor's Falls
IN the 18th at the age of g. He was born IN
Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1878 His taste inclined
him to the journalistic field, he fitted himself
Tor printer, and at the age Of twenty-one he
xas thoroughly educated in this profession.
dc first embarked in newspaper in Cincin-
natl, and soon after worked On the Louisville
Journal, Under Geo. D. Prentice and in various
,ther Offices of the country. In May, lS49, Mr..
Owens formed business connection with Maj
Mclean to establish newspaper Id st Paul
Ind came to that city May 20, coming up te
Prairie du Chen on the same boat with Hon.
Alexander Ramsey. In the July following the
6rst number Of the Minnesota Register was is-
rtted BIZ Mclean d Owens In the fall OF
1857, Mr.. Owens, with George w. Moore OF BIT.
Panf, established the Minnes0tian.
In 1852 Mr. Owens was appointed quarter.
master OF the Ninth Minnes0ta infantry and
served through the war, being in several en-
yagements and coming out of the army with the
rank Of captain. In April, 1864, he was ap-
pointed register of the land Office at Taylor's
Falls, where he has since resided, and held thai
office at his death. He has always been 6
staunch republican, and has done much for The
party in Minnesota He has Aot suffered his
mind to grow rusty, but has been more OF
less constant student for years, and has writ
Zen not lttle-among other things, 9
political history of Minnesota, which il
iul Of valuable information
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
a Beautiful Gift to President James J.
Hill.

a Beautiful Gift to President James :.
Some fifteen or twenty citizens of Minneapo-
lis, to show their appreciation of the benefits
conferred upon that city by Hon. James J. Hill,
president of the Manitoba railroad, in the SUBJ
stantial improvements he has made there and
the large amount Of money he has spent
in them, presented him with an unique
plate the other day at the residence Of
presentation speech, to which Mr.. Hill re-
sponded. The plate Is composed of solid sill
yer set on a framework of oak, covered with
red plush, and SO arranged that it can be
closed and locked, concealing and protecting
the plate The latter is oval in shape, about
of the great Manitoba viaduct and the river in
the center, fanked on either side by the mills
upon the banks, the Washburn A and the
Pillsbury A being the more prominent The
centerpiece is handsomely FURNISHED and al
though composed of the same material as the
carved silver designs bordering it, the appear
ance is altogether different This center
piece is set in a frame of carved
silver of beautiful design, containing views
in relief of events in the life of Mr. Hill, and q
finely executed medallion likeness of the re-
cipient in the upper portion. On either side of
the medallion are views of his herds and farms,
and lower down the frame are scenes which
will afford pleasant glimpse of his early his
tory. Among the more striking of these views
in silver is a picture of Mr.. Hill receiving the
first load of wheat brought down the river to
St Paul; setting the broken shoulder of an
employe across q cartwheel acting in the cap
acity Of surgeon and Samaritan; bunting buff
falo on the plains; camping out with wolf dogs
sitting around as his sole companions; views
on plains, steamers, etc.-the spaces between
the views being filed with heads of wild an
imals and horns of the deer arranged with ex-
quisite taste. The plate, though massive, is ex-
ceedingly rich in appearance, and the carving
is of perfect workmanship in even the minutest
detail
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
Ravages Of the cholera at Naples.

It is officially announced that during the
twenty-four hours ending the 9th there we're
ri fresh cases OF cholera in Naples and $50
iesths. Since the beginning of the cholera
outbreak in Naples there have been |, 100 in
interments in the cholera section of the ceme-
terry. The official cholera bulletin gives for
Italy the past twenty-four hours, fresh cases,
e5; deaths sixty. Advices from the Pyrenees
report seven deaths from cholera. All
vessels from Spanish, French, and Ita.-
ian Mediterranean ports are -prohibi-
ted from entering the port of Malta
In the last twenty-four hours, ending at
Dp. m, there have been 937 fresh cases of
cholera and 365 deaths. All the ministers
earnestly urged king Humbert to leave the
city, but the king refused He will visit the
populous quarters of the city. While visiting
the sick to-day the king met an archbishop
who was upon the same errand of mercy. The
meeting of the king and prelate was very in
teresting and touching. The minister of the
interior to-day received visit from the relief
committee and suggested to it's members vari-
GUS efectual plans for the relief of the sick in
the poorer quarters of the town. A numberof
butchers struck work, and it is feared the
meat supply Of Naples will be stopped
Army contractors at Genoa have undertak en-
to furnish an ample supply. The panic has
extended to the prisons. Criminals confined
in Jail combined to effect their escape The
military was called upon and the outbreak
suppressed. A number of experienced attend
Ants from the hospitals of Marseilles are going
TO Naples The minister of war sent numbe
Of students from the medical school to assist
the physicians of Naples. Signor Mogliani
handed over to the relief fund the sum collect
ed and presented him as a national gift in rec
ignition of his public services
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

General Manager Van Horne gives the fol-
lowing facts: The road will be constructed
for moro than "a, OOO, 600 less than the estimate
of cost made last session. There is . good
deal Of tunneling, but not much of a formidable
character. The longest tunnel is that at Lake
Kamloops, which extends some 800 feet Start
ing from the Eastern slope the road passes
west through the Kicking Horse pass, the
Rogers pass and the Eagle pass, coming out
ut Lake Kamloops Fully two-thirds of the
mountain work may be described as Of an
easy character, more SO than that north Of
Lake Superior, ninety miles of the rail-
way on the latter section costing more to
build than the whole Rocky Mountain lion.
The heaviest work we encounter is for a dis
lance of seventy miles west of Sudbury Jusc-
ton, and on the west slope of the Rockies, and
both these sections will be finished this month.
On the Lake Superior section of the line the
tunnels have all been completed but one, and
the heavy work may be considered as accom-
plished. see nothing to prevent the COM
pletion of the whole railway from Caliander to
the Pacific ocean by Sept |, 1885, just one year
hence. The government sections in British
Columbia. being built by Onderdonk & Co, are
well advanced, and will be ready by July LIST
next. Beyond Stephen the summit of the
Rockies, twenty Eight miles are now graded, and
the rails will shortly be laid
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
Smaller Pension Fees.

Washington, Special Telegram:-Acting Sec
Rotary Joslyn rendered decision which will
be of interest to pension agents and pension
attorneys alike. 1t is specially in the interest
Of pension attorneys and deprives the pension
agent of small fee he formerly received, and
which in the course of many years amounts to
o considerable sum. The case came up from
the pension Office on an appeal to Milo B.
Stephens, pension attorney of Cleveland,
Ohio. The commissioner of pensions had de-
cided that under the new law United States
pension agents may deduct thirty cents from the
amounts of attorneys fees as compensation for
services in forwarding the same i'll each
pension claim allowed and represented by a
pension attorney at the time of allowance.
This was the law embraced in section 4769 of
the revised statntes, which however, was re-
pealed by the act of July, 1877, fixing the COM
pensation of pension agents 1t appears that
the commissioner of pensions was under the
impression that the law passed last session
virtually destroyed the old law and he ruled
that the pension agents could now collect the
thirty cents fee. On this question Mr.. Joslyn
disagreed with him and ruled that while the
act of July 4, 1884, materially changed that Of
1878, it failed to enact the old law authorizing
this. In his letter to the commissioner of PEN
sions he gives a complete history of the pension
laws.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

London; Special Cable Tho resignation Of
the marquis IL Ripon as viceroy Of India has
been anhcipsted for months ind surprises mo-
body The appointment Of Earl Duferfr rs
SURPRISE but it is received with very general
ccmmendation. The reason officially stated
TOR Lord Ripon,s resignation H. the delicate
condition Of his health. But tho discomfort
under his rule in India and tho distrt,st Of him
by English politicians, caused by his proposal
10 disestablish the Church of England in India,
has also made his official life burden. Those
th0 are disposed 10 criticise the appointment of
Lord Duf{erin say that by putting him in pure.
" administrative place the government will
ents which he has displayed at Vienna, 81 Pet
tersburg and Constantinople. It is said That
The new viceroy proposes to infuse unwonted
snergy into the government OF India, and Will
seek to reduce or abolish the armies OF the
tributary states, which he regards as growing
menace to, Englands supremacy in the East
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

The Alexandria Herald gives the following
description of damages by the cyclone in Ham
son county, Oak: The damage in this county
seems to have commenced at Red Stone post
Office. J. Fl. Nolfs house, barn, stacks and
tools, were mingled in one vast wreck and
swept onward. Pieces of the building, bed
ding, clothing, and mail from the postoffce
were found strewn along three miles in the
track of the storm. Mr.. Nolt and one son
were away from home His wife and family,
one being a babe in arms, barely got into
the cellar when the house was taken, and
they looked up shelterless at clear sky,
thankful none of them had been killed
Mrs. s. A. Wilhelms house was taken
up into midair, whirled twenty rods northwest
where it seems to have struck on its roof, and
plowed into the earth until only splinters, bits
Of clothing. scattered and broken utensils
showed which way the storm went Walter
Peck was moving, saw the storm coming and
got his team unhitched but they broke away
from him and ran. He lay down and held on
some grass roots. Parts of hay and grain
stacks sailed over him. Household goods and
ice fell all around him. The hay rake rolled
rapidly along. The mower was taken fifteen
rods and dashed to tho ground in hundred
pieces. In minute it was over and Mr..
Peck arose from the ground unhurt, and
found the only thing he had damaged was the
blown down. The tornado started for Charles
H. Wards, took the tops off some stacks,
started toward H. w. Peck's, then toward W.
D. Knapp's, twisting up corn stalks, backset-
ting breaking, tearing up flax and piling sod
in mounds three feet high. In some places
the sod was cleaned off breaking as smooth as
house floor. When it got within twenty rods
of Knapps he moved into the cellar on a run
Circling again it went back to Wards moved
his house, which fronted the south, clear
from the foundation, and set it down front
ing the east. Everything about it was
twisted out of shape. Wards granary, con-
tanning 500 bushels of grain, was twisted off
the foundation, one side of the roof taken and
part of the shingles from the other side, q COW
was killed and other damage done. The
neighbors came right to the rescue with teams
and money. and ere this his damage has been
all repaired, Willard Woodwork had about
one hunered bushels of oats standing in shock
This went up and never came down. When
the tornado crossed Long Lake the wa
ter fairly boiled, and in less than a half
minute enormous hail stones fell. The largest
we heard of measured saven inches the long
way. Hail fell all along the route. The
storm only took swath about five rods wide,
and IS, O00 is a large estimate for the damage
done in this county
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

Julius r Fredericks, who was sergeant In
lhe Greedy Polar expedition is in Minneapolis.
he denies that there were two factions in the
Greedy party, and says the men Of the expedi-
hon were united and harmonious. There may
have been cannibalism, but of this he has no
personal knowledge. He gives the following
account OF the shooting of Henry: Henry had
been warned several times about stealing food,
but ne repeated the onfense, and finally Greedy
issued an order for hts execution. Three guns
were loaded, two of them With ball and one
with blank cartridge. Fredericks, Long. and
Brainerd were detailed to carry the orders into
erect. They took the guns and found Henry
l5O yards away in the act of stealing sealskins.
The three men approached within twenty
yards, and the ranking man called out, 'Hen-
~ we are now compelled to carry out our or
ders. The men fred and Henry dropped
dead Fredericks says his experience has not
satisfied him, and he intends to visit the Arctic
teei6ns again de soon as possible.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

The annual meeting Of the German Catholic
Central Benevolent Union of America"
brought to 81 Paul last week, delegates from
almost every State in the Union, who spent
several days in devotional exercises and In At
lending to the business Of the association. On
Sunday, this ana other Catholic SOCIETIES had
grand procession. The streets were
thronged with citizens and strangers.
In the procession, were very large num-
Der OF societies, with elegant regalia and ban
ners, and seventeen bands of music. The an
cient order of Hibernians, 4O8 strong, were uni
formed in green and silver sashes and wearing
white ;plunies. The third division, of which
Ed Schliek was marshal was headed by
large car drawn by four white horses, the car
being filled with thirty eight girls In white
dresses to represent Columbia and the various
states OF the Union, each bearing flag with
the name Of a state Upon ii The display, as q
whole, was never excelIed in St Paul, save by
the great Willard celebration last year.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

The Pail Mall Gazette says the Chinese gov
eminent has made a declaration of war in the
form of q manifesto from the emperor He
declares that he regards the French action as
constituting state of war, and calls upon his
subjects to aid in repelling the foe The Chinese
have closed the mouth of the Canton river to
steamers. The English gunboat Zephyr was
fired upon yesterday from the Kinpdi fort
and officers and sailors wounded The
Zephyr was mistaken for a French vessel of
similar appearance. The British admiral de-
manded an explanation. The Chinese are
profoundly distressed by their mistake, and
have made satisfactory explanation to the
British admiral The Chinese report the dam
age done the forts and arsenal on the Min
river by Admiral Courbet trifing. The ma
sonry has been fully restored. The French
landed and destroyed only three guns at the
Mingon forts and did not land at all at Kinpoi
The arsenal was not damaged, and no war
material or stores were destroyed Work at
the arsenal is proceeding as usual The navy
loss was serious, but after all only two fight
ing vessels were sunk.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
The Limit of Trotting Speed.

Robert Bonner.-Will horse ever
trot in 200? That is a difficult ques-
ton to answer. When Hiram Wood
ruff, the great horseman, said twenty
years ago, that some day 2:10 would be
beaten by trotting horse, he was
called false prophet, and laughed at.
Hiram's prophecy has come to pass.
and the skeptics have been brought tc
grief. Maud S. is the fullilment of his
prophetic vision. am not prophet
like Hiram, and do not like to be
laughed at, so I will not prophecy.
But will say, that I do not believe
the trotting horse has reached the pos
sible limit of speed. I have seen the
record steadily reduced from 2:4O to
2:09a. Why should it not be lowered still
more? We understand horses better
to-day than ever before, and en-
ploy a training system that fully
developes every muscle, and we breed
them so as to secure the highest order
of nerve force, courage and endurance,
as well as speed. Trotting is an artif-
cial gait, and the great speed attained
by trotters is due in a measure to the
assistance given by outside aids, to
lengthen the stride and steady the gait,
such as toe weights and other appli-
ances. Experienced horsemen and
trainers will no doubt discover other
means to improve the speed. The art
of driving, though well advanced, is
still capable of further improvement.
Speed limit, in trotting, depends en-
tirely upon how far a horse can be
pushed before he will break into run,
which is his natural gait, and if he can
be kept on his feet by artificial aids,
2 100 will be-well, said I wouldn't
prophecy-but the record will be beaten
some seconds.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

s'Isn't that Mrs. Holmes? thought the doc
tors gave her up. She looks well now"
ssShe is we'll After the doctors gave up her
case she tried DR.. Pierce's 'Favorite Prescrip-
Gon' and began to get better right away
heard her say not long ago, that she hadn't felt
30 well in twenty years. She does her own
work and says that life seems worth living at
last. why, said she, I feel as if had been
raised from the dead, almost Thus do thous-
ands attest the marvellous efficacy of this God
given remedy for female weakness, prolapsus,
liberation, leucorrhGa morning sickness, weak
ness of stomach, tendency to generous disease,
nervous prostration, general debility and kim
dred affections
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
The medical authorities at Washing

Il6 1loQICHI HUClOTIGIUS HC WHSnInQ-
ton have concluded that neither yellow
fever nor cholera is likely to visit us
this year. This is good news for the
present, but such has been the hold Sc
cured in Europe by the cholera that it
is almost certain we shall see that un-
welcome visitor here by next spring.
Meantime there is time to prepare. All
cities will be cleaned up, and it behooves
people in the country to look out for
privies, cesspools, drains, and every
thing else that may pollute the atmos-
phere. Study and experience demon
strate the necessity of good sanitation
for the prevention of epidemics and
for the general health, both in city and
country.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

Warrants have been issued for the arrest Of
David Fustman, president of the defunct Union
Safe Deposit company, of Greeusburg, Pa, for
embezzling "a, 600 belonging to three orphaned
children, of whom he was guardian ]. Max
well, agent Of the banking firm, has been ar
rested on charge of collision with Fustman
against the creditors of the bank. County De-
tective Alcorn charges him with having tried to
realize on notes held by the bank after the as-
signment
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

Mrs. s Hughes, an estimable white woman,
was overtaken Saturday evening about dusk
near the town Of Spokane Falls, Washington
Territory, by large indian. She was driving
alono at the time in buggy. The lecherous
savage dragged the woman from the carriage,
assaulted and then brutality outraged her. He
then lied but was caught and hanged.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
East Boston. Mass. Feb. II. 1884

East Boston. Mass, Feb. II, 1884.
have been using Burdock Blood Bitters for
bad case Of Dyspepsia. The first bottle pur-
chased at Bradbury's drug store, Washington
st) second bottle lat Putnam's drug store, E.
BOSTON,, which has done me great deal of
good ANNA FORBES, 3 Moore st
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18

The Washington monument is so near
~ complete that American citizens will
soon be able to choose whether they
will jump from the top of the monu-
ment or go on an Arctic expedition.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
Dyspepsia.

Boston, Mar. 3, 1884
Ihave used Burdock Blood Bitters for Sc
we're case of Dyspepsia with great success, and
can cons cientiously recommend it to any per-
son troubled with any form of dyspepsia.
JULIA BoYI.EN.
6Gilson Court West Cedar st
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-09-18
Providence. RI Anr a. 1884

Providence, R. L, Apr. 4, 1884
am using Burbook Blood Bitters for Dys-
pepsia and have received great relief Have
been seriously troubled with dyspepsia for
Eve years, and heretofore have not found re-
lief. CHAs r. SWEET, 65 William St