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The state herald., 1889-07-26
A Steel Air Ship.

BOsroN, July II. - The aerial ex.
hibition association has been organized In
this city with C. M. Ransom Of the Modern
Light and Heat Company Us treasurer, Il.
N. Rowley, chairman, and Charles b. Bas-
ford, chairman Of tho board Of trustees.
The object of the association is TO assist
DR.. A. De Bussett to construct steel air
ship upon vacuum principles. The ship Is
to bo constructed entirely Of thin steel
plates of the strongest possible tensile
strength and thoroughly braced inside BY
u new development Id mechanics To resist
the stress OF the pressure Of tbs at1nQs-
phere. When partial vacuum is obtain.
ed 1t Is Expected I'd lift 200 passengers and
fifty tons Of mail or other matter, and also
to carry all the machinery and apparatus
with electrical power suficient to give
speed to the ship d at least 70 miles ar
hour DIR. DO Bussett has applied for per
mission TO build the ship at the Charleator
navy yard. The cost Is expected TO bt
s,5O,OOO DIR. Dc Bussett claims that hi,
plans are approved by the most eminen
scientists and engineering experts In thi'
,nuntrv
The state herald., 1889-07-26
he Moa Bird

Notwithstanding the grcat number
Of birds tho Bird Puzzle made us
familiar with. we arc always reading
about one We never heard OF before.
There Is tho ''parson" bird. for exnm.
pic, Of which wc have soon II descrlp-
tion recently. II lives In Australia,
mud gets Its name from II. black color
aud tho two white feathers under It's
chin. that looks lllsc tho ends Of n
cl.rgymnn's ncck,ic.
But thc most wonderful bird was tho
now extinct Dinornis. or Mon bird. o.,
Australia II livcd there In tho tine
Of tho Mnoris. and was cs,ermInntcl
about 200 years ngo skeletons OF tho
Moa havo boon found tim, show tho
height Of the bird B, have b,cn from
fourteen 10 sxtocp fcct They wcro
slain ns food, for being wipglcss mud
very stupid, they easily fell prey To
man. That accounts for thoir ox-
iinctlon In tho frat two or three cen.
turtles Of tho Mnori- prcscnco In
Australia. Philadelphia Times
The state herald., 1889-07-26
Slaughter Of lnnooents.

NEW foHx. July i2.-Five babie.
n the infant ward a, Wards Island Hos
pitAl have recently died with a mysterious
tnalady.
The babies wen fed on bottled milk,
boiled In the bottles.
The mothers Of the babcs arS employed
Us wet nurses IN various New York fani
lies,
All died within twcnty.four hours after
being attacked with the malady.
All exhibited the same symp,oms, They
had cramps in tho stomach and tnusrls,
and the pupils OF the eyes contracted. The
pulse increased rapidly, beating sometimes
over lOOs mi"uie, and a high fever aeyel.
opcd, which lasted until the babe was dead
Mr. Marpci, In charge Of the cases, said
that the deaths We're unqaestionably due
To ptomaines In the milk.
ptomaine he defined rs un albuminoid
often found In milk turing the hot weather
when the casinc In milk dccom poses. He
said II was literally an exrrction from bn.
rilli or vegetable growth., present In nj
most ull milk.
Boiling, he said, would destroy the bucillI
but II might no, eradicate the p,omaines.
Ptomaines acted In child's stomach as nm
irritant poison and almost always resulted
fatally, Ms the usual treatment for poison.
Ing was not effective In such cases.
He had made several au,opsic. NJ which
other doctors weic present. but In cacb
ease the organs were found to be perfectly
normal. Atno time was there any trace
OF thefa'nl ptomaines discovered. lie dld
no, consider this wonderful, ns poison
rarely DISCLOSE. itself after death and the
organs showed none OF It's cNcc,.. lie
added that he WA, continuing his Invcsu.
cations and hoped to bring more lIsh, to
bear on the subject, and thought death
from this cause quite common when chill.
ircn are fed on bottled milk during ths ho,
weather, though the death 10 often attrib
utcd To something else.
The state herald., 1889-07-26

CARDINAL MANNING, who recently
sang the praises Of John Wesley In an
address In London. is the most popular
Catholic clergyman In England. He
lis highly democratic In his notions and
Expresses them freely. The cardinal
10 1T TO rank beside the grand old man
In point OF robust intellect and good
physical condition Mt 80. Tho secrc.
Of his green old ngc is temperance.
Al the Boyal academy dinner tho 9th.
or evening he ato crust Of broad and
drank glass OF water while tho other
social. literary. political. and artistic
m'gnstes went through the twcnty
courses md the dozen wines.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
Sunday Closing In Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI. o.. july 2i.-Ncycr
since tho beginning of tho attempt To cn
force the Sunday law were tho saloons 40
generally and tightly closed IN they have
been to day There havo been fifteen mr..
rests made. Drug stores ware not per.
ml''cd TO soil anything but medicines and
soda water. Not cigar or a plug OF tobac
.,no could be Ind except rlnndos timely,
Tho cigar stores that arc newsstands wcia
allowed 70 Keep ~ gu 10 sell papers. liar.
Der shops wcrc shut NJ tightly.
" IA understood that the closing Of clvsr
t,ofcs, cue IL a futAllatory movcincnt by
70 oon Keepers, HA the law and order
league 10 moving against the saloons only,
The state herald., 1889-07-26
TIMBER CULTURE GASES.
Ia Modification In the Interpretation Of
tho Law.

WV S&W'
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Secretary
Noble TO day, In letter TO the Commits
sioner Of the General Land Once, modihsd
In very important particular the applicA-
tion Of the rule as to the time In certain
timber culture cases. Tho timber culture
act Of June Il, 1878, provided that any por-
son who shall plant, protect and keep In
healthy growing condition for eight years
ten acres Of timber in any quarter section
Of any Of the public lands Of the United
States shall be entitled to . patent At tho
expiration of said eight years, on making
proof, etc. Section 2 provided that mo
final certificate shall be given Or patent H.
sued until the expiration Of eight years
from tho date of entry" The Land Com
missioner, in circular OF instruction TO
Registers and Receivers, dated February
I, 1889, held that half the trees must actu-
ally have been growing Ave years and the
remaining half four years to conform TO tho
terms Of the act. This Interpretation was
sustain cd in subsequent decision, which
held the preparation Of land and
acts Of cultivation, and that the
time actually so employed should be COM
puted as part Of the eight years required in
timber culture cases, and rs the act pro
vidcd for three years cultivation OF land
before trees could be planted, the efiect OF
the ruling was to compute the period Of
cultivation from the date Of entry. On June
90, 1887, Commissioner Sparks, In a. circu-
lar to Registers and Receivers, directed, ,"In
computing the period Of cultivation time
ruus from date when total number OF trees
seeds or cutting required by the act are
planted" and final proofs Of entrymeh moi
having complied with this rule were re.
iccted.
Secretary Noble, in his letter today Il
the Commissioner, sustains the ruling made
by Commissioner Sparks, but says: "inas
much US the department from tho time Of
tho passage of the bill up IL June 81, 1887
enormously construed the true spirit snt
intent OF the net, and in pursuance Thereof
numerous entries have been made undel
the law rs promulgated amounting to som'
800 or more, such entries should be pro
tcctcd under the construction that Is givei
the act, giving such construction all th'
force and effect OF law. Were II not 80
great wrong and Inconvenience would re
suit"
The Secretary therefore directs that th
rule In the case of Henry Hooper, in poin,
be so modified as to mold that oil entrie
made under the act Us construed from Fet
ruary 1, 1852, to June 81, 1887, should pms
to patent md that all entries made afte
an announcement of that doctrine shoul
be governed by the principles therein enur
ciatcd.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
An Expensive LUXURY.

LONDON. July %. Mr.. Lnbouchcro,
In the debate In the House OF Commons To
Hay on the rrnnt TO Princess Louise Oh III,
occasion OF her marriage to tho Earl Of
fifc, moved tho rejection Of the report OF
The committee, and TO substitute therefor AN
address. To the Queen rcci,ing among other
things that the sums already voted By Far
lament TO the royal family should be ainpl,
,uf'icicni for all their present purposes,
and that II further supplies arr needed ,hcy
'urht To bc provided through tho rclin.
luishmcnt II expenses Of the royal family
'ot By fresh demands on tho taxpayers.
Mr. Gladstone, although he ccnsurcd tho
Government for its attitude, voted with
ihc majority OF the committee on royal
grants.
The state herald., 1889-07-26

kALAkAuA. the jovial king Of the
Sandwich islands. Is sorely in need Of
money. Princess Kaiulani explained
that he would have accompanied her
to Europe had II not been for g nd.
den Illness. A rumor spread about
that the pokerplaying potentato was
afflicted with boils. The fact is that
kalakaua is hard up. He wants lO,-
900 for the expenses OF his proposed
trip 10 the Paris exposition. His Eng
lish friends refuse to lend 1t TO him aud
his agents In San Francisco find II hard
to borrow the money. 1t is . sad
truth that KalakauA's credit is about
played out
The state herald., 1889-07-26
The State Of Trade.

NEW YoRK, July 10. n. G. Dun's
weekly review OF trade says:
For a dun season Of the year business
continues remarkably large. The increase
In clearing house transactions for July
thus far has been about 10 per cent at
New York, about 10 per cent. at Boston,
Philadelphia and Chicago taken together,
and about 10 per cent. in the aggregate Of
all other cities. A gain so general and SO
great Is not to be explained by any suppos'
ed increase in speculative transactions,
which chiefly effect the clearings in the
four cities named, nor by settlements on
commercial paper made in the winter and
spring, for the increase in tho first week
Of the month, which would naturally in
clude greater part Of such settlements
was but little more than in the latter
weeks. New business Of non-speculativ'
character evidently exceeds that OF the
same month in my previous year.
From all parts Of the country also CONT
reports that an active and prosperous fal
trade Is anticipated and the crop prospects
continue favorable. But the financial out
ports Of gold, liquidation Of foreign holder,
OF securities and doubt about trust opera
tions.
Secretary Window has talked with som.
freedom regarding the purchase ofbonds bu,
stating that the prices now paid are as higi
ss he thinks the Government ought to pay
he has no power TO help matter. He says /,
proves that those who want money are no,
those who have bonds to sell and con siders
that the monetary supply is II present am
pie.
All reports from the interior cities indi
cate that the demand though At Cleveland
Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia is morc
active,is everywhere met by MI ample sup
ply, and at nearly all points is still bu,
moderate. The treasury has paid out dur
Ing the past week E, 100000 more than It
has taken In.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
Tho Montan, conxentIon.

HELENA. Mont, July 10. - Al the
convention to-day the committee reported
on article Of the constitution, providing
Tor the triaintenancc of = general system Of
public schools free for all children from
0 to 20 years. The Governor. Supcriutend-
ento Public Instruction, Secretary Of State
and Attorney General shall constitute the
State board Of Land mmissioners. II
shall be the duty Of the Legislature to pro,
vide by taxation sufficient means, in con.
noctIon with 'bc amount received from the
general school fund ID mair,sin u public
free common school In each organized dis.
trict at least three months each year. The
State Board of Education to consist Of
eleven members, the Governor, State Sup
erintendcnt Of Public Instruction and at
torney general being members ex of,icio,
the other eight members 70 bc appointed
by the Governor.
A long discussion arose over Mr.. Clarl,'s
motion abolishing the grand Jury. The
matter was referred buck TO the committee
on judiciary without instruction.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
The Gold Brick Game.

LANSING, Mich. July ia sharper
named Strceter worked the gold brick
dodge TO successful issue here last night
upon William McKcllops, u wealthy gentle
man OF Perry, Shiawassec County and
president Of the First National Bank Of
Coruna.
An pp,intment was made last night and
as the result McKcllops was the owner o.
two supposed gold bricks valued at seo,oo0.
and the sharper WAS richer by 1900. Whep
the fraud WAS discovered.
Strccter undoubtedly had accomplices
and the whole confidence party left on an
east-bound train last night
The state herald., 1889-07-26
A Butter Blockade.

NEw Yonk. july i7.-'I'hc nccumu.
latIon of butter In this city IA almost with
ont precedent. There ARE about l3,OOo, 900
pounds stored here and the supply Ia In.
crcasine ut the ratio Of a,pi",oco pounds per
week. During the past week 10000
pounds were csportod. The amount con
sumcd pcr week Ia 10000 pounds. Most
OF the produce merchants are refusing 10
buy amy more butter on their own account
and thcrc may soon b. disastrous break
The state herald., 1889-07-26
Mexican Hor.e Thieys, Lxnshs...

A special from Albuquerque. N.
hcs, says Last Saturday three cattle
ihd horse thieves, members of notorious
'and OF Mcslcans who have committed
many depreciation In this city, wcrc cap.
'ntcd by Deputy sheriff Lowcns and a
''osse and lmprisoncd In vacant house
,car Kelly n. Mos Before tho capture
he thieves, three IN number, engaged tho
ossc In battle, during which their loader
ana Deputy l.owcDs were shot dead. Last
iifli irty OF cowboys proceeded 10 III,
'uusc where the remaining two tblsyeX
.Acr. imprisoned. oycrpoworsd The ruur
ihu uhait,dtlc pfli oncrs fter rIddlluR their
sodies with bullets.
The state herald., 1889-07-26

A singular divorce case has Ius,
inkcn place In Long Island. Some
tune ago certain Miss Blnnkln was
about 70 be married. The time Ap-
proAchod. tho guests assembled, but
tho prospective bridegroom did not
put In AN appearance. In this dilem.
inn' John Jordan who had boon cclc.
brnf'rg freely. stepped forward and
snid that not wishing To disappoint tho
company hc would marry tho bride
himself. She nsscaicd and tho we'd
ding took place. A few days after
ward Jordan rcpcntcd Of his bargain
nnd Is now trying 10 hnvc tho marriage
nnnnilcd on the ground that ho did
not know whnt he was doing whom the
ceremony took place.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
Tho kana~ha Flood Disaster.

WHEELING. W. Va, July 2i.-Iutei
ii9cnco' specials from the food district.
To night state that II Is feared the dca,l
list will bc much Increased when point.
now cut on from the outside world arr
heard from. a late dispatch says the VII
'nHc Of Morrlsiown, Wise County, wa.
swept entirely away. Great suffering cs
lists among those who los, all they 30.
.r.scd, mud the County Commissioners
VIII issue an appeal FOR aid. The cloud
burst occurred on Limestone Mountain,
where the i've creeks that flooded have n
common source. Tho damage to crops wn.
'ncstimablc and farmers will be dcpcndcn,
upon charity until ncst -cn.on.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
Beet Sugar Producers.

Lospos, July iG.-A conference OF
delegates from the countries engaged In
the production Of bee, sugar was held In
Ilrusscls Monday aud the conference
founded n syndicate bank which will cstmb.
lish branches nnd agencies In all the prin.
ripal cities Of the world, thi capital 10 bc
ta,0Oo.OOO.
Tho bunk will dono speculative business
but Will sell sugar On rom mission and make
loan. 10 manufacturers. Tho profit win be
divided among tho members. The bank
will a'so furnish members with news con
corning tho s,igar markets.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
AreRalsLe pELuoE.
The kanawha River Flooded 0estrue-
tion Of Life and Property

NJ N8U8WU0 ntv9t sSSS~~
tlon Of Life and Property
PARxxrRsspRa, W. Va, July ls;-
The greatest disaster which ever befell the
Little Kanawha Valley. came last night In
the shape of terrible cloud burst which
has completely flooded the country, do
stroying many lives, carrying of thousands
Of dollars In property and running crops Tor
miles. The deluge fell here about dusk and
continued to fall In torrents during the
night. The worst Of the storm was on the
lower side Of the Kanawha, filling small
tributaries from >bank TO bank and tho
worst food within the recollection Of the
Oldest inhabitant
In three hours the Kanawha raised six
feet and ran out with such velocity that 1t
carried everything before IT.. At this
point thousands Of logs and number OF
boats went out or were sunk. Mrs. Isaac
H. Tucker, Martin Lawoss and IN unknown
man werc drowned. Above the dcstruc'
ton was still greater. The Big Tygart
Valley is completely ruined. The big NULL
near its mouth went out and took the Ty'
CART bridge withit. In the valley all the
growing crops and much stock was lost
At Chesterville, small town about ter
miles above, half the residences were car
ried on bodily and left in a cornficld. lr
Clay district b fine church and three dwell
ings were wrecked. Several steamers ot
the river were wrecked.
The worst story Of all comes from Nor
ristowh, small village near the Head o.
Tucker Creek, where the cloud broke ir
all It's fury, coming down on the village q
midnight and totally destroyingit together
with many Of It's people. The first repor
gaze tho loss Of life at II, but later new
fixes the loss at a:larger number. House.
are said to have been picked up and hurle'
against ouch other in such a short space o
time that no chance Of escape was given.
Among the lost at Morristown are Jak
Taiger, his brothers Joseph and Thomas,
man named Bailey Orvilie, wife and child
The body OF man believed to be anothe
Morristown victim was found on the Rich
ardson farm.
1t is impossible to enumerate the loss, q
the river is still rising and tearing ever,
thing loose. A freight train on the Obi
River Railroad broke through trestle q
Harris Ferry, completely wrccking tn
train and fatally injuring William Mel
tune. The wreck was caused by u heav
washout.
The state herald., 1889-07-26

DURING his sojourn at the Czar's
winner palace the Shuh Of Persia occu-
pied rooms magnificeutly furnished.
Decorations Of red silk, enormous
vases Of malachite and doors made OF
tortoiae-shell pleased his oriental teste.
Fifteen carriages and forty horses were
placed at his disposal. He is travel
ing with q retinue OF fifty-five persons.
The state herald., 1889-07-26

THE monument In honor Of John
Ericsson, for which the sum Of f12, O0C
was appropriated by the New York
state legislature, is to be set up in Cen.
tral Park, New York. The engineer
ing lachjevoments Of Ericsson arc to be
zanuGEemorated not only in this country
but also In the land Of his birth, Swed-
en-. where monument is to be raised
over his remains after they havc been
,sskt here by our government
The state herald., 1889-07-26
osr a1eSe fev genuine Cos,ack,

w. Sthe few genuine Cossacks 70
~ Find in New York may be seen in
tfeofiice OF tho Russian consul. His
n1me Is DR.. Peters Popon. He is
1.-THE, alort. and OF sanguine tempera-
ment 1t is not known that he was
born on horseback. but as he bclongs
TO priestly stock that may have been
his luck. This Cossack Is a schola,
OF rare Httainments aud man Of the
most placid disposition. Hc 10 a
graduate Of the University Of st.
Petersburg.
The state herald., 1889-07-26

ACCORDING TO Today the original
Freddy Gebhard was Dutchman from
amsterdam, who scamc to New York
city In 1900 TO act as drummer for q
Dutch Clubhouse. A great many old
timers remember the little house at
the corner Of Greenwich and Rector
streets, where Gebhard sold gin. Tho
present Freddy is the third Of that
The state herald., 1889-07-26

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL's years
begin TO tell harshly upon him. His
hair. which was once as black us the
ravens wing, is now quite gray, and
his face is colorless and thin. Some
think that he is suffering from a
malady which he keeps secret for
political reasons, but this he emphatic
ally denies Recently he has lost con-
siderable flesh,
The state herald., 1889-07-26

Sir William Thompson recently do.
livcrcd n series OF lectures on physics
ht Johns Hopkins university. and tho
hsbionablc people OF Baltimore SGT
/out 10 mako them nm event In social
Nn'cllcciuni circles, They understood
that somc mathematical trimming wus
ncccssary. but Sir William smiled
right Into questions involving direron-
til and Integral calculus After hc
hnd flllod blackboard with equations.
hc turned md asked "Do you follow
moi" A fow minutes later he mildly
~ his audience II they saw any
20 call his attention TO H. iIc
c-. why over: body smiled.
,e,vsrx rtudIous men made
tho second
The state herald., 1889-07-26

grandmother Of the emperor Of
c IA Is SO years old, blind, deaf, and
a cripple. and the other day her low
ing grandson presented her with 500
singing birds, 200 silk dresses. and 100
musical Instruments,
The state herald., 1889-07-26

PRoF. SYLVESTER. who came from
England TO be professor OF mathe-
matics at Johns Hopkins university.
is abscnt-minded. Calling on friends
In Baltimore he inspected the pictures
n the parlor walls and coming 70 two
s..ris-isS- No'king ones asked who they
ysse, ss.s .rsSs, .%so{Gi I'D NaE.ha &sash!ugi
The state herald., 1889-07-26
Rev. Mr.. spurgeon, the

Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon, the great
h minister Of England, lives on u
magnificent estate, having parks varied
with lales and streams and adorned
with statuary and conservatories alled
with rare plants. His stables ure as
fine in arrangements and appointments
as tho royal establishment at Wind sor
.nd his coachman sports a gorgeous
liverv.
The state herald., 1889-07-26

iiAs said that tho restaurant. up In tho
Hfcl tower attract tho bridal pariic.
Which unrd 10 20 10 tallcs aux miles ron.
vtrts NJ vlnccnuts and other suburbs. Al
ont rafc tho other day iluic were twenty
IIininr In i6S same loom The brides md
'ridcgrooms oil drank 70 each other,
health and fratcrnlscd.
The state herald., 1889-07-26
PETER LANG, who e 104 years Of
age has jus. been admitted to church
h bership at Elgin. Scotland.

'a.-GEx. DRUM, who has just been
placed on the retired list b believed
. be the first private soldier that ever
attained the rank Of brigadier-general
4 the regular army Of the United
The state herald., 1889-07-26

william Mcintosh, former partner OF the
McGrceor who -uIcidcd some time ago, was
In Las Vegas Tuesday mud delivered over
lm,ov pounds Of wool nt twenty cents Dor
pound. fdton Range
Mower County transcript., 1889-10-02
CONTESTED ELECTION CASES

The Next Congress will Have Large
Number to Dectde-Death as q Factor In
Politics.
WASHINGTON, Sept 26.-The Government
printing Office has finished printing the
testimony in the contested election cases
which will come before the next House fo1
settle ment The contests are:
Chalmer vs.. Morgan, Mississippi; Langston
vs.. Venable Virginia; Wadd.n VS.. Wise,
Virginia. Posey VS. Parrett, Indiana; Miller VS..
Elliott, South Carolina; Bower VS.. Buchanan,
Virginia; Kernogan VS.. Hooker Mississippi;
Threet vs.. Clark, Alabama; Atkinson VS.. Pendle'
ton West Virginia; McDuffe VS.. Turpie, Ala,
bama; Hill VS.. Catchings, Mississippi; Good.
rich vs. Bullock. Flor. .da; Eaton VS.. phelan,
Tennessee; Mudd VS.. Compton, Maryland;
Featherstone vs. Cole, Arkansas; McGnnisa
VS.. Anderson, West Virg mia; Smith VS.. Jack
son, West Virginia.
Thus far death has claimed five members
of the Fifty-firs Congress. Cox, Of New
York; Burnes, OF Missouri; Gay, of Louis.
lana; Townshend, Of Illinois, and Laird, OF
Nebraska, and others may follow before
the assembling Of that body. The narrow
margin which must determine the organi.
zation OF the House is subject to other in
ca1culable contingencies than that of con.
tested seats.