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POVERTY TO RICHES.
Miss Ida Green of San Fran
cisco Lays Claim
To a Title and Estates in
Germany.
Valuable Goods Seized by
Customs Officials.

BERLIN. May 29.-Miss Ida Green OF
San Francisco Is a claimant to the title
and estates of the Baroness Won Barne.
kow. Mr.. Edwards, United States con-
sui general, and a number of lawyers in
terested in the case believe her claim legal
and that the girls membership of one Of
the proudest families of Germany is cs-
tablished. Years ago Baron Kiel Won
Barnekow, an officer of the German army.
after a career Of dissipation, he1 to Amer
lea. where, after numerous vicissitudes,
he became a hotel runner in San Fran.
cisco, travelling under the alias of Fred
Green. While In this capacity he be
came acquainted with a girl named
GalIigan. The pair lived together,
though not legally married, but after the
birth OF a daughter the baron consented
to a marriage and at the same time. uu.
der the laws of California, made his
daughter, though born out of wedlock
his legal issue.
The baron soon returned to his dis.
sipated ways, neglected his family and
finally deserted. them. After waiting q
number of years, his wife applied for a
divorce, which was granted in 1888. In
the meantime Baron Won Barnokoy had
returned to Germany and married again
without undergoing the formality Of a
divorce. -He-died in 1887, a year before
his California wife got her divorce. His
second marriage was. naturally, illegal.
Mrs. Green obtained a divorce. never
knowing that her Quondam husband was
dead, and later on married a sailor named
Robinson. Her daughter, Ida Green,
lived with her and her step-father in 4
poor quarter of San Francisco.
After the Baron Won Barnekow'.
death his sister. Countess Won Moltke,
the wife of a major in the army, and I
near relative of the late field marshal,
having an inkling of the truth, searched
for the missing heiress, aud with rare no
bility OF feeling the countess tried to dc
Justice to her brothers widow and child.
She applied 10 Consul General Edwa DIS
who wrote to Chief of Police Crowley OF
San Francisco. Chief Crowley found
Ida and reported accordingly, and the
necessary afidavits proving the marriage
the identity of Baron Won Barnekow will
Fred Green" the legalization of Ida a,
his legitimate child, and other documents
were sent 10 Berlin
Consul General Edwards admitted the
story as substantially correct and placed
the matter in the hands of one Of the
most eminent lawyers of Berlin. One
important question involved is, should
German or California law regarding the
legitimacy OF the child prevail. The father
died in Germany, and it will take some
trouble to make Ida tho legitimate Baron
ess Won Barnekow and legal heir. That
this will be accomplished, however, there
is little doubt.
, 1891-05-30

New YORK, May 29-In the stock
market today the course of prices was
wuw with but slight interruption
for the greater portion of the day. Fiuctu-
atoms, however, were confined to small
fractions. The close was dull but firm.
leaving most of the stocks fractions below
last evening. Sugar is II lower.
Governments steady.
Petroleum-June closed at 6S.
Wool-Steady. Domestic fleece, 34(G
81
Copper-Steady. Lake, June, $I3 O5
Lead-Firm.
Tn-Firm. Straits, 800. 40.
Bar Silver, 964.
Money on call, easy; closed offered at %.
Following are closing prices OF stocks:
u. s. As, registered, IS. U. s. As,
coupons, l9f; Pacific 6s. 10: Atchison,
81; American EXPRESS, Is: Canada Pa
ciic. II, Canada Southern. 4SL: Central
Pacific. 3O3; Burlington, $50. Delaware,
L~ackawanna Il Western. 369: Denver i
RIO Grande. 562; Erie, 20; Kansas 4
Texas, l4i; Lake Shore, ct; Louisville
\ Nashville, IS. Michigan Central. 80;
Missouri Pacific. 6Ss; Northern Pacific
24b. preferred, 694; Northwestern. 1854.
preferred, 1874; New York Central,
100; Oregon Navigation. -; Oregon
Improvement, 2s3; North American, 1855.
Pacific Mail, BOT, Reading, 32s; Rock
Island, III; Milwaukee 4 st. Paul,
63b; St. Paul & Omaha, 24!; Texas Pa
cifc, l45; Union Pacific, 45B; Fargo Elk.
press, 40; Western Union, SOL; Oregon
Short Line, IS; American cotton oil 23i.
CHICAGO, May 29.-Cattle-Receipts
5000. Market steady to stronger. Good
to choice steers, So. 7595. 80; others, S4.OC
@5.50; Texans, So. l0(94O5.
Sheep-Receipts 5000. Market ir
regular. Natives, So. SOFAS. 624; Texans.
81, 1904 25; Westerns, s.. OO95 %.
, 1891-05-30

LAToNIA, MAY 2S.-The track was in
good condition.
Mile aud seventy yards-ForsYthe won,
Happiness second, Cashier third. Time,
l:4St.
Mile and twenty yards-Marvel won,
Triumph second, ToUstone third. Time,
l:454.
Free handicap, 3-year-olds and upward,
mile and one ixteenth-Vallera won,
Yale '9l second, Eli third. Time, l;49i.
Three-year olds and upward, mile
Mora won, Bertha second, Sportsman
third. Time, 1921.
Maiden 2-year olds. FIVE furlongs-Lou
Dudley won, Astrakhau second, Unadilla
third, Time, l:04f.
, 1891-05-30

NEW YORK, May 90 Customs Off
cials made a seizure today of the richest
assortment of goods that perhaps has ever
been taken at this port. The property
was found In the trunk OF W. T. Smith,
a passenger on the steamship Lain.
Everything in the trunk was OF the finest
quality and Of a class never before seized
consisting of cups, saucers. spoons, etc.
made of solid gold. Their value has rot
yet been asnertained.
, 1891-05-30

CHICAGO, May 29.-The committee on
foreign affairs of the worlds fair has
decided to send the following named
gentlemen to Europe in the interest of the
exposition: Maj. Handy, chief of the
bureau Of publicity and promotion; Com.
missioner j. II. Waller of Connecticut.
Secretary Butterworth of Ohio. Hon. Carl
Sehurz OF New York and ex-senator
Eustis of Louisiana.
, 1891-05-30
The New Orleans Bribery Cases.

New ORLEANS, May 29.-District
Attorney Nuremberg today issued a nolle
proseaui in the cases of Bernard Claudi.
Charles Granger. Emile Bagnetto, Thos.
McCrystal and D. C. O'Malley. because
the indictments were not sufficiently
specific. He Immediately filed an in.
formation against each of them and asked
that the cases be Immediately allotted.
, 1891-05-30

CHICAGO, May 9. -Two-year-olds FIVE.
eighths of a nile-Jack RicheIieu won,
Lena Frey second, Little Rock thirl.
Time, l:U4.
Three-year olds and upward. mile and
one sixteenth-Ernest Race won, New,
castle second, Willow third. Time, 1854
Handicap, three. year-olds and upward,
mile and three sixteenths-Fakir won,
Laura Davidson second, Bankrupt third.
Time. 2:064.
Three-year-O lds ard upward, six fur
longs-Bob Jacobs won. Silverado sec
ond, Virgin II third. Time, 1:ISt.
All ages, mile-Harrv Huhl won, Red
Light second, Pinkerton third. Time,
l:44!.
L-l-E --n L
, 1891-05-30

Ii so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY? Because in the first place it is
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, tree to all, new and ele-
CANT
RECLINING CHAIRS and, from
roinu in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to cap
the climax Of luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
q. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
' 1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-05-30

All of the members of the j.. T. Clark
Hose company are requested to meet at ] p.
NJ. sharp. in full uniform, to take part in
the parade today.
JOHN NJ. EMBREY. Foreman.
NJ. p. MARoNEY, Secretary.
, 1891-05-30

GAINESVILLE. o., May 29.-Joseph f.
Boyd, father OF Governor James E. Boyd
of Nebraska, aud whose failure to take
out final naturalization papers was the
u Of the Nebraska gubernatorial
muddle, died here this evening, aged 10
Yenrs.
, 1891-05-30

LINCOLN, Neb., May 29.-The jury in
the Sheedy murder case brought in a YER
dict tonight finding Mrs. Sheedy and the
negro Mcfarland not guilty. The verdict
10 n curnrisa
, 1891-05-30

town, but he proved himself a coward by
running away. 1 never had thought of
going away, but will remain where l am
aud accept whatever punishment the law
places upon me-"
, 1891-05-30

st. Louis-St. Louis 6, Washington l
Columbus-Columbus IL, Baltimore 4
Louisville-Louisville 9. Athletic 0.
Cincinnati Cincinnati s, Boston 20.
, 1891-05-30

Omaha-Omaha I, Lincoln is
Observation-Disclosures ., St. Paul 4.
Kansas Clty-Kansas City 5, Denver 4.
Minneapolis-Sioux City game post
poned; rain.
, 1891-05-30

Wisdom's Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects of eve
weather.
, 1891-05-30
HOLSTERS at Reath's.

Ice cream in any quantities furnished
Sor family use at Germania hall.
, 1891-05-30

ATcmsoN, Kan, May % Edward
Hogeman, a constable, went to the farm
ofCyrus Aldrich, IN Norton county, about
thirty miles west of here, yesterday after
o to take possession of some mort
gagged horses. He made known the OBJ
iect OF his visit to Aldrich. who warned
HIM not to touch the animals. At the
same time he commanded his son and
daughter to run the officer off the place.
The boy hurled a heavy stone at Hoge-
man and Aldrich drew a revolver aud
fired. Hogeman als) drew a revolver and
the W men engaged in a deadly duel
until they had exhausted their weapons
Hogeman received a ball in the hand and
one in the abdomen. The shot in the
abdomen brought him to the ground, and
was the last fired by Aldrich. The ball
cut through the mans bowels and he died
in great agony at > O'Clock this afternoon.
Aldrich was also brought to the ground
with three bullets IN his shoulder and
breast. He is still alive but his death is
hourly expected. When the fight began
the men were thirty feet apart, but they
advanced toward each other as the battle
progressed, and when they fell they were
almost within arms length of each other.
, 1891-05-30

ARNICATED EUREKA CREAM
Is the finest and most effectual lotion for
chapped hands. rough and sore skin, es-
p~eciallY prepared for this climate and
pleascs everlb body. Try it. Twenty five
cent bottles. Druggists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
New Uses for an Old Material.

Peat, used for fuel from the earliest
times, and long known to be of great
value as fertilizer, now finds so many
other applications that its preparation
has developed into an industry. Peat
powder is serviceable, not only about
stables but elsewhere, on account of its
absorbent and somewhat antiseptic prop
critics and low cost. A French surgeon
introduced this powder, treated with an
tiseptic solutions and contained in a cloth
bag, as dressing for wounds. The idea,
said to be very old one among the work
ing people of some places, was improved
upon by another medical man of Paris.
DR.. Redon, who made soft and pliable
wadding of peat. Other dressings have
since crowded these out of hospitals.
though the peat applications are coming
into use and gaining in favor among vet
erinary surgeons. DR.. Redon's wadding
has yielded important results by leading
to many efforts to produce woven fab
rics, so that peat is now made into mat
tresses, coverings, carpets, ETC., which
are esteemed on account of their power
of absorption.-Iron.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
A Cinch for the MI Id.

A good story comes all the way from
San Francisco. 1t is said that lady ap-
piled to her physician in that city for ad-
vice and a prescription. He had long at
tended her and her family, and on this
occasion he recommended that she go to
a popular watering place in that part OF
the country, giving her letter of intro
duction to physician who resided at
the springs
On the way there the lady remarked
to her daughter that as long as her doc
tor had been treating her he had never
stated just what was her ailment. GIVE
a good mind to open this letter and see
what he says of my case to the other
doctor" Acting on the impulse she tore
open the envelope, and, taking out the
letter, read, ''Dear Doctor-Keep the old
lady four weeks, and then send her back
to me. Detroit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
HOW TO MAKE A CHICKEN
LAST A WEEK

LAST A WEEK.
Alta, in Ohio Farmer.
The first day the nice, fat, yellow fowl
appears upon the meat-platter as bak-
ed chicken, surrounded with balls of
savory dressing and accompanied with
celery and nice bowl of gravy. Eggs
and oatmeal, or ham and potatoes vary
our breakfasts and give US strength for
outdoor work, and it is hardly necessary
to add that some kind of delicious fruit
is ready always for dessert.
The second day portion of the broth
is used for dumplings. The white and
dark meat is nicely sliced on the platter,
having been previously heated in a pan
of sizzling hot butter, and now heaped
up with the gizzard, liver and heart as
pleasant surprise to the little daugh-
ter and pater familias, who are always
intent, the first day, on securing drum
stick each, while the hired man looks
out for wing or two. This mound of
chicken is surrounded by a wall of
creamy mashed potatoes, while the deep
square bowl of dumplings with gravy
over them makes such pleasant change
from yesterday that no one tires of
chicken to-day. The dumplings are
drop dumplings, not hard, indigestible
bits of pie dough rolled out and boiled
half an hour and let stand ten or fifteen
minutes to grow soggy.
The third day there are still a few
nice slices of chicken, which appear cold
on small fancy platter, and the odd
bits are found, with potatoes and onions
and bits of ham left from breakfast, in
a nicely Drowned meat pie.
The fourth day this pie is warmed
over OF steamed, and always declared
better than at first. The next day the
slices of cold meat are finely Clipped up
and mixed with pounded crackers or
bread crumbs, seasoned with sage, dip
ped in beaten egg and fried-delicate
chicken croquettes. We like nicely
Drowned fried potatoes with these and
fine corn bread and butter. Lastly, all
the bones are powdered, put in cheese
sack cloth in a granite kettle of cold
water, and delicious soup is the re-
suit, such as no one can imagine until
she has tried it it. The remainder of the
soup is often thickened as a gravy for
breakfast, and with some bits of butter
and light cream biscuit Cleft over ones)
sliced and dropped in, makes an appe-
tizing morning dish.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04

Two young girls who were considered
bright scholars in the high school were
looking over birthday book, which
was arranged alphabetically, hand
some, illuminated letter forming the
heading for each page.
81 wonder" said one of the girls, eff
there are just as many pages as there
are letters in the alphabet, or whether
there are some duplicates? Count the
pages and see, Maud"
Maud turned the leaves rapidly and
announced. ''There are no duplicates;
only thirty pages, just as there are let
ters."
"Why, you goosel" said Alice, 'you'd
better go back to primary school. Don't
you know there are only twenty-four
letters in the alphabetT-Youth's Com
panion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
Two Stories About the Bible.

According to story now current IN
Washington clubs, Commander Schley
of the navy received among his boyhood
Christmas presents handsome Bible
from rich aunt. After moments re-
fection, they say, he exclaimed: ''I'm mp
to that dodge" and began examining the
volume eagerly leaf by leaf until he
reached the Sermon on the Mount, where
he found ten dollar bill pinned to the
page. This is no better story than that
of George Hayward's gift of big Bible
to the old city club.
In the presence of witnesses he put a
ten dollar bill in the book-at what chap
ter is not stated The volume lay on the
center table in the reading room. At
the end of year, in the presence of the
same witnesses, Mr.. Hayward opened
the Bible and found his ten dollar bill
just where he had left it. There was
nobody in that club who was ''up to the
dodge" which young Schley penetrated
so promptly.-Bufalo Courier.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
Why Humanity Is Dwarfed.

Woman has not suffered alone from
the denial to her of political equality.
The human race is like a man who
through infancy, youth and manhood
has compelled his right leg to bear the
burden of his body, regarding the left
merely as an ornamental sppendage, to
be swung up by supports and tricked out
with ribbons, lace and jewelry. The one
would be nerveless and feeble, the other
lame and overworked, and the progress
of the whole body would be halting, I'M
even and slow. So with the body pol
itic. All who are interested in public
affairs feel how lame, unequal and i'm
perfect is the advance of society, and
how heavily drag the mighty interests
Of the great republic.
1t will be no better till complete JUS
tice is done to woman. With her en-
franchisement there will come nobler
era. Then, with interests that are iden-
tical, with a humanity common to both,
the masculine head married to the femi-
nine heart, wisdom supplemented with
love, man and woman shall together
work out the great problems of life, and
nobler and better civilization shall
come to the waiting future.-Mrs. Mary
A. Livermore-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
Heavier Engines Bound to Come.

The demand of the time is to move
weight over distance at the least posi-
bic cost to it on slow freight or fast pas
senger trains. There are hundreds of
locomotives in service of about forty
tons weight, capable of hauling a train
of 100 tons at the average running rate
of sixty miles an hour. But that is not
the kind Of fast train that our railroad
managers want. They are required to
make money for the companies employ
ing them, and they realize that it pays
much better to use locomotives weigh
ing sixty tons that are capable of haul
ing fast train of 300 tons.
1t is a curious study, and one that is
interesting to some minds, to investigate
the rapid speed that might be made with
safety with locomotives having abnor-
mally large drivers, but as far as the
bearing on American railroad operating
is concerned, it is just as practicable as
speculations or calculations respecting
the time it would take balloon of GER
tain proportions to reach the moon
National Car Builder,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
4 PRACTICAL pxER.
Some of Perkins Harmless but AnISsing
Tricks Which He Perpetrates.

Tricks Which He PerPetrates-
Perkins is tall, angular and practical
joker of the severest type. One of his
peculiar pleasantries is to suddenly halt
a strange, pompous individual on the
street, buttonhole him and remark with
cool assumption:
81 beg your pardon, sir, but 1 think
you have made a mistake"
What is that, sir?' the victim is like
ly to ask.
well" Perkins Will reply with the
utmost audacity, ''this city does not be
long TO any one man or set of men You
may think you own it, but you don't
See? and Perkins viii hurry away, 1eav-
ing the pompous man to his own rehec-
tions.
Sometimes he varies this interesting
performance in this highly original fash
ion: Stepping up to total stranger he
viii beg for light for his cigarette.
This trifing favor having been extended,
he VIII engage his victim in converse
ton for a moment When another
stranger appears Perkins halls him. As
he approaches Perkins introduces him to
the first man.
''Ah, Mr.. Smith, permit me to present
you to my friend, Mr.. Brown. Mr..
Brown, Mr.. Smith"
Of course the men shake hands and
Perkins takes his departure, leaving the
strangers to extricate themSefveSfro
their embarrassment as best they can.
One day Perkins entered small east
side dry goods store with friend.
Ranged in front of the counter were a
row of stools. Upon these the men seat
ed themselves In a moment a dapper
young clerk came up and asked Perkins
what he desired For an instant he
seemed puzzled for reply, but soon his
eyes rested upon the familiar sign ''If
you don't see what you want ask for it. y
That furnished him with clew.
WELL" he said in measured tones,
''you can bring me plate of corned beef
hash, nicely Drowned, with two poached
eggs on top; also cup of hot coffee.
What's yours, George?' he added, turn
ing to his friend. =.
Gimme the same" he responded.
All the girls in the store stared hard
at the impudent fellows, and the clerks
eyes began to bulge.
'fGentlemen,' he replied, with show
of calmness, you have made slight
mistake; this is dry goods store and
not restaurant. Do I look Like
waiter?"
Il am not here to answer questions,
young man." said Perkins, as with his
friend he rose and moved toward the
door, ''but if you can't fill orders you'd
better go out of the business or take in
your sign"
And the jokers vanished out the door.
Perkins is still at large.-New York
Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04

1t is seldom indeed that the following
question is answered correctly offhand:
A train starts daily from San Fran
cisco to New York and one daily from
New York to San Francisco, the journey
lasting five days. How many trains will
a traveller meet in journeying from New
York to San Francisco?
About ninety-nine persons out of a
hundred would say five trains, as a mat
ter of course. The fact is overlooked
that every day during the journey a fresh
train is starting from the other end, while
there are five trains ON the way to begin
with. Consequently the traveller win
meet not five trains but ten.-New York
Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04

1t is commonly believed that the
mushroom literally grows in night, so
that it has come to be emblematic of
sudden development, but the truth is
quite otherwise 1t is very likely to re-
quire several weeks for its formation,
and up to the time of its appearance in
the light of day it remains beneath the
surface, very much compressed and held
in small compass Then comes moist
night, and the cells of which the fungus
is composed are greatly expanded, SO
that it thrusts itself out above ground.
But it is no heavier, though SO much
bigger, than days before, perhaps, when
it lay hidden in small compass under the
top layer of soil, a perfect mushroom
Washington Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-04
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Virtue is always paying dividends.
Most great works are accomplished
slowly,
We double our troubles by brooding
over them.
Expectations are blossoms; few only
mature to fruit.
The best instruction is to practice
what you teach.
If money is not your servant, it will
be your master.
What is the good of good that is not
doing and being.
We learn something from everything
even from failure.
All philosophy lies in two words, "sus
tain" and 'abstain."
There is nothing that needs to be said
in an unkindly manner.
Many consider as truth what is mere
ly error sanctifed by age.
Perhaps there is more kindness in eV-
cry heart than we look for.
The brave man is an inspiration to the
weak, and compels following.
1t is the enjoying, and not merely the
possessing, that makes us happy.
A man is always wrong with his broth
er when he is not right with God.
He is the happiest, be he king or peas
ant, who finds peace in his home.
When man has not a good reason
for doing thing, he has one good rea-
son for letting it alone.
All men love freedom; but the just
man demands it for all mankind, the un-
Just man for himself alone.
Literary history is the great morgue
where all seek the dead ones whom they
love or to whom they are related.
To go to law is for two people to kin
die fire at their own cost to warm 9TH
ers and SINCE themselves to cinders.