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The herald., 1893-05-17
Rrcneod Defends himself.

PmuADELpHA, May 16.--President
Mcleod tonight made lengthy reply to
the implied censure OF himself that is
contained in j. l.. Rices report of the
Boston and Maine and New York and
New England stock deals. He explained
in detail that all the transactions for
the purchase of stocks to control the
New England railroads were made with
the concurrence and approval of the
Reading directors for the benent OF the
Reading,
The herald., 1893-05-17
MuscATINn FrENps.
Another Attempt to Blow Up Prohibi-
tionist's House.

AnOther Attempt TO BLOW Up PrOhIbI-
tiopist's House.
MUscATINE, Iowa, May l6.-Two
school boys this morning found can Of
powder with a long fuse attached con-
cealed near the residence of Joseph
Bennett, one of the plaintiffs in the
salts recently brought AGAINST saln,ssr
1T Corresponds with cans stolen from
Molls & Compsny's powder houses some
weeks ago. and containing six and one
half pounds of triple refined powder.
The came kind Of cans W ere found in
the wrecked homes OF Mahin, Messenger
and Rosenberger. No arrests have yet
been made. AN
The herald., 1893-05-17
Heavy Jodgments.

PITTsBURe, May 16.--Judgments ag-
gregating nearly $3.50, 900 were fled to-
day against Godfrey & CLARK, paper
manufacturers, whose failure was an
nounced yesterday. The total judg-
ments issued so far will reach $3.50, 900.
The solicitor of the firm says the assets
will exceed $500 900.
The herald., 1893-05-17
Another Rooster Lynching.

INDrANAPo11s, May 16.At 5 O'Clock
this morning q mob, presumably the
came which lynched John Turney at
Bedford yesterday, went to BroWrstone;,
took Lou Trenck, who shot and kllled
Henry Fesdler q week ago. from jail
and lynched him.
The herald., 1893-05-17

the charge OF fraud. He was released
on bail and has not been seen eince. A
bank official admits that much Of $780,
900 OF Fechheimer's paper, held by the
bank, is forged. Cincinnati banks are
also said to hold large amount of forged
papers.
The herald., 1893-05-17
An Attachment Granted.

New YoRK, May 16.-An attachment
has been granted against the West SUI
perior Iron and Steel company for $685.
600 in favor Of the Atlantic Trust COM
pany.
The herald., 1893-05-17
The Proner Place

For any kind of tin, sheet-iron. cop
per, plated or wooden ware, cutlery,
brushes, rubber hose, anything needed
about the house or yard, go to head
quarters, the w. @. Furrey Co., 159 10
l65 North Spring street.
The herald., 1893-05-17
stendrl eteadrl stendyl

Save your money and wait for the grand
auction sale of 200 choice selected lots
in the Wolfskill trsct. You buy the
property at your own price. Terms are
very liberal. Maps aud catalogues, Los
Angeles Land Bureau, 207 s. Broadway.
The herald., 1893-05-17
rnN rnArn.aE rnrn ssr.
How New York Chinatown Accepts the
6uprerne Court Decision.

6uprerne Court Decision.
New YoRK, May 16 chinatown ac-
cepta the decision Of the supreme court
on the Genry law sadly, but expect
something win turn up to prevent
wholesale deportation. Lee Wah. one
OF the agitatore of the Chinese Equal
Rights league, and agent for the Pacific
Mail company end the Southern Pacific
railway, says. IL think the secretary OF
the treasury, if he has the power,
should extend the time for registration
as the majority wish to comply with the
law. They have not done 30 before
through being mislesd by COUNSEL"
The herald., 1893-05-17
THE LAS POSAS LAND AND WATER COMPANY

Will offer bidder public auction at the Hnsnsms Pub
all Of unsod lands
Rancho Las Posas ranging
hundred each and embracing some the
The herald., 1893-05-17
rhnr.aar MAJ asian.

Is the date 200 choice selected lots in the
Wolfskill tract will be sold at auction.
Your price is ours. Very liberal terms.
Maps and catalogues. Los Angeles Land
Bursau. 207 South Broadway.
The herald., 1893-05-17

Appostura Bitters are used by mothers to stop
collie and lOoseness of the bowels in children.
Dr. j. G. 3. siegert & Sons, manufacturers. Ask
vour drug eist
The herald., 1893-05-17
A Ohoiern Death.

HAMBURG, May 16.--1t is officially an
nounced that laborer died OF Asiatic
eholara at SchlifHuck, near here.
The herald., 1893-05-17
Frnnd nnd EAilurn.

DETROIT, Mich, Mayl6s-Herman @.
Fechheimer, a leading wholesale liquor
dealer, failed two weeks ago. His part
ner. Tina Swan. cAnsad his arrest on
The herald., 1893-05-17

People with hair that is continually falling
ont ar fnose that are bald, can stop the falling
ana get good growth of hair by using Halls
Hair Ranewer
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-22

The bones or tOmbs of over 200
giants have been found i'll various
parts of Europe.
Rivers hold in suspension over
one hundredth of their volume of
solid matter.
The cuckoo never makes a nest
but lays a solitary egg in the nest
of some other bird.
The highest church steeple in
the world is that of the Cathedral of
Antwerp, 476 feet.
The most perfect whispering
gallery in the world is the dome OF
ST. Pauls in London.
The oldest violin in the world
was found i'll an Egyptian tomb,
dating about 5000 B. c.
The pulsation of an infant is
from $50 to 40 beats a minute; of
an old man, IS to SO.
The highest natural bridge is in
Virginia, over Cedar Creck-2oo
feet above the water.
The distance from the farthest
point of polar discovery to the pole
itself is 400 miles.
\ speck of gold weighing the
milliOnth of grain may be easily
seen by the naked eye.
The largest building in the Coils
cum at Rome, 6I5 feet i'll greatest
diameter and I2o high.
The Chinese have a flower which
is white at night or i'll the shade
and red i'll the sunlight.
The highest mountanin is Mount
Everest, in Thlbet, 29,OO2 feet or
FIVE and three-quarters miles.
The most perfect echo is at Kill
larney, Ireland. 1t repeats a cor
net note nearly twenty times.
The bones and muscles of the
human body are capable OF over |
I 200 different movements.
The average length of the whale
is 90 feet; average girth, 40; thick
ness of blubber IS inches.
A single polypus has been cut
into G24 parts and each, in time,
became a perfect animal.
The most remarkable springs i'll
the world are in California; they
shlphuriC acid and ink.
The largest library is the Nation
II, in Paris, I, 400, 900 vOlmes, be
sides manuscripts and pamphlets.
The oldest monument in the
world is the mound covering the
Tower Of Babel, erected B. c. 2247.
The largest single fortifcation in
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-22

There are faces so fluid with ex-
preston, SO flushed and rippled by
the play of thought, that we can
hardly find what the mere features
really are When the delicious
beauty oflineaments loses its power,
II is because a more delicious beauty
has appeared-that an interior and
durable form has been disclosed
Emerson.
Young love making, that goss-
amer web. Even the points it
clings to--the things whence its
subtle interlacings are swung-are
scarcely perceptible; momentary
touches of fingertips, meetings of
rays from blue and dark orbs, um-
finished phrases, lightest changes
of cheek and lip, faintest tremors.
The web itself is made Of spontane-
Gus beliefs and indefnable Joys.
warnings of one life toward another:
visions of com pleteness, indefinite
trust - George Eliot.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-22

he world is Fortress Monroe. 1t
has already cost over S., 900, 900.
The most intricate piece OF clock
work in the world is the great as
Economical clock at Strasbourg.
The light of the FREELY, or
"lightening-bug," is produced by
a genuine animal phosphhrescene.
The highest tower in the world
is the Eifel, 1000 feet; the next
the Washington Monument, SIS
feet.
The Fata Morgana, or sea mir
age, IS most perfect at the Straits
of Messina, between Italy and
Sicily.
The condor, when rising from
the earth, always describes circles
IN the air, and can rise in no other
way.
The oldest flute in the world is
made of the thigh-bone of sheep
and was found in a tomb on the
Nile. Z.
Jeffrey Hudson, the smallest
dwarf known to history, was IS in
ches high at 20 and grew to ; feet
9 after so.
The longest tunnel is the St.
Gothard, nine and a half miles,
1t is 26Ig feet wide and IS feet and
10 inches high.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-22

The Great Eastern was the larg-
est ship ever built-6So feet long,
50 broad, 90 deep, and 2S,627 tons
burden.
The first wooden bridge, so far
as known, was the Sublician bridge
at Rome, built in the seventh cen
fury.
The highest inhabited place in
the world is the Custom House of
Ancomarca in Peru, 10000 feet
above the sea.
! The most remarkable imposter
was George Plalmanazar, who in
vented language and wrote a
literature in it.
a dollar loaned for 100 wears
and compounded at "a per cent
will amount in that time to s., $751;
| 1919, 4o4.
The highest volcano is Popocata,
petl, Mexico; I7,74S feet, with
crater mile in diameter and 1000
feet deep.
The honeycomb presents a solu-
ton of the greatest possible
strength and space with the posi-
bic material
The higest railroad in the United
States is the Denver and Rio
Grande, at Marshall Pass, Io,S55
feet above the sea.
The most wonderful vegetable in
the world is the truff1e; it has
neither roots, stem, leaves, flowers,
nor seeds.
The smallest bird is the West
India humming bird. Its body is
less than an inch long and weighs
only 20 grains.
The earliest library was that of
NebuChadnezzar. Every book was
brick, engraved with cuneiform
characters.
a cloth of very fine texture S
made from the bark of the paper
tree, a mulberry growing in the
South Sea Islands.
The largest desert is the Sahara;
5000 miles from east to west, 1000
from north to south; area, 5000,
900 square miles.
When Tanner began his forty
day fast in 1880 he weighed rs
pounds; at the end of the period |
his weight was I2I.
Zerah Colburn, the mathematical |
wonder, could mentally raise any
sum less than three figures to the
sixteenth power.
The largest church in the world |
is St. Peter in Rome; the smallest,
church 10 feet square, in the Ssle
of Man.
Gold can be beaten 1900 times
thinner than ordinary printing
PAL er; one ounce can be made to
cover 1860 square feet.
The most quarrelsome creature
i'll the world is the scorpion. Two
placed i'll the same box will always
sting each other to death.
The longest single span of wire
i'll the world is used for a telegraph
line over the River Kistuah, in In
dia. It is 5000 feet long.
Fulgurites, or tightening tubes,
caused by the tightening striking
in sandy soil, have been found in
New Mexico 80 feet long.
The hydra fusca, a sort of poly
Dus, may be turned inside out like
A glove, and will continue to live
and eat as heartily as ever.
The first mention of the pipe
organ i'll history is in connection
with Soiomon's Temple, where
was all organ with ten pipes.
If a man could jump as far, in
to his size and weight,
is a flea, he could, at a single leap, {
pass from st. Louis to Chicago.
The longest bridge in the world, !
,ver the St. Lawrence River, is f
}, LA feet.
The greatest university is Ok |
ord. 1t has twenty-one colleges L
md five halls.
The most prolific of opera com. h
'osers was Piccini. He wrote over I
90 operas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-22
TIE WORLDS WONDERS.

There are 100000 varieties OF
insects.
Some butterflies lay over 100, 900
eggs.
The first paper-makers were the
wasps.
The average height of the ele-
plant is 9 feet.
Tortoises have been known to
live 800 years.
Geese in migrating often travel
5000 miles.
The Nile has a fall of only 6 in
Ches IN 1000 miles.
The strongest fortress in the
world is Gibralter.
There are 2754 languages and
dialects now spoken.
There are forty eight varieties of
the common fly.
A single tobacco plant will pro-
duce 800, coo seeds.
The largest cave is the Mammoth
Cave Of Kentucky.
The largest mammoth tusk yet
discovered was I6 feet.
At the equator the average an
nual rainfall is 100 inches.
At the equator the limit of per
petual snow is II, 100 feet.
The speed of the falcon often ex-
ceeds $50 miles an hour.
The most beautiful palace in the
world is the Alhambra.
An ocean racer burns about SIS
900 worth of coal every trip.
In Northern Siberia the ground
is frozen to depth of GOO feet.
The shark can not seize his prey
without turning on his back.
The tail of the beaver gave the
hint for the trowel of the mason.
The will-o' the wisp is caused by
the decay of vegetable matter.
A teaspoonful of microbes con
tains over 4, 900, 900 individuals.
The earth receives only one two
billionth of the heat of the sun.
The greatest depth of the ocean
as far as sounded is 25,72o feet.
Botanists say that there are ub-
ward so 900 varieties ofplants.
Condors have been killed in Peru
with wings of 10 feet spread.
The lungs Of the average man
contain about five quarts of air.
There are $50 mountains in the
Alps from 1000 to 1872 feet high. .
The favorite method of fishing in
China is with a traired cormorant
The great st song writer was
Schubert :. ProIuced over
1900 songs.
In one summey descendants
of single fly will nu-. yer 2,oSo-
$50
All animals whose habitat is the
Attic regions turn white in winter
The CataCombs of Rome contain
the remains of about 5000, 900
people.
The largest trees are in Austria
liza, some exceeding 100 feet in
height.
Daniel Lambert, the latest man
ever know, weighed 739 pounds.
Showers Of fish have repeatedly
fallen i'll various quarters of the
world.
OF 1000 deaths in Europe, 10
are by violence; in the United
States Al.
The pouch of a large pelican will
seven or eight quarts of
water
The first bridge. builder was the
spider, and the ropes and stays ola
spiders web are always attached {
with geometrical accuracy.
The most voluminous of all mu-
'lcians was Jean Sebastian Bach
Less than one-half of his works :
nave been published.
A thousand millions of animal
2ule found in stagnant water do d
lot collectively equal the size of
grain of sand. P
The amount of air that a man :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-03
JOI1ING iEOUT 1OWy

Resolutions complimentary to President Cleveland
for the stand he took the silver question were
imousy passed by the Chamber Of Commerce yester.
day.
Isaac Fisne arrested In Boston FOR grand larceny
from T. G, Lindo Co. warehousenen. gave 81. 900
leased
The annual meeting OF the Syracuse Alumni Assoca.
ton OF New York city will be held this evening in the
Twenty third street
william j. Watson and Michael Connors undertook o
dc, sidewalk po9l Dom business on Wednesday
Market Court yesterday but were discharged for lack
George H. Sect. :, -o years old boolkeepeG who
bellevue iiospitaI on Wednesday night. lie said he
He WAS sent to the insane pavilion.
Engineer Calvin Gay OF 225 Spring street was Killed
az he na G n, ~ pT99es Eagle wrh Was
was At work IN the OF the Eagle when Inc
crank pin broke and She connecting rod knock ed his
brains out.
American Emigrant Company 80 State str, Ct yrstcr.
day about the assignment OF the company Manager
full eventually. as J.. ssyery the proprietoT has
assets worth double the amount Of the ihieDtedness
hrS Harriet Webb. owner Of tho Webb ticket agen.
aetoss stolen from the New YSS uenra nafiroaa
was dsehargsa by Justice Meade Al the Tomhs yester.
compAnys counsel who said the arrest had been mado
under . Misrepresentation.
90 hs vs who SsS', let
~ Capt ooonnor was arralgned in Jefferson Market
al Kcsh 'a au sspS shrSs anS
Koch sent him to The island for SIX months N''
which started down the bay bound Tor brazilian portA
on "wednesday night returned to her per yes erday
chain Of BLACK buoy IN ss main ship had Ss
come sntAnglsd In the screw. Tho brazilian Consul.
worth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-03
Ry.

Charles ]. Starr. who died yesterday morn
ing ut the residence Of his brother >. West
Forty-eiGhth street. was born In Miidirhury.
VT. In 1860. He was the son Of Peter Starr.
an eminent lawyer OF Vermont md ono of tho
founders OF Nllddlebury College. In 1910 he
became member OF the old firm Of baldwin,
Starr & Co.. in Broadway. near Duan" street;
In 1880 he retired from pusineas and settled
In stamford. where he lived until the Genth OF
M s hT h broh srars Starr n"s asa
to charity: Three. years ago h" gnv" . o.O!W
Sass at @ o osss on "s sh hs
Cemetery.
Col Gilbert Jsnnings u A. retired wa,
Wednesday morning. A gas Jet was turned on
and the room was filled with gas. He died ct
stroke OF apoplexy while turning on the gas
b Born n Yrf wSe
the civil war broke out and was made Mnjos ct
In 1872 he was prom oted to Lieutenant. Colonel
and when the war closed he was hreystted for
gallant conduct. He was retired in 1878
wednesday Of aporle1y He was born 10 i,er-
lin So years ago and came to this country, when
HSy a se sn s hsrs .s dS snp s
with which he started tNi!SE shop IIis bust.
eral benevolent organizations. Mr. Arnhelm
leaves widow and one son.
DR.. Ell J. Henkle. former well-known phy.
sician and member OF Congress from Mary
Ia1% aed on wsfhassdAy N RrtimS.f H:
sent to the MARYLAND Legislature. He con-
until 1874. He represented the Maryiand
Fifth district in the Forty-tourth ana Forty;
the practice OF medicine.
Joseph Eugene Bonnemere. the historian,
Saumur in 1873. His first published works
were plays. After his iortieth year however,
F Frs HI . T11y" Of the P Hsou M %.. Ct
the Sixteenth Century" and several Volumes
conccaarning the peasantry in France since tho
twelfth century
The funeral Of Henry A. Van Anden will he
held this AFTERNOON from the housse OF his som
BROOKLYN. Mr.. Van Anden was in his SOth
year. he WAS cousin Of the late Isaac Van
Anden. the founder OF the BROOKLYN EHG q. and
had been engaged in business IN old VIII ms
at Auburn.
Arthur Farrar. a Chicago capitalist. ''"l
dence. 5O5 Washington loulevar,l. He was
55 years old. and had lived in Chicago. whnro
he acquired the larger part OF his fortune. s'nre
him.
Ex-State Senator r. l.. p. Potter author Of
the famous Potter Railroad law OF 1919 .tncs
repealed died in Berlin. Wis. Yesterday. lie
was elected Mayor OF that city Inst spring
Cardinal Carlo Laurenzi died in Rome ros-
was born in 1921. lie was created q Cardinal
In 1880.
Baron French died yesterday in Dublin. Ito
was born In 1913.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-03
NORTHERN PACIFIC AFFAIRS,
Henry Wizards Answer In tho Swope Sui
He sails for Europe Tomorrow

Henry Wizards Answer In tho Swope suIt
He sails for Europe Tomorrow.
Mr.. Henry Willard has filed In the United
States Circuit Court his answer to the COM
plant In the suit brought by John Swope Mr..
Willard denies all the charges In the com plant
that he used his official connection with tho
Northern Pacific Company for the furtherance
of various frauds charged to have been perpe.
trated upon the company. He says that he
was not pecuniarily Interested In the Chicago
Terminal properties. and that In their acaui.
sition he acted for the best interests OF the
Northern Pacific Company.
Mr.. Willard has been making preparations
for departure from this country for some time.
but efforts have been made to keep his inten-
tions secret 1t is understood that no will
sail tomorrow with his family without the
ceremony OF formal leuyetaking from his
many victims among the American Investors
~. PAUL Mimi. Nov 2.-lt Is openly stated
in St. Paul that Iteceiver Cakes Of the
Northern Pacific Hallway will probably resign
his position within q few days. 1t Is also said
and admitted by officials Of the road that the
bondholders will ask the courts to replace him
by another man should he not resign In the
near future. The reasons given are that not
only is Mr.. Cakes out OF harmony with the
new directorate, hut his administration az
presiden OF the road was unsatisfactory. and
his administration as receiver cannot be AT
pected to merit greater satisfaction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-03

Hn'eirha Preneh~r'- ~en-Rtional
nrpt I'm rrOGrnMme In u ThentIe.

A r Hn'eirha Prench-r'- Ser-ational
Hrpt IN Programme In Theatre.
Trr,LADEI rHrA. Hov. 1.-The Rev. DR.. Duncan
HarGrcGor has secured the Grand Opera
House for Sunday nights In Novem Der. and
one week from next Sunday night will have
the rite OF baptism performed on the 3 age in
o taptistry arranged to represent tho River
Jordan.
The music will be under the charge OF DR.. 7.
II. Peacock. who has secured tho services OF
Carl Mindt to form chorus OF 800 voices.
Nindt will furnish 80 trained singers and ad-
vertisements wi supply The remainder.
render Haydns anthem. The Heavens Are
DR. MacGregors domestic troubles will
probably result In Il divorce.
He says that il his wife docs not begin pro-
ceedings before the middle OF December he
will himself apply for divorce on the grounds
"Mrs. MacGregor,", said he. is n highly cu.
tivated woman. and has never been satisfied
to play the hum bic role OF a minister's wife. !
have done all could to make her happy and
contsnted, and have allowed her to travel
whittier abe would. During the last sixteen
lime. aud have been deprived Of home"
About flye weeks ago the Doctor had an in
tsrview with his wife in New York, and he told
grounds OF incompatibility Of temper, he would
make no defence. but n she introduced any
last hour Of his life"
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said Yesterday that the transfer Ind MT been
concluded. and that he had not aG3re 20 sell
any OF the bonds oi the rhesnrenkr onto and
Southwestern. which he owns He s,hl lint
the transaction would involve tn" rnNlnHnt OF
about S,LOUO.OOO.
The Chesapeake, Ohio and Sou, hw"N
Paducs6' az miles and rr"ss.s thS Iinois
Central tracks at Fulton. near ~" r"nnrssee
State line. The advantage I" the Illinois EN-
trail in its interest in the transaction viii ie
the right to use that rnrt 81 the lin" ir"ui Full
ton south as an entrance into Memphis where
1t will connect with it's Missiesip Nnl!'y route
to New Orleans. The 1.ouiavill" ana Nashville
obtains control of tho territory "hSt III the
Tennessee River and woSt %! Lexington
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-03
SPARKS FROM THE TELEGR1PH.

The first snow OF tho fell at ST. Paul ysster-
day morning.
Charles Wond OF Grand Gorge, Delaware county. n.
Y. Whiletrying 10 blow out gun yesterday to see N
Il was loaded, was instantly killed. The gun WAC
loaded and from some jar exploded.
Twenty-Five miners cottages belonging to the Mo-
nongah Coal Company at Monongab W, Va four miles
from Wheeling were destroyed by fire on Wednesday.
Several OF the occupants lost ali they possessed
Philip D. Armour has given his check for $50 600 to
the Armour Institute and authorized Dr Il. W. Gun
saulus to spend the whole jackson rRrk for
scientific apparatus aud collections for the institute
The disputed matter of the commissioner of the per-
son ana estate OF Frank Thompson, the insane New
York lawyer has been settled by tho Resignation Of HIS
cousin. James L. Scott and the appointment Of In
sister. Miss Alice Thompson. of BAllston SRA
The property Of the Standard Ice Company Of Neg
York situated at Maiden the Hudson was sold yes
tsrday AFT ernoon at tho Cont House In Kingston. by
virtue OF Judgment of 7os In the case Of Edward
OBren, trustee against the company IL was struck
OF TO Victor sohimmel the holder OF the bonds for
500 600