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The herald., 1894-09-03
Order of Adjudication of Insolvency.

NTHEsUPEaI COURT OF THE COUNTY
| of Los Angeles State of California. In sthe
matter of the estate of I. B. Wilmeth' an In
solvent debtor:
petition schedule and inventory in insolvency,
from which 1t appears that he is an tnsolvent
debtor, the said T. B. Wilmsth Is nereoy &c.
clared to be insolyent. The sherin OF the
comfy of Los Angeles Is hereby appointed re-
ceiyer and directed to take charge ah9 possess
said'T B. Wilmeth, insolvent debtor. except
such as may be by law exempt from execution,
and of all his Deeds vouchers, books OF ac-
oount and papers, and to keep and care for
and dispose OF the same until the appointments
OF nm assignee or his estate. All persons are
forbidden to pay any debts to the said insolv-
emf. or to deliver any property belonging to
suoh insolvent to him or to any person. firm
CORPORATION or association Tor his use; and the
said debtor is hereby forbidden to transfer or
deliver any property until the further order OF
this court except as herein ordered.
Ii is further ordered that all the creditors OF
said debtor be and appear before the Hon. J,
W. Mckinley, judge OF the superior court oil
the county OF Los Angeles. in open court, at
the court room OF said court in the county,of
Los Angeles, on the 2Stn day of August, 1894,
at 10 O'clock u. m. of that day, to prove their
debts and choose one or more assgnees of the
estate of said debtor.
It is further ordered that the order be pub
1ishedi in the DAILY HERALD, a newspaper OF
general circulation. published in the county
OF Los Angeles, as often as the said paper is
published before the said day set for the meet
Ing Of creditors
And it is further ordered that in the mean
time, all proceedings against the said insolv-
ent he stayed.
J. W. NICK INLEY.5
Judge OF the Superior Court
Endorsed: Filed July 25. 1894 7-26 81
The herald., 1894-09-03
That ~Privilere,D

1t is very amusing to read the various
comments made, when some voting
privilege" is accorded to women.
"Now, says some enterprising journal,
''let us see if the women will take adj
vantage Of the favor thrown out to them.
If the majority of them don't want the
privilege Of voting. why should we
bother to give it to the few who do? We
don't need more voters. but more intel
ligent onesp This being so, how many
men would have to come off the list of
American voters? 1t is question Of
right and wrong In any Intelligent"
country intelligent persons are supposed
to govern Intelligence has no sex, and
it's rights should be respected wherever
found The voices and work of few
thoughtful women will do a great deal
to counteraot the influence Of ''bought
up" votes of the masses of ignorant male
citizens. --BostC.l Ideas.
The herald., 1894-09-03
FLAMES IN WISCONSIN.
Forest Fires Almost rs Disastrous as la
Minnesota.

Forest HireB Almost ms Oisastroue as Ia
Minnesota.
ASHLAND, Wis, Sept. 2.-As a result
of the forest fires Saturday and Sunday
81, GOO, 900 can be added to the amount
of loss occasioned this section. 1t ia
doubtful if $1,o0o.0oo will cover the en-.
tire loss. when the loss to standing tim
Der and logs is estimated.
Wanhhurn had q narrow escape from
total destruction and is still in danger.
A spark from forest FIRE south of town
alighted in ore of the piles of lumber on
the dock and soon all was a mass of
flames. Bigelow & Co. have four docks.
The flames leaped from one to the other
with the rapidity of race horse. Fire
men Immediately directed their at
tention to saving Bigelow's NAM
moth mill. This was done
by tearing down the trsmwsys connected
with the mill. The firemen fought OIL
most like demons and risked themselves
in every position in order to save the
property. In spits OF their good work,
however, the losses will be very heavy.
A dispatch from Bruls, on the North
ern Pacific, sGys that the scene there Is
dark and smoky. Sawmills have been
ahut down and men remain on duty all
night fighting the fire. Highbridge and
Marengo are reported to be in great
danger.
Late tonight word comes that the
town of Glidden is burning. 1t is located
on the Wisconsin Central railroad, about
40 miles south OF Ashland, and has
5000 inhabitants. The fire has worked
up into the heart of the town and the
greatest CONSERVATION prevails.
2 q. m.-Benoit, small sawmill town
IL miles from Ashland, on the Omaha
railroad, ia partly destroyed. The
flames have burned everything but the
sawmll and the 5000, 900 feet OF lum Der
in the yards. Everybody labored to
save this portion of the town and sue
cseded in doing it, leaving the remain
der OF the buildings to burn. The men
have worked necessarily for many hours
and are almost exhausted.
SPooNER, Wis, Sept. 1.-The most
disastrous fereet FIRE in the history of
this county 10 now raging. In Marin
cite only one house stands, the remains
of prosperous numbering village of
1000 inhabitants, with a total loss Of
$3.50, 900. Only ono life was Loaf.
At Shell Lake So dwellings were burn.
ed, rendering 800 people homeless. Many
escaped with only tho clothes on their
backs, and their insurance practically
nothing. Many farmers report a total
loss of everything. Railroad bridges are
burning and telegraph wires are down.
CADoL, Wis, Sept. 1.-The village il
surrounded by Ere 10 rods from the de-
pot on the south and weet. The condi-
tion is serious. Hundreds Of people
were fighting fire all day.
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept. 2.--Railroad
The herald., 1894-09-03
Hospitable.

1t is customary on tho continent Of
Europe to charge extra for heating q
bedroom, no matter how bitter the
weather, but it remained for New
England hotel keeper to charge double
rates for heating room for two.
1t was this same man, whose tavern
is in town so remote from civilization
that Uncle Toms Cabin is the only
theatrical attraction ever billed there.
who bid for custom by advertising:
Special rates for theatrical coInpa-
mics. Little Eva and the dogs free. -
Youths COMPANION.
The herald., 1894-09-03
THE SUN oBsOuREp.
Smoke From tho Forest Fires Carried
to Now England.

Smoke From tho Forest Fires Carried
to Now England.
BosToN, Sept. "A peculiar atmes-
phericsl phenomenon has Attracted the
attention OF Bostonians. During the
latter part of the morning and all after
noon the sun, obscured by olouda, has
feebly shown through a stratum of
smoke, supposed to come from the
forest fires are now raging in the lake
region. TIE effect has been a weird,
unenrthly, yellow tings to the atmoa-
phere, made oppressive by tho general
absence OF etirring air. The day has
been a repetition OF the famous yellow
Tuesday" of 1881. Reports Of a similar
phenomenon have been received from
cities and towns all over New England.
The herald., 1894-09-03
Oorbett In Wflitnr.

New YORK, Sept. 2.-Champion. Jim
Corbett reached town this morning.
Regarding the Sioux City Athletic
clubs offer, he said: 81 am willing to
fight Jackson in Sioux City, and will
meet the clubs representative any day
this week. The $4,000 sent on from
Sioux City is pretty good indication of
the clubs solidity. l shall name no
conditions which will bother the club, !"
The herald., 1894-09-03

LISBON, Sept. 2.-The ministerial
crisis has been passed by remodeling
of the cabinet. Seflor Riberro, the
prime minister, will retain the finance
portfolio. abandoning the position of
foreign minister, which will be taken by
Senior d'Avil, the former minister Of
public works, industry and commerce.
Seflor Henriques will succeed Senior
d'Avil In the latter positions.
The herald., 1894-09-03

Mrs. William Waldorf Astor wore at
the recent drawing room the historic
diamond coronet comb Of which she has
lately become possessed 1t is the one
that Louis XIV gave to Mime. de Monies
pan, and our wealthy count1ywoman,
It's said, paid 500, 600 for it.--London
Standard.
The herald., 1894-09-03
A Rioh Gold Ledge.

BOISE, Idaho, Sept. "A very rich
gold ledge has been discovered on Will
low creek, l5 miles from Boise, two and
a half feet OF ore being stripped from
500 feet. its value being vsriously esti-
mated from $1,000 to $22, 900 per ton,
The herald., 1894-09-03

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 2.-The San
Franciscos were defeated ct the Haight-
street grounds today. They scored 10
runs inShe game with the Californians,
who finished with17.
The herald., 1894-09-03

men say the whole region from Cart
wright to Bsshaw and Hsughen has
bsen on FIRE eince yesterday afternoon.
Bridges are being burned, and no one
knows when trains will run.
The herald., 1894-09-03

LONDON, Sept. 2.-Ths Sporting Life
today says it Ia authorized to state that
q purse of at least G20o0 will be offered
this week for contest between Jackson
and Slavin.
The herald., 1894-09-03

The language denotes the man. A
coarse or refined character finds its ex-
preston naturally in coarse or refined
phraseology. -Bovee.
The herald., 1894-09-03
Transferred to Vienna.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Mr. Tsune-
iiro Miyako, the secretary of the japan.
ese legation here, has received notice of
his transfer to similar Office at Vienna.
He will be succeeded by Mr.. Amsno.
The herald., 1894-09-03

1t is supposed that the fashion among
women Of reading the final pages OF g
novel first is due to their predilectlon
for the last word Roztnp Frapsc'spt
The herald., 1894-09-03

PARIS, Sept. "A. A.. Zimmerman TO-
day won the grand prize of the Union
Velocipedeux Franchise. Baker was
second,
The herald., 1894-09-03
NOTICE OF
SALE OF BONDS

DURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE
i board of directors OF Modesto Irrigation
district, duly given and madeon the 21st'day
of August. 1894, notice is hereby given that
and best bidder the bonds Of SAID irrigation
district u the amount of eighty-two thousand
and five hundred dollars 1882, 500, bearing
interest at the rate of per cent per annum,
uary and July OF each year, on the presenta-
ton of the interest coupons at the office OF the
treasurer OF said district.
Said bonds are issued by the board Of direct
ors OF Modesto Irrigation district in accordance
with and by the authority of an act of the legis-
lature of the state OF California, entitled IAN
act to provide for the organization and govern
ment of irrigation districts, and to provide for
the acquisition OF water and other property,
and for the distribution of water thereby for
Said bonds win be sold for cash. and for not
less than 80 per centum of the face value
thereof.
Sealed proposals and bids for the purchase Of
said bonds Will be received by the said board
OF directors at their office in the city of Nodes
to, county of Stanslaus, state OF California,
and may be addressed to or left with 2. s. Alb
bott, the secretary OF said board, at Modesto.
Cal, at any time after the date OF this notice
and until $50 o'clock p. M on the 18th day OF
September, 1894, at which time and place the
said sale viii be made.
Said bonds will be each of the denomination
of $500, and will be negotiable in form and
will conform in all respects to the requirements
OF said act.
The board OF directors reserve the rlgnt 10 re-
ject any or all bids
Bids must be scaled and addressed to the Sec
rotary of said board, and Endorsed: proposals
for Modesto Irrigation District Bonds"
Done by order of the board OF directors OF
w. H. FINLEY, President
O. s. ABBOTT, Secretary. S-Z2 2ot
The herald., 1894-09-03

8 Just the thing to take at this season. Warm
weather induces a debilitated cordItion of the
system. Torpid liver Indigestion and blood
diseased assert themselves unless these troubles
are corrected. This is best done by the occa
sional use of Weeks California herb tea, a
harmless remedy composed entirely OF roots
and herbs rs cen p,r package. For sale by
all druggists.
The herald., 1894-09-03

wan paper. sc. 7!ze per roll. sas .. Spring.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
The Philosophy of II.

It is undoubtedly true that there is
good deal of unnecessary atmosphere
churning in the political discussions OF
the present day, just as there is too
much Transforming on the American
stage. The one, like the other, is cal
culated to amuse rather than edify the
intelligent spectator. But we are I'M
prepared to agree with those who sum-
marily assume that this tendency to
bathos Is on the increase and that the
men of today are distinctly inferior to
their distinguished sires. Does not the
very fact that those who are not fasci-
mated by buffoonery on the stump and
on the stage can sit back comfortably
and laugh at it prove that we as peo-
pie are moving on?
Once, you will remember, there were
no genial chaffers even in politics.
Everybody got profoundly serious over
the gyrations Of his favorite partisan
orator just as he did over those Of his
favorite eXpounder of theology or
spouter of heroic verse; and the luck
less wight caught snickering up his
sleeve whether at stump meeting or in
church, was promptly dubbed skeptic
and led out. The amiable temper of
public which, after all the hurrah-boy
fervor of bass-drum rally and torch
light parade, can settle back in its easy
chair, pick it's teeth and digest the news
in it's favOrite paper while it also di-
gests its recent meal is not a symptom
of retrogression but of progress; not Il
token of degeneracy but rather a sign
Of returning common sense.
There is only one phase of the politi-
cal outlook, viewed from philosophic
standpoint, that is discouraging. That
is the factor represented by those who,
lacking the virility either to cheer or
smile, can find no better pastime than
to sit back and growl. There are kick
ers in politics who kick from honest
| principle, and they are heroes. But
there are also other kickers who kick
simply out of acidulous habit, and they
are just plain bores. One Of the pleas
ant circumstances of this autumnal
canvass for the control Of the next con-
| gress is that the sour-stomach kicker
has quite effectually disappeared. Like
the Mugwump and the Arab he has
folded his tent and silently stolen
| away
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
The Evolution of a City.

One OF the forward movements of the
times that, during the stir incident to
a close local campaign, received less at
tention from The Tribune than it de-
served was that which by an indorse-
ment at the polls last Tuesday made it
possible for Pittston borough to trans
form itself into progressive third
class city. The success of this PROPOSE
ton in the preliminary election,
achieved against great opposition and
heavy odds, is q splendid token that
the civic activities which one year ago
achieved a step toward municipal re-
form in Pittston will not cease, not
withstanding the apostacy of bogus
councilmanic friends of reform, I'M
til there shall be general cleaning out
of the corrupt element which has so
long pulled Pittston backward.
To the majority of our readers this
subject may lack local interest; but it
is nevertheless invested with very con-
SiueldpiS ilitSiSSt 40 a typiSdi illSldllCe
of the general progress which is every
where overtaking our town and city
governments. The conditions in Pitts
ton are precisely those which, upon q
larger scale, have made the good citi-
zens of Gotham, irrespective Of party,
revolt against official debauchery and
organized venality in the conduct of
municipal affairs. The Pittston Tam
many was a very small fac smile of
the New York Tammany, but in its
total percentage of rottenness, ignor-
ance and egotistic pretension it gave
even its Manhattan model a close shave
for supremacy. The formation OF
s-down-at-the-heel borough in.
to a third-class city will afford the
reputable elements of that community
new chance to assert themselves, an6
to inaugurate the needed era of loca
reform by means Of officials who can
not be bought, bluffed nor cajoled.
| If suggestion will be entertained
from an outside source, we venture t
propose that as an act of common graft
tude, the first mayoralty of Pittstor
city should be accorded, IL he will ac
cept, to honest Benjamin Harding. Al
the originator and chairman of tn,
] citizens committee which has dom
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

The Tribune, in printing election
news, does not permit its preferences to
overshadow the actual facts. The
county treasurership is in doubt, with
the official count of ballots necessary
to decide the authentic result. Hence,
until that count is ended, this journal
is not making any claims. BY the same
rule, while we have every reason to be-
lieve that Frank H. Clemons has been
elected sheriff by plurality exceeding
seventy-five, we shall, until the subject
is authoritatively decided, keep our col
umns open for any new facts. The day
when people would tolerate the delib-
crate Justification of election claims by
partisan newspapers to fit their edi-
torial bias has passed in this country,
except in the remote backwoods.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
VIEWS OF THE RESULT.
Is a Dispassionate Judgment.

y
Philadelphia Bulletin: 1.-THE condemna-
ton OF the Democratic party is no sudden
act OF caprice; it is the deliberate and dis
passionate judgment of the American peo-
pie, and It's effect will be more decisive
and far-reaching than any of the great re-
actions since the downfall of the Demo-
cratic party with its ante-bellum Bour-
Donism in 1872. In many respects the
most significant feature of the returns is
the defeat of Professor Wilson. the head
and front of the free trade movement.
The moral prestige of his retirement to
private life cannot be easily measured.
Next to the ascendancy of the Republi-
cans in the house, it will do more than
any other event of the day to break I'D
and demoralize the modern free trade
movement In the United States The most
gratifying effect of the whole victory is
that 1t makes tariff agitation absolutely
powerless for mischief in the next two
years. Republican house at Washing
ton Will stand as an effectual barrier
against any more Wilson bills. That was
the uppermost purpose in the minds of the
voters this year. They have secured for
the country a relief from the veXations
ana tolIes OF the most harmful strife that
can afflict an industrial nation in a time
OF peace. so far as the tariff is concerned,
the country may now look forward to a
period OF tranquility which no design or
threat OF Tree trade VIII disturb Nor is it
unlikely that we shal henceforth wit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

ing ordinance and the laying of the
curb Nothing tangible came of it.
Last night, after six months delay,
during which common and select coun-
Gil fell into deadlock over the award
ing of the contract, common council
generously condescended to let these
property owners have the privilege of
paying for the paving of a public thor
oughfare that now resembles more
nearly slough of desDond than a re-
spectacle roadway in a modern city.
The point that we wish to bring out
in this connection is the beautiful celer-
ity with which common council precipi-
tates itself along the line of progress.
We sometimes wonder that the pace
doesn't take its breath away!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
Fast City Solons.

AS long ago as last spring the prop
erty owners along West Lackawanna
avenue, between the tracks of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road and Ninth street, petitioned coun-
ellis for permission to pave that almost
impossible stretch of muddy road; and
in order to facilitate matters, even
agreed to waive the usual thirty-day
margin between theiadoption of a paw
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09
Nodded TO Its Idol.

New York Sun: "Dearer than ever is
David b. Hill to the unterrified, wearlless,
indomitable Democracy of New York! He
has made the greatest political fight
witnessed in this land since Andrew jack
son encountered and defeated the United
States bank and the money power more
than half a century ago. He has made it
dlsinterestedly, heroically, uncompromis-
ingly. He has proved himself the bravest,
ablest and steadiest champion of Demo-
cratic ideas and policies. He has astab-
lished himself as the true chief of the
national Democratic party. The situa-
ton is not joyful one for the Democ-
racy or for HILL but the future has ample
opportunities of recovery and develop
ment, and the glory of consistency and
fidelity will be theirs who remain true to
the principles of Jefferson, Jackson and
Tllden.'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

A word of commentator has been
fully deserved by the United Press for
the superior manner in which 1t sup
piled its subscribers with election news
Because it was one Of these, The Tri-
bune was enabled to present in its early
mail edition, last Wednesday morning
so thorough a summary of the result in
every state that nothing since received
has materially modified that report
Readers Of this paper, however, scarce.
ly need to be assured that it's news
getting facilities are the very best.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-09

Washington Star: "Whatever the out
come, the country cannot but be shown
that there is little to be gained by divi-
sion among three faiths and that the best
Legislative results are obtained with two
strong parties facing each other, one with
small majority and the other with an
alert vlgilant, determined minority. The
example of France, with a national leg
islature split up among a dozen shades of
political beliefs, and torn by factional
troubles, should suffice to make the spec
tacle Of three parties in the United States
senate striving for dominance an unpleas-
ant one"