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The herald., 1894-09-23

headquarters at the Nadeau. The house
Is beautifully decorated with iags and
evergreens, and no effort has been
spared to make the visit OF the distin~
guished guests pleasant one.
THE LADIES DECORATE.
While arrangements for the reception
we're being made q wish was expressed
that the Nadesu psrlora be decorated
for the occasion. With characteristic
masculine tact in matters esthetic, no
request was made OF anybody In par
ticular, but tho wish met with re-
sponse that was more than satisfactory.
Early in the morning the parlors were
taken possession of by number OF
ladies' of various affiliations and all sorts
OF political beliefs who took this oppor-
tunity to chow their appreciation OF the
Democr attic endorsement Of the women's
candidate, and their sympathy with the
nom partisan school movement. with
blossoms and Rreenery the rooms were
transformed into veritable bowers.
Flower pieces were sent in from various
precincts, in most cases accom-
panied by ths cards OF the
donors endorsed with the expressions
of hopefulness for the non-partisan
cause. Banks of roses covered mantele
and tables; psmpas plumes. white, and
bound with bows of red and blue, nodded
| their patriotic heads above the doors and
The herald., 1894-09-23

beside the mirrors, and graceful papyrus
waved from tall vases, while yellow sun
flowers struggled artistically acros0 the
walls. One set piece, all OF white, was
particularly conspicuous. 1t wae sent
by the ladies of Precinct 3S. and was ex'
pected to be emblematio OF the purity
the schools will attain to in the immedi-
ate by and by. Various other precinct
pieces, bouquets, loose flowers and ferns
scattered about gave to the occasion
much mora the air of O nnoial f,-n1i"''
The ladies disclaim any desire to express
political opinion in thus providing dsoo-
rations, but have certainly shown them
selves equal to the taak OF saying
THANK you" very gracefully for the
party recognition of the non-partisan
movement.
THE PARADE.
Not for years have the streets OF Los
Angeles presented the same animated
appearance or shown the Same number
Of people that was witnessed during the
Democratic parade last night. Great
enthueiasm WAS manifested all along the
line.
The tins set on the programme for
starting was 80. bnt owing to some de-
lay in falling in, it was little after tina.
time when the long line OF marching
clubs started from in front OF the Vest
minister up Main street. They were in
the following order, under command of
O. F. A. Last, grand marshal, with
Henry 2. Wilson as chief of staff:
Squad OF Mounted Police.
Grand Marshal and Aids.
Band.
Business Mems Democratic Club.
James Il. Budd, VIM. T. Jeter and Speakers, in
Hickory Club.
jefferson Club.
Country Clubs.
Band
Richmond Club
Italian Club
French Club.
Band
Colored Club.
Spani5h-American Club.
German American Cluo.
Citizens, Unattached
Bicycles, etc
As the procession rounded into Spring
from Main it made very imposing
spectacle. Following the band, which
WAS playing patriotic music, came the
Democratic Business Mems club. carry,
ing red umbrellas, from the tops OF
which were burning candies. Then
there were frequent outbursts of red fire,
an occasional volley from score or more
shotguns, and above oil the great Demo-
cratic yell.
The carriage which contained Hon.
Jas. A. Budd, the candidate for COVER
nor, was drawn by four horses. Seated
with Mr.. Budd was Hon. S. NJ. White
and Judge Stephens, chairman OF the
late Democratic convention. The car
risgs was gsily rigged out with flowers
and bunting. Above the heads OF the
occupants was regular canopy of flow
ers and the effect was most pleasing.
Following the carriage of Mr.. Budd
were other carriages containing dis
tinguished representatives of the party.
Following in their order were num-
ber of clubs, the members of whom were
carrying banners with such notices ca
Always Ready to Fight Democratic Bat
ties. Jim Budd Wears the Collar of No
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Buckley, got 162 men to do his wishes,
and in his elation admitted that he and
Buckley had made q combination. At
that convention when Dan Burns took
enuff 162 men from San Francisco and
80 men from Los Angeles sneezed.
think the time has come when the
American people should say Sit down
Mr.. Burns. The papers of San Fran
cisco agree in saying that Dan
Burns was in absolute con-
troll of Republican politics. You
independent men OF this state, are you
going to stand this for four years longer Z
Iappesl to you, independent men. when
you enter the battle. to put no stamp
sgainst the name of any man whom
Dan Burns has nominated. Now ia the
time, oh, Independents. to down Dan
Burns as the boss king OF California.
[Cheers and applause.
The meeting then closed with three
cheers for James II. Budd.
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DIED ON The STREET.

Peculiar Daath of Mrs. G. Il. Johnson
From Hsmorrhags.
Mrs. @. E. Johnson. wife OF the pro-
prietor of the Royal billiard hall, was
taken with a hemorrhsSe OF the lungs
in front OF Litteboy's drug store last
night. She was picked up and taken
into the store and Dr.. Edelman was
called in, but the lady was dead in fvs
minutes from the time she fell.
She seemed to oe alone and her hus-
band was sent for. be arrived too
late to see her sliye She was about 80
years old. The lady has been tna.s or
less subject to hemorrhages for the past
eight or ten months.
The herald., 1894-09-23

The Union Photo-Engraving company
OF Los Angeles filed articles Of incorpor-
alton yesterday. The directors are A.
L. Crane and G. d. Watkins of San
Francisco. Lewis Blsnkenhorn OF San
Rafael Fred j. Behre of Los Angelan
and Frank @. Bolt OF Pasadena. The
capital stock is $40, 900, of which $4,000
has been subscribed.
The herald., 1894-09-23

Have you heard the CLOTHING news for
Autumn Have you the new things in styles and
fabrics Have you heard the new prices
Two months has our MIR. c. Brown been in the
East the interests of firm and in the interests
of every man in Los Angeles and vicinity who likes
to wear good clothes and bright dollars.
The goods are arriving, the store has been al
tered enlarged provide for their proper display
More room has been obtained for popular Hat
department An entirely separate department has
been provided for boys and chdren's suits.
Thus we grow Months are crowded into wee ks
years into months
What are this weapons with which have SO
rapidly conquered public favor and confidence 2
LOW PRICES-for reliable goois; lower than
Los Angeles was used to; lower tn an
account of FREE WOOL and two months hard
campaign by shrewd buyer.
Good dressers Economizers Come
Mothers of boys ComeI
The herald., 1894-09-23

A very large linz of low and medium priced
bed room suites 1t will pay you to call at the
southern California Furnitu.e Q co., 326 to $50
South Main.
The herald., 1894-09-23

DR., Parker. dentist. l29,s West Firat street
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Northern celery.at Athouse Bros. Tel. s9s
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

Determine to SOW a goodsized tue
nip patch this fall.
Utilize all the homemade manure
before spending any money for com
mercial fertilizers.
A farmer suggests that navy beans
might be found d good crop to partly
take the place of wheat.
A farmer suggests that it is a good
plan to fumigate all grain bins, and
corn cribs, by burning therein behind
closed doors and windows a good pot OF
birthstone. This will kill all insects
and destroy spores of disease that
might otherwise be perpetuated.
T. B. Terry cuts his clover early He
doesn't call it hay, he calls it dried
grass. No matter what he calls it, as
a writer says, his horses are fat, his
farm is fertile, he is prosperous, and
no doubt his family is happy. All
these do not follow the cutting OF
clover early, necessarily, but they dc
follow doing things at the right time
and in the proper manner.-Ex.
A good farmer of our acquaintance
says that he will never pasture field
of fodder again. He tried this en-
seven acres the past season, to save
the expense of cutting up the corn,
and found that he received only a
small proportion of the usual benefit
from the fodder. After this he will cut
and feed properly every stalk of corn
he grows.-Western Plowman.
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WOOL AND MUTTON.

Professor Hickman, of the Ohio State
university, gives it as his opinion that
it is impos ssible to produce the best
quality of wool and the highest grade
of wool from the same carcass. The
American Farmer and Farm News
joins issue with Prof. Hickman on this
question. 1t says: We beIieve that there
are now bred in this country sheep
that, while growing a very high quality
Of wool, are, when slaughtered, excel
lent mutton. We refer to what are COM
monty called mutton Merinos." They
are of the Blacktop type in shape, hav-
ing smooth, round bodies and plump
quarters, but the wool is not so black
at the tips as the blacktop feeces gen.
orally are. These sheep have never
been doomed to any extent, but in
central Ohio there are several fiocks
of them which, even with present low
prices, are very profitable. They are
not claimed to be a pure breed, but are
the result from selections from Merino
grades, and have been bred in one di-
| rection long enough that they breed
quite true to type. They bear a heavy
fleece, and the wool brings the very
| highest price always, and when the
| sheep are taken to market they sell as
| we'll as any other breed. AS price is
the only criterion by which the value
of anything can be judged, it seems to
us that these mutton Merinos pretty
nearly fill the bill as mutton and wool
producers. A cross between the Shrop-
shires and Merinos, using a Shropshire
ram and high grade Merino ewes make
cross that is profitable for either
wool or mutton, and this cross is large
ly used in the central states.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24
A POEM ON CHARITY.

The Statesman is in receipt of a
spring poem evidently delayed by the
floods and Debs) ON the subject OF
Charity" A great quantity of the
subject is indl tged the patient reader
hence only the first stanza is utilized.
Charity covers a multitude of sins
but it's mantle is perhaps not capa-
cious enough to embrace more than the
opening stanza. Here goes:
One day as T wandered in the woods
sad and lonely,
I sat me to rest on the ground, rough
and stony;
A tall old fir Ger my head hung q
limb,
And 1 mourned and protested and
talked long to him. M
I told him my troubles, my sorrows
and cares,
Told him of this world, its teanpta-
tions and snares;
I told him of the people, that need to
be fed,
Whose need is Of shelter and raiment
and bread;
But that about which my soul most
did gTieve,
Was. that could afford them so little
relief.
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A THRILLING STORY
The First Prisoner In
AndersOnyille.
The Experience of Ralph
0. Bates.
His Escape Through d Tunnel That
1t Took Seven Long Months
to Dig.

A reporter met man of national
reputation, Ralph O. Bates. He lives
at San Diego, Cal, where he went in
1879, but has been travelling over the
entire United States during all that
time. He has the distinction of being
one of the first Union soldiers ever
confined in Andersonville prison, and
the first who sped from that hell
hole.
In long talk with him a story de-
veloped chat reads like a romance, and
yet the scars and facts and dates he
gives make a real story of suffering
and privation in the great civil war,
that few men could undergo and live.
Mr.. Bates was born June 90, 1910, and
enlisted in the Ninth Ohio cavalry,
Company H, June 7, 1862, at Defiance,
Ohio. He was captured November IA,
1862, while on a scouting expedition
at Cumberland Gap. Tenn, by Kirby
| Smiths command. He was taken to
Libby prison, Richmond, for a short
time, after which he was in Danville,
Va, Savannah, Ga, Macon, Ga, and
| was finally taken to Andersonville,
| where he arrived February II, 1868.
1t was then a military camp, known
as Camp Sumter and it was not until
l. CDludiy Iu, 1ouf, IlIbI IL was StIiSu
Andersonville prison.
When Mr.. Bates, who was a private
soldier, first went there, only fifty
| union soldiers were there, together
with 1,500 rebel conscripts and desert
ers. These and the negroes, built the
stockade enclosing seven acres of
ground, which will go down to history
as the great Andersonville prison,
where hundreds, yes, thousands of men
| lost their lives through hunger, sick
ness and the brutality of the officers
| in charge.
B1-es, who by his intense loyalty,
| hal incurred the displeasure of Capt.
| WirtZ, the commander of the prison,
| was subjected to all sorts of brutal
punishment. He shows three wounds
| received at the bands of WTirtz him
self. One is through the left thigh
another through the left leg below the
knee This wound was received while
Bates was strung up by the thumbs
because comrade had given him a
| drink of water. The poor fellow who
| did the Christian act was killed by
Wirtz.
| While Bates was lying on the ground
| and being nursed back to health by
l
said:
| "You damned Yankee, 1 thought
killed YOU"
mo, Captain Wirtz,' replied Bates
II shall live to see you hung YETI
With that Wirtz drew his revolve1
and shot him in the breast, the bal
going entirely through his body
Still he got we'll and with one or twt
| trusted comrades began digging a tun
| mel. For seven months and nineteer
days they worked, covering the open
| ing with a piece of sheet iron OF
| which they did their cooking, and a.
| last, when they had dug fifty-nine feet
| and reached the outside of the stock
| ade he induced eighty men to make
| the attempt with him to escape.
This was on March 2, 1864 They
| were Immediately pursued and so fan
as ha could ever learn ONLY himself
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Richard King of the Tenth Pennsy1-
the Fourth Michigan infantry, ever
reached the Union lines, which they
did at Bridgeport, Ala, after being
out twenty-six days, during eight Of
which they were concealed by an old
free colored woman called Aunt Eliza,
on the Banks Of the Chatachooche
river, forty-two miles south of Atlanta
Five Eorsemen with twenty-five
blood hounds were in pursuit and
when they were SO close pressed that
the men were firing upon them, they
plunged into the bayou, exposing only
their noses for breath, and finally
crossed the river and reached the lines.
He was sent to General Sherman's
HEADQUARTERS and finally went to
Washington, where he appeared before
President Lincoln, and Other high
officials, April 21, 1864.
The result was general exchange
of prisoners. and in September of that
year there We're released from Ander-
sonville 1000 men; from Thomasville,
GA, 1900; from Belle Isle, 1900, and
from Florence, S. c.. 900, all Of whom.
it has been said, owe their lives to
Bates appearance in Washington, and
his vivid picturing to the president OF
the horrors of southern prison pens.
He was known as "Billy" in prison,
and King, his chum, was known as
Dick They became inseparable,
and after Bates had servedE to the
close of the war in the 129thr Indiana
regiment, acting as orderly on Cen
eral McPhersons staff, they together
went to Ann Arbor university for an
educationl H4 re the scurvy, which
they had contracted in prison, broke
out upon them. King lost his right
arm, and finally his left leg, while
Bates was a mass of scales and sores
from head to foot. He wrote a lee
ture entitled BILLY and Dick" and to-
gcther they travelled over the United
States, telling the story Of their i'm
prisonment.
Bates attended the trial Of Captain
Wirtz and saw him daily. He wit
messed his execution in Washington ON
November 10, 1865. thus making good
his words when Wirtz shot him in
Andersonville. King has since died.
Bates wears a badge, pinned on him
by President Garfield, which bears the
names of the various prisons in which
he was confined. To tell his whole
story would require a volume.
Mr. Bates is one of the few remain
ing men who can tell from personal
experience Of that awful prison pen.-
St. Joe Herald
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STORY OF "THE BELLS"

Henry Sartain, son of the famous
engraver tells this story, says the
Philadelphia Record, of how Poe's
poem of ''The BelIs,'' was first pub
tshed I'M Sartains Magazine: 'Poe
came into the Office one day, and,
handing father a stanza in manuscript,
asked him what he thought of it. Faith
er looked it over and said he thought
it pretty good. rs it worth $5?' asked
Poe. Father said he thought it was,
and paid him the money. The poem
was the first stanza of The Bells A
week or SO later Poe again sauntered
into the office, with the remark, Well,
John, see you haven't printed my
poem yet Father replied that he had
not because Of lack of space. We'll,
I've got another stanza here. Will YOU
let me have five on it?' The man
looked SO utterly wretched that father
paid him the money ard took the
stanza. Still another installment of
two additional stanzas followed with
in a month. and then 1t was that the
poem was first printed
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ted to fill his responsible position at
this critical time. In nearly all the
naval engagements Japan has been
victorious. 1t is stated that a Chimes
ship carrying LOO soldiers was sunk by
Japanese batteries few days ago. IF
Japan comes out victorious In this
struggle, the result will be the triumph
of Japanese policy of commerce and
progress, but should 1t be China, the
victory would probably be followed by
the policy of exclusion and stagnation.
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being twice elected speaker. In 1850
he was a prominent candidate for
governor. In the same year he was
elected to the state senate, resigning
his position upon his election to con-
gress, where he served but one term.
Returning to private life he has been
active in agricultural circles. In 1886
ard again in 1888 he was appointed
state railroad commissioner.
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gle between China
and Japan have
been naval engage
ments. T. Saigo,
minister of Japan
ese navy, Is a per
son in whom there
is manifested q
great deal of inter
est. He Is a man
in the prime of life,
is very intelligent,
and his experience
in naval affairs
renders him well fit.
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THOMAS NJ. COOLEY. ed compiler OF the
state laws and the following year be-
came reporter of the supreme court Of
the state and three years later was
made chief justice. For some time he
was chairman of the Interstate COM
merce commission, but in 1891 ill health
compelled him to resign and since then
he has practiced his profession.
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was admitted to the bar and in 1856
was sent to the legislature. Although
a Virginian he espoused the cause of
the Union when the war broke out, and
became colonel of the 18th Indiana reg
iment. In 1863 he resigned and for
twenty-five years devoted himself to
the practice of law. In 1885 he was
appointed minister to China and has
held the office ever since.
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nous from one end of the country to
the other. Last year ait Springfield,
Tyler rode a mile from a standing
start in 2:01 3-5, breaking the worlds
record of 2:05 2-5 held by Willie Windle.
Tyler is quite young, fine looking and
intelligent and has long been the
bosom friend of w. G.. Sanger, the
noted cycIist.
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A SONG OF LOVE.


I do believe her heart
Is something still to me;
She is the one that had no art
Save love that is to be.
She Is the one who was SO dear
And caught me with her golden hair.
My sweet remembrance makes
A melody Of her!
No thrush that sings in all the brakes
Would I-could I-prefer!
For when she spoke in loves sweet way
All the dear birds sang night and day.
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lowered the worlds
one mile record at
WalthaH by a full
second. He low
cred the record OF
1854 3-5, held by j.
P. Bliss of Chicago,
to 1853 3-5. Tylers
brilliant work two
years ago, winding
up with breaking
all the short dis
,tance records from
a standing start,
has made him ia
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for governor, is a
farmer. His par
entS were Vermont
ers, who removed to
Crawford county,
Pa, where the gov
ernor was born in
1S41. Seven years
later the family
removed to Michi-
gan. Gov. Rich
was elected to the
state legislature in
1872, where he
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-08-24

ArbOr, Mich, Is
president, will hold
it's seventeenth an
nual convention at
Saratoga, beginning
August 22d. Presi-
dent Cooley, the
subject of this
sketch, was born in
Attica, N. Y, in
1924, studied law,
and was admitted
to the bar in 1845.
In 1857 he was elect
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States minister to
China, a parsonage
Of more than ordi-
nary interest, al.
though he is absent
from emma on a va
cation. Colonel Den
by was born in Vir-
ginia about sixty
eight years ago, and
educated at George
town college and at
the Virginia military
institute. In 1858 he
began studying law,
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It was now night, but not dark, for
the moon was bright and full. Ward S
brigade was ordered to attack the
enemys lines at IL o'clock. Wards
men rushed to the charge with ter
rifle fury. Eye witnesses have des-
Cribed this midnight battle as one of
the grardest AMI most soul-stirring g
scenes Of the war. The Confederats
were driven back half a mile, and
Gen. "Stcrewall'' jackson, in many
respect the greatest soldier of the
Confederacy, fell mortally wounded.
The great battle next day gave still
further advantage to the Confederates
but the destruction of Hooker's army,
which Jackson had planned and al
most exc ecuted, had been avoided by
the prompt action of General Pleas
onton.
1.-THE victory of Charlottesville -
says McCube, a Confederate historian,
was bought dearly blythe Confeder-
atesr Out of an army of about $4,000
men, 10,281 were killed, wounded, and
captured. The death of ''Stonewall''
Jackson was a cost of fully so, ,00G
men to their cause. At the moment of
his success against the Federal right
he was shot down by his own men,
who mistook his escort for a party of
Federal cavalry
Genaral Pleasonton received the brew
ct of lieutenant colonel for Anteitam
in 1862, was promoted major general
of volunteers in June, 1868, participated
in the numerous actions that preceded
the battle of Gettysburg, was COM
| mander in chief of cavalry in that
action, and was brevetted colonel On
July 2, 1868. The next year he was
transferred to- Missouri, drove the
forces under Gen. Sterling Price from
that state, and in March, 1865, was
brevetted brigadier general in the
United States army for gallant and
meritorious conduct in that campaign
and major general for services
throughout the civil war.
He resigned from the army in 1868,
was United States commissioner OF
internal revenue for several years, and
subsequently president of the Terre
Haute & Cincinnati railroad. In May,
| 1883, he was reappointed and placed
or the retired list with the rank of
major, U. S. A.
To those of his friends who enjoy
the honor of being permitted to his
society he is a most agreeable gen.
tleman, and when not prevented by
his throat trouble, a brilliant and en-
tertaining conversationalist. 1t seems
| a great pity that, through his physical
ills, the world should be deprived of
the presence and mental capacities of
one whose memory encompasses SO
remarkable q life of personal adven-
ture and varied experience.
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A SPEEDY sPEEDER.

The Worlds Record Again Lowered
by Tyler.
Harry c. Tyler is the young bicyclist
of Snringfield. Mass. who recently
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The Man Who Is Winning Battles for
Japan.

Owing to the fact that the most im
portant events thus far of the strug-