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The herald., 1894-09-15
THE DUKE OF YORK SCANDAL.
1t Is Persistentiy Revived and Finally on
cially Answered by Wales.

1t Is Persistentiy Revived and Finally on
cialiy Answered by Wales.
The story that the Duke Of York some
years ago contracted morganatic mar
riage with the daughter of an English
admiral has. been persistently revived
until at last it has called forth an official
denial. The Prince Of Wales secretary
wrote letter to private inquirer last
week saying:
Il am desired by the Prince Of Wales
to state that the report to which you al
lude is SO obviously invented for the
mere purpose of causing pain and an
noyance to an innocent young couple
that his royal highness has always de-
clined to allow the story to obtain fur
ther currency by any contradiction from
him. There is of course not the shadow
Of foundation for it, but it is mono the
less cruel and malignant T"
A rather unsatisfactory denial from
the archbishop of Canterbury is also
printed. The story continues to be cir
culated and believed. have even been
approached by the pretended possessor
of the woeful secret, who was anxious
for consideration to arrange for an in
terview with the discarded wife at her
residence, st. Johns Wood. London
Correspondent.
The herald., 1894-09-15
A DUMMY ON THE TRACK.
An Agony of Horror For the Motorman,
but Fun For the Boys.


but Fun For the Boys.
The street urohins who spend their
days round Eleventh and Twelfth streets
and Third avenue. Brooklyn, looking
for the mischief the father Of all evil is
supposed to supply for idle hands to
do," have found new vacation amuse-
ment, and some of the motormen on the
Third avenue trolley line are on the
verge Of nervous prostration.
The boys beg, borrow or steal old
clothes until they have succeeded in get
ting together very complete mans
outfit The next thing is dummy, life
size, which is well dressed, even to hat
and shoes. A dozen or more conspira-
tors, escorting this semblance of man,
stroll carelessly onto the track in front
of an advancing car, talking busily.
The bell is rung loudly, the boys scat-
ter, and the dummy falls across the
track. Then the jokers discover their
histrionic talent They rush back, ap-
parently in terror, and make futile ef-
forts to get the man out Of danger.
In the meantime the motorman, who
is not the bloodthirsty wretch driving
the Car of Juggernaut that he is pop
ularly supposed to be, is in an agony Of
horror. His hair fairly stands on end,
and the veins stand out on his forehead
as he'uses all his muscle on the brake.
If he succeeds in stopping before the car
goes over the prostrate form, it is pulled
off the track and sent flying into the car
with wild shouts
The feelings Of the unfortunate man
at the brake are too vehement for utter
ance when he discovers the trick. The
scheme is very successful just about
dark, and whichever way it goes it is
great fun for the boys. New York
Times. .
The herald., 1894-09-15
FRIENDLY POLITICAL RIVALS.
Governor Peck of Wisconsin Says q Good
Word For His Opponent.


Major Bill Upham, the Republican
nominee for governor, was the first out
slider to put in an appearance at Phil
lips, the little town that has just been
obliterated by fire. Walking among the
ruins, he met the postmaster of the place.
"What's become Of your coat?'" asked
Upham. "Egad, lost it in the fire, "
said the postmaster. IT haven't got a
stitch Of clothes except such as have on
now"
Bill whipped off his coat in a second.
"Take my coat, !" says he. "I've got an
other at home. Take it, and when you
get through with it pass it along to
some other fellow that needs it"
An hour later Governor Peck arrived
at Phillips, and the postmaster was tell
ing him how Bill Upham had made him
take and wear his coat, while he tBilD
was going around in his shirt sleeves.
eyes, that's just like Bill" said
Peck. "He has probably given away
his shirt by this time, and his panta-
looms, and his shoes and socks. Bill
never stands around and let's other peo-
pie suffer when he can help 'em. The
chances are that by the time he gets
ready to quit this place he'll have to
walk to the train in barrel"
This incident illustrates very fairly
the kindly feeling that exists between
the two gubernatorial candidates. To
be sure, Peck has not yet been renom-
mated, but his denomination seems a
foregone conclusion. Chicago Record.
The herald., 1894-09-15
A Queenly Service.

An attache of the Netherland legation
recently persisted in keeping a growing
cock under the bedroom window of a
neighbor, and all the power of English
law was brought to bear in vain to Sc
cure an abatement of the nuisance. The
diplomatic privileges of the owner pro-
tocted him, and he defied his critics.
The tortured man explained i'll court
Monday how he finally triumphed. He
could not have lived if the nuisance had
continued, and not knowing what to do
wrote to the queen of the Netherlands.
The gracious young lady did not reply
by letter, but the offending cock was
Immediately taken away. In that way
he accomplished what the whole law of
England could not do for him. London
Sun.
The herald., 1894-09-15
A KINGDOM FOR SALE.
1t Is Called Matupia and Is One Of the Bis
marck Group.

A genuine kingdom, with a capital,
: residence and seaport, is at present offer
ed for sale in Berlin. 1t consists of a
part of the island of Tatota and is called
Matupia. The island is part Of the Bis
marck group between New Zealand and
New Mecklenburg The "empire" COW
ers just seven square miles (German)
and was purchased during the eighties
by Herr Georg Weisser, retired pay
master of the German navy and after
ward director of the New Guinea COM
pany.
Herr Weisser had several bloody fights
with his Samoan aud Kanakan chiefs,
but managed to quell all rebellions and
become very popular with his subjects.
He died last year, and his heirs, who
reside at Kaiserlautern, do not wish to
exercise their regal duties and have in
structed their agents to sell the unique
property Matupia, the capital of the lit
tie kingdom, contains about 1000 in
habitants, many OF whom are Europeans.
It is one Of the best harbors in the archi-
nelago. Literary Digest
The herald., 1894-09-15
NERVE AND A SHARP KNIFE.
An Unprecedented and ExquisiteIy Delicas
surgioai Operation.

An unprecedented ana Exqutsitely Delicate
sureical Operation.
For the FIRST time on record the sur
geon's sharp pointed knife has pene-
trated to the pancreas and saved man 3
life. The operation was recently per-
formed at the Hahnemann hospital.
Some great surgical work Is performed
at this hospital, but there is strict un-
aerstanding that operations shall not be
reported to the lay world, and that the
hame of the subject shall never be given
out. The subject this time was a well
to do merchant, who paid the surgeon a
very large sum for his marvellous skill.
There was hard lump just below the
patients stomach His stomach panied
him, and his digestion was not good.
The lump kept growing. His doctor
made cut in the abdomen and saw
that the lump was beyond the reach Of
ordinary surgery. The merchant would
probably die.
One Of the surgeons at the Hahne-
mann hospital said he would like to
make another slit in the abdomen, be-
lieving he might succeed in removing
the lump. If he did, 10 might kill the
merchant just the same, but IL some
thing was not done he would die any.
way.
So the merchant took the last chance.
A inch slit was made, and the surgeon
deftly ran his fingers down under the
stomach and found lump as large as
his fist attached to the pancreas. The
pancreas is about inches long, an inch
in thickness and inches broad. From
the fact that it digests all Of the fats
taken into the system the panoreas is 9
highly important organ of human be-
ing.
When the cut arteries had been
clamped and the physicians had sponged
away the blood and then realized the
enormous size of the object olinging to
the pancreas like toadstool to q log,
they thought the case was hopeless But
the operating surgeon still kept up his
nerve. 1t is not the place Of an operat'
ing surgeon to lose his nerve. As he
surveyed the situation he knew that Il
he cut away even the slightest segment
Of the pancreas the merchant was done
for. Only by the very incest calculation
could the right cuts be made. He
sponged off the blood and went to work.
One and then another incision Of the
blade, and the cyst, filed with Its hor'
rible fetid matter, was removed, having
been Topped neatly off just where it was
joined to the panoreas.
In few days the patient was on his
feet again and said he felt like new
man. And now the physicians are won
dering how many men have died from
Jumps in their stomachs who might
have been saved and just how far the
surgeons knife may be effective agair
in an operation on the panoreas. New
York World.
The herald., 1894-09-15
WANTED TO KNOW.
Charles Bsechsr Convicted OF Firm
the Sss Dimns Bridge.

Charles Bsechsr OonvIctsd OF Firing
the s.s Dimas Bridge.
The second trial of Charles Beecher
was concluded in Judge Smiths court
yesterday afternoon. Bsecher ia the
boy accused Of setting FIRE to the San
Dimss bridge during the late strike.
The trial was enlivened by the pres
ence OF Miss Eckles, who raised the boy
and at whose house he lived when the
bridge was set ON FIRE. The lady took
an active part in the proceedings and
had about as much to say in the defense
as the boys attorney, Mr.. Kellogg.
The defense attempted to show that
Beecher had been ''doped" in the county
Jail for the purpose OF getting him to
confess. He was sick few days ago
and it was attempted to be shown that
his sickness was caused by drug. The
testimony adduoed, however, failed to
show anything of the kind.
At the conclusion of the testimony for
the defense. Deputy District Attorney
Conkling took the witness stand himself
and testified that he WAS present when
Beecher confessed his guilt, and that he
was fully informed that he need not say
anything unless he wanted to do so.
Miss Eckles, who was evidently cha
grined ct the testimony, suddenly ad-
dressed Judge Smith and desired to ask
q question.
s'Certainly, madam" replied the
Judge with the greatest Of urbanity.
What want to know is whether
district attorney or lawyer in a case
can 20 on the witness stand as that
gentleman has done?"
Most sssuredly, madam. He has a
perfect right to do so," replied Judge
Smith.
II didn't know said Miss Eckles,
but she looked fer from convinced. and
her eyes flashed as she looked towards
Mr.. Conkling.
The jury received the cass at O'Clock
and in few minutes returned with q
verdict Of guilty. Judge Smith stayed
the proceedings, and upon evidence that
Beecher is 16 years old, committed him
to the Whittier state school during the
balance of his minority.
The herald., 1894-09-15
CARNOT AND SEVEN.
The Strange INTERVENING of the Number
With Events In His Life.

The strange INTERVENING or the NUMBER
With Events In His Life.
An interesting discovery has just been
made by contributor to French peri
odical, who has apparently touch Of
superstition in his character concerning
numbers. Whether or no he believes in
the mysterious and uncanny influence
of number IS is not stated, but he points
out that the unfortunate President Car
not was throughout his life under the
influence, so to say, of the figure 7.
He was born in 1887 and entered the
Ecole Polytechnique in 1857. He be-
came president of the republic in 1887
by virtue Of the seventh article of the
constitution. On the 18th of May in the
present year he presided at the cente-
nary fetes at the Ecole Polytechnique
He died In the fifty seventh year of his
age and in the seventh year of his presi-
dency
In the carriage in which he was seat
ed when assassinated there were, in
Guiding the driver, ETC., seven persons,
the crime being committed on a Sun
day, the seventh day of the week, by
Cesario, an Italian, there being respec-
lively seven letters in these two words.
To conclude this list of sevens, it is
pointed out that M. Carnot's remains
were laid in the tomb in the seventh
month of the year and on the seventh
day after the murder was committed
1t might be added that Cesario came
from Cette to commit it, and that the
pronunciation of Cette and sept (seven)
is identical. London Standard.
The herald., 1894-09-15
DETECTIVE AND TRAMP.
The oficer Feeds a Famishing vsgabo
and Gets No Thanks.

Tho Omcer reeds fdmishinS Vagab0rC
and Gets No Thanks.
There was in the tramp's appearance
a suggestion Of the lethargy that follow
o gorging with free lunch and copious
libations of beer that belied his piteous
story of not having had anything to eat
"since yesterday morning" Tho shades
Of night were falling fast, and that may
have to some extent accounted for the
mistake Of the bum in selecting as the
object Of his whining appeal McClusky,
one of the best known of the Central
office detectives, who was "sleuthing
it, along the Bowery.
"You are shy dinner and supper for
yesterday and breakfast. dinner and
supper today. Come with me" said
McClusky, and he led the way into q
greasy little beanery from the door Of
which hung dingy sign announcing
regular meals, s cents" Had the va.
grant known what was in store for him
he would have never crossed the thresh-
old except under forcible persuasion.
"Give this man his yesterday IS dinner, y
said McClusky.
A slice Of boiled beef, boiled potato,
two slices of bread and cup of muddy
coffee were soon set up. Slowly the
tramp attacked the meal, and McC Clusky
waited. When the dishes were clean,
the detective beckoned to the waiter and
said:
Bring the gentleman last nights
supper. ="
The order was repeated. The tramp
began to suspect something, but he
thought it the better to act his part.
Perhaps his eccentric benefactor would
give him the price of bed. Vain hope
The supper disposed of, McClusky Or
dered 'the gentleman's breakfast"
"See here, pardy, never eats but one
meal a day" the latter demurred.
1T is not enough. You told me you
were starving, and of an officer of the
New York police force it shall never be
said that he allowed fellow man to
starve.' And the detective displayed
his badge.
"Supposin l won't eat2" said the
tramp sullenly.
"Then you take ride. See?'
The trapped bum saw, and he ate his
breakfast, and then in great agony he
managed to dispose of his dinner. Ma
ture would stand no more.
"See here, pardy, couldn't eat any
more, not if got two years for it" he
pleaded in genuine distress
McClusky had had his fun, and he
excused his victim the supper. As the
tramp rolled torpidly out Of the place
he paused at the door, and with muir
derous gleam in his eye said hoarsely,
"I'll get even wild you for dis, you
big -P'-New York Advertiser.
The herald., 1894-09-15
DAMAGES PAID.
A Sequel to the Ocsnnic-City of Chester
CollisIon.

A Sequel to the Ocsnnic-City of Chester
Collision.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 14.-The first
damagea growing out of the collision
between the steamers Oceanic and the
Oity of Chester have been paid by the
Occidental and Oriental Steamship
company to the family OF the victims.
The accident occurred in 1888 in San
Francisco harbor. Suits were brought
in behalf of the ak minor childs
rem OF Columbus Davis and
Of three other children whoss
parents were drowned. The jury award
ed the Davis children $4,000 and the
steamship company appealed the case.
The appeal is still pending, but the COM
pany finally decided to pay the claim in
full. The results OF the three other
suite hinged on the decision in the Da.
Wis case, and they too have bssn settled.
In all SIG, 900 has been paid out 80 far
by the company.
The herald., 1894-09-15
LOSS OF THE MIRANDA.
PROF. WRIGHT THROWS LIGHT
ON THE DISASTER.
He Says All of the Drew Were Drunk
when the Steamer Struck
the Resf-Dr. Cooks
Denial.

0BERLrN, O., Sept. 14.-Professor G.
Frederick Wright, the eminent geolo-
gist. has just returned. and today made
q statement which will cause surprise
among people interested in the success
OF the Cook expedition, of which he was
q member. 1t will be remembered that
the expedition was brought to a sudden
termination by the sinking ofthe steam
or Miranda. Prof. Wright makes the
statement that during the night OF the
storm nearly all the crew OF the ill~fated
vessel were beaatly drunk.
New YORK, Sept. 14.--Dr. Cook, who
enginssred the Miranda expedition to
Greenland. was today shown Dispatch
from Oberlin, Ohio. saying many Of the
crew OF the steamer were drunk at the
time she was abandoned, and that the
reef on which the vessel struck was
plainly marked ON the chart. He said !:
while it is true some of the crew OF
the steamer were intoxicated at times,
nobody was under the influence OF
tquor at the time shs struck the rocks.
All the Intoxicating liquors on board the
Miranda were locked up and in charge
Of the steward. l am confident he never
gave any member OF the crew anything
to drink. and did not abuse hiH trust.
ION the second night cut on our re-
turn home, about 800 miles off the coast
of Greenland. the Miranda blew three
blasts of her whistles, which was the
signal Of distress previously agreed upon.
1t was then decided to abandon the
steamer, but the crew were not trans
ferred until three hours afterwards.
"Beiore the transfer had been effected
the crew broke the lockers containing
the spirits, and, besides drinking . lib
sral quantity. stuffed their pockets with
bottles of liquor. When they reached
the schooner some OF them were very
much intoxicated. But the point which
wish to make 10 that nobody on the
Miranda was intoxicated at the time che
struck the reef.
"In regard TO the statement of Prof.
Wright that the reef ON which the
steamer struck was plainly marked on
the chart. wish to say he is somewhat
mistaken. The only charts Of the coast
that are obtsinsble are the United
States photographed and the British
charts. Neither OF these gives the posi-
tion of the reef. The Danish charts.
however, which are really the property
Of the Danish Trading company, give the
position of the reef. Unfortunately we
did not have these Danish charts. or the
accident would not have happened"
The herald., 1894-09-15
A Fslsehood Nailed.

The charges made in some contem-
poraries against the members of the
soldiers home as delegates to the Re.
publican convention for bribery are
knocked out by the following letter:
LANCASTER, CAL. Sept. 18th.
Mr.. Adolph Zwanzig, Veteran, Soldiers Home.
intend to support Weyse for assem-
bly,. The contest that is brought aginst
him In the Seventieth assembly district
was brought without my knowledge or
consent. / saw nothing that would in
dictate but that the delegates from the
home acted square and fair. Yours
cordially, w. 3. MELLICK,
The herald., 1894-09-15
Couldn't Smell In the Dark.

An old gentleman too impatient for
his hot water and light to be brought
rushed into the kitchen, seized hold of
the first pan on the stove and dashed
away with 1t to his dark room. On
plunging his hands into the wash
hand basin he was amazed to find that
it contained something thicker and
stickier than wator---that he had, in
fact, spoiled the first course Of his dim
ner by trying to wash in the soup.
Boiling over with passion, he began
to upbraid his wife, and on her suggest
ing that he might have smelled it was
soup he thundered, ''How in the name
of fortune could smell in the dark"
London Answers.
The herald., 1894-09-15
Pressed For Macsrahon,s memoirs.

The Marechale de MacMahon is being
very much pressed to publish the mem
oirs Of her husband, of which four
manuscript copies are in existence, and
these are in the hands Of the family.
The memoirs cover the Algerian, Cri-
mean and dItalian campaigns and the war
of 1901. 1t may be hoped that the
work will appear, as the memoirs are of
the very highest interest and impor-
tanoe, but there must not be any edi-
torial hacking. The memoirs ought to
be printed just as the maxSb y left them.
s-Lopdon World.
The herald., 1894-09-15
A Bank Scandal at Ogden.

OGDEN, Utah. Sept. 14.-Articles were
fled today in the United States Fourth
district court charging gross fraud and
mismanagement on the part OF the
officers of the Citizens bank, which
made an assignment December oath last,
Cashier q. M. Brough and President
Theodore Robinson are charged with
loaning money to themselves and to
corporations in which stockholders OF
the bank are interested, to the extent OF
s6S.O00. Mr. Brough ia mayor OF Ogden.
The herald., 1894-09-15
Learning From the Fly.

A Russian Investigator sends to max
ers Of flying machines information
which he gained by observing the ordi-
nary house Es This :nsect, he says.
seass IT'S wxgs 81 ZINES e.ss oScand and
travels 40 lkiles an hour.
The herald., 1894-09-15
The Lone High waymau.

UKIAH. CAL, Gept. 1.-The Idaho
stage was held up this afternoon 10
miles north OF this city by q masked
highway man. Welis-Fargo's box was
taken, but the amount OF treasure Sc.
cured is ss yet unknown. Sheriff John.
son is now out after the robber.
The herald., 1894-09-15

Newspapers in Russia were forbidden
some time ago to make any reference to
the dresses worn by the empress on
state occasions. This was done because
one paper by mistake reported her as
wearing dress which at that time was
completely out OF fashion.
The herald., 1894-09-15
Snow mt Op.b.-

OMAHA, Sept. l4.-fhs first snow OF
the season iell here ths morning. 1t
twas followed heavy rain storm from
The north.
The herald., 1894-09-15
Wanted Her Reformed.

Mamma--Why did you pray that God
should stop your sister from telling sto-
ries?
Small Son-Because she promised me
she wouldn't tell that took the cakes,
and she did tell. Good News
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-20
PRODUCE

NEW YORK. January 1g.-Flour, receipts
23,JJO barrels; exports, 23OJJ barrels.
market dull and lower. Wheat. receipts.
100000 bushels; exports, los, 900 bushels,
sales, l,13j,OOO bushels futures and D.
600 bushels spot, market, active, weak
aud lower; No. 2 red January 655Ec:
February 6Gstc March 671tc; May Gy9z
aG9s &c, closing al G94zc; June 701c. July
1034c; August 72i4C: December Tj5[c
Corn, receip pts, 10000 bushels; exports,
5000 bushels sales, 40. 900 bushels futures
and 1900 bushels spot; market quiet
aud steady ungraded 42a43ilc; January
42Ac; February 423za421zc. closing az
1910: March 1910; May A4c. Oats, re-
ceipts. 81 900 bushels; exports, 100. 900
bushels; sales. 48j, 900 bushels futures aud
$1,000 bushels spot. market shade higher
mixed western 34a3Jc. January 38c: Feb
Sc; May 34itc. Hay, dull. Hides firm.
Wool steady domestic fleece l9a2Jc pull
cd 2)a26c Texas lOaljC. Cut Meats
steady. Lard, lover western steam
3 -, January S 10; Februaryf5 IS; May
81 90. Pork. dull and easier, new Eiess
dairy l35 fltc: DO. creamery 1-Jfa25c,
State da ~ lease; do creamery lsa33c
Cheese, steady, state large gailitc. Eggs.
dull western l4al4Ic Talow, quiet
Petroleum, quiet; United SOzc. Rosiu,
dull Turpeutine. easier. Rice steady
Molasses. dull. Cottonseed oil, easier
Coffee. steady and 5alJ points up. Sugar,
steady and in fair demand.
CHICAGO. January 49, Wheat to-day
threw another shoveful out Of the hole .
seems 10 be digging 90 bury Itself in u
made a new lowest price record, May sell
ing AZ 60 &C.. The conditions for buyers do
not improve. Wheat appears % be declin-
ing Of It's own weight, and 10 is certain 20
receive nelp from the bears. Stocks are
still on the Increase and are 50 large as -
outweigh all else. Chicago yesterday had
receipts Of i2l 900 bushels. but shipments
arc only G,OOO. Corn, trading was light
and almost exclusively local, with price
changes limited % 80 range Oats, there
was "a moderate trade aud an easier feel
ing Provisions were weak and lower.
Flour, quiet Wheat, cash. No. 2 spring
515<c no spring GJc. 40. 2 red coke;
January 50 a595Sc. closing 80 j3e<c May
Gfi1 aG45lc. closing a. &c, July 655fa
G5jsC. closing az G1Jsc Corn, cash, No. 2
and January 3ft(c May. 37a a3Sc. closing
40 3oc; July 3s56a3sHc. clOing 90 az &C..
oats. cash No. 3 21l<c; January 26lfc;
May 295fa29J<c, closing at 2s91c; July - 4