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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-05-27

The House Bsgins Consid grafton of the
BrawIey Bill.
WASHINGTON, Nav 26.-The Brawley
bill to remit the 10 per cent tax on
clearing house certificates and other
notes issued by private and state bank
ing associations between August |, 1898,
and October 15, 1898. being the period
of financial depression, had the right of
way in the house today. Springer OF
+ Illinois, chairman of the committee on
Dunkiug aud currency. made speech
against the total repeal of the bank laws
while he favored the remission OF the
tax on notes issued during the financial
stringency.
Among the private bills agreed to was
one by Geary OF California gran ting
certain rights over the Lime Point mill
tary reservation in California, for the
purpose OF constructing highway.
The state bank tax repeal bill then
came up and Springer advocated he
adoption of the bill
At 2 O'Clock Springer concluded his
speech and Immediately he became the
target of brosdside of questions from a
host OF southern Democrats whose views
are at variance with those OF Springer.
Cox of Tennessee, wi no was next on the
list of speakers, not feeling inclined to
speak ex-Speaker Galusha A. Grow OF
Pennsylvania was recognized la spite
of his advanced years Mr.. Grow spoke in
clear, resoun nding voice that was clearly
audible in every part of the house. He
did not see any wisdom in abandoning
a system which had been almost univer-
sally acceptable and return to the aband-
oned system of wild cat banking. He
reviewed the existing laws and showed
how much safer and better guarded was
the Issue of national banks than the issue
OF state banke.
Crows speech was warmly applauded
by his Republican colleagues, and was
followed by Lawson (Dem.) of Georgia,
who spoke for repeal.
At 4 40 the house adjourned.
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SUGAR TRUST BRIBERY.
Bourke Cochran Before the Investigat-
ing Committee.

Bourke Cochran Before the Investigat-
ing Committee.
WARRINGTON, May 26-The senate
sugar trust investigation committee was
in session today with the intention of
devoting its time exclusively, 80 long
as it should be necessary, to the ques-
ton which has been raised by the re-
iusal of the newspaper correspondents,
Edwards, Schriever and Walker to an
swer questions as to who gave them
certain information printed in their
dispatches.
Bourke Cochran appeared before the
committee and denied that he had ever
said or known anything on the subject
which the committee was investigating.
or that he had ever given any person an
impression that he was possessed OF such
information.
After hearing Mr.. Cochran the COM
mittee adjourned until Monday without
reaching decision ON the question of
the course to be pursued toward wit
nesees.
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only interests in the eutire country
which would be benefited by admitting
lead ore free OF duty.
Power criticised the rate provided,
and claimed the committee bad dis
criminated against lead as in favor OF
the lead manufacturers. He also pre-
sented figures to show the operations of
the lead trust, and went into details as
to the difficulties in the way of lead ore
mining.
Shoup then offered an amendment
making the rate of duty on lead ore l
cent per pound instead OF three-fourths
of a cent, as provided by the committee
amendment. This was defeated-25
to 80.
Special interest was centered in the
vote on Hills amendment, upon which
the yeas and nays were called. AS the
vote proceeded and it was seen that
Senators Irby and Mills were to cast the
only votes, a smile spread over the SEN
ate which was apparently at the New
York senator's expense. He did not,
however, eeem Disconnected, and took
the result good naturedly.
When the result was announced
showing that the amend ment had been
lost by vote oil to 81, Hill rose as il
desirous OF making an extended speech.
but contented himself by remarking
that he desired to congratulate the dis
tinguished senator from Maryland upon
the fact that he was now leading both
sides of the senate chamber with great
unanimity.
Senator German. at whom this was
aimed, WAS absent from the chamber and
nothing was said in response to it, ex-
cept by Senator Aldrich, who replied
he had never had any doubt that upon
test the Mary land senator would be
found standing for protection.
The committee amendment fixing the
duty on lead ore at q of a cent per
pound was then agreed to without di-
vision.
A new paragraph fixing the duty on
nickel and alloys of nickel at 6 cents per
pound was agreed to.
Adrich gave notice that he would
continue this contest.
The duty on zinc in block or pig was,
on motion of Vest, changed from 20 per
cent sd valorsm to q of a cent per
pound; on sheet zinc, from 20 per cent
to Il cents per pound; and on old zinc,
fit only 70 be manufactured, from 16 per
cent to IS of a cent per pound.
This nnished the schedule and at 3
O'Clock the senate went into executive
session and at 10 adjourned.
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PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY,.
Speeches for and Against Prof Smiths
Appeal.

Speeches for and Against Prof Smiths
Appeal.
SARATOGA, N. Y, MAY 26 The Pres
byterian general assembly was occupied
with miscellaneous business for the first
half hour OF its opening session today.
The report from the joint committee on
home and foreign missions upon the
proposed new mission in New York, was
presented and its recommendations
adopted after a brief protest by Elder
Med ugal OF Cincinnati.
The Rev. DR.. Hills of Evanston, H.,
entered protest against the action of
the general assembly on the subject OF
theological seminaries on behalf OF him
self and about 80 others. The grounds
those which had been presen ted in de-
bate on the subject early in the week.
The assembly then listened to an ad-
dress by DR.. Peter Stryker, representing
the Reformed church, and congratula-
tory messages were read from the United
Presbyterian general assembly in session
at Albany, Ore.
Soon after 10 O'Clock the assembly
took up the calling of the roll for the
expression OF individuals upon the
Smith case. beginning with the synod of
Indiana, where adjournment left the
assembly.
The protest against the control of the
illogical seminaries was based upon the
bly, declaration Of 1890 that such
control is not within it's rlghtiul juris-
diction, and upon the action of 1890.
declaring it i'm mpracticable and undesira-
bic. 1t was further opposed because it
would reflect on anv seminary that re.
fuses to comply with the proposals to
direct professors and directors. The OBJ
lection was also urged that changes
should precede the acquisition OF the
power now proposed. The paper con-
tanned 40 names, and others were added
during the session.
Before adjournment II speeches on
the Smith case had been made. two of
them of uncertain tenor, % in favor OF
sustaining the appeal in whole or in
part, ana AZ opposed to such action.
The decree of the assembly to hasten
this order was evidenced just before re-
cess by a vote to continue in session dur
ing the afternoon and to begin half
hour earlier than usual.
The subject considered at this even
ing's session of the general assembly
after the call to order was the report of
the committee on seminaries, based
upon the annual reports submitted to
the assembly by those institutions. I.
Lane seminary at Cincinnati was the
only one about which there was any
question. With regard to this seminary
he committee recommended that it be
Nhn of Aha
seminary to full standing Was recon-
mandah
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OBSCENE LIrERATURE.

Three Men AsrssS,s: FOR <;irouiatinK At
Through tho Mails.
SAN FRANCISCO, May Solomon
Levin, Abraham Levin and Isidore G.
Wood, doing business under the name
of the Metropolitan Book company, were
arrested today by United States Inspec-
tor Irwin on charge of distributing OBJ.
scene literature through the mails. The
arrests are regarded as very important, t,
as they bring to termination a very
long and difficult search the su horities
have been making for persons known to
be sending indecent literature through
out the coast. The stock of books and
pictures has been captured. Most of it
came from Chicago. Bail in each case
was fixed at $4,000.
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STRUCK A BETTER JOB.

ign alton of General superInten en- I
Nickerson Of ths Santa Ee.
Topeka. Kan. May 26.-General Su-
perintendent H. |. Nickerson of the
Santa Fe has resigned and will leave
Topeka June 1st, to become general
manager of the Mexican Central, with
headquarters at the City of Mexico.
Mr.. Nickerson's appointment came
through President A. A. Robinson,
farmerly general manager of the Santa
Fe. Mr.. Nickerson's relations with the
Santa Fe have always besn OF the plese-
antaat order
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NUDE AND DEMENTED,
Adventures of San Francisco Banker
Wife In Chicago.

Adventures of q San Francisco Bauker's
Wife In Chicago.
CHICAGO. May 26.--Mrs. E. E. Fraw-
ley, supposed to be the wife of a
wealthy banker OF San Francisco, was
found in the street at O'Clock this
morning. She was wandering around
the street as If demented, and almost
nude. The woman at the police sta
tion said she lived with Mrs. Tag
ney in Lake View. The woman's con-
dition was not of nature, the doctor
who examined her said, that she re
quired watching, and she was permitted
to remain at the home OF Mrs. Tagney,
on Fletcher street. Mrs. Tagney ex-
planned to the police that the woman
was suffering from nervous prostration.
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pIrlded sklrt. raboosd.

Ell PAso. Tex, May 26-The city
council has decreed that no woman shall
be allowed to walk or rids in the streets
of I'll Paso wearing what is known as
the divided skirt. The councilmen de-
clared the practice, which has threat
ened TO become epidemic in cerlain cir
cies, to be indecent and demorslizng
An ordinance WAS passed embodying
these views.
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ou.rrelea Over Monsy Mattsr..

ALAMEDA. Cal, May 26 Carl Becker,
and old German resident of Alameda,
today shot and killed O. A. Edson,
proprietor Of the Terrace baths. The
trouble was over money matters. Beck
er was formerly employed at the baths.
Edison once owned the Klamath bot
springs and was later customs officer.
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LfphtwoIeht Wrestlers.

CINCINNATI, May 26.-The PEOPLES
theater was we'll filled when Max Lutt-
pegg and Len Lsnisu went on the mat
to wrestle for the lightweight Graco
Roman championahip of the world.
Luttbegg took both bouts on rolling
falls in 2S and 2 minutes respectively.
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ST. PAUL, May May 26.--Val Blstz,
the millionaire Milwaukee brewer, died
very suddenly this evening OF heart dis
ease Mr.. Blatz was returning to Mil
waukee from California with his wife.
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MONTREAL. May 26.-Lasker is chess
champion of the world. Steinitz resigned
the ninteenth game on the fiity-second
move. The score: Lssker, 10; Seinitz,
s.; drawn, 4.
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WASHINGTON, May 26.-The senate in
executive session made public the fol.
lowing combinations Postmasters-
California: H. A. Peabody at Santa
Ana; Valentine Huasey at Redwood
Gity
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Infiammatory rheumatism. sciatics,
swollen or enlarged. hardened or stiff.
fened joints, chronic or acute rheuma.
tism or neuralgia. DR.. st. Johns OLE
Line, Soc bottle. OF & Vaughn,
Fourth and Spring.
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Tooth brushes. complete line, and
We sell them at 10, l5, 20, 20, 80, 4O and
so cts, and guarantee every brush. Lit
tleboy's pharmacy. 3ll S. Spring st.
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Adm..slons to th . .FaIr.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.-There were
1l,ll6 admissions TO the fair today.
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Latest music, Fitzgerald
Music Co., ll3 & 1l51a 8. Spring street.
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CARTER's COMMON

GRAND JUNCTION. Colo, May 26.-
Carter. with 200 Commonwealers from
Salt Lake, arrived here today and will
20 on east.
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COL. II. s. BAKER, ONE OF LOS
ANGELES OLDEST AND MOST
RESPECTED PIONEERS, CLOSES
HIS EARTHLY CAREER.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-12
stochton's Story in Heathen land.

The karens are tribe In upper Burmah
who have been partially converted To
Christianity. They were never idol wor-
shippers, for they had a strange tradition
that white man should come in white
boat, with white book, which should
teach them about the great spirit whom
they worshiped.
Miss Evans, a cousin of Frank Stockton,
and missionary to this tribe, has recently
returned home. She expected to pass the
summer with the Stocktons, but Mr.. Stock
ton was ordered abroad for his health, and
they passed each other in midocean. She
tells story in regard to the famous "Lady
or the Tiger"
She used to tell this tale over and over
again to the Karen women as they gathered
about her, their bright, dusky faces full of
intense interest, and each time when she
came to the question, (which was its" the
answer invariably was "The Tiger" Their
ideas of revenge were such that they could
not understand a love self sacrificing
enough to cause the princess to save her
lover at the expense of her own suffering.
Miss Evans wrote Frank Stockton about
this, and he replied Il have received many
letters from notable men and women, by
which l felt greatly honored, but when
heard Of those heathen Karen women
almost at the ends Of the earth listening tC
my story, said, That is fame. ."--NeW
| York Recorder,
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Wealth tho True Basis for Titles.

It seems to me that it would be much
better, and far more in keeping with the
spirit Of the times, to make all titles q
question Of pounds, shillings and pence.
We have gone good way in that direction.
If man can make so many thousand
pounds out of beer, or railway contracting,
or selling newspapers, he may have any
title he pleases, provided he goes the right
way to work.
But wedon't do the thing Systematically.
1t isn't on busnesslike footing. Very
often the man who gets title has pre-
viously received vast sums Of public money
for doing little or .nothiWJ and even when
he procures the title by MS own money the
payment does not go into the public treas
ury-as it ought to. He pays it to the
party funds, or something of that kind.
The system that prevails in some of the
minor European states is vastly more SEN
sible.
We ought to have fixed tariff-so many
hundred thousand pounds for dukedom,
so many for marquisate, so many thou
sand for an earldom and so on The money
paid for the titles would go into the con-
solidated fund, and every nobleman would
have pro rata solid title to public re-
spect. When we abolish the house of lords
] expect that we shall have to adopt some
plan of this kind, for though we may be
able to do without the house / doubt
whether Englishmen will ever be able ia
do without the lords.-Henry Labouchere
In London Truth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-12
A Story of the Able May.

A cure from the country called on the
Able May at Paris one day, and after
complimenting him with earnestness and
sincerity on his creditable and deserved
reputation, said that he was involved in a
lawsuit which he did not understand. He
asked the able to advise him whether he
was in the right or in the wrong, and
whether he had better carry on the suit.
So saying he delivered to the great jurist
an enormous package Of papers covered
with almost illegible handwriting.
The abbe cheerfully accepted the task,
and told the cure to call again in two
weeks. He was pleased with the good,
simple hearted man, and devoted his best
energies to clearing up the case, though he
was obliged to put other matters aside in
order to do so.
The cure called on the day appointed,
took the abbes written opinion and read it
through critically. He was delighted with
the enthusiasm and clearness with which
his rights were set forth. He embraced
the able gratefully and cried: "Ah, mon.
sieur, no one could be better pleased than |
am, and l want you to be satisfied also.
Here is money, monsieur, please take what
is due you" and he threw a three franc
piece on the table
Not to humiliate the good man the able
picked up the coin, took thirty-six sous
from his purse and handed his client "the
change"
Some one said, when he told the story,
that as usual he had lost by his disinter.
estedness.
"Lost?" said the abbe. "And do you
count the pleasure of telling the story
nothingY"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-12
Taking q Mean Advantage.

"Suptrscition is by no means confined to
the uneducated classes" remarked John
Henry Jamison to party that was spin
ming ghost stories in the rotunda of the
Southern. "I believe there is more or
less strongly defined vein of superstition in
every mortal's makeup, but women have
more than their share of it. Nine women
out of ten are worshipers of Mumbo Jum-
bo. They believe that warts can be talked
off, that cutting a child's finger nails be-
fore he is year old will cause it to be-
come a thief, and have hundred other su
perstitions equally as absurd. l once took
q mean advantage of female credulity.
"a few years ago became desperately
enamored of young Baltimore belle. She
had several suitors, and much feared that
was not the favorite one. Now the
young ladies of Baltimore have a supersti-
tion that by performing some Mumbo Jum-
bo ceremony at midnight on the first day
of May, then looking into an open we'll, n
maid may see the face of her future hus-
band. Her brother had been college chum
of mine, and together we fixed up little
scheme. We made round screen Of thin
cardboard that would just fit the well on
her fathers premises. In the center we
cut hole large enough to admit my head.
Shortly before midnight entered the well
with my screen and lamp. descended
twelve or fiftesp feet, put my head through
the screen, beneath which held the lamp.
~ had just completed my arrangements
when heard the young lady chanting the
mystic lines. She looked into the well and
appeared frightened, but satisfied, The
next day popped the question: and was
accepted. have never undeceived her.
She believes to this day that our marriage
was ordained by the fates. ."-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-12
Rats and VamDlres,

At sunset in the forest of Guiana, the
bats fit from their hiding places, some
taking the place of the parrots and flock.
ing around the fruit trees, while the horrid
vampires wander far and near in search OF
some sleeping ANIMAL or even man, in or
der to obtain a meal. Cows, goats, hogs
fowls, as well as game birds and quadru
peds, all suffer from their attacks il moi
secured in well latticed pens, while the
traveller must not be surprised when awak
ing to find blood oozing from wound in
his foot or temple.
In some places domestic animals cannot
be kept at all, as they are so weakened by
repeated attacks as to ultimately die Of
exhaustion. Fortunately, however, the
vampires are not very common, and with
proper care may be excluded from dwell
ing houses and stock peps,-Longman':
Magazine.
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A Long behaved HONEYMOON.

The friends of Frank Sloane and Mary
Virden Of Bordentown N. j., did not
know until recently that they were married
35 years ago. The two have nearly the
same circle Of friends but no one suspect
ed that they were legally husband and
wife. Thirtyflve years ago, when Mary
was yet in her teens, the two fell in love.
The parents of each objected to their mar
riage, and while Mary was visiting rela-
tive in New York city Frank went there,
and they were secretly married. Frank
and Mary afterward qurareled and came
to the conclusion that they did not love
each other. They decided never to tell of
their marriage, and until few days ago
it remained a secret. They will now 60 to
housekeeping together, though, at the re-
quest Of friends, they will have second
ceremony performed.
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A Girls Inconsistency.

A girl who emphatically aflirms that
poor, tired out men ought not TO feel
obliged to rise and offer woman their
seats in crowded car, and who considers
it rudeness of the worst type not to thank
them for said courtesy, writes the follow
ing in her confding journal:
am mad; mad; madl have to stand
up going down to work and have to stand
up coming home. Ihave not had a seat in
street car for three months, and am think
ing seriously of getting car of my own in
the shape of bicycle.
The selfish men seem to glory in watch
ing woman hanging to a strap. They
either try the ostrich scheme of hiding
their heads OF calmly fold up their papers,
screw their faces into a don't-you-w -wish-you-
were-me expression and glare the spots off
her veil.
Then when the dear man comes to his
getting off place he proceeds to tangle his
feet up with your train, knock all the pro-
miscuous bundles from yonr arms, and in
some strange manner known only to him
self set your hat about twenty degrees out
of its proper position.
Before you can catch your breath some
smiling maiden has calmly taken posses
sion of the longed for place.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
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Mr.. Babbage had reached his anecdotage,
was in the mood to be communicative, and
my friend, Miss Kinglake, claiming the
privilege of age, asked without reserve
such questions as induced our host to be
photographed. He told us that not
only had he crippled his private fortune by
his devotion to his calculating machine,
but that for this idol of his brain he had
given up all pleasures and comforts of do.
mestic life. He married early, but his
wife died while he was a young man.
With an amount of feeling that l had
never associated with a philosopher who
wore the armor Of cynicism, he pathetically
lamented the dreary isolation Of his lot
"for of course" said he, fond as am Of
domestic life should have married again
if it had not been for my machine"
He spoke of his mother on this memora.
BILE evening, repeating to us her reply wher
it became question whether he should
make further outlay respecting the ma
chine, which had already cost his private
purse 100000. The old lady said with G
large mindedness rare in our thrifty sex
"My dear son, you have great object il
view worthy of your ambition. Ny advic,
is, pursue it, even If it should oblige yor
to live on bread and cheese. Mrs. Crosse
in Temple Bar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-12
II Takes the Place of Diamond Dust.

The name of carborundum has been
given to a peculiar manufactured sub
stance intended, on account of the peculiar
properties which characterize it when thus
used, to take the place of diamond dust
and bort in the abrasion of hard substances.
Singular to say, the product is in charac-
ter wholly unlike the substances from
which it is derived-that is, in composition
it is almost pure carbon, in construction
crystalline and in hardness it is ten, on
Mohr's scale.
In view of these qualities, it is to all
intents and purposes manufactured dia-
mond powder, though in color it is slightly
darker. Under the microscope many Of
the crystals appear of dark green, some
are yellow, while others still are blue, and
some completely colorless. The cost Of
this material is said to be very moderate.
New York Sun.