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The herald., 1894-12-18
GHOST OF THE sHAkUN CASE.

Porter Ash, Removed AS Guardian OF
Sarah AlthsA.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17.-R. Porter
Ashe was suspended as guardian of the
estate OF Sarah Altb "a Terry, iucompe-
tent. bv Judge Levy today, on the ps.i'
ton OF Thomas II. Williams. jr., who
alleges thst Ache has been guilty OF
negligence and carelessnsss in the man.
agement Of the property of the unior'
tunate woman.
She Is now at the Stockton insane
asylum, aud it is said that Ache hiss
made no provision for supplying her
with the common necessaries of life or
with proper medical attendance. Her
property also is said to have been nsg-
lscted, rent from her house never hav-
ting been collscted. Ashe has been abb
ssnt in the east for year. Judge Levy
has appointed Williams acting guardian.
The herald., 1894-12-18
TO BArFLE BANDITs.
A Polio sman's Sur. Cure for Train r.,

A Polio sman's SURE Cure for Train Rob-
bars.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. IA member Of she
ST. Louis police force has invented what
he thinks will be . sure cure for the
train robbsriss which have become spi-
demio OF late. The invention il de-
vice to be placed on top OF express cars
whereby the messenger. in case Of rob-
brry. can take refuge and at the same
time guard the car. He calls 1t the re-
volving, automatic steel.dome bandit
and bullet-proof car.attachment. A
man has ample room inside OF the dome
to accurately use q 16.shot repeating
Winchester through port holes in the
side. The dome is absolutely bomb
shell. dynamite and fireproof. being 20 to
70 feet above ground, according to grade
OF road, and 10 feet clear on body OF car.
having hole snd ladder to escape with
il necesrary. The cost OF the device Is
said to be reasonable.
The herald., 1894-12-18
STOLE MILLIONS.
Corruption Among High Officials in
China.

Corruption Among High Officials in
China.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Tx. P. Lee, q
native Of China, graduate OF Yale and
secretary and interpreter for the Chi
rese minister at Washington during
President Cleveland's last adminstra.
tion, has just returned from his native
land. He says words cannot express
the blundering and stupidity OF China
during the war, which he predicts will
not ceaee until the Japanese army
marches into Pekin this winter, or at
the latest by spring. By that time he
says that China will be com pletely vans
quished. He ascribes China's defeat to
the corruptness of her officials, who
have stolen millions OF dollars. and to
the fact that Japanese young men edu-
Gated abroad are given positions of
trust, whereas China will not give a
chance to native youths educated
abroad,
The herald., 1894-12-18
A NEW THEORY.
Was Bank Clerk Huntington Shot by q
Detective?

Was Bank Clerk Huntington Shot by q
Detective?
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Dec. IT,
Startling developments have been made
in the Huntington affair which resulted
in Huntington'e victims employing an
attorney to look after their interests dur.
ing the inquest.
The new feature was the suggestion
given color by a friend OF the dead bank
clerk that he did not suicide, but on the
contrary was shot by some one in the
room at the time Huntington began to
shoot. This theory was advanced when
it was learned that the bullet in Hunt.
ington's brain was much smaller
than the ones fred into the two
bond company examiners and that the
wound in his head was not powder
burned, as it was thought would be the
case ii the revolver had been held in his
own hands. There was no other evil
dsnce to bear out the theory.
Hayden and Cromwell rested easily
all day and are much improved.
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vote resulted l5s to So and the bill was

vote resulted l59 to So and the bill was
passed.
Mr.. Springer OF Illinois then presented
the report of the majority on the Car.
Isle banking bill. and it was ordered
printed, together with the minority re-
port to be presented by Mr.. Walker, Re-
publican of Massachusetts,.
Mr. Cultivate, chairman OF the milf
tAry affairs committee, called up the
army appropriation bill and explained
it's provisions. The bill carried $685.
299, S14, or sl6S, ,6l6 less than the sppro..
priation for the current fiscal year and
sl,305, 1874 less than the estimates.
Three propositions in the bill were
new, ali being recommended by the Sec
retary of war. One reduced the number
of majors in the pay departments to 70.
reduction of 5. The second rednced
the number of captains in the subsis-
tence department. by four. and the third
transferred the military prison at Fort
Leavsnworth to the jurisdiction OF the
department OF justice. The bill was
passed without amendment.
Mr.. Springer, in accordance with the
notice given early in the day, at this
point said he would tomorrow immedi-
ately after the call OF the committees for
reports call up the banking bill.
At 5 O'Clock the house adjourned.
The herald., 1894-12-18
LIKE A BAD PENNY.
A Ranswsy Roy farms Up Aner Min

Runaway Boy rarns Up Aner Ninr
Yssrs' Abssaos.
CREsTIN. Ia, Dec. 17.-Henry Groben,
. 12-yssr-old boy who ran away from
his home in this city In 1856. has turned
up, much to the qualification Of his
grandparents. Young Groben left home
TO escape . whipping for having picked
the lock Of trunk and played with some
gold coin Il contained. The grandpa.
rents at once accused Mrs. Groben OF hi,
murder. The excitement Was intense.
Searching parties secured the country,
but no trace Of the missing boy could be
found. Mr.. and Mrs. Groben wsre ar
rested and tried for murder in tho fret
degree, bu. were acquitted. The woman
narrowly escaped lynching. and, as IL
was, the Groben farm was torn up and
vsluabel crops destroyed in searching
for the body OF tho missing lad. Henry,
now grown to manhood. visited various
sections Of the country aud finally set
tied in California. He is comparatively
a wealthy man now. aud visited his old
home unconscious OF the trouble his
disappearance caused his mother.
The herald., 1894-12-18
TO RIDE In ENGL ND.

",nappsr" Garvis"n WIN O. Up Against
Brtttah J0cksy-.
NEw YORK, Dsc. l7.-"Snapper" Gar.
rison will never ride in thi0 country
sgain il he can carry out his present
scheme. Garrison has made mp his
mind to sail for Ensl and in February
and remain there until the uext racing
season is over. He has no offers from
English owners and does not appear to
be particularly anxious to accept a
stated salary. Garrison is not sure that
his style OF riding will do over there,
hut intends to have wrestle with
English jockeys to ascertain, II nothing
slse, how Americans compare with
Britiehers in the saddle.
The herald., 1894-12-18
tn II f E SID ED.

The Treaty Bstwesn Colombia, Ecuador
and Peru Signed.
NEW York, Dec. IA special to q
morning paper from Lima, Peru. says:
THE treaty between Colon bia. Ecua-
dor and Peru has bsen signed by the
pleni tentiaries OF the countries named.
According to it's conditions, Colombia
su ubscribea to the arbitration agreement
signed by Peru and Ecuador on August
l, 1887, but the three nations stipulate
that Spain shall be the arbitrator TO de-
eide the matter.
The question to be decided is the own.
srship of q disputed portion OF the ANA
ionic region between Huallaga and Uca.
yali rivers and their tributaries on the
south. between the Putumszso and Co
quota to the north.
The herald., 1894-12-18
HORSE CRAZY.
au Francisco in tho ThrOes OF New
Fad.

sau Francisco in tho Throes OF New
Fad.
BAN FRANCISCO. D,c. 17.-"Hss San
Francisco gone horse crszy?" 1t looks
like it. Ever since the recent horse
show and the cavalry exhibition. all
kinds OF fashiona able rigs are esen on the
streets, not q few riding horses with
their tails docksd and riders sttired in
the most fashionable habits astride
them have appeared on the streets, and
now we have riding school where the
elite may learn to ride gracefully, and to
Jump over fences and hedges and keep
their saddles. has been started. The
school opened today but the education
of the horses WAS the chief attraction
and the members of the club looked on.
The herald., 1894-12-18
A Curious Belief,

There is curious belief among some
of the oolored people of this city, Mary
land and Virginia. 1t is no uncommon
sight to see them with little knot of
kinky hair right on top of the head, tied
up tightly with bit of string or rib
bon. If you ask any of these old uncles
or aunties tho meaning of the strange
hairdressing, they will say, why, hun
ny, does dat to keep my pallet from
falling down my throat and chokin me- "
Washington Post.
The herald., 1894-12-18
RACING IN THE MUD.
A Good Day's Sport on the Frisco
Track.

A Good Day's Sport on the Frisco
Track.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17.-There we're
no accidents today. The jockeys were
careful and were not allowed to use
whips. A heavy rain took the sticki-
ness out OF the mud ami the track was
much safer. Two favorites, Alcyone
and Obee, won.
Five furlongs. maiden 2.year.olds-
Alcyone won, My Sweetheart second,
CoQuette third time | 10.
Five furlonys. selling-Gold Dust
won, Hanford second. Lawyer third !;
time :08la.
Five furlongs, selling-Obeo won,
Banjo second, Sir Reginald third; tim Q
/ :07.
One mile, selinR-Hy Dy won, Alsry
second, White,tone third; time :52.
Six furlongs, selling-Patriot won,
Ricardo second. Cardius third; time
l:2lI.
The herald., 1894-12-18
Held Up and Rob b O. d.

William Cook. who is in the real
estate business and has an Office with
Kelsey, on South Broadway near the
city hall, WAS held up and robbed at 10
O'Clock Sunday night while on his way
home. The robbery took place at Olive
and Tenth etreets. The thief compelled
Mr.. Cook to give up mis- gold watch
chain and q diamond scarfpin. There
is no clew to the footpad.
The herald., 1894-12-18
TO SAVE THEM FROM JAIL.
Dsbs' Lawyers Will Leave No stone
Unturned.

Dsbs' Lawyers Will Leave No stone
Unturnsd.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-At conference
this afternoon between President Debs
and other American Railway union off,
cials and their attorneys, it was decided
to make three separate efforts to provide
escape for the ex-strike leaders from the
Jail sentences pronounced by Judge
Woods in contempt proceedings last
Friday. Attorneys will endeavcr to
secure an appeal to the supreme court
and writs of error. and they will also
apply for q writ OF habeas corpus. 1t
WAS believed by the American Railway
union people that defendants' attorneys
would meet with success in at least ono
OF the three attempts to stay execution
OF the sentences. and opinions were
freely expressed that Debs and his 1880
ciatea would not 60 to jail.
The herald., 1894-12-18
THE CRIsIsIN ITALY.

u Looks as ~ Crisp ~ IntSnds to Cling to
ono
ROME. Dec. 1.-THE political crisis
continues to absorb public attention.
Ex.Premier Giolitti has gone into the
country where he il followed and
watched by detectives.
There is no donbt the news proroguing
parliament has created a bad impression
throughout Italy. 1t Is interpreted as
indicating that Premier Crispi intends
to remain in power In spite OF opposi-
tim
The herald., 1894-12-18
EbicaYO'a DOIl Ahow-

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE doll carnival
to be held in this city this week will
surpass anything Of the kind ever at
tempted in this city. Leading authors.
actresses and sctore, in addition to noted
politicians and society women. will be
represented. The supreme court OF the
United States in session will be shown.
The herald., 1894-12-18
They Want the News,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Danville
Va, Register, one of the most infiuen-
tial papers in the state, has signed a
contract with the Associated Press and
will receive itB news service by leased
wire. 1t has abandoned the Southern
Associated Praes.
The herald., 1894-12-18
TWO OF HER.

Miliis Christine and Christine Mile
Are Ono.
This extraordinary creature Is on ex-
hibition on Third street. between Spring
and Broadway. whore she sings alto and
soprano at the same time and dances
with four legs. She speaks four Ian
guages and can play on q piano srd sew
on a sewing machine at the came time.
She is certainly unique and we'll worth
aAainR.
The herald., 1894-12-18
Specimen Cases,

s. H. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis, wastroubled
with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, his stomach
was disordered, his liver was affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he
was terribly reduced in flesh and strength
Three bottles OF Electric Bitters cured him
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, Ill , had q
running sore on his leg OF light years stand
ing Used three bottles of Electric 8itters aud
seven boxes of Bucxlons Arnica Salve, and his
leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Cdtawa ba
o.. had five large fever sores on his leg, doctors
sad he was incurable. One bottle Electric
BiJters and one boz Bucklen's Arnica Salve
druggist and chemist 222 N. Main straat.
The herald., 1894-12-18
Rrnubllcnn Caucus

SAN Francisco, Dec. 17.--Five of the
Republican members OF the assembly
from San Francisco held meeting to-
night. 1t was intended to be Caucus
OF the entire delegation. but the other
six did not put in an appearance and
nothing Of importance was done. pend.
ing full meeting of the delegation.
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Granted His Request.

On payment of $500 young man is
excused from military service in Spain.
The other day man wrote to the queen
that he had already paid SO. 900 for 10
Of his sons and begging her to excuse
the other IA, as he had no more money.
The queen granted the request. Mad
rid Letter.
The herald., 1894-12-18
Modern Improvements.

Schoolboy (wearily)-What's the use
Of learning all this stuff?
Teacher-Ir is chiefly to cultivate the
memory.
Schoolboy-Don't you think it would
be more sensible to buy phonograph?
Good News.
The herald., 1894-12-18
HE HAD AN OBJECT.

Governor wRtte'a E-ratic Conduct Ex-
plaihed at Lost.
DENVER, Dec. l7.-Governor Waite
will go east to lecture Immediately after
the expiration Of his term on January
9Th. Hie fret lectrrs will be delivered
at the Auditorium. Chicago, January
18th. From Chicago he will 60 directly
to Nav York
The herald., 1894-12-18
A rest,moni.I for a B.t,l,ship.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. 17.-Members of
the military board OF Oregon have
formed an organization for the purpose
of raising funds with which to purchase
q suitable testimonial to be presented to
the battleship Oregon when she is &C
cepted by the government.
The herald., 1894-12-18
SnImnu Oauosra UndiCtsd.

PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 1.-THE United
States grand jury today indicted 81 per-
sons engaged in the canning Of salmon
at Astoria for obstructing navigation at
the mouth of the Colum bia river,
The herald., 1894-12-18
Through tho Trap.

JAsPER. Tenn. Dec. l7.--John and
Gerald Kennedy were hanged at t.
O'Clock this afternoon. Johu's neck was
broken; Gerald was strangled to death
They murdered James Lowerv, railroad
agent az Shell McnAd. in 1928
The herald., 1894-12-18
Eastern and San Franc isoo Rae ..

The Metropolitan Turf club. 126 West
Second street. Entrance also on Center
place. Durkee & Fitzkerald. proprietors.
The New Orleans and San FRANCISCO
races are now being posted. Direct wire
to room. Full description given of each
event and track odds laid. Eastern
races begin at IL m. Los Angeles lime.
Entries put up every evening. A book
made on all sporting events Of imports
The herald., 1894-12-18
At Deaths Door.

New YORK, Dec. 1S.-At / 80 this
morning the condition OF Eugene Kelly,
banker, was unchanged.
The herald., 1894-12-18
HISTORIC BUILDING DOOMED.

The Old City Hall in San Francisco to
Come Down.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-THE board Of
supervisors voted today to vacate the
building known az the old city hall on
Montgomery and Jackson streets, and
the building will be torn down to make
room for modern structure.
The herald., 1894-12-18
House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-At the opening
OF the session of the house Mr.. Herman,
Republican OF Oregon, presented pre-
amble and resolution declaring that the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty was An obstacle
to the construction OF an inter oceanic
canal and that it should be abrogated.
1t was referred to the committee on ior-
eign affairs.
Fifteen Of the sixteen bills favorably
reported from the Friday night session
were then passed without objection, in
exactly four minutes.
Mr.. McRse, chairman of the commit.
tee on public lands. moved to pass, un-
der a suspension of rules, the bill to
protect public forest reservations.
Mr.. Wells, Democrat, of Wisconsin,
charged that rascality was behind the
bill and predicted that thoss who were
pushing it through with whip and spur
u-nnld live to regret their ac.i5n. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-21
He Needed Their PRAYERS.

An aged man IL a town adjoining
Lewiston tells a story of the old days
when every minister Was not college
educated man and when churches and
parishes often had no other meeting
house than schoolhouses at the three cor
ners. The congregation of the town
where the story teller lived had been
much shocked upon learning that their
preacher had departed under most dis
Crcditable circumstances. On the follow
ing Sunday it seemed to be the aim Of
nearly every one to hush up the scandal,
and under great restraint many interest
ing conversations Were held. merely to
show that the members Of the church
could rise above sensational gossip. Just
before the services We're closed one elder
brother arose and said: Brethren and
sisters, since we last met in this house
something which seems to have cast Il
gloom over this congregation has oc-
CURED. We Were all much attached TO
our minister. In fact, we loved him,
and l now propose that we offer up a
prayer for the wandcrer. " A sensational
wave went over the audience, and an
other brother, the senior even of the
other, arose and said: Il III astouished
that you should desire the congregation
to pray for our crring minister-you,
above al others - Why because
he ran away with your young wife. "
Eyes, / know, and that is the reason
why think he Will need our prayers. "
Lewiston Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-21

Besides the rrim, straight brimmed,
plainly trimmed sailor hat which has
nothing the least fancy about it but its
name-the hat which so many women,
matrons included, wear so comfortably
and becomingly when they would per-
haps look and feel absurd in most other
shapes-is the neat little Duse turban,
a model not unlike modified English
walking hat, with low round crown
and a pretty rolling brim that is unlike
the English walking hat proper, in that
the Duse brin does not roll up close to
the crown, but broadens more on each
side. making it particularly becoming
to slender faces. A veil fastens over it
gracefully and comfortably, and it is
just the shape to accompany tailor cos
tune for shopping arr walking, and for
travelling it is most admirable The
shape described is easily recognized, but
different milliners give it different
name. 1t was, however. called original
" after the actress.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-21
Literary.

McClurc's Magazine for August.
following up Hamlin Garland's strik-
ing article in the June number on
Homestead and its Perilous Trades. 3"
will contain study Of life and work
LIN the Depths of a Coal Mine" 1t
will be by Stephen Crane. and. like
the Garland article. will be very not
ably illustrated.
Home and Country. always attrac-
tive TO the magazine reader. is unus-
ually So in its issue for July. With
many articles of merit. several of
them illustrated in the highest state
OF its art, are interspersed stories
and poems with short titles. which
are intensely interesting and appeal
with much force to everyday people.
Scribner's Magazine for July opens
with descriptive article on the So
Ella! aspect of that region along the
Massachusetts coast known as The
North Shore" Ii extends from Ma
liant TO Cape Ann. and rs the author
of this article. Robert Grant, saws:
1T is very pretty place to which
u.
and yet he able 10 see the gilded
dome of the state house. through the
telescope, HE themselves from June
TO October" There are many other
interesting serials, one in particular
being Octave Thanct's American type
in this number of The Working
man." and she sketches him in a
N Ia. - l.
touches of her rare humor. 1t is
Enthusiastically illustrated 10y A.
Il. Frost. Mr.. Hamerton has chosen
for this months frontispiece The
French i'll Holland" by Flameng. and
writes sympatheticaily of the artist
The number also includes short
story OF a summer trip to Europe,
entitled IAN Ally Of Mr.. Cross" a
dramatic installmento of John March.
Southerner." which contains fatal
fight; and short essay on the wo-
man question by Agnes Repplier.
The July Cosmopolitan marks the
close OF the first year since the revo-
lutionary announcement was made
that the price of the magazine. al
ready low, had been cut to one-half
OF So a year. All sorts of predictions
have come TO he fulfilled during the
yeer-it would be impossible to
maintain the rate-the quality would
be lOwered-the size would be de-
creased. But even severe critics adj
NIT that with each succeeding num-
Der there has been betterment in
the quality of articles and illustra-
tions. and the size has remained un-
changed. except the always growing
advertising pages. The magazine
printed, for the six months embraced
in Volume 16, 1,419,000 copies, an
entirely unapproached record, and
has doubled its already large plant of
presses and binding machinery. The
walls of the magazines new home
are rapidly rising at Irvington-on-
the-Hudson. Artistically designed
by Mckim, Mead & White, the new
building, with its eight great porti-
cos. will be 279 feet long by 76 feet
wide, and one of the most perfectly
lighted buildings in the world. hav-
ing 100 large windows, each nearly
double the size Of the ordinary win.
dow opening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-21

him the articles could give h i'm more
for his work.
PAY nae higher prices for every
thing you buy" said the protected
interest. land ! will pay you higher
wages" The lure was successful.
But the agreement was not permit.
ted to remain voluntary and mutual
1t was given the force of law in the
tariff acts. so far as related to the
higher price of commodities. Ii was
left to effects of competition, the
vicissitudes of trade, the accidents
of the market, as far as it related to
wages.
The promise OF higher and higher
wages secured the adherence of ia.
Dor" with lis votes to the party
which legislated for higher and high
or profits on the products of labor.
The profits were secured and went
into the pockets of monopolies and
trusts. The wages did not 90 high
er. at least not in proportion to the
increased profits on the products of
labor. The increase in wages did
the cost of living.
But the balloon continued to en-
pand and to rise. The gas was album
dant. and the process of imitation
was unchecked. Profits increased n
great deal: wages a little. That was
what was called the miraculous pros
perity OF the country. But this bub-
BAL. | L I. l..
the history of trade, industry and
finance.
irrespective of politics, regardless
of changes in the administration. not
IN consequence OF n new tariff policy.
the collapse came as il was bound to
come-as was absolutely inevitable
in the nature of things. The tension
had become too great; there had to
be break. The force of the infla-
ton had become too great for the
strength OF the tissue and there was
a rupture. The miraculous prosper
ity was artificial, feverish. morbid.
The reaction was certain to come and
bring disaster. 1t would have come
if Harrison had been reelected in
1892 Just as surely as it followed
Cleveland's election.
The reyerses, bankruptcies, dis
tress and disorder of the las; wear
are the inevitable result of 80 years
tariff and class Legislation, which the
republican party produced, ayowed-
y, FOR the protection OF American
labor" Labor bound up in the sla-
very OF unions labor under the
lead OF Debs, Martin Irons and Soy
ereign; labor out ION strike" labor
in mobs and riots: labor DESTROYING
and Burning property. while the
wives and children of labor are
starving in comfortless homes; wal
between labor and capital. are the
fruits Of the imposture, fraud and
larceny in 80 years of a republican
/ tariff framed to protect labor