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The herald., 1894-09-01
THE PLAGUE BACILLUS.

Tt Is Different From Any Ever Before
Found In tho Human Body.
The news that no fewer than 100, 900
persons have been swept away by the
plague in the district Of Canton gives
interest to the results Of the scientific in
vestigation Of the disease which have
just been received here. Two Japanese
experts who have been studying for
several years at the Koch institute were
sent by their government to make in
quiries
They report thatthe period Of inouba-
ton is from two to seven days. This is
followed by prostration with high fever,
ending in delirium and coma. Both
physicians declare that they identified
the plague bacillus, which is different
from any ever before found in the
human body. They describe it as slen-
der, straight and short. 1t devastates all
the principal internal organs.
Experiments in breeding plague ba-
cilli and inoculating animals with virus
invariably produce within two days
death under symptoms of the plague
DR.. Kitasato. being satisfied there is no
other alternative but that either the
bacilli or the patient must die, is on the
lookout for baoteriocides, but it is too
early to expect definite conclusions. -
London Cor. New York Sun.
The herald., 1894-09-01
THE WARNING MONGOLS.
A JAPANESE FLEET ATTACKING
PORT ARTHUR.
Five Thousand Mon aad May Ships
Engaged on Each sids-A Obi
nose Outrage In
Tonkfn.

LONDON, Aug. 31.-A dispatch to the
Times from 6hagnhsi saya: A Tien
Tsin dispatch from Chinese source
Gays IA Japanese ships. with over 5000
troops on board. are attacking Port
Arthur. The Chinese garrison. number
ing 5000 men, and the Chinese feet
have been ordered to attack the jap
anese.
SHANGHAI, Aug. 31.-A6vices from
Chez Foo state the japanese feet has
again attacked Port Arthur. Chinese
junks from New Chsung report passing
many corpses Of Japanese soldiers south
OF the Fatung river. This Is taken ~
confirmation OF the reported Japanese
defeat on the river.
PARIS, Aug 3i.-The governor OF Indo-
China reports that on the night OF the
9th Chinese msrauders murdered M.
CHALET, French collector OF customs in
Tonkin, and killed his wife and chill
dren. Troops pursued the outlaws, but
failed to capture them. The French
government has demanded indemnity
from the government at Pekin.
BERLIN. Aug. 31.-Prince Kamashino.
nephew of the Japanese emperor and
Japanese court officer. paid visit to
Krupp's iron works yesterday. and it 10
rumored that the Japanese government
is about to give the Krupps a large or
der for armament.
The herald., 1894-09-01
NATAL AUTOGRAPHS.
The Sign Manual of the Child That Doei
Not Change In Life.

The Sign Manual of tho Child That Does
Not Change In Life.
There is born with every one Of us
and continues unchanged during our
lives an unfailing and ineradicable mark
or marks, which absolutely distinguish
each one of us from every other fellow
being. These physical marks never
change from the cradle to the grave.
This born autograph is impossible tc
counterfeit, and there is no duplicate OF
it among the teeming pillows in the
world. Look at the insides of your
hands and the soles of your feet; closely
examine the ends Of your fingers. You
see circles and curves and arches and
whorls, some prominent with deep cor
rugations, others minute and delicate,
but all we'll defined and closely traced
pattern. There is your physiological
signature
Run your hands through your hair
and press finger nails on piece Of clear
glass. You see all the delicate tracing
transferred-not two fingers alike; even
"the left hand knoweth not what the
right hand doeth. They are distinctly
different. Even twins may be so little
different in size, features and general
physical condition as to be scarcely dis
tinguishable, yet their finger autographs
are radically different.
In fact, in all humanity every being
carries with him on his baby fingers and
his wrinkled hand Of decrepit old age
the identical curves, arches and circles
that were born with him. Nothing ex-
cept dismemberment can obliterate or
disguise them. Criminals may burn and
scar their hands, but nature, when she
restores the cuticle, invariably brings
back the natal autograph. louisville
Courier journal.
The herald., 1894-09-01
The Why of Long Twilight.

On first thought it seems to be a
rather paradoxical statement that the
nearer we approach to the equator the
shorter is that intermediate stage or
transition from day to night and from
night to day, which we call twilight. !"
This being the case however, the period
of duration of "the dim, uncertain
light" in all tropical countries is very
short when compared with that of coun-
tries of high northern OF southern lati-
tude. The explanation is this: On the
equator. the SUMS path is at exact right
angles with the horizon. The last beam
Of light fades from view when the sun
is at is degrees below the horizon.
This IS degree mark is quickly reached
at the equator for reasons given in the
first sentence of this explanation. The
farther from the equator we get the less
become the angles which the SUMS
course makes with the horizon, and the
longer the time required for him to
reach the 1s degree, mark; hence the
longer the period Of twilight. st. Louis
Republic. 4tl5f
The herald., 1894-09-01
NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF.
The Wine Association and Grape Grow.
ers Cannot Agree.


The Wine Association and Grape Grow
ers Cannot Agree.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. S1.-All negotia-
tions were declared off between the Cal
ifornia Wine association and the grape
growers today. The committee appoint
ed by the growers to come to an under
standing with the dealers reported that
accept the amendments to the contracts
proposed by the growers. An inform
al indignation meeting OF the grow
ers was then held, at which il
was charged that the association was at
tempting to crush out the private wine
ries by refusing to make arrangements
with them for more than ayear, whereas
the contracts with the growers were for
five times that period. The growers
committee adopted resolutions FORM
ally declining to accept the proposed
contract in its present form, and such
notice was cent to the California Wine
association. This resolution was signed
by P. Q. Rossi, R. Bsringer. George
West, John SWEET, G. ]. Wetmors and
William Wehner. The result OF the
three months labor has been the forma-
ton OF the California Wine association,
composed of seven leading wine houses
OF San Francisco, but there has been
q complete failure to como to any agree.
ment between the corporation and the
vinysrdists. The vintage is Just COM
mencing, and both parties will now 60
into the open market, the association az
q solid body, and the growers separate
ly, unless the winemakers can form an
organization, a matter that was favor
ably discussed today.
The herald., 1894-09-01

The umbrellawith hook to the han
die is very convenient to carry. 1t is
easy to grasp or to slip on the arm, but
it can prove an awkward companion if
carried the wrong way, and it very
often is, as was illustrated by lady on
Canal street day or two ago. She was
walking quickly along, not once tempt
ed by the daintily arranged bargains
spread out in the windows. She was
evidently in hurry. Her crooked han
die umbrella was under her arm. She
passed through group of gentlemen,
when suddenly she found herself
wheeled around with great force, and
to her establishment discovered she had
hooked a handsome young man, the
hook being fastened to the front Of his
vest. Don't carry hooked umbrella
under your arm. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The herald., 1894-09-01
The MOUNTAIN LARoREp.
And 1t Brought Forth Death and DesoIa
ton to n State Of COLUMBIA

And 1t Brought Forth Death and Desoia-
tion to State of Columbia.
About 116 miles from the town of
Rio lanco state of Cauca, Colombia, o
remarkable geological phenomenon has
recently created great excitement A
mountain ridge, called Cerror de Cruz
Iona, suddenly cast large part of its
upper levels into neighboring rivers
carrying death and destruction in its
wake.
For some days before prolonged sub
terranean Sounds sortof hoarse rum
bling and roaring-were heard, indicat-
ing that something serious was about to
occur, and on the date mentioned the
upper part Of the hill suddenly caved
in, the enormous quantity of earth de-
scending to and obstructing the course
of the rivers Guachicono, Moline and
others. 1t is feared that the overflow Of
the rivers will occasion an extensive in
undation, or that brenSing away the
earth dam, whole villages and valuable
properties will be destroyed. AS an Inn
mediate result Of this occurrence 10 per-
sons were killed, besides q large num-
Der Of horses and cattle.
It seems only natural to attribute this
phenomenon to tho eruption of the So
tara volcano, which for some time has
been observed to be covered with snow
like vapor and clouds. The departmen-
tai government, justly slSrmed by this
occurrence has appointed cen,nission
Of engineers to investigate the matter.
.Unidad Nacional.
The herald., 1894-09-01

San DIEGO, Aug. 3l.-A deed was fled
in the county recorders office today
from Bertrand G. Chandos ct al. to John
Lloyd, assignee of Linforth. Kellogg &
Co. OF San Francisco, and OF the estate
oil John Bensley, one of the partners of
the firm. The deed wipes out the last
Dloud hanging over the Bsnsley prop
erty, conveys property in San Francisco,
and large amount OF lots in this city.
No consideration ia named in the deed
and it is probably made in pursuance OF
q decree from the United States district
court of the Southern district of Oaliior-
mia. giving the whole OF the Benaley
property to John Lloyd, assignee.
The herald., 1894-09-01
KNIGHTS OF PYrHIAs.
eseseedings OF the soprems Lodge q
Washia & ten.


esssesdings OF the sup=sms Lodge at
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21,-The supreme
lodge of the Knighs OF Pythias received
the report today from the committee to
draft q new ritual for the Uniformed
Order, and made the matter a special
order for next Tuesday. A discussion Of
the proposed amendments to the consti-
tuition which will establish judicial
body. analogous to the supreme court,
empowered to decide disputes over the
constitution, absorbed most OF the day.
IL is understood the committee OF five
to which was delegated the inveatiga.
tion Of the membership in the fraternity
of liquor dealers and bartenders, will re-
port in favor of an amendment to
the constitution which will pre-
vent the future admission of such
persons, although not affecting the
standing OF those who have been init
ated. The committee in charge of the
question of permitting the printing Of
the ritual in German gave hearings to
the representatives of western German
lodges, but has not yet reported.
The assembly of the Pythian sister
hood today elected officers for the ensu.
ing two years as follows: Mrs. G.. B.
Myers, Worcester, Mses., supreme
chancellor. to succeed Mrs. A. Young OF
Concord; supreme vice. chancellor, Mrs.
G. Leavenworth, Jersey City; supreme
prslste, Mrs. W. A. Dillworth, Ne.
braaka.
The Pythian Sisters elected the follow
ing officers: Supreme chief. Mrs. Ida
III. Weaver of Des Moines. Iowa; gu
preme senior, Mrs. Sarah ]. Coll Of
Rhode Island; supreme junior, Mira.
Jeanette Neubert OF Kansas; supreme
manager, Mrs. Alice Cutter of Michigan.
The herald., 1894-09-01
CONDEMNED TELEaRAMs.

Hong Kong has been declared free
from tho plague.
Con. Nathan Banks is dying at his
home at Waltham, Msss.
AlhsrtSHsed. the detaulting postmas.
ter at Albion, Idaho, has been arrested
at GAINESVILLE, o.
Comte de Paris has recsived the last
sacrament of the Roman Catholic
church and is rapidly shaking.
At Cleveland, o., +. G. Denim, q 70.
tired business man, BECAME weary OF
suffering bodily pain and shot himself
through the heart.
At Shanghai, Ind, James Gregory, a
wealthy bschelor, was called to the door
OF his house and shot through the heart
by an unknown assassin.
The Montreal express on the Delaware
and Hudson River railroad was thrown
from the track near Port Kent and 20
peraons injured; none, however, aeri-
ously.
At Ashevills, N. c., q trolley car be-
came unmansgeable and rap down
heavy grade. The car was filed with
passengers. many OF whom were in
jured.
Belgium has ordered all the cattle
from AJaerica subjected to 40 days
quarantine, on account Of sickness, al
legged be plsnro-pneumonia. in a ship
ment from kentucky.
Baron Upger Steinberg, charged with
being implicated in dynamite outrages
at Liege. Belgium, has been arrested in
ST. Petersburg. He lie said to be the
chief OF an international band OF Anar.
chists.
The New YORK police commissioners
found Captain Adam A. Cross guilty of
accepting "protectioa" money, and dis.
missed him from the force. Wsrdmeu
George Smith and James Burns were
also dismissed.
Judge J. E. Hanna Of Moi sllsville,
o., is deau. He practiced law in 1925
and was the oldest attorney In Ohio.
He was postmaster under Jackson and
again 80 years afterwards during Cleve-
land's first term.
The Utah supreme court has appoint
ed Col. John r. aWinder az receiver of
the Church OF Jesus Christ Of Latter
Day Saints. in'place of H. W. Lawrence.
The action is said to have been taken
without request frem Mr.. Lawrence.
luo Iubh VI Dunluocu bt LILO N6W OK
custom house continues. Thursday the
receipts were sS77,643. Grand total for
three days, $2,917.870. The first three
Days after the Mckinley bill became a
law the customs receipts were $1,S41,.
442.
Complaint having been made of In.
dians from Fort Hall slsughtering game
in Owyhee county, Idaho. Agent Van
Orsdale has gone there to look into the
matter. The Indians are accused OF
numbering aChinaman. and they threat
ened to kill the game warden.
Bat" Shea. convicted of numbering
Robert Ross OF Troy, N. Y, during
last springs election, who was
to have been elsctrocutsd this week,
will probably enjoy life another year. A
stay wa, granted. pending an appeal,
which hos not been filed. All the testi-
mony has to be printed. In the Buchan.
an case this consumed a year.
The herald., 1894-09-01
MAKING THEIR OWN PILLS.


Ductorh AakinS 10 y tubtoh ms AhoeDtCo
the Apothecariss.
"Our business is suffering to some
extent from q new fad Of the physician
that is growing rapidly, Iregret to say, -
said an apothecary. I'm old times, Of
course, it was quite usual for medical
practitioners to put up their own pre-
scriptions Oddly enough, they are tax
ing up the practice again in a fresh
form. They do not prepare the medi-
zines they prescribe, but good many
of them they give to their patients in
the shape of pills For example, you
consult DR.. Squills for symptoms which
indicate stomach disorder. Instead
of writing prescription for it, he gives
you half dozen little tablets and tells
you to call again in couple of days.
You go back again and get some more
of the same pills--one to be taken after
each meal. you are instructed. That
transaction robs the apothecary of the
so cents he would have got for filling
the prescription. 1t might seem to you
that the expense Of furnishing their
own medicines would deter physicians
from adopting this plan, but I will
quickly explain to you how it works to
their advantage. You must understand,
TO begin with, that they get the pills or
tablets at wholesale rates, so that the
cost is not very great. Nasty doses are
no longer in fashion, and large num-
Der of neutrality-suspicious. the coal
tar preparations-are put up nowadays
in the shape speak of.
''Dr. Squills gives you six tablets and
tells you to come back on Friday. In
that way he secures another visit from
you and rakes in an additional So. That
is where his profit comes in. Further
more, if your friend Mrs. Bobbins hap
pens to be sufferings from symptoms
similar to your own, you cannot furnish
her with some Of the pills which have
done you so much good, as you could do
if you had prescription. You can only
recommend her to DR.. Squills, who
scoops in another fee. So you can see
for yourself that this plan, while de-
cidedly injurious to our trade, is great
help to the doctors. In one way it works
well. Not having prescription, the
pdbloub CttuDOb ODb1iA 4uahpl-
ties of the medicine by having it put up
again and again at the apotheoary's. 1t
is in that manner more than any other
that people acquire dangerous drug hab-
it's
"To such point Of development has
this new fad of the physicians arrived
that great factories are kept busy turn
ing out tablets and pills for sale to doc
tors only. The firms that own these es-
Establishments send agents all over the
country to solicit the patronage Of med
ical men. From the latter they obtain
orders for the doses in small compass at
SO much per 1000 or 10, 900, put up in
bottles or boxes. The pills are carefully
prepared according to formula of rec
ognized value, drugs Of the best quality
being employed st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The herald., 1894-09-01
THE LETTER THATNEVER, came,
Mrs. Likens Looked y for 1t in
Vain.
Her Political Enemies Openeds and
Read 1t.
Governor Waite Exsneratsd frsmf ELAINE
in the Matter, But the aBestIof
tho Defendants Held
to Answer.

By The Associated Press.
Denver, Aug. 31.--Governev Waite
was witnesstoday before q hiteh States
Commissioner Hiusdale in the eaee
against himself. Presidents Mualins oil
the police hoard, Chief of Police Arm.
strong and Police Matron Dwyyer. for
withholding from ex.Matron Likens q
lettsr for her.
Waite denied the conspiracy sbsoluts-
ly. The letter. he said, was given him
to read; after reading it'he handed it
back. He considered it OF little import
snce. He opposed the removal OF Mrs.
Likens, and never gave Mrs. Dryer any
encouragement to expect the place.
Mrs. DR.. Love, q friend OF Mrs.
Likens, testified thst the governor told
her her removal wassmsde because Of q
letter compromising mrs. Likens. The
governor gave her letter to Armstrong,
requesting him to les'her see the letter.
Armstrong sent her to Mullins, who
would not let her see the letter.
J. Warner Mile, leading Populist
and lifelong friend of Mrs. Likens,
testified that Mullins told him proofs
against Mrs. Likens were strong, but
This closed the testimony. The COM
missioner denied the motion to dismiss
the case for want OF jurisdiction. Dis.
trict Attorney johnson in a speech de.
clared Mullins and Mrs. Dryer were the
leading conspirators. but Governor
Waite and Chief Armstrong. in allowing
themselves to be used to carry out the
conspiracy, were equally guilty.
Governor Waite spoke briefly in his
own behalf. He denied the imputstion
that he had said Mrs. Likens was a dis
reputable person.
''Ii l have been guilty of embezzle.
ment or conspiracy or any crime d o
not ask any favors," he said. SIN my
Judgment there 10 no evidence to show
any guilt. Ii the court finds from the
testimony that there ia guilt expect it
to do it's duty, az know it will
The governor. while delivering this
sentence, walked up and down in an ex.
cited manner and delivered his words
with dramatic effect.
At the conclusion of the arguments
Commissioner HinsdtAe discharged
Waite and held the other defendants to
the United States grand Jury in
the sum Of. $500. The commissioner
said Matron Dyer had Alright to open the
envelope, but when she found tbs letter
inside was addressed to Mrs. Likens,
she should have delivered it to her.
Conspiracy among the defendants to
iBjure Mre. Likens had not been clearly
shown. but Withholding the letter was q
cleET violation OF the law. The evidence,
however, failed to show that the COVER
NOR had anything to do with OBTAINING
the letter.
The herald., 1894-09-01
PoPULIsr PRIMARIES.

Governor weisa's Chances for Renoml-
nation Waning.
DENVER, Aug. 31.-Great interest at.
taches to the Pcpulist primaries in
Arapshoe (this county held today. as it
ia thought the complexion OF the Aarnps-
hoe delegation will have much to do
with Governor Wsite's chances for re-
nomination at the state convention to be
held at Pueblo next week. There are
140 precincts in the county, from 81
of which reports have been received.
These returns chow 132 Waite delegates
and 15l anti-Waite delegates, with a
probability OF four or five contests. The
remaining precincts, it is thought by
the ants, will return evenly divided
delegations. As the Arapahoe county
delegation will adopt the unit rule, the
opponents of the governor are breathing
easier.
The herald., 1894-09-01

People seem to think that judge
has nothing to do but sit on the bench
and listen to lawyers and witnesses
talk," said a judge yesterday eff sit
ting on the bench were the burden Of
our labors, we wouldah an easy
time. Take the lopg opinions that must
be written out They are usually pre-
pared at night nd,require in many in
stances a great deal Of care and research
among lawbooks. Some. opinions are
interesting; but, as rule, they. are tedi-
GUS and dry. Here is where great deal
of work comes in, and besides the
opinions are generally written by the
judges themselves. The stenographer is
not around, and writing after becoming
accustomed to debating in an office is
very laborious "-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette.
The herald., 1894-09-01

About the only man who goes ON the
floor of the house who has no right there
is Don Dickinson. The man from Michi-
gan has never been in congress and has
no right to mingle with members on
the floor during the session. But the
doorkeepers pay no attention when he
walks in, and it may be that they re-
gard him as q personal representative of
Mr.. Cleveland. No one on the floor
makes q formal objection to his pres
ence, so he stays. If any congressman
should object, the doorkeepers would
have to do their duty and refuse him
admittance. Boston Advertiser.
The herald., 1894-09-01
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Chairman emythc Says the Time 70
Action Has Oopu

Chairman smythc Says tho Time for
Action Has Come.
DENVER. Aug. 31.-William E..
Smythe, chairman of the national
executive committee OF the irrigation
congress, which will assemble here next
week, arrived in Denver today. He
said: II have every reason to believe
that this congress will be well attended
by representative men. l believe that
the time for action has come. This is
a matter requiring great statesmanship.
1t is a problem OF national importance,
1t involves the question Of interstate
etreams and forests.''
The herald., 1894-09-01

FRAsNo, Aug. 3I.-Walter Pickett,
nausger OF the Laguna de Taohe ranch,
was held up by two highwaymen to-
night. He drew knife and seized one
OF his asssilants, butthe latter managed
TO draw pistol and shot Pickett in the
hip, intlicting slight wound. The
town has been infested with hard char.
scters for some time past, but the off
cars will make cleanup TOMORROW.
The herald., 1894-09-01
Cinnamon and Cholera.

A deooction of cinnamon is recon.
mended as drink to be taken freely in
localities where there is typhoid Fever
or cholera, for cinnamon has the power
to destroy all infectious microbes. Even
its scent kills them, while it is perfectly
harmless to human beings. 1t is said
that the essence Of cinnamon, when ex.
posed in the sickroom, will kill typhoid
bacilli in IL hours and prevent fresh
cases. Kansas City Times.
The herald., 1894-09-01
The Sugar Bounty.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator Man
derson was at the treasury department
today with number of gentlemen from
Nebraska interested IN beet gar pre-.
duction and manufacture. He protested
against the recent decision of Secretary
Carlisle that no further payments of
sugar bouaties should be made. 1t was
arranged that the senator should file a
brief giving bis views for the use of the
secretary.
The herald., 1894-09-01
Murdered His Wife.

CHAPEL. Nsb., Aug. 31.-Jacob
ffahm, one OF the weslthiest farmers in
the state. was today jailed for murder
ing his wife, and all day the jail has
been threatened by mob Two month";
ago Mrs. FrRhm disappeared. The hus-
band Hsid abe was visiting in the east,
Hsr grave was discovered by hogs in the
wooda near the house and the Dedy was
io1nd badly mutilated.
The herald., 1894-09-01

SAN JOSE, Cal, Aug. 3l.-About 8
O'Clock this morning thres men walked
into the office OF the st. janice
hotel and attempted to hold up the
night clerk, Fred Swan com manding
him to give up the coin under his
care. The opportune arrival OF the
Right porter and some good bluAing
drove the men into the street, where
they quickly disappeared. The police
sre searching for the would. be robbers.