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The free press., 1895-08-01
BRADSHAW'S RUSE.
BY ALICE IVES.

Bradshaw was jealous. There was
no denying it. But what can you ex-
pect Of man who is very much in
love, or at least thinks he is?
The mother of his charmer approved
of him and had promised a friendly
alliance, but the charmer herself re-
mained neutral, which, you must ad-
nit, looked doubtful for the alliance,
and especially for Bradshaw.
He was well-meaning, well-con-
Quoted, industrious young man, who
bv strict attention to business had be-
come the confidential clerk of Mr..
Joseph W. Burphy, wholesale dealer
in tea, coffee, spices, ETC., liberal
discount to the trade, etc.
''But 1 tell you L don't care for
him.. Miss Vera White spoke decid-
edly and looked straight into her
mothers eyes.
Hes young man of such nice,
steady habits" demonstrated the
mother
$50 am l." retorted the daughter.
'Seems to me it's thing to be in
earnest about. should say he ought
to be.
'But my dear. you let him come
here"
cts you who let him."
''But you talk with him and go out
with him. 1 don't think you dislike
Mr.. Bradshaw"
"No, L don't"
you'll throw over man who'll
make you a good husband and take up
with some dashing, snowy spendthrift
yet"
"But, my dearest mother, the
spendthrift hasn't even appeared to
ask to be taken up. SO what the use
of borrowing trouble? l don't want
to get married anyway. 1 should have
to fall in love first, you know. And,
as I've got all that to go through with
there's plenty of time"
"But, you know, dear, since the
reduction in the rates of interest our
income has grown so small l can
scarcely make both ends meet. You
need more than when you were little,
and-and 1 don't know what to do. l
hate to put mortgage on the house"
"Oh you mustn't do that 1 will
get some work to do.
1t was true there was very little to
live upon. Mrs. White had been a
widow for ten years. Vera was her
only child, and at 10 was as unsophis-
ticated in the ways of the world as
many girls are at II.
1t was settled she should learn type
writing. After she had mastered it
the next thing was to find something
to do. Here Mr.. Bradshaw came to
the rescue and got her place in Mr..
Burphy's private Office. OF course
he didn't want them to lose the homo
he had had his eye on it for some time.
His desk was in Mr.. Burphy's office
and it was an admirable arrangement.
'You know" he said to the widow,
they call Mr.. Burphy crank. 10 be
sure he is an old bachelor and has
stuck so closely to business all his
life that it has made him little gruf
and peculiar. But if any one could
be with him as I have been and could
see the real tenderness underneath,
the good he does in quiet way, and
the strict, fine integrity of the man,
they'd know, as do, that he's one In
ten thousand. Oh, I'll look after Miss
Vera; she'll be all right, / assure you.
So Vera went to work. The next
day after she began she made some
mistake in dictation, and Mr..
Burphy spoke sharply to her. The
tears rushed to her eyes, but she
choked them back and said quietly:
II shall try faithfully to do what
you wish. If make too many mis-
takes |pnd don't suit, you have only to
soad he away"
The free press., 1895-08-01

The neighbor leaned upon her gar
den rake and called over the fence:
81 noticed light in your house
last night, Mr.. Bimley," she said,
"are your baby's teeth bothering him
again?"
The man with the lawn mower
stayed his hand.
"Don't know how much they're
bothering him." he answered shortly,
"but they're bothering the life out OF
me. Rockland Tribune.
The free press., 1895-08-01

There was something in the indie
| pendence of the answer that caused
him to think twice about her. He
studied her furtively and found the
study interesting. She attended
strictly to business ana he saw that
she was intelligent and reliable.
After time Mr.. Bradshaw made
an unpleasant discovery. He believed
Miss Vera was in love with her en-
ployer. The signs were to him un-
mistakaple. 1t was here that he be-
came jealous.
Besides his own feelings in the mat
ter he felt that he must save young
innocent girl from wrecking her hap
piness on a man, who, he believed
cared no more for her than the ledger
on his desk.
SO he resolved on bold step. He
went to Mr.. Burphy and told him he
| had reason to believe Miss White
| was in love with him, and for her sake
something ought to be done to cure
| the infatuation.
Mr.. Burphy looked positively
stunned, but he agreed to do his best
in any plan Mr.. Bradshaw might sug-
gest.
Suppose you dictate a letter to a
young woman showing your admira-
ton, etc. How would that do?'
Excellent-excellent cried Mr..
Burphy.
Accordingly, the next day, after
Miss White took her dictations, her
employer in a rather embarrassed
manner gave her this:
"My dear Miss (you can leave the
name blank will you ask your
mother if 1 may have the privilege of
calling at your home? am anxiously
awaiting your reply. Faithfully yours,
JOSEPH w. BURPHY."
Somehow there were SO many mis-
| takes in the letter she had to make the
second draft, and that willy old bach
elor actually saw her fingers tremble.
81 will address it myself" he said,
taking it from her.
"Beautiful!" chuckled Bradshaw to
himself, seeing how finely his plan
worked.
The next day there was another let
ter to be written to the same woman.
81 love you," it said. 81 want to
make you my wife. If you care for
me, say that 1 may come to your house
tomorrow evening""
This time the typewriter made worse
mistakes than before, and complained
of feeling i'll, and asked to go home
little before the time.
As she rose to put on her wraps Mr..
Burphy sent Bradshaw out of the room
for something.
"Will you please mail these letters
for me?" he said, handing her two.
"And-and L wish you'd see if I've
addressed them right"
She looked at them, then at him in
dazed way.
"Why, they're addressed to mel"
"Yes," said Burphy shortly. Mum
ber right? Please open them and see,
too, if the contents are correct?'
"Good heayens Was it dismis-
sal?"
She opened the envelopes with
trembling finger and faint heart.
why, Mr.. Burphy," she said, it's
mistake. These are the letters l
wrote to that lady"
"No mistake at all. Quite correct,
replied that businesslike individual
very brusquely. "Will you have the
kindness to give me my answer?'
"You may come tomorrw evening,
she said, and ran out of the office.
GLOW did it work?" asked Mr..
BRADSHAW when he came back.
"I'm afraid not just as you ex-
pected," replied the proprietor, with
his back to him.
Bradshaw thought so when he got
the wedding cards. New York Adver-
tiser.
The free press., 1895-08-01
Only a Slight Blaze.

Mr.. Softleigh oh, Miss We're, Jour
fesplendent beauty sets my brain on
fire.
Miss G. Vere--Well, never mind, it
won't be much of contiagration. =
Truth,
The free press., 1895-08-01

Bicycle riders of the City of Mexico
are now compelled to label their ma
chimes. This is to show that the tax
hes been paid thereon.
The herald., 1895-02-10
A PRINCES LOVE
REAL ROMANCE SURROUNDS A MUIR
DER AND SUICIDE
Forced to Marry Child, the Heir to Millions
Stays His Mistress and Then
Kills Himself.
Special to TIE HERALD.

Special to THE HERALD
London, Feb. 9.-The circumstances of
the recent suicide of Pri ce Sturdza make
a thrilling romance. The young man was
heir to many millions and noble names.
Two years ago he fell in love with Girela
Boga, the daughter of a poor shoemaker.
His parents did all in their power to
force him to marry against his will.
They offered the girl a large sum if she
would leave Bucharest, but this was I'M
successful Three weeks ago Prince
Sturdza allowed himself to be married to
Marie Cantacuzene, II years old and
pretty. Prince Sturdza did not see his
mistress, but he exchanged kilograms and
letters with her.
On the LIST inst. he rose while it was
still dark drove to the house of his mis-
tress, opened the door with his key and
found her sleeping. He sat upon the bed,
shot her through the breast while she
slept, and then turning the weapon shot
himself. The young man, who is de-
scribed as cultured and talented, was gem
erous to fault.
The herald., 1895-02-10
1T LACKED ECLAT
THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK'S BALL
WAS A FAILURE
Absence of the Prince and Princess of Wales
and other Members of the Royal Fam
lily the Cause.


Special to The HERALD.
London, Feb 9.-Strange gossip is 60
ing around in society about a great fancy
ball at Warwick Castle. The Countess of
Warwick intended that this ball should be
Il historic entertainment taking rank with
the famous Egliton tournament She had
counted on the presence of the Prince of
Wales the Duke and the Duchess of York,
but it was intimated at the last moment
that those royalties could not accept the
invitations.
1t now leaks out that the Princess of
Wales strongly disapproved of the Prince
or Duke or Duchess going to Warwick Cas-
tie. Tho Prince at the outset insisted on
attending, but finally the Princess init
mated that she would indefinitely prolong
her stay abroad if he carried out his in
tention. AS matter of fact, she did not
return until he had declined the invita-
ton. The result was that the ball, though
gorgeous and picturesque, lacked the
eclat which royalty would have given it,
and failed to create the sensation in
tended
The herald., 1895-02-10
A CUBAN REvOLUTIONIST
Everything In the Island Said to Be Ripe for
an Outbreak

Tampa, Fla, Feb. 9.-Gonzales Cues
eda, secretary of the Cuban Revolution
airy party in this country, in an inter-
view today, said:
"a revolution in Cuba is imminent
Everything is ripe for it, We have plenty
of money already raised in the United
States to carry on a successful war against
Spain, and we can double it before July
LIST. The cigarmakers here have already
given me $780, 900 for the cause, and are
ready to raise 100000 more if necessary.
Key West has given even more generously.
From here l go to arouse the patriot
ism of the Cuban Islanders in Jackson
ville Ocala, Philadelphia and New York
and then to the Cuban colonies in South
America. We shall have several millions
of dollars in hand before the summer is
over and we can strike hard for Cuban
liberty.
There will never be an attempt to in
wade Cuba by her exiles until there is
strong uprising from within. Then they
can expect aid from us and we have the
means to help them"
The herald., 1895-02-10
LOS ANGELES SPEAKS
A Big Petition for Woman's Suffrage Presented
to the Assembly

Sacranento Feb On tho Assor,bl,,
t1,is Int MI as - 10y
.nnt ,oinl n4i4;d pui,a u LOS Ahgeles pre-
sented petition which, he said was sew
eral hundred feet long and contained the
names of several thousand citizens who de-
mand full snffrage for women
Wa,,,,1;ro ;,,tnT9l,,a1 I'm
way hit lhVIo,'ueeu SUBSTITUTE piii Tor
o,, ', Fl e 1o ~ sA.tolhey -ueheral tlz-
seiaiu ~ W pnuNlue ior uraS-nee lilvestlga-
HI i i Ta, iacisGo Inc
81 o Nv plll 10 l'leseI,teu a1 tle instance
oi one mon League Elups OF san iran
ISL. ~ Plonlues tilaC oi the three IN
eoou,S"o.s ooii IN. :, one shail pe
aoppoih,lueue ~ tile opIferlloI, one oy the
8 ple;1 oi t'ie aSseniply' ana one by me
, leniI i -. .! tiie oenate. lnelr hrsI duty
, Sainn ~ a. eieuIiom lrauus ana
III " r,le Iitsent LcstsIature' II posi-
pc, anu neA. 10 investigate the other
ira mi' anu corruPtloils,
Inc question OF attaches, which never
lalls 70 provoke row III the Assembly
was the cause OF announcer ACRIMONIOUS de-
pate, GO po9thpy OF oah francesca began II.
re re ollereu resolutloh releasing Assem-
ny auI I from coiipliance WIN
snswer Will rnicol ioi IN 'hein 10
answer at roll-call IN the Assem- bly
clianlper every morning at 9:5o CLOCK or
TO 10 ioIlelt tne oay pay. spencer opposed
lne resolutlon' saying III seems 10 me
tiue tne majority Oh thls mouse doesn
want these attaches TO do anything. 10
answer thls roll-cal Is ABOUT all that most
oI tnen1 are now DONG. ~ Is now
ploPoseu W excuse them from mat
uutyl 50 ihaU tney VIII nave
iot nov 10 uo put 10 9raW thelr breath
ana araw thelr pay. But am not going
10 o!ler any oplectioh, ana thus waste
the tiine Oh 'he Legislature. IT IS PLAIN to
me me uhaL the majority OF the Assembly
The herald., 1895-02-10

up brave front and talking together,
thinking all the while of the lifeboats
that, as they knew, had got ready for
lowering if by chance anything should
happen. But with the abating of the
tempest came a new form of assault.
The air grew colder and Thursday
the thermometer dropped below zero,
heavy fog rolled up and through it
came binding snowstorm, fairly chok-
ing the decks of the ship. The gale was
blowing over 40 miles an hour, and the
sea being warmer than the air sent up
thick steam that, combined with the fog
and snow, made the air Opaque. Friday
morning the wind went down somewhat
and the fog lifted enough for the steamer
to go ahead slowly. And so the Teutonic
sailed into Sandy Hook, where she
arrived Friday evening and then, and not
till then, did her Captain leave the
bridge. He had been there for eighty
seven hours continuously. He had stood
there with feet nose and hands frost
bitten, and when the doctor examined
him he found his left eye was frozen and
that sight will, in all probability, never
return to il,
The herald., 1895-02-10
Senator White Wants Engineer
Benyaurd's Report.
CONGRESS MUST READ 1T
Comparatively Little Money Needed to
Make a HarbOr
The Production of the Experts Report Will
Have Good Effect on the Action of the
Commerce Committee.
Special TO THE HERALD.

WASHINGTON. Feb. o.-The Secretary
of War today. in resnonse to a resolution
introduced several DAVIS ago nv Senator
White of California. has sent to congress
the report of Colonel Benvaurd on Will
mineton barbor California. which has not
ct been made public.
Senator White had been informed that
such report had been made and introduced
this resolution for the purpose of calling
to the attention of the members of the
Senate Commerce Committee the opinions
EXPRESSED of San Pedro bv this Govern
ment engineer.
Colonial pa,ya,rd os+;r,o+os +bo+ Il will
r.o,,;ro saoo -1s Co. f,,r.hor ;,,,,,,,,.o,,,o,,+
of this borbor Uo stotos +hat Tho o,,,,ro
nriotion If S51 ooo n,ado nv, tho p;,,or and
H.rhor ,ot ~ 1900 ,,,os o,,o,dad l., 81,
taini,,o do,,+l 80 10 Foot ~ Io,,. t;do uo
,,r,,os, ,7o1oss.i.,, - ato,,a - =,
creasa +I,o do,'t,, IS t,ia ,.ho. -, an
The herald., 1895-02-10
AFTER A BANKER
|. W. HELLMAN SHOT AT BY A
BROKER
The WouId-be Murderer Turns the Gun ON
Himself and Suicides-cause Of
the Trouble.

San Francisco, Feb. 9.-Isaais ". Hell
man, the well known financier and presi.
dent of the Nevada Bank, had a narrow
escape from death this morning. He
had left his residence to walk down to
the bank, as is his custom, and had not
proceeded far when man, who had evil
IDENTIFY been lying in wait for the banker,
stepped out from a doorway and pointed
a pistol at him. The latter quickly
struck at the weapon with his stick
which the would-be assassin grasped.
After a brief struggle Hellman turned
and ran toward the corner. The man fred
twice at the rapidly retreating banker, but
his aim was bad and Hellman was I'M
hurt. Then, apparently satisfied that one
or the other of his shots had taken effect
the man deliberately shot himself through
the forehead. Hellman quietly walked
back, picked up his hat, which had been
knocked off in the struggle with his ass all
ant, and returned to his house, before con-
tinuing his walk to the bank. To his
GOODNESS in using his stick he undoub teddy
owes his life. A bullet could hardly have
missed its mark at such close range.
The suicide was taken to the Receiving
Hospital, where he died in the afternoon.
His name is William Holland, a curb
stone stock broker, who was arrested
about six weeks ago, charged with pre-
senting a forged check at the Nevada
Bank. When taken to the bank for iden-
LITIGATION, the teller was at first doubtful
but finally said Holland was not this
forger. Hellman also failed to identity
him, but Holland considered the arrest,
although made without publicity, re.
Election upon his integrity and brooded
over his fancied disgrace, finally deter
mining to be revenged on Hellman and
tba,, and bic oxyr Ifa
The herald., 1895-02-10
FLORIDA'S FREEZE
THE VEGETABLE CROP OF THE STATE
DESTROYED
Pineapples and other Tropical Fruits Ruined
Ice Formed at Nearly All Points,
Palm Beach ESCAPED.

J,o1,so,,;uo III, nal n Ill., s,u
+on+ IS tha d,,,aa,o H.. ~ 4lI
Florid, will ho har1 10 os+in,nto fr, so,,,a
daws haoo,,so no,ants Iii w. ',ou. =, a,
~ So, IN 80 ,,a;1a .a, IN,
i"s iiV''i al, po'"'S' 'esiues inuc'l VIII
depehd on the weather that follows dur
ing the next week. After the freeze of
December. the weather moderated grad
uollv and il was fully ton dovs bofore
~ -, ... 49,,
vi, .mo noiiii'i temperature was res'oreu'
rms TACT probably saved large amount
of damage to the oranges which might
have been done bv a sudden warming of
air and oxnos,,ro TO tho I,ot s,,,
On or" eNP''"ie ~ ''ie iio' sun
AoVlces from uiliereht sections OF the
State cite the effect of this freeze, and
state that the damage is equal. if not
greater than that of tho Decenabor freeze
Tho auo, as ,o Il :,
ine area Vi 10" 'eniperature mas extend
ed as lar south as before and vegetation
was not in as strong a position to stan
the cold as then. To recoup the loss of
oranoes many oronoo ,,ro,rors hod ,1a,,.
o o1 ih"' TIE sio"eis iiau pant
Gu 'ege'apies' lhey had started vlgor-
Gus growth, and were developing to the
point where they could be damaged by
severe cold. Then came the second freeze.
Il .nnoors ro,,, tha+ 40 I1a
NJ =; s... VIZ .,,'o'o oiop VI
trees throughout the State had already
shown signs of putting ont n new growth
along the Halifax and indian rivers and
=. ~ IL. 80, ii'Ni' ,''i''
IL Ine sout VI RI por1oli OF the orange oelt
H id: i i " piooll. rar as can pe learned
lnls pi1oiiI anu new CROWN mas peen de-
StI9SeI' ~ 10 usualy CONSIDERED that
The herald., 1895-02-10
SWEPT BY FLAME
DESTRUCTION OF THE UNION DEPOT
HOTEL AT ST. JOE
Big Tobacco Warehouse In Louisville Burns
ing--A Printing House In Pittsburg in
FIames--F1re In Winnipeg,

st. Joseph, Mo-, Feb. eat $50 D. m,
fire broke out in the United States Express
department of the Union depot. The flames
ate their way through the floor into the
Union Depot hotel on the floor above and
in an hour the structure was ma IS a
of ruins. The hotel which occupied the
upper stories and the south end of the
structure, was crowded with guests and
number of them had narrow escapes.
Major J. b. Mclaughlin, who conducted
the hotel, loses $25, 900. The Union depot
was completed and opened May 1, 1882,
and cost $3.50, 900. The insurance is $42,-
900. The depot was used by all of the
railroads entering st. Joseph. The guests
at the hotel lost $4,000. The total loss
will aggregate $4,000.
The loss outside of the hotel, depot and
guests baggage is made up Of the ex-
press company's offices and the contents
of the baggage rooms, including the
United States mails. The express COM
pany's loss is very heavy.
Pittsburg, Feb. "a fire at mid night
in the printing establishment of Clarence
B. Bush on Herr street destroyed the
building and contents, causing loss of
$4,000 fully covered by insurance.
Louisville, Ky, Feb. 9.-Rey & Com
pany's tobacco warehouse located in the
wholesale district on Eighth and Main
streets, is burning. Three alarms have
been turned in and the entire department.
is out. The loss will be heavy.
Winnipeg, Feb. "a AIorden special
says: A terrific fire is raging. The Nor
den House, D. Kilgro's dry goods store,
G. +. McLaren's drug store, Sparting
grocery store, Forests jewelry store, Hal
man & Co.'S liquor store and the CONNER
cial hotel have been burned and desper-
ate efforts are being made to save the
remainder of the business section.
Chicago, Feb 9.-The fashionable fiat
building, 595 LaSalle avenue took fire
this afternoon. Augusta Castorit, maid OF
Mrs. Leopold Proskaure, was probably
fatally injured by jumping from the second
story window. The building was a hand
some five story structure, occupied by
about forty families.
The herald., 1895-02-10
A TENNIS PLAYER
MRS. CLEVELAND HAS FINE MUSCU-
LAR DEVELOPMENT
No Amount of Handwriting Wearies the Lady
of the White House--EIaborateIy Writ
ten Fairy Stories.

Special to THE HERALD.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Mrs. Cleveland
says no one is more amused than herself
in reading the various accounts of how
after each large reception at the White
House when she has gone through a
siege of handshaking, her arm next day
is perfectly useless, stiff and swollen to
twice its normal size. The fact is that
not word in all these elaborate treat
Uses upon the painful condition of her
arm is true. No amount of hand shaking
wearies her and the reason she gives for
this is that before coming to Washington
she was an ardent tennis player. 1t is
to her unusual amount of exercise in this
game that Mrs. Cleveland attributes her
fine development of muscular strength
that has since stood her in good stead in
the matter of hand shaking.
The herald., 1895-02-10
HAS NOT WENT YET
Preliminary Arguments in the Gunst Case
Commenced in Court

San Francisco, Feb. 9.-Preliminary ar
guments were heard today in the applica-
ton for writ of quo warranto to Dust
from the Office of Police Commissioner
of San Francisco, Moses A. Gunst, APP
pointed by Governor Markham on the last
day of his term, and seat in his stead
Stewart Menzies appointed by Governor
Budd The entire question hinges upon
the Governor right to remove the Police
Commissioners
The herald., 1895-02-10
MONEY FOR THE MILITIA
The Senate Committee Divides the Appropria-
ton Bill

Sacramento, Feb. 9.-The Militia APP
preparation Bill has been divided and the
Senate Committe on Military affairs has
recommended an appropriation of $142. :
so as the first appropriation
soldiers who served during the late strike.
For the past two weeks the committee on
county Government have been working on
the fee bill. This bill will go the Senate
ON Monday.
I The bill prohibiting the sale, manu-
facture or disposal OF cigarettes, intro
duced by Senator Gesford, has passed the
Senate without debate. 1t is now declared
that its chances for passing the Assembly
are good.
The county government bill will not be
reported for week lat least.
The herald., 1895-02-10
THE GUATEMALAN AFFAIR
Mexican Officials Reticcnt Regarding Final
Action in the Matter.

City of Mexico, via Laredo, Texas, Feb.
9.-There is no change in the Guatemalan
matter. The Mexican officials will not
give out any information, despite all re-
ports. to the contrary. However, it is
learned on good authority that Guatemala
has not receded from her original an
swer to Mexico, and is still rushing troops
to the frontier.
The herald., 1895-02-10
A GRAND WEDDING
MISS ANNA GOULD'S COUNT TALKS
OF MARRIAGE
II II Can Be Arranged the Ceremony Will Be
Performed lby Bishop Corrigan and VIII
Be Great Affair.
Special to TIE HERALD.

Special TO The HERALD.
New York, Feb. 9.-Count De Castellane
went to Irvington today to visit his
fancee, Miss Anna Gould
Concerning the wedding the young
nobleman said eff it can be arranged
| would like to be married in the Cathe-
dral by Archbishop Corrgan, and have
grand wedding. Miss Gould, of course,
is a Presbyterian and dispensation will
be required.
81 have just cabled my father and
mother the news of my engagement. They
Will be present at our marriage. My
brother will also come to this country. In
case the marriage does not take place at
the Cathedral it will be solemnized at
George Gould's house on Fifth Avenue. !"
The herald., 1895-02-10
LAID DOWN HIS WOE
Suicide of a Prominent Young San Francis
co Man.

San Francisco, Feb. 9.-Ralf R. Selby,
well-known u real-estate dealer, and a
member of an old family, shot himself
through the head this afternoon.
There is no reason known for
the suicide of Selby, except
that since the death of his wife three
years ago he has been subject to melan-
cholia. He was about thirty-five years
old and was the son of Thomas Selby,
the founder of the Selby Smelling Works,
and Mayor Of San Francisco thirty years
ago.
The herald., 1895-02-10
Railroad Concession Cancelled.

Guaymas, Mex, Feb. 9.-Official adj
vices have been received here announcing
the cancellation by the government of
important concessions granted to Miguel
Corneio, capitalist, for railroad from La
Paz to the mining district of Del Truinfo.
The deposit of $4,000 which the conces-
sionaire made with the government is de-
clared forfeited.