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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
THE NEWS EPITOMlZED.
Washington Item 8.

THE Ways and Means Committee recon-
mends that England, Russia and Japan he
requested to cooperate with the United
States in protecting the seals.
President CLEVELAND decided the boun-
Diary dispute between Brazil and Argentina,
| in favor of Brazil.
President CLEVELAND has issued his annual
| proclamation In regard to fur seals.
President CLEVELAND has signed the bill
| for a hfe-saving station at City Point, Boston
| Harbor Mass.
THE President has nominated Joseph r.
Herod, of Indiana, to be First Secretary Of
| the Legation at Japan; William Crichton, OF
| West Virginia, to be Secretary of the Lega-
| ton OF the United States at Brazil.
| PEEsIDEET CLEVELAND has named the fol-
lowing COnsuls: Fred EllicOn. Qf Indiana at
| Belize, British Honduras; Julio Harmony. of
| New York. at COrunna, Spain; William W.
| Nasterton, of Kentucky, at Alden, Arabia
| Samuel ". Thorne, of Pennsylvania, at
| Asuncion, Paraguay.
| The President sent to the Senate the nomi-
| nation Of Erskine II. Ross, of California, to
| be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth
j Judicial Circuit
! THE Secretary OF the Treasury, in response
| to a Senate resolution, said it would be desir-
able for the Secretary Of the Treasury to have
| authority to issue and sell short-time bonds
/ to meet deficiencies.
| THE time limit having expired the United
! States four per cent. bonds called for by the
| Belmont-MOrgan syndicate agreement were
| ordered to Re printed
THE hundredth anniversary of the birth Of
| George Peabody was celebrated in Nassa-
sets.
| THE second triennial convention OF the Ma
! tional Council OF Women began in Washing
ton.
| SECRETARY CARLISLE issued a statement Civ
| ing complete history of the Belmont-Mor-
| gan gold bond contract. Mr. Morgan with
| drew the bond contract to which Mr.. Cleve-
| land, as President, agreed.
| SENATOR HILL defended President Cleve-
| land from the attack made on him by the
silver Senators.
| GOLD is pouring into the Treasury for the
| new issue Of bonds. The gold, or most OF it,
| came originally from the Treasury.
| THE House Committee on Elections decided
| the GOOde-Epes contested election ease from
| the Fourth Virginia District in favor of Mr..
| Epes, the sitting member. The vote on the
| case was Z to 4.
| THE President approved the joint resolu-
| ton extending from March l. 1895. to April
| IS, 1895, the time for making returns OF in
| come for the year 1894 under the income tax
| provisions of the Revenue act Of 1894.
| The Daughters of the American Revolu-
| ton, in session at Washington, elected Mrs.
| J. W. Foster their President General.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
NO. 500.
NEWSY CLEANlNCS.

Ir.Lr is trying to induce England TO aid
her in Africa.
THE leather trade is prosperous Leather
is always in demand.
COLONEL BOOZE Is contestinS for seat in
Congress from Maryland.
THE Massachusetts, senate has adopted n
rule for the exclusion OF lobbyists
A MAN is planning TO take 5oG1 p>or,c from
Boston and coloniEe th"m in Tennessee.
TIE Berlin ReichsanzcSer puhl,,hc@ a gen
eral prohibition Of imports Of frozen meats.
AFLoRIp, hotel-kceper declares that never
before have tourists sought as low rates as
now.
POSTMASTER WEAVER. OF Louisville. Ky,
uses wagons like milk wagons for collecting
mail.
THE Swiss Government made a profit ~
about 1000 600 last year in its monopoly In
spirits.
Oklahoma will be open for settlement this
spring.
THE Navajo Indians in New Mexico have
been compelled hy the cold weather to eat
their horses.
MExIcos delay in dealing with GuatcmnI,
is for III" purpose OF gaining time in war
preparations.
THE train robbers who looted M express
car in California the other day took only the
gold coin aboard.
THE total tonnage passing through the
Sault Ste Marie Canal during the season was
valued at Sl43, 900 900
New YonK Cry has innuguratci IA brisk
war on tho tramp. He must either rlcar out,
or go to tn" workhous2.
OwINa to the unfavorahlo season in Eng
land for clover ecrd, ii Is expected that
American exports will be very large.
THE United States Supreme Court is snid
to be tiv" years behind its docket. There nr"
some $50 cases awaiting its dccsisn.
KAISER WLHELM intends inviting Franco
10 send u representative" 10 the tetrs attend
ing the oI~Aiug OF the Baltic Canal.
WITHIN % yoar or 30 tour cities will hc sup
piled with electric light in every street. TtnY
are Quebec, Budapest, Strat-hurc and Frank
fort.
AMONG 1929 chi>drcn subject to cruel treat
ment in the United Kingdom during recent
month no fewcr than 1897 were known to be-
insured.
A CARLOAD of pig tin, amounting to 922
bars. is on its way 10 New York from min'a
near Durango. Mexico. 1t is said tn y" tG"
second shipment Of tin ore ever mined ON IL"
American continent.
JAMES BATTLE. of Detroit. Mich. in point
of service the oldest Fire Chicf in the tri,rl
States, has been retired on half pay. He hns
been Chief Of the Detroit Fire Department for
tlIirty-four years. His retirement is du" t.
i'll health.
ACCORDING to official figures, 4i ,32l ,l99
tons of anthracite coal were mark kctcd In 1891.
though probably from 5000 900 to 1000 600
tons more were mined. This Is less than th'
49.0S9. .533 tons in 1923, or tn" l,Sg!.3o) t'nf
of 1892, but exceeds the output Of any year
previous to 1892
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
LATE TELEGRAPHiC TICKS
Dispatches Relating the News Of the
Country at Large.
KILLED BY A BURSTING GUN.
Army, Hit by Fragments of Cannon
Which Exploded During IA Test and
Killed. While Several Others Were
Wounded---Armor Plate Trials.

Fremont P Peek. First Lieutenant of the
killed on the proving grounds at Sandy
Hook, n. J.. by the bursting of the breech OF
a HOtchkiss gun.
The test of 7-10-inch rapid firing gun
was under way, and two rounds. with fixed
ammunition. had been successfully fired by
Lieutenant Peck. When the third round was
fired the breech of the gun burst and frar-
ments struck the Lieutenant on the face and
back, causing injuries which resulted IN
his death In a few minutes
Sergeant John Thorp, who was assisting
Lieutenant Peck, was slightly injured in the
leg. The others present, among whom were
Captain Frank Heath, the commanding
officer Of the proving grounds. and Mao
Frank II. Phipps. the President of the Ord
nance Board, escaped unhurt.
Many had narrow escapes from serious
injury. however, as the fragments of the
breech went in all directions and the bree"h-
lock, after striking several distractions.
landed about 100 yards away to the rear.
Major Phipps was greatly shocked by the
occurrence and after doing what he could he
started for Washington. IN official inquiry
into the explosion will be made defect in
the breecn block is thought by the ordnance
The pieces which could be found have been
gathered with a view Of subjecting them to
an examination by experts.
This was the first serious accident that has
occurred on the proving grounds since 1885.
On October 21 of that year First Lieutenant
William NJ. Metcalfe and Private Joseph King
were killed in nearly the same place by the
explosion of twel7e-inch shell, which was
being filled for a test. Several other soldiers
were injured in that explosion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
BOY DROWNED BY A DOG.
Thomas Tried to Save His Playmate and
the Latter Turned on Him.

Clarence NJ. Thomas. twelve years old. a
son of James Thomas, was drowned under
the ice on Lake Tallahassee, Long Branch,
n. J.
Young Thomas took big shepherd dog
out for q run upon the ice. When the dog
tried to pass over a place where the ice had
been cut he broke through. The boy at
tempted to pull him out aud fell in himself
The dog fought in the water with him
until the little fellow slid under the ice and
was drowned. The body was recovered by
the life-saving crew.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
ARMOR NOT EVEN CRACKED,
A Remarkable Test of a Fifteen-Inch Tur-
ret Plate.

A curved armor plate of Harveyized nickel
steel, fifteen inches thick and representing
nearly 500 tons of armor for the tur-
rets of the battle ships Indiana
and Massachusetts, was tested at
the proving grounds of the Bethlehem Iron
Company, at Redington. six miles below
South Bethlehem. Penn, with remarkable
results. Two shots were fired at it at a dis
tance Of about $50 feet. One shot was to try
to crack the plate, and the other to try to
pierce it. Although the toughest proectile
that could be obtained was used
in the 10-tnch gun that was fired,
not the slightest crack appeared in
the plate after either shot. Both projectiles
were welded into the plate and flattened out
like the smudge of a wet SNOWFALL. The
armor beat the gun with ease, and the ex-
perts present said that there never was a
more successful armor test in this or in any
other country.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

Reports have been received Of q severe
blizzard in the hills east OF Aberdeen, South
Dakota. Mrs. Neiving and four children,
living near Webster, attempted to 60 to
neighbors during the storm but became be-
wildered, and when found they We're leaning
against wire fence. The mother and two
children We're dead, and the other two chill
dren badly frozen.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
TEN RAFTSMEN DROWNED.
Rolled Off Their Raft and Were Unable
to Swim for the Cold.

colored men We're drowned in the SatiIla
River at the bridge of the Florida Central
and Peninsular Railroad. The men were
raftsmen, and were on a raft of cypress tim
ber, when they became almost frozen. Their
faces, hands and feet were frost-btten and
their limbs were so benumbed that they were
powerless in steering the raft. The freshet
had reached the highest mark and the raft
became unmanageabe. Tho men were weak
and hungry and could not stand up.
Finally they grew desperate and rolled off
the raft into the river and tried to reach the
shore. They were unable to swim, sc be-
numbed and frozen were their arms and legs.
They soon sank and their bodies were found
floating in the water few days afterward
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Robbed a Savings Bank.

At 1.20 o'clock a. m. the Thomaston
Conn., Savings Bank was robbed by three
unknown men. They entered the building
and with dynamite blew open the outside
safe, running it. The safe door was blown
against the ceiling eighteen feet away.
They secured $1,000 in cash. The money
was partly in deposit boxes, belonging to
patrons of the institution.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
WANT MEN HANDY WITH GUNS.
The Z ecuIiar Requirements for Federal
Em ployes in Southern Texas.

mployes in Southern Texas.
Civil Service Commissioner Lyman has
made report to the Commission on his re-
cent inspection Of the Eagle Pass CTexas)
Customs District. the inspection having been
made for the purpose Of making an applica-
ton Of the civil service system to the pecu-
liar requirements Of that district where pre-
vention OF smuggling is almost the main
purpose Of Federal employees. He says that
written examinations are not practicable in
this district. and recommends that the Gov
ernment, in selecting employees. should ST.
cure men Of intelligence, integrity, moral
and physical courage. sufficient knowledge
Of Spanish to converse therein and exper-
ience in the use of firearms and the handling
Of cattle.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
OLDEST LIVING ODDFElLOW."
He Died at Fishkill Landing After Fifty
eightYears of Membership.

Amand Miller died few mornings ago at
Fishkil Landing, N. y, aged eighty years.
He is believed to have been the Oldest Odd
fellow in the country
He was a native Of Lorraine, France (now
a German province), and came to this c0un-
try when a boy. He was initiated into Odd
fellowship in New York City in 1897. He first
joined Manhattan Lodge. In 1884 he with
others, withdrew and organized a new lodge
Mechanics No. 1873, OF New Y0ry City Of
which he remained a member to the time Of
his death.
For long time he was the only living
charter member of this lodge. He was a
member of the State Grand Lodge. He
served several terms as an Assessor Of the
town OF Fishkill, and held other local posi-
tons
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

A FRUlTLESS HOLD.UP,

Train Robbers Find the Express Car Empty
and the Messenger Gone.
The East-bound train on the Frisco road
was held up by robbers near Aurora, Mo.
Three men got on the engine when the
train was five miles from Aurora, compelled
the engineer and fireman at the point OF re-
volvers to go back 10 the express car and
open it. The robbers, however, found to
their disgust that the car was empty. the safe
locked, and the messenger not in sight. He
had disappeared in time and the robbers left
empty handed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

The Canadian Dominion 1linister Of A2ri
culture, in an address before the Dairynien's s
Convention at Montreal. said that the Do
minion Government had decided to assist
buttermakers by accepting through the De-
partment OF Agriculture all winter butter at
twenty cents a pound and shipping it t.
English markets. The announcement was
received with much satisfaction.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
The Labor World.

Boston letter carriers are to be allowed
S172. 40 for working overtime.
THE first ship-plate and boiler-piate plant
in the West has just been completed at South
Chicago.
The word '''ostler' has given place to
"stableman i'll the vocabulary Of the large
stables.
JoHS WASAMAKER is being sued by dis
charged empIoye for violating the contract
labor law.
4 NORTH Dakota schoo.master mas been ar
rested and deporte1 to Canada under the
contract labor law.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Robbers Shot the Cashier.

A bold but fruitless attempt to rob the
bank Of Azusa, Cal. was made about mid
night. Cashier Daniels was in the bank
when the two men effected an entrance. A
lively exchange OF shots followed. and
Daniels fell with a bullet in his snoalde-.
One robber was captured.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Rio Lumber Combine.

The lumber manufacturers OF the East and
North and the forest owners Of the same Sec
tions met in Boston, Mass, and organized the
Northeastern Lumbermen's Association.
Those present represented over $4,000, 900
invested in forest lands, saw-mills, wood
working manufactures and the manufacture
of lumber generally.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01

While students We're skating Oh the Moskva
River. Moscow. Russia. the ice gave way and
thirty of them were plunged into the water
and drowned. None Of the bodies have been
recovered.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
Killed by a Falling Tree
Thirty Students Drowned.

John Brabits and his son james Of Mont
gomery. Mimi. were struck and killed by 4
falling limb while telling trees.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
FATAL FIRE AT HOT SPRINGS.
Three Persons Burned to Death and Fiji
teen Boarding Houses Destroyed.

teen Boarding Houses Destroyed.
Fire started in the Ledgerwood bakery on
Ouachita avenue, Hot Springs, Ark, at four
O'Clock q. m. It is in the southern part of
The city, where boarding houses are numer-
Ous!
In an hour three women had been burned
to death, and six boarding houses, several
store-houses. and fifteen cottages in all
worth 800, ,0oO. had been swept away. The
dead are Mrs. Laura ScammOn, Mrs. Henry
J. Mcleod, and Augustine Stivetto, coiorod.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. BrownsOn. of Macon
Mo-, Mrs. Peacock and others were injured
but none dangerously.
A strong wind famed the flames, but pre-
vented the fire from moving in the direction
Of the big hotels and bath houses. The streets
covered by the fire We're Ouachita. where it
originated; Sealey, Malvern, Woodbine and
Orange.
Twenty-eight buildings in all were burned.
The boarding houses destroyed are the Qua
chita, Illinois, La Clede, Missouri aud
Bloomington. Three hundred men, women.
and children were driven to other quarters
for lodging, and most Of them lost all their
clothing.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-03-01
WAsHINCTCN'S BIRTHDAY.

It's General Observance Throughout the
United States.
Washington's Birthday was observed gen.
orally throughout the Union; in Chicago
Archbishop Ireland delivered an address on
american Citizenship
At Washington Washington's Birthday was
more elaborately observed than it has been
for number Of years, an additional feature
being the patriotic exercises of the National
Council of Women, now in session in that
city. The entire local militia turned out
In New York City Washington's Birthday
was very generally observed; dinners were
given by the Southern Society, New York
State Society of the Cincinnati. Syracuse
Alumni and the Publishers Association The
New York Society of the Sons of the RevoIu-
ton observed the 1884 anniversary of the
birth of George Washington with banquet
At Albany Governor Morton signalized his
occupancy of the Executive Chamber on
Nashington's Birthday by signing Assembly
bill No. l. commonly known as the Lawson
Foreign Flag bill, which prohibits the display
Of foreign flags on public buildings.
No Bull Fighting in France.
The highest tribunal of the Court of Casa
ton has confirmed the decision of lower
courts against bull-fghting in France
Cruelty to animals is the basis of the de-
ciSiOn.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-02
SCIENTIFIC FARMING.

A study of the directions given in last
Sundays CALL by Claus Spreckels for the
cultivation of sugar beets discloses the fact
that the whole substance and spirit Of
them are scientific farming As this is the
one thing most needed in California TO de-
veIop the highest capabilities of the soil,
and as the direc tions which he gives are in
great part applica bic to all kinds of farm
ing and if followed would produce the best
results, they are worth knowing to the last
detail. In brief, his directions generally
applicable are these: The tract of land
should be accurately measured and careful
accounts kept. No stock should be per-
mitted on the Land after the first autumn
rains. Tie ground should be plowed
deeply, we'll worked and thoroughly pull
verized, and at proper intervals pulveriza-
tion should be repeated until the soil is
brought to good state of tilth. If clods
are left the soil will dry and the crop can
not get sustenance. Frequent cultivation
should be pursued until the ground is COW
cred with the crop.
These are perfectly scientific directions.
Mr.. Spreckes says nothing about fertilza-
ton, his apparent assumption being that
the native fertility of the soil renders
artificial enrichment unnecessary. This
is generally the case in California, but it
should be borne in mind that every crop
removed from the soil takes away a GER
tain amount OF nutriment. Even in soils
that are naturally rich it is generally
profitable to use fertilizers. This is
branch of scientific farming that has re-
ceived very inadequate attention in Cali
fornia.
Mr.. Spreckels' direction for sampling the
quality of the beet crop for harvesting and
for shipment are all necessary for the beet
grower to know, but there is not space
here for their reproduction. The evident
purpose of the exhaustive interview which
he gave THE CALL is to induce farmers and
capitalists to engage in this great industry
in California. Wherever it has been fol-
lowed here with any approach to intelli-
gence it has yielded a handsome profit
both to growers and makers. This must
always be so, for it will require many
year yet of the most active advancement
for this country to produce sufficient sugar
for its consumption. California is the best
State in the Union for this industry, for in
the case of sugar beets, as in that of all
other crops, its soil gives the most gener-
Gus returns.
1t ought not to be difficult for farmers
and capitalists in many parts of the State
to unite in establishing the industry at
their doors. The benefits cannot be ex-
aggerated. 1t would be the esta blishment
of a home industry of very valuable kind
and would bring prosperity to every COM
munity which engages in it.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-02
THE FUNDING BILL.

The funding bill fight of the railroads
against the people of the United States
has begun. 1t is reported the railroads
will endeavor to get the bill through Con-
gress before Christmas. This may not be
true, for the plans of the railroad lobby
are generally kept as well-guarded secrets.
1t is, however. very probable, and true or
false, is warning to the people and their
representatives in Congress to be on guard
against any possible tactics the hard and
cunning fighters of the monopoly may en-
ploy.
1t is more than likely that Huntington
has more plans than one to get his great
scheme through Congress and thus by de-
frauding the whole United States fasten
his control for long term of years upon
the industries Of California. Hoke Smith
recommendation to refer the settlement of
the question to Government commits
sion would probably suit the rail-
road very well, and there may be
a plan to have Congress follow the
recommendation. A commission ap-
pointed by Cleveland would in no wise
be responsible to the people. In fact, the
people would be far off and Hunting
ton would be very near. The commission
plan, therefore, should be opposed at every
step. The people have elected members
to Congress to deal with this issue, and no
Congressman has right to evade direct
action in the matter by shifting the re-
sponsibility upon any committee what
ever.
1t is hardly necessary to remind any
Californian of the immense imDortance of
defeating the funding scheme. There is
no industry nor interest of the State that
will not be affected by it one way or an
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-02
PERSONAL.

Mrs ]. S. Cone OF Red Bluff is at the Palace.
L. E. Juston, Portland lawyer, is at the
Lick.
VA Hoffman, a merchant at Ukiah, is in
town.
W. E. Dunn, Los Angeles attorney, is at
the Grand.
TX Maddocks, a Seattle capitalist, is at the
Occidental.
DR.. James ]. Reed and wife OF New Jersey are
at the Palace.
EB Willis of the Sacramento Record-Union
is at the Russ.
Charles ]. Noack, q ieweler of Sacramento,
is at the Lick.
J.NE. Wilson, from Mexico, is registered at
the Occidental.
E. A. Warren, vineyardist of Chico, is stay
ing at the Lick.
L. H. Garrigus, Salinas politician, is regis
tered at the Lick.
E. Mayhem, jeweler from Chico, is quar-
tered at the Grand.
T. C. Reavis, Salinas merchant, is in town
| and staying at the Lick.
F. P. Lane and J. S. Lane, merchants of Lake
view, Or, are at the Lick.
John Bradbury, the Los Angeles capitalist,
with his wife, is at the Palace.
Mrs. J. ]. Boyee, wife of the Santa Barbara
attorney, is registered at the Lick.
B. II. Burton and wife are here from Willows
and are registered at the Occidental.
Mrs. NJ. S. Sayre, who is to ride in the horse
show, has come down from Lakeport.
Henry Daniels, a Grass Valley mining man,
registered at the Occidental yesterday.
f. +. Doyle, mining superintendent OF
Butte City, Mont, is at the Russ House.
c. F. McGlashan, Truckee merchant and
formerly newspaper man, is at the Russ.
F. p. Wickersham of the Wickersham Bank.
Fresno, is registered at the Lick with his wife.
NJ. Laurence, manager of the Tallac House,
has moved to the Baldwin, now that the win.
ter has put temporary check upon Tahoes
public attractiveness.
D. W. Mckenzie, q mining man, is down
from Coulterville and has put up at the Grand.
E. Black Ryan and family have closed their
home at Menlo Park and taken up their winter
residence at the Occidental.
s. w. Taylor Jr., editor of the New York
Rider and Driver, arrived from the East last
night and put up at the Palace.
R. F. Carman, H. X. Bloodgood and Francis
Underhill, the three celebrated New York