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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
A SUBMARINE BOAT
Contract Entered Into for a New Torpedo
Boat

Contract Entered Into for a New Torpedo
Boat
WASHINGTON. March ga contract
was signed today by Secretary Herbert
with the John p. Holland Torpedo Boat
Company for the construction of sub
marine boat for the use of the navy.
The contract, which may mark radi-
cal departure in the naval construction,
was signed only after a thorough consid-
GRAFTON extending through a period of
submarine boats and after various plans
for such craft had been examined. The
appropriation for submarine torpedo
boat was made over two years ago. The
dimensions of the vessel contracted for
are to be: Length, so feet; diameter. II
feet; displacement (total when sub
merged), 1881 tons. All parts Of the
vessel and the steel to be used in her con-
struction are to be of domestic manufact-
twelve months from date, under time
penalties. The contract calls for speed
of fifteen knots when the boat is in a
light condition. The Secretary may re-
fuse to accept the boat if il fails half
knot an hour below the speed required or
accept her at a reduced price. The price
to be paid for the boat is fixed at $3.50. 900.
1t is expressly stipulated that the
United States shall have the optional right
to acquire the patent right for the Holland
type of boat, the price to be paid Tor the
three naval officers, the option to run until
thirty days after the first session of Con-
gress succeeding acceptance of the vessel.
This provision is to give an opportunity
to enact legislation for the acquisition of
the patent if desired.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
A BLAZE IN A BIG BLOCK
Four-Story Building In Milwaukee Completely
Destroyed

MILWAUKEE, March 26.---Fire broke
out tonight in the four-story block on
Grand avenue, owned by the Plankinton
estate, and completely destroyed the
building and contents. It was occupied
by Landau & Co., wholesale dry goods.
and Tanner Il Co., furnishing goods. The
total loss will be between $500, 900 and
$500, 600.
At IA a. m. the fire is believed to be
under control. 1t has now become one
of the worst fires in the history of the
city. The flames were carried across the
street to the Y.M.C.A. building on the
north, one OF the handsomest and most
implicitly equipped in the West, and
that is now a total loss. To the north
Plankinton building.
At this writing the loss exceeds 81, 000,-
600, the heaviest losses being:
Plankinton estate, tive-story building,
loss unknown.
Tanner q Co., wholesale and retail fur
nishings, loss, 500, 900; insurance, $780,,
900.
Belden Company, retail clothing, adj
joining Plankinton Block; loss unknown.
Groebel & Reinhart, art goods and pic
ture frames, partially burned and wholly
ruined by heat and water; insurance,
$50, 600.
Y. NJ. G. A. building, $75, 900.
There are many minor losses including
small stores and flats.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
Tale of Woe Told by Alexander
Majors Family
WASTED A LARGE FORTUNE
Strange Story That Comes Over the
Wires From Kansas City
Known on the Coast, and It 10 Alleged
He Lives In Los Angeles

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 26.-Once
rich, and that not many years ago, pos
sessing wardrobe and diamonds deemed
consistent to women of their reputed
means, travelling in Europe AS wealthy
tourists travel, Mrs. Alexander Majors and
her daughter return finally to Kansas
City, their old home. their diamonds in
pawn, their costly wardrobe almost de-
pleted, and being no longer able to pay for
even the meanest lodgings, they confessed
to Judge Stone in the county court that
they were destitute and asked to be sent
to the county poor house. They are of
the family of Alexander Majors, once
classed among the wealthest citizens of
Kansas City. He was one of the pioneer
freighters across the plains.
The Mrs. Majors who now wishes to
become public charge is his second
wife. She told Judge Stone she had a
sister living in Chicago whose husband
was millionaire, but rather than appeal
to them for help she chose to go into the
oblivion of the poor farm with her
daughter.
The friendless women were waiting at
Judge Stones home. at No. 3032 Pros
pect avenue Saturday evening when he
hardly believe they were in earnest when
they made their wants known. The
mother, the Judge says, wore q dress that
must have cost 500 and it was none the
worse for wear, and the daughter, a come
~ girl of 20 or thereabouts was as stylishly
clad
The elder woman said they were part
ed from Mr.. Mao for some years and
that while in Europe he had become
penniless in California and wrote them
that he could not provide for them.
Since then everything of value they owned
had gone to the pawnbroker for means to
take them home and keep them alive.
Judge Stone asked them why they did
not make an effort to find work and Mrs.
Majors replied that they could not,
whether meaning that they were physical
ly unable to do so or were not so disposed.
the judge did not inquire. He said they
both looked in good health
Judge Stone told the applicants that
while he deeply regretted the necessity,
they would have to appear before the
county court, as he had no authority to
act in the matter alone. The women
asked to be excused from that otdeal and
Judge Stone replied that his colleagues
had to sign the order of committal as we'll
as himself and that they would be spared
any unnecessary publicity.
They went away, saying that they
would appear before the court yesterday,
but they did not.
Alexander Majors is one of the most
He is living in Los Angeles, Cal, today
at the advanced age of so.
About year ago he published book
about travel on the pains in the early
days. He was an overland freighter and
a friend of the noted f. X. Aubrey. He
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
Settlers on the Lake Bed Ask
for Protection
TROUBLE is LOOKED FOR
Governor Budd Directs the Attorney
General to Take Action
No Overt Act Has as Yet Been Committed.
The =" Swampers Will Not
Start the Fight

SACRAMENTO. March 90 Governor
Budd has received the following tele-
gram;
BAKERSFIELD STATION.
Governor Budd We. the settlers of
Kern Lake bed, ask you protect us against
an armed force OF hirelings of the Kern
County County Land Company, that are
forcibly dispossessing us from our land
now in litigation. They are destroying
our nropssrsy and threatening w gR 11T yss
Secretary OF the Meeting.
The Governor at once sent for Deputy
Attorney General Post and directed him
to telegraph the District Attorney of
Kern for a full statement by wire as soon
as possible of the trouble there. The Dep
uty Attorney General subsequently re-
ceived this telegram from District Attor-
ney Fay:
"rhe company has a patent for the
land. The settlers have occupied por-
tion Of the land for several years. Have
had several suits but none were properly
brought to determine title. Several eject
ment suits are now pending. The conf
pany has armed men now on the ground
people. Am expecting to hear Of trouble
at any time
After the Governor read this telegram
he directed the Attorney Generals Office
to Immediately instruct District Attorney
Fay to arrest and prosecute all parSes on
either side found violating the law.
BAKERSFIELD, March 26.-The set
tiers who are contesting j. b. Haggin's
patent to the $1,000 acres formerly the
bed of Kern lake, made no aggressive
movement. The new leader. Golfer, late
of Los Angeles, did not attempt to forci-
bly, enter Haggin's enclosure, as he
threatened in "a speech. There has been
no fighting, and there is not likely to be
unless the swampers get leader in whom
they have confidence, which seems un-
likely.
Those who know the swampers well say
they are not likely now to forcibly enter
the lands, because lawyers and others ad-
wise them not to, but the sentiment OF the
community is that if Haggin's men should
kill swamper for forcibly entering, other
squatters in the vicinity are numerous
and desperate enough to overpower and
lynch all the Haggin forces. The situa-
ton is still quiet. and it is now believed
that the question will be settled in the
courts, and that bloodshed is not prob
able.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
we'd at westport and still call. that place

lived at Westport and still calls that place
his home.
MIR. Majors was one of the frejghting
firm of RUSSELL Majors d Waddel and was
his palmy days. The noted Missouri
river steamer Alexander Majors was
named after him. He would not allow
his teamsters to swear nor abuse the an
imals and he daily held divine worship
in crossing the plains. Adverse fortune
of late years deprived him of most of his
means. He has recently been employed
as q mining expert.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
COLLEGE ATHLETES
Berkeley VIII Send Team to Compete
With Harvard


BERKELEY, March 26.--Students of
the State University subscribed $1,000 to-
ward a fund to send an athletic team
east to compete with Harvard, Yale,
Princeton, Chicago, Pennsylvania and
other eastern universities Arrangements
have been made to meet Princeton on
May 18th, Pennsylvania on May 18TH to
enter the intercollegiate games at Mott
Haven May 26th. and to contest with
Harvard in Boston June 1st. No definite
arrangements have been made with other
universities, but negotiations are now
under way with several more.
A committee consisting OF Professor
Edwards, Football Manager Long, A. W.
North and +. c. Koch has the entire
matter in charge They have elected
North manager and Koch captain, and
arrangements for the teams trip will be
made at once.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
ANOTHER INDICTMENT
The Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco After
the 1agnate


SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-The
United States grand jury filed another in
dictment against Coils P. Huntington,
president of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, today for violating the interstate
commerce law by issuing a pass outside
the state.
1t was limited that technicality might
nullify the first indictment. The Grand
Jury was determined that the railway
magnate should be brought to trial and
fearing that Attorney General
Olney might quash the first indictment,
today presented an ironclad indictment,
knowing that Huntington had
left New York and is now
en- route hither. An Indictment was also
found against Michael Mitchell. the de-
faulting newspaper clerk in the postoffice.
He embezzled $500 which his relatives
repaid in the hope that the criminal
charge would not be pressed.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
Those Diamond Cutters

WASHINGTON March 26.-Dr. Sem
mer, Commissioner of immigration at
New York, in telegram to Secretary Car
Isle, states that the sixty-one diamond
charged on a rehearing of their cases, and
recommends an offer of the steamship
company to give bonds that they will not
become public charges be accepted.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
Planning Mil Burned

ASTORIA. Ore, March 26.--The Neha-
lem saw mill, owned principally by Frank
causing loss of $25 600. The mill was
entirely new. 1t was situated on Little
Island, at the mouth of the Nehalem
River, and was considered one of the best
plants on the coast. The fire started near
the boilers and spread rapidly. There was
no insurance and the mill will not be re-
hlIilt
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
AFTER THE LIVING PICTURES
A Sensitive Senator Introduces a Bill
New York

New York
ALBANY, n. Y, March Ex-senator
Mullin introduced into the senate today
bill prohibiting any woman from APP
pearing in tights or any indecent cos
tune at any place where male persons are
assembled. An offense is deemed a mis-
demeanor and is punishable by i'm prison.
ment of not less than thirty days or more
than one year for each offense.
Any person who procures any woman
to SO appear shall upon just conviction
be punished by Imprisonment of not less
than three months nor more than year
and upon each subsequent conviction
shall be sentenced to state prison for a
term not less than two years nor more
than five years, or pay a fine not less than
500 nor more than $1,000. The posting of
theatrical or other bills with indecent pic
lures is prohibited. as is also the publ
cation OF so-called high art pictures" in
any magazine, newspaper or other publ
ca ton.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
The Gould Party and the Grippe

ST. LOUIS, March 26.-Miss Helen
Gould and brother Frank, her physician,
DR.. Mum, and party of friends from
Tarrytown, N. Y, are stopping at the
the Pacific Coast, where Miss Gould will
try to recover from the effects OF the
grippe with which she has been suffering
recently
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
Fac Smiles of STAMINA

WASHINGTON, March 26-Attorney-
General Olney has decided that the print
ing OF fac SMILES of foreign stamps is a
violation of the act OF 1891, which inhbits
the counterfeiting OF foreign obligations
or securities
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
Sibyl Sails AWay

NEW YORK, March 26.-Sibyl Sander
son, the prima-donna. sailed for Paris on
La Gascogne last Saturday. Another
passenger is Don Antonio Terry. Miss
Sanderson is reported to have said to close
friends before her departure that she
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
The Tod ern Way

Commends itself to the well formed, to do
pleasantly and effectually what was form
ery done in the crudest manner and dis
agreeably as well. 10 cleanse the system
and break up colds, headaches and fevers
without unpleasant after effects, use the
delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
of Figs.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
All In Favor of Critic

NEW YORK, March 26.-Young Critic
appeared at the new Manhattan Club in a
six-round go with Joe Harmon. 1t was
all on one side in favor of Critic and he
got the decision in the fifth round.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27

would rever again return to this country,
her native land, where she said she has
been terribly abused. 1t is also stated
that she is to retire from the stage.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
A New Paxmaster General

OMAHA, Neb., March 26.-Colonel T.
H. Stanton, Assistant Paymaster-General,
tonight was notified that he had been ap-
pointed Paymaster-General of the United
States army.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27

kregelo IL Bresee, funeral directors,
Broadway and Sixth street. Tel. 243.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27
Tin Roofing

Drop in and see W. c. Furrey & Co.,
the famous hardware firm, They make Il
speciality Of iirst-class tin rootino and all
other kinds of tin work. Their address
is i59 North Spring street.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27

Hollenbeck Hotel Cafe. Grill rooms and
private dining rooms. Oysters on shell
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worries Fair highest Medal and Diploma.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-27

Drink Shasta Water. Woollacott, agent.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21

IGNAT1Us DoNNELLY, the sage of Min
niger and exalted bowler of the Repre-
sentative, comes to the rescue of Coin
with a pamphlet published by Laird &
Lee of Chicago, entitled "The American
Peoples Money" AS might be expected,
the book is one of Donnelly's character
istic arrangements of "plutocrats" and
"money grabbers," as he styles them, to
whom he attributes all misery, past,
present and to come. He reiterates. in
parts Of the work, the predictions of the
upheaval of the governmental fabric
which are the foundation of "Cesar's
Column" and he makes use of blatant
demagogy and pessimistic prophecies to
bring his readers to see that free coinage
OF silver at l6 to l is the one thing need
full, and the only thing equal to the sal
walton of the nation. The book is writ
ten in that melancholy vein peculiar to
populistic campaign documents in gen
eral, and is an interesting, if not a val
liable addition to the increasing store of
financial literature.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21

A NEW scHEMR in railroading is pro-
]ected in California; it is to be a rail
road for railroad men. run by railroad
men exclusively. The road is to start at
San Diego, CAL, and to run to the min
ing regions of Nevada, and will be called
the San Diego, Pacific e. Eastern rail-
road. No man is to be employed on the
road except he be a stakeholder; the di.
rectors and officers to be selected from
men in actual service on the road. No
bonded or other Indebtedness is pro-
vlded, neither can anyone W more
than 500 shares. The plan is to have
the railroad men of the United States in
terest themselves IN the road. It is in
tended that the earnings of the road, if
any, will be distributed to the stock
holders in dividends and only the stock
subscriptions used for building.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21

The report that Treasurer Taylor was
to return to South Dakota is supple
mented by the further one that the terms
on which he comes are 500, 900 cash and
all the property of Taylor's in South
Dakota, Illinois, New Mexico and other
states. This property is to be valued by
q commission consisting Of Land Com
missioner Lockhart, Attorney General
Crawford and Gov. Sheldon, and the
bondsmen are to make good to the state
any deficit yet remaining on the total
sum. Taylor is to plead guilty and take
his sentence. Taylor's route, when be
skipped, was via Pensacola, Tampa, Ha.
vana, Vera Cruz, across Mexico to On.
jaha, down the west coast to Panama,
across to Aspinwall, thence to Kingston,
from there to Barbados, and last to
Para, Brazil. from which place he re.
turned to the United States. The de-
t~sctives caught the trail about March 10,
sixty days behind Taylor, and were
within ten days OF him when Taylor sur.
rendered.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21
HOODS
Sarsaparilla

said Mrs. Sage. in alarm, as she entered
the sleeping room.
II am taking cold," answered Russell,
shortly, $50 I can make use of that
cough syrup"
The beauty of this little tale is that it
illustrates g 70 clearly Mr.. Sage's charac-
teristic philanthropy and liberality.
Mrs. Mary Lease and Susan B. An.
thony met in the hotel lobby at Wash
ington n day, and repaired to the lat
ter's apartments, where they discussed
the emancipation question.
"To hold fast safely those things which
we have wrested from the men must be
our highest aim," said Susan, earnestly.
Sand to do this, what would you sug.
gest?"
"Have you ever tried suspenders?"
asked Mrs. Lease, who was something
of a wit herself. And then they called
the bell-bol and ordered two glasses of
lemonade, laughing heartily the while.
The SPECTATOR.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21
TO COMBAT THISTLE

The Russian thistle, that bugbear of
the northwestern farmer-that which
there is nothing now in the category of
bucolic ills that 80 threatens the future
of the agricultural portion of this and
the adjoining states-will be combatted
by an organization of st. Paul business
men, who will see if something cannot be
done to exterminate this enemy of the
city's most faithful ally, the farmer. The
Farmers Russian Thistle Protective
association is not yet q corporation.
According to the st. Paul Pioneer Press,
it is simply an association of ST. Paul
business men who have ONE to a
knowledge of the fact that something
must be done for the farmer in this
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21

HE general adoption of curfew reg
ulations by the smaller towns of Min
nesota and the Dakotas has attracted
attention in every part of the Union.
Something like a dozen towns in Min
nesota have already adopted ordinances
prohibiting boys and girls under the
age OF sixteen or ~thereabouts from an.
pearlng on the public streets after 9
o'clock in the evening, unless accomp.
anied by some grown person. South
Dakota has the law in several towns,
and North Dakots is preparing to take
hold OF the matter. Any citizen, as we'll
as any police officer, has authority to en-
force the provisions and have offenders
taken home on the first ofense, and fined
for any repetition of it..
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21

IT IS SAID, and reliably, too, that there
is a larger immigration into North Da.
kota this spring than for several years
past. The immigrants are coming prin-
cipally from South Dakota and Nebraska,
and a few from Iowa. Mcintosh and
Logan counties are getting a good share
OF these new corners. A colony Of Sew
enth Day Aaventists have settled in the
southwestern part of Stutsman county.
This is said to be the forerunner of a
large colony of this most desirable class
of immigrants. A large number of the
immigrants come from cactus and drouth
stricken regions, of South Dakota, Kan
sas and Nebraska, and several families
have settled along the Missouri river.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-06-21

Is only another name for impure
blood, for no person is weak and ner-
vous whose blood is perfectly pure.
When the blood is full Of the germs
of disease, and lacking in the red cor
puscles which give it vitality, when it
fails to properly nourish the organs
and tissues of the body, what can you
expect but that tired feeling and ner-
v%ousness?
OF course Scrofula, Salt Rheum,
Catarrh and Rheumatism are uni
versally recognized as blood diseases,
for which Hoods Sarsaparilla, as the
best blood purifier, is everywhere
acknowled the greatest remedy.
Therefore, as Hoods Sarsaparilla
cures all blood diseases, it is the best
remedyf for that condition of the blood
which causes Nervousness.
It is q false idea to think you are
curing your nervousness when you
are taking a preparation which only
quiets your nerves! 1t is like trying to
"drown" your SORROWS in the flowing
bowl. They are sure to return.
we WISH TO make MOsI IMPRESSIVE,
then, this truism:
You cannot purify your blood by
DEADENING OF QUIETING your nerves
with opiate, narcotic or nerve COM
pounds. If you take such articles
you are only TR1FL1NG with your
troubles. There is SURE to be a REAC-
TON which will leave you worse than
you were before.
Why not then, take the true course,
follow the bee line to the state Of
health, purify your blood and cure
your Nervousness BY taking