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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18

received the list from Secretary Gresham,
and the names are made public for the
hrst time. The congress is to meet in
Paris on June LIST next, and will continue
ten days. There will be 400 delegates
present from every civilized country in
the world, and the conference will be held
under the supervision of the French gov
eminent, which is making all arrange
ments.
All the delegates are prominent men
who have great interest in prison work.
Those in addition to Rev. Milligan are |:
General Brinkerhoff of Mansfield, Ohio.
president of the National Prison Associa-
ton; +. II. Wines of Springfield, Ill. Rev.
Samuel }. Barrow. editor of the Christian
Register, Boston; r. M. McClaughrey, ex-
superintendent of police of Chicago and
now superintendent of the Illinois state
reformatory; Judge M. G. Walls, st. Paul,
Mimi; Charlton G. Lewis, the well.
known corporation lawyer of New York:
Hon. j. s. Apple, PRECEDENT of the Board
of State Charities, Denver; DR.. s. II.
Lindley Whittier, Califo MIA.
The official comm lssons will be issued
to delegates by the State Department in
Washington. In response to his request.
Mr.. Milligan has secured the promise from
number of prominent Americans to fur
nish papers for the congress.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
USED A DUMMY REVOLVER
Daring Work and Clever Ruse
of a Murderer
WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY
A Foolish JaiIer In Seattle Falls
Into a Trap
by the Bluff Of an Assassin the
Keys Of the Prison Are Taken
and Prisoners Released
WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY

Seattle, WASH, March IA daring Jail
delivery. headed by the notorious Tom
Blanck, twice a murderer, was effected at
the County Jail here at 7:3O o'clock to-
night, in which the prisoners. including
three convicted of murder, made their
escape. The delivery was accompl shd
by means of dummy revolver made of
wood. At that hour Night Jailer Yer
berry went into the north corridor to
take some medicine to W. A. Wilcox,
a convicted murderer. When he reached
the iron door in front of the cells he saw
a revolver thrust between the bars and
heard Blanck say: 'Throw up your
hands"
The gun was between the taller and the
outer door and as he hesitated an instant,
the comm and was repeated an the taller
oil Q ed. Blanck then mad, Ycrberry turn
around, prodnuced rope from his peck
ct tied his captor to the bars and then
took the jail er's revolver from his pocket.
Her, Blanck discarded the fake revolver
and thenceforth used the jailer's.
He next loosened the corl about the
Ia ler's ri ght arm AID threw the moose
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18

tions were made until in New York alone
S3 5OO,O00 was on hand, and the cigar
makers OF Tampa and Key West were
pouring into the fund at the opening of
hostilities $4,000 day. jose Marti. with
his chief residence in New York was
head and front of the secret operations.
Martin $ plan was primarily to get some
small fast steam vessels for transports to
cuba. The rising was to be in several
places at once, and emissaries in Spain,
Philippines and Porto Rico were to invite
instruction.
layed the beginning of the hostilities
several weeks. The Langonda, which IS
one of the fastest vessels in the country
and whose speed caused Borden to char
ter her. was to cruise in Cuban waters
and to occasionally step into island
a Cuban leader or company OF recruits
from Porto Rico, Santo Domingo,
Rica and from points in Florida where
clubs had been formed and
stood ready to go to Cuba to take up arms
against Spain. The day set for by Marti
for the rebellion to break was February
22d. and all arrangements were made to
that end. but the failure of Borden's
pant of the | rogramme knocked all other
plans out, for besides destroying stimuli.
taneous action it prevented the landing
III Cuba of at least dozen important
leaders and at the lowest estimate 5000
men.
New York, March 1s.--A special dis.
patch to morning paper from Tampa,
Fla, says:
Passengers on the steamer which arrived
from Havana bring news of the reports
i'll circulation there of further depreda-
lions by Spanish cruisers on American
vessels along the Cuban coast.
The latest report is to the effect that
the Spanish gunb)at Arcedo fired into
and sunk an American schooner off Puerto
fadre. 1t is reported that the crew of
the vessel, numbering sixteen persons,
perished 1t is not known whether the
schooner mad arms or carried an expe-
dition OF Cubans. 1t was reported in
Havana that the schooner had sailed
from Key West Inquiries, however, fail
to show any boat missing or unreported
except those engaged in the legitimate
trade. Many sailed recently for West In
dian ports with carEoes.
WasLine' on, March 1.-THE State D.
me- has received a dis at h fror,
M mist Tayl n at M ] d. The Spani h
kovernlA ent has given assurance
to the United States that there
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
A STRIKERS COLONY
Hundreds Of Ex-PuIlman Employees Will
Locate in the South

LVSdtc SOuIn
Chicago, March ia large number of
the Pullman strikers of last summer with
their families and others intend to settle
this spring as colony in the South.
A meeting was held this evening at
which a committee was appointed to make
prospecting trips to view the various
sites that are under consideration
in Alabama and Louisiana. It
is said that of the Pull
man strikers who, it is alleged, were
blacklisted, over two hundred have been
unable to get work elsewhere. Most of
these will be members of the colony.
Many OF those who now have employment
in the Pullman shops are anxious to cast
their lot with the colony. 1t will also
have many others. both employed and
unemployed at the present time. All the
stores in the colony will be cooperative,
and member of the colony says:
mo positive franchises for supplying
its members with public necessities shall
be granted by the association The
manufactures will be of varied charac-
ter, but will be those that can utilize such
mechanics and laborers as are mem beers of
the colony. One of the manufacturing
plants proposed will build railroads and
street cars.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18

the storage warehouse and elevator Of
Hugh Rogers e. Company: dealers in salt
and grain, at the corner of Levee and
Bremen avenues, was burned, causing
loss of 5000, 900 on the building and con-
tents, fully insured. The building was
two stories high, about $50 feet long and
40 feet wide and contained salt and grain
valued at $l80,000. The contents that
escaped the fire were swept away and de-
stroyed by the flood Of water thrown on
the flames.
The fire broke out in the office, presum-
ably from the stove. 1t ragged all day, but
was confined to the Rogers warehouse.
So rapidly did the flames spread that
when the first engines arrived and were
ready for work the entire structure was
in flames. A second alarm was imme-
diately sounded and the tiremen went to
work to save the adjoining property, con-
sisting of lumber yards, small storage
warehouses and railroad property, as it
was seen that the elevator was doomed.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
An InfirmarY Burned

Millersburgh, Ohio, March II. The
Holmes county infirmary near this place
burned this morning, causing loss of
of $4,000. The forty-six inmates of the
institution were rescued with great diff
Guilty, but all were taken out safely.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18

Milwaukee, Wis, March 17.-Fire early
this morning in the Morris building, a
large brick structure at the foot OF East
Water street. caused damage to the build
ing and contents estimated at $50, 900.
The insurance cannot be ascertained be
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
BimetalIisfS Jubi:ant

London, March IA dispatch to the
Post from Berlin says the bimetallsts are
jubilant over the proceedings of the State
Council, presumably because the council
rejected an amendment urging the inn
portance of doing nothing to prejudice the
present currency system.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
THE PRISON CONFERENCE
President Cleveland Appoints Representatives
to tire international Conference

Pittsburg, Pa, March 17.-President
Ct veland has appointed the Official rep
lesentatives Of the United States who are
to attend the International Prison Con-
the Riverside Penitentiary. who is secre-
tary vi the National Association, has Just
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
Hares ard Hounds

San Francisco. March 17.-At the new
Golden Gate coursing grounds today,
Annie Laurie won first prize by defeating
Nellie Conroy The sixteen-dog stake
was won by Twilight. who defeated Fa-
nous in the tin
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18

fore tomorrow, but it is supposed to cover
the loss. The premises were occupied by
bicycle manufacturing firm, the Wscon-
sin Iron and Wire Works, the Milwaukee
Brass Company and the National Lime
Rock Company. The fire started from
some unknown cause from the top story.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
LIQUOR Seized

Port Townsend, Wash. March H.
While the steamer Willapa was at Dyea,
Alaska. sixteen cases OF liquor en- route
toms officers.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
REBELS GAINING VICTORIES
What a Traveller From Cuba
Says of the War
SANTIAGO MUST SURRENDER
Effects of the Revolution on Trade
Already FELT
Instances Cited of the Spaniards Claiming
Victory in Cases Where the Insurgents
Won the Fight
SANTIAGO MUST SURRENDER

Key West, Fla, March 1.-THE first
clear and trustworthy statement of the
condition of affairs in the eastern end OF
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18
CRUSHED BY falling WALLS
Firemen Buried in the Ruins
of a Great Fire
THREE ONLY WERE KILLED
Twelve Men Were Buried Under the
Mass of Debris
THREE ONLY WERE KILLED
The Plre Department Unable to Cope With
the Fierce FIames-Blg BIazes
at Various Places

Toledo. March 1.-THE roundhouse of
the Wabash railroad in this city. located
at the foot of South street, on the docks,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-18

Elevator and Warehouse Burned
St. Louis March 17.--Early this morning
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-19
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
q Y.alge Eus.aess Ec1ults from Misdi-
 rected Letters.

q E.arge Eus!aees Ec3ults from Misdi-
 rected Letters.
 Very few persons know the extent of the operations of the dead letter office of tho post office department. Ii is known in general way tbao i.l;-Clir, st- ed letters are sent to inc dcp:.rtl.cni ii Washington, where, if possible, t., J are foriEardcd to the sender CT the ad- dressed. The number of letters and papers sent to the dead letter office in g yea. says the St. Louis Republic, is aoolt c.500,00O. Of these, 5,5o0,co0 are what ere called ordinary unclaimed l.tters, 1650,GOO foreign letters Elisdi- rec.ed by people in the United States to persons abroad, and about a, eco let ters written to fictitious addresses, while 5o0,000 lcSters in a year are m1ilcd by people in other countries to wrong addresses in the United States. According to the last report more than S0.00O letters sent to the dead letter office contained money a:-:c-'' = ''' more than q, ,59o.0c). 4 rc;,
 money and checks, etc, k
 10 owners. but last year S,J..,~J l.. checks and notes and s10,000 i, -23li remained unclaimed. Tie IT. parcels sent to this Ole Ii r. large. Mor- than OO,O0) letscr.; !. t,leir way to the d>=d lc:,c.
 yearly contain pLotoSrc.- ,.5. Ii large proportion. of the :-2:tc.r
 reaches the office docs t :. e:-e because of defect in the post C--o $ : tea, but because of c&c-lc- ~~5 writers. IL would not lc r
 state the proportion in |. .ur~i
 the technical distinctions of ''.: posta gc," .'misdirccted, etc, i-
 letters which, while properly r., c.a and dispatched according to t,.. G:,- dresses, still fail of succcssr;:l C, M. ' by reason of hasty and c2r>
 iioIs, confusion arising f;c
 the same naInc, etc. It i; ,: fact tlsat while many pei'o-,S = trcnlely careful of their pcnrsCnshlp iN sending letters to persons who are fa- rniliar with their writing, th2y ere singularly negligent in gadress:ng tEe: envelope which is to be read by persons unfamiliar with the writing. yet upon whc e ability to read it is dependent Inc safo delivery of the letter. Inc in- crease of the business Of the dead let ter otfce, which continncd each ycaI rntil about three years ago, has re- gently ceased, and there is . di:-,inu- ton in the volume of misdirccted El2:l matter This improvement is ac- counted for in part by. the i:nprovcd management O. the rost o.ice depart Iaenf, but to greater extent by the general diffusion of education among writers. a-,
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-19
Trsins .ni ,;;cYcles Comparcd.

During Ic l2St twenty years the Improvements in railroads have been rcI3ar'l2llc, but they must be more re- r,arlSal,lc in the next twenty. When we sec crashing past us that enormous r:;ss cf iron and wood called the vcs,i5nlc rain v-c are prone to wonder at tlc wi,.c difference between. the construction of this train and that of a bicycle. A twenty-one, and one-half pound "safc:y" ,,ill carry one hun drcd and iifsy-pound man at nearly the sane rate of speed as the train, but for cv ry one hundred and fifty-pound nan the vtstihulc train must carry a dead weight of between three thou sand and four thousand pounds. Now, as the bicycle is q practical machine, the trair must be unnecessarily heavy; and if there is such discrepancy in one important point may not an equal discrepancy exist in other important DOintS?
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-19
Lace Bark Tree of Jamaica.

The department of agriculture, for estry division, at Washington, D. C., has collection of rare trees and plants only second to that belonging to the famed Kew gardens, London. A recent addition to this dendrological museum is a ''lace bark tree" from Jamaica: The inner bark of this queer tree is composed of many layers of fine and intricatcly woven fibcrs which inter- lock with each other in all directions. Caps, rufiles and even complete suits of this curious vegetable lace have been made.- It bears washing with common laundry soap, and when bleached in the sun acquires degree of whiteness seldom excellcd by artificial faces made of cotton, linen and silk. The intricate web of this unique bark makes it conrarc favorahly to the last-meri- toned prolu :: ions for both beauty and d,irabili Y. l. is to be sincerely hoped that the agricultural department will see that the Jamaica lace tree is intro duccd into the United States and its cultivation carefully fostcrcd. ..
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-19
HE MIcRo1E EIENp.
q Russian Doctor Finds the Ar Has
 xOO, O,COo Germs to the CubIc Yard.

q Russian Doctor Finds the AIT AaB
 100000 Germs to the CubIc Yard.
 IL seems nowadays sthat when a scientist desires little recreation or to f.l in some spare time lie polishes up Lis microscope. sharpens his pencil and beg sas a vigorous search after microbes. says the New York World. His hunt ;s slTzaTs surc Of being successful judging from past rcsults-no matter ,sierc be looks for them, for they have Leen found in clothing. books, carpets and furniture. while in the mouth and throat of every human being they are said to exist in incredible numbers.
 The latest contributor to the rapidly growing mass of information regarding IF crobes is a Russian bacScriOlcgist, IT.. Maximovitsch, whose researches have been made in the rooms and cor Iidors of the St. Petersburg hospitals. The coli weather which freezes the Russian capital during Iaore than half the year seems to have had favorable effect On the fecradity of bacteria, judging Iy the figures given cut by this learned scientist.
 1t is C matter of common belief that the air or habitations contains an eX- traordirary quantity Of microbes, but 9 quantity which varies continually, for when the air is perfectly still the number may be reduced to almost zcro But when the air was agitated and flied with dust by dry sweeping and tiusting. Dr. Maximcvitsch found that it contained about 100000 bacteria to the cubic yard. He therefore con- eluded that there must be even a great CT quantity Of microbes. where the dust came from the floor. That his theory vas correct is shown by the startling results of his invest gations.
 In the rooms w.li n were exception al'-. well cared for and swept daily the doctor found il tho floor from 11,0j0,- 0OO to S4,0O0,0cO microbes per square yard of surface. Tn the neglected cor riders. however. and those which were cleaned at longer intervals, the seient- it discovered that there lurlled 2J0,- OUO,G 600 of these ''crittcrs" in every sorare yard. A gramme of dust (abor. three-tentts of an ounce avoirdupoi.i) taken from these latter rooms con- tained. So the doctor asserts, at least, G5,0o0, 900 microbes.
 It is reassuripg to know that most O. these microbes are harmless, but, after comforting the reader with t''9 ''"',"o- 1neut. tue Russian savart a~:-
 hiin by saying that il t,lj
 Glst mary microbes Of tTtbc..5--l- =. pncu:no:,ia were cnccuntcrc ;' t:.c there is every reason to bci - t'-.. such and ether contagious6i l--': therefore be transmitted t:-.5..sl tl2c medium of ths ;r2,clrablc dust which floats in the atmosphere.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-19
Origin of school Vacations.

The institution of school vacations dates back considerably further than has been assumed. Vacations were first introduced mold Hellas. and An axagoras, the philosopher, was the founder of the custom. He lived at Lampsacos, on the Asiatic side of the Hcllcspont, hcnored and loved by old and young alike. When once asked what the ely could do for him. hc re- piled: Close. the schools annually for one month, and give the childrcn's time over to play alone. 1 wish you woalG choose t'le nopth die in for that pur- pose" His. wish was granted, and as late as the third century of our ere the children of. Lampsacos enjoyed a months vacation every year. begin ming with the celebration of the ami versary of Anaxa Goras' death.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-19
PRESENTING THE KEYS.
Time-Honored Ceremony Still Observed >, by the Authorities of Edinburgh.

Time-Honored Ceremony Still Observed ,, by the Authorities of Edinburgh. -.
 Annually as the lord high commis- sioner goes to Holyrood. Edinburgh, to attend, in the name of the queen, the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, the lord provost, accom- panied by some of the magistrates, re- pairs to the palace and goes through the ancient, time-honored ceremony of presenting to him the keys of the city, and he at once returns them to the chief magistrate as the one best fitted to retain them in custody.
 But one trembles, says the Chicago Chroniu ulc, to think what might happen if the lord high commissioner, sudden ly developing a love of keys such as led to the undoing of poor Fatima, should retain those which the lord provost presents, and ask to be taken forth with to the gates of the city that he might satisry himself as to its security. He would learn, to his horror, that there are no city gates, no locks, or bolts, or bars, or meats, or draw bridges, and that the invader may march right on to the castle without any sach form of impeachment.
 Much that is old and interesting there is in Edinburgh, but the city gates are no more Few of the fathers and brethren at the assembly time give heed to the archaeological snrvivals w,li T are passed as one goes down to Hclvrood by way of High street and CannonCate. beginning with John Kuox.; house. it's quaint stone carvings, its sill qTainter admoni5ion: 'Lvee God abee al, and vi nychtbour as vi self" Farther down, and in the Cam nocGatc. is the T2lbooth police station, and still near Holyrood is the Blake house close, entered through tene- mont of dwellinghouses bearing date 157A:
 At distances varying from half doz- en to twenty or thirty yards. High street and Cannongate are pierced by closes bcuring family names entering, into the past history of the city-such names a3 Gibb, Pirrie, Rae, etc. Nice dis, in ctionS, too, are made, Little Jacks clo .l having it's larger counterpart in Big Ja KS close, Playhouse close it's repetition n:.0ld Playhouse close, and Lochcnd close diminishing to Little Lochcnd close.
 Some Of these closes are exceedingly picturesque; others smell as badly as the lealing street in Naples. They arc, however, quite worth exploring. and soEl" .iracs you come on glimpscs of saapy slopes in the Calton hill direc- t;92 whish gladden. the eye. Jeffrey s.icet my b said to franc the CaIton jail as Ulc looks across the narrow gorFc through which the North British raii}rlv is carried. This abode of s;ghs rana to Lighly-artistic lines. Based on the everlasting rock, and situated at a considerable height. it almost recalls one of the castellated peaks of the Rhine. And yet it is only prison.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-09-19
BRANCH OFFICES
s5,OO0,0OO.
 s3l0OO,0O0. 8 56I,O00.

l The company furnishes the poor man with the means to bechme a freeholder by turning his annual expenses for rent of a home into an annual payment nj on home, and at the end of years eight he will o ynit clear of incumbrance, while his neighbor. who rentshis home, at the end of eight years, will have paid sim liar sum fo. rent and will be no nearer owning the same.
 For investors this association issues prepaid stock, sold at $50 per share, to members who desire to make all their payments at once and thereby save themselves the trouble of making pay. ments from month to month. The pro- fits on this stock are limited to twelve per cent per annum. When the amount standing to the credit of the stock equals $lO0 the stock is deemed to have ma tured and the holder may withdraw the same and re. eive $l0J per share there for. Paid up stock shall be paid in a single payment ofS50 per share and shall receive from tie earnings of the assOcia tiOn semi-annual cash dividend of $ per cent per snnum, payable on Jan. 1si and July lst of each year. The dividend so paid is deducted from the profit earn ed. The balance earned is placed to the credit of the stock. When the amount paid ($50) and the profits ere dited there OH equal s100. the holder may withdraw the same and receive $lOO per share therefor.
 This stock IS the most desirable instru- ment today befors the public. It gives the investor an absolute guarantee for his capital invested and the highest rate of interest consistent with safe and con servative financiering.
 The affairs of this association are hon. estly administered and the "widow'a g mite" IS as cheerfully received and as carefully guarded as the milionaire's E dollar. Tie American National bank of Denver. Col, comments it's manage ment and security 10 the public.
 The Columbia is purely mutual and cooperative, as every member has a voice in the management at all elections. It. is not corporation of capitalists, but an association of men and women of all classes. Every building that goes up in the county increases the value of real estate and every man woman Or child that saves their money in this way makes better citizen and in time a wealthy person. =,
 Persons desiring to subscribe for stock for either loans or investments or wish ing any information regarding the "Co- lumbia," if you will kindly call on or ad- dress postal card to either of the fol- lowing local agerts, they will gladly give you all desired information wanted. F. M. ZUCK, HOlbrOok w. T.. BURBAGE, St. Johns. aLFkED RUIZ, Concho. G A FRANZ, Springerville. !. II FRISBY, Snowflake. Local Agents.