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The herald., 1895-07-22
Joe NOska's Horrible Work
With a Shotgun
CARNIVAL OF ASSASSINATION
Three People Killed and Four Desper.
ately Wounded
A Whole Family Shot by nan Who Afters
ward Escapes Into the Woods
in Louisiana
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW ORLEANS. July 21.-Last Fri.
day night on the Terre Haute plantation
in st. Johns parish, terrible butchery
OF human beings took place. While
Rosario Giordano and his family were
seated at the supper table Joe Noska
walked up to the door and leveling a
dou -barreled shotgun fired. Mrs,
Glurdano fell to the floor corpse, and
the bullets that did not go through her
went through both legs of 4-mouths-old
infant she held in her arms. Giordano,
fearing that the babe would be killed in
the fall, sprang forward to clasp 1t and
the assassin fred gain. The buckshot
entered the groin and leg of Marti Gior.
ando, the 10-year-old girl, who, on seeing
her mother fall, ran forward and received
portion of the load of buckshot that
struck her father. The shot entered her
abdomen, literally tearing 1t to pieces.
At the Same time little Nicolina fell to
the floor. wounded through the head.
The assassin, Joe Noska, did not move
from the spot but when he saw Beneditto
Giordano, a nephew Of the dead woman,
and Charlie Colum bano coming toward
him, be coolly placed two fresh shells in
close to him. Then he raised the gun
and fired both barrels. the two men fall
ing to the grOnud dead. Then the mur.
derer, throwing the gun over his shoulder,
made his escape to the woods. When the
citizens ascertained the extent of the deed
they organized posse and. led by the
sheriff, attempted to capture the assassin.
The wounded were brought to the charity
hospital in this city. They are:
Rosario Giordano aged "a. shot in the
left thigh. Mary Giordano, aged 10. shot
in the abdomen, the bullets speriorating
the bladder and intestines. Nicolani or.
ordano. aged years. shot in tho corner of
the eve, the bullet penetrating the skull.
Joseph Giordano, aged 4 months shot in
both legs and in the head.
The two little Giordano girls at tn
hospital will die. The father and four
months old baby will recover. The asas
sin has not yet been captured.
MI. Giordano says he does not know
how he offended Noska. who was la
borer on the place, except that on ona
occasion the overseer, who is o friend of
his. told the man to do some chores.
Giordano, however. had nothing to do
with this. Giordano had been living on
the plantation with his family for the
past few years. Last October Noska (or
Genaste) came from New York to work
on the plantation. He is a married
man and lived with his wife and two
children on that place. The assassin and
the wounded man had never had any
trouble whatever, and no ill feeling as far
as the wounded man knew, existed be.
tween them.
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conferred on a commonplace newswrit.r
but the Herald's scribes are noted nova
days for the like favors shown them.
At the outset was instructed to give
q fair and impartial account of the days
proceedings and such was my determine
tion as started for the sea. The develop
ments that followed my arrival were un-
planned and wholly unsuspected by my
self, and it is with no feeling of animos-
ity toward those VINO so far lost control of
themselves as to become ungentlemanly
that chronicle the following events. OF
spiritualism. the science, have no crit
icism to make nor would it be permitted
me as u representative of fair-minded
and impartial journal. The plain ard
unvarnished story of day with the
spcoks shall be the result.
Iarrived at Santa Monica shortly after 10
O'Clock yesterday morning and immedi-
ateiy walked out to where the white tents
o. the campers stood out in pleasant re-
lief against the sundried grass. At 10 80
there was large gathering of the faith
full within the audience tent and a flag
raising was in order. Two large Ameri-
can ensigns were hoisted to the heads of
he tent poles at either end OF the struct-
ure, while thosa present sang the "Star
Spangied Banner" and my Country 'Tis
of Thee"
This exercise was one OF great interest
to all Americans. as one of the flags bears
relation to one of the saddest pages of the
nations history it was the one that
draped the theater box Of Lincoln at the
time of his assassination and the one that
a mute avenger of a nations woe caused
the assassin's fall by becoming entwined
In his legs as he leaped to the stage.
8: D. Dye occupied the platform and
delivered a concise welcome to those
present in the following words:
FRIENDS: We have here Assem- bled to-
gether for spiritual communion and to
consummate one of the noblest works at
tainable by. all. 1t is the great gift OF the
spirit world to the physical man. Work
in which we are taught by contact with
the spirit world that we must work for
man, for humanity. That we must work
for human nature in rags, or human ma
ture In ruffies, or human nature in pris-
on, in dungeons, in fettefs. In no place
where man is found must he he left alone.
He is your brother by birth of spirit your
brother by ties of humanity, your BROTH
er by more than you can now imagine or
comprehend. Unselfishness assures hap
piness that is as eternal as the universe,
and the time is coming when all strang-
eH will become friends, all enemies even
ttally lovers. and all wanderers inmates
Of one ample home. As we advance in
this noble work we only lliumainte our
selves in proportion tJ the work done
here and the motives for its doing. As
the work OF this camp advances we must
trust and hope 1t will be such o. to draw
The herald., 1895-07-22
AUCTION SHOP MERCHANTS
A Note of Warning From European Textil
Firms

WASHINGTON. July 2.-Some of the
leading business firms If Luxembourg
have united in circular letter addressed
to all Representative merchants in that
place calling attention to the ruin which
threatens the textile industry of Central
Europe in consequence of the competition
and over production resulting in the ac-
cumulation of great stocks in warehouses
and in the hands of wholesale dealers.
Because this circular may point out dan
gers that lie in wait in the future for
American manufacturers. United States
Commercial Agent G. H. Murphy at Lux
embourg has transmitted extracts from
it to the department of state tor puhlica-
tion in the consular reports. In part the
circular reads as follows:
The great owe, .produotion in all branches
OF industry and the consequent accumu-
lation OF stocks during the threatening
clouds arising from time to time on the
political horizon, the widespread discon-
tent aroused by socialistic agitation and
the unfavorable news received from other
parts OF the world would be the cause of
crises now prevailing in Central Europe
IL all branches OF business. To these
The herald., 1895-07-22
Starving Neproes in Mexicn

DENVER Colo, July 2l.-A special to
the News from El Paso, Tex, saws:
These dispatches, two months ago, told a
story of suffering of negro colonists in
the state of Chihuahua. Mexico. as re-
lated by two negroes from Alabama, who
had escaped. The United States govern
ment asked that the Mexican authorities
investigate the report and yesterday
Mexican commission arrived at Mapime.
a station on the Mexican Central, south
of chihuahua City, authorized to proceed
to the colony and investigate. At the
station were nearly 100 starving negroes
from the Ellis colony. Superintendent
Comfort Of the Mexican Central is ar
ranging transportation to bring them out.
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presence OF ladies. I also explained that
was not there for the purpose of oissen-
sion nor to decry the virtues of their
faith. The test was forced upon me
and to the best OF my belief had been a
failure. Others crowded up, and for a
moment it looked like an amateur Fitz-
simmons mill. The excitement was effer-
vescent. however, and l was allowed to
depart. The rival scribe then came in
for some Of the spleen of the good spirit
ualists. Tell the truth, young lady"
shrieked one zeelot in the eal of the fair
newswriter, as she gathered up notebook
and pencils, ana another remarked that
her paper was dirty. low sheet and IN
worthy of perusal.i
These most ungentlemanly remarks
were, 1t should be said, confined to the
rift-raff of the gathering, and not the
management, several of whom met me
on the way to the train and said that
they were sorry for the occurrences I
have related. One of them, prominent
medium, asked me to remain and re-
The herald., 1895-07-22
Wounded and Besieged

TAMPA. Fla. July 21.-Passengefs
from Cuba and private letters announce
that General Campos is wounded and be-
sleged in Bayamo. The Spanish papers
state that besides Santocildes, various
other officers FELL and it is rumored that
one is the son of Campos. Passen-
gers claim that railroad car arrived at
V Villanueva station IN Havana closed SO
that no one knew its contents. Some say
that the car contains Campos and others
maintain that it holds the body of his
son. The Spanish press gives no further
details of the encounter and this makes
the Cubans believe that Santocildes' body
was left in possession os the insurgents
in Santa Clara. An encounter is reported
in San Diego del Vale. in Vista HeImosa,
near Santos Spiritus. between 107 Span.
iards commanded by Major Arminian,
with numerous insurgent forces COM
manded by DR.. Zayas. After an hour
and q half the insurgents surrounded the
Spanish forces. The official report men
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we're not very operative at the present

were not very operative at the present
time.
He then concluded to give me furthe,
test and instructed me to write severa
slips bearing the name of city and 9
disease, including in the list the city in
which and the disease by which Mcknight
| died. l wrote New York, measles
Chicago. smallpox; and Buffalo. diph
iberia. These were then subjected to the
hat process and after opening two Of
them and hearing my denial OF his cor
| rectness he said:
Let's try it again."
As put the three back in the hat I
noticed the New York slip had the corner
folded down and after mixing them up
the doctor fished out this one and said.
Spirit guide, is this it?' A moments
This Is the one."
1 was then permitted to adjourn for
the time being, and went back to the
tent.
After little schle, singer returned, and
after few preliminary remarks called on
the "editor."
"Your name is AIRY, isn't it2" he
said. l replied in the affirmative.
"The dead friend is Harry Mcknight"
he again queried.
Ys godsl Here was obloquy thrust up
on me, and returned. We'll, no. As 1
am informed Harry Mcknight Is very
standing before you."
There was muttered hum OF the as.
sembled populace and l was about to
reach fol convenient knothole with the
intention Of making therein my perma-
nent residence. when Schlesslnger made
an explanation. Said he:
"You have come to me with falsehood
on your lips, and you have received a
falsehoOd. l am mirror and reflect that
which 10 given me. You endeavored to
deceive the spirit guide and have been
defeated
\ did not conceive of my defeat,
$50 contented myself with the remark that
the spirits surely should be able to dis
tinguish between truth and falsehood, a
it upon himself to deny. The meeting
was then dismissed, and as l was stand
ing in conversation with representative
Of a contemporary journal l WAS con-
fronted by garrulous woman.
She poured torrent of ungrammatical
eloquence into my unwilling ear, to the
effect that 1 was the greatest villain un-
with the statement that what | had
printed.in regard to Mrs. Cora V. Hatch
Tappan in connection with the Faithist
scandal was utterly untrue. She went on
to state that she knew that lady well, and
| hazarded the observation that it did not
in my humble opinion, rebound greatly
to her credit. This enraged the woman's
with excitement, "be careful, be careful,
young man, how you talk about dis.
credit. III give you my card and III
have satisfaction. sirl' If he had said
''sirrah" l think IL would have sounded
better and more in accordance with the
code duello. but he omitted it and had
to request him to be little easy in the
The herald., 1895-07-22
THE MONEY MARKET
The Elections Have Restricted Stock Exchange
Operations

Operations
LONDON, July 21.-The money ket
Is firm at present low rates. The Russo
Chinese loan has not been sufficient to
raise rates. Several loans. including
those OF the county council. the school
board, American bond issues and the B,a-
silian loan of 26.oOO. ooO. have been offered
or are about to be offered en- the market,
but their influence on the overburderend
market will be small, especially as several
Vt the issues do not involve permanent
abstraction of funds. The elections have
tended toSrestrict operations on the stock
exchange. Movements have been small
and the tone. except for few invest
ment stocks. have peen dull. Foreign
securities were adversely affected by the
Bulgarian news. Even consols slightly
receded and Bulgarians dropped IL. Bra
zilians have fallen l. and the cheapness
OF the new issue pending realizations.
American railroads dropped, this being
chiefly due to the uncertainty concerning
gold exports. All were lower except Lake
Shore, which was higher, the fall ranging
from d 10 "a. Canadian Pacifics were
~ lower Grand Trunk guaranteed tirsts
and seconds declined n, while the deben-
lures declined l.
The mining market was irregular. Aus
tralian gold mines were firm, wnils South
Americans receded.
The herald., 1895-07-22
Three Escaped From Jail

ENID, o. T., July 2l.-Two men who
we're implicated in the train robbery at
Dover recently and hoisethiei named
Shietz escaped from the Jail Here last
night ana are one now ne hesded Tor .he Glass
hiding, with thirty-fve citizens of Enid
In pursuit. 1t was after dark when the
jailer entered the jail and was struck
senseless by piece of lead pipe which
had been handed in to the prisoners, it is
thought. by the horsethief's lover, a no
torious woman of the town. The jailer' s
wife gave the alarm. A reward OF $1,000
was offered for the conviction of the two
train robbers
The herald., 1895-07-22
Large Governmental Majority

polling thus far held IN the general cleo
tions the Unionists now show net gain
of sixty-eight, giving the government a
majority OF 10S. The districts TO be heard
from during the coming week are almost
entirely in the counties in the shires.
The number yet to be heard from is 100.
The majority of these were represented
by Liberals in the last general election.
The herald., 1895-07-22
A Plot to Poison Officiala

NEW YORK. July 21.-A special to the
World from San Salvador says: Several
Hondurans and Nlcaraguans have been
arrested and expelled from the country.
1t Is stated that a plot 10 murder the
president and foreign minister, Castel.
lanos, has been discovered.
An Italian cook was arrested last night
and confessed he had been offered a largo
sum OF money by Ezeta's supporters if
he would poison both. Ezeta's partisans
say the Italian was hired to make the
statement in order to discredis them.
They emphatically deny his story.
1t is stated that Finance Minister
Lemus' mission to the United States has
two obj scts-one to negotiate loan, the
other to make a settlement with Antonio
Ezeta to refrain from molesting the
Gutierrez government.
The herald., 1895-07-22
A WET SUNDAY AT THE SEASIDE

ceive another test from DR.. Scblessinger,
but this l was unable to do. They in
vited me to visit them again, and we
parted with every assurance of cordiality.
Today's programme will consi.t of the
following:
10:30 a. m.-Addres, by Mrs. Lydia
Allen. Tests bv Mrs. Baldridge.
2:30 p. p.m.-Address by frof. W. q. Bow
man. Tests by Mrs. Rozilla Elliott.
1880 p. m.-Address by W. P. Haworth,
followed by Ben M. Barney with sealed
messages.
HARRY A. WARREN.
The herald., 1895-07-22
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

PASADENA.-The new crematorium-
Locketts S adventure with a pong.
SANTA MONICA.-Nearly 10000 visitors
at the beach-Surf races and Spanish
tournament
SAN NBERNARDINO.-Dr. Utter's peri.
lous trip - The Spanish-American
fiesta committee at work.
SANTA ANA.-Preparing for silverite
mass meeting.
REDONDO.- The pleasures of the beach
Expert lady swimmers.
Misunderstanding 900 tons OF beets daily.
LONG BEACH.-The Chautauqua.
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tions the bravery of the Cuban forces, the
first time this has ever been done. The
details are not given so the losses are
not known.
General Gomez insists on his orders
prohibiting the entrance of provisions in
Puerto Principe. One uf his officers was
hung for disobeying these orders. On
this account large mum bers are leaving
the city. The Spanish govern .nent is in
clined not to send any reinforcements to
Cuba until October.
The herald., 1895-07-22
Bi.MonthIy Steamers

MANAGUA. Nicaragua. July 21.-The
national telegraph has been completed
from Managua to Rama, on the Bluefelds
river. The South Dacota company has
made a contract to run bi-monthly steam
ers under the Nicaraguan flag along the
coast OF East Nicaragua and carry the
mails and thirty soldiers free.
The herald., 1895-07-22
Three Inches In an Hour

VALPARAISO. Ind, July 21.-The
heaviest rain ever felt in this city fell TO-
day. In LESS than an hour more than
three inches of rain fell, flooding base
ments. The crops are badly damaged,
corn and oats being leveled to the ground.
The herald., 1895-07-22
Dock Laborers on q Strike

COLON. July 21.-The strike of dock
laborers continues. and the strikers are
increasing their demands. Laborers from
Panama and the crews of the ships are
dlscharging their crgoes. Order has been
maintained throughout the dispute and
the transit of freight is unlmpeded.
The herald., 1895-07-22
THE SP|R|1UAUSTS
At SANTA MONICA
Entertain a Skeptic Herald
Representative
TO THE DISGUST
OF A FEW MEMBERS
Who EndeavOr to Provoke a
Quarrel
BECAUSE A TEST
PROVED A FAILURE
And the Scribe Would Not Indorse DR.,
Schlessinger
WIGGINS WANTED TO
REVIVE THE DUELLO
And Dramatically Proffers His Gard to the
Reporter
Hrs. Amanda D. Virgins Hankered for Lock
Of Someone's Wool, Not - . Keep.
sake. but In Lieu Of q Scalp.
Today's Programme
And the Scribe Would Not Indorse DR.,
Schlessinger
WIGGINS WANTED TO
REVIVE THE DUELLO
And Dramatically Proffers His Card to the
Reporter
Hrs. Amanda D. Virgins Hankered for Lock
Of Someone's Wool. Not as . Keep
sake. but In Lieu Of q Scalp.
Today's Programme

The Southern California association OF
spirituallsts opened its annual camp.
meetig at Santa Monica yesterday and 1
had the honor of assisting at the opening
exercises. Not often is this distinction
The herald., 1895-07-22
ABOUT THE CITY.-The Santa Monica
veterans' bome to ba on 10 rood 70 A.

BOUT THE CGTY.-The Santa Monica
veterans home to be enlarged to ac-
commodate 800 more veterans-Mrs.
Blair tells why she could not defend
the charge of cruelty brought by her
husband-The dog-catcher's first dog
What the city council will do today
The board of education meets in
regular session this evening-One OF
Visalia's ex-postmasters to be tried
tomorrow-New railroad lines build
ing-The board of education meets to-
night-Busnessmen object to an en-.
gine house on Broadway next to the
city hall-The coroner's inquest upon
the body of ]. G. Luck-A day with
the spiritualists at Santa Monica,
The herald., 1895-07-22
rHE NEWS

WEATHER REPORT - United States
depai tment of agriculture weather
bureaus report received at Los An
geles July 81. 1895.
Temperature-Repor of observations taken
at Los Angeles, July 9th. [Note-Barometer
reduced to sea level.l
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BY TELEGRAPH.-D trial be.
gins today at San Francisco-Lady
Sholto Douglass heir to half million
pounds--The last day of the Baptist
convention at Baltmore-A tornsd
kills people at an Ohio camp meeting
An Italian steamer sunk in col
hsion, with 146 emigrants near Geneva
STAN bouloff' s horrible cruelty to
boy-Searcning FOR a counterfeiter
who is believed to be in Los Angeles
The terrible butchery of Joe Noska
on a Louisiana plantation-Death Of
General Santocildes at the hands OF
Cuban insurgents-A defaulting CASH
ier caught in the city of Mexico
BANDS idea on Democracy and free
coinage-lndians in Wyoming report
ed on the warpatf-Miss Nellie Thom-
as of Cincinnati tlI.sd her feet with
needles because she had transgressed.
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Maximum temperature. "a.
Minimum temperature. SO.
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Forecast-July 21.-For Southern California: 3.
Fair weather; nearly stationary temperas
ture; westerly winds.
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Time. Bar. iTher. lRH'mlW'djV W'her
~
5 100 a. m 5000 SO 1889 NV 2 lCloudy
5 100 p. M 20. "a SO 81 w lClear
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WHERE YOU MAY 90 TODA,

ORPHEUM.-At 8 y. M, vaudeville.
p. m. "The Strsngless
of Paris.'
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If you are looking for situation you will
get 1t quicker by asking for it through
THE HERALD than in any other way.
The herald., 1895-07-22

II you have anything ITO Let" "For Sale"
or wish to buy anything, place II in the
"Want Columns" Of THE HERALD. where
It will be read by the people.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-16
HOGS AS SNAKE KILLERS.
How Twenty-Five POrIxers VAN
quished an Army of RattIers.

qutshed an Army of RattIers
California Letter, New York Times.
The southern end of this state is noted
for its rattlesnakes and many adventures
are reported with the reptiles. A desper-
ate and almost indescribable battle be-
tween a horde OF rattlesnakes and bunch
of hogs occurred few days ago on John
Lakes place, at the foot of the San Jacinto
mountain This branch of the San Bernar-
dino spur Of the coast range has long been
noted as the home and rendezvous of thou
sands Of rattlcsnakes Of the dusky brown
species, which have been looked upon with
dread by hunters, because they have al
ways been exceedingly aggressive and dam
gerous. For years this mountain had been
the terror and dread of the people of the
vicinity and 1t was seldom that any travel
er or hunter had the temerity to GROSS the
ridge at or near certain point so numer-
Gus and deadly were the poisonous rep
tiles.
But all that has been changed owing TO
the fact that John Lake has imported from
North Carolina a bunch of long-nosed,
long-legged hogs, which, from their elong-
ated appearance have been dubbed Slug
diggers." Uncle John had been so pest
cred and annoyed by the army of snakes
which infested his COW ranch that he set
his wits to work, and finally hit upon the
plan of importing these lank and bony
swine which had the reputation of being
inveterate enemies Of the snake family.
He hauled over the mountains twenty-five
big hogs Of this species, and placed them
10 pens, where they were well fed and
| Treated.
When the old man concluded that his
muscular pets were sufficiently acclima-
ted and at home he released them, and
early in the morning, while 1t was yet
cool and the snakes were half benumbed
or asleep, he went up the mountain to a
spot where he knew the reptiles dwelt
by the thousand. All along the path he
dropped ears Of corn until he reached
the side Of the snake pit, a sunlCen spot
on the side of the mountain, embracing
about half an acre. Here he threw down
a bushel Of loose corn, and, with his boys,
took shelter in a low tree. Within a few
minutes the satisfied grunts Of the pork
ers were heard as they followed the trail
Of corn, until the whole drove Of hogs
! broke into view from the undorbrush
They came on until they arrived at the
pit, where they stood for minute or two
! until the old boar, an immense fellow.
came up, when he took the lead and went
grunting down the bank into the pit All
the other members Of the family fol-
lowed, until the twenty-five hogs were
m the small amptheater Of a half acre
by the time they had thoroughly cleaned
up the corn. the snakes, aroused by me
heat Of the morning san and the noise