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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
READY TO GO TO ANY LENGTH.

The committee on organization OF the Republican
County Committee had another session last even
ing i'll the headquarters in West Thirty-eighth-
and practically finished its work in preparation
the Republican primaries next Tuesday evening
It's work has been chiefly in the line of throwing
out the protests of Republicans who refused
enrolment lately and last evening II announced
that the protests Of the Republicans who wanted
10 have their placed on the rolls in the With
and XNIh Assembly districts had been disregarde1.
Leaders of the Platt-Lauterbach stripe declared
last evening that they confident of walk
the primaries. and that they would have
complete control of the next Republican County
Committee. and Te-elect Edward Lauterbach chair
man of the committee Some of them are not sat
isfed however. and last night they were heard de-
claring that the next Republican County Committee
would take measures 10 have amendments TO the
constitution OF the organization by which the names
OF all Republicans who inclined to be inde-
pendent OF the bosses could be removed from tho
rolls with less trouble than has been encountered at
the recent enrolment The tone Of the talk last
evening indicated that the Plat leaders in many OF
the districts intended violate all rules OF fair
ness II necessary at the coming primaries In order
to make of their contro. of the district or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
Eigh;eenth-st.. and Charles n Swift No IS West
SEND Fos CATALOGUE. l3S fulton 81. New\
OLD PORT. s AND - YEARS OLD

E;EHetntn-SI, and Charles y. swift, NO. 81 West
Eghteenth-st
EN-l niteI states District-Atorney Edward Mitch
ell VINO Is chairman Of the Law Committee APP
pointed at recent meeting OF prominent Repubi-
cans 10 prepare lega. measures for compelling an
honest revision OF the enrolment lists said yester
DAY thai he was not yet ready to talk for pub.ica-
discussed.
Mr.. Mitchell said yesterday that there were some
surprises In store for the machine managers which
might put different face upon their prospects for
carrying verythng before them at next Tuesdays
primaries. What the nature OF these surprises
Mr. Mitchell would not even intimate but he
seemed 10 believe that there trouble ahead for
the adherents OF the PlattLauterbach faction which
might result in their defeat in the primaries and
conventions
ing. December 10. between and 10 y. m. The en-
rolled Republicans then TO elect the officers OF
election district associations the delegates the
Assembly district conventions and the inspectors Of
election for the coming year. The Assembly strict
conventions 10 choose members Of ;hc County Com
mittee are to meet on Tuesday evening. Deem
he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
H.U-M.P-H-R-E-Y-S
GOMEZ WITHIN LAS VILLAS.
THE REBEL ARMIES ENTER THE DIS
TRICT BY YGUARA.
FAILURE TO CAPTURE COLONEL sEGuRAs coll
UMN-MORE TROOPS ARRIVE FROM SPAIN
AND ARE RECEIVED WITH GREAT EN-

AND ARE RECEIVED WITH GREAT EN-
THISIASM IN HAVANA
Havana Dec The rebel armies Of Maxine
Gomez and Antonio Maceo have crossed the limits
of Las Villas by Yguara. They had an engage
ment with a small Government column under
Colonel Segura who taking convoy OF wv
mules loaded with provisions. The Spaniards mad
nine soldiers and some mules killed.
Colonel Segura fought bravely. and prevented the
rebels from carving out their design to surround
him and his forces and invade the RemedloS as
trct while Leader Quintn Bandera Invaded Irlhl-
dad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
MRS CLEVELAND BUYS A CHRISTMAS GIFT

chased a life-szed naglio OF child holding lilies
entitled blessed Are the Pure In Heart" II Is to
he sent to England Christmas gift from the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
L0NGSH0RE DREDGERS.
They Rescue From the Mud of
the Bay.

Those who do down to the sea in ship.
and behold the wonders of the deep are
given to depreciate the humber toilers on
the waters. The mariner who navigates
and works a waterfront dredger has his
share of gales and salt spray, and although
he may not have to go aloft to reef top
sail in bowling breeze he has enough of
dangerous hawser-work on deck to re-
quire sure foot and a steady nerve.
There are two dredgers along the wharves,
each of which carries crew of seven men.
They are moved from pier to pier and keep
industriously scooping out the slickens
that comes from the river which the tide
deposits between the wharves. The cap
tain of a dredger does not wear gold lace
on his cap or pace the deck with spy-
glass under his arm, keeping a lookout for
strange signals. He takes hand with the
first mate and the ordinary seamen. and
he gets as muddy as the apprentice. The
crew do not tip the hat to him as they
pass by, or man the starboard gangway
when he comes aboard, but his discipline
is maintained just as if he was the COM
mander of cruiser of the White Squad
ron.
The principal danger about dredging is
the handling of the tow lines. The margin
of deck on each side of the barges where
the mud is dumped is perilously slushy,
and the tide runs so swift at these points
that tumble overheard, unless to strong
and cool swimmer, is apt to be fatal. Ali
sorts of odds and ends are brought to the
surface in those big scoops which lift
about three tons of mud at every dip. The
dredger-men make fair divyy on all that
comes their way. Coal and wood are the
most frequently occurring harvest of the
mud. The waste of the former is remark
able. Tons of coal are rescued from the
bottom of the bay every week Occasion
ally, but not often, the body of some un-
fortunate is inclosed in the iron SCOOP, and
this means ten-dollar fee. Coin and Jewels
have been found garments of all kinds,
vast assortment of boots, iron-ware, old
stoves, blocks, small anchors, bottles but
never can of opium, which would appear
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
The Cochineal Insect.

The cochineal insect is fat, dark, spher.
ical little creature, looking like black
currant, and with neither head, legs mol
tail, to the casual observer. In fact, he is
SO inanimate that any one may squash him
between finger and thumb without any
qualms of conscience. He is nothing but
black currant, sure enough, though the
bright carmine or lake exusion from his
body, which serves him for blood and us
for dye, is better color than the Juice Oh
the currant, says Parsons Weekly.
1t was the cultivation of these pleasant
little individuals which, more than a score
of years ago, put no less than 40 per cent
per annum upon investments into the
pockets of the cultivators. Such prosperity
was too good to last.
The insect was not introduced into Tene-
rife until 1925, and for a time it could not
be encouraged to propagate successfully.
priest had the honor of being the dis
coverer of the right method of nurture,
and to him it is due that from 1S45 to 1865
an annual crop of from 1000, 900 to 6,000,0 600
pounds of cochineal was produced.
aspect. The Larvae, being very delicate and
rather thick witted, have to be tied upon
the cactus plant, which is to be their
nursery and their nourishment at the
same time. Thus one sees hundreds of the
shoots of the prickly pear-the cactus in
question-all bandaged with white linen.
In this way the insects are kept warm
and dry during the winter, and induced to
adhere to the plant itself. When they are
full grown they are ruthlessly swept from
their prlckly quarters, shaken or baked to
death and dried in the sun. The shriveled
corpses are then packed in bags and sold,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
HEAR FROM THE INFANTS,
Another Argument in the Fair
Will Case on Technical
Points.
Motions to Strike Out Certain Por-
lions of TWO DISPOSITIONS
to Probate.

There was another alignment of Fairs
will attorneys in Judge Stacks court
yesterday Among those present were
Reuben H Lloyd for Theresa Oelrichs and
Virginia Fair, Charles Heggerty for
Charles L. Fair, John C. Percy for Mar
garet and John Crothers and Andrew and
Mary Fair, Van r. Paterson for minor
heirs, J. D. Sullivan for Marc Levingston,
Garrett McEnerney for W. Goodfellow,
and Pierson & Mitchell for the special
administrators.
The special matter in hand was a
motion to strike out certain portions of
two cppositions filed to the probate of the
two wills offered.
In the first case the curious position is
found Of Mrs. Theresa a. Oelrichs appar-
entity opposing her little boy, Herman
Oelrichs Jr. But this is probably what the
lawyers term a illegal fiction" In any
case Charles L. Fair, Virginia Fair and
Theresa A. Oelrichs had objected to por-
tons of the opposition purporting to have
been filed by Herman Oelrichs Jr., NJ.
Fair, Sarah Fair and others, infants,
through Van R. Paterson, guardian ad
Item"
This ''infant opposition consisted in a
denial that the will dated September "a,
1894, was the last will. Herman Oelrichs
Jr. believes in the will of September q,
under which he gets about One-quarter of
a million OF trust property alone. For
these reasons he and the other infants had
asked that the petition OF his mother and
others to have the will of September "a
admitted to probate be denied.
To this his mother and the other sup
porters OF the pencil will replied that
much of the infants petition was 'redund-
ant and irrelevant" and otherwise I'M
worthy of consideration. They said Van
R. Paterson had no authority to institute
this contest.
The second opposition had been on the
part of Margaret ]. Crothers, a sister of J.
@. Fair, who, under the will of September
q, had been bequeathed $3.50, 900 besides
large share OF the residuary property; An
drew Fair, who would get $50, 900 and more
under the same will, and others. They
naturally objected to the will. They call
it the alleged" will of September "a, 1894,
and ask that it be thrown out To their
request Charles L. Fair, Virginia Fair and
Mrs. Oelrichs rejoined yesterday that such
a thing was absurd. They characterized
this particular opposition as also "redund-
ant and Irrelevant. adding that it tend
cred no issue"
The attorneys presented their argument
for and against these allegations from
purely legal point of view, and Judge Slack
took the matter under advisement.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
DIPPING CUR|O-HUNTERS,
The GuileIeSS Tourist Taken
In by the Mikado's
Subjects.
"AnCient" Armor and Relics From
Battle-FieldS Made to
Order.

Two gentlemen and a lady, evidently
Eastern people, issued from japanese
curio-store on Kearny street yesterday
loaded with the treasures OF the Orient.
The lady's arms were so full of knick-
knacks that she dropped a card receiver,
which was picked up and handed to her
by passing stranger. He glanced for a
moment at the precious thing before re-
turning it to its owner. minute after
ward he told of the deep and dark decep-
ton of the people across the water. He
was a Birmingham man and was but re-
Gently from the most industrious and in
genious of cities, where everything under
the sun is skillfully initiated, and where
the reproductions are even more fascinating
than the originals.
at is hardly to be credited" he said,
"but that lacquer-ware is of Birmingham
manufacture Over there they initiate all
those Oriental goods, and by the aid of
machinery can manufacture them much
cheaper even than the Japanese cheap as
labor is in that country. They are ex-
perts in initiating ancient armor and
weapons. Japanese swords they turn out
by the ton, and only the most expert can
distinguish them from the original. Some
wears ago the collectors were wild on East
India amulets and other curios. Incredible
sums were paid for clumsy-looking idols,
vases, charms and things of that character.
The London shopkeepers were at their
wits end to keep pace with the ever-in-
creasing demand. But Birmingham was
equal to the emergency. Agents were
dispatched TO the most remote parts of
India. They brought back specimens OF
all that the ruling fad craved. In few
weeks the curio hunters were astonished
by the plethora of rare and quaint an
tiques that flooded the market. Buddhas
5000 years old by the card were piled up in
every dealers cellar and amulets worn by
the old kings were cheap for cash.
"Then Indian-mutiny souvenirs were in
demand, and sturdy Birmingham got to
work and turned out relics enough to make
souvenirs of dozen mutinies. The stock
OF fragments found on the field of Water
loo is never allowed to run out. During
the present Napoleonic craze over FIVE
Thousand goblets used by the great exile at
Longwood have been issued from Birm-
ingham. 1t would be impossible to enum-
crate the buttons, chessmen and even
nightcaps of the Little Corporal which the
tourists purchase in all parts of Europe,
but which have their paternity in Birm-
ingham. The American has been accused
of inventing shoepeg oats and wooden
hams, but he must get up very early in the
morning to keep ahead of the most colossal
sham manufacturing city in the world"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
LOYAL LEGION CONTEST.
The Gallant Record of the California
Volunteers Properly Reviewed.
The Candidates.

In the contest for the honor of COM
handing the Loyal Legion, the military
merits as well as the hosiery accomplish
ments OF Major Hooper and Colonel War
field must be considered.
The records of the war will not Justify
the impression that soldier saw little or
no service because he belonged to the Cali
fornia Volunteers. The Second California
Volunteers bore an honorable part in the
great struggle, and Major Hooper is fairly
entitled to share of the regimental re-
nown. It was quite an honor to feed
troops who fought as well as the Second
California Volunteers-an honor. indeed
as great as that of building lodges for any
corps OF the Army of the Potomac. Even
the horses Of the Second California should
be remembered in recounting the triumphs
and hardshlps of the campaign. for in the
absence OF pontoon bridges these horses
swan Bear River, bearing their riders and
then returned to the other shore and swarm
the infantry across the stream to the field
The published record of the service rem
dered by California troops is not COMPLETE.
but the volume from the Adiutant.C Cen,
erals office entitled Record OF California
Men In the War Of the Rebellion" gives
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
JACOB ROSENTHAL' IS WILL
He Left an Estate Valued at
About Fifty Thousand
Dollars.
Restraints Imposed Upon the Be-
quests Made to One of the
Four Sons.

Although the numerous friends and &C.
quaintances of the late Jacob Rosenthal,
the father of Toby E. Rosenthal, the
famous painter, and of Marcus Rosenthal,
the well-known attorney of this City, were
aware that he was in easy circumstances,
few knew that he was worth in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
In his will, which is dated Decent Der 7,
1892, his son Marcus is made sole executor,
without bonds. The document will be
filed in a day or two for probate.
To the eldest son of Toby E. Rosenthal
is bequeathed the gold watch and jewelry of
the deceased; and to Marcus is left his
fathers gold headed cane.
The will then provides that to the son,
Louis, of the testator, be paid $1,000 out of
one-ouarter of the estate, and the remain
der of this portion is left in trust to Marcus
to be invested. The latter is instructed to
pay the net income of such investment as
follows: One-half to Louis during his life
and the other half to the wife of Louis, so
long as she shall continue so. 1t is further
provided that:
From and after the death ofmy said son Louis,
or if before that event the said Brunette shall
have ceased to be his wife, then after the time
and in case of Louis death the whole OF said
income shall be applied toward the support
and education of the children of Louis and
Brunette until the children shall respectively
attain the age OF % years.
The trust property shall be equally divided
between said children upon their attaining the
age of % years, provided, however, that they
shall not receive their respective shares during
the lifetime of my son Louis.
II is hereby declared my intention that as
each of said children reaches the age of 25
years, the portion OF the income payable to
said Brunette shall cease pro tanto to be so
paid, even if such payments shall not for other
causes under the provisions of this will have
heretofore ceased TO be paid.
The other -fourths of the estate go
to the remaining sons, Marcus, Toby E..
and Louis, in equal shares.
1t is further provided that the $4,000 re-
ceived on the beneficiary certificate of the
deceased from the District Grand Lodge of
the B mai b. ith is to be considered part Of
the estate although made payable to
Marcus. If the will is attacked the con-
testant is to be deprived of all requests and
benefits made under the will.
Louis and Brunette Rosenthal have
three children and reside at Biloxi, Miss
Toby Z. Rosenthal lives at Munich, Ger
many, and Marcus and Joseph in this CITY.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04

probable in the stuff lifted from the
wharves where the Oriental steamers land
These small articles, however, easily escape
the notice of the dredger-man, and he has
no time to grope in the slush unless for a
sure thing.
When the smelt are running in the bay
the dredgers frequently catch hundreds Of
them and now and then shark, dogish,
but rarely salmon, showing the activity
OF the latter fish, as well as his partiality
for clear water.
One day dredgerman observed small
iron chest fall into the barge almost as the
first SCOOP was taken from the neighbor-
hood of Oriental wharf. This was exciting
and looked very much like treasure, so the
chest was promptly hauled out of the mud
and transferred to the dredger 1t took a
long time, with chisel and hammer, to open
it, and the men awaited big find. But
when the lid was started the contents
were nothing more novel or valuable than a
complete faro layout, roulette box and
several hundred chips. There was moth
ing to indicate the owner or how long it
had rested in the bay. But there was
nothing to divide but the chips, and the
blessings showered upon the man who had
consigned them to the deep would not have
done him any good
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
ORCHESTRA VIRTUOsI.
Importance of the Modern Orchestra
Leaders Work.

Leaders Work.
The modern orchestra has been converted
| into great composite musical instrument
on which the conductor actually plays,
and the specific skill he has developed of
playing on this ideal instrument is an ex-
act counterpart of what we call virtuosity
in the individual performer. A generation
of ''virtuosi of the orchestra" has sprung
up, exercising the same fascination over
the great crowd of music-lovers that other
virtuosi have, time out of mind. The or
chestral conductor is fast becoming the
cynosure in the musical armament, with
the polestar of safety or shipwreck BEAM
ing at its baton's tip. Lightly warbling
soprani, tenors storming the Jericho of
the peoples heart with miraculous
sound" and sonorous BASES of Bashan will
have to look to their laurels; some fine
day they may find them encircling the
conductors Olympian brow.
In a word, the modern conductor is
essentially performer, and whether he be
popular favorite by reason of his virtu-
oslty or of the scope modern musical per-
formances gives to the artistic initiative of
ali performers, his virtuosity per Sc is I'M
questionably the element by which he
| most gains his ascendency over the public.
This aspect of the phenomenon is by no
| means without its dubious side. All vir-
tuosity is but a means to an end; and the
artistic end to compass which this means
| is employed is what is fundamentally i'm
| portant in the whole business. 1t is by
the artistic ideal he tries to incarnate, and
| by his fealty to that ideal that the con-
ductor, like other virtuosi, must show
whether he is really the man for his place
or not; whether he is worthy to step into
the conspicuous and responsible position
| the whole past of the art of music has pre-
pared for him, or is only fit to join the
glittering and ignoble army of mere clap
trap virtuosi-singers, tiddlers or piano
forte torturers.-From Orchestral Con-
Quoting and Conductors" by w. NJ. APP
thorp in Scribner's.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
WILD ANIMALS AT SEA.
A Lively Squa11 Starts a Big Commotior
Among Them.

A Lively SQua1l Starts q Big comm Ot1On
Among Them.
The Hamburg American line steamer
Prussia, which arrived here last Friday
from Hamburg, brought one of the largest
consignments of wild animals that has
been brought to this city on one vessel for
many years. They were shipped to Will
liam Bartels, and were taken from the
Prussia and conveyed to Mr.. Bartels' es-
Enlistment, at No. 100 Greenwich street,
says the New York Herald.
The collection consisted of two drome-
diaries, two hyenas, three leopards, four
seals, two immense pythons, thirty-two
monkeys, two small lions and big Bengal
tiger. Mr. Bartels is a dealer in animals
of all kinds. His place in Greenwich
street was yesterday the scene of much ex-
element, and the noise made by the ami
mails as they were being transferred to the
store attracted large crowd.
The Prussia sailed from Hamburg on
April Z. She also had aboard thirty-one
cabin and 152 steerage passengers. During
the first few days out mild weather pre-
vailed and the animals, which were con-
fined in compartment in the hold, be-
haved themselves we'll But on the fourth
day stiff squat struck the vessel, kicking
up lively sea, which caused the ship to
roll and pitch considerably. The animals
were tossed about in their cages and raised
such commotion that many of the steer
age passengers feared they had broken
loose and were seeking more substantial
diet than had been provided them by their
keepers.
One of the monkeys caught severe cold
during the voyage, and Notwithstanding
all that the ships doctor could do for it,
died of hasty consumption last Thursday.
The major part of the monkeys are termed
"pig tales because OF their peculiarly
short tails Some of them came from
Africa and some from Arabia. The two
pythons have very small heads and i'm
mense bodies, measuring twelve feet or
more in length
There arc in Mr.. Bartels' place 700 gold
fish, which were brought here recently on
the steamer Oldenburg from Bremen also
a collection of 2, 500 canaries and 500 small
parrots Of the animals that came on the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-04
Do Our People Take More Care Of Their
Bodies Than Did the AneientS ?
A DISPUTED QUESTION.
Best Answered by Each Individual.
Every One Owes a Duty to Their
Well Being: 1t Is the Robbing of
the Blood of All Its Impurities.

The question is often asked: Are our people
taking more or less care of themselves than did
those who preceded them years and years ago?
Scientific men have argued pro and con to no
avail, so that the matter must rest with the in
diyfdual for final settlement.
If you take care of your system you will not
be so likely to grow i'll. First of all you should
keep the blood in good condition. Don't allow
your blood to become thin and watery. Don't
allow your blood to stagnate, to become slug
gish and so thick that it will not flow freely
in the veins and arteries.
You can regulate the tone of your blood, you
can make good, rich red and white blood cor
puscles by the moderate use OF joys VEGE-
TABLE SARSAPARILLA.
This vegetable blood regulator is the "new
idea" in medicine. Your blood is made pure
and healthy, not by the harsh method of blood
bleaching, not with iodides and corrosives,
mercurial poisons, but with and by natures
own remedy, herbs.