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The herald., 1895-04-30
The Disappearance of a Wheat
Brokers' BOOkkeeper
BLOOD SPOTS ON THE FLOOR
Another Mystery Is Agitating the San
Francisco Police
It Is Thought the Fair wheat Account rad
Something to DO With lt-A Story
in an Evening Paper

FRANCISCO, April &c. S.
Smith. cashier and bookkeeper for l.. W.
McGlauflin & Co., wheat brokers, who
managed the late Senator Fairs big
wheat deal. is missing under peculiar cir
cumstances.
Smith spent Sunday at the Office, work
inc on his books A 3 clock this morn
ing the police were notified of Smith
disappearance. A sergeant sent to Nc
Glauhin's office found several excited
persons. including Mrs. Smith and her
parents, who insisted that the cashier
had been murdered.
The Office was in disorder, books and
papers scattered about, and on the floor
Smith hat, coat, vest and cuffs spotted
with blood. For hours the police searched
the building for Smiths dead body but
no trace of the corpse or evidence OF a
murder could be found.
Fifty dollars left in the cash drawer
dscredited the theory of robbery. The
police have concluded Smith has abb
seconded.
One of the firms books is missing. An
expert is now examining Smiths ac-
counts.
The ianitor of the building says that
he and Smith were partners in stock
speculations. the stock standing in the
JanltOr name so tnat smith employ
ers might not know of his investments.
A few days ago Smith insisted upon sell
ing the stock threatening the janitor and
forcing his compliance at the point of n
pistol Smith took all the proceeds. $4,000,
saying that he needed it to make up a
shortage in his accounts; that the books
would be brought into court in connec-
ton with the Fair will case and the short
age discovered.
The Evening Bulletin says that 100000
tons of syndicate wheat which has
been stored for two years in the ware
house of the late James G. Fair at Port
Costa has been placed on the markert:
The wheat is of the crop of 92, 80 and
'94. 1t is said that the Luning estate
loaned Fair 500, 900 to corner the wheat,
and that the Luning estate management
nervous for fear weevil might damage its
security. has pressed the Fair estate to
take up this loan. The 92 and '93 wheat
cannot, under the rules be sold on
change, SO the wheat will be advertised
for buyers generally The wheat is esti-
mated to be worth 81. 500, 600. Whether
sold here or not, getting so large a guam
tity of wheat out of port will be a prob
lem. Negotiations have been made for
the shi pment of part OF the wheat by rail
to New Orleans. thence to Liverpool. 1t
would require 5000 cars to move half the
stored syndicate wheat. TO ship all the
wheat to Liverpool would take seventy
five vessels.
The herald., 1895-04-30

consul at Dresden for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning passports for Russia, in support
of which he produced letters Of naturali-
cation, which the consul al once saw were
false. The consul communicated with
the police. who promptly arrested the
fascinating stranger. who proved to be
the long sought international swindler
for whom the police of at least five coun-
tries of Europe have been long vainly
searching. Dickson's real name is be
lieved to be Ferdinand Rodriguez Alvarez.
formerly an officer OF the Guatemalan
army. He is a linguist of marvellous
ability ana has been highly successful in
his swindling career. His victims have
included some of the biggest people in
Europe and many Americans. male and
female.
The herald., 1895-04-30
MORTON FOR PRESIDENT
What the Political Horoscope in the Eas
Shows

what the Political Horoscope in the East
Shows
ALBANY, n. Y, April 29.-Levi P.
Morton's presidential boom may be for
mally launched in June, when the Re-
publican National league meets in Ceve-
land to form skirmish line for '96. The
New York governors friends are going to
make determined fight to demonstrate
what a power he is in New YORK and
eastern politics. and will present as can
didate for president of the league Edward
A. McAlpin, adjutant general of New
York. one of the most ardent of the gov
ernor's lieutenants. General McAlpin got
in some very effective work for Morton at
a meeting of the national executive COM
mittee in Washington two months ago.
He took particular pains to sound the
mem bers as to how the governor stood in
their respective states, and when he re-
turned he assured Morton that he had no
reason to be at all discouraged
The herald., 1895-04-30
WITH A PlTCHF0RK
A Jealous Wife Uses a Pitchfork With Dead,
Effect

LOUISVILLE, KY, April pa special
to the Courier-Journal from Bristol,
Tenn. says: Mrs. Martina Wallen of
Blackwater, Lee county, Virginia, stabbed
Miss Lane Wallace TO death with pitch
fork. The murder was the outcome of
jealousy on the part of Mrs. Wallen,
whose husband appears to have been
paying too much attention to the muir
dered woman. Her husband has fed the
country
The herald., 1895-04-30
JOHN MINERS CAREER

1t is with deep regret that we have to
announce the death of Mr.. John Miner.
one Of the best known and respected
citizens of this city. HIS death came ex-
ceedingly suddenly and unexpectedly and
was great shock to the entire commu-
nifty.
Mr.. Miner was born at Hanover, Ger
many. in 1884, where he received collie
giate education. When entering his man
hood he left Germany and came to the
United States. About the year 1858 he
came to California, via Panama. and
identified himself with mercantile
house in San Francisco. When the war
broke out he entered under the colors of
General Banning. and as peeace was de-
clared he was appointed agent at Los An
geles for the Los Angeles and Wilmington
railroad. which position he filled until
1874, when he entered the Farmers and
Merchants bank under Mr.. |. W. He'll
man.
1t is not necessary to say anything in
praise of Mr.. Miner. That he was a
man of unimpeachable integrity, purity
of motive. unselfish. kindly. gentle
and noble. is known to every man, woman
and child, not only in this county but
practically the entire state.
The influence of man of Mr.. Miner s
character on the world cannot be overesti-
mated in producing good men and noble
women. He leaves a widow and eight
children to mourn his loss.
The herald., 1895-04-30
DOWN AT HANF0RD
Valley Railroad Directors Travelling Through
the Country

HANFORD. April 29.-Claus Spreckels,
Captain H. H. Payton and Robert Watt
directors of the San Joaquin Valley road,
also +. g. Monteagle of San Francisco,
visited this city today to view the coun-
try prior to a survey of the new line
through the valley. The visitors were
met at Goshen by a delegation of promi-
nent citizens and escorted to this town.
from whence they were driven over about
eighty square miles of rich orchards,
vineyards and grain fields.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Big Labor Day Demonstration

CHICAGO. April 29.-Final arrange
ments have been made for great labor
demonstration on May LIST. The pro-
gramme consists of parade through the
business section of the city in the after
noon and an entertainment in the even
ing. to conclude with a grand ball after
midnight. From the reports brought in
by the various orders which will take
part it is expected that the turnout will
be one of the largest ever seen in Chicago
under the auspices of the labor organisa-
tions. which are strongly socialistic in
sentiment
The herald., 1895-04-30
The National Guard

WASHINGTON, April 20. lieutenant
General Schofeld has informed RepIesen-
tative Patterson of Tennessee that he
will review the militia of the states com
posing the National guard which will be
assembled in Memphis between the 18th
and goth of May. General Schofeld will
leave on tour of inspection in the west
next month. General Schofield' S trip will
be official and he will make a report to
the war department.. General Schofeld
says he has been over nearly all that
portion of the country which he will visit
again.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Huntington Does Not Fear

NEW YORK, April 29.-The World this
morning publishes a long interview with
G. P. Huntington. In conclusion the
World says: "The fact that he has been
arrested and is threatened with the laws
ferocity does not seem to worry Mr..
Huntington. He says it would almost
have been better if all railroad men had
agreed to obey the interstate commerce
law. as it would long since have been re-
pealed had they done SO, but he is free
from cale in respect to the matter.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Those New York Police Troubles

NEW YORK, April 29.-The rumor is
revived that Colonel Fred Grant would
be appointed police commissioner. 1t is
said that on May 1st the mayor will re-
move Commissioners Martin Murphy
and .Kerwin, appointing in their places
Andrew Parker. Democrat, and Theodore
Roosevelt and Grant. Republicans.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Floods in the North

KNIGHTS LANDING. April 29.-The
river is rising very rapidly and now
stands fifteen feet and eight inches The
Feather river is also said to be very high,
and the indications now are that the
tule land on the Suffer side will again be
under water. 1t is feared that the levees
have been broken. in which event the
alfalfa fields on the Suffer side will be
submerged.
The herald., 1895-04-30

YOKOHAMA, April %. The mkado is
suffering from chill. The date of de-
parture of Count Ito, president of the
Japanese council OF minister's for Chez
Foo. to ratify the treaty of peace, has
not yet been determined upon.
The herald., 1895-04-30

The new fish hatchery, built on one of
the ISLANDS in the Sault rapids in Mich-
gan, will be he,tinost in the world when
completed. 1t will have capacity of
40. 600. 00U white fish and 5000, 900 trout.
Ponds will be built around it and the IA
cillties for propagating fish cannot be ex
celled anywhere.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Notice for Publication

T AND OFFICE AT Los ANGELES, CAL,
IL April 25, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proofin support of his claim, and
and receiver at Los Angeles Cal. on June
18th, 895, viz. Pierre Augustures Home No.
1922, for the VIZ of lots and and VIZ of
SWli section 2. Township n, Range II w, S
b. NJ.
He names the TO lowing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land. viz: Henry Lettour Pierre Gelos.J.
B. Davies, Pierre Lafourcade, all of Castac, Los
Angeles county, Cal
T. j. BOLTON Register
The herald., 1895-04-30
The SmalInnx Endemic

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 29.-New
smallpox cases are being almost daily rel
ported in the vicinity of the wooden
mills. where the plague first broke out.
1t has been decided, as "a precautionary
measure, to burn house where five
cases developed in one family.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Another r1urder B0bs I'm

WOODSTOCK. ILL.,, April 29.-William E.
Ellsworth, the famous breeder of Poland
China hogs, today shot and killed George
+. WILDER, one of his hired men, with
whom he had been in trouble for some
time. He then reloaded his gun, stepped
up close to where the body lay and look
ing into the barrel, pulled the trigger.
The charge carried away the top of his
haa6.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Politics in Greece

ATHENS. April 29.-In the elections
yesterday for mem bers of the Greek par
lament, ex-Premier Tricoupis, leader of
the opposition, was unseated by lis
votes. Only about ten of his supporters
were elected On the other hand. M. de
Lyanne and party received three-fourths
of the votes cast. M. de Yanne is present
premier minister.
The herald., 1895-04-30
A Famous Swindler

LONDON, April 29.-Americans, who
within the last three years have been
swindled, by Erie Dickson, alias M. Fran
co.'s Lefebre of Belfast and a score of
other names, can. if they like. have the
satisfaction of prosecuting him. for he
has at length been laid by the heels. The
The herald., 1895-04-30
RIVAL EDITORS
Fatal Quarrel Between Men in the Far
Frozen North

NANAIMO. B. c., April 29.-The
steamer Willapa, from Alaska, brings
news of fatal quarrel between rival edi-
tors of Juneau. Frank Howard. editor of
the Record, commented in his paper on
the action of Rowing" Timmins, editor
of the Juneau Torchlight, at a recent fire.
On the day of the publication Timmins
entered Towards Office and shot him
twice without warming. Howard will
probably die. The feeling against Tim
Minis in Juneau is very bitter. as he bore
bad reputation. while How ard was a
very popular man. fHt
The herald., 1895-04-30
Visited the Queen

DARMSTADT, April %. = Emperor
William paid another visit to Queen Vic
toria last evening. The queen, Prince IS
Beatrice and Princess Victoria started
today on their return for England.
The herald., 1895-04-30
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

rENHE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
i the stockholders of the Carney Water Com.
panv will be held in the parlors of the Farm
ers and Merchants Bank, in the city OF Los An
geles Saturday, May 4, 1895, at 80
O'Clock p. IN, for the purpose of electng a
board of directors to serve for the ensuing
year. and for such other business as may prop
erly come before The meeting
w. NJ. CASWELL, Secretary.
Los Angeles, CAL April II, 1880 5-4
The herald., 1895-04-30
SANTA ANA
A CIandcstine Marriage-C Changes at the
Office

A Clandestine Marriage-Changes at the Post
Office
SANTA ANA, April "A few days ago
it was stated that our popular young liv-
eryman. Walter Neill. had gone to San
Bernardino and got married. 1t kept him
busy for some time denying the crime.
1t was the same name, but spelled differ
emily. and the great wonder was who the
lady in question was. We now exonerate
Mr.. Neill In tins matter, as your cores
pondent has ferreted out the mystery and
finds that it was a young man from
Westminster and young lady from Santa
Ana who were married under assumed
The herald., 1895-04-30

Bowen. the well,known shoe dealer at
tempted suicide last night by cutting his
threat. The wound, although dangerous.
may not prove fatal. The attempt to end
his life caused great excitement among
the guests. Mrs. Bowen was Frustrated
with grief. Mr.. Bowen's action is attrib
uted to a long spell of illness. together
with business cnrns
The herald., 1895-04-30
SOME OF THEM PLAYED
League Clubs on the Eastern Circuit Have
Hard Luck

Hard Luck
NEW YORK April 29.-No game rain.
ST. LOUIS, April 29.-St. Louis, i;
Pittsburg. .. Batteries reitenstein and
PETIT; Hawley, Sugden and Mack.
CINCINNATI, April 29.-Cincinnati, B;
Chicago, 0. Batteries-Dwyer and Mer
rift; Griffith and Moran.
LOUISVILLE. April %. -Louisville, s;
Cleveland. 10. Batteries - McDerm Oft,
Knell, Wadsworth. Cole and Zahner;
Cuppy and O'Connor.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-No game
rain.
BALTIMORE, April 29.-No game
rain
The herald., 1895-04-30

Golden girdes, bracelets. earrings and
anklets-all of great weight-were very
common in France in the fourth century.
The belt of Judith. wife of Louis lie De-
bonair,. weighed four pounds, and it is
said that on gala occasion she wore
thirty pounds of gold and jewels.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Mrs. Parneli,s Condition

BORDENTOWN, N. j., April 29.-Mrs.
Parnells condition tonight remains I'M
changed. At times she is rational and at
other times Eighty. The prosecutor of the
pleas arrived here today to look after the
case
The herald., 1895-04-30

ATLANTA, Ga. April 29.-B. [. Kim
ball, formerly proprietor Of the Kimball
house and one OF Atlanta's prominent
citizens, died yesterday at Brooklne,
Mass.
The herald., 1895-04-30
GETTING OUT OF TROUBLE
Bank Embezzler Flood Refuses to PIest to
CHARGE

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.--J. w.
Flood, accused of embezzling funds from
the DonohoeK kelly bank, was before
Judge Wallace today on new charge of
altering the records of the corporation.
The accused refused to plead and Judge
Wallace adjudged that such action was
equivalent to plea of guilty, and SO re-
manded Flood to Jail for sentence next
Friday. His counsel advised that this
charge was only misdemeanor and said
his client would pay a fine or serve a
term in jail.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Suicided in Central Park

NEW YORK, April 29.-Two men COM
mitted suicide in Central park today. one
by hanging, the other by shooting. Their
identity is unknown.
The herald., 1895-04-30
Used a Razor

CHICAGO, April 29.-While friends and
relatives were celebrating tue forty fifth
auniversarv 'ot his BIRTH, George H.
The herald., 1895-04-30

The adjourned meeting of the Central
Presbyterian church organization will be
held at Temperance temple Thursday
evening, commencing at 30 O'Clock.
The herald., 1895-04-30

Everywhere and always analyses prove
DR.. Prices Baking Powder absolutely
pure.
The herald., 1895-04-30

The Canary islands have Latin name
CAMS. "a dog. They were SO named
from the large and fierce. mastiffs bred in
the islands.
The herald., 1895-04-30

DR.. Anderson. of the University of Cali
fornia, reports DR.. Prices baking pow
der absolutely pure.
The herald., 1895-04-30

Expert chemists in government labor
atories always find DR.. Prices Baking
Powder absolutely pure.
The herald., 1895-04-30

DR.. Prices baking powder is declared
by all government chemical experts alb.
sOlutely pure
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26

Twenty years ago it was often true
that young man who drank beer, or
wine, or even whisky in moderation,
might be advanced to places of greater
trust and responsibility. 1t is now
scarcely possible. The habit is simply
fatal to success. | do not believe there
is single reputable business house in
Chicago where an employe who drinks
intoxicants Of any kind has anything
like an even chance for promotion.
The taking of a single glass of beer
may, and often does mean, losing the
chance of lifetime. Brainy boys
and young men, teetOtalers from prin-
ciple, are plenty enough to fill all the
places in the line of promotion.
Chicago Interior.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26
The Government Seal.

When on July 4, 1775, the continen-
tai congress declared the English
American colonies to be free and indie
pendent states, they appointed COM
mittee to report device for seal
the emblem of sovereignty. That COM
mittee and others from time to time
presented unsatisfactory devices. FL
nally, in the spring Of 1882, Charles
Thompson, the secretary of congress,
gave to that body 4 device largely sug-
gested to John Adams, then United
States minister to the court of Great
Britain, by Sir John Prestwich, an
eminent English antiquar-5-. This sug-
gestion was made the oasis of de-
sign adopted by congress, June 20,
1892, and which IS still the device of
the great seal of the republic.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26
Models for Our Boys.

An old hunter, one of the chief
characters in George A. Henty's new
book for boys, "In the Heart of the
Rockies" gives the secret of many a
Western feud, and at the same time
conveys a timely lesson to boys in the
following words:
"You will find folks will think none
the worse OF you when you say to
them straight, l am much obliged to
you, but | never touch liquor. Whisky
has killed sight more than it has
cured. 1t is at the bottom of pretty
nigh every shooting scrape in the
camps, and has been the ruin of hun
dIeds of good men, who would have
done we'll if they could have kept
from it,
Henty is one of the ablest writer's of
boys books, and Charles Scribner's
Sons are to be thanked for putting his
stirring historical tales in the way of
young readers. In addition to the
book above mentioned, our. boys will
be delighted and instructed by books
dealing with two important events in
English history. "Wulf the Saxon
tells the story of Harold, the last
Savon king, and the Mormon c inquest.
"When London Burned" tells how
England won her naval supremacy in
battle with the Dutch. while London
was ravaged first by plague and then
by flame.
In the three books, brave and high
soAed lads figure gallantly, and our
American boys who want to destroy
the enemies of the republic and live
pure lives will find inspiration in
these pages.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26
COURAGE OS TIE FOxHOUND.
The Animals Endurance Depends Much
Upon CornpanionsI,i;, OF Its Kind.

The Animals Endurance Depends Much
Upon Companionsi,io OF Its Kind.
The foxhounds courage is not shown
when in isolation. No hound alone
will attack a fox with the deter
mination of q terrier, yet the passive
courage Of the foxhound is declared by
the London Spectator to be immense.
To see tagging hounds come up
through field of horsemen. to watch
the pace with which they charge the
thickest fences, and the endurance
they show during a long run will con.
vince most OF this. We heard once a
curious instance OF combination sup
plying courage. A pack of English fox
hounds were taken to France for wolf
hunting. But when Z wolf was reused
each hound, as he caught the scent,
dropped his tail between his legs and
refused to follow. When, however,
some French hounds used to the wolf
had been added to the pack, the fox
hounds hunted eagerly. But now
they ran with their bristles up-to kill,
not to eat. The fox they regard as a
dinner; not so the wolf. The large,
straight fore legs, deep chest and level
back of the foxhound show what he
really is-the highest development of
united speed, strength and endurance.
Ten miles to the meet, five hours
hunting at an average of ten miles an
hour, during which two foxes are run
down, and ten miles more before sup
per, is but an ordinary days work.
We do not think we arc exaggerating
when we say that many hound could
cover one hundred miles in day with,
out being greatly distressed. But for
this he would need companionship.
Alone he would probably tire sooner
than a slim pointer or long-legged set
ter, whose steady gallop over grass or
heather is another marvel of animal
endurance But the courage of coop
Grafton is less interesting, even if
none the less creditable, than the dash
of the ore ayhO1nd
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26
The Young Men.

The hope of the Prohibition party
is its young men. These young men,
whose minds are free from the passions
and hatreds that had their origin dur
ing the war, want to go into live
party with future before it.
Let the young men everywhere arise
and. do likwise. The young men with
future before them can find no suitable
abiding place in the parties that know
but the past.
81 have written unto you, young
men, because we are strong" So use
your strength for God and home
New Era.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26
Italian Po;SOner6.

The beginning o. the eighteenth GEN.
tury witnessed an cpitlcnc.c of poison
ing in France Us well as Italy. The
business was begun il France by two
Italian poisoncrs named Exili and
CHASER. The poisonerJ were discovered
by the aid of the clergy. Exili and
Glaser were sent to the bastile, where
they both died. The latter lived long
enough, however, to communicate the
secrets of his busin2ss TO tlc Il -ainous
st. Croix, who bcc4z-ie t'4e teacher of
the equally infamous -aEle. l'rinvil-
liers. st. Croix was trsIIleotal in
the death of a lar.s,,s nI1oe - of persons,
and finally was himself found dead in
his laboratory, wacrc he had been
overcome by the noxio.is vapors of the
poisons he was distilling.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-07-26
WORLD WITHOUT BANKS.
Such Was the State of Things a Little
Over a Century Ago.

Illustrations of the economic revolu.
tion abound on every hand, writes Prof
Richard T. Ely in the Chautauquan.
Those modes of protection which we
take as a mere matter of course, were
for the most part, entirely unknown ia
1760. 1t will be readily admitted that a
business world which could exist with
out banks must have been a radically
different business world from that
which we now know. 1t is only a little
over century since there were but
three banks in the entire United States.
If these banks had entirely suspended
their operations, undoubtedly harm
would have resulted; but most men and
women would have continued their or
binary course of life and been entirely
unaware of the disaster. The misfor-
tune would in no way have entered
into the lives of the great majority of
citizens. Should one-half of our thou
sands of banks now fail, it would be a
deplorable calamity, the like of which
has rarely been witnessed. Suffering
and poverty would be widespread, and
undoubtedly thousands and hundreds
of thousands would be deprived OF the
barest necessities of life.