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solved it two days ago. Men who COM
NIT crimes have well-defned objects in
view. 1t is not difficult to guess whose
the object was in this case.
But already there is every promise
that the cowsrdly deed will react upon
its instigators. There is every promise
in the 2l23 names received yesterday of
an ultimate 10000 list being compiled
within a single week. This will be an
achievement to confound the enemies of
San Pedro harhor; one that will, in the
end, have far more weight With congress
than even the presen tation of the origi-
nal petition would have had.
This is the work nova work that
has been eplendidly started. Already
many OF the old workers have returned
to the tack with renewed earnestness,
born partly Of indignation at the under
hand methods adopted by the enemies
OF San Pedro to prevent the will OF the
people being heard. John +. Francis
brought in a splendid list of names in
the evening and promises to do even
better than before. Three or four
thousand OF the total nu mber will prob
ably be contributed by this tireless and
publc-spirted gentleman.
WHERE THEY COME FROM.
By far the larger part of the nsmss re.
ceived yesterday cams. OF course. from
this city-and most of these from the
down town stores and business places.
10 all Los Angeles contributed 1877
names to the San Pedro harbor memo
riel vester6aY.
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A FIsHY STORY.

Report That wilcox, tho Rebsi Leader,
Escaped From Hawaii.
SAN FRANcIsco, Jan. 3l.-The state
ment is published here that Robert
Wilcox, the Hawaiian revolutionist, is
safe in San Francisco. A young adj
venturer named Hardin, who was de-
ported from Honolulu. says he was with
Wilcox all day yesterday. Hardin says
Wilcox escaped from Hawaii in q
schooner. and was landed few days
ago at Monterey. 1t is not believed
possible that Wilcox could have reached
this country on a schooner without the
arrival Of the vessel being announced.
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Society Director and Organizer
of the 400.
DRAWING-ROOM AUTOCRAT.
For Many Years the Glass Of Fashion
and Mould of Form in the Mstropo.
lis-Boasted of HIS
Blue Blood.

| Special to THE HERALD.
New YORK, Jan. 3I.-Ward McAllis
ter, New York's foremost society di.
rector and organizer OF the 400, died at
8 80 O'Clock tonight at his home. No. 16
West Thirty sixth street. at his bed
side were Mrs. McAllistsr and their SON
and daughter and Mr.. McAllister's
brother. Rev. DR.. Marion MeAliister OF
Elizabeth, N. ].
Mr.. McAlistsr suffered very little pain
during his illness and his death was
peaceful. Thursday of last week he was
attacked by grippe while spending the
afternoon at the Union club, and on
reaching home he asked that DR..
Walker, his family physician. be called.
DR.. Walker ordered him to take to his
bed. He obeyed. and he never left the
bed again.
For more than Q year Mr.. McAllister
had been affected with chronic ailment
which is supposed to have hastened his
demise. He made trip abroad for the
bet erment OF his health and consulted
some of the leading physicians of
Europe.
Ward McAllister was for many years
the ''glass of fashion and mould of
form" to New Yorkers.
He was born in Savannah, Ga, shout
GA years ago. His Dlood-French on his
mothers side and Scotch ON his iaths
or 's-was blue in the United States az
far back as the revolutionary war.
Ward McAllister passed 3 part of his
early youth in New York, whore he
wrote his book, Society as I Have Found
1t. He lived with q maiden aunt from
whom he had expectations. The good
woman left all her money to charity;
still her young nephew owed to her his
irst introduction to exclusive New York
society.
From 1872 to 1885 he grew in social
spheres and gained the title OF which he
was always proud, "the autocrat of the
drawing rooms" His success was not
without its drawbacks. In 1882 there was
a little rebellion sgsinat his supremacy.
With his limitation of correct New York
society to four hundred McAllister
became a public character. Every pa.
per in the country took up the theme.
There was an avalanche of ridicule,
criticism, and even abuse.
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And 80 it must go. Every district
must do its full duty in the matter.
Every citizen must do all he can to fur
thor the cause. Send to THE HERALD
Memorial Bureau" for additional
blanks. There are plenty OF them, you
had better have too many Of them than
not enough.
The American short-order house and
restaurant sent in three lists containing
67 names last evening. Doubtless many
more will come from the same place. 1t
is a good restaurant to patronize. and
remember when you go there that you
can sign the memorial as you pass in or
out.
Business men and storekeepers who
have the blanks on hand for the sigma.
ture of their patrons should send in
their names and address THE HERALD
Memorial Bureau" so that the public
may be informed where the lists can be
signed. 1t is the purpose to publish
such list each day, il there is a suffic-
lent response to the call for names and
addresses. Don't neglect this. Be sure
that your place of business is in the fol-
lowing list:
WHERE THE SAN PEDRO HARBOR MEMO
RIAL CAN BE SIGNED.
HOTEL RAMONA. Third and Spring
streets.
NEW YORK KITCHEN, 12O East
First street.
AMERICAN RT-ORDER R
HOUSE l29 East First street.
HERALD BUSINESS OFFICE. 222
West Second street.
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The Original Lists Of 10000 Names
Have Been Sto1en...They Must Be
Replaced Inside of One Week.
MENORIL CONGRESS- URGING IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION or 4 H4RBOR 1T san PEDRO.
ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

lie Congress o the
and adjacent terrific would respectfully repreent
matter
necessity only the commercial needs this section bat also
%
H. different
Ill The only opposition Pedro from Coils Huntingdon the
president Southern Pacific Railroad selfish
Monica of
mpohbity.
w.
enable
authorized
Pedro
chamber
California; bodies
Utah all
Pedro
respectfully valid
this the of an
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STEAMER ASHORE.
The Amerique in q PeriIous Position or
Cape Agousta.

The AmeriQue in q PeriIous Position or
Cape Agousta.
special to THE HERALD,
CoLoN. Jan. 31.-The steamship
Ameriqus, from France, which Is now
two days overdue, is reported ashore off
Cape Agousta, near Ssvinalls. Her po-
sition is said to be perilous. Efforts are
being made to have the United States
warship Atlanta 90 to the scene of the
wreck. to either help the stranded
steamer or to rescue the people, If il
be shown that the disabled steamer
cannot be hoated coon.
The Amerique ia a French steamer,
bark rigged. She was built al st. Naz-
aire, France. in 1864, and registered 2744
tons net. Her dimensions are 344 feet
in length, 429 feet beam and 1863 feet
depth OF hold. Her hailing port is
Havre. She was no doubt bound from
st. Nazaire for Colon when the accident
occurred, as she arrived at the former
from the latter port in the latter part Of
December.
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EVER oUARRELINa RAILROADS.


Another Agreement for California Busi--
ne,s Formulated.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-A committee Of
the western trunk lines appointed to
Iormulatea passenger agreement for the
control of the Caifornig business, has
completed its task and the plan will be
considered at meeting Of all the lines
interested, which will be held next
Thursday. The agreement denies to To-
cal agents authority to meet outside
competition unless through public no.
tice of the intention to meet such rates.
Street com omissions are forbidden, as ia
all dealing with brokers. Provision for
free sleeping car hertbs. free mesls and
the carriage of excess baggage are to be
considered as cut rates.
Thirty days notice is required OF snv
road seeking to with6ssw from the
agreement,
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Surprise and Indignation at
the Cowardly Theft.
SANTA ANA'S RESPONSE.
A Reward OTe ed For the Recovery of
the Stolen Rolls and the Arrssi
and Conviction of tina
Thief.
$3.50 R EWARD-S250.

The above sum will be paid by THE
HERALD PUBLIsHING COMPANY for the
recovery Of the San Pedro Harbor Me-
viction of the psrson or persons who
stole them from THE HERALD business
office. in the Bradbury block. between
the hours OF and 7: As o. CLOCK Tuesday
evening. January 20, 1895.
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BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 31.-Two ballots
were taken for United States senator
with the following result: Shoup 20,
Sweet 10. Claggett 15 On the seco nd
ballot several members absent and the
result was: Shoup Is. Sweet IS, Clag-
gett IA.
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SACRAMENTO, Jan. 31.-Governor
Budd this afternoon issued pardon -
W. NJ. Lemon. who was sentenced to
three yea.t,' imprisonment in the Jail Of
Fresno county for selling liquor 10 In
dians. The sentence was imposefl
October, 1894.
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came with il the statement that 40
bogus checks had been received by the
same bank, the Quaker City of Phila-
delphia, which had been paid by other
banks throughout the country.
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AT LAST

The Stats of Warrington Nomln atss q
Seuator.
OLYMPIA, Wash, jan, 3l.--The Re-
publican caucus tonight nominated
Congressman John L. Wilson for United
States senator. Wilson recsived "A
votes; necessary to choice Al.
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Holien beck hotel cafe and grill room.
Eastern and California oysters on shell.
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This is the eeason to get the best
values and attention in fine tailoring
from III. A. Getz, liz w. Third street.
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Sweet Redland oranges at Althouse
Bros
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DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder

Awarded Cod Medal Midwinter Fair. San Francisco.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-14
THE LADIES' AUXILIARY.
They Meet and Organize for the
Transaction of Work in Future.

Harrisburg. Pa. Aug. 13.Aseveral hours
were consumed by the members OF the
ladies' auxiliary OF the Atlanta exposl-
ton commission this afternoon Organiz-
ing and outlining the work. A proper
Tomato share Of the expense OF the cree
ton and furnishing OF the state building
at the exposition viii be borne by the
auxiliary out OF its appropriation OF sou.
thousand feet Of space will be required
In the women's building in addition to
the space already given for the exhibition
by the deaf children The expense OF
packing and transporting the historical
exhibit by the Daughters Of the Revolu-
ton and Colonial Danes will be borne by
the auxiliary, which will also make an
appropriation for the exhibit of the Wo-
mems silk Culture Association OF Penn
sylvania. Members of the auxiliary will
be allowed their actual travelling ex-
penses on Pennsylvania day. when the
governor and other notables will be pres
ent John c. Coder of this city, who
erected the state building at the WORLDS
fair, viii build the one at Atlanta. Il
will cost $500 furnished. Mrs Hastings.
wife of Gov. Hastings, will have charge
OF the programme at the woman's build
ing on Pennsylvania day.
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In a snakes Embrace.
From the Philadelphia Press.

Greensburg.-Fred Kernn and
Charles Ellsworth, medical students here,
had a thrilling adventure with a mons
ter black snake while exploring the White
Rock on the Allegheny Mountains. Wea-
ried with their wanderings the young men
Law down on moss-covered rock and pres
emily Kernn was fast asleep. In the
course of half an hour Ellsworth was
startled by a cry Of agony coming from
his companion, and turning around was
Mortified to find a huge snake rapidly
coiIing itself around the body of his COM
panion Kernn on his knees. was attempt
ing to grasp the neck of the reptile, but
without success. Ellsworth was unable
TO offer assistance to his frightened COM
panion The coils were slowly tightening
and crushing the life out of the young
man, for his right arm was pinioned TO
his side. Suddenly the snake shot its
head In rnidair with its forked tongue
darling backward and forward. and its
eyes conferred on the face Of Kernn ready
for the fatal plunge With one mighty ef-
fort Kernn seized the reptile by the neck
ana Ellsworth came 70 his rescue. With
both hands he pressed the head 10. the
rock and then Kernn fen unconscious.
pulling a pen-knife from his pocket Els
worth severed the head Of the monster.
The coils were slowly ioosened. and az
ter an hour the young man revived.
The snake was eleven feet, ave inches
long. the largest ever seen ia the noun
tain region.
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THE JAPANESE MEMORY.
We Have Nothing, Like II I'm These
Western ReEiOns.
From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
The japanese memory is one of the
wonders of the country. For example, it
is the custom to number the houses on a
street in what you may call their chron-
illogical order. instead of their sequence;
that is. in the order of their erection, so
that No. Il may adjoin 500 on one side
and No. 70 on the other. No. may be
three miles from No. 2 and No 10 midway
between them. In the city of Tokyo there
are 1880 streets. and by the last census
31S, 320 houses, which are divided into If
teen ku. or wards.
When street passes through more than
one ward the houses are numbered indie
pendently, so there may be five or six
numbered 20 and eight or ten numbered p
perhaps miles apart Therefore, when a
stranger sets out to find No. 2l7 Motomara
machi, which is the name of the street,
and Azubu. the name of the ward in
which our friend, Tsuda Sen, who was
a commissioner to the Chicago EXPOSE
ton, lives. he might as well look for a
needle in a flaystack.
After hunting for three or four hours
and finding seven or eight houses with
the same number on the street six or eight
miles apart. he will sit down in the near
est tea house and cry or curse, as the
case may be, until he gets cooled off.
Then he will hire a jinrikisha man, write
the address on a piece of paper. and so
whirling uD and down streets and alleys,
around corners and through short cuts,
until he is landed at the proper place
without the slightest physical, mental or
moral damage.
The jihrikisha men are coolies, without
education or mental training. Most of
them can read and write the names of
streets and men and merchants and fac
tories. They know the location and the
number of every one of the 31S,320 houses
in Tokyo, and the name OF almost every
one of the 100000 inhabitants. They are
very seldom puzzled to find an address,
even though it may be given incorrectly,
and If you will tell them accurately where
you want to go they will take you without
the slightest delay or hesitation.
The same phenomenal memory appears
in other classes of the people, and you
have to be careful about telling a Japanese
gentleman the same story twice. This is
the result of centuries of training But
the reasoning powers have had no such
exercise.
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statement, and it's implication, "impar-
tial expose" Why should Mr.. NELL be
more impartial than others? 1t Is a well
known fact that he is a speculative gam
bier of the "bear" persuasion-at pres
ent, and that he is fitting the shoe to
his own foot; and II his own words go
for anything, and they seem to go les
pecially with his English confrere), he
is quoted by reliable parties as saying.
when upbraided for the carnage he was
inflicting upon the south, that he had
1.-THE satisfaction of knowing that he
had made millions for Manchester" thus
adding insult to injury. Millions of dol
lars by fictitious methods. making the
rich richer, and the poor, poorer.
There are none so blind as those who
will not see." Liverpool and Manchester
do not intend TO see any other figures than
those fabricated by her own fakirs. Mr..
II. NJ. NELL reports a decrease Of acreage
in Texas of only per cent, and an entire
crop Of between eight and nine millions.
And the face of this Is not a little para
doxieal that NELL Bros. should advise
spinners mot to be in too great a hurry
to make large purchases, which would
bring about an advance in prices, and
would be against their interests
AS a guesser of crops Mr.. NELL has
been known to make four guesses at
crop, the last one after 20 per cent. had
been marketed. and then miss 100000
bale crop 10000; but Mr. Nell says Texas
has decreased her acreage only per cent,
and "Brutus is an honorable man." /
challenge Neill to substantiate his state
nent with any legitimate evidence. He
can never do It, and he will be handed
down in history as a wide guesser, and a
reckless statistician.
Stimulated by Mr.. NeilPs reckless pro-
paganda of July 20. accompanied by two
practical cotton men, have made tour
of the cotton belt of Texas. have made
n thorough and careful investigation of
conditions / have interviewed bankers,
merchants and farmers. 1 have ridden
through their fields with them and exam
ined personally, as a practical farmer.
their crops, and I am now prepared to
raise nv former estimate Of l6 per cent.
to q per cent. decrease OF acreage
Hon A. j. Rose, commissioner of agri-
culture of Texas summarizes all the re-
ports he could secure through the official
mediumship of his Office. and reports de-
crease of acreage of "a per cent. My con-
illusions are not based upon the ex parte
statement Of farmers, but all classes of
citizens
find a small per cent. Of cotton land
abandoned, say 2la per cent Worms IN
sections doing considerable damage. The
crop In a large and most productive sec
ton OF the state was injured by excessive
rains IN the spring and by drouth for the
last FIVE or six weeks. The planting was
retarded In the spring, and crops upon an
average are at least three weeks late.
The drouth stlll continues.
/ DO not believe that Texas could. with
the phenomenal season Of last year. from
now on produce more than 100000 bales.
II Is useless for me 70 discuss here what
the result OF bad seasons, decreased use
OF commercial fertilizers. etc. viii be IN
other states. Suificc II to say that the IN
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dications are that we cannot under the
most favorable conditions from now on,
expect more than 1850, 0-bale CROP and
predicted that by Jan. ! our farmers
will realize cents for good grades of cot
ton, provided they will not fan over each
other TO dispose Of their crops In the
early months. We have in our favor;
The general revival of trade.
A largely decreased acreage.
Disuse Of 80 1-3 per cent. commercial
fertilizers.
shortness Of present crop from unsea-
sonable weather and insect pests.
The condition of farmers enabling them
to hold their crops.
A bearsh feeling amoung all farmers.
The increase of consumption.
The visible supply smaller than usual.
Europe will this year take 6.S00000 Of
Americas cotton. North and South
America, Canada and Mexico will take
g. 600 bales. With improving trade,
America will surely take 100000 bales,
which will leave only 100000 bales Of
export, even were 100000 bales raised.
which Is now practically impossible. II
the crop is only 7,250,OUO, then less than
100000 would be available for export.
Europe is now entirely dependent upon
the south for her supplies Of raw cot
ton, and statistics show that her i'm
portations from India, Egypt, Brazil, etc.
are only equal to 100000 bales of Amer
lean cotton.
The manufacturers of Europe are sell
ing their goods months and months
ahead, without protecting themselves by
the purchase of raw cotton. expecting
that the necessities OF the planter Will
force him to sell at any price that the
spinners and spectators may choose
to pay.
Now / reiterate advise and sincerely
hope that the cotton growers win move
their crop on the market just as slowly
as they can possibly afford and not al
low themselves 10 be terrorized into
madly rushing IL all on the market In
a few months. but TO hold back just what
they can. and thus, by a 1udicious dis
trlbution, realize handsome results. /
remain. respectfully yours,
Hector ID. Lane.
President Of the American Cotton Grow
ers' Protective Association.
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MORE ABorr LIBERTY BELL.
ou,,ion THAT the BeII Is sure 10 Go
IN the Southern Trip.


-,,.,,,5slpbia. Aug. 1s.-Chairman Smith
-. councils committee on the Allan
: s,-nosition came to Philadelphia to-day
-, his summer home in Asbury Park
,,rsssly TO attend to matters connected
r. the city's exhibit in the south. Mayor
warwick to-day received several letters
-. inouiry from intending exhibitors and
.,.srred them all TO the chairman. The
..-0ortant feature in this matter now is
,bs trip Of the Liberty Bell
CHAIRMAN Smith is positive that the bell
iii co. The mayor and others interested
Line to the same belief and the argli-
Int is made that the courts will not
--ant the injunction on the ground OF
~ Of Jurisdiction. Mr.. Smith said he
-rss positive that the courts would not in
,s-fere in the case
.sTbe bell" he ssad, lis not in the Gus
,osv Of the courts. 1t is in the custody of
me city, but not its property, because 1t
belongs TO the entire country and as the
councils have consented to allow the bell
"a be taken TO Atlanta, and as proper ar
rangements have been made for it's safety.
I do not think the courts viii interfere.
40 not see how they can and l am posi-
1--WE that the bell will be taken according
20 the original programme"
The intending Philadelphia exhibitors
ind that space is growing very short at
the exposition, and it is quite likely that
many who would like to send exhibits will
find it impossible. The manufacturing and
trade displays are in charge of John w.
Woodside and Editor Kendrick of the Car
pet Journal and they are likely to call a
meeting of the exhibitors soon to complete
all arrangements to divide the available
space, and to make such accommodations
for the tardy exhibitors as are possible un-
der the circumstances.
The mayor will receive any application
for space, but they should properly go to
Chairman Smith who is hard at work to
make the exhibit of this city an interesting
cne He has every hope of success and is
confident that his exertions will be sup
pOrted
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RAPIsT SURE TO be LYNoHED.
George Gathers vile Crime and the
Fate That Turks Near Him.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Aug. H-Late last
night George Gathers, the negro rapist,
who outraged the young daughter of H.
NJ Rex, leading citizen Of Hartman.
Tenn, a week ago, was caught in Atlanta
by Detective Jern of that city and return
ed to Chattanooga for transfer to Harri-
man, the scene of the rape. The detective
left here with his prisoner on the early
train and word was received at IL o'clock
that he had arrived safely within three
miles Of the city and was met at the
train by the sheriff, who took charge of
the prisoner.
Excitement is at fever heat and lynch
ing is sure to-day. Gather met Myrtle Rex
years old, in the woods mile from her
home and asked TO show him the home of
a certain negro. She had been raised in
the north to believe in negro virtue and
suspected no trouble when she consented.
Near the house to which he asked to be
directed he stopped and forced her to lie
down. Accomplishing his purpose twice.
the fiend escaped. Bloodhounds were put
oni the trail but no good result came. Ex-
element has continued at fever heat and
1T is now rumored that a posse is on the
way to jail to take Gathers out and lynch
him.