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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-08

A Philadelphia paper announces the
sudden death of drummer in that
CITY recently, and says that the post
mortem examination revealed the @.
markable fact that his heart was on the
right side. 1t is to be dcplored that
more men cannot be found IN life
whose hearts are on the right side,
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THE STATE PIONEERS,
Continued from First Page.

South America are not the newest but the
oldest continents. What an argument for
fatalism it would be if the accumulative evil
OF centuries should affect the most advanced
society. If eternal vigilence is the price of
liberty, the existing condition in this State de-
mand such changes as are almost Revolutionary.
Try to realize, fellow pioneers, some of the as
poets of what is called society. What OF the
young men and women who grovel in a nerve
ess Incidence not created by them?
Who that is clean in mind and heart, who
that is American could regard the feeting ele
ments of pleasure derived from wealth as more
than f1eeting, more than interludes in the ardu
Gus labors of life?
Tho very capital of the human race is being
exhausted. The very capacity to enjoy the
tawdry existence in which their lie is sunk Is
lost.
No reasonable man can underrate the power
and influence of the press, nevertheless there
are some of its phases in this State which peo-
pie of ordinary Intelligence may question; its
alliance with trusts, corporations bosses with
special interests of every description, these
may be criticized without exciting the resent
ment of those whom the cap does not fit. There
is no such despotism as a sensational press al
lied to decentralization, which educates young
men and young women into disregard OF
truth and justice, which fiatters and then
drops every new absurdity and every social re-
form, which treats the world as a pandemon-
ium. Are there not illustrations of these truths
in our midst?
No wonder SO many people practically desert
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New York; v. L. Owen, Springfield
George II. Pettis, Providence, r. l.
AS the election marked the retirement,
after about seven years of service, of Secre-
tary E. D. Wadsworth, vote of thanks
and appreciation for his long and faithful
service was unanimously adopted. The
report of the secretary showed that were
nine new members elected last year and
nineteen died. The present number of
members is 300, OF WHOM 200 are pioneers,
ten sons of pioneers and nine honorary.
The report of the treasurer showed that
after the payment of all expenses there
was a balance of $771 9S on hand.
Biographical notes were read OF those
who died during the past year. special
tribute being paid to the late president, w.
D. Thomas. A letter was received from
his widow expressing thanks for the kind
words.
A communication was read from the
Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days
of California, calling attention to and ask
ing united efforts for the monument to be
erected over the grave of the famous pio-
neer, General John G. Fremont. The an
nual banquet was then served, after which
General Edward A. Sherman of San Fran
cisco, an honorary member, delivered an
interesting address on The History of
California"
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NEWS OF SANTA BARBARA,
A Crazy Woman Who Set Fire
to Her Home to Drive
Out Enemies.
Naples Postoffice-The Murder
Mystery.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Sept. 9.-An
extraordinary and unexpected sequel to
the fire which partially destroyed the
house of Mrs. Helen Buernheim, a wealthy
widow residing on Victoria street, devel-
oped to-day, when Mrs. Buernheim calmly
presented herself to the astonished City
Marshal and asked him to lock her up to
protect her from enemies who were perse-
cutting her and who had on Friday night
gathered in such mum bers outside her
house that she had dashed a lighted lamp
down on the floor to frighten them away,
setting the house on fire. The Marshal
took her in charge and tonight she occu-
pies one of the upper cells in the county
jail, happier woman than she has been
for months.
The circumstances leading to this de-
rangement are pitiful The woman's hus-
band-who was the old mining partner of
the late Mr.. Hernster of Santa Barbara
and afterward prosperous farmer in this
vicinity-was stricken by paralysis, and
for four years the wife nursed the helpless
man day and night. Her sleep was so
broken that insomnia ensued and after her
husbands death she found it next to i'm
possible to gain the rest she needed, until
at last her eccentric habits began to indi-
cate mind unhinged.
Mrs. Buernheim will be permitted to
rest for few days and then be subjected
to an examination to determine her sanity
and will in all probability be sent to the
asylum at San Bernardino, as she has no
relatives in this country. Upon most SUBJ
iectS she is rational
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their own country. Money made by corruption
is very easily spent, and corruption does not
and never will represent the underlying SIM
plicity and strength of American Institutions.
What are you going to do, pioneers, with class
OF people born, educated and controlled by such
Influences unless civility were able to reassert
itself?
l do not believe in the demagogism of
equality. Men are entitled to equality of op-
portunity and before the law, but there will al
ways be irregularity in social standing and
intelligence.
When all this is said it does not minimize the
duty of the pioneers to successfully contend
with these evils. The yearning ambitions of
society are all in you and around you. What
do you propose to do or leave undone? Each
man has his own wool OF ideals. Young men
OF the pioneers form and live up to your ideals.
What grander ideal than to lift your State out
OF the slough aid the mud high above all char
latanism and corruption?
We wish to see California a truly American
State in the van of modern thought and
achievement. All our forward work shall be
protected by the starry flag, the Old Glory that
stands for equality before the law and in op-
portunity. Our force will be irresistible be-
cause 1t comes from genuine Americanism.
Back to your work of slowly but surely build
ing the splendid edifice of the State You silver
haired pioneersl Forward, you young people;
forward, We who wear the glttering order of
pioneer: forward, not in dreams of casual
beauty, but on stalwartlegs; forward, new men
OF the Pacific, OF the sovereign West, forward
in labor and achievement, forward and up
ward, forward to the ceaseless music of the
swaying breeze, forward along the substantial
waves of commerce; forward, We pioneers, for
ward Here is the home of the new man who
will accomplish the destiny of the American
people.
The literary exercises over, the body of
the hall was cleared of chairs, and YANKEES
band played choice dance music. Then
many of those who, it was thought, had
concluded that their dancing days were
over, selected partners and whirled and
glided over the smooth floor with as much
grace and almost as much sprightliness as
they did when the terminal numbers of the
century were '49."
During lntermission the boys of old days
escorted their partners to the banquet-hali
in the basement, where a splendid COLA
ton was spread. The service was all that
could be desired and the quantity was I'M
limited. The hospitality of the Pioneers
was similar to that which was character
istic of them in the days of gold. During
the afternoon there was open house below
stairs to all who desired to partake of the
good things offered, while on the upper
floors there were sideboards with emonade
and punch
In the evening the festivities were con-
tinued. There was grand ball and vocal
music and recitations. Dancing was kept
up until midnight. when the merry
Pioneers and guests parted. all we'll pleased
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with the manner in which the day had
been observed
CELEBRATED IN THE EAST.
California Pioneers Of New England
Did Not Forget the


BOSTON, MASS, Sept. 9.-The forty-fifth
anniversary of the admission of California
as State into the Union was celebrated
by the Society of California Pioneers of
New England at its eighth annual reunion
at the United States Hotel. There was
business meeting, banquet and literary
exercises, and the attendance was large.
One of the most interesting features noted
at the onset was the receiving of the new
and very rich badge of gold, appropriate
alike to those who reached the Golden
Gate by sailing around Cape Horn. cross
ing the Isthmus of Panama, or tr aversing
the plains.
The business was opened with the presi-
dent. Hon. Henry ]. Wells, in the chair,
and E. D. Wadsworth as secretary. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Hon. Henry j. Wells, presi-
dent, Cambridge; Charles A. Dole, first
vice-president, East Somersville; Richard
Harrington, second vice president, Salem;
Josiah Hayward, treasurer, Boston; Ste
phen w. Foster, secretary, Boston; thirty
seven directors, including Hon. John Con-
ness, Dorchester, chairman; James Bur-
dick, Providence, R. l.; E. c. Carpenter,
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THE KIDNEYS.

In the human economy, the kidneys play
very important part. No glands in the
whole system are to be more carefully con-
sidered than they are, and yet we hear,
day after day, of people who suffer with
pains in the loins, thighs, groins, and who
are constipated, going on without trying to
remedy this sad state of things. When
they are eventually attacked with Bright's
disease they are astonished. At the first of
these warning signals, the sufferer should
procure bottle of that grandest of all
remedies, JOYS Vegetable Sarsaparilla,
and if he does so he may rest easily, for it
is the grandest thing in all the wide world.
But delay may be fatal. Don't risk it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-10
SEIZURES IN BER|NG SEA,
Two Victoria SChoonerS Taken
in Charge by American
Cutters.
They Are Accused Of Violating a
Section of the Award Regu-
lations.

VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. 9.-For an al
legged violation of the Berlng Sea award
act of 1894 the Vancouver sealing schooner
Beatrice, Captain Louis Olsen, is now in
Port under seizure She reached here Sun
was seized on August 20 to the southwark
OF the islands and good twenty-nine
miles outside of the prohibited zone.
But 1t was not for being in prescribed
waters that the unlucky craft was placed
under seizure. Article of the regulations
reads: "Masters of vessels engaged in fur
seal fishing shall enter accurately in their
official log books date and place of each
fur-seal fishing operation, and also number
and sex of seals captured upon each day.
These entries shall be communicated by
each of the Governments to the other, and
f!each fishing season.
Collector A. K. Miner saw the i'm por-
lance of this article early in the year and,
apprehensive that sufficient attention
would not be paid to it, drew every sealing
captains attention to it, going so far even
as to put cross opposite 1t In every license
issued.
Captain G. L. Hooper, commander of the
United States Boring sea fleet, was the
officer who caused the Beatrice to come to
Victoria. After Selling the vessel the
hush LOOK H6T III WV duo otdl leu lOT
Unalaska. There she met I'll. NJ.
S. Pho asant and the schooner was
handed over to the British cruiser
Lieutenant Commander Garforth not
wishing to assume any responsible
ity in the matter, Immediately
ordered the schooner to Victoria, it being
the following day after the seizure that he
had this duty to perform. The order was
to proceed direct to Victoria and report to
the Collector OF Customs. The report of
the seizure and also the official logbook
was forwarded under seal to the COM
mander-in-chief of the North Pacific
Naval station.
Mr.. Milne Immediately placed an officer
in charge of the vessel and also wired
Ottawa officials in regard to the matter.
One of the crew of the Beatrice brings
word of another seizure-that Of the Vic
toria schooner Ainoka, which is now sup
posed to be on her way here-for hunting
inside the protected zones. This report.
the Beatrice man said, came from the San
Francisco schooner Eppinger.
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FIRED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Charles Bryant Killed by Bar
tender Whom He Had
Attacked.
DEADLY DUEL WITH PISTOLS.
The First Shot Crashed Through the
Brain of the Saloonist's
ASsailant.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. 9.-Fred G. Wen
eel, a bartender employed in Knapp's
saloon at the corner of Orchard and Santa
Clara streets, shot and instantly killed
Charles Bryant, a negro, in self-defense
about 2:30 this afternoon.
Bryant entered the saloon and called for
a glass of beer, laying down a nickel in
payment He went out, but returned a
few minutes later and claimed he had laid
down a quarter and had not received his
change. The bartender said Bryant had
given him only nickel. Bryant began to
abuse Wenzel, and the latter came around
from behind the bar and led him out of the
saloon.
A minute later Bryant came in the door
with his hand in his hip pocket, saying:
"Tu fix you" He drew his revolver and
chased the bartender around behind the
bar. Wenzel got behind the safe, and the
negro told him TO come out of there as he
was going to kill him.
The negro began to reach over the bar
with his revolver and Wenzel seized A
caliber revolver on top of the safe and shot
his assailant, the bullet striking him in
the head. Bryant staggered about six feet
toward the door and fell on his face, his
cooked revolver falling at his side.
John Salas and young man from Los
Gatos were in the saloon when the darkey
entered, but as soon as they saw that a
shooting was about to take place they ran
out of a rear door. Salas says the negro
entered the place and said he had not
been given the right change, at the same
time reaching for his hip pocket and draw
ing his revolver.
Bryant was about So years OF age and IN
married. He had been employed as host
Ter at the Lux place, on North First street,
but for the past few months worked on a
ranch. Bryant has always been consid-
cred half-witted by the colored people of
this city.
Mrs. Mary Gillett and her two children
passed the saloon few minutes before the
shooting and saw Bryant standing on the
corner, loading or fixing his revolver.
Wenzel was arrested and taken to the
City Prison, to await the outcome of the
CorOner's inquest. He has always borne
an excellent reputation and is prominently
connected with several fraternal societies.
Coroner Secord will hold an inquest to-
morrow morning.
Bryant's body has been removed to the
morgue. The bullet entered over the left
eye and death was instantaneous.
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PURE SKIN.

There is nothing which is so much adj
mired among the fair sex as good COM
plexion, and that cannot be obtained unless
the whole of the system is in perfect order.
Cosmetics which only harm the cuticle are
cried down by the whole medical world,
and when your skin is not in perfect condi-
ton you must look tor the cause which
produces this effect. Often it is impure
blood, and it takes very little attack of
liver trouble to entirely mar the whole
complexion. The best thing to do when
ever there is the slightest thing wrong with
the skin is to take JOYS Vegetable Sarsa-
parilla. 1t is a perfect system-regulator,
and will give you skin as white and pure
as the lily of the valley. Try it and be
convinced
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RHEUMATISM.

To be swathed in hannels and scarcely
able to move without crying out with pain
is not pleasant thought; and yet how
many poor mortals are there who daily
have to suffer this torture. But it would
have been unnecessary had they taken the
disease in time. At the first intiInation of
rheumatic pains you should provide
self with a supply of that great sys
regulator, JOYS Vegetable Sarsapal
and there would be no fear of anythir
acute. But no matter how severe
case this splendid remedy will at lie.
subdue it.
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TRAGEDY At HOLLISTER.
Major DGndridge SJdshed His Throat
Nth Knife While in Prison.

HOLLISTER, CAL, Sept. 9.-Maior Dan
bridge. civil engineer of the Monterey and
Fresno Railroad, was taken to the County
Jail this morning and locked up on charge
OF disturbing the peace. Major cambridge
had been threatening to commit suicide
and repeatedly tried to get hold of pistol.
n The officers at the Jail failed to search
cambridge and locked him up in the
women's department alone. A short time
afterward he was discovered with large
cash in his throat, which had severed one
OF the arteries leading to the iugular, and
was almost dead from loss of blood. The
knife which he used was very dull, or he
would have succeeded in his suicidal at
tempt.
Major cambridge had been on pro-
tracted spree and was undergoing treat
ment at local Kelley institute. He is now
resting quietly, but small hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery.
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MUST REMAIN ON BoARD.
Exclusion Act Regulations Regardino
Chinese Sailors Enforced.


Chinese Sailors Enforced.
PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Sept. O.
Strict enforcement of the provisions of the
Geary exclusion law are working a par
ticular hardship here at present in the case
of two vessels arriving from the Orient
with Chinese among the crew.
Previous exclusion acts have permitted
the undesirable Mongolians to be held in
jail here while the vessel is loading and
until ready for sea. The new law, how
ever, precludes this through that section
which prevents unregistered Chinese from
setting foot on American soil. The conse-
quence is that vessels are not only forced
\ 10 place the required bond of $500 on each
Chinese, guaranteeing to take them away
again, but are also pat to the expense of
keeping a Waterman aboard to prevent
them escaping.
Shipping men here will prepare letter
to Secretary Carlisle asking him to modify
requirements so that incoming Chinese
sailors may be held in jail while the vessel
is loading.
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DIGESTION.

Poor digestive powers are often described
as dyspepsia, but really that is only one of
the many forms that this blighting disease
takes. A man who suffers from acute dys-
pepsia may be in the earlier stages of the
severest diseases of which medical science
has any knowledge. But safe way is this
(and, by the by, IAN ounce of prevention
is worth pound of cure'): Get bottle of
JOYS Vegetable Sarsaparilla, and use it
freely, and your indigestion will disappear.
If it has become serious this grand remedy
will cure you just the same.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-10
Los TUyIS CANTON GOLD.
Ledge of Ore IStruck by Santa Monica
PrOaDectOrs.

Ledge of Ore Struch by Santa Monica
PROJECTORS.
SANTA MONICA, CAL, Sept. George
Harris and K. A. Barry, who have been
prospecting in the mountains, have re-
turned with the news that they have To-
Gated gold claim adjacent to the Los
Tunis canyon, six miles north of here.
The ledge is about fifty feet wide, there be-
ing two or three sections which seem to
dip toward common center, each lead be-
ing six or eight inches deep. The rock is
the regulation gold-bearing quartz, and,
although it has not yet been assayed. they
think it is fairly rich in the auriferous
metal.
There is plenty of water handy and it is
easy of access. The miners are jubilant
over their good fortune, and are arranging
for several mining claims to be located
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Southern California exhibit. Mr.. Wig
gins states that the ra in is interfering with
the construction of the buildings. Every
indication points, however, to a most
successful exposition. He suggests that
the local exhibit include an elephant, con-
structed similar to the one now to be seen
at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Mr.. Virgins thinks he has prevailed on
the railroads to ship the Southern Cali
fornia exhibit free from New Orleans to
Atlanta.
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ARRESTED 1T 4 FIRE.
Charles Smith Captured With Stolen Goo,
in His PosseSsion.


SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. 9.-Detective
Pickering arrested Charles Smith at the
fire of the Santa Clara Valley Mill to-day,
while he was rumaging around the house
hold effects that had been moved into the
streets. When arrested he had a bolt of
dress lining under his arm, besides pistol
and lot of rare coins and odds and ends
OF iewelry in his pockets. He was charged
with carrying a concealed weapon and will
be held until the stuff is identified. Smith
says he was merely helping the people to
remove their things from their homes.
Smith has not borne good reputation,
and about a year ago was suspected of
being implicated in burglary at the corner
OF Tenth and st. James streets, for which
J. Horton is now serving term in San
Quentin. The officers believe Smith is the
person who has been committing the nu-
merous burglaries of the past few weeks
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Welborn of the United States District
Court this morning sentenced Ed Wilson
and Sam SOFTEN. miners, to two years in
San Quentin and to pay fine of $25 each.
counterfeit money in their possession.
They claimed to have bought 1O7 half
dollar pieces from stranger who visited
their mining camp, situated forty miles
from San Luis Obispo.
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BURGLARY At NAPLES.
The Postofice Looted of It's Cash and
TdLHabIe FIXTURES.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Sept. g.
The postoffice at Naples was entered by
burglars last night and robbed of all its
contents of value. The cash on hand for
tunately was small, consisting of but a
dollar in pennies and SIG IN silver.
There is no clew to the robbers, although
officers are watching a suspicious-looking
tramp who has been hanging around for
several days. Coming so soon after the
Summerland robbery, many are inclined
to attribute the two to the same men,
although in this instance they did not
time their raid opportunelY.
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That Is Why German Became a
Hermit.

HAZELTON, Pa, Sept. 9.-Near here
yesterday a party of fishermen met
Robert Minterbach, who is known as the
Black Ridge hermit and who has lived in
seclusion for years, and the hermit for
once became communicative. He said
that fifteen years ago Herr Won Fretche,
reputed astrologer, read his future to
him. The fortune-teller told him that
he was to become hermit; that his life
for a number of years would be one of
self-denial and b ardship, but later he
would return to the world and enjoy life in
aff1uence.
Minterbach was impressed by this, and
a few years after coming to this country he
went to the Black Ridge Mountains. He
now says he is heir to an estate in Ger
many and exhibits letters from the Ger
man Consul at Pittsburg, He is certain
that the fortune is coming and has implicit
faith in the predictions of the astrologer.