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The herald., 1896-01-22
Heavy Raise of Rent

The case OF Nordholt VS.. Clark, ct AL,
was tried and submitted on briefs before
Judge Shaw yesterday. Clark rented the
property at the corner of Eighth street and
Maple avenue from Nordholt, paying $40
per month. Nordholt sold the property to
the city for school purposes, and to move
his tenant raised the rent to $4,000 a
month. Clark remained on the premises
nine days after the raise, and suit has been
brought to collect the rent at the rate of
$24 900 q year.
The herald., 1896-01-22
Resulted in q rlistriai

The jury in the Bailey rape case, after
being out all night, came into court yester-
day morning, when the announcement was
made that there was not the slightest
possibility of an agreement. Judge Smith,
after satisfying himself that such was the
case, ordered the jury dismissed, and will
today reset the cause for trial, if it is not
dismissed.
1t was ascertained that the jury stood
nine for conviction of simple assault and
three for acquttal.
The herald., 1896-01-22
Feared Mob Violence

G. g. Southern, who was arrested for the
murder of Moreno Cuero and taken to
Santa Ana, the scene of the crime, was
brought to the county Jail yesterday by
Marshall Nichols, for safe keeping. 1t was
f cared by the authorities of Santa Ana
that the man might meet with mob vic
lence. and the Jail at that place is not
sufficiently secure the prisoner was trans
ferred to This county.
The herald., 1896-01-22
The Lyons-r1archer Case

The Lyons-Marcher case was partially
heard by Judge York yesterday. This is
the case in which Lyons is suing to have
certain transfers set aside and the prop
erty applied to the payment of Marcher's
liabilities. Lyons is dealer in precious
stones and jewelry and sold to Mar cher
several thousand dollars worth of goods,
Marcher, after transferring property to
his wife and brother-in-law, who was a
clerk in his store, went into insolvency.
The herald., 1896-01-22
San Gabriel Water Eiuht

VIM. ID. Stephens, as referee, yesterday
took testimony in the witnesses room of
department six of the superior court in
the case of Mora vs.. Glidden but the hear
ing was not concluded. The plaintiff in
the case is Bishop Mora of the Roman
Catholic church, and the suit is for the set-
tlement Of the rights to the waters of the
old mission ditch at San Gabriel, con-
structed by the padres many years ago.
Much interest is felt in the case at San
Gabriel and in that vicinity.
The herald., 1896-01-22
The Kid Thompson Reward

Judge Van Dyke yesterday decided the
case of Wells, Fargo & Co. VS.. W. W.
Moore ct al, involving the rewards for
the capture of the Roscoe train robbers.
Judge Van Dyke held that the entire
amount, $1,000, should go to Moore and
his party, who made the actual arrest in
Arizona of "Kid'' Thompson. None of the
other claimants are held to have any inter-
est in the money.
The herald., 1896-01-22
AdiudQed Insane

Elizabeth Park, 16-year-old girl, was
yesterday examined by Drs. Mathis and
Chapman before Judge Shaw. and on be-
ing adiudged insane was committed to
the asylum at Highland. The girl has to
be constantly watched, as she threatens to
kill herself, and when her spells come
The herald., 1896-01-22

ecure Republican victory at the next
presidential election, hundreds OF us who
believe in free ballot and no subsdizing
of foreign syndicates will vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, whatever it may be.
The herald., 1896-01-22

G. H. and A. p. Cutting of Worcester,
Mass, whose family connections are so
much respected from the Bay state to the
Golden Gate, have suite at the Nadeau.
The herald., 1896-01-22
THE HERALD

Pacific
neum
The herald., 1896-01-22
Is the Only Daily Newspaper

political Angeles.
merchants bankers lawyers retired capitalists
crowdng the advertising columns OF The Herald realizing That is
medium through which they oneaf the
The herald., 1896-01-22

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
natures Cold Storage Houss 3.

In TIE valley of the Plethora River,
which flows from the Ural Mountains
into TIN Arctic Ocean, near Nova Zem-
bla, there Is state of things which Is
attracting the attention of naturalists,
and is only one more example Of how
iudiciously nature does her work when
her primitive conditions are ob:erved.
This valley has sturdy growth Of
crowberries. cloudberries, cranberries,
any number of small fruit-bearing
plants, with heath moss and lichens,
some of which bear seeds and fruit in
great profusion. An eminent ornithol-
ogist, in the course of his researches in
this locality, stopped for a little time.
There were millions of acres covered
with these growths. The Arctic sum-
mer has a perpetual sun, and the in
digenous plants and trees grow and de-
velop with great rapidity. The sum-
mer comes suddenly, and with 1t in
Vulnerable birds of all varieties; but
they come TO what seems barren
snow and ice. Within twenty-four
hours. however, this frostbound region
changes it's appearances: the snow dis
solves, the ice melts away, and natures
bounty stands revealed. The autumn
SHOWS fall here and cover the plants
with their loads of fruit, keeping it in
the most perfect condition until the
springtime, when it furnishes food for
the millions of birds that make this
their summer home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Boiled Chiaf's HAan-

One of the innumerable little wars
that England carries on with savages
has just taken place on the River Niger
In West Africa. 1t concluded with the
eating of human head by the native
allies of the British.
A chief named Katshella had built
himself stronghold on a tributary Of
the Niger, from which he made raids
into the territory OF the neighboring
king, who was under British protec.
ton. Katshella was of immense size
and fearful appearance. He lived a
life of utter depravity.
A British expedition of 80 men was
sent after him, and smashed his
stronghold. Lieutenant Testing, who
commanded the expedition, writes:
''The robber prince, Katshella, an
immense man, was killed just outside
the town, and then the brutal instinct
Of the natives came out. They cut on
his head and sent IL to the king 1 was
helping. He, II you please, had It
boiled, and his muntshs dow native
followers ate ". The king subsequent
~ sent the skull back to me, and Il
was handed to the doctor for disposal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Danger in Shellfish,

A large number of cases Of typhoid
fever in and about Brighton, England,
have led to investigation Of the causes
OF this disease. 1t has been found that
in n family where only one person ate
shellfish. that person was usually the
one attacked. There were various de-
grees of severity in this paper. In some
cases it was mild and complicated with
other maladies; in others very severe
and with a fatal ending, and tie inter
mediate conditions reasonably severe,
but with a long peii:d occupied by con-
valesconce. The superstition in most Of
these cases was that the system was
abe to throw off a portion of the poison
or to 50 neutralize 1T that the sufferer
was able to overcome It's effects. In
Almost all the cases 1t was found that
the water from which the shelifish
were taken was, TO a greater or less
extent, contaminated with sewage.
This accounted directly for the disease
The scientist who had been at work
upon this subject says that there Is no
doubt that shellfish contemplated with
sewage can, and do, convey enteric fe-
yer, but that, of course. it does not fol-
low that every sheEfish from con-
taminated source contains typhoid ba-
cil.us, nor that, If IL did, it Is necessary
that every one who eats an infected
shel.fish should develop typhoid fever.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Cloth Windows.

Windows OF cloth instead OF glass
sounds like an impossibility, and yet 1t
is reality, and the employment Of
such substitute is an acknowledged
success. 1t Is not ordinary cloth, but
such as is transparent, through which
light comes just as through glass. 10
all intents and purposes this cloth win
dow is similar to the sheets OF glass,
and lasts ever so much longer, while
still having just as good an appear
ance.
Now. the remarkable feature of this
new fabric is that it never leaks, does
not break and is nearly One-third cheap
er than glass. \ large skylight com
posed of the new substitute for glass,
enough to show its worth, remains in
perfect condition, not one cent having
been spent on it for repairs.
Phe material has many advantages
claimed for it, chief of which Is that
by it's employment in train sheds,
freight houses, large auditoriums and
public buildings having skylights OF
large area, the light weight of the ma.
terial permits of simple, inexpensive
and light form of skylight construction.
The joints are made water tight by
special method used with this material.
The translucent fabric consists OF
transparent material spread over steel
wire cloth, with twelve meshes per
inch, which gives the panels flexible
and elastic quality permitting its adj
justment to any shape that the roof
structure may take. owing to the ex'
pansion or contraction OF the frame
work. The fabric is strong and is made
In panels 1Sx36 inches in size, and can
carry a weight OF over 400 pounds per
square foot
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Marriage BY the Skipper.

"a few young people are arranging
for good deal Of trouble by getting
married In yachts" said p. r. Lang
ley, well-known attorney OF New Or
leans mt the Arlington. "A skipper can
legally perform the marriage cere-
mony. This is known to the young
people, and they go out i'm yachts.
launches and sail boats, aud the words
are said which they suppose unite them
for life. AS matter OF fact. the words
have no effect whatever. No skipper
can legally perform the marriage
ceremony unless he holds certificate
as captain Of n vessel, issued by the
proper authorities Of the nation under
whose flag he sails. Sailboat marriages
are illegal, and yet they seem to be In
creasing. was invited to take
yacht trip a short time ago, when one
of these marriages occurred beyond the
three-mile limit, and created decid-
edly unpleasant sensation when l In
formed the groom that his marriage
was not valid. He did not entirely be-
lleve me, but fortunately another law.
yer was a member of the party. He
confirmed what / had said, the yacht
was run back to shore, a minister sent
for, the marriage ceremony repeated
and we put ont to sea again."-Wash-
ington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Real Value OF a Menagerie.

An interesting catalogue was recent
ly published by Sagenbeck, OF Ham,
burg, and the real value of a menagerle
can be pretty closely estimated by
this price list. He quotes hippopota'
mus at $500, an African rhinoceros
from $4,000 to $1,000; female ele-
plants, according to age, $1,000 10
$1,000; male elephants, with tusks two
feet long, $1,000; "A pair of African
lions from the Sahara only, 81 800; a
Nubian lioness, 5000; a trained group
of wild animals, consisting or two
pairs of Nubian lions and two male
Bengal tigers, $1,000; female Bengal
tiger, $50; pair of Sumatra tigers,
1000; a pair Of jaguars, $3.50; fe-
male japanese leopard, with cub,
$500: an African male leopard, $3.50;
a black panther, 500; 4 pair of full
grown wolves, $50; gnu, 5000; large
male polar bear, $500; IA large brown
bear, $50; pair of .zebus, $50; an alli-
gator, 10 feet long, $3.50; boa con-
strictor, % feet long, $3.50; a Somali
ostrich, S1I5; pair of Borneo apes,
500, and balloon, $50.
The greatest increase in price from
former lists is in the case of the 81
rafie, a male specimen of which is now
worth $1,000, while only two years ago
such specimen might have been had
for $500 or $3.50. Scarcity of these ami
mails. as well as the inaccessibilities
of the Egyptian Soudan, are RESPONSE
bic for this increase in the price of the
CRATES.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
A Natural Telephone Line.

"There is natural telephone line In
the Black Hills" said G. ID. Bishop, of
Rapid City, s. D., at the National. THE
line runs between two mountains In the
Black Hills range, northwest Of Rapid
City. On each side Of the valley.
twelve miles in width, stand two high
peaks, which tower above the other
mountains and have long been known
as landmarks. These mountains are
several thousand feet high, and have
rarely been scaled, SO but little Is
known of their topography. But some
weeks ago a party of tourists decided
to make the ascent, and they divided
into two parties, one for each peak.
taking heliographs with them for the
purpose of signaling to each other
across the valley. The ascent was
made and one of the party on the north
mountain was surprised to hear voices,
which apparently came out Of the air.
He moved his position, and the sound
was no longer heard. BY changing his
position several times he discovered
that the voices were those of his
friends on the other mountain. He
called the attention Of the others to the
phenomena, and when the attention OF
the opposite party had been attracted
it was found that an ordinary CONVEX
sation in an ordinary tone OF voice was
plainly heard from one mountain top
to the other. There was only one place
on the mountain where 1t could be
heard, and this appeared to form nat
ural telephone. Scientists say that the
cause Is to be found in the form of the
mountains, which serve as elliptical re-
Electors of sound, the speakers being
situated in the face, at the ends of the
ellipse, and in the low density of the
atmosphere at the altitude at which the
phenomena occurs. "-Washlngton Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
The CITY of Cold.

The City of Gold,' it is rumored,
will be to the Paris exhibition of 1890
what the Eiffel tower was to the last
great show, ten years since. There had
always been an idea of reconstructing
in efiigy the Pont du Change, the Rialto
of medieval Paris. and this suggested
to NJ. Hudelhard, an imaginative
journalist the far more grandiose pro-
ject Of illustrating the whole history OF
money and the Industries connected
herewith. He aims, in the first place,
at tracing gold, silver and copper coin
age from mine to mint and from mint
to mart, each step in the progress being
exemplified by working models, IL not
by the machinery ia actual use. He
hopes, moreover, to extend his display
so us to cover the monetary operations
of all countries and all ages. The sub
stitution of paper for specie will then
be dealt with, and it Is proposed to
reveal the intricacles of the entire credit
system as carried out In great banking
establishments, though one can hardly
conceive how such an object lesson can
be rendered ineligible or interesting
to a passing crowd Of sightseers.-St.
james Gazette.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17

| ,-..,,.... of women IL even more
m.ssrd. Twenty-Five States have
even the educational ballot to women;
one, Kansas, the municipal. and wy
oming, Colorado and Utah have made
them full citizens"
The appalling extent of the famine
I'm India is now disclosed. 1t prevails
In nearly every part OF the Empire.
In the Punjaub the whole vast triangle
of which Lahore, Slmla and Delhi are
the aplces Is destitute, as well as some
other districts--Say one-half Of the pro-
vince. About the same proportion OF
the Northwest Provinces and Dude Is
suffering. OF the Central Provinces
one-fourth Is In distress-namely, the
Nerbudda Valley and Raipoor. In up
per Bengal distress bids fair TO become
serious, especially around Patna and
Bagulpore. All Berar Is In want. So
Is Madras north of the Kistna. In
Bombay trouble Is more threatening in
the central and southern districts, such
as Ahmednuggur, Kolapoor, Bejapoor,
Khandesh and Belgium. Upper Bur-
NAH Is in some danger. Hyderabad,
Gwalior, Bhurtpore, Bundelkund, and,
indeed, most of the native States, are
In n bad way. Some 10000 persons
are now employed on relief work, but
100000 need relief. The trouble has
been caused by dry weather. That made
the autumn crops "A failure, and has
prevented fall sowing for the spring
crops There is no prospect OF relief,
therefore, from outside, until next fall.
At least one-third Of the Empire is thus
affected. In the remainder there Is
plus to supply the famine-stricken re-
gions. Relief is, therefore, TO be got
chiefly from America, since this Is the
country that has ut present most wheat
to sell. The work OF importing grain
will be left, II possible, entirely to pri-
vate trade, and so will the regulation
Of the market. The government will
confine its efforts chiefly to employing
on public works-such as railroads.
and canals-as many of the destitute
as possible, so that they can earn
money with which to buy grain. There
are many millions OF farm laborers in
India. In season of drouth, like the
present, there is no farm work for
them to do, and they would perish like
flies If some other employment were
not provided for them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17

| l do not think that, as class. New
Workers have taken just pride In
their city In the past, and am sure.
writes Jacob Rlis, In the Century. they
have thereby lost something well
worth having. Perhaps, In a measure,
this failure can be laid at the door OF
the official corruption. Let that pass.
/ have seen some Of the worlds great
cities, some of them famed for their
beauty, and this 1 know, that I have
come back each time more impressed
with the conviction that there Is none
OF them that can compare with New
York In point of natural advantages
and real attractiveness.
When, two or three years ago, I had
returned from a summer spent in
Northern Europe, l used to go every
day for month from my Office in Null
berry street over to the corner of Broad
way and Houston street, on purpose to
look up and down Broadway, and get
the view of that royal thoroughfare to
Grace Church on the north, with every
detail of Its beautiful gray spire stand
ing forth clear and distinct in the
sparkling October air, and south two
full miles to the tall buildings about
Bowling Green. did not tire Of ad-
miring the brilliancy of the atmos-
phere, which seemed little less than a
revelation after the heavy sultriness
of London's streets, or Hamburg's, or
Copenhagen's.
have never saw such sunsets on sea
or land as are to be had any fine sum-
ner evening from the rear end of an
East River ferryboat, with the towers
and roofs OF the city, clear in outline
and color, without the smudge of Chi
cago or London or Cincinnati, against
Il background of orange and pink and
purple, blending in warm and changing
tnts ms the sun sinks deeper behind the
Palisades. And where is there view
like that of our matchless harbor, sal.
ing up through the narrOws on bright
morning? The Wanted waterways Of
foreign ports become tame beside this
majestic stream, in which the navies Of
the world might lie ut anchor, with ell
bow room and to spare. The picture Is
not without its reverse, Of course
where IL there one that has none?-and
1t may be that in our new eagerness to
render II tOlerable we have not given
ourselves time sufficiently to admire
that which is really admirable. If so,
we have ut least the knowledge to CON-
fort us that the effort has borne fruit.
The Better New York is already o
credltGble and gratifying fact
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
Indian Sign Language.

In describing an object the Indian
has the most wonderful faculty of
picking out it's most distinguished
characteristic ut once, says writer in
The Chatauquan. ] have repeatedly
seen Indians come into military post
to see the officers. Without knowing the
particular officers name, and without
being able to pronounce it intelligibly
IL it were known, l have never seen an
instance where, by few signs, the In
dian has not been at once directed to
the person whom he wishes to see. A
stout officer will be described beyond
the possibility of doubt when the In
dian half circles his extended hands
over the region of his stomach. If the
officer wears glasses the Indian will
look through the two circles made by
his thumbs and first fingers; if the Of
ficer is bald, the Indian will raise his
own long tresses in one hand and draw
the foretinger of his other hand across
the top of his head as though he were
going through the pleasant operation
of lifting scalp. An officer who va
ried the monotony of frontier life by
very steady and hard drinking l ut
once saw an Indian describe by point
ing to the head and then waving his
hand IN small circles. There was no
mistaking the sign-the Indian wanted
the officer whose brain was in n whirls
And although utterly devoid of a sense
Of humor, the Indian is always laugh
ingly good natured in thus pointing out
any ones distinguishing characters
tics or eccentricity.
The expression of words by means
of the sign language may be divided
into the following classes: Initiating
actions or attributes; pointing to OBJ
jects; representing shapes, sizes, uses.
or habits; Stimulating emotions; EN-
ploying metaphors consistent with In
dian conception, and making empirical
signs, although il the development of
signs of this last class could be traced
back / am sure they would resolve
themselves into some one of the other
class.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-17
English Nurses for ROYALTIES.

Some of the English papers are fiat
tering themselves because of what they
term a tribute paid to the English ma.
tional virtue by all the royal families
i'm Europe of English nurses for their
babies. The illustrated London News
says: "The German Empress even.
much as her husband dislikes his
mothers country, has an English nurse
for her girl baby; and the nurse of all
the children of the King of Greece
was an Englishwoman. who was car
ried to her grave the other day by the
king himself and some of her nurselings
grown into men. as token of respect.
In like manner the dress OF the English
nurse of the baby Grand Duchess Olgo,
and the attention paid her, n stalwart
man being in constant attendance on
her, made people at first suppose her
to be court lady Of high rank. Royal
mothers evidently believe in English
womens devotion to duty, and in their
capacity to care for. children"
The News assigns another reason for
the selection Of these English nurses,
and it is probably the main one gov
erning the choice, namely, that the
English tongue proves an exceptionally
difficult one to acquire in later life, and
yet is so widely spoken on the globe,
and represents so much both in litera.
ture and life, that Ii Is felt desirable
for the royal babies to learn something
of it unconsciously by hearing vt in in
fancy and childhood. French is still
the language of diplomacy, but Eng
lish is fast becoming the universal,
language in courts as well as in COM
merce. Every crowned head in Eur.
ope to-day Is able to speak the Ian
guage fluently.