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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-22

In recent article in Outing are some
observations that are very seasonable
and worthy the consideration of our
sportsmen, from which we clip the fol-
lowing: sit is a pity that more of our
sportsmcn do not possess the sort of
eyes which can study live, wild thing
without arousing an eager desire for the
Wild things life, for observation begets
moderation, and moderation is the
essence Of true craftsmanship. Shooting
within reasonable limits is all right;
while, carried beyond those limits it is
all wrong. Clean craftsmanship never
did any man harm, while it has done
many men vast amount of good. The
good of it, however, is lost if it be car
ried to excess, for with the first APP
proach to butchery flies the subtle
charm of sport. Killing to excess has
something Of the evil always attendant
upon eating or drinking to excess. 1t
whets the appetite to slaughter, till its
eneourager, like the glutton or the
tippler, must indulge it as much or more
than the last time, to thoroughly enjoy
the process
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
MAY CLOSE THE SCHOOLS,
Board of Health to Demand
Better Sanitation of
Buildings.
DR.. Hart Declares the Supervisors
Must Act to Save the Lives
of Children.

DIR. Henry III. Hart and DR.. J. M. Will
hanson, committee from the Board OF
Health, will appear before the Finance
Committee of the Board OF Supervisors this
morning to ask that the urgent necessity
fund be employed to put the schools of the
City in a proper sanitary condition.
The two doctors have spent considerable
time in investigating together with the
Committee on Buildings and Grounds of
the Board of Education and J. P. Kincaid,
superintendent of school buildings
1--WE must have the schools put in better
condition." said DR.. Hart last night. "Our
committee is going to demand funds to do
this tomorrow. The board can get the
money somewhere. Ii they refuse it we
will close such schools as we have found
unfit for habitation.
And there are many of them. DIR.
Lovelace reported list last September
that were in unsanitary condition. The
schools he condemned were Sutro Pri-
mary, Mission Grammar, Webster Pri.
mary, Lincoln Grammar, Everett Gram
mar, Marshall Grammar, Buena Vista
Primary, Colum bia Grammar, Paramount
Primary, Bernal Heights Primary, Horace
Mann Grammar, Irving Primary and
Cooper Primary. Only one of these, the
dition. One other school, the Richmond
Primary School, has also been improved.
| That is all.
why. in the Marshall Primary School,
back of the Mission Grammar, they have
open wooden vaults. Besides this the
drainage pipes leak and the floors of the
| yards are saturated with the discharge.
The wooden vaults are always a menace
to health. They allow the sewage to seep
| through and the walls and surroundings
retain the filth for years.
1.-THE committee of the Board of Educa-
tion ere heartily in cooperation with us.
They promise to assist in pressing the
matter as much as possible. They realize
as we'll as the Board of Health that the
lives of thousands of children and their
teachers are jeopardized by delay. The
summer months will soon be here. The
first hot days will expose all those attend
ing the schools TO disease, suffering and
perhaps death, for the warm air will bring
forth deadly miasmas from all the rotten
open wooden vaults and the decayed
planking, beneath which animal and
vegetable matter has been decomposing
for years.
81 know that the Board OF Health does
not intend any hardship toward the pub
lie nor the school-teachers," DIR. Hart con.
clcded. ''but there is nothing of more i'm
portance to us than the health and hapni-
ness of our children. The public schools
should not be breeding places of disease
Ihls they are at present, and unless thew
are cleansed and more regard is paid to
their arrangement the school-children
would be the first to be attacked if there
should be an outbreak of diphtheria. scar
! let fever or any other contagious disease, -
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
HOW LEVY WAS CAUGHT.
Deputy License Collector Benjamin
Assumes the Role of Countryman,
and Arrests Him.


and Arrests Him.
M. Levy, the well-known ticket scaIper,
sometimes called "Nibsey," was fined $40
yesterday by Judge Campbell for violating
the license ordinance.
IL was Levy's boast that he never could
be caught, as he was too wide awake a
customer for the deputy license collectors.
Word reached the License Collector that
Levy was selling tickets on Kearny street
for the Paderewski concerts. and it was
determined to lay trap for him.
Deputy Collector c. w. Benjamin on
Monday attired himself as young man
from the country in search of pleasure,
and walked along kearny street with a
faraway look in his eyes. He saw Levy,
and purposely threw himself in his way.
"Say, young fellow" said Levy, don't
you want to hear the great Paderewski? ?'
''Paderwhiskey," said Benjamin, who
may he be, friend"
Then Levy expatiated ON the great vir-
tuoso's talents. and wound up by saying
ne had some tickets to sell cheap.
81 guess" said Benjamin. "I'll take
Sarah there. Give me two of your
tickets"
Levy promptly presented the two paste
boards, and Benjamin as promptly showed
him his badge and placed him under
arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
MoRTON.sTREET MYSTERY.
Edward Evans Arrested Last Night and
Held on Suspicion.

Held on Suspicion.
Edward Evans was arrested last night
on suspicion of knowing something about
the killing of Mamie McDermott on Nor
ton street. Evans told a saloon man on
Morton street on Sunday night that he
had been robbed of $4O0 by one of the
women and that he was going to find her
that night. Evans denied that he was on
Morton street on Sunday night He said
he was on the Barbary Coast with friend
named ''Frenchy" till about / O'Clock
Monday morning. Then he went to AL
Whites saloon on the water front and the
bartender spoke to him.
Captain Lees had George Howard, the
dead girls roommate, before him last
night. The only new feature developed
was that she heard the murdered girl
speaking to Louis Spenas, the rent col
lector, who was in the saloon about II 80
o'clock. That would prove that she was
murdered between that time and l is
o'clock, when she was found breathing
her last on the bed
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
A. P. A. PLATFORM.

1. ,Loyalty TO true Amercanism, which knows
neither birthplace, race creed nor party Is the
first requisite for membership"
Loyalty to true Americanism' is In our
OPINION such allegiance to the constituted
institutions as forbids the Welding of contain
poraneous allegiance to any foreign military,
clvl or ecclesiastical power which may claim
vidual.
2. ''The association is not a political party and
uoes hol Gontroi the political affiliations OF its
tiHa M 4eIS put lt teaches them TO be intensely ac-
i've IN the discharge of their political duties in
9ut OF party lines because II believes that all
lni,,ae confronting our people Will be best
OF citizenship by every Individual"
me fundamental principle of our Govern
memt requires that the will of the majority
snaiI rule. We hold that that will is not and
Sanmot Sndnt os adequately. expressed by the .ad-
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
"A. P. A. PRINCIPLES.
The State President OF the Organi-
cation Concludes His Inter-
Dretation.

b. +. Hudelson, State president of the
A. I. a., concludes his interpretation of
the orders principles in the following
letter:
OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA,
Room 40, Academy OF Sciences Building, :
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, February 13, 1860
TO the Editor Of The Cdl--DEAR SIR: In my
last ietter set forth the A. P. A. interpre Ia
hand yon the A. P. A. interpretation of the
"A, r A. Platform and of the Political Prin-
clples OF the A. P. A." thereby concluding my
You will notice that in several instances l
nave simply quoted the sections in their
proper order without any attempt at explana-
reason that tie sections so treated are clothed
In Language SO simple that their meaning can
not be rendered more clear.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
The Fee-ColIeotion Ca.a.

The case of J. J. Rauer against Ed williams
clerk of the Justices Courts, was argued be-
fore the Supreme Court yesterday and sub
mtted. The action is one involving the
legality of the method of collecting fees now
in vogue in this City--that is, the collection of
fees by the Assessor on certificates from the
various Offices
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Girls Training Home.

The Girls Training Home held its annual
meeting at the First Baptist Church yester-
day. The reports of the various officers were
read, and the home was shown to be in -four
ishing condition,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
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Learn the grand truth of health, make your
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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

world as guardians of these United States.
Yours truly, P. c. YoRKE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
Wrlglfs Indian Yegetahle Pills

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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

Mr. Editor Since writing the foregoing l
have decided that, inasmuch as the "polit1cal
principles OF the A. p. A" merely epitomize
what 1 have treated in more detail in my
Interpretation of the A. P. A. platform, it is
unnecessary for me TO further consider those
principles here, and for that reason omit
them from this letter. Very respectfully,
B. F. HUDELSoN,
President of the A. P. A. of California.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14
FATHER YORKE TO
B. F. HUDELSON,
The Chancellor Replies to
TAirty-0ne Ques-'
tons.
FREE SCHOOLS UPHELD.
Says the A. P. A. Is Dangerous
to the Welfare of the
Country.
HUDELsoN WRITES AGAIN,
His Interpretation of A. P. A. Princi-
ples-Dr. York Replies to
Father Yorke.
HUDELs0N WRITES AGAIN,

The Rev. P. C. Yorke contributes the fol-
lowing letter in answer to recent COM
munications from the pen of B. F. Hudel-
son, State president of the A. P. A.:
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

out having recourse to a smelling committee.
Ii twenty ladies choose to live In community
turbed as long as half dozen can live In a
clearinghouse and not be subjected to espi-
onage.
This demand of the A. P. A. platform is the
in the minds of respectable Ameri.
cans. 1t is fathered by men, Mr.. Benjamin
eating. lfisput forward by the foul-mouthed
and foul-lived satyrs with whom your society
abounds. Such demand is q disgrace to
Americanism and the curse OF God is falling
on those, one by one. slowly but surely who
first put it forward to stain the fair fame of the
best and purest OF the womanhood of our land
QUESTION 80.
Does Mr.. Yorke support for Office any person
who recognizes allegiance to any foreign or
ecclesiastical potentate as superior to our
have already answered this question. add
now that the A. P. A. owes allegiance to a
dian Orangeism, and therefore that mem
Der OF 1t is fit even to be dog catcher The
A. T. A. lodges have to do as Traynor orders
and to vote as he commands. He is the s,,
preme officer of society which swears allie
glance to Queen.Victoria, and to this subject of
a foreign potentate Mr.. Benjamin Hudelson
bends his suppliant knee
QUESTION 81
Is Mr.. Yorke in favor of granting public
lands to other than actual settlers?
am not. / believe that those who profit nv
the liberality OF the Government should make
some return by cultivating the SOIL
Because the A. p. A. is made up in its hiehar
reaches at least, of birds of passage, of men
who are without stake in the community, men
whose progress through the country has been
marked by a trail of unpaid debts, / believe
the A. P. A. violates the spirit if not the
letter of this principle, ana for the thirty-frst
time am able to say that it is condemned
out of its own mouth.
such, MI. Editor. are my answers to the uues-
lions OF the Rev. Benjamin Hudelson, which
answers he has desired with such a consuming
desire. In them / have made no statement
winch am not ready to prove-not with mere
| assertion, but with authentic documents. with
afiidavits and with facts
1t Is good thing that the public will have
an opportunity of seeing the A. p A. from the
inside. Many good Americans have been led
into IT by false pretenses, but generally one
meeting was sufficient to make them re-
nounce 1t with all its works and pomps.
Indeed, II any one considers for a mo-
ment, what folly it is to expect that
such society could be anything but a
swlndle! An American Protective Association
torsootn? As though America needed protec-
ton at the hands of such as they. The AmerI-
can nag needs no protection from dark-lan-
tern brigade. God made IL to fly in the blessed
sunlight. and every color in its folds abhors
The night When the bats come out of their
caves 10 protect the eagle and the moles emerge
from their tunnels to defend the lion, then will
II De time for the A. p. A. to pose before the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-12

On all the evidence and In view par
ticularly OF his own letters. Waller was
unquestionably guilty OF an ofrense
against the French country and fully
1ustifying severe punishment
In view of Walters wilful nd cuip-
able attempt against the French auth
GRITTY in Madagascar II II manifest
that no claim for damages on Walters
account could be properly presented by
the United States or could be expected
to be entertained by the French govern
ment.
Though Waller has ben deprived Of
his liberty for nine or ten months II
cannot be said that the penalty to which
he has been subjected has been dis
proportionate to his offenso. On the
contrary, the penalty. regarded as the
outcome OF a lawful proceeding, would
universally be regarded as moderate
one.
Under these circumstances after urg-
ent representations by this government
an offer was made by the government to
release Waller from further imprlson-
ment and pardon his offense upon the
condition that the affair be thereby
terminated as between the two gov
ernments, and that the United States
should make no claim In behalf of the
prisoner based upon his arrest, convio-
ton or imprisonment The acceptance
OF this offer seems to be 30 favorable to
waller, and in view OF all the facts
so considerate towards our govern
ment that under the direction of the
president, our ambassador TO France
mas been instructed to give notice OF
such acceptance on our part and to eN-
change the notes necessary 70 carry out
the Arrangement.
Upon the request OF Waller our am
baasador at Paris will be instructed to
hrfhnge Tor furnishing security for the
costs of any suit before the French
tribunals which Waller may be advised
the facts OF his case will warrant
The department has spent slsi7 in
providing for tina immediate necessities
OF walters family and In bringing
them TO the United States, and Mr..
Eustis has been instructed to supply
waller with the means OF transporta-
| lion TO the United States should he
| desire 10 come here.
1t is expected that Mr. Walters re-
| leaRe from prison Will be Immediate
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-12
A COLORED REVIVAL
sin killer GriHin to Marshal His
Coiorcd Hosts--sbop-Liftors In
rssung Waco stores.

Waco Tex, Feb. 1i.-(spccial)- -"sin
Killer" Griffin, the noted colored
evangelist, Is In Waco and proposes TO
grapple with the devil for few days
Arrangements for big hall IN which
TO hold the meetings are being made,
He draws immense audiences wherever
he goes, and the colored people here
are already worked up.
At s O'Clock tomorrow, Mt the resi-
dencc of the brides father In College
Heights. Mr.. w. A, Mckay and Miss
Maymle Douglass will be married. The
ceremony, which win be very quiet.
will be performed by Rev. w. l..
Nelms.
The big artesian well being sunk by
the Waco Ice and refrigerating COM
pany on South Eighth street, between
Franklin and Mary. Is down 1925 feet.
The expectation IL that a flow Of pure
arteslan water will ba encountered ut
a depth OF 1900 feet
The business OF shop-llfting or work
OF kleptomnnics IN astonishing OF late.
within the last three days II. II. Cod
her, an Austin street book store man,
has caught three boys taking things
from his counters Many other cases,
some OF them involving women. have
been reported recently.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-12
GayI:!S ||,!H|y!gG

his arrival yesterdn. S,ug of the
number CT men avai ~, Tor actual
service. the number of o the quan-
tity of ammunition and =, pplies In pos
session OF each column or detachment,
the state of the road, railroad and
telegraph lines and the strength OF the
enemy. were being collected and tabu-
lated by a number of clerks.
1t is understood that steps are being
taken to organize a large cavalry
brigade for immediate service. Consid-
cradle difficulty is experienced in secur-
Ing the necessary animals. as a great
number of them have been oorraled by
the enemy.
Orders were issued this morning from
headquarters to make considerable in
crease In the number Of armored rail-
road cars for the use OF the troops.
These cars have been of great assist
ance to the Spaniards In protecting
conVeyors of provisions passing
through parts Of the country infested
with insurgent bands. PILOT engines
are also protected and are sent for
ward In order to guard against an az
plosion of dynamite along the road.
Some times there are two or three ar
mored cars attached TO one train. One
armored car is placed Immediately af-
ter the engine and the other brings up
In the rear. Both are filled with troops
and protected with boiler iron In most
cases, although this has been found to
be OF insufficient protection In nearly
all cases insurgent bullets passing
through the cars. Therefore recently
the armor has been doubled In thick
ness.
Further details received from Coliseo
confirm the report that the escort of the
train whose pilot engine was derailed
near that place made really heroic
defense, but as already stated In these
dispatches the protection afforded by
the armored car was not sufficient and
seven civil guards were killed The re-
mainder of the escort was compelled
to retreat to a plantation near Coliseo.
The insurgent loss was twenty killed
and Il number wounded.
DR.. Jose Maceo and nine other per-
sons who have been in prison for some
time past at Puerto Padre on charges
OF conspiring against the government
have been ordered TO be transported to
the Spanish prisons in Africa.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-12
CORRESPONDENCE MADE PUBLIC.


washington, Feb. 1.-THE president
today transmitted TO the house such
correspondence relative to cuba as ne
deems not Incompatible with the puo-
lie interest This was in response to a
house resolution. The papers were vol
luminous and included over 1000 letters
which passed between Secretary Olney
and Senior DE LONE, the Spanish min
lister, Consul General Williams and
others. The documents begin with the
presidents proclamation OF nSutrality
OF June II, 1895.
The letters of the secretary of state
TO Mr.. De LONE, the Spanish minister,
insisted upon the right of Mr.. VIII
liams, our consul-general at Havana,
TO protest against the action OF GEN
eral Campos in combining American
citizens and other persons. transgress-
Ing on American rights. This part OF
the corr espo ndence concludes with
cable from Mr. Taylor, our minister at
Madrid, dated October 81. announcing
that the minister Of foreign affairs had
agreed to recognize the rights claimed
for consuls under the treaty OF 1870.
Captures were duly chronicled until
the arrival of General Campos on April,
49, when the war on both sides began
TO be prosecuted with great vigor. Up
TO May IS humane treatment of the
prisoners on both sides is reported by
Mr.. Williams. About June 1 the COM
plants of arrest of American citizens
began to come In and Mr., Hyatt speaks
of the record of May 30 as union or
torch, sword and hangman," and eN-
presses the fear that a reign of terror
has begun.
Declaration of martial law in several
provinces followed. the destruction or
property. some Of 1t in America, is
noted, and Mr., Hyatt remarks on the
great number OF young men who LETT
lucrative positions to east lots wnh
lucrative positions to east their foss
! with the insurgents.
Under the general head or destruc-
ton of American property In CUBA.
there is submitted list specifying
the Individual cases where loss OF prop
rrty al the hands Of the insurgents mas
been suffered by persons claiming TO
be natives and naturalized citizens;
| They are mostly for losses sustained
bv owners and managers OF sugar es-
| tates. There is much correspondence
| also relative to each individual case OF
arrest by spauiards OF the men claim
| ing to be American citizens.
In discussing one OF these cases As
s,stant Secretary Uhl In letter 70
! Vice Consul Springer at Havana SAYS
| the treaty. OF 1870 excludes the ml'thry
| Jurisdiction altogether and requires ar
| rests to be made and ofenses p rp.eeu-
ed against by ordinary. iurlsdic,lon.
| The military has no Judicial cognizahce
| over our citizens at any stage.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-12
MUST HAPPEN SOON.
SENATOR OGlLvIE Nor ABLE no
HOLD our MUCH LONGER.
Kentucky Senatorial Contest Is No
Nearer u solution Than IL
was at first.

Frankfort, Ky. Feb. li--There was
every Indication today that both nidcB
were lying low In the senatorial race.
The Republicans do not think that
senator ogilvle, who Ia quite sick, can
stand the strain much longer His son
said this morning that no was not go-
ing to allow his father to Jeopardiza
his life much further, and II something
does not happen IN the senatorial bali
lot this week he VIII take his father
home sunday.
The ballot resulted as follows;
Hunter. 57 Blackburn, bG Carlisle.
81 Mccrenry. 3; y. #. Bennett, IA: j. NJ.
Cochran. l.: Bate. 1. Holt. I.
Hunters friends declare that II no
shall.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-12
HE WANTS DAMAGES
Alleges That a st. Louis Commission
Company Wrote "a Letter That
Damaged hi. Characters.

st. Louis. Feb. liza libel suit OF
very uncommon dimensions was
brought In the circuit court here to-
day by Daniel Sullivan, banker of
San Antonio. Texas. against the stra-
hom- II luton Evans commission com
pany OF this city, one of the largest live
stock Arms In the west. The suit IL
based on letter written by the de-
PENDANT company to J, NJ. Chithim. a
prominent business mRn of San An
tonic which tho plaintiff says has
caused very great injury 10 his reputa-
ton In consequence OF Its contents be-
Ing made public and he asks damages
to the amount Of S2b0,000