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swift Justice.

North Branch. Mimi. June 22.-The
hand of justice moved with exceeding
swiftness in the case of the desperadoes
who murdered Jacob Hay and Andrew
Paul and attempted to kill DIR. Burnside
Foster at Wyoming, Mimi, at one
o'clock Saturday morning. Bob Wilson,
the leader Of the gang, was killed short.
~ after one o'clock Sunday morning
few miles from here, and the other
two, James Cunningham and George
Kelly, were captured after making n
desperate resistance. Cunningham was
badly wounded. The men arc desper-
ADDE'S who have been committing rob-
berries along the ST. Paul g. Duluth road
for the past month. They attacked and
held up DIR. Foster and Messrs. Hay and
Paul early Saturday morning. The two
latter offered resistance. and were shot
dead. DIR. Foster was robbed of SIS, and
the bandits moved northwarad along
the railroad toward this point.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-06-27

Milwaukee. June 20.-The boycott, re-
sulting from the street car strike here
May 4, was officially declared OF Friday
by the union
President James Flint. Of the Anal
gamated Association of Street EN-
ployes, said that his organization had
discontinued running busscs, and no
longer asks the public TO refrain from
riding in the cars. He stated. however.
that the strike has not been declared
of. and that IL will not be as long as
the men feel as they do at present.
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come to this convention by the command
OF our state. and In the name OF the repub-
lican party OF New Jersey-unconquered
and unconquerable, undivided and indi-
visible-with one united voice speaking for
all that counts for good citizenship in our
state. and nominate 10 you for the Office
OF vice president OF this republic Garrett
A. Hobart. OF New Jersey"
The roll call OF states was resumed. and
New York made no nomination. When the
state OF Rhode Island was called, Mr.. AL
len, OF Rhode Island, came to the stand
and nominated for the ,yice-presidency
Charles Warren Lippitt When the state
OF Tennessee was called, Mr. Randolph, a
delegate from That state, nominated fyL the
| vice-presldency Henry Clay Evans, OF Ten
nessee. The nomination OF Mr., Evans
| was seconded by Mr.. Smith, OF Kentucky
| "a colored delegate). Mr. /. c. Walker. OF
| Virginia (colored). put In nomination his
| fellow delegate. James A. Walker
The balloting for vice-president then be-
gan. The call had only proceeded as far
| as South Dakota when IL became evident
| that Hobart had been nominated on the
/ first ballot, aud the delegates and the
crowd In the galleries began TO leave.
For Vice President.
The following Is the detailed vote for
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the kall. marching down the main aisle.
The whole convention rose and yelled ana
waved flags, hats and fans while the band
ulnyed patriotic airs, the nasemhlage sing
Inc the chorus. Three Cheers Tor the
Red White and Blue 20 the ACCOMPANY
unent Of the band. and shouting TIL they
were hoarAe.
senators Mantle. OF Montana. and Brown,
OF Utah. were recognized. Both protested
AGAINST the adoption Of a gold plank by
tie convention but declared they would
remain in the party.
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completed. the convention at 7:n p. m. I'd
iourned sine die.
Text of the Platform Adopted by tho Re-
publican Party.

publican Party.
81 Louis. Jtae 1s.-Following IL the full
text OF the platform, adopted Lnnrsaay py
The republicans or the United States.
assembled by their representatives In ma
ar and d0h historical 3nstfeation OF their
claims 10 the matchless achievements OF
80 years OF republican rule: earnestly and
awakened intelligence, experience and con-
science OF their countrymen In the follow
M F ORR the 'i first time since the civii war
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous CONSEQUENCES OF rull and un-
restricted democratic control OF the gov
Eminent IL has been a record OF unparal-
leled incapacity. dishonor and disaster. In
admini ssr,sd indIsbensabe revenue en-
tailed an unccasing dencit. exec Out oral.
nary current expenses with Dorrowed
oo0. 900 In time OF peace. forced an adverse
balance OF trade. kept perpetual mem
ace hanging over the Eed .a ppien sy nSd
Gates. and reversed all the measures and
results OF Successful republican rule. In
eipitated panic. biighted Industry and
with gerk anpd wssss Snted
f@ nternrse and crippied American produc-
ton while stimulating foreign production
for the American market
and Individual interest demands. that the
government shall be rescued from the
hands q those whE nave wthot ass
al home and dishonor abroad: and shall
| administered II with unequaled success
| and prosperity And in this connection W.
heartily indorse the wisdom, the patriot
| lam and the success OF the administration
| OF President Harrison.
Tariff.
1--WE renew ana emphasize our allie
| glance to the policy OF protection as the bul
] warlx OF American Industrial independence
1 and the foundation OF American develop
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Washington, June 23.--Secretary Oh
ney Monday received the following dis
patch from Mr.. Herod. secretary OF the
United States legation at Toxic:
Deaths caused by the tidal wave csti-
mated at over 10000. In reports to
date (2ist) no mortalities among Amer
leans"
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Montana gave Cameron !. blank. 4.
Necessary 20 n choice, 49,
Total number OF delegates present. eo6.
A Memorable scene.
All or the states having been called, the
president proceeded TO state the result of
the vote. When he announced that VIII
liam Mckinley had received 06lik votes
the scene OF an hour ago, during Foraker's
address. was repeated. Delegates and spec
tators arose and chcored and waved lass
and banners and the pampas plumes OF
California: the band struck up MY Coun-
try IT'S OF Thee" and cheers and huzzas
Tnere was not a single one of the 1900
,r 1000 people In the sreat hall who did
OF jubilee and TO join Ia this grand popular
demonstration In favor OF the successful
candidate. The women were as enthueias-
tic as the men. IL seemed as II no one
would be seated again. and as II orderly
proceedings would never more be attempt
waved on the point OF the national banner
n laced cooked hat such as the cOnquercr
OF MarenRo IN represented as wearing. This
aymbol OF victory added, II possible, 20 the
enthusiasm and the noise was swelled by
the booming OF artillery outside.
tinuo hts announcement or the vote: Thorn
a. III Reed. ne said, had received SAT- votes.
Senator Quay Glh Levi T.. Morton. g.
Senator Allison. ssif. and Don Cameron. 4.
Made No Unanimous.
After quiet had again been restored SEN
ator Lodge, OF Massachusetts. on behalf
OF the friends OF Mr.. Reed offered a motion
10 make the nomination Of Mr. Mckinley
unanimous. Another Wild scene followed
his short speech Gen. Henderson, OF Iowa,
seconded the motion on behalf OF the ad-
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MCKINLEY and Hobart selected as candl-
dates for President aud vice President.
81 Louis. June ia-Aftcr a ten hours
session IN torrld heat and distressing noise
the nth national republican convention
named william Mckinley, OF Ohio. an
Garrett a. Hobart 81 New Jersey. Tor pres.
fdenf and vice-presldent. respectively, OF
che United States No effort was put forth
a. carry out the much-tnlked-of purpose
OF comforting the second place upon Gov
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this frec-trade, dencit-making. bond-issu-
ing, democratic administration.
Il present TO you such man, said
Gov. Foraker. "in William Mckinley"
Senator Thurston, OF Nebraska. was rec
ognized by Temporary Chairman Hepburn,
and seconded the nomination OF Mckinley.
At the close OF MIR. Thurston's effective
speech, cries OF Vote" were raised. in
terspersed with cries for Quay" In the
midst OF this Gov. Hastings took the
stand and placed In nomination the name
OF Matthew Stanley Quay.
The Vote.
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Louisville. Ky, June 23.--The North
American Turnerbund Monday selected
San Francisco az the city In which TO
hold the next biennial convention. ST.
Louis will continue 70 be headquarters.
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virgfnia's "a votes were cast for James
A. Walker; Rhode Islands votes went 90
Lippitt. Reed received votes Depew, 3;
Thurston. 2: Fred Grant. 2, Morton. /.
Total vote. sos.
Necessary 10 choice. as.
The chair then formally declared Gar
rett A. Hobart. OF New Jersey. the nominee
OF the convention Tor vicc-prosident OF the
United states.
The Convention Enus.
The chair Informed the convention that
IL would be necessary TO appoint two COM
mlttees 20 walt upon the nominees Tor
president and vice-prcaidcnt and notify
them OF their nomination, and he request
ed tho delegations from the various states
to choose two 81 its members 20 act on
these committees, which, he said, would
meet this morning az the Southern hotel.
Resolutions were offered and agreed 10
appointing the chairman (Air. Thufaton)
and the temporary chairman (Mr. Fair
banka) chairmcn, respectively, OF the two
committees 10 notify the nominees for
president and yice-presldent.
The roll call for the committees being
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Montana gave Cameron !: blank. 4.
Necessary 20 n choice, 49,.
Total number OF delegates present. BOG
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
Birds and
Beasts That Drink
Die Quickly
A Natural Spring Of
Poisonous Waters
in Mendocino
County

Mendocino County is noted for the
many strange springs within its borders
They are of almost l1mitless variety, and
a number of them are of kinds not to be
found in other parts of the world. The
greater number of these springs throw off
water that has beneficial medicinal quail
ties, but there is one that has the power
of causing almost instant death to any
creature who drinks it.
This strange spring is on what is known
as the McNab ranch, not far from Hop
land. 1t is located in fat piece of pas
ture land about mile from range of
foothills lying to the east.
There is no difficulty to tell this spring
when one comes to it. As cattle had a
habit OF taking their last drinks out OF it,
g fence was put around it, which of course
compels them to go elsewhere for water.
But the fence cannot keep out everything,
and as a consequence the spring is always
surrounded by the dead bodies of beasts,
birds and insects.
The appearance of the spring is rad
ically different from the dozen of others
in the vicinity. l. comes from the ground
into hole about three feet in diameter.
The soil around IL is of clay color, but there
is not a sign of vegetation for at least
twenty-five feet in any direction. Moth
ing will grow in the water. This has been
tried by planting moses and other plants
tnat grow along streams, but they all
died in a short time. When the water
comes from the ground it is in an effer-
vescent condition, but loses this quality
before it has run over the surface a dozen
feet and disappeared i'll gravel pit.
On approaching this spring from any
direction an unpleasant smell strikes the
nostrils. This is caused by the decom-
posing bodies of the numerous dead Great
ures around 1t. There are birds of ali
kinds, rabbits and squirrels and millions
of insects. Occasionally coyote il found.
The effect of the water is most rapid.
Birds have been seen to drink it and in
less than ten seconds fell over dead. Rab-
bits seem to have time TO crawl few feet
from the spring before they die. But
none of the dead creatures are ever found
| more than fifty feet away.
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was on the point of going to sleep when he
had his attention attracted to something
moving on the top of low cliff, about 500
feet away. He looked closely-it was
magnificent buck.
Ed could have killed the animal from
where he lay, but he wanted to be sure, so
bidding the dogs be quiet. he crawled up
"a small ravine until it was a dead shot.
At the crack of the rifle the buck jumped
into the air and fell to the ground, but in
stead of remaining on top of the cliff it
rolled off to the bottom.
The dead deer dropped into a shallow
hole that was evidently formed by water
fall In the rainy season, and lay hardly
100 feet from where Ed stood when he
killed it.
1t was only the work of an instant for
Ed to jump into the hole after his game,
but he had hardly done so when he was
startled by that terrible rattle feared by
all sportsmen. Of course, the deer was
forgotten, while bullet was put through
a big snake lying on rock. This was no
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deer still lay. SO Ed jumped in and found
that none of the dead snakes had fallen
within several feet of it. 1t was not in
jured in any way, so he got his prize after
all.
1t was hard work getting it out of the
hole; but Ed managed it, after which he
went back to see how many snakes he had
killed. He found fifteen altogether, five
of them being rattlers. There may have
been several more, but Ed did not care to
hunt for them.
He was pretty well played out and the
task of getting the deer back to camp took
him until sundown. The canyon that led
down to camp was wild and rugged in the
extreme, with waterfalls every few hun
dred feet. Down he went tumbiing over
powders aud splashing through pools,
the deer getting heavier every step, and
continually being scratched by thorny
underbrush. But Ed didn't mind that,
and when he reached camp got his reward,
for the deer was as fine venison as any
man ever ate.
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Cofffins in
Colors and Bright
Blossoms
The Funeral Novelty
Introduced by a
Local Under
taker

There can be little doubt that the
old ideas of funerals are changing. The
solemn black is not looked upon as being
as necessary to burial ceremony as it once
was. That this is the case can be shown
by the fact that Undertaken Metzler on
Washington street has produced a novelty
in collins and 6nds ready sale for them.
In fact the demand is greater than the
supply, for he makes them ali hims self and
sells them as fast as he makes them.
Only few weeks ago MetzIer hit on the
idea of making a coffin in an unusual way,
to be used for advertising purposes. He
adhered to the usual shape, but instead of
covering it with black cloth, he used
blue and gray striped material.
The effect of the novelty was striking,
to say the least, but surprise came to
him in the shape of a customer for it the
day he had it finished. 1t sold for a good
price to man who is known for his good
taste in all matters. AS soon as the man
saw it he would take othihg else, even at
lower price.
1t was just what he wanted, because, as
he said, it was not so sad looking as those
in general use. The friends at the funeral
had little to say about the novelty, but
not word was said in condemnation
of it.
Tie undertaken then made second
coffin of the same kind, intending to have
it take the place of the one he had sold.
But this sold also the day it was finished.
Since that time several similar coffins
have been made, and sll have sold as soon
as finished. One in bright blue and white
found a purchaser at once, and the only
difficulty has been to get enough of them
to supply the demand.
For some time there has been a desire
to make these ceremonies less dismal
than formerly. Flowers and brightness
have been demanded instead of darkness
and general effect of despair. The feel
ing seems to grow out of the teachings of
some OF the new ethical societies, which
hold that the dead are only going TO a
better and happier life, and there is no
need for friends to feel sad about an
event that must bring Joy to the departed.
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dozen wealthy suitors. She laughingly
refused them all.
When the thurders OF war rolled over
the South she began to be deprived of her
magnificent costumes and went into So
ciety less and less as her fathers fortune
dwindIed. Soon she used to shut herself
in her room for days at time, and then
as things went from bad to worse the
house was closed. Her mother and sister
died of yellow fever, and just before the
war ended her father died, penniless, so
she was left alone in the big house and
had to sell furniture bit by bit to get food.
Two years went by and she was there
alone, despised by the negroes as "poor
white trash" Her friends had forgotten
her and she did not have clothes to visit
any of them. When she went for her
scanty supplies she tied a dark, heavy
veil over her face. She might have re-
mained in the empty house indefinitely
had not the place been ordered sold under
the hammer for her fathers debts.
When the crowd of rough men piled
into .he house she had to leave and stood
on the porch undecided what to do, but
looking over toward the waters of the
Mississippi and wondering whether they
were cold or not.
At this moment a young man whom
she had known in the days gone by but
had not seen for years came up and asked
ner what she was going to do. Surprised,
hurried and confused she could not ans
wer, but allowed him to lead her to a car
riage standing in the road. Once inside
he told her he had always taken an in
terest in her and asked her to marry him.
$50 you are my mysterious friend" she
answered, 1.-THE one who helped me when
/ most needed it and is still ready to do
so. Yes, you have been my friend and l
will devote myself to you as long as
live"
His name was Armstrong, and they
were married on that same day. In less
than a week they started for California.
Millerton, in Fresno County, was the great
gold country at the time of their arrival,
and thither they went, pitching their
camp some distance up the San Joaquin
River.
They found good location, and in q
few years had nice sum laid by. Arm
strong worked hard and things looked
promising for the young couple. It was
Luelf AutShtiOA W SS1 OliOQSu mOuey 10
gether ano return to New Orleans. They
might have realized their dreams had not
a bullet laid Armstrong dead in front oi
his door.
The man who killed him did so bysmis
take, as he confessed afterward when
dying in prison. He thought it was an
old enemy of his for whom he had long
been looking.
After the husbands tragic death the
woman lost all interest in life and at the
same time fortune turned her way. The
mine produced piles of gold and it seem:
that some OF her old Louisiana estates be-
came very valuable. Agents came out tC
get her 10 sign papers and return to hel
old home but she refused everything
saying that she will spend the rest of he
life near her husbands grave and that tht
world had no more charms for her.
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Mother hatour in
Her DolefuI
Home
Once a Belle Of New
Orleans and Now
q Hermit in a
Canyon.

She is known to her few neighbors as
Mother" Latour, despite the fact that she
is a chiidless widow named Arm strong.
But, somehow. the name seems to suit
her, and she does not object to it. Poor
woman, she does not object to anything,
and only asks to be left alone with her
dead, to end her days in her tumble-Gown
shanty in San Joaquin Canyon.
Day and night is of little difference to
her, and she feels that her only duty in
life is to guard the grave near the front
door. There she stands hour after hour,
regardless of weather, speaking to very
few, and possibly thinking of her early
life and the awful days that came to her
before he wooed and brought her to Cali
fornia, long, long ago.
Mother Latour's home is a most dole
full place. Down between the frowning,
rocky walls OF the gulch her shanty stands
and only a few feet from the front door
is the grave, marked by pile of stone
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Just as long to cover the distance back TO
his starting point, but his relation to the
sun, which counts off the periods of time,
Will be remarkably altered. He Will enter
the shadow OF the earth in half the time
that be would If he remained and allowed
the ordinary revolution of the big globe TO
carry him out of sight of the sun. He will
pass through the shadow of the earth in
half the time that he would if he remained
still and will emerge into the sunlight
again with what had been the under side
OF the earth to him when he started. That
Is to say, he will have seen day and
night moon to noon) while the earth made
only half its revolution and he was only
half way round.
he will arrive at his starting point at
noon OF the second day, according to his
own experience, having passed twice
through the shadow of the earth-night-
while the folks at home had done so but
once. He will have gained a day upon
them and upon the calendar but that the
1S0th degree of longitude has been called
In TO set him straight. That is the ex-
planation of the gaining of day in travel
ing the world round from west to east-the
way the world itself is going; and it mat
ters not how long the traveller employs In
the journey, he sees the sun rise and set
once oftener than the man who stays at
home, although there is no iolting of the
heavens to announce it.
Is it clear now? Imagine then train of
cars twenty-four miles long on circular
! track, the last car being just in front of
the engine-that is. the train making a
circle. The train starts to move at a rate
of speed that will bring the engine back to
the starting point at the same time next
| day. A man on the rear end starts to
walk to the engine and man on the en-
| CINE starts to walk to the rear end.
They walk at a rate of speed that will
| bring them to their destination at the
same time the train stops. They pass
each other exactly in the middle of the
train and at noon the next day the man
from the engine has arrived on the last
platform and the man from the last plat
form mounts the engine, and if they don't
feel too tired they may reach over and
| shake hands. They have both, so far as
walking is concerned, travelled exactly the
same distance, but in fact one has Travelled
forty miles while the other has not trav-
eled at all.
The man who started from the rear END
OF the car has been carried the entire dis.
tance covered by the train and has walked
the entire length of the train-he ha:
passed the starting point twice. The man
who started from the engine to walk tc
the rear end of the train has remained
stationary with regard to his surround
ings. Walking as busily as he does ht
| sees through the car windows bour by
hour the same trees and signpost tha
marked the point at which he started
This illustrates the same principle as tha
of the travellers going round the world a.
the same speed as the world revolves
One has lost the other has gained, 3h.
day. Now let the train move 365 or any
number of times round the circle while
the two men are making their journey, the
one from rear to front, the other from
front TO rear.