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The herald., 1896-06-02
gone abroad concerning the attitude of

gone abroad concerning the attitude of
the committee on outside relief.
A statement will be prepared for the
press, which will give to the public and
the outside world the exact position Of
the committee on this question. They
will endeavor to show the gentleman
who called the meeting for tomorrow
that at no time has any outside assist
ance been refused when it was offered,
but they will strenuously oppose the is
suanc of any appeal from the city to
the outside world for help.
st. Louis cannot afford to so on record
as begging for funds. We have nearly
$4,000 collected already, and it may go
to 100000 long before the time we will
have matters in shape to know approXi-
mafely how much we Will need. If 1t
becomes necessary to call for assistance
from tn outside we will do it, put that is
not yet apparent.
Reports were made by the ministers
of various churches today regarding the
damage to the differnt houses Of wor-
ship. The total reported was nearly
$100, 900. The heaviest losses are:
Memorial German NJ E. church, $780,
900; Lafayette Park Presbyterian
church, 100000; Lafayette Park. M. E.
church, $4,000; Baptist Orphans home,
$3500; Lafayette Baptist church, $4,000.
Aside from these a number Of Cath
olic churches were demolished or part
ly ruined.
The damage to ST. Peters and st.
Pauls alone amounted to over $50,000.
MUST HAVE AID.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June both houses
Of the municipal assembly Of st. Louis
tonight adopted resolutions asking out
side aid for the cyclone sufferers.
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an international conference and ratio
agreement and every day makes it clear
er to me that such a conference is sure
to come, and, believe, very soon.
Il am in favor Of using all the silver
as coin that we can, and we may be able
to use even more than we are now US
ing. but the question of the standard
should be settled. We should not depart
from the gold standard until we can
have the cooperation of other great COM
mercial nations for such a settlement of
the financial question hope and look. :"
Mr. Stewart, Populist, of Nevada, fol-
lowed In support of the bill. Mr.. Stew
art was piled with questions by Senators
Villas and Allison.
Mr. Villas wanted to know Of Mr.. Stew
art would be satisfied If silver was made
legal tender up to $50.
Mr.. Stewart replied that this would
hamstring and blind the limbs of one of
the metals.
Mr. Allison asked if Mr.. Stewards sill
ver plan contemplated the issue of silver
certificates before the bullion was coined.
Mr. Stewart said he would issue GER
tincates at once and coin as fast as DOS
sible. There was no doubt, he said, of
the ability of the government to coin
silver with sufficient rapidity for the
needs of civilization. He would un-
dertake to coin $500.000, 900 a year on a
contract to receive the mint charges.
Mr.. Brown, Republican, of Utah, dis
cussed the bond bill and also the resolu-
ton introduced by him earlier in the
day, declaring that any bonds hereafter
issued would be Illegal. His reason for
pronouncing them illegal. he said, was
the constitution of the United States
which expressly declared that congress
alone and not the executive was author
1zed to borrow money on the credit Of
the United States. He pointed out that
the act of 1875 was to provide for specie
payments, not to maintain,
Mr.. Allen, POpulist, of Nebraska, in
terposed to state that Mr.. Brown had
made no new discovery. Prior to any
of the recent bond issues, Mr.. Allen said,
he had introduced a resolution declaring
that the issues would be illegal and the
bonds void. The purchasers of bonds
from that time to this were warned that
the title to their bonds was at least ques-
tionable.
Mr.. Brown insisted that the Allen reso-
luton had been no warning to bond pur-
chasers, as 1t had not passed. What
he (Brown) wanted was a resolution
giving notification from the lJrsted
States that the title Of the bonds was
questionable.
The final conference report on the
Notifications bill was agreed to, and also
a partial report on the sundry civil bill.
Mr.. Allen explained that the items still
in disagreement were those covering
public buildings, arid lands. survey of
public lands, participation IN the Brus-
sells exposition and District of Colum-
bia charity schools.
A partial conference report on the
postoffice appropriation bill was ap-
proved.
Mr.. Allison stated that the item as
to consolidation of postoff1ce was still
open.
At 5:45 pm. the senate held brief ex-
ecutive session and then recessed un-
til II o'clock tomorrow.
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Sentenced to Hang

SOLOMONVILLE, Ariz., June l.
Juan Chacon was today sentenced in
the district court to hang July Oath for
the murder of Pablo Solcido at Morenci
in Graham county. Last December Cha
con and four associates attempted to rob
Paul Becker's store at Morenci on the
night of December 18th. Becker had
a murderous knife stabbed into his side,
where it remained until he jumped
through window and ran to saloon
for help. Next morning a sheriff. s
posse had a fight with the robbers; two
Of them were killed, two esaped and
Chacon was wounded and captured. Be-
fore being captured Chacon killed Pablo
Solcido, one of the sheriffs posse. Cha
con was tried and convicted here last
week.
The herald., 1896-06-02
SeNEcA'S STORM
Dreadful Details Revealed as Further Investl
cation Is Made

OtC8oiot DSGahS ReNeuieo - Ahvsost' :
gation Is Made
p NEOSHO, Mo-, June 1.-Seventeen
lives were lost in Saturdays flood at
Seneca. The property loss was between
$40, 900 and 500, 900. A complete list of the
dead is as follows: H. Andrea, Mrs. An
drea and three children, Carl Schmidt,
Mrs. Schmidt and five children, Mrs.
Debbler and child, Archie Williams and
child. Mrs. Henry White, wife ofthe
pastor of the M. f. church.
The deluge which spread over the dry
land in an instant was mile wide and
as much as ten feet deep. For three
weeks the surrounding country has been
soaked with rain. At midnight Friday
the rain beat on the earth like cata-
ract. At $3.50 persons saw in the blind
ing lightning the rush of black wall of
water following the channel of Lost
creek, which flows through the town.
1t was about $3.50 o'clock in the morning
that it appeared. They fired their pis-
tolls and shouted in futile warning and
the next instant they were tossed about
like chips.
In ten minutes Lost creek was trans
formed from a little stream a dozen feet
wide to an ocean of water that corried
everything before it. The waters made
their banks on the hills on each side Of
Seneca and then spread out as the val
ley widened until the angry torrent melt
ed into wide sheet of water ankle deep
or went on into Grand river. Houses
beat against each other and were torn
to pieces. Death and horror ragged on
every hand in the inky darkness
1t was over in a few moments, almost
pegore the struggling people could real
ize whether it was nightmare or reality.
Then, amid the receding waters which
hurled about the wreckage Of their
homes, began the hunt of husband for
Wife and parents for children and chill
dren for parents. The cries of mothers
and wailing of children followed quick
ly.
Since then the villagers have been
busy recovering their dead Only mea-
gre and fragmentary details have found
their way to the outside world. Nothing
was known about the disaster until a
farmer rode into Neosho with the story.
and until today nothing like a connect
ed account was obtainable.
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
CHICAGO, June IAN appeal to the
people of this city to go to the aid of the
storm sufferers of East st. Louis was
issued by Mayor Swift today In procla-
nation setting forth the want and suffer-
ing of the survivors of the tornado rid
den district. Supplies such as clothing,
bedding, tents and the like will be re-
ceived at the city hall ARRANGEMENTS
have been made with the railroads for
the transportation of such supplies. 1t
Is the mayors intention to work in con-
junction with the board of trade and
other organiZa tons committees, which
are already actively working soliciting
subscriptions.
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The M,lwsukee str,k.

MILWAUKEE, June 1.-At the head
quarters of the striking street railway
employees today things are very quiet
A talk with some of the men ELECTED
from them an expression of conviction
that If any small percentage of the men
made break to get back their old posi-
tions rush would set in and they would
be followed by many. So long as they
an nold together, however, they express
themselves as satisfied. Samuel Comm
ers Is expected back in the city about
Friday. No word has been received from
Eugene V. Debs as to whether he will
come to the city next Sunday or not.
The men are making a house to house
canvass for funds
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MOscOW's HORROR
The Dead md Wounded Number Fully Five
Thousand

LONDON, June 2.-Adispatch from
Moscow to the Standard says it Is esti-
mated that a total of $500 persons were
killed and 1900 persons injured, the ma
jority of them fatally, in the disaster Of
Saturday.
One thousand two hundred and sew
enty-seven victims were buried today.
The bodies of those who were identified
and claimed by relatives were entered in
private graves. but at the expense of
the municipal authorities. The great
number Of the unidentified dead was
buried in eleven great trenches, each
fifty yards long.
This afternoon the czar gave a BAN
quet to the representative sof all the
states in his realm. The foreign repre-
sentatives were also present In the
afternoon the czar and czarina visited
the hospital, where they spent some
time consoling the patients injured in
Saturdays crush.
The herald., 1896-06-02
State Swamp Lands

OAKLAND, June Fresno county
has asked Alameda county for it's CO.
operation in having the states scamp
land exported and investigated. The
county commissioners ol Fresno charge
that only a fractional part of the money
paid into the state treasury by the
county has been accounted for and they
intimate that Alameda may be in like
position. re proposition was read at
today's meeting of the commissioners
and it was decided to lend every possi-
BILE assistance. The letter was referred
to the financial committee to confer with
the Fresno committee.
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OFFICERS BALKED
No Trace Of Murderer Dunham Discovered,
Property natters

SAN JOSE, June 1.-The day has
passed and there is no trace of Dunham
Sheriffs Lyndon and Ballou returned to
San Jose with their posse this evening
thoroughly tired out and reluctantly
confessed that they had no trace of the
man and that practically they were
at sea as to what would next be DONE.
While they have abandoned the search
there, there is no lack of men on the
mountain to keep watch for Dunham
Cowboys and ranchmen are all on guard
and posse of private citizens has gone
up from Campbell. Sheriff Lyndon is
tonight comforting with is deputies an
to the next course to be pursued. He
says he will never stop work until he has
the man.
The much sought will Of Mrs. McGlin-
cy was filed for probate today. ShA
leaves the bulk of $50, 900 estate to J.
K. Wells, who was also murdered. Mrs.
McGlincey's next nearest relative II
Dunham's infant son, who will probably
inherit the property.
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rlurderers' Cases

WEAvERVILLE, June Judge En-
lison today denied the motion for new
trlal IN the case of Van Horn and Grow.
found guilty of the murder of Jack Lit.
tlefield, and sentenced each to twenty
five years imprisonment. The examin-
alton Of Vinton. Hayden, Gregory ana
Radcliffe will be concluded tomorrow.
Buck Lacock, who Is also charged WITH
being one of the conspirators, will have
his examination as soon as his health
will permit.
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Durrant's Appe.,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The bill Of
exceptions prepared by counsel for
Theodore Durrant was submitted today
to Superior Judge Murphy to certify
to the correctness of facts stated, and by
him to be sent to the supreme court. ft
contains 1000 typewriter pages, and
embraces every exception noted by the
defense during the long trial. The APP
peal will be printed by the county clerk.
for which twenty days is allowed, ana
then the supreme court will pass upon
The herald., 1896-06-02
Kirkland IN Charge

VALLEJO, June Admiral William
A. Kirkland tok charge of the Mare Is-
land navy yard at $3.50 o'clock this morn
ing as commandant. The transfer OF
authority from Captain H. l.. Howinson
to the new officer was done as quietly -
possible and without the extensive cer-
that have witnessed such
events in the past. The firing of thIf-
teen guns as salute to the new conn
mandant apprised Vallejo residents that
the transfer had been made.
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Charged With Train Robblnv

V1SALIA, June Isl Lovern was to-
on the charge of attempted train rob
berry near Goshen on the night of
March 18th, at which time Dan Mccall
was killed by officer Daggett. Three
jurors were sworn in. this afternoon.
Lovern is represented by Gen. Kittrell
and Sam ]. Kinds Of Fresno and ]. S.
Clack Of Visalia, -
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CHEAP WORK
The bsttIeshlp Oregon Not Up to Contract
Specifications.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-Defects in
the construction of the big battleship
oregon Just completed have recently
come to light, and have been a subject
OF investigation Of the navy department.
1t appears that there have been depart
ures from the contract requirements as
to the thickness of the plates used in
making up the protective deck and that
the deck has been made to appear of
the proper thickness by using conceal
ed plates in the body Of the deck. These
facts have been brought to the attep-
ton OF the department by dissatisfied
employees, but the contractors have
agreed to make good the defects.
The herald., 1896-06-02
Arlzona Politics

PHOENIX, Ariz., June 1-Governor
Franklin today summarily dismissed M.
H. McCord as citizen member of the
board of control. The action, the gov
ernor states, was not for cause, but
simply that he might have the selection
of member more agreeable to the
spirit Of his administration.
The herald., 1896-06-02
RIOTING AT CAIRO
MosIem Students Object to Visits Prom Sanl-
tary Officers

CAIRO, June 1.-Serious disturban-
ces have taken place at the Mosle uni
vyersity. Some sanitary officers att
tempted to visit the school. where a. case
of cholera had been reported The stu.
dents opposed the entrance of officials,
The governor Of Cairo and other govern
ment officers were summoned. The stu
dents stoned the police, who were COM
PEELED to fire on the students. and 200 ar
rests were made. The governor was
wounded in the head with stone. When
the students stoned the police the lat
ter fired, killing one Of the rioters ana
fatally wounding three others.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-09
SheriRSaIe.

Wall be sold before the court house
door in Dawson. Terrell county, Ca,
on the first Tuesday in October, 1896,
between the legal hours of sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described property to-wit: Lying and
being in the town of Dawson, Terrell
county, Ca, the same being two lots,
divided by 30-foot alley, having a COM
bined frontage of two hundred and fifty
four (254) feet exclusive of alley, on
Lee street and extending back of equal
width three hundred and nine 1907 feet
to Third avenue; bounded on the north
by Third avenue, on the east by lot of
j. M. Griggs, on the south by Lee street,
on the west by the lot of Mrs. J, w.
Hayes. Levied upon as the property
of j. r. Mercer to satisfy an execution
in my hands issued from the superior
court of said county of Terrell in favor
of the Interstate Building and Loan AS
ISOLATION against j. R. Mercer. Proper
ty pointed out by fl ia. This September
ist, 1896. d. K. CHRISTIE, Sheriff.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-09
LIVED IN DAILY TERROR.
A Mysterious Enemy Strangely Persecutes
an Indiana Farmer.

"A mysterious Enemy strangely Persecutea
an Indiana Farmer.
DR.. W. H Ebert one of the leading
physicians of Madison county, Ind,
wealthy farmer and an elder in the Seventh
Day Adventist church, has resided in
southeast Elwood for over so years, and no
man in the county stands higher in the
estimation of those who know him than he
DR.. Ebert and wife are past 10 years of age
and, with daughter Eliza, and grand
daughter, Sadie Chalfant, aged Is, reside
on one of the finest farms in the county
For two years past there have been re-.
peated attempts to murder the entire fam
lily, and all this time the family has been
living in daily terror of their lives. Two
years ago valuable horse was poisoned
and large quantity of arsenic and strych-
nine placed in the we'll. BY the merest
chance DR.. Ebert discovered small guam
tity of the drug where it had been spilled
on the platform at the we'll, and upon
analyzing the water discovered enough
poison to kill the whole county. The well
was cleaned out and he at once fixed it so
that no one could tamper with it in any
way without his knowing it, and subse-
quent events proved it was well that he
did so. Since that time the we'll has been
poisoned six times, making seven times in
about two years. All kinds of poison have
been used, strychnine, arsenic and paris
green predominating Every morning the
well has been examined, and by increasing
vigilance DR. Ebert has so far saved the
lives of himself and family.
So far as he knows DR.. Ebert has not
an enemy in theNorld. Thus far the case
has baffied all attempts to clear it up
| One morning some weeks ago, when the
family arose, they found letter, unsigned.
which had been slipped under the door, IN
| which the writer stated that the grand
| daughter, Sadie Chalfant, would be muir
dered as the writer was determined to kill
her, because the girl had incurred the writ
er's enmity. The letter also stated that
| the barn belonging to Dr. Ebert would be
burned on a certain night. This frightened
the family greatly, and the family were
| armed and prepared to defend their lives
and property.
| Neighbors were shown the letter, and
arrangements were made to capture any
! person attempting to burn the barn, but
at noon on the day prior to the night desig-
mated in the letter the barn was discovered
| to be on fire, and before help could arrjYe
was destroyed. In a short time after the
! fire was discovered every farmer in the
vicinity was on the ground, and there, for
the first time in public, did DR.. Ebert dis
close the danger to which he was subject
ed. The indignation was intense, and all
present. pledged themselves to aid in I'M
raveling the mystery.
For some time prior to the burning of
the barn COWS had been coming up morn
ings from the pasture MIXED dry, and SO
DR. Ebert had been locking them up in
the barn at night and thinks that this
melted the burning of the barn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-09
ATTELL E SOLOMON

crafty and artful than'hGs fellows, succeed-
ed In gaining recognition as the greatest
fetichman in the land. There was no long
er king, and he took the kings place as
miracle worker and diviner When he
went through his performances with his
rootsf bones, feathers and other sacred
medicines" and declared that the Mata-
beles would surely vanquish the whites
there could be no doubt in the minds of the
superstltlous people that now was the time
to regain their independence
The witch doctors, with Mlimo at their
head, were the bitterest foes of the whites
They were the only class of the people
against whom DIR. Jameson had sent forth
special edict. He had summoned every
induna before him and had told them all
to spread The news that if any witch doctor
was caught practioing his arts he would he
severely punished. "We will stop witch
doctoring in Matabeleland, - he said, "if
we have to put every medicine man in the
country in jail. f" The witch doctors had ev-
cry reason to stir up revolt against the
whites If they thought there was any
chance of winning.
1t was easy for Mlimo, after he had be-
come recognized as the chief of all the fetch
men, to exert really compelling influence
over the Matabeles There is no other Afri-
can people who have a more marvellous
faith in the power of these magicians. They
believe that they can point unerringly to
the witches who are inf1icting evil upon
them, that they can make rain, bring vic
tory in battle and restore the sick to health.
These fetch doctors have tyrannized over
the people with rod of iron. Here is a
specimen Of their work, of which Mission
airy Carnegie says he saw 80 examples in
one month in 1890:
"a few men have a grudge against some
one in their town who is probably richer
in cattle and sheep than they are. They
go to the witch doctor, tip him handsomely
and tell him that there is much sickness in
their town, people and cattle are dying,
| and snakes are appearing In short, some
: body has bewitched the town. The witch
doctor asks them whom they suspect, and
they name the man.
Then the great doctor visits the town,
goes through his nonsensical performance
| and picks out the poor victim, who up to
this time Is wholly ignorant of the crafty
plot. In vain he protests his innocence
All are against him, and he is probably
killed and his property coniscated, or if
| not, the black brand of the wizard is put
upon him, and his life is constantly in
jeopardy.
"The Matabeles are easily discouraged by
unfavorable incidents affecting their SUI
perstitions. An eclipse of the moon has
been known to take all the heart out of the
warriors when about to start on the war
path. 1t is possible that the tragic death
of their most revered fetch priest may
make it easier to win the war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-09

1t is not unusual for druggists to rec
ommend ham berlan's Cough Remedy
to their customers. Many of them have
used it themselves or in their families
and know from personal experience it's
great value in the treatment of coughs,
colds and Group. They know, too, that
their customers are their best friends
and naturally wish to give them the most
reliable medicine they have for those all
ments. Messrs. Daugherty Bros, prom
inent druggists of Indiana, Pa, say
''We sell more of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy than of any other cough syrup,
and always take pleasure in recommend
ing it to our customers" Mr.. a. Nj.
Urey, the popular druggist at Fredoniaa,
Pa who has sold Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for years, says: II Can truly
saw that it is best cough medicine in the
market" :Mr. Al Maggini, the we'll
known druggist at Braddock, Pa, says:
"Ont of the sixty dozen Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy have bought in the last
two winters | have only one and half
dozen left 1t gives me pleasure to say
that out of the whole amount sold |
have not had a single customer to say it
did not give all the relief claimed for
~, For sale at % and so ceEts per bot
tie by Farrar & Farrar, druggists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-09
A Woman Policeman.

Mayor Doran of St. Paul has appointed
Mrs. S. V. Root as a special officer, pos
sessing full power to make arrests, just
like any ordinary bluecoat. Mrs. Root will
not patrol beat, nor will she look after
the property of any person, yet she will
wear star. Mrs. Root desired the APP
pointment to aid her work in connection
with the Rescue home, an institution for
the reformation of fallen women, with
which she has long been connected. She
thinks that as soon as it is generally
known that she has police powers she will
be treated with more consideration by the
class of people with whom she comes in
contact
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-09-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS,
Registration Notice.

The county registration books will be
opened in the court house in Dawson on
Tuesday, August 18th, and kept open
thirty days from said date for the reg
istration of voters desiring to vote in the
fall elections. The books will be reop-
ened on Monday, October 5th, and kept
open twenty days, after which they will
be closed for the year. Persons who
registered for the June primary will not
be required to register again this year.
The books will not be opened at any pre-
cinct except Dawson. This August 5lh,
1896. j. D. LANG,
Tax Collector.