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A BUSY LIFE.
Congressman Grove l.. J0hnSon's
Active Services.

(From the Sunday News)
Mr.. Johnson's account of his steward
ship at Washington gave the public a
glimpse of the life of Congressman
who feels that he has duties to perform
and who performs them. We do not be-
lieve that there was man in Congress
who worked harder than Grove L. John
son for the public interest. He is
worker every inch of him but wonder
full as is his industry and indefatigable
as is his zeal he found, with the disad-
vantage of new member to contend
with, that his hands were full. But he
shirked no responsibility, as the $500
people In the district who had corre-
spondence with him know. He had to
be attorney and counselor and friend
and Congressman all at once, and he
was all of them in the best sense. He
went to serve the people and he has
done so with an energy and enthusiasm
that would be possible with very few
of us. It is no wonder that his hair has
whitened a good deal in seven or eight
months, but that is the kind of life that
this brainy, active, tireless man delights
in, and when he says that he asks the
people to return him to Congress there
ought to be no division upon the ques-
tion. He will not be a new member
next time and his sphere of usefulness
to the people of the Second District will
be vastly enlarged. We do not think
that we mistake the sentiment of the
people when we predict for him a bigger
majority than he got when the tidal
wave swept Ca1ninett off the political
map. We have the right to assume that
the people know their own interests best
and so believing we are confident that
the popular verdict will be with Mr.
Johnson by large majority 1t would
be a good thing for California if every
district had Grove L. Johnson to rep
resent it, but they are not so fortunate.
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A courageous Coroner's jury in San
Francisco has fixed the responsibility
for the fall of the lodging house last
week upon the men who propped up
the structure while new foundation
was in course of construction and those
who had supervision. 1t was shown
beyond doubt that a cross bracing to
keep vertical a bulkhead that upheld
a bank of sand had its other end sup
ported by the trusses on which the
screws rested that upheld the house
The pressure of the sand on the bulk
head forced these trusses through the
medium of the cross braces out of per-
pendicular and the screws toppled over
under the weight Of the building. 1t
was carelessness. not purpose, that
caused the disaster, and this will justify
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a finding Of manslaughter against the
men who braced the bulkhead in the
way described and those who permitted
it to be done. The public will now
await the action of the authorities to
see if it will be possible in San Fran
cisco. as it was in New York a few
years ago, to send to prison men whose
carelessness in construction or in NOV
ing a building results in the killing of
human beings. The San Francisco jury
finds "gross carelessness' against sew
eral of those who had the work in
charge last week; it does not charge
any of them with manslaughter, but
that was not necessary, though it might
well have done so. But because this
charge was not laid does not relieve
other officials from the duty of carry
ing the case into a trial court.
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Allen W. Thurman has been heard
from, and it is to declare that an ire
pressible conflict is going on in this
country, and that it is between British
geld and American silver" What
bathos Has not Mr.. Thurman been
awake long enough to learn that it is
Mckinley and tariff reform the English
fear? They care no more for gold or
silver chatter than for the swapping of
a mans thumb and finger. The one
hope they have Is for the triumph Of
the Democratic party and the defeat
of Mckinley and American prosperity.
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Manager Todd of the Opera house, by
the introduction Of incandescent lights,
electric fans and the serving of clear,
pure drinking water between acts, has
added to the comfort and pleasure of
the patrons of the house and won warm
compliments. The 1ncandescent lamps
and the electric lighting Of stage gas
lights has enabled rapid and very ef-
fective stage changes to be made with
out the use Of flats and drops.
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Sometimes man gets a reputation for
being close because he has paid all his
debts and hasn't any money left to get
a reputation with for being LIBERAL
SOmerville Journal.
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Removed for good, your dandruff and
itching with one bottle Of Smiths Dam
druff Pomade. Guaranteed by Wash
bourne & Co., druggists.
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Best garden hose, 10 cents a foot;
hose repaired. Tom Scott. 303 ].
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Fancy tube cake molds, 2, and 10
cents at Hirsch & Son, 1913
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Astigmatfc irregular Curva ture).
F. de Wolfe Hennah examines the
eye scientifically at The Normandie,
Tenth and K streets, free. Office hours,
to -, 1:30 to 5.
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Best board and best rooms at the
Pleasanton, 9OS l. street.
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Pasteur germ-proof filter. Ega
Bros, S21 K street.
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Ladies' Shoes.

A large line of Ladies' Genuine
Dongola Kid Button Shoes with
shapely square or pointed toe and
patent leather tips. A complete run
of sizes in a quality any shoe man
will say worth 81 90 to 81 IS pair.
Special rlonday, ST 20.
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This matter of milk inspection" now
obtaining in all leading municipalities,
should not be confused with dairy
herd inspection" Milk inspection (some-
times analysis) determines whether
milk has been adulterated, but dairy
inspection means the inspection of the
COWS to ascertain whether they are dis
eased. This is done, so far as tubercu-
losis is concerned, by administering,
hypodernnically, what is known as "tu-
berculin." Within a few hours there
after a diseased animal will develop
the fever and coughing and other evil
dences OF the disease. But the way cities
get at dairies outside of their bounds is
to refuse to license milkmen to sell milk
who decline to permit city inspector
to examine the dairy herds. In very
rare instances have dairymen ever so
refused They much prefer clean GER
tif1cate as a business proposition. This
matter should be well understood and
no confusion be permitted in the public
mind concerning milk inspection and
dairy herd inspection But a Milk In
spector can do both duties easily.
The record-union., 1896-06-29

DR.. Weldon, 806 street, extracts
teeth without pain; local anaesthetic.
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Ribbons.

All-siIk Fancy ColOred Taffeta Rib
bOns. They are wide widths and all
good colOrs. Good judges said they
we're extra good value at former
price. 25c yard.
Special llonday, l5c Yard.
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LaCeS.

Point Venice Laces in ecru and
butter color. They range in width
from 6 to 9 inches, and are cOnsid-
cred good value at 25c and soc yard.
Monday, i2tC Yard.
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Entered at the Postofi1ce at Sacramento
~ second-class matter.
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Eastern Business Omces.
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Western Business Office. 1.-THE Rook-
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The 8. c. Beckwith Special Agency.
sole agents foreign advertising.
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Mems Shoes.

A large line of Mems B. Calf Shoes.
Made on shapely square toe last, III
hook and lace or gaiter styles; sizes
to 10. You'd not be able to match
them elsewhere under 81 so a pair.
Special Monday, ST Pair.
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Editorial Rooms. .Red 13t
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Weather Forecast.
Northern California-Fair Monday; fresh
westerly winds. becoming northwesterly on
the northern coast.
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that they go out only because they can
not have their radical way in a single
thing, is suggestive of weakness. The
party says. Yes, free silver coinage, OF
course, when it can be done through in
ternational agreement, and we VIII 90
all that may be done to bring that
agreement about speedily But the
boilers want it now, instantly, ana
nothing will do them but confession that
they alone are right and all who dare
to disagree with them as to financial
policy are in error. No other matter IS
before the country in their eyes SO I'M
portant or that needs any attention
compared with their pet scheme, when
being denied them, serves as an excuse
for desertion. While desertion is mat
ter in which the deserters have un-
doubted right to act as they please, 1t
is not within the province OF any OF
them to charge, as another class does,
in speeches and through their Journalls-
tic mediums, that the overWhelmng
majority Judgment against them in the
party representation was purchased
one; that it is enslaved to money chang
ers and is owned by Wall and Lombard
streets. Such methods of campaigning
it was hoped had gone out of use. T'hey
have never won for any party or fac
ton, and they will not now. Because
men cannot agree upon questions OF
policy is no reason for their charging
each other with insincerity or corrup-
tion. There is precisely as much reason
for asking ''How much?" when bolter
develops as for him to allege that refu-
sal of his imperative demand was the
result of bribery and the unholy use of
money. In the campaign of 1884 we had
example of the worthlessness and i'm
policy of charging upon political party
that it was foStered and promoted by
bargain and sale. The result was that
the people squarely put the seal Of their
unbelief upon the charge by giving that
party an overwhelming majority.
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Mems Hosiery.

Seamless Cotton Half Hose in me-
dunn weight. Color, dark tan.
Value, 12Ic pair.
Special rlonday, S15C.
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Embroidery


Full Skirt-width White Embroid-
cred Flouncings in very choice de-
signs. Not a piece worth under 75c
yard, and some are fully 81 %
values.
Special Monday, soc Yard.
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Rings.

Children's Rings with fancy stone
settings. A pretty assortment to
choose from.
Monday, sc Each.
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Pillow Muslin.

54-inch Bleached Pillow Muslin,
woven from strong. even thread and
we'll worth lac yard.
Special rlonday, 1OC.
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Table Linen.

Full Bleached Damask Table Linen,
"a inches wide, made of pure fax.
Special Monday, Csc Yard.
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Balls.

Balls.
Fancy COlored Return Balls for
children, with crocheted covers.
Regular price, sc each.
rlonday, SC Each.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
HAMMOND is AT LIBERTY.
The South African Engineer Tenn
porariIy Released Because
of Ill-Health.

London, Feb. S-A cablegram from
Cape Town reports Mr.. Hammond's re-
lease on bail under strict surveillance.
Arrangements have been made for medi-
cal and legal attendance for the Amer
lean mining engineer and for Il house i'll
which he may remain until the conclu-
sion of the trial The company and all
the other authorities here of the Trans
vaal mines profess complete ignorance
regarding the prospects of their accused
employees. They have no definite i'll for
nation of what may be the punishment
under the laws of the Transvaal for the
offenses charged. except that it may III
clude the conScatiOn of all the property
of the accused and Punishment from the
republic. This punishment, if inflicted,
would be severe. since the payroll of the
expert Americans as engineers and fore
mel in :hc Transvaal mines has been
figured as amounting to some 100000
year. These positions are held almost
exclusively by Americans. 1t is the be-
lief here among the South African mag
mates that the moral influence of the
United States in favor of the desired re-
forms in the Transvaal mining laws. as
well rs IL behalf of the accused, would
go much further than that of England.
Washington. ID. c., Feb. S.-Secrctary
Olney has received Il cablegram from
Mrs. Hammond confirming the news that
her husband has been released on bail.
She adds: "'rhc preliminary cxamina-
tons are proceeding and the treatment
of the prisoners is good
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13

iIton and thrown it from the Miami
bridge at that place, but Jackson says
he did not go with his roommate on
these trips and cannot tell just where
he left the head.
WalIng says he had nothing to do
with the dccapitation or disposal of the
head. but he recited long stories
which led the officers to believe that
Jackson had buried the head in Il sand
bar in the Ohio river opposite Dayton,
KY Il suburb of this city, or dropped it
in the sewer in Richmond street. Large
forces worked all day at both places and
they secured the hlood-stained coat of
Jackson out of Il sewer at the corner of
Richmond and John streets, near Jack
sons ROOM
held yesterday Il which the physicians held
that the head of Pearl Bryan had been
cut off while she was alive, and they
could find no trace of drug. There is
cutie n dispute among the physicians as
to whether the head was cut off after
the murder. in order to prevent ldcntlh-
cation and discovery. or whether the girl
was murdered by having her throat cut
to the extent of decapitation. The law
yers are anxious for positive evidence
ON this point in order to establish beyond
doubt the charge of murder on the two
suspects.
William Wood of Grccncastle, Ind, rs
raigned in police court and their pre-
liminary hearings were fixed for next
Thursday. February 13. Wood, on the
charge of being an accessory to the
crime, was admitted to $1,000 bail. The
other two suspects, on the charge of
murder. were refused bail.
Sheriff PIummer of Newport, Ky,
Immediately after the arraignment of the
three suspects, demanded them as his
prisoners AS the feeling across the
river is intense and the Campbell county
jail is an old frame structure with which
Jackson end Walling seem familiar, this
demand caused the two suspects to turn
pale as death. They fear lynching.
The friends of both Jackson and Wall
ing have employed counsel. Together
they have retained dozen eminent law
ycrs from here. Hamilton, o., and In
diana. These lawyers did not get to see
their clients until last night. when a
stop was put to confessions and inter-
views.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13

family physician; Mr.. English's private
secretary and Will e. English, his SON.
While no details for the funeral have
yet been arranged. the statement has
been given out that the interment will
be at Grown Hill cemetery, this city,
on next Sunday afternoon.
William Hayden English was born in
Lexington. Scott county. Ind, August
p 1922. His father. Elisha G. English,
one of the pioneers of Indiana, was hon
ored with many public trusts during
period of forty years. William was edu-
Gated in the common schools and at
Hanover college. studied law and was
admitted to practice in the United States
Supreme court before he was % years
of age. He served as deputy clerk of
his native county, and as postmaster of
Lexington. before reaching his ma ority.
the Indiana House of Representatives,.
He was principal secretary of the state
convention of 1880. which framed the
constitution of Indiana. and was Il MEM
Der and speaker of the first House of
Representatives after it's adoption in
1851. He was clerk in the United
States treasury department during Folks
administration. and held clerkShip in
the United States Senate about 1880
He was elected to Congress in 1852 as a
Democrat and served from 1888 to 1861,
when he resigned and engaged in bank
ing. He was prominently identified with
the legislation of that period, and was
the author of Il compromise measure. in
relation to the admission of Kansas as a
state. which became Il law, and was Il
prolific theme of controversy in the heat
ed political contests of that day, under
the name of 1.-The English BILL From
1858 till 1861 he was one of the regents
Of the Smithsonian institution in Wash
ngton. ID. G. In 1880 Mr.. English was
unanimously nominated for vice-presi-
dent. on the ticket with Gen. Hancock,
by the Democratic national convention.
He was president of the Indiana histori-
cal society. and author of an historical
and biographical work on the constitu~
ton and lawmakers of the state of
Indiana
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
W. Fl. ENGLISH IS DEAD.
A Pioneer of Ind ma Who Had
Been Honored with Many
Trusts.

indianapolis. Ind, Feb 7.-William 1T.
English, candidate for Vice-President in
the Hancock campaign, died at his
rooms in the Hotel English today at
1896 p. m. Mr.. English had been ill
with the grippe for two weeks. Several
days ago rheumatism set in and the
heart action became bad. While his nat
urally strong constitution gave Mr. Eng
lish's friends strong hope for his re-
covery, his condition has throughout
been considered grave. For the past
three days the patient had lapses of I'M
consciousness, and since last night he
has been able only at long intervals to
recognize those about his bedside. Those
present when death came were Mrs.
Mailing. Mr.. English's daughter, and
her husband; DR.. FRANKLIN Hays, the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
REV. BROWNS REPUTATION.
1t Keeps the San Francisco Pastor Busy
Brushing it Off.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. S.-Rev. c..
O. Brown, the Congregational minister
who accused Mrs. Davidson of black
mailing, is making a bitter fight to pre-
serve his reputation. There has been a
serious split in his church ever since
the exposure of Mrs. Davidson and her
charges against Rev. Brown, and the
latter, in asking his congregation not to
judge him hastily, referred to his spot
les reputation. The Bulletin. which has
been printing sensational charges against
Mr.. Brown yesterday showed that he
had once before been in trouble and had
been tried by a council at Rochester,
Mich. This was seventeen years ago
and Rev. Brown says he himself de-
manded the investigation, and was ac-
quilted.
Today DR.. Brown relates the history of
his trial in Rochester. He says that
Rev. John Armstrong, a Methodist min
lister in a neighboring town, actuated by
jealousy, wrote an anonymous letter ac
cusing DR.. Brown of indecent acts. Dr.
Brown says he was triumphantly ac-
quilted and that the person who was ex-
posed as the author of the letters was
later caught in the act of stealing money
from a merchant who was an intimate
friend. The council met March 10 and
II. 1879. and included the most eminent
Congregational ministers of Michigan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
CATRON BILL PASSES.
NO Pre- Fights in Territory Where
Uncle Sam Has Exclusive
Jurisdiction.

Washington, D. c., Feb. THE Ca
tron bill to prevent prize-tightng in the
District of Columbia and territories was
signed by the President about 1876 p. III.
The bill did not reach the white house
until 4 o'clock or afterwards and in it's
case the usual routine was departed
from and the measure taken at once to
Mr. Cleveland, who, after examining it's
provisions. promptly attached his sigma
ture. so that from the date of signature
prize-hghting is Il felony on all soil over
which the federal government has eX-
elusive jurisdiction. Prompt measures
will be taken to see that it is not VIC
lated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
THE BRYAN TRAGEDY.
Jackson and Walling, the Sus-
poets, Accuse Each Other.
Details of the Crime Are Lacking, but the
Police Have the Right Men.

Cincinnati, O.. Feb. S.-Although it is
week since the decapitated body Of
Pearl Bryan, daughter of the Greencas
tie 1nd.) farmer, was found near Fort
Thomas, KY, there was more excitement
over the tragedy here and in the Ken
lucky suburbs yesterday than on any pre-
vious day. Scott Jackson and AlonZo
WalHng. the suspects. who were room
mates while attending the Ohio Dental
other all day. They were examined
separately and together.
All efforts have been directed to find
ing Pearl Bryan's head. In the series
of confessions Jackson says Mailing
carried it in valise to the Covington
suspension bridge. and he thinks Walling
threw it in the river, or he might have
carried it with him to his home at Ham
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-13
TWENTY-FIVE ARE MISSING
Dam at Pocahontas Lake In New
Jersey Breaks, Inundating
MorriStOWn.

Morristown, N. J., Feb. THE dam
at Pocahontas lake broke last night and
all the lower part of this city was mum
dated. So far as known no lives have
been lost, although twenty-five persons
are missing. Their disappearance is
creating intense excitement.
All day the melting snow had swollen
the streams and poured into the lake,
which is a mile and a half long by three
quarters of a mile wide. 1t was covered
by eight inches of ice, and the whole
was held in check by the frailest and
f1imsiest wooden dam. The water rose
to the top. Meanwhile the water rush
ing through the tume and from all the
sewers had filled the Whippany river
which flows through Morristown, to the
brim and the water ran over. Crowds of
people tocked to view the spreading
waters. Suddenly with a great crash, a
section of the dam eighteen feet wide
went down, and wall of water six
feet high swept into the valley quickly
followed by thousands of tons of ice.
bridge on the New England railroad over
the Pequebuck river, near Bristol, col
lapsed about 8 o'clock last night, carry
ing with it twenty workmen, of which
thirteen are believed to have persisted
At midnight two bodies had been re-
covered and eleven men were missing
4AA"ong thc deed is John O'Brien. fore
man Of East Hartford. The names Of
the missing are unknown.
The fierce storm which swept over the
state played havoc with New England
railroad bridges, and the swollen waters
of the Pequebuck river threatened to
carry the bridge away. At O'Clock a
special wrecking train, with forty men,
left East Hartford and were put to work
on the new bridge, which the company
is building over the river and which is
almost completed. 1t was this bridge
which went down with the men.
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NEWSPAPER FOREMAN BURNED.
One Life Lost in the Destruction of the
McKecsport Herald Plant.

pittsburg, Pa, Feb. San early
morning fire at Mcl\ecsport. Pa. result
ed in the loss Of one life and the dcstruc-
ton of 100000 worth of property.
Among the buildings destroyed was the
Altmeycr theater in which was the of
flee of the McKcesport Herald. The
flames were discovered by the printers
of the Herald as the fire began to eat
its way through the sixth floor. The
nights work had just been finished and
the paper was about to so to press.
Whtn the flames were seen a rush was
made for the usual points of cGrcss but
the stairways were already impossible.
The only resources left were the Win
doMs and the elevator shaft. All but
q. NJ Barton. the foreman, succeeded III
sliding down the rope. This escape was
cut off and he was burned to death.
The loss on the Altmcyer theatcr build
ing and the Herald plant is estimated
nj $4,000 and on the other buildings
No5 600