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The herald., 1896-08-08
SIXTEENTH STREET DIRT
contractor podd Determined to Have Earth
From That Locality

The furry over the removal of dirt
from Sixteenth street, between Bush
and Iowa streets. by Contractor Miles
Dodd, jr., who was stopped in mis- work
by the police Thursday morning at the
instigation of Councilman Kingery of
the Fourth ward, had entirely subsidized
yesterday. Dodd. however seems deter
mined to get dirt from the locality where
ne was stopped. Ex-City Engineer Fred
Eaton owns a thirty-foot strip 1000 feet
long fronting on Sixteenth street and ad-
joining the Jones property. Dodd has
about concluded a trade for this strip.
and as soon as the deal is concluded he
says that he intends to commence exca-
waiting on this strip, and he will go as
deep as he pleases. Should he persist in
digging a pit on this strip fronting the
street it will injure all the property in
the vicinity. SO far nothing has been
done, and 1t is not known how the mat
ter will terminate.
Councilman kingery said yesterday
that in the published reports the fact
that the council had previously refused
permission to move this dirt was omitted
which. in his opinion, cut material part
IN the transaction. He will bring the
matter up in the council Monday.
The herald., 1896-08-08
IN THE POLICE COURTS
Burglars Held to Auswer-Petty Thief Cons
victed-Minor Cases

The preliminary examination of
| Charles Charters and Il. |. Brown on \
charge of burglarizlng the paint storo
of G. II. Warren on Downey avenue was
concluded before Justice Morrison yes
terday. both defendants being held for
trial in the superior court under bonds oe
$1,000 each.
A negro named John Haynes was con-
victed of petty larceny in having stolen
some ornamental trees shrubs and flow
ers from a dooryard on Central avenuo
last Sunday night. He will be sentenced
today.
-Four Chinese lottery ticket sellers
pleaded guilty and paid fines of $40 each,
departing happy. a gang of nine Japs
captured some nights ago in a percent
age poker joint on Niger alley wers
fined one of them $40, the balance SIS
apiece, all of which was paid.
Carl King. Gus Perry and julius Far
UNI. boys caught swimming in a Zanja.
We're given 1oaters of ten days each as
n reminder not to do so any more. George
Thornton, c. Taylor and John Brazil.
vagrants. got floaters of fifteen, fifteen
and twenty days respectively to get out
of town on, and they proceeded to get"
Sam Queen paid 50 fine on conviction of
disturbing the peace at First and Main
streets Thursday night.
Theodore Cantwell and George Viely
had been arrested on warrants chargin.
them with disturbing the peace in a
Main street saloon. They were arraign-
ed and had trial set for August H. tho
charge against Viely being changed to
one of battery. Cantwell will on the
same day answer for an alleged battery
on c. NJ. Peters. who swore out COM
plant against him. The whole affai.
is but the result of a saloon row.
Trial of the charge against c. NJ Pay
ton for carrying concealed weapons went
over until today, defendant meantime
being released on his own recognizance.
II. solomon was to have been tried on
four misdemeanor charges. three for
selling liquor on Sunday and one for
selling without Il license. He pleaded
guilty to the latter charge and the other
three were dismissed. Sentence will be
pronounced today. Solomon runs a sa-
loon in the recently annexed district.
and was arrested some time ago for fail.
ure to take out a city license.
The herald., 1896-08-08
OF All Things in the World

a tonic is what nervous people require. To
impart strength into the nervous organism
is to insure its tranquility. provided causes
of unhealthful excitement are avoided a
medicinal tonic that-like Hostetter's Stom-
aeh Bitters-commands the unqualified
sanction of the healing profession and
which institutes a general reform in bill
ious. dyspeptic and debilitated condition
of the system. is surely entitled to Il care
ful trial by intelligent people. capable of
forming due estimate of n medicine from
emphatic and often recorded professional
and stomach invigorated by the Bitters.
but the system Is also endowed with un-
wonied power of resistance to influences
i'll air water or daily avocation subversNe
of health. Prominently dangerous among
the first named of these is malaria against
a competent safeguard. rheumatism and
Kidney troubles are also prevented and
overcome by il.
The herald., 1896-08-08
TIE DAVIES FRANCHISE
Again Before the Board of
Public Works
FORFEITURE IS strongly URGED
Boyle Heights People Out in
Force
BOTH SIDES ARE PRESENTED
Speeches by Attorney Wells, Ex.mayor
Workman and Others
Attorney Will A. Harris Enters q Very
Vigorous Protest
Chairman Munson Declares that Justice Will
Be Done-Taken Under Amusement
to Consult With the City At
BOTH SIDES ARE PRESENTED
Speeches by Attorney Wells, Ex.mayor
Workman and Others
Attorney Will A. Harris Enters Very
Vigorous Protest
Chairman Munson Declares that Justice Will
Be Done-Taken Under Amusement
to Consult With the City At
torney-Routine Business

At the meeting of the board Of public
works yesterday morning the first thing
that came up was the petition of numer-
Gus residents of Boyle Heights, asking
that the council declare the Davies street
railway franchise forfeited. Ex-Mayor
w. H. Workman, Attorney Wells and a
number of citizens of Boyle Heights
were on hand. Attorney VIII A. Harris
was also in attendance to look after the
interests of Mr.. Davies, who is now trav-
cling for the benefit of his health in Eu-
rope. Chairman Munson presided, with
Messrs. kingery and Pessell in attend
ance, as we'll as Councilman Blanchard
of the Ninth and other members of the
council.
AS has been stated, the forfeiture Of
the Davies franchise is asken on the
ground that it is the only obstacle in the
way of securing an electric road out
Fourth street across the river and to
the east city limits. Some years ago the
city council granted Mr.. Davies fran
chise for what was called the Depot line,
the cars to be propelled by two horses or
two mules. This line ran out Second
street to the Santa Fe and Arcade de-
pots, turning off at Wolfskill avenue to
get to the latter place. Mr. Davies built
this road and operated the same until
the electric road was built, when he sold
out his rights in the premises, and the
little mule boxes gave way to the cleo
tric cars. For five years nothing was
seen of the mule cars, but when the peo-
pie of Boyle Heights raised a subsidy of
$4,000 and made dicker with the Trac-
tion company to run line out Fourth
street to that section, the Davies fran
chise was revived. The law is to the
effect that no more than two franchises
shall be given for any one street for
roads operated by separate companies,
and, as it was necessary for the new
line to go along Wolfskill avenue for two
or more blocks, this would shut out the
opposition, provided, of course, that the
The herald., 1896-08-08
.,of course IL with occasion me . l,ttn

s'Of course Il will occasion me q iitslD
bother, and shall. no doubt. get good
deal of unnecessary and undesirable adj
vertising but it will all blow over since
I am sure that should 1t come to a trial
any jury of sensible men would find me
innocent"
A telegram was shown which had
been received by him late in the after.
noon which read as follows:
SEATTLE, Wash, August 7th.
Important letter goes to you today,
bearing on your case. (Signed)
DIR. EMIL BORIES."
What this Information is is at present
unknown, but probably refers to some
medical treatment Mrs. Snyder under
went while in Seattle and which may
have an important bearing on the cause
of her death.
The herald., 1896-08-08
CHARGED WITH MURDER
DR.. A. S. ShOrb Is Placed
Under Arrest
THE INQUEST ON RELLAND'S BODY
He Was Resolved on Commit
ting Self Murder
NOTE FOUND ON THE CORPSE
Ia Which He States That He Must Go
With His Loved One
Relland Called on Another Physician Some
Days Ago
NOTE FOUND ON THE CORPSE
Ia Which He States That He Must Go
With His Loved One
ReIlsnd Called on Another Physician Some
Days Ago
Desired an Operation Perfor med-Dr. shcrt
Arraigned In Court - Released
on Fifteen Thousand Dollar
Bonds-fiis Statement

At the coroner's inquest held upon the
body of William ]. Relland the suicide
who blew his brains out in the residence
of William Mayes. No. 134 South Water
street, Thursday afternoon, some new
developments We're brought out which
throw additional light upon the triple
tragedy on the East Side. AS conse-
quence of the investigation into the
death of the woman, Mrs. Jennie Snyder,
DR.. a. S. Shorb was arrested on a sharge
of murder and will have to stand pre-
liminary examination in the police court
He was said to have had an assistant
in his operations upon the woman, and
it is probable that this man may also
be dragged into the unpleasant matter.
Coroner Campbell impaneled a jury
at 9 o'clock, which viewed the body of the
unfortunate young man and proceeded
TO hear evidence in the case.
Mrs Mary Tiley. who resides at 1874
South Water street, stated that she
called upon Mrs. Snyder before the op-
Grafton was performed and upon learn
ing what her intentions were. advised her
not to allow it. The night before she
died Mrs. Tiley sat up with her. The
sick woman said that Dr. Shorb had an
assistant who wore a star. His hands
Were large and he handled her roughly
Relland also informed the witness that
DR.. Shorb had an assistant, and describ-
ed him the same as Mrs. Snyder had
done.
The witness further stated that Mrs
r. A. Quinn was standing by the bedside
of the sick woman shortly before she
died. when DR.. Shorb came In. He was
extremely put out by their presence,
and acted very surly. Neither Mrs.
Tiley nor Mrs. Quinn saw any person
outside of the doctor and Relland about
the house at any time.
Mrs Tiley was in the house Thursday
morning when Relland attempted to
take some poison. He was pacing the
floor in an agitated manner. when he
suddenly grabbed three small phials
which We're standing on a dresser. She
tried to snatch them from his hands
The herald., 1896-08-08
Another Fine BUILDING

Among the permits issued by the SUI
perintendent of building yesterday was
one TO c. Henne for a five-story skeleton
steel frame building. to be erected on the
south side of Third street, between
Spring and Main streets. The building
is to be constructed of brick and stone.
will cost $4,000, and when completed,
will be one of the handsomest and best
arranged blocks in the city.
The herald., 1896-08-08
CITY Treasurer's Statement

City Treasurer Hartwell ykterday
filed his monthly report for July. Ac-
cording to this report, there was on
hand. June so, s219. S41 56; paid in during
July. 2S261.35; total SPAS. .10291. Dis
bursements during July s76. 101 As. Bal
ance on hand July 81, $171 .401.46
The herald., 1896-08-08

All prices of wallpaper greatly reduced
A. A. Eckstrom. S2i South Spring street.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05

man that a treasury deficit of $50, COO
a dav. and universal depression in
wages and prices is the first step to-
ward that dazzling prosperity which
he promised us all when he laid aside
his hi metallic ideas toaccept the gold
ite secretaryship. The Secretary evi-
IDENTIFY was surprised that the large
misrepresentation body of intelligent
men who gathered to hear his effort,
persisted in asking u~nfeeling questions
as to some of his strongest utteranc8s
in favor of bimetallism. When he re-
fused to answer these questions the
meeting broke up amid cheers for
Eugene V. D9bs and other labor lead
ers. The audience evidently preferred
to accept the genuiness Of Mr.. Carl
isles reasoning during the thirty years
of his early manhood, while his mind
and conscience were alike unsmirch,
to the three years of senility passed
under the tutelage of Grover Cleve-
land and the Wall Street ring.
The auditorium was flooded with
circulars of all kinds. O-e was signed
by all the great labor leaders endors-
ing the free coinage Of silver. Another
read as follows: John G.. Carlisle, of
Kentucky, after a lifetime devoted to
the free coinage of silver at the rati0
of Is to 1, was suddenly converted i'll
1898 to the gold standard in order to
secure a seat in CievelaT DIS Cabinet.
He now comes here, fresh from the
banquet tables of the Wall Street gold
bugs, to tell the idle and starving
workingmen of Chicago how they may
be successfully robbed by the goldbugs
for the next four years
IA third was in the form of an open
letter to the President, referring to
Carlisle's famous statement that de,
monetization would entail more misery
on the human race than war, p~estilence
and famine The great labor organi-
cations we're indignant at the action of
on unauthorized committee, asking
Carlisle to speak to Chicago's working
men. They character;z d the whole
thing as a gold standard conspiracy.
In consequence of this bitterness and
the evidently hostile feeling of his au
dience, the S~ecretary's speech can
hardly be characterized as a success"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
GOLDBUG PREvARICA TORS.

The recent contest for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor of
Alabama was a hard fought one. Clark,
the sound money" candidate didn't
hardly black the board. Capt Joseph
q. Johnston, who is a North Caro-
linian, by the way, is one of a few free
coinage bankers. He won the nomina-
ton. Now the goldbug papers charge
that Capt. Johnston was nominated
with Populist aid. They claim that he
carried % Populist counties-counties
that gave a majority for Kolb in 1894
At any rate Johnston will hardly be
elected by votes, a most of the people
in Alabama have gone over into the
Populist camp, that State already hav-
ing two Populist members in Congress
Howard and GOdin. Johnston will
stand a slim chance, owing to the fact
that the convention adopted a resolu
tion endorsing Cleveland-a repetition
of the Kentucky farce. The people
will knife Johnston, Notwithstanding
his silver tendencies.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
STRICTLY AGRICULTURAL.

One day last week Judge Russell
said to the writer: THE agricultural
departments of THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER are splendid. 1 don't see how
you get them up in such good shape
The remarks were made in the om : at
the Park Hotel. We thanked the
Judge, of course, and at the same time
noted his loud silence as regards the
political department of the paper. Evi
IDENTIFY it doesn't suit the would be GOV
amor. He didn't even have a kind
word for our religious, household, po-
etical or news departments. But let
that pass.
We like Judge Russell's agricultural
departments, too. There are nc flies
on the Judge when farming is the Issue.
We know of nothing that would bring
the bloom of youth back to our cheeks
quicker than to see the Judge blowing
the alluvial soil of his Cape Fear farm.
Some people think it a pity to spoil a
good lawyer and farmer in making a
NONS4uOES 6NSA III IuSS0 naAu IAAI4Co
when timber is scarce. But the Judge
has strong views on this Question and
will not be changed easily. There are
many things about tae Judge to ad-
mjre. We like his broad expanse of
co~untenance, especially when it is
lighted up with another county Ctor
me) heard from"
But we are even. The Judge don't
like the political department of THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and it don't like
his political department.. He has never
said that he will not vote for a goldbug.
Therefore his agricultural and political
departments are at variance. We try
to even up things in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. We know that our agricul
tural departments will avail nothing
unless We prepare a political d~ecoction
to go along with them that will kill
goldbugs. No use to raise a crop if you
are not going to try to kill and drive
away the goldbugs. Judge R Issell will
never make a success as a political
farmer until he takes these facts to
heart. The next Governor of North
Carolina will admire the agricultural
departments of this paper and agree
with it's political department.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
THE DEAR

Come to the Dear Old Southland"
is the suggestive title of one of the
prettiest songs we have seen for a long
time. The words as we'll as the music
are the composition by our talented
musical artist, Mr.. @ q. Addison, and
is one of the best of his many musical
gems. This beautiful song is dedicated
to the memory of the lamented Henry
Grady, which makes it all the more
interesting to dwellers in the South
land. 1t is offered for sale at the
rooms Of the Standard Music Co., Dan
vile, Va, and may be bcught of any
regular music dealer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
DESERVING THE ATTENTION OF
OUR CONGRESSMEN.

There is a growing demand for infor
nation concerning the water supply in
our rivers, especially as to whether or
not it is sufficient during the driest
GUNNER seasons for active manufac-
turing purposes on a large scale. This
movement has gained a new impetus
in connection with the development
and invention of transmitting power
through electricity from the rivers to
the factories, thus enabling the facto,
| ries to be located on the railroad } and
at the same time be operated by water
power. For several years the United
States government has made an ap
preparation for 'gaging the streams
and determining the water supply of
the United States" but nearly, or
quite, all of that work has been done
in the Western States where this infOr
nation has been demanded for irriga
ton purposes. Now, while we grant
that this is a work of very great i'm
portance to the Western States-to
know the amount Of water which can
be counted on for irrigation purposes
in the driest seasons of the year in all
rivers, it so happens that it is also a
matter of considerable Importance in
connection with the rivers of the Eas-
tern and Southern States that we know
whether or not, during the dry sea-
sons, there is water enough in the riv
ers to run our factories; and if we Al
settle this question definitely in the
affirmative, the number of factories
built on the more important rivers in
North Carolina will be greatly increas
ed during the next few years.
Last year the appropriation for this
work of measuring the water supply
IN oil the riUers IN the United States
was but 50, OCO. Tnis appropriation
was used in making measurements at
40 stations in the United States, and
out of that number only eighteen
measurements were made in the South
ern States, while 122 we're made in the
Western States Gncluding Texas
The appropriation for this very i'm
portant work ought to be considerably
increased. Oar Southern Congressman
ought to insist now that it be increased
to $50, 600 for the next year; and with
our State Geologiet they ought to see
to it that a much larger amount Of
work be done on the North Carolina
rivers during the next year. CO operat-
ing with the State survey, which is
now examining and preparing reports
on our water powers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
T JAY

A Chicago and Minneapolis seed
house has sued the Secretary of Agri
culture for libel, fixing the damages at
500 900, and has made serious charges
against his conduct Of the seed dlstrl-
button. 1t is alleged that the Secretary
awarded the contracts to a firm whose
bid was eleven thousand dollars higher
than that of the Northrup Braslau-
Good win Co.,-who bring the suit
and a series of kilograms from the Sec
rotary are produced in evidence which
place him in a most u~nfavorable light,
says the Western Rural.
The seedsmen charge the Secretary
with having advised their competitors
of their bid after the sealed proposals
were in, and allowed them to change;
and also that changes in the speclica
tions amounting to a reduction of $1O,-3
900, after the contract was awarded,
thus netting this much more to the
successful bidders. The libel suit
against Mr.. Morton Individually is on
the ground that in a New York paper
he stated that the Chicago seeds were
of an inf, rior character and the com
pany a mere commission house which
could not perform it's contract. There
are various other charges which make
the outlook dubious. There is a pros
pect of an immediate investigation by
Congress of Secretary Morton's action
in letting the seed contract, and it now
looks as if there were a large sized
scandal ahead involving a number of
persons in the Department of Agricul
ture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
CUB responsibilities AS
VOTERS

Rev. A. @. Dixon gave US a clear idea
of the comparative responsibilities of a
citizen Of the United States end a
citizen of any monarchical govern
ment, when he said, 4 shall be sorry
for the Gar Of r lssia and the Emper,
or OF Germany and the King Of Italy
and the King of Spain when they stand
before God, They are responsible for
SO much. But 1 shall be just as sorry
for the citizen of the United States; for
he is just as responsible. Through
the ballot every citizsn of this nation
Is a 8 vereign, and whether he wins or
not, he is responsible for his vote. A
Christian who votes as he thinks Christ
would not vote, is unworthy the name
This is every word true. The citizen
who surrenders his sovereignty to a
party or a party boss, will be respon,
sible for the result; the citizen who
votes against what he knows is best
for the sake of getting a friend or a
fellow partizan into Office, that citizen
commits a wrong against himself, his
religion and his country.-Biblical Re.
Oorder.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
OVERPRODUCTION.

For the sake of those who are too
busy or too lazy to inform themselves
of the fallacies about improved ma
chinery and overproduction we give
some brief facts which the Atlanta
Constitution furnishes:
AS to overproducti0n in wheat, the
figures issued by the United States De
partment of Agriculture show tnat
the number Of bushels per capita OF
population produced in 1880 was - >
The price was then IS cents a busbcL'
In 1885 the nunberOt bushels per capita
of population was 6 3 but the prIc5IeI
to II cents. In 1898 the number OF
bushels per capita of population was
| So. and the price fell to SO s cents.
1t will be said, of course, b. the
agents Of the money power that IN JL5
case of wheat lower prices have Oee1
caused by competition from India ana
| Argentina. But there would never
have been any competition from Jn"91
countries bus for the bonus on thelF-
wheat offered by the gold premium
They have been able to underselI us IL
! gold prices, but they continue to fsl
ceive a dollar a bushel for their Who"'
in silver.
But there is no competition in the
production of corn. The United STATES
ia the only great corp-prOduciDg nation
on the earth. and yet the price h85
fallen from so cents a bushel to %
cents"
But these are only two products,
Bradstreet of last week quotes a genera
decline of 2 per cent. on commodities
since the 1st of April. The Constltu'
ton adds that since 1873 prices have
fallen more than 100 per cent. Ine
business man and the wage Garner are
equally interested in these facts
Richmond Star.