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The record-union., 1896-02-07
PIE PLOT FAILED.
Attempt to Blow Up a MiIlionaire's
Residence.

Attempt to Blow Up Millionaire's
Residence.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6-At midnight
an attempt was made to blow up the
residence of T. D. Stimson, a local mill
ionaire The mansion is located in the
bon ton residence district of the city.
The plot failed by reason of the fact
that the conspirators were discovered
before the fuse was ignited. They were
noisy in making their arrangements to
touch off a large quantity of giant pow
der, and attracted the attention of
private watchman.
Mr.. Stimson's residence is one of the
finest in the city. 1t is believed that
the motive of the parties who attempted
to perpetrate the outrage was robbery.
It was probably designed to blow out a
side of the house, and then in the con-
fusion a gang could operate in stealing
everything they could lay their
hands on.
The record-union., 1896-02-07
weather Notes.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 81 and 40 de-
grees, with high northerly winds and
clear weather prevailing.
The highest velocity of the wind was
80 miles per hour, at 400 a. M
The barometrical readings at a. m.
and .. m. were 30.21 and 3O.lo inches,
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 81 and 40
degrees, and one year ago to-day 60
and AZ degrees.
River, % feet 5 inches.
The record-union., 1896-02-07
BURGLARS CAPTURED.
Two Youths Who Have Been Terror
izfng Oakland and Vicinity.

OAKLAND, Feb. 6-The safe-crack-
ers who have been terrorizing Oakland,
Alameda and Berkeley for the past
three months, were captured by the
police to-day. They are mere boys, Bert
Wilmore, aged 16. and Ralph Ford,
aged II. Wilmore lives here with his
mother. Ford was formerly hotel bell
boy.
They confessed to thirty-seven burg
laries of residences and stores. They
said they had realized only 500 from
the burglaries.
When caught they We're in the act of
raiding the grain warehouse of Miller
& Butler.
They say that in the robbery of Gil
rard's piano house a few nights ago,
they secured only $50 in money and SO
in jewelry. Girard represented his loss
as $500 in money and 500 in jewelry.
The record-union., 1896-02-07
CRIME IN OREGON.
A Logger Murders His Wife and Then
Attempts Suicide.

PORTLAND (Or.), Feb. 6.-George
Baxter. a logger, who recently came
here with his family from RosIyn.
Wash, slashed his wife's throat from
ear to ear in a lodging house at East
Portland and then attempted TO commit
suicide. The woman died in a few min
utes. The act was committed while, it
is supposed, his jealousy was fired by
drink
When the police kicked in the door Of
the room Baxter drew a razor across
his own throat He was q powerful
man, and before the officers could club
the weapon out of his hands, he in
ficted six deep and ugly wounds upon
himself, and fell to the floor in an un-
The record-union., 1896-02-07
FATAL EXPLOSION.
One Man Instantly Killed and Two
Others Badly Injured.

ANACONDA (Adont), Feb 6.-Martin
Finell was instantly killed by an ex-
plosion of dozen sticks Of giant pow
der in the oven of stove at William
Sebas' SILICA quarry, three miles west
of this city, yesterday. Joseph McIn-
tyre and George Bradley were injured,
and are now in st. AIMS Hospital in a
critical condition.
Finell was the cook, and stood in
front of the stove at his work. He had
on a hot fire, which is supposed to have
been the cause of the disaster, by over
heating the powder. The cook was
blown into an unrecognizable mass.
Mcintyre will lose both of his hands,
and Bradley has fractured skull.
The cabin is a complete wreck.
The record-union., 1896-02-07
LEGISLATORS LOCKED UP.
Arrested for Visiting Houses of Ill
Repute at Salt Lake.


Repute at Salt Lake.
SALT LAKE CITY CUtah). Feb. O.
Early this morning the police made an
extraordinary raid on the houses OF
ill-fame, arresting and conveying to the
police station men and women alike.
Among the former were about a dozen
prominent business men, city officials
and two members Of the State Legisla-
ture now in session here, who were
locked up like the common herd until
the arrival Of the Police Justice, when
they were released on bonds.
The exposure has created a profound
sensation. The two members Of the
Legislature were booked in fictitious
names, and their true ones are not di-
vulged. They will doubtless forfeit
their bonds, and so end the matter, as
far as they are concerned
The record-union., 1896-02-07
TURF EVENTS.
Results of the Races at the IngIeside
Track.

Results of the Races at the Ingleside
Track.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.-Weather
fine, track fast. Three and a half fur
longs, Zamar won, Colonel Wheeler
second, Investigator third. Time
O:431a.
Six furlongs, Clacquer won, Minnie
Gee second, The Judge third. Time
1:1G1a.
One mile, Logan won, Yankee Doodle
second, Perseus third. Time-1 :4112.
One and a half miles, six hurdles,
Burmah won, Tom Clarke second, Bed
ford third. Time-2:51A
Seven furlongs, George Miller won
Olive second, Gallant third. Time
1:28a4.
Six furlongs, Levena c. won, Boreas
second, Schnitz third. Time-1:1515.
Fatal Accident at Redding.
REDDING, Feb. 6.-John Flynn this
morning, while crossing a freight train,
fell between the cars and was killed
His legs were crushed nearly off.
The record-union., 1896-02-07
WATERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
Continued Heavy Rains Cause Floods in
Many Sections Of Pennsylvania.
Much Damage Done to Property in and
About Philadelphia.

Camden, New Jersey, Also Suffers, on
Account of the Delaware Overflow
ing Its Banks-A Four-Story Brick
Building Blown Down at Brooklyn,
New York, and Three Men Buried
Under the Ruins.
The record-union., 1896-02-07
DISASTROUS ACCIDENT.
1 Building in Course Of Construction
Blown Down at Oakland.
One Man Killed and Several Others Sc
riously Injured.

An Explosion of Dynamite Placed in
an oven to Thaw Out Results in
Completely wrecking a Miners
Cabin, Blowing One Man Into an
Unrecognizable Mass and Seriously
Injuring Two Others.
The record-union., 1896-02-07

The Stickney went out, but did not
find her. The Scully was bound east
and it is feared the barges may go
adrift and be lost.
The record-union., 1896-02-07

Small eyes are commonly supposed to
indicate cunning.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
READS LIKE A NOVEL
REMARKABLE DRAMA OF REAL llr,
WITH INTRICATE PLOT.

An Adventures Named Mary Thier. n.
Woman In the Case-Sensational r..
suits of the Conviction of a Cieys,s,,
Physician of Burglary.
A drama of real life more extraord;
nary in its developments than the com.
plicated plots of Wilkie Collins ba.
been brought to light by the indefati.
gable investigations Of Cleveland ar
torney.
Two years ago DR.. Emerson of Be.
rea, a Cleveland suburb, was arrested
on the charge Of burglary. The trial
was sensational, pathetic feature be
ing the devotion displayed by his young
and beautiful wife, who sat constantly
by his side during the trial. Emerson
was convicted and sent to the penitep.
tiary. His wife was shocked later to
discover that he had repaid her devo.
ton by surreptitiously making out
mortgage of his property. while in jail
to one Mary Theirs.
Mrs. Emerson's love turned to ha.
tired. She instituted divorce proceedings
and was granted a decree. Then she
consulted an attorney in regard to the
legality of the mortgage. In his invest.
cation the attorney discovered that
Mary Theirs had been living with John
Theirs, who was not her husband. This
John Theirs died last July, leaving all
his property TO Mary. He had been an
intimate friend of DR.. Emerson.
Several days ago the attorney received
letter from a man named Whitman Of
Buffalo The writer said he had read
the name of John Theirs in the death
list of Cleveland newspaper. He ask.
ed the attorney to make inquiries and
see if John Theirs was not in reality
Casper Whitman, the writer's father
Casper Whitman" continued the writ
er, cleft his devoted wife in Buffalo
to wildly follow Mary Theirs, who poi
soned his mind against his family. He
was worth $4,000 in cash and held
much real estate in Cleveland and De-
troit.
The letter concluded with the state
ment that if Theirs and Whitman were
the same, the attorney should ilnmedi-
ately institute proceedings to contest
the will, as the writer should maintain
that his mother and children were Cas-.
per Whitman IS legal heirs.
An investigation Of the will settled
the question of identity. 1t is signed
John Theirs, but he says he was for.
merly known as Casper Whitman. Now
comes another complication. In his will
Whitman speaks of his former wife. u
The court records show that he was
never divorced in Cleveland, and the
attorney claims that were Whitman d.
vorced the divorce would be fraudulent
ly obtained. The story of these two
suits, derived from entirely different
sources and so singularly welded to
gether, furnishes litigation that has nc
precedent in the state Of Ohio.-Phila
delphia Telegraph.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29

out water, and the sufferings of the
men were frightful. Again and again
they attempted TO take up the salt wa
ter, but Mate Croker restrained them.
On the sixth day after the water was
exhausted Jones leaned over the side
and took a long, deep draft of sea
water He fell into the bottom of the
boat in terrible paroxysm and died
after five hours of suffering. They
threw him overheard then, fate having
worked the punishment they had in
mind to infiict.
That same day, go miles from Val
paraiso, the boat encountered the steel
hull of the burned coal ship Garfield.
They recognized her, for the Garfield
had loaded with coal for Valparaiso at
the next pier in Liverpool and had
sailed at the same time.
1t was coincidence Of fate. The Gar
field had been deserted for the same
reason as the Parthia ON Oct. o.
Mate Croker boarded the hull in
search of water, but the butts had burn
ed out of the steel shell. Next day the
boat reached Valparaiso, and war YES
sci was sent after the other boats.
The American consul sent the men
north, and they have just landed in
New York and related the above story
of their adventures. New York World.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
BIG EXPLOSIONS.
Hundreds of Pounds of Dynamite Used to
Clear q River.

Hundreds of Pounds of Dynamite Used to
Clear q River.
The impeachment to navigation caused
by the recent wreck Of some 23 boats
and barges of the coal feet and $50, 900
bushels Of coal on Dead Mans rifle,
10 miles below Pittsburg, was attacked
by the United States government au-
thorities with dynamite the other after
noon. Some /, 100 pounds of dynamite,
in charges averaging 100 pounds each,
were exploded among the wrecks and
their cargoes. Several of the barges
were blown to pieces, and the channel
was partly cleared.
The dynamite threw great columns Of
water 80 feet in the air. A piece Of a
beam pierced the hurricane deck of the
towboat Leader, from which the off,
cials were conducting the operation,
broke the hog chain, and nearly struck
the boats mate, who was asleep in his
bunk. The charges were fired from an
electric battery on the Leader, which
was kept about $50 feet away from the
wrecks, with which it was connected by
q wire,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
Punished for Cheating.

People cheated in the fourteenth cen
fury as they cheat In the nineteenth
but In those days punishment was swift
to follow the offense. A publican, con-
victed Of selling unsound and unwhole-
some red wine, was sentenced to drink
a draught of the same stuff which he
sold to the common people, the remain
der being poured on his head, and COM
PEELED to forswear the calling of vint-
ner in the city of London forever, unless
he could obtain the favor of the king.
This he ultimately did. About the same
time we find woman charged with
selling ale in short measure quart
pot the bottom Of which she had thick
ened with pitch and covered with
rosemary, to look like bush In the
sight of her customers. 1t was a CON-
mon practice to put some Eort of ever.
green leaves In the bottom of tankards
hence the proverb, Good wine needs
no bush" Her sentence was to stand
In the "thew," or female pilory, with
half of the pot attached to 1t. AS far rs
possible, the cause of the offense was
always exhibited with the person pun
ished. Severe punishmnt was meted
out for endeavoring to raise the stan
dard market price of corn and other
articles. In 1347 merchant was i'm
prisoned for forty days for enhancing
the price Of his own property. He Sc.
cretly employed man to bring certain
of his own Qhe merchant's) wheat to
the market whereupon he bought his
own at two pence more per bushel than
the market price, of course taking care
to make the same well known, forget
ting, however, to state what he knew
about the seller.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
She TriCked the Burglar.

Take him all around, the burglar
has as much human nature In him as
the average man. 1t cuts the profess
sional to the quick to be called a sneak
thief. There are just three things he
will run from-a hysterical woman, a
small dog and revolver If burglar
gets into your house remember that dis
erection Is the better part of valor.
Sometimes diplomacy Is better than
either.
$50 far a woman carried the blue rib
bon on diplomacy. The lady, hearing
some one in the dining groom, thought
1t was her husband, and slipped down
to pour glass for him. She confronted
burglar, who was making a vigorous
search of the sideboard. She stepped to
closet and brought out heavy bas-
ket saying: Here Is the silver. Now.
do 60 away, my good man, because I
hear my husband at the front door and
he carries pistol
"The burglar fed with the basket and
the lady tainted. When her husband
revived her she told the tale and ex-
planned that the basket contained an
immense maltese cat that slept in 1t.
She tainted again for the possible fate
Of pussy. The next morning the cat
scratched at the basement door. 1t
looked no worse for the adventure, and
1t bore note tied around Its neck
which conveyed the compliments and
admiration of her victim-the burglar"
Chicago Times Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29

IRE frightened by the Jockey pulleys.
The three levers seen in the photo
graph are for the two speeds and the
brake. The outer levers with the tooth
ed quadrants are the levers for work
ing the two jockey pulleys; the center
one Is the brake.
The carriage weighs In running Or
der about 1,075 pounds. The gasoline
engine is on the Otto cycle, and has
piston n inches diameter and Az inches
stroke, developing rather over three
quarters brake horsepower at 800 reyo-
lutions. The driving wheels, or rather
the hind wheels-for one wheel only Is
a driver-are feet in diameter,
and the steering wheel feet inches.
All have IL inch solid rubber tires.
Two speeds are arranged for, CORE
spending to about 31a and ~ miles per
hour. No arrangement for reversing Is
used or thought necessary. The cool
Ing water for the engine cylinder Is
contained In a tank under the seat.
and current of air is drawn by the
exhaust over the water and cools II to
a considerable extent We are inform
ed that the motor cycle Is almost silent
In running and that horses take no no.
tice of 1t.
With one person on 1t 1t will run ~
miles per hour on fairly level roads, and
has run at from to miles per hour
for short distances. With two passen-
gers the speed Is somewhat less.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29

ton the heaviest man III Indiana, II not
In the United States. He weighs 800
pounds, is now but 46 years of age,
and has been adding steadily In weight
for the last quarter of century. He
is feet 10 inches high, and still grow
ing. His waist measurement Is 76
inches, chest, under arms, So Inches.
and arm 25 inches. He Is in excellent
health, but finds locomotion rather diff
ficult, although he rides about the city
In specially constructed conveyance.
He is the father Of two bright and in
teresting children and lives a retired
life, attempting to avoid all notoriety.
In the heated season he lives altogether
in the cellar Of his residence. Walkers
physical anti-type is Jesse Allen, his
neighbor. The latter is 10 years DID,
and possesses body of fair size. His
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
Spun Glass.

A French chemist brought spun glass
into practical use about fifty years ago.
although the art of spinning glass was
practiced long before that time. He
first succeeded in softening the hard.
shiny effect of the glass fabric, giving II
a silky effect that was much more pleas
Ing. Next he endeavored to reduce its
brittleness by making spun glass,
whose threads were much finer than
those of silk, and whose texture was
much like that of wool. This glass
could readily be woven and all kinds
of articles were made of 1t. 1t was
found especially suitable for surgical
use, owing to its antiseptic properties
and its cleanliness. The fact that glass
is unattached by most acids made the
fabric useful for laboratory filters, and
nearly all well equipped establishments
OF the kind now use them. The cloth Is.
beside, non-combustible and poor con-
ductor Of heat. AS the individual
fibers are perfectly non-absorbent.
grease spots and stains can be readily
removed. For this same reason the
cloth cannot be dyed, but 1t can be spun
Of colored glass and the color is abso-
lutely fast and unchanging
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
Can't Use Personalities.

The Pennsylvania department of ag
riculture has devoted considerable at
tention to the so called preservatines, :"
now commonly advertised for the pres
ervation of cider, milk and other arti-
Giles of food. In every case it is found
that they are composed of some form Of
boracic acid, and in some cases salicylic
acid. When added to milk according to
directions, one pint of milk contains
from nine to ten grains of the drug.
The medicinal dose is from grains
to 80 grains. The department of agri-
culture has decided that the use of the
'preservatines" is injurious to public
health and that they come under the
provisions of the pure food act. Persons
using or selling them are liable to con-
viction and fine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
Inconsistent Teeth.

The Inconsistent teeth are small and
even, often brilliantly white, but wide
ly separated. Each tooth has we'll de-
fined space between it and its neighbor
Usually in men small, straight nose
and weak chin are seen with these teeth
The lips may be we'll formed, but will
frequently be thin, and the mouth, in
smiling, forms an obhque line, showing
the glittering white teeth. The possess
or is by nature treacherous, inconsistent
in his affections, will turn on woman
or attack weaker man. He will never
meet man Of his own size in an en-
counter and will stab in the dark or
work through third party. Henry Irv-
ing makes his mouth up after this type
for his wonderful Mephisto and accen-
tuates the cruelty of it's lines by the
wicked arch to his eyebrows. Kansas
City Times
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
FOR FUTURE DEBSES.
Bill to BE Presented to Congress by thu
American Federation of Labor.

Bill to Be Presented to Congress by the
American Federation of Labor.
The American Federation of Labor
has made public the text of the bill to
restrict the jurisdiction of courts of the
United States in proceedings of con-
tempt which it will present to congress.
Tho bill is the outgrowth of what or
ganized labor calls the persecution" of
Eugene V. Debs and the other labor
leaders who were engaged in the great
railroad strike last year. The bill is:
"Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America, in congress assem-
bled, That the courts of the United
States, sitting as courts of equity, shall
not have jurisdiction to punish for con-
tempt any person charged with the vio-
lation of any order or decree of courts
whose acts in the premises constitute,
arise out Of, or are connected with the
commission of any offense indictable
under the law of the United States or
of the state in which the offensive act
is committed, but in every such case the
offense against the court shall be deemed
merged in the greater offense against
the state or the United States, as the
case may be.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
a PETROLEUM TRICYCLE..
Description of u New Machine Which
Was Built in England.

Description of New Machine Which
Was Built in England.
The accompanying engraving Illus
trates motor tricycle. which has been
made for experimental purposes, and
has run considerable distances. by Mr..
J. H. Knight, of Farnham, England.
Mr.. Knight has been one of the pio-
neers in the construction of oil engines,
but for this motor cycle he at present
uses gasoline engine, although In a
few months he expects to be running
with an oil engine. The engraving
from photograph-shows the general
arrangement of the carriage or motor
tricycle..
We are indebted to the Engineer,
London, for our illustration, and the
following particulars: The engine runs
constantly. On the crank shaft are two
corresponding grooyed wheels, and on
the intermediate shaft are two grooved
wheels. These provide the change Of
speed. The pulleys and wheels are
coupled by loose ropes, and these ropes
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Minnich Returns to Be Tried For an Old
Crime

Minnich Returns to Be Tried For an Old
Crime.
Quite stir was created at Salyers-
vile, KY, by the appearance of William
Minnich, who killed man named Will
liam Ward in the year 1866, by striking
him in the head with an old fashioned
skillet handle. Minnich, fearing the
law, went to Missouri, where he changed
his name to Burns, and where he has
since resided.
He is now lawyer of some note and
a minister of the NJ E. church, and has
caused considerable excitement since he
returned by his eloquent sermons. His
wife did not know his real name until
they reached his former home. Min
nich's case has long since been filed
away, but he says he will have it re-
docketed at the next term Of the Magof-
fin circuit court, and that he does not
fear trial. as he acted in self defense.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
New York Swelldom Disturbed.

A department store at Fifth avenue
and Fifty-sixth street-next block but
one to William g. Whitney's and Cor
nelius Vanderbilt's palaces, and across
the way from DR.. John Halls church
What next?
Trade walks hand in hand with So
ciety nowadays.
We build our palaces with care, but
who knows that butcher shop may not
come next door?
l did think, however, that upper
Fifth avenue was safe from trade for
some years to come.
Now l don't think. -Cholly Knicker-
booker in New York Recorder.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
THE OPENING OF CONGRESS

The two important questions that
need immediate attention are the rev.
enues and the currency. These two mat
tiers ought to command the earnest at
tention Of congress soon after it meets.
Savannah News.
No one seems to anticipate O great
deal OF legislation in this congress. -
Boston Herald.
To stop the deficit and protect the
gold reserve is the first and imperative
duty of the Republicans indianapolis
Journal.
Beyond his somewhat vague declara-
ton that the Republicans in congress
will be ready Eat all times to furnish
adequate revenue for the government"
tho speaker gives no hint as to the flnan- !
'isl policy of the majority. --philadel-
Okla Record, /
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-01-29
Socialists to Form a National Party.

On account of the great gains made
by the Socialist Labor party in the re-
cent election the Central Labor fedora
ticn at its meeting recently in New
York considered formally the starting
of a movement to form a national labor
party on socialistio lines, which would
be entirely outside of the methods and
policy of the Knights of Labor and the
American Federation Of Labor