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The herald., 1896-11-18
The Canadian Pacific Trains
Reach Seattle
REPORTS OF LOSS OF LIFE
Are Beginning to Arrive From the Out.
lying Districts
The Oregon Storm Has Abated, But
Already a Vast Amount of Dam
age Has Been Done.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
SEATTLE. Wash, Nov. 1.-THE Ca
madam Pacific road is the only one NOV
ing so far, but it is claimed that the
Great Northern will push it's coast line
train out tomorrow morning and rail-
road men say that the Northern Pacific
overland will probably be in tomorrow
night, but this is hardly thought prob
able.
The rivers are still very much swollen
The steamer City of Champaign came
down Skagit river last night from Mount
Vernon and arrived today. The captain
reports that during the night the
steamer was forced by the current out
of the river over the dyke and went float
ing over a Delta ranchers farm The
steamer was gotten back amid drift into
the stream again and reached the sound
without mshap.
The news reached Seattle today of the
drowning at North Yakima of Martin
Feildstead and William Davidson in va
kima river. which stream is also terribly
swollen. The men were attempting to
save two companions when they lost
their lives. The storm has reached its
limit and the waters are at standstiIl.
Before night the streams will all be SUBJ
siding.
IN OREGON.
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 1.-THE
storm which prevailed over the north
west for three days past has abated and
tonight the weather is clear and cold.
1t is impossible to estimate the damage
by floods to railroads, numbering inter-
ests, farming lands, which has reached
from Southern Oregon to British Co.
lumbia, but it will undoubtedly be many
thousands of dollars. The Southern Pa
cific has restored connection and trains
are running again, though the Southern
Pacific is compelled to use the west side
road on account of damage to the bridge
over the Santiam river at jefferson. The
Northern Pacific is still blocked at Win
lock, Wash, but it is expected trains will
be running Thursday. The greatest
damage appears to have been in the
White and Black river valleys and
Skagit and Snohomish counties. Wash,
where the railroads run through low
lands.
The herald., 1896-11-18
SLAUGHTERING GAME.
Bannock Indians Rejoice That Uintah' S
Treasury Is Empty.

DENVER, Col, Nov. ia special to
the News from Lander, Wyo.. says:
Parties arriving here from Hoback
canyon report that a large party OF
Bannock Indians from the Fort Hall
reservation are slaughtering elk, ante
lope and deer in that vicinity, and that
this has been going on for some weeks
without moiestation on the part of the
authorities of Uintah county. White
men of that vicinity say that there is
no money in the county treasury to
prosecute these Indians, consequently
they are allowed to do as they please.
An effort Will be made in the next leg
islature to pass such laws as will pro-
The herald., 1896-11-18
THE X-RAY
Thomas Edison Confirms the San Fran
cisco Doctors Discovery

NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-Thomas A. Ed
ison has verified the experiments report
ed to have been made in San Francisco
in which, by means of the cathode ray,
a blind boy has been enabled to distin-
guish light Edison experimental last
night on two subjects, both blind, from
Newark, N. J. Many tubes were tried,
each with increased strength, and finally
the subjects We're enabled to distinguish
flashes. One of the men was able, after
time to say when the light was turned
on and off. The most successful results
were attained with the aid of a red
globe, and it is Edison's intention to con-
tinue experimenting in this line until
much more satisfactory results are
reached, which he confidently predicts
will be soon.
The herald., 1896-11-18

tain Amanda Andre, onet of the young
est and bravest of General Maceo's
staff, arrived here Saturday from Cuba.
Captain Andre said:
General Maceo counts, in the prov
ince Of Pinar del Rio, some 10000 men
of all arms which are divided in groups
of 5000 or over or less, as the case mey
be, and which operate, each in one dis
trict. but in constant communication
with the general headquarters of the
main army. Maceo with his staff and
perhaps 1000 men, has his headquarters
in the hills between San Cristobal and
Cayabos. The men are all we'll clothed
and fed, having plenty of ammunition
and will give an account of themselves
The Cordillera of hills in which General
Maceo is established is two hundred
miles in length by 16 to "a in width and
every hill is a stronghold.
1.-THE sides of these hills, which are
often 1000 feet above the sea level, are
covered with thick underbrush or man.
igua. often in stretches by thick for
ests and here arc there in pieces of open
land. The only way to get to the top of
the mountain is by mule paths. On these
no more than two or four men can go.
These places are all held by the Cubans
and are also protected by mines and
traps, which are unknown to any but
the guides of the Cuban army"
A LETTER HOME.
LAWRENCE, Kas., Nov. ia letter
was received here today from Frank
Funston, son of ex-Congressman Fun
ston, who departed for Cuba several
months since. The young man writes
that he is now an artillery captain in
the insurgent army and he tells of sew
eral hot engagements with the Span
iards in Puerto Principe province pre-
vious to October 10th, the date of his
letter There are a number of Ameri-
cans, he says, in his company.
The herald., 1896-11-18
ANTI-DEBRIS MEN
Aiming Injunctions and Things at the
Hydraulic Miners

SACRAMENTO. Nov. ia meeting
of the executive committee of the state
anti-debris association was held today.
1t was shown that the Gold Run or
Campbell mine at Smartsville had been
enjoined during the past month in the
superior court of Yuba county.
The present condition of several dams
was reported upon, showing the ineffi-
cheney and danger of the system of dams
being permitted by the California debris
commission for the purpose of restrain
ing new debris. The association de-
cided to ask for preliminary injunction
against the North Bloomfield mine pend
ing the decision of the federal court, as
debris is not restrained in satisfactory
manner,
The herald., 1896-11-18
ARIZONA ADJUSTMENTS.

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. 17.-James
Hughes, a wood contractor and saloon
keeper of Chaparral, shot and killed a
Mexican last night at the above camp
The Mexican entered the saloon and
commenced shooting out the lights, when
Hughes emptied both barrels of shot
gun loaded with buckshot into his body,
killing him instantly. Hughes surren-
darad to the officers
The herald., 1896-11-18
CHARGED WITH ExroRr1oN.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1.-THE co...
lector of the port has suspended from
duty Customs Inspector John T. Foley
pending an investigation of the charged
that Foley has Systematically defraudal
the government by keeping false expense
accounts. and that he has been guilty
of extorting money from Chinese opiuu
importers.
The herald., 1896-11-18
SILVER COINAGE.
Millions Coined and Millions in Bullion
Still on Hand.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE rec
ords of the treasury department show
that from February !, 1885, to November
1 there were coined at the mints of the
United States 16,262922 standard silver
dollars from the balance of silver bull
lion on hand purchased under the act
of July IA, 1890. The seigniorage upon
this amount was $5,05l, ,4S0, which has
been turned into the treasury. The bal
ance of the silver bullion purchased un-
der the act of 1890 on hand November
l, 1896, was 125,061, 1858 fine ounces. which
cost the government Sill, ,625. The
coinage value of this amount is $161.-
500. .OO0
The herald., 1896-11-18
THE GOLD RESERVE.
SO Big That Nobody Wants to Know
About 1t.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE treas
ury today lost s34,200 in gold coin and
$29.700 in bars, which leaves the true
amount of the gold reserve $126, ,1S1 0SS,
the net gain in gold today being $685.. 900.
Owing to the fact that the state of the
gold reserve is no longer a matter of
public concern, the assistant treasurer
at New York has been directed to dis
continue the practice of sending this in
formation to the department each day
BY telegraph.
The herald., 1896-11-18
MURDER CONFESSED.
A Life Term Expected to Be the Sen
tenca,

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 17.-Ths after
noon in the superior court James Lee
withdrew his plea of not guilty and
pleaded guilty to the charge of murder
ing Nellie Allen.
On the afternoon of the 4th of last
August Lee shot and killed the Allen
woman, with whom he had been living
Charles L. Jones, attorney for the de-
fendant, announced that the prisoner
desired to retain the privilege of with
drawing the plea of guilty any time be-
fore judgment was pronounced.
Sentence will be imposed next Satur-
day morning, which is expected to be life
Imprisonment.
The herald., 1896-11-18
PEARL BRYAN'S MURDERERS

FRANKFORT. Ky, Nov. lit is
rumored that the court of appeals has
agreed on decision affirming the death
sentences imposed on Scott Jackson and
Alonzo Walling for the murder of Pearl
Bryan and that the decision will be
handed down not later than Friday or
SATURDAY..
The herald., 1896-11-18
A RAILROAD WRECK

DENVER, Nov. ia special to the
Republican from Albuquerque says:
The accommodation train on the Santa
Fe was wrecked near ssocorro today and
Prof. Louis Witt, leader of the First
Regiment band of Albuquerque, and
Prof. Arthur Won Jossen Sodring. a well
known pianist. who were passengers,
were both painfully injured
The herald., 1896-11-18
LAWYERS WILL GET IT.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17.-Thomaa
NJ. Quackenbush, who some time ago
brought suit against Mrs. Nancy Abbott
to compel her to produce any marriage
contract she claimed to have with him
that he might prove it bogus, is in fall
ing health and believes that he has not
long to live. He has transferred to his
daughter property valued at more than
half a million dollars. and is determined
inat whatever happens Mrs. Abbott
shall have none of his money.
The herald., 1896-11-18
A CABLE HITCH.

MONTREAL. Que. Nov. 1.-THE Lon
don correspondent of the Evening Star
says he learns the Canadian delegates
to the Pacific cable conference now be-
ing held in London have been instructed
to support the scheme only on condition
that the proposed cable between Van
couver and Australia shall not touch on
foreign soil. not even at the Hawaiian
islands.
The herald., 1896-11-18
THE CASTLES COMING HOME

LONDON, Noy. 17.-Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter M Castle of San Francisco will sail
for America on the American line steam
ship st. Paul. leaving Southampton to-
morrow.
The herald., 1896-11-18

Of the Salt Lake county canvassing,
board to the effect that the legality of
the election had been brought into
question, and asking that the duties of
the canvassing board be defined.
The herald., 1896-11-18
A CONGRESSMAN DEAD

SHELBINA, Mo-, Nov. 17.--R. +. Giles
congressman n-elect from the First Mis-
souri, district. died today
The herald., 1896-11-18

vide a fund to protect game, as it is
claimed that it is burden that should
not be placed upon one or two counties
in the state
The herald., 1896-11-18

Markets of the world. "A dull stock mar
ket in New York. California sardines
finding favor in the east: an important and
lucrative industry-page 9.
The herald., 1896-11-18
Weather and Crops-Page 5.

| Weather and Crops-Page 5.
| At the Theaters-Page 8.
A standard oil magnate on the future of
Los Angeles-page 10.
Ministerial union will return to the charge
this afternoon-page S.
Annual meeting of the Landmarks club:
officers re-elected-page 6.
Meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary Board
of Episcopal mssions-page 10.
The Los Angeles County Teachers asso-
citation meets Saturday-page 6.
Silver Republicans active for city own
ership of water works. Not quite enough
ink was used on the ballots for McLachlan
page 5.
smooth but Intellectual jog inaugurated
by the city Republican leaders. wv. H.
Workmans rumored nomination for the
mayoralty....A plot to defeat NJ. p. Snyder
page 8.
News of the courts. IA relic of the flood
of 1882 Koebig VS.. the Southern Pacific
Railway company. Affairs of Messrs.
Moir and Smith being Strengthened OUT.
A coored belle shows her gratitude. :. "A
ranchers are fearful of the Wright act. 49,
....Law for lawyers sueing for fees. :. The
Atkinson trade-page 10.
Police news. The rape fiend, Lee, ar
raigned....A notorious negress again in the
tolls. "A lodging house fracas-page g.
The work of the city fathers. The Main
street paving contract discussed again but
no action taken.. Rival street car COM
panies still at war. The recommendation
of fire commissioners refused. Meeting
Of the police commission-page 6.
Southern California specials. D.. Beware
of burglars at Pasadena; yesterdays
doings in the Crown City. City charter
election at Santa Barbara. Silver men re-
organize at San Bernardino .Alessandro
lpvra
An auction sale al Chino. .Walnuts ship
ped and proceeds spent at Santa Ana....
Company G of Redlands distinguishes it.
self. Winchester ranchers approve of the
Wright act....The Ventura militia at Sati-
coy-page I.
The herald., 1896-11-18
NEWS OF THE MORNING
BY Telegraph-Pages l and 2.

by Ielegraph-Pages l and 2
Fair weather today.
The years sugar crop exceeds that of 1896
Santa Fe litigation grows somewhat SEN
satfonal.
Official report of progress of harbor de-
fense work.
Reichstag proceedings attended with
much uproar.
Proceedings of the W. C. T. u conven-
tion at st. Louis
Catholic Knights of America in session
at San Francisco.
The northern storm abates, but vast dam
age has been caused
The harbor commission will meet at Los
Angeles on December 2nd.
Official reports regarding the gold re-
serve will be discontinued.
A gold glorificatior at the New York
chamber of commerce banquet.
Mr.. Bryan enters into contract to de-
liver a series of non-partisan lectures.
San Francisco chosen as the site of the
Wilmerdng school; work authorized on
the affiliated colleges.
Minister Dupuy de LONE talks of Cuban
affairs; reports of possible war with the
union are mere sensationalism.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03

Scattered owe the breezy downs Of the
Nilgherries, in a little village Of wicker
houses that looks at little distance like
nothing in the world so much as a col
ony Of beehives, live a community Of
600 or roo people, who are variously be-
lieved to be the descendants Of one Of
the lost tribes of Israel, the aborigines Of
southern India, and a community Of
Manichasens.
They believe in O strange trinity and
O hell, O dismal stream full Of leeches,
and this they must cross by means Of q
single thread. The soul burdened with
sin is too heavy for this slender support,
and the sinner falls into the stream, BIT
the thread sustains easily the souls Of
the good
The funeral Of q Toda, for that is the
name Of the singular tribe, is as odd in
its way as it's religious belief. His body
is wrapped in o new cloth and his toes
tied together with red thread. Grain,
sugar, tobacco and money are concealed
in his funeral toga to provide him for
his journey across the Styx and the dark
plain beyond
Two buffaloes are slain beside the
corpse, and the dead mans hands are
placed upon their horns. A piece Of his
skull, his hair and his finger nails are
removed to be used later on at the great
celebration Of the death Of all those who
during the 10 months have "taken the
leap over the great precipice into the bot
tomless abyss" When these tokens are
removed, clarified butter is sraeared on
the fragrant wood Of the funeral pyre,
and the body is burned to ashes and the
ashes scattered to the four Winds
Pearson's Weekly.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
A. Great Wheel Salesman.

Recently several drummers happened
to meet on a train en- route to Indian
apolis, and they began, as usual, to tell
Of their business. 1t happened that there
were some bicycle statesmen among
them.
II struck a great streak Of luck last
week." said one Of them. IT sold three
orders, and it amounted to 900 wheels"
Being the first man to boast of his
business, he was easily outdone by the
next, and the third saw the others and
went some better. He sold n firm
1000 wheels, and two other orders
amounted to 800.
"You people are not in it," said a
small man, who had not taken part in
the conversation. "I sold one firm 1000
wheels, and they are all to be given
away for advertising purposes"
"What's thatl Sold 5000 wheels to
be given away! What wheel do you
sell?'' claimed in the other three in
chorus.
"The g. 900 wheels. I sold were con-
tanned in 1000 Waterbury watches
which a clothing store is going to give
away" said. the small man, handing
each Of the three men nine wheels for
their ow,1 use and accepting their offer
to get of at the next stop and "have
something. indianapolis Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
FLORAL LIFE.
a Chapter on the sentiment Of Mother
hood In the Plant.

In his Investigations of the psychology
of the unconscious, Dr.. David Allyn
Gorton Of Brooklyn notes the sentiment
of motherhood in the plant, though it
is less strongly marked than in animals.
Many Towering species, he observes,
take special care Of the seed in budding
time, in protecting it against rain and
frost, by wrapping their petals around
it or inclosing it by the lips Of their
corollas. This %precaution is taken by
many plants at night to protect the
young and tender bud from the dew.
The impatiens noli-me-tangere hides
aver it's flowers under its leaves by
night. Many plants inclose their young
in horny cases, and these again in thorny
burs to preserve them against rapacious
birds and insects, and to assure their
coming to maturity. Most ingenious OF
all are some of the aquatic plants to Sc
cure the same end. Take, for example,
the alga species, the water lily, the
crowfoot, the water nut, etc., which
send their flowers to the surface Of the
water for fertilization, and when it is
accomplished draw them to the bottom
again.
This student of psychology in the
plant world discovers equal significance
in certain phenomena among many diff
ferent species in respect to light, MOTTO
ing with other illustrations the behavior
of the sunflower, (Which will almost
break it's neck in its eagerness for the
sunshine, and the common grapevine,
which will invariably Irvine toward the
light.
Wonderful again is the unfailing GER
tainty with which plants select their
food. They choose only that which is
good for them, even when environed by
poisonous substances in solution. Their
instinct of the whereabouts of water is
unerring. 'In n of my excursions to
the country one dry season." says DR..
Gorton, ~ observed q certain elm
which, in search for water, had sent
numberless rootlets several rods awayto
q ditch where there was running water.
When I saw that it had not sent r~ootlets
in any other direction for this purpose,
I could mot but wonder how that tree,
consisting to- the outward sight Of cellu-
lose, sap and chlorophyl only, without
a rudiment Of nerve cell or nerve sub
stance to hang an instinct or to afix o
reflex impulse upon, knew the existence
and direction Of a stream of water. =
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
do Diamonds Breed?

One Of the queerest of the old time
superstitions was the n that is respon-
sible for the notion that pearls and dia-
monds 'sb1eed' like animals do. Rues
says: Gas for what I know concerning
the reputed story that precious stones are
divided into sexes, male and female,
just as are plants and animals, and that
they breed like the latter do, I relate
the following, which came under my
own knowledge: A certain princess of
Luxembourg had two diamonds, the col
ors Of which betokened that they were
male and female. The princess laughed
at the notion until one day she vas
startled by finding tiny speck of a dia.
mond in her casket. She put the two
large diamonds and the little n away
together, and they had a whole family
in a reasonable course of time" A SIM
liar tale is also told by Boethius.-St
Louis Republic.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
Ono oouue oftha Armenian atropiti

- One cause of the Armenian atrocities
was that Moody and Sankey hymns
translated into Turkish we're taken in a
literal sense by both Turks and Armeni-
ans. "Onward, Christian Soldier" In
Turkish sounds like an Indictment to
rebellion.
= Charles Danna, editor of the New
York Sun, advises every person of
American origin to read the following
books: The Bible, the Declaration
of independence, the Constitution Of
the United States, Bancroft history
of the United States, McClure's Life
of Lincoln, Irvings Life Of Washing
ton, Franklin's Autobiography, Chan
ning's Essays on Napoleon Bonaparte,
Gibbons Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire and Shakespeare.
A Saco, Me-, girl has a pet pig
which she leads about the streets of
that town as other girls sometimes
lead a poodle. The pig is young,
pretty as pigs 60, and wears a broad
bow of scarlet ribbin about its neck.
1t ambles along continually as poodle
would, except when its mistress walks
take it past an inviting puddle, when
usually there is a sharp and noisy
struggle for a minute or two before the
porker can be persuaded to pursue it's
promenade.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
A Massachusetts Decision.

The decision of the Massachusetts, su-
preme court that women cannot be made
notaries public by the legislature, be-
cause they are not expressly named as
eligible by the constitution, is illogical
and unjust. But it is law so long as a
majority Of the judges maintain their
present opinion. Fortunately judges,
like other men, are mortal and will give
place sooner or later to more enlightened
successors. -Woman's Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-06-03
Nccebsnr1Iy SLOW.

An s-year-old San Rafael boy was be-
ing lectured on obedience.
II tolG vou that you could play with
the Wilson boys till 5 o'clock" said his
mother. "Here 7 and you are just
home. Why didp you come when I
told you?"
II did, mamma"
"Don't tell me a falsehood. Why
didn't you come home at s o'clock"
IT started home at g."
"Then you stopped to play on the
way?"
mo, mamma; sure, I didn't"
"Do you expect me to believe that it
took you two hours to walk half a mile?
I think I shall have to punish you for
telling me falsehoods."
Honestly, I started home at 5 o'clock
and came straight home"
The mother led the boy into the kitch-
en- and took down q whip. He turned
pale and tears welled up into his eyes.
"Now, Sill, will you tell me the
truth?'
"Ye-es, mnmma; Charlie Wilson gave
me a mud turtle-and I was afraid-to
carry it--so i led it home. San Fran
cisco Post,