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The herald., 1896-05-10
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS
W. P. St. John ElabOra!es a National
Independent Party Platform
Nevada Republicans Pronounce for Free Sill
yer and Homo Ruie-PopuIist State
Convention Tuesday

WASHINGTON, May 9.-Senator
Stewart today presented to the senate
document prepared by William p. ST
John, president of the Mercantile ma
tional bank of New York, proposing a
national platform for the independent
party for 1896. 1t proposes the mints be
opened to the unrestricted coinage of
gold and silver alike; demands protec-
ton in the interest of southern cotton
mills; against Asiatic competition; pro-
nounce for the referendum and initia-
tive systems: condemns CleVelandism.
Referring to the effect of the various
declarations st. John says as to the
first: Some would acquiesce in free
coinage if they could foresee freedom
from a panic on it's adoption. If $780,
o00,000 in bank clearing house certifi-
Gates can allay panic in Wall street,
the prospect of $500, 900 in United
States coin certificates is likely to stille
any panic that would arise"
NEVADA SILvERITES
VIRGINIA CITY, May 9.-The Re-
publican state convention met in this
city today. Six delegates to represent
the state at the national convention
were chosen and resolutions adopted.
The resolutions containing decara-
ton for free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; an express
sion favoring the election of Nevadans
offices of United States senators and
congressman. A resolution was adopt
ed opposing the funding bill. The ma
tional delegates are pledged only to use
honorable means to nominate an advo-
cate of free silver at the st. Louis con-
vention. The delegates chosen were c.
H. Sproule. Elko: John Torrey, Eureka
w. S. Bonnifield, Humboldt; j. b. Over
ton and Enoch Strother, Storey; w. D.
Phillips, Washoe; A.C Cleveland, White
Pine. The convention was harmonious
in every particular.
CALIFORNIA POPS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-The Pop
ulists will meetNin state convention at
Sacramento next Tuesday TO elect 3a
delegates to the national convention at
St. Louis, July %. The Silver party con-
vention will be held in ST. Louis the
same day and the local Populists will
also choose nine presidential electors
and nominate a senator and lieutenant
governor. District conventions will al
50 be held to nominate congressman.
The herald., 1896-05-10

Mr.. Hill had considerable fun over the
passage of the Butte City bill, referring
to the "Chicago-like expansion of this
town.
When Mr.. Mantle, Republican, of
Montana, spoke of the thriving charac-
ter of the town, Mr., Hill remarked that
he was glad to hear of prosperity in Mon
tana lin spite of the present gold stand
ard"
Mr.. Hill finally allowed the bill to pass,
after extracting an assurance from Mr.
Mantle that the bill could not pass the
house"
resolution was adopted inquiring
of the several governmental depart
ments as to the number of aliens en-
ploycd.
bill to amend the law concerning the
dstillation of fruit brandies went over
or objection by Mr.. Harris of Tennessee.
Mr.. White of California expressed the
hope that the bill would not be loaded
with all manner of tariff amendments
and would be passed, as it was OF much
importance to the Pacific coast states.
AT o'clock the senate adjourned.
ARRANGING PRELIMINARlES
The method of procedure in the inveS-
tigatiOn of the recent BOND issues un-
der the PETER resolution formed the
subject of consideration by the senate
committee on finance today. No de-
cision was reached beyond that to have
the inquiry conducted by sub-commit- =
tee. The membership of this commit
tee was not announced, nor was de-
cison reached as to the number OF sem
ators who should be appointed on it.
Suggestions on this point ranged all the
way from three to seven. 1t was sug-
gested that in all probability the inves-
tigaton when begun would be long
and tedious one, and that it might be-
come necessary for the committee to
visit other places in the prosecution of
the proposed inquiry Consequently 1t
was decided to ask the senate for au-
thority to visit elsewhere than in Wash
ington, to continue discussions during
the summer recess and to employ ste
nographers and such other clerical
help as may be found necessary. a
general disposition was manifested by
members of the committee to avoid
service on subcommittee, and it be-
came apparent that it will be difficult
to fill it satisfactorily. The Democrat
ic members of the committee generally
manifested desire to have the inquiry
begun at an early day, but the indics,.
tions are there will be little progress
made before the final adjournment o
! congress-
The herald., 1896-05-10
SENATOR PERKINS STANDS PAT
South African situation with Colonial

South African situation with Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain.
A dispatch from BuluWayo dated
May Sth says that Frederick c. Selous,
the African explorer, accompanied by
a column of troops, dispatched to meet
the forces of Cecil Rhodes, with the
forces of Colonel Plumber. who is at the
head of $50 men on horseback or with
wagons. is expected to arrive soon. Six
teen camp fires of the Matabeles are
visible from Buluwayo, but the move
ments of the enemy remain absolutely
mystery. The question as to whether
or not Cecil Rhodes is to resign from
the directorate of the British Chartered
South Africa company is producing
great excitement throughout this sec
ton. People here regard him as neces-
sary to the progress of the country. They
also think the chances that the CON-
pany will be able to make compensa-
tion for recent losses will be imperiled
in the event of his resignation. A mon
ster petition praying for his retention
will be presented to the government.
The herald., 1896-05-10
THE MORE PROPERTY
The Admins TRAITOR Charged With Tlaladmin-
istration of the Estate

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.--An out
come of the examination of Expert Sher-
man before Judge Coffey week ago in
the matter of the estate of Alexander
+. More is a complaint which will be
filed Monday in the superior court
against John r. More, administrator OF
the estate. Albert w. More. John c.
More and Helen w. Rowe. heirs at law.
wish to have John More removed from
his place. He is charged with having
made away with $4,000 sheep and 500 head
of cattle, and with having sold $26,000
worth of cattle without making an ac-
counting.
The estate consists of the land on San
ta Rosa island and the stock thereon,
worth originally $SS0000. The heirs ac-
cuse More of paying to himself $4,000
without any consideration and with sell
ing property of the estate to laborers
and appropriating the proceeds.
The herald., 1896-05-10
METHODIST CONFERENCE
North and South Federation Proposed-Theo.
Iorics! Students Debts

CLEVELAND, O., May 3. = Today's
proceedings of the NJ. E. general con-
ference developed no sensations. There
was a brief conference to the proposed
federation of the church North and
South. and resolution was introduced
asking for equal representation for the
laymen.
At the meeting of the committee on
education following the adjournment OF
the conference, CONSERVATION was rails
ed by the reading of a report that funds
to the amount of more than S60O,00O had
been loaned to students during the last
twenty-five years and that only $5O,0oO
of that sum had been repaid.
The report precipitated lively dis
cussion, and select committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the matter fully.
The herald., 1896-05-10
A TREASURER SHORT
New Jersey Official Keeps Up With the
Fashion

CAMDEN, N. j., May 9.-As a result
of the Legislative investigation which has
been in progress in this city nearly a
year. Supreme Court Justice Harrison
called today special session of the
grand jury. He said the report Of the
commissioners showed that the late
treasurer, Frank +. Michellon. had re-
ceived large sums of money which CAN
not be found, and for which there is no
record on his books.
The justice said the experts working
on Michellons books found that sums
ranging from $40 to 100000 had been
paid out by Mr. Michellon Illegally. The
city had for many years been paying
interest to various bcAlls contrary to
law. The justice defined at length the
legal definition of "embezZlement" and
urged the grand jury to take up the
charges at once.
The present city controller, Charles
Eallingshead. was also implicated in the
allegations of the state to the extent of
permitting the muddled condition in
the city treasurer'S office.
The herald., 1896-05-10
Lumber Yards Burned

ASHLAND, Wis, May 9.-Fire today
destroyed 19.S90,000 feet of lumber,
owned as follows: Shores Lumber COM
pany, 1000, 900; Northwestern Lumber
company of Haywards, 100000; J. F.
Van Dooser, 100000; George Best 350,-
GOO; r. Boutn, 100000; Charles Crog-
ster, 100000; Hines Lumber company,
1000, C00 Meriner Il Matteson, 100000.
The total loss is S47S, 900 and the insur-
ance $3.50, 900. About 400 men are thrown
out of work by the fire. The body of
Peter Engeman was taken from the
bay. His clothes took fire early in the
day and 1000 people saw him plunge
into the water to escape the flames sur
rounding him. Two others are known
to have lost their lives
The herald., 1896-05-10
Sued for Libel.

SACRAMENTO, May 9.-Charles HI.
Gilman, local merchant, this evening
filed papers in a libel suit against c. X.
and V. S. McClatchy, publishers of the
Evening Bee, demanding damages in
the sum of $4,000. The complaint al
leges that the Bee publishers were gull
ty of libel in republishing an article
which accused Gilman of the crime of
rape. He has sued for damages and was
awarded Il verdict of $500 in the superior
court. The case was appealed to the
supreme court, which sustained the YER
dict of the lower court. The Bee, in pub
fishing the decision of the higher court.
reproduced the original article and for
this act the new suit is brought.
The herald., 1896-05-10
A Bold Robbery

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-Two
masked men held UP a cab on Walnut
street in the western part of the city
near the Presidio early this morning and
robbed George Hoog. the occupant. of
a small amount of money and some jew
elry Hoog was being driven into town
by Barney Mitchell when the cab was
stopped by two men, who pointed pis-
tolls at the driver and Hoog and made
them give up their possessions.
The herald., 1896-05-10
Convict Labor

SAN FRANCISCO. May 9.--The state
prison directors have decided that con-
victs must not compete with free labor.
Recently the prison directors took a
contract to manufacture number of
jute boraX bags for the Pacific Borax
Co The Oakland Cotton Mills filed a
complaint on the ground that the prison
was interfering with free labor and the
directors today ordered the manufacture
of borax bags stopped after the present
contract has been filled.
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TOOK HIM At HIS WORD.
Instructors Sometimes Find Thor Pupils
Apt In Taking Advice.

Instructors Sometimes Find Thor Pupils
Apt in Taking Advice.
A good Joke is told on one of the staff
of the Ohio medical college, says the
Cincinnati Times-Star. In a lecture to
the students he advised them when they
came to practice to always carry in their
buggies standard textbook, which
they could consult when in doubt as to
the proper course of treatment. He said
they could excuse themselves from .
patient on the pretext that they wished
to see if their horse was standing or
that they had left some particular med
icine in the buggy. The students wero
very attentive. a few days later one Of
them could not answer some pretty
tough questions, and when the doctor
expressed surprise he grabbed text
book and said in measured tone:
Excuse me, doctor, I fear my horse is
not standing. hitched him in a hurry
to get by your side" He then retreated
to the hallway, found the answers to
the hardest questions, and, returning,
answered them all correctly. The doc
tor appreciated the situation and was
relieved when the students ruse did not
become contagious.
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VICTORIA BATHING.
Machines to Battle In and Sailors to Man
tho Life Boat.

Machines to Battle In and Sailors to Man
tho Life Boat.
During the recent sojourn OF the
court at Osborne sea bathing was reg
ular item in the daily programme. On
the private beach, neur the queens
;etty, there is barge with hollow
center, which can be quickly run along
q rail into the sea. The bottom OF this
barge is so arranged that the water
comes in at once, and the center be-
comes a tank, which makes a tirst-rate
bathing place for children.
This, says London Sketch, was daily
used by the families OF the duke and
duchess of Connaught and Prince and
Princess Henry of Gutenberg.
Off this beach there is also II floating
BATH, which consists of u we'll, 80 feet
by ten feet, with a wooden grating at
the bottom, which can be adjusted SO
as to afford the requisite depth OF wa
ter. There is a drcssing-room and the
who'll: structure is inclosed by screen.
A small lifcboat, manned by two
sailors from the royal yacht. is always
in attendance in Osborne bay during
bathing hours. The queen has bath
OF warm sea water ut Osborne every
morning
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
both Oxford and Cambridge now
4 l,nOl.nx tAOYnS

10th Oxford and Cambridge now
have university hockey teams.
Lord Rothschild is said to have
bought the Trinity al1nshouses in the
Mile End road in London, with the in'
tention of substituting synagogue
for the chapel.
An anti-cigarette league has been
established in all of the 95 grammar
schools of New York city. The league
now numbers 10000 public school Boys.
Miss Melvina NJ. Bennett, gradu-
ate Of Boston university, has been APP
pointed to the chair Of public speak
ing and vocal interpretation in that
institution Miss Bennett is the first
woman to gain Il professorship in the
university.
Women in Hungary will henceforth
be allowed to enter the Budapest uni-
versitv and become doctors and apoth-
ecaries, or study in the philosophical
faculty. They must pass the same high
school examinations as the men, how
ever, and for that purpose the govern
ment will provide them with opportuni'
ties to study Latin md Greek.
-Rev. Father i. A. William Mani
fold, Il young Episcopal clergyman OF
New York who has been conspicuous
as a Ritualist, has gone over to Rome
again. This is the third time Mr.. Mani
fold has espoused the Roman faith
since lie was graduated from the New
York General Theological Episcopal
seminary about seven years ago. lie
has been sent to the College Of Paulist
Fathers in Washington, ID. c., to study
for holy orders on probation.
The bishop of Chester advocates
the Gothenburg system or some modi-
fication of it. The bishop Of Dnrham's
favorite panacea for lessening drunk
cnness is pure liquor, and especially
pure beer. The bishop of Peterbor-
ough's proposals are moderate and
practical to a degree. They are two:
First, grant no special licenses in con-
nection with fairs and public festivals;
second, close all public houses and beer
houses at ten o'clock.
The young women students at Law
renee university, Appleton. Wis, have
| decided to wear a uniform dress. They
were stirred to the decision, it is said,
by the smart appearance of the young
men in the military school connected
with the university, who recently
donned new uniforms of gray and
black The girls first proposed to wear
a uniform of the same color as that
worn by the boys, but finally decided
on navy blue. They are to wear blue
blouses, laced up the front with black
braid, and skirts of blue trimmed with
black. In the gymnasium blue bloom
ers VIII be substituted for the skirts.
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Mahala Goodenow.
: Act. 80 Years. 3 Months, 4 Days.


the few withered flowers, the unbroken
clods, the one little tree set out by some
friendly hand, but dying-its leaves
yellow and curled-ga:e an air of UNI
utterable dreariness to the scene. A
chipn,unk had already made hole at
the foot of the grave, and the earth
had caved in around it.
"Poor Mahala! She was schoolmate
of mine," he said, gently. 81 had not
thought of her for years, and yet be-
lieve was IL: love with her once" He
smiled little. II wonder why mother
was so ,tnxious for us to walk over here
tonight" They were silent, and gazed
with forced solemnity, as people Will,
ut the lonely mound.
Ict us go now" he said, after little,
1T looks like rain, and you are shiver.
ing" He tenderly wrapped shawl
around her, and STOPPING, kissed the
piquant face-blooming with the clear
pink and white which the one under he
earth by their side had so striven sof
and Ionged for-for his sake. But they
did not know. They only walked quick
~ away without a backward glance.
And the rain beat down on Mahaio' S
grave. and the thunders burst over it.
New Bohemian.
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EARLIEST RADISIIES AND PEAS.

The editor urges all readers to grow
the earliest vegetables. They pay.
Well, Salzer's Seeds are bred to earli-
ness,they growand produce every time.
None so early, so fine us Salzer's. Try
his radishes, cabbages, peas, beets, GU
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it for you. Salzer is the largest grower
OF vegetables, farm seeds, grasses, clov-
ers, potatoes, etc.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis.,, with 10c postage, you will
get sample package of Early Bird Rad
ish (ready in 16 days. and their great
catalog. Catalog alone &c postage. Ky
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AMERICAN ENERGY WINS.

Minister Whites Story Of q Chance Meet
ing with Former New Yorker.
The American can always be trusted
to make his way, no matter what may
he his environments. A story told by
Andrew D. White, ex-minister to Ger
many and Russia, illustrates this fact.
Mr.. White stated that once when he
was at Berlin, after all the diplomatic
corps had been duly presented to his
wife, the Chinese minister, in pursu-
ance to custom, brought round his
principal secretaries and presented
them to his colleagues. Among these
was tall, fine-looking man, evidently
a European, dressed in a superb court
costume and covered with gold lace.
AS his Chinese colleague introduced
him to Mr.. White in German, the con-
versation was continued in that Ian
Guage, when suddenly this splendidly
dressed parsonage said in English:
"Mr. White, l do not see why we should
be talking in German. l come from
Waterloo, in western New York, and I
was educated at Rochester university
under your frined, DR.. Anderson" Mr.
White said that had the gentleman
dropped through the ceiling it would
not have seemed more surprising, and
that it was hard to believe that tahe
pretty little village of Waterloo, or
even Rochester, with all the added pow
err of this noble university, should
have been able to- develop a creature
SO gorgeous. 1t turned out that the
gentleman concerned, after gradual
ing at the University of Rochester,
had gone to China with certain mis-
sionaries, had then been taken into the
Chinese service and had proved to be a
thoroughly intelligent, patriotic man.
faithful to his duties to China, as well
as to the United States.-Troy On. "
Times.
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RESCUED FROM CHINA PIRATES.
HardshiDs IT . Frenchnan Whom 81
Cclestlals Held for Ransom. At

aardshiDs " . Frenchman Whom the
Cclcstlals Held for Ransom. t
Victor Carrere was recently rescued
by company of French soldiers from a
band of Chinese pirates who had kept
him captive for II months, says the
New York World. Soon after he was
taken captive by the Chinese ne was
placed in a cave in the mountainsldc,
and there lay for two months, SO loaded
with chains that even crawling about
was difficult and escape was impossible.
TO add to the horrors of his imprison'
ment the cave was totally dark.
The pirates were unable to secure the
ransom which they demanded, and so
they took him with them, always as q
captive, on some of their forays by land
and sea in southern China. His chains
were taken of, but he was always care
fully guarded. His captors treated
him kindly, but he had to undergo
many great hardships. His only gar
ment was pair of thin silk trousers
and his head and feet were bare. One
forced march which he nude lasted p:
days, he and the rest of the band trav-
cling night and day, with only the
briefcst intervals for sleep. The wealth
cr was cold, but their journey was made
without tents or blankets.
The robbers were proceeding toward
small town, which they intended to
pillage, when they were fired upon from
ambush and those who were uninjured
ran away. The attacking party proved
to be small body of French soldiers
who had long been searching for their
lost c0mD3triOt.
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BEYOND.
NJ. OAK.

The cries and means Of the fallen
From the stricken field I hear.
And my soul Is stirred to answer.
To shout them a word of cheer;
For T see how the Lord Of Battle
Fonts on with a guiding hand
To where beyond the failure
There is still happy land.
Look up. look forth to the future,
Though your eyes are dim and weak.
Though the storms that beat about you
Hide the light Of the hope you seek:
Arise meath the beat of the tempest,
To the height of your manhood stand
And you'll see that beyond the failure
There is still happy land.
Through the battle ye win to conquest.
BY the pain and the VOC ye are blest;
For only the children Of sorrow
Can win to the gates Of rest.
Long since by the Lord of Battle
Tne strife was nobly planned
For the brave beyond the failure
There is still happy land.
p. Macarthur, in n. Y. Independent.
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n Woven Silk Book.

wonderful volume, in which the text
is neither written nor printed, has been
published" as a curiosity by firm OF
silk weavers at Lyons, France. # is
made of pure silk and was published in
% parts. Each part consisted of ONLY
two leaves, SO that the entire volume
contains but 100 pages. The leaves OF
this unique volume are inscribed with
the mass service and several prayers
Both the letters and the border are in
black silk on white bacliground.-St
Louis Republic.
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ARE WE CIVILIZED?
One Who Analyses Fashions Says We Are
Still Half Savage,

one VINO Analyses fashlOns says "e Are
Still Half Savage.
The prevailing motive, not to appear
singular, accounts for the continuance
of certain fashions. many being the re-
suits OF superstition, religious observ-
ances and the desire to be up to date"
We are acquainted with what facility
hair may be fashioned into various fan
tastic shapes for personal adornment
and when a part through the middle is
decreed it is worn without regard to
contour, and whether it may add to or
dctract from ones intellectual appear
ance. no thought is given.
If fashion says crimp, we crimp; if
curl and wave, we obey. And the GUS
tom of keeping the head closely shaved
prevails. as among the Fijian women,
while the men cultivate long hair, thus
reversing the conditions met with
among highly civilized nations.
The lips, ears and nose offer variety
of possible alterations and are means
of ornamental display, and says Capt.
Cook, over 100 years ago. in describing
The naked savages on the east coast of
Australia, their principal form of orna-
mentation was bone, which they
thrust through the cartilage which di-
vides the nostrils from each other. The
lip ornamentations by the Bolocudo In
dams and the Thlinket Bella are dis
gushing in the extreme, and in the heart
of Africa among the Bongo women a
clamp or clasp is worn at the corners
of the mouth. as if they wanted to con-
tract the oritice and literally put curb
on its possibilities.
The teeth cannot escape, and the Ma
lays view in disgust the natural tint,
and stain theirs a jet black.
One views in horror the Chinese
method of foot binding, but which is
much mitigated when considering by
degrees the fashionable toe used in the
last century. ..
Thus we can see that fashions fet-
ters torture and harass equally civilized
men and savage vanity. Are we not
the same in kind but differing only in
degree from the savages :-Albany Ar
| gus