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The herald., 1896-04-30
Tomorrow's Reception

The ladies of the Foreign and Home
Missionary societies of the First Meth
odist church will give reception in the
parlors Of the church on Friday after
noon from 2 until o'clock. A short
program will be given with some briei
addresses, stating in a concise form the
lines of work of the two societies and
some choice music will be rendered, fol-
lowing which will be social where tea
and refreshments will be served. The
following ladies have the matter ir
hand: Mrs. e. M. Grow, Mrs. J. M. c.
Marble, Mrs. G. H. Churchill, Mrs S
j. Oliver. Mrs. c. d. Howry, Mrs. F. r
Warner Mrs. M. A. Brown, Mrs. A. %
Pomeroy, Mrs. NJ. G. McKoon, Mrs, J.
w. Gillette, Mrs. B. F. Crary.
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Here and Th ere

Mrs. Potter entertained a few friends
informally at luncheon yesterday, at heI
home, 745 South Pearl street.
Mrs. Ed. Silent has returned to the city
and is staying with Mrs. Sartori at her
home on West Twenty eighth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Holterhoff and
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Bishop left Sun
day for Dayton, O., to be present at q
family reunion.
There will be May dance at Turnve-
rein hall Friday afternoon, given by the
| boys of the High school, complimentary
to the young ladies.
| Hiss Gertrude Laraway, who has been
| visiting at the home of her cousin, Miss
Crawford. on West Ninth street, since
last November, left for her home in
Grand Rapids, Mich, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foster, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Locke of Pasadena, the Misses
Hubbard, Bigelow, Greenleaf, Messrs.
Shoemaker, Strange and Kellam formed
| pleasant party that enjoyed the Or
| pheum last night
Mrs. c. M. Baker Of Chicago, wife of
| the superintendent of construction OF
the Postal Telegraph company, Miss
Adelaide Baker and Miss Mary Bu-
chanan are in the city and are stoppine
at the Hollenbeck.
Mrs. Howard NJ. Sale gave an informa1
~. VoiS uehSHllui iuHcHeoH yesterday
at her home on South Hill street. The
guests were Mrs. E. P. johnson, Mrs
Davis, Miss Davis and Miss Beiknap
Miss Belknap left for her home in Carson
City last night via San Francisco. where
she will visit friends.
A tally-ho party enjoyed trip to Pas
adena. San Gabriel mission, and Alham-
bra. Tuesday evening. The party con-
sisted of the following young people of
the First Methodist Episcopal church:
Mrs. j. d. Burch and Mrs w. S. Bender
acted as chaperones, Misses Grace and
Ada Bradley, Grace and Frances Will
son, Walker, Brock Reynolds, Allen
|Durand, Holmes, Smith, Roseburg, Freel
Dodge, Browning. Austin, and Messrs
Axtel, Hummer, Talbot, Hancock,
Goldsworthy, Newman, Amos, Hilton
Schroeder, Oliver, Packard, Burge
Brown, Painter and Eskew.
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A BICYCLE TOURNAMENT
The Coming Ladies' and Girls Event at Ath.
Ietic Park

ne Coming LooleS' ana Urls EVeut II Atu.
letlc Park
The programme for the ladies' and
girls bicycle tournament to be given at
Athletic park May 9th, has been ar
ranged and is as follows:
Grand parade.
One-quarter mile girls race for now
ices.
One-half mile ladies' lap race.
One-Quarter mile girls slow race.
Three-quarter mile ladies' post race.
One mile girls running and riding
race, open trick riding.
One mile ladies' championship race.
One-haf mile girls championship
race.
One mile handicap race, open to all.
To the winner of each of the foregoing
contests a valuable and handsome prize
will be awarded, the prize for theladies'
championship consisting of a gold med
al set with diamonds, and that for the
girls championship being a finely en-
graved gold medal. Entries for the
event can be made at Spiers' bicycle
livery on Spring street, near Fifth.
A number of entries have already been
made
The herald., 1896-04-30

The danger of the "ColoneIs" advo-
cacy was illustrated for about the nine
hundred and ninety-ninth time yester-
day in the following remark to a Herald
representative by Sixth ward Repub-
lican:' .-5;
"You can put our delegation down as
being solidly for Gov. Sheldon for dele
gate at large. AS for Lindley and Otis
well, the Republicans of the Sixth
ward are an independent, manly lot,
and yield to no boss dictation. Most of
us want Mckinley for president and his
name might have been printed at the
head of our caucus ticket, but when the
Otis crowd sent word around that
seemed to us to smack of dictation, we
demurred and refused to pledge our
delegates to Mckinley"
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and inside of a day and half had the

thief.
He found where the clothing had been
sold, got description of the man, and
incidentally learned that the same per-
son had tried tried to sell a cloak about
q month ago, but. failing, had disposed
of it to New High street firm. Going
to the latter place he found the cloak,
and later on got his man, with the assist
ance Of Henderson. McMullen has been
positively identified as the party who
sold both cloak and suit, also the shoes
to another secondhand store.
He will be prosecuted on two charges
Of burglary, and as there seems to be
a clear case against him, he will prob
ably 60 up for term In San Quentin.
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The savage Abyssinian is getting the
better of the savage italian. AS a
defender of his home against the in
vasion of foreign foe he is savage
fact which almost bankrupt Italy is
compelled to concede. Like our Aneri-
can Apache Indian the Abyssinian war
rior is brutally cruel sometimes. but if
the Italians don't want to be mutilated
let them keep out Of country they
have no business in; except in peaceful
way.
The herald., 1896-04-30
THE REGULATION TURN DOWN

The result Of yesterdays Republican
primaries was in accordance with The
Herald's predictions, and certainly af-
fords no room for surprise on the part Of
those familiar with the local Republican
situation. The "boss as would be- got
turned down with a thump loud enough
to be heard all the way to Canton, O..
where the great apostle Of the idea that
the Masses wax rich by taxing them
the masses wax rich by taxing them
selves for the few. keeps on nursing the
delusion that he is going to be the next
president of the United States The Re-
publicans of Los Angeles have more than
once resented the attempt Of the "Col
oner' to enthrone himself in the boss
seat, but never before have they done it
so generally and emphatically as they
did yesterday. The vote was exception
ally full, and the best elements of the
party were out in force so that the ver-
dict rendered must be taken as repre-
sentative of the opinion in which the
"boss as would be- is held by the men of
his own party. The rejection should be
final, and will be, unless the subject of it
is possessed of an epidermis like unto
that Of rhinoceros and an Obtuseness
superior in quality to that enjoyed by
the animal which is popularity supposed
to be without pride of ancestry and
hope Of posterity." He should know by
this time that, as a leader, there is no
vacancy yawning for him in the Repub-
Hcan party of this section. He has found
that the representative men Of tho
party are willing to endure awhile long
er the rule of the little boss" All Of
which shows that though the Republi-
cans are "way off" on tariff finance
and a whole lot of other things. there
heads are not yet so uneven as to pre-
clude the possibility of their being able
to choose the lesser Of two evils.
The herald., 1896-04-30
SNEAK THIEF CAPTURED
Entered Rooms and CorraIed Whatever He
Found HANDY

On Monday last Detectives Bradish
and Steele, with the assistance of Off
Ger Henderson, captured a man named
Charles l.. McMullen, wanted for several
small burglaries. He has been in the
city Jail since. awaiting the gathering
Of the necessary evidence to convict.
which has now been secured, and COM
plant will be sworn to today.
March 9th last the police were sat-
isfied that thief had entered room
in the lodging house run by a Mrs.
Montgomery, over Olympic hall. on
First street. and stolen a cloak. No
clew to the perpetrator could be found.
and the matter has been lying quies-
cent since. Saturday last, while the
room of a man named Conklin, in the
Golden Eagle hotel, on San Pedro street,
was entered, and suit of clothes, coat
and pair Of shoes abstracted. Detect
i've Steele was notified, took the case,
The herald., 1896-04-30
A TEAMSTER INJURED
his Log Broken While Unloading Tanks Of

While unloading several drums Of oil
from truck yesterday morning, shortly
before 10 o'clock in the rear of the Hoff-
man House, Richard NJ. Pratt a team.
ster, 40 years of age, met with a serious
and painful accident, which will confine
him to bed for the next two months and
half. He was in the rear of the house
on New High street, and was sliding one
of the drums down pair of skids from
the wagon when the timber slipped and
the falling skid and barrel struck his
left leg between thigh and knee, causing
bad fracture of the femur thigh bone.
He was taken to the receiving hospital
and medical attention given by DR.. Bry-
ant after which Pratt was removed to
the county hospital. His case is bad
one and the accident of yesterday but the
elimination of a series of misfortunes.
Pratt has resided in the city for fourteen
years, and has a wife and three children
living at No. 916 Castelar, street. He has
been out of employment for some time
and only lately secured a temporary po-
sition. His family are by the accident left
helpless and with scarcely dollar in the
world.
The herald., 1896-04-30
Art Lecture

The fourth lecture of the 1895 course
will be given at the school of art and de-
sign, ITO West Second street, tomorrow
evening by the Rev. J. c. Fletcher, who
will speak on Egypt and It's Arts, and
Will be illustrated by stereopticon views.
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City subscribers to The Herald will confer Q
lsvsr by reporting to the business Office late
dsllvsry Or any other negligence On the part Of
carriers. During the week all papers should
ssaeh subscribers not later than o'clock, and
% eunAavs by o'clock.
The herald., 1896-04-30

The publishers have arranged to have The
herald on sale At all news stands and on oil
railroad trains In Southern California. II the
paper cannot be secured at any Of the above
places the pubIishers will deem Il . special
favor Il patrons should report same to the
business office.
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The Herald Publishing company hereby Of
1srs reward Of ten (SIo) dollars for the arrest
aad conviction Of anyone found stealing .
cspy or copies Of THE HERALD from whsr-
svsr the same may have been placed By
carrier for delivery to patrons.
The herald., 1896-04-30

Henry P. Dalton, assessor of Alameda
county who has been here for several
days, the guest Of Assessor Theodore
Summerland, left yesterday for his home
at Oakland.
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Write tho Truth as you SEQ 1T |;
Fight the Wrong as you find it; Pub
lish all the News and Trust the
Event to the Judgment of the People
PACIFIC RAILROADS FUNDING BILL

THURSDAY. APRIL 80. 1906.
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For latest building news read the Builde
and Contractor Office 132 Broadway.
The herald., 1896-09-06
ABOUT THE MARRIED STATE

A very unfortunate woman lives in Atchi-
son; her husband wants to argue silver
with her three times a day, but never gives
her any.-Atchison Globe.
WAS that a successful elopement Of VIII
lie Elmofe's and Maud Biggle's?' Il think
back and he'd forgive them. buffalo
Times.
Mrs Henpeck-I wonder II there really
Is anything In the rest cure we hear so
much about? There would be for me IL
you would try 1t on your tongue.-New
York Press.
Shell don't see why 1t is that newspaper
paragraphers persist in making remarks
about our bathing suits. What is there
in them wor tn talking about? He-It's
what isn't in them that occasions so many
facetious comments.-Buffalo Express.
I'VE must economize," he said, peremp-
torily. Pm so glad!' his wife exclaimed.
"You take the announcement more good
naturedly than usual" Yes. It's pleas
ant to hear you use the plural number.
needed you expect me to do 1t all.'-Wash-
| ington Evening Star.
Spatterly-Ah, my dear, you should have
seen the biscuits my mother used to make.
Mrs. S.-Yes, understand they were won-
derfuI. One Of your neighbors told me the
other day that your father once walled up
| a well with them. People now marvel at
| the meekness of the once defiant Spatterly.
Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. McFlim dhrowing. aside her paper)
paign was over. Mr.. McF'lim-Why? Mrs.
McFIim-Here's this evenings Penny Pea
nut with accounts of only sixteen murders
and nine suicides, and not a word about
murde erers. because the political news takes
| up all the room. It's disgusting.-Cleve-
| land Leader.
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The herald., 1896-09-06

going to the White House today to ask
him to reappoint the Galena postmaster.
Go with u.s. consented. The president
received us cordially. Burchard made a
strong plea. Several other members
seconded his efforts. made what
thought was convincing talk. The
president quietly listened to everything.
Have you said sall you wished to
say. gentleman? asked the general.
Yes, Mr.. President, we have pre-
sented our case as strongly as we know
how to do answered Burchard.
Gentlemen, the president is supposed
to select the postmasters. but 1t Is q
mistake. Senators and representatives
make the selection, and the president
appoints. But it has occurred to me
that 1 am not grasping or immodest
in assuming the, right to choose the
postmaster of my own town. Gentlemen,
shall appoint Mr.. Houghton.' And the
next day Mr.. Houghton was appointed
postmaster of Galena
''The president had decided some time
before to appoint Mr.. Houghton, but he
wanted to make the appointment with
as little embarrassment as possible to
Congressman Burchard. He wanted
Burchard to make record for having
exerted himself to his fullest extent to
secure the appointment. That would
set him right with the postmaster, and
Grant didn't care what the people said
about him for appointing Houghton. He
had satisfied himself that the right
thing to do was to appoint that old
printer-editor. and we all agreed, before
the term expired that the president had
done the right thing.
"At another time while I was with the
president at the White House the con-
gressman from the Norfolk (Virginia)
district came in. He abused the presi-
dent as no one around his table would
be abused without promptly resenting
1t. The general listened courteously to
the irate Virginian. When he was
through he called him by name and said:
You have given me a lecture because
carpet-baggers have been appointed to
office in your district. Let us see about
those carpet-bagging selections. Mr.
Jones Il am using fictitious names,) the
United States marshal. who lives in that
district, is a native of Virginia. The COL
Virginia, and so Is the United States as
SCISSOR. The United States Judge who
lives there has been a resident Of Vir-
ginia for thirty years, though a native of
North Carolina. Are they carpet-bag-
gers? 1t is needless for met tell you
that you have made a mistake The
Virginian tried to fall back out of dam
ger by claiming that the collector and
assessor had appointed as some Of their
subordinates men who had resided in the
district only a short time. Grants only
reply to that was: You know very well
that the president of the United States
is not appointing the janitors, clerks and
deputies in the internal revenue offices
and the postoffices.'
II guess no president ever rot along
with the office-seekers with less heart
burnings. loss Of sleep and annoyance,
than our silent old commander"
]. A. WATROUS.
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

tits proposed to erect national monu-
ment to the late Jules Simon, the French
statesman.
Miss Ellen Terry's health is the cause
OF some anxiety to her friends. She
is suffering from the effects Of over
work.
Lord Chief Justice Russell passed Sum
day at Niagara Falls He expects to de-
vote three months to his American tour,
A memorial Of Harriet Beecher Stowe
is suggested in the erection In Washing
ton Of a national institute ana hospital
as training school for colored nurses.
A Rouen court has sentenced Cesare
Lombroso to pay $100 damages to .
French writer on handwriting, from
whose book the criminologist had Crib
bed'' without giving credit.
Charles Heber Clark. editor Of the
Manufacturer. who has just resigned
his position because of his free silver
views, is the humorist who used to be
well-known by his pen name, Max
Adler"
Another son Of the great Tomaso
Salvini, besides Alexander, Is making q
name for himself on the stage. Signor
Gustave Salvtni has made hits recently
at Naples in Kean and in Hamlet.
Queen Amalie Of Portugal has been
devoting much of her time to an attempt
to discover an anti-fat pill in order to
stay the tendency to extreme corpulency
which has been threatening to disfigurs
her husband
Mrs. King, matron of the engine house
of Company 10, of New York city. ID
said to be as good as any of the men
in sliding down the brass pole. hitch
ing horses and answering alarms. She
is also an expert bicycle rider.
oh IN Fra :, hxy the nyS-
position that the government has spent
a million francs in entertaining Lii Hung
Chang, but the official figures show that
the whole cost, counting hotel bills and
all, was $1,000 francs, or about $4,000.
The prince Of Naples. very short.
very thin, very sickly, is going to marry
the princess of Montenegro, tall, ath-
letic, robust, beautiful. BY this combi-
nation the Italian royal family hopes,
not without reason, to still further stave-
off the republic.
The Paris papers are poking fun at n.
Faure, the tanner president of the re-
public, because he is gradually introduce
ing imperial pomp and splendor into hia
official life. He insists upon triumphal
arches and much presenting of arms.
firing of cannon and blaring of trumpets
wherever he goes.
When Prince Maximilian Of Saxony
was ordained priest recently he Signed
a document renouncing all the rights he
| possessed in virtue of his royal birth.
, The renunciation Is to be void, however,
in case all the other princes OF the royal
house of Saxony of whom there are only
| five, should die before him.
George r. Sims, the London writeN b
at the head of an anti-bald crusade.
It Is stated that he calculates he has
caused hair to grow on $4,000 bald heads.
His recipe is paraff1n OIL
M. Tony Noel has just finished stat
ket place of Alais, where the illustrious
inventor made his researches In the dis
eases Of silk worms.
Aaron Hayden of Robinson Is ono Of
the largest poultry raisers In Maine,
| At present he owns 1000 chickens ana
1000 hens. His daiI average of egg d
about 100.
The herald., 1896-09-06

much Of the hard labor, and under the
ceaseless strain Is worn and bent at
30. The young girls are fair to look upon,
but in q few years, under the drudgery
they willingly submit to, they are barely
commonplace.
ARE FRUGAL EATERS
Gluttony Is not bne of the crimes Of
the Greeks. They eat little meat. A
Dountiful repast Is made up Of barley
bread, goats cheese, black dried olives
and wine. Bread and wine in many
cases form tN1 principal meal of a big,
strong man. Others chew raw beans and
wash them down with wine. Every one
drinks wine, for the reason that water
Is very scarce in most OF the smaller
towns, and what there Is of 1t Is not
exceptionally good In some places
water 10 sold In the streets by peddlers,
but the natives seldom buy It, for wine
The herald., 1896-09-06
Curious People Who Are Aiding
the Cretan Revolution
PRIMITIVE WAYS OF LIFE
They Are q Frugal But Very Lazy
People
In the Country Districts the Houses Are Aoso'
Iutely Bare Of iFarniturs-Hotels
Are Scarce

ATHENS. Aug. 22.-Just now Greece
IA of more Importance in the political
affairs of Europe than for many centur-
les past. 1t Is argued that the AID Greece
Ia. giving to the Cretan revolution1sts
will hasten the partition Of the Ottoman
empire among the European powers,
thus forcing a great change IN the map
of Europe.
For these brief reasons the people of
Greece are Of more than ordinary inter-
est lust now. But there will be no dis
cussion of the political situation here.
The cable will attend to that. AS mat
ter of fact, the average American tour
ist can find more to interest him In
study of modern Greece than IN trying
to solve the political problem of the day.
The Greek people are queer 1umDle
of the misty past and the present, with
the past predominating. This does not
refer to the Greeks residing in the larg-
er cities, but to the people Of the coun-
try districts, whose native ideas and
habits have not been disturbed by con-
tact with the floods Of foreign sight
seers who overrun certain localities 10
view the famous antiquities.
Greece Is a little place, but the march
Of progression has moved so slowly In
the rural districts that it is more diff
cult to make a journey Of fifty miles
here than it is to travel 1000 in the Unit
ed States. In size the whole kingdom Of
West Virginia. being about 5000 square
miles in extent It lies between the
fortieth degree Of latitude on the north
and the thirty-sixth on the south, or on
the same lines as Philadelphia and
Knoxville. Athens is between these
two. corresponding with Richmond.
The sea cuts into the country in hun
dreds Of different places. 1t has more
bays for. its size than. perhaps, any 9TH
er country on earth. Yet all of the i'm
portant cities are located inland. The
reason Of this Is that the ancients feared
invasion by foreign foes and builded
their cities where they would be less
open to sudden attack.
A QUEER MIXTURE.
The Greek Of today is, like his country,
. queer mixture. He is moral but in
dolent. He has few vices except that cf
is more ready to boast Of his ancestors
than to emulate them. He cherishes the
ancient glories of Athens and Sparta,
and he abhors the Turk. In this latter
he is surprisingly energetic. He is hos
pitable, democratic and talkative. He
is superstitious, as much SO as the peas
ant of Ireland. If he has disturbing
dream in the night he tells of 1t to the
rising sun to ward off the threatened
disaster. Kindly and evil spirits and
ferries abound in the land, and every
hill, to him, has it's ghostly inhabitants.
He is cheerful, and in adversely is pa
tient.
He eats sparingly. is seldom drunk
ard. and has q fine physique and All
abundance OF good looks. But his
VIE or sister. while sharing the good
health 10 seldom pretty. She does