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The herald., 1896-10-08
AFTER THE POOL ROOM
The Ministerial Union VIII Try to Have
'f.ieif 1t Closed

There is trouble ahead for the pool
room on South Spring street. The Min
isterial union has taken the matter up,
and have prepared a petition which will
be presented to the council asking that
the ordinance under which the pool
room is conducted be rescinded, and that
the place be closed Rev. J. A. B. Will
son of the First Methodist church. is
leading the movement. 1t Is fact not
generally known that Mr.. Wilson was
one of the strongest allies Of Rev. Ifr.
Parkhurst, in his great crusade in New
York City, which resulted in the reor-
ganization of the police force of that
city, and the conviction of some of the
boodlers who for years had grown rich
on the spoils wrung from the prosti-
tutes and gamblers of the metropolis.
1t is urged by those who wish the pool
room closed that it is a gambling in
stitution, and that many people lose
money betting on horse races that
should go to the support Of their fami-
lies. 1t Is further claimed that at least
one man in moderate circumstances has
been practically ruined. having lost over
$4,000 at this place in the past few
months.
A delegation was on hand yesterday
morning to present the petition to the
council, but as a quorum could not be
had, there was no meeting, and the
matter will have to go over to Monday
next. One of the committee said that
at least one member of the council
lodged when he learned that the petit
ton was to be presented, thereby pre-
venting the meeting.
The herald., 1896-10-08

means for quickly adjusting the cur
rent to adapt 1t to the tube. Fill q gallon
jar with water and drop In It half an
ounce Of sulphuric acid and connect d.
rect with the wire from the street to the
coil. Place the square plate in the bot
tom Of the jar and adjust the pointed
plate down from the water level to any
point giving the steadiest flow of cur
rent.
Place the spark-gap in position and
the wooden stands opposite its termi-
mails. To adjust the amount of current
passing through the Crookes tube move
the wooden stands to and from the
spark-gap terminals until steady
fuorescence in the tube as obtained.
Use the smallest possible gap on the
motor wheel, adjusting 1t by its insu-
lated handle to nearly touch the motor
wheel AS the shock received at this
point would be quite severe be careful
not to touch any part of the motor or the
metallic objects near 1t while the cur.
rent is in the coil.
The final voltage is Of such high
potential that 1t will not injure a per-
son. The hand may be held in the
violet spark without injury.
There is at present no known method
of supporting the aluminium reflect
ors in the Crookes tube SO that the sup
porting wires may not be bent by q
Jar, and If the aluminium disc should be
Jared so that 1t does not focus on the
platinum reflector It should be struck
against the hand until it is Jared back
again to proper focus.
Keep the mechanical bearings of the
entire apparatus well oiled.
The herald., 1896-10-08
AN INDIGNANT REPUBLICAN.
He Protests Against the Methods Of His
Party in the Seventh Ward.

The following letter from a Seventh
ward Republican needs no explanation:
To the Editor Of the Herald: AS
resident and property owner Of the Sew
enth ward, also as Republican of said
ward, I, with the consent of large
number of other Republicans, protest
against the manner in which the caucus
about sixty-fve people there, and the
most Of them railroad men. A ticket
was sprung In the interest of a man
by the name Of Louder for councilman,
a man that many of us think is not fit-
ted for the office; but that matters little
with the railroad company. All they
their bidding. The men named by the
caucus to be voted for at the caucus
were all advocates of Louder. The re-
sponsible residents and property own
ers, after finding they would be at the
mercy Of the railroad company and the
City Water company. concluded they
in the field, selected their men, and had
their tickets printed, and at large
meeting Of the Seventh Ward Republi-
can club last Monday night the Citizens
ticket was indorsed, while the caucus
ticket was repudiated. But little
thing like repudiating did not deter the
advocates of Louder, who had layof
and change from twisting brakes and
punching tickets to the more exciting
work Of trying to blind the honest voter.
The time for opening the polls came,
but the railroad crowd was not ready.
They had the cheek to ask the judge and
inspector to wait an hour until their
tickets came. The Judge declined to do
this, even to accommodate the great
corporation. The leader of the railroad
crowd was a man by the name Of ST.
monds. After getting the tickets he
stood at the end of the table on which
the ballot box sat, intimidating voters
who came in to vote. until citizen OBJ
jected Then the judge ordered him
from the room. This same man boasted
that he had a right to go as a delegate
to the city convention, as he paid $110
taxes per year, but a careful search
in the city and county tax collectors
offices failed to find this particular 81.
monds assessed for a penny. He had
not even paid his poll tax This is the
kind of men who are making the Louder
fight. At the primary Tuesday there
were eighty-six votes cast. Over sixty
of these were cast by the railroad men,
and of course they got there with both
feet.
In the Forty-e eighth the same tactics
|. were ATTEMPTED, but in this the push
\ caucus ticket was beaten over fifty
votes, and all the reform candidates
elected. Now then, Mr.. Editor, in all
things, as we'll as in politics, am in
favor of decency, but that is something
the push and the railroad company have
not got in stock, so that as Mr.. Louder
is going into the city convention backed
by lot Of railroad ward strikers, he
Hon. James MacLachlan. I can say, with
thousands of other voters, that this is
bad year for railroad candidates
SEVENTY WARD VOTER.
The herald., 1896-10-08
BETTER CITY GOVERNMENT
Meeting Of Seventh Ward Club-Shy-
ness of Candidates

The Seventh Ward Better City Gov
ernment club held a large meeting
at No. 610 East Fifth street yesterday
evening. M. L. Graft, in neat speech,
explained the objects and workings of
the organization.
That so many people attended the
meeting despite the fact that the Dem
ocratic caucuses were being held and
Ben Butterworth was speaking at the
pavilion at the same hour, is taken as
an indication of the interest taken in
the movement in the Seventh ward.
The club membership Is increasing
rapidly Precinct clubs have been
formed in this ward as in others.
Official bulletin No. 6, giving details
of the postal primary plan will be ready
for distribution today.
Secretary Walton. was at his desk
promptly at o'clock yesterday morn
morning to receive the applications of
candidates for city offices, but with
the exception of few can
didates or precinct delegates. none ap-
piled. A big rush is expected ater the
party conventions have been held.
The Fifth ward club will meet at
Casa de Rosas Friday evening.
The herald., 1896-10-08
THE BUTTERwoRTH MEETING.
A Large Crowd Hears the Eloquent
Backslider.

Major Ben Butterworth, once the
stanch friend and advocate of indepen-
dent bimetallism, talked at the Pavilion
last evening, reversing his record and
advocating the gold standard and Nc
Kinley tariff.
Major Butterworth had large crowd
there. The Pavilion was packed. But
there was notable absence of that gem
eral ard spontaneous enthusiasm which
characterizes silver meetings in this
campaign.
That Major Butterworth is an orator
no one will dispute. He is undoubtedly
one of the best platform speakers in the
country, though last evening he was not
heard to the best advantage, owing to a
severe cold.
Last night, though his talk was long
on tariff and short on the gold
standard. The major dwelt upon the
benefits of Mckinley tariff at length
but 1t did not consume much of his time
to enumerate the benefits the people
would derive from the gold standard
AS a matter of fact, the eloquent Buck
eye orator, from the very nature of his
position, was at great disadvantage
in talking on the financial question. He
was one Of the ablest advocates of BIZ
metallism in congress, and many Of his
arguments are preserved in the official
records some more of which will be given
from time to time, 80 that the less he
says on that question the better off he
is.
w. ]. Hunsacker, who was formerly a
Democrat, acted as president of the even
ing. He made no extended speech, but
merely formally introduced Major But
terworth,
If it. had not been for some importa-
tions from Pasadena of loud-lunged Re-
publicans, the enthusiasm of the meet
ing would not have been perceptible. AS
1t was, it did not overflow.
The herald., 1896-10-08
POLITICAL NOTES
Items Of Interest Appertaining to the
Campaign Here and Elsewhere

The Taylor meeting at the wigwam
on Saturday evening will, it is expected,
be large one. Mr.. Taylor is a brilliant
orator, and he has some facts on the sill
yer question which he presents in a most
forcible manner, and which have not
before been heard in this city. Make
your arrangements now to attend the
Taylor meeting Saturday evening.
r. W. Ward, a silver Republican, will
address the silver club at the corner of
Belmont avenue and Temple street to-
night.
e. w. Ford is out as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for city>as-
SCISSOR.
=. "A. Craig, in response to the impor-
tunity of friends has consented to stand
as q candidate for the Democratic NOM
ination for councilman in the Second
ward.
In the Ninth precinct N. M. Queirolo
had ticket in the field yesterday-which
he claims was defeated by water COM
pany repeaters. He asserts that he
will contest the delegation in the con-
vention.
The friends Of Fred w. Potts think he
has the nomination for city assessor on
the Democratic ticket.
Boyle Wc~kman is making a good
race in the fight for the nomination for
city tax collector on the Democratic
ticket
Tonight the Populists win be repre-
sented at the wigwam by I. e. Wright,
chairman, and Mrs. M. V. Longley and
Hon. A. G. Hinckley, speakers. The
Populists may not be so f1owery or so
eloquent as some others, but they are
nevertheless generally entertaining and
alwys instructive. Come and hear them
and Judge for yourselves.
The herald., 1896-10-08
BRYAN SURE TO BE ELECTED.
An Encouraging Letter From Well
Known st. Louis Attorney.

The following extract from a letter
received yesterday from ipromi-
nent lawyer Of st. Louis, Mo-,
to Capt. J. W. Stansell of this city,
will be found of great interest at the
present time. The writer is one Of the
best-known members of the st. Louis
bar and is well posted on the status of
the campaign, now Of such interest to
shows that Mr.. Bryan's prospects of
election are of the brightest:
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 4, 1896.
Capt, ]. w. Stansell, Los Angeles,
CAL: In reargd to politics,
can safely say that Missouri will go
heavily for Bryan, and by the most reli-
able information obtainable here, the
states Of Iowa, Illinois and Indiana are
also safe for him. Even Ohio, McKin-
ley's own state, is in the doubtful col
umn. Counting the solid south and the
far western states as certain for Mr..
Bryan ne will then only need twenty
three electoral votes to make his cleo
tion sure. The electoral vote of Illinois
will make up these figures, for that state
Is as sure tor Bryan and Altgeld as
South Carolina is for Bryan. If had
money to spend, I would not fear to bet
1t on Bryan at to 1.
I presume you are aware that thd
Knights of Labor have opened head
quarters in Chicago for Mr.. Bryan? This
organization has membership of 270, 900,
and they are very strong in Indiana,
IlDnois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts. Now, in addition to this, the
Popultsts have fused with the Democrats
in thirty states, and it is safe to predict
so per cent of the farmers will vote this
fusion. ticket. We know that the De-
mocracy has not heretofore been receiv-
ing even per cent of the farmers vote,
nor has the party been receiving 5 per
cent heretofore Of the labor vote. Now,
take the farmer and labor element from
one side and put 1t on the other. and the
aifference viii be in the ratio Of more
The herald., 1896-10-08
DIsGRACEFUL INCIDENT.
The Assistant District Attorney Shows
- Up in an Unenviable Light.

A disgraceful incident occurred at the
Butterworth speaking at Hazards pa
vilion last night, in which Assistant
District Attorney Williams figured in
anything but creditable light. Dur
ing the course of Mr. Butterworth's
speech he referred to Mr.. Bryan. which
brought forth burst of applause from
a number Of Democrats in the audience.
Among others who cheered was re-
spectacle looking young fellow who was
standing in the crowd near the stage.
Mr.. Williams was standing near by, and
singing out the young fellow the began
to abuse him in the vilest possible man.
ner, applying every low epithet to him
that he could think of, and Williams is
past master in that particular line.
The young man apologized, saying that
he did not mean any disrespect to the
speaker, but this had no effect on Will
Jams, who continued his foul abuse.
Under Sheriff Clements and four police
officers were standing near by, but moth
ing was done to stop the outrage While
the young fellow was committing
breach of decorum, perhaps, in shouting
for Bryan at Republican meeting, 1t
did not Justify the action of the assist
ant district attorney, which can only
be characterized as disgraceful.
The herald., 1896-10-08

than 2 to /. I do not consider that the
Palmer-Buckner vote will be Of any
great Importance. Most Of the goldbug
Democrats will vote for Mckinley, and
for every such vote we may lose, I feel
confident that we viii gain ten or fifteen
votes from the ranks Of the Republican
farmers and laborers. OF course, the
Republicans have q big barrel Of money
and are keeping UP great noise. but
they cannot buy the farmers vote. As
orally bought for money in the cities,
the Republicans will find that this year
the Australian ballot system will make
a great change in that. The barrel own
ers may bribe, or attempt to bribe, the
voter, but under that system there is no
chance of proving that the goods were
delivered, even after the money is paid.
Very truly yours,
The herald., 1896-10-08
THE BUrTERWORTH MEETING
A Large Crowd at the Pavilion Last
Night
The Major Talks Much Of Tariff aad but
Little Of Silver
Assistant District Attorney Williams
Makes a Spectacle of Himself-Dr.
Mclean Will Expose Crooked
(, Republican Methods.

The Republican city convention Will
convene today at 10 a. M, at Music hall,
to nominate city ticket. The situation
is decidedly complicated, and it is prac-
ticallyI useless for any one to predict
anything.
There is. e fghti forI the, mayora1ty
nomination that looks decidedly murky.
Slauson, Martin, RAIDER and Vetter are
in it in the order named.
A great deal will depend upon the tenn
porary organization today. The con-
vention if organized by anti-Slauson
men, means that Mir. Slauson and the
push have been done up. But, on the
other hand, should's the Slauson push
form combinations whereby the conven-
tion is organized inethe interests of the
Fifth ward capitalists, then he will, in
all probability, head the municipal tick
ct. The outcome of.this convention Will
be awaited with interest fully equal to
that which exists among the people who
desire to know the attitude of the Los
Angeles Times in the matter of munich
pal ownership of tho city water works.
OF course, everybody knows that the
Times mas been in the past the organ.
champion and defender of the Water
company Everybody knows that when
Col. j. II. Woodard, alias "Jayhawker,"
was the bosom friend and adviser of
Col Otis, he also controlled the paper in
the interest of the Water company
But, while Jayhawker has left town,
the Times still remains just as steadfast
in its support of the Water company as
it was before his departure. The paper
cannot speak on the water question until
the corporation permits it. When that
time will arrive no one knows.
The position of the Republican party
on this question will be largely dictated
by the Water company. The platform
may be all right, but the corporation will
get nfts work when it comes to making
the nominations.
The herald., 1896-10-08
SOME FRAUD is LEGAL.

SAN FRANCISCO Oct. THE su-
preme court today decided that to obtain
reas estate under false pretenses is not
a crime under the statute. James H.
Cummings was tried for such an offense
in the superior court and acquitted on
a demurrer which contended that the
code only defined the offense Of obtain
ing money under false pretenses and of
swindling to obtain merely money,
wares, merchandise and other property
1t was held that this exempted real es-
tate from the section, the words, "and
other property" being construed to
mean other property of the same char
acter as the kinds mentioned. The SUI
preme court upheld the decision of the
lower court
The herald., 1896-10-08
DEATH OF MAJOR RYLAND

News of the sudden death of Major
James Ryland, has just reached this
city Major Ryland died on September
gath at Fort Berthold, North Dakota,
where he was in charge of an Indian
reservation. The major was for ten
years connected with the government
service in Los Angeles. He was we'll
known in army circles and was highly
esteemed by all as an honorable gentle
man, of superior intellectual attain
ments. Major Ryland leaves wife and
daughter in this city and a son in
Cincinnati, Ohio, who, with many
friends will mourn his death
The herald., 1896-10-08
PASSED A COUNTERFEIT
On Woman of the Town, Hit Her and
Made His ESCAPE

Last night about 10 o'clock a hurry
call was sent to the police station for
detective to come at once to the lodging
house at 10S East Fourth street to ap-
prehend man that had passed a coun-
terfeit bill. The house in question is
filled with women Of the town, who
haunt the street in the vicinity and lure
men to their rooms. 1t was on one of
these women that the counterfeit had
been passed. A man accompanied her
to her room, No. 80, offered her the bill
and when she discovered that 1t was
bogus hit her in the face and n,ade his
escape, making grab at the money and
tearing it in half. The officers searched
for him for some time, but without sue
cess.
The herald., 1896-10-08
WILL EXPOSE THEM
DR.. Mclean to Throw the Calcium Light
On Corrupt Methods

Rev. DR.. G. c. Mclean. who placed a
ticket in the field in one Of the precincts
of the Fourth ward for delegates to the
city convention, is on the warpath. The
doctor was downed by the Slauson push,
and he claims that it was done by the
rankest kind of raw politics.
The doctor Is a fighter. He Is at work
collecting evidence and will present the
matter to the Republican convention to-
day, possibly. In the event that he does
not get it ready in time, the doctor in
tends to give the information he collects
as to crooked work to the people Of the
city in circular form. He says that his
circular will contain some racy reading
as to the methods adopted by the Slau-
son push to do him up.
The herald., 1896-10-08
HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS WIFE

A negro named Ben Franklin was sent
In to the city Jail last night little after
IL O'Clock from the corner Of Commercial
and Alameda streets, where he had
been arrested for disturbing the peace.
Franklin's wife appeared on the streets
blowing a police whistle and accused
her husband of threatening her, When
the officers started for him he ran, but
was captured, handcuffed and sent in.
The herald., 1896-10-08

the hand of an American workman, and
say, old boy, you haven't much brains.'
than to shake the hands Of all the
crowned heads of Europe"
Evidently the senator has forgotten
his early training and has practiced
judging brains" by the rascality Of
the person under his eye till an honest
man with Q whole skull full of brains,
and a breast with an honest heart in 1t,
seem to his squirting moral eyes as
something less than q cultivated, ras-
cally tough. Poor senator! Yours truly,
EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON.
The herald., 1896-10-08
SILVER MEETING AT SOUTH PAS
ADENA.

The silver campaign meeting at South
Pasadena last evening was the largest
of the kind that has yet been held at that,
place. It Is the home of Frank A. Cat
tern, candidate for the assembly, and
for an hour and half he discussed the
all-absorbing questions Of money and
the industries to his fellow citizens. 1t
Is Republican precinct but not few
Of them are in favor Of free silver COIN
age, as their conscientious votes will
tell next month. A. w. Carver closed
the meeting with few words of good
cheer
The herald., 1896-10-08
SPEAKING AND MUSIC.

At the free public meeting tonight in
the Wooster block hall, Pasadena, the
address by Ralph e. Hoyt Of Los Angel
es. on The Political Situation, will be
preceded and followed with music by the
The address is to be non-partisan and on
Independent lines. A large audience is
expected.
The herald., 1896-10-08
VITAL STATISTICS.

Health Officer Steddom has issued his
report of vital statistics for the month of
September. The total number Of deaths
from all causes was 9S, an annual rate
per 1000 of 11.76. OF this number 21swere,
from consumption; there were four sui-.
cides and two deaths occurred from ac-
cldents and violence. Births for Sep
tember numt ~ 10.
The herald., 1896-10-08

There are undelivered kilograms at the
Western Union company's office for Mrs.
Alice Drake, Hadwen Swain Manurac-
turing company, Robert F. Harrison,
Mr.. Frar's Cleaves, Mrs. Colclough,
Mrs. s. T. Stone.
The herald., 1896-10-08

The case against Mat Sullivan, who
was charged with abduction, has been
dismissed and the gentleman exoner-
ated from all blame in the matter.
The herald., 1896-10-08

Capt. W. G. Waters, owner Of San
Miguel island. is in the city for q few
The herald., 1896-10-08

Col. c. s. Bigelow of Santa Barbara is
at the Hollenbeck. a
The herald., 1896-10-08
THE SENATOR'S BAD BREAK

To the Editor Of The Herald: In his
ia.e a-eress ut hazards pavilion Sena-
tor Perkins said: II would rather shake
The herald., 1896-10-08

Only Official National Silver button, .1b
cents. 301 South Broadway. 's y
The herald., 1896-10-08

My prices for wallpaper beat all the city,
A. A. Eckstrom. 324 South Spring street.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-09-11
Great Opportunities.

The West Virginia University
will open for the fall term on
Wednesday, September 9th. The
University is the chief institution
OF higher learning in the State
and we all rejoice IN its prospect.
" and in the splendid work
which it is dong. Its a part Of
the great free school system Of
West Virginia, and every citizen
OF the State is. therefore, deeply
interested in it.
Its doors are open to every
young man and young woman in
the State. free of tuition. and
the COST of living in Morgantown
is as low as can be found any,
where, being about the same as
in other small towns.
The moral influence in and
about the University are excel.
lent. There are no saloons in the
town, and a strong Christian
sentiment pervades the Univer.
sity. Nearly all Of the leading
religious denominations are rep
resented in the faculty, but there
is no sectarianism. The presi.
dent and faculty believe that
true education is Christian edu-
cation.
The University offers instruc,
ton in many courses aud is adj
mirably equipped with buildings,
apparatus, machinery, ETC., TODD
work of the highest order, and
its faculty is notably scholarly
and strong.
Among the colleges and courses
are the law, mechanical engineer
ing. civil engineering. electrical
engineering, agriculture, peda-
gogy. classical, scientific, com
mercial, etc.
There isalso a splendid pre-
school.
The University has grown to
be one of the country's great in.
Situations Of learning. 1t belongs
to the people of West Virginia
and its influence is being felt in
every county of the State,
llet1odt st Episcopal Times.